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REACH SOUTH INDIA TECHNOLOGY NEWS MAGAZINE Andhra Pradesh l Telangana l Tamilnadu l Pondicherry l Karnataka l Kerala Bringing Channel Together Vol-12 Issue-12, Krishna, July - 2018, Pages-16, `40/- NEWS IN FOCUS Smart India Hackathon 2018 India’s digital innovation revolution Inaugural edition of the Hardware Hackathon from 18th June to 22nd June 2018. vation model – an endeavor which other countries Persistent Systems in association with MHRD, Quotes: may want to further replicate. We have received AICTE, IIT Kharagpur, i4C and Rambhau Prabho- Dr. Anand Deshpande, Chairman and MD, Per- a phenomenal response for the Hardware edition dini Mhalgi has co-organized Smart India Hack- sistent Systems, Co-chairman, Smart India Hack- of SIH 2018 and some of the solutions have great athon 2018 – Hardware edition. The 5-day hack- athon 2018 potential for success and prove beneficial for athon was inaugurated on June 18, 2018, by Shri. “Smart India Hackathon is an opportunity for stu- India’s progress. We believe that more than 25 Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble minister of Human dents to go beyond their prescribed curriculum start-ups will take root from this initiative and we Resource Development, Government of India and by being innovative and enterprising while solv- look forward to the outcome of the grand finale Chief Patron – Smart India Hackathon 2018. ing problems of national interest. We hope this with a lot of enthusiasm.” In its second year, the Smart India Hackathon platform will help them boost their confidence Smart India Hackathon 2018 Highlights: has added a new dimension to challenge thou- and motivate them to take on entrepreneurship Software Edition – A 36-hour software product sands of technology students in India to craft and other challenges in life.” development competition was held on 30th and practical hardware-backed solutions for chal- Dr. Abhay Jere, Secretary, Organizing Commit- 31st March, 2018 lenging problems statements as identified by 14 tee, Smart India Hackathon 2018 Hardware Edition – A new inclusion, where teams Union Ministries and 10 State Governments. The “It is a proud moment for us as we not only con- will compete against each other in a 5-day chal- final rounds of the 5-day Hardware Edition are ceptualized but also executed the Smart India lenge to build hardware-backed solutions held set to take place across 10 nodal centers in India Hackathon to establish the world’s biggest inno- between 18th to 22nd June 2018 Microsoft readying Movies & TV app Nissan to launch its first global Digital for iOS and Android Hub in India Those who introduce its apps and services on Android and have created iOS. This was evident in the fact that the com- a large library pany introduced and revamped several apps for Nissan Motor of movies and tv shows from the Microsoft Store the platforms, including - Microsoft Edge for Co. Ltd., signed are in for some good news if a new report is to Android and iOS, Microsoft News app for Android a memorandum be believed. According to Windows Central, Mic- and iOS, and Microsoft Launcher for Android. of understand- rosoft’s Movies & TV app, currently found only on The Redmond-based software company is also ing (MoU) with Windows 10 PCs, Xbox, and Windows 10 Mobile working to introduce new features on Outlook for the Government platforms, will soon be available to Android and iOS and Android. The Outlook app will soon get of Kerala to iOS users. an in-app Do Not Disturb feature that will allow establish a new After Microsoft effectively sounded the death users to turn off notifications for new emails. global center knell for Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile Microsoft has also been updating its Office 365 for digital oper- last year, the company has been working hard to apps on Android and iOS consistently. ations in India. The Nissan Digital Hub will be the first of a num- ber of software and information technology development centers in Asia, Europe and North America. These will comprehensively transform Commvault Partners with IBM to Deliver Nissan’s business by placing digital technology at the heart of key operations and services. The hubs will allow Nissan to provide best-in-class Commvault Data Management and Protection to user experiences, product development capabili- ties, security and connectivity as the automotive IBM Business Resiliency Services Customers industry evolves, with growing use of autono- mous, connected and electric vehicle technology. Commvault a global leader in enterprise data customers the opportunity to deploy Commvault The first center will initially be in Technopark – management, backup, recovery, archive and the software on-premises, on infrastructure managed a technology park owned by the government of cloud, announced a new partnership with IBM, in IBM data centers and in IBM Cloud environ- Kerala in Trivandrum – before moving to a perma- in which IBM Business Resiliency Services will ments. IBM Business Resiliency Services will offer nent location in the city. Once fully operational, be able to provide a managed service based on the software both as a solution or as a managed it will provide a range of in-house services to the Commvault software portfolio of data man- service. The Commvault software offerings will strengthen Nissan’s digital capabilities in India agement and protection software, including the also enable IBM healthcare customers to manage and other global markets. Commvault Data Platform. With this new rela- critical MEDITECH, Epic and other EHR data, as “The new Digital Hub in Kerala will serve as an tionship, IBM Business Resiliency Services will be well as medical images, across their healthcare important engine to drive Nissan’s global digital able to deliver its global customer base a single enterprise. transformation,” said Tony Thomas, corporate powerful platform for managing, backing up, IBM is partnering with Commvault as enterprises vice president and chief information officer at recovering, migrating and indexing of all their increasingly realize that they need a simple, pow- Nissan. “This hub will help us develop and main- data, whether it is located on-premises or in the erful and comprehensive data protection and tain a talented workforce in-house, to improve cloud. management platform to reduce complexity in the way we serve our customers around the IBM Business Resiliency Services will offer its their IT environments. world.” CELL IT, VOL-12, ISSUE-12 2 KRISHNA, July -2018 CELL IT, VOL-12, ISSUE-12 3 KRISHNA, July -2018 Setting up of a manufacturing EDITORIAL facility to build a portfolio of EDITOR: Dinesh Shyam Sukha CO-ORDINATOR : Siddhi intelligent products PRODUCTION & OPERATION: Ramayya POSTAGE & PACKING: L N ADVERTISING SALES: Phani DESIGN : Dikshit CREATIVE DESIGNER: MKVS ACCOUNTS: Murthy MAGAZINE CUSTOMER SERVICE: [email protected], 9246402144 NOTE: All products, brands, service names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners The Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) is ments in the IT and Electronics sector. delighted to announce that, GoAP has signed a this auspicious occasion, the Hon’ble Minister Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with M/s of IT, Shri Nara Lokesh Garu said “The state of Google Duplex Flextronics Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd., the Andhra Pradesh since 2014, has strived hard to Indian subsidiary of Flex, the Sketch-to-Scale® provide best-in-class incentives to boost invest- may eat up call solutions provider that designs and builds Intel- ments in the IT & Electronics sector. Policies and ligent Products for a Connected World with over an ecosystem have been put in place to promote centre jobs, 200,000 employees in 30 countries around the the growth of the electronics, information and world. The MoU is for the setting up of a man- technology sector. These best-of-breed practices claims report ufacturing facility in the state of Andhra Pradesh have been successful in convincing Flex, one of At Google I/O 2018, the company showcased the for a range of intelligent products. Under the the world’s largest electronic players to believe in power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when it demon- vision and leadership of the Hon’ble Chief Min- the Andhra Pradesh story. Flex will set up a green- strated phone conversation between an AI that ister Shri Chandrababu Naidu Garu, and tireless field manufacturing facility in the state to build sounds similar to a human being and an actual stewardship of the Hon’ble Minister of IT, Shri a diverse range of intelligent products and gen- person. The technology, called Google Duplex, Nara Lokesh Garu, the state of Andhra Pradesh erate thousands of jobs while building a strong attracted criticism for allegedly being murky as has emerged as a frontrunner in attracting invest- supplier network. well as gathered praises for it could ease works like book appointments and make reservations. Now, a report has claimed that some large com- panies are in the very early stages of testing this Reliance Jio ready with VoWiFi service, technology in call centres to answer customer expected to debut with JioPhone 2 service questions. The development comes 10 days after, a report claimed that the Google’s human-sounding AI was given to be tested by a set of select journal- ists in the US who confirmed that the Assistant does actually introduce itself to the person on the receiving end and also alerts the receiver that the conversation is being recorded. A Google spokesperson told The Information that some “business could be exploring ways to use the technology on their own”. “It’s important that we get the experience right both for the people and for businesses and we’re taking a slow and measured approach as we incorporate learnings and feedback from our tests,” the Google spokes- person was quoted as saying.