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Huawei continues to focus on providing users with a smooth experience with upgrades of its smartphone operating system despite US companies being banned from working with it later this year. The company is making its EMUI 9 release available for older smartphone models such as the HUAWEI Mate9 and P10, which were released near end-2016. EMUI 9 marks the second major version upgrade for the older models. The upgrade will bring consistent user interface (UI) design, a natural and immersive user experience (UX) design including one-handed operation capabilities, full-screen gesture navigation, and a smoother experience overall. The EMUI 9 upgrade benefits over 80 million users globally. According to data collected on June 3, 2019, the number of users who have upgraded from EMUI 8.X to EMUI 9 has exceeded 80 million globally and continues to grow. It is estimated that this figure will reach 100 million by the end of June. Details: EMUI 9 is available for the Mate10 series, which launc...

Alibaba Cloud has launched a China Gateway Program with eight local partners: the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA), Enterprise Singapore, DBS SME Banking, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI), SMU Academy, SGTech, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) and TechNode. Alibaba Cloud , the data intelligence backbone of the Alibaba Group, has held its 2 nd Alibaba Cloud APAC Summit in Singapore last week, where it showed how it is squarely in Asia for Asia. The company unveiled of a China Gateway Program at the event, with the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA), Enterprise Singapore, DBS SME Banking, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI), SMU Academy, SGTech, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) and TechNode. The programme supports local businesses of all sizes in their growth beyond Singapore, especially into China. “As the largest public cloud provider in Asia Pacific an...

Source: Huawei. The new Amber Sunrise variant of the HUAWEI P30 Pro. Huawei continues to roll out updates to its existing smartphone portfolio, which is not affected by current US government policies. Most recently, Huawei Consumer Business Group Singapore introduced the Amber Sunrise colour variant for its HUAWEI P30 Pro yesterday. The symbolic colour encapsulates the vitality and fearless attitude of the flagship HUAWEI P Series, the company said. The Huawei P30 Pro in Amber Sunrise offers 512 GB storage and is sold exclusively on its official online store with Lazada and at all Huawei Concept Stores for S$1,698. Customers will also receive a complimentary gift bundle* worth more than S$200 with every purchase of the HUAWEI P30 Pro in Amber Sunrise, while stocks last. The various HUAWEI P30 Series designs seek to reignite an appreciation for nature and to encourage greater awareness towards the environment. While Amber Sunrise is inspired by the morning sun, ot...

Palo Alto Networks has announced Prisma, a cloud security suite that simplifies access, data protection, and application security. With approximately 9,000 enterprise customers, Palo Alto Networks says Prisma is the largest cloud security business in the world. “Our approach to cloud security is aimed at delivering the best security while embracing the unique needs of the cloud. We provide customers with complete visibility as well as recommended configurations across their entire cloud environment to ensure a strong security posture from the start and consistently prevent attacks,” said Lee Klarich, Chief Product Officer at Palo Alto Networks. “With Prisma, organisations can securely connect office branches and mobile users to the cloud, confidently embrace the use of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, and rapidly develop and deploy cloud applications.” The suite consists of four key components: ● Prism...

VMware has outlined its strategy for empowering organisations across Southeast Asia and Korea to build the best digital foundation in Asia’s rapidly-digitalising economy at the 2019 VMware CIO Forum in Singapore. According to Gartner’s 2019 CIO Survey , digital business has reached a tipping point. Forty-seven percent of Asia Pacific CIOs report their enterprises have already changed their business models or are in the process of changing them*. Thirty-one percent of Asia Pacific CIOs are also scaling up their digital transformation efforts to capitalise on the region’s growth. ASEAN’s digital economy is projected to hit US$5.1 trillion by 2025 alone, up from US$200 billion in 2018**. “There is no question that businesses need to transform themselves to stay relevant in Asia’s new economic paradigm. The question is how can they support innovation and business growth in the coming decades,” said Sanjay K. Deshmukh, VP and MD, Southeast Asia and Korea, VMware. “With VMware’s end to ...

The Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) of Singapore has introduced three initiatives to facilitate the movement and use of data to support innovation, and to strengthen accountability among organisations: - A public consultation to seek views on proposed data portability and data innovation provisions, as part of the review of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA);   -  A new Guide on Active Enforcement as part of its drive for organisations to shift from compliance to accountability; and - An updated Guide to Managing Data Breaches 2.0, to help organisations manage and respond to data breaches more effectively. Deputy Commissioner of PDPC Yeong Zee Kin said, “Data is a key enabler of digital transformation, but a balance must be achieved between data protection and business innovation. We are taking firm steps to position Singapore as a trusted data hub in the global digital economy by seeking feedback on the proposed data portability and innovation prov...

We are now in the era of data-centric computing, says Intel , and modern infrastructure will be required to take full advantage of potential benefits. Lemon speaking about successful IT transformation. "Data is really changing the way that the economy is working. What drives that change is the ability to act on insights that data brings in a timely manner," explained Sumner Lemon, Regional Director of Digital Transformation and Enterprise Sales, Intel Asia Pacitic & Japan, speaking at the Huawei Cloud Summit 2019 in Singapore last month. That ability only comes with infrastructure modernisation, however. "You can't compete today on old infrastructure," Lemon stressed. With the volumes of data generated today growing at a 30% compound annual growth rate, performance on existing infrastructure ends up being lower and maintenance costs higher than using new infrastructure, he said. Companies which have adopted modern infrastructures as p...