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Mobile phone retailers set to reopen stores where allowed

"All standalone (single) shops, neighborhood (colony) shops and shops in residential complexes are permitted to remain open in urban areas, without any distinction of essential and non-essential," the ministry of home affairs said in a notification on Friday.




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Consumers want full e-commerce services in all zones: Survey

78% respondents of the survey said that the government should permit online retailers to ship all products, apart from essential items.




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Experts see unhealthy angle in Aarogya Setu order

Tech lawyers say enforcement violates SC's 2017 privacy ruling and IT Act, which emphasises consent, proportionality & purpose limitation




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IMPS transactions fall by 43.51% in April as NPCI reports dismal counts for all platforms barring AePS

NPCI consecutively reported dismal figures for April 2020 for its UPI, IMPS, NETC and Bharat BillPay platforms – as AePS emerges as an outlier.




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VoIP calling, a boon for work-from-home call centers

With the help of VoIP calling facility, call centres can continue to serve their customers efficiently and not leave them stranded waiting for service.




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Jio is in talks with NPCI to get UPI apps on its phones

​​A majority of Jio's last reported 388 million subscribers use devices that run on KaiOS, which is different from Android or Apple’s iOS.




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Digital rights group moves IT panel on data privacy in Aarogya Setu app

IIF urged that the hearing should specially involve medical health professionals, academics from IITs and digital rights and public policy experts to provide inputs.




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Airtel in talks with automakers to drive connected car business in India

Bharti Airtel is doubling down on growing its Internet of Things (IoT) business in India and is now specifically targeting the country’s auto the sector to drive growth and partnerships.




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Achieving essential IoT requirements

As navigating IoT implementation challenges requires careful planning and domain knowledge, there are a few things businesses can do to maximise the benefits of their IoT implementations.




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Bosch opens Internet of Things garage in Bengaluru

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions (RBEI) launched Internet of Things (IoT) garage in Electronic City, Bengaluru, to offer enterprises a full stack IoT implementation capability.




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IoT may expose connected cars, smart healthcare systems to security risks: Analyst

Internet of Things (IoT) technology can expose connected cars and smart healthcare systems to a lot of security threats, research analyst Satyajit Sinha said on Tuesday while presenting a webinar for ETTelecom.




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Global IoT enterprise drone shipments to grow 50% in 2020: Report

Egham (UK)In 2020, worldwide shipments of Internet of Things (IoT) enterprise drones (defined as flying drones) will total 526,000 units, an increase of 50% from 2019, Gartner Inc. said on Thursday.




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Jharkhand's coal mine to get Zyfra 'intelligent' solution

The collaboration with Zyfra was to ensure availability of the latest technology intelligence, like IIOT and AI capabilities




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ABB India partners with NASSCOM for standardised qualification for IoT jobs

The company has created qualification packs to define the competency standards that will provide a framework for academic institutions to design their course curriculum to better conform to industry hiring standards. These have been approved by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), National Skill Development Agency (NSDA), and National Skills Qualifications Committee (NSQC).




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SenRa launched new analytics platform to manage IoT devices

With the release of the IoT analytics platform - Ginjer 2.0, SenRa is now able to provide customers with end-to-end IoT solutions while facilitating them with immediate insights on their business operations, cost savings, and overall ROI.




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How all–in migration to public cloud accelerated digital innovation at Tata Global Beverages

TGBL has transitioned its complete infrastructure landscape on public cloud to enable digital transformation across our business. It translated into benefits like infrastructure flexibility and elasticity and what’s more helped TGBL realize 15% reduction in infrastructure hosting and managed services cost.




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How Eureka Forbes' CIO uses IT to ensure pure, healthy water to customers

Through AI and ML, Eureka Forbes automatically knows when a filter is approaching end of life. "So, even before the customer approaches us for service, we will initiate communication with him, asking him to get the service done," says Khushru Mistry, CIO, Eureka Forbes.




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91% Indian firms rebalancing their Cloud Strategy: Report

Realising that Public Cloud is not the single solution towards their digital journey, 91 per cent of Indian enterprises are already in the process of rebalancing their Cloud strategy, a new report said on Thursday.




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Galvanizing the new age of IT with AI and hybrid cloud

With the emerging synergy between hybrid cloud and AI, we will witness tremendous innovation and business value in the enterprise IT world.




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Unlocking the value of data

Data is the lifeblood of any business looking to thrive and excel today. All organisations, from the bakery down the street to the banks at the centre of the city’s financial district are somewhere on the journey to unlocking the value of that data. Collectively, there is a massive amount of data constantly being used, stored, and processed.




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Why cloud tech is vital for firms in enabling WFH

Going forward, cloud will play a major role in transformation at every firm.




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Amazon, Microsoft offer little relief to small cloud clients

While Amazon Web Services, or AWS, and Microsoft are restructuring some large contracts on a case-by-case basis, according to people familiar with the decisions, smaller companies aren’t receiving the same flexibility.




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Is Covid-19 the long awaited catalyst for cloud adoption?

As remote work and collaboration intensifies, cloud computing has emerged as an ally for enterprises. Is this the catalyst that technology companies longed for?




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Indian SMEs to benefit from Alibaba Cloud's $30mn programme

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India are set to benefit from a $30 million global "anti-COVID" programme that Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, launched on Thursday.




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Covid-19 Heroes Beyond Borders: How being a digital-only bank helps in a pandemic

TONIK Financial, Asean’s first licensed digital-only bank, is leveraging cloud to mitigate the risks of Covid-19.




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Microsoft to invest $1.5 billion in Italian cloud business

Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it would create its first datacentre region in Italy under a $1.5 billion investment plan as the U.S. company expands its cloud computing services to more locations across the world.




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Indian IT leans on govt spends, managed services as deals slow

IT advisory IDC estimates that domestic IT spending will decline 4.5% to $55.5 billion this fiscal




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Value-driven Indian firms to sustain as pandemic impact to last till early 2021

As Indian firms realign their focus on revenue growth, they need to leverage customer and market behaviour to place their bets on long-term, sustainable growth, a new report said.




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Hackers disrupt virtual S.African parliament meeting with porn

Hackers on Thursday disrupted a virtual session of South Africa's parliament, posting pornographic images in the second such incident since the coronavirus outbreak.




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Digital rights group moves IT panel on data privacy in Aarogya Setu app

IIF urged that the hearing should specially involve medical health professionals, academics from IITs and digital rights and public policy experts to provide inputs.




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Cognizant net profit falls 17%, revenue in line

IT firm says margins to remain under 16-17%, sees a $50-70-million hit from ransomware Maze attack




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Microsoft to invest $1.5 billion in Italian cloud business

Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it would create its first datacentre region in Italy under a $1.5 billion investment plan as the U.S. company expands its cloud computing services to more locations across the world.




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Pune labour commissioner asks Wipro to respond to complaint on employee salary cuts

NITES, said that this went against the government guidelines of not firing people or cutting salaries during the pandemic.




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Hacking attacks on educational portal tripled in Q1 amid online learning

DDoS attacks during the first three months of this year have seen a significant spike in attacks on educational websites.




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Bilingual Care Manager

Catawba County Public Health is recruiting for a highly motivated, energetic Bilingual (Spanish/English) Care Manager to provide case management (nursing or social work) services to eligible pregnant women with priority risk factors in order to improve pregnancy outcomes. In this position, you will promote the receipt of comprehensive, preventative health services to pregnant women and their newborns and assist them in addressing their health, behavioral, and psychological needs. 
 
Salary Range (Negotiable Dependent Upon Qualifications):
  • Social Worker II - $40,214.74 to $44,000.00
  • Public Health Nurse - $51,322.54 to $55,000.00
  • Additional bilingual extra duty pay is provided (upon successful completion of bilingual test). 
 
This is a time-limited, grant-funded position ending June 30, 2021. 




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Animal Services Manager

 Catawba County Animal Services is recruiting an Animal Services Manager who possesses high integrity, ample experience with and knowledge of animals, outstanding customer service skills, and dynamic leadership ability.  In this position, you will manage the overall operation of the shelter (intake, fosters, and adoptions) and animal control services within the county.  You are responsible for the health of animals within the shelter while ensuring all state and federal animal welfare laws are met as well as maintaining current state controlled drug licenses and federal drug enforcement guidelines and certifications. 




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Finance Specialist

Are you a payroll or accounting professional, with outstanding customer services skills, looking to work in a team oriented, customer-focused environment?  Catawba County is seeking a full-time Finance Specialist to process all payroll functions, implement PeopleSoft Tax updates, quarterly reports, annual W-2, monthly retirement reports and bi-weekly payments to vendors.  




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Eligibility Specialist II (IMC II) - FNS

Are you a self- directed, organized individual who would thrive multi-tasking in a fast paced office environment?  Do you desire to help others who cannot afford the cost of food?   Catawba County Social Services is recruiting for an Eligibility Specialist II to determine eligibility for public assistance/economic services programs, specifically for Food and Nutrition Services (FNS).
 




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Success Coaches (Social Worker III)

Catawba County is recruiting for two engaging social workers with considerable knowledge in child welfare to fill the role of a Success Coach (Social Worker III). Success Coaches provide enhanced case management services to families.  In this role, you will provide on-going supportive services including assessment, crisis intervention, and skill reinforcement to families.   You will carry a caseload of 8-15 families requiring varying levels of service intensity. 
 
These Success Coaches will provide these voluntary services to post adoptive families in the Region 4 which includes Mecklenburg, Gaston, Lincoln, Stanly, Cabarrus, Union and Cleveland counties.  Position involves heavy regular travel within the communities where services are provided.  For convenience to and knowledge of community resources, it is preferred that the applicant live in one of the counties served.   If not, applicant must be willing/able to travel within the counties served on a daily basis. 
 
These positions are time-limited and will end June 30, 2021. 




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Modular data centres eliminate the need for specialised support skillsets: Opinion

Modular data centres are attractive options to power next-gen applications such as Internet of Things (IoT), industrial process control and smart cities. Radical edge computing possibilities are on offer.




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Nokia bags deal from Airtel to automate data center networks in 15 circles

India has been recording unprecedented growth in data and this requires that service providers, like Airtel, increase the number of data centers, the telecom gear maker said.




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National centre being planned to hold and manage all public data

These proposed regulations overlap and in some cases even contradict, and these issues have been flagged by global companies such as Google and IBM.




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Data localisation: Visa says it will be compliant by December

Visa has outlined a detailed framework with its partner entities on how it plans to update its systems to comply with RBI laws




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GoDaddy plans India data centre to tap local customers

The company’s data centers are currently located in Singapore. “We don’t have a stated plan yet but we may look at opening an Indian data centre to be closer to customers in India. Some customers prefer local presence,” said Nikhil Arora, managing director, GoDaddy India.




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Hyper-personalization to emerge a true winner in AI in 2020

As more businesses yield the benefits of NLP-powered analytics and conversational interfaces, demand for single-vendor solutions will increase.




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Businesses face digital ceiling in transformation progress: Infosys study

Digital marketing is a particularly strong capability for Indian companies, according to the new global study by Infosys Knowledge Institute.




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How data analytics helps brand leverage and receive a good ROI

Analytics allows firms to see the full picture that’s painted when all the data sources come together.




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The tech behind Titan’s 99% accurate sales forecasting

In an interaction with ETCIO, Krishnan Venkateswaran, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Titan, explains how augmented intelligence and machine learning are being leveraged for innovating design & creativity in the company.




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How Amri Hospitals’ CIO uses IT for better CX, business growth

Sujit Bhattacherjee, Group CIO at Amri Hospitals provides insights into how he is leveraging AI and analytics for ensuring better healthcare outcomes.




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Shriram General Insurance’s journey from analysis to analytics

The insurance firm is looking at ways to expand the business, improve claim processing by going deeper into machine learning and neural networks.