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Industry News: Information and Communications
Putting your data in the cloud could actually be more secure: Raimund Genesedit
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.
Cyber SecurityIoTData is the new oil of the global economy: RBEIedit
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.
IoTCheck Point Software: Ransomware Attacks Doubled in Second Half of 2016edit
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.
Cyber SecurityIoTAsia-Pacific IoT adoption pegged at 86% by 2019 on strong business gains: Reportedit
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
IoTIndustry News: Education
Time for closer industry-academia tiesedit
To nurture entrepreneurship, higher educational institutions should create an ecosystem by providing mentoring, financial and technical assistance that will encourage students to come up with innovative ideas, says a report released by the ICT Academy. The report released by ICT Academy, a not-for-profit initiative of the Government of India, Tamil Nadu government and industry, has 50 recommendations based on inputs from 142 engineering and arts and science colleges in the State.
Higher EducationU.S. varsities welcome foreign studentsedit
The US Consul General in Mumbai, Tom Vajda, said on Monday American universities welcome foreign students for higher education. “U.S. universities value diversity and endeavour to provide students with a well-rounded education, and the American population is very accommodating towards foreign students. The personal connections that foreign students make during their time in the United States are among the bedrocks of the strong U.S.-India relationship,” he said.
Higher EducationUncategorized
NTPC says generation grew 4.7 per cent so far this yearedit
By Debapriya Mondal
India’s largest power generator NTPC Ltd’s generation has grown by 4.7 per cent so far this year as compared with last year’s performance. The maharatna’s power generation till February this year stood at 251.036 billion units against 239.845 billion units in the previous financial year.
PowerRenewable Energy