The fast-moving, global reach of the coronavirus has illustrated that a forward-looking approach to risk management is more important than ever. While no one could have predicted the nature, severity, or timing of the virus, it’s clear that organizations should include such risk scenarios in future strategic discussions. An annual survey of U.S. finance executives, […]
Archives for April 2020
The Robots Are Still Coming
More people are needed for blue collar jobs in areas where AI-enabled automation was to have the most impact. So where are the robots? Every business sector has been experiencing changes in work due to AI. But just how much change, and how fast, is still up for debate, and new voices are weighing in […]
Will 2020 Be the Year Home IoT Cyber Attacks Get Serious?
When it comes to disruptive change, the emergence of the smart home is driving demographic, economic, and technological advancement as never before, says David P. Maher, executive VP and chief technology officer of Intertrust. This application of IoT, where private households and the devices that run them are connected to the internet, is creating an […]
General availability of new Azure disk sizes and bursting
Today marks the general availability of new Azure disk sizes, including 4, 8, and 16 GiB on both Premium and Standard SSDs, as well as bursting support on Azure Premium SSD Disks. To provide the best performance and cost balance for your production workloads, we are making significant improvements to our portfolio of Azure Premium […]
Slack and Zoom seize the day, but will they stick?
By Tae Kim The coronavirus is changing the way we work. As more governments implement stricter shelter-in-place orders, corporations and their employees are scrambling to figure out how to conduct business operations in a work-at-home world. First, new hardware is required. Sales of monitors, webcams and laptops are soaring as people build out their home […]
ETtech Top 5: VCs, founders to launch Covid-19 grant, early-stage financing drops by a third & more
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Amazon users vent their anger over delayed deliveries What’s the news? Online shoppers have taken to social media to criticize Amazon India over delays or cancellation of orders of essential items in the past one week, after India imposed a 21-day nationwide lockdown to counter the Covid-19 outbreak. Why it matters? While […]
Retailers bulk deliver to RWAs for smooth supply to societies
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Retailers and online grocery companies have started tapping resident welfare associations (RWAs) to bulk deliver to thousands of households with minimum resources amid the Covid-19 lockdown. Hypermarket chain Spencer’s Retail has placed drop boxes in various housing complexes in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi NCR, among other cities. Residents drop their order […]
Efforts on to line up e-commerce & data laws
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi The commerce ministry, which is giving final shape to the much-awaited e-commerce policy, is soon expected to provide recommendations related to governance of data to the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), which is looking to regulate personal as well as non-personal data. Officials from MeitY as well as Department for Promotion […]
Nykaa scoops up Rs 100 crore in fresh funding from Steadview Capital
Omni-channel beauty and skincare retailer Nykaa has raised Rs 100 crore in fresh funding from existing investor Steadview Capital, the Mumbai-headquartered company announced late on Tuesday. The latest round comes at a time when risk capital investment activity has almost ground to a halt, because of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic across the globe, […]
Big Tech takes equalisation levy row to US govt
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi A group of seven top industry associations representing internet and technology giants such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Adobe has sought withdrawal of the new equalisation levy that comes into force from April 1, due to its widespread negative impact on American companies. The associations have written a joint letter to […]