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CNA
24-06-2025
- Automotive
- CNA
CNA938 Rewind - Mind Your Money - To own or to lease? That is the question…
CNA938 Rewind With COE and motor insurance costs on the rise, is it still worth buying a car — or does leasing make more sense? Cheryl Goh weighs the options with Desmond Chan, Editor of SG Car Mart.
Business Wire
23-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Motivus Partners with Aquila Clouds to Deliver Advanced FinOps Solutions to Enterprise Clients
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Motivus is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Aquila Clouds, a leading cloud and AI financial management platform provider, to deliver comprehensive FinOps assessments that enable enterprises to optimize cloud costs while maintaining performance excellence. This partnership with Aquila Clouds represents a natural extension of our commitment to helping clients maximize their cloud investments through intelligent financial management. This partnership combines Motivus's deep expertise in AI, data, cloud, and enterprise software solutions with Aquila Clouds' advanced FinOps platform, which provides real-time observability, AI-enabled automation, and policy-driven governance for cloud financial management. The collaboration will enable joint clients to establish robust FinOps practices that bring financial accountability to various cloud spending models. Through Aquila Clouds' platform capabilities—including cost optimization recommendations, ML-based forecasting, and automated budget controls—organizations can achieve savings ranging from 25 to 75% of total cloud spend. 'This partnership with Aquila Clouds represents a natural extension of our commitment to helping clients maximize their cloud investments through intelligent financial management,' said Facundo Tomaselli, CTO of Motivus. 'By combining our technical expertise in cloud transformation with Aquila's proven FinOps platform, we can deliver comprehensive solutions that drive both operational efficiency and cost optimization for our Fortune 1000 clients.' The partnership addresses the growing need for sophisticated FinOps capabilities as organizations increasingly adopt multi-cloud strategies and modern workloads including Kubernetes and Databricks. Aquila Clouds' platform provides comprehensive cost analysis across all cloud services while enabling self-service capabilities that allow FinOps practitioners to manage significantly larger cloud footprints. 'We're thrilled to partner with Motivus. Their deep expertise in cloud transformation makes them an ideal partner as we help organizations advance their FinOps journey,' said Desmond Chan, Co-founder and CPO of Aquila Clouds. 'To succeed in the cloud, businesses need both technical excellence and financial discipline. This partnership brings those capabilities together for our mutual clients.' Key benefits of the partnership include: Integration of advanced FinOps capabilities into Motivus's cloud transformation services Enhanced visibility and control over cloud costs and performance metrics Streamlined chargeback and billing operations for federated organizations Automated policy enforcement and compliance management AI/ML-powered cost forecasting and optimization recommendations The partnership reflects both companies' commitment to enabling digital transformation while maintaining strict cost and performance controls, helping organizations make informed business trade-offs between speed, cost, and quality. About Motivus Motivus is a provider of digital engineering, cloud, data, and AI-enabled transformation services dedicated to solving complex technology challenges that empower clients to achieve business growth, increase revenues, and reduce costs. With a global footprint anchored by multiple nearshore development centers across Latin America, Motivus brings expertise and agility to its Fortune 1000 clients worldwide. For more information, please visit About Aquila Clouds Aquila Clouds is a cloud and AI financial management platform that enables managed service providers, cloud resellers, and enterprises to improve cost observability, optimize spend, automate billing, and boost cloud and AI workload performance. Powered by advanced analytics and AI/ML, its FinOps and BillOps solutions help organizations plan budgets, monitor usage, and streamline operations. Customers typically achieve over 20% in cloud cost savings and reduce billing operation time by up to 82%. Learn more at
CNA
03-06-2025
- Automotive
- CNA
CNA938 Rewind - Are more keeping their old cars rather than scrapping them?
CNA938 Rewind Nearly 2,840 cars have had their COEs renewed in the first three months of 2025, over double the number for the same period last year. It's the highest figure for the quarter since 2020 as well. Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Desmond Chan, Editor, Sgcarmart.
CNA
03-06-2025
- Automotive
- CNA
CNA938 Rewind - What's led to car COE renewals to soar in Q1 2025?
CNA938 Rewind Nearly 2,840 cars have had their COEs renewed in the first three months of 2025, over double the number for the same period last year. It's the highest figure for the quarter since 2020 as well. Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Desmond Chan, Editor, Sgcarmart.
CNA
21-05-2025
- Business
- CNA
CNA938 Rewind - Singapore Today Cabinet 2025 special
CNA938 Rewind - Singapore Today Cabinet 2025 special Singapore has unveiled its new cabinet line-up for its 15th term of Government, in what Prime Minister Lawrence Wong calls his strongest team for the country. Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Rebecca Grace Tan, Lecturer in Political Science, NUS and Dr Reuben Ng, Behavioural and Data Scientist at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS. 33 mins CNA938 Rewind - Cat B premiums drop by some $2,900 COE premiums for all categories, except commercial vehicles, have closed lower in the latest bidding exercise. Notably, COEs for larger Cat B cars decreased the most by some $2,900. Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin discuss further with Desmond Chan, Editor, Sgcarmart. 17 mins CNA938 Rewind - Touring Korea's bars & loving all-things Makkoli with Odem's Dominic Tan In 'Destination Anywhere', Melanie Oliveiro discovers the coolest F&B establishments in South Korea thanks to tips from Dominic Tan, founder & CEO of Odem - known as Singapore's first and only artisanal makkoli bar. Tan will talk about the good times he had at Mars Brewery in Hwaseong where they make makkoli using local Cheongsu grapes; Hwasimjujo distillery which uses modern techniques to create the world's first rice-based whisky; Jaha Son Mandu that serves North Korean style dumplings; Jebudo a small island resort with lots of sea-facing restaurants and more. 20 mins CNA938 Rewind - Mumpreneurs on a social mission & embracing sustainable fashion In 'Made in SG', Melanie Oliveiro speaks with a couple of creative mumpreneurs from the Tanjong Pagar Designers Clan, a new ground-up collective of 14 x local design brands in the Tanjong Pagar heritage district. Stephanie Choo, founder of EDEN + ELIE and Clara Simanjuntak, founder of Nyana Nyana Eco and Something Sustainable will describe how they blend sustainability and social consciousness in their brands. Choo explains how jewellery brand EDEN + ELIE blends modern design with a strong social mission. Simanjuntak highlights how Nyana Nyana Eco and Something Sustainable showcase her background in architecture and her commitment to eco-conscious fashion. 31 mins
