Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Indian tech firms gear up to reopen offices with distancing measures

Bengaluru-based Wipro opened its office in Kochi with necessary social distancing measures, while Capgemini looks to reopen offices across different states with near 10% staff, those required for critical projects. HCL Tech is stepping up sanitization measures at its offices, while SAP is thinking of increasing its office transport fleet,

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Increase in state-sponsored cyber security attacks on government bodies

Cybersecurity firm Cyfirma said it had alerted the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In), the country’s nodal cyber security agency, about conversations linked to a Pakistan state-sponsored group that identifies itself as ‘IOK’.

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After Aarogya Setu app, similar solution for feature phones in the works; to be launched soon

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday interacted with state IT ministers through video-conferencing to discuss COVID-19 challenges, tech innovations and road map for the IT and electronics sector.

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Blockchain technology can tackle supply chain failures exposed by COVID-19, boost economic recovery: WEF

The WEF, which describes itself as an international organisation for public-private partnership, said crises such as the coronavirus pandemic dramatically increase pressure on governments and businesses to maintain resilient supply chains.

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Entry level, refurbished smartphones to be in focus, once sales resume

The share of smartphones priced below Rs 5000, categorized as entry-level, has trailed from 12% in 2017 to 4% in 2019, whereas, for those priced between Rs 5000-Rs 10,000, categorized as basic, it has fallen from 45% to 42%.

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Indian IT firms to benefit from large US banks bet on technology spend in 2020

JP Morgan’s annual report for 2019, released on April 6, disclosed that it would increase its technology spend by 4% over last year despite the pandemic.

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IT services companies to suspend hiring this year: Mohandas Pai

The former Chief Financial Officer of IT services major, Infosys Ltd, said the IT industry has done a "fabulous, unbelievable and remarkable" job in transitioning more than 90 per cent of its employees to work from home.

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