OPPO, T-Hub partner to support start-ups in India
The collaboration is in line with OPPO’s vision to strengthen the start-up community in India.
AI pilot projects in agriculture should be expanded to farms across India
NITI Aayog is collaborating with global tech giants such as IBM and Microsoft to tap AI, machine learning and IoT to transform Indian agriculture.
Accenture buys data analytics firm Byte Prophecy
The IT company is looking to enhance AI and digital analytics capabilities in emerging market. Global technology firm Accenture acquired Ahmedabad based data analytics company Byte Prophecy for an undisclosed amount. The deal will add nearly 50 data science and data engineering experts to Accenture Applied Intelligence. The move will deepen existing consulting and technology capabilities that help clients in areas such as data foundations and advanced analytics. Piyush N Singh, Managing Director, Head of Financial Service, Accenture India, said: [...]
AI to take cyber defence to the next level
Interview Poppy Gustafsson, the co-CEO of Darktrace, discusses how AI has enabled the company to lead in the market by making cyber security more efficient and virtual. How can AI and machine learning be best weaponised to enhance cyber security? When Darktrace first started, cyber security was all about trying to keep the bad guys off your network. Security analysts would try to predict what the bad guys could do on their network and then put these rules into their [...]
OneTrust is very excited about the Indian market
Interview The company’s Founder, President, and CEO Kabir Barday discusses the company’s revolutionary approach to data privacy. Using Athena as an example, how are AI and RPA transforming the concept of workplace and ways of doing business? Can you tell us a bit about Athena? The privacy landscape is constantly changing, as are the ways technology can help solve these complex problems. The OneTrust Athena AI built-in to our platform assists our customers to tackle both of these challenges. First, [...]
India clicks into COVID-19 Global Hackathon
An autonomous UV Disinfectant Robot, a portable-affordable ventilator and a digital hospital were among some of India’s winning entries to the Hack the Crisis worldwide initiative. Highlights: Global Hack 2020 is an online hackathon designed to share and rapidly develop ideas for solutions in the face of the current crisis. India stepped up with its local version, Hack the Crisis India, inviting innovations from across the country that could go on to compete on the global stage. India ranked first [...]
Disruptive tech to be at the crux of business strategy
Nitin Rakesh, CEO of Mphasis, highlights how next-gen technologies will drive businesses during the pandemic...
Disrupting business through disruptive technologies
Technology is providing opportunities for innovators to identify unique market segments and transform ways of doing business. Highlights: The recent flood of technological innovation has the potential to be more disruptive in a shorter period than ever before. Some Indian businesses that made a tremendous impact on the economy are Capital Float, Paytm, Ola, Myra Medicines and FarEye. In the near future, technologies like 5G, AI, autonomy, hybridity and blockchain will change not only the way business is conducted but [...]
Innovators’ DNA sets 42Gears apart in the mobile tech scene
42Gears is a leading enterprise mobility vendor. We recently interviewed here Onkar Singh, the company's Founder runs through the Bangalore-headquartered company's recent foray into Manchester. What sets 42Gears apart in the mobile tech scene? Innovators’ DNA and our zeal to help customers adopt latest technologies to accelerate their business digit transformation. 42Gears is a leading enterprise mobility vendor, started its journey 10 years back in Bangalore and now have expanded to US, UK and other Indian Cities like Mumbai and Rajkot. [...]
India is incredibly well positioned to benefit hugely from unmanned technology
Dr Yoge Patel, CEO of Blue Bear Systems Research, an autonomy and unmanned systems development, shares her thoughts on the growing demand for unmanned technology, the UK -India Tech corridor and the future of the autonomous sphere. What bought you to the field of unmanned and drone technology? My real passion is Mathematics and how generations of theory laid down over many centuries ago can still find new applications in the modern world. I loved Mathematics so throughout my formative [...]