Recognition under the U.S. Green Building Council’s rating system confirms the 22-residence tower is on track for full certification on completion

BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 November 2026 – Porsche Design Tower Bangkok has achieved LEED Gold Precertification under the internationally recognized green building rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The independent design-stage review confirms the 22-residence towerscheduled for completion in December 2028, is on track to enter the full certification process once finished, utilizing proposed strategies that address energy efficiency, resource use, and indoor environmental quality.

The review was carried out in October 2026 by Green Business Certification Inc. Developer PDTB Ananda Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Ananda Development PCL, will apply for full LEED certification once the tower is finished.

This precertification reflects Porsche Design’s approach to sustainability by prioritizing a product’s entire life cycle. The brand’s philosophy centers on timeless design, ensuring the building will hold its value for decades. For future owners, the rating adds independent assurance that the project meets international green benchmarks – from their luxury Sky Villas to the EV-ready “Passion Spaces” built to house their car collections.

Chanond Ruangkritya, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ananda Development, said: “Our ambition is to create a home shaped around residents’ lifestyles and personal passions, while also embracing the philosophy of creating lasting value. LEED Gold Precertification adds an independently assessed environmental standard to that vision. It ensures the tower will optimally serve its residents over time alongside the conscious choices we make about energy and resource use, marking an important step towards delivering on our promise.”

Located on Sukhumvit 38 in Bangkok’s Thonglor district, the tower offers just 22 exclusive residences. Each multi-level home combines private lift access with thoughtfully planned spaces for entertaining and wellness, alongside a private swimming pool and customizable Passion Spaces.

For a private show suite viewing please email sales@pdtowerbangkok.com or visit pdtowerbangkok.com.

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About the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is committed to transforming how buildings and communities are designed, built and operated to create thriving, healthy, equitable and resilient places that advance human and environmental wellbeing. USGBC leads market transformation through its LEED green building program, robust educational offerings, an international network of local community leaders, the annual Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, the Center for Green Schools, and advocacy in support of public policy that encourages and enables green buildings and communities. For more information, visit usgbc.org and connect on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

About Porsche Design Tower Bangkok

The Porsche Design Tower Bangkok sets a new standard for ultra luxury living with its limited offering of just 22 exclusive residences. Located on Sukhumvit 38, one of Bangkok’s most prestigious addresses, this groundbreaking project is the first of its kind in Asia and the third globally, following Miami and Stuttgart. Designed for ultra-high-net-worth individuals seeking unparalleled exclusivity, the tower offers residents the perfect blend of serene living in the coveted Thonglor neighbourhood, with easy access to the city’s most vibrant attractions and amenities. Among its standout features are the customizable “Passion Spaces”—private, in-unit garages that allow residents to showcase their prized car collections, creating a truly unique living experience.

• Trusted intelligence: Zoho Analytics serves as the intelligence layer for businesses, grounding AI agents in trusted data and business context and extending intelligence across the Zoho app ecosystem
• Built on business context: Native semantic and ontology layers help AI agents understand business data, relationships, metrics and priorities
• From Data to Insights and Actions: AI super agent orchestrates specialized agents for data analysis, preparation, modeling, visualization and coding through a single interface
• Strict governance and security controls provides oversight across the whole chain, from raw data to agent answers, from one place

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 November 2026 – Zoho Corporation, a global technology company, today announced a major evolution of Zoho Analytics into an Agentic Analytics platform, extending its established analytics and reporting capabilities with a trusted intelligence layer for business insights and AI-driven action. By bringing together data, business context, analytics, and AI agents, the platform enables businesses to move from analyzing data to understanding what it means and to act on those insights. Native semantic and ontology layers provide the business context that powers a multi-agent version of Ask Zia and enables intelligence to extend across business analytics, agents, apps, and workflows.

“We are at the beginning of the next leap forward in data analytics, where a strong data foundation is the starting point for all agentic activity in business operations,” says Gibu Mathew, Managing Director, Zoho APAC. “Agents, however, cannot function only with data, but require a robust intelligence layer. Today’s updates to Zoho Analytics provide that and more: one open and extensible trusted intelligence layer that gives every AI tool in your business the context, metrics, and governance to deliver answers users can rely on.”

Zoho Analytics finely tunes its data intelligence by modeling its structure on an organization’s data. The semantic layer serves as a business glossary for AI, defining key terms, metrics and their meaning, helping AI interpret data in the context of an organization’s operations. The ontology layer models business entities, their relationships, and how they connect across the organization, helping AI generate insights and recommendations that are relevant to the real business needs. With strict governance and clear oversight into each step of its process, Zoho Analytics helps businesses manage data access, cost, reduce errors and maintain control over how information is used by agents, in this nascent AI regulatory landscape.

The intelligence layer delivers trusted, repeatable and pervasive intelligence, enabling agentic AI to ask, understand, decide, and act based on highly informed data, tailored to each unique business. Ask Zia, a conversational super-agent for Business Intelligence is built with a multi-agent architecture across data analysis, data modeling, visualization, data preparation, coding and SQL generation. A central agent plans and orchestrates the specialized sub-agents, all working off the same semantic layer, ontology and conversation context. This enables users to move naturally between tasks — for example, starting with an analysis and then creating a data pipeline to prepare data for further use — without losing the context of the conversation. For specific functions, users can build custom agents that are grounded with the same data, semantic model and knowledge base as Ask Zia. With support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), these agents can connect with external tools and systems, in addition to built-in tools from Zoho Analytics.

With this evolution, Zoho Analytics brings data analysis, business context, AI-powered insights, and agent-driven workflows together in one platform, helping businesses move from data to decisions and action with greater confidence.

Business Context for Trusted Intelligence

Zoho Analytics calibrates itself to the way a business operates using three distinct tools:

• The Ontology Layer
  By leveraging provided tools to model their canonical business units and describing how those entities relate to one another, organizations can provide AI with a structured understanding of the business—helping AI generate insights and recommendations that are relevant and reliable, addressing real business needs and ensuring results are tailored precisely to achievable outcomes and tied directly to process.
• The Semantic Layer
  Users can produce a business glossary for AI that standardizes descriptions, synonyms, instructions, and metrics. This ensures AI is fluent in the language of an organization and can properly interpret its findings. Zoho Analytics includes support for multiple semantic models for different contexts.
• More Connectors Than Ever
  Zoho Analytics adds more than 30 new data connectors to the 500-plus already available. New connectors expand Zoho integrations by adding support for Zoho ERP, Zoho Spend, Zoho FSM, Zoho Shifts and Zoho Voice; other connectors expand interoperability to include SAP, PayPal, Adobe Commerce, Twilio, Notion, Intercom, Supabase, Amazon DocumentDB, and AlloyDB, bringing relevant data into Zoho Analytics for analysis and insights.

Unlike competitors, the semantic and ontology layers are native to Zoho Analytics, and arrive in the box, not requiring a separate data platform or cloud data warehouse. Users can create multiple semantic models for different contexts, so finance and operations departments each get the definitions that fit their work. Apache Ossie compatibility means that a company’s definitions are portable, and not locked inside of Zoho. Businesses can build and edit semantic models without code.

Flexible Super Agents, Finely Attuned

• Ask Zia
  Zoho’s conversational agent for business intelligence, natively integrated into Zoho products, has adopted a multi-agent architecture with six pre-built specialized sub-agents for data analysis, visualization, data preparation, modeling, coding, and SQL generation. Ask Zia works within an organization’s ontology and semantic layer, retains conversation history and agent memory, and allows organizations to choose Zia’s own large language model or bring their own frontier model.
• Custom agents
  Teams can build their own data agents that remain grounded in an organization’s data, semantic model, and knowledge base. These agents connect to Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, web search, and other tools inside or outside Zoho Analytics, and can be distributed with governance and observability controls.
• Agentic actions
  Agents can trigger actions and workflows directly. Powerful workflows can be designed with a workflow builder in Zoho Analytics.

Portable Intelligence for Agents, Apps, and Workflows

Zoho Analytics extends its intelligence beyond its own interface, enabling developers and organizations to use its analytics capabilities and business context across external agents, applications, and workflows.

• Headless BI
  Developers and agents can build agentic solutions over the Zoho Analytics MCP server, available in remote and local options, with tools for data analysis, data preparation, and visualization. A new command-line interface (CLI) is included, and users can work with Zoho Analytics from inside Claude through a Claude plug-in.
• Embedded AI
  Organizations can embed agents in their own apps, portals, and products with white labeling. Permissions and governance remain intact wherever the agents run.

Built-In Governance and Oversight

Zoho Analytics gives administrators visibility into, and control over, how agents operate across the organization:

• Data Catalog
  A unified catalog of data, metrics, analytics assets, and models offers lineage and impact analysis, broad search options, and management of data and access policies.
• AI Observability
  Administrators can see which agents ran, who used them, what they accessed, and how they answered queries. AI usage and cost tracking across teams, along with administrative controls for Ask Zia, helps organizations monitor and manage AI adoption.
• Sandbox and Deployment Management
  Teams can develop and test analytics artifacts and agents in a sandbox, publish to production when ready, and roll back to previous versions if necessary.

Additional Capabilities

Zoho Analytics includes more than 50 new capabilities beyond its agentic features. These include more than 10 new visualizations, custom visuals, and pixel-perfect reports; predictive tools such as scenario analysis, a correlation matrix, and a VARX forecasting model; a data science studio with Jupyter notebooks, PMML import, and expanded analysis types; and Ask Zia in mobile with an upgraded interface.

Zoho Analytics is used by 100,000 businesses worldwide daily and is available on Zoho Cloud, on-premises; on public cloud infrastructure including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud; and in hybrid deployments.

For a complete description of what’s new to Zoho Analytics, visit https://www.zoho.com/analytics/whats-new.html.

What’s Next

Today’s updates lay the foundation for the next iteration of Zoho Analytics, with more to come. Future enhancements include:

• From designed to dynamic business context: the “designed context” from the semantic and ontological layers will expand into “dynamic business context,” continually observing how business data changes over time, providing even more trusted outcomes.
• Decision intelligence: As Zoho Analytics observes actions triggered through agents, the outcomes observed will provide deep Decision Intelligence, further serving as another context for Agentic AI.
• Greater openness and interoperability: Zoho Analytics will continue to invest in open standards, following the Apache Ossie specification as it matures, integrating with Semantic Models defined in other third party platforms, and bringing more of the Analytics platform to outside agents via MCP.
• Becoming a full Unified Data Platform: Zoho Analytics will serve as the foundation for the upcoming Data platform that brings together a data lakehouse (supporting both structured and unstructured data), data integration, data preparation, business context, analytics, data science, packaged business models (Cx360, CMDP), and agent building. Deeper integration across the Zoho ecosystem will help establish the upcoming Data Platform as a common data and intelligence infrastructure for agentic AI.

Pricing and Availability
Despite extensive updates, pricing for Zoho Analytics remains unchanged. Now included in each plan are Zoho LLM credits. A Basic plan begins at US$24 per month, billed annually, which covers 2 users, 0.5 million rows, and 10K Zoho LLM credits.

For full pricing, visit www.zoho.com/analytics/pricing.html.

Updates to the cloud version of Zoho Analytics are available now, with preview versions of pixel-perfect reporting, ontology and the semantic model to be rolled out globally in the next four to eight weeks.

Updates to the on-premise version of Zoho Analytics will be available in Q1 2027.

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Zoho Corporation

With 60+ apps in nearly every major business category, Zoho Corporation is one of the world’s most prolific technology companies. Zoho is privately held and profitable with more than 19,000 employees globally, with international headquarters in Chennai, India. Zoho APAC HQ is located in Singapore. Zoho respects user privacy and does not have an ad-revenue model in any part of its business, including its free products. The company owns and operates its data centers, ensuring complete oversight of customer data, privacy, and security. More than 150 million users worldwide rely on Zoho every day to run their businesses. For more information, please visit: www.zoho.com

A strategic corporate collaboration combining SHARP’s technology capabilities and ALPRO Pharmacy’s healthcare expertise to strengthen health awareness and encourage healthier choices across everyday environments.

SEREMBAN, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 November 2026 – Sharp Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (SHARP) and ALPRO Pharmacy have unveiled MIRAI Living, a strategic corporate collaboration aimed at raising health awareness and encouraging healthier lifestyles among Malaysians through accessible health knowledge, technology and practical wellness solutions.

Meaning “future” in Japanese, MIRAI reflects the belief that a healthier tomorrow begins with the choices we make today. Through this collaboration, SHARP will contribute its technology capabilities and solutions, while ALPRO Pharmacy will bring its healthcare expertise, practical guidance from its healthcare professionals and close connections with the communities it serves. Together, both organisations aim to help Malaysians better understand their health needs and make informed everyday choices.

The importance of health awareness is highlighted by Malaysia’s National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2025, which found that 39.1% of Malaysians aged 60 and above are living with diabetes. Meanwhile, NHMS 2023 reported that approximately 15.6% of Malaysian adults, or one in six, are living with diabetes.

These findings reinforce the need for accessible, accurate health information and greater awareness of the everyday choices that contribute to overall wellbeing.

Making Healthier Living Part of Everyday Life

MIRAI Living is envisioned as an evolving platform that brings together health education, technology and practical lifestyle solutions. It aims to make relevant health information easier to understand and apply, while encouraging individuals and communities to take a more proactive approach to their wellbeing.

Through the collaboration, SHARP’s technology capabilities and solutions will complement ALPRO Pharmacy’s healthcare expertise and community reach. The partnership will explore ways to translate health awareness into practical applications across homes, workplaces, schools and community settings. SHARP’s healthy-living technologies and products, including air-care and food-preparation solutions, may serve as examples of how innovation can support healthier environments and everyday routines.

The collaboration also creates opportunities to engage organisations and employers through workplace wellness initiatives. Potential activities may include health-awareness programmes, educational sessions, office pantry solutions and premium corporate gifting, supporting ALPRO’s employee wellness programmes and extending the reach of MIRAI Living beyond individual consumers.

Consumer-facing initiatives may also combine selected SHARP products with ALPRO Pharmacy’s health and wellness offerings, supported by guidance from its healthcare professionals. This approach will help consumers better understand their health and wellness needs and how relevant products and solutions can support their everyday lives.

“At SHARP, our philosophy, ‘In Step With Your Future,’ reflects our commitment to using innovation and technology to create meaningful value for society. We believe that technology can play an important role beyond products by supporting greater awareness, access to information and better everyday experiences. Through MIRAI Living, we are joining forces with ALPRO Pharmacy to bring together SHARP’s technology capabilities and ALPRO’s healthcare expertise. Our shared ambition is to help Malaysians make informed choices and build healthier habits wherever they are — at home, at school, at work or in their communities,” said Mr Ting Yang Chung, Managing Director of Sharp Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

The collaboration draws on the complementary strengths of both organisations: SHARP’s technology capabilities, innovation and experience across consumer and business solutions, alongside ALPRO Pharmacy’s healthcare expertise and the practical insights gained through its engagement with the community.

Together, both organisations aim to make accurate and relevant health information more accessible, connect awareness with practical everyday action, and encourage healthier environments across homes, workplaces, schools and communities.

“Through the daily interactions our pharmacists, nutritionists and dietitians have with the community, we understand the questions and challenges people face in managing their health. We believe that healthier communities begin with awareness, education and access to reliable health information. Through MIRAI Living, we aim to bring this practical understanding and trusted healthcare guidance together with SHARP’s technology capabilities, helping Malaysians turn health awareness into informed everyday action. By making health knowledge more accessible and relevant across homes, workplaces, schools and communities, we hope to encourage healthier choices and contribute to a more informed, health-conscious society,” said Ph Lim En Ni, Chief Pharmacist and Engagement Director of Alpro Pharmacy.

MIRAI Living marks the beginning of a long-term collaboration, with both organisations looking to develop initiatives that promote health awareness, share reliable information and encourage healthier choices across different stages of life and everyday environments.

Planned areas of collaboration may include public education, digital content, community engagement, workplace wellness programmes and the introduction of relevant technology and wellness solutions. Specific activities will be developed progressively by both organisations.

The partnership was formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding signed at ALPRO headquarters on 4 November 2026, marking a shared commitment to developing MIRAI Living as an ongoing initiative.

Guided by SHARP’s philosophy, “In Step With Your Future,” and ALPRO Pharmacy’s promise, “Reassurance That Brings Smiles,” MIRAI Living brings together technology and trusted healthcare guidance to help Malaysians feel safe, confident and supported in making healthier everyday choices. It reflects both organisations’ shared aspiration to build a more informed and health-conscious society.

Sources and References

• National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2025 – Older Persons Health, Institute for Public Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia. https://iku.nih.gov.my/images/nhms-2025/factsheet_eng.pdf
• National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2023 – Fact Sheet, Institute for Public Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia. https://iku.nih.gov.my/images/nhms2023/fact-sheet-nhms-2023.pdf

Note: The NHMS 2025 figure applies specifically to Malaysians aged 60 and above; the NHMS 2023 figure refers to the broader adult population
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About Alpro Group

Founded in 2002, Alpro Group’s ecosystem has grown to include Alpro Pharmacy, Apotek Alpro, Alpro スギ (Sugi) Pharmacy, Alpro Physio, Alpro Clinic, Alpro Baby, Alpro OptiSaver, Alpro Audiology, Alpro Health, and Alpro Foundation. Supported by a team of more than 1,000 healthcare professionals, including doctors, pharmacists, nutritionists, dietitians, physiotherapists, optometrist and many others, Alpro serves over 5 million families in Malaysia and Indonesia through its extensive network of 500 physical outlets.

Alpro Pharmacy is the first and only community pharmacy in the region to offer product liability insurance of MYR 1 million in Malaysia and IDR 3 billion in Indonesia, ensuring the supply of genuine medications and enhancing consumer trust.

With the vision of a healthy and vibrant world, Alpro Group aims to become the No. 1 prescription pharmacy chain in Southeast Asia.

About Sharp Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

Established in 1985, Sharp Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. is the Malaysian sales and marketing arm of SHARP Corporation, a Japanese technology brand with a heritage of innovation dating back to 1912.

Guided by its founding business philosophy of “Sincerity and Creativity” and corporate slogan, “In step with your future.”, SHARP strives to stay half a step ahead of people’s wishes by understanding their evolving needs and anticipating ways to make everyday life better through innovative technologies and thoughtful design.

Spanning Smartlife and SmartWorkPlace, SHARP combines Japanese innovation with local insights to deliver quality products and meaningful solutions that enhance the way Malaysians live and work.