The evolving workplace in the new normal is predominantly hybrid environment: strong end-user devices, fast, stable broadband., collaborative tools, all underpinned by a layer of security. While this trend towards remote and anytime, anywhere work contributes to strong efficiency gains for the enterprise, it has also contributed to weakening endpoints from a security perspective —from …
When David Acquires Goliath? Unpacking Aeris acquisition of Ericsson’s IoT Business
On December 7, 2022, Aeris announced the acquisition of Ericsson’s IoT business. The acquisition will result in the transfer of Ericsson’s IoT business assets and talent to Aeris. Alongside, Ericsson will acquire a small stake in the company. Why would Aeris be successful where Ericsson failed? Lets’ unpack this. As the world goes through a …
How UFO Moviez undertook pivots to ringfence its core business of digitizing and distributing cinema?
Steve Jobs once said “The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values, and agenda of an entire generation that is to come…” As far as one can remember, movies always have had a special place in our life. Movies appeal to us, provoke us and quite often, …
How Virtual Twin experiences are enabling resilience and sustainability?
On the sidelines of the annual 3DEXPERIENCE Forum India 2022 at New Delhi, a flagship event organized by Dassault Systèmes, Mr. Morgan Zimmermann, Chief Executive Officer of NETVIBES Dassault Systèmes spoke with me on virtual twin experiences enabled by 3DEXPERIENCE platform. In a free-wheeling interview, Mr Zimmermann spoke about the promise and potential of virtual …
Why I am excited about the 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM India 2022?
As a technology analyst, I have always been fascinated with emerging technologies. I spend considerable time to learn about the trends and drivers behind these technologies. A key focus of my recent research has been around the Metaverse and the Digital Twins technology. My interest stems from the potential of virtual twins to support navigation …
Apple seeks to grow its enterprise business
Apple’s PC and laptop shipments across Indian enterprises have grown more than 50% YoY as mindshare and market share across larger enterprises, rising pool of content creators and app developers continue to rise, analysts said. Luca Maestri, Chief Financial Officer, Apple during the recent earnings calls said that in the enterprise market, our customers are …
Philips Sneaker Cleaner: An absolute, everyday essential!
Over the past two plus years, the world changed dramatically. Long-held beliefs and habits were questioned, and new lifestyle changes ushered in. Take, for instance, sneakers. Just like many out there, I started using sneakers. With the new affordable, stylish and portable Philips Sneaker Cleaner GCA1000/60, Philips Domestic Appliances has an effective, and much-needed solution …
Apple‘s India revenue nearly doubled in June quarter
India is fast turning out to be the sweet spot for American electronics giant Apple, something its global CEO Tim Cook has repeatedly acknowledged. He again reiterated its importance during the company’s annual results conference as he talked about doubling of revenues on strong sales. The India showing came even as Apple’s revenues in China, one …
On the proposed ‘Right to Repair’ policy framework in India
The Department of Consumer Affairs under Government of India has set up a committee to develop a comprehensive framework for the RTR in the country. The sectors identified during the first committee meeting include Farming Equipment, Mobile Phones/ Tablets, Consumer Durables and Automobiles/Automobile Equipment. This comes a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the …
Is Cloud Gaming the future?
Through the course of the pandemic, India has seen a strong uptick in gaming. This is driven by the rise of powerful smartphones across price-tiers as well as affordable data costs. At CyberMedia Research (CMR), the CMR Gaming Practice has been tracking the gaming industry in India, both from a supply side (devices intelligence) as …