Big Data

Income tax authorities are monitoring high-value spending of taxpayers through TCS and TDS, foreign remittances, and examining GST data to assess the spending of HNIs, sources have told Moneycontrol.

Affordable Intellectual Power: India's new weapon in the economic battle to beat China

India, with its vast pool of skilled professionals, particularly in AI and Big Data, is emerging as the top choice for global businesses. With more than 1,700 Global Capability Centres and a rapidly growing talent base, India is poised to lead the tech-driven global economy

MeitY worried about the Big Tech 'making people vulnerable', flags spike in data usage

The government identified Google, Uber, Alibaba, Airbnb, Facebook and Amazon among the Big Tech players driving increased data consumption

Microsoft appoints Aparna Gupta as new Global Delivery Center Leader

In her new role, Gupta will spearhead customer innovation and delivery excellence. The GDC arm was established in 2005 at Hyderabad, and focuses on deliveries of Industry solutions to Microsoft's partners

TRAI recommends AI regulation: Establish independent body, risk-based framework for AI use cases

TRAI has drawn up a risk-based regulatory framework to be implemented in view of the “impact of AI in all sectors” and suggested that an “Artificial Intelligence and Data Authority” (AIDAI), to oversee the same, be set up immediately.

There is no real ecosystem for deep tech in India: Accel’s Prashanth Prakash

Prakash’s comments come at a time when deep tech innovations in India are on the rise and are attracting investments from venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) firms.

Footage, Analytics & Actionable Insight | Unusual Suspects

In this episode, co-founder & CEO of Staqu Technologies Atul Rai, does a deep dive on how artificial intelligence is transforming the security and big data analytics industries with distinctive video analytics, big data, and auditing technologies that use breakthrough learning research, and cutting-edge engineering. Tune in for details

How AI can revolutionise the food industry’s business

By 2050, as the global population increases, food demand is expected to escalate. To meet that, AI will have to rise to the occasion. In the food industry, AI is already widely recognised for its simplicity, accuracy, and cost-saving method.

How coaches and managers are using AI to build winning teams and track player fitness

There's no denying the uses of AI for sports, from postgame analysis to in-game action and fan engagement. A look at some advances and some limitations of current machine learning systems and their applications.

Cloud computing, cyber security, IoT among top skills India Inc is looking to hire for biz growth

An estimated 86 million more people in India and Asia Pacific region will need to undertake digital skills training over the next 3 years to keep pace with tech advancements.

Top six big data analytics trends to expect in 2022

Companies are increasingly taking up data analytics to lower costs, enhance customer experience and optimise processes. Applications such as artificial intelligence and machine learning are also changing the way we work. Here’s what’s in store in this field next year 

Big Data roped in to transform India's agriculture

A project has been launched in which data dealing with every aspect of farming and reaching the produce to the consumers will be collected and put together, analysed, patterns drawn and lessons learnt

Here is how to make big data work for SME marketing

Big data is not the answer to all ills but a means to get better results. Quality of data and its analysis is equally important, if not more, and can help marketers increase customer equity and revenue

Tax departments join hands, conduct big data analysis to identify potential tax evaders: Report

The direct and indirect tax departments used statistics from the last two financial years to create an “audit checklist” to identify “outliers” based on industry averages to determine further scrutiny

Rise of the machines: How tech is changing investing and trading world

Markets will evolve and there will be new products. While the way we invest might change, human behaviour does not. We are always seeking the 'edge' to maximise our upside.

The power of technology in investing! You will be surprised to know

Disruption sets forth the onset for all progressions and the Investment industry is not untouched by one. With the ever-changing market dynamics, a retail investor thinks a lot more adaptively and comprehensively today.

Soon, your smiles and frowns will tell an etailer your likes and dislikes

Facial recognition and emotion analysis will soon help etailers capture customers’ emotions and help them offer the right products. Artificial intelligence will help the etailers detect a shopper's gender, age and emotions, among other things, in real time, and target them with relevant ads and promotions

Top technology trends that will dominate the business landscape in 2020

Here are some of the top technologies that have been instrumental in transforming businesses so far, and are likely to continue to expand in their application to improve capabilities in 2020.

Policy | Govt must treat Indian Tech as partners

New Delhi should shed its paternalistic way of looking at Bengaluru and Gurugram. After all India’s IT sector has led the biggest wealth creation in the history of our country.

The reverse swing: Small data more important than Big Data

In the context of investing, the current fad for Big Data and machine learning seems overblown. Successful investing entails understanding basic probabilities well. While machines can be used to crunch these probabilities, the old-fashioned method of reading annual reports has worked pretty well.

Here's how data and machine learning are helping businesses create robust identity verification systems

With multiple data breaches across platforms and industries over the past few years fraudsters now have greater access to the information they may seek to use for identity theft or to falsify other information.

Budget 2019 | Big data meets bigger allocation in Modi's grand plans for farm sector

Apps, blockchain, warehousing network, part of govt’s Rs 25 lakh crore wide-ranging plan to make farming rewarding.

MoSPI proposes to use big data analytical tools to improve official statistics

Efforts are also on to evolve a legislative framework under which the National Statistical Commission (NSC) may function with independence and give holistic guidance for improving the national statistical system, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) said.

Mphasis partners with Esgyn Corporation to provide specialized solutions to clients looking to harness big data

Mphasis will extend Esgyn's flagship product, EsgynDB, with its own data accelerators and IT services.

What Infosys is doing to keep pace with the digital revolution

Digitisation is the key focus area for the company now. The company’s revenue from digital stands at 31 per cent of the overall revenue. As the digitisation poised grow, the company would need to step up its digital capabilities.