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The eCommerce sector is currently crowded with e-Malls where one eCommerce store is catering to consumers for products in almost every category. These marketplaces are selling a toothpaste and an industrial Vacuum Cleaner on the same portal. Data collected on consumer-behavior infers that consumers are more likely to buy from eCommerce stores which are specialists in a category of products, …

Despite India’s position as a global tech hub and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) leader, overall fixed-broadband penetration across the country remains low, according to a report released by the UN Broadband Commission[1] in September 2015 ranking the country 131 out of 189 in terms of fixed-broadband subscriptions in 2014. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India[2], this stems …

MAIT, India’s premier ICT hardware industry association, Intel, a world leader in computing innovation and Datamini®, one of India’s premier OEMs today announced the launch of TPOS7 ‘Janunnati Pad’, to support the government’s flagship programs such as ‘Digital India’ and ‘Make in India’. The Janunnati Pad, a first-of-its-kind enterprise class, touch-enabled mobile device comes with integrated STQC-certified fingerprint scanner for …

At the launch of Digital India Week on July 1, 2015, PM Modi had some encouraging words, “I dream of a Digital India where cyber security becomes an integral part of our national security… The world is so worried about cyber security. One click can change a lot of things…”  However what he did not mention publicly was that the …

 Today, the word ‘Smart’ has become synonymous with our PM’s concept of urban development. He equates urban growth and development with better utilisation of technology, digitization of various aspects of urban planning and lifestyle, and hence save on costs, conserve energy and make life better for Indians. While the smart cities initiative was announced in 2012 , and allocated Rs. …

Alibaba, China’s largest e-commerce company, is preparing to unveil its first internet-connected smart car in April, the People’s Daily reported on 22nd March’16. According to the company’s chief technology officer Wang Jian, internet character is one of the car’s technological innovations. Details of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) will be unveiled at a launch event in April. This is an …

With this ambitious plan of PM Modi for Digital India and smart cities, the Budget 2016 broke some dreams but mostly created some strong ones. Arun Jaitley’s Budget of 2016 gave a definitive boost to the branch of IT that will drive the implementation of smart technologies for the plans of 100 smart cities to be in place. With 11 …

4th GE Supplier’s Conference attended by over 500 suppliers Discussions include preparing supply chain for Industry 4.0 Reiterating its commitment to partner India in developing a robust and sustainable supply chain ecosystem, GE organized its 4th Supplier’s Conference in Pune inviting more than 500 strategic suppliers of the company in India. In line with the ‘Make in India’ initiative, GE …

GT Nexus, the world’s largest cloud-based global commerce platform, today issued its first ever State of the Global Supply Chain Report, an analysis of the top issues, challenges and opportunities faced by manufacturers. The study, which was conducted in partnership with global research firm, YouGov, sought to identify the following: Technologies and industry issues that have, and will have, the …

We are all worried about the constantly sophisticating cyber-attacks. But have we ever wondered the language we use the most is the same language that spammers are using! Trend Micro Incorporated released its annual security roundup report which dissects the most significant security incidents from 2015. One of the top activities noted included English language emerging as the highest spam …