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Kyndryl has partnered with Microsoft to combine their market-leading capabilities in service of enterprise customers. The deal with Microsoft is Kyndryl’s first since recently becoming an independent public company and provides incremental multi-billion dollar revenue opportunities for the two companies. Together the companies will bring to market state-of-the-art solutions built on the Microsoft Cloud that will accelerate hybrid cloud adoption, …

Digital technology services provider Brillio has acquired Standav, a Salesforce consulting and system integration firm headquartered in Silicon Valley and Dallas. The acquisition will integrate Standav’s expertise in quote-to-cash, price management, and enterprise sales transformation into Brillio’s Lead-to-Revenue (LTR) transformation practice. Founded in 2014, Brillio has grown by partnering with large enterprise customers to revolutionize end-to-end digital transformation. As clients …

The Indian IT & business services market was valued at $6.96 billion and recorded a 6.4 percent year-over-year (YoY) growth In 1H2021 (Jan-Jun) compared to 5.1 percent in 1H2020, according to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Services Tracker . The increase in growth rate was primarily due to the continued focus on digital transformation initiatives by enterprises in …

Qlik has deepened its strategic partnership with Google Cloud with the debut of Qlik Data Integration on Google Cloud Marketplace. Google Cloud customers can now purchase Qlik Data Integration alongside their investment in Google Cloud to help drive more use and value from all their data. The launch is the latest milestone in the growing relationship between Qlik and Google …

Leading Indian molded furniture manufacturer Nilkamal is leveraging virtual apps and desktops to deliver simple access to resources needed to work safely and productively from anywhere. As the pandemic hit, Nilkamal had to figure out how to equip employees across its eight manufacturing plants, network of more than 1,000 distributors, over 20,000 dealers, and 80 stores to work from anywhere …

VMware has collaborated with Intel in India, to enable women developers restart their careers after a break. VMware’s VMinclusionTaara – one of India’s largest upskilling programs will collaborate with Intel’s Home To Office (H2O) program under the umbrella of Intel India’s ecosystem-wide BeingWISE (Women Innovators, Social leaders and Entrepreneurs) initiative to empower developers with relevant skills and career opportunities. VMware’s …

Cyber security solutions provider Check Point Software Technologies has launched Check Point Mind, a knowledge training portal, in collaboration with over 200 of the world’s most recognized training partners. Users can sign up with the portal or free and choose from a wide range of courses and programs available from over 200 partners. Payment can be made through credit card …

Akamai Technologies has launched its App & API Protector, the company’s next-generation web application and API protection (WAAP) solution. It provides a holistic set of protection built for today’s modern applications and APIs with intelligent automation and simplicity. With App & API Protector, Akamai customers have a single, integrated WAAP solution that is designed to deliver the strongest security outcomes, …

During the past 18 months, 81 percent of global organizations experienced increased cyber threats, with 77 percent of the organizations in India experiencing downtime due to a cyber incident during a peak festive season, according to the report from McAfee and FireEye. The report highlighted that while the top three most threatening cyber risks that were detected are malware attacks …

Quantum Corporation has launched its Scalar Ransom Block to protect against ransomware and other forms of cyber attacks. Quantum’s Scalar Ransom Block is tape system that eliminates the risk of data being accessed or compromised over the network. This patent-pending feature creates a hardware ‘block’ between data stored on tapes and every network-connected device including the robotic tape system. Ransom Block …