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In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's push for enhancing cyber security, the Indian Army is testing the indigenous BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) to guard its communication and information networks from espionage by foreign players. In his maiden address to the senior commanders of the three services, the prime minister had asked them to guard against the threats in...

The division between Internet of Things developers and IT and cybersecurity experts is one of the core problems in securing IoT devices, according to government and industry experts. “We tend to divide our world up into different categories: mobile, cloud, IoT, , IT. And, you know, I think that’s the basic problem,” said Ron Ross, fellow at the National Institute...

NEW DELHI: Samridhi Fund, a Rs 450-crore fund owned by the private investment arm of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), has agreed to make a Rs 20-crore investment in Mumbai-based solar installation startup Oriano Solar. The Series A investment comprises a mix of debt and debenture and, according to Oriano Solar chief executive Sachin Jain, SIDBI Ventures is...

PTC, makers of the ThingWorx Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform, has announced a plan to collaborate with operational intelligence company OSIsoft. This collaboration will result in the ThingWorx IIoT platform being integrated with OSIsoft’s Predictive Intelligence (PI) System in an effort to accelerate development of solutions for the IIoT. The OSIsoft PI System offers businesses a data infrastructure that...

Technology Academy Finland (TAF) invites the scientific and innovation community around the world to nominate candidates for the 2018 Millennium Technology Prize. The nomination period opens today and nominations will be accepted until July 31, 2017. The one million euro Prize is one of the largest innovation prizes in the world. It is awarded for groundbreaking technological innovations that...

IIoT stands for Industrial Internet of Things, a term used in industry to automate the machines using the Internet. Use of internet to run the machines, is called Industrial Internet of Things. Now IIoT is being used in factories to run robots, autonomous cars, self driven bikes and many more. The main reason behind deploying the IIoT in industry...

Automation Expo is one of the largest automation and instrumentation exhibitions of India. 4 day exhibition and conference will bring opportunity for industrialist to meet with new automation system in Indian industry where exhibitors will showcase their products. Since the first edition of exhibition in 2002, event has shown tremendous growth in visitors and exhibitors list. This year automation...

Aerospace giant Airbus is planning a next-generation European fighter jet, the group’s defence chief said on Friday, hoping to profit from the Old Continent’s renewed commitment to reach North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defence spending targets. “We are currently putting together pre-design studies to show what such an aircraft could look like,” Airbus Defence and Space chief executive Dirk Hoke...

Mumbai: The European Investment Bank on Friday announced a euro 200 million (Rs. 1,400 crore) longterm loan to State Bank of India to finance mega-solar projects in the country. The loan will support a total investment of euro 650 million in five different large-scale photo-voltaic solar power projects for India's National Solar Mission. Four schemes, with a generation capacity...

While it's virtually impossible to pinpoint the one individual area where the IoT is going to be most transformational, transportation and mobility is undoubtedly a front runner, with cars, plans, cities and public transportation systems all eagerly anticipating IoT integration. For instance: The annual cost of U.S. traffic congestion — $160 billion — could be significantly cut down by the introduction...