METAP INC.: ANNOUNCING THE NEW PROJECT "METAVERSE X GAMEFI", WHITELIST AND COMMUNITY REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN IS UNDERWAY!

Gensokishi Online -Meta World- (Graphic: Business Wire) 

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec 16 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Gensokishi Online has announced the release of its official website "Gensokishi Online -META WORLD-" in Dec. 2021.

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This project is a new version of "Gensokishi Online", which won the "Game of the year, Gold Award" in 2012 in Taiwan and has been played by a total of 8 million users. Gensokishi aims to build a new fantasy world economy with blockchain technology, incorporating NFT and GameFi elements into a 3D MMO world metaverse.

"Gensokishi Online", a Japanese 3D MMO title licensed from "Elemental Knights Online", has been trusted and proven for more than 13 years on various apps, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation4.

In the world created by WEB3.0, Metaverse, and GameFi, Gensokishi will realize the three features of "Free to Play", "Play to Earn", and "UGC to Earn".

Anyone can create an account for free and buy and sell the NFT items and tokens they acquire.

In the future, Gensokishi plans to offer "UGC (User Generated Contents)," which will allow users and companies to create and sell NFT items, as well as the right to freely create land, place objects, natural environments, characters, and monsters in the metaverse.

Gensokishi operates on top of Polygon (MATIC), better known as an Ethereum based protocol that allows players to get the benefits of high transaction capabilities and low costs.

Furthermore, this initiative also includes participation from key personalities in the video game industry.

The MV token will be on Uniswap on Dec. 23, 2021. For more information, please see the white paper.

About the Campaign

Various campaigns are being held to celebrate the announcement of Gensokishi Online.

Community Registration Campaign

A campaign is currently being held to distribute "Limited Equipment NFT" to all those who join the community by Dec. 27, 2021.

Whitelist

Starting Dec. 7, Gensokishi is running a $10,000 Whitelist Campaign, and if you enter by Dec. 19, you will be entitled to purchase up to $100 worth of token at private sale prices.

Official Community
Twitter
Telegram
Discord

Service Outline
Description: Gensokishi Online -META WORLD-
Languages: English, Chinese, Japanese
System Requirements: PC, Android, iOS
Source : Taiwan Gensokishi Online Project Metap.


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Contact

Metap Inc.
Maxi Kuan
Phone number: +886935312638
E-mail address: info@genso.game 

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Cloudflare unveils partnerships with leading cyber insurers, incident response providers

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 -- Cloudflare Inc, the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, announced it is partnering with leading cyber insurance companies to help businesses manage their risks online. 

Eligible Cloudflare customers can qualify for discounts or other added benefits from insurance providers like At-Bay, Coalition, and Cowbell Cyber for using Cloudflare to protect any of their websites, applications, employees, and corporate networks. 

According to a statement, Cloudflare also announced new relationships with prominent incident response providers CrowdStrike, Mandiant, and Secureworks, enabling them to rapidly refer companies under attack.

As cyberattacks increase in volume and severity, the number of businesses selecting cyber insurance has surged from 26 per cent in 2016 to 47 per cent in 2020. As a result, some insurance companies have had to raise premiums to cover their costs.

“We’re helping protect millions of organisations every day, and cyber insurers understand the benefit that brings to keeping a company protected online,” said co-founder and chief executive officer of Cloudflare, Matthew Prince.

“Similar to a safe-driving discount granted through auto insurance, now companies can get discounts just for using Cloudflare to protect their organisations. By working closely with some of the most prominent cyber insurers and incident response providers, we are now helping businesses to comprehensively manage their risk online.”

In Q3 2021, Cloudflare automatically mitigated one of the world’s largest DDoS attacks that hit a customer in the financial services industry.

The ability to thwart and prevent an average of 76 billion attacks per day is attractive to cyber insurers who are faced with covering a rapidly growing customer base and a more complex threat landscape. 

When a business is under attack, every minute is important. Incident response companies work hard to get a network back online or restore traffic to a website after an attack.

To make that process easier and faster, Cloudflare is partnering with CrowdStrike, Mandiant, and Secureworks to enable rapid referral of organisations under attack.

More details at www.cloudflare.com.

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WOLTERS KLUWER FRR TRIUMPHS IN APAC LEADERSHIP, REGULATORY REPORTING AND RISK AWARDS

SINGAPORE, Dec 16 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting (FRR) business has won a number of major awards for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Regulation Asia has named Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for FRR the “Best Solution in Regulatory Reporting” in its prestigious Awards for Excellence for the third time in four years and APAC Insider has recognized the company’s leading position in risk and regulatory reporting, as has RegTech Insights. The company’s Managing Director for APAC, Rainer Fuchsluger, has also won an executive leadership award from CEO Monthly magazine.

Regulation Asia is a leading online publication, providing actionable regulatory intelligence for APAC markets. Since its inception in 2013, its audience has grown to include regulatory bodies, exchanges, banks, asset managers and service providers, allowing it to play a key role in the regulatory agenda. Its free to enter Awards for Excellence program recognizes companies that have shaped the regulatory landscape across APAC, providing independent verification of excellence and innovation.

Regulation Asia judges noted how “in July, more than 30 banks in Singapore went live with the revised MAS 610 reporting requirement, smoothly and without incident, using OneSumX.” The judges also noted how “OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting enables financial institutions to address increasingly complex regulatory data and reporting requirements, leveraging an upgraded regulatory engine that dramatically improves execution speed and performance.”

CEO Monthly magazine, meanwhile, has recognized the regional leadership of Fuchsluger, naming him RegTech Executive of the Year, APAC, 2021. With 20 years of experience in leading various financial services teams, Fuchsluger joined Wolters Kluwer in 2018 from SS&C Technologies where he was Regional Managing Director, Asia, of the Institutional and Investment Management business. Prior to this he held senior leadership roles at global FinTech firms across Europe and Asia. He is an Executive Member of Wolters Kluwer’s Sustainability Governance Board.

Other independently judged awards recently won by Wolters Kluwer FRR APAC include:

• RegTech Insights: Best Vendor Solution for MAS 610, APAC, 2021
• RegTech Insights: Best Regulatory Reporting Solution, APAC, 2021
• APAC Insider: Regulatory Reporting Provider of the Year – Singapore, 2021
• APAC Insider: Best Risk Firm of the Year, APAC, 2021
• APAC Insider: Best Regulatory Reporting Technology Firm of the Year, APAC, 2021

Wolters Kluwer’s FRR business, which is part of the company’s Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) division, is a global market leader in the provision of integrated regulatory compliance and reporting solutions. These solutions support regulated financial institutions in meeting their obligations to external regulators and their own boards of directors.

Last month Wolters Kluwer announced that it has enjoyed its most successful year ever in the widely followed Chartis RiskTech100^® report. The company has been named this year's Category Winner in four areas - Regulatory Reporting – Banking, Liquidity Risk, Regulatory Intelligence and OpsTech – Tax Processing. This comprehensive and independent study of the world’s leading risk and compliance technology companies is compiled by Chartis Research, part of Infopro Digital, publishers of Risk.net and Waters Technology.

The other banking and regulatory compliance business of Wolters Kluwer GRC is Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions - a market leader and trusted provider of risk management and regulatory compliance solutions and services to U.S. insurers, banks and credit unions, and securities firms. The division’s legal solutions businesses are Wolters Kluwer CT Corporation and Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions.

About Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance

Governance, Risk & Compliance is a division of Wolters Kluwer, which provides legal and banking professionals with solutions to help ensure compliance with ever-changing regulatory and legal obligations, manage risk, increase efficiency, and produce better business outcomes. GRC offers a portfolio of technology-enabled expert services and solutions focused on legal entity compliance, legal operations management, banking product compliance, and banking regulatory compliance.

Wolters Kluwer (AEX: WKL) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. Wolters Kluwer reported 2020 annual revenues of €4.6 billion. The company, headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 19,200 people worldwide.

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Contact

Paul Lyon
Global Corporate Communications Director: Global Marketing, Communications & Planning
Governance, Risk & Compliance Division
Wolters Kluwer
Tel: +44 20 3197 6586
Paul.Lyon@wolterskluwer.com

Source : Wolters Kluwer

VONAGE, THRICE ASIA-PACIFIC COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM AS A SERVICE COMPANY OF THE YEAR

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (Bernama) -- Vonage, a global business cloud communications leader helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, has been named Asia-Pacific Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan for the third consecutive year.

Vonage was recognised for its API Platform, which allows for the integration of fully programmable communications application programming interfaces (APIs) into existing products, workflows and systems.

Vonage provides businesses worldwide with the power and flexibility to integrate multiple communications channels − video, voice, chat, messaging, email and verification − into their applications, products, and workflows to create new paradigms in their industries.

Vonage was selected as Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan following a rigorous analytical process, involving a detailed evaluation of best practices’ criteria across two dimensions - visionary innovation and performance, and customer impact.

Describing it as an honour to be recognised by Frost & Sullivan for the third consecutive year, John Lee, Vonage Vice President, APAC Sales said in a statement: "This award is testament to our continued leadership, innovation and growth within the industry and especially in the Asia-Pacific region.

“In an age where customers expect ultra-fast, seamless and dynamic communications and engagement, Vonage is meeting new and existing customer needs now and is positioned to meet their evolving needs well into the future.”

Meanwhile, Sherrel Roche, Industry Principal ICT Practice, Frost & Sullivan said: “Vonage reinvigorated the market through its integrated communications APIs, unified communications, and contact centre solutions on a cloud platform.

“Vonage’s focus on developing innovative solutions, local market understanding, extensive industry-specific use cases, an extensive developer network, and a robust partner ecosystem are the cornerstone of the company’s success in Asia-Pacific.”

Vonage APIs make it easy for businesses to build solutions to disrupt their industries, and enable the type of business continuity, remote work, and remote delivery of services that is so essential in today's environment.

For more information, visit www.vonage.com.

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TASKUS ANNOUNCES ASIA AND EUROPE EXPANSIONS

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 (Bernama) -- TaskUs Inc, a provider of outsourced digital services and next-generation customer experience to innovative and disruptive technology companies, has announced expansion plans in three new countries: Malaysia, Poland, and Romania.

“Our vision is to make a positive impact on the best brands in the world, the people we connect with, and our global communities,” said Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of TaskUs, Bryce Maddock.

“This growth allows Us to share our Ridiculously Good culture with more people across the globe, contribute to economic development, and redefine the outsourcing industry.”

TaskUs has seen exponential year-over-year growth since 2008. From five employees in a one-room office in Manila to now over 35,600 employees across more than 20 sites in eight different countries, TaskUs continues its growth in Asia and Europe.

According to a statement, TaskUs has chosen Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for its Southeast Asian expansion because of the capital’s world-class tech infrastructure, multilingual labour force, and work-and-play environment.

Similarly, both Łódź, Poland’s third largest city, and Iași, Romania’s second largest city, boast dynamic, vibrant cultures and highly educated, bilingual talent pools.

Already operating in technology and education hubs globally including the United States, Taiwan, and India, TaskUs recognises that these locations offer the excellent quality of life that TaskUs supports for its employees, resulting in the exceptional quality of service it offers to clients.

Operations in these new locations are expected to start within the first half of 2022.

TaskUs has been consistently recognised as one of the best places to work in the world, with recognitions from the Business Intelligence Group, Stevies Awards, Comparably, and Investors in People, among others.

More details at https://www.taskus.com.

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METRICSTREAM LAUNCHES ADVANCED CYBER RISK QUANTIFICATION, RISK ASSESSMENT AND COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- MetricStream, the global market leader in integrated risk management (IRM) and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), today announced new native capabilities for Advanced Cyber Risk Quantification and Simulation to measure cyber risk in monetary terms, along with intuitive risk assessments, expanded compliance risk management capabilities, and enhanced visibility into third and fourth-party risks. Enterprise and mid-size businesses need intelligent tools to measure, manage, and see risk holistically, gaining valuable insights to make more strategic decisions.

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MetricStream’s latest software release features powerful analytics that allow customers to quantify cyber risk in terms of actual currency, as opposed to measuring risk using red, yellow and green heatmaps. Equipped with precise cyber risk quantification, CISOs, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Compliance Officers and boards can understand, analyze, and act on cyber risk. Using Monte Carlo simulation, risk scenarios can also be run to prioritize action plans and investments.

The new Cyber Risk quantification is built on MetricStream Intelligence, an advanced analytical and AI engine that enables multiple scoring models and data science tools. Unlike other companies that focus only on the FAIR® risk quantification model, MetricStream Intelligence allows creation of any type of models and variables.

“Customers need advanced GRC software solutions that enable them to dig deep into quantifiable metrics and risk assessments for cyber, ESG, compliance and third party, while identifying and addressing gaps in their risk posture,” said Prasad Sabbineni, Chief Technology Officer, MetricStream. “MetricStream Intelligence, the backbone of this new release, is a simulation-based risk modeling and decisioning framework that supports various risk taxonomies, enabling an integrated view of risk.”

MetricStream’s latest software release also includes the following new capabilities:

Intuitive Risk Assessment – With a rapidly changing risk landscape, organizations need to capture and assess emerging and evolving risks faster than ever. New capabilities enable agility and risk-based decision-making through a single view of the top risks faced by the organization across the first and second lines of defense.

Regulatory Change & Compliance Risk Management – In today’s complex environment, businesses need help managing compliance with constantly changing regulations. This release strengthens compliance risk assessment and risk-based control testing functionality. Organizations can also easily understand the impact of regulatory changes on policies, risks and controls. In addition, policy exception, communication and attestation capabilities have been enhanced, driving efficiency, effectiveness and compliance.

Third Party Risk Management – Risk managers can now get deeper visibility into risk exposure at the third and fourth-party level. Additionally, this release includes added content integration for deeper insight, including security, ransomware, financial health and ESG ratings.

ESGRC - This latest release also provides enhancements to MetricStream’s ESGRC software solution, leveraging standardized ESG disclosure reporting frameworks and automated information gathering.

About MetricStream, Inc.

MetricStream is the global market leader of Integrated Risk Management and GRC solutions that empower organizations to thrive on risk by accelerating growth via risk-aware decisions. We connect governance, risk management and compliance across the extended enterprise to enable resilience and digital transformation. MetricStream is headquartered in San Jose, California, with an operations and R&D center in Bangalore, India, and sales and operations support around the globe. More information is available at www.metricstream.com, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

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Contact

Media Contact:
Amy Rhodes
arhodes@metricstream.com
650-620-2935

Source : MetricStream, Inc.

FPT SOFTWARE, IFA FORM BUSINESS ALLIANCE TO DEVELOP INFORMATION BANKING PLATFORM

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 (Bernama) -- Vietnam’s leading IT firm FPT Software and Tokyo-based IFA Co Ltd (IFA) have formed a business alliance to develop an information banking platform.

The platform, AIre Data Bank, expects to enhance the data exchange experience with the utilisation of blockchain technology, according to a statement.

“We look forward to developing this information bank platform and extending blockchain applications in business. FPT Software will strengthen this partnership with IFA, making security, transparency, integrity, and convenience a reality for our users,” said Chief Executive Officer of FPT Japan, Nguyen Viet Vuong.

With the development of AIre Data Bank, FPT Software and IFA look to offer a marketplace that enables secured and transparent transactions of data and rewards between ‘sellers’, who provide a variety of personal data, and ‘buyers’, who purchase data for marketing and other purposes.

Blockchain technology, with its strengths of increasing security and transparency, is leveraged to build this platform. AIre Data Bank uses ARCS, a cryptocurrency issued and operated by IFA, as its native token.

In addition, all transaction data will be stored on the blockchain, preventing any party from corrupting the integrity of data, allowing ‘buyers’ to purchase the data fairly.

By combining the use of ARCS and FPT Software's advanced blockchain capability, both parties aim to realise the vision of user-sovereign autonomous information utilisation, mainly in the Asia Pacific region.

IFA and FPT Software are finetuning the services of AIre Data Bank and plan to launch the application in 2022.

More details at http://www.fpt-software.com.

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