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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, …

The Enterprise security market has been influenced by various factors like never before.  Services, cloud, mobile phones and social media has created three types of players:  Services or online companies, traditional Enterprises that need to adopt to these new platforms and existing Security software players who try to cross over to the newer online customers.  This article analyses five major …

The Digital India project was launched by the Government of India in 2014, with a vision of preparing India for a knowledge future.  From creating telecom and Internet reach, to service the citizens, the massive plan outlay relates to a 5 year effort by the present Indian Government.   Ashok Subramaniam analyses some key areas as seen by some of the …

Prism Cybersoft, a software solutions provider to financial intermediaries announced the launch of Abacus, a cloud-based personal investment and accounting software for consumers to manage their investment portfolios. Available to individual investors at an annual subscription of INR 600, it is built on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and SQL 2014 server. Jayesh Shah, CEO, Prism Cybersoft Pvt. Ltd. said, “Abacus allows …