VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE IN INDIA
Month: January 2020
International Business Machines (IBM) has named IITian Arvind Krishna as Chief Executive Officer, replacing long-time CEO Virginia Rometty. Krishna, 57, who spearheaded the Red Hat deal, will take over in April.
Source: IITian Arvind Krishna to be new IBM CEO, replacing Ginni Rometty
DigiCert, Inc., the world’s leading provider of TLS/SSL, IoT and PKI solutions, today announced two new PKI tools: IoT Device Manager and Enterprise PKI Manager. Unlike PKI applications of the past, both PKI managers
Wipro has announced that Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Abidali Z Neemuchwala has decided to step down due to family commitments.
Smishing. Because we need another cutesy buzzword telling us all how screwed we are. Smishing is a portmanteau of SMS phishing. Phishing itself is a homophone of fishing, which makes smishing a neologism based on a portmanteau, which itself is based on a homophone. What? Too nerdy? Sometimes I can’t help myself. English is cool.
Cognizant has been selected by Network Rail, Britain’s principal rail infrastructure owner, to lead a new consortium tasked with delivering data-driven operations as part of a comprehensive Intelligent Infrastructure transformation program.
Source: Cognizant to help make Britain’s railways safer, more efficient
The Indian smartphone market had a slow start to 2019, but finished with a sprint in the last half. The market grew 14% in Q4 2019, with total shipments at 39.0 million units. For the full year, India grew by 8%, reaching a total of 148 million smartphones
Source: Best smartphone performance in India for Apple, as overall market grows 14% in Q4 2019
Take a longer time to arrive but don’t give up is the mantra for start-ups: Sandeep Panda, CEO – Instasafe at Panel Discussion, 12th OITF 2020
Source: Sandeep Panda, CEO – Instasafe at Panel Discussion, 12th OITF 2020
According to a news source, a link for farm loan waiver in Maharashtra is taking people to the Candy Crush Saga online portal when clicked. It is suspected to be a case of deliberate tampering.
Source: Maharashtra farm loan waiver scheme link takes people to Candy Crush portal
China’s smartphone market declined 15% to 85.3 million units in Q4 2019, as device fatigue hit consumers. It marks the 11th consecutive quarterly decline, and the market’s lowest level since Q1 2013. For the 2019 full year, China’s market closed at 369 million units,
Source: China smartphone market declines 15% with 85 million units shipped in Q4 2019
There have been allegations doing the rounds that Amazon.com boss and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos had his phone hacked by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This incident has turned the spotlight on the security of smartphones
Source: Bezos’ phone hack turns the spotlight on the security of the smartphone
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