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Airtel conducts cloud gaming session on 5G as part of ongoing trials

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has successfully conducted India's first cloud-gaming session in a 5G environment. The demonstration was conducted in Manesar, Gurgaon, as part of the ongoing 5G trials, using spectrum allotted by the Department of Telecom, the company said. Speaking to reporters at a virtual briefing, Randeep Sekhon, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Bharti Airtel, said mobile gaming is a new phenomenon and gaining popularity. Cloud gaming will be one of the biggest use cases of 5G, given the combination of high speed and low latency, he added. "This is just the beginning of an exciting digital future that Airtel will enable for its customers as we prepare to roll out 5G in India," Sekhon noted. Cloud gaming enables users to stream and play games in real-time without having to download these or invest in gaming hardware. With the advent of 5G networks, cloud gaming is expected to become the "new normal" as users would be able to experience high-

Cloud and new tech shift, localisation law drive data centre push in India

The Indian Data Centre (DC) industry is expected to more than double to 1,007 Mw by 2023 from its existing capacity of 447 Mw, says a JLL report

Spending on big data, analytics to touch $2 billion in 2021: IDC

Indian enterprises are investing in big data analytics to base decisions on real-time data, and spending on such solutions is poised to grow by 11.5 per cent in 2021 to touch USD 2 billion

From zero to Rs 11,400 cr: How Murthy's retail business got a 'scrap' boost

As Bezos and Narayana Murthy end their joint venture, their prolific growth cannot be discounted

Neuron7 raises $4.2 mn from Nexus Venture Partners, Battery Ventures

Cloud software start-up Neuron7 on Tuesday said it has raised seed investment of $4.2 million from Nexus Venture Partners and Battery Ventures.

Amazon, Microsoft, Google grab 63% of $42 bn Cloud infra market

The enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services reached $42 bn in Q2, increased by $2.7 bn from the previous quarter and up 39 per cent from the Q2 of 2020, according to a new report

Microsoft posts $46.2 billion revenue riding on Azure Cloud growth

Microsoft has posted a healthy revenue of $46.2 billion, up 21 per cent, with $16.5 billion in net income that rose 47 per cent in the June quarter

Microsoft sees steady cloud growth after record April-June quarter profit

Microsoft Corp posted its most profitable quarter on Tuesday, beating Wall Street expectations for revenue and earnings

Zoom to buy cloud-based call centre operator Five9 in $15-billion deal

Teleconferencing services provider has become a household name and investor favorite since the coronavirus pandemic.

Zoom Video to buy cloud software provider Five9 in $15 billion deal

Zoom Video Communications Inc has agreed to buy cloud software provider Five9 Inc in an all-stock deal worth about $14.7 billion to target more business clients looking to boost customer engagement

IBM and Nasscom train about 5,000 students, make them employment ready

IBM and Nasscom Foundation worked with 23 colleges across various states to teach certify students with emerging technology courses; over 2,000 students get jobs

Work from anywhere, educate from anywhere is key: Prakash Mallya of Intel

In a Q&A, the firm's Vice President and MD-Sales, Marketing and Communications Group, dwells on Intel's goal to accelerate the transformation of the country in its digital journey

How Amazon Web Services is working with Govt to take on the Covid challenge

NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies CIC, set up in partnership with AWS, to work on initiatives like telemedicine, safe air travel and reaching critical supplies to patients and frontline workers

AWS launches new prog to help early-stage startups work with public sector

AWS launched AWS Public Sector Startup Ramp in India, a new programme that is designed to help early-stage technology startups to build solutions for the public sector using its platform.

Bank of England to crack down on 'secretive' cloud computing services

The BoE said cloud computing could sometimes be more reliable than banks hosting all their servers themselves

Alibaba, others explore bids for Unisplendour stake worth up to $7.7 bn

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Chinese state-backed firms are exploring bids for a stake in Unisplendour Corp, a cloud computing infrastructure firm, that could fetch as much as $7.7 billion

HCL Technologies hires Accenture exec Siki Giunta to head cloud business

Industry veteran will lead #HCLCloudSmart, the company's service for business solutions.

How Bhavin Turakhia is building a 'bank in a box' stack for global markets

His firm Zeta aims to enable users to run any program--credit or debit card, savings a/c, deposits, loans, on a single modern cloud native platform without having to leverage any other vendor

Mumbai Angels back cloud-based neobank Nemo with undisclosed funding amount

A brainchild of IIM Ahmedabad alumni, Nemo is creating a unique business that aims to empower Indian MSMEs with the financial tools, resources, and networks that large corporations have access to

It pays to keep your head in Cloud, say CIOs at Business Standard webinar

In the Indian context, attracting talent remains a big issue because tech folks are used to work in new-age entities like an Amazon, Facebook, Google or a Flipkart