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The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has reportedly charged the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), for extending undue favor to Wipro Ltd. CAG in its report claimed that UIDAI incurred a loss of INR 1.41 crore by not following the government policy of routing its advertisements through official agency DAVP. Wipro, India’s third largest software exporter, had bagged the UIDAI project in May 2011 for INR 134 crore which involved supplying, installing of servers computers, storage systems, security systems in the data centres of UIDAI in Bengaluru and Delhi/NCR...

Microsoft’s rollout of its Windows 10 Anniversary Update refresh of Windows 10 began on on Tuesday. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is the largest update to the PC operating system since its big revamp in 2015. More than 350m devices have been upgraded since Windows 10 was released in a Microsoft campaign that bombarded computer owners with invitations to get the new version for free, pushed it out to computers automatically and installed it without users realizing. The Anniversary Update sees Microsoft’s virtual assistant Cortana become more central, being used as part...

VMware today released AirWatch Express, a simple mobile device management (MDM) cloud solution designed to get devices up and running quickly. AirWatch Express makes it easy to configure devices with apps, email and Wi-Fi, while enabling the data encryption and security that is necessary in today’s environment. AirWatch Express delivers an affordable, consumer-friendly MDM built on the same platform as VMware AirWatch, the leading enterprise mobility management solution. With this simplified solution, more organizations globally can protect their company by securing their employee’s devices in just a few clicks. “The...

Verizon Telematics is betting big on its IoT business. Company’s latest acquisition of Fleetmatics, a web-based fleet management company for USD 2.4 billion, is considered to be a further step towards becoming a leading players in the IoT space. Verizon, the second-biggest wireless provider in the U.S. by market value, has entered an agreement to acquire Fleetmatics in a deal valued at $2.4 billion. With approximately 1,200 employees, Fleetmatics is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with North American headquarters in Waltham, Mass. The company’s Web-based solutions provide fleet operators with visibility...

Pune based Aashna Cloudtech has now re-branded as Inspirria Cloudtech. The company has unveiled its new branded website, logo as part of the global corporate rebranding initiative. The rebranding has been driven by the objective to better represent their expanding global footprint, increased capabilities and alignment to the business vision plans. Biswas Nair, Founder & Managing Director at Inspirria Cloudtech said, “We want to assure that we will continue to deliver best-in-class Cloud solutions thereby meeting customers ever changing requirements. Inspirria Cloudtech will continue to provide the crucial connecting link...

Verizon Digital Media Services and Bharti Airtel have partnered to launch new points of presence (PoPs) in four cities in India: Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi. The four PoP installations mark Verizon Digital Media Services’ significant investment into expanding throughout the country, leveraging Airtel’s digital infrastructure as a gateway to India. This partnership will ensure that content on the Verizon Digital Media Services platform can be accessed by digital media consumers in a fast, seamless and reliable way and will improve the experience for users in India. “We are...

VMware, a global virtualization, cloud computing solution provider, recently held Business Mobility Summit in Mumbai. Attended by a large number of customers and partners, the summit was aimed at showcasing VMware’s latest technology innovations in the space of End User Computing (EUC) and Enterprise Mobility. EUC is today a large market opportunity for VMware and the company is very bullish over the EUC business in India. In 2015, VMware’s EUC business grew over 30 per cent yoy, bringing the total annual bookings run rate to over USD1.2 billion. In order...

In a first-of-its-kind joint corporate citizenship collaboration, two of India’s largest organizations, State Bank of India (SBI) and Oracle India have launched the ‘D-Change’ program. The initiative supports Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Skill India” and “Digital India” plan and furthers Oracle’s commitment to expand within the region. As one of India’s largest digital and joint employee-volunteer programs, employees from both organizations, including senior leadership, through “D-Change” will support education and learning, women’s empowerment and rural skills development in India. Further reinforcing the 20-year relationship between SBI and Oracle India, “D-Change”...

Xerox has announced the launch of DocuCentre SC2020, an affordable, feature rich device, equipped with Xerox color printing technologies for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in India . The Xerox DocuCentre SC2020 Color Multifunction Printer is an A3 multifunction device, designed to expedite print jobs with color copy, easy to understand touch screen and mobile access along with print speeds of up to 20 pages per minute (ppm). By equipping the device with features that meet the needs of the Indian market and the capability to make high-resolution (1200 x...

IT hardware lobby group Manufacturers’ Association of Information Technology (MAIT) is hopeful for GST bill passage in Rajya Sabha this week. The GST Bill, which is pending for several years, is likely to be approved by the Rajya Sabha as the government has listed the Bill under this week’s agenda for consideration. Government is expected to get support for the passage of proposed GST Bill in the Upper House. It is a destination-based tax that will reduce the tussle amongst the origin state and the destination state, often seen to...