FedEx Express, a
subsidiary of global transportation company FedEx Corp, has enhanced its remote
pickup (RPI) service, reducing the response time from 24 hours to as few as two
hours. This promises increased control and reliability to the global supply
chain of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) importing from markets within
Asia...
The Economist Intelligence Unit released the third edition of the Safe Cities Index (SCI) at the Safe Cities Summit in Singapore in August 2019.
The index, which is the centre piece of a research project
sponsored by NEC Corporation, ranks 60 cities worldwide across five continents.
It measures...
Ensign InfoSecurity (Ensign), one of the largest pure-play
cybersecurity companies in Asia Pacific, officially launched its global
headquarters and its new Security Operations Centre (SOC), in Singapore on
September 16, 2019. This strengthens Singapore’s position as a cybersecurity
hub, enhancing cyber resiliency for organisations in the region.
According...
Alchemy Global Payment Solutions Limited (Alchemy),
a global cryptocurrency payment systems provider, has partnered with
Singapore-based Arcadier, an online marketplace builder,
and QFPay, a
digital fiat payment technology company, to launch Asia's first hybrid crypto
and fiat payment solution (Alchemy Hybrid Payment Solution).
The Alchemy Hybrid Payment Solution, which can be
conveniently installed...
A global study released by talent investor Entrepreneur
First in August 2019 revealed that many of the Generation Z Singaporeans
surveyed held positive views of entrepreneurship and relate to the values of
entrepreneurs, but remain pragmatic and cautious due to fears of potential
financial loss and a perceived lack of access...
Started in 2017, the SkillsFuture for Digital Workplace program has equipped Singaporeans with foundational digital skills and a mindset for digital transformation, to prepare them for technological changes in their workplace and daily lives.
In September 2019, NTUC LearningHub (NTUC LHUB) and Skills Future...
Domain Name System (DNS) amplification attacks swelled in
the second quarter of this year, with the amplified attacks spiking more than
1,000% compared with Q2 2018, according to Nexusguard's "Q2 2019 Threat
Report."
According to Cloudflare,
this type of cyberattack works by overwhelming a target server or network...
Frost
& Sullivan has awarded Singtel with the Asia-Pacific Telecom Group of the
Year award for the 4th consecutive year at the annual Frost & Sullivan
Asia-Pacific Best Practices Awards, on 18 September 2019. In addition, Singtel
was presented with the Singapore IoT Service Provider of
the Year award – the first...
International marketplace builder Arcadier,
has officially launched both a Developer Platform and
a Plug-In Marketplace for its community
of developers and users respectively. The Plug-In marketplace provides
installable applications and integrations that users can add to their
Arcadier-powered marketplace. Meanwhile, the developer platform, provides a
suite of developer tools and APIs which enable developers to execute customization
projects...
