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The government of India has taken a very serious note of the growing incidence of cyber attacks on various institutions in recent months. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiran Rijiju said that the government was taking several policy measures to curb cyber criminals and was ready to meet the threat. “At a time when cyber-attacks are growing and cyber criminals are targeting organizations, we must not compromise when it comes to security, Kiran Rijiju said on Friday on the occasion of inauguration of the ninth annual summit on...

In a crucial step towards promoting local content in order to connect maximum number of people to the world of internet, the government is in talks with the tech giants such as Google, Microsoft and Rediff.in to seek their cooperation in supporting email addresses in local languages. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology recently held a meeting with representatives of Google, Microsoft and Rediff in an effort to get technology corporations to support email addresses in local languages, starting with Hindi. The meeting was called by Rajiv Bansal, joint...

Microsoft claimed to have equipped more than 7 lakh government school teachers with IT skills across 12 states in India under itsProject Shiksha program launched in 2003. The tech giant on Friday released the “Microsoft India Citizenship Report 2015-16″ which highlights the achievements of Microsoft’s citizenship initiatives that include Project Shiksha, Project Saksham, Project Jyoti and YouthSpark program. “Project Saksham has reached out to 81 state/central universities across 24 states training over 3,800 faculty members, since its launch in 2011,” the report said. Aimed at developing skills among youth from under-privileged communities to...

element14 has signed an agreement to be the exclusive global distribution and manufacturing partner of Motorola for its new maker and developer-focused Moto Mods Development Kit (MDK). The MDK is designed to connect to the new Motorola Moto Z smartphone and enable makers to create their own Moto Mods, creating custom applications that transform the capabilities of your smartphone in a snap. The kit is available to buy exclusively from element14 in the United States with global availability expected for fall of 2016. element14 is the leading manufacturer and distributor...

Accelerating its focus on Photo-printing Xerox India showcased Xerox Versant 80 with External Fiery and Colour Profiler Suite and Xerox Color C70 with Single OHCF and Embedded Fiery at the Photofest India 2016. The event took place in ADLUX International Convention Centre, Angamaly, Ernakulam, Kerala from 22nd – 24th July, 2016. Balaji Rajagopalan, Executive Director, Technology, Channels & International Relations said, “Photo-printing is a key segment of growth for us. Given the ever increasing requirements for on-demand printing, photo-albums and other forms of personalized printing, we have witnessed a significant...

Xerox India, a business process and document management solution provider, recently concluded a media partner meet in Mumbai. The channel event was organized on July 26 at Colaba, to discuss the performance of the indirect business in the first half of the year and decide the roadmap in order to position the brand in the market in a better way. Highlighting the significance of the partners in the indirect business model, Balaji Rajagopalan, Executive Director, Technology, Channels & International Business, Xerox India said, “Channel partners are a very important part...

Kaspersky Lab has released its report on botnet-assisted DDoS attacks for the second quarter of 2016 based on data provided by Kaspersky DDoS Intelligence. According to the report, the number of attacks on resources located on Chinese servers grew considerably, while Brazil, Italy and Israel all appeared among the leading countries hosting C&C servers. During the reporting period, DDoS attacks affected resources in 70 countries, with targets in China suffering the most. Germany and Canada both dropped out of the TOP 10 rating of most targeted countries, replaced by France...

Microsoft today announced that Anant Maheshwari will join Microsoft on September 1 as President, Microsoft India. He will take over the operations of the company from Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India, with effect from January 1, 2017. Pramanik will retire from the company in March 2017. Maheshwari will be responsible for all of Microsoft’s product, service, and support offerings across India and continuing the company’s transformation into the leading productivity and platform company for the mobile-first, cloud-first era. “I am delighted to announce that Anant is joining Microsoft India. As...

What Channel Gains From Oracle-NetSuite Deal? The channel is very optimistic about the much talked about Oracle-NetSuite deal and is hoping for the best outcome from the USD9.3 billion acquisition. However, partners demand more clarity on the impact of the deal on the channel business and opportunities, as well as challenges coming up with synergies of two cloud veterans coming together.Read More GST Hopes Brighten As Union Cabinet Amends Key Changes Bill The much awaited GST bill has come one step closer to convert into law as the government made...