Editor’s brief: Collaborative robots (cobots) are a whole emerging paradigm of industrial and B2C automation that transcends the myth that automation and industrial robots must be big and must be fenced up. These smaller and more agile cobots are close albeit much smaller cousins of larger industrial robots. The stalwart of the cobots arena, Univeral […]
Synopsys global survey finds open source security top-of-mind but patching is playing catch up
Editor’s brief: While the global crisis has pushed governments and businesses to look more seriously at cost containment while also addressing the pandemic fallouts, open source software (OSS) adoption has become important. With the adoption of OSS both at the end-user level as well at the SDLC (software development lifecycle) stages, the need for code […]
Check Point’s survey points to securing remote workers and clouds as challenges for next 2 years
Editor’s brief: As the world revolves around an invisible pathogen for much of 2020, what is to become in 2021 and beyond? Check Point Software conducted a global survey recently, and showed that the security of remote workers and cloud deployments would become key challenges for entities worldwide. Read more below. EditorMicrowire.news (aka microwire.info) is […]
PistonBuds and ComfoBuds from 1MORE lands in Singapore
Editor’s brief: Jay Chou and Wu Tsing Fong are two of Mandopop’s contemporary greats, and so when they lent their names to some wireless in-ear headphones, there may just be something to shout about. 1MORE, the brand heavily invested by Jay Chou and its products are tuned by Luca Bignardi, launches PistonBuds and ComfoBuds in […]
What if packaging and palletizing can be offloaded to cobots?
Editor’s brief: As the pandemic rages on, the supply chain has become the critical link for global continuity, whether for medicine, commodities, and essential products. In the supply chain, packaging and palletizing, which involve also lifting heavy loads, bending down and up, remain some of the most essential and yet most unergonomic of human-centric tasks. […]
ASEAN businesses can tap on Check Point geofenced cloud technologies to meet compliance requirements
Editor’s brief: Businesses large and small are moving to the cloud, and this is especially true in the pandemic-ravaged world where employees are forced to work from home (WFH), often by regulators hoping to reduce community exposure. While the jury is still out on this approach, the reality is that technology adoption is necessary for […]