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Trade Association of Information Technology (TAIT), has announced the 9th edition of COM-IT Expo - an International Exhibition to be held from Friday, 30th September to Sunday, 2nd October 2016 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. TAIT has hosted the flagship COM-IT Expo in India’s financial capital since 2007. The expo focuses on IT, Security & Surveillance, and Mobility. Every year the exhibition plays host to over 100 leading technology vendors, making COM-IT Expo one of the largest IT exhibitions in India. Looking at the overwhelming response every year, TAIT expects...

With a focus on driving business outcomes and customer experience by way of leveraging analytical services and products, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) today inaugurated the fourth edition of its Big Data & Analytics Summit 2016 in Hyderabad. Growing at 8 times the current levels, the analytics industry is expected to reach USD 16 billion from the current level of USD 2 billion. Over 600+ analytical firms in India, out of which approximately 400 are start-ups, are positioning India as an emerging hub for analytics solutions...

Coursera, the open online education provider, announced that IBM India, the Indian subsidiary of IBM, will source high potential entrepreneurs to invite into its Global Entrepreneur program from Coursera’s Full Stack Web Development Specialization, a series of courses offered by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. At least twenty participants who complete the Full Stack Web Development Specialization and meet IBM criteria will be accepted into the IBM Global Entrepreneur. Selected participants will be provided with $120K USD in credit that may be used to access eligible IBM...

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has partnered with four colleges to offer courses in Big Data as it looks to strengthen the pool of workforce in the digital technology space in India. The four colleges - Swami Vivekananda University (West Bengal), St Xaviers College of Arts and Science (Ahmedabad), Central University of Rajasthan (Rajasthan) and St Joseph’s College (Bengaluru) — will offer MSc programme specializing in Big Data this year starting July 2016. Read Also: NASSCOM Kick Starts 4th Edition Of Big Data & Analytics Summit 2016 “The digital revolution is...

LeEco’s recently launched second generation Superphones Le 2 and Le Max2 are definitive trend-setters in the industry given their distinctive features, many of which are industry firsts. It is hardly surprising that the new Superphones have received such a tremendous response from users securing a record-breaking number of 150,000 registrations for Le 2 and Le Max2, in just 24 hours. It has surpassed the record of 1 lakh registration within 24 hours achieved by the predecessor Le 1s back in January. Given the unmatched value proposition of features and content...

Technology giant Microsoft seems to have entered the battleground of browsers with its newly revamped Edge browser. In its latest blog, the company has launched a video test comparing the battery life of laptops running Edge, with the battery life of laptops running other browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and even Opera.Microsoft has claimed that Edge Browser provides 36-53 percent more battery life than Chrome. To do the test, Microsoft ran the Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Opera browsers on the Surface Book. The Chrome browser was the first to lose, not lasting...

The much awaited Spectre from HP, which is claimed to be the thinnest laptop in the world, has been launched in India. It has been priced starting at Rs. 1,19,990 in India, and will go on sale from Saturday. The HP Spectre 13 weighs in at 1.11kg, which is heavier than the MacBook at 0.92kg, but lighter than the 13-inch MacBook Air at 1.35kg. Apart from svelte dimensions, the company has decided to go all out with its latest top-end laptop, and the Spectre 13 is the first to sport its new...

Zebra Technologies Corporation today announced the launch of two new two-dimensional (2D) scanners in India. The 3600 Series is Zebra’s new line of 12 ultra-rugged scanners, offering prolonged durability, enhanced scan performance, and unparalleled manageability in demanding industrial environments. The DS4308-XD, purpose built for electronics manufacturing, captures a variety of barcodes and marks emblazoned on circuit boards and other electronic components, delivering advanced scanning technology to track every component on the production line. With 2D imagers, companies can “Get More” in one device. Such scanners boast capabilities of reading the...

NEC India announced today the appointment of Takayuki Inaba as its new Managing Director. He will be responsible for leading and expanding NEC India’s business offerings in the country. He reports directly to Tetsuro Akagi, Chief Executive Officer of NEC Asia Pacific and Senior Vice President of NEC Corporation. Inaba has close to 30 years of sales and marketing experience, having taken on several senior leadership roles since joining NEC in 1988. He first started his career in NEC’s Information Processing Sales Support Division, and later moved to the Communications...