Dassault Systemes offers 3DEXPERIENCE platform to VECV
Dassault Systemes on Thursday announced that it will provide integrated digital solutions to VE Commercial Vehicles Limited (VECV), a joint venture of the Volvo Group and Eicher Motors Limited in India. The company's '3DEXPERIENCE' platform will cost-effectively develop and deliver innovative, high-quality trucks and buses for VECV to address the growing commercial vehicle market in the... By Saurabh Sinha
Google launches new digital payment app in India
Joining the digital payment bandwagon in India and eclipsing WhatsApp's plans, Google is launching a Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based digital payment service called "Tez" on September 18. According to The-Ken.com, on September 18, "Google, Alphabet Inc's subsidiary, will make an entry into India's fast growing and super-competitive digital payment ecosystem". After the story appeared... By IANS
Enterprises migrating to cloud at rapid pace: Gartner
A major shift is taking place in how enterprises select their financial management applications, with a migration to cloud applications happening faster than expected, according to Gartner. A recent Gartner survey of senior finance executives found that by 2020, 36% of enterprises will use the cloud to support more than half of their transactional systems of record. Gartner surveyed 439 global... By CIO&Leader
CIO responsible for driving digital transformation, say most CEOs in a BT-EIU Survey
CIOs are still being seen as the prime drivers of digital transformation by the CEOs, reveled a new survey among 400 global CEOs. As many as 47% of the responding CEOs said it is their CIOs who are responsible for driving the digital transformation agenda. In comparison, only 26% CEOs said it is being driven by the CDOs. Interestingly, close to 22% of CEOs drive the agenda themselves, the... By CIO&Leader
HP embeds new security features in its printers
Recent global malware attacks have alerted even companies making devices which are not normally subject to virus assaults to sit up and take notice. HP announced on Monday embedded security features in its printers, including cloud printing solutions, to stay ahead of the malware attacks. The announcement was made at the HP Reinvent world partner forum here which goes into its main session... By Hardev Sanotra
Netmagic deploys new cloud storage system
Netmagic on Tuesday announced it would deploy NetApps all-flash, scale-out storage system at five of its datacenters in India. NetApp's 'SolidFire' storage architecture will support Netmagic's Cloud offerings with automated and scalable guaranteed application performance. "The enhanced capabilities of the on-demand storage services based on the NetApp's 'Solidfire' platform will help... By IANS
B2B reaping huge benefits by investing in IoT: Report
With 8.4 billion connected "things" in use in 2017 -- up 31% from 2016 -- the Internet of Things (IoT) is at the core of digital transformation globally in 2017, with 73% of executives either researching or currently deploying IoT, a new report said on Tuesday. Manufacturing, transportation and utilities make up the largest percent of investments, while insurance and consumers represent the... By IANS
Aadhaar Racket using fake fingerprints busted
The Uttar Pradesh Police has busted a state-wide network of fake Aadhaar card makers who used fake fingerprints of authorized Aadhaar operators to issue fake Aadhaar cards. According to the Special Task Force of UP Police, the accused accessed the fingerprint impressions of genuine Aadhaar enrolment operators; printed the fingerprints on butter paper and created artificial fingerprints using... By CIO&Leader
HP partners with Siemens to drive 3D printing
In a bid to accelerate 3D printing for industrial production, HP on Friday announced integration of its 'Multi Jet Fusion' 3D printer with Siemens' Additive Manufacturing (AM) software module. Siemens has created software module 'NX AM' for 'HP Multi Jet Fusion' as an extension to the company's end-to-end design-to-production solution for additive manufacturing. "HP and Siemens are bringing... By IANS
Equifax reveals breach of company data
Equifax announced on Friday that hackers had gained access to the company's data, potentially impacting approximately 143 million US consumers. Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the company's website application from mid-May through July and gained access to consumer information including names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and in some instances, driver's license numbers... By IANS
State of Information Security 2017
Almost all senior information security professionals think that the boards/CEOs in their organization fully or partially understand the risk arising out of information security threats. While 51% feel that their CEOs/boarders are fully aware of the risks, another 36% think they adequately understand those risks, according to the State of Information Security 2017 research, designed and conducted... By IT Next