Since the start of the global pandemic, the need for informal training videos for everyday use has expanded. A recent study conducted by TechSmith, which surveyed office workers from six countries, reveals that videos are highly popular among employees, especially in the modern workplaces where information needs to...
Peer-to-peer rental platform MyRent has launched in Singapore recently. MyRent seeks to help Singaporeans monetise their belongings by renting their items out to its community of users. MyRent was co-founded by Ishwar Dhanuka, Mark Kok, and Rahul Sharma. “The idea behind MyRent is to...
Companies in Singapore are the most likely in the Asia Pacific to use data analytics and visualisation, cybersecurity and robotic process automation (RPA) in the next 12 months, according to a survey by global professional accounting body CPA Australia. Singapore-based businesses are already the top users of RPA...
Dell Technologies, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (“IMDA”), Salesforce and ST Engineering announced a one-year collaboration earlier this year to launch Singapore’s first MentorConnect program - a cross-company mentorship program dedicated to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. It aims to provide mentoring,...
Which is more stressful – work or family? Whatever one answers, it’s clear that for many in today’s world, the stress is compounded by having to balance both work commitments and family life. A recent study by tech company Kisi ranked Singapore as 32 out of 40...
Lufthansa Innovation Hub (LIH), the digitalisation and innovation unit of the German airline, has recently launched its first foreign office in Singapore. LIH Singapore will focus on market developments in the digitalisation of travel and establish a network of strategic partners.
Rapid developments in the semiconductor industry have their downside: well-working equipment ends up in landfills prematurely due to technology obsolescence. This, according to Roger Poh, Director, J316, is the gap his homegrown company addresses, finding ‘new homes’ for these equipment through their extensive network of customers.
In an increasingly uncertain job market, nine in 10 Singapore employees (90 per cent) see the need to reskill or to upskill to stay relevant in the post-pandemic world, according to the results of the UOB ASEAN Consumer Sentiment Study. The findings come as...
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) will offer a pilot programme to accelerate grants of patent applications in all technology fields to just six months, starting from 4 May 2020. The programme – the SG Patent Fast Track - is the world’s fastest application-to-grant process of...
Customers are looking at multiple cloud providers to meet their enterprise requirements. Multicloud is the reality in enterprise technology according to a study from 451 Research commissioned by Oracle. The study collected information from 1,500 respondents at enterprises about how they use the cloud...