Software Robots Making Business Smarter – New Cognizant Study Shows Dramatic Impact of Intelligent Process Automation
SINGAPORE, 31 March 2015 (Tue): Senior executives across industries agree that new software “robots”, leveraging attributes such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and effective use of big data, will unlock significant value within the next three to five years, according to a new study released by Cognizant. The study, conducted by Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work, polled 537 senior business and technology...
Oracle To Expand Sales Teams Across Region
KUALA LUMPUR, 30 March 2015 (Mon): Oracle has announced significant recruitment plans that will add 1,000 new employees to its sales force across ASEAN and Asia Pacific. This will help to drive growth and support demand for Oracle Cloud solutions across the region. Oracle is The Cloud Company – being the only vendor who delivers complete SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS capabilities. Each year, Oracle invests US$5 Billion in R&D to help...
InfoWatch Global Data Leakage Report Reveals That The Banking and Finance Industry Is The Leader in Volume of Compromised Data (over 40%)
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 March 2015 (Sun): InfoWatch, the global market leader in Data Leakage Protection solutions, has released its Global Data Leakage report for the year 2014 that showed the banking and financial services industries at high risk for data leakage with over 40% of all volume of leaked personal data in 2014 originating from these verticals. The report revealed that in 2014 alone, the banking and finance industry was involved...
Universal Robots Launches the World’s Most Flexible, Lightweight Tabletop Robot to work alongside Humans
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 March 2015 (Sun): Universal Robots (UR), a global developer and manufacturer of flexible and user-friendly industrial robots, has announced the launch of their new UR3 robot, the latest state-of-the-art offering from their market leading range of collaborative robots. The UR3, which went through a three-year development phase, is an affordable tabletop robot that has a payload of 3kg and weighs a mere 11kg. It allows...
RM50 Tax per Credit Card Waived After April 1, Says Report
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 March 2015 (Tue): The Association of Banks in Malaysia executive director Chuah Mei Lin said that RM50 Goverment service tax on the principal cardholder and RM25 on supplementary card will be abolished next month, according to The Star Online. However, the cardholder still need to pay the 6% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the card’s annual fee.
Korean Air Creates New Customer Experience with CyberSource Payment Services
SINGAPORE, 24 March 2015 (Tue): CyberSource, a Visa Inc. company and one of the world’s largest providers of eCommerce payment management services, has announced a strategic partnership with Korean Air, South Korea’s national carrier and largest airline, to provide secure online payment acceptance capabilities and enhance the overall customer experience. Korean Air is ranked among the top 20 airlines[1] in the world in terms of the...
Cognizant Named a “Leader” in B2C Global Commerce Service Provider Report by Independent Research Firm
SINGAPORE, 24 March 2015 (Tue): Cognizant has announced it has been named a “Leader” in “The Forrester Wave™: B2C Global Service Providers, Q1 2015,” (February 2015) by Forrester Research Inc. The report evaluated companies across a range of strategy, customer experience design, technology, and managed services capabilities. “Cognizant is augmenting its legacy development and software integration experience with a set of omnichannel...
Barracuda Security and Storage Solutions Now on VMware vCloud Air
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 March 2015 (Wed): Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-connected security and storage solutions, announces that Barracuda NG Firewall, Barracuda Message Archiver, Barracuda Spam Firewall and Barracuda Web Application Firewall have achieved VMware Ready – vCloud Air™ status. This designation indicates that the products have undergone technical validation within the vCloud Air environment, and are...
CyberSource Invited to join China’s Anti-Information Fraud Society to Ensure a Safe eCommerce Environment for Chinese Consumers
SINGAPORE, 17 March 2015 (Tue): CyberSource, a Visa Inc. company and one of the world’s largest providers of eCommerce payment management services, joins China’s Anti-Information Fraud Society (AIFS), the country’s first anti-online fraud union, co-founded by Tencent Inc. and law enforcement agencies in China. CyberSource will be able to share its expertise to create better awareness in the eCommerce market of fraud management and...
Financial Data Leads the Malicious Spam Hit List for Fourth Year in a Row
PETALING JAYA, 16 March 2015 (Mon): For the fourth year running programs designed to steal users logins, passwords and other confidential data remain on top of the list of the most widespread malware distributed by email, according to Kaspersky Lab. The Internet security experts summarized spammer activity for 2014: The proportion of spam in email flows was 66.8% in 2014, which is 2.8 percentage points lower than the previous year....
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