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New Delhi, Mar 28 () IT services major Tech Mahindra has temporarily tweaked its brand logo to show solidarity with the fight against COVID-19 that has claimed thousands of lives globally. The tweaked logo shows the "e" in Tech Mahindra as boxed inside a house for the next few weeks, and showcases how the company's over 1.3 lakh associates have adjusted to the crisis, it said in a statement on Saturday. These employees are working towards keeping critical systems running for global clients, including governments, public-sector institutions, healthcare institutions and leading service companies, it added. CP Gurnani, MD and CEO of Tech Mahindra, said the company's focus continues to be on ensuring the safety and well-being of associates, partners and customers, while continuing to keep mission-critical systems on for global clients. Tech Mahindra said it has taken all the necessary preventive measures to ensure the wellness and well-being of its associates. … [Read more...] about Tech Mahindra tweaks logo in solidarity with fight against COVID-19

With companies across the globe turning to work from home, via the online medium amid the COVID-19 outbreak, threats to cyber security have increased. Deepak Bhawnani, CEO at Alea Consulting said: "Companies, large and small, will be impacted due to ramifications of work from home, as this will lead to cyber security risk concerns. Proprietary corporate data is being accessed from laptops and home PCs that may not have the same level of firewall and security as in-office setups. Management and IT managers will subsequently need to reassess the risk to their data, and proactively evaluate their data loss prevention processes, as this can impact their reputation going forward, he added. Further, cybercriminals has also started to exploit fears around the COVID-19 outbreak to conduct email scams, phishing and ransomware attacks. Palo Alto Networks' Regional Vice President for India & SAARC Anil Bhasin said: "Cyber-criminals have been exploiting fears around the COVID-19 outbreak to … [Read more...] about Covid-19: Cyber security risk increases amid ‘work from home’ trend

New Delhi: Telcos may put off plans for a second round of tariff increases to the second half of 2020 at the earliest, with the Covid-19 crisis expected to hurt consumer spending power and a decision on floor pricing getting delayed, analysts said. “If concerns around Covid-19 lead to material impact on consumers’ ability to spend (especially daily wage laborers), then we see risks of tariff hikes being pushed back and magnitude being lower,” brokerage firm BofA Global Research said in a report. Reliance Jio Infocomm, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel increased prices by up to 40% in December and a second round was widely expected in the April-June quarter. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India was expected to bring in regulation to set floor prices for services in April. “While tariffs are well below other markets and where they should be for operators to make a reasonable return on capital, considering the Covid-19 impact and the ongoing floor tariff … [Read more...] about Telcos may delay further price hikes under Covid-19 impact: Analysts

The website highlights mainly four areas of contributions where citizens and organisations can do their bit. These four areas are: health, communication, entrepreneurial, and essential services. Those interested in volunteering under health can donate medical equipments, help in infection prevention and control as well as assist primary healthcare workers. What citizens can also do, as per the website is help elderly and those in need, dead body management and assist in transportation of patients. The government wants citizens and organisations to create public awareness on hygiene practices, promote social distancing measures and manning helplines that have been created to address the coronavirus pandemic. Those who are entrepreneurs can help in logistics, providing IT-based solutions and more importantly assist in production of PPE, masks, sanitisers. One can also donate money and supplies through the website. After going on the website, individuals and organisations can click … [Read more...] about Here’s how government wants you to help in coronavirus fight

When Huawei launched its latest P40 series smartphone lineup, Richard Yu, CEO of the consumer business division of the Chinese technology company revealed that its Huawei Mobile Services has reached 400 million active users, which should be a cause of concern for the internet search giant. Speaking on the stage about the Huawei Mobile Series, Yu said that the company had been bringing huge revenue to the US companies because of its partnership. However, because of last year’s “US ban” for the new Huawei phones, the company cannot use GMS (Google mobile services) so they launched the Huawei Mobile Series as an alternative solution. Giving an insight into the figures, Yu said that the platform already has 400 million monthly active users and is available in over 170 countries/regions. Huawei’s rival to Google Play Store — AppGallery — comes with both “normal apps” and “quick apps”, said Yu. The quick apps are web-based HTML … [Read more...] about Why these numbers from Huawei may ‘worry’ Google