Digital transformation technologies

The global survey of more than 3,000 executives and IT professionals worldwide found that the top 25 per cent of all respondents – market leaders known as “trailblazers” – are not only leading the way on cybersecurity but also delivering more value and better business outcomes. Many of these trailblazers say that growing revenue is the top value sought from digital transformation efforts. Nearly nine in 10 trailblazers say they are getting a payoff that meets or exceeds their expectations (compared to 66 per cent of the other respondents). Trailblazers are also significantly more optimistic about the potential growth in revenue and profit margin for their companies, with 57 per cent expecting revenue to grow by 5 per cent or more, and 53 per cent expecting profit margin to grow by 5 per cent or more. The survey revealed key demographic information about trailblazers. Many are large companies; 38 per cent of respondents from companies worth at least $1 … [Read more...] about PwC Digital Trust Insights Survey: Cybersecurity helps organisations outperform their peers

The partnership between Razer and Visa will make it easier for fintech companies to access the global Visa payments network The partnership will see Razer’s financial technology arm, Razer Fintech, join Visa’s fintech fast-track programme, which is designed to make it easier for fintechs to access the global Visa payments network. Here, Razer Fintech and Visa will develop a virtual Visa prepaid solution to be embedded in the Razer Pay e-wallet, that will allow up to 60 million Razer users to make payments wherever Visa is accepted at 54 million merchant locations worldwide. “We are pleased to partner with such a forward-looking and innovative company that understands the value and importance of expanding access to digital payments,” said Chris Clark, regional president, Asia-Pacific, Visa. “This announcement reaffirms Visa’s commitment to the fast-growing and digitally savvy Southeast Asia region. Together, Visa and Razer Fintech have the … [Read more...] about Razer and Visa join forces to transform payments in Southeast Asia

Lenovo and Schneider Electric formed a strategic partnership for smart manufacturing The announcement was made by Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang and Schneider Electric chairman and CEO Jean-Pascal Tricoire at Lenovo Tech World, the company’s annual innovation summit, taking place in Beijing on November 12-16. Leveraging the strengths of both companies, the strategic partnership will create powerful synergies by combining Lenovo’s Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) LeapIOT solution with Schneider Electric’s smart green manufacturing solution based on EcoStruxure. The combination will build a blueprint that can be provided as a best-in-class smart manufacturing solution to discrete and hybrid manufacturing operations, regardless of the vertical industry they operate in. In particular, the focus will include AI algorithms and big data as it relates to all aspects of efficiency management, predictive maintenance, production quality, and other industrial … [Read more...] about Lenovo, Schneider Electric cooperate on smart green manufacturing

Dozens of outstanding inventions in IT, sciences and technologies, medicine and environment will be honoured at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2019 which will be held this evening, November 15, in Hanoi. PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc gives prizes at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2017 With the theme The Power of Digital Transformation, this year's awards aim at encouraging the inventions of products which help develop a digital economy. This year also marks 15 years since the Vietnamese Talent Awards was launched. Initiated in 2005 by the Vietnam Study Promotion Association and co-organised by the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group, Vietnam Television and Dantri/Dtinews online newspaper, the Vietnamese Talent Awards has become a prestigious annual national award. Over the past 15 years, the Vietnamese Talent Awards have expanded to honour IT, science and technology, medicine, environment and study and talent promotion. Given rapid global technological progress, the Vietnamese Talent Awards … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Talent Awards 2019 to honour outstanding inventions

With the Doctor Anywhere App, users can video-consult a doctor on their phone and get medication delivered to them within three hours in the city. This partnership is expected to bring significant changes to the healthcare landscape in Vietnam Doctor Anywhere is the most comprehensive digital healthcare service to be launched in Vietnam, bringing a suite of online and offline healthcare services, including doctor video-consultation and medication prescription, online health and wellness shopping marketplace, home-based healthcare services, and more, all on one single platform to the people in Vietnam. Thanks to the superior utilities brought by technology, the Doctor Anywhere application will transform the way health consultation is done while ensuring that customers would be able to gain full insurance benefits. The collaboration between Doctor Anywhere and Bao Minh is expected to create a series of breakthrough products and services in the field of healthcare for Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Doctor Anywhere ties up with Bao Minh Insurance to digitise healthcare