Acme Manufacturing Company, a specialist in robotic finishing systems has officially launched its Singapore office today. Acme Singapore includes a standalone research and development center focused on creating new solutions and customized robotics systems for the company’s customers in Southeast Asia. Acme’s integrated automated solutions employ robot arms and a suite...
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 for specific...
Trend Micro, an international cybersecurity company, released research demonstrating that major new European banking rules could greatly increase the cyberattack surface for financial services firms and their customers. The new research details the impact of the EU's Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which is designed to give users greater control over...
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 time such...
A study conducted by Microsoft Asia and IDC Asia/Pacific released findings which found that that organizations with AI expect to see 41% improvement in competitiveness in three years. The study also found that more than half (52%) of organisations within the region’s Financial Services Industry (FSI) have already started on...
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 as an application on smartphones, tablets...
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 to Mr Lee Fook Sun, Chairman,...
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 with a large volume of spurious traffic...
In August 2019, Google and UOB launched SME Leadership Academy, a new training program for business leaders. This program is supported by Digital Industry Singapore (DISG) and SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), and aims to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) accelerate their digital transformation and compete more effectively in the digital...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Southeast Asia look to invest in digital technologies within the next three years as the key enabler to drive new business propositions and user experiences, and deliver on significantly enhanced offerings. However, they face challenges around digital talent shortages and transformation, and cybersecurity...