VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

According to an announcement on Weibo, Xiaomi has announced that the launch of its most-awaited device – Mi MIX 2S – is scheduled for March 27 in China. With this announcement, the company cleared doubts around the launch of next Xiaomi flagship device rumoured to be held at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018. The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S will be the successor to the Mi MIX 2. It is also reported to be the first Xiaomi smartphone that will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor. The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S is expected to be launched initially in China and India, along with some European countries. As per the invite image shared on Weibo, the device will be packed with the latest Snapdragon 845 SoC along with a random number – 273741 – which is speculated to be the AnTuTu score of the smartphone. Early reports suggest that Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S may feature a 5.99-inch Quad-HD+ display with 18:9 aspect ratio, 8GB of RAM along with 256GB of internal storage, and 3,400mA...

Netflix’s current global subscriber base is somewhat around 120 million members, but surprisingly the next 100 million will be from India. Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix said this at the Mobile World Congress. “India will be a major driver for Netflix’s future growth with the company already benefitting from low internet costs and the expansion of 4G in the country,” he said. “It has been very fortunate for us that the launch of Reliance’s Jio 4G LTE network in the country in 2016 had increased competition and reduced data prices.” According to a report, Netflix will be a “giant exporter of Indian content”, with its recent Indian original movie Love Per Square Foot performing well in markets like the UK and US. Netflix, a report cited that at the end of last year it had 117.6 million streaming members – 54.75 million in the US and 62.83 across its international markets.... Read More

The increased digitalization of organizations, driven by the rapid adoption of technologies such as cloud computing and data analytics, has increased the importance of data. Enterprises are increasingly adopting cloud-based services in order to take advantage of the many business benefits of not having to purchase, manage, upgrade, and replace systems and applications. Of course, all amidst all this data still has to “live” somewhere. But a question is whether all types of data keeping is necessary? With the technology evolving and prominence of Social media and cloud computing, it creates anytime-anywhere access to information and systems. Most customers don’t give much thought to where their data is stored. That needs to change. Data Sovereignty covers privacy regulations that a government mandates for digital data that has originated, been converted, or stored “in the country.” Data created in a country will be subject to the laws of that country. Data Sovereignty privacy ...