Month: July 2021

No need for JPC into Pegasus, IT panel will do its duty, says Tharoor

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The Congress MP from Kerala, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology says the standing committee and Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) have identical rules and that the committee will ‘do its duty’ .   The MP from Thiruvananthapuram told The Indian Express that that the committee will “do its duty” as the subject is “already on the mandate of my committee”.   On whether he believed the government would be willing to set up a judicial probe, he said: “That’s the question. Frankly, I think that some people…

Central bank’s digital currency, CBDC to bring many benefits and some risks, says RBI Deputy Governor

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RBI Deputy governor T Rabi Sankar said that, many central banks in the world are working towards the idea of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).He said that, the central bank was working on a phased implementation strategy towards its own digital currency. Sankar said that the RBI is also in the process of launching it in wholesale and retail segments in the near future. These observations were made at a webinar organised by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.   Sankar said that many central banks in the world…

Healthcare companies see tech partnerships as necessary to implement smart technologies

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As pharma companies continue to scale up digital transformation processes, a survey by GlobalData has highlighted that teaming up with experienced external vendors is driving innovative technology implementation. The leading data and analytics company notes that technologies such as 5G, IoT, sensors, blockchain, cloud and virtual/augmented reality were the top technologies for which pharma companies used external vendors, whereas they were more likely to develop artificial intelligence (AI), big data/analytics or robotics in house comparing to the rest of smart technologies.   The survey, which was published in GlobalData’s latest report, ‘Smart…

A10 Networks committed to deliver secure application services for on-premises, multi-cloud and edge-cloud environments at hyperscale

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n a chat with VARINDIA, Sanjai Gangadharan, Area Vice President, South ASEAN, A10 Networks discusses the security challenges faced by businesses during the pandemic, how the company is addressing Malware and DDoS threat challenges, concept of Secure on-demand Education etc.     How A10 Networks is addressing the business challenges during these difficult times, where security is the major concern of everyone?   Since the onset of the pandemic, employees have been working remotely at a scale most companies have never seen before. Owing to this, cybersecurity has become the biggest and constant threat for businesses.…

Messaging during uncertain times

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Asoke K Laha, President & CEO of Interra Information Technologies     The other day I was asked to give a presentation to a gathering on how to lead a corporate entity during uncertain times. When I thought over the subject, many ideas struck me. Should I build the template of the presentation keeping the Covid-19 pandemic in the background and how corporates have modulated their messages to the employees and other stakeholders? Finally, I made up my mind to lace my presentation with hard facts and yet give the…

Can India become a Hardware Power?

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Asoke K Laha, President & CEO of Interra Information Technologies   A report published by India’s NITI Aayog estimates that India’s ICT sector would touch a turnover of one trillion dollars by 2025 and would become a major plank of the business sector contributing to 20% of the GDP. A McKinsey report, which was released recently also endorsed that view.  Like in any other case, there are skeptics and votaries of the estimates. Skeptics say that to reach that figure for the digital economy, ICT segment which consists of software, electronics hardware and…

Lenovo brings the versatile Yoga Duet 7i and IdeaPad Duet 3

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Lenovo has announced the launch of its premium detachable PCs – the Yoga Duet 7i and IdeaPad Duet 3. In the age of remote working, online learning and virtual social gatherings, their grab-and-go form factors and high-quality screens are built to empower students, teachers and multitaskers to navigate through daily productive tasks and seamlessly switch between work and entertainment.   Style Meets Substance- The Lenovo Yoga Duet 7i   Weighing at just 1.16 kg the Lenovo Yoga Duet 7i is the first-ever Yoga PC with a detachable, backlit Bluetooth™ (5.0) keyboard to enable freestyle…

Samsung to launch new foldable phones by lowering price tags

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Samsung Electronics is geared to launch the most awaited Galaxy Z Flip3,the present cost to be 22 percent lower than the Predecessor at 1.28 million won, along with other accessories on August 11, as per the reports of Yonhap news agency.   The South Korean tech giant is expected to start sales of the Galaxy Z Fold3 at around 1.99 million won ($1,744), which is 17 percent lower than the 2.39 million won set for the previous model, according to the sources. The price of the Galaxy Z Flip3 is also expected to…

Another widespread Supply-Chain attacks fixed, after CDNJS Bugs found in CloudFlare

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Cloudflare, Web infrastructure and website security company last month fixed a critical vulnerability in its CDNJS library(cdnjs is a free and open-source CDN service trusted by over 12.7% of all websites on the internet.   The weakness in the CDNJS library update server that could potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands, leading to a complete compromise. While this vulnerability could be exploited without any special skills, it could impact many websites.   It is serving over 200 billion requests each month, powered by Cloudflare which makes it faster and…

Two arrested in Hyderabad for cheating ₹1.96 crore from the Cooperative bank

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The Hyderabad Cyber Crime investigators arrested two persons identified Yaseen Basha and his brother Md Rafi. from the Serlingampally region in the plotting of bank fraud.   As per the report, both persons colluded with an African national to execute a plan to siphon off money from Telangana State Co-operative Apex Bank’s account. Based on a complaint filed by the Telangana State Co-operative Apex Bank’s deputy general manager, crime branch sleuths nabbed them.   During the investigation, the police team found that the accused had allegedly cheated the bank through an IMPS channel amounting…