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Industry News: Information and Communications
Cloud Transformation in 2018edit
2017 has been quite eventful in technologies emerging stronger; Big Data, Smart Machines, AI, Chatbots and Machine Learning paved their way to growth in 2017. As we progress to 2018, we bring the big players in the business landscape for the upcoming year.
Artificial IntelligenceCloud TechnologyIT-BPM employees will need new skills to survive: EY & Nasscom studyedit
As much as three-quarters of jobs that India’s IT and business process management companies undertake by 2022 will require their employees to acquire new skills, and they are already preparing their workforce to capture emerging opportunities, an industry survey has indicated.
IT IndustryIoT: A vulnerable asset but also a recovery tool in disastersedit
How does an enterprise incorporate IoT into its disaster recovery plan? In one sense, IoT creates a unique challenge because it is far-flung and vulnerable. But it can also become part of a DR solution, helping to protect the business in the event of a disaster, according to experts.
IoTCreating Data Protection Regime encouraging innovation while enhancing privacyedit
Innovation is fundamental to the growth of the start-up ecosystem in India, which is the third largest in the world. We have to remember that innovations in the fields of Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technologies have just begun. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) hold similar potential.
Data Protection LawDigital technology to put India back to workedit
By Ganesh Natarajan
When the talk of automation and artificial intelligence impacting hundreds of thousands of jobs in manufacturing and services sector comes up in any forum, there is always one incorrigible optimist in the room who will point to the auto sector and even the computer industry where new innovations destroyed existing manual jobs but created multiple more new ones.
Artificial IntelligenceAutomationIoTDisruptive technologies to supplement existing ones in 2018: Lenovoedit
While 2017 witnessed debates around disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT), 2018 will see these conversations materialise into concrete steps and existing technologies experience a make-over, a top Lenovo India executive said on Sunday.
Artificial IntelligenceIoTIndustry News: Education
Takers for IITs dwindle, Mumbai experts say engineering has lost its allureedit
By Shreya Bhandary
Blame it on tougher competition or lack of job opportunities after a degree, engineering institutes, including the premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), are increasingly complaining about the declining demand for their courses. The fall in demand has also automatically reflected in the rising number of vacant seats in engineering institutes across the country.
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Key power sector trends from 2017 and expectations in the new yearedit
While we do not expect major policy decisions from the Federal Govt during 2018, being an election year, we may see some interventions by government or policy makers to address coal shortage issues and ensure better availability of power.
PowerRenewable EnergyPune railway saves over a crore by using solar poweredit
Railway officials said the savings were made by using LED fittings at stations, solar-run UPS systems at reservation centres and solar water heaters in the ‘running rooms’ at Miraj and Ghorpadi to reduce the use of conventional electricity.
Solar PowerSolar modules stuck at Indian ports due to import duty disputeedit
PM Modi has set an ambitious target of nearly tripling the country’s total renewable energy capacity to 175 gigawatt (GW) by 2022, spurring global firms including Japan’s SoftBank and Goldman Sachs to invest in solar projects in the country.
Solar EnergySolar tariff bottoms out, may not have free fall in 2018edit
Solar power tariff fall seems to have bottomed out and may not drop beyond an all-time low of Rs 2.44 per unit in absence of well structured bids and rising solar panel prices on demand pressure.
Solar Energy