Globe Business, Equinix Forge Premium Cloud Connect Partnership

The pandemic has become the most influential driver of digital transformation and, consequently, global Cloud usage. With total worldwide spend on Cloud services expected to surpass $1 trillion in 2024 according to the International Data Corporation (IDC), performance, availability, and cost of connectivity become significant concerns for enterprises using the Cloud.

Understanding these needs, Globe—through its enterprise arm Globe Business—entered a partnership with the world’s digital infrastructure company, Equinix. The alliance seeks to provide business clients with a hosted direct private connectivity to their cloud environments using Globe Premium Cloud Connect.

Try out these TikTok challenges with the vivo Y31 today

The vivo Y31 packs all the technology you need to successfully complete, and possibly even own, the latest TikTok challenges

TikTok has definitely taken the world by storm thanks to its convenience, entertaining yet digestible content, and it being an avenue for users to express their creativity.

It has also been viewed as a platform that promotes connection and healthy competition in the form of user-generated challenges and trends that are enticing enough to even make lurkers try it out.

Here are some examples of these trending challenges that you can try today:

Samsung introduces new ‘Do-It-All’ Smart Monitor

Based on the latest Google Search Trends and the Entrepreneur.com survey done at the end of 2020, 76% of CEOs reported that their company’s productivity was either maintained or even increased as a result of working remotely. The survey also sighted that 70% of CEOs prefer that a portion of their employees continue to work remotely even after their offices reopen. Given this stark new normal, Samsung introduces their latest technological breakthrough, designed for both young professionals and students alike, the new Samsung Smart Monitor. 

The world’s first “Do-It-All” screen, the Samsung Smart Monitor is highly adept in meeting all types of demands for work, entertainment, learning, gaming, and just about anything in between, without the need for a PC. 

vivo Expands its R&D Network in Xi’an China, Investing in the Image System

vivo officially expanded its R&D network in Xi’an China in February 2021 to further invest in the image system. The Xi’an R&D center will host project debugging and development as well as algorithm pre-research as they apply to the image system. It will offer technical support that accelerates the materialization of R&D results and provides superior professional photography experiences.

As a user-oriented and design-driven company, vivo is dedicated to optimizing the image system and other long-term strategic tracks to strengthen its differentiation-based competitive advantages. Since 2017, vivo has developed a collaborative network of global R&D centers for image system development in Shenzhen, Taipei, Tokyo and San Diego. The company’s R&D centers for image system development combine to employ more than 700 people, who dedicate their careers to improving hardware, software and algorithms while also advancing research on frontier technologies. With the newly-established Xi’an R&D center, vivo bolsters its global R&D network and expands its resources to provide users with superior products and services.

SAS top-ranked in three Chartis RiskTech100 categories

The analytics giant continues 15-year streak as a preeminent risk and compliance technology provider

For the 15th consecutive year, SAS has been named one of the top risk technology players in Chartis’ global RiskTech100® 2021 report. The analytics leader ranked fifth overall, and its risk management solutions won three industry categories: Risk & Finance Integration, Model Risk Management and International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS 9).

“As financial and risk sectors shift under the influence of a variety of new dynamics, SAS’ content business has remained strong in key areas, such as ALM and model governance, bolstering its strength in core risk markets,” said Phil Mackenzie, Senior Research Specialist at Chartis. “SAS’ inclusion as a top five industry player year over year since the RiskTech100’s inception is an achievement no other vendor has attained and illustrates its long-standing innovation and industry expertise.”

ASG Technologies Strengthens Performance and Capacity Management for Hybrid IT Infrastructures

ASG-TMON® and ASG-TMON® PA Scope updates deliver a single, comprehensive view of system performance and capacity, from mainframe to cloud, across end-to-end value streams

ASG Technologies, a leading provider of solutions for the information-powered enterprise, today announced updates to its ASG-TMON® and ASG-TMON® PA Scope solutions. As foundational solutions of ASG’s performance management suite, ASG-TMON and ASG-TMON PA Scope enable infrastructure and operations (I&O) teams to gain a deeper understanding of the health of their mainframe and distributed systems, making it easier to accelerate the mean time to repair (MTTR) of issues in end-to-end value streams and reduce the impact of outages across IT systems.

Up Your Pawgraphy Game – Look Your Best with Your Furry Friend in Stunning Photos and Videos

The Alpha 7C and Digital Camera ZV-1 deliver an unprecedented shooting experience, empowering pet lovers to capture charming photos and videos with their pets for social media sharing

Sony has announced “Pawgraphy”, an initiative that encourages paw parents to celebrate the love of their furry four-legged companions through the lens of photography and casual video shooting by posting pawsome photos and videos of themselves and their fur kids on social media.