by admin | May 25, 2021 | Branding, Business, Corporate, Corporate Buzz, Emerging Businesses, Investing, Markets, Technology
Santa Clara (California) : To help clients modernise their IT infrastructure to innovate faster, software major CA Technologies has announced a new partnership with tech giant IBM.
Under the partnership, the two companies will jointly develop and sell new services for IBM’s Cloud Managed Services on z Systems (zCloud).
It will enable clients that rely on the “CA Mainframe Resource Intelligence” for business-critical operations to easily access development, testing, application management and regulatory compliance services within IBM’s zCloud for operational resiliency, efficiencies and workforce agility.
The announcement was made at CA’s second annual “Built to Change” summit on Tuesday.
“CA and IBM have an opportunity to help our clients overcome challenges in rising costs of IT ownership, workforce evolution and security issues head-on,” said Greg Lotko, General Manager, Mainframe at CA Technologies.
“Together, we give every company an opportunity to realise an even greater value in their investments by combining the reliability of the mainframe with the speed and agility of DevOps,” he added.
“CA Mainframe Resource Intelligence” is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based offering.
“To assist our clients, IBM introduced Cloud Managed Services on z Systems. IBM and CA are committed to deepening the platform’s role in enterprise digital transformation,” added Philip Guido, General Manager of Infrastructure Services for IBM Global Technology Services.
Clients using z Systems can also leverage CA tools to help reduce costs, speed application deployment and integration.
The software and services are available to all IBM Managed Cloud Services for z Systems clients in North America and will be rolled out globally throughout the year.
In addition to the new innovations for mainframe environments, CA also announced a set of new solutions and capabilities spanning across its comprehensive enterprise software portfolio.
The new leading-edge solutions will unleash the power of the “Mainframe” for the future and new possibilities for the “Modern Software Factory”.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Corporate Buzz, Entrepreneurship, Markets, News, Startup Basics, Technology
New Delhi : Three IT majors – Microsoft, Tech Avant-Garde and Efee Online – have come together to help Kashmiri students to make up for their academic losses due to frequent shutdowns and curfews in the insurgency-ravaged state.
The three firms have partnered with the Private Schools Association of Kashmir (PSAK) in starting an online education system in Jammu and Kashmir.
“PSAK is partnering with ‘Tech Avant-Garde, Microsoft and Efee online companies to bring Information Technology (IT) which is going to permit solutions to the education system especially during the frequent closure of education institutes of Kashmir,” PSAK head G.N. Var said in a statement.
Microsoft’s Aspire School Program Suite (MASP Pro) will be used to equip schools with innovative learning solutions and technology. This programme combines the benefits of Microsoft’s technology and e-payment solutions from Efee Online to empower teachers and students to be future-ready.
“This is an integrated learning online system in which a student will be given a software, ‘Lycee’ worth Rs 25,000 free with MASP Pro,” said Ali Sait, CEO, Tech Avant-Garde.
“The teachers will be given a device by which they will remain connected with the students especially during the closure of internet and education institutes.”
He said the service was started in the Kashmir Valley first because “we want Kashmir to become a headquarters of the system” that will transform the education in India.
The PSAK has urged the government not to snap the internet services and appealed for special internet service for the education system.
Var said restrictions, curfews, violent situations had become part of day to day life in the valley.
“We are unable to provide quality education to students as our schools get shut even at a small pretext. At times, we cannot even operate buses due to fear of violence. We are living in a conflict zone that we cannot help. But what we are trying to do is to isolate the education sector in a way that it remains largely unaffected.”
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Markets, Networking, News, Politics, Social Media, Technology
New Delhi : The Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT on Thursday told the government to make Facebook commit that it would not misuse the users data to influence elections in India or for any other extraneous purposes outside the purview of the local laws or terms of user agreement.
The panel headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur told the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to take a pledge in writing from Facebook that it would not “misuse” the data “politically or otherwise”, sources said.
Earlier, Thakur said in a tweet that the panel met on Thursday to examine the issue of citizens’ data security and online privacy, and also heard the views of MeitY officials in this connection.
“This is an important issue and we will hold further meetings. The citizens may email their views on the matter to the Standing Committee,” he said.
According to sources, the panel also expressed concern at the lack of IT regulatory framework in the country.
The Standing Committee’s observation came after last month it came to light that British data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had harvested the data of around 50 million Facebook users to influence elections in many countries, including the US presidential elections of 2016.
The Indian government has issued a notice to Facebook over suspected data breach of Indian citizens and also sought details of the measures the social media giant had put in place to ensure the safety and prevention of misuse of personal data of the users.
Facebook has admitted that nearly 5.62 lakh users in India were “potentially affected” by the breach.
Assembly elections are due this year in several crucial states in the country including Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. Polling is scheduled in Karnataka on May 12.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Economy, Markets, News
Mumbai : The key Indian equity indices provisionally closed in the green on Thursday supported by healthy buying in IT, Teck (technology, media and entertainment) and banking stocks.
However, selling pressure in metal, healthcare and realty stocks limited the gains.
According to market observers, gains were further trimmed as caution prevailed ahead of the release of macro economic data such as the Index of Industrial Production and the Consumer Price Index later in the evening.
At 3.30 p.m., the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) provisionally closed higher by 41.50 points or 0.40 per cent at 10,458.65 points.
The barometer 30-scrip Sensex of the BSE, which opened at 33,987.55 points, closed at 34,101.13 points — up 160.69 points or 0.47 per cent from its previous session’s close.
The Sensex touched a high of 34,177.44 points and a low of 33,924.88 during the intra-day trade.
The BSE market breadth was, however, bearish with 1,519 declines and 1,142 advances.
TCS, Infosys, Axis Bank, Tata Motors (DVR) and Asian Paints were the top gainers on the BSE. Top losers were Dr Reddy’s Lab, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma, State Bank of India and Adani Ports.
On the NSE, HCL, Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys led the gainers while Vedanta, Lupin and Dr Reddy’s Lab were among the top losers.
On Wednesday, the indices settled on a flat-to-positive note after tepid trade throughout the session.
The Nifty50 rose 14.90 points or 0.14 per cent to close at 10,417.15 points, while the Sensex closed at 33,940.44 points — up 60.19 points or 0.18 per cent.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
Chennai : Income Tax (IT) officials on Tuesday raided 33 premises in Tamil Nadu here and Madurai belonging to three business groups. It is a follow-up to its earlier searches linked to jailed AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala’s kin and business associates, said a senior official.
“Search operations are on… The officials are carrying out searches in the premises of Marg group, S2, and Millennium,” the IT official told IANS preferring anonymity.
According to him, this is a follow-up of the IT Department’s search operations carried out in 187 premises belonging to the relatives of Sasikala and their business organisations.
The raid comes days after the IT officials carried out that massive search operation and unearthed Rs 1,430 crore of tax evasion.
The IT Department also raided the residence of late Chief Minister and AIADMK General Secretary J.Jayalalithaa after that.
—IANS
