DQ India

While technology trends in the past year revolved around making machine learning and artificial intelligence accessible for everyone, this year will be about how these technologies will evolve to benefit businesses. With the beginning of 2020, Ramesh SivaSubramanian, Head of Ramco Innovation Lab, Singapore has made technology predictions. The following is a gist on each key technology trend:

Deccan Herald

With the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) permeating in our lives more than ever before, one can witness a paradigm shift in how agriculture is perceived today. According to experts, the future of agriculture will be dominated with the use of technology in all the aspects, from production to processing and logistics.

CXO Today

The 10th iteration of the report, released in October and available for free — licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike — offers data gathered from 122 organisations in verticals including financial, independent software vendors (ISV), tech, healthcare, Internet of Things (IoT), insurance, cloud, and retail.

The Economic Times

As connected systems and increasing use of smartphones raise risk of vulnerabilities, India with its proven prowess in software and services should now move aggressively in the area of cybersecurity, a senior IT Ministry official said on Wednesday. “We have an estimated USD 1.9 billion (about Rs 13,500 crore) in cybersecurity service business, and USD 450 million (about Rs 3,200 crore) of cybersecurity products business from India.

Forbes

Achieving the maximum ROI from AI projects requires a shift in organizational mindset. By seeing AI as a business driver rather than overhead, enterprises have the opportunity to view AI as a valuable asset that helps business leaders make more informed decisions and deliver new revenue from AI to the bottom line.

BW CIO World

Internet of Things (IoT) has permeated all walks of the digital life from smart homes and factories to wearables and smart supply chains. Research reports from NASSCOM predict that the global market size of IoT is expected to touch USD 3 trillion by 2020. What the estimates underscore is the huge potential of IoT to cause meaningful disruptions in the Age of Digital Transformation as a multitude of devices to get connected to each other.

Express Computer

In 2020, organizations will focus on how well they can architect their multi-cloud environment to deliver fast, flexible and agile computing potential, as well as driving cost benefits – something that has been termed “point of need clouds”. It’s about moving from a through-the-network data flow to a straight-there flow (eg 5G to cloud to 5G) to enable edge applications such as artificial intelligence, video or IoT.

Silicon India

According to a study by Accenture, nearly 80 percent of the topnotch executives in India believe that if AI is not deployed Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the organizations, there are chances of going out of business by 2025. Along with this, the research also found that 79 percent of the C-level executives in India believe that without scaling AI they wont achieve the business strategy.

Express Computer

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will be powering the cyber war rooms in organisations to help them protect from increasing cyberattacks, as well as detect, predict and respond to the same, a PwC India and Data Security Council of India (DSCI) study said.

Business Insider

You’ve likely heard the phrase Internet of Things, or IoT, at some point if you have been following any tech news in the last several years. But at the same time, you might be scratching your head figuring out what it is or what it means past a flashy buzzword.

Indian Retailer

Installing an IoT product may require opening the asset, which may result in violating the warranty of the asset received from OEM. Retailer non-cooperation Installation of any monitoring mechanism at Retailer will require field engineer to spend time inside Retailer outlet. Based on busy hour of the day, Retailer may not want fiend engineers to operate inside Retail outlet.

ELETS Online

IoT can optimise not only mass productions but also help accomplish mundane tasks. No matter how significant or insignificant the job may be, IoT will allow us to be more efficient in what we do. Moreover, the quality and scope of data in IoT create an opportunity for a much more contextualised and responsive interaction with devices that can create a potential for change.

Business Insider

The combination of mobile computing, analytics, and cloud services, all of which are fueled by the Internet of Things (IoT), is changing how delivery and fulfillment companies are conducting their operations.

Tech Radar

Whether its trying to circumvent antivirus software, or trying to install malware or ransomware on a users machine, to abusing hacked devices to create a botnet or taking down websites and important server infrastructures, getting ahead of the bad guys is the priority for security providers. AI has increased the sophistication of attacks, making it increasingly unpredictable and difficult to mitigate against.

IT News Online

Beyond the smart home, opportunities for Bluetooth within the IoT will include beacons and personal trackers, healthcare devices, commercial building automation and lighting, as well as several different types of wearable devices, including smartwatches and fitness trackers.

The Tribune

Inclusive innovation at scale rather than scaling IT services today is the new moolah and core of IT services and in order to accelerate the technological growth, India needs to attract more foreign investment, offer tailored upskilling programmes, retain homegrown talent, as well as create a favourable regulatory environment.

News Hour

IDC report also adds that artificial intelligence will also help the companies in enhancing their capabilities by improving operations and optimising processes by automation. It said that at least half of the total enterprises would take help of automation and insights of AI-driven operations to retain a more skilled workforce.

Business Insider

The aggregate potential cost savings for banks from AI applications is estimated at $447 billion by 2023, with the front and middle office accounting for $416 billion of that total, per Autonomous Next research seen by Business Insider Intelligence.