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Budget funds digital governance

The use of a digital platform for the Census will allow official agencies to interpret vast amounts of information using data analytics. Such data will be able to feed other government programme

IT hiring to grow 10-12% in 2021 as global purse strings loosen: TeamLease

Growth to be led by demand for contractual staff, advanced technology skills

UP govt creating 'Data Analytical Centre' to provide women safety

This move, apparently, comes after the Hathras incident where a 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped

GeM has potential to handle transactions up to $100 bn per annum: Official

"The present version of GeM will be upgraded after enhancing the system and a unified procurement system will be put in place," Kumar said

HCL Technologies, Tamil Nadu govt join hands to improve Covid-19 response

HCL is also helping improve and expand state's disaster management helpline (1070) with technological upgrades, manpower assistance and reporting mechanisms

Covid-19: Lessons from history

Targeted social distancing and complete lockdown are the need of the hour

The Hollywood-inspired start-up with business tools that don't need coding

Set up in 2015, Gyana helps one create things by using GUI or conversational tools, and aims to make data science accessible even to non-techies

Revenue Secy holds meet on using data analytics for ramping up revenue

The high-level meeting was to further strengthen the efforts to exhort the tax machinery to put up special efforts to stop leakages

It's time for auditors to upgrade themselves with AI to stay relevant

A Mckinsey Global Institute report suggests that AI is helping us approach an unparalleled expansion in productivity that will yield five times the increase introduced by the steam engine

Chit fund cos go tech-savvy with huge data at stake on getting legal status

Last week Lok Sabha passed the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019, amending the Chit Funds Act, 1982

Sebi plans to rope in agency to implement data analytics project

The move is part of Sebi's effort to address and handle challenges arising out of technological advancements in the markets

TCS, Wipro among others in fray to manage Irdai's biz analytics project

Four IT companies, including Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro, are in the fray to manage and operate the Business Analytics Project (BAP) of insurance sector regulator Irdai. Irdai said TCS, Larsen and Toubro InfoTech, Wipro and EIT Service India Private Ltd (a DXC Technology company) have been shortlisted for the next round of bidding. The four companies had submitted their initial bids in response to an 'expression of interest' floated by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) in August. L&T InfoTech has been providing BAP services on a BOT (Build, Operate and Transfer) model to Irdai since 2011. The contract is expiring this month. Irdai said BAP was implemented for automation of registration and other connected activities for insurers, brokers, surveyors and third party administrators, as well as automation of product approvals, branch office opening and advertisements, among others. In addition to providing the BAP services, the selected ...

Meet Rene, the smart assistant to help you with cumbersome data processes

Resonance's forte is the proprietary AI tech for deep mining of internal and external sources of structured and unstructured data

Emotional bond with consumers

Companies can't forget the relationship factor in marketing

India to become analytics talent hub with thrust on digitalisation

The pool of advanced analytics talents in India is expected to grow over three times to 200,000 by 2020

Data analytics helps firms enhance customer experiences, ease risk: Infosys

Among industry verticals, finance and accounting use analytics the most at 32 per cent, followed by marketing and operations at 20 per cent and 17 per cent

Indian data analytics industry estimated to be $2.71 bn in revenues: Study

Telecom, financial services, e-commerce and private sector banks have almost 100% adoptions rates

NIC to help govt use data analytics for better delivery of citizen services

Ravi Shankar Prasad released a white paper on 'Data Analytics in Government'

Data analytics set to become next big career dream

Shivakumar C S (name changed), a Chennai-based professional with a technology firm, did not mind spending a nearly Rs 5 lakh for his data science course. He felt it was essential for his career progression even after spending one-and-a-half decade as a banker. On his current role, Shivakumar focused on banking analytics and finds this work interesting than the previous one. Take the case of Shayak Das (name changed). A Bengaluru-based techie with nearly nine years of experience, says doing a short-term course on cloud computing was as important as going on a monthly cycling trek. Das, who worked on couple of IT services firms and later with a product company, felt having the right skills on cloud was essential for the kind of work he does. He paid Rs 11000 upfront for a one-month course and never bothered whether the employer might bear the cost. Examples are plenty. Thousands of professionals both from IT and non-IT sectors across different cities in India are enrolling for data ...

Data-rich hotels wow guests

Hoteliers are extensively leveraging data analytics and artificial intelligence to drive business