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Nara Lokesh delivers his first speech in AP Assembly

Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh addressed the members of the Assembly for the


Bill Gates praises Andhra for using tech to help farmers

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has lauded the Andhra Pradesh government for using technology to help farmers in the state.“Andhra Pradesh is taking bold steps. I expect we will be accelerating it (technology usage). More than half of India’s population in engaged in agricul-ture, and three-fourths of rural women are engaged in agriculture. Apart from gender equality, research has shown that having more women also increases production by 20 to 30 percent,” Gates said at the valedictory session of the AP AgTech Summit-2017. Gates also noted that the growth in economy will not only lead to a higher Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but also lift people out of poverty.“First, we can turn the largest economic sector in the country into a source of growth instead of a drag on the economy. Secondly, we can make sure that growth is inclusive and that it not only leads to a higher GDP but also lifts people out of poverty. Third, we can produce enough nutritious food to spurt a healthy and well educated labor force for the future, when the Indian economy will depend

even more on highly skilled workers,” he added.Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was also present in the summit. Naidu requested help from Bill and Melinda Foundation in agriculture, nutrition and health.Gates further said, “Two examples that I am very impressed with; one is the Mega Seed Park, which really is the first of its kind and it will make available lots of high quality seeds and coupled with that is the new EC distribution application, D Krishi, which will help farmers access quality seeds in a timely manner and ensure that the government’s resources are being widely used. These are the kind of inno-vations that will help achieve the Chief Minister’s goal of sustained double digit economic growth in Andhra Pradesh over the next decade.”Gates in Visakhapatnam visited the exhibition stalls in the summit along with Andhra Pradesh chief min-ister.The summit focused on innovative ideas, technol-ogies and global best practices to push agricultural transformation in the state.This three-day global event was organised by the Andhar Pradesh Government in association with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Dalberg Advisors.More than 1,500 global leaders from 61 countries including business heads, start-up founders, leading policymakers, progressive farmers, NGOs, agricul-ture and technology experts participated the sum-mit over three days.

Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji Unveils HCL’s Big-gest CSR Initiative – ‘Samuday’

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath unveiled HCL Foundation’s biggest cor-porate social responsibility project called ‘Samu-day’. Samuday is a rural development initiative to create model villages, which has touched lives of around 6 lac people in the state so far. HCL Founda-tion, the corporate social responsibility arm of HCL Technologies, launched Samuday in 2015. Currently the project is being implemented in three blocks of Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh. Since its launch, Samuday has impacted around six lac people in 90000 households across 720 villages through var-ious interventions in the fields of education, agri-culture, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, infra-structure and livelihood.Speaking on the occasion, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath said, “I congrat-ulate HCL for launching ‘Samuday’ in Uttar Pradesh. It makes me proud that HCL, which started its journey from Uttar Pradesh and is now grown into a global conglomerate, has chosen Uttar Pradesh for its biggest CSR project. I am confident that the spirit with which the project is being implemented will certainly help the last man on the ground.” Through the project, HCL Foundation is working to create a source code for sustainable and replica-ble blueprint for model villages. With the develop-ment of these model villages in Uttar Pradesh, the aim is to empower the people to help them make informed decisions and enhance the quality of life for themselves and their children. Towards this aim, HCL Foundation through Samuday is working with central and state government, village communities, NGO’s, knowledge institutions and allied partners.

Chanda Kochhar receives award from Shri Arun Jaitley and Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth (ICICI Foun-dation), the CSR arm of the ICICI Group, was awardedby the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship at the National Entrepreneur-

first time and he expressed his pleasure in doing so during his speech.Stating that he is lucky to be a member of the Assembly, Nara Lokesh mentioned the sacrifice of the farmers who donated their lands for Amara-vati to become the state capital.Lauding Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, he said that the construction of the State Assembly to be completed within a short period became possible only due to him.

ship Awards in New Delhi. Ms. Chanda Kochhar, Chairperson, Governing Council, ICICI Foundation received the award in the category of ‘Champi-ons of Change in Skill Development Ecosystem’ from Shri. Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Skill Development & Entrepre-neurship and Petroleum & Natural Gas was also present at the event. Through its ICICI Academy for Skills (ICICI Academy) and ICICI Digital Villages, ICICI Foundation provides vocational training, free of cost to a large number of unemployed, under-privileged youth.

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DIGISOL celebrates 1st successful year of Structured Cabling Business

DIGISOL Systems Ltd., (100% Subsidiary of Smartlink Network Sys-tems Ltd.) a leading pro-vider of Active & Passive Networking products, celebrates its one year of successful Struc-tured Cabling business. To mark 1st Anniver-sary DIGISOL organized

nationwide celebration with its distributors and partners. Speaking on this occasion Mr. Shailesh S. Bha-yade, VP – SCS Business, DIGISOL Systems Ltd. said, “Today as we celebrate our first anniver-sary, we are very excited to see that over such a short period of time we have made tremendous in-roads in this highly competitive market place. We are thankful to all our channel partners & SI customers who have believed in us & shown con-fidence in DIGISOL SCS solutions”.

Mr. Bhayade further commented, “As we move into 2nd year, we will continue to seek support & co-operation from our customers and channel partners who have shown their preference for DIGISOL SCS. In turn we are committed to work closely with partners and customers to provide best product/performance & post sales infrastruc-ture.”DIGISOL’s cabling portfolio includes Copper cabling solutions (Cat5e, Cat 6 & Cat 6A), UTP/STP LAN Cables, Keystones, Patch Panels, Patch Cords, Face Plates etc. The Fiber range has Fiber cables, Fiber Patch Cords, Pigtails, LIU couplers and an entire FTTH Product line. DIGISOL cabling products adhere to EIA/TIA and ISO/IEC interna-tional standards. They are RoHS compliant and are backed by international 25 years product war-ranty performance. DIGISOL Structured Cabling Systems is here to fulfill the network connectivity needs of medium to small businesses and home networks, as well as SME & Enterprises require-ments.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Unveils the World’s Most Scalable and Modular In-Memory Computing Platform

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) revealed the world’s most scal-able and modular

in-memory computing platform, HPE Superdome Flex. The platform enables enterprises of any size to process and analyze massive amounts of data and turn it into real-time business insights. In a world transformed by exponential data growth, customers face a complex dilemma – how to han-dle unprecedented data flows while maintaining business continuity and agility to quickly respond to business changes. One way companies are tackling this challenge is by leveraging in-mem-ory databases, such as SAP HANA, Oracle Data-base In-Memory and Microsoft SQL Server. HPE is the global leader for SAP HANA as approximately

50 per cent of SAP HANA server deployments are on HPE systems. In order to harness the full value of in-memory computing, the underlying infrastructure must be capable of addressing large data sets and process analytics without slowing transactions to achieve real-time insights. HPE Superdome Flex has a unique modular design that scales seamlessly so enterprises can keep pace with evolving data demands, while unmatched reliability capabilities provide a resilient platform that safeguards crit-ical workloads. “Customers want to harness all of their data to derive actionable insights in real-time to make more impactful business decisions,” said Vikram K, Senior Director, Data Center and Hybrid Cloud, HPE India. “With HPE Superdome Flex, customers can capitalize on in-memory data analytics for their most critical workloads and scale seamlessly as data volumes grow.”

Transform India with AI and Deep LearningNVIDIA, the AI compute company, announced its Developer Connect Six-City Program, an edu-

c a t i o n a l t o u r that will p r o v i d e program

attendees workshops and demonstrations of tools designed specifically to meet the challenges big data presents. The 2-day event in every city will bring together the local ecosystem of AI developers, data scientists, researchers, and aca-demia, to look at AI trends, technology, use cases and India’s role and opportunities in what many are calling the fourth Industrial Revolution. Start-ing from November 14th in Hyderabad, this event series will showcase the most vital work in the computing industry today, including deep learn-ing and AI, big data analytics, virtual reality, and much more. This program is part of the Devel-oper engagement program of NVIDIA, which has been very successful in training programmers in AI. Intrinsic to this, NVIDIA is also conduct-ing its Deep Learning Institute (DLI) workshops in each of the six cities, DLI provides training on the latest techniques for designing, training, and deploying neural networks across a variety of application domains through self-paced online labs and instructor-led workshops. Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, NVIDIA - South Asia said, “NVIDIA’s DGX portfolio and its software are the essential instruments for advanc-ing the work of world-class AI research and realiz-ing the promise of this new era of computing.

Cadyce launches the new high-speed HDMI cable with Ethernet

Cadyce’s Consumer Products division announced the launch of High Speed HDMI Cables with Eth-ernet. Enjoy and

share movies, music and even view presentation at your own ease. With the Cadyce Ethernet cable interface, the Laptop or PC and mobile phones can get connected to a big screen display monitor for better picture and sound quality. This high-speed HDMI cable uses 24k Gold plated connectors which are corrosion resistant. This ensures high picture and sound quality with no

signal loss. You can even view 3D videos up to 4k resolution. The Cadyce HDMI cable has an Audio Return Channel, which eliminates the need for a separate audio cable interface. It also uses the HDMI Ethernet Channel technology which com-bines data streams, audio, and video into a single HDMI cable. The distance between the source and the display varies. In order to cater your distance requirements, the Cadyce HDMI Ethernet Cable is designed in 3 sizes 10m, 15m, and 20m.Commenting on the launch of the new HDMI cables with Ethernet, Cadyce stated, “Our high speed HDMI Cables with Ethernet are worth for an

unforgettable visual expe-rience with crystal-clear digital video and excellent quality surround audio. It’s perfect for connecting High Definition displays like HDTV, Monitor or Projector to your Mac or PC. It’s the most appro-priate HDMI cable for the consumers who face the issues in terms of distance between your laptop and display screen.”


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Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise UC Cloud Services Recognized with Industry Innovation and Leadership Award

Commvault Announces Partnership with Google Cloud

Microsoft showcases Microsoft 365 in India

ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, announced it has received the 2017 Global Hybrid Unified Communications Architecture Com-petitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award from industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan based on an assessment of best practices across multiple business performance categories. The award high-lights five key points that differentiate the ALE offer-ing from others in the market. 1. Competitive DifferentiationAccording to Frost & Sullivan, Rainbow is redefin-ing the hybrid experience with differentiators that set it apart from competitors. IT administrators, managed service providers, and channel partners can be authorized to remotely manage a custom-er’s on-premises or cloud-based UC deployment—including inventory management, remote config-

uration, and centralized analytics—all through its single management delegation capability. Rainbow delivers the benefits of cloud services with the best capabilities of on-premises platforms, allowing cus-tomers to avoid costly compromises and develop a communications architecture that best suits their particular needs.2. Price/Performance ValueBusiness users can make and receive calls from their business extension through the Rainbow desktop and mobile clients by leveraging a software agent that is a standard feature on the latest versions of the ALE call control platforms. This business-criti-cal feature, which others offer as a costly premium capability, is offered on top of standard PBX integra-tion across the industry.3. Customer Ownership ExperienceFor existing customers, ALE offers a hybrid archi-tecture that leverages the best of on-premises solu-tions and the Rainbow cloud. The hybrid architec-ture instils confidence to support customers’ exist-ing investments while building toward a cloud-only future.4. Stakeholder IntegrationWith customers, business partners, and third-party application partners in mind, Alcatel-Lucent Rain-

bow services provide a differentiated set of fea-tures and capabilities that set it apart from many of its competitors in the communications market, according to Frost & Sullivan. For customers, a fea-ture-rich freemium Rainbow service extends exist-ing on-premises solutions into the cloud, delivering significant investment protection and introducing newer capabilities with little to no risk. Channel partners, systems integrators, and vertical solu-tion integrators can offer Rainbow with a set of value-added capabilities for enterprises evolving in their digital transformation while gaining seamless access to important management and analytic tools.5. Brand EquityAccording to Frost & Sullivan, ALE puts a focus on commitment and innovation, demonstrating a com-mitted effort to protecting and enhancing the com-munications investments that customers and part-ners have made in the company’s products. ALE has a strategic focus in several key vertical industries—including hospitality, healthcare, transportation, and education—and its current and past success leads to developing specific communications solu-tions and business offerings within Rainbow that address the unique needs of these key industries.

Commvault, a leader in enterprise backup, recov-

ery, archive and the cloud, announced a new strategic partnership with Google Cloud to help enterprises leverage the range of cloud services available on one of theindustry’s fastest growing cloud platforms, Google Cloud Platform™.The partnership will be highlighted at Commvault GO, Commvault’s annual customer event, with a key-note delivered by Google executive Adam Massey on how this new relationship addresses the increasing need for data protection for fast grow-

Microsoft India showcased Microsoft 365- a com-plete, intelligent solution, which brings together Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security. Owing to a diverse and increasingly mobile workforce, Indian organizations today are faced with the challenge of safeguarding customer data, company data and intellectual property. Microsoft 365 offers built-in, intelligent security and helps streamline IT by unifying management across users, devices, apps and services.Microsoft 365 enables the modern workplace by providing organisations the tools to transform their business and foster a new culture of work. According to the recently conducted Workplace

ing multi-cloud, hybrid IT environments requiring flexibility, security, high data availability, and busi-ness agility. Partnership announcement with Google Cloud Platform outlines new opportunities for joint enterprise customers to scale faster, innovate eas-ier, and more securely protect, store and use data in the cloud. By supporting all four Google Cloud Platform storage classes for content repositories – Coldline, Nearline, Regional and Multi-Regional – Commvault helps customers optimize their cloud investments byenabling them to achieve the right balance between access and cost economics of data storage. Google also made its cloud platform available for the India region today with option

2020 Study* to analyse the factors that are influ-encing the culture of work in India –· 45% workers face key gaps at the workplace today, especially those at the firstline· 63% of respondents said that they needed to be in office as special tools that they use are only available in office – signifying a lack of flexibility in the way they work, or innovate· 41% can only have full access to important infor-mation when they are in the office – restricting on-the-go productivity and innovation· 68% workers are checking personal emails on company-issued devices – thus exposing their work devices to potential security risks

for making payment in Rupees. With this partner-ship, Commvault will enable businesses in India to have speed, security and analytics they need to grow. According to a recent Commvault executive cloud survey conducted in partnership with CITO Research, 56 percent of responding organizations are cloud-only or plan to move 100 percent of their workloads to the cloud. In a separate cloud secu-rity survey commissioned by Google, research by MIT Sloan found that 75 percent of IT and business executives said data storage was their top work-load deployed in the cloud today. These findings underscore the importance of cloud adoption for modernizing IT processes,improving operational efficiencies and increasing business agility.

· 67% of ITDMs agreed that there is a need to reduce complexity of managing portfolio of IT security. Microsoft 365 is empowering organizations by addressing each of these key challenges with modern tools and solutions that make employees more productive, creative and secure. Microsoft 365 is available in three SKUs to cater to busi-nesses of different needs and sizes – Microsoft 365 Enterprise, Microsoft 365 Business, and Mic-rosoft 365 Firstline. Microsoft 365 Enterprise is built on the foundation of a secure productive enterprise, giving people flexibility and choice in how they connect, share and communicate.

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Xiaomi Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite launched

Moto X4 with dual rear camera to launch in India

Bingo Technologies unveils its all new fitness band -F2

ESY India launches India’s first Smart Touch POS and

Label Printers

“RuffPad 10” Ushers in a New Era of Note-taking and

Doodling

Xiaomi intro-duced a new s m a r t p h o n e series in India with the launch of Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite smartphones.The Redmi Y1(3G-B+32GB variant) is priced at Rs

8,999. The 4GB+64GB variant costs Rs 10,999. The Redmi Y1 Lite is priced at Rs 6,999. Both the smartphones are Amazon Exclusive and will be available starting November 8. The smartphones will hit offline retail stores in the coming days.The dual-SIM (Nano) supporting Xiaomi Redmi Y1 runs MIUI based on Android OS and sports a 5.5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection on top. It is powered by

Portable Electronics industry’s flag bearer and famous for its innovative and portable digital prod-ucts, has launched “RuffPad 10” a 10-inch Re-Writ-able LCD Pad. RuffPad 10 is an extension of RuffPad series of premium and highly quality re-writable LCD pads from Portronics. Key Features & Benefits: RuffPad 10 is a LCD Drawing Pad which can be used for multiple activities like: as a Writing Pad, notice or memo pad, reminder and to-do list pad, play games like noughts and crosses or tic-tac-toe, kids doodle board cum handwriting practice cum math prac-tice pad. Easy to Write / Draw: Use the stylus for clear and bright notes / images on the LCD writing pad. The stylus ensures high precision writing with hard brush calligraphy effect, like with a hard brush and a pencil, not a sketch pen. You can improve your handwriting with great fluency on the surface of the pad. Re-Writable NotePad: The Erase Button allows the user to simply erase the existing con-tent on the pad with a simple press of a button making the pad ready to take new instructions or sketches. spare battery in the device. Pricing and Availability: Portronics RuffPad 10 is available at a very attractive price-point of INR 1999/- in both online and offline stores with 1 year warranty.

Lenovo-owned M o t o r o l a launch its latest X series smart-phone in India. The company launched the Moto X4 at IFA 2017 in Berlin. It is the first s m a r t p h o n e from the com-pany to come

with both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa smart assistants. The smartphone sports 5.2-inch full-HD display with 1080×1920 pixels res-olution. The display is protected with a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass on top.Moto X 4 is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor with Adreno 508 GPU. The device offers a 3GB RAM and 32GB internal

Bingo Technologies, a leading consumer electron-ics accessories player, has unveiled its new fitness bands – Bingo F2. Compatible with all devices featuring Android and iOS via Bluetooth 4.0 and above, the F2 fitness band elevates health and fit-ness to a different level with its array of useful features. Adopting a fitness- centric approach, the sleek and silky looking Bingo F2 fitness band comes with a heart rate monitor that lets you better track calorie burn and get a snapshot of your cardio fitness level. You can record your workouts with multi-sport modes to see real-time workout stats on the big OLED display screen or

ESY India, one of India’s fastest grow-ing POS com-panies has launched a wide range

of ESYPOS products and solutions over the years. Today, ESY India proudly introduces a range of India’s first Smart Touch POS and Label Printers. The ESYPOS range of products was launched by ESY India in the year 2015 in collaboration with Pinnacle Technology Corporation, the world’s largest POS printer & solution device manufactur-ers, headquartered in Taipei (Taiwan).Within a span of two years, ESYPOS has emerged as one of India’s leading POS brands with a large number of installations across the country. At the launch of the new product range, Mr. V.P. Saje-evan, CEO, ESY India said that the POS market in India is growing at a rapid pace, thanks to the introduction of GST. He added that in the last two years, ESY India could launch many new models for POS printing and barcode scanning.

the octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 proces-sor, clubbed with 3GB RAM and Adreno 505 GPU.The new smartphone includes 32GB of inbuilt storage. However, users can expand the storage space using a microSD card. Selfie lovers get a 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture, 76.4-degree wide angle sensor and a dedicated flash along with the Beautify feature. There is a 13MP rear camera with PDAF and f/2.2 aperture.The made-in-India Xiaomi Redmi Y1 also has a fin-gerprint sensor at the back and comes in the Gold and Dark Grey colour variant. There is an infrared sensor included as well.Xiaomi Redmi Y1 Lite has the same display as the Redmi Y1. It runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor, clubbed with 2GB RAM and 16GB inbuilt storage. The smartphone is backed by a 3080mAh battery and supports a microSD card (up to 128GB) like the Redmi Y1. There is a 13MP camera as well.

storage which can be expanded up to 2TB by inserting a microSD card.The USP of the smartphone is its dual rear cam-era setup. The device includes 12MP dual autofo-cus pixel sensor + 8MP ultra-wide angle sensor with 120-degree field of view. The 12MP camera comes with f/2.0 aperture, while the 8MP sensor has f/2.2 aperture. The company claims that the smartphone can click images with depth detec-tion and depth effects. It is also capable of record-ing slow-motion videos, shoot in Panorama, and Manual mode among other modes.There is also a 16MP front camera with f/2.0 aper-ture and a dedicated LED flash. The selfie camera can shoot images in 4MP low light mode, Face fil-ters, Beautification Mode and Professional mode. The smartphone has the ability to shoot videos in 4K resolution (30 fps).

rely on smart track to automatically record select exercises for you. Maximise your workouts! The pedometer, sedentary reminder and sleep moni-toring features allow one to track the whole day’s routine and maintain an active lifestyle.

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Konica Minolta Launches “Simply Efficient” Accurio Press in India

BELKIN LAUNCHES NEW EN-TRY-PRICED BOOST UP™ Qi™

WIRELESSCHARGING PAD (5W)

Konica Minolta has launched its ‘simply efficient’ Accurio Press C6100 Series of colour production printers, which are designed to support a highly responsive print room environment.The Accu-rioPress C6100 Series is now available in the 85 ppm C6085 and the 100 ppm C6100. The fast and flexible series has been created for operations who recently started digital printing and are now expanding their service as well as those who need to handle large, repeat, print volumes.The Accurio Press Series C6100/C6085 is a com-prehensive and fully modular line of digtal print-ing technologies & solutions, digital press suites,

Belkin, the market leader in mobile accessories, launches an entry-level 5W wireless charging pad for Qi™ enabled smart devices such as smartphones and

tablets. BOOST UP™ Qi™ Wireless Charging Pad (5W) provides a rapid and continuous wireless charging experience without the hassle of plugs and cables. The charging pad of the Qi Wireless Charging Pad is soft and smooth, providing a safe cushion while the phone is charging. The pad’s high-friction material grips the phone and pre-vents it from slipping. “The launch of the Boost Up Wireless Charging Pad for iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone Xfrom last week wasvery exciting and we were honored to be featured on stage during the Apple Special Event. We received market feedback for an entry-level wireless charger so we decided to bring in theBoost UpQi™ Wireless Charging Pad (5W) to fulfill the market needs and give people a range of solutions to select from,” said Dae Won Kim, managing director for APeA. “We are a people’s brand and we want everyone to have an opportu-nity to experience wireless charging.”

software and cloud based tool for integrating, managing and executing a seamless production colour workflow. The Accurio Press series sup-ports business growth by expanding its printing services, automating efficiency, raising output quality and lowering costs.Yoshinori Koide, Director said: “Customers includ-ing graphic communication providers, CRDs and Print Service Provider’s operations will all bene-fit from these simply efficient presses. This new generation of true production systems has been designed to ensure improved uptime and deliver even higher quality printed materials with greater reliability and stability.”

Cybercriminals, their skillsets, and weapons vary dramaticallyCybercriminals, their skillsets,

and weapons vary dramaticallyFrom less sophisticated crooks that bully the least protected companies by striking at mass, to advanced military-like groups of hackers that target ‘big prizes’ with multi-layered oper-ations that may not even involve any malware. And while it is relatively simple to escape a bully’s sloppy fists, when encountering a skill-ful attacker, you should be prepared to take a solid punch.According to Kaspersky Lab’s recent report ‘New Threats, New Mindset: Being Risk Ready in a World of Complex Attacks’ the targeted attacks have become one of the fastest grow-ing threats in 2017, increasing in overall prev-alence by 11% for large enterprises. And it is not only about the quantity of attacks: two-thirds of respondents 66% in the study agreed that threats are becoming more complex and for 52% it’s becoming difficult to tell the dif-ference between generic and complex attacks.This is becoming a major problem for busi-

nesses: they’re starting to realize that a secu-rity breach will happen to them at some point (57% compared to 51% last year), but they are still unsure on the most effective strategy to respond to these threats (42% ). The scale of the problem is even more worrying as the study showed us that uncertainty is significantly higher (63% ) among respondents who are IT security experts and are, therefore, more famil-iar with the issue. Surprisingly, and despite the high level of uncertainty about their strategies, the majority of companies (77% ) believe that they spend enough or even overspend on pro-tection from targeted attacks.This is perhaps due to how threat protection is perceived: threats are sometimes merely seen as a technical problem to be solved through buying and deploying more advanced cyberse-curity solutions. A more balanced approach to incident response, however, includes investing not only in the right technologies, but also in

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people with specific skill sets, and in the right processes.People are another crucial component. 53% of businesses agree that they need to employ more specialists with specific experience in IT security, namely in SOC management, inci-dent response and threat hunting – a figure that jumps to 61% among enterprises. This is not surprising, as a lack of internal experts increases a company’s exposure to targeted attacks by 15%, and also increases the average financial impact of an attack on enterprises – from $930K to $1.1M. But all in all, to be able to effectively combat complex cyber threats, organizations also need to think about the incident response as a process, not a destina-tion. This means that there’s a need for a com-prehensive incident investigation framework, comprised of always-on monitoring, advanced detection, and critical security event mitiga-tion.

2017 IDC FinTech Rankings recognises Intelenet Global Services as a leading global financial technology provider

Intelenet® Global Services, a leading Business Process Services firm, announced that they have earned a coveted spot on the 2017 IDC FinTech Rankings. The IDC FinTech Ranking is the most comprehensive vendor ranking within the finan-cial services industry including banks, capital markets firms and insurers that features top 100 global providers of financial technology. On this recognition, Bhupender Singh, CEO, Intelenet® Global Services commented, “We are extremely delighted to receive this accolade from IDC. With ever increasing competition and the changing business landscape, we always aim to help our clients achieve their goals by innovating unique products and technologies. This recognition is a testament to the efforts of our team which is con-sistently working towards inventing world class

products that aid financial institutions.” The annual IDC FinTech Rankings categorize and evaluate the top global providers of finan-cial technology based on calendar year revenues from financial institutions for hardware, soft-ware and/or services. These providers supply the technological backbone of the financial services industry, an industry which IDC Financial Insights forecasts worldwide spending on IT across the globe to reach half a trillion dollars by 2018. In addition, these rankings serve as a critical tool for financial services institutions to use during strategic planning, and to review whenever con-sidering new investments in third party solutions. “The IDC FinTech Rankings, now in its 14th year, is the industry’s leading indicator of strength

and longevity in the financial services technology market,” says Jerry Silva, Global Banking Research Director at IDC Financial Insights. “We applaud the organizations on this year’s rankings for their continued IT support of financial institutions globally.” Intelenet® Global Services operates from 70 locations across eight countries, work-ing closely alongside various banks and financial institutions. The company has been managing and re-engineering F&A services for clients across industries for years, building domain expertise and a highly skilled workforce to deliver trans-formational change. The digital transformation company has also previously been recognised for its innovative technology solutions that improve client operational efficiency and business effec-tiveness.

India among the top 7 countries for ransomware circulation, finds SophosLabs 2018 Malware Forecast

Sophos, a global leader in network and end-point security, announced its SophosLabs 2018 Malware Forecast, a report that recaps ransom-ware and other cybersecurity trends based on data collected from Sophos customer comput-ers worldwide during April 1 to Oct. 3, 2017. One key finding shows that while ransomware predominately attacked Windows systems in the last six months, Android, Linux and MacOS platforms were not immune. “Ransomware has become platform-agnostic. Ransomware mostly targets Windows computers, but this year, SophosLabs saw an increased amount of crypto-attacks on different devices and oper-

ating systems used by our customers world-wide,” said Dorka Palotay, SophosLabs security researcher and contributor to the ransomware analysis in the SophosLabs 2018 Malware Fore-cast.The report also tracks ransomware growth patterns, indicating that WannaCry, unleashed in May 2017, was the number one ransom-ware intercepted from customer computers, dethroning longtime ransomware leader Cer-ber, which first appeared in early 2016. Wan-naCry accounted for 45.3 percent of all ran-somware tracked through SophosLabs with Cerber accounting for 44.2 percent.“For the

first time we saw ransomware with worm-like characteristics, which contributed to the rapid expansion of WannaCry. This ransomware took advantage of a known Windows vulnerability to infect and spread to computers, making it hard to control,” said Palotay. “Even though our customers are protected against it and Wan-naCry has tapered off, we still see the threat because of its inherent nature to keep scan-ning and attacking computers. We’re expecting cyber criminals to build upon this ability to rep-licate seen in WannaCry and NotPetya, and this is already evident with Bad Rabbit ransomware, which shows many similarities to NotPetya.”

INTERVIEWS


David Chang, Global Sales Director, Gionee to spearhead India operations

Rajib Banerjee Joins Unistal as National Sales Manager

Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd. appoints Arvind Kumar as Chief of R&D

Gionee India, the ace smartphone manufacturer, announced that Mr. David Chang, Global Sales Director, Gionee Communication Equipment Co., Ltd will now lead the India operations for the brand.The strategic announcement comes at a time when Gionee with a loyal customer base of 1.25 crore in the country is bullish on strengthening its regional penetration. With its retail presence in over 42,000 stores and with 600 exclusive service centers, the brand targets to be in the top five smartphones of the country.Speaking on his appointment, Mr. David Chang, Global Sales Director, Gionee Communication Equipment Co., Ltd said, “India as a nation, has been exhibiting a great deal of potential for the smartphone business. As part of our global market-

Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd., the developer and provider of Antivirus, data care, data recov-ery and data security software recently has appointed Rajib Baner-jee who hails from New Delhi as National Sales Manager for all India sales of Unistal’s

Antivirus, Data Recovery & Data Security Prod-ucts ranges. He will be responsible for handling Sales & Presales team across India and manage the complete channel network of more than 40k partners.Rajib Banerjee has more than two decades of

The country’s premier busi-ness software provider, Tally Solutions has a p p o i n t e d Arvind Kumar as the chief of R&D (Research and Deve lopment ) with effect from 8th November 2017. Arvind will directly

report to the Tally MD, Mr. Bharat Goenka. He will be based out of the Bangalore head office and will lead the R&D team of over 150 resources. Arvind has been associated with stellar brands in the past and developed his expertise in defining and implementing plat-form solution for console, enterprise and cloud.Prior to Tally, he was working with Philips as Director R&D of Health Suite Digital plat-form. He has also worked with GE Healthcare, Hughes Network Systems, NIIT Ltd, and Meth-odex System in various technology leadership roles.“I am excited about the possibilities that lie ahead with Tally, and honoured to have been made a part of this team. As an economy, we are in a very interesting space with the grow-ing emphasis on technology and digitization, and I look forward to exploring these avenues in my role at Tally” commented Arvind on his appointment.Arvind brings with him over 20+ years of experience in executing large scale distrib-uted and enterprise software, Platform & Ser-vices, web technology, and cloud computing. His expertise spans across domains including medical imaging informatics, enterprise appli-cation, e-commerce and telecom. He has com-pleted his B.E from IIT Roorkee.

ing strategy, India ranks number one and the suc-cess witnessed in a span of last five years has given us immense optimism to further invest and expand our presence in the market. I am profoundly hon-oured to be a part of the India growth story and maximise Gionee’s impeccable trajectory advanc-ing our customer base as well as being among the top 5 phone brands by the next fiscal.” Gionee India has already established its leadership in the Indian smartphone market and with Mr. Chang’s skilled management the company aims to further consolidate its ranking amongst the top-selling brand in the country. Ranked at No. 10 globally, Mr. Chang has been instrumental in taking the brand to this position.He has 13 years of robust industrial experience, and has been associated with Gionee Communica-tion Equipment Co., Ltd for over a decade. In his earlier capacity he has been responsible for driving global sales of the organization. With his strong experience, Mr. Chang has led his team through several significant accomplishments. In his new role, Mr. Chang will lead Gionee India’s next phase of growth in the country, wherein he will drive the overall operations and reinforce the brand posi-tioning in the country, with emphasis on retail expansion, sales volumes and after sales establish-ing the connect with customers.

experience at PAN India Level in Sales & Market-ing, Business Strategy, Leadership, Key Account & Channel Development & Management, HR/Recruitment, in diverse fields of IT, Telecom, Office Automation, Power Electronics, Enter-prise Solutions & services and Consumer Elec-tronics & Learning/ Education Industry. He is an impressive communicator with honed interper-sonal, team building, negotiation, presentation, convincing and analytical skills by leveraging his multi-disciplinary knowledge. “As Rajib Banerjee had already worked with us in the past, he is well aware about our working and we know that he will take the company to new success heights with his immense experience & capability.” said Alok Gupta Managing Director Unistal Systems Pvt Ltd.

Tushar Sighat appointed as Managing Director of D-Link (India) LimitedD-Link (India) Limited at its recently concluded board meeting announced Mr. Tushar Sighat as its new Managing Director, while he continues with his posi-tion as CEO of the company. With this Mr. Sighat will

now be playing a key role in meeting company’s incessant growth goals and reiterating D-Link’s leadership position in networking segment. Mr. Tushar Sighat joined D-Link (India) Limited as the

CEO in the year 2011 as part of his second inning with the organization. He played a crucial role in overcoming the then turbulent phase of demerger, winning back the confidence of customers, part-ners and employees. Through the years Mr. Sighat has demonstrated exemplary leadership skills and has been instrumental in transforming D-Link into a thriving business entity. Under his able leader-ship D-Link has grown manifold. Mr. Tushar Sighat in parallel also heads TeamF1 Networks Pvt. Ltd., subsidiary of D-Link (India) Limited as its Chair-man. He drives TeamF1 operations globally, explor-

ing potential business opportunities and devising go-to-market strategy. As a seasoned professional with a career spanning over 2 decades, Mr. Sighat has been associated with D-Link India for over 15 years & is also a mem-ber of the founding team that gradually led D-Link India to great success. His immense understand-ing of business across various industry segments along with effective leadership, excellent manage-ment skills, consultative approach and strategic planning makes him an excellent strategist. Mr. Sighat is a qualified B.E in Electronics & Telecom.

ASSOCIATIONS


Appliances and Consumer Electronics (ACE) Industry Urges Government to Propel Growth in

Domestic Manufacturing

Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufac-turers Association (CEAMA), the apex industry body for the Appliances and Consumer Elec-tronics (ACE) industry concluded their 38th annual function focussed on ‘Championing Change in the Indian Appliance and Consumer Electronics’. Industry experts here voiced their opinions on policy changes, and shared their recommendations to propel growth within the segment. The occasion was graced by Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, Dr. Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, Mr Sandeep Ladda, Technology Leader PwC along with Mr. Manish Sharma, President, CEAMA, Mr Sunil Vachani, Vice President, North CEAMA, Mr Kamal Nandi, Vice President, West, CEAMA and other CEAMA dignitaries.Additionally, in association with PwC, CEAMA unveiled a detailed report on ‘Championing Change in the Indian Appliance & Consumer Electronics (ACE) Industry’. With an antici-pated CAGR of only 9%, PwC findings state that manufacturing disabilities and a limited component ecosystem are root causes of low cumulative value addition. The large popula-tion and steep GDP growth over next 5 years will be the key driver for Indian economic pyra-mid shift towards the top. The report also goes onto illustrate government of India’s push to promote electronics manufacturing in order to achieve net zero imports, and placing the ACE industry at the forefront of digital India pro-

gram. This push has resulted in an increase in domestic manufacturing from INR 55,765 crore during 2015 – 16 to INR 64,752 crore during 2016 – 17.Sharing his views, Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog said “The appliance and consumer elec-tronics (ACE) sector offers immense growth opportunities, not only in terms of consump-tion but also manufacturing and job creation. They have been one of the forthcoming indus-tries who have successfully aligned their busi-ness strategies to various government led initiatives such as ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’. The policy led initiatives proposed by the government have been specifically designed to aid the small and medium enterprises. CEAMA has given these SME’s a platform to voice their opinion and become more included in govern-ment led policy and growth discussions”. Sharing his views on this occasion Mr. Man-ish Sharma - President of CEAMA, said “CEAMA was established with the sole objective to address the emerging issues of the Appliances and Consumer Electronics industry (ACE), and evaluate and advocate alignment with govern-ment policies. The aim behind releasing this report was to bring to the fore challenges faced by the industry in the current environment, and the policy framework needed to support the continuously evolving business ecosystem especially local manufacturing. The consumer durable industry creates 3 indirect jobs for

every direct job, thus it needs to work closely with the government on further improving the local manufacturing framework to generate more employable labour”. Additionally a panel discussion was held to discuss the importance of enablers such as large scale demand generation for made in India products, cost competitiveness to make in India and easier to make in India policies to further empower the growth capacity of dura-ble industry. The panel comprised of industry stalwarts Mr Manish Sharma, President and CEO Panasonic India, Mr Ajay Taneja, MD, Shri-ram Pistons and Rings LTD, Mr Hariom Rai, Co-founder and Director LAVA International and Mr Sunil Vachani, Chairman, Dixon Technol-ogies. The session was moderated by Sankalpa Bhattacharjya, Partner PwC. Commemorating 38 glorious years of the ACE industry, CEAMA also felicitated its indus-try members for their outstanding contribu-tion to the durable industry in India. Mr. Ki Wan Kim, MD, LG India received the ‘Man of Electronics Award’ for his excellent service of over 35 years to LG, during the course of which he transformed the company into one of the most recognized brands in the country. Mr. Eric Braganza, President, Haier India was awarded the ‘Man of Appliances Award’ for his excellent mentorship and leadership skills and steered Haier India to new heights.

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