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Digitalizing Shopping, Dining, Learning, Traveling Kickoff by GRWTH with “Dream Rewards” at Amoy · Kornhill Learnscape “Dreams · Chaser” Open House Offers Free Trial Lessons that Help Explore Children’s Interests  HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 17 June 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic over the past six months has made the internet and online platforms becoming an indispensable part of our life.  Digitalization impacts every aspect of our […]

Revenue increases 12.6% to RMB1.84 Billion   Gradual Results Delivered From Operational Reforms Optimises Sales Channel Mix Results Highlights (RMB million） For the twelve months ended 31 March 2020 2019 Change Revenue 1,841 1,635 +12.6% Gross profit (before provision for/reversal of impairment losses of inventories) 1,138 914 +24.5% Gross profit margin (before provision for/reversal of impairment losses of inventories) 61.8% 55.9% +5.9pts Operating profit 484 584 -17.1% Operating […]

By James M. Dorsey Europe is progressively being sucked into the Middle East and North Africa’s myriad conflicts. As if wars on its doorstep in Libya and Syria were not enough, UAE support for an Eastern Mediterranean pipeline that could hurt Qatar economically — combined with Greek, Cypriot and French opposition to Turkish moves — leaves Europe with few, if any, options but to get involved. Europe’s […]

Research conducted by Linkflow Capital shows that more SMEs continue to see improved access to financing in 2019   SINGAPORE – Media Outreach – 16 June 2020 – In their annual SME financing research conducted by Linkflow Capital, SMEs continue to see improved access to financing in 2019. According to Linkflow Capital, up to 39% of SMEs gained access to financing in 2019. This figure has continued […]

By Glyn Yates The upheavals caused by the Coronavirus crisis show us what the future of work could look like and how important digitalization is. This also applies to the HR department. Over the past few weeks, many HR departments have experienced what it is like to do their tasks completely remotely. This quickly shows where the opportunities of digitalization for HR are, as well as where […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 16 June 2020 – Global technology giant IBM, and Singapore’s leading Continuing Education and Training provider NTUC LearningHub (NTUC LHUB), today announced a collaboration to close technology skills gaps in Singapore amid the evolving Covid-19 situation. This will be done through curating free courses in areas such as AI, Cloud and Data. The tie-up came as a result of ongoing discussions about the shared […]

Converging the power of mobile credit risk scoring and digital fraud management technology to access Southeast Asia’s 400 million unbanked and new-to-credit population   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 16 June 2020 – GBG (AIM:GBG), the global technology specialist in fraud and compliance management, identity verification and location data intelligence today announced a technology partnership with CredoLab, the leading developer of bank-grade digital scorecards based on privacy-consented and permissioned smartphone […]

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Accelerates efficiency while enhancing security, document management and remote working capabilities   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 16 June 2020 – Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific today announced the launch of 19 new models from its digital multifunction/printer ApeosPort and DocuPrint series (Refer to Table A). The latest products, together with Fuji Xerox’s solutions, will allow businesses to overcome new challenges on intensifying security risk, demand for greater efficiency, burgeoning operational […]

By Andrew Brinded In 1991, the renowned technology journalist Stewart Alsop made a famously wrong forecast. “I predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on March 15, 1996,” he wrote. But 23 years later, the mainframe is still going strong. For me, this underlines why it’s a myth that IT is a fast-moving sector in which revolutionary changes occur at lightning speed. The R&D side of […]

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden is enjoying a boon in the presidential race, soaring in national opinion polls to new heights and overtaking Donald Trump in political betting markets. A shifting political landscape that is proving to be a subject of great interest with the punditocracy and handicappers, keen to serve up predictions for what lies ahead for the ‘land of the free and the home of […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 12 June 2020 – As digital transformation become the imperative for businesses in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, 58% of employers in Singapore are training their workforce in technology-related skills to keep their businesses viable and resilient during this period. This is one of the key findings in the recent NTUC LearningHub’s Employer Skills Survey report. The survey, which was conducted during the […]

Two companies team to deliver integration capabilities to simplify OT/IT integration for the most critical OT data sources to bring the Connected Enterprise to life for customers   MILWAUKEE, U.S. – Media OutReach – 11 June 2020 – Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) and PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced strategic enhancements to industry leading FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, to serve the needs of a very fast growing, dynamic […]

Development programme creates opportunities in a volatile economy   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 10 June 2020 – Start-up Express, an entrepreneurship development programme organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), has returned for its third edition. The pitching contest under the programme successfully concluded today as a judging panel selected exceptional start-ups to participate in local and international activities to build connections, explore markets, […]

Accelerates Digital Transformation by Simplifying Business Processes Through Unifying Organization Data   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 10 June 2020 – Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific announced today its partnership with M-Files, a global leader in Intelligent Information Management (IIM), unveiling a new digital business solution for companies in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region that features automated workflows together with intuitive information management and compliance support that is deployable in the cloud, […]

ZUG, SWITZERLAND – Media OutReach – 10 June 2020 – Recent years have seen countries continuously research and explore new information technologies such as big data, blockchain, and artificial intelligence. However, marketing and integration of these have become a problem in many countries. International institution Cordata Academy (International Blockchain Lab) is a non-profit subsidiary of Cordata Association that’s committed to exploring these new technologies (big data, blockchain and artificial […]

HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 10 June 2020 – Black Spade Capital Limited (“Black Spade Capital“), a family office managing the private investments of Mr. Lawrence Ho, Chairman and Chief Executive of Melco International Development Limited, has announced it has invested and held shares in My Platform, a medical IT services platform.   Founded in Hong Kong as a start-up, My Platform was launched as a brand-new medical management […]

Arrow Open Lab to offer free engineering consultations to help develop 5G-ready and AI-powered edge devices   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 9 June 2020 – Global technology-solutions provider Arrow Electronics, Inc. today announced it will offer free consultations to local technology startups and the innovation community at its Arrow Open Lab located at Hong Kong Science Park.  The initiative is part of Arrow’s commitment to supporting technology enterprises, […]

Government policies on climate change and consumer demand could see the number of electric cars reach 100 million by start of next decade compared with seven million today. China is the world’s largest market for electric vehicles in total, accounting for around 45%, while a quarter (24%) are in Europe and 22% in the US. In Asia – China, Japan and India to drive future sales. New […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 8 June 2020 – Singapore Ed-Tech company Tenopy has inked an MOU with AMKFSC Community Services Ltd. (AMKFSC), providing Mathematics, English and Science online tutoring classes and contents to AMKFSC’s students from disadvantaged backgrounds, to help them continue studies amidst the continued COVID-19 upheaval.   Tenopy, the leading Ed-Tech company in Singapore specialising in live online tutoring classes, will provide a group of students […]

HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 8 June 2020 – Today, AsiaPac Net Media Limited and AdTech Innovation Limited — agencies under AsiaPac Group leading Asia’s digital marketing with self-developed AI tools and big data — received Criteo Partner status in APAC covering Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia markets. Criteo Partners is a global partnership program launched by Criteo, the global technology company powering the […]

Arabian Post Staff The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that demand for air services is beginning to recover after hitting bottom in April. Passenger demand in April (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs), plunged 94.3% compared to April 2019, as the COVID-19-related travel restrictions virtually shut down domestic and international air travel. This is a rate of decline never seen in the history of IATA’s traffic series, […]

by James M. Dorsey  Rejiggering security arrangements in the Gulf may be a more pressing issue than meets the eye. That is not good news for the Gulf states. It is also bad news for China, which could see the rug pulled out from under its studious effort to remain on the sidelines of the Middle East’s myriad conflicts. China and the Gulf states are in the same […]

Arabian Post Staff Global solutions integrator AGC Networks announced that it will be acquiring Fujisoft (along with its associated companies in UAE) through its indirect subsidiary – Black Box Holdings Limited Cayman Islands. The proposed acquisition is subject to approval from the Department of Economic Development in Dubai and from Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development for the company in Abu Dhabi. The acquisition of Fujisoft will substantially increase and strengthen […]

Arabian Post Staff A staggering one million jobs are being lost every day in the Travel & Tourism sector due to the sweeping effect of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). According to the London-based international organisation, which represents the global Travel & Tourism private sector,  the growing job losses are affecting every level of the industry and are gathering pace, as countries go into […]

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