DBS Bank pursues digital innovation with Infor

Two companies went live with Cloud-based platform. Southeast Asia-based, DBS Bank has integrated digital trade financing capabilities into the Infor Nexus global network of about 68,000 businesses. The two companies’  joint program recently went live with one of the world’s largest global apparel companies, providing digital trade financing to suppliers…

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BeyondTrust Roundtable: Tackling Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities

Sponsored content: Shifting from reactive to proactive security. With the disruptions in operations caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic, most organisations in the APAC region have been prioritising keeping the lights on. “They’ve been focused on keeping operational resilience and access to resources for employees who are obviously working from…

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Profile: CIO challenges of working for a corporate Commonwealth entity

Mike Brett CIO of Hearing Australia gives some unique insights 15 months into his tenure. Working for a corporate Commonwealth entity has its unique challenges for Mike Brett chief information officer at Hearing Australia. While it competes in a commercial market, Hearing Australia also has a responsibility to its major…

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NAB cements multi-Cloud journey with Azure

Has already moved apps to the public cloud. National Australia Bank (NAB) has signed a five-year strategic partnership to co-design, develop and invest in NAB and BNZ’s multi-cloud technology, with Microsoft. The agreement will see NAB Group and Microsoft share development costs and resourcing investment to architect a multi-cloud ecosystem…

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Hearing Australia uses Cloud to transform traditional way of working and service delivery

Rapid transformation to work from home required Cloud computing. Hearing Australia’s embrace of cloud computing and Office 365 meant that for the organisation’s personnel required to work remotely, the transition to home-based working went better than they expected. Now the overwhelming majority want to be able to work from home…

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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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IBM steps away from face recognition market

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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TIBCO Software’s new products supports Azure Cognitive Services

Detect anomalies within reams of data and alert case managers . Data company, TIBCO Software has released TIBCO Spotfire and TIBCO Data Science, which now supports Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services. TIBCO’s products extend these services to analyse multivariate anomalies and add root cause analysis, using input from the Key Phrase…

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Azure migration digitises pesticides and veterinary authority in Australia

Digital transformation key to record keeping and remote working The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has work with integrator DXC to complete its migration to Azure cloud. This advances its digitisation of analogue records. Besides managing the cloud transition and deploying cloud-based applications including Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365, DXC will…

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McAfee finds surge in criminals attacking cloud services and tools

Cybercrims not wasting time in taking advantage of the surge in cloud adoption. As the world works through the current COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals are turning up the pressure for organisations to secure their data, as workers are forced to work outside of the normal office environment. According to McAfee’s latest…

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