singapore

Security

Singapore digital users lax on cyber security

Singapore businesses are also increasingly reliant on digital channels for customer engagement and service delivery, greatly increasing their cyber security risks.

Jun 16 2021 8:04AM

Industry Movements

DataStax picks Singapore for regional HQ

Supporting the expansion is Dutta who will be responsible for the DataStax’s growth across APAC, and Morton who is the technical expert for Apache Cassandra.

Jun 15 2021 8:03AM

Digital Transformation

How Singapore insurer Great Eastern is embracing digitalisation

From a traditionally face-to-face business, insurance players improve their digital capabilities to better reach their hyper-digital customers and to support their distributed workforce with their remote working arrangements.

Jun 14 2021 8:17AM

Industry Movements

Alibaba Cloud gets the data protection nod in three areas from IMDA in Singapore

The validation enables Alibaba Cloud to be a responsible stewardship of information and strengthen Singapore’s role as a trusted business and digital hub.

Jun 4 2021 8:06AM

Enterprise Technology

Singapore workers bogged down by repetitive tasks and want more automation

Survey respondents also want to do more fulfilling work, say UiPath workforce survey.

May 24 2021 10:12AM

Whitepapers

Singapore’s growing emergence as hub for start-ups in the maritime IT sector

Inmarsat report captures role of Singapore start-ups in the maritime industry’s digital transformation.

May 10 2021 8:13AM

Enterprise Technology

First global payment link set up between Singapore and Thailand

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and Bank of Thailand aim to expand this bilateral linkage into a network of retail payment systems across ASEAN.

May 3 2021 10:29AM

Industry Movements

WarnerMedia appoints new networks lead for Cartoon and Boomerang networks

The appointment is a homecoming for Ho, who was a member of the programming team at HBO in Asia in the early 2000s.

Apr 23 2021 11:09AM

Industry Movements

ISBC establishes its global headquarters in Singapore

ISBC aims to connect with market leaders across Southeast Asia, with plans to expand to Malaysia and Indonesia in the future, and to partner with 50 banks globally by the end of 2021.

Apr 23 2021 9:41AM

Digital Transformation

Singapore’s PSB Academy introduces facial recognition to ensure safety of returning students and staff

The educational institution’s Smart Gantry System takes less than 5 seconds to scan everyone with an accuracy rate of ±0.3°C before allowing entry into the premises.

Apr 21 2021 8:21AM

Enterprise Technology

Fivetran adds Singapore to regional footprint

The new Singapore facility enables Fivetran to offer 24/7/365 support to customers globally.

Apr 12 2021 8:25AM

Data Centres

ST Telemedia expands flagship data centre with addition of Defu 3 in Singapore

The STT Defu campus will also operate with a central monitoring and security system and offer vital internal fibre connections that link STT Defu 3 with the other two data centres on-campus.

Apr 12 2021 8:17AM

Case Studies

NTU Singapore leverages FlashBlade to expand supercomputing capabilities

An all-flash storage infrastructure helps NTU researchers tackle more peta-scale data analyses while reducing energy usage and environmental impact. The first project will look at sequencing the DNA of more than 1,000 plants.

Apr 9 2021 8:20AM

Data Centres

Digital Realty ramps up with largest data centre build in Singapore

The new 50-megawatt facility is substantially pre-leased to a thriving community of leading global cloud service providers, local as well as global financial services providers and Southeast Asian enterprises.

Apr 6 2021 7:52PM

Enterprise Technology

Facebook and Google boosting undersea connectivity between North America and APAC

The decision was made weeks after halting the link to Hong Kong due to US-China political tensions.

Apr 1 2021 9:07AM

Data and Analytics

Singapore’s citizenry gives digital government the thumbs up

VMWare study finds that successful rollout of public services relies heavily on trust, and assuring the population that data is safely and securely used

Mar 18 2021 4:19PM

Enterprise Technology

Encouraging Singapore’s next generation of female cyber security experts

Not enough women in cyber security? Palo Alto Networks, Accenture, and USA Girl Scouts Overseas aim to plug this gap by developing a cyber security education programme and deeper STEM engagement for young girls.

Mar 4 2021 9:36AM

Digital Transformation

Is TikTok finally saying goodbye to India?

By slashing 800 jobs from its India operations, TikTok looks to be decamping out of the country, a market once among its largest globally. The social media company is now moving several core operations, including R&D, to the more benign environment of Singapore.

Mar 3 2021 8:10AM

Digital Transformation

DBS makes corporate account opening for SMEs easier

DBS is the first bank to deploy GovTech’s SingPass Face Verification technology to benefit the Singapore business community.

Mar 3 2021 8:08AM

Enterprise Technology

Launch of Dell’s Global Innovation Hub a step to helping Singapore ‘emerge stronger’

The GIH will not only focus on advancing digital transformation for augmented/mixed reality, data analytics, cloud-native, cybersecurity, and edge computing, but will also look at creating better user experiences.

Feb 24 2021 10:44AM