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Workato Launches India Subsidiary to Accelerate Global Business Growth

Expansion will be key driver for global growth and new market establishment

BANGALORE, INDIA – Media OutReach – 17 March 2022 – Workato, the leader in enterprise automation, today announced the establishment of its Indian entity to further innovation in automation and integration, and serve rising automation demand in the India market. As the “Make in India” national program gathers pace, Workato intends to be a key solution provider and partner to support Indian enterprises in their digital transformation journey.

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Workato raised over $200 million in Series E funding in November last year, increasing its valuation to $5.7 billion. It expects the extraordinary growth momentum to continue as it invests in India’s technology ecosystem, which has a rich talent pool, robust training programs and a strong partner network. Workato’s solutions will enable businesses in the country to seamlessly implement automation of complex workflows, at scale, through a unified low-code platform, allowing organizations to better spend their time on more creative and value-adding priorities.

“Workato is excited to formally enter the India market through our Workato India entity. Workato’s vision is to create a powerful no-code integration and automation platform to enable millions of creators or builders to drive innovation and accelerate transformation for companies globally. We see India, with its vast pool of talent, as being central to achieving this vision.” said Vijay Tella, Workato CEO and Co-founder. “Our team in India is all geared up to address this exciting market opportunity.”

Workato, already a leader in connecting and integrating applications, recently launched the “10,000 Connector Initiative” with its acquisition of India-based RailsData, which specializes in the connectivity of applications, databases, and devices using APIs. As enterprises use thousands of applications, connectivity is critical to achieving automation at scale. Workato will leverage India’s large pool of engineering talent to bolster and establish its connector factory.

Workato plans to significantly grow its India operations, including hiring key leadership and technical roles with Sandeep Menonas the Managing Director of India. Sandeep, a well known industry leader, comes with deep experience of having managed significant growth ventures at IBM and Cognizant, and is plugged into the vibrant new technologies and startup ecosystem in India.

Workato’s India plans include:
● Building a world class engineering center that will attract the best of automation talent
● Setting up a vibrant academic and early stage program to groom talent
● Working with key Indian organizations, leveraging global best practices in automation
● Deepening strategic partnerships with India’s ecosystem of system integrators and technology providers

As an important hub for solution design and global services delivery for many large global system integrators, Workato’s presence in India will deepen its relationship with key partners and their teams.

“India is going through unprecedented change as it recovers from the pandemic,” said Sandeep Menon. “Given that organizations in India are seeking to become globally competitive, driving productivity and efficiency will be crucial, and end-to-end automation solutions will help businesses differentiate, innovate and elevate their digital transformation.”

About Workato

The leader in enterprise automation, Workato helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising security and governance. Built for Business and IT users, Workato is trusted by over 11,000 of the world’s top brands like Broadcom, Intuit, Box, Autodesk, and HubSpot. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Workato is backed by Altimeter Capital, Battery Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Tiger Global, and Redpoint Ventures. For more information, visit or connect with us on social media:
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Savannakhet Fires Five Police Officers in Latest Purge

Savannakhet Fires Five Police Officers in Latest Purge

Chief of the Savannakhet Provincial Public Security Department has ordered the dismissal of five police officers for misconduct and violation of the law on security forces.

“Hang Lung COVID-19 Relief Fund 2.0” Focuses Support on Lone Elderly and Child Patients in its Second Stage

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 17 March 2022 – Hang Lung Properties Limited (Stock Code: 00101) (“the Company” or “Hang Lung”), has further disbursed funds from the “Hang Lung COVID-19 Relief Fund 2.0” to assist needful groups in the community. The funds will be deployed to provide health protection items and daily necessities to 4,000 senior citizens living alone in Kowloon East, and to donate over 30,000 rapid antigen test (RAT) kits to the Hong Kong Children’s Hospital (HKCH) for children undergoing treatment there, and their carers.

(From right) Mr. Kenneth Chiu, Chief Financial Officer of Hang Lung Properties presents a batch of RAT kits to Dr. Lee Tsz Leung, Hospital Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, in support of the child patients and their carers; over 30,000 kits are donated in total

(From right) Mr. Kwan Chuk Fai, Director – Corporate Communications & Investor Relations of Hang Lung Properties and the corporate volunteers from the Hang Lung As One Volunteer Team pack “Caring Anti-pandemic Gift Packs” as an expression of warm care for frontline workers in pandemic relief-related community services, as well as for low-income families and underprivileged students

As a token of appreciation to highly devoted, hardworking “patient-transportation” drivers, Hang Lung is donating the “Caring Anti-pandemic Gift Packs”

Mr. Weber Lo, Chief Executive Officer of Hang Lung Properties, said, “Through the ‘Hang Lung COVID-19 Relief Fund 2.0’ we are providing targeted support for urgent public pandemic countermeasures and for the most severely affected in our community. It is our earnest hope that, with the second stage of the Fund’s initiatives, we can help relieve the stress faced by the elderly trying to source anti-pandemic protection items; and amid the surging demand for RAT kits, help child patients and their carers access the kits they need for attending the hospital.”

Dr. Lee Tsz Leung, Hospital Chief Executive of HKCH, said, “We deeply appreciate the donation of rapid antigen test kits made by Hang Lung. In the midst of this severe outbreak, their gift is timely and provides practical assistance to our child patients and their carers who need to come to the hospital for medical treatment and follow-up, and supports our infection control efforts.”

The second batch of “Caring Anti-pandemic Gift Packs”, which are for underprivileged elderly recipients residing in Kowloon East, include health protection items and supermarket vouchers to alleviate pressures on finances and daily life, and are distributed with the assistance of NGOs including the Christian Family Service Centre, Hong Kong Christian Service, the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council, and Lok Kwan Social Service.

In February 2022, Hang Lung announced a donation of HKD 10 million to endow the “Hang Lung COVID-19 Relief Fund 2.0” to fully support pandemic countermeasures in Hong Kong. The first stage of measures saw the setting aside of HKD 6 million to finance the operation of “mobile cabin hospitals” and the provision of aid to frontline hygiene workers and drivers of “patient-transportation” taxis and minibuses, as well as to low-income families and students. Over 4,000 gift packs have already been delivered to NGOs for distribution to beneficiaries under this program.

Mr. Matthew Wong Leung Pak, Chairman of the Public Omnibus Operators Association, said, “We are grateful for Hang Lung’s donation of the anti-pandemic gift packs to our 300 frontline ‘patient-transportation’ minibus drivers. They demonstrate great care and warm support that is much appreciated in the face of the worrying pandemic situation. Let us work together to beat the virus!”

Hang Lung will continue to seek proactive means to assist the community and those most adversely affected by the pandemic through the “Hang Lung COVID-19 Relief Fund 2.0”. It is hoped that with an all-society approach that pools the resources of different sectors in the fight against the virus, we will soon see the outbreak contained in Hong Kong.

About Hang Lung Properties

Hang Lung Properties Limited (stock code: 00101) creates compelling spaces that enrich lives. Headquartered in Hong Kong, Hang Lung Properties develops and manages a diversified portfolio of world-class properties in Hong Kong and the nine Mainland cities of Shanghai, Shenyang, Jinan, Wuxi, Tianjin, Dalian, Kunming, Wuhan and Hangzhou. With its luxury positioning under the “66” brand, the company’s Mainland portfolio has established its leading position as the “Pulse of the City”. Hang Lung Properties is recognized for leading the way in enhanced sustainability initiatives in real estate as it pursues sustainable growth by connecting customers and communities.

At Hang Lung Properties – We Do It Well.

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Appier accelerated customer conversion with AIXON for Senheng

Malaysia’s large electronics retailer raked in 2.8x conversion rate for new smartphone product with Appier’s AIXON

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 17 March 2022 – Appier today announced the campaign results for a new smartphone product promoted by Senheng where AIXON, Appier’s customer data science platform, has contributed to a 2.8x conversion rate. In addition, AIXON delivered an AI-predicted customer list which generated revenue that went 12 times greater than a rule-based segmented list, demonstrating the prowess of artificial intelligence that worked at scale.

Senheng partnered with Appier to transform its approach to targeting its online and offline shoppers. With AI solutions designed to predict and generate precise lists of customer segments, Senheng was able to increase its conversion rates and revenue for its wide range of electronic product offerings. The lack of transaction data for promoting new products resulted in no previous transactions to use as reference to identify customers to target. The limited ability to generate a list of relevant customers to target was a challenge and needed to be transformed.

Appier’s AIXON unified volumes of online and offline data to create an AI model with auto-machine learning that could predict target customers without transaction data. Using a product similarity funnel, Appier leveraged data from similar products to the new smartphone, such as brand, price and category, to generate a list of customers for the client. This AI-generated list generated a conversion rate that was 2.8x that of the manually-selected list.

Appier’s AIXON solution took into account various parameters to predict segments of customers that would buy different products. These parameters included purchased categories, purchased brands, recency, membership, warranty and revenue. In the case of generating a user list for three distinct products – TV, fridge, and vacuum – that AI-predicted list resulted in a 30% increase in the open rate and CTR of EDMs, a 50% increase in CTR of SMS, and an overall increase of 12x in order values. These increases are all compared to the results of a rule-based segmented list.

Senheng implemented the BotBonnie solution since Mar 2022 to enrich the brand’s first-party data and enhance the overall marketing performance. By analyzing conversational messages from multi-online channels, conducting semantic labeling and processing, Senheng can have a deeper understanding of customers’ purchase intents, and seamlessly address customers’ needs from offline to online to boost omnichannel sales and conversion rates. Data enrichment can also contribute to the learning capabilities of AI models and enable more reliable predictions of customer behavior and take personalized services to the next level.

“In Senheng, we are always dedicated to deliver the best shopping experience to our customers. With this goal in mind, we’ve worked with Appier closely to help the business adapt to customer data platform and AI technology so that we can understand each customer’s behavior and preferences, whether they shop online or offline,” said Wong Che Hoe, Senior Vice President of Senheng.

“Customer centricity and innovation are two important ethos for us at Appier. To be able to help our customers overcome their business challenges, empowering them with data and analytics to help with their business decision making and ultimately achieve outcomes like a 2.8x conversion rate, is extremely rewarding. We look forward to partnering with Senheng to help scale their customer experience in the future,” said Hong Chia How, Vice President of Enterprise at Appier.

About Senheng New Retail Berhad

Senheng is a Malaysia’s leading consumer electrical and electronics retailer. Founded in 1989, the Group has grown its retail network to over 100 physical stores across Peninsular and East Malaysia, and is supported by various online retail platforms. The Group’s stores carry more than 280 renowned consumer E&E brands, featuring a comprehensive range of digital gadgets, audio visuals, home appliances and related products. An early adopter of digitalisation and business transformation, Senheng continues to deliver excellent customer satisfaction via its seamless New Retail Model. The Group has a growing customer base, with over 3 million PlusOne loyalty members to-date. Visit for more information.

About Appier

Appier is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to power business decision-making. Founded in 2012 with a vision of democratising AI, Appier now has 17 offices across APAC, Europe and U.S., and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Ticker number: 4180). Visit for more information.

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NetApp and Cisco Strengthen Partnership Announcing New FlexPod XCS to Extend Converged Infrastructure into the Hybrid Cloud

New capabilities will increase hybrid cloud connectivity and automation to improve costs and accessibility with native cloud provider integration

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 17 March 2022 – NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company, together with Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), today announced the evolution of FlexPod with the introduction of FlexPod® XCS, providing one automated platform for modern applications, data and hybrid cloud services.

FlexPod is composed of pre-validated storage, networking, server technologies from Cisco and NetApp. The new FlexPod XCS platform is designed to accelerate the delivery of modern applications and data in a hybrid cloud environment. FlexPod XCS is the first and only hybrid cloud solution natively integrated across all three major public cloud providers. Additionally, organizations will have the option to use FlexPod-as-a-Service, a pay-as-you-grow pricing model for financial and operational flexibility.

“For years, FlexPod has been helping Presidio customers increase app performance, save software Capex, and decrease unplanned downtime incidents,” said Raphael Meyerowitz, vice president, Engineering at Presidio. “With FlexPod XCS, NetApp and Cisco are providing more flexibility, accessibility and scalability to our customers to deliver a seamless hybrid cloud experience.”

“It is great seeing Cisco and NetApp launching FlexPod XCS together in this hybrid cloud era,” said Jeffrey den Oudsten, Chief Technology Officer at Conscia Netherlands. “Standardization on FlexPod XCS brings rich technologies and huge benefits for us and our customers in various ways, with ability to deliver one point for billing, ordering, support and validated designs. Conscia is determined to facilitate the best hybrid cloud infrastructure for its customers, and together with Cisco and NetApp, we have the best-in-class technology partners helping us to deliver on that promise.”

FlexPod XCS simplifies hybrid cloud operations by increasing accessibility and scalability, extending the infrastructure from an on-premises and edge standard to the hybrid cloud. This new offering lays the groundwork for continued joint innovation that will bring new solutions to market for hybrid cloud, containers, and modern workloads.

FlexPod XCS provides a new set of capabilities to the FlexPod platform:

  • Hybrid Cloud Connectivity: By extending organizations’ data fabric, customers gain the operational certainty of putting the right apps and data in the right place at the right time
  • Automation: Comprehensive infrastructure automation across all lifecycle phases using Cisco Intersight™ Cloud Orchestrator and NetApp automated scripts and workflows to simplify day-to-day IT operations including configuration, deployment, expansion, and infrastructure consumption and optimization
  • Visibility: Providing an enhanced and unified view of all FlexPod components through Cisco Intersight, enabling organizations to respond to their business needs more quickly with more intelligent resource decisions
  • FlexPod-as-a-Service: Lowering initial costs for flexibility and tailoring purchasing options based on budgets and usage
  • New Reference Architecture with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP® (CVO) instances in AWS: FlexPod XCS and ONTAP integration with automation via Cisco Intersight

FlexPod XCS also allows IT departments to gain new insights with full-stack visibility and customized automation capabilities that increase operational productivity. The new FlexPod-as-a-Service consumption model enables customers to have more financial and operational flexibility by aligning costs based on usage.

“Our strategic relationship with NetApp continues to create value for businesses through deep technology integration aimed at solving our customers’ biggest challenges,” said Siva Sivakumar, Vice President, Cloud & Compute Product Management, Cisco. “FlexPod XCS powered by Cisco Intersight delivers key new capabilities for our customers such as automation, visibility and hybrid cloud operations into a single unified platform for modern apps, data, and hybrid cloud services.”

“We are proud of our continued innovation with Cisco as we expand FlexPod’s capabilities that solve for organizations’ unique business challenges,” said Mike Arterbury, Vice President, Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure & OEM Solutions at NetApp. “Building on our twelve-year partnership with Cisco, FlexPod XCS combines our best-in-class technologies to simplify the delivery of data and applications, enabling enterprises to run new services more efficiently at the edge, core or in the cloud.”

FlexPod® XCS is in preview for partners and customers and is expected to be generally available globally in mid-2022.

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About FlexPod

Trusted by thousands of customers across the globe, the enhanced FlexPod XCS platform brings a new level of visibility and automation that can help propel customers’ journey into hybrid cloud operations.​ Composed of prevalidated storage, networking and server technologies, and management software, FlexPod® XCS is designed to increase IT responsiveness to organizational needs providing intelligent insights to optimize costs and performance, support deployment decisions with cloud-like consumption models, and maintain existing configurations across FlexPod infrastructure. By simplifying the delivery of data and applications, enterprises have an advantage of running new services and workloads at the edge, core, or in the cloud.

FlexPod® XCS pricing is mapped to Cisco Intersight Advantage and Premier Tiers and current FlexPod pricing.

About NetApp

NetApp is a global cloud-led, data-centric software company that empowers organizations to lead with data in the age of accelerated digital transformation. The company provides systems, software and cloud services that enable them to run their applications optimally from data center to cloud, whether they are developing in the cloud, moving to the cloud, or creating their own cloudlike experiences on premises. With solutions that perform across diverse environments, NetApp helps organizations build their own data fabric and securely deliver the right data, services and applications to the right people—anytime, anywhere. Learn more at or follow us on , , , and .

NETAPP, the NETAPP logo, and the marks listed at are trademarks of NetApp, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Many of the products and features described herein remain in varying stages of development and will be offered on a when-and-if-available basis. The delivery timeline of these products and features is subject to change at the sole discretion of Cisco or NetApp, and neither Cisco nor NetApp will have liability for delay in the delivery or failure to deliver any of the products or features set forth in this document.

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OctaFX extends its trading offer by 25 new cryptocurrencies

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 17 March 2022 – The international Forex broker OctaFX has recently added 25 new cryptocurrencies paired with the U.S. dollar, ready to be traded on its services from 14 March 2022.

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A brief market recap

The whole cryptocurrency market is turbulent since there is no certainty on where bitcoin might go next. After recovering from its low of 34,750 U.S. dollars on 24 February, the world’s first cryptocurrency is in sideways motion with an occasional uptrend with some market participants’ slightly bullish sentiments. At this time of writing, bitcoin hovers slightly above 39,000 U.S. dollars.

Up until recently, OctaFX offered only five cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple), all paired exclusively with the U.S. dollar. From today, anyone can start trading any of the 30 cryptocurrency pairs.

Here is a list of just ten of the 25 new pairs that the global Forex broker has included:
● Solana (SOL)
● Cardano (ADA)
● Binance Coin (BTB)
● Matic (MATIC/POLYGON)
● Cosmos (ATOM)
● ZCash (ZEC)
● Decentraland (MANA)
● Polkadot (DOT)
● Chainlink (LINK)
● Avalanche (AVAX)

These new cryptocurrencies are among the highest in market capitalisation, making them a popular choice for any savvy trader who wants to avoid volatility and best utilise market opportunities.

All of these pairs come with a ratio of 1:25 maximum leverage. To check the complete list of all available cryptocurrencies, please visit the OctaFX official website.

About OctaFX

is a global broker providing online trading services worldwide since 2011. It offers everything one needs to reach their investment goals, providing top-notch conditions utilised already by 7.5 million clients globally.

The company is involved in a comprehensive network of charity and humanitarian initiatives, including improvement of educational infrastructure, short-notice relief projects, supporting local communities and small to medium enterprises.

On a side note, OctaFX has also won more than 45 awards since its foundation, including the 2021 ‘Best Forex Broker Asia’ award from Global Banking & Finance Review and 2021 ‘Best ECN Broker’ award by World Finance.

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Laos May Cancel Lao New Year Festivities Amid Omicron Outbreak

Laos Issues Eight Regulations for Lao New Year

As daily Covid infections rise across Laos, particularly in Vientiane Capital, the government may decide to cancel Lao New Year festivities.

Open Source Trends for 2022: A Look into the Future of Southeast Asia

‘The State of Open Source Survey’ conducted by Ashnik highlights key insights and technology trends of 2022 in Southeast & South Asia.

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 17 March 2022 – ASHNIK, a leading open source solutions provider in Southeast Asia and India, recently released its survey with participation of over 160 cross-industry organizations from the region. The survey captures the growing role of open source, key digital transformation initiatives and technology trends of 2022.

“In the post-pandemic world, enterprises continue to keep up with the digitalization of their infrastructure, processes, people, and customer experiences. IT leaders thus prefer to choose a future-driven approach when it comes to achieving faster innovation and go-to-market. Open source has been a big enabler in the areas of infrastructure automation, cloud, real-time analytics, security and more, making its adoption a key focus for top global organizations. The survey is the voice of several enterprises reflecting the growth of open source, top initiatives driven by it, the rising market share for its services and support, and more – giving a multidimensional understanding of organizational goals.” adds Deepti Dilip, Director – Marketing and Strategy at Ashnik.

The survey indicates that about 82% of organizations today rely on open source to ‘drive innovation’ within the organization; 100% voted ‘ease of adoption’ as the best feature of open-source. Over 95% of respondents cited that open source offers ‘higher security’ over proprietary software.

71% participants preferred to consume open source technologies in the Cloud through a SaaS model, while 53% picked a Hybrid Cloud solution (Public Cloud + Data Centre) as their preferred deployment platform. 74% of participants indicated the adoption of Open Source Databases is set to increase in 2022, with over 59% indicating an increased usage of Community Open Source Databases specifically.

57% of respondents said that the lack of internal open source skill-sets and manpower was a key challenge in their organizations. While 97% desired to have access to service providers and consultants for the success of their projects using open source.

The top open source database technologies to see an increased adoption were PostgreSQL and MongoDB, followed by Redis and Elasticsearch; and the top Kubernetes platforms of 2022 were AWS EKS and AKS.

For more insights on open source trends of 2022, full report here

About the Survey:

The Open Source Survey by Ashnik involved active participation from 160 unique enterprises across Southeast and South Asia. Industries such as BFSI, Government, Telcos, Technology, Power, and Engineering participated to share their views on the trends driving open source adoption. The survey was undertaken by C-level Executives (13%), Senior Managerial roles (57%) and Influencer roles (30%).

About Ashnik:

is a Singapore-headquartered leading open source solutions provider with a presence across Southeast Asia, the US, and India. Since its inception in 2009, Ashnik has delivered open-source technology implementations, and support to over 200 top enterprises in the region; helping them get innovative, agile, and future-ready.

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