SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 17 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Buzzvil, a global leader in rewarded ad and content platforms, announced that the company has provided its rewarded ad and content solution to Oman-based ‘O-SCREEN’ (www.o-screen.com).
Created with Buzzvil’s SDK solution, ‘O-SCREEN’ allows users to engage with ads and content on the first screen of the phone in exchange for offers, including coupons and 1 GB of free data, every month. The service is backed by Ooredoo (https://www.ooredoo.com/en/), one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies, with over 115 million customers worldwide, headquartered in Doha, Qatar.
John Lee, CEO of Buzzvil, said, “We are excited to be able to help our publishers gain ad revenue with simple SDK integration.”
“Buzzvil will continue to solidify its position as the world's largest rewarded ad and content platform centering on its three overseas branches in the US, Taiwan and Japan,” he added.
Meanwhile, Buzzvil recently raised 20.5 billion Korean won (17 million USD) in series C from Mega-7 Club for its compelling reward-based ad tech that maximizes ad revenue for publishers. The Mega-7 Club, dubbed as South Korea’s version of Softbank Vision Fund, consists of returning investors LB Investments, Company K Partners and new investors SBI Investments, Korea Development Bank and Shinhan Bank.
The deal follows the fast-growing company’s series B in 2015 from LB Investments and Company K Partners, alongside other investors, and series A from Softbank Ventures Asia in 2014.
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Buzzvil
Euna Lee +82-70-4632-0802
lenny.lee@buzzvil.com
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Thursday, 17 September 2020
BUZZVIL JOIN HANDS WITH OMAN-BASED COMPANY 'O-SCREEN'
Juniper Networks supports South Korea’s Airport Railroad Express for smarter, safer operations
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 -- Juniper Networks’ solutions have been chosen by Airport Railroad Express (AREX) in upgrading to a modern all-IP based communications network.
AREX is South Korea’s first domestic railway to feature an all-IP based communications network that integrates wired and wireless networks, enabling efficient network deployment as well as strengthened security and stability via MPLS VPN.
A major priority was the upgrade of its communication network which plays a vital role in ensuring uninterrupted data transmissions to the railway’s numerous technological systems.
According to a statement, this includes systems across signaling, supervisory control and data acquisition, video surveillance and wired/wireless networks.
Juniper Networks was identified and selected for the upgrade – which was to build out a modern IP/MPLS communications network using AI-driven solutions – improving the stability of AREX’s mission-critical systems while supporting the delivery of reliable train services.
Juniper’s routing and switching solutions provide the foundation of AREX’s secure, reliable and flexible all-IP based communications network across multiple deployment sites, while enabling the unified transmission of multiple services.
AREX has also introduced an integrated operations management system that unifies communication protocols and facility maintenance systems, improving efficiency across operations and fault management.
The company can now continuously improve the overall commuting experience with the additional flexibility to expand its IoT infrastructure with extra bandwidth and redundancy.
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Friday, 11 September 2020
Edge cloud platform, Fastly now available on Google Cloud Marketplace
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 -- Fastly Inc, a global edge cloud platform, has announced its availability as a private listing on Google Cloud Marketplace.
Under a single billing arrangement and using Google Cloud committed spend, Google Cloud customers can now purchase Fastly, the first partner edge cloud-based content delivery solution to be offered within the Google Cloud Marketplace, as a part of their modern tech stack.
According to a statement, the addition of Fastly to the Google Cloud Marketplace gives developers a modern, flexible platform on which to build fast, innovative, secure and highly personalised digital experiences.
“Fastly’s addition to the Google Cloud Marketplace allows customers to combine the power of Google Cloud Marketplace with the speed, security and flexibility of Fastly for more impactful results,” said Fastly Group Vice-President (Channel Partnerships and Overlay Sales), Emily Friedberg.
Fastly’s powerful edge cloud platform gives developers the tools they need to innovate and evolve their websites and applications, so businesses can effectively compete in today’s markets.
Combined with the power of Google Cloud’s infrastructure, developers are enabled to deliver these applications and sites as close to end users as possible and far from sensitive corporate assets and resources, creating unforgettable, secure experiences at global scale.
Fastly’s partnership with Google Cloud began in 2014 with the announcement of Fastly’s Cloud Accelerator, and over time, Fastly achieved Premier partner status, the highest partnership level available within Google Cloud.
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Thursday, 10 September 2020
VONAGE LAUNCHES APAC VIRTUAL CONVO TO SHOWCASE PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS
• Vonage Convo Virtual will help Asia Pacific businesses connect, network and learn how to accelerate their digital transformation to innovate in our New Normal
• More than 25 sessions including speaker keynotes, live interactive demonstrations, case studies from Vonage customers and Ask-Me-Anything sessions with experts
SINGAPORE, Sept 10 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vonage (Nasdaq: VG), a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, will host a Vonage Convo Virtual event on 17 September 2020, 11:30am (SGT) for businesses across a range of industries including healthcare, education, finance, retail, logistics and manufacturing. Vonage Convo will allow businesses to connect, network, and learn how programmable communications can help them accelerate their digital transformation; adapt to changing consumer behaviour and expectations; attract new customers; and engage with existing customers in this ‘new normal’.
This four-hour virtual event will include more than 25 sessions and demos with real-time translation into Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Participants can customise an agenda full of dynamic keynotes, educational demonstrations, customer stories, an Ask-Me-Anything session with experts, and much more.
During the sessions, participants will learn how to build personalised mobile and online experiences that adapt to customer needs across a wide range of social and chat apps including voice, video and messaging. Through interactive experiences and omnichannel demonstrations, participants can explore new ways to innovate customer engagement.
Participants can also gain insights from 11 forward-thinking customer experience innovators and technologists, including Hirokazu Morita, CEO, Spacely; Takahiro Ejiri, CEO, Thinca, Yueh Mei, Founder & CEO, Heyhi; Greta Bunawan, Co-Founder, Popbox Indonesia; Kumar KV, VP/Group CIO, Narayana Health; and Rudi Khoury, EVP Marketing & Customer Experience, Fisher and Paykel. Participants will also get a chance to discover unique solutions offered by Vonage’s partner ecosystem, including Whispir, Orange Business Services, Transcosmo Research and Development and Artificial Solutions.
“COVID-19 has pushed businesses everywhere to accelerate their digital transformations and adopt, leverage and depend on technology to sustain their business. Consumers are also embracing digital in a whole new way. They expect brands to offer seamless customer experience on their preferred communication device or platform – video, voice, SMS, social media chats – without losing that personal touch. However, implementing new technology can be daunting for businesses, with many fearing high setup costs, lack of technical expertise and reduced control over data,” said Sunny Rao, Vonage Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Asia Pacific region.
Rao continued, “Vonage APIs enable businesses to easily enhance and build innovative customer experiences directly into their existing applications and devices. Our solutions give them direct control over their customer data and communications processes. The Vonage APAC Convo Virtual event will showcase these smart technologies and help businesses gain insights into consumer preferences so that they can enhance their customer communications.”
The Vonage Communications Platform has more than one million registered developers and offers a full suite of programmable voice, video, messaging, and email services to forward-thinking businesses throughout the Asia-Pacific market and worldwide. Through its partners, Vonage’s platform is at the centre of many notable transformational projects in the region, and a de facto for startups.
To find out more about the event, please visit the official event site, available in English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
To find out more about Vonage, visit www.vonage.com.
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About Vonage
Vonage, (Nasdaq:VG) a global cloud communications leader, helps businesses accelerate their digital transformation. Vonage's Communications Platform is fully programmable and allows for the integration of Video, Voice, Chat, Messaging and Verification into existing products, workflows and systems. Vonage's fully programmable unified communications and contact center applications are built from the Vonage platform and enable companies to transform how they communicate and operate from the office or anywhere, providing enormous flexibility and ensuring business continuity.
Vonage Holdings Corp. is headquartered in New Jersey, with offices throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia. To follow Vonage on Twitter, please visit www.twitter.com/vonage. To become a fan on Facebook, go to facebook.com/vonage. To subscribe on YouTube, visit youtube.com/vonage.
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Media Contacts
Deeksha Kakkar, Litmus PR
+65 8263 5751
deeksha@litmuspr.com.sg
Elise Leonard, Vonage
+1 732-837-3801
elise.leonard@vonage.com
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SMARTSTREAM DEVELOPS DERIVATIVES COMPONENT FOR MIFID SI REGIME TO MEET SEPTEMBER DEADLINE
Financial institutions are highly reliant on good quality reference data to ensure they can successfully trade electronically, automate their operations and report accurately to the regulators. The MiFID II SI Regime for derivatives will be the most challenging component which needs to handle a very complex classification scheme. The service further strengthens SmartStream’s partnership with the APA (Approved Publication Arrangements) community as the RDU continues to be the sole distributor of the SI Registry, which provides SI status across equity, fixed income and derivative instruments.
The SI registry is a market initiative where SmartStream in collaboration with a group of APAs, including: Bloomberg, Deutsche Boerse, MarketAxess, TRADEcho and Tradeweb, enable SIs to register, the financial instruments for which they are providing SI services, in a centralised database.
Additionally, the new API (Application Programming Interface) service takes the complexity out of traversing between an ISIN and the associated Classes of Financial Instruments Approach (COFIA) SI status for derivatives – this will drastically simplify a customer’s ability to identify counterparty SI status, allowing for faster adoption and ultimately compliance of the upcoming regulation.
Linda Coffman, Executive Vice President, SmartStream RDU, states: “The derivatives component represents the last phase of the MiFID II SI Regime to be rolled out by the SmartStream RDU development team. We are excited to once again be able to partner with the industry through the APA community and to provide a helping hand to our clients in meeting all of the necessary requirements come September 15”.
The MiFID II SI Regime mandates that the SI test is conducted differently depending on the asset class. For derivatives, the SI determination is based on the volume of trades across a class of instruments, and not just at the ISIN level. To meet the September deadline firms will have to handle a complex ESMA classification scheme in order to be compliant.
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Contact
Nathan Gee
Tel: +44(0)2078980630
Email: nathan.gee@smartstream-stp.com
Source : SmartStream Technologies
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Black Hat Asia declares 2020 virtual event keynote lineup
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 -- Black Hat, the world’s leading producer of information security events, has announced its keynote lineup for Black Hat Asia 2020 which takes place virtually from Sept 29 until Oct 2.
Headlining the event to share unique perspectives and strategies to improve security operations are Cyber Security Agency of Singapore Deputy Chief Executive, Brigadier-General Gaurav Keerthi and Graz University of Technology Assistant Professor, Daniel Gruss.
According to a statement, Keerthi will present ‘Engineering Cybersecurity for a Nation: What Singapore is Learning from Cars and Sanitation’ on Oct 1, while Gruss presents ‘Complexity Killed Security’ on Oct 2.
In addition to the keynotes, Black Hat Asia will host nearly 40 Briefings that highlight the latest vulnerabilities, technologies, and trends impacting the information security industry.
Black Hat Briefings and Trainings are held annually in the United States, Europe and Asia.
More information at https://www.blackhat.com/asia-20/
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Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Fuji Television launches Japanese-language course on YouTube
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 -- Fuji Television Network Inc via its international department has begun a new Japanese-language course this month on YouTube.
According to a statement, the programme is named ‘Mind Blowing Tips! CRAZY JAPANESE LESSONS -- A compulsory course for our global friends’.
It is an educational show, introducing interesting facts about Japanese to the world.
This one-of-a-kind programme will entertain and teach crazy Japanese expressions including words that change meanings with a single letter, weird names for things, and phrases that animals would make complaints about, if they knew their meaning.
Japanese is a difficult language to learn with its plethora of polite expressions, metaphors, words with double meanings and differences in private and public speaking, among others.
Watch the programme at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0otIoUVM7tWtLHuYJ5OhYA
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