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Nokia and Ericsson may move sensitive operations out of China Publication- Telecom Lead
Edition- Online
Date- 11 June, 2019
Nokia and Ericsson will also split up their supply chains to counter national security issues, The Sunday Telegraph reported. There will also be changes to corporate structures of Nokia and Ericsson. They may set up separate units in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, in a bid to protect themselves against the escalating global trade war. Finland-based Nokia and Sweden-based Ericsson make equipment to run 5G networks and compete with Huawei, ZTE and Samsung in the telecom network market.
Do not talk to Huawei
Intel, Qualcomm, InterDigital Wireless and LG Uplus have asked their employees to stop talking about technology and technical standards with counterparts at Huawei Technologies The U.S. Department of Commerce has not banned contact between companies and Huawei. In fact, the agency authorized U.S. companies to interact with Huawei in standards bodies through August as necessary for the development of 5G standards.
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Ericsson Report: 63 Percent of US Smartphones Will Be 5G by 2024
Publication- PC Magazine
Edition- Online
Date- 11 June, 2019
The Race to 5G grows more competitive by the day as carriers roll out 5G infrastructure across the globe. One of the major networking and telecom giants supplying them with the hardware to do it is Ericsson, and the company is constantly gathering data and generating forecasts on the future of 5G. The Why Axis BugPCMag got an advance look at the 2019 Ericsson Mobility Report, released today, which projects that 63 percent of North American mobile subscriptions will be for 5G service by 2024. But the 5G deployment and adoption process to get there will be slow.
Though we'll begin to see 5G network coverage in 2019 and 2020, Ericsson found that in 2024, 5G subscriptions will still pale in comparison to 4G. This year's Mobility Report states that mobile subscriptions worldwide will grow from 5.1 billion in 2018 to 7.2 billion in 2024, but only 1.8 billion of the 2024 subscriber base will be 5G users.
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Industry News
Big data to improve quality of macro-economic aggregates, says government
Publication- Livemint
Edition- Online
Date- 11 June, 2019
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation said on Monday it is proposing to establish a National Data Warehouse on Official Statistics which will leverage technology and use big data analytical tools to improve the quality of macro-economic aggregates. As all these reforms are an ongoing process, it is important that the readers and users understand and appreciate the limitations of data and the challenges in estimation, said the ministry.
While undertaking these reforms, it is important to realise that newer data sets and survey results will invariably be used and it would be incorrect to comment that old processes were better than the new, it said. "The reforms being undertaken in the ministry will lead to better data sets and better estimates in future. This will be duly deliberated on by the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics (ACNAS) during the base year revision," the ministry said in a statement.
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Salesforce bets on big data with $15.3 billion Tableau buy
Publication- The Times of India
Edition- Online
Date- 11 June, 2019
Salesforce.com Inc agreed on Monday to buy big data firm Tableau Software Inc for $15.3 billion, adding muscle in its fight with Microsoft Corp for a bigger share of the market that helps businesses target customers with tools to analyse and visualise data. The business of analysing data is fast becoming a battleground, with tech behemoths Alphabet Inc’s Google and Amazon.com Inc scaling up their presence in the market to take on established players like Microsoft and Tableau.
Recommended By Colombia “The deal is transformative for the software industry, the most dramatic move yet by a cloud major to boost its analytics offerings,” Wedbush Securities analyst Steve Koenig said. Salesforce’s customer relationship management software will benefit from using Tableau’s large data analytics in unraveling hidden patterns, unknown correlations, market trends and customer preferences.
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Agra Smart city project works to be reviewed on a daily basis
Publication- The Times of India
Edition- Online
Date- 11 June, 2019
The progress of smart city project works will now be reviewed on daily on basis. Following discontent expressed by the chief minister Yogi Adityanath over slow pace of work, divisional commissioner Anil Kumar has sought a detailed report from municipal commissioner Arun Prakash) over the status of proposed work plans. Besides, state chief secretary Anup Chandra Pandey, in a letter to the divisional commissioner, stated that he will be conducting spot inspection to check status of the work related to the smart city project.
Agra was selected under the smart city project in 2016. So far, none of the proposed development plans has been implemented. Following unreasonable delay in project works, the state government has sought a status report from the divisional commissioner, who is also the head of Agra smart city project. The state government has also asked for names of officials causing delay in project work. Recently, chief minister Yogi Adityanath, at a review meeting, expressed discontent over “unreasonable” delay in implementation of the central government scheme.
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CDOs and data analytics teams need higher strategic focus: Gartner
Publication- CIO
Edition- Online
Date- 11 June, 2019
Chief data officers (CDOs) and their data and analytics (DA) teams are focusing on the right priorities, but they are not yet achieving the best balance of their various responsibilities to deliver superior organizational performance, revealed a recent Gartner survey.
“CDOs are generally focused upon the right things, but they do not have the right mix of activities,” said Debra Logan, distinguished research vice president at Gartner. The survey found that while the creation of a data-driven culture was ranked the No.1 critical factor to the DA team, there were conflicting rankings for technical and nontechnical activities (data integration and data skills training), and strategic and tactical activities (enterprise information management [EIM] program and architecting a DA platform). Please click on the link below:
How Accenture is building a future-ready workforce through continuous learning
Publication- People Matters
Edition- Online
Date- 11 June, 2019
There was a time when what one learnt in engineering school could be relevant for a whole career. People would need to upskill themselves once in a while to ensure they could stay in step with the evolution of technology. That’s not the case anymore. Rapid advancements in technology means that people in technology roles no longer have the luxury of one time learning or remaining an expert in one area.
Given the current business environment, organizations need to ensure that they provide an always-on, continuous, learning environment to their employees. Changing employee expectations also means that this learning environment needs to be flexible and personalized, so people can take control of their learning, and truly chart their own journeys. So how does Accenture ensure that? Srikanth NR, Managing Director, Lead – Human Resources, Accenture Advanced Technology Centers in India states that as a talent- and innovation-led, knowledge-intensive organization, continuous learning has always been a priority at Accenture.
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Big Data to Drive Innovation in the Manufacturing Sector: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
Publication- CIOL
Edition- Online
Date- 11 June, 2019
Big data plays a significant role in manufacturing sector uncovering new insights to drive innovation enhancing productivity and efficiency gains said Chief Guest Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. He added that data is the key to any successful implementation that comes out of the stable of artificial intelligence.
He opined that there is a need to work towards translating good ideas around data generation, data flow, data preservation, building of data and bringing value to data. Speaking at the conclave, Guest of Honour Dr Sudhir Mishra, CEO & Managing Director, BrahMos Aerospace said that manufacturing has huge potential to generate wealth, employment and can create a completely different culture.
He added that manufacturing can help transform India to a developed country like Japan and Germany, where find a predominantly manufacturing culture. He further mentioned that we have to create infrastructure, generate demand and gear for collaborative approach to build the nation.
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Industrial IoT platform Syook gets funding from Inflection Point Ventures
Publication- VCCircle
Edition- Online
Date- 11 June, 2019
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) startup Syook has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Inflection Point Ventures, an investment initiative floated by a group of chief financial officers and finance professionals from India’s startup ecosystem.
Operated by Sparkyo Technology Pvt. Ltd, Syook said in a statement that it will use the fresh capital to scale up its operations in India, apart from expanding to the Southeast Asian market.
“We're really excited to partner with IPV as we continue to make inroads into digital operations management with our full-stack industrial IoT product, Syook InSite,” said the startup’s co-founder Arun Nagarajan.
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Smart cities are ideal breeding grounds for IoT growth in India and across the world
Publication- Consultancy.in
Edition- Online
Date- 11 June, 2019
As Internet of Things continues to permeate various aspects of daily life and market functions alike, analysts are now examining the value of the technology for developing solutions. In India, these applications are being assessed primarily in the context of smart cities, according to KPMG.
The Smart Cities Mission in India has not only made great strides in terms of urban development across India, but has simultaneously accelerated the adoption of a number of Industry 4.0 technologies. The principle behind smart cities is to enhance efficiency through greater connectivity.
A number of contemporary technologies are relevant in this regard, including data analytics, automation and artificial intelligence (AI). One field that has a particularly strong impact on the functioning of smart cities is Internet of Things (IoT), given its role in enhancing the connectivity in mobile devices.
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Industrial IoT Startup Syook Raises Fund from Inflection Point Ventures
Publication- Indian Web2
Edition- Online
Date- 11 June, 2019
Bangalore-based Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) startup Sparkyo Technology Pvt. Ltd., which owns and operates Syook, a real-time location intelligence System, has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Inflection Point Ventures (IPV), an early stage investing platform and a sub-initiative of CXO Genie. The startup plans to use the fresh capital to scale up its operations in India, apart from expanding to the Southeast Asian market, reported VC Circle.
Founded in 2016 by Arjun Nagarajan (IIT Guwahati), Saurabh Sharma and Aman Agarwal (IIT Madras), Syook is an Industrial IoT solution that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons to generate highly-accurate location data of all your resources, both assets and people, at much lower costs than comparable technologies.
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