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India government IT spending is projected to total $8.3 billion in 2022, an increase of 8.6 percent from 2021 according to a latest forecast by Gartner. “Digitalization initiatives of Indian government organizations took a giant leap in 2020 because of the global pandemic. The pandemic forced the government to shift priorities as supply chains and revenue streams dwindled,” said Apeksha …

Salesforce has collaborated with Slack to introduce Slack-First Customer 360, a single platform for connecting employees, customers, partners with the apps and workflows they need to get work done with a single source of truth for their business. “Salesforce and Slack are creating the digital HQ to help every company get back to growth in today’s digital-first, work anywhere world,” …

FireEye, the intelligence-led security company, has launched FireEye XDR, a unified platform designed to help security operations teams strengthen threat detection, accelerate response capabilities, and simplify investigations. The FireEye XDR platform provides native security protections for Endpoint, Network, Email, and Cloud with a focus on improving organizations’ capabilities for controlling incidents from detection to response. FireEye Helix unifies the security …

Despite being over a year into remote working, security remains a key concern for respondents both globally and in India. While 38 percent of respondents from India continue to be very concerned about the security risks while working remotely, globally, this figure stands at 39 percent. This is just one of the key insights from the 2021 Thales Global Data …

Kaspersky has identified more than 5000 pandemic-related phishing websites since the beginning of the pandemic. Various fake payment offers and discounted Covid-19 tests are among the most common schemes used by cybercriminals. Recently, phishing ads for fake QR codes and vaccination certificates for restaurants and public events have become popular. Pandemic-related scamming activity peaked in March 2021. Kaspersky researchers observed …

Cloudera, the enterprise data cloud company, has launched Cloudera DataFlow for the Public Cloud, a cloud-native service for data flows to process hybrid streaming workloads on the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP). With Cloudera DataFlow for the Public Cloud, users can now automate complex data flow operations, boost the operational efficiency of streaming data flows with auto-scaling capabilities, and cut down …

Avaya, a global communications and collaboration solutions provider, has formed a strategic partnership with Microsoft to create a powerful set of joint cloud communications solutions for enhancing customer and employee experience. The joint solutions include Avaya OneCloud CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) integrated with voice, video, chat and SMS capabilities of Microsoft Azure Communication Services for combined global reach, …

90 percent of enterprises are yet to achieve their digital-first goals with 49 percent admitting that cyber security is the top most priority for their business, according to a report from Tata Communications. The report titled, ‘Leading in a Digital-First World; Enabling Success with the Right Mindset, Ecosystem and Trust,’ brings to light, 45 percent of enterprises lost productivity during …

HP Inc has maintained its lead in the India PC market with a 33.6 percent share as its shipments grew 54.2 percent annually. HP shipped over half a million notebooks in the consumer segment, registering the highest shipments in the consumer notebook segment in a quarter by any vendor in India. Better allocation to the country and timely supplies helped …

Trickbot is the most prevalent malware for the third month running, while Snake Keylogger has entered the index for the first time taking second place, according to a Check Point Research report. The Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies has published its latest Global Threat Index for July 2021. Researchers report that while Trickbot is still the most …