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Azim Premji Foundation has collaborated with Salesforce to use its VaxIT app to enable the foundation’s large on-the-ground program to help accelerate Covid-19 vaccination across India. The foundation’s program that will use VaxIT is spread across 25 states serving some of the disadvantaged communities in the country. The VaxIT app, which was developed on the Salesforce platform for the Azim …

A study undertaken by Ozonetel has unveiled insights pertaining to the call center industry in 2021. The study analyzed a sample set of 24 million calls made on Ozonetel’s CloudAgent platform by nearly 61914 active agents in 2021. The analysis includes both inbound and outbound calls made on Ozonetel’s platform across multiple verticals such as Ecommerce- Groceries, Ecommerce D2C, Restaurants, …

Veeam Software has appointed Anand Eswaran as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a member of the company’s Board of Directors. William H. Largent (Bill Largent) will step down as CEO to focus on his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Veeam, which crossed $1 billion in ARR this year and has over 400,000 customers, is at …

LogMeIn has announced the intent to establish LastPass as a standalone company. One of the category leaders in zero-knowledge password management, LastPass is used by more than 30 million users and 85,000 businesses worldwide and is set for strong and sustained growth as consumers and businesses continue prioritizing password security. By establishing LastPass as a standalone business, the company plans …

Vertiv has announced that the Clean Hydrogen Partnership will provide EUR 2.5 million to help fund a project to develop low-carbon fuel cells to power data centers. It is expected this could reduce carbon emissions from operations by up to 100 percent. The EcoEdgePrimePower (E2P2) project is a revolutionary proof-of-concept initiative aimed at developing and demonstrating minimal environmental impact fuel …

PC shipments in India increased by 34 percent year on year to a record 5.3 million units, in the third quarter of 2021. This included 0.6 million desktops, 3.5 million notebooks, and 1.2 million tablets, with all categories experiencing rapid growth. Notebook shipments increased by a record 31 percent year on year, while tablet shipments increased by a massive 41 …

Dell Technologies has introduced new Dell EMC PowerEdge building block rack servers and small footprint tower servers for customers in India. The new servers can support business-critical and advanced workloads to help organizations innovate, adapt, and grow. Designed with office-friendly acoustics and thermals, these servers are ideal for use inside datacenters, and edge environments. Manish Gupta, Senior Director, General Manager, …

Acer has launched the Aspire Vero, a green and sustainable PC with an 11th Generation Intel Core Processor, in India. It includes a 30 percent PCR plastic chassis, which reduces CO2 emissions by 21 percent. The Aspire Vero is a green-pioneer laptop with a thoughtful sustainable design solution that addresses electronic industry issues such as high energy consumption of virgin …

Kyndryl and Google Cloud has announced a global, strategic partnership aimed at accelerating customers’ digital transformations and assisting them in becoming more advanced, data-driven, and sustainable businesses. Kyndryl and Google Cloud will enhance their expertise in data and analytics, applied artificial intelligence (AI), and infrastructure modernization to assist customers in gaining new insights and driving business outcomes. Kyndryl and Google …

Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) has expanded its Lenovo ThinkEdge portfolio with the launch of the new ThinkEdge SE450 server, delivering an artificial intelligence (AI) platform directly at the edge to accelerate business insights. The ThinkEdge SE450 advances intelligent edge capabilities with best-in-class, AI-ready technology that provides faster insights and leading computing performance to more environments, accelerating real-time decision making …