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LONDON, NEW YORK and HONG KONG; March 30, 2017 – Artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) now account for almost half of total investment in insurance technology (insurtech) startups globally, new research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) shows. The research, which includes new analysis of CB Insights data on 450 insurtech deals over the last three years, appears...

Change & Safety in the Internet of Things The “Internet of Things” (IoT) is a relatively new term for inter-networking of physical devices which are connected to the internet — it’s a term used for “smart things”. There was a time in which our phones were not smart, our TVs were not smart, our cars didn’t talk to satellites or...

CHENNAI, MARCH 30: Figures released by the Central Electricity Authority today show that the Indian solar energy sector crossed a milestone in January – generating over 10 billion units of electricity for the first time. In the April 2016-Januray 2017 period, solar power plants in India generated more than 10,565 million kWhr of electricity—roughly twice (5,726 million kWhr) as much...

31st March, 2017, New Delhi India - Finance Minister Jaitley inaugurates the new EIB Regional Representation for South Asia in New Delhi, following agreements for EUR 450m of new support for sustainable transport and renewable energy projects The European Investment Bank's first permanent office in India was formally opened earlier today, by Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of the Republic of India,...

D3 Semiconductor, a company bringing together affiliated semiconductor companies and top-talent experts, announces its inaugural entry into the power semiconductor market with the launch of its +FET line of 650V-rated superjunction MOSFETs. +FET MOSFETs enable high-efficiency solutions for a range of hard-switched applications, including PFC boost and inverters used in telecom, enterprise computing, UPS and solar. The new +FET product...

Signaling an intention to compete more aggressively within the small-to-medium enterprise (SME) segment of the wireless networking business, Cisco this week expanded its line of Aironet wireless access points and controllers. At the lower end, Cisco announced a set of wireless access points that employs virtualization software to embed controller functionality inside an access point to reduce costs by eliminating...

Last year saw global renewable energy generation capacity increase by 161 gigawatts (GW), the International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, said on Thursday. IRENA said that, by the end of 2016, the planet's renewable energy capacity had hit an estimated 2,006 GW. It added that its data showed renewable energy capacity grew by 8.7 percent, with 71 GW of new solar energy...

India: March 31, 2017 – Konica Minolta Inc. (Konica Minolta) has introduced Workplace Hub, an innovative new enterprise IT solution that unifies all of an organisation’s technology via a single centralised platform. Designed to future-proof workplaces of every size as they work towards digital transformation, version one of Workplace Hub, available from October 2017, directly addresses growing IT complexity...

SYDNEY, March 2017 — A new nanoscale sensor has been developed that can help detect cytokines — molecules that play a critical role in cellular response to infection, inflammation, trauma and disease. Researchers at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics created the modified graphene quantum dot (GQD) sensor that allows ultra-small amounts of cytokines to be...

The shortage in skilled cybersecurity professionals is only growing worse, with the projected talent gap reaching 1.8 million jobs by 2022. "It's definitely a seller's market," said Forrester analyst Jeff Pollard. "If you have security skills, there are plenty of opportunities available for you. If you have an interest in security and perhaps have a nontraditional background but are willing...