Your Story

By Harshith Mallya

As a parking data aggregation service provider, PParkE leverages IoT, data analytics, and a consumer-facing mobile app to help manage urban mobility. The current focus is on helping vehicle owners find parking spots at select locations in the city. By aggregating data and applying machine learning, PParkE’s goal is to deliver content to help people move more proactively in their city.

ET Telecom

Huawei help operators leverage their strengths in data transmission to expand into new areas, such as offering video as a basic service, and cloud services to enable other industries, opening up new opportunities in markets worth trillions of dollars. Apart from this, we are also focusing on the 4.5G, video and narrow band-IoT (Internet of Things) solutions, all potential growth areas for Huawei.

Voice & Data

The ongoing digital revolution is highlighted by the rapid adoption of new technologies to scale up businesses, reduce costs and achieve operational efficiencies to ‘level the playing field’ for enterprises. Increasing penetration of smartphones, last mile network connectivity, adoption of social media are guiding the ways enterprises connect and interact with customers. Mobile technologies have enabled businesses to access ‘data on the go’. Initiatives such as Digital India and Smart Cities have accelerated storage market growth. Analytics is helping businesses decode consumer behavior and as technology becomes a strategic priority, it is completely transforming the way businesses run and operate.

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By Ayushman Baruah

SAP Labs in India is the second largest R&D centre for the company after its centre in Walldorf, Germany and among the three hubs in the SAP Labs network of 19 Labs across 16 countries. Dilipkumar Khandelwal, MD for SAP Labs in India, has a dual role as he is also the EVP and Global Head of Enterprise Cloud Services for SAP. In an exclusive interview with Ayushman Baruah, Khandelwal talks about their India focus, latest technologies, and their emphasis on innovation.

Mint

By Munesh Makhija

In the world we live in, some technologies are advancing at a breakneck pace, or exponentially. This means that capabilities are doubling or more with every step, often at the same or reduced cost, leading to digitization, democratization and disruption. This has been most evident with Moore’s law in semiconductors (with the transistor density on silicon doubling every 18 months) over two decades, which led to miniaturization and cost efficiencies for electronics. But, it is not limited to this.

BGR

Retailers in the Asia-Pacific region are fast adopting Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence and automation strategies to boost growth, a new study has said. Retailer are moving from brick-and-mortar stores to online channels, which would lead to synergies between the physical and online platforms, said the study titled “2017 Retail Vision Study” released on Tuesday by Zebra Technologies Corporation, a global leader in providing solutions and services to enterprises.

Live Mint

By 2025, the healthcare industry will face numerous challenges including an ageing population, government policy that will need to keep pace with this population, and making healthcare services and infrastructure more accessible to the masses. The technology-driven world that we find ourselves in has provided us with a great opportunity to incorporate technological tools into the delivery of healthcare. Specifically, Big Data, mobile and the Internet of Things (IoT) can support and facilitate the flow of information for effective care coordination and greater patient and citizen empowerment, according to the Healthcare in 2025 report by videoconferencing, telepresence and communications firm Polycom Inc.

Live Mint

Technology is the backbone of our generation. With initiatives like Digital India, technology is seeping into every bit of our daily life. It has now become imperative for us to innovate, and use gadgets and devices that enable us to do things efficiently—irrespective of our geographical location or other demographics. Internet of Things or IoT is one such initiative which enables us to achieve this.

First Post

A whopping 92 percent of business leaders in India believe that every organisation needs a digital transformation to grow their business, a study has revealed. The Microsoft Asia Digital Transformation Study 2016 has revealed that emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) are viewed by Indians as important and relevant to digital transformation strategies.

Live Mint

5G is the foundation for realizing the full potential of IoT. While 5G is set for commercial availability sometime around 2020, the industry is already working to develop new global standards and pre 5G products to benefit industries everywhere. Ericsson AB’s latest Mobility Report points out that there will be 550 million 5G subscriptions in 2022 and Asia Pacific will be the second-fastest growing region with 10% of all subscriptions being 5G in 2022.

The Times of India

With 1.3 billion connected devices and Internet of Things (IoT) devices expected to populate homes in India by 2021, home networks can become easy targets for cyber criminals, said global cyber security agency Fortinet. Personal, financial and medical information, as well as work assets are all at risk from increasingly sophisticated malware and financially-motivated cybercriminals, Fortinet said in a report.

Business Standard

In the recent times, Indian pharmaceutical industry has been facing quality issues with the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), with the US drug regulator issuing import alert, warning letters or observations under 483 Form to many of the leading Indian pharma companies. To overcome quality issues in the industry, technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) can prove to be handy, says an Assocham-Sathguru joint study. The increasing frequency of the US FDA inspections in India and the upward trend in warning letters has put the industry in a panic drive. “In an export driven market, where credibility weighs high to maintain market share, at this point in time India cannot afford this kind of reputation ...IoTPharma

ET Telecom

By Muntazir Abbas

Sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) ​​has said that affordable tariff​s would play a significant role to boost ​ digital connectivity but there was much to be done on the broadband front by private service providers. “Digital connectivity and proliferation of affordable pricing is very significant. There is a lot of work to be done to enhance broadband penetration both by telecom service providers and stakeholders,” Trai chairman RS Sharma told ETTelecom.

Fibre2Fashion

Consumers are most willing to engage brands with new retail technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), automation, drones, virtual reality (VR) and more, if they feel that they are in control of their experience, according to a recent report. Artificial intelligence (AI), VR and IoT present the opportunity to better anticipate consumers’ next purchase.

Channel World

By Yogesh Gupta

Cloud, mobile and IoT are modifying organizations’ security posture, says Kathleen Phillips, Global Channel Chief of Entrust Datacard.

Entrust Datacard encompasses a huge portfolio of authentication, certificates, PKI, payments and other security solutions for organisations. CSO India in an exclusive interaction spoke to Kathleen Phillips, VP-Global Channel Strategy & Operations, Entrust Datacard during her India visit, on the company’s product roadmap, channel blueprint and the security landscape.

ET Tech

By Aritra Sarkhel

Shailesh Agarwal, Director – Strategy & Operations,IBM talks about their cloud plans for 2017, their tryst with government on tech deals, plans for Africa, their SMB roadmap and how IBM is helping up skill people. Shailesh Agarwal, Director – Strategy & Operations, IBM talks about their cloud plans for 2017, their tryst with government on tech deals, plans for Africa, their SMB roadmap and how IBM is helping up skill people.

Business Standard

By Mrutyunjay Mahapatra

As Indian banks compete to establish differentiated business models based on efficient operations, technology has assumed the pole and pivotal position in their strategies. Ecosystem disruptions like demonetisation, emergence of payment banks, fintech play, micro banks and pseudo and para banking activities of telcos and retail chains have put technology as the sine qua non and God-gifted saviour for banks. But gifts are bundled often with miseries.

PC Quest

By Adeesh Sharma

Needless to mention here, such advances in AI depend heavily on the security, resilience and interoperability amongst different IoT networks. Many auto manufacturers have already demonstrated and are also working on advanced self-driving capabilities, however, the network that works in most cars still remains isolated with a myriad of protocols that require oodles of work to secure.

The Times of India

“It is very essential for smart city to join all its projects with sensors. They must process all information through cloud computing and deliver it directly on mobile,” said of U B Desai, director, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, while delivering key not address on the subject ‘No smart city without sensors’. India’s future lies with towns and cities and so we need to join smart devises also with internet and not be satisfied with joining smart phones, he added.

The Times of India

Internet of Things (IOT) will soon play a key role in a person’s daily life, said AU College of Engineering principal Prof PS Avadhani. Speaking at a seminar on “IOT Sensor Enablement” organised by the department of instrumental engineering on Saturday, Prof Avadhani pointed out that IOT has become an enabler in technologies concerning every aspect of science. He said IOT has become a game changer in remote sensing, agriculture, geology and is a major technology booster in the fields of telecommunication, automotive and healthcare.

The Asian Age

He said the law could include a BSI “seal of approval” to help consumers identify which gadgets were secure. “The worst thing that could happen” would be that consumers withdrew from the so-called ‘Internet of Things’ for fear of being hacked, he said. “We want to have a successful digitisation.”

BGR

The value of digital transactions nationwide declined marginally (1.5 per cent) to Rs 92.6 lakh crore ($1.4 trillion) in February 2017 from Rs 94 lakh crore in November 2016 ($1.42 trillion), according to representative data (provisional) on electronic payments released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The data do not cover all transactions across all banks. But, card payments data for four major banks, mobile banking figures for five banks and prepaid payment instruments (PPI, meaning mobile payment gateways such as PayTM and FreeCharge) data for eight non-bank issuers have been considered as representative for analysing trends in payments.

Deccan Herald

By Kalyan Sundar

The introduction of 5G technologies could not come at a better time. With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) came the need to be able to effectively connect, manage and integrate smart devices into businesses’ network architectures. But how can we effectively integrate all these new devices that are varied and non-centralised with high-speed systems? The short answer is 5G. This next big step will tap into both licensed and unlicensed spectrum to ultimately deliver what will rival, and even surpass, many of our wired options for connectivity. But the dream is not quite a reality just yet. It needs a concerted effort to succeed. Here’s how 5G is coming about and ...IoT in Telecommunications

The Economic Times

With the world witnessing a dawn of the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’, driven by IoT (Internet of Things), we either become a part of it and leapfrog, or be left behind. Andhra Pradesh is at the forefront of ushering in technology-driven development. The state’s e-Pragati platform is India’s most comprehensive e-Governance platform.

CXO Today

There has been a veritable explosion of data over the past several years, leading to a virtual spawning of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Analytics. Sophisticated Big Data Analytics, working in tandem with Cloud-based enterprise tools, can lead to a more focused, collaborative and explorative understanding and leveraging of business data. No wonder, these new-age technologies have been radically transforming the way organizations do business.

ET Small Biz

By Taslima Khan

For some startups, the flipsides have been overwhelming enough to force them to explore greener pastures. Flamencotech, which has built an Internet of Things platform for smart buildings, was gung-ho about the 100 Smart Cities projects but has now decided to work with private companies instead. Among its marquee clients are Volvo, Nike, Wells Fargo, Mercedes Benz, Swiss Re and Essar Steel.

The Hindu

The Telangana government will unveil in a few weeks a policy on Internet of Things (IoT) and smart technologies detailing the support measures and incentives to be offered for companies setting up facilities in these areas. The draft was reviewed a couple of days ago, and the policy is ready to be launched, IT and Industries Secretary Jayesh Ranjan announced on Wednesday at the inauguration of ORBCOMM’s centre of excellence for software application development and tier-I customer care in the city.

CXO Today

Women comprise only 11 percent of the global information security workforce, and that’s not good news for us. A study conducted by Frost & Sullivan found that women in cybersecurity have higher levels of education than men, but fewer hold senior-level positions, and they earn less money.

The Economic Times

With cheaper and smarter lights fast replacing incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent lamps (CFL), smart connected lights will become one of the largest internet of things (IoT) devices in the next five to 10 years, Harshvardhan Chitale, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Philips Lighting India, has predicted.

YourStory

This is where Internet of Things (IoT) technology comes into play. Sensors placed on each of these devices send out regular information about the device as well as receive information and adjust the behaviour of the device or appliance accordingly.

Deccan Herald

The last decade or so has seen a major change in technology growth, and a few words have become staple when it comes to answering how organisations are going to grow and work – Big Data, Machine Learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

First Post

It is impossible to detect the callous behaviour of cyber criminals. Their actions are difficult to understand as they have a very different set of values and are motivated beyond monetary gains as reason! Some are just looking at mere headlines. Just like we are protective of our physical surroundings, we need to build a similar atmosphere for our cyber ecosystem – especially when we are growing as a cashless economy where we will very soon rely heavily on IoT.

The Financial Express

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) frame-work has opened a host of opportunities by bringing together the physical and virtual world. On the shop floor, intelligent computerised numerical control (CNC) ma-chines share data among themselves, creating a free flow of real-time data to help manufacturers understand the nuances of their infrastructure, inventory, and workflow status.

The Hindu

Telangana Government will unveil in a few weeks a policy on Internet of Things and Smart Technologies detailing the support measures and incentives to be offered for companies setting up facilities in these areas.

BW Smart Cities

With the Smart Cities’ programme well underway, it was merely a question of time before the need for Smart Villages came on the radar, given the statistical predominance of the latter. As per data from Census 2011, 69 per cent of the nation’s population (around 833 million) resides in the rural region, while only 31 per cent (approx. 377 million) live in urban areas.

Business Standard

Industrie 4.0 has been underway for more than five years, and while many businesses have begun some promising Industrie 4.0 projects, key challenges remain that are making algorithms the heartbeat of these projects, according to Gartner, Inc. By 2020, Gartner predicts that at least 30 percent of Industrie 4.0 projects will source their algorithms from leading algorithm marketplaces a significant rise from less than 5 percent in 2016.

Business Standard

Cyberattacks can interrupt business operations, hurting companies’ bottom lines, and can infringe upon the privacy and other human rights of consumers and the general public. Right now, there isn’t much regulation around companies’ cybersecurity practices.

CXO Today

As we progress towards digital transformation and the mobile technology becoming more and more advanced and sophisticated, the ‘Internet of Things’ is certainly here to stay. Usage-Based Insurance (UBI) is one such an IoT innovation that aligns driving behaviours with premium rates for vehicle insurance. Mileage and driving behaviours are tracked using telematics device that gets installed in a vehicle or already integrated during manufacturing stage.

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Niti Aayog Niti Ayog or the National Institution for Transforming India—the Government of India’s policy think-tank—predicted last year that the urbanization rate in the country would increase to over 60 per cent in the next 30 years, assuming 7-9 per cent rate of economic growth. As more automobiles connect, software competency will provide an edge and open further opportunities for the service providers.

The New Indian Express

By Nandini Chandrashekar

For better or worse, automation is the new buzzword in the IT industry. More and more companies are quietly reducing their workforce – especially the lower rung – as many of the processes are getting automated.

The Asian Age

The study, commissioned by Genesys in partnership with Frost & Sullivan, offers insights into how companies in APAC perceive Internet of Things (IoT) and to what extent companies are adopting it to enhance customer experience.

CXO Today

Any connected device, regardless of whether it’s IoT-enabled, is a potential target for a cyber-attack. Thousands of IoT devices are being introduced in the market even prior to the development of effective legislature. As the legal framework tries to catch-up with the ever evolving IoT landscape, enterprises should adopt the following measures in order to safeguard themselves against IoT cyber-attacks

Data Quest

IoT has currently not achieved its full potential. Enterprises are grappling with multiple issues. Nevertheless, IoT enthusiasts believe that open source plays a key role in ensuring that the technology moves past the hype cycle to become a disruptive trend for enterprises

Trinity Mirror

The power packed sessions spearheaded by industry veterans covered current topics in technology like Cloud, IoT, Cyber Security, Data Management and Analytics to Mobility. The sessions engaged in discussions crucial to the advancement of various industries like Automotive and Manufacturing, Banking and Financial Services, and Healthcare.

The Times of India

He said the “always on” nature of “internet of Things” devices means huge amounts of personal information is circulating among companies, in the internet cloud and elsewhere, with few standards on how the data is protected or used. “The net result of these technologies is that we are forgoing our personal privacy and our personal autonomy and even sovereignty as humans and relinquishing that to a combination of state, harvesters of big data, omnipresent institutions and systems.”

Deccan Herald

By Uma Kannan

A few years ago, home automation was unheard of in India, at a time when smart solutions became the order of the day in many developed countries. But with increasing smartphone penetration and larger broadband connectivity, the home automation industry is now witnessing never-before-seen growth.

Financial Express

By Sudhir Chowdhary

According to the recent technology trends 2017 by Hitachi Data Systems, enterprises in Asia Pacific will continue to be ahead in their digital transformation journey compared to their global counterparts.

Business Standard

With the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AR) and machine learning set to define the way Indian enterprises work, “connected” vehicles — which are to embrace all of these new-age technologies — is the new buzz in town.

Tech Announcer

The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to transform the way people work, play, and interact with products and services. A significant majority of IoT applications will occur within metropolitan areas and will ultimately integrate within a Smart City ecosystem. Improving the operational effectiveness and efficiency, safeguarding assets, and establishing new value-added services are a few of the fundamental goals of Smart Buildings.

The Hindu

The solution to several of the city’s woes could lie in the collection of data about the working of the civic agencies. Internet of Things (IoT) devices can help with the data collection, according to city administrators from the United Kingdom who were in Bengaluru on Thursday to discuss methods to tackle civic issues.

The Hindu

Draft policy proposes to integrate IT with manufacturing The government on Wednesday unveiled a draft information technology (IT) policy with focus on establishing Kerala as a knowledge powered society by 2020 through the application of digital technologies in empowering citizens, creating lifestyles, and promoting commerce.

CXO Today

The Internet of Things [IoT] communication protocols is like a maze, but when implemented in the right direction, it can bring tremendous value to business. IoT evangelist Matt Smith, who also heads the engineering team at Cortet by CEL, believes that new ideas and protocols are becoming available at a rapid pace and some companies are pushing technologies that aren’t yet ready for prime time. This makes it confusing.

ET Retail

This technological evolution emergence of e-Commerce, digital and mobile wallets, mobility, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, internet of things (IoT), proliferation of data, emergence of social media, real-time analytics, automated personalization has changed the way retail business is conducted in many an industry. And in this evolution, the Financial Sector is seated at the epicenter.

Tech Announcer

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the interconnection of computing devices with the existing internet structure. IoT and big data continue to grow simultaneously; however as the internet of things continue to evolve, the need for big data analytics testing and measurement services continue to upsurge.

The Financial Express

As companies are vying for more IoT penetration—according to Gartner, 8.4 billion connected devices will be in use in 2017—they are also finding out new security gaps that need plugging. Although research on cyber security has been restricted to only algorithm tampering, researchers have found a new window to hack your devices.

The Hindu Business Line

By Varun Aggarwal

What is totally over-hyped is end-user IoT,” Raimund Genes, Chief Technology Officer, Trend Micro, told BusinessLine. “Will we really see ransomware on IoT devices? Would somebody really put ransomware on your fridge? Would you pay if your fridge gets hijacked? Will you pay when your car gets a ransomware?

Data Quest

As an increasing number of products leverage technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), they increase the available surface of attack. While it is almost impossible to build ecosystems that are immune to cyber attacks, the highly connected service industry is stepping up its efforts to address the problem.

Business World

The Internet of things (IoT) space is heating up. Gartner has predicted that in 2016 spending on new IoT hardware will exceed $2.5 million a minute! IoT will drive the growth of platforms focusing on real-time analytics capabilities. Cloud vendors like AWS, Azure and others have already come up with targeted cloud offerings for IoT. Hadoop vendors like MapR and Cloudera are also in the race.

First Post

By Nimish Sawant

Artificial Intelligence is slowly but surely coming into the mainstream conversations of late. With every single smart device having ambitions to be intelligent from the get go, and the ongoing research in this field by technology giants has ensured that AI is here to stay. Google, IBM, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft among others have already formed an AI partnership to create more awareness about AI and also lay down standards for future researchers to abide by.

ET Telecom

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept where a network of everyday gadgets and devices are accessed through the Internet, enabled by wireless communication, and are able to automatically identify themselves to other interoperable devices because of their inherent capabilities. Advances in wireless communication technologies are the most important medium of transmission of data or information between devices, and are pivotal to execution of IoT.

DZone

IoT is about devices, data and connectivity. The real value of Internet of Things is about creating smarter products, delivering intelligent insights and providing new business outcomes. As millions of devices get connected, internet of things will trigger a massive inflow of Big Data. The key challenge is visualising and uncovering insights from various types of data (structured, unstructured, images, contextual, dark data, real-time) and in context of your applications.

PC Quest

By Sidharth Shekhar

Genesys has released The 2016 IoT-Enabled Customer Experience (CX) Report. Interestingly, the research reveals India ranks the second highest, behind China, in IoT-Enabled customer maturity compared with other APAC markets. The study, commissioned by Genesys in partnership with Frost & Sullivan, offers insights into how companies in APAC perceive Internet of Things (IoT) and to what extent companies are adopting it to enhance customer experience.

Inc42

Interestingly, this huge network that the Internet of Things (IoT) technology has built over the last two-three years will get spilled over into 2017, which means that we are yet to witness some of the greatest impacts of the Internet of Things technology during the upcoming year.

BW Smart Cities

The IoT is bridging the physical, digital, cyber and virtual worlds and this requires sound information processing capabilities for the “digital shadows” of these real things. IoT applications are gradually moving from vertical, single purpose solutions to multi-purpose and collaborative applications interacting across industry verticals, organizations and people, which represent one of the essential paradigms of the Digitized economy.

The Economic Times

IT has traditionally functioned as the foundation to keep a company running. One of its core functions has been to protect company operations with firewalls and encryption to keep external technologies out. With the advance of technologies, however, a vast array of capabilities and sources of competitive advantage are emerging beyond a business’ traditional walls. Those capabilities are coalescing in a wealth of new ecosystems.

EE Herald

For a robust IoT system, both the core-hardware and core-software need to be secure and rugged. To ensure that, top IoT microcontroller chip vendor STMicroelectronics and a embedded software company called Prove and Run are joining hands in offering scalable security platform for IoT.

My Mobile

Gartner Inc., the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company, has forecasted that 8.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2017, up 31 percent from 2016, and will reach 20.4 billion by 2020. Total spending on endpoints and services will reach almost $2 trillion in 2017! regionally, Greater china, North America and Western Europe are driving the use of connected things and the three regions together will represent 67 percent of the overall Internet of Things (IoT) installed base in 2017.

Mint

By Komal Gupta and Suranjana Roy

Creating an ecosystem of the Internet of Things (IoT) will eventually be key to better social and digital infrastructure. New energy solutions, robotics, teleportation, impact of 5G, and challenges in securing connected devices were among the themes discussed by experts at EmTech India 2017 conference

Tech Digg

By Nick Marinoff

Some are calling the Internet of Things (IoT) the most revolutionary technology to take hold, and the turning point is closer than some might think. It’s estimated that by 2020, nearly 30 billion products will be connected to IoT technology in some shape or form, and the fantasy world of Minority Report will soon be a reality.

The Hindu Business Line

Most of us are familiar with the buzz around the upcoming deployment of 5G, expected to roll out in developed nations around 2020, and by 2022, in India. But with 5G, we can plot the future — a future where the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are mainstream, and connectivity is seamless, designed to improve the quality of e-governance and education, as well as to enable financial inclusion, smart cities, and an intelligent transportation system.

The Economic Times

By Aritra Sarkhel

The cyber threat landscape has changed a lot over the years and Intel Security has adopted a new approach towards cyber security which includes more partnerships. In a chat with ETtech’s Aritra Sarkhel, Christopher Young, Senior VP, Intel Security talks about their new vision, industry tie ups and the importance of automation.

The Indian Express

These days, it’s possible to use your phone,  and sometimes just your voice, to control everything from your TV to your lights, your thermostat and shades, even your car or medical device. (At least, once you have gadgets that can listen.) But the WikiLeaks allegation that the CIA commandeered some Samsung smart TVs as listening devices is a reminder that inviting the “Internet of Things” into your home comes with some risk.

Mint

Manufacturing companies are entering an era of profound change. The future is unfolding in an environment of evolving customer needs, digital connectivity and increasing complexity and risk. Exponential technologies and advances in materials are accelerating the pace of innovation. The number of engineers trained in handling unstructured data and big data tools—crucial for the type and scale of data generated by connected systems—is gradually increasing, but still falls far short of anticipated future demand

EE Herald

Electronics can be embedded inside machines which are used in factories and can be operated by individuals with ease remotely by letting connected machines and computers to monitor the manufacturing in real time. Although manufacturing industry was using proprietary technologies to connect machines and also make them smarter. The new Internet of things (IOT) is really giving a huge push to this trend by making it more like a standardised way of connecting systems, things and machines.

CIO

In today’s digital age, women influencers in tech have not only shattered the glass ceiling, they are a far cry from where it all began–the right to vote. According to NASSCOM estimates, the number of IT firms in India that have more than 20 percent women at senior level will increase to nearly 60 percent in 2017. And nearly 51 percent of firms will have more than 20 percent of women at the C-suite level. We look at some of the most influential women innovators and leaders that are changing the game in cloud and analytics, in India and globally.

Times of India

By J Vignesh

India’s top technology entrepreneurs are teaming up to back an early-stage venture fund -pi Ventures -that will invest exclusively in startups using artificial intelligence, machine learning and the internet-of-things, at a time when global interest in automation and robotics gains pace and technology majors such as Google and Amazon launch a slew of futuristic initiatives.

CXO Today

Nearly 70 percent of retail decision makers are ready to make changes to adopt the Internet of Things (IoT), and 65 percent plan to invest in automation technologies for inventory management and planogram compliance by 2021 states a study by Zebra. By 2021, 65 percent of retailers plan to explore innovative delivery services, such as delivering to workplaces, homes and even parked cars.

Business Standard

By Ayan Pramanik

As more businesses use digital technologies like artificial intelligence, internet of things (IoT), IT services contracts will change from long-term to pay-as-you-use model, says Atul Kunwar, chief technology officer, Tech Mahindra. Customers of the these IT services providers are reallocating their budgets to focus on new technologies that can improve efficiency.

Data Quest

Digitization is dramatically changing the world. It is impacting all of our lives, and no individual, company or country can escape its impact. India is set for a “Digitization Revolution” and the overall digitization of the country is up for a complete overhaul. This transformation has emerged as the most transformative means to ignite sustainable growth and improve society.

The Hindu Business Line

By G Naga Sridhar

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) has readied the framework, which is likely to be finalised soon. “Cyber security in the financial sector has gained importance, more so with the advent of technological innovations. In this connection, IRDAI has planned to come out with a comprehensive information and cyber security framework,’’ AR Nithiyanantham, Chief General Manager (IT), IRDAI, said in a circular to insurers.

BGR

Gartner’s report suggests that providers must push for their connected home solutions to move beyond early adopter use.

Tech Announcer

Zion Market Research has published a new report titled “IoT Security Market for Utilities, Automotive, Healthcare and Other End-users: Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis and Forecast, 2014 – 2020”. According to the report, global IoT security market was valued at USD 55.6 million in 2014 and is expected to reach USD 464 million in 2020, growing at a CAGR of 42.4% between 2015 and 2020.

BW Disrupt

Adoption of newer connected home solutions is still at the early adopter phase, according to a recent survey by Gartner. The survey, of nearly 10,000 online respondents in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia during the second half of 2016, found that only about 10 percent of households currently have connected home solutions. Connected home solutions consist of a set of devices and services that are connected to each other and to the internet and can automatically respond to preset rules, be remotely accessed and managed by mobile apps or a browser, and send alerts or messages to the user.

Data Quest

In discussions with enterprises that are in the process of implementing Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in their businesses and also with those who are fence sitting to see which way the wind blows, one thing that stands out – along with concerns with security – is the lack of standardization.

PC Quest

By Ashok Pandey

More than 8000 Indian websites were hacked in the first three months of 2016 according to a report given by Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to the Parliament. A total of 14,363 cyber crimes incidents were reported till March 2016, including fishing malicious code, website intrusion, denial of service, scanning, etc.

The Economic Times

By Rajiv Singh

One reason why hackathons are gaining acceptance among non-IT firms is the blurring line between technology and non-technology companies. From operations to human resources, from finance to sales, every division is either enabled by technology or fundamentally disrupted by it. “Every function of a business is being transformed by technology,” says Gupta.

DZone

To gather insights on the evolution of IoT to this point in 2017, we spoke to 19 executives who are familiar with the current state of the Internet of Things.

By Ashish Gulati

Financial Express

Telecommunication is most commonly associated with inventions such as the telephone, fax machine, emails, and radio; essentially the ways in which we communicate on a daily basis. The global telecom industry is one of the fastest developing that the world had seen before, and there can be little doubt that technology has played a huge role in its ever-changing face. With each invention, or a new idea, comes another wave in which the global population can communicate ideas, images, or conversation and it shows no signs of slowing, either. Then came along the Internet and various ways it changed the telecom landscape, especially with the current Internet of Things (IoT) revolution.

Tech Announcer

Internet of Things (IoT) security increases efficiency and enables new services by connecting devices such as industrial equipment and consumer objects onto a network. It also facilitates the gathering of information and management of these devices through software. IoT integrates hardware, communication services, embedded software, and IT services.

The Hans India

The convergence of information, communication and technology (ICT) coupled with surging IoT (Internet of Things) are expected to drive the talent hiring pattern in the days to come.

Mint

By Sanjay Gupta and Leslie D’Monte

Talluri talks about the future of the Internet of Things (IoT), impact of 5G, and challenges in securing connected devices. Talluri will also address EmTech India 2017—an emerging tech conference organized by Mint and MIT Technology Review—on 10 March in New Delhi.

Data Quest

Connecting machines, devices, sensors, and other things of daily use with an intelligent network and make sense out of them, has huge promises to change everyday life. As can be expected by taking in our entire world and attempting to change it one stroke and with one magic wand is unrealistic, challenging and cause for chaos in the short term.

Mint

By Leslie D’Monte & Sanjay Gupta

With over 30 years of computer and network security experience, Raimund Genes is currently chief technology officer at Trend Micro Inc., one of the leading security solutions providers in the world. In an interview, Genes talks about keeping hackers at bay in an increasingly connected world, devising a security strategy for the Internet of Things (IoT) and how machine learning may impact security in future. He will also address EmTech India 2017—an emerging technology conference organized by Mint and MIT Technology Review—on 10 March in New Delhi.

Data Quest

By Onkar Sharma

Sri Krishnan, Vice President, RBEI tells that its data analytics offering has an entire range of solutions from data gathering, modeling, validating and deployment in the real world environment. With the advent of Internet-of-Things, data analytics has become an integral part of any connected eco-system. Its team is actively creating such end-to-end IoT solutions for business domains like mobility, industry 4.0, smart homes, healthcare, agriculture, and energy, etc. 

IT News Online

Check Point Software Technologies has released its H2 2016 Global Threat Intelligence Trends, revealing that ransomware attacks doubled during the period. Out of all recognized malware incidents globally, the percentage of ransomware attacks increased from 5.5 percent to 10.5 percent between July and December 2016.

Mint

By Nandita Mathur

The report by Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise firm, found that although 97% of the 1,150 respondents from Asia-Pacific have an understanding of IoT, many are still unclear of its exact definition and what value it brings to their organizations

CXO Today

The increasing adoption of automation and the Internet of Things [IoT] has put the industrial security at stake. While the industries are focused on achieving a higher level of business agility, they somewhere ignore the crucial aspect of security. Considering the increasing targeted attacks of Critical Infrastructure Industries (CIIs), it is time to provide the visibility to the critical components of IT and OT infrastructures.

CXO Today

By now, most business leaders are aware of the potential and promise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and they are coming to terms with the fact that IoT is underway and is an unavoidable force. However, the dark side of IoT is also unescapable, and businesses that understand earlier in their IoT deployment can overcome the barriers and thrive in a connected world

The Financial Express

Technological breakthroughs at a rate that the world has never seen before are the defining characteristics of the latest revolution. This has been witnessed in various fields like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, the Internet of Things, 3-D printing, autonomous vehicles, nanotechnology and other similar technological innovations.

News 18

Scientists at the Indian Institute Of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kgp) have designed ‘Physically Unclonable Functions’ (PUF) which are fingerprint generator circuits that can protect Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure from manipulation. The IoTs -for example, doctors remotely monitoring the pacemaker in a patient’s heart and modifying its pace -run on a command being sent out from one device to another through a network, and these commands are often unencrypted.

Fibre2Fashion

The Internet of Things (IoT), big data, robotics, and augmented reality are some of the ways CEOs reveal they are choosing to invest their capital in the coming year to better compete, says the ‘CEO Viewpoint 2017: The Transformation of Retail’ report by JDA Software Group, Inc. and PwC. About 69 per cent of the executives have said that they plan to increase their investment in digital transformation over the next year.