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Under the new programe named, competency, AWS partners who possess comprehensive experience in helping businesses switch to AWS cloud services via all phases of migration projects, planning, discovery and operations will gain an edge over the company’s existing partners. As per Jeff Barr, chief evangelist at AWS, Competency partners have reflected unprecedented technical efficiency and customer success in cloud migration process. The company has already certified 17 partners as migration delivery partners with six others as migration consulting partners. As per AWS, migration delivery partners generally enjoy close ties with...

Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association (HYSEA) has collaborated with the Telangana government to achieve the goal of doubling IT exports from the present Rs 68,000 crore in next five years. “HYSEA has been a key contributor to the government in formulating and enabling an ecosystem for the IT industry, since its inception 1991 and now we see a great opportunity for us to play a vital role in the ‘Digital India’ and ‘Startup India’ initiatives of Government of India, and in achieving the goal set by the government of Telangana to...

The threat of counterfeiting of products is a major concern for product manufacturers. It usually happens when the manufacturer’s product is sold through or by an unauthorized seller or channel. Another growing concern is counterfeiting of the manufacturer’s product and its packaging. It is difficult for a consumer to understand though but a consumer can avoid counterfeited and potentially unsafe products is to purchase the product from an approved retailer. Some companies will only guarantee their products if sold at certain retailers, so consumers should take heed and avoid buying...

The recent study by SurePayroll reveals that small business are lacking behind in having online presence. According to the study, most of the small businesses do not have eCommerce enabled websites. New data from SurePayroll’s monthly Small Business Scorecard shows that only 26 percent of small businesses have an eCommerce site or even use their website in any way to conduct sales. About 28 percent of the small businesses in the survey said they don’t even have a company website. Surprisingly, 42 percent of the small businesses surveyed by SurePayroll say “the...

Telecom major, Reliance Communications (RCom) will roll out its pan India 4G airwaves starting mid of August in key circles including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata. The operators are also expected to harness its sharing agreement with Reliance Jio Infocomm gradually for a full scale roll out of its 4G services. The operator is mulling necessary clearances from the Department of Telecom (DoT) for its sharing agreements with Jio Infocomm and expects to receive a go ahead within a week. RCom has already bagged approvals to sell or trade its spectrum in...

Panasonic India, a leader in innovation and technology, today unveiled two new smartphones T44and T30. The launch marks a big step forward towards the company’s vision to reach out to the Tier II and Tier III market in India by offering affordable smartphones T44 and T30 is equipped with Android 6.0 and Android 5.1 respectively. Both smartphones come along with 3G connectivity, the dual SIM models are packed with 2400mAH and 1400mAh battery along with in built features such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, FM Support. The T44 and T30 are...

HCL Technologies has bagged the ‘GRC Innovation Partner of the Year 2016’ award from MetricStream for collaboration and innovation. The MetricStream GRC Journey Award ceremony was held at the Marriot Marquis Hotel in Washington DC on April 26, 2016. The awards were presented by Shellye Archambeau, CEO of MetricStream and Gunjan Sinha, Executive Chairman of MetricStream. The partner awards recognize MetricStream’s business partners who have provided exceptional GRC consulting, services and guidance to customers. These partners work closely with MetricStream, providing hands–on assistance with strategy and foundational elements, enabling customers...

Channel Associations are the backbone of the channel fraternity. IT associations have played a very critical role in the nourishment of the channel community. Channel associations are not only a forum of channel partners, but also key drivers of the channel business. IT associations have always raised their voice for their partners and fought to safeguard the interest of the brick and mortal. Whether it is predatory pricing or issues related to taxation, IT associations have always united against injustice with small partners. As a leading Channel publication, Channel Times...

Growing adoption of mobile devices at workplace and cloud computing along with implementation of policies such as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), are few other factors driving growth in the cyber security market, globally says TechSci Research report. According to the study, the global cyber security market is anticipated to surpass $137 billion by 2021 on account of increasing incidence of security breaches in various sectors such as government, defense, healthcare etc. Growing incidences of online thefts and hacking along with increasing government spending on infrastructure security will drive market...

The new certification norms by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) states that batteries used for devices and laptops should be separately certified thus the smartphone makers may face delays in launching models into the market. Companies could face loss of precious lead time, a critical tool for them to maintain the edge over increasingly fierce competition. Also Read: Does It Make Sense To Be A Smartphones Vendor In 2020? The new norms which came into effect from June 1, will impact companies that assemble phones locally as batteries are...