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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the winners of the AWS Partner Network (APN) Awards for 2021 at the AWS Partner Summit Online. The awards recognize the technology leaders playing a key role in helping organizations build solutions on AWS and accelerate innovation. Puneet Chandok, President – Commercial Business, AWS India and South Asia, Amazon Internet Services (AISPL) said, “We …

Conversational AI provider JioHaptik Innovations has launched Conversational Partner Program that empowers businesses to include AI-powered virtual associates as their key business offerings, and seamlessly extending business reach over global markets. This marquee program is planned for Agencies, Consultancies, Influencers, System Integrators, and Product Companies to allude, co-create and expand their current business offerings with conversational AI solutions, quickening digitization …

In India, 99 percent of SMBs plan to offer contactless services permanently led by secure digital payments (78 percent), mobile order (68 percent), and digital customer service (62 percent), according to the fifth edition of the ‘Small and Medium Business Trends’ report launched by Salesforce. The report reveals that SMBs are seeking investments in technology to help their business survive …

Over 86 percent of professionals in India believe that a hybrid work model will help them strike the right balance between their personal and professional lives, according to the ‘Future of Work’ perception study by research firm Censuswide. Launched by LinkedIn, the study reveals that conversations of burnout have increased dramatically across the workforce as a majority of professionals continue …

IT solutions and advisory firm 3i Infotech, a member of the Oracle Partner Network (OPN), has announced that its NuRe Edge, a SASE based platform, has achieved ‘Powered by Oracle Cloud Expertise.’ It is now available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, where it is offering added value to Oracle Cloud customers. NuRe Edge (SASE) on Oracle Cloud Marketplace enables borderless …

IT executives see the talent shortage as the most significant adoption barrier to 64 percent of emerging technologies, compared with just 4 percent in 2020, according to a new survey from Gartner.  A lack of talent availability was cited far more often than other barriers this year, such as implementation cost (29 percent) or security risk (7 percent). Talent availability …

Infotech Software Dealers Association (ISODA) will host its 12th AGM on September 18, 2021. The software association has decided to hold the AGM online to enable all the members to attend as it does not need travelling and physical presence. Agenda for the AGM includes conducting election for the Vice Chairperson and the Vice President of the association, presenting the …

Fifty-one percent of organizations in Asia Pacific have experienced a cyberattack originating from a digital asset they didn’t know about or didn’t manage, according to a new study by MIT Technology Review Insights, in association with Palo Alto Networks. The report highlights include: More attacks are expected: 51 percent of respondents have experienced a cyberattack originating from a digital asset they …

Cybersecurity player Trend Micro has detected nearly 13 million malware events targeting Linux-based cloud environments. According to the research report released by the company, Coinminers, web shells and ransomware made up 56 percent of malwares targeting Linux systems in the first half of 2021 as organizations increase their digital footprint in the cloud. As of 2017, 90 percent of public …

Intelligent Data Services provider Commvault has launched new ransomware services designed to help businesses prepare for, protect against, and respond to today’s growing cyber threats. Ransomware attacks continue to rise, and they are expensive—on average, it costs 10 times the cost of the ransom payment to restore the data. 70 percent of ransomware attacks include a threat to leak exfiltrated …