Category: Corporate

CAPE TOWN, South Africa: As prevalent debates concerning the implementation of carbon neutral sources continue to make headlines, also increasingly rife, is the energy industry’s endeavour to explore a broader array of renewable energy sources including biomass. Great strides have been made in Africa’s development in biomass. Interestingly, Africa has the highest portion of bioenergy, at 45% of the total energy mix, thereby validating the continent’s potential to capitalise on this renewable energy source. Furthermore, there are currently industrial scale biomass and waste-to-energy plants being explored in Angola, Tanzania, Cote D’Ivoire, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria and…

In today’s hotel ecosystem, guest data is scattered across many tools: PMS, CRS, official website… which leads to unreliability. In a recent study, CRM experts at dailypoint™ analysed over 4.5 million guests’ profile across 120 hotels and found surprising statistics. The most striking is that the hotels had an average of 2.3 profiles for each of their loyal guests – in other words, these hotels thought they had twice as many loyal guests than they actually had.    As consumers, we expect our interaction with a brand to be personalised,…

Accenture has opened its third Innovation Hub in India, expanding its innovation capabilities for clients. The Accenture Innovation Hub in Pune provides an immersive environment for clients to co-innovate with Accenture experts in a variety of industries and across a range of advanced technologies, including extended reality, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, blockchain and quantum computing, among others.   Part of Accenture’s global innovation network, the Innovation Hub in Pune will seamlessly integrate with the Innovation Hub in Bengaluru and the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, and will bring best of innovations and capabilities from…

The 12th edition of the Odisha Information Technology Fair (OITF 2020), held in the capital city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha witnessed the coming together of a host of luminaries from the IT industry to discuss the issues pertaining to the state. The invitees to the event included IT & Telecom honchos, senior Government officials, industry leaders, VARs and SIs. With every passing year, the status and grandeur of the event has been gaining more and more popularity. VARINDIA OITF has played the role of a catalyst in forging some of the…

Battered by bad loan menace and fraud, the country’s banking industry eyes better days with mega merger of public sector lenders as well as massive capital infusion into them and the government’s assurance that bankers will not be harassed for genuine decisions that went haywire will provide succour. “Every fundamentals indicate towards higher growth and better future next year,” Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar told PTI, reflecting strong optimism going into 2020. Amid slowdown blues, the government has unveiled a raft of measures over the past few months aimed at improving…

Tata Motors has introduced the electric variant of its compact SUV Nexon for the personal segment at a starting price of Rs 13.99 lakh and announced it plans to launch four more EVs in the next two years.   Of the four proposed electric vehicles (EVs), two will be sports utility vehicles, one sedan and a hatchback, Tata Group chairman N. Chandrasekaran announced at the launch event, which was attended by Ratan Tata, the group’s chairman emeritus.   Powered by Ziptron technology, the electric SUV for the personal segment comes…

Bajaj Auto has launched its first electric scooter under the brand name of Chetak. Bajaj Chetak scooters once used to rule the Indian roads. The new Bajaj Chetak electric scooter has been launched in two models – Urbane and Premium. The company is accepting bookings for the vehicle on a payment of Rs 2,000.   The scooter comes with a 4kW motor, which is capable of developing a peak torque of 16Nm. The battery is an IP67-rated 3kWh (48V, 60.3AH) lithium-ion powerhouse. The battery can be charged using a 15amp…

Ariel passenger drone start-up, EHang flew its EHang 216 two-seat self-flying taxi fully autonomously in North Carolina last night, a first for the company both in the US and North America.   EHang that is based in Guangzhou, China has already demonstrated its vehicle in flight at home and in different parts of Europe and Asia, but this is the first time its aircraft has received approval to fly by the FAA, and EHang is now working toward extending that approval to flying with passengers on board, which is a key…

Shalimar Paints has recently appointed Ashok Gupta as their MD. Gupta will also assume the post of the vice chairman for APL Apollo Tubes Limited. Earlier, Gupta was working with APL Apollo Tubes Limited as MD.   As MD, Gupta will oversee overall operations of the brand along with framing growth strategies of the brand.   With over three decades of experience, Gupta has held several top positions for companies like Jindal Industries, SAIL, Surya Roshni among others.   Established in 1902, Shalimar Paints has added glow to a few…

Dell Technologies ushers in a new decade of responsibility and innovation with moonshot goals that will propel the company’s social impact worldwide. The ambitious goals are the lynchpin of the company’s 2030 Progress Made Real plan and are grounded in the belief that technology and data combined with human spirit are, and will always be, positive forces in the world. Michael Dell, chairman and CEO, Dell Technologies, says, “Unlocking the power of data will advance humanity more than any other force over the next decade. We are committed to making…