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The advent of industrial robots has impacted the companies in developing countries in a big way. India hasn’t been left behind in being hit by the AI wave too. Foxconn—one of the world’s largest contract manufacturers for electronics is one of the best examples of it. Terry Gou, chief executive of Foxconn predicted that 70 percent of all manufacturing in …

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has swiftly made its way to the government sectors. The biggest example is the revamped railway ticket booking website IRCTC. It has become faster and more user-friendly. However, there is still a wider scope or proper implementation of advanced CRM techniques in more government and public enterprises. The government sector still faces a variety of challenges …

The IoT market saw a considerable growth in 2017. 2018 will see it becoming more common but less obvious. There will be an increase in the number of connected devices, as well as IoT-driven projects. However, it will also become something people won’t necessarily think about, owing to its widespread use. The coming year will see IoT markets consolidating and …

Technology has transformed the core infrastructure of how a business function. Information is easily accessible to end consumers and business processes have been optimized. New innovative Business models have emerged and employee can connect to corporate network remotely. India is facing a significant change across industry segments too. A lot of services are going online and proving to be beneficial …

The Internet of Things is headed for a global domination at a never before pace. We’re headed for a world that will have 24 billion IoT devices by 2020. But, they will come at the price of privacy and security concerns as well. The growth will see major changes in our daily activities in the future. Reduction in overall energy …

Last year saw remarkable technological changes in the life of a common Indian man. Demonetisation was a major driving factor behind the sea of change. The digital wave is transforming the way Indian commerce functions, one step at a time. Demonetization was the first step towards the big change. The move led to a huge cash crunch and long lines …

The open source software security is a prime concern for the organizations. The concern escalates if it plans to implement it as part of their software stack. Owing to its nature of being a free and open source, and build by a publically available source code, the user organization is bound to have anxieties. However, not all concerns hold true …

The technological advancement in the smartphone sector has grown manifolds. Mobile video has found its way into the living rooms of the TV watching audience. The social media giant Facebook has also started encouraging the advertisers to post videos instead of images. In 2016, Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook would be mostly video within 5 years. The percentage of global …

Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced in India on July 1, 2017. A move to simplify the tax system, it has also had negative impacts on the small businesses. The hardest part has been to understand the GST structure. Claiming to ease out the tax system, it ended up becoming complicated for businessmen. Small players who cannot afford to …

The penetration of internet in our daily lives has given a chance for cybercrime to flourish. With the digital age seeping in, we voluntarily give way to the dark alleys of the internet. Forbes reported it will cost $6 trillion per year on average through 2021.  Global ransomware damage costs for 2017 are predicted to exceed $5 billion. The figures …