Malaysia to get first neo-bank by 2020
The bank’s superior understanding of banking technology, as well as Malaysia’s FinTech talent capabilities, will serve as the much-needed catalyst for the nation’s digital economy agenda.
Hong Kong to spend HK$45 billion for next-gen I&T leaders
Education seen as key to the city’s innovation and technology development – and its dream of becoming a global tech hub.
Artificial intelligence breakthroughs boost health and aviation sectors
The artificial intelligence breakthrough technologies can help improve insulin dosing for diabetics as well as transform the way ay aeroplane engine wear-and-tear is monitored.
The significance of digital connection for aged care residents
The study called, “The Socially Connectedness of Older People in Residential Aged Communities”, examines the residents’ use of digital technologies to stay in touch with people.
Formal partnership to fast track free Wi-Fi in the Philippines
DICT formalises agreement with UNDP, creating an effective partnership that will realise the national objective of bridging the digital divide and leaving no one behind.
Blockchain tech uses reputation to ward off malicious activities
RepuCoin was developed in response to an increasing number of sophisticated attacks on other blockchain tech by determined attackers.
UM and commercial partners collaborate to provide AI-based solutions
UM heads note that commercialisation efforts such as this are an effective vehicle driving Industry 4.0.
Competition challenges students’ knowledge on robotics
The goal of the robotics competition is to bring the excitement of sporting events to science and technology as the robots battle it out for success.
Indonesians to experience improved public transportation
A ride-hailing app’s two new features integrate with Jakarta’s public transportation, providing information on journeys across multiple modes of transport.
Hong Kong grants first digital banking licences
Lauded as the best thing to happen to HK FinTech in many years; the mix of banks and non-banks will enable the creation of new types of products. Companies that received licences intend to begin operating within nine months.
PolyU develops revolutionary nanofiber technology
PolyU’s innovation can be applied in air filtration. Industrial usage includes dust-free rooms and fossil-fuel power stations. Air filtration can also be used to reduce particulate emission from the exhaust of ships and vehicles.
Australia to require registration of drone flyers
The initiative will aid the Civil Aviation Safety Authority in dealing with complaints or reports of drones being flown improperly or against the safety rules.
DEBUNKING DATA QUALITY MYTHS
If your business strategy is fueled by data, bad data can be compared to poor quality oil in a car engine. Frankly, there is no chance you’ll go far and fast if you fill the tank with poor quality oil.
DATA QUALITY: AN ENTERPRISE NECESSITY
Organizations need to make sure that good quality data is available to everyone who needs it and shouldn’t have to rely on a small IT team or a couple of rock star data personnel to make that happen.
The Cloud Data Integration Primer
The cloud is a well-established platform and is becoming prevalent for numerous data management disciplines, including those for data integration and related fields such as data quality, master data management, data warehousing, and reporting.
Best practices for building a cloud data lake you can trust
Data storage and access can affect the way your financial institution uses its data. But it’s a struggle to balance the need for access to data and ensure that data is accurate, protected, and compliant.
How to Modernize Your Cloud Platform for Big Data Analytics with Talend and Microsoft Azure
Using Talend Big Data Platform to build a cloud data lake on the Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform, learn how a company was able to integrate and cleanse data from multiple sources and deliver real-time insights.
GDPR, CCPA, & BEYOND: 16 PRACTICAL STEPS TOWARDS GLOBAL DATA PRIVACY COMPLIANCE WITH TALEND
With the acceleration of the digital economy, legislation on data protection and cybersecurity is burgeoning across the world, mandating organizations to establish policies to safeguard personal information, manage the risk related to their data, and address their legal responsibilities.
CLOUD DATA WAREHOUSE TRENDS FOR 2019
Increasingly, companies are adopting them for a wide variety of use cases. But how well does a cloud data warehouse help companies become more data-driven?
DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO DATA GOVERNANCE
To support business objectives such as revenue growth, profitability, and customer satisfaction, organizations are increasingly reliant on data to make decisions. Data-driven decision making is at the heart of your digital transformation initiatives.
Singapore allocates S$700m in technology transformation to create new markets and jobs
The Finance Minister Mr Heng Swee Keat was part of a panel giving an update on the Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2020 plan for Singapore’s science and technology research yesterday evening. PM Lee and Mr Heng, chairs of the National Research Foundation, were speaking to the press after the RIE Council meeting, held on […]
HOW TO MANAGE MODERN DATA QUALITY
Because of large unstructured data volumes, there is a need to have automated help and assistance when proceeding with data analytics. Talend combines smart semantics and machine learning to turn data into insights faster.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT DATA QUALITY TOOLS
Working together with business users and empowering them on the data lifecycle will give you and your team superpowers to overcome traditional obstacles such as cleaning, reconciling, matching or resolving your data.
HOW LEADING ENTERPRISES ACHIEVE BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION WITH TALEND & AWS
Talend is a leading data integration and data management solution provider for datadriven companies. As an Advanced Technology Partner in the Amazon Web Services Partner Network, Talend provides fast development of Big Data, real-time analytics and ETL projects on Amazon Web Services, empowering companies to solve modern integration challenges by connecting business-critical data and applications from onpremises […]
DICT partners for cybersecurity course in higher education
Higher education institutions can help address the cybersecurity issue by creating initiatives to educate students and professionals, producing the next generation of cyber-warriors.
Data Governance for Employees
Today, businesses of all types have an overwhelming amount of information that must be stored, managed and protected via data governance. But this information must also be flexibly and easily accessed by employees. Achieving both data security and end-user freedom is a careful balancing act.
Thailand SEC greenlights first ICO portal
While the decision still requires final approval from other government agencies, the first ICO will be launched in the near future under the royal decree on digital asset business.
Thailand tech initiatives with HK get major boost
In 2018, a total of 44 projects worth 20.3 billion baht originated from Hong Kong investors, up from 41 projects worth 7.15 billion baht in 2017, benefitting many SMEs in Thailand.
Telco and insurance firm partner to build Malaysian digital health ecosystem
The MOU will see the telco collaborating with the insurance firm to explore 5G trials on digital health use cases.
HKSTP hold event to demonstrate growing I&T ecosystem in HK
The aim is to inspire attendees by others who share the same passion for I&T, and to witness what working, living and innovating in Hong Kong’s largest I&T hub is like.