Amid the reopening of global economies and as we settle into some semblance of normalcy, businesses have to embrace agility in their operations, so they can continue to thrive, not just survive, in today’s digital era. Markedly, business transformation is key to avoid being left behind in...
More than 100,000 seniors have benefited from digital skills training conducted by the SG Digital Office (SDO). The learning impacted has been highly effective, with nine in ten continuing to apply the skills learnt, including using their smartphone for video calls, accessing government digital services and making...
Pitik, founded in 2019, is an Indonesian company that harnesses the power of data and technology to empower Indonesian chicken farmers, allowing them to achieve better quality poultry and thereby generating more income. Like many SMEs and startups, they faced an issue obtaining the necessary financing to...
Trend Micro Incorporated has released results from a study that reveals Security Operations Centres (SOC) and IT security teams are suffering from high levels of stress outside of the working day—with alert overload a prime culprit. According to the study, which polled 2,303 IT security...
As companies move into a COVID-19 endemic world, Human Resources (HR) will play a strategic function to ensure a smooth transition of the workforce and workplaces. For that reason, 83% of HR leaders say that they are open to embracing digitalisation of HR processes....
Small and medium-sized businesses (or SMBs) are not ready for cyberthreats. A 2020 report PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong revealed that 73% of SMBs do not have a dedicated cybersecurity team, and only 53% of them have antivirus solutions in place.  The same study found that...
In May 2021, JobKred, a Singapore-based AI-powered skills intelligence startup, teamed up with the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) to launch a 90-Day Training Needs Analysis (TNA) programme. This programme aims to help employers be nimble and embrace new ideas to transform their workplace,...
Almost 30,000 retail shops were onboarded on foodpanda shops in the past year, with SMEs making up almost half of shops that had gone digital. This marks the first step in helping SME businesses build a strong digital core, to become more risk-resilient and cater to their customers' new...
SHOPLINE has launched the “Retail Revolution: Three Easy Ways to Succeed in the New Retail” campaign to educate and assist SMEs considering entering the emerging social commerce space. The campaign will run from 1 to 30 September, including three free webinars for the...
The pandemic has revealed the importance of a deliberate, digital-focused invoice management strategy to build stronger resiliency. Such a strategy can improve business clarity, reduce delays and errors caused by manual data entry, and free up cash for the business especially in crucial times.