By Ganesan Arumugam Channel partnerships are a key growth driver globally for enterprises across sectors. An effective partner program can contribute as much as 60-70% to an organisation's growth. Traditionally, the partner model was centred around resale, margins, and upfront revenue collection. However, the service-based paradigm towards which the technology sector has transitioned in recent years has been mirrored by a similar shift in partner channels. Consequently, customers increasingly expect partners to become more than technology providers – bringing to bear the flexibility, responsiveness, and strategic enablement to holistically address...

By Harish Kumar GS As per reports, India has over 1.2 billion mobile phone users and 600 million smart phone users according to  Deloitte’s 2022 Global TMT. As India sees the aggressive rollout of 5G service, it is expected that data consumption will increase to 75GB per month per smartphone user in 2029, way ahead of any completion, according to Ericsson’s Mobility Report for 2023. The surge in mobile device usage within organizations has inevitably opened the floodgates to a new kind of cyber threat—mobile spyware. As the term “spyware” suggests, this kind of threat can...

Generative artificial intelligence, often abbreviated as generative AI or GenAI, refers to artificial intelligence with the capability to produce text, images, or other forms of media through the utilization of generative models.  Despite its promising potential, there are apprehensions regarding potential misuse, including cybercrime, the generation of fake news, and the creation of deepfakes capable of deceiving or manipulating. While 2023 marked a year marked by swift innovation, the upcoming decade is poised to witness Generative AI (Gen AI) transcending the confines of laboratories and proofs of concept (POCs) to...

Shri Ashwini Vaishnav, Hon’ble Union Minister of Railway, Communication & Electronics, and IT, Government of India, Shri Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Hon’ble Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT, Government of India, Shri Bhupendra Patel, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat along with other key dignitaries to grace the seminar. Ms Mona Khandhar, Principal Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat during a press conference announced that the Department of Science and Technology is organizing three seminars namely, a special seminar on ‘Semiconductor & Electronics’, a...