VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Apple Design Chief Jony Ive to step down after 30 years : Jony Ive design chief of Apple is leaving the company after nearly three decades of service later this year. The news has been confirmed by the company. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

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Traffic violation fines could shoot up almost five times or more : Traffic violation fines will now shoot up drastically as the new Motor Vehicles Bill is expected to be presented in the upcoming Parliament session. The bill was formed after 2019 general elections and has been approved by the cabinet. After the Lok Sabha cleared in 2017, it was still pending in the Rajya Sabha. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

RBI issues directive on data related to Payments : The Reserve Bank of India has announced that all data related to payments must be stored only in India and data processed abroad will have to be brought back to the country within 24 hours. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

AI and IoT are the two sides of each coin : Enterprises must pause in their race to join the rate race for IoT to avoid the security and data breaches. AI and IoT: two sides of the same coin. When the leaders think about the benefits of IoT devices - which are undeniably numerous - they often forget to simultaneously assess the risks of data breaches associated with those devices. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Unacademy Raises $50 Million in Series D Funding : Unacademy, India’s largest learning platform, announced the closing of its $50 million Series D funding round from Steadview Capital, Sequoia India, Nexus Venture Partners and Blume Ventures. Aakrit Vaish (Co-Founder & CEO, Haptik) and Sujeet Kumar (Co-Founder, Udaan) also participated in the round, along with Unacademy Founders, Gaurav Munjal and Roman Saini. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

IndiaFirst Life observes Insurance Awareness month : IndiaFirst Life Insurance, promoted by Bank of Baroda and Andhra Bank, successfully carried out a life insurance awareness drive through the month of June 2019, to commemorate the National Insurance Awareness Day. As a part of this drive, the company conducted 50 service camps pan-India, at the partner bank branches - Bank of Baroda (BoB) and Andhra Bank (AB). Spreading awareness on Life Insurance, IndiaFirst Life took this initiative to bring risk protection to every strata of the social fabric, in-line with the Insurance Regulator Development Authority of India (IRDAI) mission. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Nasscom Partners With Nathealth To Boost Digital Health : India’s National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) announced its collaboration with apex healthcare industry body NATHEALTH. The partnership is with NASSCOM’s Center of Excellence for the Internet of Things (CoE IoT) and will leverage the benefits that IoT and AI can bring to the healthcare sector. They aim to deploy emerging technologies,to ensure better delivery of healthcare. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Why Sophos Acquires Rook Security : Sophos (LSE: SOPH) announced that it has acquired Rook Security, a pioneer and leader in managed detection and response (MDR) services to Provide Managed Detection and Response. Rook Security provides a 24/7 team of cyberthreat hunters and incident response experts who monitor, hunt for, analyze and respond to security incidents for businesses of all sizes. The privately-owned company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

RBI Deputy Governor resigns before the end of his tenure : According to a report, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Viral Acharya has resigned six months ahead of the end of his three-year tenure due to personal reasons. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Extreme Networks bought Aerohive for $272M : In a bid to position Extreme Networks as a key player in the end-to-end enterprise networking space, Extreme Networks bought Aerohive Networks for $272 million in cash. The Milpitas-based Wi-Fi router maker Aerohive Networks jumped 39 percent in early trading today. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Prabhakar Jayakumar, Country Director, India - Digitalocean : 'Our priorities are on making our products and services simpler': Prabhakar Jayakumar, Country Director, India - Digitalocean VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Jeffrey Giannetti, Chief Customer Officer, Digitalocean : 'DigitalOcean is committed and contributed to open source community': Jeffrey Giannetti, Chief Customer Officer, Digitalocean VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Check Point appoints RAH Infotech as its National VAD : Check Point has appointed RAH Infotech as the National Distributor for its complete product portfolio. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Technology Reshaping Customer Experience : We are seeing several disruptions happening in our everyday life and it is really unbelievable. Disruptions on the internet in some forms or other can be easily forgotten, but the disruptive world wide web is no longer the same that it was when it first debuted. Massive amounts of data are getting generated and many don’t know how to manage the data, which many say is the new oil. Thanks to the great man, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer researcher then working at CERN in Switzerland, who has originally conceived three technologies that still underlie much of the WWW today - HTML, URL and HTTP. The hard fact is whatever we do over internet, are getting stored in somewhere in some form. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Technology Reshaping Customer Experience : We are seeing several disruptions happening in our everyday life and it is really unbelievable. Disruptions on the internet in some forms or other can be easily forgotten, but the disruptive world wide web is no longer the same that it was when it first debuted. Massive amounts of data are getting generated and many don’t know how to manage the data, which many say is the new oil. Thanks to the great man, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer researcher then working at CERN in Switzerland, who has originally conceived three technologies that still underlie much of the WWW today - HTML, URL and HTTP. The hard fact is whatever we do over internet, are getting stored in somewhere in some form. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

90% of businesses face a grave risk for improper ways of managing data : 90% of businesses such as Retailers and Distributors face a grave risk to their business due to their improper ways of managing the safety of their data. This study and the subsequent search for a viable remedy and a reliable solution has led GOFRUGAL to launch GoSecure, India's first and, the finest solution to back-up data on a real time basis and it's time to back-up or Pack-up says, Kumar Vembu,CEO, GOFRUGAL VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

27 Qualifying Teams Compete at Conduent Blockchain Hackathon Finale : The first hackathon of the series kicked off in India on April 12, 2019. Open to all blockchain enthusiasts in the country, the event’s first phase consisted of 1,276 participants who competed in a virtual crowdsourcing process over the course of six weeks. It then culminated into a 36-hour, no sleep, on-site hackathon where 76 participants forming 27 teams created and presented their blockchain solution prototypes. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cloud infrastructure services spend in China exceeds US$2 billion : The total spend on cloud infrastructure services in China reached US$2.1 billion for the first time in Q1 2019. China accounted for 9.2% of the worldwide total, making it the second largest market behind the US at 48.4%. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud dominate globally but this is not the case in China. Government initiatives and regulations mean cloud service providers headquartered in China account for four of the top five. Alibaba Cloud led in Q1 with 47.3% of the market, followed by Tencent Cloud with 15.4%. AWS was third, accounting for 8.8%, closely followed by Baidu Cloud (8.0%) and China Telecom (6.8%). VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

ML technology to improve user experience for Google Pay payments : Innoviti Payment Solutions, announced a significant upswing in the volume contribution of the fast-growing UPI payment platform to its overall payment transaction processing in offline retail stores after introduction of ML-based Path Predictor technology. Path Predictor, a patented technology of Innoviti, uses Machine Learning to decipher patterns lying deep within millions of transactions passing through Innoviti to create models that dynamically and in real-time select the best path for a UPI transaction, leading to dramatic change in UPI success rates and a seamless consumer experience. Since introduction of this technology, over the recent 3 months of Q2 2019, UPI@POS transactions at Innoviti have grown to contribute nearly 2% of Innoviti’s overall transaction processing volume.This seamless experience driven by deep integration with Google Pay resulting in usage surge. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Anil Chaudhry is conferred the Horasis-KPMG Indian Business Leader of the Year award : Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced that Anil Chaudhry, Zone President and Managing Director, has been conferred the Horasis-KPMG Indian Business Leader of the Year award for ‘Business Transformation’. The award ceremony was held in Segovia, Spain at a glittering function that saw participation of a galaxy of business leaders and global corporates. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

QNX Software Embedded With More Than 150 Million Vehicles : BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB),is a most trusted security software and services company that provides enterprises and governments with the technology they need to secure the Internet of Things, announces on its QNX software is now embedded in more than 150 million cars on the road today. This is an increase of 30 million cars since the company reported its automotive footprint in 2018. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Mahindra’s ‘With You Hamesha’ digital platform crosses 800,000 customers : Mahindra Group has announced that its automotive unit Mahindra & Mahindra's digital customer care platform ‘With You Hamesha’ has crossed 800,000 registered customers. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Government asks to submit concerns over draft e-comm policy within 10 days : Piyush Goyal, minister for commerce and industry asks companies to submit concerns on draft e-commerce policy in 10 days and the ministry said that e-commerce industry representatives also showed their concerns about the draft policy which they felt was not adequately consultative. Government has involved various government officials from the ministry, RBI, Ministry of External Affairs, besides representatives of ecommerce and IT companies. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Salesforce Brings the Customer Data Platform to the World's #1 CRM : Salesforce (NYSE:CRM),today unveiled its Customer Data Platform (CDP) with the next generation of Customer 360. New platform services will enable companies to unify disparate customer data throughout their entire organization and then personalize every engagement based on a single view of the customer. Customer 360 will go beyond traditional CDP capabilities and extend the power of CRM with consumer-scale data management and activation. New platform services enable companies to unify customer data, manage identity and consent, segment and activate audiences, and optimize engagement with AI-powered insights. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Avneesh Vats, Deputy GM - IT, EESL Energy Efficiency Services Ltd : 'We aim to provide things at nominal cost for the benefit of nation': Avneesh Vats, Deputy GM - IT, EESL Energy Efficiency Services Ltd VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Joyjit Roy Ghatak Choudhury, Director - ITKM, SRM Institute of Science & Technology At 17th IT FORUM 2019 : Modernization of data center and create a mobile app for students are of key priority: Joyjit Roy Ghatak Choudhury, Director - ITKM, SRM Institute of Science & Technology At 17th IT FORUM 2019 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Gaming industry witness cyber-attacks crosses 12 billion in 17 months : A report from the cyber security vendor Akamai says, a total of 55 billion credential stuffing attacks across all industries. Further, Akamai 2019 State of the Internet / Security Web Attacks and Gaming Abuse Report, hackers have targeted the gaming industry by carrying out 12 billion credential stuffing attacks against gaming websites within the 17-month period analyzed in the report (November 2017 – March 2019). VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Ericsson launches enhanced 5G deployment options : Keeping the increasing momentum in 5G deployments by telecom operators across the globe in mind, Ericsson today announced new software and hardware solutions to expand 5G deployment options. The new solutions extend network capacity and coverage, enabling smooth network evolution, and facilitating new consumer and industry use cases. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Is acquisition tableau by Salesfarce , will impact growth of SAP ? : Salesforce is No.1 CRM company in the world, according to market share is concerned by offering world class customer relationship management software which helps companies better manage customer data and information, which, in turn, helps those companies to better serve their customers and increase sales. Whereas, Tableau is one of the fastest growing analytics platform providers in the world. Their software products allow a broad population of business users to engage with their data, ask questions, solve problems, and create value. How Salesforce’s Tableau acquisition will impact IT and the deal is good news for Salesforce.com users. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

SCO leaders to organise a global conference on terrorism: PM Modi : The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi with the HOS/HOGs of SCO Member States at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

CSR can help create awareness on Cyber Crimes: Cyber Security Conclave 2019 : Cyber security is the growing concern of today. With the growing adoption of digitalization across the country and the latest technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT) etc. the concern of cyber attacks are also increasing. The CIOs and CISOs are concerned because of the growing threats, compliance pressures and complexity. Keeping the concerns in mind, the third edition of Cyber Security Conclave 2019 held at Shangri-La, New Delhi to dive deep into the topic of Growing concern on Cyber-Enabled Espionage and electronic evidence. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Digital is changing the world. Both digitization and digitalization is impacting organizations in a way that today, no discussion is complete in the technology world without these two buzzwords. Digital technology is emerging as a great enabler to pave the way for efficient service delivery, governance and improved access to financial inclusion, education, justice and healthcare. On this backdrop, the 17th VARINDIA INFOTECH FORUM 2019 took place that set a new benchmark for an insightful discussion on digital transformation and disruptive trends that would drive the future. Having entered its 17th year, the Infotech Forum assembled together the who’s who from across the industry, IT consultants and senior government officials and PSUs and setting up a platform for a day-long event consisting of power-packed sessions of technical presentations, panel discussions and discourses on issues impacting the technology landscape and, most importantly business networking. The theme of th