In what would be one of the most significant consolidation moves in the sector, Uber Eats, the food delivery arm of the global ride-hailing platform, is in final stages of negotiations to sell its India business to rival Swiggy, three people privy to the development told ET. The deal, which is expected to close by […]
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VMware, Ericsson Partner for Service Provider Virtualization
News VMware, Ericsson Partner for Service Provider Virtualization By David Ramel 02/21/2019 VMware’s vCloud NFV platform, featuring new-age network functions virtualization, is the centerpiece of a new partnership with Ericsson formed to simplify network virtualization for Communication Service Providers (CSP). The five-year agreement will specifically seek to simplify deploying and running combination implementations of Ericsson […]
Cisco warns on HyperFlex security vulnerabilities
Cisco this week identified two “High” security vulnerabilities in its HyperFlex data-center package that could let attackers gain control of the system. HyperFlex is Cisco’s hyperconverged infrastructure that offers computing, networking and storage resources in a single system. More about edge networking How edge networking and IoT will reshape data centers Edge computing best […]
How desi tech lobby is giving Silicon Valley giants a run for its money
A moral reckoning in Silicon Valley, an unconventional US President, an aggressive government in Delhi, and a bunch of newly confident Indian startups have created a perfect a storm of events. The Indian technology lobby has never had it this good. In the last 12 months, Indian technology lobby supported key policy changes: stringent rules […]
Apple, Goldman Sachs to jointly launch credit card paired with iPhone: Report
Goldman Sachs Group has teamed up with Apple to issue credit cards that will be paired with iPhones and will help users manage their money, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. It said the card, which will be linked with Apple’s Wallet app, will allow users to set […]
Popular password managers found to have serious flaws
Security researchers have revealed that some of the most popular password managers around are also the most vulnerable, allowing hackers to break in and steal information as easily as they would be able to if the information was stored in a text file. Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) tested a range of password managers – those […]
India will not be cowed in internet consultations: Ravi Shankar Prasad
India will hold wide consultations with internet companies before finalising rules to regulate content on social media but will not hold back from framing laws that safeguard national interest, the country’s technology minister said. India, one of the world’s biggest internet markets, in late December proposed rules that will compel platforms such as Facebook, its […]
Betting on middle class: Reckitt Benckiser spends big to get e-commerce edge
British consumer healthcare products maker Reckitt Benckiser (RB) will hyper-target consumers on ecommerce in India and China, the company’s global president (hygiene and home) Rob de Groot said in a post earnings call. “In India, we have seen 10x growth in e-commerce over the past three years. Today’s technology really gives you that possibility that […]
Small e-commerce sellers offer as good a deal as biggies do
For the first time, small sellers on Amazon and Flipkart, recently appointed to sell some fast-selling smartphones and electronics, are offering prices similar to or lower than those set by large, preferred sellers such as Cloudtail, Appario and OmniTech Retail. Two senior industry executives said the country’s two largest online marketplaces have adopted this strategy […]
Machine Learning and RPA in Action: Email Management
We recently announced the strategic alliance between Jidoka and BigML, where we explained the integration of RPA with other technologies such as Machine Learning. With this integration, Jidoka can provide Machine Learning capabilities in their RPA process automation platform. To explain the advantages and possibilities offered by this integration, today we present a practical example […]