Hong Kong, China, March 31, 2022 /Xinwengao.com/ - The first book launch event inside the metaverse will be held with the official launch of Nina Xiang’s new book Parallel Metaverses, who is the founder of China Money Network. The virtual event will be held inside Decentraland, one of the most popular decentralized metaverse platforms in the world.

As the metaverse becomes widely accepted as the next chapter of the internet, companies have embraced the concept by holding product launch events, fashion shows and developer conferences inside the metaverse. Nina Xiang’s book launch event will be the first book launch event to be held inside the metaverse, featuring a virtual author meet up, giveaways of Proof Of Attendance Protocol (POAP) tokens, and a lucky draw to win free copies of the book.

“This will definitely be a different book launch event than what I’ve done in the past when I sat behind a desk and signed books for readers,” says Nina Xiang. “Three years into the Covid pandemic, authors need to find new ways to connect with readers. I’m excited to meet everyone inside a lovely comfy parcel on Decentraland for a brand new experience that will probably redefine future book events in our 3D virtual world future.”

Proof Of Attendance Protocol (POAP) tokens are tokens on the Gnosis Chain (formerly xDai) Ethereum side-chain that serve as evidence of having been to an event. These tokens have become popular in Decentraland events and more players are interested in collecting POAP tokens.

The new book, Parallel Metaverses: How the US, China and the Rest of the World Are Shaping Different Virtual Worlds, written by award-winning journalist and author Nina Xiang, launches today online with both e-book and paperback versions available on Amazon.com.

Readers can order the book now at this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RN764WF

The official book launch will be accompanied by a virtual book launch event taking place inside Decentraland at 9am-10am, Hong Kong time, on April 3, 2022. Nina Xiang – as an avatar – will interact with participants and answer audience questions. Participants will receive their unique POAP token, and have a chance to win free copies of the book.

Everyone is welcome to join at this link: https://events.decentraland.org/event/?id=47640abf-3912-4081-b4f1-5b881155a6e7

Readers can visit as guests or set up their own accounts on Decentraland. Then it’s as simple as clicking the link to be teleported to the virtual land where the event is taking place. The time and date is Hong Kong time, so readers in other locations should convert the time to their local time to participate. Please plan to first spend about 30 minutes to setup avatars and to get logged into Decentraland before the event’s starting time.

Parallel Metaverses is the first attempt to examine how the U.S., China, Europe, South Korea, Japan and other global technology hotspots are building their respective metaverses. The book reviews what major tech companies, including Meta (Facebook), Microsoft, Apple, Google, Tencent, ByteDance, Alibaba, Baidu, Huawei, Samsung, Sony and Nvidia, are doing to construct their versions of the future 3D internet.

The book looks into major metaverse technologies including AR, VR, MR (XR) hardware, game engines, virtual human, blockchain, and their respective competitive landscape. Finally, Xiang provides insights on the business opportunities of the metaverse, along with the risks and challenges.

“There will be many metaverses existing in parallel, and the future virtual worlds will ride on the existing rails of the internet,” says Nina Xiang. “Games will be the starter and the main course of the metaverse banquet, while the blockchain-based metaverse is going to play a marginal or minor role. Ultimately, the metaverse will likely mirror the messy and chaotic nature of our physical world.”

The book provides readers a comprehensive and deep dive into how the metaverse will likely be shaped across the globe. Business leaders, company executives, entrepreneurs, investors and career professionals can then use this knowledge to become better equipped to formulate their development strategies, find growth opportunities, and seek investments for their own organizations as the next chapter of the internet unfolds.

The book is released ahead of its previously announced schedule of a May 3, 2022 release date.

About Nina Xiang
Nina Xiang is a renowned author and award-winning journalist, and an expert on the Chinese venture capital and technology sector with nearly twenty years of financial and business media experience. She has held editorial positions at Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Euromoney Institutional Investor, China Radio International, and China Business Network in Beijing, New York, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.

In 2011, she founded China Money Network, a platform tracking China’s smart investments and technology innovation.

Nina Xiang is part of the team winning an Excellence in Human Rights Reporting honor in SOPA Awards in 2007. She was awarded a Foreign Press Association Annual Scholarship in 2007.

She is an agenda contributor for the World Economic Forum and was named Female Entrepreneur of the Year at the ChinaBang Awards 2019. She appears frequently in a range of international media, including the BBC, CNN, Financial Times, Nikkei, and CGTN.

Her previous books “Red AI: Victories and Warnings From China’s Rise In Artificial Intelligence” and “US-China Tech War: What Chinese Tech History Reveals About Future Tech Rivalry” were both the number one new releases in their respective categories.

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Australia, Thailand, Canada and Malaysia make up the rest of the top five markets. Japan is sixth most popular, followed by Singapore, the UK, New Zealand and France.

Of the ten most popular Asian-buyer markets, six are in the Asia Pacific. The US, Canada, the UK and France are the only top-ten nations not in the Asia Pacific.

Juwai IQI’s report identifies four drivers of Asian cross-border buying demand.

Interest rates have dropped to historic lows and monetary stimulus has helped drive prices upward in many markets. Buyers worry as a result that they will miss out on future price gains. They are eager to find opportunities to benefit from price growth.

Because of the pandemic, many Asian buyers have reevaluated their cross-border real estate priorities. This is similar to changes that have occurred within local markets.

Some Asian cross-border buyers are also driven by factors in their home markets that make investing there less appealing. In China, government real estate restrictions cause some buyers to look overseas. Other countries face insufficient inventory or weak confidence. There is a large number of buyers who postponed acquisitions during the pandemic and are eager to make up for lost time.

“In 2020, the pandemic scrambled existing patterns of investment, migration and overseas education,” said Juwai IQI Co-Founder and Group Executive Chairman Georg Chmiel.

“All of these factors have a direct bearing on Asian cross-border real estate investment.”

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With over 25 years’ experience in the technology sector, Mr. Sung will oversee Empower Semiconductor’s commercial strategy, drive sustainable business and revenue streams, and establish Empower Semiconductor’s footprint across Asia. With particular focus on China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, Mr. Sung will ensure success and results in delivering Empower technology to customers throughout the region. Prior to Empower, Mr. Sung worked in various regional sales leadership roles across Asia Pacific including QLogic (acquired by Marvell), LSI Corporation (acquired by Avago), Broadcom, and TE Connectivity gaining outstanding sales, marketing, and leadership experience.

“I am thrilled to be a part of the Empower Semiconductor team. Empower brings a unique technology in an industry segment (power management) that is desperately in need of a breakthrough to fuel further technological advancement (i.e. AI, Edge Computing, Cloud Based Datacenters, Mobile, AR/VR and Automotive). This role provides an opportunity to work with some of the industry’s best and brightest as we work towards integrating Empower Semiconductor’s world-class products in every device that is screaming for our technology”, said Joseph Sung, Vice President of APAC Sales. “Technology is moving at an incredible pace. As such, there is great demand across all sectors for Empower Semiconductor’s smaller, faster and environmentally sound power delivery solutions. It is the opportunity of a lifetime to make a significant and positive impact on humanity. I am looking forward to liberating every customer from the constraints of current offerings and empowering them with Empower Semiconductor’s innovative technology.”

Mr. Sala is joining the Empower Semiconductor team with over 20 years’ experience working in the technology sector for highly renowned companies including Avago Technologies and Acal Bfi. He will provide exceptional customer service while overseeing Empower Semiconductor’s commercial strategy, driving business and revenue streams, and establish Empower Semiconductor’s footprint across Europe, Israel, Middle East, and Africa. Prior to Empower, Mr. Sala worked in various positions across wireless and wired market segments within EMEA.

“I am delighted to be joining Empower Semiconductor as Director of Europe MEA sales. Empower Semiconductor has an extremely progressive, innovative, and diverse culture that I am honoured to be part of. I am looking forward to leading our team in the disruption and reshaping of the power management industry. In doing so, I will be addressing the Europe MEA technology market with Empower Semiconductor’s revolutionary products while targeting a wide range of applications such as mobile, AI, M2M, 5G, and data center”, said Diego Sala, Director of Europe MEA Sales. “The demand for electronics remains robust and making a strong recovery after a year heavily impact by COVID-19. Empower Semiconductor will play a key role to support customers as we continue to increase the availability of our Integrated Voltage Regulator and E-CAP silicon capacitor technology”.

“Diego and Joseph are joining the team at an incredibly exciting time for Empower Semiconductor as we begin to further expand our portfolio of Empower IVR, the world’s smallest and fastest voltage regulators, and our recently announced E-CAP silicon capacitor technology” said Steve Shultis, Senior Vice President WW Sales and Marketing at Empower Semiconductor. “They will bring exceptional value and insight to all of Empower Semiconductor’s stakeholders due to their vast experience across customer service, sales, and marketing in the semiconductor industry. Their years of experience will be the driving force of Empower’s best-in-class power management performance in the world’s smallest package throughout the APAC and EMEA regions.”

About Empower Semiconductor:
Empower Semiconductor was founded to solve fundamental problems in power density for data-intensive applications. Traditional power solutions require dozens of discrete components with big footprints, complex designs and deliver power inefficiently with poor response times and inaccuracies. Empower Semiconductor’s patented IVR technology integrates dozens of components into a single IC increasing efficiency, shrinking footprints by 10x and delivering power with unprecedented simplicity, speed & accuracy and with zero discrete components. The Empower IVR technology solves the power density challenge to address a wide range of applications including mobile, wearables, 5G, AI, and data center. In 2020 the capacitor technology platform was added to further address power density. E-CAP revolutionized the capacitor industry as the world’s smallest, highest performing, and incredibly reliable capacitor wearables, mobile, and SoC applications. The company is based in Milpitas, CA and is led by a team of highly experienced power experts and executives.

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Visa Franchise notes that the E-2 Visa has suffered several policy changes in 2020. These changes were in large part due to the mandate in Section 10 of Executive Order 13780, requiring the Department of State to review all non-immigrant visa reciprocity agreements to make sure they are truly reciprocal. As a result of these changes, citizens of Macedonia are no longer eligible for E-2 Visa, the citizens of Chile, Denmark, Norway, and Latvia have their E-2 Visa validity period reduced, and the citizens of Mexico have their E-2 Visa validity period extended from 12 months to 48 months. In 2020, only 23,493 foreign nationals obtained an E-2 Visa, while 3,266 applicants were rejected. This translates to a denial rate of 12,21%, which is less than half of the 25% denial rate for all non-immigrant visas.

According to Visa Franchise, Japan is the country with the highest E-2 Visa issuances with 8,654 Japanese citizens obtaining this type of visa in 2020. Most of the Japanese E-2 Visas are for E-2 managers that are transferred to work in a E-2 company in the United States. The next places in the report are occupied by Canada with 2,500 approvals, South Korea with 1,973 approvals, Germany with 1,487 approvals, France with 1,279 approvals, Great Britain and Northern Ireland with 1,275 approvals, Mexico with 838 approvals, Italy with 827 approvals, Spain with 583 approvals, and on the 10th place Taiwan, China with 390 approvals. Most E-2 Visas from countries besides Japan and Germany represent investor visas applied by individual entrepreneurs who plan to operate a small U.S. business.

Getting approval for certain immigrant and non-immigrant visas has become more difficult due to the stricter immigration policies implemented under the Trump administration. The E-2 Visa is one of the most popular and sought-after visas in the entire US immigration system. This visa allows applicants to renew indefinitely, enter and exit the US multiple times in the validity period and stay in the US for as long as two years per entry.

Visa Franchise is providing a smooth and secure path for families moving to the US through the E-2 investor visa. They can help foreign nationals looking to legally reside in the US by investing in a US small business. Their team analyzes the best business opportunities for their clients based on their unique profiles. Their research team constantly analyzes franchise and business concepts in order to deliver the best small business investment solutions directly to the customer.

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With over 25 years’ experience in the technology sector, Joseph will oversee Empower Semiconductor’s business and commercial strategy, drive sustainable revenue streams and establish Empower Semiconductor’s footprint across Asia. With a particular focus on China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, Joseph will help ensure success and results in delivering Empower technology to customers throughout the region. Prior to Empower, Joseph Sung worked in various regional sales leadership roles across the Asia Pacific all of which are in the semiconductor industry including QLogic (acquired by Marvell), LSI Corporation (acquired by Avago), Broadcom, and TE Connectivity gaining outstanding sales, leadership and marketing experience.

“Since the launch of Empower IVR, the world’s smallest and fastest voltage regulators, and our recently announced E-CAP technology, a revolutionary new entry into the performance capacitor industry, we have seen incredible interest and customer demand throughout the region of Asia.” said Steve Shultis, Senior Vice President WW Sales and Marketing at Empower Semiconductor. “Joseph will provide exceptional value and insight to all of Empower Semiconductor’s stakeholders due to his vast experience across customer service, sales and marketing in the semiconductor industry. Joseph will be the driving force in delivering awareness of Empower technology across Asia to showcase the best-in-class power management performance in the world’s smallest package.”

“I am thrilled to be a part of the Empower Semiconductor team. Empower possesses a unique technology in an industry segment (power management) that is desperately in need of a breakthrough to fuel further technological advancement (i.e. AI, Edge Computing, Cloud Based Datacenters, Mobile, AR/VR and Automotive). This role provides an opportunity to work with some of the industry’s best and brightest to proliferate this killer product to every box and device that is screaming for tech from Empower,” said Joseph Sung, Vice President of APAC Sales. “Technology is moving at an incredible pace. As such, there is great demand across all sectors for Empower Semiconductor’s smaller, faster and environmentally sound power delivery solutions. It is the opportunity of a lifetime to make a significant and positive impact on humanity. I am looking forward to liberating every customer from the constraints of current offerings, empowering them with Empower Semiconductor’s innovative technology.”

About Empower Semiconductor
Empower Semiconductor was founded to solve fundamental problems in power density for data-intensive applications. Traditional power solutions require dozens of discrete components with big footprints, complex designs and deliver power inefficiently with poor response times and inaccuracies. Empower Semiconductor’s patented IVR technology integrates dozens of components into a single IC increasing efficiency, shrinking footprints by 10x and delivering power with unprecedented simplicity, speed & accuracy and with zero discrete components. The Empower IVR technology solves the power density challenge to address a wide range of applications including mobile, wearables, 5G, AI, and data centers. In 2020 the capacitor technology platform was added to further address power density. E-CAP revolutionized the capacitor industry as the world’s smallest, highest performing, and incredibly reliable capacitor wearables, mobile, and SoC applications. The company is based in Milpitas, CA and is led by a team of highly experienced power experts and executives.

The press release Empower Semiconductor Appoints Industry Veteran as Vice President of APAC Sales to Disrupt the Asian Technology Market comes from Xinwengao.com press release distribution and journalist media database service in China.

This startling statistic comes from Juwai IQI’s new Q1 2021 residential real estate report, “Asian Investment in Australia.” The unprecedented report is sponsored by Kay & Burton, the leader in Melbourne’s premium real estate market.

China is not the only major Asian investor in Australia, however. Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan also lead in inbound investment. Thailand and Vietnam are prominent growth countries.

COVID-19 has had a significant negative impact, knocking Chinese real estate buyer enquiries back by some 19.2% in 2020.

Juwai IQI Co-Founder and Group Executive Chairman Georg Chmiel said:

“What you can obtain by reading the ‘Asian Investment in Australia’ report is a clear overview of one of the world’s most significant channels of residential property investment. The report includes data on total investment by source country, investor preferences, the impact of COVID-19 and the post-pandemic outlook.”

“Asian Investment in Australia” also includes an exclusive interview with Jamie Mi, Partner & Head of International Division at Kay & Burton, the report’s sponsor. Mi explains why she expects inbound investment to rebound from the second half of 2021 and Significant Investor Visas seems to have accelerated.

Kay & Burton’s Mi said:

“Thee Asian communities overseas are watching Australia very closely. There are many positive reasons they like Australia, including education, the stable political environment, and how we are handling COVID-19 thus far.

“Next year, there will be plenty of buyers coming in and plenty of offshore wealth invested in Australia. It will be Asian buyers, and also buyers from the U.S. and U.K. and expats.”

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This partnership combines Trumid’s cutting-edge technology and fixed income expertise, SGX’s deep experience in Asian financial market infrastructure and electronic trading, and Hillhouse’s expertise and network in Asia and the financial services sector.

XinTru will launch and operate Trumid XT, an electronic bond trading platform powered by advanced technology and rich analytics. With an emphasis on domain-focused and intuitive product design, the platform will seamlessly fit into traders’ workflows. Trumid XT will connect the commercial footprint and liquidity from SGX’s Bond Pro and Trumid’s Market Center in the United States (US), to provide a robust network for trading of Asian fixed income.

Trumid XT will enhance international access to Asian bond markets, while also facilitating Asian investor participation in US and global emerging market credit. Asia’s fixed income market continues to expand on the back of economic growth and low interest rates, which have driven increases in corporate bond issuance and inflows to Asia-focused funds.

Trumid has established a leadership position in electronic bond trading innovation since the company’s launch in 2015. Its bond trading and market intelligence platform in the US features unique trading protocols and a broad network of over 535 buy and sell side institutions. Trumid experienced exceptional growth in 2020, with trade volumes growing 374% year-over-year. The company differentiates itself through nimble technology and product expertise, with rapid technology release cycles to meet its clients’ needs.

As Asia’s leading international fixed income marketplace, SGX is Asia’s most global bond venue with over 40% of Asia Pacific’s G3 currency issuances listed on the exchange. To date, SGX has listed over 6,600 listed securities by more than 1,600 issuers from 66 countries, with amounts issued of over US$2.2 trillion in 26 currencies. With Trumid XT’s launch, SGX Bond Pro’s diverse client base across Asia Pacific, UK, Europe and the Middle East will be able to connect seamlessly on one platform. Since its 2015 launch, SGX Bond Pro has built a diverse participant base that includes global and regional dealers, bank treasuries, wealth and asset managers, family offices and hedge funds.

XinTru’s independent management team includes Chief Revenue Officer Ben Falloon who brings 20 years of Asia fixed income experience and relationships, and Chief Operating Officer Mark Leahy who has significant experience building and operating capital markets businesses in the region.

Strategic Partnership To Elevate Bond Trading in Asia:

SGX first invested in Trumid back in 2018 and subsequently joined Hillhouse Capital in another round of investment in 2019 when Hillhouse Capital took a minority stake in Trumid.

Loh Boon Chye, Chief Executive Officer of SGX said, “Our early investment in Trumid paved the way for this deeper collaboration to advance the overall bond market infrastructure in Asia. Leveraging our Asian network and our Bond Pro business, we are excited to partner with Trumid and Hillhouse to accelerate the digitalisation and realise the full potential of Asia’s bond trading markets. XinTru brings together the unique characteristics of the partners in a joint venture where the sum is much greater than the parts.”

“Our upcoming platform, Trumid XT, is the missing link between Asian and US markets and will connect their respective liquidity pools in a transparent and efficient manner. Offering solutions that support the existing dealer-to-client market structure as well as investor-to-investor, Trumid XT will create network effects that can unlock significant opportunities in Asian bond trading markets for our clients.”

Mike Sobel, President of Trumid, said, “Our US experience demonstrates that built-for-purpose technology and workflow tools can transform the bond trading experience. Our US clients are excited to introduce their colleagues in Asia to the Trumid XT platform. With our partners, we look forward to adding value for our global client base and driving growth of electronic bond trading in Asia.”

Lei Zhang, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Hillhouse, said, “We believe that Asian bond markets are ready for the next level of growth. Given Trumid’s success in developing a state-of-the-art bond trading platform in the US, together with SGX’s fixed income experience in Asia as well as Hillhouse’s network and operational expertise, Trumid XT promises to be an outstanding Asian corporate bond trading platform for the world.”

About Trumid

Trumid is a financial technology company bringing efficiency to credit trading through data, technology and innovative products. Trumid Market Center, the company’s electronic trading platform, provides corporate bond market professionals with direct access to liquidity and market intelligence. Trumid’s products leverage the network effect and data science to empower all credit market participants to make more informed decisions. Trumid was founded in 2014 by credit professionals with over 100 years of combined trading experience and is headquartered in New York City. Learn more at: http://www.trumid.com

About Singapore Exchange

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards. It also operates Asia’s only multi-partner, multi-asset exchange-led sustainability platform (sgx.com/first).

As Asia’s most international, multi-asset exchange, SGX provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services, with about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore. SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN and offers commodities and currency derivatives products. Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities. For more information, please visit http://www.sgx.com.

About Hillhouse

Founded in 2005, Hillhouse Capital is a global firm of investment professionals and operating executives who are focused on building and investing in high quality business franchises that achieve sustainable growth. Independent proprietary research and industry expertise, in conjunction with world-class operating and management capabilities, are key to Hillhouse Capital’s investment approach. Hillhouse Capital partners with exceptional entrepreneurs and management teams to create value, often with a focus on enacting innovation and technological transformation. Hillhouse Capital invests in the healthcare, consumer, TMT, advanced manufcturing, financial and business services sectors in companies across all equity stages. Hillhouse Capital and its group members manage assets on behalf of global instituional clients.

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“Ginger’s experience in the semiconductor and electronics industries gives her a perspective that will contribute to Palma Ceia during an important phase for the company,” Jewell said. “Her extensive experience in managing financial operations at a range of businesses will have a strong impact as we manage Palma Ceia’s growth.”

“Palma Ceia’s technology, particularly the developments we’ve made in Wi-Fi 6, makes this a great company to join right now,” Lee said. “I’m excited to join such a talented and experienced team, with great technologists in China, Europe and the U.S.”

Before joining Palma Ceia, Lee was vice president and corporate controller with GTC Semiconductor. Earlier experience includes a range of financial management roles with companies such as Sun Microsystems, Synopsys, Cirrus Logic and IBM. Lee was also senior manager and practice director for Deloitte. She holds a BS degree in Business/Managerial Economics from the University of San Francisco.

About Palma Ceia SemiDesign

Palma Ceia SemiDesign (PCS) is a leading provider of communication IP and semiconductors for next-generation WiFi and cellular applications. With a focus on emerging WiFi and LTE standards, PCS targets the design of ICs for broadband, wireless, medical and automotive applications. Palma Ceia solutions are differentiated by low-power, high-performance and ease of integration. With operational headquarters in Hong Kong, the company has design centers in Cambridge (UK), Hong Kong (PRC), and McKinney, Texas (USA). Additional sales and support activities are located in greater China, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Visit Palma Ceia SemiDesign on the web at http://www.pcsemi.com.

Palma Ceia SemiDesign and the Palma Ceia SemiDesign logo are trademarks of Palma Ceia SemiDesign, a Cayman Islands corporation, and are protected by trademark laws of the United States and other jurisdictions. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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Even as the world grapples with its worst crisis since World War II, some risks are more potent, deadly, and likely to change the course of world politics. These are Eurasia Group’s Top Risks for 2021, the firm’s annual prediction of the ten greatest threats to the trajectories of nations, global politics, industries and institutions. Unveiled each January, Top Risks helps investors, companies and the public anticipate and respond to opportunities wherever they invest or do business. The report is co-written by Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer and Chairman Cliff Kupchan.

The #1 risk for 2021 is “46*”—the opening of an era in which the occupant of the White House is viewed as illegitimate by roughly half the country. Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the outcome of an election that he declares was stolen is unique in American history, underscoring how divided America has become—and will remain.

“A superpower torn down the middle cannot return to business as usual,” write Bremmer and Kupchan. “And when the world’s most powerful country is so divided, everybody has a problem. The geopolitical recession—and our G-Zero world—will deepen as a result.”

Bremmer and Kupchan go on to argue that the strength of Trump’s base and political divisions in the US will force allies to consider the possibility that any commitments made by the incoming Biden administration could be overturned in four years with the election of another “America First” president.

Other Top Risks in the report include the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, the US-China conflict, data and cybersecurity, and distinct threats facing Turkey, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America. The report also includes several “red herrings”—issues that, despite media attention, are unlikely to pose significant threats or drive instability in the coming year.

Top Risks has an impressive track record for being both early and accurate in its predictions. Eurasia Group’s 2020 Top Risks report, for example, correctly predicted a contested US election as its #1 risk.

Bremmer and Kupchan will host an on-the-record press conference call today, 4 January, at 10:30 a.m. EST/15:30 GMT to discuss the risks and take questions. To participate, please register here.

Below is a summary of all ten Top Risks for 2021. Please click here for the full report.

TOP RISKS 2021

When the world’s most powerful country is as divided as the United States is now, the G-Zero geopolitical recession is sure to deepen. The world needs the leadership and cooperation that an engaged and well-functioning superpower can help provide, because, just as the healthcare response to the coronavirus pandemic defined 2020, the economic response to its lasting damage will define 2021.

#1 – 46*

Following a 2016 Trump victory that many Democrats believe Russia helped him win, Biden’s term opens the era of the asterisk presidency, a time when every Oval Office occupant is seen as illegitimate by roughly half the country—and the lawmakers that election skeptics send to Congress. Most of the risk here is domestic, but the consequences of extreme polarization for democratic legitimacy extend well beyond US borders. Apart from a shared desire to contain China, Republicans and Democrats will disagree sharply—with each other and among themselves—over the objectives of US foreign policy. In addition, the size of Trump’s base, and the broadening of that base to include more minority voters, leaves allies and potential partners wondering whether the next “America First” president and foreign policy are just four years away.

#2 – Long Covid

In 2021, the lingering symptoms of Covid-19 will threaten not just lives but political stability and the global economy. Countries around the world will struggle to meet ambitious vaccination timelines, and the pandemic will leave a legacy of high debt, displaced workers, and lost trust. The distribution of vaccines will divide haves from have nots, both within and among nations, stoking anti-incumbent anger and public unrest in many countries. Some emerging markets will experience a debt crunch this year. With inflation and borrowing costs rising, they’ll have far less room than the US and Europe to cushion Covid’s economic blow.

#3 – Climate: net zero meets G-Zero

Climate policy will move from playground of global cooperation to arena of global competition. Across a range of clean technologies, China’s longstanding industrial policy approach will now face a much more aggressive climate push from Washington. Some parts of the clean energy supply chain will face bifurcation pressures like those seen in 5G. The push for net-zero emissions targets will create enormous opportunities for private capital, especially the growing pool of environmental, social, and governance dollars and euros, but winners and losers will be determined as often by political factors as by market forces.

#4 – US-China tensions broaden

A shared desire in Washington and Beijing for stability in US-China relations will briefly ease headline tensions, but intensifying vaccine diplomacy and climate and tech competition will combine with longstanding frictions in other areas to further complicate their rivalry. Disagreements over trade, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the South China Sea will carry over into 2021. Collectively, these points of dispute will boost the risk of miscalculation and escalation toward crisis.

#5 – Global data reckoning

A slowdown or halt to the free flow of sensitive data across borders will raise costs for companies and disrupt popular apps and internet business models. This risk begins with the US and China, but it doesn’t end there. Even as the data-driven 5G and AI revolutions gain steam, other governments concerned about who is accessing their citizens’ data—and how—will erode the foundation of the open global internet. Business models for AI and other innovative tech sectors will suffer. App bans and other issues will hamper global cooperation on public health and climate challenges.

#6 – Cyber tipping point

There is no single factor that raises the risk of a major disaster in cyberspace in 2021. The digital realm, where any computer or smartphone can become an entry point for hackers and nation states, and criminals act with relative impunity, is too unpredictable for that. Instead, a combination of low-probability but high-impact risks and inexorable technology trends will make 2021 the year that cyber conflict creates unprecedented technological and geopolitical risk in cyberspace.

#7 – (Out in the) cold Turkey

Economic setbacks in 2021 and Turkey’s poor Covid response will leave President Recep Tayyip Erdogan struggling to win back voters disillusioned with his two-decade rule. These dynamics will stoke social tensions, prompt a crackdown against the opposition, and encourage Erdogan to launch more foreign policy adventures to fuel nationalism and distract his supporters. But this year, Turkey’s president won’t have international friends to shield him from the consequences.

#8 – Middle East – low oil takes a toll

Energy-producing countries in the Middle East and North Africa faced a collapse in global energy demand in 2020 that left governments from Algeria to Iran with less cash flowing into their coffers—even as the pandemic sickened citizens and weakened economies. 2021 will be worse, because energy prices will remain low. Many of these governments will cut spending, damaging vulnerable private sectors and fueling unemployment. Reforms will slow, and protests will grow.

#9 – Europe after Merkel

Angela Merkel’s departure later this year after 15 years as chancellor will drive the continent’s top risk in 2021. Europe faces an economic hangover from intensified lockdown restrictions in several countries, and Merkel won’t be there to encourage flexibility in the multilateral response. Without the German leader to serve as a strong and neutral negotiator, diplomatic efforts to resolve energy and territorial disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean will struggle, as will the UN process to address Cyprus issues. The EU position will become more hawkish as France pushes more member states to get tough with Turkey, raising the odds of diplomatic rupture.

#10 – Latin America disappoints

Governments in Latin America face intensified versions of the formidable political, social, and economic problems they were confronting before the pandemic. There will be no large-scale vaccinations until late in the year, and countries are poorly positioned to deal with another Covid wave before then. Political and economic pressures will intensify as Argentina and Mexico hold legislative elections in 2021, and voters in Chile, Ecuador, and Peru vote for president.

RED HERRINGS

Trump’s friends in trouble – Trump-friendly leaders such as Erdogan, Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, the UK’s Boris Johnson, and Israel’s Binyamin Netanyahu will engage with the new US president where they can.

Techlash in US – US lawmakers won’t declare war on the tech companies helping to restore post-pandemic growth.

Iran-US confrontation – Ties between the US and Iran will be neither as productive nor destructive as many fear.

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About Kortek
Kortek Industries Pty Limited is a leader in the endpoint technologies used to build connected critical infrastructure and the Internet of Things (IoT). The company’s intellectual property and know-how have been developed by a team of industry veterans with a long history of creating disruptive new technologies. Kortek’s solutions cover a diverse range of industrial, agricultural, medical, utility and government applications, focusing on a unique embedded architecture and devices that can remotely monitor and control essential operational equipment. As an early entrant in the IoT, Kortek continues to file patent applications throughout the world and currently holds patents that cover a number of aspects in the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia, South Korea, and China.

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Unlike previous years where the campaign ran only on November 11, 2020 Double Eleven campaign period was extended to fully stimulate consumers’ buying appetite. The campaign was conducted in two phases this year, first from November 1 to 3 (3 days) and next on November 11 (24 hours). Accordingly, each platform tallied up each brand’s GMV for 11 days, from 12 a.m. November 1 to 11:59:59 p.m. November 11, an extension from only 24 hours on November 11 in the past. The first Double Eleven – a mega national shopping event in China – after the novel coronavirus outbreak showcased China’s strong consumer appetite and its potential. During Double Eleven, TMALL achieved GMV of 498.2 billion yuan (about 7,931.3 billion yen, converting 1 yuan to 15.92 yen), whilst JD reaching GMV of 271.5 billion yuan (about 4,322.2 billion yen, converting 1 yuan to 15.92 yen). And, transcosmos China provided its services to nine brands that were ranked in the TMALL “1 billion yuan club” (brands with 1 billion yuan sales or higher during Double Eleven).

Year after year, Double Eleven continues to heat up, and expectations for new retail services also keep rising among e-commerce shopping malls and brands alike. Against the background, service providers are facing tough times for they must show their collective strength including capabilities to gain ad resources from the platforms, grasp on and off-peak periods, select items, operate data, manage consumer operations, and more. As a TMALL five-star partner, transcosmos China secured advertising spots and resources, and ran them both online and offline from the night before the Double Eleven pre-sales period, ultimately helping clients hit a record high GMV during Double Eleven using data tools and a variety of marketing techniques.

BANDAI official flagship store

TMALL “BANDAI official flagship store” which transcosmos China operates, has renewed its record GMV again during Double Eleven 2020. Its merchandizing volume recorded on November 1, the initial date of the event, surpassed the GMV of the previous year, and seven items exceeded 1 million yuan sales (about 15.92 million yen, converting 1 yuan to 15.92 yen). Moreover, BANDAI sold limited red-colored character items, the symbolic color of China, and those items alone generated 6 million yuan (about 95.52 million yen, converting 1 yuan to 15.92 yen), achieving great success. transcosmos China assisted BANDAI in skyrocketing its sales volume with the following marketing techniques.

Advertising resources: transcosmos China has entered into a brand advertisement design competition hosted by TMALL. Highly recognized for its creativity and rendering techniques, the company has successfully acquired ad spots where TMALL gives great exposure. Given the spots, BANDAI has become one of the top brands to be showcased on TMALL’s both print and video ads during the Double Eleven campaign, thereby enabling BANDAI to expose the brand for free in the most densely populated areas such as subways, business districts and office buildings in major cities.

Data-driven marketing: With the power of Alibaba’s Brand Databank (integrated database owned by Alibaba Group), transcosmos China gained consumer insights and delivered campaign ads tailored to each target group, thereby helping BANDAI execute its initiatives to attract consumers to its online store in ways that meet the needs of target groups from the pre-sales period.

Offline campaign: transcosmos China presented a proposal to open a pop-up store, and developed and executed strategies for success. BANDAI opened the store in front of the crowded Shimao International Plaza located on East Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Shanghai. Within only 5 days, the store welcomed a cumulative total of over 100 thousand customers.

Canon Official Flagship Store

At 1 a.m. on November 11, Canon official flagship store (URL: https://canon.tmall.com/), one of transcosmos China’s clients, was listed in “TMALL Double Eleven Digital Home Appliance Industry Top 10 Brands (in terms of merchandizing volume).”

Live Commerce: transcosmos China formed an influencer marketing team with its highly specialized members, and with the general manager of Canon Business Unit joining the team, they streamed its store live. As a result, the Canon official flagship store ranked the industry’s top 6 in the live commerce category, exceeding 500 thousand total views and as many as 1.5 million Likes a day.

Data-driven marketing: transcosmos China successfully attracted 16 million new customers to the flagship store via Alibaba’s social game “Super Interactive City.” Moreover, the company assisted Canon in sending pre-sales advertising to each target group using Alibaba’s Brand Databank. Many of those ads achieved an ROI of over 100%, playing an important role in increasing store traffic and conversion during both pre-sales and official Double Eleven periods.

Furthermore, with its data-driven consumer operations and highly accurate marketing services, transcosmos China’s “Uni Marketing” team helped top brands in their respective industries, such as sports & outdoor (ANTA), footwear (TATA), and household products (MDZF SWEETHOME, HOTATA, IRIS OHYAMA) expand their businesses. Among those brands, IRIS OHYAMA, a household product brand from Japan, delivered 49% year-over-year active customer growth, and 26% GMV growth from the previous year, achieving over 33.36 million yuan (about 500 million yen, converting 1 yuan to 15.92 yen).

Since transcosmos China launched its operations in Shanghai as a digital transformation partner for businesses in 2006, the company has continued expanding its business, and now has 10 service bases in 7 cities in China. transcosmos China offers extensive services such as contact center services, new retail services and digital marketing services for over 70 Chinese and global brands. The company launched its e-commerce business in 2009. Now, in partnership with platforms such as TMALL, JD, and WeChat, transcosmos China offers a variety of services that include e-commerce store/website development & operations, sales channel development, online and offline data integration, system development, consumer operations, and integrated marketing services in the new retail industry (including cross-border e-commerce) to clients in diverse industries including the 3C Industry (Computer, Communications, and Consumer Electronics), cosmetics, apparel, baby care, toy, sports, beverage, musical instruments, household products, home theater/audio equipment, stationery, and more.

With the collective strengths of its expert e-commerce operations team, analytics team and marketing team, transcosmos China will continue to deliver high-quality products and customer experience for consumers based on their needs, thereby assisting clients in expanding their businesses.

*transcosmos is a trademark or registered trademark of transcosmos inc. in Japan and other countries.

*Other company names and product or service names used here are trademarks or registered trademarks of respective companies.

About transcosmos inc.

transcosmos launched its operations in 1966. Since then, we have combined superior “people” with up-to-date “technology” to enhance the competitive strength of our clients by providing them with superior and valuable services. transcosmos currently offers services that support clients’ business processes focusing on both sales expansion and cost optimization through our 168 bases across 30 countries/regions with a focus on Asia, while continuously pursuing Operational Excellence. Furthermore, following the expansion of e-commerce market on the global scale, transcosmos provides a comprehensive One-Stop Global E-Commerce Services to deliver our clients’ excellent products and services to consumers in 48 countries/regions around the globe. transcosmos aims to be the “Global Digital Transformation Partner” of our clients, supporting the clients’ transformation by leveraging digital technology, responding to the ever-changing business environment. Visit us here https://www.trans-cosmos.co.jp/english/

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“NanoScientific Symposium Asia is a valuable opportunity for people doing scientific research using SPM who want a chance to hear from and network with experts in the field,” states Keibock Lee, Park Systems President. “We encourage all who are interested in Nano Metrology to attend and experience these insightful presentations.”

Scanning probe microscopy, including the AFM, is gaining popularity thanks to its powerful nanoscale imaging and measurement capability, versatility in applications from semiconductor, chemistry to life sciences and recent advances in the ease of use. This virtual event brings together a leading group of experts on a variety of topics and will be a great networking opportunity.

“The Nanotechnology World Association is proud to sponsor the NanoScientific Symposium Asia. It is a great opportunity to hear from academic and industrial experts from across the world, as they share their perspectives and insights on multiple topics relevant to all of us. We invite all professionals in our field to attend,” comments Marine Le Bouar, CEO, Nanotechnology World Association, sponsor of NanoScientific Symposiums.

Some of the presentations at NanoScientific Symposium Asia include:

Prof. Nam-Joon Cho | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Nanomechanical Mapping of Viral Protein Binding Interactions with Phosphoinositide Receptors and Pharmaceutical Drug Screening

Dr. Jae Sung Yun | University of New South Wales, Australia

Probing nanoscale defects in emerging photovoltaic materials using scanning probe microscopy

Dr. Tan Kim Song | Malaysian Rubber Board, Malaysia

Studies of natural rubber (NR) based materials using atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique.

Dr. Wang Junyong | National University Singapore, Singapore

Light-emitting diodes based on atomically thin semiconductors

Dr. Sang-Joon Cho | Park Systems, Korea

Optical Hybrid SPM technology Development

Dr. Murni Handayani | Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia

Two wired single molecular diodes based on porphyrin-imide dyads connected covalently between Single-walled carbon nanotubes as electrodes

Ilka Hermes (Principal Scientist) | Park Systems Europe, Germany

Stabilizing the piezoresponse via dual frequency resonance tracking

Dr. Persia Ada N. de Yro | Department of Science and Technology, Philippines

Nanomaterials charactization and nanotechnology research in DOST-ITDI

Dr. Jake Kim | Park Systems, Korea

A comparative study for surface potential mapping using KPFM

NanoScientific published quarterly since 2014 showcases advancements in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology across a wide range of multi-disciplinary areas of research and has a global distribution of over 40,000 in North America, Europe and Asia. NanoScientific Symposiums in 2019 are also being held in New York, Italy, Korea, China & Mexico.

About Park Systems

Park Systems is a world-leading manufacturer of atomic force microscopy (AFM) systems with a complete range of products for researchers and industry engineers in the chemistry, materials, physics, life sciences, and semiconductor and data storage industries. Park’s products are used by more than a thousand institutions and corporations worldwide. Park’s AFM provides the highest data accuracy at nanoscale resolution, superior productivity, and the lowest operating cost, thanks to its unique technology and innovative engineering. Park Systems, Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara, California with its global manufacturing and R&D headquarters in Korea. Park’s products are sold and supported worldwide with regional headquarters in the US, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Germany, China and Mexico, and distribution partners throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Please visit http://www.parksystems.com or send an email to inquiry@parkssystems.com for more information.

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Started in 2005, this year marked the 16th anniversary of the Golden Headset Award, a competition to determine China’s best customer center, organized by the prestigious institution in the Chinese contact center industry called Customer Care & Management World (CCMW). The Golden Headset Award is recognized as a leading performance indicator in the customer service center industry. This year, following the international evaluation standard CC-CMM (Capability Maturity Model), CCMW performed performance indicator analysis using “Snapshotz,” a service evaluation tool offered by a customer service audit company. After receiving applications from several hundred of outsourcing services companies, CCMW asked for experts’ nominations and went through a screening process that includes mystery calls and an intensive evaluation. Ultimately, CCMW chose the award winners based on a comprehensive evaluation on all candidates including their service capabilities and the number of workstations.

transcosmos China has been highly recognized by its clients for their abundant operational records in the contact center industry, proven records in offering intelligent customer service and work-from-home solutions, helping clients continue their businesses amid the novel coronavirus crisis, and their digital technologies and multi-channel customer services. With such proven successes, transcosmos China won the “Excellent Intelligent Application Award” at this year’s “China’s Best Customer Service Center.”

In recent years, with a goal to help clients further grow their businesses, transcosmos China has been working on achieving digital transformation in the contact center industry by promoting intelligent quality management and robot training, and driving initiatives to develop and operate customer service solutions that combine AI chatbot and agent-based chat services. transcosmos China will help clients deliver a better customer experience than ever, thereby assisting clients in optimizing costs and expanding sales.

About CCMWorld Group

Founded in 2002, CCMWorld Group has been driving the progress of the Chinese contact center industry as a third party industrial research and development organization. CCMWorld Group puts particular focus on customer management research and offers omni-directional, multidimensional and integrated services including media, publishing, authentication, research, training, meeting and screening. Based on such services, CCMWorld Group provides the latest information about the related industries and services that support such industries.

Visit here for more information: http://www.ccmw.net/

transcosmos history in China

transcosmos entered the Chinese market and launched its offshore services business in 1995. In 2006, the company opened its first call center in Shanghai and started to provide call center services for the Chinese market. Today, transcosmos has its bases and subsidiaries across 20 cities in China including Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Hefei, Xi’an, Changsha, Wuhan, Suzhou, Taipei and more. The company offers extensive services such as business process outsourcing (BPO) including contact centers, e-commerce one-stop, digital marketing and system development for both Chinese and global brands. As of March 2020, approximately 7,000 transcosmos employees work in China.

transcosmos is a trademark or registered trademark of transcosmos inc. In Japan and other countries.

Other company names and product or services names used here are trademarks or registered trademarks of respective companies.

About transcosmos inc.

transcosmos launched its operations in 1966. Since then, we have combined superior “people” with up-to-date “technology” to enhance the competitive strength of our clients by providing them with superior and valuable services. transcosmos currently offers services that support clients’ business processes focusing on both sales expansion and cost optimization through our 168 bases across 30 countries/regions with a focus on Asia, while continuously pursuing Operational Excellence. Furthermore, following the expansion of e-commerce market on the global scale, transcosmos provides a comprehensive One-Stop Global E-Commerce services to deliver our clients’ excellent products and services in 48 countries/regions around the globe. transcosmos aims to be the “Global Digital Transformation Partner” of our clients, supporting the clients’ transformation by leveraging digital technology, responding to the ever-changing business environment.

https://www.trans-cosmos.co.jp/english/

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“A new age requires a new voice. Climate & Capital Media is all about the emerging climate economy,” said founder Peter McKillop. “By bringing together people and capital with a shared mission of solving climate change, we represent a new kind of media organization that’s dedicated to a more equitable and sustainable economy.”

As a membership service, Climate&Capital will publish content, host events, and manage a directory, all with the goal of accelerating climate action at scale. Unlike other publications, Climate&Capital focuses exclusively on the climate economy, with an independent editorial policy that emphasizes conversations and engagement among the doers, the seekers, and the market influencers of the climate economy.

“We need bold and meaningful action on climate change,” said co-founder David Garrison. “And to move people and capital center stage, we need new ideas, new models, and new kinds of connections. “Our goal is for Climate&Capital to stand at the center of the emerging climate economy — to be a trusted source as we lead the transformations we all want to see.”

In addition to the Ten to Watch feature, recent stories published on Climate&Capital include a leadership discussion with Matthew Weatherley-White, a look at New Zealand’s ground-breaking adoption of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines, a quick take on how luxury fashion is embracing climate finance, and a podcast interview of journalist-author Jonathan Alter about what Joe Biden should learn from Jimmy Carter in pushing his climate agenda.

McKillop was formerly a Managing Director at BlackRock, where he was responsible for leading the firm’s strategic communications and messaging for its iShares ETF and Indexing business. He has also held senior communication leadership positions at J.P. Morgan, KKR, UBS, and Bank of America. Before entering the financial communications field, Peter was a senior correspondent and bureau chief for Newsweek in New York, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.

Garrison has advised leaders on the most difficult challenges of building meaningful brands. He previously founded the Brytemoore Group, a brand consulting firm focused on bold transformations and was a founding principal of Edelman Consulting, the former management strategy consulting arm of global communications firm Edelman. David previously held senior marketing and strategy roles in music, healthcare, and agencies.

Editors include:

Blair Palese (Global Climate Editor) — co-founder and former CEO of 350.org Australia, and previously communications director for Greenpeace International, Greenpeace USA and The Body Shop.

Howard Manly (Climate Justice Editor) — a veteran journalist who has spent most of his award-winning print and television career focused on the intersection of race, politics, and society, including as a writer for Newsweek, the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Bay State Banner, one of the leading black newspapers in America. Manly is a senior fellow at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School.

John Howell (Climate Finance Weekly Editor) — co-founder, editorial director, and chief of thought leadership for 3BL Media, for which he managed all original editorial content, wrote, and edited newsletters, and created the Brands Taking Stands initiative.

Frank Gibney Jr. (Editorial Director) — a senior journalist, writer, and editor who worked for decades as a correspondent, bureau chief, and editor for Newsweek and TIME around the U.S. and East Asia, writing extensively about Japan, China, and Vietnam, and always business.

Jyotika Bindra (South Asia Editor) — a writer based in New Delhi who was previously a fashion manager with responsibility for conducting sustainability workshops with employees regarding the eco-friendly disposal of fashion materials.

Tom Fortier (Director of Operations) — a long-time client service and product management leader, having spent 20 years in the financial technology industry, including years with Thomson Reuters and Nasdaq.

Climate&Capital is also supported by a group of advisors from across the worlds of business, finance, and media including:

Kofi Appenteng — President of the Africa-American Institute (AAI)

Ashley Allen Jones — Founder of i2 Capital

Elan J Blutinger — Managing Director of Alpine Consolidated

Adi Ignatius — Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Business Review (HBR)

Erika Karp — Founder and CEO of Cornerstone Capital

Marcela Shine — Head of Community at Ureeka

Climate&Capital is offering premium subscribers a 90-day free trial. To subscribe, please go to https://www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/membership-account/membership-levels/.

About Climate & Capital Media

Climate & Capital Media is a global media organization that provides news, information, and connections to bring together people and capital to solve climate change. Its news service develops engaging, well-reported profiles that deliver practical investment and leadership insights on the fast-growing community of businesses addressing global warming and building a sustainable climate economy. Learn more about Climate&Capital at https://www.climateandcapitalmedia.com.

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Hong Kong, China, October 8, 2018 /Xinwengao.com/ - Respondents say Wi-Fi is a must-have and downtime causes business loss

Hong Kong, 4 October 2018 – In a survey by Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company,76% of Hong Kong enterprises said they intend to upgrade their Wi-Fi equipment in the next 12 months. This is to meet demands for enhanced Wi-Fi security, improve the overall user experience and provide a stable, high-speed connection due to the rise in multimedia content.

An equipment overhaul is long due in many businesses as 35% said they estimated HK$400,000 per year – HK$32,000 every hour – was lost annually due to connectivity downtime.

This is according to the Ruckus Networks first Asia Pacific State of Wi-Fi Study that surveyed 1,200 business and IT leaders in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan to identify Wi-Fi usage trends and expectations. Respondents ranged from mid- to large-sized organizations and are in decision-making or implementation roles for IT-related initiatives.

From a corporate perspective, implementing Wi-Fi in the workplace meant better productivity (74 percent), flexibility (55 percent), and improved collaboration (44 percent). Yet over half (51 percent) had experienced at least six instances of connectivity downtime, and nine percent indicating they had over 20 instances in the last twelve months. Half of all businesses said a bad Wi-Fi experience can negatively impact a brand image.

“Wi-Fi is relied upon to deliver multimedia content to a proliferation of connected devices to enable a connected global economy,” said Linda Hui, Managing Director, Ruckus Networks, Hong Kong and Taiwan. “If IT departments need to spend considerable time in fixing Wi-Fi issues, this puts severe pressure on the organization to digitally transform, reduce operational costs and places a hinderance on the ability to deliver new innovative products, services and revenue models.”

The Ruckus Networks Asia Pacific State of Wi-Fi Study had some questions relating to Smart City; especially of interest as the HKSAR Government is moving forward into transforming Hong Kong into a Smart City.

When asked about the top three expectations from such an initiative, 43 percent said improving quality of life through smarter infrastructure e.g. smart parking, smart dustbins etc. This was followed by 39 percent wanting the digital divide bridged by providing free public Wi-Fi and internet access. Third place (32 percent) was tied between efficient use of resources, boosting business, and better understanding and planning citizen requirements through location analytics.

Wi-Fi Security Cause for Concern
Rating the current state of Wi-Fi security in their organizations, 47 percent said it was good or very good as compared to 53 percent across Asia Pacific. However, 61 percent said they only used basic usernames and passwords to provide Wi-Fi access. 16 percent indicated that they have an open Wi-Fi network with no secure log-in measures.

In contradiction, 89 percent of respondents indicated an insecure connection over a public hotspot was a key concern. This means there is a higher security awareness about public Wi-Fi accessibility when compared to the workplace and home environments.

Hong Kong businesses suffered losses of over HK$37 million (US$4.8 million) in total over the past year due to Wi-Fi downtime. Apart from monetary losses, 48 percent of Hong Kong respondents said their IT departments needed to spend about a week or more each month to manage Wi-Fi or network-related issues.

Public Wi-Fi Dampens Accessibility
Demonstrating how ingrained Wi-Fi has become in Hong Kong society, over half (51 percent) of respondents said they carry at least four Wi-Fi enabled devices such as smartphones, smart watches, laptops, and tablets.

Yet the respondents voiced concerns about the Wi-Fi service offered in public places with eight out of ten (81 percent) saying slow Wi-Fi connection speeds top their list of concerns with connection drops and limited coverage area close behind. Only 17 percent said they had enjoyed a good or very good experience using public Wi-Fi.

“Today, Hong Kong people expect a seamless, reliable and fast Wi-Fi experience and accessibility whether at home, at work, on the move or at a public venue. When there is a connectivity issue or other disruption to the Wi-Fi experience, this dampens accessibility by throttling the ability to work anywhere, at any time with productivity taking a hit,” added Hui.

About Ruckus Networks
Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company, is redefining connectivity around the globe. With our partners, we build secure wired and wireless access networks for organizations that place a premium on connectivity experiences for end users as well as simplicity and lower-cost-per-connection for IT. Follow Ruckus on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and subscribe to our blog.

About ARRIS
ARRIS International plc (NASDAQ: ARRS) is powering a smart, connected world. The company’s leading hardware, software and services transform the way that people and businesses stay informed, entertained and connected. For more information, visit www.arris.com.

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Hong Kong, China, September 18, 2018 /Xinwengao.com/ - Artificial intelligence can prevent human errors and is crucial to the success of attaining ISO 9001 certification. WCL Solution has recently helped enterprises in Hong Kong and China to deploy ABBYY FlexiCapture and ABBYY Recognition Server for intelligent data capture of identity documents.

Technology giants like Amazon and Google are now joining the insurance industry to sell online insurance directly to customers, the established insurance companies are facing keen competition from these new players. Business process reengineering can help insurance companies to stay ahead of competition by reducing process time and human errors while enhancing customer experience.

As an authorized solution provider of ABBYY in Hong Kong and China, WCL Solution offers valued-added, customized data capture system to various vertical industries. To improve business processes, many leading banks, financial institutions and insurance companies have already chosen ABBYY FlexiCapture and ABBYY Recognition Server implemented by WCL Solution.

ABBYY is an award winning market leader in Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) Optical Character Recognition (OCR). ICR is an extended technology of OCR. OCR is designed to work on printed characters while ICR is focusing on hand written characters

For the insurance industry, ABBYY FlexiCapture is a powerful data capture and document processing solution capable of transforming streams of documents (for example HKID cards, claims and other insurance documents) into business-ready data. It adds intelligence to business processes: get fast usable data from unstructured and structured documents.

ABBYY FlexiCapture recognizes the scanned images by OCR and ICR, extracting the necessary data, which is then indexed and verified. Even if your documents come in different languages (typically English, traditional and simplified Chinese), ABBYY FlexiCapture can recognize them with accuracy. ABBYY FlexiCapture can read over 200 languages including traditional and simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Russian, Greek, Arabic and Hebrew.

ABBYY Recognition Server is a document conversion server that automatically converts paper, image and electronic documents and saves them as compressed archive compliant files, such as PDF or PDF/A. It helps organizations of any size optimize business processes while also achieving compliance, collaboration and long-term storage goals.

ABBYY Recognition Server can significantly reduce the workload of the staff. The employees can easily and quickly search documents using various search words. Furthermore, incoming documents do not have to be processed manually. They can be received, scanned and sent to the archiving systems automatically.

Insurance companies acquire massive amount of new customers every day. They need to capture customer personal data like passport and identity card information with 100% accuracy at high speed, which is impossible to be done manually by their staff. Photocopies of customer data occupy office space and it takes time to file and retrieve. With ABBYY FlexiCapture and Recognition, identity data is digitalized and readily integrated with ERP, CRM, ECM, database, web portal and mobile apps. Real time data update and searching of customer data is now possible, fast and easy.

WCL Solution offers customized Optical Character Recognition integrated hardware and software system to help enterprises capture data on identity documents including Hong Kong Identity Card, passports, driving licences, student cards, bank cards.

There is huge demand for automatic identity data recognition from the insurance, banking and finance industry. Online insurance application can be processed immediately through mobile apps or e-form, with self-service upload of photo of identity document by the customer. There is no longer need for the applicant to present the identity document to the insurance agent in person, therefore speeding up the application process.

Errors in manual entry are greatly avoided. Smartphones and tablets can now become accurate, self-service identity card readers. Data of identity documents can be intelligently captured through a single interface connecting directly to the central server with integration with ERP, SAP and SQL. It is easy to search and retrieve the personal data of any customer, leading to great saving in time and manpower.

WCL Solution as a market leader in OCR has invented templates to enhance the ABBYY system in the process of data capture of various types of identity documents, including Hong Kong Identity Card, Hong Kong Birth Certificate, Hong Kong Driving Licence, Hong Kong Entry Slip, China Identity Card, Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macau Residents, Macau Identity Card, Hong Kong Macau Entry Book, Hong Kong Macau Entry Card, HKSAR Passport and any passports issued by any countries with Machine Readable Zone (MRZ).

About WCL Solution:
WCL Solution is the specialist for optimizing business processes. We focus on automating business process, capturing, processing, managing and archiving of documents and data. Our goal is to provide total solution to customers based on their needs. WCL Solution works closely with world’s leading manufacturers to provide the most cutting-edge and reliable technologies in the market. We offer a comprehensive set of software and hardware solutions to fulfill customers’ needs and optimize their business processes.

For more information about the latest innovations of WCL Solution, please visit www.wclsolution.com

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Hong Kong, China, August 24, 2018 /Xinwengao.com/ - CA Technologies Study Uncovers a Major Gap in Perception of Digital Trust Among Companies and Consumers in Asia Pacific and Japan

Study reveals two in five organizations are selling customer data with personally identifiable user information, and more than half of the consumers have stopped using the services of an organization after a data breach

HONG KONG, 24 August, 2018 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) today unveiled the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) findings of its inaugural “Global State of Digital Trust Survey and Index 2018” study. The report found that the Digital Trust Index for 2018 in the APJ region is 63 points out of 100, a score indicating consumers’ flagging confidence in the ability or desire of organizations to fully protect user data.

One of the key findings from the survey is that there is a 13-point gap between the Digital Trust Index of consumers (63 percent) and the perceptions of business decision makers and cybersecurity professionals (76 percent) in APJ, signifying that business leaders overestimate consumer trust in their organizations. This perception gap can lead to complacency amongst businesses and undermine organizations’ efforts to understand the importance of consumer trust, improve their security infrastructure and enforce data protection policies.

“As businesses across every sector create new online goods and services for their customers, they are consuming an increasing amount of personally identifiable user data. The degree to which consumers have placed their trust in organizations to protect their information is more critical than ever,” said Jarad Carleton, industry principal, Frost Sullivan. “At the same time, there is an increasing distrust in APJ that businesses will be good stewards of the data they collect without strong oversight. There is a lot of work to do to earn back consumer trust, and organizations need to know how to get started.”

Misplaced Confidence in Data Stewardship Capabilities Evident in APJ Organizations

The study found that 89 percent of business executives and IT security professionals in APJ stated that they are very good at protecting consumer data, exhibiting a high level of self-confidence in their organization’s role as data steward. Additionally, more than nine in ten (92 percent) of the business and IT respondents believed that better data privacy is a point of differentiation for them against their competitors.

However, businesses are not demonstrating that they are taking the right steps to protect consumer data.

Nearly three in four (73 percent) of business executives in the region indicated that they used consumer data that includes personally identifiable information (PII) internally. What is even more alarming is that 40 percent of APJ business executives surveyed admitted to selling consumer data, including PII. At the same time, only 17 percent of cybersecurity professionals knew that their company was selling data.

This significant disconnect and lack of communication on how consumer data is used within the company can severely compromise these organizations’ ability to safeguard their customers’ data from internal and external abuse.

Digital Trust Deficiency Can Lead to Customer Churn and Revenue Losses

The study found that 33 percent of the APJ consumers reported that they currently use, or have used in the past, services of organizations that were involved in a publicly disclosed data breach. Amongst these respondents, more than half (54 percent) have stopped using the services of an organization because of a data breach.

This is a particularly concerning finding for businesses as the cyberthreat landscape is constantly evolving and attack vectors are ever-expanding. For organizations, it is not a question of if a breach will occur, but when.

In APJ, 38 percent of business executives admitted that their organization has been involved in a publicly disclosed consumer data breach in the last year. And approximately three in five of these respondents indicated that the data breaches had long-term, negative impact on consumer trust (59 percent) and business results (63 percent).

The study also found that despite the growth of this region’s e-commerce and digital economy, 13 percent of consumers with low digital trust still reduced their spending on online shopping and services over the last year. This is more than four times higher compared to consumers with high digital trust where only three percent have decreased their spending.

These findings not only illustrate how consumer trust in online services drives usage patterns, but how the loss of digital trust can undermine business growth.

In addition, the lack of digital trust can also impact the rollout and adoption of new digital services. In fact, only 22 percent of consumers with low digital trust are more receptive to use an organization’s app to access their services, compared to 46 percent of consumers with high digital trust.

Furthermore, only eight percent of the consumers with low digital trust in the region are willing to provide their personal data in exchange for digital services, compared to 77 percent of the consumers with high digital trust.

“Asia Pacific is home to 1.9 billion internet users, or half of the world’s digital population. As consumers are increasingly transacting online, organizations here have access to vast amounts of data, from personal information to user behavior. The responsibility to protect data has never been more vital,” said Gene Ng, vice president, Security, APJ, CA Technologies. “For our digital economy to continue to thrive, consumers need to be confident that their personal data is being collected, stored and used in a manner that benefits and protects them. That is why understanding what drives digital trust is of paramount importance to business leaders.”

Building a Trusted Digital Economy for APJ

In order to earn back the trust of consumers, businesses need to re-examine their stance on data stewardship. This means examining their policies for using consumer data and being more transparent with their users about how the information is being used. It also means taking greater care when sharing or selling data to ensure that they uphold stringent standards of protection.

Besides policies, technology also plays a fundamental role in reinforcing digital trust. Ninety percent of cybersecurity professionals in APJ highlighted that it is critical to use identity access management technology to safeguard consumer data while 87 percent stated that implementing user behavior analytics to identify suspicious activities is vital.

“Companies also need to adopt a security-driven culture across their entire organization. This involves authorizing access to only those who need to use the data while deploying cybersecurity best practices, such as implementing a comprehensive identity and access management solution to protect data assets. These measures are not only essential for delivering a secure user experience and restoring consumers’ trust in the organization, they will also mitigate the risk of losing half of the company’s customer base due to a data breach,” Gene concluded.

About the 2018 Global State of Digital Trust Survey and Index

Conducted by analyst firm Frost Sullivan, the inaugural report, titled “Global State of Digital Trust Survey and Index 2018,” highlights how consumers perceive and trust organizations to protect their digital data. The report surveyed a total of 990 consumers from ten countries globally, including 390 respondents from Australia, China, India and Japan.

The survey also included significant data about how business leaders and cybersecurity professionals at organizations view their responsibilities of data stewardship, the licensing of consumer data to third parties and the technologies they are implementing to protect data and customer privacy.

For the full results of the research, please see the report, “Global State of Digital Trust Survey and Index 2018.”

Additional resources

Infographic summarizing the key APJ findings of the research
Blog: Building Customer Trust in the Age of Digital Services by Ayman Sayed
Blog: Does Digital Trust Matter in a Zero Trust Online World? by David Duncan

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Hong Kong, China, August 14, 2018 /Xinwengao.com/ - To enhance workflow optimization as part of business process reengineering, many companies in Hong Kong are looking for intelligent system to replace manual data entry of identity documents. WCL Solution offers customized Optical Character Recognition (OCR) integrated hardware and software system to help enterprises capture data on identity documents including Hong Kong Identity Card, passport, travel document and driving license.

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Online insurance application can be processed immediately through mobile apps or e-form, with self-service upload of photo of identity document by the customer. There is no longer need for the applicant to present the identity document to the insurance agent in person, therefore speeding up the application process.

One of the benefits of deploying OCR to capture data of identity documents is enhancing customer experience. There will be no need of long queue waiting for the staff to input the data manually at reception desk or service counter. A customer in submitting online application can make a photo of his identity card from his mobile phone and upload to an e-form for automatic data capture. The customer can conveniently submit a copy of his identity card via website or mobile apps.

Errors in manual entry are greatly avoided. Smartphones and tablets can now become accurate, self-service identity card readers. Human errors prevention is a crucial theme in quality management system, OCR can definitely help organizations to get ISO 9001 certification.

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Not all software suppliers and solution providers in the market can handle data capture of international languages. The latest Optical Character Recognition system from WCL Solution can read over 200 languages including traditional and simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Russian, Vietnamese and Thai, therefore can capture data easily and accurately from identity documents from different nationalities.

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ID Recognition is the ideal solution for access and visitors control of office buildings, reception desks of hospitals and clinics, check-in counters of hotels, cruise and airlines, banks service counters, etc. Identity data can be integrated to ERP, CRM, ECM, database, web portal and mobile apps. Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) greatly speeds up business processes and facilitates the deployment of smart system that involves real time identity data capture.

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Hong Kong, China, July 23, 2018 /Xinwengao.com/ - Delivering Intelligent Automation to the Enterprise: CA Technologies Unveils Updates to CA Automic One Automation Platform

New Capabilities Designed for Empowering Ops, Developer-focused Automation and Eliminating Automation Silos

HONG KONG, July 20, 2018 — CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA), a leader in business automation software, today announced its new release of the CA Automic One Automation platform, a unified suite of automation products delivering intelligent automation to the enterprise. The new release empowers Ops with new lifecycle management capabilities of automation artifacts, intelligent critical-path management and support for PostgreSQL. It also enables “shift-left” automation capabilities for developers with new automation-as-code functionality and connects automation silos through new integrations with CA Workload Automation, CA Continuous Delivery Director, and now incorporates CA Jarvis for new analytics capabilities.

Implementation of enterprise-wide automation is a key and necessary component of continuous delivery in every Modern Software Factory. Within the Worldwide Infrastructure Operations Software Market, the Delivery Automation and Delivery Application Release Automation subsector increased considerably, with Gartner forecasting 11 percent total Delivery Automation market growth (27 percent for Application Release Automation) in 2017.

Empowering IT Organizations With Powerful Automation
CA’s Automation portfolio equips IT organizations with the tools they need to move from opportunistic to systemic automation, responding to customer needs by unifying automation silos and driving automation across core business processes. The portfolio, built on a foundation of intelligent automation that supports systems to undertake more complex tasks, apply better awareness and understand the underlying business context to deliver accurate and efficient decision-making.

“adidas is committed to be the best sports company. For several years, CA Automation has helped drive agility across our core internet-based applications to offer a high level of customer service,” said Robert Lenz, solution architect for Process Automation at adidas. “The result is being able to meet customer demand, especially during busy international events – for example redesigning our retail replenishment process with CA Automation (Automic). By bridging our automation silos into one single platform with CA Automation and improving processes with automation, we have cut 95 percent of the manual efforts. CA Automation’s new functionality improves our solution experience, so that we can better serve adidas business requirements as well as our customers.”

Delivering Intelligent Automation
Unlike other solutions on the market, the CA Automic One Automation platform encompasses a suite of products running on a single, unified platform. Enterprises can easily track, automate and accelerate the entire delivery process – from development to operations, through testing and release.

Updated features and benefits of CA Automic include:
#8226; Empowering Ops For Faster Delivery: Modern intelligent automation capabilities to orchestrate Business Processes and the complete Continuous Delivery toolchain. Now, Operations can service the needs of their clients at pace, helping to speed time- to-market.
#8226; Advanced “Shift-Left” Automation Capabilities For Developers: Automation-as-code features to enhance productivity and innovation in automating the continuous delivery toolchain. Developers can focus coding to enhance the customer experience, rather than time-consuming operational tasks.
#8226; Connecting Automation Silos: New integrations between CA Workload Automation and CA Continuous Delivery Director, plus new analytics integration with CA Jarvis. Enterprises can extend their automation policies into new areas, all while maintaining their current investments and knowledge in existing technologies.

“best-blu consulting with energy GmbH maintains a steady cadence of technology innovation in order to deliver the best consulting services possible to customers, including users of CA Automation,” said Andreas B#252;sching, senior automation consultant at best-blu. “Featuring the new REST API enhancements, it is easy and very fast to generate the basic code for client applications which integrate with CA Automic Workload Automation. We can use the functionality to build custom integrations and environment-specific solutions for our customers.”

CA Technologies offers a breadth of automation products from across the company, bringing the Modern Software Factory to life for accelerated business transformation and empowering modern application delivery. Seamlessly integrating with existing IT resources and systems, CA Automic One Automation enables businesses to extend the life of their current investments.

“Enterprise-wide automation is becoming increasingly relevant for every business across Asia Pacific and Japan as they look to compete and succeed in today’s data-driven digital economy. To date, CA is to enable DevOps requirements of Continuous Everything to support our customers’ ongoing evolution to become modern software factories,” said Abhilash Purushothaman, vice president, DevOps Automation – Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) at CA Technologies.

“As organizations across APJ reinvent themselves by developing new ways of working through embracing concepts like DevOps, Microservices and Agile/Lean methodologies, Automation is rapidly becoming a new lifeline to reduce manual hand-offs between development, operations, and the customers,” he added.

CA Automic Workload Automation, CA Continuous Delivery Automation and CA Automic Service Orchestration as part of the CA Automic One Automation Platform will all be available for general shipment starting June 29th. To learn more, visit: https://www.ca.com/us/why-ca/automation.html.

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Hong Kong, China, July 11, 2018 /Xinwengao.com/ - CA Technologies Study Reveals the Adoption of DevSecOps in Asia Pacific and Japan is Impeded by Existing Company Culture

However, IT leaders recognize the importance of DevSecOps,
with three-quarters surveyed highlighting it is critical for security practices
to be integrated into the software development lifecycle

HONG KONG, 11 July, 2018 — CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) announced the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) results of a global survey on secure software development. The study found that the current company culture of most organizations in the region is hindering the integration of security practices in the software development lifecycle and the adoption of DevSecOps. Only about one in five (21 percent) of the APJ respondents believe that their organization’s present culture and practices support collaboration across development, operations and security.

Conducted by IT industry analyst firm, Freeform Dynamics, the new report “Integrating Security into the DNA of Your Software Lifecycle,” aims to provide insights on how the integration of security into DevSecOps has become the new imperative. The global study involved a survey of more than 1,200 IT leaders across 15 markets, including some 575 respondents from seven APJ markets, namely China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Australia.

As software becomes more critical to business success in the digital economy, security concerns are exponentially on the rise. In fact, the study shows that close to three in four (74 percent) of APJ respondents agreed that security threats due to software and code issues are a growing concern.

However, 57 percent of respondents cited existing culture as hurdles in embedding security testing and evaluation within software development processes. In the same vein, only 22 percent of the respondents indicated that their senior management understands the importance of not sacrificing security for time-to-market success.

DevSecOps Approach to Security Vital to APJ’s Digital Economy

All these findings point to an organizational culture gap that is impeding organizations’ ability to make security a more integral part of software development.

“In today’s digital world, ever-increasing customer demands are pushing many organizations to release software applications and their updates on a near-continuous basis. When security is left to the end of the application development lifecycle, it is all too easy to give in to the pressure of getting the application out the door,” said Gene Ng, vice president, Security, Asia Pacific Japan. “With shorter delivery cycles, it is essential that security practices are integrated into every step of the software lifecycle. This is the basic principle behind DevSecOps, and everyone in the software development lifecycle is responsible for security.”

In APJ, almost three-quarters (74 percent) of the IT leaders surveyed highlighted that it is critical for security practices to be integrated into the software development lifecycle. By adopting DevSecOps, organizations can eliminate security vulnerabilities and the high cost associated with them, such as production downtime, data breaches, loss of consumer trust and negative brand reputation.

DevSecOps will also help organizations deliver secure software, which will, in turn, help boost users’ trust in applications and digital services – the fuel of today’s digital economy. According to the study, a majority of the respondents from APJ agreed that software development supports growth and expansion (95 percent), helps businesses compete (88 percent) and drives digital transformation (87 percent).

Positive Signs in Attitude and Approaches towards Security in APJ

Despite the cultural challenges and rising concerns, the survey found that IT leaders in APJ hold a forward-looking view when it comes to the role that security plays in business today. More than three-quarter (76 percent) of the respondents agree that security is an enabler of new business opportunities. In addition, 77 percent agree that their security teams are perceived as leaders, not innovation blockers, by business units.

Another heartening development highlighted by the study is the prevalent use of advanced technologies by organizations to strengthen security. More than 80 percent of the respondents shared that the use of behavioral analytics and machine learning are critical for the following areas:
#8226; Providing a better user experience while still protecting user data (81 percent);
#8226; Assessing the threat of data breaches based on patterns of activity (83 percent);
#8226; Taking pre-emptive action to avoid a data breach and/or mitigate the impact of one (85 percent);
#8226; Authenticating controls based on what a user is doing and what you know about them (86 percent).

Security Software Masters See Higher Profit and Revenue Growth

The impetus for organizations to improve their security posture comes as no surprise. The “Software Security Masters” – a group of top performing APJ organizations identified in the study that have successfully transform their lifecycle security management through DevSecOps – indicated that they have experienced 50 percent higher profit and revenue growth, compared to the rest of the companies. This demonstrates how security and DevSecOps can provide a competitive advantage and tangible business outcomes for organizations.

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Survey Methodology
The global online survey of 1,279 senior IT and business executives was sponsored by CA Technologies and conducted by industry analyst firm Freeform Dynamics in July 2017. It was augmented by in-depth telephone interviews with key industry executives. For full survey methodology details, please see the report, “Integrating Security into the DNA of Your Software Lifecycle.”

Download the full report and other supporting materials:
● Report: Integrating Security into the DNA of Your Software Lifecycle
● Blog: The Competitive Edge of DevSecOps by Ayman Sayed

About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) creates software that fuels transformation for companies and enables them to seize the opportunities of the application economy. Software is at the heart of every business in every industry. From planning, to development, to management and security, CA is working with companies worldwide to change the way we live, transact, and communicate – across mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe environments. Learn more at www.ca.com.

About Freeform Dynamics
Freeform Dynamics is an IT industry analyst firm. Through research and insights, the firm aims to help busy IT and business professionals get up to speed on the latest technology developments, and make better-informed investment decisions. For more information, and access to a library of free research, please visit www.freeformdynamics.com.

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