IT News Week 4 Oct 2017

For IT News Week 3 Oct 2017.

For this week / last week, here are / were the biggest news.
  • PR - Oct 26, 2017 - Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
  • PR - Oct 26, 2017 - Commvault Named Winner of Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Solution Award by NetworkWorld Asia
  • PR - Oct 25, 2017 - Dow Introduces Unique, Non-migrating Silicone Additive with Long-lasting Slip Performance for BOPP Film
  • PR - Oct 25, 2017 - Sophos XG Firewall Delivers a Breakthrough in Network Visibility with Synchronized App
  • PR - Oct 25, 2017 - Lenovo™ and Intel® Deliver Simpler and Safer Online Authentication Experiences
  • PR - Oct 25, 2017 - WorldKoins mobile app lets AirAsia travellers convert their leftover Ringgit into shopping credits
  • PR - Oct 25, 2017 - ASUS ZenFone 4 (ZE554KL) Now Available in Malaysia!
  • PR - Oct 25, 2017 - Commvault Announces ScaleProtect TM with Cisco UCS for Scale-Out Data Protection for the Enterprise
  • PR - Oct 24, 2017 - GeForce-Certified iCafes Cross 250 Mark in Just Two Years
  • PR- Oct 23, 2017 - Cloudera and Hitachi Ltd. Form Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Adoption and Support of Cloudera Enterprise
  • PR - Oct 20, 2017 - iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus Arrive at U Mobile on Friday, 20 October 2017
  • PR - Oct 20, 2017 - Trive Property Group signs MoU with Tenaga Meriah for SPNB Affordable Housing in KL with GDV of RM1.1 billion

PR - Oct 26, 2017 - Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Fall Creators Update


The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update has started rolling out for free to Windows 10 users worldwide. Windows 10 is built to empower the creator in all of us and the Fall Creators Update promises to boost your imagination with a range of awesome new features. Some highlights include:
  • Windows Ink gets better: With the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, users can now ink directly onto PDFs. Smart Ink also allows users to make the squares you draw more perfect, or automatically turn boxes that you’ve doodled into a table with no extra work.
  • See your 3D creation in the real world: With Mixed Reality Viewer, you can view 3D objects in your world and snap a picture using the world-facing camera on your PC. This is also part of our push on enabling users to immerse themselves in a new reality – in the world of Windows Mixed Reality.
  • Save your disk space while letting your creative juices flow: All your files in OneDrive can now be accessed On-Demand, whether you synced them to your PC or not – this means they will appear in your File Explorer window without taking up any storage space on your hard disk!

Head over to the Windows Blog to find what’s new with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and how to get to the update.  

PR - Oct 26, 2017 - Commvault Named Winner of Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Solution Award by NetworkWorld Asia

Commvault, a global leader in enterprise backup, recovery, archive and the cloud, has been named a winner in the Disaster recovery/business continuity solution category at NetworkWorld Asia’s 2017 Readers' Choice/Rising Star Awards. The Awards recognizes both established and new solution providers that have made the most impact on Asian end-user organizations. Commvault has been recognized for the best solution in getting organizations back up and continuously running after a disaster or downtime.

This award reflects Commvault’s growth and commitment to deliver industry-grade data management solutions to the Asia Pacific region. Commvault enables organizations of all sizes and across all industries to actively manage, access and leverage data in whichever environment it resides. Several companies including CoreLogic, FCM Travel India, Eastar Jet, and NTT Data use Commvault Data Platform to protect and recover data.

PR - Oct 25, 2017 - Dow Introduces Unique, Non-migrating Silicone Additive with Long-lasting Slip Performance for BOPP Film

Dow Performance Silicones, a global business unit of DowDuPont Materials Sciences division, today announced the launch of Dow Corning® HMB-6301 Masterbatch, a unique, patent-pending solution based on the heritage Dow Corning silicone technology platform. The advanced silicone-based technology addresses key drawbacks of standard slip agents, including continuous migration from the film surface and degradation over time and under elevated temperatures, to better facilitate packaging production processing of bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film.
  • Dow combines the power of science and technology in driving innovations that extract value from material, polymer, chemical and biological science.
  • These innovations help to address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for fresh food, safer and more sustainable transportation, clean water, energy efficiency, more durable infrastructure, and increasing agricultural productivity.
  • Dow's solutions is available in 175 countries, in sectors such as packaging, infrastructure, transportation, consumer care, electronics, and agriculture.
  • In 2016, Dow recorded a total of $48 billion in annual sales.
BOPP Film Processing
Asia Pacific represented 42 percent of global packaging demand in 2016 and is set to contribute up to 63 percent by 2020. This growth has been fueled by the rising demand of fast-moving consumer goods among Malaysia’s strong and growing middle class.

With today’s on-the-go lifestyles, many consumers also prefer smaller packaged snacks and confectionery, which accelerates packaging demand, according to a research by EuroMonitor.

PR - Oct 25, 2017 - Sophos XG Firewall Delivers a Breakthrough in Network Visibility with Synchronized App

Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced the latest version of its next-generation Sophos XG Firewall that delivers a breakthrough in network traffic visibility. Using Synchronized Security to obtain information from the endpoint, XG Firewall can identify, classify and allow the control of all previously unknown applications active on the network, such as those which don’t have signatures or are using generic HTTP or HTTPS connections. Synchronized App Control on XG Firewall is an industry first and can reduce the security risks associated with unidentified traffic by allowing administrators to see exactly what is on their network.

Sophos XG Firewall is available for on-premise and cloud deployment, on all the major virtualization platforms as well as through the Microsoft Azure marketplace. Both Sophos Endpoint Protection and the next-generation anti-ransomware solution Intercept X will provide the XG Firewall with the Synchronized Security data required for this new level of traffic identification.

PR - Oct 25, 2017 - Lenovo™ and Intel® Deliver Simpler and Safer Online Authentication Experiences

Last night in Las Vegas, Lenovo, through a collaboration with Intel, announced that they are the first PC company to bring to the market FIDO-certified authenticators integrated directly into Windows PCs for simpler and safer online authentication.

Close-up of the Lenovo Yoga 920 fingerprint reader

Instead of relying just on passwords, users now have a safer way to log into websites with the touch of a finger or a quick click of a button on their Lenovo PC on many more popular websites such as PayPal, Google, Dropbox, and Facebook.

The list of compatible PCs include Yoga 920, ThinkPad X1 Tablet (2nd gen), ThinkPad X1 Carbon (5th gen), IdeaPad 720S and many more ThinkPads.

Intel Online Connect and Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) are built into 7th and 8th Gen Intel Core processors – offering user authentication information protection with the implementation of the integrated fingerprint reader to incorporate measures designed for a secure user experience.

PR - Oct 25, 2017 - WorldKoins mobile app lets AirAsia travellers convert their leftover Ringgit into shopping credits

WorldKoins is a mobile app operated by Appykoins Sdn. Bhd., which allows leftover currency to be converted to eGift cards and vouchers, which can be used to shop online from mobile phones.

Martijn Langhout, Co-Founder, WorldKoins

WorldKoins is working in collaboration with AirAsia to offer this service to all travellers who fly on board selected flights from Kuala Lumpur. This six-months pilot programme offers guests on AirAsia the option to convert Malaysian Ringgit-denominated currency into WorldKoins credits that can be used to shop at various participating merchants such as Lazada, Grab, Skype, iTunes, Google Play, Facebook, transfer to PayPal or even donate to selected charity organisations.

Martijn Langhout, Co-Founder of WorldKoins said that the app offers travellers to make full use of leftover currency, especially when they are in small amounts.

Incorporated in Malaysia, AppyKoins Sdn Bhd developed WorldKoins, a uniquely innovative and scalable platform offering travellers and users around the world a solution to making full use of leftover foreign currency notes and coins.

PR - Oct 25, 2017 - ASUS ZenFone 4 (ZE554KL) Now Available in Malaysia!

ZenFone 4 is a 5.5-inch smartphone that evolves the ZenFone lineage with luxurious, crafted design and delivers an unparalleled mobile photography experience with a dual-lens camera system featuring the flagship Sony IMX362 image sensor, a large F1.8 aperture lens and a 120° wide-angle lens. The latest powerful and energy-efficient Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 630 Mobile Platform provides performance for every scenario and a high-capacity 3300mAh lithium polymer battery coupled with ASUS BoostMaster fast-charging technology keeps ZenFone 4 going longer.

ZenFone 4

Dual Rear Camera: 12MP, F1.8 (Main) + 8MP, 120˚ wide angle
Front Camera: 8MP
Front: 5MP
Memory: LPDDR4 6GB RAM
Storage: 64GB (Supports 2TB MicroSD Card)
CPU: 64-bit Octa-core Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 630 CPU
GPU: Qualcomm® Adreno™ 508 (SD630)
OS: Android™ N and new ASUS ZenUI 4.0
Display: 5.5-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS
Battery: 3300mAh with fast charging

PR - Oct 25, 2017 - Commvault Announces ScaleProtect TM with Cisco UCS for Scale-Out Data Protection for the Enterprise

In August, Cisco has begun to resell Commvault, and just last week, Commvault launched its Commvault HyperScale™ Technology offering. Today, Commvault continues its growing relationship with Cisco, announcing ScaleProtect™ with Cisco UCS, a powerful and unique scale-out data protection solution combining Commvault HyperScale Software with Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS).

With Commvault HyperScale Software as the reference architecture, ScaleProtect with Cisco UCS delivers all the benefits of the Commvault HyperScale Software, while also providing seamless integration with storage arrays, hypervisors, applications and the full range of cloud provider solutions to support the most diverse and dynamic enterprise and hybrid cloud environments. This provides enterprises with the means to find new value in secondary storage and drive key business and IT transformation initiatives, while keeping costs within control and maintaining visibility into their data – a key need now that 45-60 percent of today’s data is consumed by secondary workloads, according to a report by IDC.

The combination of the Commvault HyperScale Software and ScaleProtect with Cisco UCS delivers the following benefits and capabilities –
  • Agility, resiliency and availability of data and applications, both on-premises and in the cloud
  • Setup, management and upgrade simplicity
  • Commvault Data Platform’s high availability and disaster recovery capabilities, including simply powerful automation, orchestration and self-service
  • Powerful new scale-out infrastructure combined with data management and protection, enabling systems consolidation and elimination of point-product solution silos
  • Modular scalability to grow with the needs of the business, including non-disruptive capacity and performance expansion
  • Built-in resiliency (erasure-coding with no single point of failure)
  • Streamlined support, centralized patch management, and active monitoring
  • Better TCO versus legacy scale-up solutions with lower procurement cost & operational overhead
  • Scale-out capacity that can start small and scale to PetaBytes seamlessly

PR - Oct 24, 2017 - GeForce-Certified iCafes Cross 250 Mark in Just Two Years

NVIDIA has announced that there are now more than 250 GeForce-certified iCafes in operation across Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam.

Across the Asia-Pacific region, GeForce is the preferred brand in iCafes, where thousands of gamers visit daily to play their favourite PC games and socialise with their friends. NVIDIA expects more than 500 GeForce-certified iCafes to be in operation in Asia-Pacific by the end of 2018.

NVIDIA launched its dedicated GeForce GTX iCafe certification program two years ago to help iCafe owners deliver the ultimate gaming experience to their customers. With more than 100 million customers worldwide, GeForce GTX is by far the preferred GPU (graphics processing unit) of choice by gamers everywhere. The award-winning GPUs deliver best-in-class performance, the latest gaming technologies and world-class driver support.

PR- Oct 23, 2017 - Cloudera and Hitachi Ltd. Form Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Adoption and Support of Cloudera Enterprise

Cloudera today announced a strategic partnership with Hitachi Ltd. to offer customers advanced services, support and training to strengthen adoption of Cloudera Enterprise, the leading machine learning and analytics platform.

With the development and expansion of IoT systems, data is acquired from a wide range of connected devices and there is a growing need for companies to harness this data for machine learning and advanced analytics to become more competitive. Through the partnership, Cloudera and Hitachi will:
  • Build a team of technical consultants to enable sales, service, training and implementation of Cloudera Enterprise. Cloudera will provide further support in joint training, capability building and solution development to fast-track creation of specific industry proof-of-concept projects.
  • Introduce Hitachi OSS Support Service for Cloudera Enterprise that provides an additional level of support and assistance to customers for their mission-critical big data operations
  • Collaborate and contribute to the creation of digital solutions to address challenges across a wide range of industries through the use of Cloudera Enterprise in Hitachi’s IoT Platform ‘Lumada’

PR - Oct 20, 2017 - iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus Arrive at U Mobile on Friday, 20 October 2017

U Mobile today announced that it will offer the new generation iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, with pre-orders available at https://store.u.com.my/iphone-8-preorder/ and U Mobile stores. The stores will also carry both the phones for immediate purchase.

To mark the launch, U Mobile is presenting the first 50 customers who purchase an iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus with a special gift. U Special customers who purchase either phone from 20 – 23 October 2017 will also receive a Mac City voucher worth RM100.

iPhone 8

U Mobile offers the perfect combination for the new iPhone 8 & iPhone 8 Plus with its unlimited offerings and data.
  • All U Mobile plans for iPhones are called iPlans.
  • U Mobile’s U Package consist of an iPlan + a 24-month instalment plan.
  • U Mobile’s i130 customers get to enjoy the most subsidy for iPhone 8 & iPhone 8 Plus when the phone is purchased upfront. The price is as low as RM2,140.
  • With U Package, the instalment plan starts as low as RM111.
  • U Mobile’s iPlans has a huge variety of free unlimited offerings besides unlimited data and they are as listed:
1. Video-Onz™ A service that lets you stream videos from the most popular video services
and upload videos to Facebook Live and Twitter without using data from your rate plan.
2. Music-Onz™ A free service that lets you enjoy music streaming from the most popular music apps
and Internet radio services without using data from your rate plan.
3. Call-Onz™ Unlimited calls to all networks.
4. App-Onz™ A free service for you to stream on the most popular social network channels without using data from your rate plan.
The partners that you can stream on using App-Onz™ are Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
5. Data for Waze Free data access to use Waze. Whenever U Mobile customers use Waze in Malaysia,
the navigation process will be completely free-of-charge as their data quota will not be utilised.

PR - Oct 20, 2017 - Trive Property Group signs MoU with Tenaga Meriah for SPNB Affordable Housing in KL with GDV of RM1.1 billion

Trive Property Sdn Bhd, has inked an Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with Tenaga Meriah Sdn Bhd, to formalize the understanding for its appointment as the Turnkey Contractor (Design, Built & Completion Handover) for an SPNB affordable housing development project in Kuala Lumpur with Gross Development Value of RM1.1 billion.

TPSB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trive Property Group Bhd (“TPGB”- Stock Code: 0118), which is listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.

TMSB, has secured a Letter of Intent from SPNB Aspirasi Sdn Bhd (“SPNB Aspirasi”) to form a Joint Venture company (“JVCo”). TMSB will hold a substantial shareholding in the said JVCo.

The affordable housing development will comprise of residential condominium/apartments towers (1,775 units) and a retail/commercial (50 units) central parking podium, strategically located in KL, neighbouring high-end reputable and matured communities of Desa Park City, Country Heights Damansara, Mont Kiara and Taman Tun Dr Ismail, just to name a few, with multiple accessibility including via Spint Highway (Sungai Penchala) and Desa Park City.

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