Independent research firm gives company highest possible score in threat prevention criterion

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 May 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today announced that it was named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security Software As A Service, Q2 2021, which evaluated 12 of the top providers in the space, for its endpoint security offering, Apex One.

To read a full copy of the report, The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security Software as a Service, Q2 2021, please click here: https://resources.trendmicro.com/AMEA-Forrester-Endpoint-Leadership-Report.html

The Forrester report gave an evaluation of Trend Micro’s Apex One, which it described as offering “…comprehensive endpoint threat prevention, threat detection, secure configuration, attack response, and data security capabilities within a wider portfolio of security products and services.”

Endpoint security is an increasingly important part of organizations’ multi-layered threat defense posture, requiring exceptional visibility and cross-generational threat detection capabilities to mitigate the risk posed by sophisticated threat actors.

“Over the past year, SaaS endpoint security and XDR have played a crucial role in keeping organizations and their distributed workforces secure as threat actors probe for new gaps in protection,” said Wendy Moore, vice president of product marketing for Trend Micro. “We believe being named a Leader by a respected independent authority speaks volumes about our product, vision and ability to deliver value for customers in a highly competitive market.”

“Buyers enjoy complete feature parity between the company’s on-premises and managed versions of Apex Central, allowing for easy transitions during the ‘hybrid’ phase.” “[Trend Micro’s] extended detection capabilities are robust and accessible from Trend Micro Vision One…” The report states that Trend Micro Vision One provides “…a separate console designed to consume telemetry and environment data from Trend Micro and third parties spanning network, cloud workload, email, and endpoint sources.”

“Forrester expects Trend Micro will continue to serve large organizations well, especially those with comprehensive endpoint security requirements,” the report’s profile of Trend Micro concluded.

Overall, Trend Micro received the maximum score possible (5.0) in the Threat Prevention criterion and in a total of 14 criteria of evaluation including: Malicious Behavior Protection, Extended Detection Breadth, Mobile Security, Data Security, Product Roadmap, and Enterprise Penetration.

Trend Micro Vision One, a foundational part of the company’s cybersecurity platform, delivers visibility and cross detection and response (XDR). It uses telemetry from endpoints in addition to email, servers, cloud workloads and networks to correlate detections and built-in threat intelligence.

The SaaS model offers a more agile, low maintenance delivery model increasingly favored by organizations and their remote workforces. The Trend Micro Vision One provides organizations with the increased visibility they need across all security layers to enable faster detection and response.

About Trend Micro

Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend Micro’s cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, the platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defense techniques optimized for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response. With 7,000 employees across 65 countries, Trend Micro enables organizations to simplify and secure their connected world. www.trendmicro.com.hk

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About Achiko AG

Achiko creates and develops new innovations in healthcare technology through its biotechnology division, AptameX, and its sister digital mobile health technology division, Teman Sehat. The Company has created a unique telehealth capability that provides user-friendly diagnostic testing integrated with a digital passport solution for the management of Covid-19.

AptameX comprises of DNA aptamer-based technology that is cost-effective, chemically synthesised and widely applicable to the evolving diagnostic field of healthcare. Together with the digital mobile health app Teman Sehat, Achiko is developing potential technologies that seek to deliver rapid, affordable diagnostic testing for a range of pathogenic diseases and therapeutic indications. The AptameX technology is licensed from Regenacellx.sl and Achiko has exclusive commercialisation rights.

Headquartered in Zurich, Achiko has offices in Hong Kong, Jakarta, Seoul and Singapore.

Further information can be found at www.achiko.com.

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Good Designs Never Age

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 May 2021 – The term “Hau Sang” (young) in Cantonese is commonly used to address young people with another meaning of “rebirth”. With good designs, we can always stay youthful even after we have entered the second half of our life. From the interplay of these concepts, Design Spectrum, which is launched by Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) and sponsored by Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, presents a design exhibition themed “Brand New Youth” at 7 Mallory Street from 13 May to 18 July.

The exhibition consists of five zones, providing innovative, innocent and interactive platforms to let visitors pay tribute to their future selves through experiencing the lives of the elderly: visitors can empathise with their daily challenges through specially designed tools and appreciate the many excellent designs made for them. The exhibition also features stories behind the craftsmanship of classics and a commissioned work “Beat of table & stool”, as well as docent tour services by retired elderly and kid duos, themed workshops and a sharing session to promote inter-generational harmony, wisdom and energy that can be regained through “Brand New Youth”.

“Brand New Youth” Exhibition: A design testing ground for cross-generational integration

The “Brand New Youth” Exhibition is curated by OHMYKIDS and co-curated by Littleurbanmountain Design. Its narrative is presented in a progressive approach, as the curators believe growing old is definitely not a mundane process; and good designs can freeze time and overturn the society’s stereotypes of the elderly. People of all ages can benefit from this educational and interactive exhibition: young visitors at the exhibition can draw inspirations from the experiences of the silver-haired, while senior citizens can find resonance by revisiting the many classic designs of their age. Designed by Littleurbanmountain Design, the exhibition is specially equipped with round-shaped display installations of varying sizes to enhance accessibility and convenience of visitors. Also, sufficient lighting and large, legible description texts are provided to facilitate reading of the panels for enjoyment.

Five major zones: Go on an inspirational journey through “Brand New Youth” designs

Zone 1: Experience before getting old

The curators believe that design should be people-centred, and all good designs are certainly driven by empathy. Young visitors and children can put on elderly experience simulation suits designed by Eldpathy and use the interactive tools jointly created by Enable Foundation x Pascal Anson to ‘feel’ the day-to-day mobility challenges of seniors.

Zone 2: The story of us and design

This zone presents the design stories of 10 silver-haired seniors compiled by CR2 903 radio host Amber Au, including the owners of the century-old woodworking store Sze Cheung, 100-year-old umbrella factory Leung So Kee, Woo Ping Optical, ceramic factory Castle Peak Dragon Kiln, Yiu Wah Plastic Film Advertising Company which produces signboards in a font called “Lee Hon Kong Kai”, Oi Mee Chee Fashion, Yau Yin Tong Chop Engravery, Luen Shing Foundry, PAPA Shoes and Hang Yue Jadeware. These owners have all come across many good designs that had an impact on their lives and were subsequently inspired to create more exceptional products. Visitors can come and savour these design stories celebrating the time and efforts they put into cultivating these iconic brands.

Zone 3: Evergreen Showroom

Visitors can wander through the two classic scenes of stores and cinemas from the good old days, which accompanied many Hong Kong people as they grew up. They can witness the rebirth of an old cinema palace as the wrecking crew rebuilds the masterpiece to its modern elegance with Paul Shepherd (HKBU, Academy of Film)‘s film documentary and also revisit many well-known and evergreen designs that are still in use today: Red A egg lamps, mosaic tiles, Vitasoy milk warming cabinets, weighing scales and weighing cards, cinema seats, handbills and so on. All of these represent a formidable collection of folk wisdom spanning an epoch.

Zone 4: Guess What

In the interactive game area set up with three large, unique roller-shaped installations, visitors can participate in a Q&A interaction and listen to the stories behind several classic and innovative designs guided by the voice of seniors and children.

Zone 5: Design for Future Us

Many impressive designs tailor-made for the elderly have been launched through the years. The exhibition will showcase more than 30 pieces of contemporary, forward-thinking designs and products exclusively curated for the elderly sourced from Hong Kong and around the world from four major aspects – namely apparel, food, living and transportation – to demonstrate the ability to combine empathy and professional skills in designing thoughtful products for bettering the elderly’s standard of living. Among them, the WHILL Model Ci electric wheelchair from Culture Homes, which won the Gold Award of the DFA Design for Asia Awards 2018, will be unveiled for the first time at an exhibition hosted by HKDC in Hong Kong.

Commissioned work “Beat of table & stool”: Concerts amid the City’s Hustle and Bustle

From 13 May to 30 May, the commissioned work “Beat of table & stool” created by Ng Ka- chun@MUDWORK will be displayed on the G/F public open space at 7 Mallory Street. Light and flexible in design, the cheap yet practical folding tables and stools can be seen anywhere around Hong Kong like at home or in street food stores, representing a classic and humble example of folk wisdom. These popular old-style folding tables and stools have been transformed into a series of musical instruments after re-design and remodification. Visitors are welcome to join in the fun and express their musical talents by slapping the musical instruments with their hands to fill the venue with powerful sounds. During the exhibition, Haw Par Music String Orchestra & Haw Par Music Jazz, Four Gig Heads Percussion Group (Angus Fu and Musicians) & Music therapist Carol Cheung, and the Hong Kong Youth Percussion of HKFYG will stage professional concerts using the stunning pieces.

Free docent tours, workshops and sharing session: Experience “Brand New Youth”

During the exhibition, Design Spectrum will be organising 10 free guided tours, a range of workshops and a sharing session for people of all ages. Led by Walk In Hong Kong, retired seniors and children who have undergone professional training will act as docents to guide visitors around the five major zones. Free workshops include the Parent-Child Cheongsam/Qipao-style Bib Workshop hosted by Rhys; an IDK Design Thinking Workshop: “A Tale of Two Generations” Interactive Theatre led by Eldpathy; “This is not a stool” Workshop where the instructor Ng Ka-chun@MUDWORK will demonstrate how to play the musical instruments modified from Hong Kong-style folding stools. Besides, a number of designers and start-ups serving the elderly will also be invited to the “Future Us” Sharing Session to divulge their experiences and introduce their unique designs for the “Brand New Youth”.

More information about the “Brand New Youth” Exhibition and various activities are set out in the attachment. For more details and to pre-register, please visit www.designspectrum.hk.

About Design Spectrum

Design Spectrum is a new initiative organised by Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) and sponsored by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Government) to foster a good design culture in the community. Located in a revitalised cluster of Grade 2 historic buildings at 7 Mallory Street, Wan Chai, Design Spectrum features year-round exhibitions, exchanges, design appreciation and other promotion programmes to cultivate a creative atmosphere, while nurturing local creative capital. It serves as a unique public face for HKDC to strengthen linkages with the community and partners locally, in other cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, ASEAN cities and overseas, and contributes towards creative and cultural tourism. (Website: http://www.designspectrum.hk)

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• Newly launched solution allows merchants in Hong Kong to accept online card payments through Visa and Mastercard.
• Hong Kong merchants can now benefit from a seamless end-to-end management of their operations, and have access to global online payments acceptance, collections, FX and payouts in a single platform.
• The introduction of the online card payments solution in Hong Kong is a testament to Airwallex’s acceleration of new product innovations and solutions in the past 12 months across Asia, Australia, UK and the EMEA markets.

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 20 May 2021 – Airwallex, a global fintech platform, is excited to announce the launch of its online card payment acceptance solution in Hong Kong, allowing local merchants to accept online card payments made around the world using Visa and Mastercard.

Being an international gateway between China and the rest of the world, and one of Asia’s international hubs for finance and trade, Hong Kong has seen transformational growth in its payment environment in recent years, driven by a rapid growth in the e-commerce sector. E-commerce sales in Hong Kong are forecasted to register a growth of 11.1% this year, and is expected to continue with this uptrend beyond the pandemic, driven by increasing demand for payment options that can provide improved security, greater efficiency and more customised solutions. The Greater Bay Area Development is also expected to present vast opportunities for growth in cross-border payments over the coming years.

As a principal member of Visa and Mastercard, Airwallex’s online card payments solution enables Hong Kong merchants to receive online payments from users of Visa and Mastercard everywhere, and allows for them to optimise working capital flow. On top of accepting more than 120+ currencies available on Visa and Mastercard’s network, Airwallex enables merchants to directly receive funds in multiple currencies in their Airwallex accounts without additional costs. Further exchange to other currencies are then possible at the mid-market rate with a small margin, as well as repatriating funds back to home markets at a very low fee. The entire end-to-end process for the merchants is made simpler, more cost-effective and quicker, while also ensuring the margins and fees are fully transparent.

The introduction of Airwallex’s online card payments solution in Hong Kong follows the debut of the same service in the UK and Europe in September 2020, and is a further step towards building its own global, cloud-based online payments platform. This a key part of Airwallex’s vision to be the global financial cloud that empowers businesses to operate anywhere and anytime, supporting customer needs for online payments, collection through virtual bank accounts, FX and other value-added solutions for SMEs, including cards and expense management, as well as an API for larger businesses requiring customisation. In Hong Kong, merchants can now benefit from a seamless end-to-end management of its operations.

Kai Wu, Greater China CEO of Airwallex said, “Hong Kong’s pace of digital adoption is taking shape in a new era of innovation, and in an environment where there is an increasing need for efficiency and fast solutions to ensure business success. Our new online card payments solution means merchants in Hong Kong can now accept payments online via Visa and Mastercard, enjoy favorable currency exchange rates and make payouts seamlessly through a single platform. This makes Airwallex a truly viable solution for businesses and especially the many tech startups and e-commerce merchants that operate in Hong Kong, Asia and around the world.”

Founded in 2015 in Melbourne, and headquartered in Hong Kong, Airwallex has grown to become a global fintech platform that is supported by a team of over 650 employees across 13 global offices. Earlier in March, Airwallex also announced an extended Series D fundraising round, raising its total amount of equity funds raised to over US$500 million, and nearly tripling its valuation to US$2.6 billion in just two years.

About Airwallex

Airwallex is a global fintech payment platform with a mission to empower businesses of all sizes to grow without borders, and by doing so, contribute to the global economy. With technology at its core, Airwallex has built a financial infrastructure and platform to help businesses to manage payments, treasury and expenses globally, without the constraints of the traditional financial system.

Airwallex has secured over US$500 million since it was established in Melbourne in 2015, and is backed by world-leading investors. Today, the business operates with a team of over 650 employees across 12 global offices. For more information, please visit www.airwallex.com

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