KPMG and SAS collaborate to support faster cloud transformation for SAS clients

KPMG and SAS today announced a plan to establish Cloud Acceleration Centers with specific focuses in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The organizations will work together to help accelerate the move to the Cloud for SAS clients.

As a positive response to the current challenges faced by global organizations, the goal of these centers is to help companies navigate their journey to the cloud – from design and architecture to implementation – more cost-effectively and with increased speed. The centers will be highly collaborative, tech-enabled environments that bring together multidisciplinary teams. They will look to support clients who have their own cloud environment as well as those who are employing other cloud-based managed services.

ASG Technologies Releases ASG-TMON® for IMS 3.5 to Improve Enterprise Management of IMS Resource Performance and Costs

Integrated performance monitoring and capacity planning improves service availability and optimizes IBM Information Management System (IMS) infrastructure

ASG Technologies, a leading provider of solutions for the information-powered enterprise, today unveiled ASG-TMON for IMS 3.5, offering day one support for the latest release of the IBM subsystem. The new release enables organizations to better manage IBM IMS resource performance and costs, while intelligently planning for the future. ASG-TMON for IMS provides data center managers, data base administrators and system programmers with new support to effectively reduce costly application downtime and quickly identify, respond to and resolve IMS system, database and application problems.

Globe, GCash introduce exclusive data promo for prepaid subs

Globe prepaid subscribers are up for a treat, as they get a new exclusive mobile promo from GCash that enables them to avail of more mobile data connection for less, allowing them to enjoy streaming videos, to connect with loved ones on social media, and to use their time for productivity.

Through their GCash apps, Globe prepaid subscribers may avail of the exclusive data bundle GoEXTRA90, which offers users with 8GB of mobile data plus unlimited calls to Globe and TM, unlimited texts to all networks, and 1GB of GoWifi access. This is 32GB for 360 pesos per month.

“Customers do not have to worry about staying connected with their loved ones even during the middle of the pandemic, because GoEXTRA90 lets them do this without having to leave the safety of their homes and without breaking the bank. We are offering this exclusive promo to our Globe prepaid subscribers to allow them to do more with less,” GCash President & CEO Martha Sazon said.

The next release of SAS Viya introduces a new category of analytics for the cloud

The upcoming release redefines how analytic decisions are made, combining the most successful AI and analytics platform with the flexibility and scale of the cloud.

SAS® Viya® 4, available in late 2020, is engineered to take advantage of the latest cloud technologies. Designed to be delivered and updated continuously, the new architecture helps bring powerful analytics to everyone, everywhere. Because SAS Viya integrates the art of decision making with the science of artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics, organizations will be able to make better decisions, faster. The innovation behind this release underscores SAS’ commitment to helping organizations transform data into intelligence. This transformational release of cloud-native SAS Viya is one outcome of SAS’ $1 billion investment in AI.

ASUS ExpertBook B9 and ProArt StudioBook Series is now available in the Philippines

ASUS ExpertBook B9, the world’s lightest 14 inch business laptop, and ProArt StudioBook One, the worldʹs most graphically-powerful laptop with NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 graphics, as well as the rest of the ProArt StudioBook line-up are now available in the Philippines.

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Last September 2019, ASUS Philippines officially launched the ASUS Expert Series, a new, modern take on the business line-up of products that includes business desktops, laptops, Chromebooks and All-in-One PCs. Today, ASUS Expert Series and ProArt StudioBook Series continues to bring its commitment to deliver world class business solutions to its users.

SAS and Microsoft partner to further shape the future of analytics and AI

SAS’ AI and analytics more tightly integrate with Microsoft Azure; Microsoft to bring cloud-based SAS industry solutions to its customers

Microsoft Corp. and SAS today announced an extensive technology and go-to-market strategic partnership. The two companies will enable customers to easily run their SAS® workloads in the cloud, expanding their business solutions and unlocking critical value from their digital transformation initiatives. As part of the partnership, the companies will migrate SAS’ analytical products and industry solutions onto Microsoft Azure as the preferred cloud provider for the SAS Cloud. SAS’ industry solutions and expertise will also bring added value to Microsoft’s customers across health care, financial services and many other industries. This partnership builds on SAS integrations across Microsoft cloud solutions for Azure, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365 and Power Platform and supports the companies’ shared vision to further democratize AI and analytics.

The Latest OPPO A92 Now Set for the #LiveAllOut PH Launch on June 19

Global smart device brand OPPO, is all set to launch the newest addition to its best-selling A Series, the OPPO A92. This June 19 at 4:00PM, celebrity YouTuber and OPPO’s A Series endorser, Alex Gonzaga, will host a special livestream launch event for the much-awaited OPPO A92 on OPPO Philippines’ official Facebook Page.

Join Alex as she shares how she continues to #LiveAllOut even while at home, by doing her favorite activities with her new OPPO A92 - from staying fashionably fab and mastering her smartphone photography skills, to learning how to cook new dishes. Fun games and exciting prizes, including the new OPPO A92 and W31 earphones, also await everyone.