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LG Electronics India has hired Saif Iqbal, Snapdeal’s business head for electronics, to shape its e-commerce strategy by December, people aware of the development said. Iqbal is an alumnus of Indian School of Business and IIT Roorkee. Earlier he was the Business Head for Electronics Category (Computers, Home Entertainment and Appliances) at Snapdeal.com - where he headed the Innovation function, to develop new business and growth areas. LG plans to launch televisions, white goods and smartphones exclusively for online sales so as to minimize the conflict with brick-and-mortar retailing, they...

The company claims that it has deployed 31 automated surgery solutions in 30 medical institutions across the country till date, of which most of them are in metros, and it is now eyeing to expand its penetration in the country’s rural market in the currentThe company claims that it has deployed 31 automated surgery solutions in 30 medical institutions across the country till date, of which most of them are in metros, and it is now eyeing to expand its penetration in the country’s rural market in the current year....

Adobe appointed Kulmeet Bawa as Managing Director for South Asia, taking over from Umang Bedi, who is leaving the company. Kulmeet will report to Paul Robson, President of Adobe Asia Pacific, and will begin his role on 24 June 2016. “With a strong foundation of content and data, Adobe is uniquely positioned to help brands deliver exceptional customer experiences using our three cloud platform: Creative Cloud, Adobe Document Cloud and Adobe Marketing Cloud,” Robson said. “Kulmeet has been instrumental in accelerating Adobe’s momentum in the Indian market, in particular in...

Avaya has rolled out Aura Experience Portal (7.1) customer engagement solution which connects visual self-service mobile applications and on-demand assistance to a contact center agent or expert,together with complete context of the customer journey. With 89% of companies now competing primarily on customer experience, according to Gartner Inc., organizations need to deliver market-differentiating digital Omni-channel customer journeys. According to global research commissioned by BT and Avaya, 82% of consumers believe it should be easy to contact organizations by all channels. The research also finds that 86% of the consumers in...

In a bid to offer touch and feel experience to end users, prominent e Commerce players are now increasing omnipresence to stand out in the clutter of highly contested online market space. e Commerce players such as Flipkart, Zivame, Pepperfry, FirstCry and Lenskart have started offline experience zones to differentiate their offerings from their online rivals and to increase their credibility. Companies say such stores can act as both a marketing tool and a sales channel and saves them advertising costs. Flipkart, the largest Indian e Commerce company, has rolled...

Xerox India, a part of Xerox Corporation, today announced its new national distributor partner for Office products and Supplies – Supertron Electronics Pvt. Ltd., a leading Information Technology and Telecom distribution company in India which has graduated from regional to national level. Balaji Rajagopalan, Executive Director, Technology, Channels and International Distributor Operations said, “We are extremely pleased to partner with Supertron Electronics on our India journey. This association is reflective of our concerted efforts and focus in strengthening the channel partners ecosystem and our ability to share products across multiple...

Oracle has announced the first group of startup finalists for the Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator Program. The Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator Program was launched in April 2016 at Oracle CloudWorld Mumbai to help catalyse India’s startup ecosystem and to provide support to the country’s Digital India initiatives. In a span of four weeks, the program received a tremendous response from early-stage technology and technology-enabled startups. The panel of judges (which included the advisors and mentors of the program, as well as senior executives from Oracle) reviewed each application to evaluate...

LG Electronics is adding wider perspective to its sustainability credentials for World Environment Day 2016, using immersive 360-degree video to highlight the importance of protecting UNESCO World Heritage Sites (To watch the video, Click Here). Employing the versatility of the LG 360 CAM, the two minute 360-degree video depicts famous landmarks in a new light and serves as a call to action for viewers to play a more active role in protecting the valuable heritage around them. World Environment Day on June 5 is the United Nations’ most important day for...

The global endpoint security solution provider, Kaspersky is investing heavily in the resources to strengthen its enterprise business in India. The Russian anti-virus firm which already has a strong presence in the consumer space, is now building a enterprise partner network specialized in the security domain. “We have identified a set of partners who are specialized in the security space and have started partnering with them. We are offering our flagship products such as Kaspersky endpoint security for business and other solutions and services to enterprise customers in association with...

India ranks third after the US and China as a source of “malicious activity” on the internet, second as a source of “malicious code” and fourth and eight as a source or origin for web attacks and network attacks. According to the latest report National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), cyber crimes reported in India rose 19 times over the last 10 years (2005 to 2014), from 481 in 2005 to 9,622 in 2014. Arrests involving cyber crimes also rose nine times from 569 in 2005 to 5,752 in 2014, even...