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Nearly 80 percent of workers are using collaboration tools for work in 2021, up from just over half of workers in 2019, according to the Gartner Digital Worker Experience Survey. This is an increase of 44 percent since the pandemic began. “Collaboration tools found renewed importance during Covid-19 for their role in ensuring the productivity of suddenly remote teams,” said …

IBM is working to set up a Software Lab in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in India. IBM Software Labs are the global innovation centers that develop and deliver next-generation software portfolio and cloud offerings. In a meeting, Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister, Gujarat; Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India and Gaurav Sharma, Vice President, IBM India Software Labs discussed the role of technology …

Strengthening its leadership position in the projector market, Optoma Corporation, has announced that it has become number one projector brand in DLP and 4K UHD segments in India for Q2, 2021 as per the latest PMA report. Optoma is a designer and manufacturer of projection and Interactive Flat Panel for corporate, education, professional video and home entertainment segments. Continuing its …

Hitachi Vantara has launched the next generation Lumada DataOps Suite. The portfolio of data management and analytics software is designed to help businesses rapidly identify and utilize data to enhance customer experiences and provide a source of competitive advantage – from customer, operational and product intelligence to compliance and fraud management. The Lumada DataOps Suite helps lower the cost of …

Bharti AXA Life has completely digitized its sales operation to meet the demands of an evolving customer with 100 percent adoption amongst Front Line Sales Executives. Bharti AXA Life Insurance unveiled its revamped website recently with an enhanced and intuitive customer experience. The company which completes 15 years of operations this month, embarked on an ambitious journey of digital transformation …

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 …