Technology
PCQuest
THE SALT-TO-TASTE MODEL OF CLOUD
On-premise enterprises with low-latency workloads need not compromise on the advantages that only a Cloud environment can enable. It’s both a unique and unusual model for pushing the Cloud to the edge as far as one can – and now AWS is in the fray too
8 min |
August 2020
PCQuest
UNLOCK THE POWER OF PATIENTS' VOICE
Five ways voice recognition technology and analytics can help make healthcare work better for everyone
5 min |
August 2020
PCQuest
HOW A CLOUD EPM BECAME THE PANACEA FOR WIPRO'S PLANNING WOES
Gaurav Kedia, Vice President-Finance, Wipro explains how Cloudbased EPM came in handy when the organization tried to break away from the traditional offline planning processes
3 min |
August 2020
PCQuest
FACIAL RECOGNITION FOR SMART BANKING, SMART OFFICE AND SMART RETAIL
Covid era offices will undergo drastic changes, touchless entry, face based biometric attendance system, social distancing etc. Artificial Intelligence based video analytic systems along with face recognitions systems are the answer to all such needs
2 min |
August 2020
PCQuest
DIGITAL PAYMENTS EVOLVE FROM “NICE TO HAVE” TO “ESSENTIAL” SERVICE
COVID-19 has certainly triggered a shift in consumer behavior which has resulted in people unlearning old methods to acclimatize and adjust to the new world, says V. Chandramouliswaran, Sr. Director, Global Financial Crimes and Customer Protection & Chennai Centre Head, PayPal India
6 min |
August 2020
PCQuest
CONCERNS OF AUTONOMOUS AI IN MEDICAL IMAGING
As AI systems are developed and approved in the wider medical imaging space, challenges including but not limited to regulatory, privacy and ethical concerns will start to surface
4 min |
August 2020
PCQuest
AUTOMATING NETWORK PROCESSES CAN SAVE YOU TIME AND MONEY
Network operations are slow and largely manual, and the results rarely justify the cost and effort go into it
3 min |
August 2020
PCQuest
5 Smart Products We Could Do With Right Now!
Every generational shift brings its own bouquet of products. The desktop, the Internet, the smartphone: They all spawned their own industries. The Covid-19 crisis is such a generational game-changer. Many new products will come as a result of it in the future and here’s a looking at some that could be quite handy
2 min |
May 2020
PCQuest
How The Crisis Impacted Businesses Via Cyberattacks
We witnessed a substantial increase in cyber-attacks, during Covid-19 outbreak. Phishing scams and malicious software attacks have become the norm rather than exception across public offices and health care organizations. Thus, industry to work with its enterprises on being more proactive at stopping attacks in the first place, and that involves doing more than just buying and selling a cyber policy that fits the budget and thinking that addresses the risk
5 min |
May 2020
PCQuest
OF MOBILE VANS AND MOBILE APP PAYMENTS
Rohit Kumar, CEO & CMD, XPay.Life talks about how they help with bill payments in rural and Tier-2/3 cities via ATP kiosks, PoS machines and mobile vans at the same time providing earning opportunities to franchisees as well
4 min |
May 2020
PCQuest
INDIAN DRONE STARTUPS TURN THEMSELVES INTO FORCE MULTIPLIERS DURING LOCKDOWN
Indian drone startups are now acting as force multipliers for the municipal bodies and the police forces. During the lockdown, we have seen them exploring new and innovative ways drone tech can be used in battling the ongoing crisis—by doing surveillance, detecting infections, disinfecting areas, delivering medical supplies and so on.
5 min |
May 2020
PCQuest
SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR IOT—NO, YOU AREN'T PARANOID WHEN YOU SAY IT!
Corona Vaccine and Zero-day attacks, carrier-infection and IoT crowds, AI and immunity – the world of security and Corona-fighters is not too different after all. They have the same challenges, same slippery enemies and, definitely, the same monster of humanrecklessness or ignorance that feeds the bigger monsters. Debasish Mukherjee, VP, Regional Sales APAC at SonicWall lets us take a peek in this petri-dish to learn how the white coats in this space are fighting the black creatures
5 min |
May 2020
PCQuest
NEED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND INTEGRITY DURING REMOTE WORKING
The increasing adoption of remote working, there is an immediate need to deploy advanced cyber-security technologies to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and non-repudiation of data
3 min |
May 2020
PCQuest
HOW BANKS AND FINTECH COMPANIES CAN HOLD THE ECONOMIC FORT TOGETHER
Recently, a UK based FinTech company came up with a tool to assist businesses in securing loans based on their past incomes as a collateral. Once fully operational, this tool could be a great support for smaller businesses to stabilize their revenues and keep afloat in these uncertain times
4 min |
May 2020
PCQuest
WHEN THE WORLD WENT VIRTUAL OVERNIGHT
Major shifts and disruptions in the workplace due to COVID-19 can lead to critical gaps in the employee experience and have serious implications on employee well-being, productivity, and the long-term business, if not addressed quickly, feels Anand Raisinghani, Vice President, Platforms & Technologies, SAP Indian Subcontinent
4 min |
May 2020
PCQuest
HOW AI-ML & DATA SCIENCE CREATE A PLATFORM FOR ADAPTIVE LEARNING ONLINE
Online learning has taken a lot of tedious procedures such off the back of the teachers. A significant portion of work is automized, creating more space for a teacher to focus on designing learning modules. AI-ML can easily identify correct answers and catch plagiarism, if any.
3 min |
May 2020
PCQuest
A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR CYBERCRIMINALS
Cybercriminals are trying to exploit the Coronavirus crisis considering employees, who are working from home, an easy target
2 min |
May 2020
PCQuest
We May Become Smarter In A Post-Covid-19 World
Global pandemics will only push the world into creating systems where the human being can be replaced in emergencies and the number of tasks that can be done artificially will only increase exponentially. Humanity’s march towards AI may only become faster
10+ min |
April 2020
PCQuest
5G Key For India To Enable A Connected Future
Damien Stephens, Associate Vice President, Mobility & IoT, Tata Communications, feels 5G will lead to the growth of embedded SIMs to manage the network connectivity of each car, ultimately ensuring a seamless driving experience
7 min |
April 2020
PCQuest
How Data And Analytics Are Reshaping HR Role
Data analytics can be used to manage risk,look at employee safety, manage costs and reduce bias.It can change the traditional way that we look at human resources to bring about a lasting transformation
4 min |
April 2020
PCQuest
AVAYA CU-360 REVIEW
Do you remember how many meetings you did last month? The communication methods have changed and now with technological development, we not only meet people, but we also interact and collaborate with them.
2 min |
April 2020
PCQuest
WILL AR & VR BECOME THE BREAKOUT STARS OF THE POST-PANDEMIC WORLD?
The post-pandemic world is likely to see people and businesses evolving to make room for newer experiences and newer modes of engagements enabled by digital technologies, especially the immersive ones
8 min |
April 2020
PCQuest
WORKING IN THE ZERO TRUST ERA
David Wakeman, Business Leader for APJ, End-user Computing, VMware, talks about his company’s holistic vision where no matter what the cloud or what the application, you’ve got to simply deliver the experience down easily into someone’s hands
6 min |
April 2020
PCQuest
TECH CAN ADDRESS LOOPHOLES OF TRADITIONAL CREDIT MODELS
Sandeep A, Co-Founder & CPO, Crediwatch, says that despite the tremendous progress it has made in recent years, FinTech’s disruptive power is yet to be fully exploited, especially in the credit risk sector
4 min |
April 2020
PCQuest
PEBBLE VOLT POWER BANK REVIEW
Pebble has introduced a new power bank ‘Volt’ with 10,000 mAh of capacity.
2 min |
April 2020
PCQuest
GROWING IMPORTANCE OF IOT-BASED SMART WATER NETWORKS
Internet of Things devices can be used to monitor the quality of drinking water, trackwater leakages,detect toxicity levels in the wastewater industry and automate the entire water distribution network of a city
4 min |
April 2020
PCQuest
EMERGING TECH LEADS THE WAY TO PAPERLESS VERIFICATION
The biggest risk of paper-based verification is identity/data theft in addition to it not being environment-friendly. With many new technologies combined with stringent GDPR regulations for privacy protection, the world needs to move to paperless verification
3 min |
April 2020
PCQuest
CUTTING DOWN ON THE ‘WORK AROUND WORK'
Employees want to spend the majority of their time doing the actual work and not on doing meetings, assigning tasks, tracking progress, etc. Hence, workstream collaboration tools that deliver a conversational workspace are gaining momentum, says Rashmi Choudhary, Associate Principal Analyst, Gartner
2 min |
March 2020
PCQuest
CRUNCHING NUMBERS & ANALYSING DATA: HOW TO BECOME A DATA SCIENTIST
There are many reasons which make the career of a data scientist worth it. Each analysis can be unique. You will always arrive at the right solution empirically. The field gives you a lot of space to explore and analyse without interference
3 min |
March 2020
PCQuest
IN QUEST OF SENTIENT, UNIFIED, AND SEAMLESS COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCE
Tools that promote flat hierarchies, frictionless sharing of vision and roadmaps, and flexible always-connected environments that promote remote work and agile interactions will be the most wanted, says Rajendran Dandapani, Director of Zoho University
2 min |