Frost Radar benchmarks the top seven companies excelling at growth and innovation
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan’s Australian Data Center Industry Radar has identified that organizations’ strict requirements of data confidentiality and complete management control of their operations will push the demand for data center services in the country for the next five years. This has strongly encouraged hyperscale cloud vendors, large enterprises, and highly regulated verticals (banking, financial services, and insurance) to invest in the Australian data center market.
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For over five decades, Frost & Sullivan has provided research and analysis on the Australian Data Center industry to help investors, corporate leaders, and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, and new business models.
This recently released Radar provides a benchmark of nine companies in the Australian Data Center industry to determine the top seven industry leaders excelling at innovation, poised for partnerships and ripe for investment. The businesses are recognized in the Frost Radar with insight into their innovative offerings, projected increase rates, strengths and insight on how companies can be more effective in the future.
The following organizations were profiled: Canberra Data Centres (CDC), Digital Realty (DR), Equinix, Fujitsu, Global Switch (GS), NEXTDC, and NTT Ltd.
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Lenovo Legion should not be an unfamiliar name for gamers by now. Personally, the Lenovo Legion Notebook PCs that came out last year are some of the ones that stand out most in the gaming notebook PC market. They are also some of the most well-built notebook gaming PCs in the market in our humble opinions.
The design language of the 2019 line-up of Lenovo Legion products hits the spot, we feel in balancing the powerful look of a gaming notebook and a sleek looking mobile productivity machine. They look industrial, durable, and clean. So we are quite glad to see that design language continue in the 2020 line-up of Lenovo Legion products.
Lenovo Legion 7i
We start with the most powerful notebook PC in their line-up for 2020, the Lenovo Legion 7i. Not the Y700 series anymore this time, just a simple number and letter marking its CPU variant according to Lenovo. The good part is that it simplifies naming and recognition of the notebooks. To be fair though, Lenovo’s line-up is not as extensive as the likes of ASUS, so confusion should be limited in the first place.
Still, the Lenovo Legion 7i is the brand’s flagship portable gaming rig that packs the power of Intel’s most powerful mobile CPU, the 10th Generation Intel Core i9 (up to). That is paired to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super GPU for a maxed out performance while gaming. While the hardware you can find within the all-aluminium body is testament enough that this is a serious piece of kit for both LAN parties and any CPU and GPU intensive work conditions, it does not stop here.
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The Lenovo Legion 7i also has an impressive array of RGB lights on the keyboard and around the outer shell to let anyone else in the room know that you are running a serious rig. You control the lighting effects via Corsair’s trusty iCUE RGB software built into the Lenovo Legion 7i. It is individual LED lights on the keyboard too, so you can have different colours on each keys if you want. Or, if you are like me, keep everything lighted to a single colour (a waste of good RGB I know).
To keep things cool, Lenovo developed something they call Coldfront 2.0. While that sounds like a bunch of gimmicks, it is actually a very clever solution to cool the CPU and GPU for optimised performance. Heat is the enemy, here, you get the idea. There is no way around the fact that the space on a notebook PC is very limited and therefore airflow is highly restricted in these conditions. Lenovo’s way of managing this is a combination of clever fan management from the software and designing more efficient heat sinks and pipes in optimised locations within the aluminium body.
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It sounds plenty easier said that done though. The new Vapor Chamber (heat pipes) that Lenovo developed for the Lenovo Legion 7i is supposedly larger than before, which is a challenge around the restricted space of the notebook PC. Still, they managed it so that there is more efficient heat transfer from the CPU and GPU to the cooling fans and ducts. All this while managing to keep two NVMe M.2 slots for two ultra-fast SSD and one SATA slot for maximum storage.
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All these is nothing though if you are seeing everything through a terrible display. Some of the previous Lenovo Legion notebook PCs have gotten a few negative comments when it comes to the display because plenty of them use TN (Twisted Nematic) panel displays. Those panels are known for horrible colour accuracy, washed out images, and even worse colour contrast. They are very fast though, pushing 300Hz in refresh rates in some cases and easily push 1ms in response time.
The progression in IPS (In-Plane Switching) technology though has allowed Lenovo to take advantage of the more colour accurate displays on the Lenovo Legion 7i with Full HD resolution with up to 240Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time (unreal, we know). Those, along with 1000% of sRGB colour gamut for super accurate colours when you need to do all your Adobe Photoshop work or Adobe Premiere Pro colour grading work.
Smarter Gaming
Lenovo has always looked for ways to innovate in the PC market. After all, it is a very saturated market with too many players to name in the first place. Staying at the front of the market with new innovations then is very important.
For the Lenovo Legion gaming line-up they have developed a new Lenovo Vantage software that allows users to have full control over each aspect of Lenovo’s gaming rigs. You can change the fan behaviour from the software itself. You can technically set maximum fan speed, and even more overclocking or undervolting settings within the software. Of course, if you know what you are doing with a PC, you might get more out of this than Lenovo’s own default settings for yourself.
With the Vantage also comes Lenovo’s new Q-Control 3.0. This is to control both the fan speed and overclocking on the Legion notebook PCs. It is designed to quickly switch between different thermal profiles to either keep the PC quiet, or to maximise cooling efforts.
Ther have also tuned the displays on the new Lenovo Legion notebook PC line-up. The new IPS panels means better colour accuracy. Lenovo’s very own Legion Visual software optimises the graphics and colours even more by tuning the colours for optimum usage in different brightness settings and use cases.
They even made the new Legion products last even longer than before with 80Wh of battery pack now. That means that Lenovo’s Legion gaming rigs can last up to 8 hours on a single charge or more, depending on hardware power requirements and others. 8 hours is a long time for any gaming PC though.
Lenovo Legion 5Pi
There is a few variants of the Lenovo Legion 5 series that is coming into Malaysia and we, of course, start with the most powerful one. This is also Lenovo’s second most powerful Notebook PC that is coming to Malaysia. As the ‘i’ in the naming scheme suggests, this is an Intel powered gaming Notebook PC. It has a 10th Generation Intel Core i7 (up to) paired to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (up to).
While not as powerful as the super powerful Lenovo Legion 7i, the Lenovo Legion 5Pi is more powerful than plenty of gaming notebooks of its class. You get some really nice features on the Lenovo Legion 5Pi still too. There is a 4-zone RGB still on the keyboard of the Legion 5Pi notebook PC to show that this is not just a normal Lenovo Legion 5 series. Even the top clam housing the display has a slightly different design with the Legion ‘Y’ Logo front and center of the clam.
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The display is also a Full HD IPS panel with 100% sRGB colour gamut to make short work of Adobe Photoshop. Along with 144Hz refresh rate and up to 1ms response time, this could be the perfect rig if you are on a slightly lower budget but still need a primary notebook PC to work with in LAN parties or at work. Again, I would tone down the RGB for myself, a matter of preference.
Lenovo Legion 5i
The Lenovo Legion 5i is technically the Lenovo Legion 5Pi, but a little toned down. As the naming moniker suggests too, it is an Intel device. Powered by Intel’s 10th Generation 10nm Core i7 (up to), this thing is still no slouch. In place of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super though is a slightly less powerful NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti. The GTX 1660Ti is still powerful stuff to work with though. It is more than enough in most cases to deal with AAA games, Adobe Photoshop and 1080p video editing on Adobe Premiere Pro.
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For better colour accuracy for those software too, the Lenovo Legion 5i gets a nice IPS panel with 100% sRGB colour gamut like its more powerful and premium Legion 5Pi at 144Hz and up to 1ms response time. This is the perfect balance between raw power and budget. It does not feature the same front and center logo design like the 5Pi, but you still get an all-aluminium body build and the same Legion design of the Legion 7i
Lenovo Legion 5
And then there is the AMD offering that we also saw from AMD’s presentation for the APAC region yesterday. The Lenovo Legion 5. Yes, just the number ‘5’ without any thing like an ‘a’ or ‘R’. There is a small caveat with the AMD version for now though. The Lenovo Legion 5 only comes with up to an AMD Ryzen 5-4500H CPU.
There is no mention anywhere yet on whether or not we will see an AMD Ryzen 7 or even the Ryzen 9 variant pop up in either the Legion 5i or the Legion 7i, but we remain hopeful. Still, the Ryzen 5-4500H is AMD’s latest 4000 series CPUs that has proven in value and power. Paired to an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, the AMD powerhouse should still impress in games and even for workflow, especially when it comes to CPU intensive software like Adobe’s Premiere Pro.
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At the same time you only get 8GB in RAM, but you can always add another one RAM stick into the notebook PC or upgrade the one that is already in the PC. Lenovo encourages you to do that apparently. They even have a guide to help you do that on your own on their website.
Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i
A top-end and a mid-range has to be competed with an entry-level. After all, accessibility to the products becomes a concern sometimes when it comes to gaming. That is the idea of the IdeaPad Gaming 3i (no pun intended).
The Lenovo IdeaPad does not have the Legion branding moniker. It is still no slouch though. You still get Intel’s latest 10th Generation Core i7 (up to). You also can spec it with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 if you want and it will be the perfect companion for both work and play on a budget.
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The 15-inch display is still a Full HD resolution display and fast enough for plenty of games. You get up to 120Hz in refresh rate, which is more than enough for most use case and games. It also comes with some Lenovo Legion design work within the body. That means bigger thermal pipes for better thermal performance under load too.
Lenovo Legion Tower 5i
Their product range is not just limited to notebook PCs though. Although that is the current most popular platform, nothing beats the power of a desktop tower set up. Lenovo has that answer too with the Lenovo Legion Tower 5i that is set to launch in Malaysia later in the year.
They did mention a more powerful Lenovo Legion Tower 7i too, but unfortunately that is not coming to Malaysia. Still, the Legion Tower 5i is a powerful gaming PC tower than anyone can appreciate. You get two variants of the Lenovo Legion Tower 5 series technically. You can spec your’s with either an AMD Ryzen 3000 series CPU or a 10th Generation Intel Core CPU. You can also pick from a variety of GPUs up to an NVIDIA GeForce 2070 Super if you want.
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While it is a tower, it is not that big of a thing and is designed to be something that is small enough and light enough to be as portable as possible. In this case, you can even take it out to a LAN party alongside a small monitor and keyboard and still get the benefit of gaming on a proper desktop rig.
Lenovo Legion Phone – the Future of Gaming Smartphones
Lenovo has not been in the smartphone game for a while. That is since they took over with Motorola. They did make some compelling smartphones and tablets in the past though.
Earlier in the year there are rumours surrounding Lenovo jumping back into the smartphone scene with a gaming focused smartphone. They dub it the Lenovo Legion Phone. There are no confirmation of specifications or renders yet about the anticipated device. We do have confirmation from Lenovo’s executives regarding the existence of the device and that we will see it somewhere in the late 2020.
There are still no confirmed dates on the device so far. The only thing we got from them is; “Lenovo will launch a Legion gaming phone in 2020. Please stay tuned for more information”. Which is not too much to work with. We are excited to see ROG Phone II, Black Shark II, and Razer Phone rival though.
Price and Availability
The Lenovo Legion 7i, Lenovo Legion Tower 5i, and Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i will be coming later in 2020. There are no confirmed prices for the three models mentioned yet too. We are expecting the Lenovo IdeaPad 3i to hover somewhere between MYR 2,500 and MYR 3,500 price point though.
The Lenovo Legion 5, Lenovo Legion 5i, and Lenovo Legion 5Pi will be available in Malaysia June 2020 onward. The AMD based Lenovo Legion 5 will be the most affordable option with prices starting from MYR 3,599. The Lenovo Legion 5 with Intel’s Core i5 will start from MYR 4,199. Of course, you can get that with an Intel Core i7 too. The top-of-the-line Lenovo Legion 5Pi will set you back at least MYR 6,399.
TAIPEI, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Healthcare system is the foundation of human being culture, every innovative medical research shows its supports and values to continue and expand. The world is suffering from COVID-19, AI developers seek a medical assistant to maintain the healthcare system. Aetina Corporation, a GPGPU and edge AI computing solution provider, and AI solution developer, SmartCow Co. Ltd. cooperated building an algorithm with six types of AI models that based on the edge computing platform.
Aetina x SmartCow: smart medical assistant for pandemic environment care, powered by edge AI computing platform
Edgar, an AI-powered healthcare assistant built-up with Aetina AN110-NAO platform, developed for a safe work environment and patient care. In public, AI should build in original equipment or other machines most efficiently, AN110-NAO sized perfectly, with 87.4×67.4×46 mm (with fan). Various I/O support is an excellent way to build a tight and one single solution. The AN110-NAO platform, which is ready for common I/O, includes the I2S slot that brings audio out, which is suited for Edgar’s application environment, set for warning modules. Meanwhile, camera supports are the core visual AI solution. The platform supports MIPI CSI-II interface 1x 4k or 2x FHD cameras. Not only landed-ready but also fulfill demands from Edgar – high-resolution images bring accurate reality recognition.
Edgar supports six types of AI models, like social distance estimation, masks detection, and safe sneeze action classification. Among these functions, Edgar creates a safe environment in times of medical emergencies, assist the front-line medical staff in preventing the respiratory disease. For example, one of Edgar’s ability is face-mask recognition. It can be set up easily in access and provide guidance and direction to mask dispenser machines before differentiating the mask-wore to enter the premises. The types of face mask covered PPE, N95 and surgical. Another specialty of Edgar is social distancing detection; the device could combine with a policy network and keep public activity in 6 feet between 2 people.
In the data explosion era, security and privacy is the first concern. Edgar is GDPR compliant. Images will be processed and remain on the edge system; no data will transfer to the cloud. It is well-prepared for the public and ready to assist the market. Besides, Aetina Jetson series serve comprehensive, experienced R&D advise and edge AI ecosystem prop for AI development.
SAN JOSE, California, BEIJING and DUBAI, U.A.E., May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Prysm Inc.,a leading display and visual collaboration solutions provider is creating a new category in the display market by unveiling its World’s largest seamless interactive display – thePrysm Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) 6K Series, 225″ which is 20ft wide and 5ft high. The Prysm LPD 6K Series are interactive large-format displays that offer a panoramic image uninterrupted by seams or bezels.
Prysm launches World’s Largest Seamless Interactive & Energy-Efficient Display
The LPD 6K Series deliver top-notch experiences across different use cases. The flexible, impact-resistant surface offers smooth touch interaction and can be viewed at any distance & at any angle without eye fatigue. The latest interactive LPD is an extremely energy-efficient, shatter-resistant, flexible and offers rollability for transport.
The LPD 6K Series is uniquely optimized for executive briefing centers, command and control centers, training rooms, collaboration and innovation centers. Coupled with Prysm’s visual collaboration platform, it makes meetings, presentations & analysis more engaging and immersive, resulting in better, faster decisions. It is ideal for central monitoring of business processes and workflows across the entire organization.
The new modular design helps speed display integration and permits installation in a variety of locations. The durable front screen – made of a specially coated polycarbonate layer – is rolled into a cylinder for easy transport. It can enter through standard doors and passenger elevators during set-up. The LPD 6K Series 225″ is currently in general availability & shipping to partners & customers.
“We are excited to launch our largest LPD seamless interactive display, the LPD 6K 225″. Prysm has been constantly innovating and pushing the boundaries of technology,” said Amit Jain, President and CEO of Prysm. “In today’s challenging business environment, where organizations are looking for interactivity, seamless integration, connectivity and collaboration, we allow teams to work together from any part of the world, saving countless travel hours and resources.”
“Virtual life-like experiences will become so much more important in the new age of reducing travel and commuting to prevent undue health exposures while helping the environment. The LPD 6K 225″ adds to the existing product line; the LPD 6K 190″ and the LPD 6K 135″. The new 225″ form factor allows displaying two large 125″ 16:9 content side-by-side with uncompromised scaling. Simultaneous data and visual feeds can be broadcasted to and from mobile or standalone displays with high cloud security,” said Dr Roger Hajjar, Founder and CTO, Prysm.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Apigate, a trusted provider to Telco Operators and Digital Merchants for reach, acquisition and monetisation, today announced the launch of its new dynamic content bundling platform “Apiflex“.
Apigate’s Partner Bundling Platform for Customer Acquisition and Retention
Apiflex enables Digital Merchants and Telco Operators to co-create rich content and service offerings that, together, are more appealing and offer better value to end users and at the same time, tackle the rising cost of digital marketing and sales leaving them to focus on growing and retaining their respective customer base.
Recent analyst reports have shown that Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) has rocketed nearly 50% over the past five years for both B2B and B2C companies. Notwithstanding other pressures already placed on businesses today, balancing the ever-rising CAC with the monetization of customers has become a key factor for business survival for Digital Merchants. This together with the Telco clients who operate in saturated markets need differentiation to Acquire & Retain their customers. This is where bundling plays a crucial role and Apiflex helps businesses take advantage of this.
Simply put, Apiflex effectively combines two separate offerings into a single offer, providing an attractive bundle to the end consumer. The Bundling Models through the platform offer new and attractive ways for co-marketing, which ultimately lowers the cost of reaching, acquiring and maintaining customers.
Raja Mansukhani, Apigate’s Senior Vice President of APAC, said, “At Apigate, our endeavor has always been to innovate and create products with a ‘Problem to Resolve‘ mindset. Apiflex is one more such offering which helps to create the perfect combination of reduced Cost of Acquisition with higher conversion rates for Digital Merchants and at the same time creates differentiation for our Telco clients to cater for the ever-increasing digital content demand by their end customers. We are excited with the introduction of this new product and hope this delivers significant value to our partners and clients and to their end consumers.”
Apigate is a global digital content monetization & messaging ecosystem that enables faster reach for Digital Merchants to get connected to end consumers via Telcos, e-Wallets and other channels with one seamless integration.
Apigate has a reach of approximately 1 billion end consumers with more than 150 connected merchants. Visit our website at www.apigate.com for more details.
BANGKOK, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — To support cloud, data center and hyperscale computing that facilitates advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) today released to production its Switchtec™ PAX Advanced Fabric Gen 4 PCIe switch family, enabling complex fabric topologies with greater scalability, lower latency, and higher performance than traditional Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) switches.
Microchip Switchtec(TM) PAX Advanced Fabric Gen 4 PCIe Switches Released to Production
Microchip Switchtec(TM) PAX Advanced Fabric Gen 4 PCIe Switches Released to Product
Microchip’s Switchtec PAX PCIe family of switches provides a turnkey fabric solution and reduces time-to-market for systems requiring multi-host sharing of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Non-Volatile Memory (NVMe) Solid State Drives (SSDs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and other PCIe endpoints.
The Switchtec PAX devices are the industry’s lowest-power Gen 4 PCIe switches, significantly reducing total system power consumption. The Switchtec PAX family of switches is available in the following variants: 100-lane, 84-lane, 68-lane, 52-lane, 36-lane and 28-lane. Other PAX family of switches features include:
Advanced error containment
Comprehensive diagnostics and debug capabilities
Wide breadth of I/O interfaces
Integrated MIPS processor
Secure boot to prevent execution of unauthorized firmware through public key cryptography.
Applications include GPU workstations, composable General Purpose GPUs (GP-GPU) fabrics, scalable multi-host systems, SR-IOV-enabled JBOFs, disaggregated systems and rack-scale architectures.
Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs which reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market. The company’s solutions serve more than 120,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality. For more information, visit the Microchip website at www.microchip.com.
Note: The Microchip name and logo, and the Microchip logo are registered trademarks of Microchip Technology Incorporated in the U.S.A. and other countries. Switchtec™ is a trademark of Microchip. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies.
SANTA ANA, California, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is thrilled to unveil its plans to offer Japanese pop culture fans from around the world an opportunity to experience all things anime from wherever they are with Anime Expo Lite. This FREE two-day livestream event will begin on July 3, proclaimed Anime Expo Day by the City of Los Angeles in 2015, and continue through July 4.
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation announces first ever Anime Expo, a Free virtual Japanese pop culture event July 3 & 4, 2020.
Anime Expo Lite will feature content from industry partners such as Bushiroad, Crunchyroll, Pony Canyon, VIZ, and more! More exclusive content will be announced in the coming weeks.
SPJA has also revealed the key art that was planned as the program guide cover for the since cancelled Anime Expo 2020, which now features the Anime Expo Lite logo instead. The AX mascot characters Ai and Xeno are pictured with the cast of The World End With You.
“We are excited to be able to parlay the traditional Anime Expo into a virtual experience. Since 2017, AX has been livestreaming select panels as well as from the convention floor, so it is a natural transition for us to produce a virtual event. As everything in 2020 is different, we see a unique opportunity to be able to share our passion for Japanese pop culture not only with those that would have attended AX but now with any anime fan no matter where they live,” said Ray Chiang, CEO of The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation, AX’s organizer. “With our Anime Expo Lite line-up, we know fans will find plenty of events and special guests to entertain and keep them engaged.”
Fans can expect to see:
Special Guests, including artist/character designer Yoshitaka Amano
For 29 years, AX has been the preeminent event featuring the newest anime films, television series, fashion, video games, manga, dance, music concerts, exhibitors and exclusive convention merchandise, all combined to deliver unforgettable experiences to fans of anime and Japanese pop culture. AX will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center July 2-5, 2021. For more information regarding Anime Expo please visit www.anime-expo.org.
About SPJA
SPJA is a non-profit organization dedicated to popularize and educate the American public about Japanese entertainment and pop culture, as well as provide a forum to facilitate communication between professionals and fans. For more information, please visit www.spja.org.
About Anime Expo
Anime Expo (AX) brings together fans and industry from Japan, the US, and all over the world for the largest celebration of Japanese pop culture in North America. Taking place every year since 1992, Anime Expo features the best in Japanese entertainment, music, fashion, and video games. For more information, visit www.anime-expo.org.
Frost & Sullivan prepares to honor companies in customer contact & customer experience industry
SANTA CLARA, California, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Customer service practitioners and solution providers of all areas are invited to nominate their organizations and/or clients for the CC Awards (CCs), the customer service awards program that recognizes excellence and outstanding achievement across key areas of the industry. The CCs provide an opportunity to reward those who are leading the way in innovative actions, committed pursuit and exceptional service to their customers.
“By recognizing companies who are breaking new ground in customer service excellence, we aim to create a forum for celebrating and sharing best practices in the world,” said Michael DeSalles, Principal Analyst, Information & Communication Technologies at Frost & Sullivan.
Following nominations, a panel of industry experts and Frost & Sullivan research analysts will judge each category. Companies selected as best-in-class will be honored as “Kahunas” in the category or categories for which they entered. Kahunas will then be invited to compete once more to be considered for the “Big Kahuna” recognition in each category. All winners will be honored, and Big Kahuna winners are currently planned to be announced at the 16th Annual Customer Contact West: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange, October 18-21, 2020, at the JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Ariz.
Practitioners or solution providers that focus on distinguished customer experience are encouraged to nominate their accomplishments in one or multiple categories. Consideration will be given to those whose achievements have set them apart during the past year.
About Frost & Sullivan
Over five decades, Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Pipeline Company, has become world-renowned for its role in helping investors, corporate leaders and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, new business models and companies to action, resulting in a continuous flow of growth opportunities to drive future success. Visit our website.
Contact: Brooke Filson Global Events, Frost & Sullivan E-mail: ccawards@frost.com
Executives from Bluetooth SIG, Calex, Google Assistant, Havells, Indiegogo, Lenovo, Merkury, TCL and more than 30 countries executives will present and discuss the global ecosystem in AIoT, searching for opportunities amidst challenging times
Tuya Smart unveils 2020 strategy, launches Cloud Development Platform to global developers during the AI+IoT Business Conference
Tuya Smart (Tuya), a worldwide-recognized IoT platform, will be announcing the launch of its Open AI+ IoT (AIoT) Cloud Development Platform at the upcoming AI+IoT Business Conference on May 27-29, 2020. Impacting three major industries at the start, IoT developers will be able to utilize the Tuya platform for the cloud manufacturing, community SaaS, and global B2B smart business industries.
As the co-sponsor of the AI+IoT Business Conference together with Asia Pacific Intelligent Business Alliance (AIBA), an influential and active international business community, the conference is themed on “IGNITE · The New Decade of AIoT Interconnectivity”. Due to the global pandemic, the upcoming conference will be held virtually and feature top leaders and speakers from Google, Lenovo, Gree, TCL, Zigbee Alliance and more. The conference is expected to draw more than 200,000 industry attendees across the three days and will be broadcasting simultaneously in English and Mandarin.
While the pandemic has adversely affected global economies, it has also brought a lot of opportunities for AIoT technologies and companies, with many people no choice but to explore solutions to current distancing and working restrictions. Tuya has contributed to global efforts by launching the Smart Tuya Community initiative as well as the Tuya Hotel and Apartment Platforms, to help platform clients and end consumers understand the data from their homes and immediate environments.
The Tuya Cloud Development Platform will be facilitating exchanges and share data amongst developers. Tuya’s President and Co-Founder, Leo Chen said at the conference keynote, “Even though the pandemic is keeping us apart, it is bringing us together in a new era of AIoT. The core strategy of Tuya in 2020 is to open our platform to create fertile soil for AIoT developers.”
Users will be able to access Tuya’s world-class IoT ecosystems, which has powered over 90,000 different product models, as well as developer tools such as app SDKs, mini-program, and data API, as well as over 400 free-development solutions and 800 MCU SDKs, thereby offering an all-in-one solution of hardware, cloud services, OS and SaaS development.
The platform is part of Tuya’s masterplan to provide next-generation interconnectivity to its more than 180,000 global developers worldwide, based on a smart home concept. Clients and developers of IoT devices will be able to visualize solutions better, reduce processing times and improve detection and abnormalities. Early results from factories that are using Tuya’s platform to manage production tasks and check production status remotely have been promising, effectively reduces the number of production abnormalities by 55% as well as shortens the delivery time by 32%.
Tuya expects its open developer platform to enable a thousand development projects for more than 20,000 cloud developers, facilitating over 40 million daily AI voice interactions and processing 3 billion daily messages, thereby providing developers a way to create customized PaaS and SaaS-level solutions.
Jeff Immelt, Former Chairman and CEO of GE, Venture Partner of NEA, Chairman of Tuya US and Tuya Global Strategic Committee will also be hosting roundtable during the online conference, with executives from Premier North American brand of Personal Electronic, Merkury, UK’s leading independent supplier of lighting and electrical accessories., Status, Largest Indian FMEG (Fast Moving Electrical Goods) Conglomerate, Havells India Limited, and Renowned Global Brand Lenovo, discussing on the topic of “deciphering the glocalized (globalized and localized) AIoT business”
Tuya Smart is the leading provider of the world’s first and only all-in-one AIoT platform providing the app, connectivity, and cloud. Tuya has smart-enabled more than 90,000 products worldwide across eight major smart home categories. Tuya’s comprehensive IoT platform, which includes a cloud solution, product modules, and app to control any device, enables companies to develop smart products for the home and commercial markets quickly, safely, easily, and affordably; and Tuya’s deep global network makes it easy for any company to find the perfect smart home partner. Tuya is internationally operated with headquarters in the U.S., Germany, India, Japan, and China.
COVID-19 accelerates technology adoption of video analytics and mobile platforms as they aid early and remote detection of respiratory complications
SANTA CLARA, California, May 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Advanced Non-contact Patient Monitoring Technologies: A New Paradigm in Healthcare Monitoring, reports that non-contact patient monitoring technologies are gravitating toward the use of video, sound analysis and mobile-based platforms. Contactless monitoring systems and smartphone health applications incorporating advanced technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms are playing a vital role in the war against COVID-19.
“The healthcare industry is shifting its focus to value-based, patient-centric remote monitoring solutions, providing a fillip to the research of non-contact monitoring technologies,” said Ashish Kaul, Technical Insights Senior Research Analyst. “Non-contact technologies are unobtrusive, cost-effective, and can be used to monitor multiple users, making them an effective solution for monitoring patients en masse.”
Kaul added: “The current COVID-19 pandemic situation offers a huge opportunity for non-contact patient monitoring technologies as they facilitate the early detection of respiratory complications in suspected patients. The adoption of non-contact monitoring methods will also reduce the chances of infection among physicians and healthcare workers. These technologies can also be leveraged by pharmaceutical companies to monitor the results of the drugs developed by them.”
For further revenue opportunities, market participants should explore:
Sound analysis technology for remote monitoring of influenza-like illness (ILI) patients based on their cough.
Video-based, non-contact monitoring technology that can diagnose mental stress by detecting physiological and emotional signs such as depression, anger, and restlessness.
Radar sensor technology that can track respiration and heart rate for symptoms of respiratory diseases such as asthma, COPD, and COVID-19.
Non-contact, sensor-based technology that can track heart rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure for individuals interested in health and fitness.
The telehealth market, which will experience a significant increase due to mobile platform technology.
Advanced Non-contact Patient Monitoring Technologies: A New Paradigm in Healthcare Monitoring is part of Frost & Sullivan’s global TechVision Growth Partnership Service program.
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