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…
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Indian enterprises adopt proactive approach to security
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…
Read MoreAWS invests in second region in India
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…
Read MoreCIOs in India continue IT spending in 2021
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…
Read MoreRise of Cloud computing in India
Cloud computing revenue in India to exceed US$16bn in 2024, says GlobalData. Rising adoption of emerging technologies like big data, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), along with enterprises’ focus on cost reduction and operation scalability is expected to boost the cloud…
Read MoreCOVID-19 phishing emails manipulate Indian Govt email address
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…
Read MoreIndia banks on AI and tech to help digital economy reach US$1 trillion of GDP by 2025
Accelerated adoption of communication technologies and AI. AI and other emerging technologies will play a key role in achieving government’s vision of making digital economy reach US$1 trillion of GDP by 2025, said Dr Rajendra Kumar, additional secretary at the Ministry of Electronics and IT Government of India. According to…
Read MoreAlphabet’s Google commits US$10B to accelerate digitisation in India
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…
Read MoreIndia panel proposes new regulator for non-personal data: draft report
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…
Read MoreIndia holds up imports of Chinese tech
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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