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Information technology (IT) in India

  • October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

    How to attract more women into software development

    Having role models, support systems and upskilling opportunities are just some of the ways to attract and retain more women coders in the industry, according to a panel of women tech leaders and professionals

  • October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

    When technology lets you sleep easy

    Indian mattress supplier Duroflex has taken a leaf out of mattress design in its technology implementation to double its growth in an industry dominated by unorganised players

  • October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

    Global digital trust market to double by 2027

    The global market for digital trust technology is expected to double to $537bn by 2027, up from $270bn today as demand for cyber security and other capabilities continues to grow

  • October 19, 2022 19 Oct'22

    Oracle: We’re punching above our category

    Oracle claims to have debunked the misnomer that Oracle Cloud is only good for Oracle workloads and that its efforts to support and interoperate with other platforms has been driving growth

  • September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

    EnterpriseDB rides on PostgreSQL momentum in APAC

    The open-source database supplier has seen more enterprises in the region replacing their Oracle databases with Postgres to support their digital transformation initiatives

  • September 26, 2022 26 Sep'22

    How AWS is tapping the groundswell in cloud adoption

    Phil Davis, managing director of Amazon Web Services in Asia-Pacific and Japan, talks up the company’s growth strategy and how it is retaining customers amid rivals nipping at its heels

  • September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

    Inside SolarWinds’ observability playbook

    SolarWinds’ CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna talks up the company’s observability playbook and offers a glimpse into its technology roadmap

  • September 20, 2022 20 Sep'22

    India ramps up on AI amid talent and scalability challenges

    Indian organisations are speeding up deployments of AI across multiple sectors, but legacy systems, siloed data and a shortage of AI-specific talent will stand in the way of greater adoption

  • September 19, 2022 19 Sep'22

    How Mondelez is driving change with tech

    From empowering citizen developers to deploying drones to monitor the health of cocoa trees, Mondelez has been firing on all cylinders to disrupt the old ways of doing things

  • September 15, 2022 15 Sep'22

    Airtel to deploy edge computing platform

    Bharti Airtel will deploy its multi-access edge compute platform across India to support edge computing applications in manufacturing and other industries, as India gears up for 5G

  • September 12, 2022 12 Sep'22

    How graph technology is making a dent in the database market

    Graph databases are making a splash in the database market, with specialist, multimodal and cloud database suppliers jostling for a slice of the pie

  • September 08, 2022 08 Sep'22

    India’s wake-up call on health data privacy

    Health app developers and industry watchers in India are keeping an eye on data privacy following the reversal of the Roe vs Wade ruling in the US

  • September 07, 2022 07 Sep'22

    Digital identity is key to coping with surge in air travel

    The International Air Transport Association’s One ID digital identity initiative will pave the way for seamless air travel from curb to gate and help airports cope with growing passenger traffic

  • August 31, 2022 31 Aug'22

    VMware CEO: Broadcom acquisition is on track

    Raghu Raghuram claims VMware customers are getting more comfortable with the Broadcom acquisition while employees are ‘more or less focused’ on the job at hand

  • August 30, 2022 30 Aug'22

    VMware beefs up Tanzu portfolio, adds OpenShift support

    The Tanzu Application Platform will include support for Red Hat OpenShift, air-gapped installations and other capabilities to improve developer productivity and code security

  • August 28, 2022 28 Aug'22

    Apple to make iPhone 14 in India

    Tech giant Apple is ramping up iPhone production in India through contract manufacturer Foxconn in a move that will benefit local consumers and the country’s burgeoning manufacturing industry

  • August 26, 2022 26 Aug'22

    Making her mark in financial technology

    Archana Manjunatha’s career in financial technology took her to the trading floors in India, where she learned the ropes of futures and options trading and the back offices of some of the world’s largest banks

  • August 24, 2022 24 Aug'22

    Alibaba Cloud unveils RISC-V chip development platform

    The Wujian 600 chip development platform will help developers build systems-on-chip to support edge applications such as home robots, medical imaging and video conferencing

  • August 22, 2022 22 Aug'22

    How a female coder rose through the ranks in tech

    Padmaja Kota started her career as a software engineer before picking up product development and rising through the ranks to become an engineering leader at a cloud-based software company

  • August 17, 2022 17 Aug'22

    Indian semiconductor component market to hit $300bn by 2026

    India’s semiconductor component market will see cumulative revenues climb to $300bn by 2026, amid growing demand for mobile devices and industrial products

  • August 15, 2022 15 Aug'22

    Major APAC economies to lose 63 million jobs to automation

    Workers in India, China, South Korea, Australia and Japan are more at risk of losing their jobs to automation, despite the creation of new jobs in the green economy and ICT industry

  • August 12, 2022 12 Aug'22

    How critical infrastructure operators can secure OT data

    Cohesity’s CISO discusses the challenges of securing data in operational technology systems and what can be done to mitigate security threats

  • August 03, 2022 03 Aug'22

    Twilio eyes CDP opportunity in APAC

    Twilio is tapping opportunities in customer data platforms and will deploy APAC instances of its Segment platform next year

  • August 02, 2022 02 Aug'22

    VMware CEO defends Broadcom deal

    Raghu Raghuram is confident that Broadcom will invest in growing VMware through a broad portfolio of assets that will serve its entire customer base, not just its biggest customers

  • July 26, 2022 26 Jul'22

    Visibility and proactive stance needed to secure OT systems

    Critical infrastructure operators need to have more visibility into their IT and operational technology environment, and take a more active stance to fend off sophisticated adversaries, expert says

  • July 20, 2022 20 Jul'22

    How NEC is transforming its business

    While NEC is known for its public safety systems, the company has been expanding into new areas including e-government, financial services and customer experience in Asia-Pacific

  • July 19, 2022 19 Jul'22

    5G connections in APAC to surpass 400 million by 2025

    The number of 5G connections in Asia-Pacific will grow to more than 400 million by 2025, but a usage gap due to the lack of digital skills and affordability will still exist

  • July 15, 2022 15 Jul'22

    HPE expands private cloud capabilities in GreenLake

    HPE’s GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is a managed service that provides flexibility in deployment models with automation capabilities for a cloud-like experience

  • July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

    APAC organisations renew focus on ERP

    Organisations in Asia-Pacific are looking to renew their enterprise resource planning systems as they emerge from the throes of the pandemic

  • July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

    Most APAC banks to spend more on cloud this year

    More than nine in 10 banks across Asia-Pacific are increasing their cloud spending in 2022 after years of hesitation due to initial regulatory hurdles

  • July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

    LogRhythm bullish on growth in APAC

    LogRhythm expects its business in the region to grow by over 20% this year thanks to demand from emerging economies where cyber security investments have not kept pace with cyber threats

  • July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

    How Lenovo is making the transition into services

    Although Lenovo is late to the as-a-service game, it is making headway through its One Lenovo and services-led transformation strategies, says a top company executive

  • June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

    India gears up for 5G but challenges remain

    The country’s upcoming spectrum auction marks the start of larger scale deployments of 5G in the subcontinent, but telcos will need to find a way to address high infrastructure costs and monetise their investments

  • June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

    How MSD is harnessing AI

    MSD’s global lead for artificial intelligence discusses what it will take for the technology to realise its full potential in healthcare

  • June 27, 2022 27 Jun'22

    China’s Cyclone Robotics eyes APAC market

    One of China’s largest suppliers of robotic process automation software has made a foray into Asia-Pacific, leveraging its bot management and ‘human-in-the-loop’ capabilities

  • June 24, 2022 24 Jun'22

    Developers grapple with open source software security

    Software developers are taking longer to fix vulnerabilities and many do not know about the dependencies of open source software components they are using, study finds

  • June 08, 2022 08 Jun'22

    APAC life sciences firms face HPC challenges

    More than half of pharmaceutical and biotech companies expect over 10% growth in genomic workloads but are facing scalability and other challenges with their HPC infrastructure

  • June 02, 2022 02 Jun'22

    Indian stock exchange taps data analytics

    The National Stock Exchange of India is tapping data analytics to speed up and improve regulatory decision making

  • June 01, 2022 01 Jun'22

    How Pfizer is leveraging technology in healthcare

    Pfizer uses predictive modelling to recruit patients for clinical trials and supercomputers to identity candidate molecules that go into antiviral drugs, among other technology use cases

  • May 30, 2022 30 May'22

    Analysts weigh in on Broadcom-VMware deal

    VMware customers in APAC will need to assess their exposure amid uncertainty over the impact of the mega deal on the market

  • May 25, 2022 25 May'22

    Rubrik charts data security path

    Backup and recovery software provider Rubrik now sees itself as a cyber security company that helps organisations recover from ransomware and other data security threats

  • May 24, 2022 24 May'22

    Bad bots make up a quarter of APAC’s web traffic

    Bots that run automated tasks have been responsible for stealing personal information among other malicious activities in the Asia-Pacific region, study finds

  • May 23, 2022 23 May'22

    How Ivanti views patch management with a security lens

    Bringing development, operations and security teams together will help organisations to improve their visibility of IT assets and vulnerabilities while keeping threat actors at bay

  • May 18, 2022 18 May'22

    Veeam to continue growth momentum in APAC

    Veeam expects its backup offerings that protect ‘strategic workloads’ such as Microsoft 365 and Salesforce to continue driving its growth momentum in the region