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AnyDesk expands in Asia Pacific

The Germany-based technology company AnyDesk is expanding into Asia Pacific and is pursuing its localization strategy by opening a new regional office in Hong Kong –focusing on serving the huge demand in Asia Pacific for a fast and stable remote desktop software.

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 30 November 2021 – Tech company AnyDesk, one of the world’s leading providers of remote desktop software, is expanding into Hong Kong, China, as their new regional office. To better serve Greater China and Asia Pacific simultaneously, the newly appointed Regional Vice President Alan Wong will be in charge of driving forward AnyDesk’s Asia Pacific business. Alan has over twenty years of experience in heading up regional sales teams and professional services teams for business transformation, Software-as-a-Service and Cloud projects in the Asia-Pacific region.

Regional Vice President, APAC – Alan Wong

 

AnyDesk pursuing a consistent localization strategy

AnyDesk already has a large, organically developed user base in Asia Pacific, with over 170 million devices installed across Asia Pacific. The company is now planning to further expand this strong user base and offer better and closer service to our regional customer. To that end, AnyDesk is currently localizing its services.

Chief Executive Officer & Founder – Philipp Weiser

 

Regional office in Hong Kong

With its brand-new regional office at the International Commerce Center in Kowloon, AnyDesk is positioning itself as the perfect partner for companies looking to launch or expand their business in Asia Pacific. Philipp Weiser, AnyDesk founder and CEO, comments: “For international companies, Hong Kong is one of the most exciting future markets, with significant prospects for growth. We are excited to expand our new Hong Kong Team. With our regional office we are now very well set up locally.”

 

As AnyDesk expands into Asia Pacific with its regional office in Hong Kong, Alan Wong, Regional Vice President, comments: “With huge organic demands from Asia Pacific over the last 18 months, it is only logically for a company with ambitions like AnyDesk to build a young and dynamic team here to serve our local fans. Our growth plans do not stop here, you will see us very soon in Singapore, Tokyo and Melbourne. “

 

You can find further product information here.

About AnyDesk

AnyDesk Software GmbH is one of the leading providers of remote desktop solutions. With its unique Remote Access Software, the company, founded in 2014, creates the ideal basis for collaboration in the modern world of work. The core of AnyDesk is the specially developed Codec DeskRT, which enables almost latency-free collaboration – even in regions with poor internet connections. The software has already been installed on almost 500 million devices in 190 countries worldwide and is used by over 80,000 customers, including world-renowned companies such as Bosch, McDonalds, and Google. This makes the company one of the 50 fastest growing companies in Germany. For further information please visit our Website .

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Prime Minister of Laos Visits Cambodia to Attend 13th ASEM Summit

PM Phankham Viphavanh attends ASEM summit in Cambodia.
PM Phankham Viphavanh attends ASEM summit in Cambodia (Photo: KPL)

Prime Minister of Laos, Dr. Phankham Viphavanh, led a high-level Lao delegation to Cambodia to attend the 13th Asia-Europe Summit (ASEM 13), which was held from 25-26 November 2021.

Malaysia Global Business Forum to Support Creative Economy in Post-COVID-19 Recovery

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 30 November 2021 – Malaysia Global Business Forum (MGBF) has moved to support the creative economy as the overall economy moves into a recovery phase following the COVID19 pandemic. As a step in the direction of normalcy, the MGBF has agreed to host the art exhibition “I Know You’re Somewhere So Far” by one of Malaysia’s leading young artists Mulaika Nordin.

   

The full spectrum of the creative industries, from film to visual arts were heavily impacted over the past two years. Prior to the pandemic the creative industries were estimated to be worth some RM29.4 billion contributing 1.9% to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019 according to a report by the Department of Statistics Malaysia.  

 

The Malaysia Global Business Forum like many businesses has evolved extensively due to the pandemic. Many of our business matching and government engagement programs have shifted to the virtual space. We are pleased to announce that our first step back to in person physical events will take place this December with the hosting of this important art exhibition.  

 

Co-chairman of MGBF, Rizal Kamaruzzaman said, “This is a perfect opportunity to energise the arts while contributing to the economy by empowering a member of the artistic community. It is our hope that the arts scene becomes more vibrant. It is important to develop not just the artists but the stakeholders and policies that empower this sector of the economy.

 

“With considerable growth prospects as the creative industry can seamlessly integrate into the global digital economy, the government in the recent budget recognised the importance of this sector by allocating several hundred million to see the sectors’ rapid recovery. MGBF will play our part in what needs to be a concerted effort to achieve targeted results for creative industry players in the country.”

 

Mulaika rose to prominence in 2019 when at the age of 16 she became the youngest artist to hold a solo exhibition at the National Arts Museum (Balai Seni Visual Negara). Now, her second solo exhibition, “I Know You’re Somewhere So Far”, will feature over 60 works of art. Completed over the last four years, the show explores themes of disconnect and isolation from the lens of an empathic teenage artist as she navigated a constantly changing environment culminating in the period of the global pandemic in 2020 and 2021. 

 

The exhibition will be held at the Ken Gallery at Menara Ken, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail from 9 to 19 December. For more information about attending the exhibition visit www.Mulaika.com.

 

Cloud Comrade achieves AWS Financial Services Competency

Ready to support the Indonesian and Malaysian financial sector as more and more banks and insurance companies are moving into the cloud.

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 30 November 2021 – Cloud Comrade, a leading Singapore-based cloud computing consultancy and managed services provider (MSP) with a growing presence in Malaysia and Indonesia, is pleased to announce that it has achieved the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Financial Services Competency. Cloud Comrade will be one of 20 companies in Asia Pacific, and over 100 globally to achieve the competency status.

 

AWS is enabling scalable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions from startups to global enterprises. To support the seamless integration and deployment of these solutions, AWS established the AWS Competency Program to help customers identify AWS Partners with deep industry experience and expertise.

 

AWS Financial Services Competency Partners provide cloud-based offerings that help accelerate innovation for banks, insurance companies, capital market firms, and payment processors of all sizes. These offerings allow businesses to become more agile, strategic, and customer-focused.

 

Cloud services will become even more accessible for customers in ASEAN as AWS continues to expand its infrastructure. Cloud Comrade, as an AWS Financial Services Competency Partner, is well-equipped to help financial services companies harness the cloud to transform digitally, innovate and deliver better customer outcomes.

 

“We are proud to become an AWS Financial Services Competency Partner, which shows our readiness to cater to the unique needs of Asia’s financial services sector as it undergoes a massive disruption. With our proven track record in the industry, helping a large insurance company in Singapore and a bank in Southeast Asia with their digital transformation and successful migration to the cloud, we are now well-positioned to help these companies leverage the cloud to drive business growth and innovation,” said Andy Waroma, Co-Founder & Co-Managing Director of Cloud Comrade.

 

“Indonesia and Malaysia are very important growth markets for us, with their size and the transformation they are undergoing. The countries are also witnessing a fintech revolution and the financial services sector is expected to be one of the key drivers of the economies. As an AWS Financial Services Competency Partner, we can contribute significantly to these countries’ digital leap by helping businesses leverage the cloud,” Waroma added.

 

Jin Sen, Director, Solutions Architect at STACS, a Singapore-based FinTech firm commented on the achievement saying that “Cloud Comrade’s AWS Financial Services Competency is well earned, their dedication and focus on the customer as well as their professional expertise in the financial sector has enabled us to meet our operational needs. We look forward to working even closer together moving forward.”

 

“We are delighted Cloud Comrade has achieved the AWS Financial Services Competency within the AWS Partner Network program. Financial Services customers have a high bar on Security and Compliance and alignment to industry best practices. The AWS Competency Program is designed to identify, validate, and promote AWS Partners with the demonstrated AWS technical expertise and proven customer success in Financial Services. Cloud Comrade’s work with many valued Financial Services customers across ASEAN, such as STACS, has been vital in supporting the customers’ goals. Congratulations to Cloud Comrade for this achievement and we are looking forward to doing so much more together.” said Peter Murray, Head of Financial Services Industry, ASEAN, at AWS.

About Cloud Comrade

Cloud Comrade (https://cloudcomrade.com) is a Singapore-based cloud computing consultancy company with a regional footprint in Indonesia and Malaysia. The company offers a comprehensive range of services from strategy and design to deployment, migration, and management of customers’ IT infrastructure. Cloud Comrade partners with the best solution providers in the field of cloud computing and is a preferred Amazon Web Services (AWS) consulting partner in ASEAN, as well as a managed service provider for AWS, Google, and Alibaba Cloud. In January 2019, ST Telemedia (sttelemedia.com), an active strategic investor specializing in communications & media, data centers, and infrastructure technology businesses, acquired a majority stake in the company. For more information on Cloud Comrade, visit cloudcomrade.com

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USAID Announces USD 2.4 Million Grant to Strengthen Covid-19 Vaccination Rollout in Laos

USAID supports Covid-19 vaccine rollout


The United States officially announced an additional USD 2.4 million grant to support the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination program in Laos.

Blancco and Dariu Seek Used Business Laptops for Thousands of Vietnamese Schoolchildren in Need

An estimated 4 million students in Vietnam lack devices while schooling at home. A new partnership aims to recapture computers and other devices that would normally be physically destroyed—and safely redeploy them instead.

HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 30 November 2021 –  Blancco Technology Group  (LSE: BLTG) and The Dariu Foundation are urging Vietnamese businesses to save used laptops and desktops from physical destruction and instead, donate them to low-income school children and rural schools that don’t have computers.

“Because of COVID-19, the education of more than 21 million children was disrupted in Vietnam, and of these, an estimated 4 million lack devices,” said The Dariu Foundation Program Manager Lan Anh. “By working with Blancco partners and the private sector, we hope to provide 70 rural schools and 2,000 disadvantaged children with free-of-charge rental of desktops and laptops to access digital literacy education and online education.”

The industry leader in data erasure, Blancco Technology Group provides secure, regulatory-compliant sanitization software that removes all traces of data from PCs, laptops, mobile devices, and more.

It is this level of security that enables even heavily regulated enterprises, such as banks, government organizations, to repurpose their used but functional devices rather than shredding them or sending them to the landfill.

“We understand that businesses need to be very careful in how they handle personal or sensitive information,” said Blancco Vietnamese Regional Manager Quang Cao. “Data security and regulatory concerns are very real. The good news is that by completely sanitizing data from a device, businesses can operate more in line with Vietnam’s Sustainable Development Goals.”

Blancco is providing 30 free data erasure licenses to each business that donates its laptops, tablets, or PCs to The Dariu Foundation as part of this effort. Dariu will collect the equipment, conduct any repairs or upgrades, then deliver devices to schools.

Additional licenses are also available for purchase should a business contribute more than 30 devices. The license donation program will run until 31 December 2021. For more information on how to donate, contact Ms. Lan Anh at lananh@dariu.com .  

About Blancco Technology Group

Reduce Risk. Increase Efficiency. Be Sustainable. Blancco Technology Group (AIM: BLTG) provides organizations with secure, compliant, and automated solutions that accelerate the transition to the circular economy. Each year, tens of millions of Blancco erasures allow top-tier organizations to protect end-of-life data against unauthorized access, safely redeploy data storage assets, and firmly comply with increased data protection and privacy requirements. Read more about us at www.blancco.com.

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About The Dariu Foundation

The Dariu Foundation (TDF) was established in 2002 in Switzerland with its mission to empower low-income children with digital literacy education.

Over the past 18 years, we have advanced the mission objectives by providing access to affordable and readily available microfinance services to hundreds of thousands of rural low-income women, who are considered as unbankable, in Vietnam and Myanmar. Since 2007, we have provided +20,000 scholarships to the disadvantaged and neediest students among the poorest families in the rural areas to prevent them from dropping out of schools at an early age.

Exchange Listing, LLC Assists Advanced Human Imaging to Launch Its American Depositary Receipts on Nasdaq

Human imaging company combines smartphone technology with artificial intelligence to track fitness and predict health risks

FORT LAUDERDALE, US – News Direct – 30 November 2021 – Exchange Listing, LLC announced that its client, Advanced Human Imaging (Advanced Human Imaging or “The Company”), a rapidly growing medical technology company has commenced its listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) with American Depositary Receipts (“ADR’s”).

 

Based in Perth, Australia, American Human Imaging, is a cutting-edge mHealth technology enterprise that uses artificial intelligence to make human scanning possible from a smartphone.

 

The Company’s ADRs commenced trading on NASDAQ on November 19th, 2021 under the ticker symbol, (NASDAQ: AHI). The pricing of the Company’s U.S. initial public offering of 1,000,000 units is at a price to the public of US$10.50 per unit. Each unit issued in the offering consisted of two American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) and one warrant to purchase one ADS. Each ADS offered represents 7 ordinary shares of AHI. The warrants are exercisable immediately, and expires three years from the date of issuance and have an exercise price of US$5.52 per ADS. The ADSs and warrants are immediately separable and were issued separately. Gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses, were approximately US$10.5 million.

 

The Company has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 300,000 ADSs and/or up to an additional 150,000 warrants to purchase up to 150,000 ADSs at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts, and commissions.

“Exchange Listing was instrumental in our  achieving a listing on Nasdaq, the world’s most prestigious platform for emerging growth companies,” said Vlado Bosanac. “Their guidance and knowledge was immensely valuable throughout the early stages of this complex process. This important step for AHI will allow us to increase liquidity and gain exposure for the Company with institutional and retail investors in the United States.”  

 

“Clearly, Advanced Human Imaging has transformed a smartphone into a health risk assessment tool,” said Peter Goldstein, CEO, Exchange Listing. “The Company’s revolutionary technology can be used to assess and capture chronic disease risks or more simply track fitness goals in under one minute. There’s no doubt about the product’s innovation and tremendous U.S. market potential.”  



Exchange Listing provides companies with cost-effective and efficient direct access to one-stop solutions in the strategic planning and implementation of listing and up-listing on senior exchanges such as the Nasdaq or NYSE. Focusing on company-specific structuring to meet listing requirements, Exchange Listing serves as the primary point of contact with the exchange, investment bankers and lawyers throughout the listing process. With extensive experience in investment banking, securities law, corporate governance and business management, Exchange Listing and its strategic partners facilitate clients’ listing and capital markets objectives.

About Exchange Listing

Exchange Listing provides growth companies with direct access to a one-stop solution in the strategic planning and implementation of listing on a senior exchange such as NASDAQ or NYSE in a cost effective and efficient process. We assist clients in going public whether through an initial public offering, listing from another marketplace, merger or direct offering. We serve as the primary point of contact with the exchange, investment bankers, lawyers and other service providers. Our founders, strategic partners and advisors are entrepreneurs with backgrounds in investment banking, securities law, corporate governance and business management and have served as officers and directors of public and private companies. We pride ourselves in taking a hands-on role with our clients throughout the listing process. For more information, please visit: www.exchangelistingllc.com or contact info@exchangelistingllc.com.



About Advanced Human Imaging:

AHI has developed and patented a proprietary dimensioning technology that enables its users to check, track, and assess their dimensions in conjunction with known health risk indicators using only a smartphone both privately and accurately.

Our goal is to assist our partners by empowering their consumers with this capability. This in return gives our partners the ability to assess, assist, and communicate outcomes with their consumers when navigating day to day life. Whether this is a personal journey to better health, understanding the risk associated with their physical condition, tracking the changes they are experiencing through training, dieting, or under medical regimes, or simply wanting to be correctly sized for a garment when shopping online. The AHI technology delivers this seamlessly, privately, and cost-effectively in under one minute.

AHI has developed this capability by leveraging the power of Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and patented algorithms, to process the images and assessments on secure, enterprise-level infrastructure, delivering an end-to-end experience that is unrivalled in the industry. AHI simplifies the collection of measurements and removes the human error present in traditional methods.



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Artnet and the China Association of Auctioneers Publish the Global Chinese Art Auction Market Report 2020

NEW YORK, US – EQS Newswire – 29 November 2021 – Artnet, in collaboration with the China Association of Auctioneers (CAA), released the ninth edition of its global Chinese Art Auction Market Report. The report analyzes the 2020 Chinese art auction market, providing transparency to a historically opaque industry.

In 2020, amid expectations of a major market contraction, global auction sales of Chinese art and antiques decreased by only 0.5% year-over-year, generating $5.7 billion in sales. As the first country to be affected by the global health crisis, mainland China’s rapid and aggressive recovery from the pandemic garnered a total of $4.4 billion in auction sales, an impressive 15% increase from 2019. However, outside of mainland China, the market for Chinese art and antiques shrunk by almost a third.

Additional key findings in the report include:

– Asia and North America experienced declines in sales value of 31% and 44%, respectively. Meanwhile, Europe’s contraction was less severe, decreasing in sales value by 16% year-over-year but expanding in market share of lots sold from 30% in 2019 to 37% in 2020.

– 20th-Century and Contemporary Chinese art continued to show promise, with a strong performance globally. Total sales for the category in mainland China expanded by 31% year-over-year, reaching a 9-year high. Overseas, the average price for the category reached $244k, an impressive 10-year peak.

– The number of lots sold for Fine Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy in mainland China reached an 11-year low in 2020. Overseas, the market for the category halved, as both the volume of lots offered and sold shrunk by 50% year-over-year.

– Payment default remains an ongoing issue in mainland China. As of May 15, 2021, the percentage of total sales value paid for lots sold in 2020 dropped to 47%. For high-priced lots, where partial and delayed payments are common, the percentage of lots sold dropped to 34% in 2020.

About Artnet

With 24/7 worldwide bidding, Artnet Auctions is the leading online-only marketplace for buying and selling fine art. New bidders, buyers, and consignors across categories, geographies, and demographics entrust Artnet Auctions with their needs. More artworks are offered and traded digitally than ever before and Artnet Auctions’ efficiency, digitally native operation, quick turnaround, and continuous sales throughout the year are unmatched in the industry. The auction platform allows for immediate transactions, with a seamless flow between sellers, specialists, and collectors. Complementing the online auctions, Artnet is the leading resource for researching art online. Founded in 1989, Artnet’s suite of industry-leading products has revolutionized the way people discover and collect art today. The Price Database contains more than 14 million auction results from 1,900 auction houses dating back to 1985, providing an unparalleled level of transparency to the art market. The Gallery Network platform connects leading galleries with collectors from around the world, offering the most comprehensive overview of artworks for sale. Artnet News covers the events, trends, and people shaping the global art market with up -to-the-minute analysis and expert commentary.
Artnet AG is listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the segment with the highest transparency standards.

ISIN: DE000A1K0375
LEI: 391200SHGPEDTRIC0X31

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About CAA
Established in 1995, the China Association of Auctioneers (CAA) is the only national association of the auction industry in China. The CAA is involved in regulating and supervising registered auction houses according to the laws outlined in the Auction Law of the People’s Republic of China.