News for the IET
Your jobs robots can snatchedit
By Katya B Naidu
There are automated testing tools that can check regression testing, which is checking the changes that a new line of code can make to an existing app,” informs Rishi Bhatanagar, chairman of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) India. While high-end programming remains a human game, simple code writers drawing large salaries are now a thing of the past.
Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar: Chairman of IET India IoT panelNews for other PEI
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Industry News: Information and Communications
New report puts India in top 4 for cyber attacksedit
By Supriya Kumaraswamy
India has become the top fourth destination and source for cyber attacks, as per the Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) 2016 released by a cyber security company, Symantec on Wednesday.
Cyber SecurityIoTLeveraging IoT in Reverse Logisticsedit
The strategy should include the three key mantras of 3Rs, ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ which entails reduced cost, and reuse and recycle of raw material and product scraps. IoT and connected devices, make it possible for companies identify and sort the products that can be reused and remanufactured for use in other products.
IoTLogisticsIndia needs to brace up for digital disruption in healthcare driven by consumer demand: Suresh Ramuedit
This together with digital hospitals, Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), robots and Internet of Things (IoT) are aimed towards improving quality of outcome and enhanced regulatory compliance, said Suresh Ramu, co-founder & chief executive officer, Cytecare Hospitals
HealthcareIoTHow The Internet of Things Has Changed The Way we Look at Industriesedit
It is well-known that we are in the middle of a productivity boom, and that computers have helped with this. However, the Internet of Things has taken this to the next level, because of how it has helped us use machines.
IoT1.1 billion identities exposed in data breaches in 2016, says Symantec reportedit
By Nandita Mathur
According to Tarun Kaura, director, product management, Asia Pacific Japan, Symantec: “There are cracks in the cloud. Cloud services and IoT are the next frontier of cybercrime as a growing reliance on cloud services has left organizations open to attacks.”
Cyber SecurityIoT1 out of every 131 emails sent in 2016 contained malicious link or attachment: Symantec reportedit
The report also talks about the threats faced by IoT devices. Symantec says last year, its researchers placed an IoT device on the internet and it was attacked within two minutes. It also noted that attacks on the IoT honeypot device increased over the course of the year. From five attacks per hour in January, to nine attacks per hour by December.
Cyber SecurityIoTIndustry News: Education
Crisis in Engineering Education: IT loses sheen as mass recruiteredit
By Te Raja Simhan
Krishnakumar Natarajan, co-founder Mindtree, said there is a major crisis confronting engineering education in the country. The IT industry used to add around 25,000 direct jobs for every $1 billion of business. With the effect of automation, artificial intelligence and machine-learning, the number of jobs/$1 billion in revenue will be lower.
EngineeringAICTE, Stanford hold online test to judge engineering educationedit
By Ramendra Singh
The test, is a part of national survey to assess quality of education in technical colleges. The test sought students’ response on their basic understanding of core branches and quality of studies being imparted in their colleges.
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Solar power tariffs seen hitting new lowsedit
By V Rishi Kumar
In less than four years of operations, we have an installed capacity of 600 MW of renewable energy. This is expected to cross one GW by August 2017. In addition, we have installed 20 MW of rooftop solar thus far and planning to take this up to 60 MW. Another 35 MW is in pipeline,” Jain said.
Solar EnergyGlobal wind power installation expected to touch 800GW by 2021: GWEC reportedit
By Mayank Aggarwal
The Global Wind Report: Annual Market Update, released in Delhi, said more than 54GW of clean renewable wind power was installed across the global market in 2016, which now comprises more than 90 countries, including nine with more than 10,000MW installed, and 29 which have now passed the 1,000MW mark.
Renewable EnergyFuture technologies and improved cost efficiency in renewable energy will reshape geopolitics: Hamid Ansariedit
“Every two years, for example, solar installation rates are doubling, and photovoltaic-module costs are falling by about 20 per cent,” Ansari said while delivering an address on ‘Some Thoughts on the World of Tomorrow’ at Yerevan State University (Armenia) where he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree.
Renewable Energy6 GW of wind capacity to be auctioned this yearedit
By M Ramesh
India will see 6 GW of wind power capacity auctioned in the current year, Rajeev Kapoor, Secretart, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said today. Speaking at Windergy 2017 conference here, Kapoor said that 2 MW will be tendered out by the govt company, SECI, in a month.
Renewable Energy