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BlackLine ’s Financial Close Management solution was recently honored by G2 , an online software marketplace and peer review platform, as one of the Best Accounting & Finance Products for 2024. This marks the fifth consecutive year G2 has recognised BlackLine’s leadership as a premier platform for the office of the CFO. G2 is the world's largest software marketplace, with more than 90 million buyers annually using the platform to make smarter software decisions based on end-user reviews. The G2 Best Software Awards rank software companies and products based on authentic, timely reviews from real users. To be recognised as a Best Software Award winner, a company or product must have received at least 50 approved and published reviews during the 2023 calendar year. Scores reflect only data from reviews submitted during this evaluation period. The only provider of end-to-end financial close automation software on this year’s list, BlackLine ranked in the top 50 out of nearly 3,...

Makati-based Security Bank is one of the Philippines’ best-capitalised private universal banks, providing bespoke financing, leasing, foreign exchange, stock brokerage, investment banking, and asset management services. Since launching its wealth management business in 2017, the bank has grown its wealth management assets under management by a CAGR of 44% and has expanded its client base by a CAGR of 40%. In its drive to address growing demand for bespoke wealth management services, Security Bank partnered with Avaloq to drive the digitalisation of the bank, optimise its front office, and create a solid operational foundation for its continued growth over the long term. Security Bank has digitalised its wealth management business with the Avaloq Core Platform and rolled out Avaloq’s Relationship Manager (RM) Workplace solution to strengthen its front office. The partnership with the provider of wealth management technology and software will further streamline the bank’s operatio...

Cisco and Qwilt have partnered with Turkcell, the digital operator in Turkiye. The collaboration aims to enhance the quality and delivery capacity of digital content and applications, bringing superior streaming experiences and faster data delivery to Turkcell’s 38.2 million mobile users and 3.1 million fixed broadband customers. Turkcell’s adoption of Qwilt’s Open Edge Cloud for Content Delivery platform is powered by Open Caching and enabled with Cisco’s edge computing and networking infrastructure. The platform is integrated into Turkcell’s network edge, empowering the efficient handling of larger data volumes and enhancing the overall subscriber experience. With network coverage extending to 99% of Turkiye through 9,000 towers, this deployment activates Open Caching services at multiple distributed points of presence (PoPs), equipping Turkcell to provide content publishers with the tools to deliver high-quality content throughout Turkiye. Emre Erdem, GM of Turkcell Superon...

Source: Aerodyne Group and DroneDash Technologies. Paul Yam, CEO of DroneDash (left) shaking hands with Mudzakkir Hatta, CEO of Aerodyne (right). Aerodyne Group, a drone-based enterprise solutions provider headquartered in Malaysia, has inked an agreement with DroneDash Technologies, a Singapore-based air mobility company, to introduce cross-border drone delivery services between Malaysia and Singapore. Designed for critical deliveries such as urgent documents, high-value electronics, medical supplies, and perishable foods, the service features real-time tracking, advanced security protocols including 256-bit encryption, and Blockchain technology for logistical oversight. The drones used for the service can carry up to 30 kg and achieve speeds of 150 km/h within a four-hour flight span. A navigation system crafted from satellite communications with dual-city 5G roaming will ensure drones safely navigate through congested maritime and aerial paths. The initiative will initially fo...

Source: NVIDIA blog. NVIDIA technology will be helping Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre work on quantum computing. Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre will add the NVIDIA CUDA Quantum platform accelerated by NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchips to its National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Innovation Hub, furthering its work driving breakthroughs in quantum computing. Researchers at the Perth-based centre will leverage CUDA Quantum — an open-source hybrid quantum computing platform that features powerful simulation tools, and capabilities to program hybrid CPU, GPU and overlay processor (QPU) systems — as well as, the NVIDIA cuQuantum software development kit of optimised libraries and tools for accelerating quantum computing workflows. The NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip — which combines the NVIDIA Grace CPU and Hopper GPU architectures — provides extreme performance to run high-fidelity and scalable quantum simulations on accelerators and seamlessly int...

By Narasimha Murthy, Head of Cloud Communications, Asia Pacific, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Traditional fixed line phone floating in the clouds. Concept image generated by Blue Willow . Much of today’s digital communications tools run over the cloud, including popular videoconferencing apps, messaging platforms, and collaborative solutions. These tools have not just enabled people to stay productive remotely, both during and post-pandemic, but also enabled people to do more with the devices on hand, whether PC or smartphone, and with seamless integration of the assorted services they have come to rely on. In the transition from traditional physical phones to softphones, and then to cloud-based communications, convergence in today’s digital businesses is enabling business to be done from anywhere and reflects the transformative impact that telephony has had on business, society, and personal connections. A hybrid future Reliability is a reason the good, old desk phone is still around. ...