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Our increasingly connected environment, social media, and various other technologies effectively bring the customer closer and closer to the level of God, no more merely king.  There is no gap warranted between the service and product, and the customer, everything and anything that is sold is up for scrutiny and reprieve.  Most enterprises have taken this challenge as an opportunity to …

International Data Corporation (IDC) said that the Asia/Pacific Internet of Things (IoT) industry will continue its strong growth, with the number of units, or “things”, connected to increase from 3.1 billion to 8.6 billion by 2020. Over this same period, the total Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) market size will increase from USD250 billion to USD583 billion. “The Internet of Things …

International Data Corporation (IDC) India recently released a research report that explains 10 specific scenarios that businesses can look at for impactful adoption of the 3rd Platform – Mobility, Cloud, Big Data/Analytics, Social Business and related technologies, along with case studies. If planned and implemented appropriately, 3rd Platform along with other “Innovation Accelerators” such as IoT can help manufacturing companies …

Huawei India announced the extension of their partnership with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for three seasons of the Indian Premier League. The Huawei logo will feature on the front of the RCB jersey as the principal sponsor when the team takes to the field for the forthcoming edition of the IPL starting from 8th April, 2015. Huawei, first associated with RCB in …

Consumers crave privacy, but do not typically alter actions to protect themselves.When prompted, they are even able to put a price tag to their personal information, with compensation varying from $2.90 to $75.80. A slight majority of consumers believe the benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) outweigh privacy concerns. However, 75 percent feel they do not have any control …

NEC Corporation, NEC Mexico and Formula One team Sahara Force India announced today their new partnership for the 2015 season, by which NEC will be the team’s Premium ICT Partner with the relationship focused on short- and long-term opportunities, including the installation of NEC technologies at Sahara Force India’s headquarters in the United Kingdom. NEC´s logos will also appear on …

With IT-based agriculture changing the way farming can be done, Lincoln University has developed a new programme to teach people the latest techniques. IT-based farming, known as precision agriculture, involves using technologies such as sensors to carry out soil or crop mapping. This allows farmers to use real-time data to place nutrients, fertilisers and chemicals with much more accuracy than …

The cloud, virtualization, analytics, new technologies  that promise  to change the face as well as character of enterprise IT today,  threaten almost all legacy knowledge. Traditional server boxes are under the onslaught of new, brave functionalities that are increasingly being demanded form IT. Where is the server headed? Is it oblivion? Or is it towards a transformation that will leave …

Canon switches off neon signage at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai airports Observes De-light days in line with its commitment to protect the environment  Canon strengthened its commitment to the environment by supporting WWF for the Earth Hour observed from 08.30 – 09.30 PM on 28th March, 2015. In its endeavour and constant efforts towards protection of the environment, Canon …

Tally, announced their association with Light For Education (LiFE) – a unique education and sustainability oriented social initiative by the SELCO Foundation. In support of the initiative, the Technology Alumni Association of Bangalore (Alumni Association of IIT – Kharagpur in Bangalore) organized a fundraiser called the Light For Education (LiFE) Music Fest on 21st March, 2015 at the Hotel Royal Orchid Hotel, Old Airport Road, …