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Industry News: Information and Communications
Why India needs to be a data democracyedit
But where is this data coming from? Out of 5.5 billion people in the world over the age of 14, 2.5 billion have a smartphone. By 2020, every person will have four personal digital devices. I know of many people who already have more. The Internet of Things will soon bring 50 billion devices online. Smart companies have realized this. Apple, Google, GE, Siemens, Amazon, Tencent, Baidu—all are moving from products and pipes to platforms. These platforms enable products that solve problems but they also capture and own data produced in the interaction.
Big DataIoTHome and the post-internet worldedit
IoT is a term that encompasses 11 protocols including NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth, ZigBee and a whole alphabet soup of standards. The premise behind IoT is to eventually span the entire breadth of connectivity between devices, systems and services.
IoTSmart LivingDigital, IoT To Drive Demand For IT Management Toolsedit
The growth of digital business and the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to drive large investment in IT operations management (ITOM) through 2020, according to Gartner, Inc. A primary driver for organizations moving to ITOM open-source software (OSS) is lower cost of ownership. “While acceptance of OSS ITOM is increasing, traditional closed-source ITOM software still has the biggest budget allocation today.
Internet of ThingsHow The Internet Of Things Is Digitizing Agriculture & Speeding Up Rural Development In Indiaedit
With over 20 billion internet-connected devices expected to run by 2020, the deluge of data streams from these devices would warrant the use of edge computing, sophisticated analytics and AI. Innovative interplay of such technologies to produce desirable use cases is egging on the growth of Internet of Things (IoT) today.
AgricultureIoTIndustry News: Education
Internships to be made must for engineering: AICTE chairmanedit
By Manash Gohain
From addressing underemployment among engineering graduates to handing them degrees only on completion of four months of internship , some overarching changes are in the pipeline in technical education in India, Anil Sahasrabuddhe , chairman, All India Council for Technical Education, tells Manash Pratim Gohain .
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More thermal supply offsets lower wind power forecastsedit
Electricity production from German wind turbines is forecast to fall to 7.5 gigawatts (GW) from 10.3 GW expected for Wednesday, Thomson Reuters data showed. * In nuclear supply, French reactor availability stands at 68.9 percent of capacity, up 1 percentage point, while in Germany, the Isar 2 reactor is ramping up after its annual routine outage, according to plan.
Renewable EnergyCity’s solar power ambitions hit by power dept’s tariff objectionedit
UT electricity department’s stand not to issue no-objection certificates (NOC) for gross-meter solar power connections has put Chandigarh Renewal Energy, Science and Technology Promotion Society (Crest) in a fix. Solar projects of around 6 megawatt of the society, which is already struggling to meet the target of generating solar power set by central government, are hanging fire for want of mandatory NOC from the power department. Crest plans to install rooftop solar power plants at waterworks at a cost of around Rs 10 crore.
Solar EnergySolar and wind projects unviable owing to low tariffsedit
The charges for using transmission facilities are quite high, he said, adding that companies were doubtful whether they could sustain solar and wind projects at low tariffs. “Steep reduction in tariffs due to increased competition in the solar sector has cut the tariffs by more than 40% over the last 18 months.
Renewable Energy