Global military organisations turning to simulation to address safety

December 14, 2020 CIO Tech Team

India and South Korea militaries lead the drive in Asia. Most militaries across the globe are transitioning their training to simulators to address personal safety challenges. In fact, the global military simulator systems market is anticipated to grow by 55 per cent in 2030, as compared to the current year’s market value. The modernisation of armed forces and the induction of increasingly sophisticated…

Indian enterprises adopt proactive approach to security

December 4, 2020 CIO Tech Team

Security offerings revenue in India will reach US$4bn in 2024. The ongoing impact of COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption to traditional business operation landscape, has forced the enterprises to adopt a proactive rather than a reactive approach to address the potential security threats. As a result, security offerings’ revenue in India is…

AWS invests in second region in India

November 25, 2020 Lilia Guan

Joins other Availibility Zones across Asia. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its services to include a second infrastructure region in India by mid-2022. The new AWS Asia Region, which will consist of three Availability Zones and will join the existing nine AWS Regions and 26 Availability Zones across Asia…

CIOs in India continue IT spending in 2021

November 24, 2020 Lilia Guan

Investments made in enterprise software, IT services and communication services in 2020. IT spending in India is projected to total US$81.9 billion in 2021, an increase of per cent from 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. IT spending in 2020 is expected to total US $79.3 billion, down…

COVID-19 phishing emails manipulate Indian Govt email address

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 CIO Tech Team

Phished accounts sent malware in September Indian Computer response team (CERT-In) has seen a campaign of phishing scams targeting users of the NCIs email service for Government of India (email.gov.in). CERT-In is part of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Government of India. It stated the campaign involves fraudulent…

Alphabet’s Google commits US$10B to accelerate digitisation in India

July 14, 2020 CIO Tech Team

Google’s focuses on the rapid pace of growth of apps and software platforms in India. By Sankalp Phartiyal and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said it would spend around US$10 billion in India over the next five to seven years through equity investments and…

India panel proposes new regulator for non-personal data: draft report

July 13, 2020July 14, 2020 CIO Tech Team

There’s need for a regulator or authority for data business. By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India should set up a data regulator and require companies to disclose how they collect and store data devoid of personal details or which has been anonymised, a panel tasked to draw up…

India holds up imports of Chinese tech

July 10, 2020 CIO Tech Team

Several companies such as Apple and Dell have been battling to free stuck shipments. By Aditya Kalra and Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s additional scrutiny of imports from China has disrupted operations at plants owned by Apple supplier Foxconn in southern India, three sources told Reuters, and other…

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