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Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has seen exceptional client base growth in 2019 from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The new customers are from a range of industries, including technology, fintech, New Retail , media, gaming and agriculture. Selina Yuan, President of International Business of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence commented, “The growth demonstrates how cloud-based data intelligence solutions can be successfully applied to digital transformation of all industries. We are delighted to be supporting these organisations develop their cloud solutions and firmly believe that the growing markets in the APAC region continue to offer huge potential not only to the Alibaba ecosystem, but also local end-users.” By partnering with Alibaba Cloud, customers from across APAC have been able to access technologies such as cloud computing, databases and artificial intelligence (AI) to develop innovative solutions to their own industry demands. CapitaLand Headqu...

NVIDIA has introduced inference software that developers everywhere can use to deliver conversational artificial intelligence (AI) applications, making interactive engagement with AI a reality. NVIDIA TensorRT 7 — the 7th generation of the company’s inference software development kit — opens the door to smarter human-to-AI interactions, enabling real-time engagement with applications such as voice agents, chatbots and recommendation engines. It is estimated that there are 3.25 billion digital voice assistants being used in devices around the world, according to Juniper Research. By 2023, that number is expected to reach 8 billion, more than the world’s total population. TensorRT 7 features a new deep learning compiler designed to automatically optimise and accelerate the increasingly complex recurrent and transformer-based* neural networks needed for AI speech applications. This speeds the components of conversational AI by more than 10x compared to when run on CPUs, d...

Automation Anywhere , a global lrobotic process automation (RPA) player, has appointed Jess Ng as Head of Sales, ASEAN, responsible for leading regional expansion for the company. Source: Automation Anywhere. Ng. Ng is based in Singapore, at the company’s regional headquarters, where she will provide strategic direction to accelerate Automation Anywhere’s business growth. She will also work closely with the company’s current portfolio of customers, which include AIA, Singapore Airlines, Digi, and Challenger – and help accelerate new customer adoption of intelligent automation across the region. “Jess comes with almost 20 years of regional sales experience within the technology industry, and she will be a strong addition to our team,” said Adrian Jones, Executive VP, Asia Pacific and Japan, Automation Anywhere. “We are excited to bring in an experienced and dedicated industry leader to propel Automation Anywhere’s presence in the region. Jess will play a critical role in devel...