Building the government-to-citizen (G2C) value chain with cloud-first-security-first approach, ET CIO Rajesh Awasthi, Global Head of Cloud and Managed Hosting Services, Tata Communications India is transforming towards a digital, diverse, secure and inclusive economy and cloud computing is helping the country in bridging the digital divide, step by step. Digital India Mission has transformed the delivery of government services to ...
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Microsoft’s Brad Smith, ET CIO
Microsoft’s Brad Smith, ET CIO The biggest threat and tool to manage cybersecurity will be through generative AI, said Microsoft USA vice chairman Brad Smith during the B20 India Summit 2023 in New Delhi. Addressing cybersecurity attack concerns raised by generative AI, Smith said that there will be an increasing number of organisations and governments that will use the technology ...
Read More »Cybersecurity firms CrowdStrike, Okta shares jump after better-than-expected earnings, ET CIO
Cybersecurity firms CrowdStrike, Okta shares jump after better-than-expected earnings, ET CIO By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK: Shares of CrowdStrike Holdings Inc and Okta Inc each gained more than 10% on Thursday after both cybersecurity firms reported better-than-expected quarterly results, driven by strong demand for their products. CrowdStrike beat estimates when it reported late on Wednesday that its revenue jumped 37% ...
Read More »Confluent’s Jay Kreps, ET CIO
Confluent’s Jay Kreps, ET CIO Individuals have the right to know how their personal data is being used and laws like The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023, encourage ethical data management which is becoming increasingly important amidst rising concerns about privacy, security and transparency said Jay Kreps, cofounder and CEO, Confluent, a Nasdaq-listed leading data streaming company. “Companies will ...
Read More »Tech Data, Allied Telesis to revolutionize tech solutions for CIOs, ET CIO
Tech Data, Allied Telesis to revolutionize tech solutions for CIOs, ET CIO In a significant development for CIOs and the tech industry in India, Tech Data has joined forces with Allied Telesis to become its premium distributor. This partnership holds the promise of reshaping the technology landscape in India, offering CIOs access to cutting-edge AI-powered networking solutions and robust cybersecurity ...
Read More »What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits, CIO News, ET CIO
What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits, CIO News, ET CIO If government regulators prevail against Google in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century, it’s likely to unleash drastic changes that will undermine the dominance of a search engine that defines the internet for billions of people. As the 10-week trial probing Google’s business practices ...
Read More »IT hardware companies may require global certification, CIO News, ET CIO
IT hardware companies may require global certification, CIO News, ET CIO The government may ask laptop, server and other IT hardware importers to provide an international certification attesting that their product is from a trusted source before allowing a licence-free import of it, people in the know of the matter told ET. This certification, one of the people said, could ...
Read More »Cisco launches Secure Networking approach in India, CIO News, ET CIO
Cisco launches Secure Networking approach in India, CIO News, ET CIO Cisco has launched its Secure Networking approach in India, an innovative offer that combines advanced capabilities of networking and cybersecurity. The offer is built on the concept of zero trust to provide businesses with seamless and secure connectivity to tackle the risks of cybersecurity in a hybrid world. Amid ...
Read More »California lawmakers pass AI safety bill, CIO News, ET CIO
California lawmakers pass AI safety bill, CIO News, ET CIO A bill aimed at regulating powerful artificial intelligence models passed California’s legislature on Wednesday, despite outcry that it could kill the technology it seeks to control. “SB 1047 — our AI safety bill — just passed off the Assembly floor. I’m proud of the diverse coalition behind this bill — ...
Read More »Major AI models not very transparent, says report, ET CIO
Major AI models not very transparent, says report, ET CIO Artificial intelligence (AI) based foundations models such as Meta’s Llama 2 and OpenAI’s GPT-4 are low on transparency, according to a global report. The Foundation Model Transparency Index created by a group of eight AI researchers from Stanford University, MIT Media Lab, and Princeton University, tracked 10 most popular AI ...
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