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IDC: Nearly half of APAC organisations have adopted document solutions
Forty-eight percent of organisations in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) are already transforming their business with some form of document solutions, according to research firm International Data Corporation (IDC).
The top reasons for implementing document solutions — like e-signature and content management — include saving costs and increasing efficiency. IDC adds that government initiatives, like providing grants, have significantly driven the adoption of document solutions in developed countries like Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, developing countries are seeing adoption driven mainly by industries. Financial and insurance institutions, for instance, are leading initiatives to reduce dependency on printed documents or processes that rely on physical documents.
“Many document solutions have been around for some time. But the Covid-19 pandemic has fast-tracked the adoption of those solutions and driven organisations to rethink their long-term business goals that are imperative in staying competitive,” says Mark Lee, senior market analyst for Imaging, Printing, and Document Solutions group at IDC Asia/Pacific.
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Sega uses Qlik to advance popular mobile games with data analytics
Japanese gaming company Sega is using Qlik to improve its mobile games and become more data-driven. It relies on data to understand evolving gamer needs and enable its business and development teams to make informed decisions. Analysts for each game title have to conduct complex analyses, spanning vast amounts of game data and external data from various sources, including social media and advertisements, to improve games.
With Qlik’s solutions such as Qlik Sense, Sega can now bring multiple data sources together. This allows Sega’s analysts to independently collect, process, and analyse the required data. They can also incorporate data from external sources without writing complex algorithms. Moreover, they can automatically generate 450 different reports, reducing the average analytics workload by 170 hours per game title.
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“Qlik [has helped] free our analysts from the routine work of preparing data reports and enable them to spend more time solving complex analysis challenges. By extracting better insights from more data sources faster, our employees can better understand market movements and evaluate game performance from multiple perspectives. We now have a data analytics environment where we can more actively work on the next big game hit,” says Masaki Takeuchi, Sega’s section manager of the business and data analysis section in the Game Contents and Service Business Division.
IN PICTURE
Photo: Siemens
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has launched Building X, an open AI-enabled suite that aims to eliminate complexity and enable net-zero buildings.
Building X consolidates data from multiple building systems into a digital building operations twin, which is a virtual representation of a building. This eliminates data silos and opens new possibilities to better digitalise, manage, and optimise building operations to achieve more sustainable buildings for both existing and newer ones.
Building X offers modular, AI-enabled applications that are persona-based to provide the right data to the right partner — be it building users, property investors, real estate companies or facility managers. Current applications include the energy manager, operations manager, security manager, and a 360-degree viewer app that allows users to navigate a virtual 3D environment of real-world locations.
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