Enterprise tech happenings: December 2023

Enterprise tech happenings: December 2023

Sime Darby Motors opens new Ubi flagship building in Singapore

Sime Darby Motors (SDM) has opened a new four-storey Ubi flagship building in Singapore. The flagship building offers additional services such as vehicle leasing and specialised BMW servicing, aftersales, and repairs for all BMW cars.

The first floor will house Sime Darby Auto Selection (SDAS) and Performance

Premium Selection Limited’s (PPSL) showrooms with their dedicated lounge areas and BMW Motorrad’s display of bikes, the motorcycle brand and division of BMW. The purpose-built showroom is designed to showcase up to 18 BMW Motorrad bikes in its display area, and will also feature a heritage showcase section, aftersales service reception, and a parts counter complete with an accessories display. The second floor holds more than 60 pre-owned cars, making it one of Singapore’s largest pre-owned dealerships.

Zoom finds that 94% of Singapore employees say time-saving top benefit of AI

In a survey of more than 11,000 employees and leaders across eight global markets, Zoom found that 94% of Singapore employees said that having fewer repetitive tasks and more time to focus on other things as the top benefit of AI. Rather surprisingly, 70% of employees agreed that they had more to gain than lose from using AI at work.

Lenovo launches new ThinkStation P8 powered by AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series processors and NVIDIA RTX Graphics Cards

Lenovo’s new ThinkStation P8 tower workstation come with AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series processors and NVIDIA RTX GPUs and are targeted at those who need to run complex simulations, render stunning visuals, or develop cutting-edge AI applications. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series processor is built on AMD’s 5nm “Zen 4” architecture and features up to 96 cores and 192 threads. The P8 workstation can accommodate up to seven M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSDs with RAID support, or up to three HDDs for large capacity storage, up to 2TB4 of DDR5 memory with octa-channel support and seven PCIe slots including six PCI Gen5 that deliver higher speed connectivity, lower latency and more expansion capability, and also includes 10 Gigabit Ethernet onboard. The Lenovo ThinkStation P8 workstation will be available starting at the end of February 2024, prices start from US$3,000 at www.lenovo.com/workstations.

Dell’s 2024 tech predictions

During a virtual briefing hosted by John Roese, Dell’s Global Chief Technology Officer, the company shared emerging trends that are set to shape the technology industry in 2024. The three major points are:

• Generative AI will move from disruption to optimisation, with the dialogue shifting from theory to practice. We have seen few real-world, scaled generative AI activities. As we move into 2024, we will see the first wave of generative AI enterprise projects reach levels of maturity that will expose important dimensions of generative AI not yet understood in the early phases.
• The “Edge Platform” approach will become more prevalent with companies and ecosystems delivering simpler edge platform-centric models. Roese shared that enterprises will recognise that there are two ways to build a modern edge – the proliferation of mono-edges or a multi-cloud edge platform. Choosing the latter to adopt an “edge platform” approach where modern edge becomes an extension of the multi-cloud infrastructure is the way forward.
• Zero Trust infrastructure will be made real and mandated in 2024 across a wide range of industries. 2024 will see us move from a world where Zero Trust is a “buzzword” to a world where real technology, real standards, and even certifications emerge to clarify what Zero Trust truely means.

Imperva’s predictions for cyber security trends facing enterprises in 2024

Imperva has released its list of the top cybersecurity trends facing enterprises in 2024. According to George Lee, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan, Imperva, these include:

• The hype surrounding generative AI is due for a reality check in 2024 despite its continued advancement. Its adoption has both beneficial and detrimental aspects, that are usually exaggerated, particularly in its developmental stages. This is when "AI washing" can happen, with businesses falsely advertising AI integration in their products or services, misleading consumers. Cybercriminals will leverage AI to build new attack vectors never seen before and generate new variants of existing vulnerabilities, leading to a surge of new Zero-Day attacks.
• Research shows that the average business has up to thousands of APIs in production. In 2024, organisations will come to terms with the fact that they need to take a more proactive approach toward securing their APIs. The challenge is that many organisations don’t have the right defences or controls in place. They don’t know where their APIs are deployed or what data they’re accessing. This exposes them to risks in they cannot comprehend or quantify. In 2024, as pressure to mitigate API-related security incidents continues to grow, security leaders will look for and invest in solutions that integrate seamlessly into their existing application security technology stack.
• As the power of AI hinges on intelligent data, in 2024, organisations will realise that data security is more important than ever. For years, organisations have hoarded data – with much of it now unknown and hard to secure. This lack of control, in turn, increases risk without adding value. At the same time, organisations have wrongly assumed that a lot of their data isn’t worth protecting, only prioritising data classified as highly sensitive and forgetting about their “low-risk” data, such as publicly available data. This assumption is not only wrong but dangerous.
• Organisations must come to grips with the urgency of regaining control over their data – understanding where it is, how it is being used, and whether it even needs to be stored at all, as holding on to unused – and especially out-of-date or inaccurate – data could come back to haunt businesses. There is also the risk of “Shadow AI,” with organisations unaware of how employees use AI applications and what data they feed the models behind them. Beyond this, every byte of data that an organisation holds is a security risk: the high-risk data can be stolen and weaponised.
• As generative AI advances, expect to see an escalating risk from cyber threats, particularly social engineering tactics. The most concerning issue is that simple phishing attacks are still the most common and effective. Resolving this demands a shift in mindset - we need to recognise that cybersecurity isn't just the concern of experts or senior leadership; it's a collective responsibility that extends to all of us. The first step is to make cybersecurity easier to understand and recognise that it isn't limited to advanced technology.

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