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Source: Tata Communications. Srinivasan. By Srinivasan CR, Chief Digital Officer, Tata Communications No matter how much technology keeps evolving, making predictions about the future is always a risky business – but with the continued spread of digital transformation there are some areas where advances are more likely. Here are five trends I expect to see in the coming 12 months:  5G starts to have an impact 5G networks really began to pop up in a handful of countries around the world in 2019, but 2020 is the year the technology will really start to spread. For most people, it’ll mean much faster Internet speeds, more responsive connections and more reliable connectivity in densely populated areas, but its impact on businesses will go even further than that.  5G is a tremendous enabler, with its low latency in particular making the deployment of new technologies such as autonomous vehicles and consumer robotics a realistic proposition. With the help of 5G, employ...

Bank Islam Malaysia has implemented another Kamakura Corporation solution suite. The integrated asset liabilities management system suite is part of Bank Islam's journey towards digitalisation. Adi Asri Baharom, the bank's Head of Treasury said, "The selection of an asset and liabilities management system ensures that our regulatory submissions are accurate and consistent. During the implementation, the consultants demonstrated superior subject-matter expertise and made sure the bank was well-equipped and trained in using the system to best effect." Chee Hian Tan, Kamakura's VP and Director of Professional Services for Asia-Pacific, said, "Kamakura's powerful simulation capabilities allow users to create scenarios in a sandbox environment, where they can easily assess impacts on various risk metrics. Kamakura's integrated solution has allowed the bank to run new business growth target simulations to determine future NII and liquidity ...

The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), Indonesia is using machine learning to protect some of most endangered species in Southeast Asia. Edwin Chaidir, Manager of Information Technology, WWF shared that WWF is studying the orang utan population in Borneo, which is losing 2,000 orang utans a year due to factors such as habitat loss, illegal trade, and forest fires. "The future of this population depends on what we do now and what we do in the future," he said. He said the critically-endangered creatures are hard to identify in the wild, so WWF needs the help of human experts when it surveys the orang utan population. An AWS machine-learning prototype, WWF Orangutan Face Recognition v0.1 , has now automated the process, monitoring the population and identifying individual orang utans in habitats in Kalimantan, Borneo. This decreases dependencies on local experts and allows the WWF to invest more on resources to protect the wildlife, Chadir said. Add captio...

● First-time GLOBALink partnership will go beyond air-to-ground communications ● Companies will combine legacy systems with new enhancements to create collaborative decision-making environment Collins Aerospace Systems , a unit of United Technologies , is teaming up with its GLOBALink partners – Aviation Data Communication Corporation (ADCC) and Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Limited (AEROTHAI) – to enhance safety and efficiency for flight and tarmac operations in Asia. Looking out at planes on the tarmac, Changi Airport. The three companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to leverage each partner's existing technology to provide communication solutions to stakeholders on the tarmac. For more than two decades, Collins Aerospace, ADCC and AEROTHAI have partnered to provide the industry standard for crisp, clear communications between flight and ground crews across the globe. Equipped with a vision to now provide datacentric solutions for the tarmac, the ...

Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has seen exceptional client base growth in 2019 from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The new customers are from a range of industries, including technology, fintech, New Retail , media, gaming and agriculture. Selina Yuan, President of International Business of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence commented, “The growth demonstrates how cloud-based data intelligence solutions can be successfully applied to digital transformation of all industries. We are delighted to be supporting these organisations develop their cloud solutions and firmly believe that the growing markets in the APAC region continue to offer huge potential not only to the Alibaba ecosystem, but also local end-users.” By partnering with Alibaba Cloud, customers from across APAC have been able to access technologies such as cloud computing, databases and artificial intelligence (AI) to develop innovative solutions to their own industry demands. CapitaLand Headqu...

NVIDIA has introduced inference software that developers everywhere can use to deliver conversational artificial intelligence (AI) applications, making interactive engagement with AI a reality. NVIDIA TensorRT 7 — the 7th generation of the company’s inference software development kit — opens the door to smarter human-to-AI interactions, enabling real-time engagement with applications such as voice agents, chatbots and recommendation engines. It is estimated that there are 3.25 billion digital voice assistants being used in devices around the world, according to Juniper Research. By 2023, that number is expected to reach 8 billion, more than the world’s total population. TensorRT 7 features a new deep learning compiler designed to automatically optimise and accelerate the increasingly complex recurrent and transformer-based* neural networks needed for AI speech applications. This speeds the components of conversational AI by more than 10x compared to when run on CPUs, d...

Automation Anywhere , a global lrobotic process automation (RPA) player, has appointed Jess Ng as Head of Sales, ASEAN, responsible for leading regional expansion for the company. Source: Automation Anywhere. Ng. Ng is based in Singapore, at the company’s regional headquarters, where she will provide strategic direction to accelerate Automation Anywhere’s business growth. She will also work closely with the company’s current portfolio of customers, which include AIA, Singapore Airlines, Digi, and Challenger – and help accelerate new customer adoption of intelligent automation across the region. “Jess comes with almost 20 years of regional sales experience within the technology industry, and she will be a strong addition to our team,” said Adrian Jones, Executive VP, Asia Pacific and Japan, Automation Anywhere. “We are excited to bring in an experienced and dedicated industry leader to propel Automation Anywhere’s presence in the region. Jess will play a critical role in devel...