DiGiSPICE: Industry Monitoring 27 March 2019
- Priyanka Kanodia
- Mar 27, 2019
- 9 min read
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Pentagon eyeing 5G solutions with Huawei rivals Ericsson and Nokia
Publication- ET Telecom
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
As the US further pushes to separate itself from Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies, the Pentagon is laying the groundwork to use technology from rivals Nokia and Ericsson in its 5G development plans, a Pentagon official said on Monday."I am not sure we are going to have a total U.S. solution," Ellen Lord, the Department of Defense's under secretary of defence for acquisition and sustainment said. "We are talking to Ericsson, we are talking to Nokia quite a bit."
Simultaneously, the U.S. is laying the groundwork to develop its own technology to support 5G enabled communications, said Lord, who is the Pentagon's chief weapon's buyer. The United States has lobbied Europe to shut out Huawei, saying its equipment could be used by the Chinese government for espionage. But the European Commission is expected to ignore U.S. calls to ban Huawei Technologies.
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Hexagon and Ericsson partner to showcase connected factory solutions
Publication- Geospatial World
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division today announced plans to demonstrate a path to 5G with a connected sensor solution in partnership with Ericsson, a global leader in cellular communication offering dedicated wireless communication and IoT solutions for industries. The joint demonstration will showcase the use of 5G-ready connectivity for the operation of Hexagon’s Absolute Arm portable measurement system scanning a truck part. The portable arm can be used to fully digitise the part for applications from quality assurance through comparison to CAD through to reverse engineering.
Ericsson’s Industry Connect solution allows the arm to communicate wirelessly with the metrology software on a PC and will in future enable the seamless transfer of measured data to stakeholders around the factory, enabling data-driven decision making to optimise processes from design through to production. Visitors to Hannover Messe can see the 5G-ready connected sensor demonstration on both the Hexagon booth (hall 6, stand K10) and on the Ericsson booth (hall 8, stand D28).
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Ericsson Industry Connect: Accelerating Industry 4.0 through reliable wireless connectivity
Publication- CIOL
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
Ericsson has launched Ericsson Industry Connect, an easy-to-use cellular connectivity solution to accelerate Industry 4.0 digital transformation. Ericsson Industry Connect enables communication service providers to offer dedicated cellular networks at factories and warehouses starting with 4G/LTE, with a clear path to 5G.
Purpose-built for industrial environments such as factories and warehouses, the dedicated cellular connectivity solution enables secure, reliable coverage with high device density and predictable latency. With a network management experience designed to be easy to use and manage for information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) professionals, the solution aims to make cellular technology rapidly deployable for factory and warehouse staff.
With industrial-grade wireless connectivity, Ericsson Industry Connect can enable innovative Industry 4.0 use cases such as: digital twin inspection (a real-time digital replica of a physical entity) with massive amounts of sensors; mobility for human machine interface (HMI) instructions for workers; collision avoidance and remote control for autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs); and collaborative robotics for automated operations.
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Industry News
Japan's GameWith invests in e-sports startup GamingMonk
Publication- VCCircle
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
E-sports startup GamingMonk Entertainment Pvt. Ltd said it has raised $100,000 (Rs 69 lakh at current exchange rate) from Japanese firm GameWith, Inc., which owns and operates a game information website. “The Indian gaming industry is still at infancy stage and needs the expertise of stalwarts like GameWith to flourish at its best and with this partnership we are very hopeful to change the experience of our gamers as well the perceptions of non-gamers,” said Ashwin Haryani, co-founder, GamingMonk, in a statement.
Earlier this month, Mumbai-based fantasy sports startup HalaPlay Technologies Pvt. Ltd said it has raised Rs 40 crore ($5 million at current exchange rate) in a Series A round from mobile game developer Nazara Technologies Ltd and casino gaming company Delta Corp Ltd, both headquartered in India.
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Netcore's AI Engine 'Raman' Boosts Kotak Securities' Email Communication Performance by 25
Publication- The Week
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
The following press release comes to you under an arrangement with PR Newswire. Raman brings AI/ML capabilities to Netcore's Smartech marketing automation & analytics suite, to give real-time, actionable, intelligent insights to help Kotak Securities increase their customer engagement
Netcore Solutions, a global marketing technology company, today announced that Kotak Securities has achieved a 25% rise in its email open rates and lead conversions in customer engagement by using Netcore's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine 'Raman'. This achievement is yet another case of successful use of futuristic technologies such as AI and ML (Machine Learning) by brands seeking to grow their digital marketing Return on Investments (ROI).
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Exclusive: eBay may top up ailing Paytm Mall with upto $200 Mn, but with massive haircut in valuation
Publication- ENTrackr
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
Paytm Mall has turned into a classic example of how things can quickly turn south in business if fundamentals are ignored. Just three quarters ago, it was the third largest Indian e-commerce company splurging SoftBank and Alibaba capital on cashbacks and freebies. Fast forward in October-November 2018, Paytm Mall realised that it can’t sustain the cashback driven play and resorted on downscaling consumer-facing business (company’s loss in FY 2017-18 was ~$250mn). As a fallout of downscaling, it went through massive leadership and middle management attrition while facing the seller’s flak for unsold inventories.
Also, there have been questions raised around royalty payments/customer access fees to the tune of $100mn from Paytm Mall to Paytm’s payments business. Hived off from the parent entity – One97 Communication in late 2016, Paytm Mall took one of the shortest durations to become a Unicorn. This was achieved on the back of the tried and tested cashback model of Paytm itself, a model that sadly failed to work for Paytm mall.
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Subex signs 6-year contract with VodafoneZiggo
Publication- India Info Line
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
Subex, a leading telecom solution provider, announced that it has been awarded a six-year deal with VodafoneZiggo, an integrated communications and entertainment services provider, to deploy its ROC Partner Settlement and Route Optimization Solutions. The solution will be deployed on a SaaS-based model for VodafoneZiggo’s new Interconnect Billing Platform, replacing three different existing legacy billing systems with a single solution, to reduce complexities and optimize costs.
This deployment will also help VodafoneZiggo further reduce its operational costs through the Subex Managed Service Center of Excellence, to which certain business operations will be outsourced.
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McDonald's to acquire big data firm for USD 300 million: Report
Publication- Business Standard
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
Do big data and fast food go together? If you ask McDonald's, the answer would be yes. The fast-food chain is reportedly acquiring a Tel Aviv-based big data firm Dynamic Yield for a whopping USD 300 million.
Dynamic Yield is a startup known for its algorithmically driven 'decision logic' technology. When you add any product to your cart, it is this technology that nudges you about what others purchased, Wired reports. The acquisition will make it McDonald's biggest purchase ever since it acquired Boston Market in 1999.
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IIT-Delhi researchers use Big Data, AI to detect diseases; automate pathology process
Publication- The Indian Express
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
Use of analytics, Big Data Analysis (BDA), pattern analysis have been buzzwords for a while now; but their use has been limited to business mostly. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi have gone one step ahead and established the usefulness of these concepts in pathology. So much so, that a new neuromorphic system can detect diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, and cervical cancer etc within milliseconds. The team headed by Manan Suri, principal investigator at the Neuromorphic and NVM research group has used nanotechnology to develop a diagnostic support system which can read raw data from blood samples, patterns of a patient etc and can extract information.
“This process is generally performed by high-end pathologists or medical experts. The system can detect patterns and give accurate answers within milliseconds hence automating the entire system,” said Suri.
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5 Applications Of Big Data In Smart Cities
Publication- BW Smart Cities
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
Smart cities are the new buzz word in infrastructure development. With a steadily increasing influx of populations into cities and a constantly growing need to better handle resources, several cities like San Francisco and Seoul are experimenting with up-and-coming technologies to make their cities smarter. Among these new trending technologies is the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data, which has revolutionised the way we analyse patterns and trends in human behaviour.
With Big Data, existing fragmented and isolated data sets can be studied from an overarching perspective to provide effective solutions to common problems that affect rapidly growing cities today. Here are 5 ways in which Big Data could prove indispensable in smart cities of the future:
Smart mobility and transportation
With increasing overcrowding in cities, transportation will play a key role in decongesting smart cities of the future. With Big Data, the flow of transportation - both private and public - through the cities can be monitored closely to identify areas and times of high congestion, allowing effective solutions can be chalked out.
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White Falcon Publishing Introduces Blockchain Timestamping for Books
Publication- Indian Web2
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
Chandigarh-based self-publishing company White Falcon Publishing has launched a blockchain certification and timestamping service for books. With this service, authors and publishers will be able to certify and timestamp their books on public blockchain networks such as Ethereum or EOS.
A blockchain, in simple terms, is a distributed database or a global ledger that maintains an immutable record of all transactions on a blockchain network. Blockchain is a distributed data structure comprising a chain of blocks. The transactions are timestamped and bundled into blocks where each block is identified by its cryptographic hash. The blocks form a linear sequence where each block references the hash of the previous block, forming a chain of blocks called the Blockchain.
Each block maintains records of all the transactions on the network received since the creation of its previous block. A blockchain network is a truly peer-to-peer network and it does not require a trusted central authority or intermediaries to authenticate or to settle the transactions.
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Droom targets certifying 750,000 vehicles in 2019, launches IoT enabled device to track car health
Publication- Autocar Professional
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
Droom, one of the leading online used car marketplace, claims that it has achieved a milestone for its automobile health evaluation tool ECO, that crossed 50,000 inspections since its inception in March 2016. The company is now aiming to cross 750,000 inspections in 2019 which is a 15x jump. To mark the occasion, Droom has launched a highly innovative, convenient and uniplug-and-play IoT-enabled ECO Smart device, which it says connects with the cars OBD II port, and integrates with the vehicles sensors, hardware modules, data transmitters, control units and enables tracking of the car performance, health, and damage factors.
According to Droom ECO is a scientific, comprehensive as well as unbiased inspection and verification service that provides a thorough 121+ point auto inspection for used vehicles. Of the 50,000 inspection queries that the company carried out, a major portion (45%) was generated from Delhi-NCR, while the rest came from more than 100 cities across India. In terms of category breakup, the company says 56 percent were done for four wheelers, while the remaining 44 percent came from two wheelers.
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Louis Vuitton Owner LVMH Plans A Blockchain That Will Track Luxury Goods
Publication- Krypto money
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
Luxury brand conglomerate LVMH which is also the owner of the iconic Louis Vuitton label is planning to launch a blockchain that will enable consumers to check out the authenticity of high-priced goods. Dubbed as AURA, the cryptographic provenance platform will initially feature Louis Vuitton and another LVMH brand Parfums Christian Dior. Expected to go live in May or June, LVMH will be adding other 60-plus luxury brands and other products from its competitors eventually.
The conglomerate has had employed a full-time blockchain team in stealth mode for over a year. The said team have been working closely with ethereum design studio ConsenSys and Microsoft Azure, as stated by two people familiar with the project. A permissioned version of the ethereum blockchain called Quorum was utilized to build up AURA. Quorum was developed by JPMorgan and focusses on data privacy.
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Industry tour for blockchain on March 29 in Hyderabad
Publication- Telangana Today
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
US-based Blockchain University, Digithon and Telangana Information Technology Association (TITA) will be organising a joint industry tour focused on blockchain technology on March 29 for students and IT professionals. The participants will be given training and certificates besides enabling interaction with professionals at their work place. Digithon has earlier signed a MoU with the Blockchain University to promote the blockchain technology in India. The agreement was signed with an aim to make students across the country gain expertise in the technology.
The tour is being divided into two parts. The students will be trained till lunch on how to use the technology and an IT Park visit will follow post-lunch. There will be a live project after the completion of training.
Phoenix IT Park which is home to around 100 IT companies has been chosen for the industry tour. During the training session, the professionals and students will be explained – why one should learn blockchain, its basics, types of blockchain, set-up development environment, blockchain coding, live blockchain project, walk with blockchain experts and job opportunities in blockchain-based organisations.
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Facebook Hiring Experts For Its Blockchain Division
Publication- Odisha TV
Edition- Online
Date- 27 March, 2019
Social-networking giant Facebook is seeking executives to work in its secretive Blockchain division and to work on the company’s own blockchain applications and cryptocurrency.
Facebook has listed 22 vacancies on its Careers page for the division including openings for lead commercial counsel, product manager, finance analyst, data engineer and threat investigator among others.
The listings suggests that Facebook is particularly focused on recruiting experts in marketing, interface design, product management, software engineering, and legal fields concerning Blockchain.
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