Information in the form of data has become invaluable for making informed business decisions and for formulating future strategies. Known as Big Data Analytics, it has a huge potential in bringing about qualitative improvements. Ever since the advent of computers, the word ‘data’ has been irrevocably linked to these. With the
Overwhelming Chinese flavour
AutoExpo 2020 was a lacklustre event with less participation by OEMS. Economic slowdown and Coronavirus threat saw less than usual participation by leading auto manufacturers at the Expo, making this year’s edition not so exciting. The Expo was dominated by electric mobility concepts and vehicles with a lot of Chinese flavour. Maruti
Winds of change…
Klaus Schwab introduced the now widely used term Industry 4.0, ‘The Fourth Industrial Revolution,’ at Davos in 2016, describing it as ‘the technological revolution that is blurring the lines amongst the physical, digital and biological spheres.’ The first industrial revolution (IR) led to the introduction of machines that used power from
Consumers will drive the leap into 5G
‘Bail us out or we will go bankrupt’
For 15 years, telecom service providers, including Airtel and Vodafone-Idea, resorted to the familiar tactics of leading corporates (like ITC) not to pay promptly the taxes demanded and bided for time by resorting to litigation. The Supreme Court had directed the companies to pay around Rs 92,000 crore within three
The Flipkart for Businesses!
India’s next battleground in the startup space... Venkatramani is a 37-year old, running a local kirana store in Tiruchi. On any typical day, you’d see his customers arrive by OLA autos and make payments through Paytm. His children study through the BYJU’s App and on occasions to celebrate, order Pizza through
The smart way to live
Future of digital security
In 1991, a group of researchers developed a method for date-stamping digital documents so that they cannot be backdated or tampered. In 2009, ‘Satashi Nakamoto’ used this blockchain technology for Bitcoins. While Bitcoins was its first ever transaction, blockchain has now found lots of other uses. This technology, touted as the
We’ll all be impacted by AI
AI denotes a broad umbrella of hardware and algorithms encompassing machine learning as its subset, which, in turn, has deep learning as its subset. In 2016, Sundar Pichai declared that the next 10 years would see a world ‘that is AI first.’ In simple words, AI is the simulation of human Intelligence
India digitizes
Achaduddin from Assam worked initially as a security guard in a small business unit. Impacted by technology and by sheer diligence, he learned digital skills. He was quick to learn and use the multifarious conveniences brought about by digitisation. This was facilitated by the rapid spread of smartphones with simple
