Data-to-digital has its challenges. Data will not maintain its value unless governed properly to keep the characteristics that make it accurate, intelligent, trustworthy, and connected, states IDC Financial Insights APAC’s latest report titled Data as an Asset: The New Challenges of Data Governance and How Asia/Pacific Financial Services Should Respond. The…
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ACCA releases the APAC Cloud Readiness Index 2020 Cloud readiness is advancing in the APAC region, but the pace of progress is stalling, said the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA), in The Cloud Readiness Index (CRI) 2020. According to the ACCA this is not a positive sign, as it indicates…
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Supermarket giant goes online due to COVID-19. Asian supermarket giant, WeMart will use Alibaba Cloud’s cloud and AI technology for everything from e-commerce, payment and logistics support to enabling integration of online and offline business to enhance the supermarket’s competitive advantages. Established in 2006, WeMart is one of the largest…
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Australian consumer rights commission launches Federal Court action. The Australian Consumer Competition Commission (ACCC) has alleged, multinational company – Google — misled consumers about expanded use of personal data and launched Federal Court proceedings against the company. According to the ACCC, Google allegedly misled Australian consumers to obtain their consent…
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Iconic Australian surfwear business, has consolidated its data collection. Rip Curl will use Azure Data factory to handle the ETL (extract, transform, load) processes required to transition from its previous on premises platforms to Azure which houses the company’s data warehouse. Stuart Connell lead BI architect at Rip Curl said…
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Ericsson would “always analyse the potential effects of new national legislation or administration orders. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Ericsson is not sourcing products from Panda Electronics Group, one of the companies named by the United States as potentially controlled by the Chinese military, the Swedish telecom gear maker said on Tuesday.…
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Companies are now in the cross hairs of a national security law that gives China authority to demand that they turn over user data. By Brenda Goh and Pei Li SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – U.S. tech giants face a reckoning over how Hong Kong’s security law will reshape their businesses,…
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Will Hong Kong have a firewall, similar to that of China? By Cate Cadell BEIJING (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s new National Security Law will shake up digital surveillance in the city, with strict new company compliance measures that echo the mainland’s years-long crackdown on anti-government content. Foreign tech companies have…
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Report shows organisations across A/NZ and APAC looking to CTI programmes to build a proactive defence posture. New research from the 2020 SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence survey showed cyber threat intelligence was strong showing signs of maturing and cementing its place in the cybersecurity arsenal to protect businesses from relentless…
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Furthering data analytics in public service departments. The Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) has renewed its 2017 agreement with Tableau Software to train and deepen public officers’ capabilities in data analytics and visualisation. The Memorandum of Intent (MOI), signed the second week of July 2020, will help public officers…
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