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Source: Tata Communications. Srinivasan. By Srinivasan CR, Chief Digital Officer, Tata Communications No matter how much technology keeps evolving, making predictions about the future is always a risky business – but with the continued spread of digital transformation there are some areas where advances are more likely. Here are five trends I expect to see in the coming 12 months:  5G starts to have an impact 5G networks really began to pop up in a handful of countries around the world in 2019, but 2020 is the year the technology will really start to spread. For most people, it’ll mean much faster Internet speeds, more responsive connections and more reliable connectivity in densely populated areas, but its impact on businesses will go even further than that.  5G is a tremendous enabler, with its low latency in particular making the deployment of new technologies such as autonomous vehicles and consumer robotics a realistic proposition. With the help of 5G, employ...

Bank Islam Malaysia has implemented another Kamakura Corporation solution suite. The integrated asset liabilities management system suite is part of Bank Islam's journey towards digitalisation. Adi Asri Baharom, the bank's Head of Treasury said, "The selection of an asset and liabilities management system ensures that our regulatory submissions are accurate and consistent. During the implementation, the consultants demonstrated superior subject-matter expertise and made sure the bank was well-equipped and trained in using the system to best effect." Chee Hian Tan, Kamakura's VP and Director of Professional Services for Asia-Pacific, said, "Kamakura's powerful simulation capabilities allow users to create scenarios in a sandbox environment, where they can easily assess impacts on various risk metrics. Kamakura's integrated solution has allowed the bank to run new business growth target simulations to determine future NII and liquidity ...

The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), Indonesia is using machine learning to protect some of most endangered species in Southeast Asia. Edwin Chaidir, Manager of Information Technology, WWF shared that WWF is studying the orang utan population in Borneo, which is losing 2,000 orang utans a year due to factors such as habitat loss, illegal trade, and forest fires. "The future of this population depends on what we do now and what we do in the future," he said. He said the critically-endangered creatures are hard to identify in the wild, so WWF needs the help of human experts when it surveys the orang utan population. An AWS machine-learning prototype, WWF Orangutan Face Recognition v0.1 , has now automated the process, monitoring the population and identifying individual orang utans in habitats in Kalimantan, Borneo. This decreases dependencies on local experts and allows the WWF to invest more on resources to protect the wildlife, Chadir said. Add captio...

● First-time GLOBALink partnership will go beyond air-to-ground communications ● Companies will combine legacy systems with new enhancements to create collaborative decision-making environment Collins Aerospace Systems , a unit of United Technologies , is teaming up with its GLOBALink partners – Aviation Data Communication Corporation (ADCC) and Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Limited (AEROTHAI) – to enhance safety and efficiency for flight and tarmac operations in Asia. Looking out at planes on the tarmac, Changi Airport. The three companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to leverage each partner's existing technology to provide communication solutions to stakeholders on the tarmac. For more than two decades, Collins Aerospace, ADCC and AEROTHAI have partnered to provide the industry standard for crisp, clear communications between flight and ground crews across the globe. Equipped with a vision to now provide datacentric solutions for the tarmac, the ...