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The “internet of things” is growing exponentially, and has introduced billions of sensors into our lives, generating unprecedented volumes of data. Blockchain will deliver sensed data we can trust. This technology is still under development, but with lives at stake when autonomous vehicles hit the road in increasing numbers, we must ensure that the liable party is held to account when things go wrong.

Analytics India Mag

By Srishti Deoras

2017 would certainly be remembered as a year that brought data at the focus point with internet of things, big data and analytics being the hero. Its appointment of top data mining experts including Pulok Ghosh of IIM Bangalore only proves their seriousness in these technologies. They have been appointed to essentially analyse the huge flow of data and help the government arrive at the right policy decisions.

Pc Mag

Tech-hungry consumers keep their eyes peeled for major device announcements. Also watching are distributed denial of service (DDoS) attackers who have made the Internet of Things (IoT) their weapon of choice. These nefarious actors exploit millions of vulnerable IoT devices to create sophisticated malware-based DDoS botnets which they then use to initiate devastating attacks.

Analytics India Mag

The financial allocation under the Atal Innovation Mission will be used to fund the programme on a nationwide scale and projects will be granted on the challenge mode. “It has just been announced. NITI Aayog has been working on the subject for a while and will be coming out with a roadmap shortly,” a senior government official had said. (IoT)

The Times of India

Hrishikesh Nair, CEO of IT parks, said specialised zones for different technologies will help create an environment friendly for product companies even while supporting the service companies. “The government of Kerala wants the state to play a prominent role in future technologies and has set up centres of excellence for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, IoT, blockchain, and mobility.

Live Mint

By Varun Sood

Determining how India’s information technology (IT) industry is making itself future-proof just got more tedious. Industry body Nasscom will not come out with a broader definition for “digital”, the fuzzy umbrella term which each company uses to classify revenue generated from areas generally classified as social, mobile, analytics, cloud computing and Internet of Things, as it believes it is not practical to have a standard definition.

ET CIO

Bangalore: Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the pharmaceutical industry at a rapid pace. IoT has the potential to enhance almost all the processes of the pharmaceutical industry ranging from clinical trials, drug disclosure, manufacturing, and supply chain to remote patient monitoring, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company.

Business Standard

It is essential to overcome the challenges in cross-border investigations and mergers while confronting different legal systems, diverse evidence collection mechanisms and so on, he added. Speaking at the event, Competition Commission of India Chairperson D.K. Sikri said the issues related to big data, artificial intelligence, internet of things and blockchain, among others, can pose a number of competition challenges.

The Economic Times

The worldwide spending on Internet of Things (IoT) security will reach $1.5 billion in 2018 — a 28 percent increase from the 2017 spending of $1.2 billion, according to a Gartner forecast on Wednesday.