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Barco, a visualization and collaboration technology company, claims to have been certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ by Great Place to Work Institute. The selection was made against the parameters of fairness, respect, credibility, pride and camaraderie at the workplace as part of Great Place to Work®‘s Best People Practices and Trust Index, which is largely determined by confidential team member surveys.

Great Place to Work® Certification is one of the most respected achievements for any organization across the globe. Every year, more than 10,000 organizations from over 60 countries partner Great Place to Work® Institute for assessment, benchmarking and planning actions to strengthen their workplace culture. Barco was recognized on numerous parameters to be included in the coveted list of companies that provide an enabling environment of sustenance, growth, engagement and work-life balance to its employees.

Delighted by this achievement, Rajiv Bhalla, Managing Director, Barco India,…

Avaya Holdings Corp is partnering with Standard Chartered to deliver a multi-year client experience transformation project that will enable the Bank to more fully align its services with clients’ fast-paced, digitally connected lives. The Avaya OneCloud Private solution enables organizations such as Standard Chartered to hit the ground running with unified communications and contact center solutions delivered on their own private cloud.

Avaya offers standard reference architectures—or customers can team up with Avaya global experts to design a custom solution. The Standard Chartered Avaya implementation is designed to enable the Bank to effectively service its clients, while building a foundation that anticipates contact center channels that have not yet emerged. 
As Standard Chartered continues to invest in its digital capabilities, the global banking group is experiencing an increase in digital adoption, with 49% of clients now actively using online or mobile banking compared to 45…

HUAWEI CLOUD and Infosys signed a memorandum on strategic cooperation to help enterprise customers transition quickly to the digital cloud. As part of the agreement, Infosys will join the HUAWEI CLOUD Partner Network (HCPN) and the two companies will develop new cloud solutions leveraging HUAWEI CLOUD and Infosys products and services to help customers securely adopt innovative cloud-based systems for their enterprise workloads.
The HCPN is a global partner program designed to help HCPN partners build success on HUAWEI CLOUD by providing valuable services, and technical, marketing and management support. The HCPN also enables HUAWEI CLOUD customers to identify high-quality HCPN partners who deliver value-added services and solutions on HUAWEI CLOUD.
By the end of 2018, the number of HCPN partners exceeded 6,000 and through cooperation with these partners HUAWEI CLOUD has added 2,800 applications which are available in 40 availability zones in 23 geographical regions across the globe …

CleanMax Solar, India’s largest provider of renewable energy for corporates has raised INR 275 crore in equity funding from UK Climate Investments LLP (UKCI).  This is the third marquee institutional investor to support the company’s growth ambitions, having secured equity financing up to INR 700 Crore from affiliate of Warburg Pincus and the International Finance Corporation in 2017.

CleanMax is a market leader in both rooftop solar and open access solar for the commercial and industrial (C&I) segment, with a cumulative India market share of 17% in rooftop and 9% in open access solar, respectively, as of March 2018 (As per BTI 2018 report).

UKCI’s investment will support CleanMax Solar as it expands its renewable energy portfolio – facilitating renewable energy buying for corporates through the construction of a network of private solar farms across India. CleanMax Solar already counts many leading corporates among its clients, including Adobe India, United Breweries, Volvo Indi…

By Heramb Thuse, Head Cloud Solutions & Presales, Crayon Software Experts India

Funny title! Isn't it? IT world is always chasing new phrases and new tech jargons, fancy new ideas and new ways to apply new tech concepts. Every technology innovation is better than a previous one, and helps in solving current business problem effectively. Every new cool thing/innovation attracts both - the presenters and recipient. Both of them spend time and resources to understand the entire process before getting into business value, TCO analysis, and transformation journeys etc.

Cloud is the new normal
There was a time when Cloud had been just a buzz word and IT professionals were trying to understand concerns associated with it. There were a lot of security related myths initially, lot of eye brows were raised when enterprises had to move their in premises workloads to Cloud. Cloud as a solution stood tall and proved its value, helped answer questions on security effectively and efficiently…

To make learning effective, immersive, and enjoyable Impactall is launching the Impactall Classroom App for Schools. Impactall provides educational 3D and VR app solutions. The app will help students overcome common obstacles faced while learning. Through 3D models, cross-sectional and longitudinal study will be enabled leading to a deeper understanding of subjects. The ease with which knowledge is imparted using the app encourages users to explore unfamiliar and challenging concepts and elicits curiosity.

The Impactall Classroom App’s uniqueness stems from the fact it is not merely an extension of current pedagogic tools. Whereas most educational apps simply transpose information available in textbooks to a screen, Impactall’s app ignites a spark in students’ minds leading to improved cognitive capacity. Existing educational apps cover topics in predictable ways; however, Impactall’s app expands student’s consciousness allowing minds to link seemingly disparate information with ease…