Category: INFOTECH

Mississippi goes live on TCS-developed unemployment benefits platform

| Roshan Ravi

IT company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said it has deployed software to provide unemployment insurance by the Mississippi, Rhode Island and Maine Consortium to help unemployed individuals. Mississippi’s unemployment insurance program helps provides monetary benefits to those who have involuntarily lost their jobs while they look for new employment opportunities, the company added. The TCS developed unemployment insurance solution […]

Ramco Systems’ aviation suit to be used in Royal Canadian Air Force

| Roshan Ravi

Ramco Systems, a aviation software company, announced that it has won a project from Canada’s L-3 MAS to implement Ramco’s aviation software to support Royal Canadian Air Force fleet in engineering & programs, materials management, maintenance, compliance & quality, flight operations and offline maintenance, said the company. L-3 MAS is among Canada’s leading providers of […]

Dutch navigation company TomTom sets up innovation hub in Pune

| Roshan Ravi

TomTom, a company from Netherlands into manufacturing of navigation devices, inaugurated its first global innovation hub in India at Pune. The innovation hub will enable employees to upgrade their skills, innovate, raise ideas and think like entrepreneurs thereby helping to develop a deeper culture of innovation in the company with a free-flow of information and […]

TCS and GE join hands to reduce gas turbine manufacturing cost

| Roshan Ravi

IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) said it developed a solution to reduce the manufacturing cost and time of gas turbines in collaboration with General Electricals (GE). The digital solution along with GE’s operating system will analyze temperatures at various points on the metal turbine parts when they are assembled and cooled thereby allowing the […]

Tata CLiQ starts offering wide range of lingerie

| Devika Nithin

Lingerie is an intimate part of a woman’s wardrobe, in every sense and Tata CLiQ, the Tata group’s multi-brand e-commerce platform, has brought a curated and exclusive range of Indian and International lingerie brands collection, in diverse size range and affordable prices, altogether on it’s e-platform. The collection consists of 14+ lingerie brands including Amanté, […]

TCS launches new retailer-customer bonding software in the US

| Roshan Ravi

Tata Consultancy Services, a leading IT company from India, today announced a new software that enables retailers to gauge customer behaviour data from sensors placed in retail stores that can measure and analyse their movements and buying behaviour, said the company. This can help the retailers understand and deliver a personalised experience to their customers […]

Cyber crime up four-fold in three years in India – report

| Trisha Thomas

In India, there has been a surge of approximately 350% in cybercrime cases registered under the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 from the year of 2011 to 2014, a ASSOCHAM-PwC joint study said. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has also reported a surge in the number of incidents handled by it, with close […]

India steps into a new mobile payments revolution with IMPS version 2.0

| Sreejiraj Eluvangal

21 banks in India, including Andhra Bank, Axis Bank and Bank of Maharashtra, are introducing the upgraded form of India’s pioneering immediate payment service (IMPS) starting today. Under the new form of IMPS, users will be able to send money using proxy addresses instead of full bank account details, thus making instant money transfer across banks […]

Razorpay to offer PayUmoney checkout option to merchants

| Devika Nithin

Razorpay, an online payment gateway, said it has partnered with wallet and payment option provider PayUmoney to offer Razorpay merchants the option to collect payments via PayUmoney. The agreement will help Razorpay’s 9,000 registered merchants avail the advantage of offering cashbacks for transactions on their platform. In the first stage, over 1,500 merchants will be […]

Government launches online library for blind people with TCS

| Devika Nithin

The government, in association with NGOs, set up an online library called Sugamaya Pustakalaya for visually impaired people. This online platform offers e- books across diverse subjects and languages and multiple accessible formats and is powered by TCS access. With the help of SugamAya Pustakalaya — set up with the help of Daisy Forum of […]

Tech Mahindra gets UK regulatory approval for Target Group acquisition

| Devika Nithin

Tech Mahindra said UK’s Financial Conduct Authority approved its acquisition of Target Group, a financial services outsourcing and software provider. The transaction, announced on 27th May, will see the current management team remain in the business, ensuring continuity and acceleration of the Target groupś growth strategy. Target’s previous parent was Pollen Street Capital. Target Group […]

New York-based researcher offers ‘friend in need’ app for emotional distress

| Harikrishnan B

Has your girlfriend or boyfriend dumped you? Has your dog died? Do you feel there’s nobody there for you? Worry not, wayForward may be the answer to all your problems. wayForward is a smartphone app helps to solve problems caused by stress, anxiety and other emotional or mental health issues in the comfort of their […]

UP Legislature starts digitization of records and proceedings

| Harikrishnan B

Uttar Pradesh Vidhaan Sabha, India’s largest state assembly, is to become the first state legislature in the country to embrace digitization of the proceedings of the State Legislature. SemanticBits, a Hyderabad-based company, partnered with Persistent as part of a consortium for implementing the initiative, Persistent said. The companies will scan, annotate and index books of […]

TCS expands outsourcing deal with US Airline JetBlue

| Trisha Thomas

Tata Consultancy Services said it will expand its three-year engagement with US Airline JetBlue to include several new projects. The initial contract covered areas such developing new platforms, quality assurance and infrastructure services. Under a new deal, TCS will now provide new services to improve data analytics and operational agility, and to develop innovative tools […]