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Microsoft venture fund M12 goes to Bengaluru
The office, according to a media release from Microsoft, will pursue investment opportunities across the region, focusing on B2B software startups in the sectors of applied AI (artificial intelligence), business applications, infrastructure, security, and vanguard technologies.
Numly – AI & Advance Data Enhanced Technology Makes Work From Home Easy
indica News Bureau- With the recent COVID-19 pandemic impacting everyone across the globe, companies are frantically scrambling to find ways to adjust to the new norm of Working from Home(WFH) and remote employees. But the toughest challenge, regardless of where your workforce works from, is to keep your employees engaged, motivated and happy. Madhukar […]
AWS files suit against Microsoft’s $10bn Pentagon contract win
IANS- Rattled by the US government’s decision to award prestigious $10 billion Pentagon Cloud project to Microsoft, retail giant Amazon’s Cloud arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) has filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Defense’s move. AWS lost the JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) contract on October 25 that will provide enterprise level, commercial […]
Co-Founder of i2chain, Ajay Jotwani, talks about the future of Cyber-Security
Ritu Jha- “We are changing the game by protecting information and identity, the two most valuable assets of an enterprise. Where does the information reside, how does it travel, do not matter. Once ‘chained’, we will be able to secure the information throughout its lifecycle.” These were the words of Ajay Jotwani, Co-founder and […]
Microsoft joins Samsung to herald new mobile computing era
IANS- Heralding a new 5G era of mobile computing, Samsung has launched Galaxy Book S for $999 that harnesses the mobility and connectivity of a smartphone and the powerful productivity of a PC, thanks to Microsoft. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft and Qualcomm, the 13.3-inch device offers Gigabit LTE connectivity, Windows 10 and Qualcomm […]
Nonimmigrant H-1B, L-1 visas approval rates continue to decline
indica News Bureau- Data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2019 show employers seeking H-1B and L-1 visas for workers are being asked to prove they’ll have work assignments for the full three-year term of the visa program, in a continuing trend under President […]
Indian Ambassador Shringla urges American students to study in India
indica News Bureau- India’s top diplomat in the United States on Tuesday urged American students to be part of the fastest-growing major global economy by studying in Indian educational institutions, which he said would provide them with an opportunity to understand the government systems, culture, and markets closely. “You are guaranteed of the excellent […]
Microsoft hits $1-tn mark on strong Q3 results
IANS- Microsoft stock hit $1-trillion mark after the company announced impressive third-quarter results, riding on the success of its Azure Cloud as big enterprises moved to Azure infrastructure. The company posted revenue of $30.6 billion (an increase of 14 per cent from the year-ago quarter) and net income of $8.8 billion (an increase of 19 […]
Is India prepared to tackle misuse of face recognition technology?
IANS- While the usage of facial recognition technology is growing across the world, the absence of any data protection and data privacy law in India makes the country ill-prepared to deal with the misuse of the technology, experts said on Friday. “There is no legal mechanism to stop misuse of facial recognition technology in […]