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Anaplan has introduced new AI-powered capabilities for predictive sales planning. The technology enables sales leaders to prioritise accounts based on their likelihood of purchase. “In complex selling environments, revenue leaders often struggle with identifying and prioritising the optimal segments to focus on to best meet their commercial goals,” said Jason Loh, Global Head of Sales Solutions at Anaplan. “Anaplan’s Predictive Sales Planning capabilities leverage the power of AI and ML to equip sales leaders with actionable intelligence that accelerates growth and expansion. With the Anaplan platform, sales leaders can make better, faster decisions about what new markets to attack and which opportunities to invest in while streamlining revenue operations.” Anaplan’s Predictive Sales Planning produces AI-enriched insights based on parameters like company growth trends, business partnerships, hiring trends, technographics*, and buyer intent. These predictive insigh...

Citrix Systems has announced general availability of Citrix Workspace for Google Cloud. Using the solution, companies can deliver unified access to G Suite apps. G Suite by Google Cloud includes Gmail, Docs, Drive and Calendar for business. “When it comes to work today, employees don’t want to be distracted by technology. They want to be empowered by it to do their best work,” said Calvin Hsu, VP, Product Marketing, Citrix. “With Citrix Workspace, companies can quiet the digital noise that’s frustrating employees and enable them to focus on work that matters and thrive.” Citrix Workspace is a unified, secure and intelligent work platform that transforms the employee experience by organising, guiding, and automating all activities people need to perform at their best. “We’re delighted that Citrix’s Workspace platform is now available to the millions of customers using G Suite around the world,” said Manvinder Singh, Director, Partnerships at Google Cloud. “By integrating...

United Overseas Bank Malaysia and The FinLab have announced that the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have completed the Jom Transform Programme 1 are expected to see productivity rise by up to 30% through digitalisation. The Jom Transform Programme is the first business transformation programme in Malaysia to help local businesses digitalise their operations, driving productivity and revenue growth.  During the three-month programme, the 16 participating SMEs gained digital transformation skills and knowhow such as business re-engineering and digital marketing. As part of their skills development, they learnt from experts and were matched with technology partners to pilot relevant solutions and to assess the effectiveness of these solutions. Out of the 16 participating SMEs, 12 piloted solutions to enhance their core business processes such as payroll, human resources and accounting. The automation of these processes is expected to help employees reduce the t...

- Businesses are moving more data and workloads to the cloud and taking advantage of cloud-hosted solutions, making multifaceted data management and protection more important than ever before. - Forty-seven percent (Singapore: 63%) of respondents characterise their company’s current infrastructure state as an even split between the public cloud and the data centre. - More than 70% (Singapore: 66%) indicate their desired end state is to run most or all of their applications on public cloud infrastructure. Veritas Technologies ' Truth in Cloud Report reiterates the industry’s shift toward cloud.  The company says that there is a 4x year-over-year increase in data moving to two leading public clouds to power backup and disaster recovery at scale over the past year alone. This is in addition to an increase in the number of Veritas NetBackup workloads that have moved to the cloud in that same timeframe. NetBackup is the company's backup and recovery solution. The T...

Trend Micro , a cybersecurity solutions provider, has received several accolades in The Forrester Wave, Cloud Workload Security, Q4 2019 report . The company received the highest score in the current offering and strategy categories, and among the second-highest scores in the market presence category. Trend Micro believes that this recognition underscores the leadership of its cloud offerings and strategy as the peak of the cloud security market. “We’ve invested significantly in our cloud security offerings, and I view this report as validation of our vision, continued innovation, and strong execution,” said Nilesh Jain, VP, Southeast Asia and India, Trend Micro. “We were one of the first security vendors to predict the growing appetite for cloud workload security solutions, and I think we have hit the bullseye on combining technology, partnerships and seamless integration of acquisitions over time.” Forrester evaluated 13 competitive security vendors across 30 criteria and in t...

by Matthew Heap, Regional Manager, Solutions Architecture at Rackspace   Source: Rackspace. Heap. Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) business leaders now acknowledge that unceasing digital transformation is a business necessity. This is particularly so in Asia, where government-led initiatives such as Singapore’s SMEs Go Digital programme and Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency have made it the norm. While mindsets have shifted, the number of business outcomes expected from digital transformation is also multiplying. IT is now expected to: create new business models; accelerate the delivery of products and services; increase business agility; deliver superior customer experiences; as well as fortify security and compliance. IT must lead its business to deliver on these transformative opportunities with a digital cloud strategy driving the growth of the business. A well-designed cloud strategy (which often includes a hybrid or multicloud approach) delivers optimise...

Plantronics , the company that was formerly Plantronics and Polycom and now referred to as Poly, has introduced videoconferencing devices with a built-in Microsoft Teams experience. The Poly Studio X Series consists of two new purpose-built, all-in-one video bars for Microsoft teams, and will offer a native Teams meeting and calling experience. The Poly Studio X30 and Poly Studio X50 are designed for small rooms and support 4K Ultra high definition (UHD), and advanced noise suppression. Setup requires a single power-over-Ethernet cable. Users can control the Studio X Series with the new Poly TC8 touch screen. Poly Studio, a plug-and-play USB video bar for small huddle rooms, is now certified for Microsoft Teams. The Poly Studio USB video bar features room-filling audio, a 4K HD camera with built-in speaker tracking and framing, as well as support for remote cloud management for ongoing updates and configuration.  “Whenever and wherever people connect with Microsoft Teams, we ...