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Zoho-backed homegrown messaging platform Arattai is poised for a big update with end-to-end encryption scheduled to be rolled out on Tuesday night, founder Sridhar Vembu said in a social media post. Vembu said many more "cool features" on Arattai are in the works once "this big transition" is through. "Please update the Arattai app from the Play Store/App Store and please encourage your contacts to do so. The end-to-end encryption will be enabled Tuesday night IST," Vembu said in a post on X on Tuesday. He explained that users will be able to only exchange end-to-end encrypted messages if both they and their contacts are using the latest version of Arattai. "If you are on the latest Arattai version and your contact is on the latest version, you will only be able to use end-to-end encrypted chat with that contact," he said. In such cases (where both sides are on the latest version), a new end-to-end chat session will be created for that contact, and the old non-end-to-end encrypted
Homegrown technology company Zoho on Thursday announced its proprietary large language (LLM) model designed for enterprises using its suite of products, the latest move reflecting bold ambitions of Indian firms to build and innovate on their own AI stacks in the global tech race. Zoho said it is also rolling out automatic speech recognition models for speech-to-text conversion in English and Hindi. The Chennai-headquartered company plans to further expand the available languages, beginning with other Indian and European languages. Zoho top management said it has not seen these AI advances impact jobs and hirings. The company further said it grew 32 per cent in 2024 in India, its second largest market globally after the US. The growth was driven by industries such as ITeS, banking financial services and insurance or BFSI, manufacturing, retail, and education. At the Zoholics India -- its annual user conference held this year in Bengaluru -- the company announced proprietary large ..
A substantial chunk, nearly 75 per cent of Indian enterprises that adopted Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions since 2020 have experienced implementation delays, leading to average timeline overrun of 57 per cent and a cost overrun of 43 per cent, according to a latest survey that tabulated the business impact of such prolonged deployment cycles. The study titled, "IDC State of SaaS Adoption in India Survey 2024", commissioned by technology company Zoho, found that these setbacks have led to an average loss of Rs 5.6 crore in missed business opportunities, besides impacting employee productivity, customer experience, and competitive positioning. As businesses continue investing in SaaS solutions to drive digital transformation, modernise operations, and enhance agility, the speed of implementation has become critical, the survey said, noting that implementation delays remain a significant barrier, preventing businesses from realising the full value of their digital ...