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Color Star Technology Announces Receipt of Nasdaq Continued Listing Deficiency Notice

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NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2020 — Color Star Technology Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq CM: CSCW) (the "Company", or "Color Star"), a company engaged in the businesses of providing online and offline paid knowledge services for the media, entertainment and culture industries globally, today announced on October 16, 2020, the Company received a notification letter (the "Notification") from Nasdaq Listing Qualifications advising the Company that based upon the closing bid price for the Company’s ordinary shares for the past 30 consecutive business days, the Company no longer met the minimum $1.00 per share Nasdaq continued listing requirement set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The Notification also stated that Under Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company would be provided 180 calendar days, or until April 14, 2021, to regain compliance with the foregoing listing requirement. To do so, the bid price of the Company’s ordinary shares must close at or above $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days prior to that date.

In the event the Company does not regain compliance by the first compliance deadline, the Company may be eligible for additional time to regain compliance. To qualify, the Company will be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and will need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. If the Company meets these requirements, the Nasdaq staff will inform the Company that it has been granted an additional 180 calendar days. However, if it appears to the Nasdaq staff that the Company will not be able to cure the deficiency, or if the Company is otherwise not eligible, the staff will provide notice that its securities will be subject to delisting.

The Company provides no assurance that its ordinary shares will trade at levels necessary to regain and maintain compliance with the above-referenced bid price rule before the compliance deadline. The Company intends to continue to monitor the bid price for its ordinary shares. If the Company’s ordinary shares do not trade at a level that is likely to regain compliance with the Nasdaq requirements, the Company’s Board of Directors will consider other options that may be available to achieve compliance.

About Color Star Technology

Color Star Technology Co, Ltd. (Nasdaq CM: CSCW) offers online and offline paid knowledge services for media, entertainment and culture industries globally. Its business operations are conducted through its wholly-owned subsidiaries Color China Entertainment Ltd. and CACM Group NY, Inc. The Company’s online education is provided through its Color World music and entertainment education platform. The Company also offers after-school entertainment tutoring in New York via its joint venture entity Baytao LLC. More information about the Company can be found at www.colorstarinternational.com.

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When the Company uses words such as "may," "will," "intend," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "estimate" or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements. Specifically, the Company’s statements regarding its intention to cure the Nasdaq continued listing deficiency are forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are not guarantee of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, the following:  the Company’s goals and strategies; the Company’s future business development; product and service demand and acceptance; changes in technology; economic conditions; the growth of the educational and training services market in China and other countries where CSCW conducts its business; reputation and brand; the impact of competition and pricing; government regulations; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing and other risks contained in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward–looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.

For more information, please contact:

Tony Tian, CFA 
Email: ttian@weitianco.com
Phone: +1-732-910-9692

 

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5G+, By All for All

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Guangzhou will witness the 2020 World 5G Convention on November 26

GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 23, 2020 — This article was written by the World 5G Convention Organizing Committee(reported by Science and Technology Daily):

The 2020 World 5G Convention, co-hosted by the People’s Government of Guangdong Province of the PRC, National Development and Reform Commission of the PRC, Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC, and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the PRC, will be held in Guangzhou from November 26 to 28. The theme of the Convention is "5G+ By All for All ".

On March 4, a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee emphasized to speed up the construction of new infrastructures such as 5G networks and data centers. When General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Zhejiang, Shaanxi and other places this year, he successively gave important instructions on accelerating the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G.

With the deepening of a new round of global technological revolution and industrial transformation, 5G has become a priority development area in the world’s digital economy development strategy. According to the prediction of the Global Association for Mobile Communications Systems, by 2024, there will be nearly 1.2 billion 5G users worldwide. China Academy of Information and Communications Technology predicts that the cumulative investment in China’s 5G network construction is potential to reach RMB 1.2 trillion by 2025. It will fuel the upstream and downstream industrial chain and application investment in various industries to exceed RMB 3.5 trillion. From 2020 to 2025, China’s 5G commercial use will indirectly drive the total economic output of about RMB 24.8 trillion. 

The World 5G Convention is the world’s first international event in the 5G field, and it was held in Beijing for the first time in 2019. The Convention gathered experts and scholars as well as business executives from all over the world to conduct in-depth discussions centering on the theme of "5G – Change the World, Create the Future". Here is the list of the participants of the opening ceremony: Cai Qi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee; Wang Yong, State Councilor; Wang Zhigang, Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC; Miao Wei, former Minister of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the PRC; and Lin Nianxiu, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission of the PRC. It fully embodies the high attention the Party and state leaders pay to 5G development.

The 2020 World 5G Convention will be held in Guangzhou, where it will gather important and influential scientists in the global information and communication field, world-renowned 5G service providers, and 5G industry application providers to conduct exchanges and discussions on cutting-edge technologies, industry trends, and innovative applications in the 5G field. The Convention will fully reflect the traction of 5G in the world’s new economic form and the importance of 5G in the new dual-cycle development pattern and highlight that 5G promotes the upgrading of traditional industries and a new digital life, "smartly benefits", demonstrating the role and value of 5G industry empowerment to the world.

According to the introduction released by the Organizing Committee of the World 5G Convention, the Convention will be held in a new click-and-mortar way, consisting of an opening ceremony, a main forum and summit forums. 5G and Media Industry Transformation Forum as well as 5G and Digital Life New Consumption Forum will be firstly held on November 25. The opening ceremony and the main forum will be held in the morning on November 26. Summit forums will be held successively from the afternoon on November 26 to 27, including Digital Economy Led by 5G and Sustainable Development Forum, 5G and the Greater Bay Area Development Forum, The 3rd AI & I Guangzhou International Summit 2020, 5G and Industrial Internet Forum, 5G and Public Health & Healthcare Forum, 5G and Smart Transportation Forum, 2020 International Seminar on Future Information Communication Technologies and Strategies, and so on. Extensive discussion will be made under different themes and in diverse fields.

During the Convention, an exhibition with an area of about 12,000 square meters will be held from November 26 to 28, displaying new life, new industries, new technologies and other themes. The interactive display space will be built around social production activities, including family life, health care, financial consumption, social communication, education and entertainment, transportation and logistics, production and manufacturing, urban management and other 5G application service scenarios. The exhibition will focus on displaying the outstanding cases of 5G applications so far, highlighting the achievements of 5G benefiting the public and empowering industries. Visitors can experience 5G smart life applications in person, have in-depth experience of the promotion of 5G to industrial production, and have a comprehensive understanding of the new technologies, new products in upstream and downstream of the 5G industrial chain.

In the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area issued by the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council in February 2019, it is clearly stated that we should promote the new-generation information technologies and develop them into new pillar industries, and foster a number of major industrial projects in key areas such as new display technologies, new-generation communication technologies, 5G and mobile Internet.

As one of the organizers of the Convention, Guangdong province has been actively promoting the development of 5G industrial application. In 2019, Guangdong Province issued the Guangdong Provincial Action Plan for Accelerating the Development of 5G Industry (2019-2022), specifying the goal and direction for the development of 5G industry. As one of the first 5G pilot cities in China, Guangzhou attaches great importance to seizing the opportunity for the rapid development of 5G, accelerating the cultivation of new business types, new economies and new momenta, and creating new momentum led by science and technology, so as to provide important support for Guangzhou to realize the goal of "old city, new vitality". The Convention will explore the new starting point, new directions and new opportunities of 5G combining the development trend of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and taking account of the commercial implementation process, promote the integration of 5G into all industries, and link all things to benefit the public, and empower the construction of the Greater Bay Area.

The registration channel for participating the 2020 World 5G Convention and the exhibition is now open. For details, please refer to the official website of the Convention www.w5gc.com.

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[Next@Acer] Acer Halo Smart Speaker Quietly Slips Under the Radar into the World

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If you watched the announcement that was made by Acer last night, you might have thought that you already have all the information you need from Acer about their upcoming products that will lead into 2021. They did launch plenty of products last night that might be very compelling for your work from home set-up as well. In fact, if we count our press releases correctly, they had eight separate launches launching more than 20 individual products (this is quite normal, trust me).

There is one product that missed an appearance in the show though. If you checked back into their YouTube page though, you might have seen it. They also launched a smart speaker.

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They call it the Acer Halo Smart Speaker, and it is a looker. Its transparent, glass looking thing at the bottom for its base is also an RGB light right that makes the speakers look as if it is dancing with you as you play music to it. Even if it is just responding to you, it just looks funky and light-hearted.

The overall design is just as industrial and pretty as you can expect a Google Nest to be. Like the Google made speaker, the Acer Halo Smart Speaker has a fabric mesh overall body that is shaped into a boxy tower. Underneath the mesh fabric is an LED display that can tell you the time or weather at a glance. You can even customise messages that is displayed on the LED panel.

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It is not just all show and no go though. The Acer Halo Smart Speaker is made with DTS Sound certification. That also means that the speaker is made with sound quality and enjoyment as well. If you put it in the living room, you could easily play a relaxing music through the speaker and sweet music will fill the air with its 360o projection. Its dual far-field speakers ensure that you could communicate with the speaker or give it commands, if you like, from anywhere in the room.

Why do you need to communicate with the speaker? It is a Smart Speaker, why would you not communicate with it? You can tell it to start your slow cooker, turn the TV on, turn the air-conditioning on, turn the washer on, and more, if all these things are Google Home enabled. The Halo Smart Speaker works with Google Assistant, the same one you have on your Android device. That also means that this works as a Google Home controller as well.

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There is a curious matter of why Acer has made this product though. While we do find it intriguing and finding ourselves wanting one, Acer has not made any other significant smart home items. They introduced the AcerPure Cool and AcerPure Pro air purifying systems at Next@Acer. The only one that seems to be available globally at this time is the AcerPure Cool air purifier and that is not exactly a smart home product. It still operates with a traditional remote.

There are no mentions on the availability and pricing of the Acer Halo Smart Speaker. We have high hopes for this product though and are praying for it to land in this part of the world. It would make a good alternative to Google Nest, that is not officially available in Malaysia as well. Here is our fingers crossed, our toes as well.

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South Korea and UK successfully held the 3rd Smart City International Symposium virtually, Presenting Blueprints for Resilience in Post-Corona Era

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SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 22, 2020 — The Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) successfully concluded the third annual Smart City International Symposium "Resilience in Smart Cities" held on 14-15 October, with the collaboration with the UK.

Due to the pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, symposium this year was broadcasted live, and the two-day virtual event was attended by over 4,020 viewers with a peak of 605 concurrent viewers.

The symposium started with the opening remarks of Bong-soo Son, the President of KAIA, and Nam-chun Park, the Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City and Simon Smith, the British Ambassador to South Korea greeted the participants with their congratulatory speech.

In the first day of the symposium, Mayor of Bristol City Marvin Rees, provided a keynote speech "Connecting Bristol : our Smart City Approach" to share vision and technologies of Bristol Smart City and lessons learned from their experiences.

At the following ‘Talk Concert’ coordinated by Managing Director of KAIA Sang-hoon Lee, the Chief Advisor of Korean Smart City Special Committee Kab-sung Kim said, "Cooperation between citizens, private and public sector is the most important element in Smart Cities". 

On the second day of the symposium, four sessions of presentations and discussions by professionals and academics have been prepared: Post Corona, Digital Healthcare, Smart City Data and Smart Mobility.

On "Post Corona" session was moderated by Chief Director Dae-yeon Cho of National Strategic Smart City Program from KAIA.

Mike Short, the Chief Scientific Adviser of Department for International Trade of the UK, presented what steps are expected in the UK in Digital Industries after COVID-19, and Kumardev Chatterjee, the Founder and CEO of Unmanned Life, illustrated 5G autonomy as a service for smart city resilience. Hye-joo Kim, the Vice President of KT presented the role of ICT in overcoming COVID-19, and Professor Jun-seok Hwang of Seoul National University introduced case studies of Korean smart city as innovation system.

This event was hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), and Incheon Metropolitan City, organized by the Korea Land, Infrastructure and Transport Promotion Agency (KAIA) and the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority (IFEZ), and sponsored by the British Embassy Seoul and the UK Ministry for International Trade (DIT).

All past sessions and events are available to view through Youtube Channel (www.youtube.com/c/KAIASmartcities). 

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Supermicro 2U Ultra-E Short-Depth Server — Now with NEBS Level 3-Certification — Delivers Data Center Computational Power to the Telecom Edge

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Expanding Server Portfolio Gives Telecom Customers Multiple System Configurations: Intensive Workload Processing, NEBS Compliance, Free-Air Cooling, AC/DC Power

SAN JOSE, California, Oct. 22, 2020 — Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, continues to deliver market-leading data center server capabilities to global 5G, telecom, and accelerated workloads at the edge. The 2U Ultra-E short-depth is the latest update to Supermicro’s growing NEBS (Network Equipment Building System) Level 3-certified server lineup. Its deployment and operation in telecom and other edge applications confirm that industry-standard and open server computational power can be found outside of traditional data centers.


Supermicro is changing the telecommunications industry with powerful, feature-rich systems that provide intelligent and seamless connectivity from the edge to the cloud. Supermicro’s Ultra product line gives customers powerful computing with increased flexibility and joins an extensive family of customizable options with best-in-class features, including all-NVMe, hybrid storage, and low-latency optimizations plus extensive networking and expansion possibilities, including innovative space-saving Ultra riser cards.

"Increasingly, edge infrastructure is demanding the computational power found in Supermicro’s industry-standard server technologies," said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. "Our Ultra SuperServer is ideal for edge applications, and the short-depth 2U Ultra-E delivers enhanced features, including GPU and FPGA support, with faster performance and is optimized for a wide variety of workloads in 5G and telecommunications applications with lower power requirements, and now NEBS certification."

The 2U Ultra-E server, available today, targets edge micro data centers and is fueled by dual 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 205-watt TDP. The 2U Ultra-E has front hot-swap drives and fan modules in a compact 22.6-inch depth. Also, the server supports up to 6TB of DDR4 memory in 24 DIMM slots and features eight PCI-E 3.0 expansion slots for flexible networking, GPU, and FPGA selections. This system flexibility and multiple configuration options give customers additional choices for modernizing their data centers and edge infrastructure. Ultra-E NEBS Level 3 versions will support either AC or DC power supplies.

With short-depth systems, NEBS compliance, and DC power options, Supermicro is proving its ongoing commitment to the telecom segment. In parallel, Supermicro continues to collaborate with industry-leading 5G and telco software providers to offer complete solutions. Supermicro is working with open standards such as O-RAN based solutions, as operators are looking for commercial off the shelf (COTS) servers for their new infrastructure rollouts.

For more information on the 2U Ultra-E, watch this SuperMinute.

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Supermicro (SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology is a premier provider of advanced server Building Block Solutions® for Enterprise Data Center, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Edge Computing Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to protecting the environment through its "We Keep IT Green®" initiative and provides customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly solutions available on the market.

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COVID-19 Sparks Boom in Digital Hospitals with Smart Technologies, Improving Quality of Care

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Digital hospitals enhance patient care and improve healthcare staff’s efficiency and productivity, finds Frost & Sullivan

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 22, 2020 — Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Digital Hospitals: Creating Growth Opportunities in Patient Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond, finds that digital hospitals that deploy smart technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), remote health monitoring, and robotics, deliver higher standards of patient care and hassle-free experiences for health professionals. The adoption of such advanced technologies has witnessed strong traction during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a massive influx of patients, and traditional hospitals are struggling to provide quality care and ensure health professionals’ safety. Technology adoption is expected to rise further in the next two to three years due to higher-quality care and significant productivity gains.

COVID-19 Sparks Boom in Digital Hospitals with Smart Technologies, Improving Quality of Care
COVID-19 Sparks Boom in Digital Hospitals with Smart Technologies, Improving Quality of Care

For further information on this analysis, please visit: http://frost.ly/4ou.

"Digital hospitals address limitations of traditional providers such as centralized care delivery, closed systems, fee-for-service care models and a reactive approach through decentralized care, interoperable systems, and outcome-driven and proactive approaches," said Neeraj Nitin Jadhav, Technical Insights Senior Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "To improve patients’ satisfaction levels at every step of care delivery during their stay in the facility, digital hospitals are using technologies like hospital navigation, intelligent imaging platforms, medical robots, remote patient monitoring tools, medication management applications, communication tools, electronic health record (EHR) applications, and clinical decision support solutions."

Jadhav added: "Digital hospital operators need to focus on building internal architecture, especially staff workstations and patient rooms that follow evidence-based design (EBD), as these are the areas where clinical decisions are made and care is provided, respectively. Additionally, decentralized healthcare staff workstations outside the patient rooms can allow the staff to be closer to the point of care rather than a centralized area, which increases the travel distance for the health professionals." 

The increasing adoption of digital technologies in hospitals presents immense growth prospects for market participants in the digital hospital space, including:

  • Deploying smart patient tracking systems to manage patient flow, treatment progress, discharge, and other hospital processes.
  • Proper training and implementation of EHRs can improve a hospital’s ability to provide high-quality care and address health disparities in the population.
  • Use of AI to make supply chain management more sophisticated as the algorithms process huge volumes of hospital data to identify trends and provide insights to improve the facilities’ efficiency and quality of care.
  • Analyze data obtained from different hospital departments to empower local healthcare teams.

Digital Hospitals: Creating Growth Opportunities in Patient Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond is the latest addition to Frost & Sullivan’s Technical Insights research and analyses available through the Frost & Sullivan Leadership Council, which helps organizations identify a continuous flow of growth opportunities to succeed in an unpredictable future.

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Media Invitation to HKBN FY2020 Annual Results Live Webcast

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To: Business Editor / Assignment Editor

HKBN FY2020 Annual Results Live Webcast

Due to the current circumstances, HKBN Ltd. (SEHK Stock Code: 1310) will hold its annual results media presentation via webcast this year. In the webcast, the company will share with media members its key annual financial results for the 12 months ended 31 August 2020, as well as its business outlook.

We cordially invite your presence to cover the event. Details of the live webcast are as follows:

Date:

29 October 2020 (Thursday)

Time:

4:30pm

Link:

https://webcasts.asia.eqs.com/register/hkbn20ar/en (You are advised to join 15 minutes earlier for registration)

Presenting Executive:

Mr. William Yeung
HKBN Co-Owner and Executive Vice-chairman

Language:

Cantonese

* If you cannot view this webcast via Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser, we recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox for viewing this webcast.

Please fill in and send the attached Media Reply Slip to media@hkbn.com.hk or fax to +852 3999 7349 by 27 October.

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Hyperledger Announces Its 20 Certified Service Providers, and BSOS Taiwan is among them

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TAIPEI, Oct. 22, 2020 — As one of the world’s largest communities focused on blockchain technology, Hyperledger is dedicated to enterprise blockchain deployments through developing stable and reliable frameworks and tools including Hyperledger Fabric contributed by IBM, Hyperledger Sawtooth by Intel, Hyperledger Besu by ConsenSys, and other pivotal blockchain technologies.

Photo resource: Hyperledger Landscape
Photo resource: Hyperledger Landscape

Hyperledger recently announced a list of Hyperledger Certified Service Providers (HCSP). The list is an important reference to enterprises in search of Hyperledger technology partners that identifies only 20 companies across the globe. BSOS, a Taiwanese blockchain technology start-up is among them.

HCSP, the driving force for Hyperledger ecosystem

Julian Gordon, Vice President, Asia Pacific, for Hyperledger, stated, "We highly value the development of Hyperledger ecosystem. By collaborating with HCSPs, we aspire to provide more enterprises with assistance in blockchain development and attain tangible results in commercial values. BSOS is an exciting company with potential. It passed our strict requirements and tests in a short period of time, showcasing adequate technical capability."

Taking a closer look at the list of 20 HCSPs, one may deduce the high bar set for service providers at the sight of internationally renowned IT giants, e.g. IBM, SAP, Accenture, NEC, LG, Tencent, Ant Financial. "We’ve set rigorous qualifications for a company to be an HCSP. We currently have 20 of them, and we look forward to introducing more leading companies as our partners", said Julian Gordon.

BSOS set out to serve a global clientele on day one

"BSOS is honored to be an HCSP. It is a recognition of our R&D capabilities. We’d like to express our gratitude to Hyperledger for the validation. In the future, we look forward to collaborating more closely with members of Hyperledger ecosystem and help our clients achieve commercial value", said Daniel Huang, CEO of BSOS.

Asked how the company first got in contact with Hyperledger, Huang responded, "The day we founded the company, we told ourselves, we must operate internationally. In such a new area of expertise, we certainly have to be engaged in the global community. In addition to Hyperledger, we are also very pleased to introduce R3, EEA, ConsenSys, and HashiCorp as our new partners this year."

Enterprise-grade blockchain technology is headed toward maturity

We can take note of topics that stood out from trials conducted by developers across the world and try to identify what could be a fit for blockchain deployment. Meanwhile, we also see that tools and process methodologies developed sequentially by major developers like Hyperledger, R3, J.P. Morgan, or even start-ups like BSOS, are collectively driving enterprise-grade blockchain technology toward maturity. According to the world’s second-largest market research institution, MarketsandMarkets, the global blockchain market size is expected to grow from USD 3.0 billion in 2020 to USD 39.7 billion by 2025, at a 67.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).

In adopting blockchain technology, people would assume the financial sector conservative. Exceptionally, it has reacted faster, and more proactive than enterprises. Daniel Huang explained, "Our clients, especially financial institutions, are particularly sensitive to data facticity and asset liquidity. They promptly realized how blockchain technology can bring revolutionary changes. We look forward to having more successful cases in the financial sector which will further facilitate the development of distributed collaborative business ecosystems in other industries and create immense momentum in value circulation."

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First Look at the Porsche Design Acer Book RS – A Star is Born

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The Porsche Design Acer Book RS launches at Next@Acer. Underneath the light all-metal and carbon fibre construction is a powerful 11th Generation Intel Core i7 (up to) and an NVIDIA GeForce MX350 GPU (up to). You get up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD storage. The Porsche Design Acer Book RS will also come with its own Travelpack RS ECCO Palermo Leather sleeve and pouch and its own exclusive Porsche design Mouse RS.

The new Notebook is made to be lightweight, yet sturdy, and powerful. The design harks to Porsche’s sports car and racing heritage. Porsche Design employed their know how and expertise in lightweight materials and construction to keep the all-metal chassis with carbon fibre top body an anorexic 1.25kg. At 15.99mm thickness also, it is not exactly a bulky package.

Inside the body is a 14-inch Full HD IPS display with 99% sRGB coverage. That also means near accurate colours. DTS Audio ensures that its speakers are powerful enough still to entertain even the most demanding users. It even features the Unibody hinge design to make typing a more comfortable experience on the Porsche Design Acer Book RS.

The Porsche Design Acer Book RS will be available in the North American, EMEA, and China very soon. Prices for the Book RS start at US$ 1,399.99 (MYR 5,801), EU€ 1,799 (MYR 8,851), and RMB 14,999 (MYR 9,345) respectively. If you opt for the top specced Book RS, it will set you back US$ 1,999.99 (MYR 8,287), EU€ 2,399 (MYR 11,803), and RMB 19,999 (MYR 12,461) respectively. The Porsche Design Mouse RS can be bought separately of course, it will set you back US$ 109.99 (MYR 456), and EU€ 99 (487) respectively. The Travelpack RS can also be purchased separately at US$ 329.99 (MYR 1,367) and EU€ 299 (MYR 1,471) respectively. No word on availability and pricing for Malaysia just yet.

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Entrust Launches Next Generation Secure Cloud-Based Direct to Card ID Desktop Issuance Solution

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The next generation Entrust Sigma instant ID solution is built for today’s cloud environments, leveraging encryption, trusted HSM technology and secure boot to issue highly secure physical and mobile identities

SINGAPORE, Oct. 21, 2020 — Entrust, a leading provider of trusted identities, payments and data protection, today announced Sigma Instant Desktop Issuance solution, an innovative direct-to-card issuance solution for instant physical and mobile ID issuance. Designed for both cloud and on-premise deployment, the Sigma solution sets the standard for simple, secure and smart instant ID solutions across enterprise, healthcare, government, higher education and financial institutions.

Entrust Launches Next Generation Secure Cloud-Based Direct to Card ID Desktop Issuance Solution
Entrust Launches Next Generation Secure Cloud-Based Direct to Card ID Desktop Issuance Solution

 

Today’s enterprises face a myriad of security challenges: From transitioning to digital operations during the pandemic, to managing the global rise in cyber-attacks, they must maintain a safe and secure flow of data − including the data stored on physical credentials. Within these organizations, Identity and Access Management professionals require a printing solution that is not only easy to integrate into their operations, but one that evolves to meet the growing needs of their company while assuring the highest level of data security. Sigma systems deliver a seamless user experience across the issuance process for desktop and mobile printing needs. It eliminates the frustrations of printer set-up with a modular design and an out-of-the-box implementation that takes less than 30 minutes for users to begin issuing identities.

Equipped with cloud-based APIs, Sigma systems bring issuance to the cloud without additional hardware — enabling instant printing for both physical IDs, badges and payment cards. Sigma systems are trusted IoT devices that help ensure organizations and their data are safe with an intelligent network and building connectivity for ultimate enterprise protection. With capabilities like tactile impressions, holographic and luster panel printing, Sigma printers make it highly difficult for counterfeiters to alter or recreate cards. Additionally, features like an inline magnetic stripe and smart card encoding secure your cards during the card printing process.

"With our Sigma platform, we’re proud to deliver a best-in-class desktop credential issuance solution that’s designed to work completely and securely within a cloud environment, allowing financial, enterprise, government, higher education and healthcare organizations to meet high-volume issuance demands without sacrificing security or ease of use. The Sigma system is ready to meet the issuance needs of today, and equally important, will evolve to meet tomorrow’s security and technology challenges with unlimited printing applications," said Tony Ball, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Instant Issuance at Entrust. "Entrust has been a pioneer in direct to card identity issuance technology for decades, and our Sigma system takes it to a whole new level."

Sigma systems offer the most advanced security architecture that keeps data protected at each step of the issuance process:

  • Encrypted connections: The connection and data sent between software and the printer are secure and encrypted. Sigma printers do not store customer data after successful printing is complete.
  • Secure boot: This feature prevents Sigma systems from booting up malware or other compromises are detected.
  • Trusted platform module (TPM): Organizations can store and manage user certificates and keys in the printer, allowing the printer to become a trusted internet of things (IoT) endpoint.

As large segments of the workforce continue operating remotely, Sigma systems are poised to meet the demands of a hybrid workforce with its physical and digital issuance platform. The Sigma system’s "Printer Dashboard" is available on mobile devices, allowing organizations to manage the printer from anywhere, without being tied to a desktop. Sigma systems also enable companies to pivot and move to a contactless ID Issuance experience, from online photo submission to validating the photo, printing the card, and ultimately delivering the card to the employee. Furthermore, the on-premises instant ID solution features a mobile enrollment functionality for added flexibility to issue IDs at various locations within a facility. Sigma systems use intelligent instant ID technology to streamline printing and eliminate manual workflows — bringing simplicity, security and flexibility to the issuance process.

"Whether your requirements demand an integrated, secure on-premises solution or a system that can grow with a distributed workforce via a secure cloud-hosted Identity Management offering, the Entrust Sigma solutions can meet your needs," said Joe Franco, Director of Sales at Capture Technologies, an Entrust channel partner. "They are browser based and mobile ready and able to be deployed without the need for a heavy client to be installed. The certificate based integrated security features should put to rest any concerns about using the cloud for identity issuance or your printing solution being vulnerable to network attack."

For more information about Sigma visit: https://www.entrust.com/c/meet-sigma.

About Entrust

Entrust keeps the world moving safely by enabling trusted identities, payments and data protection. Today more than ever, people demand seamless, secure experiences, whether they’re crossing borders, making a purchase, accessing e-government services or logging into corporate networks. Entrust offers an unmatched breadth of digital security and credential issuance solutions at the very heart of all these interactions. With more than 2,500 colleagues, a network of global partners, and customers in over 150 countries, it’s no wonder the world’s most entrusted organizations trust us. To learn more, visit www.entrust.com.

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