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FIDO Alliance Executive Director and Chief Marketing Officer Andrew Shikiar discusses how organisations can build a phishing-resistant authentication platform and argues that the elimination of passwords is the first step…

SolarWinds announces its latest findings from its IT Pro Day 2020 survey ‘You Were Built for This’ ahead of IT Professionals Day on September 15th.

One of the world’s largest annual sporting events, The Tour De France will be delivered remotely to race fans across the world for the first time, due to Covid-19.

The Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv autonomous driving joint venture unveils its new identity this month – Motional. Plans are underway to begin testing fully driverless systems this year, and, supporting technology will be available for robotaxi providers and fleet operators by 2022.

Equinix acquires two highly interconnected data centers in Mumbai to support its pan-Indian expansion strategy. Equinix CEO Charles Meyers says the deal gives global customers access to one of the fastest growing markets.

The Trendlines Group, an Israeli and Singapore-based investment group focused on inventing technologies and creating medical and agrifood companies, announces its expanding its in-house activities to Singapore with the establishment of Trendlines Labs Singapore in July 2020.

What has been dubbed The Rapid Response Strategy, has allowed SMART researchers to drastically reduce the time taken to develop treatment for yellow fever, Zika and COVID-19.

Electrify partners with Senoko Energy and ENGIE Factory to launch Singapore’s first peer-to-peer energy trading platform, SolarShare, allowing consumers to purchase renewable electricity produced by private solar panel owners via an online marketplace. Electrify CEO Martin Lim says the pilot project aims to leverage a forecasted USD 60M solar energy opportunity in Southeast Asia by 2023.

eBay launches its Global 24/7 program this month, with the aim to help SMEs start their global online business by providing several benefits and tools, including incentives of up to USD 2,900

Google says its supporting thousands of locals through a new jobs and skills initiative to boost employment and employability outcomes under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package. Google says it will offer 100 job placements at its Singapore office with the remaining 500 vacancies offered by partners including Dentsu Aegis Network, Omnicom Media Group, Publicis, Sephora and Trip.com

GitHub shares the latest update on its Archive Program; the journey of the world’s open source code to the Arctic Circle in July.

Shopify Partners with Australian Logistics Tech Startup Shippit. Co-Founder Will On says the aim is to expand into Malaysia, Philippines, and Indonesia in the near future, with a focus on talent that has a deep understanding of local markets.

Cisco launches its 0% financing program to support SMEs on all its products including software, hardware and services valued up to USD 300,000 throughout SE Asia.

IBM Security’s fifth annual Cyber Resilient Organization Report claims security response planning is on the rise, however, containing attacks remains a hot issue as usage of more than fifty security tools led to less-than-effective security responses.

Kofax Senior VP & GM APJ Zakir Ahmed says many companies are looking to automation and digitization to reinvent old ways and navigate future uncertainties.