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India’s SaaS industry bets on rural talent for further scale-up
Sridhar Vembu, CEO and co-founder of the Indian SaaS heavyweight Zoho Corp had addressed a bunch of business reporters at the Oberoi hotel in New Delhi in November last year on the sidelines of the firm’s annual user conference. While talking about the company’s plan to enhance its product portfolios for the future, Sridhar also […]
Why the odds are stacked against BharOS
In large fonts, the site poses a few questions: “Why does our mobile upload our personal data every 5 minutes?”; “why does our mobile come with default apps that cannot be removed?”; “why do app stores continue to serve malicious apps?”; “can we still trust them?” The answer to these questions, the website states, is […]
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Tech investors are driving in a fog
The December quarter is usually a seasonally weak one for the information technology (IT) sector, mainly impacted by furloughs and lower number of working days. But this time around, the Indian IT industry is returning to revenue seasonality after two years of pandemic-driven digital transformation boost, as seen in the December quarters of 2020 and […]
From metaverse to 5G: Tech that shaped 2022
NEW DELHI : This year was a mixed bag for the tech industry. The crypto crash was both a big blow and wake-up call for investors and regulators. The first images captured by the James Webb space telescope gave us a glimpse of cosmic events such as the birth and death of stars. Claims of […]
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Streaming platforms may face challenges with children’s data in new Bill
NEW DELHI : Over -the-top video streaming platforms may be in for some challenges with the new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, proposing specific requirements to process children’s personal data. According to the draft bill, which will be tabled in the Parliament in July-August 2023, OTT platforms must not track or carry out behavioural […]
52% of India’s IT decision makers feel less loyal to their employers: Study
Amid layoffs and slowing demand owing to the macro-economic pressures, the information technology sector is now feeling a pinch. While there are predictions of a tech bubble burst, business leaders are quite optimistic about the industry’s growth in a longer run especially in a post-pandemic world of rapid digitisation. A study conducted by IT services […]
PSUs, state bodies drive AI-based chatbot adoption in India
NEW DELHI : Public sector organizations and government agencies are leading the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbots in India, using them for various activities ranging from citizen engagement to ticket booking and customer service. While government bodies still lag their global counterparts in AI adoption, experts said the growth of chatbots in the public […]
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IT industry in an earthquake zone, says ManageEngine’s Shailesh Davey
Shailesh Davey, the vice-president of engineering at ManageEngine which is the IT management division of Zoho Corp says he wouldn’t deny the probability of a tech bubble burst from industry leaders. Davey who is also the co-founder of Zoho Corp spoke to LiveMint on the sidelines of a roundtable conference held in Bengaluru where it […]
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SaaS: The bright spot for India’s tech business amid market downturn
For India, there isn’t anything that’s as sassy as SaaS in the tech verse. Indian SaaS players are soaring in confidence as they talk of the sector’s outlook banking on the digitisation trend in a post-pandemic world. Software-as-a-service is projected to be valued at $50 billion in India by 2030, according to a report by […]
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