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Ivanti , the automation platform that discovers, manages, secures and services IT assets from cloud to edge, has found that keeping up with digital transformation (32%) and keeping talent in technical roles (26%) are the two biggest challenges that IT professionals say their organisations face today. Source: Ivanti infographic. Over six in 10 executive teams consider the IT department critical to their organisation's success. Additionally, the study found that IT departments are viewed as critical to an organisation’s growth and business strategy by 61% of respondents. However, 72% of respondents reported losing team members, with 41% of respondents citing a high workload as the top reason why. Other reasons included: - Unrealistic expectations placed on the team (34%)  - Lack of executive support (32%)  - Remote work was not a possibility (28%)  - Executive hesitancy to adopt automation (26%)  - Lack of critical technology to effectively do their job (24%) Ivanti...

Fibocom, a global supplier of wireless communication modules and solutions headquartered in Shenzhen, China, has selected Keysight Technologies' 5G solutions to perform testing, verification and optimisation of wireless modules developed for 5G and internet of things (IoT) applications. Keysight Technologies delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. The manufacturer has expanded its use of Keysight's 5G test platforms to design, develop and make solutions for both domestic and international markets. Keysight's 5G test solutions have enabled Fibocom to develop modules integrated with 5G customer premises equipment (CPE), routers, mobile hotspots, personal computers (PCs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and gaming consoles. "Keysight appreciates Fibocom's continued confidence in our 5G test solutions, allowing the company to develop wireless modules that device manufactures implement into co...

Source: Ensign. Ng. Organisations must take immediate steps to protect themselves against exploitation and mitigate the impact of the Log4Shell vulnerability, found in the Log4j2 Java library, said Ensign.  "As Log4j is one of the most popular open-source Java logging libraries, it is integrated into many applications and services. Due to its widespread usage, this vulnerability impacts many organisations across various sectors globally. Furthermore, as the vulnerability is easy to exploit, the ramifications of this vulnerability are expected to be extensive," said Steven Ng, CIO and EVP of Managed Security Services, Ensign.  Ensign advises organisations to:  Identify   "The vulnerability is highly exploited in the wild, with massive reconnaissance activity. Organisations should assess the use and impact of Apache Log4j2 library services in their environment and infrastructure as soon as possible, and identify affected assets, starting with externally-facing ser...

OxPay Financial is providing Malaysian-based retail BNPL company PaySlowSlow with payment gateway and merchant acquiring services in Singapore. Launched in September 2021, PaySlowSlow is a subsidiary of Australian company Fatfish Group. It allows retailers to offer their customers the option to buy now and pay, in four equal instalments over four months with 0% interest charged. All financial risks, including payment defaults are borne by the BNPL brand, and do not affect OxPay. Henry Tan, MD, OxPay, said: “We are happy to collaborate with PaySlowSlow for its Singapore operations. With the pandemic accelerating e- commerce volumes, consumers are increasingly turning to BNPL options to alleviate their financial pressures, as well as conduct their online transactions with greater ease and convenience.  "BNPL offers a tremendous and growing market opportunity for retailers and payment providers alike, and barring unforeseen circumstances, we...

Tenaga Nasional (TNB), the largest electricity utility in Malaysia, has collaborated with Capgemini and Google Cloud to design an enterprise-wide application programming interface (API) strategy, as well as implement Google Cloud’s Apigee API Management Platform. The more open digital backbone now provides the flexibility TNB needs to connect with the outside world, generate new revenue streams, and accelerate innovation. TNB serves a customer base of over 9.4 million citizens in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Labuan today. To remain responsive to the needs of its stakeholders and the marketplace, TNB was keen to modernise its technology infrastructure, which would enable the introduction of integration technology such as microservices, for example. In collaboration with Capgemini and Google Cloud, TNB updated its existing APIs, expanding its in-house digital capabilities, and explored non-regulatory revenue streams from API monetisation. Capgemini also facilitated a cultural...

24i, the video streaming specialist, has unveiled the latest version of its end-to-end streaming platform, 24i Mod Studio. The new positioning more clearly articulates the flexibility and modularity of 24i’s solutions for OTT, pay TV and broadcast customers.  24i Mod Studio brings together the company's existing solutions with the middleware and systems integration capabilities added through its acquisition of Nordija.  Mod Studio consists of a library of easily configurable, pre-integrated modules or “mods”. Each mod enables a set of key features, such as video ingest, transcode or network personal video recorder (PVR) functionality, to advanced recommendations and white label front-end apps for a range of connected devices.  24i CEO Joachim Bergman said: “Our mantra at 24i is ‘streaming made simple’ and our productised solutions are designed to improve speed to market and operational efficiency, while offering our customers a high-quality and future-proof user experienc...

NVIDIA is enabling enterprises to build their own domain-specific chatbots, personal assistants and other sophisticated AI applications. The company has unveiled the NVIDIA NeMo Megatron framework for training language models with trillions of parameters. The technology includes the Megatron 530B customisable large language model (LLM) that can be trained for new domains and languages, and the NVIDIA Triton Inference Server with multi-GPU, multinode distributed inference functionality. Combined with NVIDIA DGX systems, these tools provide a production-ready, enterprise-grade solution to simplify the development and deployment of large language models. The framework is optimised to scale out across the large-scale accelerated computing offered by the NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. “Large language models have proven to be flexible and capable, able to answer deep domain questions, translate languages, comprehend and summarise documents, write stories and compute programs, all without ...