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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Big banks believe blockchain platform, Lygon is a success. ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac, IBM and Scentre Group have expanded its blockchain platform, Lygon. The platform is said to reduce the time in issuing a bank guarantee from one month to one day. Lygon completed a successful pilot last…
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Three vendors partner to accelerate hybrid Cloud to regulated industries. Adobe, IBM and Red Hat have partnered to drive digital transformation and strengthen real-time data security for enterprises, with a focus on regulated industries. The intent of the vendors is to enable companies to deliver more personalised experiences across the…
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First solutions to be aimed at helping improve industrial quality, availability and performance. Verizon Business and IBM will collaborate to work together on 5G and edge computing innovation to help enable the future of Industry 4.0. The companies plan to combine the high speed and low latency of Verizon’s 5G…
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Ponemon Institute shows businesses’ effectiveness in preparing for and responding to cyberattacks have improved. While organisations surveyed by the Ponemon Institute have slowly improved in their ability to plan for, detect and respond to cyberattacks over the past five years, their ability to contain an attack has declined by 13…
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Vendor adamantly opposed to use of technology for mass surveillance, racial profiling. In a letter to the United States Congress, technology giant IBM has declared it will no longer offer its general-purpose IBM facial recognition or analysis software. Arvind Krishna CEO at IBM stated it “firmly opposes and will not…
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