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GBG Recognised as Enterprise Fraud Category Leader in Chartis’ RiskTech Quadrant® 2021

Research and advisory firm, Chartis, classifies GBG as a Category Leader with strong market potential and completeness of offering for enterprise fraud solutions among a broad array of global enterprise fraud solutions providers

 

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 15 April 2021 – GBG (AIM:GBG), the global technology specialist in fraud and compliance management, identity verification and location data intelligence, has been recognised by Chartis as a Category Leader in their latest RiskTech Quadrant® for enterprise fraud solutions, 2021.

The Chartis report, “Financial Crime Risk Management Systems: Enterprise Fraud”, provides a market update and vendor landscape analysis for 2021. It highlights specific factors and attitudes unique to each region in digital and cash transactions that are impacting financial institutions (FIs), and that need to be taken into consideration when making enterprise fraud investments. For instance, e-payments in emerging markets, such as India and China have increased significantly by as much as 700% since 2012, while Malaysia and Indonesia continue to be heavily dependent on cash payments.

Throughout the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven a surge in identity crimes on mobile channels, synthetic identity fraud, and bot attacks, and catapulted financial inclusion initiatives, propelling FIs to extend financial services to ‘unbanked’ populations. As the world’s fastest growing non-cash transaction market, coupled with the growing need to access new-to-bank consumers, Asia Pacific has experienced spikes in criminal and fraudulent behaviour in the last year. This shift in the fraud landscape calls for stronger readiness among FIs in local data intelligence, analytics capabilities and having KYC and authentication integrated as a single customer journey.

With fraud remaining a key challenge for FIs across Asia Pacific, GBG’s solutions were rated as having ‘Advanced Capabilities’ in ‘Advanced/proprietary fraud-detection techniques’ and ‘Case management and workflow’.

As a Category Leader for enterprise fraud, GBG was recognised for combining depth and breadth of functionality, technology and content with the required organisational characteristics to capture significant market share, and for demonstrating a clear strategy for sustainable and profitable growth, matched with best-in-class solutions.

Together with the enterprise fraud category leader recognition, GBG has now been classified by Chartis as a category leader across three of the RiskTech Quadrant® reports for financial crime risk management system:

Dev Dhiman, APAC Managing Director of GBG, commented, “The Chartis report clearly reflects the dichotomy that FIs face today in managing a rise in more complex and varied fraud typologies, higher false positives, and their reduced ability to perform manual investigations with remote working. Financial crimes have their regional specificity and uniqueness, which means that financial service providers across Asia Pacific require enterprise fraud and compliance solutions with the most effective automation, enhanced modelling, and data processing and management capabilities, tailored to their market.”

Sidhartha Dash, Research Director at Chartis Research, said, “GBG’s focus on Asian datasets from a financial crime risk management perspective is relatively unique and is one of the factors driving their strong positioning. GBG has combined a solid and broad technology framework with a focus on emerging Asia, leading to a position in the leadership pack.”

Dhiman continues, “Today, GBG is serving established banks and fintechs in APAC, including nine out of ten top tier banks in Malaysia, such as AmBank, four out of the seven BUKU 4 banks in Indonesia, global banks such as Citibank and HSBC, regional banks such as DBS, and new Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) operators such as the hummgroup in Australia. We are proud to be recognised as a Category Leader in enterprise fraud management by Chartis, which attests to the innovation, performance and fit of our solutions to a highly complex and diverse market in APAC.”

For more information about GBG’s enterprise financial crime solutions, click here. To review GBG recent awards and achievements, click here.

About GBG:

GBG offers a range of solutions that help organisations quickly validate and verify the identity and location of their customers.

Our market-leading technology, data and expertise help our customers improve digital access, deliver a seamless experience and establish trust so that they can transact quickly, safely and securely with their customers online.

Headquartered in the UK and with over 1,000 team members across 16 countries, we work with 20,000 customers in over 70 countries. Some of the world’s best-known businesses rely on GBG to provide digital services and keep the economy moving, from US e-commerce giants to Asia’s biggest banks and European household brands.

To find out more about how we help our clients establish trust with their customers, visit www.gbgplc.com/apac, follow us on Twitter @gbgplc or LinkedIn.

Teledyne e2v Enables Cutting-Edge Many-Core Processors to Meet Defense & Aerospace Challenges

GRENOBLE, FRANCE – Media OutReach – 15 April 2021 – To satisfy demands from customers in the military, avionics and space sectors, Teledyne e2v is now in a unique position to supply fully-qualified QorIQ® T4240 processors with tin-lead (SnPb) finishing.

The multi-core T4240 units are able to address extremely compute-intensive application scenarios. Comprising up to 12 dual-threaded PowerArchitecture® cores (24 virtual cores) and attaining frequencies of 1.8GHz, these devices deliver elevated levels of performance while taking up only minimal board space. They feature an extensive range of I/O options – including 10Gbit Ethernet, 1Gbit Ethernet, PCIe, USB, SATA, RapidIO, etc. Thanks to the data path acceleration logic embedded into each T4240, packet classification and processing efficiencies can be boosted significantly. Operational temperatures spanning from -55°C to 125°C are supported.

In addition to the characterisation, screening and qualification of these devices for high-reliability environments (to check they have the necessary robustness, longevity and performance attributes), Teledyne e2v is also supplying the T4240 with a Sn-Pb ball option. This will prove a major advantage in application areas that are not subject to RoHS regulations (such as military systems). Thanks to a testing environment that is identical to original manufacturer NXP, with the same test equipment, test quality and coverage, the integrity of these reliability-augmented processors is fully assured in both Sn-Pb and lead-free options.

Power consumption is another key aspect that needs to be dealt with, in particular for compute-intensive and resource-constrained applications. Here Teledyne e2v engineers will enter into in-depth consultation with the customer concerning their specific application. From this, the power budget requirements (in relation to both static and dynamic power) can be fully understood.

As Thomas Guillemain, Marketing & Business Development Manager at Teledyne e2v Semiconductors, explains, “Teledyne e2v is in a unique position to provide the T4240 to military customers in both Sn-Pb and lead-free options. Qualifying this component after Sn-Pb reballing has proved a major challenge, due to the huge size of the package and the number of balls involved. Our comprehensive qualification steps and inspection procedures have shown that going beyond a standard deballing/reballing process is required to maintain full integrity. Thanks to the measures that we have implemented specifically for this component, it is now qualified and available with the highest level of quality and reliability. This differentiates us from competing operations, as we can offer a far superior end product.”

About Teledyne e2v Semiconductors:

Teledyne e2v offers high-performance, ultra-reliable semiconductor solutions addressing critical functions across the entire signal chain – covering data converters, interface ICs, microprocessors, analog switches, voltage references, digitizers, logic, memory and RF devices. Serving the avionics, industrial, medical, military, scientific and space sectors, the company is recognized as a world leader in the re-engineering and up-screening commercial technologies to deal with the most demanding of application scenarios.

Many of Teledyne e2v’s products are developed through strategic partnerships with leading semiconductor vendors – such as NXP, Everspin and Micron. By working closely with its global client base, the company is able to provide an expansive array of innovative solutions. These span all the way from standard and semi-custom through to fully customized options.

Website: https://semiconductors.teledyneimaging.com/en/home/

SingPost Selects Qualtrics to Understand and Respond to Rapidly Changing Customer Behaviours

Singapore’s national postal service improves listening capabilities to drive rapid and targeted improvements

 

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 15 April 2021 – Qualtrics (Nasdaq: XM), the world’s No. 1 Experience Management (XM) Platform and creator of the XM category, today announced that Singapore Post Limited (SingPost), Singapore’s national postal service provider and pioneer of international eCommerce logistics, has chosen Qualtrics CustomerXM™ to identify and implement the actions the organisation can take to improve customer experience in a post-COVID-19 world.

Two of the top consumer behaviours expected to continue after the pandemic are changing customer needs and an increasing demand for online shopping.[1] Having experienced a 40 per cent year-on-year surge in e-commerce deliveries in 2020, SingPost will use Qualtrics to capture insights helping the business create the fast, resilient, and reliable delivery systems customers are increasingly demanding in Singapore and across the globe.

SingPost will collect feedback across the entire customer journey – including online, in-branch, and at delivery – to continually understand how behaviours and preferences are evolving in real-time. The insights will enable SingPost to rapidly redesign and improve its customer experience for current needs and expectations.

Working with Qualtrics Partner Network member Kantar, SingPost will use the Qualtrics solution to create a scalable listening platform. The deep analytic capabilities offered by Qualtrics will enable SingPost to understand qualitative and quantitative feedback in real-time, and segment data by different customer types and channels to drive rapid and targeted improvements.

“After 12 months of unprecedented disruption and change, in Singapore and across the globe we are seeing a new type of customer appear with different behaviours, preferences, and attitudes. This change is happening at a time when businesses and governments succeed or fail based on the experiences they provide, meaning the ability to rapidly listen, understand, and act on customer feedback is key. The capabilities and support provided by Qualtrics will help SingPost build and cultivate the experience-centric business needed to succeed in fast-moving markets,” said Mao Gen Foo, Head of Southeast Asia, Qualtrics.

For more information about Qualtrics visit qualtrics.com/au.


[1] https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/how-covid-19-has-pushed-companies-over-the-technology-tipping-point-and-transformed-business-forever?action=download

About Qualtrics

Qualtrics, the world’s No. 1 Experience Management (XM) platform and creator of the XM category, is changing the way organizations manage and improve the four core experiences of business—customer, employee, product, and brand. Over 13,500 organizations around the world are using Qualtrics to listen, understand, and take action on experience data (X-data™)—the beliefs, emotions, and intentions that tell you why things are happening, and what to do about it. The Qualtrics XM Platform™ is a system of action that helps businesses attract customers who stay longer and buy more, engage employees who build a positive culture, develop breakthrough products people love, and build a brand people are passionate about. To learn more, please visit qualtrics.com

MoU Signed Between The Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School and Shenzhen Luohu District People’s Government

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 15 April 2021 – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School and Shenzhen Luohu District People’s Government, on 14 April 2021, for the establishment of CUHK Business School’s satellite campus at Luohu, Shenzhen. Prof. Lin Zhou, Dean of CUHK Business School and Mr. Zhiyong Liu, Deputy Secretary of District Commission and District Mayor of Shenzhen Luohu District People’s Government, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organisations.

CUHK Business School and Shenzhen Luohu District People’s Government signed a MoU for the establishment of the School’s satellite campus at Luohu, Shenzhen.

Prof. Alan Chan, Provost of CUHK (Left) and Prof. Lin Zhou, Dean of CUHK Business School

In recent years, many Hong Kong universities have set up satellite campuses in the Pearl River Delta – including Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Zhuhai and other areas – to provide high quality tertiary education in mainland China. CUHK is a pioneer in establishing a satellite campuse in mainland China with the founding of CUHK-Shenzhen at Longgang, Shenzhen in 2014. CUHK-Shenzhen has admitted students with the highest scores in the Guangdong province for five consecutive years. The establishment of CUHK Business School’s Shenzhen campus is an important next step in the development of higher education in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Prof. Lin Zhou elaborated: “Currently, the satellite campuses of Hong Kong universities in the Pearl River Delta operate independently with their own faculty members and students, and teaching and research activities are undertaken with no synergy with their main campus. As it takes only about half an hour to travel by train between the two campuses at Shatin and Luohu, CUHK Business School at Luohu will thus adopt a new approach in operations. The School can arrange classes in either Shatin or Luohu for faculty members and students from Hong Kong, mainland China and overseas based on the course structure. Teaching and research can also be carried out in parallel at the two campuses. Under this new operating model, our students will get a thorough understanding of different industries in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and they can further their careers in these two cities after graduation. By immersing themselves in the business environment of Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and leveraging the resources from both governments and enterprises for research, our faculty members will become experts of both cities. These activities will also foster the integration of economic and business development of Hong Kong and Shenzhen.”

By signing the MoU, the Shenzhen Luohu District People’s Government will support the establishment of CUHK Business School’s satellite campus at Shenzhen. The new facility not only allows the School to arrange teaching and learning activities for its existing programmes, but also enables the School to meet market demand by launching new programmes and training courses for senior executives. In the future, an internship base and incubation centre will also be set up to provide support to our undergraduate and postgraduate students for career planning and development in Shenzhen and the Greater Bay Area. The Shenzhen campus can serve as a platform through which our faculty members can participate in research projects commissioned by the mainland Chinese government. With the Shenzhen Luohu District People’s Government’s help, the School can reach out to businesses in Luohu and the Greater Bay Area to strengthen our collaboration with a wide range of corporations.

In his speech, Prof. Alan Chan, Provost of CUHK, noted: “Our thanks go out to Shenzhen Luohu District People’s Government, for their recognition and support to CUHK. We look forward to working together in nurturing business leaders with a global mindset who can help reinforce the socio-economic development of Hong Kong and Shenzhen.”

Mr. Yude Luo, Secretary of District Commission of the Shenzhen Luohu District People’s Government, echoed: “I hope the two parties will, in accordance with the principle of ‘resource sharing, complementary advantages, and win-win cooperation’, give full play to their respective strengths in fostering the collaboration between Shenzhen and Hong Kong in areas such as higher education. We will work hand in hand to build a centre with global influence for nurturing innovation talents in the financial sector, as well as platforms for international research and advanced academic exchange, cultivating the Greater Bay Area’s talent development and intellectual support.”

The ceremony was witnessed by senior management/senior officials from both sides, including Prof. Tai-fai Fok, Pro-Vice-Chancellor; Prof. Suk-ying Wong, Associate Vice-President; Ms. Wing Wong, Director of Office of Academic Links (China) at CUHK; Prof. Waiman Cheung, Associate Dean (Graduate Studies); Prof. Michael Zhang, Associate Dean (Innovation and Impact); Prof. Seen-Meng Chew, Associate Dean (External Engagement); and Prof. Ming Liu, Director of the CUHK-Tsinghua MBA in Finance Programme at CUHK Business School; Mr. Defan Fan, Standing Committee Member of the District Commission and Executive Deputy District Mayor; Mr. Qiang Song, Deputy District Mayor; Mr. Xiaojian Zhou, Director of Development and Reform Bureau; and Mr. Gang Yin, Director of Education Bureau from the Shenzhen Luohu District People’s Government.

Please visit https://bit.ly/3mCOw5m to read the press release on the CUHK Business School website.

About CUHK Business School

CUHK Business School comprises two schools – Accountancy and Hotel and Tourism Management – and four departments – Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, Finance, Management and Marketing. Established in Hong Kong in 1963, it is the first business school to offer BBA, MBA and Executive MBA programmes in the region. Today, CUHK Business School offers 10 undergraduate programmes and 18 graduate programmes including MBA, EMBA, Master, MSc, MPhil and Ph.D. The School currently has more than 4,800 undergraduate and postgraduate students from 20+ countries/regions.

In the Financial Times Executive MBA ranking 2020, CUHK EMBA is ranked 15th in the world. In FT‘s 2021 Global MBA Ranking, CUHK MBA is ranked 48th. CUHK Business School has the largest number of business alumni (40,000+) among universities/business schools in Hong Kong – many of whom are key business leaders.

More information is available at http://www.bschool.cuhk.edu.hk or by connecting with CUHK Business School on:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/cuhkbschool

Instagram: www.instagram.com/cuhkbusinessschool

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/school/cuhkbusinessschool

WeChat: CUHKBusinessSchool

Jasa Sarjana equips newly launched Automated Rapid Transit system with Rivex Rikeguard antimicrobial film

Jasa Sarjana Sdn Bhd installs revolutionary antimicrobial technology to protect passengers of new urban transport system in Iskandar Malaysia

 

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 15 April 2021 – Jasa Sarjana Sdn Bhd (“Jasa Sarjana”), the Malaysian official sole distributor of Japanese premium car window film brand, ICE-μ, played a part in the recent launch of Malaysia’s first ever Automated Rapid Transit (“ART”) system by equipping it with Rivex Rikeguard, Jasa Sarjana’s premium antimicrobial film.

Jasa Sarjana conducted an installation of Rivex Rikeguard antimicrobial film on the Iskandar Malaysia Bus Rapid Transit (“IMBRT”) test carriage that was officially launched on 8 April 2021. With this installation, Jasa Sarjana helps the ART system to keep its users safe by covering all high-traffic touch points such as handholds, door handles and railings with Rivex Rikeguard.

Due to the fact that viruses can survive on steel and glass surfaces for up to 5 days, public surfaces and touchpoints are a health concern, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. To help improve the safety of public surfaces, curb the spread of COVID-19, and protect the health of the public, Jasa Sarjana distributes Rivex Rikeguard, a revolutionary antimicrobial film made in Japan by their strategic partner Riken Technos Corporation.

Rivex Rikeguard is a unique protective film that is long-lasting and neutralises bacteria and viruses upon contact, ensuring that surfaces are safe to touch. By installing it on the ART system, Jasa Sarjana has equipped the new transportation system with premium health protection that is easily installed and exceptionally durable.

Rivex Rikeguard can be easily applied on any smooth, rigid surface and offers 24/7 protection which lasts for up to 10 years (subject to usage conditions) and remains reliable the whole time, unlike conventional cleaning measures such as sprays and wipes. With its unique design, 99.99% of various viruses and bacteria (including coronaviruses) are neutralised on contact, thanks to charged metal particles which generate active oxygen. This ensures that surfaces where Rivex Rikeguard is installed are safe to touch anytime and remain safe for a long period.

This film, which was originally developed and manufactured by Riken Technos, Japan’s number-one film manufacturer with over 60 years of experience as an industry leader in plastics and films, is widely used in Japan on major railways, ATMs, points of sale and vending machines. Its antimicrobial properties have also been rigorously lab-tested with the antimicrobial efficacy certified by ISO, SIAA Japan and SIRIM, surpassing the highest international standards while also complying with local requirements.

This installation was made possible by the partnership between Jasa Sarjana and Mobilus Sdn Bhd (“Mobilus”), Ireka Corporation Berhad’s Urban Transportation business. Mr David Lee, CEO of Jasa Sarjana Sdn Bhd, expressed his pride in participating in the ART system’s launch and his confidence that Rivex Rikeguard would help raise consumer confidence and protect the health of its passengers. Furthermore, the installation of Rivex Rikeguard plays a part in the Government’s public health efforts to protect the public and keep the number of infections under control at a time when the health of high-traffic locations is a safety issue.

Mr Chan Chee Kian, CEO of Mobilus, also agreed that keeping public surfaces clean and sanitary has become more important than ever, and voiced his confidence that the installation of the Rivex Rikeguard film will help to keep passengers safe while convincing them that the ART system and its surfaces are all protected from bacteria and viruses.

About Jasa Sarjana Sdn Bhd

Jasa Sarjana was established in 2013 and has since been the sole distributor of ICE-μ window film products in Malaysia and the region. Jasa Sarjana has 32 dealers spread across all states in Malaysia that sell and install ICE-μ window films for its customers. Apart from serving the Malaysian automotive market, Jasa Sarjana also caters window films for architects, building developers and upmarket homeowners under the ICE-μ brand of film products. For more information, visit www.ice-u.com.my

About Mobilus Sdn Bhd

On 23 July 2019, Ireka Corporation Berhad and CRRC Urban Traffic Co. Ltd. (a member of the China based CRRC Group) established a 51:49 joint venture company known as Mobilus Sdn Bhd. CRRC Group is the world’s largest manufacturer of rolling stock and rail-related products and systems.

Mobilus will focus on the provision of urban traffic solutions, supply of electric transportation vehicles and implementation of urban transportation systems. A key focus will be on green energy and smart transportation solutions, in particular implementing an Automated Rapid Transit (ART) system for cities (a first in Malaysia and South East Asia).

About Riken Technos Corporation, Japan

Riken Technos Corporation is a Japan-based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of compounds, films, food packaging materials and synthetic resin processing business. The Company operates through three business segments. The Compound segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of pellet-like mixed synthetic resin as an intermediate material for plastic moulded products. The Film segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of raw materials of synthetic resins films and products with designs and functions. The Food Wrapping Film segment is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of synthetic resin films for food packaging. For more information, visit www.rikentechnos.co.jp/e/company/

Twitter brings #FanTweets to K-pop starting with BLACKPINK’s ROSÉ

Exclusive Twitter content brings fans closer to their favorite artists through the fans’ own Tweets

 

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – Media OutReach – 15 April 2020 – Twitter is bringing its popular #FanTweets videos to K-pop for the first time, starting with #FanTweets from BLACKPINK’s ROSÉ. ROSÉ’s #FanTweets videos, released via @BLACKPINK today, on April 15 KST, feature the superstar artist replying to fans’ Tweets about her new album, stage performances, life, and her dog ‘HANK’.

Tweet Link :

1) Stage: https://twitter.com/BLACKPINK/status/1382499324920168452

2) Life: https://twitter.com/BLACKPINK/status/1382499482890215431

3) Hank: https://twitter.com/BLACKPINK/status/1382499657385873411

4) Single Album: https://twitter.com/BLACKPINK/status/1382499836663005186

#FanTweets are a custom type of exclusive content on Twitter, where celebrities record their responses to real Tweets from fans. #FanTweets help to bring fans closer to their favorite artists and give them a chance to hear straight from the artists themselves. Also, witty, vibrant, and authentic tweets from fans will provide a different fun experience unique to #FanTweets.

YeonJeong Kim, Head of Global K-pop Partnerships at Twitter, said, “#FanTweets offer another way for fans to hear directly from their favorite K-pop artists. With #FanTweets, BLACKPINK’s ROSÉ shared new sides to her, as well as more stories for her fans to cherish. Twitter will offer more fan-driven exclusive content to enable fans to connect with their favorite artists and to drive conversations about #KpopTwitter and various K-content.”

ROSÉ’s debut single album, R, was released on 12 March 2021, along with the lead single, ‘On the Ground’, which entered the Billboard Hot 100. ‘On the Ground’ also debuted and peaked at No.1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart.

Follow ROSÉ and BLACKPINK (@BLACKPINK) right now to get real-time updates about ROSÉ and more.

About Twitter, Inc.

Twitter is what’s happening and what people are talking about right now. To learn more, visit about.twitter.com and follow @Twitter and @TwitterKorea. Let’s talk.

New Advancements to Aruba ESP Deliver Edge-to-Cloud Security to Enterprises

Applying a Zero Trust and SASE Approach, Enterprises Accelerate WAN and Security Transformation, Advance Cloud and IoT Adoption and Fast-track Digital Transformation

 

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 14 April 2021 – Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today announced an expansive set of cross-portfolio edge-to-cloud security integrations for Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform). The new advancements include the integration of the ClearPass Policy Manager secure network access control platform with the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform, formerly Silver Peak, the integration of Aruba Threat Defense with the EdgeConnect platform, and the expansion of the Aruba ESP multivendor security partner ecosystem, providing enterprise customers with the freedom to deploy best-of-breed, cloud-delivered secure access service edge (SASE) security components of their choice. Today’s Aruba ESP advancements will enable enterprises to fast-track their digital transformation journey from edge-to-cloud.

As organizations contend with challenges resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a new “work from anywhere” normal, the adoption of cloud-hosted services will continue to accelerate. This shift is intensifying the urgency to transform conventional data center and MPLS-centric and VPN-based networks to a cloud-native SASE architecture that features more dynamic provisioning of secure network services while protecting data from end-to-end.

In parallel, digital transformation is causing a significant increase of IoT devices connecting to the network, presenting new challenges that are not addressed with cloud-delivered security alone. Since IoT devices are agentless, IT departments cannot install security clients or redirect device traffic to cloud security services; therefore, Zero Trust security must be applied at the WAN edge.

To realize the full potential of the cloud and digital transformation, organizations require a new WAN edge that combines on premises and cloud-delivered security, delivering on the promise of SASE to protect users connecting to SaaS and public cloud platforms, and to safeguard IoT devices that require Zero Trust identity-based security. Through the new Aruba ESP integrations being announced today, enterprise customers now have the ability to apply granular-level, identity-based security policy from edge-to-cloud to safely connect and protect both users and devices.

A recent report from communications research firm 650 Group highlights the growing emphasis on SASE while explaining the need for enterprises to re-examine their security approach in light of the current technology evolution. Chris DePuy, founding technology analyst at 650 Group states, “As enterprises shift toward Zero Trust and SASE architectures, they are increasingly evaluating and deploying multi-vendor cloud-delivered security services, and it’s not necessary for all the SASE components to come from a single vendor. Aruba’s approach strikes a balance between delivering on-premises security functionality at the WAN edge and providing customers with the freedom of choice to integrate leading cloud-delivered security services from partners like Zscaler, Netskope, and Check Point. This multi-vendor partnering strategy provides enterprises with the flexibility to continue working with existing vendors or shift toward ‘best-of-breed’ systems.”

ClearPass Policy Manager Integration with Aruba EdgeConnect

The integration of ClearPass Policy Manager with the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform augments application intelligence by adding identity knowledge of users, IoT devices, roles, and security posture to form the basis of a SASE WAN edge. Combining role and security posture intelligence with advanced dynamic segmentation capabilities eliminates the complexity associated with implementing hundreds of VLANs for each class of user and device, dramatically simplifying network administration and management. Integrating ClearPass Policy Manager with EdgeConnect provides a consistent and automated definition of roles that can be enforced network-wide from the user’s device, through the LAN, and across the WAN.

Aruba Threat Defense Integration with Aruba EdgeConnect

The integration of Aruba Threat Defense with the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform extends advanced intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS) capabilities to EdgeConnect physical and virtual appliances. This allows the EdgeConnect platform to leverage the Aruba threat infrastructure, sharing critical threat information between Aruba Central and EdgeConnect to deliver full visibility across the network. These advanced unified threat management (UTM) capabilities enable enterprises to deliver east-west lateral security as well as secure local internet breakout from branch locations and can be deployed centrally on premises or in the cloud. By leveraging a common threat infrastructure and threat feeds across Aruba ESP, network and security managers can centrally apply and enforce threat management policies enterprise-wide.

Freedom of Choice through a Multivendor Partner Ecosystem

As enterprises shift toward a Zero Trust and SASE architecture, they are increasingly evaluating and deploying multivendor cloud-delivered security services. A new Ponemon Institute security best practices survey affirms this, revealing that over 70 percent of respondents would opt for a best-of-breed, cloud-delivered security solution over an all-in-one approach,[1] in order to architect a comprehensive Zero Trust and SASE infrastructure.

With a new Service Orchestration provisioning workflow, the Aruba Orchestrator management console, formerly Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator, now includes pre-configured default information regarding the cloud security partner’s proximity-based cloud security services. Network administrators can quickly and easily associate Aruba branch locations with the partner’s points of presence (POPs) and cloud-data centers. Leading security vendors such as Check Point, Forcepoint, McAfee, Netskope, Palo Alto Networks, Symantec and Zscaler are currently a part of Aruba’s extensive technology alliance partner ecosystem.

“The integration of ClearPass Policy Manager and Aruba Threat Defense with the EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform allows us to deliver a consistent identity-based policy framework across the Aruba secure edge portfolio,” said David Hughes, founder of Silver Peak and senior vice president of the WAN business at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. “This powerful combination will enable customers to move at their own pace, from legacy data center-centric network architectures, with perimeter-based security, to a cloud-centric WAN with security based on the principles of Zero Trust and SASE. Enterprise customers can deploy our on-premises EdgeConnect WAN edge platform to enforce policy from the edge, and easily integrate with leading cloud-delivered security services from the vendor of their choice, all centrally controlled within Aruba Orchestrator.”

Comprehensive Secure WAN Edge Portfolio Spans Hybrid Work Locations

The Aruba ESP platform offers customers the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of secure wired, wireless and WAN edge solutions that enable customers to adapt to today’s new normal and tomorrow’s unknowns. The WAN Edge portfolio includes:

  • Virtual Intranet Access Client (VIA) – maximum mobility for work-from-anywhere users whether connecting to private or public networks
  • Remote Access Points (RAPs) – minimal footprint for mobile, remote and temporary workspaces, delivering secure connectivity to the corporate enterprise network
  • SD-Branch – maximum integration and simple unified management across WLAN, LAN and SD-WAN with Zero Trust security
  • EdgeConnect – optimal QoE (Quality of Experience) from edge-to-cloud with an advanced SD-WAN edge platform and unified SASE components

For more details on these new integrations and what they mean for enterprises, tune into Atmosphere ’21 – Journey to the Edge, April 14-15. Register here to attend.

Additional resources:

[1] Ponemon Institute, The State of SD-WAN, SASE and Zero Trust Security Architectures, April 2021

About Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is the global leader in secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud networking solutions that use AI to automate the network, while harnessing data to drive powerful business outcomes. With Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform) and as-a-service options, Aruba takes a cloud-native approach to helping customers meet their connectivity, security, and financial requirements across campus, branch, data center, and remote worker environments, covering all aspects of wired, wireless LAN, and wide area networking (WAN).

To learn more, visit Aruba at www.arubanetworks.com. For real-time news updates, follow Aruba on Twitter and Facebook, and for the latest technical discussions on mobility and Aruba products, visit the Airheads Community at community.arubanetworks.com.

AVITA LIBER V notebook wins coveted Red Dot 2021 design award, recognizing the tech-fashion brand’s aim of achieving functional beauty, expression and individualism

LIBER V NEW Collection with fresh color variations and upgrades will be unveiled during this Spring/Summer

 

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 14 April 2021 – Consumer Tech-Fashion brand AVITA is delighted to announce its revolutionary notebook series, LIBER V, has been awarded a highly-coveted international design award – the distinctive “Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021” which stands for superior design quality. The achievement serves as strong validation for AVITA’s mission of creating a highly personal experience for the new generation of fashion-conscious tech users. The brand is committed to staying true to its core technology development philosophy: Liberty, Diversity and Individualism, and for providing an overall exceptional user experience.

CEO & Co-founder of NEXSTGO Company Ltd., Mr. Alex Chung, said, “I wish to offer my heartfelt thanks to Red Dot for recognizing AVITA with this year’s Product Design award. We strive to honor the principle, Do what the giants can’t, and have done our upmost to forge a path all to ourself. We have developed our brand in recent years by smartly stepping outside the norm to connect with style-conscious consumers, for whom image and innovation are vastly important. We design products under the AVITA brand which celebrate people’s right to fundamental expression and bring those to a captive global audience. In four short years, we’ve expanded to offer leading lifestyle-oriented technology products to 22 countries, and we will continue to support the lifestyle needs and desires of our young customer base with further innovations.”

Red Dot selected AVITA LIBER V based on its high levels of product design quality, degree of innovation and an overall outstanding design echoing architectural geometry, as well as a wide choice of carefully-crafted color and graphics options. The judges praised the product’s cutting-edge camera, portability, screen proportions and Limitless Evolution design ethic created by AVITA as part of its brand development program.

Speaking of the evolutionary design, LIBER V was inspired by the creativity of Ricardo Bofill, the ingenious architect known for his “Visions of Architecture”. Referencing his acclaimed work, the avant-garde fortress La Muralla Roja in Spain, LIBER V draws the webcam out of the screen with neat geometric lines, perfectly interpreting the cubic philosophy of postmodernism. The LIBER V series achieves a 78.2% screen-to-body ratio by compacting a 14-inch screen inside the 13.3-inch body; its 3.7mm boundless ultra-narrow bezel is at least 10% slimmer than other products on the market. Each of these elements melds in the careful crafting of one of the most visually arresting and mechanically ‘executed to perfection’ devices to be released in recent years. Now that exceptional level of craft has been recognized with the bestowing of the desirable international design award for the distinction “Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021”.

AVITA as a brand escalates fashion-minded spirit to the next level, ensuring all of its designs offer first-class comfort and convenience with the best in functionality. AVITA’s Tech-fashion promise echoes its central values; chic international designs which fit the lifestyles of users, imaginative use of integrated technology and future-forward, slick and easy-to-use products built on a foundation of pushing product design in a direction that is not afraid of taking risks. This is how the brand has been able to discernably fit into the lives of its customers, and why it has attracted so much attention among international fashionistas and style-conscious business users who prize technological innovation.

AVITA’s spirit of innovation in Tech-Fashion – NEW Collection with 30+ color variations and upgrades for this Spring/Summer.

As debuted at CES 2021, NEXSTGO’s “The Next Visionary” product release philosophy is designed to harmonize new ways of succeeding into the lives of people, as they evolve their work, leisure and content production around the changing demands of tomorrow.

We celebrate this under the hashtag #IAMAVITA. For 2021/22, AVITA is implementing a new ‘brand manifesto’ based on the concept of LIKE ME. LIKE AVITA – a reflection of the passion V-series has inspired in people who love it, carry it, wear it and rely on it every day.

Appealing to a multitude of user style personalities, LIBER V is set to wear over 30 personable, dramatic colorways with the introduction of the NEW Collection this spring/summer season. LIBER V is elegantly engineered with a slim and compact body, an ideal way to exhibit the market’s most cutting-edge range of color options. And now with the advent of upgraded processors, LIBER V expands its performance capability to support true work & play on the go. AVITA will launch further inspirational products to augment the LIBER V – NEW Collection shortly.

AVITA’s evolving brand story has seen it transform from being the US-based consumer arm of NEXSTGO into today’s company known for its vibrant, youth-centric contemporary tech-fashion; that is, technology products that are in line with the style, ideologies and preferences of a new generation. Mr. Alex Chung concludes, “Building upon the success of the launch of LIBER V, we have no intention of resting on our laurels; we will keep pushing the limits of what is possible in a fashion laptop, and our brand is dedicated to the pursuit of continuous improvement. The LIBER V NEW Collection, with more color options and range upgrades, will serve to fulfill a massive variety of consumer needs.”

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