December 20, 2019

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Top tech trends that will drive Enterprises in 2020edit

Money Control

Intelligent automation India is amongst the champions in the use of technologies like digital automation and Robotic Process Automation (RPA), particularly in global capability centres that power large enterprises globally.

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Tech trends for 2030: Internet of Things to be ousted by Internet of Sensesedit

The Hans India

The Internet of Senses will be empowered by technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), 5G and Ericcson drafted the next decade tech trends. Users expect a group of beneficial services from associated technology cooperating with our senses of sight, sound, taste, smell and touch to be an ordinary reality by 2030.

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Preparing for the Future of Digital: Top 20 Predictions for 2020 by RSA Securityedit

Express Computer

Even with the best tools, processes and budget, a lack of talent makes it hard to manage cyber risk and more than half of companies surveyed report a problematic shortage of cybersecurity skills. Businesses will look to reduce dependency on talent via security orchestration and automation software, risk based prioritization, and comprehensive threat analytics

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Not only securing data, MSMEs must find efficient ways to collect, store, use it cost effectivelyedit

The Financial Express

For smaller organizations, effective data management isn’t limited to information security but to data lifecycle management, employee education and other efforts too. According to a survey report by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, 48 per cent SMBs this year have seen instances of a data breach in their businesses

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How India Dealt With Cyberattacks In 2019edit

Analytics India Mag

Cyber attacks are rife in India, only the US and China are placed higher on this list. Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi are among states which receives the highest traffic. In the first quarter of 2019, 48% of the total attack was recorded in Chennai. With companies suffering heavy damages (monetary as well as in data theft), cybersecurity insurance purchases are selling like hotcakes, 50% increase in 2018 alone.

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Five reasons why telecom operators may win the battle for 5G against ISROedit

Business Insider

Despite the recent hike in tariffs, India’s telecom industry is in desperate need of revenue. One of the first use cases that experts expect are 5G enterprise solutions deployed for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Keeping the 5G spectrum affordable is integral to that strategy.

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AI based model can enhance breast cancer risk predictionedit

The Economic Times

A sophisticated type of artificial intelligence (AI) can outperform existing models at predicting which women are at future risk of breast cancer, according to researchers. High breast density, or a greater amount of glandular and connective tissue compared to fat, is considered a risk factor for cancer.

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2020: The year of living smartedit

The Economic Times

There will be a bigger adoption of cloud systems, with lot of information stored in the cloud. Besides accelerated use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT)the two together have the potential to address key challenges posed by an excessive urban population which includes traffic management, healthcare, power management, security, energy crises, and many other issues.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Talks About The Future Of Electric Vehiclesedit

Republic World

Talking about the future of electric cars, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that per km cost of an electric vehicle is Re 1 whereas that of petrol is Rs 7 (Electric Vehicles)

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Enabling discoms to power electric mobility in Indiaedit

The Economic Times

The outlook for electric mobility in India has been slowly becoming more optimistic in recent years. The growing advocacy around electric vehicles (EVs), conducive policies, and falling battery prices have had a major role to play in this.

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EESL inks pact with Baghirathi Sustainability to promote electric vehiclesedit

Business Standard

State-owned Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) on Thursday said it has inked a pact with Baghirathi Sustainability India to promote e-mobility in private and government agencies in the country.

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Industry News: Future of Work

Indian CEOs are having a tough time retaining AI, ML, and data science expertsedit

Business Insider

As finding the right talent gets more and more difficult, companies are also investing in their own employees and helping them adapt to the latest technologies putting them through upskilling or reskilling programmes.

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Tech trainingedit

The Hindu Business Line

This is with reference to ‘Govt sanctions 436 crore to train professionals in IoT, AI and blockchain’ (December 19). This is a good idea and will propel the talent to be ready for the technology that is impacting all sectors. There are many players in the ecosystem that need to come together for maximum impact of this initiative.

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Industry News: Education

There wont be affiliated colleges by 2030: NBA chiefedit

The Times of India

Addressing the higher education conclave 2019 organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Tamil Nadu here on Thursday, he said there will be no affiliated colleges in the country by 2030. They will either be converted to universities or clusters of colleges.

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A year of hard decisions and mixed responses in educationedit

The Times of India

Education sector in the state saw a row of reforms being taken up by the government in 2019. Most of these reforms are to come into force next year. Interestingly, most proposals, including the plan to transform government schools to English medium, received mixed responses.

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