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Mini data centres are gaining global stature

Several players are planning to invest in small and large data centres in India, as computing and data demands rise

BS Number Wise: Govt's data website is a hard ask for information

Portal data.gov.in is difficult to negotiate and it is outdated, defeating the purpose of understanding economy and policy

BS Number Wise: Why public data needs to be accessible, free and reliable

Trustworthy data, then, should be a resolution for 2022

Sebi restructures its advisory committee on market data

Sebi has restructured its advisory committee on market data that recommends policy measures pertaining to areas like securities market data access and privacy. Rejigging its market data advisory committee, Sebi has said the panel will now be chaired by S Sahoo, Professor at National Law University, Delhi and former chairperson, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), as per the latest information with the regulator. The 20-member committee was earlier headed by Madhabi Puri Buch, ex-whole time member of Sebi. Apart from Sahoo, the panel has CEOs of stock exchanges and depositories, representatives of various stakeholders and senior officials of Sebi as members. Members of the committee include Ashlesh Gosain, Regional Head South Asia, Bloomberg LP, Mumbai; Reena Garg Scientist F & Head (Electronic & Information Technology Department) at BIS; Kiran Shetty, CEO and Regional Head - India & South Asia at SWIFT India; Ganesh Ramakishnan Professor, Department of ...

Intel launches Intel Unnati Program to set up 100 data centric labs in 1 yr

The idea is to bring academia and industry together to address skills gap in the new age technologies

Location-tech firm Locale.ai raises $1.3 mn from Chiratae, Better Capital

Locale.ai works with customers like Bounce, Dunzo and Omni, a Costa Rican taxi firm, to deliver insights and analytics on their location data.

Web Werks enabling business success in the Interconnection Era - creates higher-speed data center network

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India ranks 67th globally in data skills despite math proficiency: Report

According to the report, Indians have 52 per cent proficiency in ML and 54 per cent in mathematical skills.

Need to think of data as infrastructure, says CEA K V Subramanian

Addressing a virtual event here, Subramanian said it is not just ease of doing business, but also ease of living that has to be enhanced using data

Sebi announces initiatives to boost 'data culture' in the country

In order to facilitate easy access to markets data and to encourage research, Sebi has set up a web page to provide curated links of publicly available data on various segments of Indian securities

Protection of personal data should be backed by law: RBI exec director

Protection of personal data should be backed by a legal provision as it will help ensure privacy and confidentiality of individuals, a senior RBI official said on Tuesday

India needs paradigm shift in personal data management: Niti Aayog

The draft paper further said that opening up an Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) based data sharing framework would bring significant innovation by new fintech entities

Most brands in US, Europe failing to use customer data effectively: Survey

Brands that use CDPs effectively are 2.5 times more likely to increase customer lifetime value

Govt listing sex offenders in a comprehensive digital database: Irani

Given the challenges women face with regards to safety and security, Irani thanked the Home Ministry for partnering with WCD ministry

How big data can help vulnerable people manage their health and lives

When used sensibly, big data can save lives and help build better future citizens - one human bit at a time

China gave India satellite data on flood-hit areas on Isro request: envoy

The satellite data was given after the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) request for international disaster relief support, China's Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said

How data oiled digital marketing brands but also caused them to slip

Storied brands have fallen prey to data breaches - Starwood Hotels, British Airways, Forever 21, Whole Foods, even space agency NASA wasn't spared

US tech firms to boost lobbying against India's push to store data locally

Technology firms worry the mandate would hurt their planned investments by raising costs related to setting up new local data centres

Self-verification to ensure data integrity

The hash function, used for digital signature, could help ensure data integrity. But it's only about identification, not correction

Cheap data driving profound changes

The collapse in data prices hurts the telecom industry, but is transformative for the economy, adding 5% to GDP