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For this week / last week, here are / were the biggest news:
Kaspersky Lab, global cybersecurity company, was part of the European-ASEAN Business Alliance (EABA) Mission to Malaysia, which was held from October 22 to 23, 2018 at Putrajaya.
Kaspersky Lab, a member of the EABA, met with the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir, to discuss cybersecurity challenges.
The Europe-ASEAN Business Alliance (EABA) is a member-driven alliance of leading European multinational companies with significant interests in the ASEAN region, with the aim to serve as a platform for dialogue with national governments and regional organisations. The EABA provides a forum for discussion of issues of relevance to European business in the region.
Oct 25, 2018 - Sophos Expands Partnership with Tech Data in ASEAN to Distribute its Award-Winning Cybersecurity Portfolio
Sophos (LSE: SOPH), a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced its strategic channel partnership with Tech Data, the world’s leading end-to-end distributor of technology products, services and solutions, in order to offer its award-winning security products to customers within the ASEAN region, including network, endpoint, data, identity and firewall protection.
Tapping into Tech Data’s extensive network and regional market experience, this distribution partnership is a reflection of Sophos’ commitment to making its cybersecurity products and offerings more widely available for its customers in the ASEAN region, at a time when cybersecurity threats are on the rise globally.
Oct 25, 2018 - DXC opens Digital Innovation Lab in Singapore
DXC Technology, the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, today announced the opening of the DXC Digital Innovation Lab in Singapore.
Developed with the support of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and an extension of DXC Labs, the DXC Digital Innovation Lab Singapore will showcase transformative digital solutions that solve business challenges, with emerging technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, IoT, blockchain and humanoid robotics.
DXC Digital Innovation Lab Singapore will be staffed by digital workers, including chief technologists, data scientists and enterprise application and security experts. The team will be trained on digital competencies and will explore novel technologies, develop prototypes and create reference architectures for rapid business deployment.
On display at the DXC Digital Innovation Lab Singapore includes the Humanoid Robotics for Digital Collaboration. Supported by the application of machine learning/artificial intelligence (ML/AI), the humanoid robot agent helps banks recommend insurance personalized solutions and allows insurers to complete the insurance solutions sale process. This solution highlights the future of digital collaboration among stakeholders in the insurance industry.
Oct 24, 2018 - WD Expands Surveillance Storage and Analytics Portfolio for Dynamic Demands of Smart Video at the Edge
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today expanded its portfolio of data storage devices purpose-built for the modern surveillance market, introducing three new offerings: the industry’s first industrial-grade 3D NAND UFS embedded flash drive (EFD) for surveillance; an expanded WD Purple microSD card series to support up to 256GB2 capacity; and Western Digital® Device Analytics, the new device analytics technology enabling OEMs and system integrators to proactively manage their storage subsystems and maintain optimal operation.
The new devices and tools address the complex and dynamic data demands of a surveillance market in transformation, supporting the high performance, capacity and endurance required by networked and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled camera systems, as well as other smart video devices operating at the edge.
Built on the company’s advanced 3D NAND architecture, the Western Digital iNAND® IX EU312 UFS EFD brings UFS speeds combined with industrial grade high endurance and high capacities to cameras and smart video applications at the edge.
Oct 24, 2018 - Singapore - Silver Peak Recognized as a Leader in New Gartner 2018 Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure
Silver Peak®, the global SD-WAN leader, delivering the transformational promise of the cloud with a self-driving wide area network, today announced its position as a Leader in the newly published 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure.
According to Gartner, “the market for branch office wide-area network functionality is shifting from dedicated routing, security and WAN optimization appliances to feature-rich SD-WAN and vCPE platforms. WAN edge infrastructure now incorporates a widening set of network functions, including secure routers, firewalls, SD-WAN, WAN path control and WAN optimization, along with traditional routing functionality.”
“We are proud to be named a Leader in the new Magic Quadrant and believe it’s a direct reflection of the confidence more than 1,000 forward thinking enterprise customers have placed in Silver Peak in the three years since bringing our Unity EdgeConnect™ SD-WAN edge platform to market,” said David Hughes, founder and CEO of Silver Peak. “Our ultimate vision is to liberate enterprises from the compromises of yesterday’s WAN approaches with a self-driving wide area network platform that’s designed to deliver the full transformational promise of the cloud.”
Oct 23, 2018 - Digi upsizes broadband plans, now with larger data quotas from RM45/month
Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) today announced its upsized Digi Home Broadband plans, providing up to 50% larger data quotas for both new and existing customers, with prices from as low as RM45 monthly.
Total quota upgrades have been increased from 15GB to 25GB for the Broadband Monthly 45 plan, from 35GB to 50GB for the Broadband Monthly 65 plan, and from 75GB to 100GB for the Broadband Monthly 105 plan.
In addition, all existing Digi Postpaid subscribers will enjoy RM5 or RM10 lifetime discounts when they sign up for Digi Home Broadband, potentially bringing home internet access to an affordable price of RM40 monthly.
Oct 23, 2018 - Germany/India - Suntech Signs Global Partnership Agreement with Cyient
Suntech, a leading provider of innovative OSS (operations support systems) solutions, has announced that it has signed a non-exclusive business alliance agreement with Cyient, a global provider of engineering, manufacturing, geospatial, digital, network and operations management solutions.
Through this agreement, Cyient and Suntech intend to jointly pursue business opportunities globally in the communications industry by leveraging both company’s technical proficiency, market reach, and domain knowledge. Cyient’s expertise in system integration, operational excellence and global delivery model combined with Suntech’s advanced and specialized technology will offer customers best in class OSS solutions.
Cyient will become a global sales and systems integration partner for Suntech’s world class software products, benefiting its clients with enhanced OSS portfolio and maintenance capabilities. Cyient’s global presence and established leadership in network inventory and asset management will provide Suntech access to newer markets.
Oct 23, 2018 - Dimension Data Malaysia Continues To Support Employees On Fitness And Wellness Journey For 4th Consecutive Year
Dimension Data Malaysia, the global systems integrator and managed services provider, recently held their annual Tour de Run at the Malaysian Agro Exposition Park (MAEPS), Serdang. In its fourth year running, the marathon is an initiative by Dimension Data Malaysia to promote a lifestyle of fitness and wellness for its employees and stakeholders whilst strengthening bonds in a fun and interactive environment.
The Tour de Run 2018 featured a 10km Corporate Team Challenge, 10km Individual Challenge and 5km Open Fun Run. Winners in the first, second and third places won prizes and cash vouchers worth up to RM 5,300. To highlight the spirit of camaraderie, all participants were presented with Finisher medals and an e-certificate.
Oct 22, 2018 - Hitachi Sunway's Budget 2019 Wishlist - Data Centre Industry
There are many laws in the Communications and Multimedia Act that forces ISPs and Data centres like ours to follow the law and act against the wishes of the people. For example, once an order from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is issued, under Section 242 it is an offence to not comply with MCMC’s request, even if we know the request was not right. Section 242 handles compliance to the Act, where failure to comply is punishable with a fine not exceeding RM100,000, or prison not exceeding two years, or both.
For this week / last week, here are / were the biggest news:
- Oct 25, 2018 - Kaspersky Lab : EABA Mission to Malaysia Held Meeting with PM Tun Dr. M
- Oct 25, 2018 - Sophos Expands Partnership with Tech Data in ASEAN to Distribute its Award-Winning Cybersecurity Portfolio
- Oct 25, 2018 - DXC opens Digital Innovation Lab in Singapore
- Oct 24, 2018 - WD Expands Surveillance Storage and Analytics Portfolio for Dynamic Demands of Smart Video at the Edge
- Oct 24, 2018 - Singapore - Silver Peak Recognized as a Leader in New Gartner 2018 Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure
- Oct 23, 2018 - Digi upsizes broadband plans, now with larger data quotas from RM45/month
- Oct 23, 2018 - Germany/India - Suntech Signs Global Partnership Agreement with Cyient
- Oct 23, 2018 - Dimension Data Malaysia Continues To Support Employees On Fitness And Wellness Journey For 4th Consecutive Year
- Oct 22, 2018 - Hitachi Sunway's Budget 2019 Wishlist - Data Centre Industry
Kaspersky Lab, global cybersecurity company, was part of the European-ASEAN Business Alliance (EABA) Mission to Malaysia, which was held from October 22 to 23, 2018 at Putrajaya.
Kaspersky Lab, a member of the EABA, met with the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir, to discuss cybersecurity challenges.
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| Kaspersky Lab and PM Tun Dr. M (center) |
The Europe-ASEAN Business Alliance (EABA) is a member-driven alliance of leading European multinational companies with significant interests in the ASEAN region, with the aim to serve as a platform for dialogue with national governments and regional organisations. The EABA provides a forum for discussion of issues of relevance to European business in the region.
Oct 25, 2018 - Sophos Expands Partnership with Tech Data in ASEAN to Distribute its Award-Winning Cybersecurity Portfolio
Sophos (LSE: SOPH), a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced its strategic channel partnership with Tech Data, the world’s leading end-to-end distributor of technology products, services and solutions, in order to offer its award-winning security products to customers within the ASEAN region, including network, endpoint, data, identity and firewall protection.
Tapping into Tech Data’s extensive network and regional market experience, this distribution partnership is a reflection of Sophos’ commitment to making its cybersecurity products and offerings more widely available for its customers in the ASEAN region, at a time when cybersecurity threats are on the rise globally.
Oct 25, 2018 - DXC opens Digital Innovation Lab in Singapore
DXC Technology, the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, today announced the opening of the DXC Digital Innovation Lab in Singapore.
Developed with the support of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and an extension of DXC Labs, the DXC Digital Innovation Lab Singapore will showcase transformative digital solutions that solve business challenges, with emerging technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, IoT, blockchain and humanoid robotics.
DXC Digital Innovation Lab Singapore will be staffed by digital workers, including chief technologists, data scientists and enterprise application and security experts. The team will be trained on digital competencies and will explore novel technologies, develop prototypes and create reference architectures for rapid business deployment.
On display at the DXC Digital Innovation Lab Singapore includes the Humanoid Robotics for Digital Collaboration. Supported by the application of machine learning/artificial intelligence (ML/AI), the humanoid robot agent helps banks recommend insurance personalized solutions and allows insurers to complete the insurance solutions sale process. This solution highlights the future of digital collaboration among stakeholders in the insurance industry.
Oct 24, 2018 - WD Expands Surveillance Storage and Analytics Portfolio for Dynamic Demands of Smart Video at the Edge
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today expanded its portfolio of data storage devices purpose-built for the modern surveillance market, introducing three new offerings: the industry’s first industrial-grade 3D NAND UFS embedded flash drive (EFD) for surveillance; an expanded WD Purple microSD card series to support up to 256GB2 capacity; and Western Digital® Device Analytics, the new device analytics technology enabling OEMs and system integrators to proactively manage their storage subsystems and maintain optimal operation.
The new devices and tools address the complex and dynamic data demands of a surveillance market in transformation, supporting the high performance, capacity and endurance required by networked and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled camera systems, as well as other smart video devices operating at the edge.
Built on the company’s advanced 3D NAND architecture, the Western Digital iNAND® IX EU312 UFS EFD brings UFS speeds combined with industrial grade high endurance and high capacities to cameras and smart video applications at the edge.
Oct 24, 2018 - Singapore - Silver Peak Recognized as a Leader in New Gartner 2018 Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure
Silver Peak®, the global SD-WAN leader, delivering the transformational promise of the cloud with a self-driving wide area network, today announced its position as a Leader in the newly published 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure.
According to Gartner, “the market for branch office wide-area network functionality is shifting from dedicated routing, security and WAN optimization appliances to feature-rich SD-WAN and vCPE platforms. WAN edge infrastructure now incorporates a widening set of network functions, including secure routers, firewalls, SD-WAN, WAN path control and WAN optimization, along with traditional routing functionality.”
“We are proud to be named a Leader in the new Magic Quadrant and believe it’s a direct reflection of the confidence more than 1,000 forward thinking enterprise customers have placed in Silver Peak in the three years since bringing our Unity EdgeConnect™ SD-WAN edge platform to market,” said David Hughes, founder and CEO of Silver Peak. “Our ultimate vision is to liberate enterprises from the compromises of yesterday’s WAN approaches with a self-driving wide area network platform that’s designed to deliver the full transformational promise of the cloud.”
Oct 23, 2018 - Digi upsizes broadband plans, now with larger data quotas from RM45/month
Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) today announced its upsized Digi Home Broadband plans, providing up to 50% larger data quotas for both new and existing customers, with prices from as low as RM45 monthly.
Total quota upgrades have been increased from 15GB to 25GB for the Broadband Monthly 45 plan, from 35GB to 50GB for the Broadband Monthly 65 plan, and from 75GB to 100GB for the Broadband Monthly 105 plan.
In addition, all existing Digi Postpaid subscribers will enjoy RM5 or RM10 lifetime discounts when they sign up for Digi Home Broadband, potentially bringing home internet access to an affordable price of RM40 monthly.
Oct 23, 2018 - Germany/India - Suntech Signs Global Partnership Agreement with Cyient
Suntech, a leading provider of innovative OSS (operations support systems) solutions, has announced that it has signed a non-exclusive business alliance agreement with Cyient, a global provider of engineering, manufacturing, geospatial, digital, network and operations management solutions.
Through this agreement, Cyient and Suntech intend to jointly pursue business opportunities globally in the communications industry by leveraging both company’s technical proficiency, market reach, and domain knowledge. Cyient’s expertise in system integration, operational excellence and global delivery model combined with Suntech’s advanced and specialized technology will offer customers best in class OSS solutions.
Cyient will become a global sales and systems integration partner for Suntech’s world class software products, benefiting its clients with enhanced OSS portfolio and maintenance capabilities. Cyient’s global presence and established leadership in network inventory and asset management will provide Suntech access to newer markets.
Oct 23, 2018 - Dimension Data Malaysia Continues To Support Employees On Fitness And Wellness Journey For 4th Consecutive Year
Dimension Data Malaysia, the global systems integrator and managed services provider, recently held their annual Tour de Run at the Malaysian Agro Exposition Park (MAEPS), Serdang. In its fourth year running, the marathon is an initiative by Dimension Data Malaysia to promote a lifestyle of fitness and wellness for its employees and stakeholders whilst strengthening bonds in a fun and interactive environment.
The Tour de Run 2018 featured a 10km Corporate Team Challenge, 10km Individual Challenge and 5km Open Fun Run. Winners in the first, second and third places won prizes and cash vouchers worth up to RM 5,300. To highlight the spirit of camaraderie, all participants were presented with Finisher medals and an e-certificate.
Oct 22, 2018 - Hitachi Sunway's Budget 2019 Wishlist - Data Centre Industry
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| Cheah Kok Hoong, Group CEO and Director |
- Currently data rich global businesses prefer to host or build data centres in neighbouring countries as energy costs for data centres in Malaysia amounts to as more than 40 percent of operations costs.
- Which is why we urge the government to recognise data centres as key growth enablers and reclassify data centres under the industrial tariff E power supply.
- At the same time, we congratulate the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) for achieving lower connectivity costs for consumers. We hope that he will now expedite the lowering of broadband costs for data centre operators and revoke monopolies in the telecommunication sector.
There are many laws in the Communications and Multimedia Act that forces ISPs and Data centres like ours to follow the law and act against the wishes of the people. For example, once an order from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is issued, under Section 242 it is an offence to not comply with MCMC’s request, even if we know the request was not right. Section 242 handles compliance to the Act, where failure to comply is punishable with a fine not exceeding RM100,000, or prison not exceeding two years, or both.
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