Core business transformation driving services growth at IBM

Companies using cognitive technologies for core business functions rather than just peripheral ones are helping drive most new growth at IBM Global Services, a senior executive said.

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Code, share and even hire: What happens at tech community events

Tech community events are not only becoming platforms to solve challenges, but are also turning into hunting grounds to recruit people with niche skills. Events like these are rapidly gaining in popularity, as people become more active in sharing knowledge. There is more than just knowledge sharing taking place at these large-scale gatherings.

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Data Bill: Global trade bodies raise privacy concerns

The coalition, which represents companies such as Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and IBM among others, has raised concerns over areas such as data localisation, government access to non-personal data and the classification of sensitive and critical data. The letter was addressed to Meenakshi Lekhi, head of the joint select committee.

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Check Point research shows cyber criminals exploiting Coronavirus panic

It said that as the virus spreads across the globe, people are searching online for the latest information and updates on how it might affect them, and what they can do to protect themselves and their families. Cyber criminals are quick to take advantage of these concerns for their own gain, it added.

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Zoho Corp announces 'work from home' to all employees

"We have adopted work from home as the default for all our offices worldwide as a matter of precaution, though we have not had any cases," company Founder-CEO Sridhar Vembu said.

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Google Cloud to launch second cloud region in India

The new Delhi cloud region will expand Google's existing network which stands at eight regions in the Asia Pacific and 22 regions globally today. Google cloud regions bring Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services to global organisations in industries like media and entertainment, retail and manufacturing.

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2 positive Coronavirus cases in Hyderabad send IT companies into tizzy

Meanwhile, tension eased in Bengaluru after Karnataka medical education minister K Sudhakar announced that all five persons, who had been hospitalised after showing symptoms, are safe with tests proving negative.

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