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Comprehensive protection measures a must to prevent data leaks and theft
Remote work, home office or hybrid work, have become the norm in today's business world and that most likely will stay that way. But the more employees work remotely, the greater the company's risk of falling victim to a cyberattack, making a sophisticated and multi-layered security concept the more essential for any company.
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How AI will change the way we work in Asia Pacific
Microsoft introduced Microsoft 365 Copilot earlier this year, which will bring powerful new generative AI capabilities to apps millions of people use every day like Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Microsoft Teams and more.
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GSMA report predicts tenfold rise in 5G mobile connections in Asia Pacific by 2030 as digital transformation gathers pace
5G will account for over two-fifths (41%) of mobile connections in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region by 2030, up from 4% in 2022, according to the GSMA's Mobile Economy APAC 2023 Report.
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Protecting Data in the Cloud
Organizations in Singapore are increasing their reliance on the cloud. Nearly nine in ten organizations in the country are using cloud services, with about 70% taking a hybrid cloud approach.
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Annual report reveals continued surge in sophisticated bot attacks
HUMAN Security, Inc., a cybersecurity company that protects organizations by disrupting digital fraud and abuse, just announced the release of its 2023 Enterprise Bot Fraud Benchmark Report. The annual report provides insights into automated attack trends across enterprise use cases, including account takeover, brute forcing, carding, credential stuffing, inventory hoarding, scalping and web scraping.
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Cisco unveils new solution to rapidly detect advanced cyber threats and automate response
Cisco unveiled the latest progress towards its vision of the Cisco Security Cloud, a unified, AI-driven, cross-domain security platform. Cisco's new XDR solution and the release of advanced features for Duo MFA will help organizations better protect the integrity of their entire IT ecosystem.
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Meltwater delivers the future of media, social and consumer intelligence through OpenAI models and advanced algorithms
Meltwater empowers companies with a suite of solutions that spans media, social, consumer and sales intelligence by analyzing ~1 billion pieces of content each day and transforming them into vital insights. Now, the company announces new AI-powered product innovations across multiple solutions that allow customers to surface insights, boost efficiency, and generate content.
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Appier integrates GenAI into its products to optimize key marketing applications for businesses
Appier announces that it has integrated Generative AI (GenAI) technology into three major marketing capabilities across its product lines. By connecting its advanced GenAI algorithms with OpenAI's ChatGPT language model, Appier can leverage the power of pioneering technology to help businesses increase productivity through advertising keywords and targeting parameters generation; intelligent conversational chatbot creation; and marketing copywriting and automatic content generation.
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Plans for further integration of IBM watsonx with AWS
IBM announced plans to expand its relationship with Amazon Web Services to help more mutual clients operationalize and derive value from generative artificial intelligence.
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Zero in with ABI’s Research Spotlights on research that is critical to your success
The global technology intelligence firm ABI Research just announced the release of Research Spotlights, suites of research focused on key technologies and trends within the vast ABI Research Library.
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Yahoo DSP advertisers now have access to low carbon PMPs
Yahoo and purpose-led ad platform Good-Loop announced a global partnership offering carbon neutral private marketplace (PMP) media opportunities to advertisers to help them become more sustainable.
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API Security Company Neosec acquired by Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies, Inc. announced entering into a definitive agreement to acquire Neosec, an API detection and response platform based on data and behavioral analytics.
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Mutual exchange of threat intelligence and security innovations bolsters Singapore’s cyber resilience
Google and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) announced a strategic collaboration to bolster Singapore’s cyber resilience. This partnership covers four key pillars: threat intelligence sharing, joint operations, technical collaboration, and ecosystem development.
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Outlook of generative AI for the enterprise market is exciting but lacks a clear corporate strategy
The democratization and acceleration of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) originated in the business-to-consumer (B2C) market with the release of popular applications like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion. But the B2C market will barely scratch the surface of generative AI’s potential economic value.
After a reportedly successful launch in 16 countries, Ringo is now available in India, offering 90% savings on international calling by converting international calls to local calls.
Ringo is an international calling app that uses a unique call flow to provide best-in-class call quality at costs lower than other popular calling apps. Ringo calls do not use the Internet or Wi-fi, but regular phone lines instead, making it a perfect fit for anyone looking to save big on high-quality international calls. From families to travellers to international businesses, all can save money, since Ringo supports calls to pretty much every mobile and landline destination worldwide.
"We believe our app will change the way India communicates with the world," said Bhavin Turakhia, CEO of Ringo. "In this country, reliable Internet connectivity that can support VoIP calling is still far away. Ringo provides the perfect solution for Indian consumers who want to stay in touch with their family, friends and colleagues abroad, reliably and at a low-cost."
According to Telegeography, 20 billion international voice minutes in 2012 originated from India (not counting OTT apps), representing 4% of the global international subscriber dialing (ISD) traffic and making India the 4th largest originator of ISD calls in the world, after USA, UK and Germany. Consumers in India spend well over $2 billion annually in making international calls. Ringo, whose prices are said to be 70% cheaper than, for instance, those of Vodafone or Airtel, and 20% cheaper than those of Skype or Viber for most destinations, will result in huge cost savings for Indian consumers.
"The app is a result of significant technology investments, global carrier partnerships and strategic relationships," says Bhavin. "We believe that communication should be easy and inexpensive. We envision a world where cost is not even a criterion for communications with anyone anywhere around the globe."
As mentioned, unlike other OTT voice apps, Ringo calls do not use the Internet, Wi-fi, data or carrier minutes. Using Ringo is identical to making a call through your carrier in terms of quality, and yet costs 70% less than standard rates offered by most telcos. Ringo instead uses a unique call flow to convert international calls into local calls, which means when a Ringo user from India contacts someone in the United Kingdom, Ringo will automatically dial out a local call to the Indian user and another local call to the UK user and connect the two over reliable carrier circuits.
Actually, Ringo's launch in India could not have been timed better, considering recent debates by carriers and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) about to start charging consumers over to VoIP. Amidst this controversy, Ringo provides a unique international calling solution that does not use VoIP and hence will never incur these additional costs.
As a disruptive technology, set within a $95 billion dollar industry, Ringo of course expects to ruffle some feathers. However, based on user feedback, the company is convinced to gain success and significant traction in a short while.
It is available for download on iOS, Android and Windows smartphones as well as at Ringo.co. – feel free to check it out.
By Daniela La Marca