IT News Week 4 of Jul 2019 - Disk 2

For IT News Week 4 of Jul 2019, pay attention to the usage of drone in FELCRA's plantation management.

For this week / last week, here are / were the biggest news:
  • Jul 25, 2019 - Epicor Announces the 2019 Customer Excellence Award Winners for Asia Pacific
  • Jul 24, 2019 - Getting the party started is now simpler with Digi's Omni
  • Jul 24, 2019 - Schneider Electric Launched Masterpact™ MTZ Air Circuit Breakers with Digital Technologies
  • Jul 23, 2019 - Paessler opens central support and sales development hub in Malaysia
  • Jul 22, 2019 - Rimini Street Becomes Support Service Provider for Hyundai-Kia Motors’ Global Database Portfolio

Jul 25, 2019 - Epicor Announces the 2019 Customer Excellence Award Winners for Asia Pacific

Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, today announced the winners of its latest Customer Excellence Awards program. The awards mark the company’s continued recognition in supporting manufacturers on their digital transformation quest to become more competitive in today’s Industry 4.0 world.

The global awards program, now in its fourth year, recognizes the accomplishments of innovative organizations that have successfully transformed their operations by deploying Epicor solutions and services to achieve a truly connected enterprise. These connected solutions bring together data analytics and automated control across the factory and the warehouse to create intelligent production environments that boost the productivity, quality, compliance, and profitability of their business.

The 2019 winners are being announced today at the annual Epicor Customer Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

  • Trio Engineering is the Business Transformation winner, having successfully harnessed automation and data to achieve its end-to-end business process management (BPM) vision. Trio Engineering integrated Epicor ERP with its production control systems to enable the real-time data collection that has enabled improved collaboration between business divisions and elevated production execution. By leveraging smart technologies to capture competitive advantages in a fast-evolving Industry 4.0 world, the firm is fast realizing its global growth ambitions with the rapid expansion of its overseas operations.
  • Ka Shui Group is the Technology Innovator winner. Committed to improving productivity through the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies for a smarter future, Ka Shui integrated Epicor ERP with an IoT powered ‘Track and Trace’ in-house system. It enables a truly ‘digital factory’ in which multiple processes are seamlessly optimized and real-time visibility of the entire supply chain has been achieved. The resulting operational efficiencies have generated a significant increase in gross profit margins for the group.
  • CR Asia Group is the winner in the Cloud Deployment category. Determined to streamline business processes and bring its multi-location businesses together on one unified platform, CR Asia implemented Epicor ERP in the cloud. Alongside optimizing operations to better serve the fast-evolving requirements of customers, CR Asia now has access to the real-time business intelligence it needs to capture value and achieve profitable and sustainable growth.
Jul 24, 2019 - Getting the party started is now simpler with Omni

Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi)’s Omni, an all-in-one virtual office phone solution for business needs seeks to change event management by making the process of contacting the right people easier and more efficient.


Omni x Glowing Party House: Omni’s interactive virtual receptionist and extension increases work efficiency by directing callers to the right people

Omni provides office landline numbers that operates fully on smartphones and offers features such as interactive virtual receptionists, call menus and extension lines, which can be routed to specific employees and departments. As Omni operates 100% on a mobile app, it fully does away with the need for on-site installation or complex software integrations and the relevant maintenance cost that comes with it. Anybody can own an office fixed line with enterprise-level features from as low as RM69 per month.

Glowing Party House, a brand under Glowing Concept Sdn Bhd, a one stop shop for party supplies, subscribed to Omni’s services as they noticed their clients were having trouble reaching the right outlet and department. This was not ideal as they needed to be able to communicate with existing and potential clients to ensure they received more sales.

For more information or to sign up for Omni, visit https://omnihotline.my/party

Jul 24, 2019 - Schneider Electric Launched Masterpact™ MTZ Air Circuit Breakers with Digital Technologies

Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, launched the Masterpact™ MTZ – the next-generation, high power, low voltage air circuit breakers at the Innovation Talk: EcoStruxure Power, Kuala Lumpur 2019.

Masterpact™ MTZ comes with a range of new features that increase connectivity, convenience, and ease of power management. It is designed to protect electrical systems from damage caused by overloads, short circuits and equipment ground faults. End users will benefit from increased power uptime and energy efficiency, building on the legendary performance, reliability and safety of the Masterpact™ range.

Schneider Masterpact MTZ - next gen circuit breaker

The new range of circuit breakers incorporate communication functionality as well as Class 1 power metering system that optimises costs and efficiency to ensure smart operations of buildings. It can connect the electrical switchboard to any building and energy management system, allowing users to connect their smart phones as the main Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) to monitor and control Masterpact™ MTZ. This provides maximum convenience and allows ease of power management.

Jul 23, 2019 - Paessler opens central support and sales development hub in Malaysia

Paessler AG, a leading provider of network monitoring solutions, has announced the opening of its key development hub in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. This new centre of innovation is a core component of the company’s wider Asia Pacific (APAC) expansion plan to double the size of its team by 2020.

Based in Malaysia, the hub will serve over 5,500 existing customers (active license holders) and over 550 active partners in the region (including South East Asia, North West Asia and Australia and New Zealand). The team is tasked with providing sales and technical support in a number of languages (such as English, Japanese, Mandarin, Korean and others) and across time zone – key hires include system engineers, technical support and business development roles.

With its expansion into APAC through the support and sales hub, Paessler’s global office count will sit at 250+.

Paessler’s Director for the APAC region, George Wilson, said: “Malaysia is a key international market for us and is home to a highly skilled workforce that embraces technology growth and innovation. Paessler will focus on tapping into this engineering talent for its development hub to fuel regional growth and continued momentum.”

Jul 22, 2019 - Rimini Street Becomes Support Service Provider for Hyundai-Kia Motors’ Global Database Portfolio

Rimini Street, today announced that it has been selected as the software support services provider to global auto manufacturer Hyundai-Kia Motors.

By providing efficient, timely, and cost-effective database maintenance and support, Rimini Street plans to actively support Hyundai-Kia Motors in their endeavor to implement a business-driven IT roadmap.

Hyundai-Kia Motors has been exploring options to reduce their reliance on the existing software vendor database support and achieve cost optimization by identifying alternative solutions.

Rimini Street, a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner.

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