For IT News Week 2 of Jul 2018.
Jul 20, 2018 - Shopee’s Electronics Expo 23 to 26 July 2018
Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan will launch the Shopee’s Electronics Expo – Lowest Price Guaranteed (LPG), offering a series of electrifying promotions from 23 to 26 July 2018.
More than 20 best-selling electronic brands will be participating including Armaggeddon, Alcatroz, honor, Mono Digital, Philips, Russell Taylors, Tefal, Vivo, Xiaomi and more. A variety of smartphones, gadgets, home appliances, computers and accessories will be up for grabs, with up to 90% off on over 1,000 electronic products.
Through continuous strong collaborations with these brands, users can enjoy the lowest prices on all items with ‘Lowest Price Guaranteed’ tag and should they find the same item at another platform sold at a cheaper price, Shopee is committed to refund the 120% of the price difference in Shopee coins.
Jul 20, 2018 - HUAWEI launches nova 3 and 3i with star-studded event
HUAWEI today launched the HUAWEI nova 3 and nova 3i, the third-generation of HUAWEI nova range. In pursuit of the best AI selfie camera, HUAWEI has equipped the HUAWEI nova 3 and nova 3i with 24MP cameras; creating a quad-camera powerhouse that revolutionizes the world of AI photography, while featuring a fashionable design that mimics its predecessor, the nova 2 series.
After its strong growth in Malaysia, the HUAWEI new nova series now melds elegance and innovative AI together to usher in a new era of smart living. As a product series that is squarely aimed at addressing user pain points in selfie photography and entertainment, the latest HUAWEI nova devices features a wealth of improvements that are made possible by AI. As well as radiating elegance, the HUAWEI nova 3 and nova 3i offer all-new user experiences that ease users into embracing the AI-enhanced life.
The HUAWEI nova 3 and nova 3i will be available in Malaysia starting 28 July 2018. Retailing at the attractive prices of RM1,899 and RM1,249 for nova 3 and nova 3i respectively, both devices can be purchased at all HUAWEI Experience Stores, display zones, authorized dealers and major telco companies.
Jul 20, 2018 - LG Electronics Malaysia Creates a Better Life
LG Electronics Malaysia today hosted a premier product showcase from its line-up of products in the new product introduction, themed “Create a Better Life”. The range of products included its signature and award-winning OLED TVs, Super UHD TV, InstaView™ Refrigerators and TWINWash™ washing machine.
For example, LG OLED TV:
As homeowners and entertainment enthusiast crave for better viewing experience, the processor caters to those needs through the following:
Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today released the results of a new global survey, “Finance Redefined,” which reveals that efforts to digitally transform the finance function have not advanced enough, requiring finance leaders to redefine their approach to resilience, intelligence, leadership, and talent, in order to become more analytical and innovative.
The research shows that to reach its true potential, finance needs to invest in the people and capabilities required to deliver strategic insight to drive decision making. Yet, the findings indicate that many corporate finance functions are unable to deliver this insight due to difficulty integrating finance and non-finance data, lack of relevant skills within finance teams, and ineffective collaboration among C-suite peers on data-driven decision making.
The corporate finance survey was done in partnership with Longitude Research and includes responses from more than 670 finance leaders across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, and South Africa. Key survey findings within the four areas of resilience, intelligence, leadership, and talent.
Jul 19, 2018 - SG - Barracuda Web Application Firewall Named a Strong Performer by Independent Research Firm
Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-enabled security and data protection solutions, today announced that the Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) has been named a Strong Performer in “The Forrester Wave™: Web Application Firewalls, Q2 2018.” The Barracuda WAF was specifically cited for offering “sound attack response and feedback loops.”1 which makes sense given our unique ability to seamlessly automate the patching process for a continuously robust security posture.
“Applications are consistently targeted because they remain under-secured and are connected to a wealth of data and customer details. Our goal is to offer our customers comprehensive, enterprise-class security without complexity,” said Hatem Naguib, SVP and GM of Security at Barracuda Networks. “We think the results of this report reflect the trust that our customers and partners place in our WAF technology every day to protect their applications.”
Jul 19, 2018 - Bank Julius Baer signs Cognizant and Temenos for digital banking transformation
Cognizant has been selected by Bank Julius Baer, the leading Swiss private banking group, to power current and future business growth. The initiative is part of the bank’s most expansive digital transformation programme to date, and will enable Julius Baer to increase its service offerings and customer reach, while significantly reducing go-to-market time for new launches. Uniquely, the digital transformation has kicked off from the Asia Pacific region, and later expanded to other regions.
Cognizant’s robust global financial services heritage and deep digital expertise complements Bank Julius Baer’s vision of becoming more agile in the age of digital disruption. A process of reimagination was crucial in updating the bank’s legacy IT technology and processes to seize the business benefits of digitalisation.
Jul 18, 2018 - NKF Renews Partnersship with Overseas for Annual Mooncakes Charity Project
Savour mooncakes with your loved ones while supporting a good cause this Mid-Autumn festival. The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Malaysia is partnering with Oversea again this year for the annual mooncakes charity project. All proceeds from this initiative will be channelled to NKF in aid of our poor kidney failure patients.
The proceeds from the mooncakes sales will be funneled towards the treatment and support of underprivileged dialysis patients, as well as funding NKF’s constant efforts to educate the public about kidney disease.
Jul 18, 2018 - CSA and FS-ISAC Partner to Enhance Cybersecurity in Singapore
Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance security threat intelligence sharing and to conduct joint exercises to protect the financial services sector.
The MoU was signed at FS-ISAC’s annual Asia Pacific Summit in Singapore where security leaders from across the financial services sector gathered to solve cyber and physical security threats facing Singapore and the broader region.
FS-ISAC is a non-profit member-driven organization, whose mission is to assure the resilience and continuity of the global financial services infrastructure against acts that could significantly impact the sector’s ability to provide services critical to the orderly function of the global economy. CSA is a Singapore government agency that oversees national cybersecurity functions and works with 11 critical infrastructure sectors including the banking and finance sector.
Jul 17, 2018 - New Dell Precision Entry-Level Workstations Deliver Powerful Performance with a Smaller Footprint
Dell has announced the world’s most powerful 1U rack workstation and several new tower workstations designed to make it possible for companies of all sizes and budgets to access powerful, affordable, compact industry-leading workstations.
Going small can lead to big things, and Dell has purpose-built these new entry-level workstations to fuel the future of innovation across engineering design, science, mathematics and other data and graphics intensive fields. Having a highly powerful machine no longer requires having a large work space or a large budget, making this level of performance available to many companies and workers for the first time.
The following entry-level Precision workstations will be available in Malaysia by the end of August:
According to Kaspersky Lab, 42 million attack attempts on mobile devices were registered in 2017.
Business today therefore need to not only manage corporate mobility, but also make sure that devices and the sensitive data stored on them are secured from advanced threats in real time. To help customers meet this challenge, Kaspersky Lab has updated Kaspersky Security for Mobile – its Mobile Threat Defense solution that provides control, visibility and corporate data security on Android and iOS devices.
MDM and EMM solutions provide organizations with the ability to control the access to corporate documents and to manage device configurations, while providing employees with an efficient mobile experience. These solutions protect corporate data from leakage in case a device is lost or stolen.
Jul 17, 2018 - OPPO Find X : Ultra-beauty: Panoramic and unified design
Leading global smartphone brand OPPO today launched the OPPO Find X at Setia City Convention Centre, Malaysia.
OPPO Find X introduces a gorgeous brand-new design and features an abundance of new innovations including the amazing panoramic design with hole-less front and rear panels, as well as 3D Structured Light.
With panoramic design, Find X forges a new path as the elegant look and feel expresses the “beauty of nature” combining serenity and vitality. Find X achieves a refined silhouette thanks to the hole-less front and rear design as well as smoothly inlaid 3D glass on the edge. Find X is stylish to look and is comfortable in your hand.
OPPO is always exploring how to use AI to improve user experience. Based on Android 8.1, OPPO ColorOS 5.1 is deeply integrated with the AI engine of the Snapdragon 845 mobile platform. The AI capability of this arrangement helps ColorOS 5.1 understand user needs better than ever before.
OPPO’s belief is that a smartphone is not just a communication device, but a piece of art and Find X is proof of this philosophy.
Jul 16, 2018 - Huawei's First Official E-Commerce Store Offers Convenience with Just One Touch
HUAWEI, the top global tech giant, has introduced its first official e-commerce platform in efforts to allow fans and customers the convenience to access detailed product information and purchase the HUAWEI product of their choice with just one touch.
The new official e-commerce platform will house and incorporate the product information website on all HUAWEI’s state-of-the-art gadgets and devices under the same site. This will formulate a new online ecosystem for HUAWEI and its consumers, as information on all innovative products by the tech giant will be easily accessible and is within the fingertips of its customers when they purchase the product of their choice. It also guarantees a safe, reliable and secure transaction for all purchases and customers can be rest-assured with a peace of mind when purchasing items on the official e-commerce site.
In addition, to ease customers in their e-shopping activities, previous Vmall users who have registered for a Vmall ID in the past can now utilise the same ID to log in to HUAWEI’s e-commerce store to purchase their ideal HUAWEI products.
- Jul 20, 2018 - Shopee’s Electronics Expo 23 to 26 July 2018
- Jul 20, 2018 - HUAWEI launches nova 3 and 3i with star-studded event
- Jul 20, 2018 - LG Electronics Malaysia Creates a Better Life
- Jul 20, 2018 - Workday Global Corporate Finance Survey: Opportunities to Innovate But Barriers Exist
- Jul 19, 2018 - Bank Julius Baer signs Cognizant and Temenos for digital banking transformation
- Jul 19, 2018 - SG - Barracuda Web Application Firewall Named a Strong Performer by Independent Research Firm
- Jul 18, 2018 - CSA and FS-ISAC Partner to Enhance Cybersecurity in Singapore
- Jul 18, 2018 - NKF Renews Partnersship with Overseas for Annual Mooncakes Charity Project
- Jul 17, 2018 - New Dell Precision Entry-Level Workstations Deliver Powerful Performance with a Smaller Footprint
- Jul 17, 2018 - Kaspersky Lab Boosts Mobile Threat Defense with Renewed Kaspersky Security for Mobile
- Jul 17, 2018 - OPPO Find X : Ultra-beauty: Panoramic and unified design
- Jul 16, 2018 - Huawei's First Official E-Commerce Store Offers Convenience with Just One Touch
Jul 20, 2018 - Shopee’s Electronics Expo 23 to 26 July 2018
Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan will launch the Shopee’s Electronics Expo – Lowest Price Guaranteed (LPG), offering a series of electrifying promotions from 23 to 26 July 2018.
More than 20 best-selling electronic brands will be participating including Armaggeddon, Alcatroz, honor, Mono Digital, Philips, Russell Taylors, Tefal, Vivo, Xiaomi and more. A variety of smartphones, gadgets, home appliances, computers and accessories will be up for grabs, with up to 90% off on over 1,000 electronic products.
Through continuous strong collaborations with these brands, users can enjoy the lowest prices on all items with ‘Lowest Price Guaranteed’ tag and should they find the same item at another platform sold at a cheaper price, Shopee is committed to refund the 120% of the price difference in Shopee coins.
Jul 20, 2018 - HUAWEI launches nova 3 and 3i with star-studded event
HUAWEI today launched the HUAWEI nova 3 and nova 3i, the third-generation of HUAWEI nova range. In pursuit of the best AI selfie camera, HUAWEI has equipped the HUAWEI nova 3 and nova 3i with 24MP cameras; creating a quad-camera powerhouse that revolutionizes the world of AI photography, while featuring a fashionable design that mimics its predecessor, the nova 2 series.
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| (L-R) Official launch of HUAWEI nova 3 and 3i by Luke Au, Bill Liu, Hannah Delisha and Matthew Ng |
After its strong growth in Malaysia, the HUAWEI new nova series now melds elegance and innovative AI together to usher in a new era of smart living. As a product series that is squarely aimed at addressing user pain points in selfie photography and entertainment, the latest HUAWEI nova devices features a wealth of improvements that are made possible by AI. As well as radiating elegance, the HUAWEI nova 3 and nova 3i offer all-new user experiences that ease users into embracing the AI-enhanced life.
The HUAWEI nova 3 and nova 3i will be available in Malaysia starting 28 July 2018. Retailing at the attractive prices of RM1,899 and RM1,249 for nova 3 and nova 3i respectively, both devices can be purchased at all HUAWEI Experience Stores, display zones, authorized dealers and major telco companies.
Jul 20, 2018 - LG Electronics Malaysia Creates a Better Life
LG Electronics Malaysia today hosted a premier product showcase from its line-up of products in the new product introduction, themed “Create a Better Life”. The range of products included its signature and award-winning OLED TVs, Super UHD TV, InstaView™ Refrigerators and TWINWash™ washing machine.
For example, LG OLED TV:
As homeowners and entertainment enthusiast crave for better viewing experience, the processor caters to those needs through the following:
- Noise reduction: The processor cleans away the grainy imaging and expresses much smoother contouring of colors, providing cleaner and smoother images.
- Image enhancement: Better depth and image details by analyzing the image frequency, hence increasing and enhancing the image quality.
- True color accuracy: It supports color space of 33x33x33, compared to the conventional 17x17x17. This means that the processor creates 7.3 times larger color space compared to conventional processor that gives off more accurate color in the color spectrum.
- 4K high-frame rate (HFR): HFR reduces eye fatigue with a cleaner picture quality and smoother motion. Higher frame rate also allows more life-like picture quality.
Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today released the results of a new global survey, “Finance Redefined,” which reveals that efforts to digitally transform the finance function have not advanced enough, requiring finance leaders to redefine their approach to resilience, intelligence, leadership, and talent, in order to become more analytical and innovative.
The research shows that to reach its true potential, finance needs to invest in the people and capabilities required to deliver strategic insight to drive decision making. Yet, the findings indicate that many corporate finance functions are unable to deliver this insight due to difficulty integrating finance and non-finance data, lack of relevant skills within finance teams, and ineffective collaboration among C-suite peers on data-driven decision making.
The corporate finance survey was done in partnership with Longitude Research and includes responses from more than 670 finance leaders across the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, and South Africa. Key survey findings within the four areas of resilience, intelligence, leadership, and talent.
Jul 19, 2018 - SG - Barracuda Web Application Firewall Named a Strong Performer by Independent Research Firm
Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-enabled security and data protection solutions, today announced that the Barracuda Web Application Firewall (WAF) has been named a Strong Performer in “The Forrester Wave™: Web Application Firewalls, Q2 2018.” The Barracuda WAF was specifically cited for offering “sound attack response and feedback loops.”1 which makes sense given our unique ability to seamlessly automate the patching process for a continuously robust security posture.
“Applications are consistently targeted because they remain under-secured and are connected to a wealth of data and customer details. Our goal is to offer our customers comprehensive, enterprise-class security without complexity,” said Hatem Naguib, SVP and GM of Security at Barracuda Networks. “We think the results of this report reflect the trust that our customers and partners place in our WAF technology every day to protect their applications.”
Jul 19, 2018 - Bank Julius Baer signs Cognizant and Temenos for digital banking transformation
Cognizant has been selected by Bank Julius Baer, the leading Swiss private banking group, to power current and future business growth. The initiative is part of the bank’s most expansive digital transformation programme to date, and will enable Julius Baer to increase its service offerings and customer reach, while significantly reducing go-to-market time for new launches. Uniquely, the digital transformation has kicked off from the Asia Pacific region, and later expanded to other regions.
Cognizant’s robust global financial services heritage and deep digital expertise complements Bank Julius Baer’s vision of becoming more agile in the age of digital disruption. A process of reimagination was crucial in updating the bank’s legacy IT technology and processes to seize the business benefits of digitalisation.
Jul 18, 2018 - NKF Renews Partnersship with Overseas for Annual Mooncakes Charity Project
Savour mooncakes with your loved ones while supporting a good cause this Mid-Autumn festival. The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Malaysia is partnering with Oversea again this year for the annual mooncakes charity project. All proceeds from this initiative will be channelled to NKF in aid of our poor kidney failure patients.
The proceeds from the mooncakes sales will be funneled towards the treatment and support of underprivileged dialysis patients, as well as funding NKF’s constant efforts to educate the public about kidney disease.
Jul 18, 2018 - CSA and FS-ISAC Partner to Enhance Cybersecurity in Singapore
Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance security threat intelligence sharing and to conduct joint exercises to protect the financial services sector.
The MoU was signed at FS-ISAC’s annual Asia Pacific Summit in Singapore where security leaders from across the financial services sector gathered to solve cyber and physical security threats facing Singapore and the broader region.
FS-ISAC is a non-profit member-driven organization, whose mission is to assure the resilience and continuity of the global financial services infrastructure against acts that could significantly impact the sector’s ability to provide services critical to the orderly function of the global economy. CSA is a Singapore government agency that oversees national cybersecurity functions and works with 11 critical infrastructure sectors including the banking and finance sector.
Jul 17, 2018 - New Dell Precision Entry-Level Workstations Deliver Powerful Performance with a Smaller Footprint
Dell has announced the world’s most powerful 1U rack workstation and several new tower workstations designed to make it possible for companies of all sizes and budgets to access powerful, affordable, compact industry-leading workstations.
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| Precision 3630 Tower |
The following entry-level Precision workstations will be available in Malaysia by the end of August:
- Dell Precision 3430 Small Form Factor Tower
- Dell Precision 3630 Tower
- Dell Precision 3930 Rack
- Dell Precision 5820 Tower (with Intel® Core™ X-series processors)
According to Kaspersky Lab, 42 million attack attempts on mobile devices were registered in 2017.
Business today therefore need to not only manage corporate mobility, but also make sure that devices and the sensitive data stored on them are secured from advanced threats in real time. To help customers meet this challenge, Kaspersky Lab has updated Kaspersky Security for Mobile – its Mobile Threat Defense solution that provides control, visibility and corporate data security on Android and iOS devices.
MDM and EMM solutions provide organizations with the ability to control the access to corporate documents and to manage device configurations, while providing employees with an efficient mobile experience. These solutions protect corporate data from leakage in case a device is lost or stolen.
Jul 17, 2018 - OPPO Find X : Ultra-beauty: Panoramic and unified design
Leading global smartphone brand OPPO today launched the OPPO Find X at Setia City Convention Centre, Malaysia.
OPPO Find X introduces a gorgeous brand-new design and features an abundance of new innovations including the amazing panoramic design with hole-less front and rear panels, as well as 3D Structured Light.
With panoramic design, Find X forges a new path as the elegant look and feel expresses the “beauty of nature” combining serenity and vitality. Find X achieves a refined silhouette thanks to the hole-less front and rear design as well as smoothly inlaid 3D glass on the edge. Find X is stylish to look and is comfortable in your hand.
OPPO is always exploring how to use AI to improve user experience. Based on Android 8.1, OPPO ColorOS 5.1 is deeply integrated with the AI engine of the Snapdragon 845 mobile platform. The AI capability of this arrangement helps ColorOS 5.1 understand user needs better than ever before.
OPPO’s belief is that a smartphone is not just a communication device, but a piece of art and Find X is proof of this philosophy.
Jul 16, 2018 - Huawei's First Official E-Commerce Store Offers Convenience with Just One Touch
HUAWEI, the top global tech giant, has introduced its first official e-commerce platform in efforts to allow fans and customers the convenience to access detailed product information and purchase the HUAWEI product of their choice with just one touch.
The new official e-commerce platform will house and incorporate the product information website on all HUAWEI’s state-of-the-art gadgets and devices under the same site. This will formulate a new online ecosystem for HUAWEI and its consumers, as information on all innovative products by the tech giant will be easily accessible and is within the fingertips of its customers when they purchase the product of their choice. It also guarantees a safe, reliable and secure transaction for all purchases and customers can be rest-assured with a peace of mind when purchasing items on the official e-commerce site.
In addition, to ease customers in their e-shopping activities, previous Vmall users who have registered for a Vmall ID in the past can now utilise the same ID to log in to HUAWEI’s e-commerce store to purchase their ideal HUAWEI products.
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