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Source: Workato. From left: Rajesh Nair, CEO, HReasily; Allan Teng, Founder and Senior Advisor of Workato APJ; Singapore Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information, Tan Kiat How; Yean Cheong, Executive Director of SGTech; and Sharon Lee, Co-Founder and COO, HReasily. Senior Minister Tan officiated the launch of the digital automation offering. A digital automation and integration solution from enterprise automation provider Workato has come under the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA's) Advanced Digital Solutions (ADS) scheme under the SMEs Go Digital programme. SMEs refer to small and medium sized enterprises. Workato and SGTech’s 2023 State of Digital Automation Survey has found that roadblocks such as budget constraints hinder businesses’ plans to digitalise. This has played into Workato's goal to onboard over 1,500 SMEs and help them access funding, resources and opportunities to scale up their digitalisation efforts through ...

Fortinet, the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, has announced that it has been named a Challenger in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Single-Vendor SASE *. This Magic Quadrant is the first of its kind, and Fortinet is one of eight vendors included. Fortinet is recognised for its ability to execute and completeness of vision. Fortinet said that the recognition of its secure access service edge (SASE) solution is a result of its ability to deliver: Converged SD-WAN and cloud-delivered security FortiSASE seamlessly converges cloud-delivered security, including secure web gateway (SWG), Universal Zero Trust network access (ZTNA), next-generation dual-mode cloud access security broker (CASB), and Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS), with Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN networking solution. Consistent security for the hybrid workforce Powered by FortiOS , FortiSASE provides uniform security for users no matter the location, whether employees are ...

Keeper Security, a provider of cloud-based zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity software protecting passwords, secrets, connections and privileged access, has released insights about privileged access management (PAM) via its Privileged Access Management Survey: Deployment Amid Economic Uncertainty . The report explores global insights from IT and security executives, revealing that while IT leaders consider PAM solutions critical to their security stack, cost constraints and complex solutions are impacting deployment. Fifty-six percent of respondents tried to deploy a PAM solution but did not fully implement it, and 92% cited overly-complex solutions as the main reason. More than half (58%) of IT teams have not deployed a PAM solution because traditional platforms are too expensive. Those who have deployed PAM are pleased with it. More than nine in 10 (91%) IT leaders say their PAM product has given them more control over privileged user activity, decreasing the risk of ins...

Similarweb, a digital data and analytics company powering critical business decisions, has announced the beta release of SimilarAsk : an AI assistant within their platform designed to answer user questions. Using SimilarAsk will be like working with a talented market researcher, strategy consultant, and data scientist combined in one, with ‘instant result’ capabilities, Similarweb said. Similarweb digital data has been combined with the large language AI models to provide customers with faster answers to their questions. The advantage of the chatbot-style user interface is that it delivers answers that, in some cases, would otherwise have required customers to visit multiple screens within the SimilarWeb online platform, mash up the results in a spreadsheet, and ask an analyst or consultant to help with the interpretation of the results. As the tool is refined, SimilarWeb said that it will provide answers on par with those from big companies with sophisticated analytics teams. ...