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Fortinet appoints Michelle Ong as country manager in Malaysia

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George Chang vacates appearing united states of america manager post to recognition on local position Ong become head of income for channel and government debts in Malaysia remaining 2yrs FORTINET stated it has appointed Michelle Ong (percent) its new united states manager in Malaysia. She will oversee Fortinet Malaysia's standard operations and take obligation for developing and developing its commercial enterprise in the country.   Ong assumes the reins from George Chang, who will relinquish his appearing country supervisor position to cognizance on his role as Fortinet's vice chairman for South-East Asia and Hong Kong, Fortinet said in a assertion.   As head of sales for channel and government accounts in Malaysia for the beyond two years, Ong has step by step advanced Fortinet's traction in those sectors while successfully managing clients, partners and the inner crew, it introduced.   “Ong has left absolute confidence approximately her ability to steer and deve...

Did big data analytics help Obama get re-elected?

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Big statistics, predictive evaluation used notably in Obama's re-election campaign Slick use of those gear might also have proven to be the decisive factor in triumphing fence electorate in swing states Periscope via Edwin Yapp BARACK Obama retained his mandate and will continue to be the president of the United States of America for 4 extra years after defeating his Republican challenger, former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney   The race for the presidency couldn’t were greater tightly contested as the one we simply witnessed. According to early reviews on CNN, the incumbent Obama become trailing his challenger Romney to begin with. That modified quickly whilst results of some of the bigger west coast states – such as California, Oregon, Nevada and New Mexico – finished their matter.   By 11am (Malaysian time) Nov 7, it have become apparent that the primary black president of the US could re-capture the White House with greater than the 270 electoral votes he had to d...

SAS-Silverlake partnership aims analytics solutions at Malaysian banks

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Silverlake to incorporate SAS analytics capabilities into its services Banks able to leverage on market-main competencies of both organizations US-based totally commercial enterprise analytics employer SAS Institute has introduced a partnership with IT answers company Silverlake Group to introduce a number of SAS superior analytics answers to banks in Malaysia.   The have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intention to see Silverlake incorporating SAS’ huge facts analytics competencies into its offerings.   The SAS abilties encompass Customer Intelligence, Risk Management, Fraud,  Data Management and SAS Visual Analytics, a huge facts visualisation tool, SAS said in a declaration.   “The strategic partnership between SAS Malaysia and Silverlake Group will permit Malaysia’s banking industry to leverage on the market-leading abilities of both companies,” said SAS Malaysia handling director Andrew Tan.   “With extra than 35 years of global enjoy in monetary servi...

GHL claims greater cardholder security with PCI-DSS certification

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PCI-DSS applies to e-price solutions providers that deliver the infrastructure to path and/ or keep cardholder facts GHL invested greater than RM1 million to improve its infrastructure and modified running approaches to fulfil criteria END-to-stop electronic fee answers and services company GHL Systems Berhad stated it obtained PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standards) compliant popularity on Sept 3.   PCI-DSS applies to digital payment solutions carriers that supply the infrastructure to path and/ or keep cardholder statistics inside the processing of credit playing cards transactions. This comprehensive widespread is intended to assist companies proactively guard consumer account facts, GHL said in a declaration .   GHL’s PCI-DSS certification covers its statistics center's entire core facts community referred to as N3Net, in which GHL collects and routes credit score card transactions across and among merchants and banks. This includes all GHL’s NETAccess m...

The onslaught of Windows 8 devices begins

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Dell and Lenovo officially release Windows 8 devices this week, with others anticipated to observe quickly All promising a no-compromise, immersive and personalised revel in FRESH from the Malaysian rollout of Microsoft Corp’s Windows 8, the maximum radical re-layout of the Redmond, Washington-based totally tech massive’s operating gadget, OEM (authentic equipment producer) companions have been lining up to unleash their gadgets at the Malaysian market.   “With Windows eight reimagined, we're bringing a no-compromise, immersive and personalised revel in to our clients,” said Amrita Sapre, Windows Product Group supervisor at Microsoft Malaysia. “The help from our partners is important for the fulfillment of Windows eight.”   Both Dell and Lenovo formally launched their Windows 8 devices earlier this week, with the others predicted to observe soon.   Dell introduced a refreshed portfolio of consumer PCs constructed for Windows eight, sayings its new structures supply on t...

Sunil Gupta to helm Fuji Xerox’s Malaysia ops

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Appointment signals a renewed awareness on Fuji Xerox’s inexperienced initiative, among other regions Sunil was formerly president and CEO of Xerox International Partners DOCUMENT management solutions and services company Fuji Xerox Co Ltd has appointed Sunil Gupta (percent) as president of Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific Malaysia Operations, powerful Oct 1, replacing Masahiko Saito, who had served as the employer’s president due to the fact 2008.   The appointment of Sunil, a printing/ record services executive with 34 years’ experience, indicators a renewed recognition on Fuji Xerox’s green initiative, progressive solutions and offerings, as well as sales, the business enterprise said in a assertion.   Sunil turned into maximum currently president and leader executive officer of Xerox International Partners, which handles sales and guide of laser printers and associated consumables for authentic gadget manufacturing clients.   He joined Xerox International Partners in 1992 and led the...

Out with banner ads in with performance-targetting ads

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Banner ads a element of the past; overall performance retargetting advertisements the way to move Brands more powerful in profiling their audiences with customised messaging SINCE the advent of the Web in the 1990s, banner ads had been the maximum common technique utilized by entrepreneurs and their companies to promote their services and products. After all this time, banner ads are still in use today as one of the primary approaches to target audiences with products and services, however their effectiveness has lengthy been suspect, argues virtual overall performance display advertising and marketing business enterprise Criteo.   Speaking to Digital News Asia (DNA), Yuko Saito (p.c) , South-East Asia managing director of the Paris-based company, says that near 100% of customers depart an e-trade internet site without buying some thing.   “Some ninety seven.5% of clients visit e-commerce websites and they don't complete and convert, leaving the website with out shopping for,...