Information technology (IT) in India
Read the latest news and trends about information technology (IT) in India. Find valuable resources on key topics, including India’s outsourcing industry, security, data storage, backup and recovery, networking, cloud computing, mobile technology, big data and more.
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News
30 Apr 2025
Juniper doubles down on AI as HPE deal faces scrutiny
Juniper’s ANZ chief highlights strong enterprise adoption of the Mist networking platform, with AI-powered automation delivering cost savings and operational benefits for customers Continue Reading
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Opinion
30 Apr 2025
APAC telcos forge alliances for AI sovereignty
Faced with fears over vendor lock-in and rising sovereignty demands, operators are turning to alliances to complement hyperscaler partnerships as they strike a balance between global scale and local control Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2021
APAC firms grapple with cyber security amid pandemic
Some aspects of cyber security have taken a backseat as companies across the Asia-Pacific region rush to shore up their infrastructure to cope with the demands of remote work Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
11 Jan 2021
APAC firms’ ‘future readiness’ a mixed bag
Led by firms in China, Singapore and Australia, just over a quarter of businesses in APAC fit the bill as a future-ready business, study finds Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
04 Jan 2021
Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC
Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for its inaugural Innovation Awards in APAC to honour digitisation initiatives that have transformed organisations in seven industries Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
03 Jan 2021
Covid-19’s impact on the retail supply chain
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the ability of retailers to mitigate supply chain imbalances Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
21 Dec 2020
5G roll-outs to continue apace in 2021
New 5G launches will be led by telcos in forerunner markets, but the industry’s near-term outlook will depend on the timing of an economic recovery Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
11 Dec 2020
Agility key to pandemic recovery, say APAC CFOs
Chief financial officers in the Asia-Pacific region call for financial transformation to bring about the agility that their organisations need to tide over the pandemic Continue Reading
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News
10 Dec 2020
AWS eyes mainframe workloads
Amazon Web Services is doubling down on efforts to help its partners address the growing demand for capabilities to migrate mainframe workloads to the cloud Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
09 Dec 2020
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2021
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be a cradle for technology innovation in the new year, whether it is 5G services, artificial intelligence, cloud computing or cyber security Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
02 Dec 2020
How IoT keeps water flowing in rural communities
Non-profit organisation Charity: water has built an internet-of-things device packed with sensors to keep wells in remote parts of Africa and Asia flowing with clean water Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
01 Dec 2020
What it takes for APAC firms to ride out the pandemic
Whether businesses will recover from the Covid-19 pandemic will depend on how they leverage technology to innovate, create new business models and build digital trust Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
30 Nov 2020
IT Priorities: APAC enterprises readying recovery budget
Enterprises in Asia-Pacific are investing in cloud and other key technologies to not only survive but thrive in the post-pandemic world Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
26 Nov 2020
APAC plagued by APT, ransomware attacks
The Asia-Pacific region was a primary target of advanced persistent threat groups, mostly from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, that carried out 34 campaigns between June 2019 to June 2020 Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
18 Nov 2020
How Aarogya Setu is addressing scale and security challenges
India’s contact-tracing platform leverages microservices, encryption techniques and cloud-based visibility tools to address scale and security requirements Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
16 Nov 2020
How Standard Chartered approaches cyber security
Bank uses security-by-design principles and conducts red-teaming exercises among other measures to fend off cyber breaches Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
11 Nov 2020
Cloud RANs offer promise in APAC, but not in near future
While there is growing interest in cloud-based radio access networks, experts argue that telcos will still cautiously approach the technology in a phased manner Continue Reading
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News
09 Nov 2020
Global telcos defy previous performance expectations
Better-performing Asia-Pacific operators lead charge driving analyst to adjust upwards previous forecast for worldwide connectivity services market Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
09 Nov 2020
AWS expands footprint in India with Hyderabad region
Amazon Web Services is investing $2.8bn in a second cloud region in one of the fastest-growing public cloud markets in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
05 Nov 2020
GSMA calls for whole-of-government approach to digital societies
Asia-Pacific countries need to take a whole-of-government approach and not regulate the telecoms industry in isolation to advance their digital societies Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
01 Nov 2020
How Snowflake is charting its growth in APAC
The cloud data warehouse supplier set foot in Asia-Pacific just three years ago and has started to gain traction among large enterprises in Singapore, India and Southeast Asia Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
27 Oct 2020
APAC CISOs warm up to zero trust
Security leaders in Asia-Pacific are adopting zero-trust security, but challenges stand in their way of reaping the full potential of the security model Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
12 Oct 2020
Making sense of zero-trust security
Implementing zero-trust security is not an easy feat, but enterprises can still get it right if they approach it from a process perspective and get a handle on their infrastructure footprint Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
09 Oct 2020
Inside VMware’s Kubernetes playbook
Kubernetes co-creator Joe Beda talks up the evolution of the container orchestration platform and efforts by VMware to help enterprises get the most out of the technology Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
02 Oct 2020
How a Singapore startup is disrupting logistics management
Portcast’s cloud-based logistics management platform uses machine learning and big data to improve supply chain visibility for logistics companies, shipping lines and manufacturers Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
01 Oct 2020
How Ethernet became the world’s networking standard
Ethernet pioneer Bob Metcalfe outlines the technology’s early history, including the rivalry with IBM and what he did to convince people of the value of networks Continue Reading
By- Anthony Caruana
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News
01 Oct 2020
Wipro and AWS open Sydney innovation centre
The Wipro-AWS Launch Pad will offer in-house technical expertise for Australian businesses as well as a physical studio to spearhead cloud adoption Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
28 Sep 2020
Tibco eyes growth in emerging APAC markets
Tibco’s regional head honcho, Erich Gerber, sees massive potential in Asia’s large population and thirst for technology, including advanced analytics tools that will help businesses glean actionable insights Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
24 Sep 2020
Data deluge grips enterprises amid digitisation
Two-thirds of respondents in a new Splunk study expect the quantity of data to grow by nearly five times by 2025 as they embrace more emerging technologies Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
22 Sep 2020
The inside story of Taiwan’s AI whizz
Not content with his stellar achievements in artificial intelligence, Chih-Han Yu wanted to create an impact with his work and formed one of Taiwan’s most important unicorns Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
21 Sep 2020
India’s storage market takes hit but hasn’t lost its shine
The slower growth in storage spending in India amid the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to be mitigated by digitisation efforts by financial services and manufacturing firms Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Feature
15 Sep 2020
A peek into the future of storage
Flash-based storage is here to stay and will continue to be enhanced, even as helium and DNA are being primed for use in the distant future Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
15 Sep 2020
Nutanix bolsters Kubernetes playbook with managed service
Karbon Platform Services claims to ease container deployments in public and hybrid cloud environments in the emerging Kubernetes platform war Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
14 Sep 2020
NTT taps data analytics and cloud for Tour de France
NTT’s analytics and cloud capabilities stood up to the test amid crashes and poor weather conditions during the first stage of this year’s Tour de France Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
09 Sep 2020
Coronavirus: APAC organisations speed up innovation
Innovation has become easier than before, with the most innovative organisations expecting to recover from the impact of the pandemic in less than six months, new Microsoft-commissioned study finds Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
06 Sep 2020
Why predictive threat intelligence is key
Threat intelligence startup Cyfirma is using virtual agents to gather intelligence on potential cyber attacks that are being coordinated in underground forums before they occur Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
31 Aug 2020
How India’s Tata Capital is expanding its digital footprint
Tata Group’s financial services arm has been migrating branch walk-ins and voice calls to self-service digital channels staffed by chatbots as it expands its digital footprint Continue Reading
By- Pratima Harigunani
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News
28 Aug 2020
How Citi is democratising access to data
Global financial institution Citi puts people at the centre of its data analytics initiatives and collaborates with users to drive adoption and success Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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Opinion
26 Aug 2020
The path towards sustainable sustainability
More enterprises need to build sustainability ecosystems, incorporate sustainability into their business strategy and develop sustainability policies Continue Reading
By- Girish Ramachandran, Ilan Oshri and Julia Kotlarsky
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News
25 Aug 2020
Covid-19, demographic shifts to drive automation
Businesses will need to shore up their productivity through technology and automation to cope with the pandemic and a shrinking workforce, says an industry expert Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
11 Aug 2020
Equinix expands into India through $161m acquisition of two local datacentres
Colocation giant looks set to tap into the huge demand for cloud and internet services from enterprises in India Continue Reading
By- Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
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News
07 Aug 2020
India’s software industry calls for cuts to red tape
Software industry lobby group iSpirt has called on the Indian government to ease the administrative burden of complying with rules related to taxes and trade Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
05 Aug 2020
Nokia to set up robotics lab at Indian Institute of Science
The Nokia Centre of Excellence for Networked Robotics will explore the use of drones, advanced communications and artificial intelligence in agriculture and industrial automation, among other applications Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
20 Jul 2020
India’s Jio Platforms eyes global 5G opportunity
Indian mobile network operator Jio Platforms has built a 5G solution that will meet domestic and global demand for 5G services Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
14 Jun 2020
Coronavirus: Enterprise VPN adoption in India set to rise
Advancement in cloud technologies and secured remote access to applications will significantly contribute to the overall growth of India’s VPN market, says GlobalData Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
01 Jun 2020
Inside India: The world’s IT powerhouse
The Covid-19 pandemic is turning out to be a big fork in the road for many companies. But what about the industry that keeps the lights on for them? Continue Reading
By- Pratima Harigunani
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Tip
05 May 2020
India lockdown exacerbates coronavirus impact on IT
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact IT outsourcing with India service providers, organizations should consider the following approaches that can allow for more flexibility. Continue Reading
By- David Rutchik, Pace Harmon
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Tip
29 Apr 2020
The impact of India's pandemic lockdown on IT outsourcing
In part one of a two-part series, we're identifying the major factors affecting enterprises with India IT outsourcing providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
By- David Rutchik, Pace Harmon
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News
16 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: India eases lockdown restrictions for IT service providers
Indian government allows IT services firms to bring half their staff back to delivery centres Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
16 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: Indian IT sector takes hit
India’s IT market will see slower growth this year though opportunities abound in artificial intelligence and cyber security Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
06 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: BPO and IT services delivered from India face big challenges
UK businesses receiving business process outsourcing and IT services from India will face disruption, but IT services from large IT suppliers less so Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
08 Mar 2020
Google to open new cloud regions in India and Australia
New cloud regions in Delhi and Melbourne underscore Google’s resolve to carve out a bigger slice of Asia-Pacific’s cloud computing market Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
06 Mar 2020
IT Priorities 2020: AI, cloud to dominate IT spending in India
Indian organisations are expected to spend more on artificial intelligence and cloud this year in a bid gain an edge over rivals through key technology investments Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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12 Feb 2020
GitHub eyes Indian market, forms local subsidiary
GitHub is staffing its local office with engineers and sales teams to tap the growing use of its software development platform by developers and enterprises in India Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
05 Feb 2020
OVHcloud eyes Indian market in APAC expansion
French cloud infrastructure supplier OVHcloud is investing more in India over the next few quarters as part of its regional expansion plan Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
03 Feb 2020
India’s 2020 budget to boost local tech sector
A flurry of investments in quantum computing, datacentres and broadband connectivity is expected to shore up India’s technology industry from this year Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
31 Dec 2019
Huawei gets India green light as it reports strong sales growth for 2019
Comms technology giant finishes challenging 2019 with solid commercial performance and permission to supply 5G technology in one of the world’s largest internet markets Continue Reading
By- Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly
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News
06 Dec 2019
Barclays opens large tech operation in India, hiring thousands
Barclays opens tech centre in Pune as part of its global delivery network Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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News
13 Aug 2019
Microsoft teams up with India’s Jio in cloud push
Microsoft and Indian telecoms giant Jio will deliver cloud infrastructure services through two new datacentres being built in Gujarat and Maharashtra Continue Reading
By- Aaron Tan, TechTarget
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News
25 Jul 2019
Hewlett Packard Enterprise invests big in India
Enterprise IT giant aims to take advantage of India’s fast-growing economy and the country’s wealth of tech talent Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA