March 15, 2017

News for the IET

IoT as a key differentiator in the renewable energy sectoredit

Power Watch

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With the awareness about global warming and depleting of fossil fuels being on the rise, the world is shifting towards alternative sources of fuel to power its needs. Of them, the most sustainable option is the renewable energy. The Renewable energy field is spreading across geographies. It is fast becoming one of the most thriving businesses on the planet. With strong market, comes stiff competition. Hence, efficiency, operating costs, profitability, and productivity of course reliability are of prime importance.

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News for other PEI

IIT-Madras won 2017 IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society Awardedit

Jagran Josh

IIT-M IEEE award solar The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras in the first week of March 2017 was selected for the 2017 IEEE Spectrum Technology in the Service of Society Award. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has chosen the IIT-M for the award for its solar-direct current (DC) inverter system.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Many security threats are over-hyped: Trend Micro’s Raimund Genesedit

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?

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Cyber Resilience Framework: A Must Have for Digital Responseedit

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.

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7 Analytics Trends that Will Impact Fintechedit

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.

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Artificial Intelligence should not be seen as a threat, it will create more jobs: Nasscom VP KS Viswanathanedit

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.

 

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Who is riding patent char(IoT) in India?edit

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.

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The Relationship Between Big Data and IoTedit

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.

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Here’s Why India is Ahead of Several Markets in Adopting IoT to Improve Customer Experienceedit

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.

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Industry News: Education

AICTE approves single entrance test for engineering courses from next yearedit

Hindustan Times

Admission to all engineering colleges across the country will be done through a single entrance examination from next year with the AICTE approving a regulation in this regard, sources said. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on Tuesday approved a comprehensive package, including the single national test, for improving engineering education.

Engineering
Poor funding hit standard of education: NAAC directoredit

The New Indian Express

Former National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) director V S Prasad has said that lack of systematic distribution of funds to educational institutions is the prime reason behind the fall in educational standards in the country. He said that the National Education Policy 2016 draft could be much more developed and implemented effectively.

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European Union: Renewables made up 16.7 per cent of energy mix in 2015edit

ET Energy World

The EU’s target is to reach 20 percent across the bloc by 2020. Eurostat said that 11 of the 28 EU countries have already reached their own national targets for 2020. In 2015 Sweden had by far the biggest share of renewable energy, which accounted for 53.9 percent of its total consumption. Luxembourg and Malta had the smallest share, with only 5 percent each.

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Efficient energy management with IoTedit

The Economic Times

Armed with feedback from customers and the realisation that the future lies in connected devices that transmit useful information, Luminous decided to innovatively leverage loT as a key driver of its integrated solar offering. “For us loT is ‘Innovation of Things’ rather than ‘Internet of Things’ as it opens a whole new world of opportunities and innovations.” said Chander Khanduja, CIO, Luminous Power Technologies.

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