Indian-based logistics company uses cognitive cloud native digital logistics platform. India’s Safexpress has deployed ‘PROPEL-i’, a bespoke, end-to-end cloud native logistics platform, to enable the company to attain agility in demand management. Developed in collaboration with IBM Global Business Services, the digital platform will also help Safeexpress obtain advanced and flexible…
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South Australian food organisations use blockchain platform to reduce traceability times from three days to three seconds. Australia meat processer and independent grocer investor in blockchain-based food ecosystem to trace the entire lifecycle of a food product, from region to plate, and update the record in real-time. Family-owned meat processor, Thomas…
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IBM’s AI-powered enterprise asset management platform to help improve energy productivity and operational efficiency. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), Thailand’s largest power producer under the Ministry of Energy has selected IBM’s AI-powered enterprise asset management solutions to help manage the assets of its electric power plants. IBM’s AI-powered…
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Dedicated to becoming a net neutral company by 2050 Oil and gas company, BP has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance the use of quantum computing in the energy industry. By joining the IBM Quantum Network as an Industry Partner, BP will have access to IBM’s quantum expertise…
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Asia-Pacific region accounted for 25 per cent of all cyber attacks Cyberattacks evolved in 2020 as threat actors sought to profit from the unprecedented socioeconomic, business, and political challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the recently released report, IBM Security X-Force 2020 found attackers pivoting to businesses that…
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Aims to meet the demand for technology consulting and deep technical skills. Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has turned to IBM to hire and train 300 Singaporean professionals over the next four years in emerging tech areas. They will be trained under the TechSkills Accelerator (TeSA) Company-Led Training programme…
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Bank sees more opportunities in digital initiatives It has been reported in several media sources that DBS adopted IBM’s next generation mainframe family, the z15. IBM’s z15 single-frame and multi-frame systems deliver “security, privacy and resiliency at scale as part of your enterprise-wide cloud infrastructure”, according to the vendor. IBM…
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US$1.6B US in government savings bonds were sy sold within two weeks of launch Bank of Thailand (BOT), the central bank, has launched one of the world’s first blockchain-based platform for government savings bonds issuing a total of $1.6B USD within two weeks. Leveraging blockchain technology on the secured IBM Cloud, the platform allows…
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Post pandemic lockdown sees acceleration of digital projects. A new IBM study of global C-suite executives revealed that nearly six in ten responding organisations have accelerated their digital transformations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditional and perceived barriers like technology immaturity and employee opposition to change have fallen away –…
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FWO said the full assessment of amounts owed to current and former employees was yet to be completed. Australian government independent statutory agency, Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has found IBM Australia underpaid about 1300 former and current employees, AU$6.6 million ($7.9 million including superannuation contributions, interest, and lost earnings on…
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