The central government will consider requests from technology entrepreneurs to launch an Indian digital application store, two senior officials told ET, responding to the growing outcry against the dominance of US technology giants Google and Apple in the country’s digital services market. India already has an app store for governance-centric apps, which can be scaled […]
Archives for October 2020
VMware highlights security in COVID-era networking
As enterprise workloads continue to move off-premises and employees continue to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, securing that environment remains a critical challenge for IT. At its virtual VWworld 2020 gathering, VMware detailed products and plans to help customers deal with the challenges of securing distributed enterprise resources. More about SD-WAN: How to buy […]
Microsoft Office 365 Phishing Attack Uses Multiple CAPTCHAs
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Tech workers’ overall well-being was the most negatively impacted by COVID-19
A new meQuilibrium study found that two essential industries—tech and healthcare—were upended due to the pandemic. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto More for CXOs It should be no surprise that among the many industries hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, two essential industries were hardest hit—tech and healthcare, according to a new meQuilibrium study. Both industries were […]
Slack less and work more: How too much communication can be a productivity killer
Experts say that while instant messaging can improve communications between remote workers, there are pitfalls to be aware of, including non-work-related conversations that can become a time suck. Image: iStockphoto/oatawa Companies may not have set rules and regulations regarding how to and how much to use office messaging apps–notably the very popular Slack–but it might […]
VMware talks up multi-cloud and Kubernetes at VMworld 2020
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger last year said “multi-cloud is the new model for enterprise IT” while explaining the company’s acquisition of Pivotal just before the kickoff of its annual VMworld conference in California. Since then, a lot has changed. Like many companies’ big annual conferences, VMworld has gone virtual in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
More Machine Learning in your Google Sheets
It’s been a while since the first version of BigML’s add-on for Google Sheets. The post announcing it described how one could add predictions to Google Sheets cells by using BigML’s Decision Trees. It was also possible to apply segmentation to the rows in a spreadsheet by tapping into Clustering Models previously created in BigML. During […]
Microsoft suffers second global outage in a week
Microsoft has suffered a second global outage within a week, with users being unable to access their Outlook accounts, the tech giant has confirmed. The reports come just days after the company said it had fixed a global outage that affected its Microsoft 365 platform. Microsoft services including Azure, Outlook, Office, Power Platform, Dynamics365, and Microsoft […]
Telenor Connexion and Ericsson enable sustainable micro-factories with IoT Accelerator
Powered by Ericsson IoT Accelerator, Telenor Connexion provides global connectivity to Wayout’s sustainable micro-factories Telenor Connexion to deliver cellular IoT connectivity management services, SIM cards and agreements with local operators Ericsson IoT Accelerator enables cost-efficient IoT connectivity management and operations using the secure, scalable and standardized worldwide mobile network infrastructure Powered by Ericsson IoT Accelerator, […]
Online learning challenges: Inaccessibility to tech and academic dishonesty
A new survey from Manifest shows that learning tools and apps could help alleviate remote learning concerns for US high school and college students. diego_cervo, Getty Images/iStockphoto Without a national, or even regional mandate regarding remote, in-person, or hybrid e-learning for US high school and university students, the fall semester has left many students and […]