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Veeam Software has been positioned by Gartner in the leaders’ quadrant of the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Solutions. Not only does this mark the fifth time Gartner has recognized Veeam as a Magic Quadrant Leader, but it is the second consecutive year the company is positioned highest overall in ability to execute. The recognition further validates …

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) and IBM has formed a ten-year partnership under which IBM and Kyndryl will provide best of breed IT solutions to create a new “Airport in a Box” platform that will support transforming the end-to-end travel experience for passengers at Kempegowda International Airport (KIAB/BLR Airport). IBM works with more than 150 airports globally. As one of …

IBM shares rose as much as 4 percent in extended trading early this week after the enterprise technology and services provider posted the strongest quarterly growth in three years. The company reported a Q2 2021 profit of $2.33 per-share, $0.04 higher than estimates, while revenue rose a modest 3.4 percent year-over-year to $18.75 billion, $400 million higher than consensus. Cloud …

Bharti Airtel has collaborated with Intel for 5G network development by leveraging vRAN/O-RAN technologies. The collaboration is part of Airtel’s 5G roadmap for India as it transforms its networks to allow its customers to reap the full possibilities of the hyper-connected world where Industry 4.0 to cloud gaming and virtual/augmented reality become an everyday experience. Airtel is the first telecom …

The number of new global unicorns has spiked 491 percent from 23 to a staggering 136 between Q2 2020 and Q2 2021, according to the data acquired by Finbold. During the first three months of this year, the figure stood at 113, representing a growth of 140.4 percent from 2020 Q4’s 47 unicorns. During the first quarter of 2020, the …

HCL Technologies’ Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Director Shiv Nadar has stepped down from the position with immediate effect. The company said that Nadar has now been appointed Chairman Emeritus & Strategic Advisor to the board. HCL Tech has appointed its President and CEO C Vijayakumar as the new Managing Director for five years with effect from July 20. He …

Despite the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) being in its infancy stages, European regulators are increasingly focusing on implementing the law. As a result, the number of cases and fines has also surged. Data acquired by Finbold indicates that the cumulative number of GDPR violations has steadily surged 113.5 percent over the last 12 months between July 2020 and July …

Zoom has planned to buy cloud contact center software provider Five9 Inc in an all stock deal worth about $14.7 billion. The popular video conferencing provider is now shifting focus to its cloud calling product Zoom Phone and conference hosting product Zoom Rooms as bigger players Microsoft, Facebook and Google amp up their video products. The deal marks Zoom’s first …

Holcim is deploying its Transport Analytics Center (TAC) in 35 plants of ACC and Ambuja in India to optimize its logistics for road safety, enhanced efficiency and sustainability. TAC is currently tracking more than 20,000 trucks through various data sources like ERP, in-vehicle monitoring system (IVMS), NFC, RFID and others for advanced analytics and artificial intelligence applications. Globally, transportation accounts …

Bengaluru, 19th July, 2021: G7 CR Technologies India Pvt Ltd (https://g7cr.in/) today announced it has earned the Modernization of Web Applications to Microsoft Azure advanced specialization, a validation of a solution partner’s deep knowledge, extensive experience and proven expertise in migrating and modernizing production web application workloads, and managing app services in Azure. Only partners that meet stringent criteria around customer success and staff …