Amid global health concerns over the rapid development and spread of COVID-2019, companies are closing physical offices and shifting to remote work arrangements. Working from home has its fair share of benefits and challenges. Potentially, there is a big adjustment factor as not everyone is accustomed to working from home or...
With its current trajectory, cybercrime will cost the world $10.5 trillion USD annually by 2025. One key takeaway is this — cybercrime is big money, and this explains the growing threat of cyberattacks on a scale like never before. In Singapore alone, organisations are facing an average of 54 security...
BLACAZ., a digital insurance intermediary company has announced its online alternative to corporate insurance subscription and management. Looking to address issues faced by corporate entities when it comes to the complicated insurance industry, BLACAZ. offers customisable insurance policies that can be managed online. A variety of corporate insurances, including Health &...
Beehive, a digital platform providing finance solutions to businesses, financial institutions and investors is partnering with Thailand’s Thanachart Bank to launch a digital supply chain that provides improved liquidity for SMEs in Asia.  "It is our strategic direction to enhance our digital technology capability to deliver a better customer experience. The...
Trend Micro has revealed that it blocked 16.7 million high-risk email threats that slipped past webmail providers' native filters. This amounts to an increase of nearly a third on 2019 figures. The new statistics are provided by Trend Micro's Cloud App Security (CAS), an API-based solution that provides second-layer protection...
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) partnered industry players and successfully executed a live shipment from Singapore to Thailand during Q1 2023. This fully paperless, live cross-border trade involved the use of an ETR, that is functionally equivalent to a paper Bill of Lading (BL) using Singapore’s TradeTrust framework. Pioneered by...
SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, has appointed seven co-investment partners under Startup SG Equity. This will catalyse more than S$90 million worth of investments to develop Singapore-based startups in the Agrifood tech sector. This was announced by Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Dr...
Singapore has taken several measures to beef up cybersecurity after attacks in recent years.  A new multi-year roadmap is underway to identify next generation cyber-threats and develop the solutions and capabilities needed to secure Singapore’s connectivity infrastructure. This was announced by Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State for Communications and...
Slack’s Workforce Lab research explores what motivates workers to use AI and how they feel about using it at work. Through in-depth interviews and a survey of 1,031 workers from Singapore, the research uncovered five distinct AI personas that employers need to understand as they implement AI and bring workers onboard “The...
One in four Malaysian small businesses surveyed in CPA Australia's Asia-Pacific Small Business Survey 2021-2022 are planning to introduce a new product, process or service to the country, or indeed the world, this year.This innovative small business culture is critical to Malaysia attaining a 'high technology nation' status by 2030,...