Infosys to open tech hub in Arizona, to hire 1000 people by 2023

Infosys said it would open its technology and innovation hub in Arizona and would hire 1000 people in the stately 2023.

The Arizona hub will focus on autonomous technologies, Internet of Things (IOT), full-stack engineering, data science and cyber security.

In May 2017, Infosys had said it would hire 10,000 American workers and the company said that it has 5874 workers so far.

“This investment will strengthen our ability to deliver for our clients across Arizona and the Southwest and expand the local workforce to help our clients compete in the rapidly digitizing global economy,” said Ravi Kumar, President, Infosys

To date, Infosys has opened two US technology hubs, one in Indianapolis, Indiana and another in Raleigh, North Carolina. Infosys has also announced that it will build hubs in Hartford, Connecticut and Providence, Rhode Island.

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State governments fast embracing AWS Cloud in India: Teresa Carlson

When it comes to Cloud adoption, state governments in India are quickly shifting their workloads to the platform -- even faster than the US state governments, said a top executive from Amazon Web Services (AWS).

According to Teresa Carlson, Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector at AWS, in just about two years, there has been a significant change on Cloud adoption in the public sector in India.

"When I first visited India in 2016, people, although tech savvy, were not much exposed to Cloud computing and capabilities it brings in. Startups were always enthusiastic but within the government circles, the buzz around Cloud was just shaping up," Carlson told IANS during a free-wheeling interview.

"On my second India visit, I am glad to see the transformation. They are now clearly aware about Cloud computing and immense benefits associated with it," she emphasised.

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A new AI solution released by Dell EMC for digital transformation

Dell EMC announces new solutions to help organisations realise the full potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI).




Dell EMC on Tuesday announced new solutions that are designed to simplify the AI environment and accelerate its adoption. This has been done in order to help organisations realise the full potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

With the new "Ready Solutions for AI", organisations no longer have to individually source and piece together their own solutions, Dell EMC said in a statement.

Instead, they can rely on a Dell EMC-designed and validated a set of best-of-breed technologies for software - including AI frameworks and libraries - with computer, networking and storage, the company added.

Dell EMC said its portfolio of services, including consultation, deployment and support, among others, helps customers drive the rapid adoption and optimisation of their AI environments.

"There's no doubt that AI is the future, and our customers are preparing for it now," said Tom Burns, Senior Vice President, Networking and Solutions, Dell EMC.

"Our goal is to lead the industry with the most powerful and fully-integrated AI solutions. What we're announcing today allows customers at any scale to start seeing better business outcomes and positions them for AI's increasingly important role in the future," Burns added.

According to an IDC estimate, 40 per cent of digital transformation initiatives will use AI services by 2019.

The new AI solutions from Dell EMC come with specialised designs for Machine Learning (ML) with Hadoop, an ecosystem of open source components, and Deep Learning with Nvidia, a US-based computer chip manufacturer.

Dell EMC, a part of Dell Technologies, enables organisations to modernise, automate and transform their data centre using industry-leading converged infrastructure, servers, storage and data protection technologies.

(With IANS inputs)

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Apple: New iOS 12 comes with new tools, now available globally

The Apple's iOS 12 is now available globally. This is the latest version of the advanced mobile operating system (OS) that is said to make daily tasks faster and more responsive.


The new OS will bring performance improvements across the system, including the previous version i.e supporting iPhone 5s, which was introduced in 2013.


"Available as a free software update, iOS 12 introduces new augmented reality (AR) experiences, fun new features like Memoji, Siri Shortcuts that open up a world of apps to work with Siri and new tools to help people reduce interruptions and manage screen time for themselves and their families," the iPhone maker said in a statement late on Monday.


The Cupertino-based giant said with iOS 12, camera launches up to 70 per cent faster, the keyboard appears up to 50 per cent faster and typing is more responsive.


"When there is a lot going on across the system, apps can launch up to twice as fast," the company added.




A few new tools like "Screen Time" built into the iOS 12 help users understand and take control of the time they spend interacting with their devices.


This feature provides users with detailed information and tools to help them manage the time they spend with apps and websites and better understand and control where their child spends time.


Another nifty addition is "Siri Shortcuts" that allows any app to now work with Apple's digital assistant Siri.


With powerful on-device intelligence, Siri learns user routines and provides suggestions at just the right time.


"Users can also use their voice to run any shortcut, making it even easier to use their favourite apps. The new shortcuts app goes even further, allowing users to create custom shortcuts to streamline frequent tasks," the company said.


(With IANS inputs)


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Cloud complexity management is the next big thing

Where have you heard that enterprises using cloud are moving to more complexity as well? That’s right, from this guy.

The growing cloud computing complexity was recently documented by the Wall Street Journal that cites a survey of 46 CIOs by KeyBanc Capital Markets. It found that 32 percent said they plan to use multiple vendors to create internal private cloud systems, while 27 percent planned hybrid cloud arrangements.[ IDG Research: The state of the cloud: How enterprise adoption is taking shape. | Keep up with the latest developments in cloud computing with InfoWorld’s Cloud Computing newsletter. ]

Companies “increasingly are going to employ multiple clouds, a hybrid of public and private, which is driving increased complexity in IT environments, full stop,” said Alex Kurtz, a senior analyst with KeyBanc.

No, I’m not writing this post to gloat (I’ll do that on social media). I’m trying to raise awareness that cloud complexity is something that’s inevitable. However, it’s also something that can be managed—that is, if you’re proactive enough and willing to put some resources on it.

Traditional thinking is that cloud computing will replace hardware and software systems, so things will be simpler. You’ll just have to spend a few days moving workloads and data using processes so easy that the applications and data almost migrate themselves.

But it turns out to be a complex migration process with many new choices to make and new technology to use. Where you once had five security systems, you now have 20. Where you had three directories, you now have seven.

Why? It turns out you cannot just shut down the old stuff, so the hardware, software, and supporting systems remain. At the same time, you are standing up cloud-based systems that used a whole new set of skills and technology. Thus the complexity.

There are a few choices that you can make to manage this process:
You can choose to not go to cloud, but that’s a death sentence for IT.
You can hire three times the people and toss money at the problem.
You can learn to effectively manage the complexity, and even make things less complex with the addition of cloud computing.

For those of you who want to see what’s behind door No. 3, it involves a bunch of upfront planning. The upfront plan must deal with security, governance, data, applications, ops, etc., and place them within manageable domains. You use abstractions to simplify the management, which includes combining traditional systems and cloud systems’ patterns in domains.

This discipline is called cloud complexity management, or CCM. You’ll be hearing more about it later this year and in 2019. Best get the religion now, before it’s too late.

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