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John Lombard to Lead NTT Asia Pacific Operations

NTT Ltd., the new USD 11 billion global technology services company today announced the appointment of John Lombard as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Asia Pacific. His appointment will take effect on 1 July 2019, and he will be responsible for NTT’s global business in Asia Pacific, excluding Japan and Australia.

As the CEO, John manages the end-to-end go-to-market, sales, delivery, operations, and profitability for Asia Pacific. NTT Ltd. is incorporated on 1 July 2019 to bring together 28 businesses, including Dimension Data, NTT Communications, and NTT Security, into a single global technology services company.

John Lombard, CEO, Asia Pacific, NTT Ltd.
BIZ NEWSDIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONTRENDING

Digital Leaders and Digital Adopters Have Increased in India: Dell Technologies Study

In the last two years, more organisations in India launched their digital transformation journeys and today, India is ahead of most countries in the adoption of digital technologies. A Dell Technologies study titled ‘Digital Transformation Index’ confirms that. But organisations continue to grapple with the challenge of managing unstructured data and large data sets.

Digital Acceleration, Digital Business, Digital Transformation
BIG DATA & ANALYTICSBIZ NEWSPEOPLE IN TECHTECH NEWSTRENDING

Chief Data Officers are a growing tribe, but higher strategic focus is required: Gartner survey

Data is gaining more importance in the organisation and there have even been discussions on whether the value of data should be considered when doing the valuation of companies for M&A and IPOs. The role of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) is also gaining in importance. However, a survey by Gartner reveals that while CDOs and their Data Analytics (DA) teams are focusing on the right priorities, they are yet to achieve the best balance of their various responsibilities to deliver superior organisational performance.

data-driven decisions, Data Analytics, data Integration
BIZ NEWSHEALTH CARE & PHARMAINDUSTRIESTECH FOR SOCIALTRENDING

Now, TB Can Be Detected in an X-ray in Less Than 5 Minutes, thanks to AI

Qure.ai an Indian healthcare AI startup, applies artificial intelligence and deep learning technology to radiology imaging for quick and accurate diagnosis of diseases. In an email interview with Digital Creed, Prashant Warier, CEO, Co-Founder - Qure.ai explains how his solution applies artificial intelligence and deep learning technology to radiology imaging for quick and accurate diagnosis of diseases. 

Healthcare, Clinical Intelligence Engine
AI - MLBIZ NEWSSOFTWARE & WEB DEVELOPMENTTECH NEWSTRENDING

Microsoft announces ‘Week of AI’ to upskill developers and organizations on AI

Today there is a demand-supply gap for artificial intelligence and machine learning skills in the industry. Organisations like Microsoft are doing their bit to address this challenge. In fact,  Microsoft just announced the launch of a specially curated online Artificial Intelligence (AI) program aimed at enabling the developer community and workforces across organizations across India to harness the power of AI.  We bring you details about this free AI program.

Artificial Intelligence, Deep fakes, deep fakes attack
CYBERSECURITYTECH NEWSTRENDING

Most Attacked Sectors are Also Most Cybermature: Report

New data ranking the ‘cybermaturity’ of organisations reveals the most commonly targeted sectors are also the most prepared to deal with the ever-evolving threat landscape. The finance and the technology sectors are the most cybermature, however they were the most attacked, each representing 17% of all attacks, and feature in the top five risks for every region. Read excerpts from this report here.

Security, Cybersecurity trends
CLOUD & DATA CENTERTECH NEWSTRENDING

Public Cloud Adoption Yet to Take Off in India: Gartner Analyst

Most large enterprises in India are yet to move critical workloads to the public cloud. While Gartner projects $6 billion spending on managed services and cloud infrastructure in 2019, this would be mostly towards IaaS and private cloud deployments. Gartner Analyst Sid Nag explains the reasons for the slow uptake of public cloud. He also outlines the key attributes to have in a cloud strategy.

Cloud Computing
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IBM Signs Mega Five-Year Deal With Vodafone Idea for Infrastructure to Enhance Customer Experience

History repeats itself. IBM signed a five-year agreement with Vodafone Idea Limited, India's second-largest telecom player (by revenue) to improve customer services and customer engagement. The partnership also brings in IBM expertise to consolidate the infrastructure of the two telecom companies (Vodafone India Ltd. and Idea Cellular Ltd.) who announced their merger last year. The multi-million-dollar five-year agreement will deliver an enhanced customer experience to millions of connected consumers and businesses in India.

Telecom