PROCESSOR WARS HOT UP IN THE 2020S

Not just desktops and laptops, but billions of mobiles, tens of billions of IoT devices interacting with millions of data centres. This is the new cloud paradigm and the processing scene has seen a sea change in the last couple of years

LOGISTICS IN THE NEW NORMAL

Last-mile delivery, real-time transportation visibility, and customer experience are the key aspects of a resilient and scalable logistics operation

FOCUS 2021: ACCELERATED PROBLEM DETECTION & PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION

The banking system is on the constant lookout for high-quality data, emerging technologies and a robust FinTech strategy to will assist them, says Jaya Vaidhyanathan, CEO, BCT Digital (Bahwan Cyber Tek group)

COVID-19 HAS CREATED DIGITAL ACCELERATION

Srikanth Velamakanni, Co-founder, Group Chief Executive & ViceChairman, Fractal Analytics, talks about the Covid-19 crisis, what their company did to help and their learnings, Big Data analytics, Artificial Intelligence and what the future holds

DELL PRECISION 5750 WORKSTATION

What would you prefer – a powerful machine that can handle almost everything or a portable and stylish machine which is less powerful? Choices can vary depending upon what you do. A professional can compromise on portability but never on performance. For those who don’t want to compromise of performance, Dell brings Precision 5750 mobile workstation.

BOULT AUDIO AIRBASS COMBUDS

If you are looking for affordable true wireless earbuds, then Boult has a range of products for you. Earlier, we reviewed Boult Audio ZigBuds and this time we got AirBass Combuds to experience its great bass. As its name, Boult is selling it for its superior bass but is it really going to give you that experience at this price, let’s find out in the review.

There's A Lot You Can Do With XR

Till a few years back the common man thought that Virtual Reality was just a novelty that might be used in things like gaming. We’ve come a long way and even Facebook has invested in Oculus. Many are betting big on VR, AR (Augmented Reality) and MR (Mixed Reality). An umbrella term used for this is XR—Extended Reality

THIS IS HOW YOU USE CYPHER IN VALORANT, AGENT GUIDE DONE RIGHT

Valorant is probably the only game released till now that has managed to end the reign of Valve’s Counterstrike both for gamers and the professional esports scene as well.

TIPS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR RPA IMPLEMENTATION

The returns of automation will only materialize if the project is well-planned and executed. Here are some tips for successful RPA implementation

THE WORLD OF NO TOUCH

One of the buzzwords as a result of the Covid-19 crisis has been “No Touch”. Thanks to social distancing, we are supposed to stay away from each other during a pandemic and there are a host of tools that can make this happen

LIVING IN THE SURVEILLANCE STATE ERA

We left our anonymity behind in the 20th century. The 21st century has become the Century of Surveillance and 20 years into it, governments have picked up all the tools of the trade to spy on their citizens effectively. They are joined by big corporations, Big Tech in particular, along with various spying agencies, hackers and other bad state actors

THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

As more business heads, data scientists and programmers come into contact with low-code, the rate of application delivery and innovation in the market is bound to go up, says Divyesh Kharade, Co-founder and CEO, DronaHQ

SIMPLIFYING DATA MANAGEMENT IN HYBRID AND MULTI-CLOUD ERA

Businesses’ requirements today go beyond traditional backup and recovery, they need help with the portability and mobility of their workloads in a multi-cloud environment and in meeting the governance and compliance requirements as well

ACCIDENTAL CONVERGENCE CAN QUASH THE MOST SECURE AIR-GAPS

Although isolating IT and OT systems by implementing an air-gap strategy is perceived to be bullet-proof, it’s not completely immune to breaches and hence, provides a false sense of security that no longer reflects reality in today’s business environment

Are We Finally On The Verge Of A Paperless World?

Growing up in the 1980s, I used to hear a lot of talk about a paperless office, especially with the advent of the Personal Computer. Subsequently it seemed like a pipe dream. Most key digital data was scanned or converted from its offline form, the latter which was never disposed of. Alternatively digital data was duplicated in the offline world and sometimes even came in triplicates

Getting On SAAS – Why It Makes Sense For Your Business

Making your business processes more efficient and generating more revenue are top of the agenda for any business owner. There is also a lot of talk around digital transformation and leveraging the power of digital tools to make your businesses better.

Is Edtech Finally Poised To Break Into Mainstream Education?

COVID-19 crisis caused a watershed moment for EdTech solution providers in India, who have been focusing predominantly on supplementary education and upskilling only. A series of unprecedented and hastened digital experiments on public education systems have widened the scope of EdTech further to break into mainstream education

Not Only Your Hands But Your Data Needs Sanitization As Well

Last year, McKinsey conducted a survey that showed that the pace of data consumption per user in India grew twice as fast as in the US and China, the rate of increase was 152% on an annual basis.

PAYPAL MAFIA: THE MILLENNIUM'S MOST INFLUENTIAL TECHIES?

IBM, Microsoft and Apple were all launched in the last century. When you look at companies launched in the new millennium, then the influence of the so-called Paypal Mafia (who even have a Wikipedia page named after them) cannot be denied

THE GROWING DDOS LANDSCAPE

Last month, news reports highlighted one of the biggest DDoS attacks ever recorded. The attack, which targeted a large European bank, generated 809m packets per second (Mpps). This is a new industry record for a PPS-focused attack which is more than double the size of previous attacks.

THE COMPLETE A TO Z OF 5G

5G is not just about mobile telephony, but it has the power to run entire Smart Cities. It is the one ring that will rule them all. Once implemented, it will take us to the next stage of Internet connectivity

TECH AND MONOPOLY IS SYNONYMOUS

What is it about tech and monopoly? If tech makes everything in your life easy then for a tech giant it makes a monopoly easy too. The amount of monopolies that tech has had is quite high. While the US has strong anti-trust laws, they haven’t been able to do much to Silicon Valley

POWERING AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING WITH ENGINEERING LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

PCQuest, in association with Trident and IBM, held a live webinar on the theme of “Empower your Engineering by IBM Software Solutions” to give automotive software developers and system engineers a guided tour on automotive software design and development

DEEP TECH FOR SMART INDIA 2.0

India, with the rest of the world, is reeling under the Covid-19 pandemic-lockdown-recession. However when it ends we can hope for a quick recovery that will fast-track us. That will happen only if we upgrade ourselves with Deep Tech, specifically the 3As and 1C

We Are Entering An Era Of Rapid Digitization

Lendingkart’s Chief Analytics Officer Abhishek Singh talked about how the mobile has become a game changer from a lending perspective and all the changes taking place during the Covid era

8 Reasons Why Online Education Will Rule

The Covid pandemic-crisis-lockdown-recession probably presents the greatest technological shift and lifestyle change since World War 2. At the beginning of this crisis, many people thought that things would return to normal, but that may not happen.It’s why we have coined the term “New Normal”

INDIA EYEING EV30@30 TAG BUT THERE'S MANY A SLIP

With increased policy and financial supports for the EV manufacturers and buyers, India certainly has sped up the efforts for mass adoption of EVs. But more than anything, it needs to bridge the gap between Intent and Execution first

“INCENTIVES FOR LOCALIZATION & EASY FINANCING WILL DRIVE EV ADOPTION”

Sohinder Gill, CEO, Hero Electric Vehicles tells PCQuest what kind of government impetus, policy intervention, innovation, and localization are needed to foster the manufacturing and adoption of EVs in India

SMART CITIES, SMART MOBILITY: A NECESSARY EVOLUTION

India is on the path of developing smart mobility solutions that are affordable and secure to drive acceptance and engagement from Indian citizens

E-COMMERCE & INTRA-CITY LOGISTICS HAVE STRONG POTENTIAL FOR EV ADOPTION

Deepak MV, CEO & Co-founder of EV startup ETrio tells PCQuest what makes EVs a better choice for the E-Commerce and intracity logistics and how retrofitted electric light commercial vehicles (eLCV) can speed up the EV adoption in these sectors