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- IBM will become the first cloud provider to offer software, cloud infrastructure, transformation and applications management services together as part of RISE with SAP - Clients will have access to IBM Consulting’s deep industry expertise including 38,000 IBM consultants with SAP expertise, and who are especially experienced in working with clients in highly-regulated industries - Enterprises will now be able to operate in a secure and open hybrid cloud environment and take advantage of IBM Cloud ’s security capabilities IBM is teaming with SAP to provide technology and consulting expertise to make it easier for clients to embrace a hybrid cloud approach and move mission-critical workloads from SAP solutions to the cloud for both regulated and non-regulated industries. With the launch, clients will have the tools to help accelerate the secure migration of their on-premise SAP software workloads to IBM Cloud . IBM is also unveiling BREAKTHROUGH with IBM for RISE with SAP , a...

TeamViewer, a leading global provider of remote connectivity and workplace digitalisation solutions, has announced the fourth major release of its enterprise augmented reality (AR) platform, TeamViewer Frontline . Building on the software from the acquisition of Ubimax in 2020 and TeamViewer’s own AR development, the latest version features integrated technology from AR specialist Upskill and mixed reality (MR) company Viscopic, which TeamViewer acquired in 2021. The latest version now enables companies, depending on their individual digital transformation scenario, to leverage the full spectrum of AR capabilities from simple AR annotations to 2D and 3D overlays as well as sophisticated MR features. “TeamViewer’s recent AR product movement and acquisition has led to a comprehensive enterprise AR platform with best-in-class device support, notable strategic partnerships in place and a large customer base to sell to. TeamViewer’s implementation capabilities are highly scala...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has imposed on DBS Bank an additional capital requirement following the widespread unavailability of the bank’s digital banking services from 23 to 25 November 2021. MAS has required DBS Bank to apply a multiplier of 1.5 times to its risk-weighted assets for operational risk. This translates to an additional amount of approximately S$930 million in regulatory capital (based on reported financial statements as at 30 September 2021). MAS noted deficiencies in DBS Bank’s incident management and recovery procedures to restore its digital banking services to a normal state, resulting in the prolonged duration of the disruption. MAS has further directed DBS Bank to appoint an independent expert to conduct a comprehensive review of the incident, including the bank’s recovery actions. The independent review is also required to assess how a similar incident can be prevented in future. DBS Bank must rectify all shortcomings identified from t...

Source: NVIDIA. TCImage is delivering interior and exterior design renders for clients using NVIDIA RTX, CloudXR, DLSS and Omniverse. TCImage, a studio based in Taipei, is collaborating with clients through presenting its landscape and architecture designs as realistic 3D graphics in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality — collectively known as extended reality, or XR. TCImage produces high-quality, 3D visualisations of its projects and shares them with clients in a virtual environment. This lets users review and engage with full-scale models, so they can get to the final design faster. NVIDIA RTX, CloudXR, Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and NVIDIA Omniverse help TCImage to provide the visualisations. During the design process, TCImage CEO Leo Chou and his team use popular applications like Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, Trimble SketchUp and Unreal Engine 4.  Chou initially tried using a consumer-level PC to render 3D graphics, but it would take up to three hours just ...

Source: Vertiv. The new Liebert PCW PH250 cooling solution. Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has extended its data centre thermal management product portfolio with the expanded Liebert PCW chilled water range. Designed for medium to large-scale data centres and to support high-density computing, the Liebert PCW series now offers up to 250 kW of cooling capacity and is available throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Developed by Vertiv and performance-tested in a GMPI-certified Laboratory, the Liebert PCW’s coil design and airflow optimisation enables it to support high capacity-cooling in a compact footprint. The Liebert PCW also supports high return air temperatures and chilled water temperatures for improved efficiency. The new Liebert PCW PH250 has three air flow configrations: down flow, front, and rear supply. The front and rear flow configurations are new. Both allow for large airflow capability with no ...

In order to bring people closer together for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, Alibaba has launched Cloud ME, powered by its real-time communication (RTC) solution. Cloud ME facilitates social interaction for people during the Games , enabling them to virtually meet and enjoy real-time conversations with each other via life-sized, true-to-life projection. Once they step into a pop-up studio in the Cloud ME booth in Beijing, participants will have their full-body image projected realistically into a remote booth, enabling their projected personas to meet and greet their counterparts. The meetings can be opened up to a wider audience across unlimited locations thanks to easily-installed remote projection functionality. Source: Alibaba Group.  Zhang (left) in the Shanghai Cloud ME studio, meeting with Bach (right) who is physically in the Beijing closed-loop, with the meeting ‘projected’ at the Beijing Media Center.   “Alibaba is committed to the digitalisation of the ...