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Top Technology Predictions for 2020: SAP Concur : Digitisation of business demand a more agile way of operating applications and processes to meet the constantly changing market needs. Unlimited amount of knowledge available at our fingertips and technological advancements are accelerating VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

J&J fined for not passing on GST rate cut benefits : Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is found guilty and been fined worth Rs. 230 crore for not passing on GST rate cut benefit, according to The National Anti Profiteering Authority. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

CBI books ex-Maruti MD in a Rs 110 cr bank loan fraud : CBI has booked former Maruti Udyog Ltd Managing Director Jagdish Khattar for allegedly cheating Punjab National Bank (PNB) of Rs 110 crore. The assets that were surrendered to the bank as security after the loan his company took, was declared non-performing. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

1400 WhatsApp accounts compromised : Facebook, the parent company of WhatsApp has decided to sue Israel based private firm NSO as it feels that the later has tried to spy upon and also tried to use devices to compromise WhatsApp conversations of 1400 accounts. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Pradhan launches first CNG bus that will run 1,000 km in one fill : Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has unveiled India's first long distance Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus fitted with composite CNG cylinders, which can travel around 1,000 kilometres in a single fill. Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

British Deputy FM Rishi Sunak roped in for a new role : British Deputy Finance Minister and Infosys Co-founder Narayan Murthy’s son-in-law, Rishi Sunak has been roped in by Senior Conservative Party members to run a new economic super ministry, as per a Financial Times report. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

All villages connected through BharatNet will get free WiFi till March 2020: Telecom Minister : Telecom and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday that WiFi services being provided in villages through BharatNet will be free of charge till March 2020. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Key Ecommerce trends for retailers to watch out for in 2020 : According to an industry report by IBEF, the Indian e-commerce industry has been witnessing tremendous growth and is expected to surpass the US to become the second largest e-commerce market in the world by 2034. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Uber founder Travis Kalanick to depart from board of directors : As per news, Uber founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick is leaving the company’s board of directors. Kalanick will officially resign from the board as of December 31, to focus on his new business and philanthropic endeavours. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Kajol opens up on the taboo topic of rape : Bollywood actress Kajol said that since people are now starting to open on the subject of rape, it’s good to see the mindset of people changing. She further added that the people have recently started talking about it, as “our society has been patriarchal for ages.” VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

How the CRM industry in India fared in 2019 and what to expect in 2020: KT Prasad, Country Sales Director- Zendesk : In 2019, we saw a continued rise in customer expectations and the need for a consistently seamless customer experience. As a result, companies began to recognize the importance of using customer experience (CX) VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Amazon India to host 2nd edition of Small Business Day : India –  Amazon.in announced its biggest celebration of Small & Medium Businesses by organizing Small Business Day on December 14, 2019. The 2nd edition of Amazon Small Business Day will start from midnight on December 14, 2019 until 11:59 pm on the same day. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Finland votes to power the world's youngest female prime minister : Sanna Marin of Finland will become the world's youngest prime minister at the age of 34. She was picked by her Social Democratic party after its leader, Antti Rinne, quit as PM. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

HSBC to move $20B in assets to blockchain : HSBC Holdings has announced of having used a blockchain distributed ledger technology (DLT) to digitize transaction records of private investments, enabling clients globally to access the details of their assets online in near real-time. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Have hackers found an easy target in the country’s Power Sector? : How much critical information did North Korea’s Lazarus group manage to access in their cyber attack on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) in early September 2019? VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA Standing Committee on IT to hear from WhatsApp representatives on data privacy issue VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA Lok Sabha passes the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 amidst intense debate VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA How cyber criminals are targeting civilian infrastructure VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

What has 2020 in store for Cisco? : As the industry gears up to welcome 2020, things have not been looking very bright in the world of networking. This is primarily because key players like Arista and Juniper have been reporting business slowdowns as there have not been any new big deals and cloud providers haven’t been as free-spending as in the past. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

CMMC roll-out can put an end to ISO 27001, SOC 2 & HITRUST certifications : In the not-too-distant future, I can clearly see how ISO 27001, SOC 2 and HITRUST certifications could become a diminished, legacy activity, viewed as a rarity left over from marketing efforts to distinguish an organization’s security posture from its competition VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA Mozilla highlights pros and cons of revised Personal Data Protection Bill VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Saudi Aramco’s share surges on its trading debut : The shares of Saudi Aramco has surged on its debut trading after the company started its initial public offering. Saudi Aramco is the world’s largest oil producer. This has helped the company to fortify its status as the world’s most valuable company and bringing it closer to achieving the Saudi royal family’s aim of making it a $2 trillion business. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Hotstar leads the Indian online streaming space, crosses 400 Mn downloads : Hotstar has crossed 400 million downloads, which is powered by a stellar growth in consumption of regional content and a surge in interest from non-metro cities. The video streaming platform has registered 2X growth in installs and 3X growth in consumption this year as compared to last year, according to the third edition of its India Watch Report 2019. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Researchers detect a Chinese hacking group bypassing 2FA : Security researchers have found evidence that in a recent spate of attacks, a Chinese government-linked hacking group has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA). VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

28 people to pay Rs 14 lakh as damage recovery : The UP state administration has sent notices to over two dozen people in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur for the recovery of the damage caused in the violence during protests against Citizenship law. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Impossible to make social media platforms safer: Selena Gomez : Selena Gomez is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer has opened up about the devastating effect social media has on young people VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA Karnataka Govt. to distribute free laptops for SC trainees of ITIs VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA Violence continues in Assam after Rajya Sabha clears the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Worldwide wearable band market grew 65% in Q3 2019 : The worldwide wearable band market demonstrated clear signs of vigor in Q3 2019, growing 65% to a record 45.5 million units, with strong momentum in Asia Pacific and Greater China. Greater China remains the largest region VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Digital technology transforms business experience : “Adlabs Entertainment LTD uses technology to transform experience at an Amusement park.  Wearable technology: We developed the MagicBand - an RFID bracelet that lets guests pay for food and merchandise, be identified, and even help Cast Members locate the parents of lost children. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

RSA with Yubico to boost its enterprise-grade FIDO authentication solution : RSA has announced to extend its enterprise offering of modern authentication and identity assurance through a strategic partnership and joint solution with Yubico. The solution, YubiKey for RSA SecurID Access, combines a FIDO2-enabled hardware VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Deploying SD-WAN can be a challenge for CIO : “The challenge for CIOs is that deploying SD-WAN can be complicated because of all the factors that need to be considered. With legacy networks, there were limited options, so deployment was straightforward. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Russian police raid NGINX Moscow office : NGINX Inc a subsidiary of F5 Networks and the company behind the internet's most popular web server technology. Russian police have raided in their Moscow offices of NGINX- the company behind the world's second most popular web server software-over VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

We need supervision, don’t need suspicion: N Chandrasekaran : The current economic slowdown that India is witnessing is a “correction process” as the country has seen “excesses”, Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said at the Express Adda . He, however, said that India is taking “too long” to correct these excesses. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

India needs 3 private telecom operators: Airtel chairman Mittal : Sunil Bharti Mittal wants the current market structure with three private operators to continue, highlighting that the telecom sector is passing “through its most difficult period” in the past 25 years. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Customers could lose all their money: Warning from SBI : Internet comes with its benefits, advantages and at the same time it brings so many risks of being digitally-connected can prove to be costly. Advisory is not to open every time Wi-Fi to your mobile devices and A simple Google search has the power VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Facebook to come up with fake news alerts : Facebook has come up with a new revamped program that will check for fake news on its social media platform. It will also alert users to such posts as soon as they view it. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Darryl and Luis have pleaded guilty for running large illegal streaming sites : Two men from Las Vegas pleaded guilty to to operating massive unauthorized streaming services that authorities say rivaled the libraries of Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu and cost copyright owners millions. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Canalys identifies 12 vendor ‘Champions’ of channel management in EMEA : A total of 12 vendors achieved Champion status in the 2019 Canalys EMEA Channel Leadership Matrix. They are APC by Schneider Electric, Cisco, Fortinet, Fujitsu, HP, Kaspersky, Lenovo, NetApp, Nutanix, Palo Alto, Trend Micro and Veeam. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

New technological era begins for Indian Railways with deployment of Phase 1 of Next Gen of RTIS : The Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways, Shri Suresh Angadi today said that the Indian Railways will be well served by the deployment of 2600 MSS Terminals designed and developed by wireless communication VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE