Appier has announced the launch of BotBonnie, an omnichannel conversational marketing platform. This marks Appier's debut in the conversational commerce and marketing space. BotBonnie is available across the Asia Pacific markets in English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese. According to Gartner, customer loyalty is created when businesses...
70% of youth in Singapore know about IP with copyright being the most familiar intellectual property type amongst youth. However, knowledge about types of IP such as copyright, patents and trademarks dipped to around 20% when probed further. Among the 1000...
OCBC Bank now leverages Visa Commercial Pay mobile solution as part of its inaugural virtual purchasing card offering. The OCBC Virtual Purchasing Card enables businesses to digitalise and streamline all their payment requirements. This solution provides real-time visibility of their employees’ spending on OCBC...
A report by MIT Technology Review Insights explores opportunities for businesses to leverage data and generative AI to deliver growth. The report, "Laying the foundation for data- and AI-led growth," is produced in partnership with Databricks and is based on a global survey of 600 CIOs, CTOs, CDOs,...
Kaspersky’s latest statistics for Singapore revealed that small and medium businesses (SMBs) continue to be the target for cyber criminals in the city state.Between the period of 1H 2023, SMB employees here encountered malware or unwanted software disguised as business applications with approximately 50 unique files being...
Chasing down unpaid B2B trade debt has become a major headache for Asian companies trading on domestic and export markets. They are facing sharply increased costs to manage customer credit risk in-house and thus protect cash flow from disruption caused by the current challenging economic and trading environment.The...
Cisco has published its 2023 Data Privacy Benchmark Study. The sixth annual global survey investigates professionals' perspectives on data privacy strategies. This year's study finds that despite a difficult economic environment, organizations continue to invest in privacy, with spending up significantly from $1.2 million just three years ago to $2.7...
EngageRocket, an employee experience solution provider, has announced that they are joining forces with the Institute for HR Professionals (IHRP) and the Singapore HR Institute (SHRI) to help companies and leaders understand how the state of the workplace and employee experience has evolved one year into the...
Okta has announced the findings of its eighth annual Businesses at Work report. The research explored what applications and services organisations in Asia Pacific (APAC) and across the globe use to remain productive and secure.Businesses at Work 2022 takes a holistic look at Okta's network of 14,000...
Since the start of the pandemic, workforce competencies have had to evolve, resulting in the increasing importance for adaptive skills in the workplace. In particular, more employers say that Effective Communication is key to business viability, making it the increasingly most sought-after skill (voted...