Fujitsu, National Cancer Center Japan mine real-world data to make new drugs

Fujitsu is engaged in a comprehensive joint research agreement with National Cancer Center Japan on exploring ways that real-world data, including medical information from...

Contact centres still lag behind customer expectations amid pandemic

Call centres and customer experiences are a bellwether for consumer confidence and have become increasingly critical during the pandemic as an opportunity to build...

1 in 3 firms play up opportunities in COVID-19 crisis

One-third (34%) of global firms are choosing to view the pandemic as a chance to take advantage of market opportunities and to scale, and...

Amazon sets 2022 power-on for 62-MW solar farm in Singapore

Amazon expects to fully energize by 2022 all of its facilities in Singapore with renewable energy from a 62-megawatt solar photovoltaic project. These include...

What SolarWinds should mean in Singapore – and how businesses should proceed

Singaporean companies may be tempted to ignore the SolarWinds hack; by its own account, the Cyber Security Agency believes that Singapore’s critical sectors escaped...

5G Industry 4.0 studio debuts in Singapore

IBM, Samsung Electronics, and M1 have unveiled the IBM Industry 4.0 Studio, which will combine advanced 5G connectivity with artificial intelligence (AI), hybrid cloud...

NUS, Johnson Controls pave way for S$5-million R&D on smart buildings

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Johnson Controls have teamed up for a joint effort  on smart buildings research, for which Johnson Controls will...

Oz taxman picks iProov for digital ID program

iProov emerged best in an open tender process and was selected to provide a liveness solution for myGovID for the Australian Taxation Office. This means...

PatSnap raises $300 million to drive expansion

PatSnap has secured $300 million in Series E funding that was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Tencent Investment with participation from existing...

Pandemic erodes in-person banking, driving 2 in 3 Singaporeans to go digital

About two-thirds (68%) of Singaporean consumers prefer to use digital channels to engage with their bank during financial hardship, a survey by global analytics...