HCL Technologies recently announced its intent to acquire Cisco’s Self-Optimizing Network (SON) technology. This acquisition, which comprises of products and services built on Cisco’s SON technology, will help HCL meet the growing needs of its customers in the telecommunications industry, which includes tier-one communications service providers globally, by adding the power of Cisco’s SON’s multi-vendor multi-technology and application support to its clients. The Cisco SON technology is a powerful platform that uses machine learning and a set of applications to automate the Radio Access Network (RAN). It helps customers boost…

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Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held ThousandEyes, Inc. headquartered in San Francisco, CA. ThousandEyes’ Internet and Cloud intelligence platform delivers deep visibility and insights into the digital delivery of applications and services over the Internet. “The last few years have seen a rapid acceleration of Cloud adoption, widespread use of SaaS applications, and a reliance on the Internet and networks outside of enterprise control. This increased dependence on the Internet and other third-party infrastructures, compounded over the past several months during the COVID-19 pandemic, substantially reduces the…

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Paytm has announced a partnership with Vodafone idea and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to enable feature phone users to recharge their numbers using UPI ID. This should be useful especially among the elderly citizens and in rural areas that rely on a feature phone for communication and also eliminates the need to visit a store for top-ups. It is based on NPCI’s payment service and works on the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel. To do this, feature phone users will first need to setup a UPI ID.…

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Dell Technologies is keen to partner and collaborate with the government and private institutions to build a technology-led education system in India, that is geared to develop skills for the future workforce. “Our mission is to technologically enable human progress in every aspect of life education is one of the areas which will have maximum impact by bringing in technology and so it is a natural focus area for us in India,” Alok Ohrie, president and managing director, Dell Technologies India said, in a webinar ‘Transforming Tomorrow Skilling Today’s Youth with Technology…

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Brit Limited has announced plans to launch Ki, a standalone business and the first fully digital and algorithmically-driven Lloyd’s of London syndicate. The business will aim to reduce the amount of time and effort taken for brokers to place their follow capacity, and Google Cloud will bring to Ki enterprise-grade cloud solutions powered by innovative technologies that enable rapid transformation at scale. Adrian Poole, Head of Financial Services, and Google Cloud said, “We are proud to be the cloud provider for Ki, and to collaborate with Brit to transform the…

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Elsevier, a global leader in information analytics specializing in science and health, has launched a new resource to aid healthcare workers on the front lines of managing the novel coronavirus health crisis. The covid-19 Healthcare Hub provides free access to toolkits, expert insights, research resources and covid-19 guidelines. The Hub’s toolkits include evidence-based clinical overviews, drug monographs, care plans, order sets, and procedure videos for clinicians delivering care and information to patients. Clinicians will also find the latest information and guidelines from government health agencies, medical societies and public health…

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Samsung India announced it was starting home delivery of its lending services — Samsung Finance+, thus, making it simpler for them to buy Galaxy smartphones at easy finance at their homes. Samsung’s Finance+ is currently available across 12,000 dealers in nearly 300 towns across the country. To avail the Samsung Finance+ service, earlier customers had to earlier walk-in at select dealerships. However, now, the handset maker is facilitating home-delivery of Samsung Finance+ service to customers to ensure social distancing norms. “At Samsung, consumers are at the heart of everything we…

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Qualcomm today announced its latest chipset for the mobile market, the Snapdragon 768G 5G. The chipset is a follow-up to the semiconductor maker’s Snapdragon 765G that announced last year in Hawaii. The Snapdragon 768G 5G is a part of the brand’s mobile gaming chipset series and comes with several of the latest features that is warranted a mobile processor. Like the 765 and 765G, the 768G is based on 7nm die lithography and a hexacore of Kryo 475 CPUs. Running at a maximum clockspeed of 2.8GHz. It’s also still using…

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After many delays due to the coronavirus lockdown in the country, Xiaomi is finally hosting an online event, wherein it will launch the Mi 10, alongside the Mi Box and Mi True Wireless Earphones 2. The Mi 10 has already been launched in China, and it has arrived in a few global markets as well. Now, the company is finally bringing it to the Indian market. Key features of the phone include a 108-megapixel main camera and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC. Xiaomi is all set to launch its 108…

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