American tech giant IBM has announced its board has elected Arvind Krishna as Chief Executive Officer of the company and a member of the Board of Directors, effective April 6,…

The past decade has been a period of unusually rapid change and disruption as organizations worldwide have implemented a breadth of technology solutions to transform how they understand their customers,…

Smarsh, Proofpoint, Microsoft, Mimecast, Global Relay and ZL Technologies have been named as ‘leaders’ in Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving (EIA). Veritas Technologies and Micro Focus are…

Cybersecurity awareness among companies and cyber users in Tier-2 regions is believed to be very low, and that has led to them becoming a “sweet spot” for cyber criminals across…

Small and medium businesses (SMBs) in India with PCs that are more than four years old and running older operating systems can experience more than double productivity losses as compared…

STT Global Data Centres India Private Limited (STT GDC India) has expanded its national network with the inauguration of its 15th data centre in Bengaluru. The new Tier III data…

Web Werks has launched data center in the Delhi NCR region thus becoming a ntional player in India. With a capable deployment of up to seventy thousand square feet in…

Increases productivity and efficiency by 15-20% Trend Micro offers advanced security solutions to L&T-Chiyoda Limited for its endpoints, providing them state-of-the-art protection and business resilience. Trend Micro Apex One which…

A global survey by the Business Application Research Center (BARC), commissioned by WhereScape, reveals that nearly half of respondents found time-consuming development processes at the top of the list of…

Fortinet has completed the acquisition of CyberSponse, a leading Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platform provider based in Arlington, Virginia. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. CyberSponse,…

With a significant number of companies expanding to serve their global client base, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is set to witness a strong growth in terms of data center and…

Microsoft has finally announced the shut-down date of May 6, 2020 for to-do list app Wunderlist, which it acquired four years ago. Users can switch to a new app, To…

McAfee has revealed that 56.1% Indians have fallen victim to discount scams, by clicking on links that took them to a sketchy website. Its recent survey, ‘A Christmas Carol: Scam…

Malware claims, which include ransomware, have risen to 18% of all cyber claims in 2019 from an average of 12% over the past five years, according to the 2019 third…

The experts at Positive Technologies have released their cybersecurity threatscape findings for the third quarter of 2019. The main trends highlighted in the report include an increase in the number…

Tenable has acquired Indegy, a leader in industrial cybersecurity which provides visibility, security and control across operational technology (OT) environments, for $78 million in cash. “For every company in every…

A technology leader with nearly 3 decades of experience, Ravi will now lead the NetApp Global Centre of Excellence (GCoE) NetApp has appointed Ravi Chhabria as the Managing Director of…

New research shows India to be ahead of the pack in recognising the significance of the employee experience The “employee experience” is a relatively new concept that is increasingly seen…

Increasing employee productivity a key focus for AI investments, but success requires disruption to current business strategy to reap rewards IFS, a global enterprise applications company, has announced the findings…

Citrix Systems has been ranked as a leader in Unified Endpoint Management solutions by Forrester Research in a report titled “The Forrester Wave: Unified Endpoint Management, Q4 2019, The 13…

Subex has released the findings of its State of Internet of Things (IoT) Security Report for the third quarter (July-September 2019) of this calendar year. The report, based on threat…

SecuraShield has recently announced the launch of AV Pro Cloud Premium. SecuraShield AV Pro Cloud Premium features proactive detection technology to effectively combat the sophisticated and advanced threats. Bhupesh Malhotra,…

Qualys, a provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, has announced an embedded partnership with Microsoft integrating Qualys Vulnerability Management and Qualys Container Security into Microsoft Azure. This integration significantly…

Big data, blockchain, cloud computing and cybersecurity are the main technologies where pharma companies see the need to invest, according to the latest survey data from GlobalData, a leading data…

Microsoft has announced a new Endpoint Manager. Microsoft Endpoint Manager is the convergence of Intune and ConfigMgr functionality and data—plus new intelligent actions—offering seamless, end-to-end management solution without the complexity…

Cyberattackers are raising the stakes in ransomware, increasing stealth in malicious Android apps, exploiting misconfiguration in the cloud and abusing machine learning. These are the findings of the Sophos 2020…

According to a study by Ivanti, 59% of IT professionals still haven’t migrated all their users to Windows 10, despite the imminent end of regular support for Windows 7 on…

Marin Software, a provider of digital marketing software for performance-driven advertisers and agencies has released research findings from its Q3 2019 Digital Advertising Benchmark Report. This quarter’s report found a…

Facebook has agreed to a fine of £ 500,000 (Rs 5.57 crore), for its role in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. This was announced by the UK’s information regulatory watchdog…

Gartner has identified reglobalization, economic slowdown and ‘digital dithering’ as the top three concerns for CEOs in 2019. CIOs need to understand these concerns and address them in their strategic…

Palo Alto Networks has released a report that uncovers the truth about the state of cloud security among large enterprises across Asia-Pacific including India, with many cases where perception doesn’t…

Global IT spending is expected to rebound in 2020 with forecast growth of 3.7% Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2019, an increase of 0.4% from…

Represents an increase of 9.1% from 2019 IT spending by banking and securities firms in India is forecast to reach $11 billion in 2020, an increase of 9.1% from 2019,…

Growing strength of digital payments in merchant payments channel, increasing ubiquity driven by younger consumers, according to new study by ACI Worldwide Digital payments are the preferred payment option for…

Mover is not to be confused with the Cloud migration start-up Movere, which Microsoft acquired last month. Microsoft has announced the purchase of Mover, a leading provider of cloud file…

As new technologies automate more traditional and routine tasks, executives and employees recognize that emotional intelligence (EI) skills – such as self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management – will…

Automotive Industry Will Become Biggest Market for 5G IoT in 2023 Outdoor surveillance cameras will be the largest market for 5G Internet of Things (IoT) solutions worldwide over the next…

Amazon’s consumer business has turned off its final Oracle database, after migrating 75 petabytes of internal data stored in nearly 7,500 Oracle databases to multiple AWS database services including Amazon…

Shipping giant and e-commerce technology company Pitney Bowes has revealed that it was affected by a malware attack that encrypted information on some systems and disrupted customer access to some…

Security remains a top priority as more enterprises start to scale IoT solutions company-wide Zebra Technologies has announced the results of its third annual “Intelligent Enterprise Index” which indicates a…

Array Networks has announced year over year market share and revenue growth in the Application Delivery Controller (ADC) vertical as per IDC market report for Q2 2019. Array has achieved…

US private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy UK cybersecurity vendor Sophos for $3.9 billion in cash. The Sophos board of directors have stated their intention to unanimously…

Reaches out to CCTV installers & partners present in deeper pockets of the country D-Link in recent times has expanded its focus on surveillance with a host of IP &…

Caters BeyondTrust Privileged Access Management (PAM) portfolio, helping organizations in protecting from internal and external security breaches TechnoBind, India’s first specialist distributor for data and associated domains, recently announced a…

Ciena has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Centina, a leading provider of service assurance analytics and network performance management solutions. Centina’s industry-leading technology and engineering expertise will be…

Government CIOs should include these trends in their strategic planning over the next 12 to 18 months. Gartner has identified the top 10 government technology trends for 2019-2020 that have…

In the world of commercial research and science, there’s probably no undertaking more daunting – or more expensive – than the process of bringing a new medicine to market. For…

India has advanced to the 44th position on the 2019 International Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Digital Competitiveness Ranking (WDCR), an improvement of four places over last year. The…

Introduces new features of Synology Drive and Active Backup Suite Synology has announced a series of innovations for India, presenting DiskStation Manager (DSM) 7.0, which comes with several updates on…

Infosys has been awarded the number 3 ranking on the Forbes list of The World’s Best Regarded Companies for 2019. Ranked 31st in 2018, Infosys’ rise in the rankings exemplifies…

Milestone Systems, a leading provider of open platform video management software, has announced the appointment of Ritesh Deokar to the role of Country Manager, India. This is a strategically important…

The Digital Work Personalities Study from Citrix also reveals that 54% of knowledge workers would feel excited if their company launches a new application replacing the one they are familiar…

Palo Alto Networks has announced it has completed its acquisition of Zingbox, an IoT cybersecurity company. The acquisition will accelerate Palo Alto Networks delivery of IoT security through its Next-Generation…

CSS Corp, a new-age IT services and technology company, has announced that its CEO, Manish Tandon, has been honored with the prestigious CEO of the Year award at the 2019…

Cher Wang returns to Chairwoman role, identifying future technologies and partnerships HTC Corporation has appointed Yves Maitre as CEO of HTC, effective immediately. Yves joins HTC from Orange, one of…

New industry product provides a unified view of rapidly changing customer demand across the entire value chain Salesforce has announced Manufacturing Cloud, a new industry-specific product for manufacturers. Manufacturing Cloud…

Seasoned Technology and Operations Executive Joins to Accelerate Growth in the Region Eightfold.ai, the creator of the Talent Intelligence Platform, has announced the appointment of Sandesh Goel as Managing Director…

Prashant Singh has joined Max Healthcare as Director & Chief Information Officer (CIO), replacing Sumit Puri, who recently moved on to Evercare group, backed by TPG Capital, as its Group…

Latest Dell EMC and VMware integration supports cloud-native applications and increased choice in consistent hybrid cloud infrastructure Dell Technologies has announced a host of advancements and new options that allow…

The 2019 Gartner, Inc. Hype Cycle for Blockchain Business shows that the business impact of blockchain will be transformational across most industries within five to 10 years. “Even though they…

Company simplifies deployment of next-generation firewalls within SD-WAN solution, enabling multi-layer security across branches and workspaces Business today is more global and collaborative than ever. People work anywhere, anytime on…

Sankalp will operate as a 100% subsidiary of HCL HCL Technologies Limited (HCL) has announced the acquisition of Sankalp Semiconductor (Sankalp), an advanced technology design services provider offering comprehensive digital…

Bags the honor for the second consecutive year Bengaluru based Nineleaps, a product engineering company that provides application services to start-ups for accelerating product development, has been placed amongst LinkedIn’s…

ServiceNow has launched native mobile experiences for everyday work across the enterprise with the general availability of its Now Platform New York release. For the first time, consumer‑like mobile experiences…

The Bank’s chatbot, YES ROBOT, reinvigorated with Microsoft’s cognitive services YES BANK has partnered with Microsoft to strengthen its first of its kind, AI enabled chatbot, YES ROBOT, with advanced…

Leading cyber AI company Darktrace has announced the launch of the Cyber AI Analyst, a new technology that emulates human thought processes to continuously investigate cyber-threats at machine speed. With…

Cyber security company Check Point Software Technologies announced the appointment of Sundar N Balasubramanian as managing director for India and SAARC region, effective immediately. He will report to Sharat Sinha,…

Paytm Money, the wholly-owned subsidiary of One97 Communications Limited that operates Paytm, has elevated Pravin Jadhav as Managing Director and chief executive officer. “In last one year, under Pravin’s leadership,…

Vijay Ratnaparkhe joins the parent organization as CIO Vijay Ratnaparkhe, president and managing director, Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions (RBEI), is the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Robert…

According to the findings of Counterpoint Research’s latest whitepaper, nearly 96% of Nokia smartphones, sold cumulatively since Q3 2018, are already running on Android Pie or have had an Android…

Max Healthcare’s chief information officer Sumit Puri has left his role and joined Evercare group (part of TPG) as its Group CTO. As part of his new role, Puri will…

McAfee Labs sees 504 new threats per minute in Q1 2019 McAfee has released its McAfee Labs Threats Report: August 2019 examining cybercriminal activity and the evolution of cyber threats…

Global business applications provider  Infor has announced a planned leadership transition through which Kevin Samuelson, who has served as Infor’s CFO, has been named Chief Executive Officer. Charles Phillips, who…

Trend Micro has been named a Leader in every Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms since 2002 Trend Micro has been named a Leader in Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant…

Although consumers represent the main segment driving 5G development, CSPs will increasingly aim 5G services at enterprises. In 2020, worldwide 5G wireless network infrastructure revenue will reach $4.2 billion, an…

India making massive strides in using AI for Automotive, Defence and Financial Technology NXP India organized their fifth NXP Tech Summit, where a panel discussion on ‘AI for a smart…

Prior to this new appointment, Oshima was Director of DLDS, while concurrently serving as Associate Vice President, NEC Technologies India. He will continue in his current role at NECTI after…

The collaboration will reduce frictions and create new digital marketplaces Dell Technologies has recently launched its report named “Future of the Economy”, in partnership with Institute for the Future (IFTF)…

Cloud-hosted offering will provide simple, fast way to deliver Windows apps and desktops from Azure and enable work anywhere, anytime from any device Like just about everything else in the…

Indian telecommunications services provider Bharti Airtel has appointed Rajesh Tapadia as Chief Executive Officer of its data centre and cloud business subsidiary, Nxtra Data. Nxtra Data operates 10 large data…

Meant Global Cybersecurity Alliance membership extends long-standing work with ISA to help keep critical infrastructure and building systems secure and protected Honeywell has joined the Global Cybersecurity Alliance (GCA), created…

Company’s third code review center will be located at CyberSecurity Malaysia’s Office in Cyberjaya In line with its drive towards building trust in the cybersecurity industry, Kaspersky has announced the…

Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-ready distributed ledger platform, has announced that IBM and Tata Communications have joined the Hedera Governing Council. The Council, which will comprise up to 39 multinational entities…

Recently at a launch event in Santa Clara, California, AMD introduced the 2nd Generation AMD EPYC family of processors that deliver performance leadership across a broad number of enterprise, cloud…

Semiconductor giant Broadcom has announced an agreement to acquire the enterprise security business of cybersecurity company Symantec for $10.7 billion in cash. The transaction, expected to close before the end…

Organizations around the world like Bosch, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson and Unisys rely on ClickSoftware to optimize each service interaction Salesforce has agreed to buy Israel’s ClickSoftware for $1.35 billion. ClickSoftware…

In 2021, artificial intelligence (AI) augmentation will create $2.9 trillion of business value and 6.2 billion hours of worker productivity globally, according to Gartner. Gartner defines augmented intelligence as a…

In an interview with CIO Axis, Divy Shrivastava, Co-Founder & CEO, Nineleaps, sees a bright future for digital automation in India and identifies the bottlenecks preventing the businesses from achieving…

Worldwide consumer robotic shipment is expected to reach 74 million by 2024, up from an estimated 28 million in 2019, according to a new study. The study from Juniper Research…

Mimecast has launched its first Threat Intelligence Report: Black Hat Edition 2019, which provides technical analysis of emerging threats identified as attempts to get through the security environment of Mimecast…

Dell Technologies to help ESDS build datacenter fabric in Bangalore Dell Technologies is collaborating with ESDS, a leading provider of Managed Data Center Service and Auto-Scalable Cloud Solutionto help it…

Qlik(Attunity) has been named as a Challenger by Gartner in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools. This designation marks the fourth consecutive year that Qlik (Attunity) has been…

Tenable has announced new Predictive Prioritization capabilities within Tenable.io and Tenable.sc, for vulnerability management in the cloud and on-premises, that accelerate the discovery, prioritization and remediation of vulnerabilities before they…

Arun Parameswaran Takes on APJ-Wide Enterprise Leadership VMware has appointed Pradeep Nair to the role of vice president and managing director, India for VMware. Arun Parameswaran, who has been in-charge…

Company introduces new Attended Automation 2.0 Automation Anywhere has announced that it has acquired Klevops, a privately-held company based in Paris. With the acquisition, Automation Anywhere fast forwards the RPA…

Over 200,000 people have been screened using the AI-driven API on Microsoft Azure across Apollo Hospitals As part of Microsoft’s AI Network for Healthcare initiative, Microsoft India and Apollo Hospitals…

With an objective to create networking and data center awareness, Array Networks recently conducted the Reimagine Networking and Data Center Summit in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The focus of the summit was…

IBM software products now cloud-native for public and private clouds IBM has announced that it has transformed its software portfolio to be cloud-native and optimized it to run on Red…

Cisco will expand its Networking Academy program to train one million students in India by 2025. This was announced in the sixth edition of the Cisco India Summit (CIS) 2019…

Goel will report to Geoff Thomas, Qlik’s regional senior vice president for the Asia Pacific region. Qlik has announced the appointment of Ankur Goel as its Managing Director for India.…

IT teams spend 32 percent of their time managing security, yet still struggle with a lack of expertise, budget and up to date technology Sophos has announced the findings of…

Two out of three organizations plan to deploy AI by 2020 to bolster their defenses Businesses are increasing the pace of investment in AI systems to defend against the next…

Gartner has announced their first-ever Magic Quadrant for Robotic Process Automation Software. UiPath has been positioned by Gartner as a Leader in the “2019 Magic Quadrant for Robotic Process Automation…

Kaspersky’s survey found that there is a desire amongst many consumers to use cryptocurrency, but a knowledge gap is getting in the way New Kaspersky’s survey has indicated that a…

Fortinet threat landscape report reveals nearly 60% of threats shared at least one domain, indicating the majority of botnets leverage established infrastructure Fortinet has announced the findings of its latest…

Bharti Airtel and Cisco have formed an alliance to offer advanced networking and connectivity solutions to enterprise and SMB customers in India. India, which is the fastest growing major economy…

Mastercard has acquired Texas-based Vyze, a technology platform that delivers more choice – and purchasing power – to people who want their point-of-sale payment options to match the flexibility and…

The rising complexities and scales of security threats require organizations to quickly hone their incident response (IR) skills. Security incidents are like fire incidents. You put all the prevention measures…

Samsung Electronics announced the new Notebook 9 Pen, a premium 2-in-1 PC with a built-in S Pen that allows users to reach their true creative potential. With its combined style,…

Vice-president Venkaiah Naidu recently attended the passing out parade of CRPF of the 50th batch in Gurugram. In a veiled attack to the people and organisations criticising the Army for…

Microsoft today announced that Microsoft Kaizala is now powering over 1,000 organizations in India across government and business institutions, to enhance workplace productivity. Backed by Microsoft’s most trusted and secure…

There is something fundamentally wrong with customer data defense. Security and privacy tools that handle customer data are certainly in need of a makeover Last week, one of the biggest…

IBM’s new platform could well be the base that enterprises have sought for firing up a next wave of business innovation Unarguably, cloud has been a hygiene IT factor ever…

What good is a platform if it isn’t able to cloudify heritage applications and let other applications be empowered by it? Transformation has been a much-used word in today’s enterprise…

As more and more organizations implement company-wide work from home policies as a way to protect the health of employees in the wake of COVID-19, they are also considering how…

Companies that have seen a positive revenue growth collect more customer experience (CX) data than nongrowth companies, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey found that nearly 80% of…

Cybersecurity firm Checkmarx has announced that US private equity firm Hellman & Friedman has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the company from Insight Partners, which will continue to…

By Nikhil Taneja, Managing Director-India, SAARC & Middle East, Radware As coronavirus outbreaks continue to spread worldwide, consumers and businesses are turning to the internet for their personal and business…

NetRack has contributed to India’s most iconic project namely Motera Stadium. NetRack supplied many products for this iconic project. Different models of Racks, PDUs and accessories suitable for Networking, AV…

The global impact of the current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is being felt across markets by businesses and industries of all sizes around the world. Companies and governments are increasingly seeing…

Cyber criminals are opportunists that continuously evolve their methods of attack. And, as history has shown us, the bigger the global visibility of a cyber-attack opportunity – be it government…

By Mohua Sengupta, Co-founder, Ventures In November 2018, purely out of my keen interest in Blockchain and a little influence from my daughter’s MUN (Model United Nations) preparation in WHO…

In an interaction with CIO Axis, Vikas Srivastava – Director AC Power Product Management, Vertiv, highlights the changing power requirements for different industries and discusses the company’s range of power…

As much of the world grapples with the new coronavirus, COVID-19, and how to handle it, attackers are taking advantage of the widespread discussion of COVID-19 in emails and across…