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Coca-Cola European Partners signs multi-year hybrid cloud deal with IBM

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IBM announced it has signed a multiyear agreement with Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), which is the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottler based on revenue. The deal will accelerate its transformation to an open hybrid cloud environment using Red Hat Open Shift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. And the move is designed to reduce its operational expenses, increase IT resiliency, and utilize analytics and artificial intelligence in its daily operations to bring enhanced business insights and deliver greater service to its millions of customers. A key priority for CCEP is to streamline…

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India’s AstroSat satellite detects extreme UV light from galaxy 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth

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In an achievement for Indian astronomers, the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) on Monday informed that India’s first multi-wavelength satellite, AstroSat, has detected an extreme ultraviolet (UV) light from a galaxy which is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth. The major breakthrough was achieved by a global team led by Pune-based IUCAA scientists, the centre said in a release. “India’s first multi-wavelength satellite, which has five unique X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes working in tandem, AstroSat, has detected extreme-UV light from a galaxy, called AUDFs01, 9.3 billion light-years away…

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GC Pharma gathers extra plasma to take effort on Covid-19 treatment

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The plasma treatment is an “anti-SARS-CoV2 hyperimmune immunoglobulin” made by dividing up only immune proteins with various antibodies taken from the plasma of recovered COVID-19 patients. The company won the regulatory nod for a phase-2 trial on the investigational treatment on Thursday. GC Pharma said it would collect more plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients to accelerate the development of a Covid-19 treatment based on antibodies extracted from plasma. The company said it would collect recovered patients’ plasma from more blood donation centers in greater Seoul and Gangwon Province from Monday.…

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Flipkart partners Nepal’s Sastodeal for cross-border

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Flipkart on Friday announced a strategic partnership with Sastodeal, an e-commerce company in Nepal. The partnership is aimed at giving cross-border trade opportunities to its sellers. Under the partnership, Sastodeal will host products from Flipkart sellers across categories including baby care & kids, audio devices, men’s clothing, women’s ethnic wear, and sports & fitness, among others. These sellers will now have access to customers in Nepal. In the first phase, the partnership will see more than 5,000 products listed on Sastodeal. Jagjeet Harode, Head of Marketplace, Flipkart, said, “The partnership…

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American Airlines plans to Launch Passenger Flights to Bengaluru

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American Airlines plans to start its maiden passenger flight service to Bengaluru from Seattle from the winter of 2021 and has appointed Air Logistics Group as its Cargo General Sales Agent for the Indian market ahead of the launch, a release said on Wednesday. In winter 2021, American will launch its first passenger service from Seattle to Bengaluru, which will connect the two major global business and technology hubs for the first time, said the release. “India is an important market for American’s cargo operations as we prepare to launch…

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Deloitte acquires Spatial Access analytics firm

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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP (Deloitte) has announced the acquisition of Spatial Access, a specialized advertising and marketing advisory and analytics firm, founded by veteran advertising leader Meenakshi Menon, to enhance the organization’s advisory capabilities and enable brands to make more efficient Advertising & Marketing (A&M) decisions. Consultancy firm Deloitte India is in advance level talks to acquire media audit firm Spatial Access. Sources close to development reveal that the deal is in its final stages, and has been in the works for nearly half a year. The announcement comes…

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RBL Bank Selects Accenture to Accelerate Its Digital Journey

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RBL Bank today announced its partnership with Accenture to transform the bank’s IT systems and accelerate its digital transformation journey. The engagement will enable RBL Bank to offer next-generation banking services, enhance the resilience and scalability of its systems and business processes, and improve its operational efficiency, said a press statement. As a key step in this journey, Accenture will provide managed services and help RBL Bank modernize and consolidate its large and disparate applications environment, which will help streamline and automate key business processes such as finance and compliance,…

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Verizon Introduces Hyper-Precise Vehicle Tracking Tech

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Verizon ushers in a new era of GPS solutions with the launch of Hyper Precise Location using Real Time Kinematics (RTK), hyper-precise location technology that provides location accuracy within one to two centimeters, on the Verizon network. Verizon has built and deployed RTK reference stations nationwide to provide pinpoint level accuracy to RTK compatible IoT devices. RTK will also support emerging technologies that depend on high level location accuracy – things like delivery drones and customer-approved location data for first responders during emergencies. Verizon is developing RTK next-gen road safety…

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Emirates Talent Association and HBMSU partner with global technology pioneers

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The ‘Cloud Computing and IoT’ program is being developed in cooperation with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a global pioneer in cloud computing services. Meanwhile the ‘3D Printing’ program is the outcome of a partnership with Signify, a world leader in IoT-based lighting and building automation solutions. The partnerships with technology pioneers reflect industry leaders’ trust and confidence in Emirates Talent Association. The new programs are a major addition to the “Emirati Programmer” initiative which was jointly developed by Emirates Talent Association and HBMSU to equip young talents and excel in…

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Federal Bank Support Fiserv to Launch of Their First Credit Card

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Federal Bank a leading private sector bank in India, has chosen Fiserv, Inc. a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, to enable the digitization of the bank’s end-to-end card issuance and processing cycle, and support the launch of the Federal Bank credit card. The bank will also outsource associated operational processes to Fiserv. The bank will also outsource associated operational processes to Fiserv. With a strong retail and remittance business in India, Federal Bank was looking for a flexible and scalable technology and business process outsourcing…

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