A recent study, presented by the content delivery network and cloud security specialist CDNetworks, revealed a major discrepancy between corporate reality and self-assessment in IT security.

Rappier’s new powerful cloud-based self-serve platform, Unliche, has been launched to help companies make smarter marketing budgeting decisions across channels by leveraging the power of measurement of success metrics for customer acquisition, retention and engagement for their digital properties. The Singapore headquartered marketing technology company has been focused in the past three years on building integrated technology solutions for the digital marketing arena.

Adobe just announced at the Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2018 its partnership with Apple and introduced Project Aero, a powerful new augmented reality (AR) authoring tool and system that makes it easier for designers and developers to create immersive content and bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds. You can rest assure that it will change the way we work, learn, and play, expanding digital experiences beyond the screen to the world around us.

“The next mainstream computing platform may not be bots, AR, or VR, but rather voice-based computing”, Alexandre Linares, Founder of Alpine.AI believes and points out that it is estimated that there will be 24.5 million voice-first devices shipped this year, which will lead to a total device footprint of 33 million devices in circulation.

The days when websites were optimized for search engines only and flooded with keywords are long gone. The focus is now on the user and his individual needs and experiences, but the need for a target group-oriented approach is still challenging for many marketers.

SAP, the market leader in enterprise application software, just launched a new SAP Leonardo Center in Singapore to support its customers, partners and the broader ecosystem of universities and start-ups across the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region. The new center will play a key role in realizing SAP’s growth strategy, pointing out that according to the World Economic Forum, Singapore is the most competitive economy in Asia Pacific and third globally.

In our December issue last year, we already provided hints where IoT is heading this year in Asia Pacific when we presented Hitachi Vantara’s insightful predictions. Summarily, both Hubert Yoshida and Russell Skingsley believe the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) platforms will dominate enterprise IT strategies in 2018. At the same time, both CTOs of Hitachi Vantara made clear that they seek to collaborate with customers and ecosystem players to innovate and create new value for business stakeholders, customers and society at large.

MediaMath, a pioneer in programmatic advertising, just announced an integrated set of initiatives to accelerate its mission of connecting marketers with consumers in a manner that is more effective, efficient and trusted.

Marketers must meet today’s customers on their own terms, on the channels they prefer. Brands must integrate a wide spectrum of offline and online for successful e-commerce and retail strategies.

The trend away from shopping in retail stores to online ordering is gaining momentum, but how can retailers counteract this trend? One possibility is the use of augmented reality, a form of so-called mixed reality. Generally, no costly technologies are necessary because the customer brings his smartphone directly to the point of sale (POS), hence, carrying the necessary equipment with him. AR enhances reality perception by computer-aided information. In retail, these can be the display of product information, offers, product recommendations or navigation through the store. A special form of augmented reality is the AR mirror through which customers can see themselves and virtually test jewelry or clothing.

Ralph Echemendia, better known by his alter ego “The Ethical Hacker,” just announced at Money 20/20, Europe’s largest FinTech event in Amsterdam, the launch of SEGURU, an application created to provide the most secure approach towards a safer digital experience for individuals across the world.

Apparently, mobile optimization, the preparation of the corporate website for optimal display on smartphones and tablets, is deemed negligible by many marketing or sales decision makers - in the otherwise often very innovative, industrial companies.

The mobile advertising platform ‘AdColony’ met the stringent requirements from leading advertising accountability group, the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), and received the coveted Certified Against Fraud certification.

A naturally growing audience is a longed-for result for any owner of streaming services. Preferably, the growth is predictable and manageable, otherwise, it can be detrimental when such growth is out of control and leads to unexpected resource drains. Such spikes in demand can downgrade the quality of service, which can result in service interruptions, which in turn diminishes the user experience. Of course, there are solutions on the market which manage media content streams without straining the delivery infrastructure.