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Paysend expands services with amplified Currencycloud partnership
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Fintech firms Paysend and Currencycloud expand partnership, aiming to extend Paysend's global services and boost its foreign exchange capabilities, potentially benefiting customers worldwide.
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Nintex launches new GenAI-powered capabilities for smart automation
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workflow automation
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Global automation provider, Nintex, bolsters its offerings with four new AI-powered products, streamlining customer workflows and further embedding generative AI in process automation.
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5G-enabled drones usher in era of smart possibilities
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data analytics
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ai
1,500 5G-enabled drones commanded a magical spectacle over Marina Bay, heralding a revolution in drone technology offering limitless smart solutions.
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Why comprehensive observability reduces cloud waste & minimises IT spending
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cloud services
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it spending
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gartner
Amid complexities in cloud adoption, comprehensive observability emerges as a key tool for businesses to manage cloud waste, optimise costs, and streamline their IT spending.
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How clever UX design can encourage more effective climate action
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carbon footprint
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engagement
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Fintech company, Cogo, uses innovative UX design to increase climate literacy, promoting sustainable habits and effective climate action, study reveals.
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Barclays report warns of AI blind spots in buoyant investment climate
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strategy
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automation
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value addition
A new Barclays report warns of potential blind spots in the buoyant AI investment landscape, stressing the need to balance optimism with readiness to tackle emerging challenges until 2025.
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Celonis & Sailfin Technologies launch AI-driven AR app suite
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accounting systems
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credit management
Celonis and Sailfin Technologies unveil AI-driven suite to optimise AR operations, promising enhanced cash flow, greater productivity, and potential million-dollar savings.
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Unit4 unveils Smart Automation Services for business efficiency boost
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Unit4 has launched Smart Automation Services, a series of AI-driven services designed to boost business efficiency and evolve user experience by integrating with their ERP suite, ERPx.
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Southeast Asia sees 85% rise in freelancer registrations
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digital transformation
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digitalisation
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A new report disclosed a dramatically evolving SEA job market with an 85% increase in freelancer registrations and higher day rates for independent talent.
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Singapore & Hong Kong lead in global tech budget growth
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digital transformation
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Businesses in Singapore and Hong Kong anticipate leading global tech budget growth, with Singaporean IT leaders predicting over a 10% surge.
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Indosat to adopt NVIDIA's Blackwell platform for AI shift
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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison gears up to adopt NVIDIA's Blackwell platform, aiming to revolutionise the use of AI in Indonesia.
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Critical zero-day vulnerability in D-Link routers exposes thousands
2 days ago
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Ensign InfoSecurity reveals a zero-day vulnerability in D-Link DIR-822 routers, putting users at risk of cyber attacks including data theft.
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BioCatch & Google Cloud unite to combat financial cybercrime
2 days ago
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digital banking
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cybersecurity
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BioCatch has joined forces with Google Cloud to combat soaring financial cybercrime in Southeast Asia with real-time biometric intelligence solutions.
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AI, sustainability, elections dominate 2024 CEO talks
2 days ago
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AI, sustainability, and upcoming elections are leading topics in CEO discussions in Q1 2024, notes the latest IoT Analytics report.
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Golden Gate Ventures promotes Angela Toy to COO in strategic move
2 days ago
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Golden Gate Ventures elevates Angela Toy to COO, reflecting the firm's expansion commitment and solidification of its leadership in global startup ecosystems.
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Turbulent waters: The Red Sea Crisis and tech implications
3 days ago
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germany
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piracy
The Red Sea crisis' enduring impact on global shipping extends beyond geopolitical tensions, spiralling into shipping delays and rerouting, spiking costs, and disrupting trade routes, with intrusive fallout on tech and worldwide supply chains.
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Neo4j & Microsoft partner to revolutionise Generative AI data insights
3 days ago
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digital transformation
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microsoft
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data management
Neo4j, a graph database leader, collaborates with Microsoft to deliver a unified data offering for generative AI, integrating Neo4j's technologies into Microsoft Fabric and Azure OpenAI Service.
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AI foundries & digital factories will change humankind, NVIDIA CEO says
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In his GTC 2024 keynote, NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang unveils the future vision of technology's societal role, showcasing advancements in AI and innovative partnerships.
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2024: The top 10 professional services firms (revenue + margins)
3 days ago
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fujitsu
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randstad
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schneider electric
The top 10 global professional service firms of 2024 make significant contributions to the $6.02 trillion industry, driving revenue and operating margins.
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LogChain appoints Jim Halkyard as CTO in bid to revolutionise supply chains
3 days ago
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digitalisation
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transparency
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customer service
Global trade disruptor LogChain appoints industry veteran Jim Halkyard as Chief Technical Officer, signaling a major move towards the digitalisation and revolution of the supply chain industry.
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World Backup Day punctuates rising fears of cyber-attacks
3 days ago
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data protection
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digital transformation
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multi-cloud
As cyber threats rise, World Backup Day emphasises the urgency of data protection, with 90% of executives fearing a ransomware attack, says Cloudera's SVP, Remus Lim.
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Huawei Cloud & Shenzhen Meteorological Bureau launch AI weather model
3 days ago
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Huawei Cloud and the Meteorological Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality launch the pioneering Zhiji Regional Model, an AI-based tool yielding short-term weather forecasts with an unprecedented fine-scale resolution of 3 km, dwarfing the 25 km scope of conventional global models.
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PepsiCo embraces automation to boost productivity in Thai facility
3 days ago
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storage
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safety
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productivity
PepsiCo embraces a digital future by integrating automation into a key production and logistics hub in Thailand, partnering with Dematic, to meet growing product demand.
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Transforming legal firms into tech-savvy visionaries – the paradox
3 days ago
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Despite acknowledging the benefits of technology, conservatism in legal firms is impeding the adoption of AI and legal tech tools; ongoing education and real-world examples may be the remedy.