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Global spending on financial crime compliance accelerates

Fri, 11th Jun 2021
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financial institutions
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Global spending on financial crime compliance at financial institutions is forecast to reach US$213.9 billion in 2021.
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2020 most productive year for Ransomware 2.0

Fri, 28th May 2021
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
2020 was a highly productive year for Ransomware 2.0 in Asia Pacific, with REvil and JSWorm resurfacing as major threats, according to Kaspersky.
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Barracuda sees strong momentum across cloud email security solutions

Mon, 17th May 2021
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firewalls
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email security
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breach prevention
Barracuda Networks reports strong momentum in email security solutions, driven by increased Office 365 adoption and demand for Barracuda Sentinel.
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Organisations turn to zero trust to support remote workforce - Citrix survey

Fri, 14th May 2021
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malware
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virtualisation
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daas
Traditional security models won't cut it in the future of work, says Citrix CISO, as remote working becomes more prevalent.
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Hacking attacks up 300% - report

Thu, 13th May 2021
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cybersecurity
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healthtech
Hackers are taking advantage of global destabilisation by targeting essential industries and common vulnerabilities from the shift to remote working.
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CIOs take on more responsibility for DX - Adobe survey

Wed, 28th Apr 2021
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crm
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digital transformation
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CIOs are now dealing with improving customer experiences, as well as the tools and frameworks to help capture, convert, and glean insights from customer data.
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Palo Alto Networks establishes cybersecurity consulting group Unit 42

Fri, 23rd Apr 2021
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
The group will help enterprises respond to emerging threats as they navigate an increase in costly, crippling cyberattacks.
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FortiGuard appoints former cyber warfare officer

Wed, 14th Apr 2021
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Former RAAF cyber warfare officer Mark Robson joins FortiGuard to provide 24/7 threat response coverage for clients in Oceania.
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rhipe acquires emt Distribution, with aim to expand into enterprise market

Thu, 1st Apr 2021
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risk & compliance
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distributors
The acquisition will enable rhipe to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of end-to-end security capabilities to its partners, the company says.
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Telcos concerned legacy tech will hold back DX progress

Mon, 22nd Mar 2021
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digital transformation
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One report says that even though 65% of telcos have a clear roadmap to digitalisation, 70% struggle with legacy technology.
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IDC: cloud computing could prevent 1b tonnes of CO2 emissions

Thu, 11th Mar 2021
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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solar power
The reduction is, in part, due to the theory that aggregated compute resources across enterprise and large data centres are more efficient.
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Tencent Cloud to open internet data centre hub in Bahrain

Thu, 4th Mar 2021
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cloud data center
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Tencent Cloud has chosen Bahrain for its first internet data center hub in the Middle East and North Africa, set to launch this year.
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IoT-managed services market to reach $166.71b by 2025

Wed, 3rd Mar 2021
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partner programmes
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healthtech
IoT-managed services providers are expected to leverage vertical expertise to expand globally, experiencing significant growth overall.
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Pan Pacific Hotels chooses JustPerform to drive SAP programme

Fri, 19th Feb 2021
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sap
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red apricot
The hotel chain will use Red Apricot's JustPerform Process Designer Pro for Planning app to simplify their integrated and operational expense planning.
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Study uncovers widespread artificial intelligence and machine learning knowledge gap

Thu, 11th Feb 2021
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supply chain
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ml
Organisations worldwide lack the resources to support critical AI and ML initiatives, says a study by Rackspace Technology.
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IT siloes dissolving as firms mobilise IT ops & DevOps convergence

Wed, 10th Feb 2021
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devops
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software development
Legacy processes are disappearing as IT siloes vanish due to the impact of COVID-19, according to a global study from LogicMonitor.
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More than 80% of APAC organisations suffered a cyber attack in 2020 - study

Mon, 1st Feb 2021
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cybersecurity
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cyber attacks
One fifth of organisations across the Asia Pacific were hit by at least seven cyber attacks in the past 12 months.
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CPG expands executive leadership team with data centre veteran

Wed, 20th Jan 2021
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hyperscale
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healthtech
David Mettler appointed as CPG's new chief revenue officer, tasked with accelerating revenue growth for data center service provider.
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Mastercard ups the digital payments game with latest launch

Wed, 13th Jan 2021
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martech
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commerce systems
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multi-cloud
Mastercard has launched its Cloud Tap on Phone payment technology, and the first live pilot of its Cloud Point of Sale acceptance technology.
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Holistic web protection market to reach $3.63bn by 2025

Mon, 28th Dec 2020
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ddos
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advanced persistent threat protection
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risk & compliance
Retail, banking and technology sectors are driving the global holistic web protection market, according to new findings from Frost and Sullivan.