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Huawei has unveiled a number of solutions for financial customers, including the Xinghe Intelligent Financial Network Solution, an AI-powered solution that is designed to boost the resilience, user experience, and security of financial networks. Source: Huawei. Executives from Huawei pose to commemorate the launch of a Digital Intelligence Financial Services solution. Gao Qianying, VP of Enterprise Service Solution, said in a blog post, "The resilience of financial data centres needs to be considered from the perspective of planning, construction, and daily operations. This includes the overall architecture design that can support smooth evolution, data migration that does not affect service operations, secure and reliable disaster recovery (DR) management, risk prediction and detection, accurate fault location, and quick processing. The digital and intelligent services enhance the resilience of financial data centres and ensure robust service operations." A digital intell...

Qlik, a global provider of data integration, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), has unveiled Qlik Talend Cloud , delivering no-code to pro-code, AI-augmented data integration capabilities, and and Qlik Answers , offering AI-generated answers with full explainability from unstructured data. Together, they represent Qlik's commitment to providing comprehensive, end-to-end solutions to leverage AI technology for competitive advantage. Both solutions will be available this summer. "Qlik is accelerating AI’s business value with the launch of Qlik Talend Cloud and Qlik Answers ," said Mike Capone, CEO of Qlik. "These innovations position us to meet market opportunity for end-to-end, technology-agnostic AI solutions. Thanks to our well-placed investments, extensive R&D, and deep partnerships, we provide a seamless, scalable path for enterprises to adopt AI, backed by Qlik's incredible customer success track record." Qlik Talend Cloud provides ...

Emdoor DIGI has launched new AI PCs and a self-developed AIGC (generative AI) software assistant at COMPUTEX . The new 326, 336 and 829 series feature a hybrid architecture comprising a CPU, GPU and NPU to form a three-in-one processing core that offers an intelligent, personalised experience. Personal information can be processed without uploading to the cloud, reducing the risk of data leakage and providing users with a more secure environment.  In business scenarios, Emdoor DIGI's AI PCs process data efficiently. With natural language processing technology, users can easily manage their schedules and quickly find information; with localised AI processing, users' data does not need to be uploaded to the cloud, greatly reducing the risk of data leakage. In addition, its lightweight and portable body design and super long battery life provide business people with the convenience of handling work anytime and anywhere. A typical scenario for AI applications is as an office assis...

Rimini Street , a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, products and services,  Malaysian conglomerate Sunway Group has selected Rimini ONE , Rimini Street’s combination of Rimini Support and Rimini Manage services, to improve software support and capabilities, optimise IT spending, and reallocate resources towards strategic digital transformation projects. Kevin Khoo, CIO, Sunway, said: “Rimini Street has enabled our acceleration in digital adoption journey by providing cost savings which we reinvested back into technology initiatives, has given us peace of mind with our system support needs, and confidence in our ability to explore new opportunities because we know Rimini Street will always be able to support us.” In early 2000, Sunway selected JD Edwards as its core ERP system, adopting it across all 13 businesses of the conglomerate which includes construction, property, healthcare, leisure, hospitality, REITs and more. “ JD Edwards made it so...

Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, is in a leading position in the communications platform as-a-service (CPaaS) market across the Asia-Pacific region, includingChina. According to Gartner's Market Share: All Software Markets, Worldwide, 2023 report, Tencent recorded total revenue of US$559 M, showcasing the highest growth rate globally at 21.8%. With the rapid development of information and communication technology, CPaaS has gradually become a key component of enterprise IT strategies. CPaaS offers flexibility and connectivity, enabling businesses from various industries to adopt cloud communication solutions for scenarios that require reaching end-users, such as contact centres and marketing. This adoption of CPaaS not only enables companies to innovate their operations, but also expedites their journey towards digital transformation. Acceleration of enterprise digitalisation  Tencent Cloud has been deeply involved in the CPaaS field for many ...

Darussalam Assets (DA), which owns and manages several of Brunei’s government-linked companies, has become one of the first customers in Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) to leverage SAP Business AI in an existing SAP solution. SAP Business AI is built into the SAP applications that power critical business processes. It comprises a range of AI innovations that have been developed using extensive industry-specific data and deep process knowledge, all created using responsible AI practices. On 1 January 2024, DA turned to SAP’s latest AI innovations to enhance its SAP SuccessFactors setup, first deployed in 2019. DA uses SAP SuccessFactors to manage over 9,000 employees in the DA Group of companies. Its portfolio currently boasts 30 subsidiaries and 14 sectors — including telecommunications, agribusiness, healthcare, education and power utilities. Since adopting SAP SuccessFactors , DA has integrated and streamlined its talent management operations, including recruitment, learnin...

Zoom Video Communications has made post-quantum end-to-end encryption (E2EE) globally available for Zoom Workplace , specifically Zoom Meetings , with Zoom Phone and Zoom Rooms coming soon. The launch of the new security enhancement makes Zoom the first unified communications as-a-service (UCaaS) company to offer a post-quantum E2EE solution for videoconferencing. At some point, quantum computers are expected to be able to read data encrypted with today's technology. According to Zoom, attackers may have the ability to capture encrypted network traffic now, with the intent to decrypt it later when quantum computers become more advanced — a scenario often referred to as “harvest now, decrypt later”. While quantum computers with this capability are not yet generally available, Zoom has taken a proactive stance by upgrading the algorithms designed to be able to withstand these potential future threats, the company said. “Since we launched end-to-end encryption for Zoom Meetings ...