Standard Chartered banks on AWS

Banking giant will give employees, including APAC, flexible work arrangements. International banking group, Standard Chartered Bank has undertaken a five-year, strategic global agreement with Amazon Web Services, which includes the bank running its strategic banking systems and customer facing applications on AWS. Standard Chartered Bank will work with AWS to…

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APAC tourism industry look to increase technology to recover from pandemic

Travel industry in APAC look to technology to ensure they survive the pandemic. The global travel industry has taken a hard hit from COVID-19 lockdowns around the world. In September the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres released a new report that draws on UNWTO data to quantify the devastating impact that the coronavirus…

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Australia’s national science centre processes one trillion data points

AI-based platform used to help pinpoint the location of diseases causing genes. Researchers from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has processed one trillion points of genomic data through VariantSpark, an artificial intelligence-based platform, which can help pinpoint the location of specific disease-causing genes in the human genome. The human genome…

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NETS accelerates cross-border payments with SingTel and AWS

Collaboration will pave the way for Singaporeans to make purchases at more retail outlets abroad. Network for Electronic Transfers (NETS) has announced its plan to accelerate the development and delivery of its digital cross-border payment services, leveraging Singtel’s advanced ConnectPlus Managed Network and Amazon Web Services’ (AWS’) cloud computing platform.…

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Nutanix hybrid cloud infrastructure available AWS

Nutanix offers a single stack that integrates compute and storage. Enterprise cloud computing company, Nutanix has announced general availability of Nutanix Clusters on AWS, extending the flexibility and ease of use of the company’s hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software, along with all Nutanix products and services, to bare metal Amazon Elastic…

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HSBC drives digital transformation with AWS

Cloud technology will help drive innovation, automate key processes, and enhance operational efficiency. Global financial institution, HSBC will drive its digital transformation and personalised banking services, with Cloud technology provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Dinesh Keswani chief technology officer and CIO for digital at HSBC said, as part of…

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