MAS strengthens financial institutions business continuity

The revisions consider learnings from the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued revised guidelines on Business Continuity Management (BCM) for financial institutions (FIs), to help FIs strengthen their resilience against service disruptions arising from IT outages, pandemic outbreaks, cyber-attacks, and physical threats. The revisions…

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Certis launches digital campaign

Firm’s ongoing transformation includes digital upskilling for employees. Certis will boost its technology (tech) workforce hiring to develop more innovative, smart security solutions incorporating internet of things, robotics, and artificial intelligence to support the increased digitalisation amongst existing and potential customers following the pandemic. Asia’s leading smart security and integrated services…

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Buy Now, Pay Later solutions to unlock growth potential

Market to reach a five-fold growth of $US656.34 billion by 2026. Zero-interest fees and flexible repayment plans are vital in boosting the global buy now, pay later (BNPL) market, according to Frost & Sullivan’s latest report. Emerging as an alternative credit payment approach, BNPL aims to meet the need of…

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Rebel foods deploying real-time cold chain monitoring system

Any quality-driven organization should be aiming to get automated. TagBox has announced that it is providing its AssetLens solution to Rebel Foods, the world’s largest internet restaurant company, for real-time temperature, door-open and power consumption monitoring. Uday Mahajan, SVP Engineering at Rebel Foods said, “At Rebel Foods we are committed…

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A/NZ software market grew 17.5 per cent in 2021

Organisations respond to customer demands by boosting digital capabilities. The A/NZ software market grew 17.5 per cent year-on-year in 2021, accelerated from 8.5 per cent growth in 2020. This was driven by investment in key technological capabilities to build digitally enabled operations that help realise value for the organisation and…

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MDEC launches digital content creator’s challenge

Up to RM100,000 worth of prize money available. Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Malaysia’s lead digital economy agency, has launched the Digital Content Creators Challenge (DC3) for 2022. Started in 2006, DC3 is one of the platforms that provides seed funding for creative content developers to create portfolio or intellectual…

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Improving differentiation and helping brands better compete

The path to purchase cannot drive meaningful CX outcomes. Organizations that demonstrate how customer satisfaction is associated with growth, margin and profitability are more likely to report customer experience (CX) success and are 29 per cent more likely to secure more CX budgets, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc.…

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“Obral Obrol LiTerasi Digital” to celebrate the special moment of Ramadan

Aiming to improve digital literacy skills. To increase digital literacy among people in Indonesia, the Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications, and Informatics (MCI) through National Digital Literacy Movement (GNLD) Siberkreasi held a webinar session called “Obrol-Obrol LiTerasi Digital” (OOTD) on April 21, 2022. The webinar sessions highlighted important issues on digital literacy, followed by opportunities that can be optimized during…

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Shionogi partners with Cloudera to accelerate R&D

Discovery-based pharmaceutical company in Japan leverages Cloudera. Cloudera, the hybrid data cloud company, today announced that Japanese pharmaceutical company, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., has selected Cloudera to boost its data analytics capabilities for increased business performance and realize its vision of achieving data-driven innovation. Through this partnership, Shionogi hopes to democratize access…

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