IT News Week 1 of Oct 2019 - Disk 2
Oct 5, 2019 - Sony Introduces the Alpha 9 II
Oct 4, 2019 - TikTok Launches #TikTokClassroom initiative to commemorate International Teacher's Day
Oct 4, 2019 - Alliance Bank and Hong Leong Bank Accelerates Digital Transformation Efforts in Malaysia
Oct 3, 2019 - Subang Jaya - Digi and TM GLOBAL collaborate to provide more connectivity options across Malaysia
Oct 3, 2019 - TCL PLEX Smartphone – A Cinematic Mobile Experience
Oct 1, 2019 - Oracle Launches CX Unity to Unify Advertising and Marketing Worlds
Sony announced Alpha 9 II (model ILCE-9M2). The latest model from Sony's acclaimed line-up of α™(Alpha™) full-frame interchangeable lens cameras has been created specifically to support working professionals in the fields of sports photography and photojournalism.
The new Alpha 9 II builds on the impressive legacy of the original Alpha 9, maintaining ground breaking speed performance including blackout-free continuous shooting at up to 20 frames per second with Auto Focus and Auto Exposure tracking, 60 times per second AF/AE calculations while incorporating even more functionality driven directly from the voice of professionals.
Recognizing that teachers play a vital role in shaping the minds of our future generation, Tiktok, the leading destination for short-form mobile videos has launched #TikTokClassroom to celebrate educators in all forms and disciplines in conjunction with International Teacher's Day.
The #TikTokClassroom initiative seeks to replicate a safe, positive and inclusive environment where students have the ability to learn in a fun and engaging manner outside classroom walls, with a community of likeminded creators, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender or socio-economic levels.
#TikTokClassroom consists of various topics including language, life hacks and photography, which are introduced every two weeks. Each TikTok classroom would consist of three TikTok educators, who can share up to three tutorial or how-to videos each on a given subject. Viewers would then be able to access these videos by searching #TikTokClassroom on TikTok.
Oct 4, 2019 - Alliance Bank and Hong Leong Bank Accelerates Digital Transformation Efforts in Malaysia.
Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, recently recognised two banks, Alliance Bank and Hong Leong Bank for leading the digital banking industry with their outstanding and innovative usage of open source solutions at the recent Red Hat Forum 2019 in Kuala Lumpur.
Alliance Bank saw a successful integration of its Branch-in-Tablet initiative which allowed customers to open a banking account and activate their debit card, Internet, and mobile banking services in as little as 15 minutes. Deploying open source solutions from Red Hat, the bank was able to cut down its projected timeline from 18 to a mere 4 months.
Meanwhile, Hong Leong Bank has made use of hybrid cloud infrastructure to create a more agile and human-centric design to considerably enhance customer experience and make way for newer integrations. Collectively, based on its estimates, this has helped the bank reduce in-house app development and go-to-market time by 40 to 60%, depending on complexity, and lower the cost to market by 40 to 60%.
Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) and TM GLOBAL, the Global and Wholesale arm of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) today marked another major milestone in the nation's telecommunications industry when both companies formalised a collaboration to improve the internet reachability nationwide. This deal signifies the ongoing commitment to support the Government's National Fiberisation and Connectivity Plan (NFCP).
(L-R): Alex Foo, Head of Strategy and Transformation, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd; Albern Murty, Chief Executive Officer, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd; Al-Ishsal Ishak, Chairman of Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission; Yang Berbahagia Dato' Noor Kamarul Anuar Nuruddin, Group Chief Executive Officer, Telekom Malaysia Berhad; and En. Amar Huzaimi Md Deris, Executive Vice President, TM GLOBAL during the signing ceremony between TM and Digi on the collaboration to improve the internet reachability nationwide.
Under this collaboration, TM GLOBAL and Digi will leverage each other's core expertise and capabilities for the benefit of Malaysians through three (3) major business arrangements.
One of the business arrangements consists of the utilisation of Sistem Kabel Rakyat Malaysia (SKRM), the inter-region submarine cable system that was jointly developed under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) collaboration between TM and MCMC.
The TCL PLEX. Launched under TCL Communication, the TCL Plex features TCL NXTVISION™, which is TCL's proprietary and advanced display and camera optimisation technology, users will be greeted by enriched colours, clarity and contrast in real-time, akin to being immersed in a cinema. Thanks to a dedicated display engine, the colours on the TCL PLEX's screen are intensified with a 6-axis colour enhancement to result in radiant images, with edges honed by 2D edge enhancement for sharper pictures and more striking visual contrasts.
Super wide-angle lens TCL-Plex Smartphone
The TCL PLEX also comes with an industry-leading camera that is equipped with a super low-light sensor and super wide-angle lens, to enhance low-light shooting capabilities of up to three times brighter in the darkest environments. Its slim, compact frame comes with a dual-side curved glossy glass body and a 3D holographic finishing to ensure users get a feel of premium in their hands.
The TCL Plex retails for RM1,199 and can be purchased through online platform via Shopee and direct purchase through Brightstar Distribution Sdn Bhd authorised retailers.
To help organizations create experiences that build, protect, and differentiate their brands, Oracle announced powerful new updates to its enterprise-class customer data management (CDP) platform. By bringing together customer data from marketing and advertising systems, the latest updates to Oracle CX Unity enable organizations to provide personalized and contextual experiences across all customer interactions, from website visits and online ads to customer service calls and in-store transactions.
ShopBack, a loyalty and discovery platform with over eleven million members across eight countries in the Asia-Pacific region, selected Oracle CX Unity to unify its customer data and deliver a personalized service to its customers.
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