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Correcting and Replacing: New SonicWall 2020 Research Shows Cyber Arms Race at Tipping Point

Threat actors weaponizing cloud storage, advanced cloud-based tools to create record ransomware attack effectiveness, volume   CORRECTION by SonicWall: The title of Debasish Mukherjee (5th paragraph) has been updated to Vice President, Regional Sales APAC The corrected release reads: Ransomware soars with 62% increase since 2019 Office files preferred by cybercriminals, surpass PDFs, roughly 1 in 4 malicious Never-before-seen’ malware variants up 74% year-over-year Cryptojacking shows three-year […]

Microdium, a Leading Business Continuity Solution Distributor in Southeast Asia, Selects Comodo to Power Its Cybersecurity Solutions

CLIFTON, NJ – News Direct – 20 March 2021 – As a business continuity solution distributor, Microdium has seen numerous cases where cyber-threats have ransacked companies in Southeast Asia. The increasing complexity of the cyber-threat landscape has led the company to explore a comprehensive, highly-effective cybersecurity solution. “We chose to partner with Comodo because of the ease of use of the Dragon platform and the auto containment […]

TeamViewer AG: Manchester United and TeamViewer Announce New Principal Shirt Partnership

GOPPINGEN, GERMANY – EQS Newswire – 19 March 2021 – Manchester United plc (“Manchester United”) today announced that it has signed a new five-year agreement with the global technology company TeamViewer as its principal shirt partner. The partnership will begin with the 2021/2022 season. The agreement will bring together one of the world’s most popular and successful sports teams with one of Europe’s fastest-growing software companies. The […]

TeamViewer AG: TeamViewer to Become New Principal Shirt Partner of Manchester United Football Club

GOPPINGEN, GERMANY – EQS Newswire – 19 March 2021 – TeamViewer has signed a five-year agreement to become Manchester United’s new principal shirt partner. With this agreement as well as additional strategic global marketing partnerships, TeamViewer invests significantly in its global brand positioning. This will accelerate the marketing of the broadened use case portfolio and thereby drive sustainable sales growth across all regions and customer segments. The […]

Version 6.2 of ONLYOFFICE provides enhanced security for collaboration between remote locations throughout China and the rest of Asia

RIGA, LATVIA – Media OutReach – 19 March 2021 – ONLYOFFICE version 6.2, a powerful open-source office suite, now incorporates online editors for text documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Multiple editing tools and collaborative features ensure greater team workflow, and seamless work with complex formatting and objects within your web solution. ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors are currently translated into 11 languages, including Simplified Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, […]

Eliminate Hesitations: Security Simplified for Those Building In The Cloud

Trend Micro is one of the first security SaaS providers to offer flexible platform of cloud security services under single listing in AWS Marketplace, enabling self-service protection   HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 18 March 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the leader in cloud security, today announced the AWS Marketplace debut of its answer to the needs of organizations building in […]

New SonicWall 2020 Research Shows Cyber Arms Race at Tipping Point

Threat actors weaponizing cloud storage, advanced cloud-based tools to create record ransomware attack effectiveness, volume   Ransomware soars with 62% increase since 2019 Office files preferred by cybercriminals, surpass PDFs, roughly 1 in 4 malicious Never-before-seen’ malware variants up 74% year-over-year Cryptojacking shows three-year high with 28% year-over-year increase IoT malware rises 66% as criminals continue to leverage COVID-19 pandemic Retail, healthcare and government face mounting ransomware […]

Smugglers protests: Iran succumbs to trauma and demons

James M. Dorsey The clashes sparked by a crackdown on cross border fuel smuggling to neighbouring Pakistan achieved what past US and Saudi machinations failed to accomplish: ethnic unrest in a strategic, impoverished and long restive majority Sunni province in predominantly Shiite Iran.Recent clashes in the Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan highlight Iran’s vulnerabilities as well as its inability to overcome trauma and control its demons. The […]

Asia Pacific Energy leaders identify seven key trends for a sustainable energy future

Seven key actions enable a sustainable energy future Carbon-neutrality is paramount for the long-term economic prosperity of the region Event partners included German Chambers of Commerce Abroad, Asia-Pacific Hydrogen Association, Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit, Masdar, and Siemens Gamesa More than 2,500 participants joined in the virtual discussions over two days. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 12 March 2021 – Regional and global business leaders, policy makers […]

NTUC LHUB, UOB’s Innovation Accelerator The Finlab, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and NTUC U SME Announce Partnership To Digitalise 500 Companies by 2021 Through ‘Reboot’ Programme

The programme brings together subject matter expertise of the partners to build the digital competencies of Singapore’s workforce   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 9 March 2021 – NTUC LearningHub (NTUC LHUB), NTUC U SME, United Overseas Bank (UOB)’s innovation accelerator The FinLab, and Ngee Ann Polytechnic today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to officially launch the SME Digital Reboot programme. The programme aims to help […]

4 in 5 Businesses Affirm That Workflow Automation Enhances Employees’ Work Rather Than Replace Them, But a Knowledge Gap Persists

81% of employers say that workflow automation will enhance employees’ work instead of replacing them, though 63% highlighted lack of background knowledge to utilise workflow automation being a major challenge. They highlight the reasons for adopting Workflow Automation being ‘better utilisation of resources’ (74%), ‘carrying out mundane or tedious tasks’ (70%), ‘reducing operational risks’ (58%) and ‘improving company’s business performance’ (53%). 75% of Singapore employers say their […]

Cloud-based Email Threats Capitalized on Chaos of COVID-19

Trend Micro intercepted a surge in malware, phishing and credential theft   HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 4 March 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the leader in cloud security, today revealed that it blocked 16.7 million high-risk email threats that slipped past webmail providers’ native filters. This amounts to an increase of nearly a third on 2019 figures. The new statistics […]

Greenliant Launches High Capacity 1TB microSD ArmourDrive(TM) Industrial Memory Cards

Offering Reliability, Portability and Durability at Wide Temperature Ranges   BEIJING, CHINA and SANTA CLARA, US – EQS Newswire – 1 March 2021 – Greenliant has expanded its ArmourDrive™ industrial memory card portfolio with the high reliability, high capacity microSD QX Series, available from 256GB to 1TB, and operating at wide temperatures (-25 to +85 degrees Celsius). See microSD ArmourDrive product information at http://bit.ly/SD-microSD. High Capacity microSD […]

Novartis Piqray® – First and only treatment specially for patients with a PIK3CA mutation in HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer receives HSA approval[1]

Piqray (alpelisib) is the only treatment approved specifically to address PIK3CA mutation The approval was based on SOLAR-1 Phase III trial showing Piqray plus fulvestrant nearly doubled median PFS (11.0 vs. 5.7 months) in HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer patients with PIK3CA mutation, compared to fulvestrant alone. Approximately 30-40% of those with HR+/HER2- subtype have a PIK3CA mutation, which is associated with a poor prognosis. In Singapore, the […]

Hong Kong Productivity Council Theme of the Year 2021: “Make Smart Smarter”

Smarter Era of Intelligent Manufacturing Launch Ceremony Witnesses New Milestone for Reindustrialisation in Hong Kong HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 26 February 2021 – The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) launches a series of activities in 2021 themed “Make Smart Smarter”. The campaign with “Smarter Era of Intelligent Manufacturing Launch Ceremony” was kicked off today, revolving around the theme of “reindustrialisation”. The “Smarter Era of […]

Biden Immigration Bill Shows Promise On Several Fronts

Microsoft to establish first datacenter region in Indonesia as part of Berdayakan Ekonomi Digital Indonesia initiative

Microsoft increases its investment in Indonesia’s digital economy, with plans to establish a new datacenter region and a commitment to skill over 24 million Indonesians by end of 2021 through its decades’ long skilling investment   JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach – 25 February 2021 – Microsoft today announced its Berdayakan Ekonomi Digital Indonesia initiative, which marks a significant commitment to advancing growth and digital transformation for […]

DHL Global Forwarding Partners Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics to Assure Safety and Efficacy of Lab Testing in Africa and Asia

DHL has transported nearly 26,000 Covid -19 testing vials for Longhorn, who is donating one million vials to the International Organization for Migration Vials were transported via three initial flights from Indianapolis to Kenya, Nepal and the Philippines, supporting emerging markets in the process Life-saving transports will help COVID-19 testing of refugees and displaced persons SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 25 February 2021 – DHL Global Forwarding, […]

Saudi Arabia working to enhance energy security – cabinet

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is committed to supporting the stability of the oil markets and the sustainability of global supplies, the Kingdom’s cabinet said. The announcement was made during the cabinet’s

Myanmar: Exploiting lessons learnt in the Middle East

By James M. Dorsey Demonstrating for the third week their determination to force the country’s military to return to its barracks, protesters in Myanmar appear to be learning lessons from a decade of protest in the Middle East and North Africa. By the same token, Myanmar’s protesters, in stark contrast to public silence about the military’s brutal repression of the Rohingya minority in recent years, seem to […]

NTUC LearningHub Unveils Singapore’s Largest Subscription-Based Online Learning Platform — LHUB GO Infinity — Which Offers Learners Affordable Access to Over 75,000 On-Demand Courses

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 24 February 2021 – NTUC LearningHub (NTUC LHUB) today announced the launch of LHUB GO Infinity, Singapore’s largest subscription-based online learning platform, which offers on-demand access to over 75,000 bite-sized online courses. LHUB GO Infinity, is designed in partnership with global leader in on-demand training Go1 to create equal learning opportunities by making world-class content affordable and accessible to learners.   The announcement comes amid the intensifying […]

DHL Global Forwarding ships COVID-19 vaccines weekly as Australia rolls out vaccination program

Delivery will take place on a weekly basis further to the first successful delivery on February 15    Marks expansion of DHL’s global presence in vaccine logistics SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach – 24 February 2021 – To support the Australian government’s inoculation program, DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, will deliver additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines on a weekly basis into the country. DHL […]

Detected Cyber Threats Rose 20% to Exceed 62.6 Billion in 2020

Trend Micro’s annual roundup report can guide strategic security planning for the new year   HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 24 February 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity, today announced it detected 119,000 cyber threats per minute in 2020 as home workers and infrastructure came under new pressure from attacks. This insight and many others come from […]

ARB Berhad upbeat about its FY2021 prospects, driven by its cloud-based solutions

Lowest valuation among the peers Net cash company with strong growth momentum To offer cloud-based solutions for business sustainability and recurring income KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 23 February 2021 – In the past three financial years, ARB Berhad (“ARB” or “Group”) has not only staged a very successful turnaround but has also consistently registered substantial net profit growth. As recent as the fourth quarter of the financial year 2020, […]