This summer, indulge in Hong Kong's 3-day e-Sport & Music Festival

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (Bernama) -- The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) will organise the third edition of e-Sports & Music Festival Hong Kong, presented by Cyberport from July 26 to 28, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The event includes international tournaments, 2019 League of Legends International College Cup and CS:GO World Invitational, as well as regional and local tournaments of popular mobile games, EMFHK - e-Sports Tournaments ‘Honor of Kings’ Official City Tournament and PUBG Mobile Hong Kong Tournament.

The tournaments will be live-streamed via key online platforms in three languages, namely Cantonese, Mandarin and English, according to a statement.

The festival will also highlight the Experience Zone, showcasing retro arcade machines, along with VR experiences and professional e-racing equipment for trial.

The all-inclusive admission tickets are priced at HK$50. Ticket holders of the e-Sports & Music Festival Hong Kong will also be entitled to free admission to the Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong on the same day. (HK$10 = RM5.27)

For more information, contact https://emfhk.com.

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Madison Realty Capital loans US$225 million to The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Boca Raton

KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (Bernama) -- Madison Realty Capital, a real estate private equity firm has provided a US$225 million construction loan on The Residences at Mandarin Oriental in Boca Raton. (US$1 = RM4.11)

The project is a planned 12-storey, 580,000 sq ft luxury condominium tower, according to a statement.

The financing will allow owner/developer Penn-Florida Companies to complete the project with an additional 22,000 sq ft of retail.

The construction of the condominium tower commenced several months ago, along with the new 164-room Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which will give condo owners unparalleled access to the hotel and Via Mizner (a world-renowned resort destination) extensive amenity package.

The Residences will offer a collection of 92 custom homes with breathtaking ocean and golf course views. Condo owners will be given preferred access to the Mandarin Oriental and its plethora of amenities and membership to the Via Mizner Golf & City Club.

The Residences will be connected to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel by way of a two-story underground parking garage, as well as an upper-level bridge featuring a fitness centre, spa and meeting space.

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Aryaka is launch partner for Microsoft Azure Networking MSP Program

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 (Bernama) -- Aryaka, a global SD-WAN provider has been selected by Microsoft as one of the first partners for the new Microsoft Azure Networking Managed Services Provider (MSP) Program.

“The advantages of this new managed offering include an optimised architecture that permits enterprises to better scale their Azure VNET deployments, provides a simplified branch to Azure VNET connectivity, and offers a faster response to service activation and change,” said Aryaka CMO, Shashi Kiran.

Under the initiative, Aryaka will leverage Azure Networking Services Virtual WAN (VWAN) for an offering with Microsoft Inspire, according to a statement.

The new offering combines the sophisticated SD-WAN technology and a global managed service that will help accelerate and simplify SD-WAN connectivity to Microsoft Azure as the market reaches an inflection point.

As part of the offering, Aryaka not only provides connectivity, but also monitors the VWAN, providing customers with an integrated, single view into their managed WAN that includes the powerful MyAryaka portal.

For more information, contact https://www.aryaka.com.

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AG&P receives major equity investment to support natural gas value chain

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (Bernama) -- AGP International Holdings Pte Ltd (AG&P) has received a major equity investment from two Japanese institutions to support its success in innovating and disrupting the global natural gas value chain.

Osaka Gas Co Ltd, through its affiliate Osaka Gas Singapore Pte Ltd (Osaka Gas) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have invested in a minority stake in AG&P.

According to a statement, the capital will be used to execute AG&P’s multiple LNG initiatives worldwide, including the development of its City Gas Distribution business in India, small and medium-scale LNG import terminals and LNG applications and logistics.

“We are humbled and privileged by the trust that both Osaka Gas and JBIC have placed on AG&P. These are amazing institutions that possess tremendous expertise and experience in their respective fields,” said AG&P chairman, Dr Jose P. Leviste Jr.

“We have a great responsibility to work very hard for them and our other shareholders to continue to grow AG&P’s unique business model that captures a large portion of the LNG value chain after the molecule has been shipped.”

Osaka Gas is one of the world’s foremost gas utilities. Its investment in AG&P marks the next step in a long-term relationship where both parties have worked together to develop LNG infrastructure projects in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Americas, among others.

Meanwhile, JBIC is an institution wholly owned by the Japanese Government. Its investment in AG&P was made, in line with its policy objectives, to support Osaka Gas’s ongoing collaboration with AG&P in expanding its overseas business.

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European Society of Cardiology heartbeat away from providing doctors latest findings

KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (Bernama) -- The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has joined forces with the Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology (APSC) and the Asean Federation of Cardiology (AFC) to launch the three-day ESC ASIA with APSC & ASC, beginning Nov 8 in Singapore.

“This new congress will showcase the very latest, most important lessons so that physicians can provide their heart patients with the best possible care,” said organising committee chair, Prof Michel Komajda.

This cutting-edge event will help explain the new, all important ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines on Diabetes; Pre-diabetes & Cardiovascular Diseases; Acute Pulmonary Embolism; Chronic Coronary Syndromes; and Dyslipidaemias.

The pioneering event builds on ESC’s reputation in the region as a renowned and trusted learned society.

Tens of thousands of healthcare professionals in Asia already turn to the ESC for its prestigious journals, scientific congresses and unique membership opportunities.

The event will offer physicians of all sorts an opportunity to exchange ideas, with some of the most respected cardiovascular researchers from Europe and the Asia Pacific region, according to a statement.

ESC is the world’s largest organisation of healthcare professionals dedicated to fighting heart disease. For more information, contact https://www.escardio.org.

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SECURE-D RELEASES THE FIRST EVER MOBILE MALWARE ANALYTICS PLATFORM

More than 1,500 suspicious Android apps listed with 13 billion downloads
 
LONDON, July 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Secure-D, mobile security platform by leading technology company Upstream, launched a new mobile malware center that reports suspicious Android applications it detects and blocks around the world. The information on the Secure-D Index, currently in beta, allows anyone to easily find what apps pose a threat to their privacy and pocket, in one place, for free. Data is openly available to the whole mobile industry, from app developers, ad networks and publishers, to media, advertisers and mobile network operators that all fall prey to mobile ad fraud.
 
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190718005434/en/
 
The Secure-D Index includes an aggregated list of Android applications that have been identified as suspicious by Upstream’s security platform. For each app the Secure-D Index center features pertinent information such as number of downloads, market infection rate and markets where the app is active. Data is currently available for 17 markets, including the US, Russia, India, Germany, South Africa and Egypt, covering up to 1.3 billion mobile data subscribers. The Index lists over 1,500 malicious apps with an estimate of 13.5 billion downloads. Users can check whether the apps are available on Google Play, have been removed from Google Play, or are distributed through third-party app stores. The developer and a link to the developer’s website are also provided when available.
 
Dimitris Maniatis, Head of Secure-D at Upstream, commented: “Secure-D leads the fight against malware, an ever-growing threat for mobile security worldwide. We believe a crucial part of this fight is awareness, which mobile users and, surprisingly, a large part of the industry lacks. At Upstream, we have been steadily and openly sharing Secure-D’s proprietary findings on suspicious and fraudulent apps in an effort to eliminate digital mobile fraud. The publication of these findings through our Secure-D Index highlights the level of awareness we aim to achieve and the transparency we believe is required to more effectively target the shady practices of threat actors that prey on a whole ecosystem”.
 
All Secure-D Index information is available for free. Users can access the top 20 most active malware from the previous day and register for free to access full data, either global or country specific, see historical data or search for a specific app. Currently in beta mode, the Secure-D Index is planned to improve and expand with further functionalities and data from additional markets.
 
In 2018 alone, Secure-D having processed over 1.8 billion mobile transactions, detected and blocked over 63,000 malicious apps in 16 countries. The security platform identifies and blocks over 170 new malware every single day. Earlier this year Secure-D reported on the suspicious background activity of 4shared, a popular file sharing app, Vidmate, a video downloader, and Weather Forecast a preinstalled app on Alcatel devices. All these apps with a total of 600 million downloads, were or had been at some point available on Google Play. In these three cases alone, Secure-D detected and blocked near 250 million suspicious mobile transactions.
 
By providing information on suspicious apps freely to the public via Secure-D Index, Upstream aims to further protect mobile subscribers, operators and advertisers from the ever-growing threat of mobile ad fraud, whose value is currently estimated at $40 billion.
 
The Secure-D Index center can be accessed here.
 
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Vietnam´s FPT becomes Homa´s strategic investor, enters Southeast Asia market

KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 (Bernama) -- Vietnam’s largest IT firm, FPT Corporation (FPT) has agreed to become Homa Techs Inc (Homa) strategic investor, thereby entering the Southeast Asia smart home market.

“FPT sees great value in Homa’s smart home technologies and solutions. We are excited to work with Homa to bring this family of products to millions of residents and help accelerate the development of smart buildings and smart cities in Asia,” said FPT chief executive officer, Nguyen Van Khoa.

“Apart from our commitment to research and develop digital solutions, FPT also looks for partnership opportunities to acquire new technological products and solutions which are in line with emerging market trends and our long-term strategies”, he added.

The investment reinforces FPT’s commitment to become a global provider of comprehensive digital transformation services from 2019 to 2021, according to a statement.

The company hopes to diversify its portfolio of hardware products that target smart city developers and better penetrate the Southeast Asia market for IoT and smart home solutions, as well as integrate Homa technologies into IoT and AI products in the future.

FPT is the global leading technology and IT services provider, while Homa is a global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) networking and smart some/building devices. For more information, contact https://www.fpt-software.com and http://www.homatechs.com.

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