IT News Week 3 of Mar 2019 - Disk 2

For IT News Week 3 of Mar 2019, the Myriota IoT toolkit is something interesting.
  • Mar 21, 2019 - UOB Malaysia launches UOB GetBanker to enhance customer property buying experience
  • Mar 20, 2019 - SG - HPE helps businesses build their hybrid cloud strategies to speed deployment and save cost
  • Mar 20, 2019 - SG -  Kaspersky to uncover issues by mingling top security experts with young talents at SAS on 10-Apr-2019
  • Mar 20, 2019 - Sophos : Cybercriminals Most Likely to be Caught on Servers and Networks, but Detecting Their Time and Point of Entry Remains a Mystery
  • Mar 19, 2019 - Sony Announces New Full-frame 135mm F1.8 G Master Prime Lens
  • Mar 19, 2019 - Grab Financial Group announces comprehensive suite of financial services for SEA
Mar 21, 2019 - UOB Malaysia launches UOB GetBanker to enhance customer property buying experience

United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd (UOB Malaysia) today announced the launch of UOB GetBanker, a mobile app that swiftly and securely matches prospective property buyers with the Bank’s team of mortgage specialists. UOB GetBanker, which digitalises the property buying process, affirms the Bank’s commitment to harness technology to improve the customer experience.

The UOB GetBanker mobile app draws on the best practice of ride-hailing apps to refer a prospective buyer to a UOB mortgage banker.

Mar 20, 2019 - SG - HPE helps businesses build their hybrid cloud strategies to speed deployment and save cost

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced the HPE Right Mix Advisor, an industry-first offering that helps businesses develop their hybrid cloud strategies by recommending which workloads and applications are ideal to move to public clouds, or keep in private clouds, and how to migrate those workloads to achieve the right mix of hybrid cloud according to each business’s specific need. HPE Right Mix Advisor is the systematic approach businesses need to develop their hybrid cloud strategies with confidence.

Mar 20, 2019 - Kaspersky to uncover issues by mingling top security experts with young talents at SAS on 10-Apr-2019

In an effort to give back to the security research community, global cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab is announcing the introduction of the newest component of its annual Security Analyst Summit (SAS) that aims to provide the next generation of security leaders with a unique platform for information exchange with experts from the industry.

Consisting of workshops, presentations, technical tracks, career coaching, interactive games and challenges, SAS Unplugged is specifically geared towards young talents such as students and researchers as well as seasoned security enthusiasts.

Set to take place on 10 April 2019 at the Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore, Kaspersky Lab’s elite security experts will be sharing the stage with their top-caliber security counterparts from other cybersecurity companies to present intriguing and thought-provoking issues to share with the community.

Mar 20, 2019 - Sophos : Cybercriminals Most Likely to be Caught on Servers and Networks, but Detecting Their Time and Point of Entry Remains a Mystery

Sophos (LSE: SOPH), a global leader in network and endpoint security, announced the findings of its global survey, 7 Uncomfortable Truths of Endpoint Security, which reveals that IT managers are more likely to catch cybercriminals on their organization’s servers and networks than anywhere else.

The survey polled more than 3,100 IT decision makers from mid-sized businesses in 12 countries including the US, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, India, and South Africa.

Among the results, the key survey findings include:
  • Most cybercriminals are detected at the server (37 percent) or on the network (37 percent); 17 percent are found on endpoints and 10 percent are found on mobile devices
  • One-fifth of IT managers admitted not knowing how their most significant attack got in, or for how long it was there before it was detected
  • On average, organizations that investigate one or more potential security incidents each month spend 48 days a year (four days a month) investigating them
Mar 19, 2019 - Sony Announces New Full-frame 135mm F1.8 G Master Prime Lens

Sony has recently introduced a highly anticipated addition to their acclaimed G Master™ series of full-frame E-mount interchangeable lenses – a 135mm F1.8 full-frame, large-aperture telephoto prime lens (model SEL135F18GM). It will be available in Malaysia from 15th April 2019 at RM 7,999.

Sony SEL135F18GM


The new lens combines rapid autofocus (AF) acquisition with a lightweight, portable design and a variety of professional functions, making it a versatile, high-performance tool for professional portrait photographers, wedding photographers, sports photographers and a wide variety of imaging enthusiasts.

Mar 19, 2019 - Grab Financial Group announces comprehensive suite of financial services for SEA

Grab announced its 'Grow with Grab' roadmap, with the launch of SME lending, new features to the GrabPay mobile wallet for users and micro -insurance for drivers in Singapore.

The ‘Grow with Grab’ roadmap aims to provide the most comprehensive portfolio of financial services in Southeast Asia for micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses. The roadmap includes a range of other new services, including micro-insurance products, post-paid and instalment payment services as well as ‘Pay with GrabPay’, an online check-out payment method for online sellers.

With access to the Grab Super App, Grab Financial Group now provides the widest portfolio of earning opportunities for micro-entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia. From driving with Grab, delivering food or express packages and offering loyalty programmes with GrabRewards, to accepting payments via the GrabPay mobile wallet.

‘Pay with GrabPay’ online check-out allows online sellers to accept GrabPay as a mobile wallet on their website or platform. Customers can buy their goods online from the same familiar, convenient and secure GrabPay wallet they use on a daily basis for Grab rides and food orders.

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