Display of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) took the limelight at this year’s IInvenTiv, A Global Innovation Showcase 2025, held at IIT Madras, showcasing some of the solutions to solve socio economic problems of the country. IIT Indore had a drone-based antenna measures and testing system for communication, defence and space technology. SkyGuard, a

Ford Business Solutions, the global hub of technology and business services within the Ford family, has launched an office in Bengaluru. With a Global Capability Center (GCC) in Chennai and around 12,000 employees across India, FBS aims to recruit 2,000 additional employees over the next four years, beginning in 2025. Mike Amend, Chief Enterprise T

Haveli Investments, an Austin-based private equity firm, has acquired AppViewX, a Coimbatore/US-based automated certificate lifecycle management (CLM) and public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions provider, for an undisclosed sum. As part of the acquisition, cybersecurity expert Dino DiMarino has been appointed as CEO to lead AppViewX into its next

Government is looking at global best practices for regulating over-the-top (OTT) players. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has reportedly sent suggestions regarding regulations to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and Department of Telecommunications. The two are still reviewing the suggestions in the light of regulations ad

If you have the habit of using pen-and-paper at meetings and are struggling to digitise the content for easy transfer of text and gain actionable insights from it or translate the content, here is a solution from a Hyderabad-based start-up. Quadric IT, a Hyderabad-based start-up, has married AI with physical notebooks, helping save newsprint and [&

With Artificial Intelligence set to make inroads into the way business is done, India’s IT industry and others feel that employee upskilling in AI usage will be crucial to employment in coming years and the nature of the jobs on offer while volume of hiring can reduce. IT industry leaders such as Infosys, KPIT Technologies, […]

Eyes glued to the screens, slogging for long hours and mindless munching have become characteristic traits of an IT professional. While travails of their sedentary lives are no news, doctors have time and again flagged health concerns around their lifestyle. Dealing with work-related stress, inadequate sleep, keeping up with shifts, while increasin

India has a strong potential to become the world’s largest supply base for AI talent, said Nirav Patel, President and CEO of Mastech Digital. He added that GCCs are a major growth driver for the country, as large enterprises are now bringing their core operations rather than just leveraging India for cost advantages. “We feel […]

Telangana has become a key target for hackers with 23 per cent of all malware detected in the country in 2024 were reported in the State. Seqrite, a cybersecurity company, said that the State reported 6.25 million incidents last year. The enterprise solutions arm of the cybersecurity company Quick Heal released the Telangana Cyber Threat […]

Santhosh Viswanathan, the Vice President & MD, India Region, Intel Corporation, talks to businessline about the company’s three-decade journey in India, designating India as a separate region to boost growth and innovation, and embedding AI touchpoints across functions. Are there any recent global or local developments within Intel?  Post-pande

Salary increments in India’s ₹250 billion IT services sector are projected to be moderate in fiscal year 2025, as companies navigate a complex landscape of global economic uncertainties, evolving skill demands and the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), according to experts. Industry experts predict an average wage increase o

Meta envisions artificial intelligence (AI) as a catalyst for the media and entertainment industry and is actively working with production houses to launch AI-powered films while leveraging influencers to build excitement around new releases, a top company official said. “We see ourselves at Meta as a catalyst for the media ecosystem with our open-

Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal on Friday said spectrum for satellite connectivity in rural and hard-to-reach areas can be given on shared basis, but when it comes to urban areas, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the government need to come out with a policy that does not discriminate against the terrestrial providers. [&

Acting on the Central Government’s directive to investigate Infosys’ recent layoffs of freshers at its Mysuru campus, Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad spoke with the company’s management on Thursday. Lad met with senior officials from the Labour Department and Infosys at Bengaluru’s Vikas Soudha. He urged greater transparency in layoffs, consi

Chinese start-up DeepSeek will make its models’ code publicly available, it said on Friday, doubling down on its commitment to open-source artificial intelligence. The company said in a post on social media platform X that it will open source 5 code repositories next week, describing the move as “small but sincere progress” that i

The Information & Broadcasting Ministry has asked OTT platforms to strictly adhere to code of ethics prescribed under IT Rules including age-based classification. This advisory came after the Ministry received complaints from Member of Parliaments, statutory organisations and public grievances about alleged spread of “obscene, pornographic or v

Tata Consultancy Services is collaborating with Salesforce to help customers in the manufacturing and semiconductor industries drive value from artificial intelligence. As part of this collaboration, TCS said it has launched three initiatives such as semiconductor sales accelerator for increasing sales with data-driven insights, seller for the futu