IT News Week 4 of Jul 2018

For IT News Week 3 of Jul 2018.
  • Jul 26, 2018 - Hitachi Vantara Named a Leader in 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays
  • Jul 25, 2018 - Boost partners with UnionPay International to expand footprint in Malaysia and internationally
  • Jul 25, 2018 - Kaspersky Lab launches new generation of beyond-AV consumer solutions
  • Jul 23, 2018 - Five women receive cybersecurity scholarships at FS-ISAC’s annual Asia-Pacific Summit
  • Jul 23, 2018 - Carbon Black on the SingHealth breach: Healthcare data worth four times more than financial data
  • Jul 23, 2018 - Western Digital Ups the Game with Powerful New Gaming SSD
  • Jul 23, 2018 - Bosch Annual Financial Results 2017
  • Jul 23, 2018 - Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 (4GB variant) Available Now
  • Jul 23, 2018 - iPay88 Shares 'Payment Dream' that rides on IoT

Jul 26, 2018 - Hitachi Vantara Named a Leader in 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced it has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays for a second consecutive year. Hitachi Vantara was evaluated for its completeness of vision and ability to execute. Gartner’s 2018 evaluation of Hitachi Vantara included earlier generations of Hitachi VSP arrays: VSP F400, VSP F600, VSP F800, and the VSP F1500.

The news follows on the heels of the company’s recent expansion to the VSP all-flash array (AFA) family, updates to Hitachi Vantara’s AI-powered analytics and IT automation software and extension of the industry's only 100-percent data availability guarantee. Used in combination, these solutions help enterprises modernize their data centers for intelligent, autonomous operations with unprecedented agility and scalability to reduce costs and increase operational efficiencies.

Jul 25, 2018 - Boost partners with UnionPay International to expand footprint in Malaysia and internationally

Boost, Malaysia’s homegrown e-wallet app, announced today its partnership with global payment brand UnionPay to grow its footprint in Malaysia and overseas.

[L-R] Shuan Ghaidan - Director of Products, UnionPay International Southeast Asia, Wenhui Yang - General Manager, UnionPay International Southeast Asia, Christopher Tiffin - Chief Executive Officer of Boost, Mohd Khairil Abdullah - Chief Executive Officer of Axiata Digital Services
As part of the partnership, our long term plans are to enable users to use the app to leverage on UnionPay’s offerings to transact globally and likewise, for tourists to transact in Malaysia. On top of that, Boost and UnionPay will be jointly ramping up its marketing efforts in order to promote our services and further quicken our education and expansion plans.

Jul 25, 2018 - Kaspersky Lab launches new generation of beyond-AV consumer solutions

Kaspersky Lab just introduces Kaspersky Security Cloud, aims to protect connected lifestyle with adaptive security. The brand knows how the users are connected online at all time, using different internet services etc, without knowing how their privacy have been compromised.

Kaspersky Security Cloud operates according to the unique security-as-a-service scheme. It is "attached" not to the device, but to its owner via their account on the My Kaspersky portal. In addition, the service is available on both an annual and monthly* subscription basis. However, the uniqueness of the solution lies in the fact that, with the appropriate settings, the product behaves like an "adviser" that promptly tells you what to do in order to maintain a connection when it is most needed, or to avoid jeopardizing your personal data when such a risk occurs.

Jul 23, 2018 - Five women receive cybersecurity scholarships at FS-ISAC’s annual Asia-Pacific Summit

Financial Services Information Sharing Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), announced the recipients of the Building Cybersecurity Diversity (BCD) scholarship in Singapore at the annual FS-ISAC Asia Pacific Summit.

According to Frost & Sullivan’s 2017 Global Information Security Workforce study, women are underrepresented in the global cybersecurity workforce at a mere 11 percent compared to their male counterparts. In Asia Pacific, women make up only 10 percent of the cybersecurity workforce.

(L-R:) Sun Meng, Gayathri Sugumar, Tan Zhi Xuan Francine, Yvonne Soh and Tan Lixin

The scholarship was started by FS-ISAC in 2016 to bridge the diversity gap by helping women interested in cybersecurity kickstart their careers. This is the first year the BCD scholarship is being offered in Asia Pacific.

Jul 23, 2018 - Carbon Black on the SingHealth breach: Healthcare data worth four times more than financial data

1.5 million patients’ non-medical personal data were stolen, including those of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Singapore’s biggest cyberattack on the Singhealth system made headlines on Friday, sparking controversy as the breach was deemed as a well-planned target and possibly a state-sponsored attack.

How and why did this happen? Tom Kellerman, Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Carbon Black explains that the healthcare industry is more vulnerable than it seems –

“In a historic breach, the national health system of Singapore has been compromised after inadequate security controls failed. Healthcare records can yield four times more money ($75 on average) than financial data in underground markets. These records contain all sensitive information about an individual. Singapore is not alone, here. The healthcare industry as a whole is woefully under-protected and it is among the most targeted industry – 73% of IR (Incident Response) professionals have seen an attack targeting the healthcare industry in recent months, according to Carbon Black’s latest threat report. The rapid adoption of cloud technology and employee mobility has eroded the traditional perimeter. Hackers are now targeting endpoints – the laptops, desktops, and servers housing the most sensitive information for an organization. As this breach in Singapore suggests, endpoint protection at healthcare organizations appears to be severely lacking.”

Jul 23, 2018 - Western Digital Ups the Game with Powerful New Gaming SSD

To push leading-edge performance, lower power consumption and extended durability for PC gaming systems, Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) today introduced a high-performance Western Digital® Black 3D NVMe™ SSD featuring the company’s own SSD architecture and controller. The drive accelerates data for PC applications to enable users to quickly, access, engage and capture today’s high-resolution video, audio and gaming content.

The drives feature up to 500,000 random-read IOPs (for 1TB model) to deliver extreme throughput, which is ideal for multi-threaded applications and data-intensive multitasking environments.

The drive offers a five-year limited warranty with up to 600TBW endurance (for 1TB model). The Western Digital Black 3D NVMe SSD is available in Malaysia in capacities of 250GB (RM 449.00), 500GB (RM 799.00) and 1TB (RM1,599.00).

Jul 23, 2018 - Bosch Annual Financial Results 2017

Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, has ended its 2017 fiscal year in Malaysia with total net sales of RM5.2 billion, registering a growth of close to 8% from the previous year. Consolidated sales amounted to RM615 million, keeping Malaysia as the second largest revenue contributor for Bosch in Southeast Asia for the third consecutive year with its stable year-on-year performance.

In the past year, Bosch has increased capital expenditures in Malaysia by nearly 50 percent and invested around RM 236 million (49 million euros) largely equipping the company’s manufacturing sites with Bosch’s Industry 4.0 solutions. It has also expanded into connected manufacturing and service offerings based on the Internet of Things (IoT) that will help address current challenges and improve business growth.

Jul 23, 2018 - ZenFone Max Pro M1 (4GB variant) Available Now

Key Features of ZenFone Max Pro M1 (4GB)
  • Snapdragon 636 Octa-core CPU
  • Pure Android Experience
  • 5000mAh Battery for 2 days usage
  • 6” FHD+ Full View Display
  • 16 MP + 5 MP Bokeh Dual Rear Cameras + 16 MP Front Camera (YAS!!!)
  • Quicker Charging Time (0% - 100%): 2hrs 42min
  • 180 gram (include 5000mAh battery)
  • Triple SIM slot: Dual SIM & one MicroSD card (up to 2TB)
  • 4K Ultra HD video recording at 30fps
  • 5-magnet speaker & NXP smart amplifier
For more info, visit asus.com/my/Phone/ZenFone-Max-Pro-M1/

This model will be available in both ASUS authorized retailers and on our online store in Lazada.



Jul 23, 2018 - iPay88 Shares 'Payment Dream' that rides on IoT

iPay88 Holding Sdn Bhd (formerly “iPay88 Sdn Bhd”) (iPay88), an NTT Data company and a leading Malaysian-based provider of online payment solutions in ASEAN, today shares its aspirations towards its ‘Payment Dream’ – and riding on the IoT trend today, the dream could become reality as early as 2023.

Chan Kok Long, iPay88

Executive Director of iPay88, Chan Kok Long describes this ‘Payment Dream’ as a situation whereby people can purchase products and services without having to make any ‘action of payment’, at all.
  • Beyond ‘cashless’ lies the next reality of Autonomous Payments, operating in an Internet of Things (‘IoT’) world
  • Four main areas of focus to achieve ‘Payment Dream’: Standards, Connectivity, Identity Management and Payment Systems Interoperability
Chan says, “Imagine walking right in and right out of a mall – where you watched a movie, got your hair done, had lunch, ordered a new TV set and completed your groceries; all without having to carry any cash or credit cards, or even stop at any cashier counter to verify payment.

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