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Kerala’s signature IT project, SmartCity Kochi, will be fully operational in 2020, said a top official today. According to Jaber bin Hafez, Vice-Chairman of SmartCity Kochi, “The third phase of the ‘Smart City’ project would be completed by 2020.” Hafez also assured that there would not be any ‘unreasonable delay’ in completion of the project. He lauded the support of people and the state government and technology partners in implementation of the venture. The Kochi Smart City’s first phase - 6.5 lakh square feet space — was inaugurated in February...

Rashi Peripherals, one of India’s leading IT and mobile distributors, will distribute the new iPhone 7 & iPhone 7 plus in the country from October 7, 2016. Another distributor, Beetel Teletech Limited, a Brightstar company, also said it will start iPhone distribution from the same date. Apple announced the launch of its much expected iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus and a host of other goodies on September 7 in San Francisco, US, at the iPhone maker’s biggest annual event. Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the launch that over...

Acer has announced the expansion of its retail presence in India with the inauguration of its exclusive store in Chennai. The company partnered with the company named Dotcom, who has been Acer’s partner for 13 years. The new store opened its doors to the public on September 7, 2016 at Phoenix Market City Velachery – Chennai. This centrally located store will help Acer to take the retail store experience to a wide base of customers where they can get expert consultation from trained professionals for their PC hardware purchase. The...

Kochi, Sep 9: City-based Pooja Tech, a firm focused wholly on the distribution of consumer/SMB software, accessories and peripherals, has ventured into the distribution of laptops as part of their expansion drive. “The industry is drastically changing and we need to change ourselves. We have planned to become the only player in Kerala to distribute all the IT products from small accessories to Laptop and CCTVs too. We had inaugurated new physical office in Kochi,” said Ram Agarwal, CEO, Pooja Tech. Asked whether the need to switch from traditional consumer...

Syncron, an aftermarket service provider that exclusively focuses on service parts management and pricing for the world’s leading manufacturers, today announced the opening of its office in Bangalore, India, enabling the company to better serve its global customer base with a superior product and round-the-clock support and services. Following the opening of Syncron’s Paris office earlier in 2016, the Bangalore office is the company’s tenth location, with multiple sites across Europe, the U.S. and Asia. “Syncron’s opening of the Bangalore office is a reflection of the commitment to our customers...

The high-speed 4G connections are expected to cover 17 percent of the country’s total user base by 2020 with revenues reaching over Rs 79,000-crore mark, a joint study by Assocham and KPMG said. “By 2020, 4G connections are expected to account for about 17 percent of India’s total user base. This is expected to significantly transform the revenue mix of service providers with estimated Long Term Evolution (LTE) revenues expected to reach Rs 79,580 crore,” PTI report published in TOI qouted the Assocham-KPMG Paper on Powering Digital India. The demand for high-speed...

In a bid to equip its employees on critical problem solving and handle the crisis situations in an efficient way, Infosys India’s second largest software services firm trained about one lakh employees on ‘design thinking. Design thinking refers to solving traditional tech problems using newer, different and innovative methods. “We have just finished training about 1,00,000 of Infosys employees on design thinking. My sense is we are entering a time when everyone will be expected to innovate because increasingly the work that we do, that can be specified, that can be articulated,...

Qlik,a visual analytics company, announced that it is hosting its annual Visualize Your World events in over 30 cities around the world between September and October 2016, across the Americas, Asia Pacific (APAC), and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The Visualize Your World events in India will take place across three cities – Chennai (16 September), Delhi (23 September), and Mumbai (5 October). Each event will kick off with keynote presentations from Qlik experts and thought leaders to empower delegates to not only live and work in a...