Key emerging technologies spurring innovation

NFT, quantum ML, generative AI, homomorphic encryption and composable applications and networks among key tech  Engineering trust, accelerating growth, and sculpting change are the three overarching trends on the Gartner, Inc. Hype cycle for emerging technologies, 2021 that will drive organizations to explore emerging technologies such as nonfungible tokens (NFT), sovereign…

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Insight into robots

Robots can use machine vision to interact in their surroundings. Helen Fang, robotics and automation analyst at HSBC gave an insight into robots and how they can see more clearly than ever. These types of robots can help reshape factories worldwide and benefit industries ranging from electronics to pharmaceuticals, wrote…

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CIOs in India and Australia are in early post-COVID planning stages

Adobe research shows CIOs are optimistic about finding success in a post-pandemic economy. Adobe’s latest survey of CIOs in India and Australia showed 67 per cent of respondents had been severely impacted by COVID-19. They faced challenges in helping their teams communicate effectively and have the right technology. According to…

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Singapore Economic Development Board and Johnson Controls set to shake up building tech

Slew of solutions will meet the expectant growth for contactless applications. Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) will support Johnson Controls — building solutions provider — S$50 million initiative of an innovation lab to pioneer digital technology that blends building, spatial and behavioural data with analytics and machine learning. Scheduled to…

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AI and digital tech to transform CSIRO’s digital landscape

Microsoft set to boost Australia’s national science agency with more tech. Artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies will be harnessed to tackle global challenges including illegal fishing and plastic waste, and to boost farming as part of a partnership between Australia’s national science agency — CSIRO, and Microsoft. The…

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AWS launches managed AI services globally

Five APAC countries can now access the service Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Amazon Augmented Artificial Intelligence (A2I), a managed service that makes it easy to add human review to machine learning predictions to improve model and application accuracy by continuously identifying and improving low confidence predictions. Amazon A2I is available in Singapore, Tokyo,…

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Hays’ digital technology hiring trends Asia 2020

The rapid pace of change in digital transformation for Asian organisation has undoubtedly pushed more candidates to give their skillset a good hard look and examine their relevancy and potential to upskill, stated the 2020 Hays Asia Salary Guide: Towards a Digitised and Flexible Future. According to the global recruitment…

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