Friday, February 28, 2020

Nasdaq powers Indonesia's KSEI with new central securities depository solution

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 -- PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia (KSEI) has successfully gone live with a new central securities depository (CSD) solution by market technology provider, Nasdaq Inc.

The new and state-of-the-art CSD platform provides KSEI with increased capacity and speed, with the new system operating at 40 times faster than KSEI’s previous system, while managing up to 80,000 settlement instructions per minute. 

According to a statement, the technology offering is a multi-asset, multi-currency post-trade solution for settlement, depository, corporate actions and asset servicing to support the full service scope for CSDs globally.

For KSEI, the launch of Nasdaq CSD also supports the company’s move to a Delivery-versus-Payment settlement model with Central Bank Money, a transition that contributes to upgraded standards and performance for KSEI and the Indonesian market.

Nasdaq’s market technology powers over 250 of the world’s market infrastructure organisations and market participants in over 50 countries with end-to-end, mission-critical technology solutions.

-- BERNAMA

Monday, February 24, 2020

Lookout records growth in enterprise customers for fiscal year ending Jan 31

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 -- Mobile security leader Lookout Inc has announced a record fiscal year ended Jan 31, 2020, with growth in enterprise customers driven by strong demand for its Phishing, App Defence and Mobile Endpoint Security solutions.

According to a statement, all these are powered by the Lookout Security cloud, the world’s largest mobile dataset.

“Our growth across all customer segments resulted in a remarkable year for our business. In addition to strong customer growth, our low churn rate demonstrates that enterprises see us as their trusted, long-term partner in security,” said the chief executive officer of Lookout, Jim Dolce.

To meet the growing demand for mobile threat defence internationally, Lookout also significantly expanded its global footprint last year, moving its London office and Dutch European headquarters to larger locations and opening new offices in Italy and Sweden.

Meanwhile, in APAC, Lookout has added to its leadership ranks to further grow its presence in Australia and New Zealand, Japan and Singapore. Lookout App Defence also saw strong momentum in the financial services industry globally.

Expanded strategic partnerships and new product integrations with industry leaders including Google, Microsoft and VMware further demonstrated strong adoption of solutions for Post-Perimeter Security and the need to secure enterprises from the growing threats inherent in a mobile-first workforce.

Additional business highlights and industry recognition include the Lookout Security Cloud dataset which has reached over 100 million apps and 180 million devices analysed, launching a solution with Microsoft, and Lookout having been added to Google App Defence Alliance.

More details at www.lookout.com.

-- BERNAMA

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Solid Sphere Inc distributes Takeshobo Quest - POP TEAM EPIC ASSAULTS overseas




KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3  -- Solid Sphere Inc, a game content developer for various platforms has begun distribution of an overseas version of the ‘Takeshobo Quest - POP TEAM EPIC ASSAULTS’ smartphone app.

According to a statement, Takeshobo Quest - POP TEAM EPIC ASSAULTS is an original kuso app based on the world view of Bkub Okawa's popular POP TEAM EPIC manga.

Supported by both iOS and Android devices, player attempts to clear stages by collecting Takeshobo employees and defeating Popuko and Pipimi.

Providing basic play for free, the app is available in countries namely, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

More details at https://www.pptp.jp.

-- BERNAMA