IT News Week 3 of Nov 2019 - Disk 1

For this week / last week, here are / were the biggest news:
  • Nov 12, 2019 - NTT on Future Disrupted Prediction For 2020
  • Nov 11, 2019 - Adelaide - Myriota & Motherson partnership creates a new wave of South Australian space industry manufacturing
  • Nov 11, 2019 - 11.11 Special price on the OPPO Reno 10x Zoom and OPPO Reno starting from RM1,699
  • Nov 11, 2019 - SK magic receives ‘Smart Home’ recognition by CES Innovation Awards 2020
  • Nov 11, 2019 - Alpha IVF & Women's Specialists Launches New Fertility Centre
Nov 12, 2019 - NTT on Future Disrupted Prediction For 2020

NTT Ltd. announced the Future Disrupted: 2020 technology trends predictions.

They’re based on the most critical technology trends companies need to be aware of next year and the steps they need to take to address them. Formed from key insights from its technology experts, the company outlines the trends that will shape the business technology landscape throughout 2020 across six key areas: Disruptive Technologies, Cybersecurity, Workplace, Infrastructure, Business, and Technology Services. NTT Ltd. CTO Ettienne Reinecke predicts mainstream adoption of disruptive technologies in 2020 will finally see data, automation and internet of things (IoT) technologies come together to create connected cities and societies.

The predictions cover:
  • The technologies that will gain the most prevalence in 2020, the reasons businesses are turning to them, and the steps they can take in order to take full advantage of them
  • The need for businesses to embrace complete end-to-end solutions that help them create intelligent, connected infrastructures that will prepare them for smart cities of the future
  • The rise of IoT, the impact it will have in 2020, and why businesses need to prepare with secure by design solutions
  • The leaders (organizations, cities and societies) in Malaysia who are already making the most of these technologies, and leading the way in building infrastructures ready for the future
Nov 11, 2019 - Adelaide - Myriota & Motherson partnership creates a new wave of South Australian space industry manufacturing

The two South Australian companies are helping to bolster South Australia's manufacturing industry; entering into a partnership which will see millions of Myriota Modules manufactured at Motherson's South Australian headquarters.

Key points from the media release include:
  • Motherson will be manufacturing millions of units of the Myriota Module in South Australia over the next five years
  • The partnership is Motherson's first foray into working in the space and IoT arena
  • The Myriota Module communicates directly with nanosatellites to economically retrieve critical telemetry from difficult to access locations.
“The Myriota Module provides a great market opportunity for our business in industries like mining and agriculture where long-endurance remote resource monitoring is vital," said Damien Cox,COO, Zepiro.

Myriota and Motherson partnership
Myriota and Motherson Announcement

Nov 11, 2019 - 11.11 Special price on the OPPO Reno 10x Zoom and OPPO Reno starting from RM1,699

OPPO, a leading brand in the smartphone industry continues to thrive in providing user-friendly technology to the market. As the company makes way for more smartphone series’ with continuous innovation, OPPO celebrates the 11.11 Singles Day with price adjustments on the Reno 10x Zoom and Reno Series. O-fans can now get the OPPO Reno10x Zoom at only RM 2,999 and the OPPO Reno for RM 1,699.


Nov 11, 2019 - SK magic receives ‘Smart Home’ recognition by CES Innovation Awards 2020
  • Three innovative home appliances by SK magic all-in-one JIKSOO Ice Water Purifier, MOTION Air Purifier and Triple Care Dishwasher awarded for its outstanding performance.
  • Consumer Electronics Show 2020 recognises SK magic as the leading-edge for top engineering qualities, aesthetic and design, functionality and consumer appeal.
  • SK magic continues in its efforts to provide healthier and convenient living to all consumers.
Nov 11, 2019 - Alpha IVF & Women's Specialists Launches New Fertility Centre

Her Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda The Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Binti Almarhum Al-Mutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj officially lauched Alpha IVF & Women’s Specialists (KL), one of the largest In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) facility centres in the region last Friday afternoon. Alpha IVF, with world-class success rates and expertise, is strengthening its presence in Malaysia with the opening of their new fertility centre in Kota Damansara (Alpha IVF - KL).


Her Majesty has long supported couples with fertility issues through the Tunku Azizah Fertility Foundation (TAFF). In conjunction with the opening of the new centre, Alpha IVF‒KL is sponsoring 15 (fifteen) IVF treatments in support of TAFF. The sponsorship gift was presented to Her Majesty by Dato’ Dr. Colin Lee, Founder and Managing Director of Alpha IVF‒KL along with several children who were conceived through Alpha IVF‒KL’s collaboration with TAFF.

Alpha IVF‒KL is manned by 5 fertility specialists and 19 embryologists, geneticists, andrologists and scientists that produced more than 150 scientific works on fertility treatments, and had achieved numerous world 1sts in IVF including :
  • World’s 1st Saviour Sibling Programme for monogenic disorders with definitive high-resolution HLA typing on the embryos from the same biopsy samples used for PGT testing.
  • World’s 1st to demonstrate that blastocysts arising from Day 1 – MII oocytes have the same euploidy rate as Day 0 – MII oocytes from the same cycle and therefore should not be discarded. This will increase the number of euploid blastocysts available for embryo transfer.
  • World’s 1st successful pregnancy and delivery in a woman born without a vagina (Mullerian Dysgenesis).

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