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Microsoft is setting up a cybersecurity center in New Delhi to arm governments and private agencies with all-round intelligence on cyber attacks within the country. The center, probably will be at Connaught Place in close proximity to most government establishments, would target the spread of malware by monitoring the Internet traffic flowing through the country, Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman at Microsoft India, said in a ET report. “Security is becoming a big conversation topic, especially when are talking about the cloud,” he added. The center is expected to be Microsoft’s biggest such...

The government has proposed strict action against the errant E Commerce companies who are allegedly indulged in unethical trade practices. Taking a note of the complaints of consumers, the government has asked the States to initiate an action against the E Commerce companies that are selling inferior products. The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) will work with the Consumer Affairs Ministry and States on complaints filed by consumers against E Commerce firms. Addressing media in the national capital, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the department...

Mukesh Ambani’s ambitious $20-billion Reliance Jio service is set to disrupt the telecom industry in the country. What Ambani terms as “Datagiri”, Reliance Jio will start giving 4G connections to consumers from Monday, September 5. The company will give all users free access to voice and data as a welcome offer for three months. After December, Jio customers will get all domestic voice calls, including roaming for free. On Thursday, Ambani announced data plans starting from Rs. 149 per month (0.3GB data) to Rs. 4,999 per month( 75GB). “We have...

Intex technologies has announced its partnership with Reliance Jio to make 4G accessible to the ever growing base of digital consumers. With this collaboration, Intex consumers will be able to access an exclusive preview of the Reliance Jio 4G services for a period of 90 days at no cost, the company said. Under the terms of the Jio Preview Offer, consumers who purchase Intex 4G smartphones will get a Reliance Jio 4G SIM with complementary access to unlimited HD Voice & Video calling, unlimited SMS, unlimited High-Speed Data services, and...

After starting operations in Ukraine in 2009, and then stepping into Russia in 2014, jewelry brand Gold 24.in has now decided to make its presence felt in India, with their launch of expansion operations in the country, after they first started in March this year. The plans are to operate on a hybrid model of kiosks and stores, currently underway in Mumbai, and in the future, will have their footprint across the country. Certainly not hiding his excitement, CEO Konstantin Bigus explained his thrill at the launch, saying “The concept...

Web hosting and domain name provider, GoDaddy announced its title sponsorship for the upcoming WHD.india 2016, its largest independent hosting and cloud services conference in India. Earlier this year, the company launched a public Cloud targeted at small business to compete with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The conference will take place at the Ritz-Carlton, Bangalore on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 and expects over 500 resellers, web developers, designers, domain investors and cloud services vendors. In addition to being the title sponsor of WHD.india for the fourth year...

Enterprise security spending (hardware, software and services) in India is on pace to reach USD 1.12 billion in 2016, up 10.6 percent from $1.01 billion in 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner analysts said at the Security & Risk Management Summit held in Mumbai that security spending will continue to grow in 2017 when revenue is projected to reach $1.24 billion. Security services (that includes consulting, implementation, support and managed security services) revenue accounted for 61 percent of this total revenue in 2015, and this proportion will increase to 66...

Swiss cabling specialist R&M that deals with structured cabling solutions, recently conducted a data center training event held in Bangalore. The event brought together professionals in the data center industry within the span of two days to not only receive an R&M Data Center Designer Certification but to also connect, network and share industry insights as well as challenges. The trainer for the event Andrew Sedman, Head of Technical Support & Training from R&M Switzerland, conducted a two agenda session, which is broken up into theoretical and practical learning for...

Kingston, a leading memory products company, announces the appointment of RPTech Care Center, a service division of Rashi Peripherals Pvt. Ltd., as its strategic National Service Partner for India, with immediate effect. This strategic alliance is not only for improving the customer’s after sales experience but also is in line with Kingston’s belief of not compromising on quality. With more than 50 owned centers throughout India, RPTech brings its reach and expertise in customer management, to provide the best one stop solution for Kingston and HyperX customers. Kingston has the...