For IT News Week 5 of Apr 2019, Kaspersky Lab's offerings of security solution for blockchain industry is an interesting one.
For this week / last week, here are / were the biggest news:
Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) and Automation Anywhere, the global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) co-hosted the first telco Botathon in Malaysia last week.
The Botathon allowed Digi employees to interact with software bots and Digital Workers from Automation Anywhere that work side-by-side with human workers to automate repetitive, daily tasks – liberating people to focus on higher-level business initiatives that only humans can provide. The initiative was part of Digi’s Innovation 360°efforts to encourage employees to digitally transform by providing them with various platforms to apply innovation to their work and opportunities to upskill and develop new competencies.
Through the Botathon, Digi and Automation Anywhere brought together technical personnel and Digi employees across the organisation who identified manual processes to automate with the help of bots and Digital Workers. Apart from automating processes, employee engagement was another key objective of the Botathon – enabling employees to unleash their creativity and take ownership of automating day-to-day tasks.
As part of the collaboration, Digi employees will have access to the Community Edition of the Automation Anywhere RPA software. This is in addition to training programmes and certifications from Automation Anywhere University to help them create Digital Workers.
May 3, 2019 - Dell Technologies Brings Speed, Security and Smart Design to Mobile PCs for Business
The 10th generation Latitude portfolio is optimised for the new Dell Technologies Unified Workspace while giving workers a frustration-free, ready-to-work experience. In addition to the award-winning Latitude 7400 2-in-1 launched this year at CES, the new Latitude line includes:
Many new Latitudes now can be equipped with fingerprint readers built into the power button and Windows Hello-capable IR cameras for a more trusted, biometric authentication. The laptops also support Dell’s recently announced SafeBIOS utility, that gives customers added visibility to BIOS changes by verifying the firmware’s integrity securely in the cloud.
Other highlights
May 2, 2019 - Nexign reaffirms its commitment to Southeast Asia with expansion plans
Nexign, a leading Business Support System (BSS) and the Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider, announced expansion plans into the Southeast Asia region as part of its international growth strategy.
The expansion milestones include ambitious recruitment plans to triple its headcount and establish local offices in preparation for ongoing digitalisation and the upcoming launch of 5G networks.
By 2025, the Asia Pacific region is expected to have 3.9 billion smartphone connections, in parallel to the rapid migration to higher speed mobile network - with 5G connections expected to reach 675 million across Asia Pacific by 2025.
Nexign Digital BSS is an end-to-end platform that delivers full-stack BSS functionality to drive CSPs’ digital transformation to the cloud and in the 5G era.
Nexign is recognised by prominent industry analysts including IDC, GlobalData and Analysys Mason for its agile product and services portfolio and open cloud architecture that accelerate time-to-market.
May 2, 2019 - DXC Technology expands Business Process Services (BPS) presence in Asia through Managed Services Agreement with Sime Darby Berhad
DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, has expanded its presence in Asia by signing a long-term managed services agreement with Sime Darby Berhad. The agreement will enhance HR, Finance & Accounting and IT services across Sime Darby Berhad’s businesses in the industrial, motors, logistics and healthcare space.
As part of the agreement, DXC will acquire Sime Darby Global Services Centre (SDGSC), the captive in-house provider of its HR, Finance & Accounting and IT services. Coupled with DXC’s global expertise, SDGSC will continue to drive innovation and offer a global gold standard in the Business Process Services market.
“DXC Technology has innate market presence across Asia, with Malaysia serving as a strategic capability hub,” said Koushik Radhakrishnan, vice president and general manager, DXC Technology Asia
May 2, 2019 - INTERPOL World 2019 Programme Takes on a New Format
INTERPOL, the world’s largest international police organization, is back for the third edition of INTERPOL World which will take place from 2 to 4 July 2019 at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands Singapore. INTERPOL World is a global co-creation opportunity to engage the public and private sectors in unique dialogue to counter future security and policing challenges.
With the rapidly evolving and increasingly complex operating environment confronting the global security community today, cybercrime damages to businesses will exceed SGD 8 trillion annually by 2021. With technology rapidly changing the landscape of security, police must be agile and think strategically to counter the global security challenges of tomorrow.
The 2019 edition will focus on the theme of ‘Engaging Co-creation to Prepare for Future Security Threats’ and drive new collaboration opportunities for thought leaders and experts from government agencies, private entities, academia think tanks and the technology community and large.
May 2, 2019 - OPPO Reno 5G will become the first commercial 5G smartphone to hit the market in Europe
OPPO’s Reno 5G smartphone becomes the first commercial 5G smartphone available on market in Europe, as the company begins to sell Reno 5G smartphone in Switzerland in partnership with Swisscom.
The Reno 5G model features a full panoramic screen and innovatively conceals the front-facing camera, soft light and back flash within a Pivot-Rising Structure that rises on demand.
As a partner of Swisscom, OPPO also participated in Swisscom’s 5G launch event held on April 10th in Zurich, where Swisscom and OPPO announced the plans to bring the first commercially-available 5G device to Switzerland together with 5G network.
Having acquired spectrum, the Swisscom 5G network is expected to be successively rolled out in whole Switzerland by the end of 2019. Supporting the sub6 n78 band in Switzerland, OPPO’s Reno 5G will enable 5G connectivity wherever Swisscom 5G networks are available.
For this week / last week, here are / were the biggest news:
- May 3, 2019 - Digi hosts industry-first Botathon Event for Digital Acceleration with Automation Anywhere
- May 3, 2019 - Dell Technologies Brings Speed, Security and Smart Design to Mobile PCs for Business
- May 2, 2019 - Nexign reaffirms its commitment to Southeast Asia with expansion plans
- May 2, 2019 - DXC Technology expands Business Process Services (BPS) presence in Asia through Managed Services Agreement with Sime Darby Berhad
- May 2, 2019 - INTERPOL World 2019 Programme Takes on a New Format
- May 2, 2019 - OPPO Reno 5G will become the first commercial 5G smartphone to hit the market in Europe
Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) and Automation Anywhere, the global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) co-hosted the first telco Botathon in Malaysia last week.
The Botathon allowed Digi employees to interact with software bots and Digital Workers from Automation Anywhere that work side-by-side with human workers to automate repetitive, daily tasks – liberating people to focus on higher-level business initiatives that only humans can provide. The initiative was part of Digi’s Innovation 360°efforts to encourage employees to digitally transform by providing them with various platforms to apply innovation to their work and opportunities to upskill and develop new competencies.
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| Botathon 2019 Group Photo |
Through the Botathon, Digi and Automation Anywhere brought together technical personnel and Digi employees across the organisation who identified manual processes to automate with the help of bots and Digital Workers. Apart from automating processes, employee engagement was another key objective of the Botathon – enabling employees to unleash their creativity and take ownership of automating day-to-day tasks.
As part of the collaboration, Digi employees will have access to the Community Edition of the Automation Anywhere RPA software. This is in addition to training programmes and certifications from Automation Anywhere University to help them create Digital Workers.
May 3, 2019 - Dell Technologies Brings Speed, Security and Smart Design to Mobile PCs for Business
The 10th generation Latitude portfolio is optimised for the new Dell Technologies Unified Workspace while giving workers a frustration-free, ready-to-work experience. In addition to the award-winning Latitude 7400 2-in-1 launched this year at CES, the new Latitude line includes:
- Latitude 7000 series
- Latitude 5000 series
- Latitude 3000 series
Many new Latitudes now can be equipped with fingerprint readers built into the power button and Windows Hello-capable IR cameras for a more trusted, biometric authentication. The laptops also support Dell’s recently announced SafeBIOS utility, that gives customers added visibility to BIOS changes by verifying the firmware’s integrity securely in the cloud.
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| Latitude 7200 2-in-1 Commercial Grade Case |
Other highlights
- Dell Technologies Unified Workspace solution radically simplifies and accelerates deployment, management and support of new Latitude devices
- World’s most powerful docks feature a future-ready, upgradable design for better productivity and management
May 2, 2019 - Nexign reaffirms its commitment to Southeast Asia with expansion plans
Nexign, a leading Business Support System (BSS) and the Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider, announced expansion plans into the Southeast Asia region as part of its international growth strategy.
The expansion milestones include ambitious recruitment plans to triple its headcount and establish local offices in preparation for ongoing digitalisation and the upcoming launch of 5G networks.
By 2025, the Asia Pacific region is expected to have 3.9 billion smartphone connections, in parallel to the rapid migration to higher speed mobile network - with 5G connections expected to reach 675 million across Asia Pacific by 2025.
Nexign Digital BSS is an end-to-end platform that delivers full-stack BSS functionality to drive CSPs’ digital transformation to the cloud and in the 5G era.
Nexign is recognised by prominent industry analysts including IDC, GlobalData and Analysys Mason for its agile product and services portfolio and open cloud architecture that accelerate time-to-market.
May 2, 2019 - DXC Technology expands Business Process Services (BPS) presence in Asia through Managed Services Agreement with Sime Darby Berhad
DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, has expanded its presence in Asia by signing a long-term managed services agreement with Sime Darby Berhad. The agreement will enhance HR, Finance & Accounting and IT services across Sime Darby Berhad’s businesses in the industrial, motors, logistics and healthcare space.
As part of the agreement, DXC will acquire Sime Darby Global Services Centre (SDGSC), the captive in-house provider of its HR, Finance & Accounting and IT services. Coupled with DXC’s global expertise, SDGSC will continue to drive innovation and offer a global gold standard in the Business Process Services market.
“DXC Technology has innate market presence across Asia, with Malaysia serving as a strategic capability hub,” said Koushik Radhakrishnan, vice president and general manager, DXC Technology Asia
May 2, 2019 - INTERPOL World 2019 Programme Takes on a New Format
INTERPOL, the world’s largest international police organization, is back for the third edition of INTERPOL World which will take place from 2 to 4 July 2019 at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands Singapore. INTERPOL World is a global co-creation opportunity to engage the public and private sectors in unique dialogue to counter future security and policing challenges.
With the rapidly evolving and increasingly complex operating environment confronting the global security community today, cybercrime damages to businesses will exceed SGD 8 trillion annually by 2021. With technology rapidly changing the landscape of security, police must be agile and think strategically to counter the global security challenges of tomorrow.
The 2019 edition will focus on the theme of ‘Engaging Co-creation to Prepare for Future Security Threats’ and drive new collaboration opportunities for thought leaders and experts from government agencies, private entities, academia think tanks and the technology community and large.
May 2, 2019 - OPPO Reno 5G will become the first commercial 5G smartphone to hit the market in Europe
OPPO’s Reno 5G smartphone becomes the first commercial 5G smartphone available on market in Europe, as the company begins to sell Reno 5G smartphone in Switzerland in partnership with Swisscom.
The Reno 5G model features a full panoramic screen and innovatively conceals the front-facing camera, soft light and back flash within a Pivot-Rising Structure that rises on demand.
As a partner of Swisscom, OPPO also participated in Swisscom’s 5G launch event held on April 10th in Zurich, where Swisscom and OPPO announced the plans to bring the first commercially-available 5G device to Switzerland together with 5G network.
Having acquired spectrum, the Swisscom 5G network is expected to be successively rolled out in whole Switzerland by the end of 2019. Supporting the sub6 n78 band in Switzerland, OPPO’s Reno 5G will enable 5G connectivity wherever Swisscom 5G networks are available.
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