Microland, a Hybrid IT Infrastructure Service Provider, announced the appointment of Ram Kumar as Chief People Officer. Ram Kumar will be based at Microland’s corporate headquarters in Bangalore. He will be responsible for leading the Global Human Resources function and will partner with business leadership to build a future-ready organization that is versatile and adaptable, with a distinctive culture that drives business performance and productivity. Ram Kumar comes with over 30 years of experience as a human resources practitioner, leading various organizations through expansions, transformations and playing an instrumental role...

In a major set back to Lava International, the Delhi High Court has found the domestic handset manufacturer guilty of patent infringement in its dispute with Swedish technology major Ericsson. The high court in its interim order has asked the company to deposit a sum of INR 50 crore with the court. Failing the same, Lava will not be allowed to import mobile phones under the patents and technology, which are subject of the suit patents, and sell them in the market directly or indirectly. According to the Financial Express report, the...

In a move that could have far-ranging ramifications in the computing business, Microsoft today came out with a major shift by announcing that its Surface line of tablets and hybrid computers would now be offered as a subscription service through the company’s cloud solution providers (CSPs). “This new offering enables flexibility of solutions, faster device refresh and ensures customers can have the latest Surface devices that evolve with the best Windows and Office have to offer,” according to Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President of the Windows and Devices Group for...

India’s fast-developing public infrastructure, demand for roads and highways, smart cities and smart homes are driving adoption of smart street-lighting in a big way. According to Infoholic Research, the Smart Street-Lighting Market in India is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 42 percent and to aggregate $1,868 Million by 2022. Infoholic Research LLP, a global market research and consulting organization, has published a study titled “Smart Street-lighting Market in India: Drivers, Opportunities, Trends, and Forecasts, 2016-2022” (June 2016). According to Infoholic Research, smart street-lighting will change lifestyles across the...

India’s premier entry-level hiring site, Freshersworld, has created its proprietary which will ensure that hiring entry level graduates becomes an instant process, alongside the job posting. The Relevant Profile Extractor (RPE) will be combining deep learning for interpreting data points such as candidate application history, activity profiling, interest shown for similar jobs, alongside 16 other data points and also compute the ’show’ vis-a-vis ‘no-show’ ratio. This is sure to give intelligence to recruiters for hiring, especially when handling bulk number of resumes for hiring. The RPE ought to bring in...

Omni channel online travel & assisted e-commerce company Via.com, entered into a partnership with Ola. With this collaboration, more than 75,000 travel agents and millions of customers can book Ola rides for local and outstation travel on the Via.com platform. The integration will give customers, access to availability, booking, estimation and tracking across categories, directly on the Via.com app and website. Via.com, being India’s largest travel network, caters to one of the largest customer bases of travel agents, corporate and individual travellers. With this integration, Via.com will now provide the...

Though beauty parlors have traditionally been a place where grooming and other beauty related services have been rendered, but there is a steady and rising demand for the same within homes. The common practice of going to a parlor is now shifting to homes, where customers demand services within their homes directly. Picking up on the que, Quikr had recently acquired Salosa, which is a direct-to-home beautification service provider, and now ‘AtHomeDiva’ has been launched in the same space. Quikr has been the country’s premier classifieds enterprise and had witnessed...

The All Kerala IT Dealers Association (AKITDA) recently organized an all-district event where the entire district association presidents and secretaries participated. Liju Raju the state president for the previous year chaired the state council this time. This year, during the ceremony, every president from the districts across the state was given the opportunity to share his views and plans for the promotion of the association in the district. Raju was appreciated for his active participation and representation of the state association in various forums especially the All India FAIITA. Jamesh...

E-commerce major Snapdeal has reduced the marketing fees for over 120 sub-categories, including for digital products, electronics, women’s fashion, FMCG products, as part of its policies to attract more sellers to its platform. The changes have been incorporated on the basis of the feedback received from sellers and will be effective from this week, PTI report published in NDTV quoted a company statement. However, the marketing fee for nearly 30 sub-categories has been increased marginally, it added. While the reduction in fee ranges from 0.2-18 per cent, the increase ranges from 0.5...

Reliance Retail has dropped prices of its entry-level smartphones. The company has announced a price cut on four of its LYF Flame smartphones - Flame 3, Flame 4, Flame 5, and Flame 6. The 4G-enabled smartphones are now available at INR 2,999. The move is considered as an attempt to put a pressure on the competitors. The LYF Flame 3, Flame 4, Flame 5, and Flame 6 models run on a quad core 1.5GHz processor and feature Asahi DragontrailTM Glass for protection against dust and scratches. According toreports, The phones...