Category: Cloud & Enterprise

PallyCon, a Multi DRM and Forensic Watermarking Service for OTT apps, adds App Security to its digital arsenal

PallyCon, a global leader in Multi DRM, forensic watermarking services, and anti-piracy technologies launches its state-of-the-art app security service. The company has now become a robust 360-degree cloud-based end-to-end content security service provider to OTT platforms

A simple plug-n-play solution, it is dedicated to helping content developers and publishers protect their content from manipulation and theft. The solution is conceptualized with no single line of code and offers robust security that’s also highly affordable.

Expressing his thoughts, CEO and Founder at INKA Entworks Inc. James Sungim Ahn said, “With the increasing popularity and rise in viewership of OTT apps, the chances of theft and leakages have increased multiple times. It takes a lot of effort and money to produce content, and illegal access and copying are causing significant revenue losses. Hence, data security should be considered mandatory, and all content creators should adopt 360-degree security along with DRM service for OTT apps to protect their investment”.

“Building an OTT app is no easy feat, it takes a lot of time and energy. And in today’s application-focused world, security can’t slow down your speed of development,” he added.

The solution offers a real-time threat analytics dashboard for content creators to trace the source of piracy and hacking of streaming content in real-time. It works in tandem with a high-performance DRM video protection service to identify leakages right to the last user who leaks or consumes the content illegally, thus offering endless scalable security. The solution supports Android, iOS, and other hybrid apps. Our powerful security suite ensures real-time in-depth application security with features like source code protection, anti-reverse engineering, cheat tool and emulator detection/blocking, while enforcing app integrity. Here are a few ways in which the solution stands out:

  • A simple plug-n-play solution (Get a secured OTT app in “Minutes“)
  • Robust security that’s highly affordable
  • Real-time Threat Analytics Dashboard
  • No single line of code
  • Unlimited free trials
  • Supports Android, iOS and hybrid apps
  • No annual maintenance charges (AMC), hardware setup or tech support cost
  • Meet compliance needs with data localization rules
  • Endlessly scalable security
  • Content security, App security and data security in a single workflow

Discussing the immense potential of the service Govindraj Basatwar, Head of Global Business for INKA Entworks said, “We are pleased to announce the commencement of our app and data security services. Cyber-attacks against OTT apps and content creators are on the rise. Without adequate security, apps can be easily hacked, which poses a threat to the privacy of data and revenue, and puts the brand image at risk too.”

“PallyCon is a first-of-its-kind cloud service that provides 360-degree security for OTT platforms. With this launch, we aim to create a fearless and thriving environment for all content creators and protect their data from potential threats,” he added.

With new security standards set by Hollywood studios, it becomes critical for OTT platforms to protect their apps in runtime. Additionally, the company is offering unlimited free trials to reap the benefits of app and data security without the need for coding.

About PallyCon

PallyCon is a premium content protection service by INKA ENTWORKS trusted by 200+ customers globally, providing 360-degree, cloud-based end-to-end content security for OTT platforms, such as Multi DRM, Forensic Watermarking, Anti-Piracy services, Anti-Screen capture/recorder, App Security with quick and simple integration. It is an ALL-IN-ONE solution for OTT owners.

About INKA Entworks

INKA Entworks is a pioneer in the field of Digital Rights Management with over 20 years of security experience in providing DRM technology. INKA Entworks holds many patents around DRM and App Security technology. We created cloud-based SaaS platforms (Security as a Service) which offer quick time to market technology services from mobile games and applications to digital streaming, movies, music and online education – which prevent hackers from manipulating or stealing content.

For more information, please contact:
Parag Manikpure
E: parag@inka.co.kr
P: +91 22 6278 5717

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Team Computers join Trescon’s Big CIO Show as Co-Powered Sponsors

As the leaders in the edge-to-cloud platform, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Team Computers Co-Powered the 10th edition of Big CIO Show – India. The show virtually connected over 300 online participants from across India, including major stakeholders of India’s technology ecosystem such as government think-tanks, technology experts and leading technology solution providers.

The virtual conference explored sectors of critical infrastructure where Digital Transformation can help the nation boost economic competitiveness with the region’s top technology leaders and the global technology fraternity.

One of the top technology leaders and speakers who joined the conversation was Ranganath Sadasiva, Chief Technology Officer, Hybrid IT, HPE. Ranganath is responsible for bringing in thought leadership across HPE’s Hybrid IT business and delivering the best-in-class technology experience for customers.

He enlightened the audience through the technical session on ‘Fuelling edge to cloud Digital Transformation with Hewlett Packard Enterprise’.

His presentation covered the macro trends leading to accelerated Digital Transformation and Digital Technologies enabling this transition. He spoke of “HPE Ezmeral software” portfolio that enables the transformation of apps, data, and operations by running modern containerized applications and optimally manage their environments from infrastructure up the stack, allowing customers to harness data and turn it into insights with enterprise-grade security, and cost and compliance visibility.

While talking about HPE’s latest announcements, he spoke of how it was time to reimagine Data Management and how this will be a game-changer. HPE’s vision of Unified DataOps empowers customers to break down the silos and complexity to accelerate data-driven transformation. He introduced the audience to their new offerings called Data Storage Cloud Central – a Unified cloud data services and HPE Alletra – cloud-native data infrastructure.

While talking about HPE’s new Compute Launch for the data-driven transformation, he stated, “HPE essentially focuses on workloads that prevail in the marketplace today and ensure that it delivers the right kind of compute resources for everything as a service.” He concluded the keynote by stating that, “It is your data, it is your agility, it is your innovation, and we will ensure that you unleash it till the last.”

He was also a part of an interesting panel discussion about ‘How SDX enables Digital Transformation’ where the panellists discussed how the rising customer expectations and global trends are forcing shifts in computing, storage, security, and networking; and how the evolution of the cloud is fuelling the software-defined revolution and driving the need for next-gen, “cloud-first” infrastructures and much more. He remarked “Software-Defined help’s deliver SCALE + AGILE = SCAGILE enterprises”.

The panellists who joined him in the discussion include Golok Kumar Simli – CTO, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India; Kaushik Majumder – Head of IT, Digital Services & Information Protection Officer, South Asia BASF India Ltd; Milind Khamkar – Group CIO, SUPER-MAX; and Prasanna Lohar – Chief Innovation Officer, DCB Bank.

The show was hosted on the virtual events platform Vmeets to help participants network and conduct business in an interactive and immersive virtual environment. Participants could also engage with speakers in Q&A sessions and network with solution providers in virtual exhibition booths, private consultation rooms and private networking rooms.

Here are a couple of upcoming events you might be interested in attending: Event calendar. (bit.ly/2S3eJ29)

About Big CIO Show – India

Big CIO Show is a thought-leadership-driven, business-focused initiative that provides a platform for CIOs who are looking to explore new-age technologies and implementing them in their organisations.

For further details, please contact:
Monith M Shetty
Corporate Communication Executive
marketing@tresconglobal.com

The inaugural edition of World OTT Show by Trescon set to strengthen the inevitable future of video streaming in Asia

Having hosted some of the industry’s biggest tech conferences and high-level summits all over the world, Trescon is now venturing into the OTT space. World OTT Show will congregate renowned thought-leaders, subject matter experts, and technology innovators from Asia on 17 June 2021, in a constructive, open-dialogue, virtual environment.

More than 400 million people now use OTT video streaming services across the Asia Pacific region, with over 69 per cent of video viewers in the region watch streaming videos at least once a week.

“In 2021, the streaming providers in Asia have a massive opportunity to take their services to a global audience. Many of the conversations we have with some of the providers in this region are precisely about how we can scale their services offering beyond a regional play into a global one and I think we’ll start seeing a lot more of these regional Asian OTT services go global and build significant businesses for themselves outside their own borders,” said Paolo Cuttorelli, VP and GM at Evergent.

As many consumers are forced to stay confined in their homes and on their electronic devices due to the Covid-19, OTT consumption across Asia has witnessed a surge like never before. It has become one of the fastest-growing media channels in the region grabbing the advertiser’s attention.

“Southeast Asia’s video streaming market continues to experience massive growth and platform owners across verticals are placing huge investment bets. World OTT Show offers a platform to exchange varied perspectives between media, telecoms, and broadcast to explore this avenue of business in the new normal,” said Mithun Shetty, CEO of Trescon.

The conference is designed to explore the endless possibilities of OTT products that are streamlined to focus on user interfaces, user behavior; enhanced streaming and storage technologies, and generating revenue through streamlined subscriptions.

Some of the powerful voices in the industry to share their expertise on OTT Monetization, Content OTT planning, Audio OTT, CX for OTT, and much more, include:

– Andreas Von Maltzahn, Co-Founder, iwonder, Singapore
– Adam Ware, VP, and GM – National Networks and Platforms, Sinclair Broadcast Group/STIRR, US
– Zubin Jimmy Dubash, COO Digital Businesses, Shemaroo, India
– Siddhartha Roy, Chief Operating Officer, Hungama Digital Media, India
– Anna Ysabel F. Driz, Director of Advertising Sales and Brand Solutions, WeTV iflix, Philippines
– Dushyantt Kohli, Chief Operating Officer, Khabri Audio platform, India

The conference will be hosted on the virtual events platform Vmeets to help participants network and conduct business in an interactive and immersive virtual environment. Participants can also engage with speakers in Q&A sessions and network with solution providers in virtual exhibition booths, private consultation rooms, and private networking rooms.

World OTT Show is officially sponsored by Lead Sponsor – Setplex; Platinum Sponsor – Brightcove; Gold Sponsor – Evergent; Silver Sponsor – Limelight Networks; Bronze Sponsor – Smartlabs

To attend the show, register here: https://tresconglobal.com/conferences/ott/asia/free-pass-registration

About World OTT Show

World OTT Show is a thought-leadership driven, business-focused initiative that provides a platform for CxOs, OTT heads, and OTT directors among others, looking to explore the latest services and devices powered by OTT to transforms business functions.

The show is virtually hosting business leaders across industry sectors from ASIA who will meet, network, learn and engage with some of the world?s renowned technology thought-leaders, subject matter experts, and technology innovators in a constructive, open-dialogue environment.

For further details about the announcement, please contact:
Aishwarya G Bhandary
Corporate Communications Executive
marketing@tresconglobal.com

The 10th edition of Big CIO Show to host CIOs across India to unearth the potential of emerging tech for India

The 10th global edition of Big CIO Show, taking place virtually on 26 May 2021, will host CIOs and IT Decision Makers from cross industries (PAN India). These C-level attendees will have the opportunity to meet, network, learn and engage with some of the nation`s renowned technology thought-leaders and innovators in a constructive, open-dialogue environment; to find solutions for issues hindering their business and designated growth.

The show will witness ground-breaking collaborations of experts such as Dr Rajendra Kumar – Additional Secretary, MeitY, Government of India; Golok Kumar Simli – Chief of Technology, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India; Sudhir Kanvinde – Executive Director – IT, Ministry of Ports Shipping, Government of India; Rajiv Ramanan – Director, Technology Partnerships, Freshworks Inc.; Harish Sekar – Senior Technical Evangelist, ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corp; Atanu Roy – Group CIO, Biocon Group; Yask Sharma – CISO Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.; Ripu Bajwa – Director & GM – Data Protection Solutions, Dell Technologies; Rajesh Awasthi – Global Head of Cloud and MHS, Tata Communications; Sourav Sinha – CIO, IndiGo Airlines; to name a few.

The Big CIO Show will host ground breaking Tech Talks by some of the industry leaders such as:
– Sridhar S – VP, Managed Services – Cloud, Hosting and Security at Tata Communications Ltd, on the topic “Technology to Business Innovation with Unified Cloud Experience”.
– Ranganath Sadasiva – CTO, Hybrid IT at Hewlett Packard Enterprise on the topic “Fuelling Edge-to-Cloud Digital Transformation”.
– Veneet Sharma – Regional Sales Director – APAC (IAM) at Thales on “Somebody Else’s Mistake: Our Learning” and
– Rajiv Raman – Director, Technology Partnerships at Freshworks Inc. on “The Greater Good- Building a digital-ready culture”; to name a few.

“CIOs are looking to embrace the fundamental shift from their focus on cost savings to becoming a primary driver of business innovation across all levels of business to achieve complete digital transformation,” stated Mithun Shetty, CEO, Trescon.

The show will be hosted on the virtual events platform Vmeets to help participants network and conduct business in an interactive and immersive virtual environment. Participants can also engage with the speakers during Q&A sessions and network with solution providers/sponsors at their virtual exhibition booths, private consultation rooms and meeting tables.

Big CIO Show is officially sponsored by – Presenting Sponsor – Dell Technologies and AMD; Powered By Sponsor – TATA Communication; Co – Powered By Sponsor – Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Team Computers; Gold Sponsors: Thales and Technobind, Freshworks and Silver Sponsor – ManageEngine

Register at bit.ly/3vmdBFt to attend the event.

About Big CIO Show

Big CIO Show is a thought-leadership-driven, business-focused initiative that provides a platform for CIOs who are looking to explore new-age technologies and implementing them in their organisations.

For further details, please contact:
Monith M Shetty
Corporate Communication Executive
marketing@tresconglobal.com

Kingsoft Announces 2021 First Quarter Results

Kingsoft Office Group Achieves Significant Growth Driven by Development of Ecosystem for Cloud and Collaboration
JX Online III PC Game Delivers Solid Performance

Kingsoft Corporation Limited(stock code: 03888), a leading Chinese software and Internet service company, has announced its unaudited quarterly results for the three months ended 31 March 2021 (period under review).

During the period under review, the revenue of Kingsoft increased 33% year-over-year to RMB1,559.6 million. Revenue from the online games and others and office software and services represented 51% and 49%, respectively, of total revenue. Gross profit increased 36% year-over-year to RMB1,315.9 million, while profit attributable to owners of the parent increased 1,763 % year-over-year to RMB116.6 million.

Mr. Jun LEI, Chairman of Kingsoft, commented, “Our first-quarter results signal a good start for the year as we continued to focus on office application services for government, enterprises and individuals, and high-quality IP and premium games. Kingsoft Office Group seized the opportunity for digital transformation and will continue to develop the ecosystem for cloud and collaboration. In our online games business, we maintained steady development of our core games while actively carrying out research and development for new game genres.”

Mr. Tao ZOU, Chief Executive Officer of Kingsoft, added, “In the first quarter, the Company achieved a decent start to the year. Our total revenue came in at RMB1,559.6 million, up 33% year-on-year, while our office software and services business recorded strong year-on-year growth of 104%. With the robust growth of office software and services revenue, our operating profit in the first quarter was RMB512.1 million, up 33% compared to the same period last year.”

BUSINESS REVIEW
Office Software and Services
For the first quarter of 2021, revenue of the Company from the office software and services increased 104% year-on-year to RMB771.0 million. Kingsoft Office Group achieved significant growth, mainly driven by the accelerated development of its ecosystem for cloud and collaboration. Kingsoft Office Group is dedicated to transforming to a premium service provider of cloud and collaboration office solutions, continuously improving its products experience and promoting cloud office migration and penetration in the government and enterprise markets. As the localization business has entered a mature period, the customer procurement increased. Therefore, Kingsoft Office Group has witnessed an exponential growth in its office software product licensing business during this quarter.

WPS Office assisted the development of the information technology system for China’s 2021 Two Sessions. During the Two Sessions, customized office software document services of WPS Office were provided to facilitate online transmission, review and approval of all official documents. Kingsoft Office Group has also accelerated its development of commercial distribution network. The 2021 Partner Conference of the Kingsoft Office Group was held in April 2021, attracting more than 1,000 attendees from its distributors and service provider partners across the ecosystem.

Meanwhile, Kingsoft Office Group has continued to optimize user experience for individuals and enterprises and improved its customer loyalty through the application of cloud and collaboration. It has also continued to enhance the penetration within the public cloud market and to promote the growth of the office service subscription business.

As at 31 March 2021, monthly active users of Kingsoft Office Group’s core products reached 494 million, achieving a year-on-year growth of 11%. Monthly active users of PC edition and mobile edition of WPS Office amounted to 194 million and 294 million, with a year-on-year increase of 15% and 8% respectively. In addition, the Company’s internet advertising and promotion service businesses remained steady during the quarter, which was in line with Kingsoft Office Group’s overall strategy.

Online Games and Others
Revenue from the online games and others for the first quarter of 2021 reached to RMB788.6 million. Revenue from flagship JX Online III PC game increased by 23% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021. In April, a new expansion pack for the JX Online III PC game, Bai Di Feng Yun, was launched with enriched content and new gameplay resulting in a growth in daily active independent accounts after launch. Meanwhile, the performance of other JX series PC games has remained stable.

In addition, the Company has achieved breakthroughs in overseas mobile games. Upon its debut, the JX I Pocket mobile game was ranked the first in both the top free charts and grossing charts for iOS and Android apps in Vietnam. In May, first-person shooting (FPS) game Bullet Angel was released and gained popularity in Thailand and Malaysia, etc.

Looking ahead, multiple new games are scheduled for launch. For example, JX Online III: Yuan Qi, the retro version of JX Online III, and War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius are expected to be launched in the middle of this year.”

Mr. Jun LEI concluded, “We are pleased that all businesses performed well and started on a sound footing in the first quarter. We are full of confidence for our development going forward. We will continue to adhere to high-intensity investment in research and development with an emphasis in new technologies such as cloud and artificial intelligence to promote innovation and optimization, to prepare for breakthroughs, and to achieve sustainable growth and development as well as creating a better future with our customers and partners.”

About Kingsoft Corporation Limited
Kingsoft is a leading software and Internet services company based in China listed on the stock exchange of Hong Kong. It has two subsidiaries including Seasun and Kingsoft Office. Following the implementation of its “mobile internet transformation” strategy, Kingsoft has completed the comprehensive transformation of its overall business and management models and formed a strategic platform with interactive entertainment and office software as the pillars and cloud services and AI as the new directions. The Company has more than 5,000 staff around the world and enjoys a large market share in China. For more information, please visit http://www.kingsoft.com.

Kingsoft Investor Relations:
Francie Lu Tel: (86) 10 6292 7777 Email: ir@kingsoft.com
For further queries, please contact Hill+Knowlton Strategies Asia:
Ovina Zhu Tel: (852) 2894 6315 Email: kingsoft@hkstrategies.com


Cyber Security Visionaries to Gather at #WCSSAfrica to Define, Describe, and Forecast the Market

Taking place on 24 May 2021 in Africa, the 10th global edition of World Cyber Security Summit will focus on topics such as Cyber Security framework and strategies for the African Government Authorities; National security, Cyber Threats and Governance: The Rise of Security Culture in Africa; Zero Trust Networks & Resilient ICT Re-Budgeting for Corporate sectors; Cyber Security trends and crucial security strategies for sectors and enterprises and much more.

The African Prospect

The Africa cyber security market size is anticipated to witness strong growth over the coming years on account of rapid growth in internet users combined with growing dependability on e-governance, IoT, commercial services and social networking.

This is also bolstered by an increasing number of cyber crime within the country that have, unfortunately, been seeing a surge in pushing governments to support sectors such as telecom, retail, finance and health to help amplify the demand for enterprise cyber security products, services and consumer software in the country.

“Cyber security landscape is rapidly changing & evolving in Africa” stated Naresh Kumar, Director – Regional Sales Development at emt Distribution META. He further added “Find, Fix, & Protect – Take Control Of Your Network and It’s our ongoing efforts to educate, position and protect our partners IT ecosystem with Progress and emt Cyber security and ICT solutions.”

What next for the continent?

Enterprises and governments are leading an increased effort to strengthen the internet infrastructure and improve the solutions and aid provided by the software industry in a bid to protect its citizens from cyber attacks in the future.

Apart from this, factors such as the need for unified cyber solutions, increased internet subscriptions, data disclosure mandates, enhanced enterprise mobility, and increased spending patterns on security forums are boosting the demand for cyber security solutions in the nation.

“Cyber security leaders play an important role in today’s business. They have to put out a strong message of influence as security is a culture and business should become a part of this security culture,” stated Mithun Shetty, CEO, Trescon.

World Cyber Security Summit – Africa will feature a ground-breaking collaboration of experts such as Dr Ahmedin Mohammed, State Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Innovation and Technology; Peter Hunguru, Head of Information Communication and Technology, Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA); Themba Mnguni, Deputy Director, IT Audit, Department of Rural Development and Land Reform; Collins Osagie Omokaro, Special Assistant to the Honourable Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, FCT, Abuja; Muyowa Mutemwa, Senior Cyber security Consultant, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; and Humphrey Mutuma, Youth Governor & Executive Director, Youths for Youths Network to name a few.
The summit will be hosted on the virtual events platform Vmeets to help participants network and conduct business in an interactive and immersive virtual environment. Participants can also engage with speakers in Q&A sessions and network with solution providers in virtual exhibition booths, private consultation rooms and private networking rooms.

The World Cyber Security Summit – Africa is officially sponsored by Platinum Sponsor – Nanjgel Solutions and Accops; Gold Sponsors – emt Distribution FZ-LLC and Progress Software Corporation; Silver Sponsor – ManageEngine and SHELT.

About World Cyber Security Summit

World Cyber Security Summit is a thought-leadership driven, business-focused initiative that provides a platform for CISOs who are looking to explore new-age threats and the technologies/strategies to mitigate them.

To register visit – World Cyber Security Summit – Africa.

For further details, please contact:
Karthik A, Marketing Lead, Trescon
marketing@tresconglobal.com

Joy Spreader Included in the MSCI China Small Cap Index

On May 12th , Joy Spreader (06988.HK), a Hong Kong-listed company, announced that the Company is incorporated into the MSCI China Small Cap Index, with effect upon the closure of the market on May 27, 2021.

It is reported that the MSCI China Small Cap Index is one of the China market indices launched by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), which aims to measure the performance of the small cap segment in China’s stock market, covering PRC companies with excellent operating results and development potential. It is an important index for global institutional investors to evaluate their investment portfolios.

Joy Spreader is a leading MarTech company engaging in mobile new media performance-based marketing and marketing SaaS services in the PRC. It has achieved outstanding performance for years and has received considerable attention in the Hong Kong stock market since its listing.

According to the financial report, the revenue of Joy Spreader was HK$262 million, HK$538 million and HK$924 million from 2018 to 2020, respectively, and the earnings (net profit) during the year were HK$45 million, HK$77 million and HK$139 million, respectively. Joy Spreader’s performance has maintained rapid growth.

The Company’s board of directors believes that the inclusion of the MSCI China Small Cap Index shows the recognition of the Company’s performance and value by the capital market. It is expected that the inclusion will enhance the confidence of capital market and investors to the Company and increase the liquidity of the Company’s shares. At the same time, the inclusion will raise the Company’s profile and boost the Company’s business and cooperation.

Joy Spreader’s First Quarterly Results: Video E-commerce Business Soars 143.58%

On May 10, 2021, Joy Spreader (6988.HK), a MarTech company listed in Hong Kong, released the business update of the first quarter of 2021.

According to the announcement, in the first quarter, Joy Spreader achieved revenue of HK$ 248 million, representing an increase of 33.26% over the same period last year, gross profit of HK$77.4 million, representing an increase of 64.16% over the same period last year, and gross profit margin of 31.16%, representing an increase of 5.87 percentages points as compared with the same period last year.

In terms of specific business, the revenue of Joy Spreader’s interactive entertainment and other digital products marketing business in the first quarter was HK$220 million, representing an increase of 26.31% over the same period last year, while the revenue from e-commerce products marketing business was HK$28.45 million, representing an increase of 143.58% over the same period last year.

With the emerging short video e-commerce, video e-commerce business is becoming the largest increment of results of Joy Spreader. In the first quarter, the gross profit of the Joy Spreader’s interactive entertainment and other digital product marketing business reached HK$54.65 million, representing an increase of 44.96% over the same period last year, while the gross profit of e-commerce products marketing business reached HK$22.76 million, representing an increase of 143.68% over the same period last year, accounting for an increasing proportion of the overall gross profit.

At the same time, marketing SaaS service, another core business of Joy Spreader, is growing rapidly. Currently, Joy Spreader uses its own marketing SaaS platform to access content publishers in order to help their traffic to realize commercial value.

The announcement showed that as of the end of the first quarter, Joy Spreader’s marketing SaaS service customers comprised a total of 55,616 WeChat official accounts, representing an increase of 36.01% compared to the end of 2020. A total of 29,828 Douyin accounts in terms of short video, representing an increase of 37.01% compared to the end of 2020. Also, the Company had access to 11,567 clients of WeChat video channels. On the whole, Joy Spreader’s mobile new media realizable access points reached 638,950, representing an increase of 35.96% compared to the end of 2020, further consolidating the basis of business growth.

CITIC Telecom CPC’s DataHOUSE AR Remote Hand wins Augmented & Virtual Reality Award for Telecommunications at SBR TEA 2021

DataHOUSE™ AR Remote Hand leverages wearable AR technology to transform field engineers’ operations and maintenance processes.

CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (CITIC Telecom CPC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (SEHK: 1883), is honored to announce that its innovative product, DataHOUSE™ AR Remote Hand, bagged the Augmented & Virtual Reality – Telecommunications Award during Singapore Business Review’s (SBR) recently concluded Technology Excellence Awards (TEA).

DataHOUSE™ AR Remote Hand is a highly practical, productive, and effective tool for field engineers that allows them to do virtual collaborations with offsite members whilst streaming data in real-time. The technology employs AR glasses to allow field engineers to conveniently retrieve encrypted backend data from backend systems, so that they can conduct maintenance, troubleshooting, and field operations speedily. With virtual access to equipment history or status, service manuals, complicated technical procedures, troubleshooting logs, and graphics via a designated QR code for each device, they can utilise hand gestures to review a device’s historical record to speed up analysis and troubleshooting, minimising downtime and costs whilst boosting field engineer productivity by up to 50%.

Traditionally, field engineers communicated with back-end support using email or phone. This makes it challenging to describe a troubleshooting situation. The AR Remote Hand solves this problem by allowing back-end engineers to view real-time images streamed via AR glasses through an AR operations console. Its powerful video conferencing feature also offers engineers instant support and fosters off-site collaboration between global operations and maintenance teams. It also overcomes the challenges of time zone, languages, distance barriers, and professional skill sets in multi-technology environments.

On the customer side, the current pandemic has made it difficult for enterprises’ IT staff to travel to data centres and manage their equipment. Through its AR glasses, CITIC Telecom CPC’s DataHOUSE AR Remote Hand can serve as the customers’ remote hands. Not only does it show the status of on-site equipment as customers watch in real-time from offices or other locations through the AR operations console, but it also lets customers provide live instructions to CITIC Telecom CPC’s on-site engineers as they troubleshoot equipment issues without customers being physically in the data centre.

AR Remote Hand solution is the brainchild of CITIC Telecom CPC’s professional teams of data scientists and research and development experts. Combining their knowledge with experts from the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), which was founded by the Hong Kong government to enhance the city’s competitiveness in technology-based industries through applied research, this collaboration has been very successful in creating a groundbreaking technology to revolutionize management and maintenance in data center scenarios.

CITIC Telecom CPC is now building additional enhancements in the new version of AR Remote Hand by expanding its range of supported vendor equipment and adding on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to extend more service coverage. As one of the trusted partners of leading multinational and business enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region, it maintains its integrity as the premier connectivity, cloud services, information security, and data centre provider in the world.

The Technology Excellence Awards was presented by Singapore Business Review via video conferencing throughout the second and third week of April. This year’s nominations were judged by of Daryl Pereira, Head of Cyber at KPMG; Cheang Wai Keat, Partner, Consultant at Ernst & Young Advisory Pte. Ltd.; Henry Tan, Group Chief Executive Officer and Chief Innovation Officer at Nexia TS; Sivakumar Saravan, Senior Partner at Crowe Singapore; Cecil Su, Director, Head of Cybersecurity of BDO Singapore.

About CITIC Telecom CPC
We are CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (CITIC Telecom CPC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (SEHK: 1883), serving multinational enterprises the world over by addressing their ICT requirements with integrated digitalisation solutions built upon our flagship technology suites, comprising TrueCONNECT™ private network solutions, TrustCSI™ information security solutions, DataHOUSE™ cloud data center solutions, and SmartCLOUD™ cloud computing solutions.

With the motto “Innovation Never Stops”, we leverage innovative technologies, embracing AI, AR, Big Data, IoT, and other cutting-edge emerging technologies to transform technical potential into business value for our customers. As enterprises digital transformation partner, we strive to help our customers achieving industry-leading position, high agility and cost-efficiency through digitalisation.

Bringing with our Global-Local capabilities, we are committed to providing our customers with one-stop-shop ICT solutions with superior quality. Having a worldwide footprint across 160 countries, including Asia, Europe and America, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, our global network resources connect over 160 points of presence (POPs), 18 Cloud service centers, 30+ data centers, and two dedicated 24×7 Security Operations Centers (SOCs). As one of the first managed service providers in Hong Kong to achieve multiple ICT-related certifications, including ISO 9001, 14001, 20000, 27001, and 27017, we have been offering professional local services, superior delivery capabilities as well as exceptional customer experience and best practices through our global presence and extensive industry know-how, becoming a leading integrated intelligent ICT service provider to enterprise customers. For more information please visit www.citictel-cpc.com.

About Singapore Business Review
The SBR Technology Excellence Awards is organised by Singapore Business Review (SBR.com.sg), the definitive magazine for Singapore’s business elite. Not only has it built its reputation and credibility as a publication, but it has also become a recognised symbol of excellence for multinational companies with offices in Singapore. Since then, SBR continuously strives to provide a platform where companies can showcase and celebrate their growth and success.

Media Contact:
June Tay
CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited
+65 6692 8357
Email: june.tay@citictel-cpc.com

Trintech Announces Sponsorship of ServiceNow’s Knowledge 2021 Event

Trintech to present how to digitize workflows across your financial close process with CadencyDirect, the only Financial Close Automation (FCA) application on the Now Platform(R)

Trintech, a leading global provider of integrated Record to Report software solutions for the Office of Finance, today announced its gold sponsorship of ServiceNow’s Knowledge 2021 event taking place virtually May 11th – 20th. During this event, digital leaders, partners, and forward-thinkers will come together to discover how organizations are becoming more resilient and reshaping their industries with digital workflows.

As part of this sponsorship, Trintech will be hosting two speaking sessions. The first, “Delivering Real-Time Financial Insights with the Right Processes and Technology,” will be co-hosted with KPMG and focuses on how to address the financial close by combining effective processes and technology that simplify workflows across your Office of Finance.

“As enterprises continue to accelerate digital transformation efforts, it is critical to think about this holistically from both a process and technology-perspective,” said Scott Cohen, Advisory, KPMG LLP. “A comprehensive digital workflow transformation is vital to your future success and we are excited about our expanded partnership with both Trintech and ServiceNow to address companies’ unique finance and organizational transformations by turning knowledge into value and successfully driving large, global, and complex workflow transformation.”

The second session, “Transform Your Office of Finance by Powering Your Workflow with CadencyDirect,” will showcase how CadencyDirect, the only Financial Close Automation (FCA) application on the Now Platform(R), can digitize your workflows across your financial close process on a single, scalable, cloud-based platform that reduces complexity and risk, accelerates the overall process, and drives a greater experience for finance teams.

“Leading enterprises understand the need to digitize workflows across the enterprise which is why we are excited about our recent partnership with ServiceNow and bringing our CadencyDirect solution to the ServiceNow customer base at Knowledge 2021,” said Robert Michlewicz, Chief Strategy Officer at Trintech. “For finance organizations, CadencyDirect complements and extends financial operations management by addressing the shared needs of the CFO, CIO and CAO and enabling their teams to digitize workflows impacting the financial close process – thus creating visibility and improved synergies that help companies achieve a more effective operating enterprise.”

Trintech recently was named a ServiceNow Elite Partner in the ServiceNow Technology Program, bringing CadencyDirect, an industry-leading financial close automation solution, into the Now Platform(R) to support digital transformation across the enterprise. CadencyDirect is powered by Trintech’s industry-leading Cadency solution that combines all financial close activities into a single, seamless process, including operational matching, intercompany transaction management, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entry management, close task management and compliance. Cadency integrates with 100s of ERP instances including SAP(R), Oracle(R) and NetSuite(R) and currently serves the majority of the Fortune 100.

For more information on ServiceNow’s Knowledge 2021 event, or to register, click here. https://knowledge.servicenow.com/

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About Trintech
Trintech Inc., a pioneer of Financial Corporate Performance Management (FCPM) software, combines unmatched technical and financial expertise to create innovative, cloud-based software solutions that deliver world-class financial operations and insights. From high volume transaction matching and streamlining daily operational reconciliations, to automating and managing balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, journal entries, disclosure reporting and bank fee analysis, to governance, risk and compliance – Trintech’s portfolio of financial solutions, including Cadency(R) Platform, Adra(R) Suite, and targeted tools, ReconNET(TM), T-Recs(R), and UPCS(R), help manage all aspects of the financial close process. Over 3,500 clients worldwide – including the majority of the Fortune 100 – rely on the company’s cloud-based software to continuously improve the efficiency, reliability, and strategic insights of their financial operations.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Trintech has offices located across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the Nordics, as well as strategic partners in South Africa, Latin America and the Asia Pacific. To learn more about Trintech, visit www.trintech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

About KPMG LLP
KPMG is a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 146 countries and territories and in FY20 had close to 227,000 people working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. KPMG International Limited is a private English company limited by guarantee. KPMG International Limited and its related entities do not provide services to clients. Learn more at www.kpmg.com/us.

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