February 28, 2017

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Internet Of (Unsafe) Thingsedit

PC Quest

By Tushar Mehta

Internet of Things is under threat from its ancestor – the world wide web (www or web as we know it). The market of IoT devices is flourishing on the banks along a river with riptides. These devices, however smart enough to capture useful data, leave a trail of vulnerability behind. This is because of an inadequate emphasis on the security of devices connected to IoT.

Cyber SecurityIoT
Industry needs to focus on technology challengesedit

The Hans India

The increasing usage of artificial intelligence, big data analysis, IoT, knowledge automation, etc. is throwing up important challenges to the management to analyze their knowledge maturity strength.

IoT
Beyond the Hype, Big Story Awaits IoT Cosedit

The Economic Times

Internet of Things (IoT) is unequivocally led by hype and will continue to be, as every industry looks to leverage IoT to improve efficiency and productivity, discover new business models and explore innovative revenue streams. Companies big and small are in the fray. At last count, there were over 3,000 IoT startups globally.

IoT
AI will overtake human IQ in 30 years: SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Sonedit

Business Standard

SoftBank Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Masayoshi Son on Monday outlined his vision for artificial intelligence (AI) and said computers running AI programs will exceed human intelligence within three decades.

Artificial IntelligenceIoT
Beyond the hype, big story awaits IoT companiesedit

ET Tech

Internet of Things (IoT) is unequivocally led by hype and will continue to be, as every industry looks to leverage IoT to improve efficiency and productivity, discover new business models and explore innovative revenue streams.

IoT

Industry News: Education

Get serious, fast, about self-skilling, says Nasscomedit

Business Standard

By Ayan Pramanik

The IT industry body Nasscom said both freshers and employees of software services industry should look at self-learning to stay relevant at a time when more businesses are focusing on digitisation.

Skill Development
Engineers have an edge over science grads in landing first jobsedit

The Hindu Business Line

Graduates in engineering have better than average prospects of finding a job after finishing their degree, according to Ajay Prabhu, COO, QUEST Global, a leading engineering services firm.

Engineering

Uncategorized

Government to bring new hydro policy next fiscal: Power Secretaryedit

Money Control

The government will bring out a new policy for the hydro power sector next fiscal to boost this clean source of energy, a senior official said. “We are working on a New Hydro Policy for quite some time. We will do (bring) it next fiscal,” Power Secretary P K Pujari told reporters at a TERI event.

Renewable Energy
Wind power sector likely to move entirely towards auction-based allocation: Bridge to Indiaedit

ET Energy World

By Debapriya Mondal

Following the record-breaking success of the recent 1,000 Megwatt wind power auction, the sector is likely to shift entirely towards auction-based allocation route but this transition may lead to short-term hiatus on the market, renewable energy research firm Bridge to India said in a report.

Renewable Energy
Seeing the lightedit

The Hindu

India and the U.S. have been filing a number of disputes against each other, challenging the other’s domestic content requirement in the renewable energy sector. The last was in September 2016 when India requested consultations with the U.S. under the dispute settlement system regarding alleged domestic content requirements and subsidies provided by eight U.S. states.

Solar Energy
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