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95% of critical infrastructure leaders fear Frontier AI-powered attacks: Palo Alto Networks

A survey of more than 1,600 security leaders across 11 countries finds organisations struggling with poor OT visibility, legacy systems and fragmented defences as AI-driven attacks speed up the exploitation of vulnerabilities. Nearly all security leaders responsible for critical infrastructure are worried about attacks powered by Frontier AI, according to new research from Palo Alto Networks. The company has published its 2026 State of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Report, based on a survey of more than 1,600 security leaders across 11 countries and five critical sectors. The study looks at the challenges of securing increasingly connected IT and operational technology (OT) environments, including limited visibility, legacy infrastructure and the growing threat of Frontier AI-powered attacks. Global findings: breaches and blind spots The report found that 95% of respondents are concerned about Frontier AI-powered attacks. Some 59% said they had suffered a significant security breach in the past year, and half of those organisations cited physical safety concerns as a result. Visibility into OT networks remains a weak point, with 68% saying they lack complete, real-time visibility into all assets connected to those networks. Legacy infrastructure is another major risk, with 42% naming legacy, unpatchable OT assets as their biggest cybersecurity risk. In addition, 74% have not fully integrated their IT and OT security operations. Asia-Pacific: operational impact and tool sprawl Based on 620 respondents in the region, the Asia-Pacific findings show a similar picture. Some 58% experienced a security incident that affected operations in the past 12 months, while 74% lack complete, real-time visibility into connected OT assets. Tool sprawl adds to the complexity, with 64% using six or more security tools across IT and OT environments. Concern about Frontier AI is high in the region, with 92% worried about such attacks targeting critical infrastructure. At the same time, 90% expect AI security solutions to help defend against these threats. IT and OT convergence still has a long way to go, as 80% have not fully integrated their security operations. Tom Scully, Industry Principal, Asia Pacific & Japan at Palo Alto Networks, said: “Critical infrastructure is entering a period where the systems organisations rely on most are becoming increasingly connected, while the time available to respond to security risks continues to shrink. This makes visibility and resilience across IT and OT environments increasingly important. Organisations need to move toward a more coordinated approach that can identify which systems are most critical, contain threats before they spread and put protection in place without disrupting essential operations.” Priorities for leaders The report urges organisations to move beyond fragmented security measures towards a coordinated approach. This begins with complete visibility into connected OT assets, prioritising vulnerabilities by operational risk and relying less on disconnected tools. More automation in threat detection and response, and closer integration between IT and OT security teams, will be critical to building resilience against increasingly sophisticated AI-powered threats, it said. Protecting against evolving risks Palo Alto Networks said its PAN-OS 12.2 Ceres introduces Frontier Virtual Patching, which helps protect against vulnerabilities at the network level. It also includes ruggedised next-generation firewalls designed for critical infrastructure environments. The company’s Frontier AI Critical Defense Program extends this approach through collaboration with organisations across OT, healthcare, commercial software and open-source communities. The aim is to identify emerging vulnerabilities earlier and put protections in place before attackers can exploit them, reducing reliance on traditional patching cycles.

Cyber Security

Sophos Brings AI Defense to Expose Shadow AI and Secure AI Use in Real Time

Sophos announced the general availability of Sophos AI Defense, which finds the AI tools employees and applications are using, including the ones security teams never approved, and enforces policy wherever they run. Every AI tool an organization can’t see is a potential gap in confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Delivered through Sophos Fusion, the AI-native cybersecurity defense system, Sophos AI Defense connects controls on the device, across the network, at sign-in, and in the browser into one line of defense, so teams can safely adopt AI faster without adding another disconnected tool to manage. Attackers see the same opportunity in AI that businesses do. This year alone, Sophos X-Ops has tracked an attacker using AI agents inside a customer’s network to build and test nearly 80 malware modules; threat actors selling brokered API keys for frontier AI models; underground forums trading jailbreak techniques; and criminal recruiters seeking AI prompt engineers. Most organizations already have AI running that they never approved. Sixty-nine percent suspect or have evidence that employees are using unsanctioned Agents and AI tools, 82% have discovered shadow AI agents in their environments in the past year, and 90% of IT leaders are concerned about shadow AI risk. The problem is about to scale, with IDC projecting 1.3 billion AI agents by 2028. Each of those agents and tools is both a new attack surface and a new way for sensitive data to leave the business. Sophos AI Defense pulls signals from the device, network, identity, and browser layers to map AI activity across an environment, then weighs who is acting, how they’re behaving, and what data is involved to separate routine use from activity that warrants action. Real-time guardrails, designed to help prevent sensitive data exposure, inspect prompts, uploads, and other AI interactions as they happen. That activity also flows into the Sophos Fusion system, so security teams using Sophos XDR, along with Sophos MDR analysts, can investigate and respond through the workflows they already know. “Organizations are adopting AI faster than they can secure it, and most security teams can’t answer three basic questions: which AI tools are running, what data is going into them, and whether that activity lines up with policy,” said Kyle Falkenhagen, Senior Vice President of Product Management, Sophos. “Sophos AI Defense gives security teams that visibility and the control to act on it, so they can say yes to AI and know exactly what they’re saying yes to.” Because Sophos AI Defense runs on Sophos Fusion, under-resourced security teams can activate AI security from day one, and managed service providers (MSPs) gain a new capability to deliver across their customer base. The launch comes during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, as safe AI adoption moves up the agenda for organizations of every size. Sophos AI Defense is available now.

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95% of critical infrastructure leaders fear Frontier AI-powered attacks: Palo Alto Networks

A survey of more than 1,600 security leaders across 11 countries finds organisations struggling with poor OT visibility, legacy systems and fragmented defences as AI-driven attacks speed up the exploitation of vulnerabilities. Nearly all security leaders responsible for critical infrastructure are worried about attacks powered by Frontier AI, according to new research from Palo Alto Networks. The company has published its 2026 State of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Report, based on a survey of more than 1,600 security leaders across 11 countries and five critical sectors. The study looks at the challenges of securing increasingly connected IT and operational technology (OT) environments, including limited visibility, legacy infrastructure and the growing threat of Frontier AI-powered attacks. Global findings: breaches and blind spots The report found that 95% of respondents are concerned about Frontier AI-powered attacks. Some 59% said they had suffered a significant security breach in the past year, and half of those organisations cited physical safety concerns as a result. Visibility into OT networks remains a weak point, with 68% saying they lack complete, real-time visibility into all assets connected to those networks. Legacy infrastructure is another major risk, with 42% naming legacy, unpatchable OT assets as their biggest cybersecurity risk. In addition, 74% have not fully integrated their IT and OT security operations. Asia-Pacific: operational impact and tool sprawl Based on 620 respondents in the region, the Asia-Pacific findings show a similar picture. Some 58% experienced a security incident that affected operations in the past 12 months, while 74% lack complete, real-time visibility into connected OT assets. Tool sprawl adds to the complexity, with 64% using six or more security tools across IT and OT environments. Concern about Frontier AI is high in the region, with 92% worried about such attacks targeting critical infrastructure. At the same time, 90% expect AI security solutions to help defend against these threats. IT and OT convergence still has a long way to go, as 80% have not fully integrated their security operations. Tom Scully, Industry Principal, Asia Pacific & Japan at Palo Alto Networks, said: “Critical infrastructure is entering a period where the systems organisations rely on most are becoming increasingly connected, while the time available to respond to security risks continues to shrink. This makes visibility and resilience across IT and OT environments increasingly important. Organisations need to move toward a more coordinated approach that can identify which systems are most critical, contain threats before they spread and put protection in place without disrupting essential operations.” Priorities for leaders The report urges organisations to move beyond fragmented security measures towards a coordinated approach. This begins with complete visibility into connected OT assets, prioritising vulnerabilities by operational risk and relying less on disconnected tools. More automation in threat detection and response, and closer integration between IT and OT security teams, will be critical to building resilience against increasingly sophisticated AI-powered threats, it said. Protecting against evolving risks Palo Alto Networks said its PAN-OS 12.2 Ceres introduces Frontier Virtual Patching, which helps protect against vulnerabilities at the network level. It also includes ruggedised next-generation firewalls designed for critical infrastructure environments. The company’s Frontier AI Critical Defense Program extends this approach through collaboration with organisations across OT, healthcare, commercial software and open-source communities. The aim is to identify emerging vulnerabilities earlier and put protections in place before attackers can exploit them, reducing reliance on traditional patching cycles.

Cyber Security

Sophos Brings AI Defense to Expose Shadow AI and Secure AI Use in Real Time

Sophos announced the general availability of Sophos AI Defense, which finds the AI tools employees and applications are using, including the ones security teams never approved, and enforces policy wherever they run. Every AI tool an organization can’t see is a potential gap in confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Delivered through Sophos Fusion, the AI-native cybersecurity defense system, Sophos AI Defense connects controls on the device, across the network, at sign-in, and in the browser into one line of defense, so teams can safely adopt AI faster without adding another disconnected tool to manage. Attackers see the same opportunity in AI that businesses do. This year alone, Sophos X-Ops has tracked an attacker using AI agents inside a customer’s network to build and test nearly 80 malware modules; threat actors selling brokered API keys for frontier AI models; underground forums trading jailbreak techniques; and criminal recruiters seeking AI prompt engineers. Most organizations already have AI running that they never approved. Sixty-nine percent suspect or have evidence that employees are using unsanctioned Agents and AI tools, 82% have discovered shadow AI agents in their environments in the past year, and 90% of IT leaders are concerned about shadow AI risk. The problem is about to scale, with IDC projecting 1.3 billion AI agents by 2028. Each of those agents and tools is both a new attack surface and a new way for sensitive data to leave the business. Sophos AI Defense pulls signals from the device, network, identity, and browser layers to map AI activity across an environment, then weighs who is acting, how they’re behaving, and what data is involved to separate routine use from activity that warrants action. Real-time guardrails, designed to help prevent sensitive data exposure, inspect prompts, uploads, and other AI interactions as they happen. That activity also flows into the Sophos Fusion system, so security teams using Sophos XDR, along with Sophos MDR analysts, can investigate and respond through the workflows they already know. “Organizations are adopting AI faster than they can secure it, and most security teams can’t answer three basic questions: which AI tools are running, what data is going into them, and whether that activity lines up with policy,” said Kyle Falkenhagen, Senior Vice President of Product Management, Sophos. “Sophos AI Defense gives security teams that visibility and the control to act on it, so they can say yes to AI and know exactly what they’re saying yes to.” Because Sophos AI Defense runs on Sophos Fusion, under-resourced security teams can activate AI security from day one, and managed service providers (MSPs) gain a new capability to deliver across their customer base. The launch comes during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, as safe AI adoption moves up the agenda for organizations of every size. Sophos AI Defense is available now.

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GoDaddy Advances Developer Platform to Help Businesses Move from Build to Online

GoDaddy released a significant expansion to the GoDaddy Developer Platform, adding APIs for hosting, professional email and commerce. Building on the domain APIs introduced in July, which now include premium domains and bulk domains, the expanded platform gives developers and AI agents a more complete, programmable path. This means users can take a project from working code to a live business, all without leaving their development workflow. For developers, AI coding tools have significantly compressed the time it takes to turn an idea into a working application. But getting that application online can still mean jumping between hosting platforms, domain settings, email configuration and commerce tools, often requiring manual setup and disconnected credentials. AI is also changing and accelerating software development, which means the infrastructure supporting those applications needs to evolve as well. By making GoDaddy's existing infrastructure programmable and interoperable, the Developer Platform gives developers and AI agents access to the services businesses need beyond the code itself. GoDaddy is making AI-powered development more accessible With the expanded all-in-one Developer Platform, developers and AI agents can use the same platform, credentials, API conventions, documentation and command-line interface (CLI) to connect with the core services needed to bring a business online. The integration of Node.js Hosting also provides users with a simplified way to publish their web apps. Using the Developer Platform, developers and AI coding agents can create, launch and manage apps without opening a dashboard. It provides a preview for the app and built-in security features including automatic HTTPS, a web application firewall, a content delivery network (CDN) and a managed MySQL database. "The next generation of businesses will be built differently," said Hemanth Guntupalli, Chief Technology Officer of Platforms at GoDaddy. "AI can turn an idea into working software in minutes, and we're building the infrastructure that lets developers and AI agents take that software the rest of the way. From code to hosting, domains, email and commerce, our customers can take their working application to a live business without breaking the flow." From APIs to a connected workflow Domain APIs — Programmatic access to domain search and name suggestions, including standard, premium and bulk domains; domain purchase with preferred API pricing; DNS configuration; and domain management through a single platform. Hosting APIs — Deploy and operate Node.js apps directly from the command line or through an AI agent. The Hosting API supports the full app lifecycle, from creating an app and attaching a hosting plan to publishing to production, managing secrets and reading logs. Email APIs — Purchase professional email, create mailboxes and automate the underlying MX, SPF and DKIM configuration. Commerce APIs — Programmatically manage your GoDaddy commerce stores, orders, catalog and customers. These capabilities are designed to work as a connected system rather than a collection of separate services. For example, a developer can work with their coding tools or AI agents to create an application or website, then call the Hosting API to create the app, attach a hosting plan and deploy it to production. From there, the agent can use the domains API to search for, purchase and configure a domain for the newly hosted project, then use the email API to purchase and configure professional email for that domain. With the commerce APIs, it can also programmatically manage the store, catalog, orders and customers. GoDaddy gives developers full control Developers can use one GoDaddy Developer Platform identity and add the appropriate product-specific scopes to their personal access token, while accessing the capabilities through REST APIs and the GoDaddy CLI. The platform also incorporates safeguards designed to keep customers in control when AI agents perform actions. Product-specific token scopes allow developers to grant only the access required for a given job. Existing account, authorization, fraud and abuse controls also apply. The platform is designed around the fundamentals developers expect from modern developer infrastructure: accessible APIs, consistent interfaces, clear documentation, usable tooling and the reliability of infrastructure already operating at GoDaddy scale. Building for an AI-driven future The expansion is part of GoDaddy's broader strategy to make it easier for the next generation of businesses to build, launch and operate online in an increasingly AI-driven world. AI can help create the application, while programmable infrastructure can help turn that application into a functioning business. "Our job is to provide the technology foundation for the next generation of AI-powered businesses. Powerful enough for developers, simple enough for business owners and seamlessly integrated so everything works together," said Guntupalli. Designed for developers. Accessible to businesses. The Developer Platform is built for developers, web agencies, technical professionals and AI coding agents managing their own GoDaddy products. The expanded GoDaddy Developer Platform is available now for free to customers across the globe.

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Veeam Announces Availability of Intelligent ResOps for Microsoft 365

Veeam Software announced the general availability of Veeam Intelligent ResOps for Microsoft 365, the first generally available offering in the Veeam Intelligent ResOps (iResOps) portfolio and an add-on for Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365. Customers connect Veeam iResOps for Microsoft 365 to Veeam Data Cloud in a few clicks, with no data migration and no re-architecture required. They get new visibility across their Microsoft 365 estate, identifying known and unknown AI agents, AI-driven file changes, discovering Redundant, Obsolete, and Trivial (ROT) data, and locating any DORA-relevantsensitive and regulated data to validate protection. With clear visibility across their Microsoft 365 data and AI estate, organizations can safely accelerate their use of AI, reduce storage costs, improve compliance, and recover data with precision. Veeam is also announcing Private Previews of Veeam iResOps for Veeam Data Platform and Okta, respectively. Veeam iResOps brings together deep contextual intelligence across workloads into a unified command center to streamline visibility, controls, and day-to-day resilience operations across the data estate. It continuously maps data, users, permissions, AI agents, activity, and protection status to deliver actionable context across environments, helping customers understand what data they have, what matters most, what’s at risk, and what’s protected so that they can act faster before, during, and after incidents. For workloads already protected by Veeam, iResOps builds on the platforms customers rely on today. Veeam is opening Private Previews for Veeam Intelligent ResOps for Veeam Data Platform and Okta today. “For twenty years, the resilience question was simple: Can I recover? In the agentic AI era, the question is whether you can determine precisely what was affected, who or what touched it, and how to return precisely to a trusted state,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO of Veeam . “Veeam Intelligent ResOps gives customers both a recovery point and a recovery map. A recovery point tells you what you can restore. A recovery map tells you what to restore first, what changed, and what not to bring back. You can only do this when deep intelligence is connected to the data identities, access, and activity across your entire data estate. With Veeam iResOps for Microsoft 365, we are bringing together the market’s leading resilience foundation that more than 26 million users already trust, with Securiti AI’s advanced data security, governance, and AI capabilities to help customers adopt AI with greater confidence.” AI agents now read, change, and delete enterprise data at machine speed, and most organizations cannot see what those agents are doing. According to the Veeam Data Trust & Resilience Report 2026, while 88% of organizations are already using or piloting AI agents, only 7% qualify as truly AI-ready. Over 82% of enterprises have unknown AI agents operating in their IT environments today, and 95% say data challenges have already slowed their AI progress. Resilience teams must now plan not only for failure and attack, but also for drift: data that goes stale, is exposed to the wrong model, or is modified by an authorized agent in unintended ways. Veeam Intelligent ResOps for Microsoft 365: Now Generally Available Microsoft 365 holds an organization’s most important information, and a growing number of AI agents are now interacting with it continuously. Veeam iResOps for Microsoft 365 extends Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 to the DataAI Command Graph, which links production data to backup context, so teams can: • Accelerate AI safely: Discover Copilot and the AI agents in the environment, see which sensitive data each can reach, and close oversharing gaps. When an agent modifies or deletes the wrong files, teams can see what changed, file by file, and undo those changes precisely. • Minimize compliance overhead: Continuously discover and classify sensitive and regulated data across SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Exchange, and see who and what can access it. • Reduce blast radius and storage costs: Identify redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) data, and quarantine it while teams decide what to archive or delete, with full context both reducing the blast radius and unnecessary storage costs. • Drive minimum viable recovery, fast: Confirm that business-critical data is backed up, expose coverage gaps before an incident, and know exactly where the data that the business needs first is located when an incident occurs. • Get answers in minutes, not weeks: Built-in agents let authorized team members ask questions in plain language across data, access, AI agents, and backup protection, which then inform policy enhancements. “Customers don’t want silos of tools with conflicting sources of truth. They want visibility, controls, and resilience in one place,” said Rehan Jalil, President of Products and Technology at Veeam . “Veeam iResOps brings contextual intelligence and precision to every critical system you depend on. You know what is sensitive, what is critical, and what an agent touched. You protect exactly what needs protecting, and you bring back exactly what broke. Microsoft 365 is the first step. Today we are extending that model to the Veeam Data Platform estates our customers run, and to the identity systems that sit in front of everything.” Extending Intelligent ResOps to Veeam Data Platform: Private Preview For Veeam Data Platform customers, Veeam iResOps extends the protection offered by existing backup servers into a unified command view and a connected data estate with no changes to your current setup. Existing servers connect to the DataAI Command Platform in minutes, with no data migration or major re-architecture, and the DataAI Command Graph maps protected infrastructure, workloads, and indexed files in a single console. Teams can perform a global search across protected and production data, identify an under-resourced server before it misses a restore point, and precisely recover infrastructure or files with full restore-point context. The cloud-based console centrally manages role-based access control (RBAC), single sign-on (SSO), and multi-factor authentication (MFA) powered by three built-in AI agents: Dashboard Agent for insights, Graph Agent for exploration, and Backup Admin Agent for operational efficiency. iResOps for Veeam Data Platform accompanies Veeam Data Platform v13.2, expected to be generally available later in Q4 2026. Extending Intelligent ResOps to Okta: Private Preview When an identity system goes down, the business goes down with it. Every employee, application, and workflow depends on identity to function, and a single misconfiguration or malicious change can lock them out. Okta offers no native point-in-time restore or version history, and only a 30-day soft-delete window for users. Veeam iResOps for Okta gives organizations the undo button they don’t currently have. It creates immutable restore points across users, groups, applications, policies, and admin roles, covering 29 object types, each verified as restorable against the live Okta API. Teams can compare the live tenant against a known-good state down to the individual property, understand what changed and when, and then automatically restore not just the object but its relationships with others, including memberships, app assignments, federation, and roles, in the correct sequence. This is precision resilience. Instead of rebuilding access by hand or rolling back the entire tenant, teams fix only what broke. Employees can be back at work in minutes, and every legitimate change made since stays intact. Delivered as a fully managed service, iResOps for Okta extends Veeam’s identity resilience capabilities that are already available for Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID. Additional Private Previews Coming in Q4: GitHub, Azure DevOps, and Google IAM Veeam plans to open Private Previews of Veeam Intelligent ResOps for GitHub and Azure DevOps in Q4 2026, extending protection and recovery to code, pipelines, settings, and permissions. A Private Preview for Google IAM is also planned for select customers, expanding Veeam’s identity resilience coverage across major identity platforms. Availability Veeam Intelligent ResOps for Microsoft 365 is generally available today as an add-on to Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365, in Foundation and Advanced editions, and is also available through Veeam Cloud & Service Providers (VCSPs). Veeam iResOps for Veeam Data Platform and Veeam iResOps for Okta are available now in Private Preview to qualified customers. Private Previews for GitHub, Azure DevOps, and Google IAM begin in Q4 2026. Private Preview capabilities are subject to change.

Software

GoDaddy Advances Developer Platform to Help Businesses Move from Build to Online

GoDaddy released a significant expansion to the GoDaddy Developer Platform, adding APIs for hosting, professional email and commerce. Building on the domain APIs introduced in July, which now include premium domains and bulk domains, the expanded platform gives developers and AI agents a more complete, programmable path. This means users can take a project from working code to a live business, all without leaving their development workflow. For developers, AI coding tools have significantly compressed the time it takes to turn an idea into a working application. But getting that application online can still mean jumping between hosting platforms, domain settings, email configuration and commerce tools, often requiring manual setup and disconnected credentials. AI is also changing and accelerating software development, which means the infrastructure supporting those applications needs to evolve as well. By making GoDaddy's existing infrastructure programmable and interoperable, the Developer Platform gives developers and AI agents access to the services businesses need beyond the code itself. GoDaddy is making AI-powered development more accessible With the expanded all-in-one Developer Platform, developers and AI agents can use the same platform, credentials, API conventions, documentation and command-line interface (CLI) to connect with the core services needed to bring a business online. The integration of Node.js Hosting also provides users with a simplified way to publish their web apps. Using the Developer Platform, developers and AI coding agents can create, launch and manage apps without opening a dashboard. It provides a preview for the app and built-in security features including automatic HTTPS, a web application firewall, a content delivery network (CDN) and a managed MySQL database. "The next generation of businesses will be built differently," said Hemanth Guntupalli, Chief Technology Officer of Platforms at GoDaddy. "AI can turn an idea into working software in minutes, and we're building the infrastructure that lets developers and AI agents take that software the rest of the way. From code to hosting, domains, email and commerce, our customers can take their working application to a live business without breaking the flow." From APIs to a connected workflow Domain APIs — Programmatic access to domain search and name suggestions, including standard, premium and bulk domains; domain purchase with preferred API pricing; DNS configuration; and domain management through a single platform. Hosting APIs — Deploy and operate Node.js apps directly from the command line or through an AI agent. The Hosting API supports the full app lifecycle, from creating an app and attaching a hosting plan to publishing to production, managing secrets and reading logs. Email APIs — Purchase professional email, create mailboxes and automate the underlying MX, SPF and DKIM configuration. Commerce APIs — Programmatically manage your GoDaddy commerce stores, orders, catalog and customers. These capabilities are designed to work as a connected system rather than a collection of separate services. For example, a developer can work with their coding tools or AI agents to create an application or website, then call the Hosting API to create the app, attach a hosting plan and deploy it to production. From there, the agent can use the domains API to search for, purchase and configure a domain for the newly hosted project, then use the email API to purchase and configure professional email for that domain. With the commerce APIs, it can also programmatically manage the store, catalog, orders and customers. GoDaddy gives developers full control Developers can use one GoDaddy Developer Platform identity and add the appropriate product-specific scopes to their personal access token, while accessing the capabilities through REST APIs and the GoDaddy CLI. The platform also incorporates safeguards designed to keep customers in control when AI agents perform actions. Product-specific token scopes allow developers to grant only the access required for a given job. Existing account, authorization, fraud and abuse controls also apply. The platform is designed around the fundamentals developers expect from modern developer infrastructure: accessible APIs, consistent interfaces, clear documentation, usable tooling and the reliability of infrastructure already operating at GoDaddy scale. Building for an AI-driven future The expansion is part of GoDaddy's broader strategy to make it easier for the next generation of businesses to build, launch and operate online in an increasingly AI-driven world. AI can help create the application, while programmable infrastructure can help turn that application into a functioning business. "Our job is to provide the technology foundation for the next generation of AI-powered businesses. Powerful enough for developers, simple enough for business owners and seamlessly integrated so everything works together," said Guntupalli. Designed for developers. Accessible to businesses. The Developer Platform is built for developers, web agencies, technical professionals and AI coding agents managing their own GoDaddy products. The expanded GoDaddy Developer Platform is available now for free to customers across the globe.

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Veeam Announces Availability of Intelligent ResOps for Microsoft 365

Veeam Software announced the general availability of Veeam Intelligent ResOps for Microsoft 365, the first generally available offering in the Veeam Intelligent ResOps (iResOps) portfolio and an add-on for Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365. Customers connect Veeam iResOps for Microsoft 365 to Veeam Data Cloud in a few clicks, with no data migration and no re-architecture required. They get new visibility across their Microsoft 365 estate, identifying known and unknown AI agents, AI-driven file changes, discovering Redundant, Obsolete, and Trivial (ROT) data, and locating any DORA-relevantsensitive and regulated data to validate protection. With clear visibility across their Microsoft 365 data and AI estate, organizations can safely accelerate their use of AI, reduce storage costs, improve compliance, and recover data with precision. Veeam is also announcing Private Previews of Veeam iResOps for Veeam Data Platform and Okta, respectively. Veeam iResOps brings together deep contextual intelligence across workloads into a unified command center to streamline visibility, controls, and day-to-day resilience operations across the data estate. It continuously maps data, users, permissions, AI agents, activity, and protection status to deliver actionable context across environments, helping customers understand what data they have, what matters most, what’s at risk, and what’s protected so that they can act faster before, during, and after incidents. For workloads already protected by Veeam, iResOps builds on the platforms customers rely on today. Veeam is opening Private Previews for Veeam Intelligent ResOps for Veeam Data Platform and Okta today. “For twenty years, the resilience question was simple: Can I recover? In the agentic AI era, the question is whether you can determine precisely what was affected, who or what touched it, and how to return precisely to a trusted state,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO of Veeam . “Veeam Intelligent ResOps gives customers both a recovery point and a recovery map. A recovery point tells you what you can restore. A recovery map tells you what to restore first, what changed, and what not to bring back. You can only do this when deep intelligence is connected to the data identities, access, and activity across your entire data estate. With Veeam iResOps for Microsoft 365, we are bringing together the market’s leading resilience foundation that more than 26 million users already trust, with Securiti AI’s advanced data security, governance, and AI capabilities to help customers adopt AI with greater confidence.” AI agents now read, change, and delete enterprise data at machine speed, and most organizations cannot see what those agents are doing. According to the Veeam Data Trust & Resilience Report 2026, while 88% of organizations are already using or piloting AI agents, only 7% qualify as truly AI-ready. Over 82% of enterprises have unknown AI agents operating in their IT environments today, and 95% say data challenges have already slowed their AI progress. Resilience teams must now plan not only for failure and attack, but also for drift: data that goes stale, is exposed to the wrong model, or is modified by an authorized agent in unintended ways. Veeam Intelligent ResOps for Microsoft 365: Now Generally Available Microsoft 365 holds an organization’s most important information, and a growing number of AI agents are now interacting with it continuously. Veeam iResOps for Microsoft 365 extends Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 to the DataAI Command Graph, which links production data to backup context, so teams can: • Accelerate AI safely: Discover Copilot and the AI agents in the environment, see which sensitive data each can reach, and close oversharing gaps. When an agent modifies or deletes the wrong files, teams can see what changed, file by file, and undo those changes precisely. • Minimize compliance overhead: Continuously discover and classify sensitive and regulated data across SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Exchange, and see who and what can access it. • Reduce blast radius and storage costs: Identify redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) data, and quarantine it while teams decide what to archive or delete, with full context both reducing the blast radius and unnecessary storage costs. • Drive minimum viable recovery, fast: Confirm that business-critical data is backed up, expose coverage gaps before an incident, and know exactly where the data that the business needs first is located when an incident occurs. • Get answers in minutes, not weeks: Built-in agents let authorized team members ask questions in plain language across data, access, AI agents, and backup protection, which then inform policy enhancements. “Customers don’t want silos of tools with conflicting sources of truth. They want visibility, controls, and resilience in one place,” said Rehan Jalil, President of Products and Technology at Veeam . “Veeam iResOps brings contextual intelligence and precision to every critical system you depend on. You know what is sensitive, what is critical, and what an agent touched. You protect exactly what needs protecting, and you bring back exactly what broke. Microsoft 365 is the first step. Today we are extending that model to the Veeam Data Platform estates our customers run, and to the identity systems that sit in front of everything.” Extending Intelligent ResOps to Veeam Data Platform: Private Preview For Veeam Data Platform customers, Veeam iResOps extends the protection offered by existing backup servers into a unified command view and a connected data estate with no changes to your current setup. Existing servers connect to the DataAI Command Platform in minutes, with no data migration or major re-architecture, and the DataAI Command Graph maps protected infrastructure, workloads, and indexed files in a single console. Teams can perform a global search across protected and production data, identify an under-resourced server before it misses a restore point, and precisely recover infrastructure or files with full restore-point context. The cloud-based console centrally manages role-based access control (RBAC), single sign-on (SSO), and multi-factor authentication (MFA) powered by three built-in AI agents: Dashboard Agent for insights, Graph Agent for exploration, and Backup Admin Agent for operational efficiency. iResOps for Veeam Data Platform accompanies Veeam Data Platform v13.2, expected to be generally available later in Q4 2026. Extending Intelligent ResOps to Okta: Private Preview When an identity system goes down, the business goes down with it. Every employee, application, and workflow depends on identity to function, and a single misconfiguration or malicious change can lock them out. Okta offers no native point-in-time restore or version history, and only a 30-day soft-delete window for users. Veeam iResOps for Okta gives organizations the undo button they don’t currently have. It creates immutable restore points across users, groups, applications, policies, and admin roles, covering 29 object types, each verified as restorable against the live Okta API. Teams can compare the live tenant against a known-good state down to the individual property, understand what changed and when, and then automatically restore not just the object but its relationships with others, including memberships, app assignments, federation, and roles, in the correct sequence. This is precision resilience. Instead of rebuilding access by hand or rolling back the entire tenant, teams fix only what broke. Employees can be back at work in minutes, and every legitimate change made since stays intact. Delivered as a fully managed service, iResOps for Okta extends Veeam’s identity resilience capabilities that are already available for Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID. Additional Private Previews Coming in Q4: GitHub, Azure DevOps, and Google IAM Veeam plans to open Private Previews of Veeam Intelligent ResOps for GitHub and Azure DevOps in Q4 2026, extending protection and recovery to code, pipelines, settings, and permissions. A Private Preview for Google IAM is also planned for select customers, expanding Veeam’s identity resilience coverage across major identity platforms. Availability Veeam Intelligent ResOps for Microsoft 365 is generally available today as an add-on to Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365, in Foundation and Advanced editions, and is also available through Veeam Cloud & Service Providers (VCSPs). Veeam iResOps for Veeam Data Platform and Veeam iResOps for Okta are available now in Private Preview to qualified customers. Private Previews for GitHub, Azure DevOps, and Google IAM begin in Q4 2026. Private Preview capabilities are subject to change.

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Consistent Infosystems strengthens channel network with Dehradun partner meet

Bringing together regional distributors and dealers to showcase its IT hardware, gaming and surveillance portfolio and explore growth opportunities Consistent Infosystems , one of India’s leading IT hardware, gaming and surveillance brands, successfully hosted its Exclusive Partner Meet in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The event brought together distributors, dealers and channel partners from Uttarakhand and nearby regions to discuss business opportunities, explore the company’s product portfolio and strengthen relationships within its channel network. The event was inaugurated by Product Heads, Marketing Head and Vice President – Sales, Consistent Infosystems. It provided a platform for meaningful interactions with channel partners, alongside discussions on upcoming products, business initiatives and opportunities for mutual growth. A key highlight of the event was the live showcase of Consistent’s diverse product portfolio, covering gaming cabinets, keyboards, mice, cooling solutions, graphics cards, Wi-Fi cameras, PT cameras, dome cameras, NVRs, and networking products. The display enabled partners to explore the range and gain insights into the company’s offerings across gaming, IT hardware, surveillance and networking. New and upcoming products were also previewed, offering partners a glimpse into the company’s evolving portfolio. The meet also focused on strengthening business engagement through discussions on product availability, market opportunities and initiatives to support channel partners. By bringing together regional distributors, dealers and partners, the event provided an opportunity to exchange market insights, understand partner requirements and explore avenues for expanding Consistent’s presence across Uttarakhand and neighbouring markets. Commenting on the meet, Yogesh Agrawal, CMD & Co-Founder, Consistent Infosystems , said, “Our channel partners are integral to our growth journey. The Dehradun Partner Meet provided an opportunity to strengthen these relationships, showcase our product portfolio and discuss new business opportunities. We remain committed to supporting our partners through product innovation, focused initiatives and opportunities for mutual growth.” As part of the meet, Consistent Infosystems introduced exclusive purchase offers for channel partners. Partners purchasing Consistent products worth ₹11,000 were eligible for a free Installer Bag, while purchases worth ₹30,000 qualified for a free Smart Watch. The initiative reinforces Consistent Infosystems’ commitment to strengthening channel relationships, supporting partner growth and expanding its presence across India’s IT hardware, gaming and surveillance segments through product showcases, business discussions and partner-focused schemes.

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Consistent Launches 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch for High-Speed Networking

Featuring 16 Gigabit ports, 32Gbps switching bandwidth, Plug & Play setup and a compact desktop design Consistent Infosystems , a leading IT hardware, surveillance, and electronics brand, launches its 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch (CT-DS-16PG) , designed to provide high-speed and reliable wired connectivity for homes, offices and professional networking setups. Equipped with 16 Gigabit Ethernet ports and a compact desktop form factor, the switch offers a practical solution for expanding wired network connectivity. Designed for easy placement and everyday use , the 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch has a sleek black finish with a rectangular design , complemented by a dark grey front panel and yellow accent detailing . The 16 Ethernet ports are neatly arranged for convenient connection of compatible network devices, while its compact form factor makes it easy to place on desks or alongside existing networking equipment. The switch features 16 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit ports , along with 32Gbps switching bandwidth and 23.808Mbps forwarding capacity for efficient data transfer and stable network performance. It also supports Auto MDI/MDIX , eliminating the need for crossover cables, while Plug & Play functionality enables quick installation without complex configuration. It allows users to connect computers, printers, IP cameras, storage devices and other compatible equipment. For enhanced reliability, the switch comes with lightning protection to help safeguard the device against electrical disturbances. It is powered by an external 12V DC / 1A power adapter and supports an operating temperature range of -20°C to 55°C, making it suitable for different working environments. Commenting on the launch, Yogesh Agrawal, CMD and Co-Founder, Consistent Infosystems , said, “As more devices become part of our everyday work and home environments, having a reliable network is increasingly important. With our new 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch, we wanted to offer a simple and dependable solution that makes expanding a wired network easier.” With its combination of high-speed Gigabit connectivity, multiple ports, easy installation and compact design, the switch provides a practical solution for expanding wired networks. Pricing and Availability The Consistent 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch carries an MRP of INR 6,999 and is available through Consistent Infosystems’ extensive channel partner network across India and can also be purchased online at shop.consistent.in .

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Consistent Infosystems strengthens channel network with Dehradun partner meet

Bringing together regional distributors and dealers to showcase its IT hardware, gaming and surveillance portfolio and explore growth opportunities Consistent Infosystems , one of India’s leading IT hardware, gaming and surveillance brands, successfully hosted its Exclusive Partner Meet in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The event brought together distributors, dealers and channel partners from Uttarakhand and nearby regions to discuss business opportunities, explore the company’s product portfolio and strengthen relationships within its channel network. The event was inaugurated by Product Heads, Marketing Head and Vice President – Sales, Consistent Infosystems. It provided a platform for meaningful interactions with channel partners, alongside discussions on upcoming products, business initiatives and opportunities for mutual growth. A key highlight of the event was the live showcase of Consistent’s diverse product portfolio, covering gaming cabinets, keyboards, mice, cooling solutions, graphics cards, Wi-Fi cameras, PT cameras, dome cameras, NVRs, and networking products. The display enabled partners to explore the range and gain insights into the company’s offerings across gaming, IT hardware, surveillance and networking. New and upcoming products were also previewed, offering partners a glimpse into the company’s evolving portfolio. The meet also focused on strengthening business engagement through discussions on product availability, market opportunities and initiatives to support channel partners. By bringing together regional distributors, dealers and partners, the event provided an opportunity to exchange market insights, understand partner requirements and explore avenues for expanding Consistent’s presence across Uttarakhand and neighbouring markets. Commenting on the meet, Yogesh Agrawal, CMD & Co-Founder, Consistent Infosystems , said, “Our channel partners are integral to our growth journey. The Dehradun Partner Meet provided an opportunity to strengthen these relationships, showcase our product portfolio and discuss new business opportunities. We remain committed to supporting our partners through product innovation, focused initiatives and opportunities for mutual growth.” As part of the meet, Consistent Infosystems introduced exclusive purchase offers for channel partners. Partners purchasing Consistent products worth ₹11,000 were eligible for a free Installer Bag, while purchases worth ₹30,000 qualified for a free Smart Watch. The initiative reinforces Consistent Infosystems’ commitment to strengthening channel relationships, supporting partner growth and expanding its presence across India’s IT hardware, gaming and surveillance segments through product showcases, business discussions and partner-focused schemes.

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Consistent Launches 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch for High-Speed Networking

Featuring 16 Gigabit ports, 32Gbps switching bandwidth, Plug & Play setup and a compact desktop design Consistent Infosystems , a leading IT hardware, surveillance, and electronics brand, launches its 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch (CT-DS-16PG) , designed to provide high-speed and reliable wired connectivity for homes, offices and professional networking setups. Equipped with 16 Gigabit Ethernet ports and a compact desktop form factor, the switch offers a practical solution for expanding wired network connectivity. Designed for easy placement and everyday use , the 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch has a sleek black finish with a rectangular design , complemented by a dark grey front panel and yellow accent detailing . The 16 Ethernet ports are neatly arranged for convenient connection of compatible network devices, while its compact form factor makes it easy to place on desks or alongside existing networking equipment. The switch features 16 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit ports , along with 32Gbps switching bandwidth and 23.808Mbps forwarding capacity for efficient data transfer and stable network performance. It also supports Auto MDI/MDIX , eliminating the need for crossover cables, while Plug & Play functionality enables quick installation without complex configuration. It allows users to connect computers, printers, IP cameras, storage devices and other compatible equipment. For enhanced reliability, the switch comes with lightning protection to help safeguard the device against electrical disturbances. It is powered by an external 12V DC / 1A power adapter and supports an operating temperature range of -20°C to 55°C, making it suitable for different working environments. Commenting on the launch, Yogesh Agrawal, CMD and Co-Founder, Consistent Infosystems , said, “As more devices become part of our everyday work and home environments, having a reliable network is increasingly important. With our new 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch, we wanted to offer a simple and dependable solution that makes expanding a wired network easier.” With its combination of high-speed Gigabit connectivity, multiple ports, easy installation and compact design, the switch provides a practical solution for expanding wired networks. Pricing and Availability The Consistent 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch carries an MRP of INR 6,999 and is available through Consistent Infosystems’ extensive channel partner network across India and can also be purchased online at shop.consistent.in .

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Hikvision India Showcases WonderOS 4.0 -IDP, Active LED and Latest PRO AV Solutions at Infocomm Expo

Hikvision India showcased WonderOS 4.0 Operating System along with the latest Interactive Display Panels (IDP), Active LED, Digital Signage and Pro AV Solutions at Infocomm India Expo 2026. Hikvision India participated in the latest edition of the Infocomm India Expo, India’s premier AV trade show, held from 16 to 18 September 2026 at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. Commenting on the participation of Hikvision India at the Infocomm India Expo, Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India Private Limited, said, “Hikvision India has made a big splash in India’s Pro-AV market by introducing an innovative range of Active LED, Digital Signage and interactive display and audio solutions. The demand for IDP and LED is growing in the market. We are here to serve the Pro AV market with high-quality products and bespoke solutions.” The key attraction at the Hikvision India booth was WonderOS 4.0 - an Android-based operating system. Hikvision developed it specifically to power its WonderHub Interactive commercial display products. These commercial-grade displays combine 4K UHD clarity with infrared or capacitive touch features. These display systems support multi-screen sharing, smooth white-boarding, and annotations, serving both as education aids and corporate tools. Their application scenarios include digital education and collaborative corporate meetings, ; they integrate core AI capabilities, refined system performance, and fluid multi-screen interaction models. Hikvision also showcased WonderHub, an all-in-one large display panel that integrates the features of a computer, whiteboard, and projector in to a single device making it a versatile tool for education and business. WonderOS 4.0 AI Features WonderOS 4.0 brings AI to applications through the WonderOmi voice assistant, AI Identify, and AI Notes. WonderOmi enables hands-free control to open the Whiteboard, launch browsers, or access materials, while teachers stay focused on students. It also supports voice activation and answering questions, with text-to-speech responses that give teachers a moment to recharge during lessons. The AI Identify feature enables a powerful search option - by merely circling any image on the screen, you get encyclopaedic information on the same. AI Notes features a unique bilingual speech-to-text advantage so that teachers can take notes easily. This revolutionary introduction takes the classroom teaching and learning environment to the next level. LED Solutions The special LED solution displayed at Infocomm India was the Hikvision LED MIP Screen P 1.5. Hikvision India presented an LED cabinet and controller system, along with Indoor, Outdoor, and cut-edge LED solutions, at the Infocomm India Expo. Hikvision India showcased a comprehensive ecosystem of professional LED displays designed for commercial, public, and surveillance environments. Widely recognised for their seamless modular splicing, advanced encapsulation tech (like COB and IMD), and robust remote management software, their product lines span everything from giant command centre video walls to individual desktop surveillance monitors. Customers can now choose from Hikvision Active LED modules, including indoor, outdoor, soft, and cut-edge options. Hikvision Commercial Displays provides a comprehensive ecosystem of hardware, software, and media players designed for impactful visual communication across retail, corporate, and public settings. Their digital signage solutions enable dynamic, scheduled advertising with efficient centralised management. Audio Solutions Hikvision India booth also presented Public Audio Solutions. Hikvision Public Audio Solutions portfolio represents an integrated ecosystem designed to transition modern business environments into fully digital, immersive smart spaces. This included Analog Speakers, IP Speakers and Pendant-mount speakers. Hikvision India showcased its latest offerings in Interactive Display Panels (IDPs), LED Displays, signage solutions, and PRO AV solutions to end-users and the professional community. The Infocomm India expo provided a relevant platform to showcase cutting-edge solutions driving the rapidly growing Audio Visual technology market.

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Securing AI, Governing Data: Industry Leaders Decode the New Enterprise Security Era

SoftwareOne hosted an exclusive industry roundtable on “ Microsoft Security in the AI Era,” bringing together technology leaders and security professionals to examine how artificial intelligence is transforming enterprise cybersecurity. The discussion focused on the growing intersection of AI, identity, data protection, privacy and governance, while highlighting the need for organizations to move from experimentation toward secure and governed AI adoption. Opening the session , S. Mohini Ratna, Editor, VARINDIA , highlighted VARINDIA’s role in connecting technology companies, channel partners, enterprises and industry leaders. She emphasized that the media house’s objective extends beyond technology reporting to facilitating knowledge exchange and bringing emerging technologies closer to the partner ecosystem. Deepesh Belwal, Partner Program Manager, Crayon Software Experts India Pvt. Ltd ., set the context for the evening by highlighting the importance of collaboration and partner enablement. His address underlined how stronger technology ecosystems can help enterprises navigate rapidly evolving requirements across cloud, software, cybersecurity and digital transformation. Himanshu Singh, Secure AI Ranger – Solutions Architect, Microsoft Corporation , discussed the importance of securing enterprise environments as organizations accelerate AI adoption. His session focused on strengthening cybersecurity architecture, protecting critical assets and creating resilient environments where businesses can innovate with AI while maintaining security and trust. Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahu, Founder & CEO, FaceOff Technologies , addressed “Microsoft Security Suite – From Shadow AI to Governed AI.” He highlighted the emerging risks surrounding uncontrolled AI usage and the growing importance of digital trust. The discussion covered multimodal AI, deepfake detection, synthetic identity fraud, behavioural authentication and privacy-focused security as enterprises confront increasingly sophisticated AI-driven threats. Prashant Ray, GTM Leader, Technopop Solutions Pvt. Ltd ., spoke on “DPDPA 2023: From Compliance Burden to Data Governance Advantage.” His session explored how CIOs can operationalize consent, data discovery, retention and breach readiness using Microsoft Purview, positioning privacy compliance as part of a broader enterprise data-governance strategy. Debasish Pramanik, Co-Founder, PrivacyShield , presented “DPDP Stack – Microsoft Purview + PrivacyShield.” He highlighted the need for an integrated approach combining data discovery, governance, protection and privacy management to help enterprises strengthen regulatory compliance and digital trust. The evening concluded with an interactive Q&A session, followed by business networking & dinner, enabling participants to exchange perspectives on building secure, compliant and trusted enterprises in the AI era.

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Hikvision India Showcases WonderOS 4.0 -IDP, Active LED and Latest PRO AV Solutions at Infocomm Expo

Hikvision India showcased WonderOS 4.0 Operating System along with the latest Interactive Display Panels (IDP), Active LED, Digital Signage and Pro AV Solutions at Infocomm India Expo 2026. Hikvision India participated in the latest edition of the Infocomm India Expo, India’s premier AV trade show, held from 16 to 18 September 2026 at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. Commenting on the participation of Hikvision India at the Infocomm India Expo, Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India Private Limited, said, “Hikvision India has made a big splash in India’s Pro-AV market by introducing an innovative range of Active LED, Digital Signage and interactive display and audio solutions. The demand for IDP and LED is growing in the market. We are here to serve the Pro AV market with high-quality products and bespoke solutions.” The key attraction at the Hikvision India booth was WonderOS 4.0 - an Android-based operating system. Hikvision developed it specifically to power its WonderHub Interactive commercial display products. These commercial-grade displays combine 4K UHD clarity with infrared or capacitive touch features. These display systems support multi-screen sharing, smooth white-boarding, and annotations, serving both as education aids and corporate tools. Their application scenarios include digital education and collaborative corporate meetings, ; they integrate core AI capabilities, refined system performance, and fluid multi-screen interaction models. Hikvision also showcased WonderHub, an all-in-one large display panel that integrates the features of a computer, whiteboard, and projector in to a single device making it a versatile tool for education and business. WonderOS 4.0 AI Features WonderOS 4.0 brings AI to applications through the WonderOmi voice assistant, AI Identify, and AI Notes. WonderOmi enables hands-free control to open the Whiteboard, launch browsers, or access materials, while teachers stay focused on students. It also supports voice activation and answering questions, with text-to-speech responses that give teachers a moment to recharge during lessons. The AI Identify feature enables a powerful search option - by merely circling any image on the screen, you get encyclopaedic information on the same. AI Notes features a unique bilingual speech-to-text advantage so that teachers can take notes easily. This revolutionary introduction takes the classroom teaching and learning environment to the next level. LED Solutions The special LED solution displayed at Infocomm India was the Hikvision LED MIP Screen P 1.5. Hikvision India presented an LED cabinet and controller system, along with Indoor, Outdoor, and cut-edge LED solutions, at the Infocomm India Expo. Hikvision India showcased a comprehensive ecosystem of professional LED displays designed for commercial, public, and surveillance environments. Widely recognised for their seamless modular splicing, advanced encapsulation tech (like COB and IMD), and robust remote management software, their product lines span everything from giant command centre video walls to individual desktop surveillance monitors. Customers can now choose from Hikvision Active LED modules, including indoor, outdoor, soft, and cut-edge options. Hikvision Commercial Displays provides a comprehensive ecosystem of hardware, software, and media players designed for impactful visual communication across retail, corporate, and public settings. Their digital signage solutions enable dynamic, scheduled advertising with efficient centralised management. Audio Solutions Hikvision India booth also presented Public Audio Solutions. Hikvision Public Audio Solutions portfolio represents an integrated ecosystem designed to transition modern business environments into fully digital, immersive smart spaces. This included Analog Speakers, IP Speakers and Pendant-mount speakers. Hikvision India showcased its latest offerings in Interactive Display Panels (IDPs), LED Displays, signage solutions, and PRO AV solutions to end-users and the professional community. The Infocomm India expo provided a relevant platform to showcase cutting-edge solutions driving the rapidly growing Audio Visual technology market.

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Securing AI, Governing Data: Industry Leaders Decode the New Enterprise Security Era

SoftwareOne hosted an exclusive industry roundtable on “ Microsoft Security in the AI Era,” bringing together technology leaders and security professionals to examine how artificial intelligence is transforming enterprise cybersecurity. The discussion focused on the growing intersection of AI, identity, data protection, privacy and governance, while highlighting the need for organizations to move from experimentation toward secure and governed AI adoption. Opening the session , S. Mohini Ratna, Editor, VARINDIA , highlighted VARINDIA’s role in connecting technology companies, channel partners, enterprises and industry leaders. She emphasized that the media house’s objective extends beyond technology reporting to facilitating knowledge exchange and bringing emerging technologies closer to the partner ecosystem. Deepesh Belwal, Partner Program Manager, Crayon Software Experts India Pvt. Ltd ., set the context for the evening by highlighting the importance of collaboration and partner enablement. His address underlined how stronger technology ecosystems can help enterprises navigate rapidly evolving requirements across cloud, software, cybersecurity and digital transformation. Himanshu Singh, Secure AI Ranger – Solutions Architect, Microsoft Corporation , discussed the importance of securing enterprise environments as organizations accelerate AI adoption. His session focused on strengthening cybersecurity architecture, protecting critical assets and creating resilient environments where businesses can innovate with AI while maintaining security and trust. Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahu, Founder & CEO, FaceOff Technologies , addressed “Microsoft Security Suite – From Shadow AI to Governed AI.” He highlighted the emerging risks surrounding uncontrolled AI usage and the growing importance of digital trust. The discussion covered multimodal AI, deepfake detection, synthetic identity fraud, behavioural authentication and privacy-focused security as enterprises confront increasingly sophisticated AI-driven threats. Prashant Ray, GTM Leader, Technopop Solutions Pvt. Ltd ., spoke on “DPDPA 2023: From Compliance Burden to Data Governance Advantage.” His session explored how CIOs can operationalize consent, data discovery, retention and breach readiness using Microsoft Purview, positioning privacy compliance as part of a broader enterprise data-governance strategy. Debasish Pramanik, Co-Founder, PrivacyShield , presented “DPDP Stack – Microsoft Purview + PrivacyShield.” He highlighted the need for an integrated approach combining data discovery, governance, protection and privacy management to help enterprises strengthen regulatory compliance and digital trust. The evening concluded with an interactive Q&A session, followed by business networking & dinner, enabling participants to exchange perspectives on building secure, compliant and trusted enterprises in the AI era.

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Driving Productivity, Resilience and Growth through Hybrid AI

Arvind Chabra, Director - One Channel, Lenovo India “Indian organizations have largely moved beyond AI experimentation and are now focused on translating AI investments into measurable business outcomes such as revenue growth, operational efficiency, improved customer experiences and business reinvention. At Lenovo, our approach is centered on helping organizations adopt and scale AI without disrupting existing operations. We combine outcome-led advisory, AI-ready infrastructure, intelligent devices, software and services through our end-to-end Hybrid AI strategy, enabling customers to move from AI exploration to production with confidence. Our full-stack AI portfolio spans intelligent devices such as AI PCs, workstations, smartphones and tablets; robust infrastructure including servers, storage, edge computing, high-performance computing and software-defined infrastructure; along with AI software, solutions and managed services. This allows organizations to deploy AI where it delivers the greatest value, whether at the device, edge, data center or cloud. For Indian SMEs and mid-market enterprises, we recognize that AI adoption must be practical and economically viable. Lenovo helps these organizations build right-sized AI environments tailored to their workload requirements, including smaller GPU-based AI clusters that provide enterprise-class AI capabilities without the complexity or scale typically associated with hyperscale deployments. This enables businesses of all sizes to access AI innovation while maintaining cost efficiency. To further accelerate AI adoption, Lenovo is launching Lenovo AI Express , a new program designed to simplify and speed up the deployment of on-premises AI infrastructure. AI Express extends the value of Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage™ by providing validated, GPU-optimized AI infrastructure configurations that are pre-integrated with software and services, enabling organizations to move from AI use case identification to deployment significantly faster. At the end-user level, Lenovo is also redefining workplace productivity through AI-powered experiences such as Lenovo Qira , making computing more contextual, personalized and connected. Combined with our Hybrid AI architecture, this enables organizations to securely leverage AI wherever data is created and decisions are made, while maintaining the flexibility to balance performance, cost, security and compliance requirements. Ultimately, Lenovo's focus is not just on helping organizations adopt AI, but on helping them achieve meaningful, scalable business outcomes. Through a combination of Hybrid AI capabilities, AI-ready infrastructure, intelligent devices and innovations such as Lenovo AI Express, we are enabling Indian businesses to accelerate their AI journey, improve productivity, strengthen resilience and remain competitive in an increasingly AI-driven economy."

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Empowering Partners with Intelligence, Opportunity and Profitability

GAURAV SAXENA, DIRECTOR – CHANNELS & ALLIANCES, INDIA & SAARC, VEEAM SOFTWARE Veeam is strengthening channel profitability by expanding partnerships, deepening engagement and using business-intelligence tools to give partners greater visibility into customer opportunities, renewals and upsell potential. Its Veeam ProPartner Network provides a unified gateway to training, certifications, sales enablement and marketing resources. Customer expansion portals help partners identify renewal cycles and expansion opportunities, while profitability programmes and recurring-revenue models are designed to strengthen margins. The ecosystem brings together distributors, resellers, cloud service providers and alliance partners around modern data protection and cyber resilience. By combining real-time business intelligence, streamlined enablement and commercial incentives, Veeam aims to help partners scale across SMB, enterprise and cloud-service-provider segments while addressing increasing demand for resilient data environments.

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Driving Productivity, Resilience and Growth through Hybrid AI

Arvind Chabra, Director - One Channel, Lenovo India “Indian organizations have largely moved beyond AI experimentation and are now focused on translating AI investments into measurable business outcomes such as revenue growth, operational efficiency, improved customer experiences and business reinvention. At Lenovo, our approach is centered on helping organizations adopt and scale AI without disrupting existing operations. We combine outcome-led advisory, AI-ready infrastructure, intelligent devices, software and services through our end-to-end Hybrid AI strategy, enabling customers to move from AI exploration to production with confidence. Our full-stack AI portfolio spans intelligent devices such as AI PCs, workstations, smartphones and tablets; robust infrastructure including servers, storage, edge computing, high-performance computing and software-defined infrastructure; along with AI software, solutions and managed services. This allows organizations to deploy AI where it delivers the greatest value, whether at the device, edge, data center or cloud. For Indian SMEs and mid-market enterprises, we recognize that AI adoption must be practical and economically viable. Lenovo helps these organizations build right-sized AI environments tailored to their workload requirements, including smaller GPU-based AI clusters that provide enterprise-class AI capabilities without the complexity or scale typically associated with hyperscale deployments. This enables businesses of all sizes to access AI innovation while maintaining cost efficiency. To further accelerate AI adoption, Lenovo is launching Lenovo AI Express , a new program designed to simplify and speed up the deployment of on-premises AI infrastructure. AI Express extends the value of Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage™ by providing validated, GPU-optimized AI infrastructure configurations that are pre-integrated with software and services, enabling organizations to move from AI use case identification to deployment significantly faster. At the end-user level, Lenovo is also redefining workplace productivity through AI-powered experiences such as Lenovo Qira , making computing more contextual, personalized and connected. Combined with our Hybrid AI architecture, this enables organizations to securely leverage AI wherever data is created and decisions are made, while maintaining the flexibility to balance performance, cost, security and compliance requirements. Ultimately, Lenovo's focus is not just on helping organizations adopt AI, but on helping them achieve meaningful, scalable business outcomes. Through a combination of Hybrid AI capabilities, AI-ready infrastructure, intelligent devices and innovations such as Lenovo AI Express, we are enabling Indian businesses to accelerate their AI journey, improve productivity, strengthen resilience and remain competitive in an increasingly AI-driven economy."

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Empowering Partners with Intelligence, Opportunity and Profitability

GAURAV SAXENA, DIRECTOR – CHANNELS & ALLIANCES, INDIA & SAARC, VEEAM SOFTWARE Veeam is strengthening channel profitability by expanding partnerships, deepening engagement and using business-intelligence tools to give partners greater visibility into customer opportunities, renewals and upsell potential. Its Veeam ProPartner Network provides a unified gateway to training, certifications, sales enablement and marketing resources. Customer expansion portals help partners identify renewal cycles and expansion opportunities, while profitability programmes and recurring-revenue models are designed to strengthen margins. The ecosystem brings together distributors, resellers, cloud service providers and alliance partners around modern data protection and cyber resilience. By combining real-time business intelligence, streamlined enablement and commercial incentives, Veeam aims to help partners scale across SMB, enterprise and cloud-service-provider segments while addressing increasing demand for resilient data environments.

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Bigg Boss 20 Eviction Sparks Controversy

The latest eviction from Bigg Boss 20 has triggered fresh controversy, with former contestants Gauahar Khan and Kamya Panjabi reportedly reacting to Nakul Dhull's elimination. The development has reignited discussions about fairness, audience voting and the unpredictable nature of reality television. Nakul's departure has reportedly surprised sections of the show's audience, with viewers questioning whether his eviction accurately reflected his popularity and contribution to the competition. The controversy has added another dramatic chapter to the season. Gauahar Khan , known for her outspoken opinions on reality television, has reportedly expressed her views on the elimination. Her involvement has attracted attention because former contestants often influence public conversations surrounding the programme. Similarly, Kamya Panjabi's reported reaction has intensified debate among fans. Her association with the Bigg Boss franchise gives her observations considerable visibility, particularly among viewers who closely follow contestant performances and eviction decisions. The controversy also highlights the growing influence of social media on reality television. Platforms such as Instagram, X and YouTube allow audiences to question eliminations, support contestants and amplify disagreements beyond the televised episodes. From an entertainment industry perspective, such controversies can generate substantial audience engagement. However, persistent questions about transparency and fairness may also affect viewer confidence, making credible voting and elimination procedures essential to maintaining the programme's reputation. Ultimately, Bigg Boss thrives on emotional engagement, competition and unexpected developments. Nakul Dhull's reported eviction illustrates how a single decision can dominate entertainment conversations. While controversy may boost visibility and online engagement, the show's long-term appeal depends on maintaining audience trust alongside its signature drama.

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Drishyam 3 Surges Past ₹500 Crore

Ajay Devgn's crime thriller Drishyam 3 has reportedly crossed the ₹500-crore milestone at the box office, with collections estimated at approximately ₹509 crore. The achievement reinforces the commercial strength of suspense-driven storytelling and established film franchises in Indian cinema. The reported milestone reflects the enduring popularity of the Drishyam franchise, known for its intricate plots, psychological tension and unexpected twists. Unlike conventional action spectacles, the series has traditionally relied on intelligent storytelling and powerful performances to attract audiences. Ajay Devgn's portrayal of Vijay Salgaonkar remains central to the franchise's appeal. His character, an ordinary family man navigating extraordinary circumstances, has helped establish a strong emotional connection with viewers while sustaining anticipation around each instalment. However, reports of declining daily collections suggest that the film's theatrical momentum may be slowing. Such trends are common after the initial release period, particularly when advance bookings, franchise loyalty and opening-weekend enthusiasm begin to moderate. From an industry perspective, the reported success demonstrates the growing commercial importance of recognisable intellectual property. Established franchises offer producers stronger audience recall, greater marketing efficiency and opportunities to extend revenues through streaming, satellite and international distribution. Nevertheless, box-office performance must be evaluated beyond headline collections. Production expenditure, promotional costs, distributor shares and theatrical occupancy ultimately determine profitability. A ₹500-crore gross collection does not automatically translate into an equivalent financial return for producers. The larger takeaway is that compelling storytelling remains a powerful commercial differentiator. If the reported collections are confirmed, Drishyam 3 would illustrate how suspense, emotional engagement and franchise loyalty can compete with expensive visual spectacles, reinforcing the value of content-led cinema in India's increasingly competitive entertainment market.

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Bigg Boss 20 Eviction Sparks Controversy

The latest eviction from Bigg Boss 20 has triggered fresh controversy, with former contestants Gauahar Khan and Kamya Panjabi reportedly reacting to Nakul Dhull's elimination. The development has reignited discussions about fairness, audience voting and the unpredictable nature of reality television. Nakul's departure has reportedly surprised sections of the show's audience, with viewers questioning whether his eviction accurately reflected his popularity and contribution to the competition. The controversy has added another dramatic chapter to the season. Gauahar Khan , known for her outspoken opinions on reality television, has reportedly expressed her views on the elimination. Her involvement has attracted attention because former contestants often influence public conversations surrounding the programme. Similarly, Kamya Panjabi's reported reaction has intensified debate among fans. Her association with the Bigg Boss franchise gives her observations considerable visibility, particularly among viewers who closely follow contestant performances and eviction decisions. The controversy also highlights the growing influence of social media on reality television. Platforms such as Instagram, X and YouTube allow audiences to question eliminations, support contestants and amplify disagreements beyond the televised episodes. From an entertainment industry perspective, such controversies can generate substantial audience engagement. However, persistent questions about transparency and fairness may also affect viewer confidence, making credible voting and elimination procedures essential to maintaining the programme's reputation. Ultimately, Bigg Boss thrives on emotional engagement, competition and unexpected developments. Nakul Dhull's reported eviction illustrates how a single decision can dominate entertainment conversations. While controversy may boost visibility and online engagement, the show's long-term appeal depends on maintaining audience trust alongside its signature drama.

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Drishyam 3 Surges Past ₹500 Crore

Ajay Devgn's crime thriller Drishyam 3 has reportedly crossed the ₹500-crore milestone at the box office, with collections estimated at approximately ₹509 crore. The achievement reinforces the commercial strength of suspense-driven storytelling and established film franchises in Indian cinema. The reported milestone reflects the enduring popularity of the Drishyam franchise, known for its intricate plots, psychological tension and unexpected twists. Unlike conventional action spectacles, the series has traditionally relied on intelligent storytelling and powerful performances to attract audiences. Ajay Devgn's portrayal of Vijay Salgaonkar remains central to the franchise's appeal. His character, an ordinary family man navigating extraordinary circumstances, has helped establish a strong emotional connection with viewers while sustaining anticipation around each instalment. However, reports of declining daily collections suggest that the film's theatrical momentum may be slowing. Such trends are common after the initial release period, particularly when advance bookings, franchise loyalty and opening-weekend enthusiasm begin to moderate. From an industry perspective, the reported success demonstrates the growing commercial importance of recognisable intellectual property. Established franchises offer producers stronger audience recall, greater marketing efficiency and opportunities to extend revenues through streaming, satellite and international distribution. Nevertheless, box-office performance must be evaluated beyond headline collections. Production expenditure, promotional costs, distributor shares and theatrical occupancy ultimately determine profitability. A ₹500-crore gross collection does not automatically translate into an equivalent financial return for producers. The larger takeaway is that compelling storytelling remains a powerful commercial differentiator. If the reported collections are confirmed, Drishyam 3 would illustrate how suspense, emotional engagement and franchise loyalty can compete with expensive visual spectacles, reinforcing the value of content-led cinema in India's increasingly competitive entertainment market.

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OCC Slaps Amex With $350m AML Penalty

American Express National Bank has been hit with a $350 million civil money penalty by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the main US banking regulator, over serious failures in its anti-money laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) controls. The Utah-based lender was also issued a cease-and-desist order, underscoring the gravity of the shortcomings the regulator uncovered in its compliance framework. According to the OCC, the bank failed to maintain a BSA/AML compliance program meeting regulatory standards. Deficiencies included inadequate resources, staff lacking sufficient expertise, systemic internal-control gaps, weak independent testing, and poor training for employees and directors alike. Crucially, the regulator found the bank had misaligned its risk assessments, focusing heavily on deposit-account products while neglecting its dominant credit and charge-card business, precisely where its exposure was greatest. The most damaging finding concerned customer due diligence. Systemic breakdowns meant Amex failed to identify, evaluate and report roughly $13 billion of suspected trade-based money laundering over the past decade, depriving law enforcement of vital intelligence. Comptroller Jonathan Gould said banks of Amex’s size and complexity must devote adequate resources to prevent money laundering, calling such safeguards critical to both economic and national security. Gould added that Amex’s program was poorly aligned with its actual money-laundering risks, and that the OCC’s action would compel the bank to address those risks properly while continuing to serve customers. The penalty adds to a widening regulatory crackdown on AML failures across major US financial institutions, signalling intensifying scrutiny of compliance standards sector-wide.

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Applied Intuition Eyes $30 Billion in New Offer

Applied Intuition , the vehicle-intelligence company powering autonomy across cars, trucks and defence systems, is reportedly fielding an offer that would value it at $30 billion, according to The Information. If completed, the deal would roughly double the company’s worth in just over a year. The scale of the jump is striking. As recently as June 2025, Applied Intuition closed a $600 million Series F fundraise and tender offer at a $15 billion valuation, co-led by BlackRock-managed funds and Kleiner Perkins. That itself had leapt from a $6 billion valuation a year earlier. Founded in 2017 and based in Silicon Valley, the company builds the simulation software, Vehicle OS and autonomy stacks that help customers develop intelligent machines. Its clients span automakers, autonomous-vehicle firms and, increasingly, the military. That defence pivot is central to its soaring valuation. Private capital is pouring into defence technology, and Applied Intuition has leaned in, even backing peers like Anduril and Helsing while pursuing US Army contracts. Its investor roster signals deep conviction. Backers include sovereign wealth funds such as Qatar Investment Authority and Abu Dhabi Investment Council, alongside Fidelity, General Catalyst and Franklin Templeton. The repeated use of tender offers is also notable, allowing early employees and investors to cash out while the company stays private, easing pressure for a near-term IPO even at a towering valuation. Yet a $30 billion price tag invites scrutiny. It demands rapid revenue growth and durable defence and automotive demand to justify multiples that, in a frothy AI-and-defence market, some may view as stretched. For now, investor appetite for “intelligent machines” shows little sign of cooling.

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OCC Slaps Amex With $350m AML Penalty

American Express National Bank has been hit with a $350 million civil money penalty by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the main US banking regulator, over serious failures in its anti-money laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) controls. The Utah-based lender was also issued a cease-and-desist order, underscoring the gravity of the shortcomings the regulator uncovered in its compliance framework. According to the OCC, the bank failed to maintain a BSA/AML compliance program meeting regulatory standards. Deficiencies included inadequate resources, staff lacking sufficient expertise, systemic internal-control gaps, weak independent testing, and poor training for employees and directors alike. Crucially, the regulator found the bank had misaligned its risk assessments, focusing heavily on deposit-account products while neglecting its dominant credit and charge-card business, precisely where its exposure was greatest. The most damaging finding concerned customer due diligence. Systemic breakdowns meant Amex failed to identify, evaluate and report roughly $13 billion of suspected trade-based money laundering over the past decade, depriving law enforcement of vital intelligence. Comptroller Jonathan Gould said banks of Amex’s size and complexity must devote adequate resources to prevent money laundering, calling such safeguards critical to both economic and national security. Gould added that Amex’s program was poorly aligned with its actual money-laundering risks, and that the OCC’s action would compel the bank to address those risks properly while continuing to serve customers. The penalty adds to a widening regulatory crackdown on AML failures across major US financial institutions, signalling intensifying scrutiny of compliance standards sector-wide.

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Applied Intuition Eyes $30 Billion in New Offer

Applied Intuition , the vehicle-intelligence company powering autonomy across cars, trucks and defence systems, is reportedly fielding an offer that would value it at $30 billion, according to The Information. If completed, the deal would roughly double the company’s worth in just over a year. The scale of the jump is striking. As recently as June 2025, Applied Intuition closed a $600 million Series F fundraise and tender offer at a $15 billion valuation, co-led by BlackRock-managed funds and Kleiner Perkins. That itself had leapt from a $6 billion valuation a year earlier. Founded in 2017 and based in Silicon Valley, the company builds the simulation software, Vehicle OS and autonomy stacks that help customers develop intelligent machines. Its clients span automakers, autonomous-vehicle firms and, increasingly, the military. That defence pivot is central to its soaring valuation. Private capital is pouring into defence technology, and Applied Intuition has leaned in, even backing peers like Anduril and Helsing while pursuing US Army contracts. Its investor roster signals deep conviction. Backers include sovereign wealth funds such as Qatar Investment Authority and Abu Dhabi Investment Council, alongside Fidelity, General Catalyst and Franklin Templeton. The repeated use of tender offers is also notable, allowing early employees and investors to cash out while the company stays private, easing pressure for a near-term IPO even at a towering valuation. Yet a $30 billion price tag invites scrutiny. It demands rapid revenue growth and durable defence and automotive demand to justify multiples that, in a frothy AI-and-defence market, some may view as stretched. For now, investor appetite for “intelligent machines” shows little sign of cooling.

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Ericsson scales AI-ready antenna manufacturing and ecosystem in India

Ericsson has reached a new milestone in its antenna manufacturing journey in India, with more than 15,000 antennas and 25 million components since July 2025 produced through its growing local ecosystem. Antennas manufactured in India are being exported to Europe and other global markets, strengthening India’s role in Ericsson’s global engineering, manufacturing and supply footprint. The milestone builds on Ericsson's launch of its first export-ready antennas manufactured in India in 2025. Since then, Ericsson has continued to expand local capabilities across sourcing, engineering, manufacturing and exports, serving customers in India and international markets. As mobile networks evolve toward 5G Standalone, AI-driven operations and future network architectures, antennas play an increasingly important role in unlocking network performance. Ericsson Antenna System designs solutions for network impact, helping communications service providers improve coverage and capacity, strengthen uplink performance, use spectrum more efficiently, and reduce network energy consumption. Mikael Eriksson, Head of Ericsson Antenna System, Ericsson, says : “Producing more than 15,000 antennas in India is an important milestone and is a step in a much longer journey. We are building an end-to-end antenna ecosystem that combines local sourcing and manufacturing with Ericsson’s global engineering capabilities. As networks become more intelligent and programmable, antenna performance will be increasingly important in getting the most from spectrum, sites and network investments. Expanding these capabilities in India strengthens both our ability to serve customers locally and India’s contribution to Ericsson’s global operations.” Ericsson's antenna portfolio supports the industry's transition toward more intelligent, programmable and energy-efficient networks. By improving network and site performance, Ericsson Antenna System helps service providers gain greater value from their network investments while preparing for future technology evolution. The expansion in India also strengthens Ericsson’s local supply and engineering capabilities. Through collaboration with manufacturing and technology partners, the company is developing capabilities spanning component sourcing, engineering, production and exports. Andres Vicente, CEO, Southeast Asia, Oceania and India, Ericsson, says: “India is an important part of Ericsson’s global innovation, engineering and manufacturing footprint. The production of more than 15,000 antennas and 25 million components shows how quickly this ecosystem is developing and the contribution it can make both in India and globally. Together with our partners, we are developing the capabilities needed for the next generation of high-performing, energy-efficient and AI-ready networks.” Ericsson will continue to strengthen its antenna ecosystem in India, advancing local engineering, manufacturing and export capabilities while supporting communication service providers in building high-performing, energy-efficient and future-ready networks.

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Netweb Raises ₹1,200 Crore to Fuel AI Growth

Homegrown high-end computing company Netweb Technologies has raised ₹1,200 crore through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP), marking its first equity capital raise since its stock-market listing in July 2023. The fundraise attracted strong participation from domestic and international institutional investors, underlining growing investor interest in India's rapidly expanding AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure market. Marquee participants included Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Nomura Asset Management, Amundi Asset Management and Think Investments, alongside major Indian mutual funds including ICICI Prudential, HDFC, Kotak, Tata, Motilal Oswal, Edelweiss, Invesco and Bank of India Mutual Fund. Under the QIP, Netweb allotted 2,505,219 equity shares with a face value of ₹2 each at an issue price of ₹4,790 per share, including a premium of ₹4,788 per share. The company plans to use the proceeds primarily to strengthen working capital as it prepares to execute an anticipated expansion in its order book. A portion will also be available for general corporate purposes. Netweb Chairman and Managing Director Sanjay Lodha described the QIP as an important milestone and said institutional participation reflected confidence in both the company's performance and the long-term opportunity in AI and high-end computing infrastructure. The timing is significant. India's demand for AI servers, GPU infrastructure, supercomputing, private AI clouds and sovereign computing capacity is accelerating as enterprises, government agencies and research institutions increase AI deployments. This is also making India's computing infrastructure market increasingly competitive. Domestic companies such as Netweb will have to compete with global technology majors and other infrastructure providers for enterprise, government and hyperscale AI investments. Access to fresh capital could therefore become a strategic advantage. As AI models become more computationally demanding, vendors capable of supplying high-density computing infrastructure quickly and at scale will be better positioned to capture the emerging opportunity. Despite the fundraise, Netweb shares were trading 4.26% lower at ₹5,225 on the BSE on Tuesday afternoon. The near-term market reaction notwithstanding, the ₹1,200-crore institutional backing highlights a larger trend: India's AI race is rapidly becoming an infrastructure race—and capital will be critical to winning it.

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Ericsson scales AI-ready antenna manufacturing and ecosystem in India

Ericsson has reached a new milestone in its antenna manufacturing journey in India, with more than 15,000 antennas and 25 million components since July 2025 produced through its growing local ecosystem. Antennas manufactured in India are being exported to Europe and other global markets, strengthening India’s role in Ericsson’s global engineering, manufacturing and supply footprint. The milestone builds on Ericsson's launch of its first export-ready antennas manufactured in India in 2025. Since then, Ericsson has continued to expand local capabilities across sourcing, engineering, manufacturing and exports, serving customers in India and international markets. As mobile networks evolve toward 5G Standalone, AI-driven operations and future network architectures, antennas play an increasingly important role in unlocking network performance. Ericsson Antenna System designs solutions for network impact, helping communications service providers improve coverage and capacity, strengthen uplink performance, use spectrum more efficiently, and reduce network energy consumption. Mikael Eriksson, Head of Ericsson Antenna System, Ericsson, says : “Producing more than 15,000 antennas in India is an important milestone and is a step in a much longer journey. We are building an end-to-end antenna ecosystem that combines local sourcing and manufacturing with Ericsson’s global engineering capabilities. As networks become more intelligent and programmable, antenna performance will be increasingly important in getting the most from spectrum, sites and network investments. Expanding these capabilities in India strengthens both our ability to serve customers locally and India’s contribution to Ericsson’s global operations.” Ericsson's antenna portfolio supports the industry's transition toward more intelligent, programmable and energy-efficient networks. By improving network and site performance, Ericsson Antenna System helps service providers gain greater value from their network investments while preparing for future technology evolution. The expansion in India also strengthens Ericsson’s local supply and engineering capabilities. Through collaboration with manufacturing and technology partners, the company is developing capabilities spanning component sourcing, engineering, production and exports. Andres Vicente, CEO, Southeast Asia, Oceania and India, Ericsson, says: “India is an important part of Ericsson’s global innovation, engineering and manufacturing footprint. The production of more than 15,000 antennas and 25 million components shows how quickly this ecosystem is developing and the contribution it can make both in India and globally. Together with our partners, we are developing the capabilities needed for the next generation of high-performing, energy-efficient and AI-ready networks.” Ericsson will continue to strengthen its antenna ecosystem in India, advancing local engineering, manufacturing and export capabilities while supporting communication service providers in building high-performing, energy-efficient and future-ready networks.

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Netweb Raises ₹1,200 Crore to Fuel AI Growth

Homegrown high-end computing company Netweb Technologies has raised ₹1,200 crore through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP), marking its first equity capital raise since its stock-market listing in July 2023. The fundraise attracted strong participation from domestic and international institutional investors, underlining growing investor interest in India's rapidly expanding AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure market. Marquee participants included Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Nomura Asset Management, Amundi Asset Management and Think Investments, alongside major Indian mutual funds including ICICI Prudential, HDFC, Kotak, Tata, Motilal Oswal, Edelweiss, Invesco and Bank of India Mutual Fund. Under the QIP, Netweb allotted 2,505,219 equity shares with a face value of ₹2 each at an issue price of ₹4,790 per share, including a premium of ₹4,788 per share. The company plans to use the proceeds primarily to strengthen working capital as it prepares to execute an anticipated expansion in its order book. A portion will also be available for general corporate purposes. Netweb Chairman and Managing Director Sanjay Lodha described the QIP as an important milestone and said institutional participation reflected confidence in both the company's performance and the long-term opportunity in AI and high-end computing infrastructure. The timing is significant. India's demand for AI servers, GPU infrastructure, supercomputing, private AI clouds and sovereign computing capacity is accelerating as enterprises, government agencies and research institutions increase AI deployments. This is also making India's computing infrastructure market increasingly competitive. Domestic companies such as Netweb will have to compete with global technology majors and other infrastructure providers for enterprise, government and hyperscale AI investments. Access to fresh capital could therefore become a strategic advantage. As AI models become more computationally demanding, vendors capable of supplying high-density computing infrastructure quickly and at scale will be better positioned to capture the emerging opportunity. Despite the fundraise, Netweb shares were trading 4.26% lower at ₹5,225 on the BSE on Tuesday afternoon. The near-term market reaction notwithstanding, the ₹1,200-crore institutional backing highlights a larger trend: India's AI race is rapidly becoming an infrastructure race—and capital will be critical to winning it.

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Google's SynthID Takes on AI Deepfakes

Google is strengthening its fight against AI-generated misinformation through SynthID Detector, a verification platform introduced at Google I/O 2025 and expanded in 2026 to identify AI-generated text, images, videos and audio. The platform detects invisible digital watermarks embedded in content created using Google's AI models, including Gemini, Imagen, Veo and Lyria. Users can upload files to identify watermarked content, including specific segments within audio recordings. Unlike conventional metadata-based identification, SynthID embeds watermarks directly into pixels, audio waveforms and text-generation patterns. Two coordinated AI models handle watermark insertion and detection, making identification more resilient to compression, cropping and other modifications. Google's advantage lies in controlling the underlying generative AI ecosystem. By embedding watermarks during content creation, the company can establish provenance signals rather than relying entirely on forensic analysis after content circulates online. Google has reportedly extended SynthID verification into Search through Lens, AI Mode and Circle to Search, with broader ecosystem integration underway. Its scale and DeepMind's research capabilities strengthen adoption across content-generation platforms. However, SynthID has a fundamental limitation: it primarily identifies content carrying compatible watermarks. Unmarked AI-generated material, manipulated recordings and sophisticated deepfakes from unsupported systems may escape detection. Watermarks can also face deliberate removal attempts. Consequently, watermarking must complement independent deepfake detection, biometric liveness verification, behavioural intelligence and forensic analysis. Combined with C2PA Content Credentials, these technologies can strengthen digital provenance and trust. The future of AI security requires both verifying where content originated and independently examining whether its contents have been manipulated.

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DigiCert Turns PQC Plans Into Action

DigiCert has announced the general availability of DigiCert Quantum Central, designed to help enterprises move beyond post-quantum cryptography (PQC) planning and establish a measurable programme for quantum readiness. The urgency is growing. According to DigiCert’s 2026 Quantum Readiness Outlook, 87% of organizations are planning, testing or implementing PQC initiatives, yet only 7% have deployed quantum-safe or hybrid cryptography. This exposes a significant execution gap between recognizing quantum risk and actually mitigating it. Quantum Central addresses one of the biggest challenges: fragmented cryptographic visibility. It consolidates information from DigiCert ONE, network scans, certificate lifecycle platforms, key vaults, CSV files and software or cryptographic bills of materials into a unified inventory. Organizations can then define cryptographic policies, identify violations, prioritize remediation and assign ownership. Integration with workflows including Jira and DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager helps translate identified risks into operational action. An inventory-aware AI assistant helps teams interpret cryptographic exposure and identify appropriate next steps. Centralized dashboards provide visibility into remediation status, policy compliance and overall cryptographic posture, while APIs allow additional systems and cryptographic data to be connected. The broader challenge is that migrating to quantum-safe security will be a multiyear transformation, particularly for enterprises operating complex legacy applications, infrastructure and PKI environments. Organizations therefore need crypto-agility—the ability to discover, replace and manage cryptographic algorithms without disrupting business operations. This is particularly important against the “ harvest now, decrypt later ” threat, where encrypted information captured today could potentially be decrypted when sufficiently capable quantum computers become available. The significance of Quantum Central is therefore its attempt to make PQC operational rather than theoretical. For CISOs, the priority is shifting from asking when quantum computing will become a threat to understanding where vulnerable cryptography exists today, who owns it and how quickly it can be migrated. Quantum readiness is no longer only a future-security discussion—it is becoming a present-day cryptographic engineering and governance programme. Resources: · Organizations can deploy PQC today to protect their network traffic from harvest now, decrypt later attacks. Read ourwhite paper, Recommendations for Quantum Safe TLS, for more details. · Check the quantum readiness of your organizations and others’ websites with our online PQC Checker . · Learn the basics about post quantum cryptography and understand the urgency to start quantum readiness now in DigiCert’s PQC for Dummies Guide.

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Google's SynthID Takes on AI Deepfakes

Google is strengthening its fight against AI-generated misinformation through SynthID Detector, a verification platform introduced at Google I/O 2025 and expanded in 2026 to identify AI-generated text, images, videos and audio. The platform detects invisible digital watermarks embedded in content created using Google's AI models, including Gemini, Imagen, Veo and Lyria. Users can upload files to identify watermarked content, including specific segments within audio recordings. Unlike conventional metadata-based identification, SynthID embeds watermarks directly into pixels, audio waveforms and text-generation patterns. Two coordinated AI models handle watermark insertion and detection, making identification more resilient to compression, cropping and other modifications. Google's advantage lies in controlling the underlying generative AI ecosystem. By embedding watermarks during content creation, the company can establish provenance signals rather than relying entirely on forensic analysis after content circulates online. Google has reportedly extended SynthID verification into Search through Lens, AI Mode and Circle to Search, with broader ecosystem integration underway. Its scale and DeepMind's research capabilities strengthen adoption across content-generation platforms. However, SynthID has a fundamental limitation: it primarily identifies content carrying compatible watermarks. Unmarked AI-generated material, manipulated recordings and sophisticated deepfakes from unsupported systems may escape detection. Watermarks can also face deliberate removal attempts. Consequently, watermarking must complement independent deepfake detection, biometric liveness verification, behavioural intelligence and forensic analysis. Combined with C2PA Content Credentials, these technologies can strengthen digital provenance and trust. The future of AI security requires both verifying where content originated and independently examining whether its contents have been manipulated.

Deepfake

DigiCert Turns PQC Plans Into Action

DigiCert has announced the general availability of DigiCert Quantum Central, designed to help enterprises move beyond post-quantum cryptography (PQC) planning and establish a measurable programme for quantum readiness. The urgency is growing. According to DigiCert’s 2026 Quantum Readiness Outlook, 87% of organizations are planning, testing or implementing PQC initiatives, yet only 7% have deployed quantum-safe or hybrid cryptography. This exposes a significant execution gap between recognizing quantum risk and actually mitigating it. Quantum Central addresses one of the biggest challenges: fragmented cryptographic visibility. It consolidates information from DigiCert ONE, network scans, certificate lifecycle platforms, key vaults, CSV files and software or cryptographic bills of materials into a unified inventory. Organizations can then define cryptographic policies, identify violations, prioritize remediation and assign ownership. Integration with workflows including Jira and DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager helps translate identified risks into operational action. An inventory-aware AI assistant helps teams interpret cryptographic exposure and identify appropriate next steps. Centralized dashboards provide visibility into remediation status, policy compliance and overall cryptographic posture, while APIs allow additional systems and cryptographic data to be connected. The broader challenge is that migrating to quantum-safe security will be a multiyear transformation, particularly for enterprises operating complex legacy applications, infrastructure and PKI environments. Organizations therefore need crypto-agility—the ability to discover, replace and manage cryptographic algorithms without disrupting business operations. This is particularly important against the “ harvest now, decrypt later ” threat, where encrypted information captured today could potentially be decrypted when sufficiently capable quantum computers become available. The significance of Quantum Central is therefore its attempt to make PQC operational rather than theoretical. For CISOs, the priority is shifting from asking when quantum computing will become a threat to understanding where vulnerable cryptography exists today, who owns it and how quickly it can be migrated. Quantum readiness is no longer only a future-security discussion—it is becoming a present-day cryptographic engineering and governance programme. Resources: · Organizations can deploy PQC today to protect their network traffic from harvest now, decrypt later attacks. Read ourwhite paper, Recommendations for Quantum Safe TLS, for more details. · Check the quantum readiness of your organizations and others’ websites with our online PQC Checker . · Learn the basics about post quantum cryptography and understand the urgency to start quantum readiness now in DigiCert’s PQC for Dummies Guide.

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Healthcare Startup Vitonnix Secures First Institutional Investment

UK-based healthcare startup, Vitonnix has raised its first institutional capital in a seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The round saw participation from other investors, including practising doctors and bollywood actors, such as Riteish Deshmukh & Boman Irani, singer Jaspinder Narula and film producer Madhu Mantena. The funds will be used to strengthen its senior leadership team, build a consumer-growth engine, expand distribution channels and enter new international markets. Vitonnix was founded through an observation from a clinical practice where the gap between supplement intake and the body’s natural ability to absorb the nutrients highlighted the need for effective delivery methods. SubliSpray, a range of sublingual nutritional sprays are designed for absorption through oral mucosa with each formulation built for the spray itself with attention to ingredient compatibility, dose consistency, taste and stability, rather than adapted from a tablet. It took over a decade of research to build this platform, including three completed clinical studies on key formulations. Commenting on the fund raise, Vinay Bansal, Co-founder, IPV, says, “Vitonnix stood out because it's more than a consumer supplement brand. It pairs clinical leadership with differentiated delivery technology and proprietary formulations, and Dr Jindal and his team have built the business with real capital discipline. We believe Vitonnix has the potential to create a global impact in preventive healthcare, and we wanted to be part of that journey.” Vitonnix was launched by three practising doctors: Dr Prashant Jindal, a UK-based refractive eye surgeon; Dr Deepti Jindal, a dermatologist; and Dr Rajesh Handa, an oral surgeon. Dr Prashant Jindal has practised for more than twenty years, serves an international patient base, and is a HarperCollins-published author and the founder of several philanthropic initiatives. The wider team includes doctors from India and the UK, formulation scientists and regulatory specialists. Dr. Sandeep Gupta, Director of Orthopedics at Max Hospitals , leads Vitonnix’s medical team in India and is part of the company’s core leadership. Bringing extensive frontline clinical expertise, he plays a pivotal role in shaping Vitonnix’s medical strategy, product innovation, and long-term vision of making nutritional supplementation more effective, convenient, and accessible.

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Faceoff Technologies Opens US Founding Partner Opportunities to Accelerate AI-Powered Digital Trust Growth

Delaware-incorporated company seeks enterprise sales and strategic ecosystem leaders as it pursues investment and expands its US market presence Faceoff Technologies Inc., a Delaware-incorporated technology company, is expanding its US go-to-market efforts and inviting experienced professionals to join its founding team across enterprise sales, strategic alliances and partner ecosystem development. As organizations face growing challenges from deepfakes, synthetic identities, digital impersonation and AI-enabled fraud, establishing trust in digital interactions is becoming an increasingly important business and security priority. At the centre of Faceoff's technology portfolio is its Adaptive Cognito Engine (ACE), a multimodal AI platform designed to combine visual, audio, behavioural and contextual signals for identity intelligence, deepfake detection and digital trust assessment. The company's technology is intended to support use cases across financial services, insurance, enterprise security, digital onboarding and other environments where identity authenticity and fraud prevention are critical. Building a US-led growth and partnership ecosystem As part of its next phase, Faceoff is seeking entrepreneurial professionals who can contribute directly to commercial growth and market development in the United States. The company is particularly interested in professionals with experience in: Enterprise Sales and Go-to-Market: Building customer relationships, developing qualified sales pipelines and driving enterprise adoption. Strategic Alliances and Partner Ecosystems: Establishing relationships with technology companies, system integrators, consulting firms, channel partners and industry ecosystems. US Market Development: Identifying target industries, opening strategic accounts and building scalable routes to market. Faceoff is looking for professionals who bring relevant industry expertise, established business networks, an ownership mindset and the ability to turn relationships into measurable commercial outcomes. Equity-based founding opportunities At this early stage, the founding-partner opportunities will be structured on an equity basis, with no fixed salary currently budgeted for these positions. Equity participation, responsibilities and contribution expectations will be documented through mutually agreed formal arrangements. As the company progresses with its investment plans, commercial traction and business expansion, future compensation arrangements may be reviewed in line with available funding, business priorities and mutually agreed terms. The company is pursuing investment to support its growth ambitions, technology development and market expansion. Advancing digital trust in an AI-driven world Faceoff's growth strategy focuses on helping organizations address evolving risks associated with AI-generated media, identity manipulation and digital fraud. Through ACE and its broader digital trust portfolio, the company aims to advance multimodal trust assessment beyond conventional, one-time identity checks. Its US growth initiative is intended to build customer relationships and strategic partnerships across markets where digital identity assurance, cybersecurity and fraud prevention are relevant to enterprise risk management. Invitation to prospective founding partners Faceoff welcomes expressions of interest from experienced professionals in the United States with backgrounds in enterprise sales, technology partnerships, cybersecurity, digital identity and industry-specific business development. Professionals interested in contributing to the company's growth through an equity-based founding-partner arrangement are invited to get in touch to discuss potential roles, responsibilities and opportunities. For founding-partner enquiries and further information: Email: sam@faceoff.world Website: https://www.faceoff.world

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Healthcare Startup Vitonnix Secures First Institutional Investment

UK-based healthcare startup, Vitonnix has raised its first institutional capital in a seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The round saw participation from other investors, including practising doctors and bollywood actors, such as Riteish Deshmukh & Boman Irani, singer Jaspinder Narula and film producer Madhu Mantena. The funds will be used to strengthen its senior leadership team, build a consumer-growth engine, expand distribution channels and enter new international markets. Vitonnix was founded through an observation from a clinical practice where the gap between supplement intake and the body’s natural ability to absorb the nutrients highlighted the need for effective delivery methods. SubliSpray, a range of sublingual nutritional sprays are designed for absorption through oral mucosa with each formulation built for the spray itself with attention to ingredient compatibility, dose consistency, taste and stability, rather than adapted from a tablet. It took over a decade of research to build this platform, including three completed clinical studies on key formulations. Commenting on the fund raise, Vinay Bansal, Co-founder, IPV, says, “Vitonnix stood out because it's more than a consumer supplement brand. It pairs clinical leadership with differentiated delivery technology and proprietary formulations, and Dr Jindal and his team have built the business with real capital discipline. We believe Vitonnix has the potential to create a global impact in preventive healthcare, and we wanted to be part of that journey.” Vitonnix was launched by three practising doctors: Dr Prashant Jindal, a UK-based refractive eye surgeon; Dr Deepti Jindal, a dermatologist; and Dr Rajesh Handa, an oral surgeon. Dr Prashant Jindal has practised for more than twenty years, serves an international patient base, and is a HarperCollins-published author and the founder of several philanthropic initiatives. The wider team includes doctors from India and the UK, formulation scientists and regulatory specialists. Dr. Sandeep Gupta, Director of Orthopedics at Max Hospitals , leads Vitonnix’s medical team in India and is part of the company’s core leadership. Bringing extensive frontline clinical expertise, he plays a pivotal role in shaping Vitonnix’s medical strategy, product innovation, and long-term vision of making nutritional supplementation more effective, convenient, and accessible.

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Faceoff Technologies Opens US Founding Partner Opportunities to Accelerate AI-Powered Digital Trust Growth

Delaware-incorporated company seeks enterprise sales and strategic ecosystem leaders as it pursues investment and expands its US market presence Faceoff Technologies Inc., a Delaware-incorporated technology company, is expanding its US go-to-market efforts and inviting experienced professionals to join its founding team across enterprise sales, strategic alliances and partner ecosystem development. As organizations face growing challenges from deepfakes, synthetic identities, digital impersonation and AI-enabled fraud, establishing trust in digital interactions is becoming an increasingly important business and security priority. At the centre of Faceoff's technology portfolio is its Adaptive Cognito Engine (ACE), a multimodal AI platform designed to combine visual, audio, behavioural and contextual signals for identity intelligence, deepfake detection and digital trust assessment. The company's technology is intended to support use cases across financial services, insurance, enterprise security, digital onboarding and other environments where identity authenticity and fraud prevention are critical. Building a US-led growth and partnership ecosystem As part of its next phase, Faceoff is seeking entrepreneurial professionals who can contribute directly to commercial growth and market development in the United States. The company is particularly interested in professionals with experience in: Enterprise Sales and Go-to-Market: Building customer relationships, developing qualified sales pipelines and driving enterprise adoption. Strategic Alliances and Partner Ecosystems: Establishing relationships with technology companies, system integrators, consulting firms, channel partners and industry ecosystems. US Market Development: Identifying target industries, opening strategic accounts and building scalable routes to market. Faceoff is looking for professionals who bring relevant industry expertise, established business networks, an ownership mindset and the ability to turn relationships into measurable commercial outcomes. Equity-based founding opportunities At this early stage, the founding-partner opportunities will be structured on an equity basis, with no fixed salary currently budgeted for these positions. Equity participation, responsibilities and contribution expectations will be documented through mutually agreed formal arrangements. As the company progresses with its investment plans, commercial traction and business expansion, future compensation arrangements may be reviewed in line with available funding, business priorities and mutually agreed terms. The company is pursuing investment to support its growth ambitions, technology development and market expansion. Advancing digital trust in an AI-driven world Faceoff's growth strategy focuses on helping organizations address evolving risks associated with AI-generated media, identity manipulation and digital fraud. Through ACE and its broader digital trust portfolio, the company aims to advance multimodal trust assessment beyond conventional, one-time identity checks. Its US growth initiative is intended to build customer relationships and strategic partnerships across markets where digital identity assurance, cybersecurity and fraud prevention are relevant to enterprise risk management. Invitation to prospective founding partners Faceoff welcomes expressions of interest from experienced professionals in the United States with backgrounds in enterprise sales, technology partnerships, cybersecurity, digital identity and industry-specific business development. Professionals interested in contributing to the company's growth through an equity-based founding-partner arrangement are invited to get in touch to discuss potential roles, responsibilities and opportunities. For founding-partner enquiries and further information: Email: sam@faceoff.world Website: https://www.faceoff.world

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WazirX launches India’s first AI co-pilot for crypto trading

WazirX has announced the launch of WazirX AI , an intelligent trading assistant designed to help users research crypto markets, understand their portfolios and act on trading opportunities in real time without moving between charts, news feeds, signal groups and trading screens. The agent is integrated into the WazirX app and website, and users can ask questions, receive researched insights with supporting charts, and approve real trades instantly, all from one unified interface. Before users trade, WazirX AI shows them their live portfolio update. It then uses their risk preferences to recommend the right position size. “Crypto markets operate 24/7, but traders should not have to spend their day moving between charts, news feeds and trading screens,” said Nischal Shetty, founder, WazirX . “WazirX AI combines market research, portfolio monitoring and trade preparation into one conversation, reducing the time and effort required to evaluate an opportunity and act on it. The AI streamlines the workflow, and enables a faster and easier decision making process.” How it works WazirX AI follows an ‘Ask-Understand-Decide’ model. It can coordinate market-data, technical-analysis, portfolio and order-management across a multi-step request, giving users a quick route from identifying an opportunity to making an informed decision. · Conversational market research: Users can ask about live prices, market news and macroeconomic developments. The co-pilot responds with a clear summary and supporting charts. · Portfolio briefings: Users can request a live overview of their account and connected WazirX balances, including portfolio value, profit and loss, open positions, etc. The same information can also be requested by users as a daily morning brief. · Trade execution in chat: Users can place trades directly within a conversation. WazirX AI presents each proposed order through an approval card and can size the position according to the user’s risk settings. · AI-powered alerts: Users can create monitoring instructions in everyday language, for example, “Tell me if BTC breaks key support.” WazirX AI evaluates the condition and sends a notification when the condition is met. A user can ask WazirX AI to screen INR futures for four-hour momentum, retain opportunities meeting a specified risk-reward threshold, validate the shortlist across multiple timeframes and prepare an order showing entry price, leverage, margin, stop-loss, take-profit and estimated loss. The assistant can then prepare an order displaying the entry price, leverage, margin, stop-loss, take-profit and estimated loss - all within the same conversation. Before placing a trade, traders can spend hours gathering market context, poring over charts, analysing technical indicators, identifying patterns and trends, and working out entry, exit and risk levels. With WazirX AI, that entire process is transitioned into one conversational experience, helping users access relevant insights and complete their analysis in under 10 minutes. The co-pilot continues watching user-defined market conditions and only sends a notification when those conditions require attention. To democratize access to this technology, WazirX is launching a Paper Trading Sandbox where every user begins with a simulated US$100,000 balance. This allows users to explore the entire research-to-trade workflow, test strategies, and build confidence before using real funds.

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X to Add Stock and Crypto Trading

X is preparing to move deeper into financial services, with plans to let users trade stocks and cryptocurrencies directly from their timelines. The feature, described by head of product Nikita Bier, will introduce “Smart Cashtags,” interactive ticker labels that allow buying and selling without leaving the app. The rollout is expected within weeks. By tapping a symbol in a post, users could view market data and execute trades, effectively blending social conversation with real-time investing. Owner Elon Musk has long pushed to transform the platform into an all-encompassing digital utility. He recently said internal testing is underway for X-Money , the company’s in-house payments system, with an external beta likely within a couple of months. Musk’s ambition goes far beyond peer-to-peer transfers. In earlier remarks to employees, he framed payments as covering a user’s entire financial life—transactions, savings, and even securities—arguing that such integration could eventually reduce the need for traditional banking relationships. If delivered, trading and payments would mark a dramatic expansion of X’s role, positioning it at the intersection of social media, fintech and digital identity. The move also intensifies competition with brokerage apps, crypto exchanges and payment platforms already fighting for user engagement. For X, finance may become the engine that converts attention into transactions.

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WazirX launches India’s first AI co-pilot for crypto trading

WazirX has announced the launch of WazirX AI , an intelligent trading assistant designed to help users research crypto markets, understand their portfolios and act on trading opportunities in real time without moving between charts, news feeds, signal groups and trading screens. The agent is integrated into the WazirX app and website, and users can ask questions, receive researched insights with supporting charts, and approve real trades instantly, all from one unified interface. Before users trade, WazirX AI shows them their live portfolio update. It then uses their risk preferences to recommend the right position size. “Crypto markets operate 24/7, but traders should not have to spend their day moving between charts, news feeds and trading screens,” said Nischal Shetty, founder, WazirX . “WazirX AI combines market research, portfolio monitoring and trade preparation into one conversation, reducing the time and effort required to evaluate an opportunity and act on it. The AI streamlines the workflow, and enables a faster and easier decision making process.” How it works WazirX AI follows an ‘Ask-Understand-Decide’ model. It can coordinate market-data, technical-analysis, portfolio and order-management across a multi-step request, giving users a quick route from identifying an opportunity to making an informed decision. · Conversational market research: Users can ask about live prices, market news and macroeconomic developments. The co-pilot responds with a clear summary and supporting charts. · Portfolio briefings: Users can request a live overview of their account and connected WazirX balances, including portfolio value, profit and loss, open positions, etc. The same information can also be requested by users as a daily morning brief. · Trade execution in chat: Users can place trades directly within a conversation. WazirX AI presents each proposed order through an approval card and can size the position according to the user’s risk settings. · AI-powered alerts: Users can create monitoring instructions in everyday language, for example, “Tell me if BTC breaks key support.” WazirX AI evaluates the condition and sends a notification when the condition is met. A user can ask WazirX AI to screen INR futures for four-hour momentum, retain opportunities meeting a specified risk-reward threshold, validate the shortlist across multiple timeframes and prepare an order showing entry price, leverage, margin, stop-loss, take-profit and estimated loss. The assistant can then prepare an order displaying the entry price, leverage, margin, stop-loss, take-profit and estimated loss - all within the same conversation. Before placing a trade, traders can spend hours gathering market context, poring over charts, analysing technical indicators, identifying patterns and trends, and working out entry, exit and risk levels. With WazirX AI, that entire process is transitioned into one conversational experience, helping users access relevant insights and complete their analysis in under 10 minutes. The co-pilot continues watching user-defined market conditions and only sends a notification when those conditions require attention. To democratize access to this technology, WazirX is launching a Paper Trading Sandbox where every user begins with a simulated US$100,000 balance. This allows users to explore the entire research-to-trade workflow, test strategies, and build confidence before using real funds.

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X to Add Stock and Crypto Trading

X is preparing to move deeper into financial services, with plans to let users trade stocks and cryptocurrencies directly from their timelines. The feature, described by head of product Nikita Bier, will introduce “Smart Cashtags,” interactive ticker labels that allow buying and selling without leaving the app. The rollout is expected within weeks. By tapping a symbol in a post, users could view market data and execute trades, effectively blending social conversation with real-time investing. Owner Elon Musk has long pushed to transform the platform into an all-encompassing digital utility. He recently said internal testing is underway for X-Money , the company’s in-house payments system, with an external beta likely within a couple of months. Musk’s ambition goes far beyond peer-to-peer transfers. In earlier remarks to employees, he framed payments as covering a user’s entire financial life—transactions, savings, and even securities—arguing that such integration could eventually reduce the need for traditional banking relationships. If delivered, trading and payments would mark a dramatic expansion of X’s role, positioning it at the intersection of social media, fintech and digital identity. The move also intensifies competition with brokerage apps, crypto exchanges and payment platforms already fighting for user engagement. For X, finance may become the engine that converts attention into transactions.

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iValue Journey to a Public Company

A MILESTONE OF CONSISTENT GROWTH DRIVEN BY PEOPLE AND PARTNERSHIPS. For every organisation, there are defining moments that mark both a reflection on the past and a commitment to the future. For iValue, our Private Equity investment in 2019 and now our successful listing on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) are such milestones. The iValue story has never been about visibility for its own sake. From the very beginning, we focused on building quietly, working closely with OEMs, partners and Enterprises, and staying true to one belief: technology creates lasting value only when it solves real business challenges. THE VISION THAT DROVE US From inception in 2008, iValue has been driven by a clear vision: to be the most valued technology enabler and Aggregator in the digital transformation space. That meant choosing away from the conventional path, and being a Trusted advisor, to our system Integrators and Enterprises. Our purpose was clear: curate and integrate the best technologies, address real business challenges, and help enterprises thrive in the ever evolving IT Landscape. We built our business on three fundamental pillars: deep relationships, domain expertise, and an unwavering focus on enterprise value. These principles shaped us into being a trusted advisor. Today, we serve over 8,000 enterprises across sectors, working with more than 100+ OEMs and 800+ channel partners. This includes trusted engagements with the Top 100 Brands across BFSI, ITES, Telecom, Manufacturing, and Conglomerates. But the numbers only tell part of the story. The real story is about how we've consistently aimed to be different, building differentiators that deliver value across the ecosystem. WHERE TECHNOLOGY MEETS BUSINESS OUTCOMES This philosophy manifests in how we approach enterprise challenges. Our expertise spans across four critical technology domains reshaping enterprises in: Cybersecurity, Information Lifecycle Management, Data Centre Infrastructure, Application Lifecycle Management and Hybrid Multi-Cloud. Today’s Business depend on Digital Applications more than ever before. Hybrid- cloud environment provides business with much needed flexibility with scalability for their core applications. Our Application Lifecycle Management offerings enable enterprises to build secure and scalable digital applications for hybrid cloud deployment needs. Information Lifecycle Management solutions empower enterprises to get the best insights from its vast data towards building predictable and profitable business. we Curate solutions from Code to Cloud needs, to meet every enterprise need around Performance, Availability, Scalability and Security of its critical digital applications. Our 24*7 Managed services help customers proactively identify and address needs to ensure business continuity. Each domain is interconnected. Together, they represent an integrated approach to the app-driven economy, enabling enterprises to build, secure, and scale their end-to-end digital capabilities. Our Center of Excellence (CoE) showcase these best-of-breed technologies in real-time, thus validating the impact of adopting these technologies in a customer’s environment, helping large and medium enterprises make risk-free, informed investment decisions. A MARKET IN TRANSFORMATION The Indian IT product market reached $81.2 billion in 2024, making it the second largest in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan), with projections to exceed $106 billion by 2028, according to IDC. But market size alone doesn't capture the transformation underway. Enterprises are fundamentally changing how they buy / consume technology and more importantly how they do business. They're moving from on-premise to hybrid multi-cloud architectures, prioritizing AI and automation, escalating cybersecurity investments in response to evolving threats, and modernizing legacy applications and infrastructure through API-driven integration and microservices. • Most importantly, they're Large Enterprises are not looking for transactional vendors anymore. The IDC report on the Future of Tech Distribution in India highlights this shift: Large and Medium enterprises now seek technology aggregators and advisors who understand their business challenges, simplify complexity, and enable secure, accelerated growth through new-age technology adoptions. This transformation validates everything we've built. As enterprises prioritize digital transformation initiatives, our role as a technology aggregator and consultant becomes increasingly critical. 18 YEARS IN THE MAKING Our CFO, Swaroop MVN, compared our journey to a rocket launch. "The ignition was 2008," he explains. "Since then, we've had multiple 'firsts'—first customer practices, Centre of Excellence (CoE), our ASPL acquisition, expansion into South East Asia, Private Equity investments, Institutionalizing our teams, and now going public." From our first OEM relationship to the 100+ strategic alliances we maintain today, identifying new technology partnerships has been our foundation. Each achievement— supporting enterprises through regulatory shifts, powering digital initiatives like UPI, GST, and Aadhaar, helping banks secure millions of transactions daily, and enabling hybrid-cloud adoption at scale—has been realized together with our partners. Equally important are our customers, who trusted us to guide their digital journeys. Their challenges shaped our solutions. Their ambitions drove our innovation. THE HUMAN ELEMENT Perhaps the most emotional part of listing day was recognizing what it took to get here. As Krishna Raj Sharma noted, “This journey didn’t start with just three promoters. Behind every success is a huge team. And behind every team member, families who gave their strength and support. Seeing our children in front of the bell reminded us this milestone is about legacy as much as it is about growth.” Our 400+ team members bring technical mastery, passion, and customer-first commitment to every engagement. They are consultants, problem-solvers, and trusted advisors to our customers. This listing celebrates them most of all. Sunil Kumar Pillai, Chairman and Managing Director, puts it simply: "This milestone belongs to every person who has been part of iValue's journey. From the earliest employees who believed in our vision, to our partners who stood by us through market shifts, to our customers who trusted us with their most critical assets—this listing is a celebration of you all. OUR COMMITMENT FORWARD As we enter this new chapter with public market accountability, our growth strategy is anchored in four key areas: advancing AI, ALM, cybersecurity, and hybrid cloud services. We're enhancing our capabilities in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and cloud services to meet evolving enterprise needs for analytics, automation, enterprise security, and multi-cloud solutions. We're expanding our application lifecycle management offerings with platforms that streamline development cycles and accelerate delivery. We're growing our geographic footprint in South East Asia and beyond, diversifying markets and building new partnerships. And we're deepening our expertise in the app-driven economy, delivering solutions for mobile-first and app-centric enterprises. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iValue Infosolutions Creating Value for Investors, Enterprises, and India’s Digital Future iValue Infosolutions’ listing on NSE & BSE marks a defining step in our journey of enabling secure and transformative digital enterprises. With 17 years of consistent growth, 8,000+ enterprise relationships, and a trusted partner ecosystem of 600+ system integrators, this milestone reflects our strong foundation and forward-looking vision. As digital adoption accelerates across India and SAARC–SEA markets, iValue is uniquely positioned at the intersection of cybersecurity, cloud, and data innovation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “As we reflect on where we started and where we stand today, one thing is clear: the listing is not an end point. It’s a beginning of a new chapter with an opportunity to strengthen our purpose, widen our reach, and deepen our impact. The journey ahead will demand more discipline and compliance, more innovation and resilience. And we are ready because we walk it together.” - Sunil Kumar Pillai, Chairman & Managing Director, iValue Group For Krishna Raj Sharma, the moment is deeply personal: "When we started out, the vision was simple—to make technology meaningful for enterprises. Over time, that vision grew into a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, adaptation, and building long-term trust. Reaching the Stock Exchange is a proud moment, but more than that, it is a humbling one. It reminds us of the responsibility we carry to our employees, OEM, partners, customers, and now our shareholders." Whether empowering enterprises with AI-driven cybersecurity to protect people and data, guiding banks through compliance mandates that safeguard trust, or enabling telcos and governments to modernize infrastructure for citizen-centric services — our focus has always been on addressing real human challenges through carefully curated technologies. iValue will continue as a trusted advisor. We view this listing not merely as a financial achievement, but as an opportunity to amplify impact, bringing more technologies to more businesses, deepening investments in people and partnerships, and continuing to shape India's digital future. To our Employees: thank you for your expertise, passion, and sacrifices. To our OEMs: Thank you for your partnership during every Milestone. To our Partners: thank you for your collaboration and innovation. To our Customers: thank you for your trust and ambition. To our Investors and Shareholders: thank you for believing in our journey. The future is exciting, but our values remain the same: Innovation, integrity, commitment, and customer-first thinking. These will continue to guide iValue in this new chapter.” - Krishna Raj Sharma, Executive Director, iValue Group The iValue story has always been about people, partnerships, and purpose. Let’s Continue to create Value with iValue, together.

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We don't just sell products - we architect solutions - RAH INFOTECH

"We don't just sell products - we architect solutions. Our channel- first philosophy of 'we succeed when our partners succeed' has driven 50% year- on-year growth for two decades." - Ashok Kumar, Founder & Managing Director, RAH Infotech As RAH Infotech celebrates its 20th anniversary, the company stands as a testament to India's rapidly evolving IT distribution landscape. What began as a technology distributor in 2005 has transformed into India's fastest-growing specialty value-added distributor, consistently delivering over 50% year-on-year growth while serving Fortune 500 companies and government agencies across 17 locations. On this milestone occasion, VARINDIA caught up with Ashok Kumar, Founder & Managing Director, and Rahul Yadav, Chief Growth Officer, to decode the success story behind RAH Infotech's remarkable journey from a startup to India's leading cybersecurity and cloud solutions distributor, representing over 30 global technology leaders and serving more than 1,000 enterprises through a robust network of 500+ channel partners. How RAH Infotech is driving technological adoption and business growth across India, with this what is the road-map for the FY 2025-26? Ashok Kumar: At RAH Infotech, we've been at the forefront of India's digital transformation for nearly two decades, maintaining over 50% year-on-year growth since 2005. This consistent growth trajectory reflects the trust Indian IT reseller community has placed in our value-added distribution capabilities. We drive technological adoption through end-to-end solutions - consulting, technical assistance, and implementation services - rather than just product distribution. Our network of 500+ channel partners and 1,000+ enterprise customers, including Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, enables comprehensive market reach across every vertical. The key to our success has been identifying market needs early and introducing cutting- edge technologies from global leaders before competitors. We've consistently anticipated technology shifts - from traditional networking to cloud-first architectures, from perimeter security to zero trust models, and from reactive to proactive cyber defense strategies. For FY 2025-26, our roadmap focuses on digital infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity excellence, and strategic expansion. We're expanding cloud computing solutions through partnerships with leading vendors and, while doubling down on cybersecurity with innovations like Digital Trishul for executive threat monitoring. We're also strengthening our India and international footprint while focusing on AI, IoT, and machine learning distribution. Our investment in emerging technologies positions us to capture the next wave of digital transformation as Indian enterprises embrace Industry 4.0 and smart infrastructure initiatives. RAH Infotech boasts a diverse product and solution portfolio, representing some of the world's most renowned technology brands. Can you name the sectors you are addressing? Ashok Kumar: We serve diverse sectors including BFSI, which drives significant growth through regulatory compliance requirements and digital banking initiatives, government and public sector through massive digitization programs and smart city projects, healthcare with critical data protection and telemedicine infrastructure, hospitality with secure guest networks and contactless solutions, automotive with Industry 4.0 and connected vehicle technologies, education with hybrid learning platforms, manufacturing with operational technology security, and telecommunications with 5G infrastructure and edge computing solutions. Our comprehensive solution domains span cybersecurity covering network security, endpoint protection, application security, and identity management. We provide networking solutions from infrastructure to SD-WAN, cloud computing including hybrid and multi-cloud services, data management with backup and recovery solutions, plus application security and performance optimization. We represent industry leaders like Radware, Hitachi Vantara, ForeScout, Trend Micro, Netskope, AlgoSec, BMC, Checkmarx, Commvault, and Varonis, positioning us as a one-stop-shop for complete IT infrastructure needs. This comprehensive approach allows our partners to address complex customer requirements with integrated solutions rather than point products. Can you share the presence of RAH Infotech in India and the global footprint? Rahul Yadav: RAH Infotech has built a strong pan-India presence with strategic international expansion. We're headquartered in Gurgaon with our operations spanning across the nation. We maintain strong pan-India presence through 17 strategic locations covering metros to tier-2 cities, supported by 500+ VARs and system integrators who form the backbone of our distribution network. Our international footprint spans Singapore for APAC operations, UK and Netherlands for European markets, USA for North American partnerships, UAE for Middle East expansion, and Nepal for SAARC regional coverage. This global reach enables us to leverage international best practices while bringing cutting-edge technologies to India first, often ahead of direct vendor entries. Our geographical strategy focuses on proximity to customers and partners, ensuring rapid response times and local market understanding. Each location houses technical experts who understand regional compliance requirements, language preferences, and business practices. This localized approach has been crucial in government sector wins where understanding state-specific procurement processes and regulatory frameworks makes the difference. Our employee strengthof 228 professionals has grown 12% year-over-year, with one-third being technical experts - a key differentiator in value-added distribution. These technical resources include certified engineers, solution architects, and cybersecurity specialists who provide pre-sales consulting, solution design, and post-deployment support. This combination of local market knowledge and global reach positions us uniquely to serve both multinational corporations and growing Indian enterprises, earning recognition as 'Top APAC Technology Distributor.' What is the key strategy of RAH Infotech for partner empowerment considering the evolving tech industry? Rahul Yadav: Partner empowerment remains our success cornerstone. Unlike competitors moving to direct sales, we maintain channel-first approach because partners' success drives ours. This philosophy has created lasting relationships - many partners have been with us for over five years despite industry consolidations and vendor changes. Our strategy centers on technical excellence with one-third technical workforce providing comprehensive training, certifications, and hands-on support, plus business development assistance including partnerships with consulting firms and Big Four companies. We've invested significantly in partner enablement programs including technical bootcamps, sales methodology training, and market development funds. Our partners receive not just product training but business consulting on market positioning, competitive differentiation, and customer engagement strategies. We also provide demo equipment, proof-of-concept support, and technical resources for large deal closures. We offer competitive margins, flexible financing through our vendor finance programs, and performance-based incentives including international trips and recognition awards, while generating qualified leads from our Fortune 500 and government relationships. Our lead-sharing model ensures partners get first opportunity on deals in their territories. As there are increasing demands for cloud-based solutions, how RAH Infotech is equipped with cloud migration framework? Ashok Kumar: Cloud adoption is now essential for business agility and cost optimization, and we've positioned ourselves as comprehensive enablement partners rather than simple technology distributors. Our framework begins with detailed infrastructure and business assessments, followed by cloud- first strategy development that considers regulatory requirements, data sovereignty, and business continuity needs. We offer hybrid multi-cloud solutions maintaining flexibility between on-premises and cloud workloads through our strategic partnerships with leading cloud and infrastructure vendors. Our cloud expertise extends beyond basic migration to include application modernization, DevOps integration, and cloud-native architecture design. We help organizations break down monolithic applications into microservices, implement containerization strategies, and establish continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines for faster innovation cycles. Security integration is paramount through partnerships with Netskope for Zero Trust Network Access, Saviynt for comprehensive identity governance and administration, and Radware for application protection against DDoS attacks and web threats. Our LT ZERO collaboration addresses comprehensive data storage, automated backup, long-term archiving, and regulatory compliance concerns including GDPR and local data protection requirements. We modernize applications to be cloud-native rather than simple lift- and-shift migrations, while providing 24/7 managed services including proactive monitoring, performance optimization, cost management, and security incident response. Industry-specific frameworks address BFSI regulatory compliance, government data sovereignty mandates, and healthcare protection requirements under various privacy regulations. RAHUL YADAV EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RAH INFOTECH Can you share RAH Infotech's proactive stance on cyber security solutions? Rahul Yadav: Cybersecurity is our foundation, not just a solution area. With threats evolving rapidly during geopolitical instability, we've adopted proactive approaches. Our Digital Trishul launch with RiskProfiler.io offers 24/7 dark web and executive monitoring, protecting high- ranking officials from personal cyber threats like credential theft and social engineering. Through Netskope, we implement Zero Trust Access ensuring "never trust, always verify" authentication. Our comprehensive portfolio covers network security with next- gen firewalls, application security through web application firewalls, data security via Varonis partnership, identity security through Saviynt and Delinea, plus advanced endpoint protection. Our specialized government and critical infrastructure solutions, combined with SOC capabilities and AI-powered threat intelligence, enable proactive threat hunting rather than reactive responses. We architect comprehensive security postures that are globally best-in-class yet locally relevant to India's threat landscape.

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iValue Journey to a Public Company

A MILESTONE OF CONSISTENT GROWTH DRIVEN BY PEOPLE AND PARTNERSHIPS. For every organisation, there are defining moments that mark both a reflection on the past and a commitment to the future. For iValue, our Private Equity investment in 2019 and now our successful listing on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) are such milestones. The iValue story has never been about visibility for its own sake. From the very beginning, we focused on building quietly, working closely with OEMs, partners and Enterprises, and staying true to one belief: technology creates lasting value only when it solves real business challenges. THE VISION THAT DROVE US From inception in 2008, iValue has been driven by a clear vision: to be the most valued technology enabler and Aggregator in the digital transformation space. That meant choosing away from the conventional path, and being a Trusted advisor, to our system Integrators and Enterprises. Our purpose was clear: curate and integrate the best technologies, address real business challenges, and help enterprises thrive in the ever evolving IT Landscape. We built our business on three fundamental pillars: deep relationships, domain expertise, and an unwavering focus on enterprise value. These principles shaped us into being a trusted advisor. Today, we serve over 8,000 enterprises across sectors, working with more than 100+ OEMs and 800+ channel partners. This includes trusted engagements with the Top 100 Brands across BFSI, ITES, Telecom, Manufacturing, and Conglomerates. But the numbers only tell part of the story. The real story is about how we've consistently aimed to be different, building differentiators that deliver value across the ecosystem. WHERE TECHNOLOGY MEETS BUSINESS OUTCOMES This philosophy manifests in how we approach enterprise challenges. Our expertise spans across four critical technology domains reshaping enterprises in: Cybersecurity, Information Lifecycle Management, Data Centre Infrastructure, Application Lifecycle Management and Hybrid Multi-Cloud. Today’s Business depend on Digital Applications more than ever before. Hybrid- cloud environment provides business with much needed flexibility with scalability for their core applications. Our Application Lifecycle Management offerings enable enterprises to build secure and scalable digital applications for hybrid cloud deployment needs. Information Lifecycle Management solutions empower enterprises to get the best insights from its vast data towards building predictable and profitable business. we Curate solutions from Code to Cloud needs, to meet every enterprise need around Performance, Availability, Scalability and Security of its critical digital applications. Our 24*7 Managed services help customers proactively identify and address needs to ensure business continuity. Each domain is interconnected. Together, they represent an integrated approach to the app-driven economy, enabling enterprises to build, secure, and scale their end-to-end digital capabilities. Our Center of Excellence (CoE) showcase these best-of-breed technologies in real-time, thus validating the impact of adopting these technologies in a customer’s environment, helping large and medium enterprises make risk-free, informed investment decisions. A MARKET IN TRANSFORMATION The Indian IT product market reached $81.2 billion in 2024, making it the second largest in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan), with projections to exceed $106 billion by 2028, according to IDC. But market size alone doesn't capture the transformation underway. Enterprises are fundamentally changing how they buy / consume technology and more importantly how they do business. They're moving from on-premise to hybrid multi-cloud architectures, prioritizing AI and automation, escalating cybersecurity investments in response to evolving threats, and modernizing legacy applications and infrastructure through API-driven integration and microservices. • Most importantly, they're Large Enterprises are not looking for transactional vendors anymore. The IDC report on the Future of Tech Distribution in India highlights this shift: Large and Medium enterprises now seek technology aggregators and advisors who understand their business challenges, simplify complexity, and enable secure, accelerated growth through new-age technology adoptions. This transformation validates everything we've built. As enterprises prioritize digital transformation initiatives, our role as a technology aggregator and consultant becomes increasingly critical. 18 YEARS IN THE MAKING Our CFO, Swaroop MVN, compared our journey to a rocket launch. "The ignition was 2008," he explains. "Since then, we've had multiple 'firsts'—first customer practices, Centre of Excellence (CoE), our ASPL acquisition, expansion into South East Asia, Private Equity investments, Institutionalizing our teams, and now going public." From our first OEM relationship to the 100+ strategic alliances we maintain today, identifying new technology partnerships has been our foundation. Each achievement— supporting enterprises through regulatory shifts, powering digital initiatives like UPI, GST, and Aadhaar, helping banks secure millions of transactions daily, and enabling hybrid-cloud adoption at scale—has been realized together with our partners. Equally important are our customers, who trusted us to guide their digital journeys. Their challenges shaped our solutions. Their ambitions drove our innovation. THE HUMAN ELEMENT Perhaps the most emotional part of listing day was recognizing what it took to get here. As Krishna Raj Sharma noted, “This journey didn’t start with just three promoters. Behind every success is a huge team. And behind every team member, families who gave their strength and support. Seeing our children in front of the bell reminded us this milestone is about legacy as much as it is about growth.” Our 400+ team members bring technical mastery, passion, and customer-first commitment to every engagement. They are consultants, problem-solvers, and trusted advisors to our customers. This listing celebrates them most of all. Sunil Kumar Pillai, Chairman and Managing Director, puts it simply: "This milestone belongs to every person who has been part of iValue's journey. From the earliest employees who believed in our vision, to our partners who stood by us through market shifts, to our customers who trusted us with their most critical assets—this listing is a celebration of you all. OUR COMMITMENT FORWARD As we enter this new chapter with public market accountability, our growth strategy is anchored in four key areas: advancing AI, ALM, cybersecurity, and hybrid cloud services. We're enhancing our capabilities in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and cloud services to meet evolving enterprise needs for analytics, automation, enterprise security, and multi-cloud solutions. We're expanding our application lifecycle management offerings with platforms that streamline development cycles and accelerate delivery. We're growing our geographic footprint in South East Asia and beyond, diversifying markets and building new partnerships. And we're deepening our expertise in the app-driven economy, delivering solutions for mobile-first and app-centric enterprises. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iValue Infosolutions Creating Value for Investors, Enterprises, and India’s Digital Future iValue Infosolutions’ listing on NSE & BSE marks a defining step in our journey of enabling secure and transformative digital enterprises. With 17 years of consistent growth, 8,000+ enterprise relationships, and a trusted partner ecosystem of 600+ system integrators, this milestone reflects our strong foundation and forward-looking vision. As digital adoption accelerates across India and SAARC–SEA markets, iValue is uniquely positioned at the intersection of cybersecurity, cloud, and data innovation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “As we reflect on where we started and where we stand today, one thing is clear: the listing is not an end point. It’s a beginning of a new chapter with an opportunity to strengthen our purpose, widen our reach, and deepen our impact. The journey ahead will demand more discipline and compliance, more innovation and resilience. And we are ready because we walk it together.” - Sunil Kumar Pillai, Chairman & Managing Director, iValue Group For Krishna Raj Sharma, the moment is deeply personal: "When we started out, the vision was simple—to make technology meaningful for enterprises. Over time, that vision grew into a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, adaptation, and building long-term trust. Reaching the Stock Exchange is a proud moment, but more than that, it is a humbling one. It reminds us of the responsibility we carry to our employees, OEM, partners, customers, and now our shareholders." Whether empowering enterprises with AI-driven cybersecurity to protect people and data, guiding banks through compliance mandates that safeguard trust, or enabling telcos and governments to modernize infrastructure for citizen-centric services — our focus has always been on addressing real human challenges through carefully curated technologies. iValue will continue as a trusted advisor. We view this listing not merely as a financial achievement, but as an opportunity to amplify impact, bringing more technologies to more businesses, deepening investments in people and partnerships, and continuing to shape India's digital future. To our Employees: thank you for your expertise, passion, and sacrifices. To our OEMs: Thank you for your partnership during every Milestone. To our Partners: thank you for your collaboration and innovation. To our Customers: thank you for your trust and ambition. To our Investors and Shareholders: thank you for believing in our journey. The future is exciting, but our values remain the same: Innovation, integrity, commitment, and customer-first thinking. These will continue to guide iValue in this new chapter.” - Krishna Raj Sharma, Executive Director, iValue Group The iValue story has always been about people, partnerships, and purpose. Let’s Continue to create Value with iValue, together.

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We don't just sell products - we architect solutions - RAH INFOTECH

"We don't just sell products - we architect solutions. Our channel- first philosophy of 'we succeed when our partners succeed' has driven 50% year- on-year growth for two decades." - Ashok Kumar, Founder & Managing Director, RAH Infotech As RAH Infotech celebrates its 20th anniversary, the company stands as a testament to India's rapidly evolving IT distribution landscape. What began as a technology distributor in 2005 has transformed into India's fastest-growing specialty value-added distributor, consistently delivering over 50% year-on-year growth while serving Fortune 500 companies and government agencies across 17 locations. On this milestone occasion, VARINDIA caught up with Ashok Kumar, Founder & Managing Director, and Rahul Yadav, Chief Growth Officer, to decode the success story behind RAH Infotech's remarkable journey from a startup to India's leading cybersecurity and cloud solutions distributor, representing over 30 global technology leaders and serving more than 1,000 enterprises through a robust network of 500+ channel partners. How RAH Infotech is driving technological adoption and business growth across India, with this what is the road-map for the FY 2025-26? Ashok Kumar: At RAH Infotech, we've been at the forefront of India's digital transformation for nearly two decades, maintaining over 50% year-on-year growth since 2005. This consistent growth trajectory reflects the trust Indian IT reseller community has placed in our value-added distribution capabilities. We drive technological adoption through end-to-end solutions - consulting, technical assistance, and implementation services - rather than just product distribution. Our network of 500+ channel partners and 1,000+ enterprise customers, including Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, enables comprehensive market reach across every vertical. The key to our success has been identifying market needs early and introducing cutting- edge technologies from global leaders before competitors. We've consistently anticipated technology shifts - from traditional networking to cloud-first architectures, from perimeter security to zero trust models, and from reactive to proactive cyber defense strategies. For FY 2025-26, our roadmap focuses on digital infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity excellence, and strategic expansion. We're expanding cloud computing solutions through partnerships with leading vendors and, while doubling down on cybersecurity with innovations like Digital Trishul for executive threat monitoring. We're also strengthening our India and international footprint while focusing on AI, IoT, and machine learning distribution. Our investment in emerging technologies positions us to capture the next wave of digital transformation as Indian enterprises embrace Industry 4.0 and smart infrastructure initiatives. RAH Infotech boasts a diverse product and solution portfolio, representing some of the world's most renowned technology brands. Can you name the sectors you are addressing? Ashok Kumar: We serve diverse sectors including BFSI, which drives significant growth through regulatory compliance requirements and digital banking initiatives, government and public sector through massive digitization programs and smart city projects, healthcare with critical data protection and telemedicine infrastructure, hospitality with secure guest networks and contactless solutions, automotive with Industry 4.0 and connected vehicle technologies, education with hybrid learning platforms, manufacturing with operational technology security, and telecommunications with 5G infrastructure and edge computing solutions. Our comprehensive solution domains span cybersecurity covering network security, endpoint protection, application security, and identity management. We provide networking solutions from infrastructure to SD-WAN, cloud computing including hybrid and multi-cloud services, data management with backup and recovery solutions, plus application security and performance optimization. We represent industry leaders like Radware, Hitachi Vantara, ForeScout, Trend Micro, Netskope, AlgoSec, BMC, Checkmarx, Commvault, and Varonis, positioning us as a one-stop-shop for complete IT infrastructure needs. This comprehensive approach allows our partners to address complex customer requirements with integrated solutions rather than point products. Can you share the presence of RAH Infotech in India and the global footprint? Rahul Yadav: RAH Infotech has built a strong pan-India presence with strategic international expansion. We're headquartered in Gurgaon with our operations spanning across the nation. We maintain strong pan-India presence through 17 strategic locations covering metros to tier-2 cities, supported by 500+ VARs and system integrators who form the backbone of our distribution network. Our international footprint spans Singapore for APAC operations, UK and Netherlands for European markets, USA for North American partnerships, UAE for Middle East expansion, and Nepal for SAARC regional coverage. This global reach enables us to leverage international best practices while bringing cutting-edge technologies to India first, often ahead of direct vendor entries. Our geographical strategy focuses on proximity to customers and partners, ensuring rapid response times and local market understanding. Each location houses technical experts who understand regional compliance requirements, language preferences, and business practices. This localized approach has been crucial in government sector wins where understanding state-specific procurement processes and regulatory frameworks makes the difference. Our employee strengthof 228 professionals has grown 12% year-over-year, with one-third being technical experts - a key differentiator in value-added distribution. These technical resources include certified engineers, solution architects, and cybersecurity specialists who provide pre-sales consulting, solution design, and post-deployment support. This combination of local market knowledge and global reach positions us uniquely to serve both multinational corporations and growing Indian enterprises, earning recognition as 'Top APAC Technology Distributor.' What is the key strategy of RAH Infotech for partner empowerment considering the evolving tech industry? Rahul Yadav: Partner empowerment remains our success cornerstone. Unlike competitors moving to direct sales, we maintain channel-first approach because partners' success drives ours. This philosophy has created lasting relationships - many partners have been with us for over five years despite industry consolidations and vendor changes. Our strategy centers on technical excellence with one-third technical workforce providing comprehensive training, certifications, and hands-on support, plus business development assistance including partnerships with consulting firms and Big Four companies. We've invested significantly in partner enablement programs including technical bootcamps, sales methodology training, and market development funds. Our partners receive not just product training but business consulting on market positioning, competitive differentiation, and customer engagement strategies. We also provide demo equipment, proof-of-concept support, and technical resources for large deal closures. We offer competitive margins, flexible financing through our vendor finance programs, and performance-based incentives including international trips and recognition awards, while generating qualified leads from our Fortune 500 and government relationships. Our lead-sharing model ensures partners get first opportunity on deals in their territories. As there are increasing demands for cloud-based solutions, how RAH Infotech is equipped with cloud migration framework? Ashok Kumar: Cloud adoption is now essential for business agility and cost optimization, and we've positioned ourselves as comprehensive enablement partners rather than simple technology distributors. Our framework begins with detailed infrastructure and business assessments, followed by cloud- first strategy development that considers regulatory requirements, data sovereignty, and business continuity needs. We offer hybrid multi-cloud solutions maintaining flexibility between on-premises and cloud workloads through our strategic partnerships with leading cloud and infrastructure vendors. Our cloud expertise extends beyond basic migration to include application modernization, DevOps integration, and cloud-native architecture design. We help organizations break down monolithic applications into microservices, implement containerization strategies, and establish continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines for faster innovation cycles. Security integration is paramount through partnerships with Netskope for Zero Trust Network Access, Saviynt for comprehensive identity governance and administration, and Radware for application protection against DDoS attacks and web threats. Our LT ZERO collaboration addresses comprehensive data storage, automated backup, long-term archiving, and regulatory compliance concerns including GDPR and local data protection requirements. We modernize applications to be cloud-native rather than simple lift- and-shift migrations, while providing 24/7 managed services including proactive monitoring, performance optimization, cost management, and security incident response. Industry-specific frameworks address BFSI regulatory compliance, government data sovereignty mandates, and healthcare protection requirements under various privacy regulations. RAHUL YADAV EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RAH INFOTECH Can you share RAH Infotech's proactive stance on cyber security solutions? Rahul Yadav: Cybersecurity is our foundation, not just a solution area. With threats evolving rapidly during geopolitical instability, we've adopted proactive approaches. Our Digital Trishul launch with RiskProfiler.io offers 24/7 dark web and executive monitoring, protecting high- ranking officials from personal cyber threats like credential theft and social engineering. Through Netskope, we implement Zero Trust Access ensuring "never trust, always verify" authentication. Our comprehensive portfolio covers network security with next- gen firewalls, application security through web application firewalls, data security via Varonis partnership, identity security through Saviynt and Delinea, plus advanced endpoint protection. Our specialized government and critical infrastructure solutions, combined with SOC capabilities and AI-powered threat intelligence, enable proactive threat hunting rather than reactive responses. We architect comprehensive security postures that are globally best-in-class yet locally relevant to India's threat landscape.

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From Endpoint to Cloud: SonicWall Builds a Unified Security Future

As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated and AI-driven, endpoint security is emerging as a critical line of defense. SonicWall is expanding beyond its traditional network security roots to position itself as a broader cybersecurity platform, bringing together network, cloud, endpoint and user protection. With EDR, MDR and AI-powered threat detection at the core of its strategy, the company is focused on helping organizations detect, respond to and recover from threats faster. Debasish Mukherjee, Vice President, Regional Sales APJ, SonicWall explains how this integrated approach is particularly relevant in India, where rapidly digitizing SMBs and distributed enterprises are seeking simpler, scalable security solutions that can strengthen resilience without adding operational complexity How does EDR strengthen SonicWall’s overall cybersecurity portfolio? EDR helps SonicWall shift from being seen mainly as a network security company to a broader cybersecurity platform provider. Its portfolio now supports the full attack chain: preventing threats at the network and cloud edge, detecting suspicious endpoint behavior, investigating attacks, responding quickly, and restoring affected systems. This positioning is especially relevant for SonicWall in India, particularly among MSMEs and distributed enterprises, where customers often prefer simple, integrated security over multiple point products. SonicWall’s unified Capture Client approach is built around that need for simplicity. SonicWall Capture Client uses advanced Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities to give organizations stronger control over endpoint health. Administrators can trace threat origins and movement, terminate or quarantine threats, and restore endpoints to their last known healthy state after infection or compromise. Key features include: Comprehensive Feature Set: Next-generation antivirus (NGAV), behavior-based malware protection, Windows rollback, vulnerability insights, device control, and centralized policy management. Unified Visibility: A cloud-based dashboard with multi-tenant support and remote troubleshooting. MDR Advantage: 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) access, proactive threat hunting, and regular audits to maintain strong security hygiene. Flexibility: No minimum commitment requirements and a 21-day Proof of Concept for easy evaluation. Furthermore, SonicWall recently announced the launch of SonicWall Endpoint Security, a unified endpoint protection solution purpose-built for managed service providers (MSPs) serving small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). Available as a standalone Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tool or as a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service, fully managed by the SonicSentry security operations center, the platform brings powerful threat protection, automated threat response and one-click ransomware restore. The solution is powered by SonicWall’s patented Real-Time Deep Memory Inspection (RTDMI) engine to stop advanced threats in real time. How is SonicWall addressing AI-driven attacks, ransomware and evolving endpoint threats? Platform Strategy for a more complex threat landscape As cyberthreats grow more complex, SonicWall is positioning itself as the cybersecurity platform of choice for MSPs and MSSPs protecting diverse, distributed environments. The company is focused on delivering a tightly integrated security ecosystem that combines advanced threat protection, managed security services (MSS), managed detection and response (MDR) through SonicSentry, Cloud Secure Edge, and unified visibility across endpoints, networks, and cloud workloads. Partner-Led scale and faster response By aligning innovation with the operational needs of service providers, SonicWall enables partners to scale more efficiently, respond faster to threats, and deliver measurable value to customers. This partner- first model is central to SonicWall’s growth strategy and helps MSSPs and MSPs lead in today’s fast-changing cybersecurity market. Using AI and ML to stay ahead of emerging threats SonicWall uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to identify and respond to evolving cyber risks, including AI-driven attacks, ransomware, and advanced endpoint threats. As connectivity, data exchange, and digital transformation accelerate, these technologies help organizations innovate while maintaining strong protection, resilience, and business continuity. What are SonicWall’s key new products, and what security challenges do they address? SonicWall’s recent product innovations are designed to secure the modern distributed enterprise wherever users, applications, and workloads operate. Gen 8 strengthens protection at the network edge NSv extends security to cloud and virtual environments Cloud Secure Edge delivers Zero Trust access for users and applications EDR brings advanced detection and response to endpoints Where do you see the biggest cybersecurity opportunities and gaps in India? India represents a significant growth opportunity for SonicWall as rapid digitalization continues to widen the cybersecurity gap—especially among SMBs, mid-market organizations, and distributed enterprises. The country’s vast SMB ecosystem is adopting digital tools quickly, but many businesses still need stronger, more integrated security to protect expanding users, applications, cloud services, and endpoints. The core challenge is that many organizations are digitizing faster than they are maturing their cybersecurity practices. They may have firewalls, endpoint tools, or cloud services in place, but often lack the integrated architecture, operational discipline, and in-house expertise needed to manage risk effectively. The most common gaps include overexposed access, continued reliance on legacy VPNs, and reactive rather than proactive security models. Identity, cloud, and credential-based attacks now account for nearly 85% of actionable alerts globally, making India’s SMB-heavy and rapidly evolving economy especially exposed. While security spending is rising, investment often goes toward adding new tools rather than strengthening fundamentals such as patching, access hygiene, continuous monitoring, and response readiness. This creates a strong opportunity for SonicWall to help Indian organizations close these gaps with enterprise-grade protection delivered through a simpler, integrated platform. By working closely with MSPs and MSSPs, SonicWall can also support businesses that need ongoing security management, faster threat response, and practical guidance to improve cyber resilience. How will the new portfolio create opportunities for VARs, MSPs and MSSPs? SonicWall’s expanded portfolio gives partners a stronger opportunity to move beyond one-time product sales and build complete, recurring cybersecurity services. VARs can broaden their footprint across network, endpoint, cloud, virtual firewall, and Zero Trust solutions. Further, SonicWall being a 100% channel driven organisation continues to strengthening its position as a preferred cybersecurity platform for MSPs and MSSPs securing distributed, high-risk environments. The strategy is centered on an integrated ecosystem that helps service providers simplify operations, respond faster to threats, and deliver measurable value to customers. We base our strategy around these four pillars that shape the partner growth: Unified platform A single-pane-of-glass security services platform that integrates AI to help managed partners protect SMB environments more efficiently. AI-driven protection An active security platform that uses advanced threat intelligence to improve real-time detection, prevention, and response. Simplicity and lower cost A focus on reducing vendor sprawl, simplifying security operations, and lowering total cost of ownership for customers. Partner-led delivery A partner-driven model that gives SMBs access to enterprise-grade cybersecurity without requiring large in-house teams or budgets. How can SonicWall help organizations strengthen security and support DPDP Act readiness? DPDP readiness is fundamentally about protecting personal data across its full lifecycle, and cybersecurity plays a critical role in enabling that protection. SonicWall helps organizations build the technical foundation needed to support DPDP-aligned security practices through network security, endpoint protection, Zero Trust access, cloud security, and threat detection and response. At the same time, no cybersecurity product alone can make an organization DPDP compliant. SonicWall’s role is to help customers strengthen the safeguards, visibility, and response capabilities that form part of a broader privacy and compliance program. This is especially important for India’s SMB and mid-market organizations, where the priority is to make strong data protection practical, scalable, and easier to manage. What are SonicWall’s key priorities for India and APAC over the next 12–18 months? India will continue to be one of SonicWall’s most important markets and innovation hubs over the next 12–18 months. The country is not only a major growth opportunity, but also a key contributor to SonicWall’s global product development, with hundreds of employees and a strong R&D presence in Bangalore supporting AI-driven detection, threat intelligence, and threat-prediction capabilities used across the company’s global platform. This strategic resource in India is expected to grow manifolds in the coming months. As mentioned, SonicWall has been embedding AI into its security technologies for more than seven years, and India’s engineering talent plays a meaningful role in advancing that roadmap. Combined with India’s rapidly digitizing SMB ecosystem, expanding cloud adoption, strong channel network, and deep pool of cybersecurity and AI expertise, the market is expected to shape SonicWall’s global security strategy as much as it benefits from it.

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Veeam Enabling Enterprises Build Trust, Security and Compliance for AI

Veeam Software launched its VeeamON Tour India 2026 in Mumbai, bringing together enterprise leaders, government stakeholders, partners and customers to address data governance, protection and trust as AI adoption accelerates. The event focused on DPDP compliance, data localization, ransomware resilience, sovereign-ready infrastructure and AI governance, while showcasing innovations including the DataAI Command Platform and Veeam Data Platform. Speaking on the sidelines, Sandeep Bhambure, Vice President and Managing Director, India & SAARC, Veeam Software highlighted how these solutions help organizations strengthen security, ensure compliance and enable workload portability across evolving hybrid, virtualized and containerized IT environments. AI, how does Veeam plan to help enterprises balance rapid AI adoption with strong data compliance, privacy, and security governance? One of the biggest inhibitors to AI adoption at enterprise scale has been the absence of a dedicated AI and data trust layer. Existing security frameworks from the pre-AI era were primarily designed around preventing unauthorised human access to sensitive data through perimeter-based security models such as network and application security. However, these approaches are no longer sufficient in the AI era because organisations now also need controls for AI agents, not just humans. At the same time, the unstructured data landscape is expanding rapidly. Globally, nearly 230 zettabytes of information are expected to be created, with almost 90% of it being unstructured data. In the BI era, enterprises largely operated on structured and transactional data. However, the AI era is fundamentally driven by unstructured data. This means that large volumes of enterprise data that previously remained dormant are now becoming accessible and usable through LLMs and AI agents. Alongside this, the threat landscape is becoming increasingly sophisticated. AI agents themselves are now emerging as one of the biggest threats to enterprise data security, with one in eight cyberattacks being carried out by AI agents and a significant number of attacks originating from shadow data or shadow AI environments. For enterprises, the challenge of scaling AI securely has therefore become extremely complex. The missing layer between enterprise data sources, AI models, AI control planes and industry-specific agents is the AI and data trust layer. This is precisely what Veeam is addressing through the Data AI Command Platform. Through this single platform, Veeam enables customers to manage security, compliance, governance, privacy and data resilience within one integrated framework. Traditionally, organisations would have needed multiple disconnected products to achieve these capabilities, resulting in fragmented environments and operational complexity. The Data AI Command Platform instead delivers these foundational capabilities through a unified architecture designed specifically for AI-scale environments. At the core of the platform is the Data Command Graph, which provides enterprises with complete visibility into their data estate at a granular level. This allows organisations to understand whether data is mission-critical, whether it contains PII, how frequently it is being accessed, who or what is accessing it and whether it is relevant to regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, DPDP or RBI- related compliance requirements. With the upcoming Veeam Data Platform V13.1, is Veeam seeing a clear shift from legacy hypervisors to open-source and container-based environments, and how is it capitalising on this transition? Yes, we are seeing a growing number of organisations moving even mission- critical applications away from traditional Broadcom VMware environments toward alternative hypervisors and increasingly toward containerised environments as well. Application modernisation is happening at a significant scale, particularly within the financial services industry. As enterprises modernise workloads from traditional virtualised environments into Kubernetes and other container platforms, the earlier approaches to data protection and resilience no longer remain sufficient. Organisations now require native Kubernetes backup and recovery capabilities specifically designed for these modern environments. This is an area where Veeam is helping customers through its Kasten solution, which is designed to support Kubernetes-native backup and recovery requirements. Veeam already supports a broad range of hypervisors and has been helping enterprises migrate workloads from one hypervisor platform to another. Because of the way Veeam’s backup architecture works, customers can back up workloads from virtually any virtualised platform and recover them onto another platform. This flexibility is becoming increasingly valuable as enterprises explore hypervisor portability strategies.

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From Endpoint to Cloud: SonicWall Builds a Unified Security Future

As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated and AI-driven, endpoint security is emerging as a critical line of defense. SonicWall is expanding beyond its traditional network security roots to position itself as a broader cybersecurity platform, bringing together network, cloud, endpoint and user protection. With EDR, MDR and AI-powered threat detection at the core of its strategy, the company is focused on helping organizations detect, respond to and recover from threats faster. Debasish Mukherjee, Vice President, Regional Sales APJ, SonicWall explains how this integrated approach is particularly relevant in India, where rapidly digitizing SMBs and distributed enterprises are seeking simpler, scalable security solutions that can strengthen resilience without adding operational complexity How does EDR strengthen SonicWall’s overall cybersecurity portfolio? EDR helps SonicWall shift from being seen mainly as a network security company to a broader cybersecurity platform provider. Its portfolio now supports the full attack chain: preventing threats at the network and cloud edge, detecting suspicious endpoint behavior, investigating attacks, responding quickly, and restoring affected systems. This positioning is especially relevant for SonicWall in India, particularly among MSMEs and distributed enterprises, where customers often prefer simple, integrated security over multiple point products. SonicWall’s unified Capture Client approach is built around that need for simplicity. SonicWall Capture Client uses advanced Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities to give organizations stronger control over endpoint health. Administrators can trace threat origins and movement, terminate or quarantine threats, and restore endpoints to their last known healthy state after infection or compromise. Key features include: Comprehensive Feature Set: Next-generation antivirus (NGAV), behavior-based malware protection, Windows rollback, vulnerability insights, device control, and centralized policy management. Unified Visibility: A cloud-based dashboard with multi-tenant support and remote troubleshooting. MDR Advantage: 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) access, proactive threat hunting, and regular audits to maintain strong security hygiene. Flexibility: No minimum commitment requirements and a 21-day Proof of Concept for easy evaluation. Furthermore, SonicWall recently announced the launch of SonicWall Endpoint Security, a unified endpoint protection solution purpose-built for managed service providers (MSPs) serving small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). Available as a standalone Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tool or as a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service, fully managed by the SonicSentry security operations center, the platform brings powerful threat protection, automated threat response and one-click ransomware restore. The solution is powered by SonicWall’s patented Real-Time Deep Memory Inspection (RTDMI) engine to stop advanced threats in real time. How is SonicWall addressing AI-driven attacks, ransomware and evolving endpoint threats? Platform Strategy for a more complex threat landscape As cyberthreats grow more complex, SonicWall is positioning itself as the cybersecurity platform of choice for MSPs and MSSPs protecting diverse, distributed environments. The company is focused on delivering a tightly integrated security ecosystem that combines advanced threat protection, managed security services (MSS), managed detection and response (MDR) through SonicSentry, Cloud Secure Edge, and unified visibility across endpoints, networks, and cloud workloads. Partner-Led scale and faster response By aligning innovation with the operational needs of service providers, SonicWall enables partners to scale more efficiently, respond faster to threats, and deliver measurable value to customers. This partner- first model is central to SonicWall’s growth strategy and helps MSSPs and MSPs lead in today’s fast-changing cybersecurity market. Using AI and ML to stay ahead of emerging threats SonicWall uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to identify and respond to evolving cyber risks, including AI-driven attacks, ransomware, and advanced endpoint threats. As connectivity, data exchange, and digital transformation accelerate, these technologies help organizations innovate while maintaining strong protection, resilience, and business continuity. What are SonicWall’s key new products, and what security challenges do they address? SonicWall’s recent product innovations are designed to secure the modern distributed enterprise wherever users, applications, and workloads operate. Gen 8 strengthens protection at the network edge NSv extends security to cloud and virtual environments Cloud Secure Edge delivers Zero Trust access for users and applications EDR brings advanced detection and response to endpoints Where do you see the biggest cybersecurity opportunities and gaps in India? India represents a significant growth opportunity for SonicWall as rapid digitalization continues to widen the cybersecurity gap—especially among SMBs, mid-market organizations, and distributed enterprises. The country’s vast SMB ecosystem is adopting digital tools quickly, but many businesses still need stronger, more integrated security to protect expanding users, applications, cloud services, and endpoints. The core challenge is that many organizations are digitizing faster than they are maturing their cybersecurity practices. They may have firewalls, endpoint tools, or cloud services in place, but often lack the integrated architecture, operational discipline, and in-house expertise needed to manage risk effectively. The most common gaps include overexposed access, continued reliance on legacy VPNs, and reactive rather than proactive security models. Identity, cloud, and credential-based attacks now account for nearly 85% of actionable alerts globally, making India’s SMB-heavy and rapidly evolving economy especially exposed. While security spending is rising, investment often goes toward adding new tools rather than strengthening fundamentals such as patching, access hygiene, continuous monitoring, and response readiness. This creates a strong opportunity for SonicWall to help Indian organizations close these gaps with enterprise-grade protection delivered through a simpler, integrated platform. By working closely with MSPs and MSSPs, SonicWall can also support businesses that need ongoing security management, faster threat response, and practical guidance to improve cyber resilience. How will the new portfolio create opportunities for VARs, MSPs and MSSPs? SonicWall’s expanded portfolio gives partners a stronger opportunity to move beyond one-time product sales and build complete, recurring cybersecurity services. VARs can broaden their footprint across network, endpoint, cloud, virtual firewall, and Zero Trust solutions. Further, SonicWall being a 100% channel driven organisation continues to strengthening its position as a preferred cybersecurity platform for MSPs and MSSPs securing distributed, high-risk environments. The strategy is centered on an integrated ecosystem that helps service providers simplify operations, respond faster to threats, and deliver measurable value to customers. We base our strategy around these four pillars that shape the partner growth: Unified platform A single-pane-of-glass security services platform that integrates AI to help managed partners protect SMB environments more efficiently. AI-driven protection An active security platform that uses advanced threat intelligence to improve real-time detection, prevention, and response. Simplicity and lower cost A focus on reducing vendor sprawl, simplifying security operations, and lowering total cost of ownership for customers. Partner-led delivery A partner-driven model that gives SMBs access to enterprise-grade cybersecurity without requiring large in-house teams or budgets. How can SonicWall help organizations strengthen security and support DPDP Act readiness? DPDP readiness is fundamentally about protecting personal data across its full lifecycle, and cybersecurity plays a critical role in enabling that protection. SonicWall helps organizations build the technical foundation needed to support DPDP-aligned security practices through network security, endpoint protection, Zero Trust access, cloud security, and threat detection and response. At the same time, no cybersecurity product alone can make an organization DPDP compliant. SonicWall’s role is to help customers strengthen the safeguards, visibility, and response capabilities that form part of a broader privacy and compliance program. This is especially important for India’s SMB and mid-market organizations, where the priority is to make strong data protection practical, scalable, and easier to manage. What are SonicWall’s key priorities for India and APAC over the next 12–18 months? India will continue to be one of SonicWall’s most important markets and innovation hubs over the next 12–18 months. The country is not only a major growth opportunity, but also a key contributor to SonicWall’s global product development, with hundreds of employees and a strong R&D presence in Bangalore supporting AI-driven detection, threat intelligence, and threat-prediction capabilities used across the company’s global platform. This strategic resource in India is expected to grow manifolds in the coming months. As mentioned, SonicWall has been embedding AI into its security technologies for more than seven years, and India’s engineering talent plays a meaningful role in advancing that roadmap. Combined with India’s rapidly digitizing SMB ecosystem, expanding cloud adoption, strong channel network, and deep pool of cybersecurity and AI expertise, the market is expected to shape SonicWall’s global security strategy as much as it benefits from it.

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Veeam Enabling Enterprises Build Trust, Security and Compliance for AI

Veeam Software launched its VeeamON Tour India 2026 in Mumbai, bringing together enterprise leaders, government stakeholders, partners and customers to address data governance, protection and trust as AI adoption accelerates. The event focused on DPDP compliance, data localization, ransomware resilience, sovereign-ready infrastructure and AI governance, while showcasing innovations including the DataAI Command Platform and Veeam Data Platform. Speaking on the sidelines, Sandeep Bhambure, Vice President and Managing Director, India & SAARC, Veeam Software highlighted how these solutions help organizations strengthen security, ensure compliance and enable workload portability across evolving hybrid, virtualized and containerized IT environments. AI, how does Veeam plan to help enterprises balance rapid AI adoption with strong data compliance, privacy, and security governance? One of the biggest inhibitors to AI adoption at enterprise scale has been the absence of a dedicated AI and data trust layer. Existing security frameworks from the pre-AI era were primarily designed around preventing unauthorised human access to sensitive data through perimeter-based security models such as network and application security. However, these approaches are no longer sufficient in the AI era because organisations now also need controls for AI agents, not just humans. At the same time, the unstructured data landscape is expanding rapidly. Globally, nearly 230 zettabytes of information are expected to be created, with almost 90% of it being unstructured data. In the BI era, enterprises largely operated on structured and transactional data. However, the AI era is fundamentally driven by unstructured data. This means that large volumes of enterprise data that previously remained dormant are now becoming accessible and usable through LLMs and AI agents. Alongside this, the threat landscape is becoming increasingly sophisticated. AI agents themselves are now emerging as one of the biggest threats to enterprise data security, with one in eight cyberattacks being carried out by AI agents and a significant number of attacks originating from shadow data or shadow AI environments. For enterprises, the challenge of scaling AI securely has therefore become extremely complex. The missing layer between enterprise data sources, AI models, AI control planes and industry-specific agents is the AI and data trust layer. This is precisely what Veeam is addressing through the Data AI Command Platform. Through this single platform, Veeam enables customers to manage security, compliance, governance, privacy and data resilience within one integrated framework. Traditionally, organisations would have needed multiple disconnected products to achieve these capabilities, resulting in fragmented environments and operational complexity. The Data AI Command Platform instead delivers these foundational capabilities through a unified architecture designed specifically for AI-scale environments. At the core of the platform is the Data Command Graph, which provides enterprises with complete visibility into their data estate at a granular level. This allows organisations to understand whether data is mission-critical, whether it contains PII, how frequently it is being accessed, who or what is accessing it and whether it is relevant to regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, DPDP or RBI- related compliance requirements. With the upcoming Veeam Data Platform V13.1, is Veeam seeing a clear shift from legacy hypervisors to open-source and container-based environments, and how is it capitalising on this transition? Yes, we are seeing a growing number of organisations moving even mission- critical applications away from traditional Broadcom VMware environments toward alternative hypervisors and increasingly toward containerised environments as well. Application modernisation is happening at a significant scale, particularly within the financial services industry. As enterprises modernise workloads from traditional virtualised environments into Kubernetes and other container platforms, the earlier approaches to data protection and resilience no longer remain sufficient. Organisations now require native Kubernetes backup and recovery capabilities specifically designed for these modern environments. This is an area where Veeam is helping customers through its Kasten solution, which is designed to support Kubernetes-native backup and recovery requirements. Veeam already supports a broad range of hypervisors and has been helping enterprises migrate workloads from one hypervisor platform to another. Because of the way Veeam’s backup architecture works, customers can back up workloads from virtually any virtualised platform and recover them onto another platform. This flexibility is becoming increasingly valuable as enterprises explore hypervisor portability strategies.

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HPE unveils first four ProLiant Gen13 servers powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has launched four new ProLiant Gen13 servers built for agentic AI, inference and high-performance computing, featuring industry-first automatic encryption, multi-person authorization and post-quantum readiness, with availability from late 2026 into 2027. Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced the first four servers in its HPE ProLiant Gen13 line, powered by 6th Generation AMD EPYC processors. The systems expand compute, memory and I/O capabilities to help enterprises accelerate agentic AI and inference, analytics, virtualization, simulation and modelling, while tightening security, simplifying operations and improving reliability across distributed IT environments. As AI systems move from generating insights to taking autonomous action, trust becomes a prerequisite for scale. McKinsey’s 2026 AI Trust Maturity Survey found that nearly two-thirds of respondents cited security and risk concerns as the top barrier to fully scaling agentic AI. HPE says ProLiant Gen13 addresses these barriers with a trusted infrastructure foundation that pairs HPE iLO 8 innovations, covering automatic protection, infrastructure trust and post-quantum readiness, with enhanced visibility and control from HPE Compute Ops Management. Krista Satterthwaite, senior vice president and general manager, Compute at HPE , said: “Organizations need to turn their investments in agentic AI and inference into business value without adding operational complexity or risk. For these workloads, HPE ProLiant Gen13 brings together optimized performance, built-in, automatic security, intelligent operations, and proven reliability. It gives customers a trusted foundation to modernize and innovate today and adapt as their requirements evolve.” Dan McNamara, senior vice president and general manager, Compute and Enterprise AI, AMD , said: “AI is moving into the applications and operations that run the enterprise, fundamentally changing what organizations demand from their infrastructure. Across generations of AMD EPYC CPUs and HPE ProLiant servers, our teams have worked side by side to turn advances in processor and system design into practical value for customers. With 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors and HPE ProLiant Gen13, we are delivering the performance, efficiency and flexibility enterprises need to scale AI while modernizing the critical workloads their businesses depend on.” Four servers for AI and high-performance workloads Combining HPE engineering with 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors delivers higher core density, memory bandwidth and I/O capacity, according to the company. The HPE ProLiant DL585a Gen13 is a high-density platform that supports up to eight double-wide PCIe GPUs, two 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors and PCIe Gen6 connectivity. It is aimed at demanding workloads such as AI inference, virtualization, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) model fine-tuning, analytics and emerging agentic AI. The HPE ProLiant DL525 Gen13 is a compact 1U, single-socket system with one 6th Gen AMD EPYC processor of up to 256 cores. It offers 16-channel memory supporting DDR5 and MRDIMM, along with PCIe Gen6, making it suited to high-throughput tasks including fraud detection, market-data processing, risk and pricing models, electronic design automation (EDA), simulation and AI inference. For large-scale, compute-intensive applications, HPE is also introducing two OCP-compliant systems that combine high-density compute with shared power and cooling: · HPE ProLiant XD245 Gen13: a one-Open Rack Unit (1OU), four-node, direct liquid-cooled design powered by up to eight 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors. · HPE ProLiant XD285 Gen13: a two-Open Rack Unit (2OU), two-node, air-cooled design that extends the architecture to a broader range of data centre environments. Built to process large simulations, complex models and datasets at rack level, the two systems target CPU-intensive work such as computer-aided engineering (CAE), weather and climate modelling, scientific research and financial modelling. HPE said ProLiant Gen13 will expand beyond these systems, adding options for mainstream enterprise, edge, virtualization, software-defined infrastructure, database and AI workloads. Automatic security and simpler operations ProLiant Gen13 combines automatic security from HPE Integrated Lights-Out 8 (iLO 8) with upgraded HPE Compute Ops Management capabilities to protect data and system integrity while easing deployment and lifecycle management. HPE describes the following as industry-first features: · Auto-SED: automatic self-encrypting drive capability that protects data at rest from first boot, with no added configuration, external key managers or manual activation. · Multi-person authorization (MPA): requires two authorized users to approve high-impact actions such as key provisioning and secure erase, reducing the risk of single-user error or misuse. · Expanded post-quantum cryptography (PQC) readiness: extends beyond firmware to help protect server communication paths from emerging threats. · Enterprise-grade component verification: built on HPE’s Silicon Root of Trust, it validates the authenticity and integrity of critical components as they are added, replaced or modified. New HPE Compute Ops Management capabilities include low-touch onboarding, compliance monitoring and near real-time power capacity insights. HPE said organizations using the tool spent 50 per cent less time managing servers and generated a 209 per cent ROI. Reliability and availability HPE said each new ProLiant generation undergoes more than 1,000 tests and 10,000 hours of validation, including stress and corner-case testing that pushes systems beyond published operating limits. Reliability has been the leading purchase driver for ProLiant customers for four consecutive years, with 81 per cent citing reliable performance as a key differentiator. HPE Tech Care Service, the company added, delivers up to 97 per cent less unplanned downtime. The DL525 Gen13 will be available later in 2026, the DL585a Gen13 in early 2027, and the XD245 and XD285 Gen13 in 2027. The servers can be financed through HPE Financial Services’ 90/9 Advantage programme, which offers no payments for 90 days, followed by nine months at 1 per cent per month.

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Colt DCS and RMZ commence construction of third data centre in Mumbai

Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) and RMZ, India's largest privately owned real assets platform, have announced the commencement of construction of its third data centre in the city (Mumbai 3), an AI-ready facility located at the operator's Navi Mumbai Campus that will deliver 64MW upon completion. Mumbai 3 is being developed as part of Colt DCS and RMZ's joint venture (JV), announced in 2024, to invest $1.7 billion in the Indian data centre market. Ground preparation began in December 2025, and construction is now underway following the signing of the facility’s first hyperscale customer. This development is a milestone reflecting the pace at which the venture has scaled just within 18 months of signing. “The nature of data centre demand is evolving rapidly, with customers requiring larger deployments, higher rack densities and infrastructure capable of supporting increasingly intensive AI workloads. Mumbai 3 is designed to address these needs, further strengthening our Navi Mumbai Campus as a scalable and future-ready digital infrastructure platform. Built with AI readiness at its core, the facility incorporates advanced cooling capabilities, including liquid cooling and enhanced power infrastructure to support high-density deployments. This enables customers to efficiently scale next-generation AI and high-performance computing workloads while maintaining operational resilience and efficiency,” said Pratap Mane, Country Head DCS, India. “The next wave of digital growth will be driven by infrastructure that brings together scale, resilience, and speed to market. At Mumbai 3, we are developing a future-ready campus designed to enable hyperscalers and neo-cloud providers to scale seamlessly as their capacity and computing needs evolve. This investment reinforces our commitment to building advanced data centre and AI infrastructure that meets global standards and supports the rapidly evolving demands of the digital economy,” said Deepak Chhabria, President, RMZ Digital Infrastructure. Mumbai 3 responds to growing demand for AI-ready data centre capacity in the region, where the rapid adoption of AI is driving requirements for larger deployments, higher rack densities and greater power capacity. With the data centre fully pre-let, the project will deliver critical AI-ready capacity to the Mumbai market while reinforcing Colt DCS and RMZ’s commitment to India’s growing digital infrastructure. Mumbai 3 will join existing data centres Mumbai 1 and Mumbai 2 at the Navi Mumbai Campus, which currently supports large enterprise and cloud workloads. The campus has the potential to deliver up to 148MW of capacity at full development and, upon completion, Mumbai 3 will increase the site's operational capacity to 86MW. Built for AI Deployments Mumbai 3 has been designed to support AI workloads and high-density compute deployments, delivering 64MW of secured contracted power, supported by a hybrid cooling architecture that combines traditional air cooling with direct liquid-to-chip cooling. The facility will also benefit from a 220kV GIS substation located on campus, providing high levels of resilience and scalability, alongside carrier-neutral connectivity with access to high-capacity fibre routes. Sustainable by Design, Creating Local Opportunity Sustainability and long-term community impact have been central considerations in the development of Mumbai 3. The facility will operate using 100% renewable energy and has been designed with a closed-loop cooling system, enabling near-zero wastewater from the cooling process. In addition to its environmental credentials, the project is expected to create more than 700 jobs across construction and operations, while supporting local suppliers, contractors, and service providers. These initiatives reflect Colt DCS and RMZ's shared commitment to delivering sustainable digital infrastructure that creates lasting value for local communities and the wider region. As part of the JV, both organisations have committed to develop 250MW of data centre capacity across Mumbai and Chennai. The partnership brings together Colt DCS' global data centre expertise with RMZ's over two decades of experience in developing, owning and operating high-quality infrastructure in the Indian market.

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HPE unveils first four ProLiant Gen13 servers powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has launched four new ProLiant Gen13 servers built for agentic AI, inference and high-performance computing, featuring industry-first automatic encryption, multi-person authorization and post-quantum readiness, with availability from late 2026 into 2027. Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced the first four servers in its HPE ProLiant Gen13 line, powered by 6th Generation AMD EPYC processors. The systems expand compute, memory and I/O capabilities to help enterprises accelerate agentic AI and inference, analytics, virtualization, simulation and modelling, while tightening security, simplifying operations and improving reliability across distributed IT environments. As AI systems move from generating insights to taking autonomous action, trust becomes a prerequisite for scale. McKinsey’s 2026 AI Trust Maturity Survey found that nearly two-thirds of respondents cited security and risk concerns as the top barrier to fully scaling agentic AI. HPE says ProLiant Gen13 addresses these barriers with a trusted infrastructure foundation that pairs HPE iLO 8 innovations, covering automatic protection, infrastructure trust and post-quantum readiness, with enhanced visibility and control from HPE Compute Ops Management. Krista Satterthwaite, senior vice president and general manager, Compute at HPE , said: “Organizations need to turn their investments in agentic AI and inference into business value without adding operational complexity or risk. For these workloads, HPE ProLiant Gen13 brings together optimized performance, built-in, automatic security, intelligent operations, and proven reliability. It gives customers a trusted foundation to modernize and innovate today and adapt as their requirements evolve.” Dan McNamara, senior vice president and general manager, Compute and Enterprise AI, AMD , said: “AI is moving into the applications and operations that run the enterprise, fundamentally changing what organizations demand from their infrastructure. Across generations of AMD EPYC CPUs and HPE ProLiant servers, our teams have worked side by side to turn advances in processor and system design into practical value for customers. With 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors and HPE ProLiant Gen13, we are delivering the performance, efficiency and flexibility enterprises need to scale AI while modernizing the critical workloads their businesses depend on.” Four servers for AI and high-performance workloads Combining HPE engineering with 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors delivers higher core density, memory bandwidth and I/O capacity, according to the company. The HPE ProLiant DL585a Gen13 is a high-density platform that supports up to eight double-wide PCIe GPUs, two 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors and PCIe Gen6 connectivity. It is aimed at demanding workloads such as AI inference, virtualization, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) model fine-tuning, analytics and emerging agentic AI. The HPE ProLiant DL525 Gen13 is a compact 1U, single-socket system with one 6th Gen AMD EPYC processor of up to 256 cores. It offers 16-channel memory supporting DDR5 and MRDIMM, along with PCIe Gen6, making it suited to high-throughput tasks including fraud detection, market-data processing, risk and pricing models, electronic design automation (EDA), simulation and AI inference. For large-scale, compute-intensive applications, HPE is also introducing two OCP-compliant systems that combine high-density compute with shared power and cooling: · HPE ProLiant XD245 Gen13: a one-Open Rack Unit (1OU), four-node, direct liquid-cooled design powered by up to eight 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors. · HPE ProLiant XD285 Gen13: a two-Open Rack Unit (2OU), two-node, air-cooled design that extends the architecture to a broader range of data centre environments. Built to process large simulations, complex models and datasets at rack level, the two systems target CPU-intensive work such as computer-aided engineering (CAE), weather and climate modelling, scientific research and financial modelling. HPE said ProLiant Gen13 will expand beyond these systems, adding options for mainstream enterprise, edge, virtualization, software-defined infrastructure, database and AI workloads. Automatic security and simpler operations ProLiant Gen13 combines automatic security from HPE Integrated Lights-Out 8 (iLO 8) with upgraded HPE Compute Ops Management capabilities to protect data and system integrity while easing deployment and lifecycle management. HPE describes the following as industry-first features: · Auto-SED: automatic self-encrypting drive capability that protects data at rest from first boot, with no added configuration, external key managers or manual activation. · Multi-person authorization (MPA): requires two authorized users to approve high-impact actions such as key provisioning and secure erase, reducing the risk of single-user error or misuse. · Expanded post-quantum cryptography (PQC) readiness: extends beyond firmware to help protect server communication paths from emerging threats. · Enterprise-grade component verification: built on HPE’s Silicon Root of Trust, it validates the authenticity and integrity of critical components as they are added, replaced or modified. New HPE Compute Ops Management capabilities include low-touch onboarding, compliance monitoring and near real-time power capacity insights. HPE said organizations using the tool spent 50 per cent less time managing servers and generated a 209 per cent ROI. Reliability and availability HPE said each new ProLiant generation undergoes more than 1,000 tests and 10,000 hours of validation, including stress and corner-case testing that pushes systems beyond published operating limits. Reliability has been the leading purchase driver for ProLiant customers for four consecutive years, with 81 per cent citing reliable performance as a key differentiator. HPE Tech Care Service, the company added, delivers up to 97 per cent less unplanned downtime. The DL525 Gen13 will be available later in 2026, the DL585a Gen13 in early 2027, and the XD245 and XD285 Gen13 in 2027. The servers can be financed through HPE Financial Services’ 90/9 Advantage programme, which offers no payments for 90 days, followed by nine months at 1 per cent per month.

Data Centre

Colt DCS and RMZ commence construction of third data centre in Mumbai

Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) and RMZ, India's largest privately owned real assets platform, have announced the commencement of construction of its third data centre in the city (Mumbai 3), an AI-ready facility located at the operator's Navi Mumbai Campus that will deliver 64MW upon completion. Mumbai 3 is being developed as part of Colt DCS and RMZ's joint venture (JV), announced in 2024, to invest $1.7 billion in the Indian data centre market. Ground preparation began in December 2025, and construction is now underway following the signing of the facility’s first hyperscale customer. This development is a milestone reflecting the pace at which the venture has scaled just within 18 months of signing. “The nature of data centre demand is evolving rapidly, with customers requiring larger deployments, higher rack densities and infrastructure capable of supporting increasingly intensive AI workloads. Mumbai 3 is designed to address these needs, further strengthening our Navi Mumbai Campus as a scalable and future-ready digital infrastructure platform. Built with AI readiness at its core, the facility incorporates advanced cooling capabilities, including liquid cooling and enhanced power infrastructure to support high-density deployments. This enables customers to efficiently scale next-generation AI and high-performance computing workloads while maintaining operational resilience and efficiency,” said Pratap Mane, Country Head DCS, India. “The next wave of digital growth will be driven by infrastructure that brings together scale, resilience, and speed to market. At Mumbai 3, we are developing a future-ready campus designed to enable hyperscalers and neo-cloud providers to scale seamlessly as their capacity and computing needs evolve. This investment reinforces our commitment to building advanced data centre and AI infrastructure that meets global standards and supports the rapidly evolving demands of the digital economy,” said Deepak Chhabria, President, RMZ Digital Infrastructure. Mumbai 3 responds to growing demand for AI-ready data centre capacity in the region, where the rapid adoption of AI is driving requirements for larger deployments, higher rack densities and greater power capacity. With the data centre fully pre-let, the project will deliver critical AI-ready capacity to the Mumbai market while reinforcing Colt DCS and RMZ’s commitment to India’s growing digital infrastructure. Mumbai 3 will join existing data centres Mumbai 1 and Mumbai 2 at the Navi Mumbai Campus, which currently supports large enterprise and cloud workloads. The campus has the potential to deliver up to 148MW of capacity at full development and, upon completion, Mumbai 3 will increase the site's operational capacity to 86MW. Built for AI Deployments Mumbai 3 has been designed to support AI workloads and high-density compute deployments, delivering 64MW of secured contracted power, supported by a hybrid cooling architecture that combines traditional air cooling with direct liquid-to-chip cooling. The facility will also benefit from a 220kV GIS substation located on campus, providing high levels of resilience and scalability, alongside carrier-neutral connectivity with access to high-capacity fibre routes. Sustainable by Design, Creating Local Opportunity Sustainability and long-term community impact have been central considerations in the development of Mumbai 3. The facility will operate using 100% renewable energy and has been designed with a closed-loop cooling system, enabling near-zero wastewater from the cooling process. In addition to its environmental credentials, the project is expected to create more than 700 jobs across construction and operations, while supporting local suppliers, contractors, and service providers. These initiatives reflect Colt DCS and RMZ's shared commitment to delivering sustainable digital infrastructure that creates lasting value for local communities and the wider region. As part of the JV, both organisations have committed to develop 250MW of data centre capacity across Mumbai and Chennai. The partnership brings together Colt DCS' global data centre expertise with RMZ's over two decades of experience in developing, owning and operating high-quality infrastructure in the Indian market.

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Thomson expands festive TV line-up with new Mini-QD, QLED and Full HD models

The French consumer electronics brand adds Mini-QD, QLED and non-smart models across popular screen sizes, while a Flipkart Big Billion Days lucky draw offers a Tata Punch, a Honda Activa and Thomson TVs to winners. As consumers gear up for the festive season, Thomson, a French consumer electronics brand, has announced an expansion of its smart TV and wash portfolio. The new line-up brings a mix of Mini-QD, QLED and non-smart televisions across popular screen sizes, giving consumers a wider choice across price segments. To add an exciting layer to festive shopping, SPPL has announced a Grand Lucky Draw Contest during Flipkart's Big Billion Days sale. Customers buying eligible Thomson, Blaupunkt and Kodak TVs on Flipkart get a chance to win prizes that include a Tata Punch, a Honda Activa and a range of Thomson smart LED TVs. The contest will run across the first 10 days of the sale and reward 10 winners, with one winner picked each day. The winner is the 100th customer to buy an eligible Thomson, Kodak or Blaupunkt TV on Flipkart with a minimum cart value of ₹8,499. The Tata Punch is the first prize, followed by a Honda Activa on Day 2. The remaining prizes are Thomson LED TVs in screen sizes from 24 inches to 75 inches. Flipkart Big Billion Days 2026 begins on October 9, with early access for select customers from October 8. The brand has also promised deals during the sale, including an additional 10 percent discount on Axis and ICICI Bank cards. New Mini-QD TV brings premium features A key highlight of the festive portfolio is the new Thomson Mini TV, a 55-inch Mini-QD 4K television for consumers seeking an upgraded viewing experience. It features Mini-QD display technology, 1.1 billion colours, 550 nits brightness, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision for enhanced colour reproduction and contrast. Support for 120Hz HSR, VRR and ALLM makes it suitable for sports, action-heavy content and gaming. For sound, the TV has an 80W Dolby Audio stereo box speaker system with four speakers, along with Dolby Atmos support. It has a bezel-less Airslim design and runs on Google TV, with Google Assistant, built-in Chromecast and AirPlay support. A wider line-up across QLED and Full HD Thomson is also expanding its smart TV range with a 65-inch JioTele OS TV. It has a 4K QLED display with 1.1 billion colours, a bezel-less AirSlim design and up to 450 nits brightness. Powered by JioTele OS, it offers 300+ free live TV channels, 300+ JioGames and popular global and regional OTT apps through the Jio Store. Its 48W Dolby Audio stereo speakers, Dolby Digital Plus and dedicated Sports Mode add to the experience. The TV also has dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, a voice-enabled multilingual remote, three HDMI ports and two USB ports. The brand is further expanding its Alpha QLED portfolio with a new 50-inch size. It has a bezel-less design, a Full HD QLED display and up to 400 nits brightness. Powered by Coolita 3.0, it gives access to popular streaming apps, live channels and pre-installed games. It also has 40W surround sound, multiple sound modes, and HDMI, USB and Miracast connectivity. In Full HD, Thomson adds 40-inch and 43-inch models with LED displays, A+ Grade panels, 300 nits brightness and a 178-degree viewing angle. Both offer 36W stereo sound with multiple sound modes, plus HDMI, USB, VGA, AV and component connectivity. Energy-efficient performance, digital noise reduction, child lock and timers round out the features.

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Paytm Joins Forces with Visa to Bring Offers on Metro Travel, Recharges and Bill Payments

Paytm (One 97 Communications Limited) has partnered with Visa to bring exclusive offers across Metro travel, mobile recharges and everyday bill payments on Paytm. Visa credit and debit cardholders can get 50% off up to ₹50 on Metro ticket bookings through Paytm, with no minimum transaction value. The offer can be availed twice per card each month. For instance, a ₹100 Metro ticket booked on Paytm using an eligible Visa card gets ₹50 off, bringing direct savings to daily and frequent commuters across metro networks. Visa cardholders can also get 25% off up to ₹20 on Metro ticket bookings through Paytm, with no minimum transaction value. This offer can be availed five times per card each month, adding further savings for regular metro commuters. The partnership also extends savings to recurring household payments. From October 1, 2026, Visa Classic Debit and Visa Platinum Debit cardholders can get a flat 10% off up to ₹100 on payments of ₹299 or more across mobile prepaid and postpaid recharges, electricity, water, broadband, DTH, gas cylinder, piped gas and FASTag. Visa Platinum Credit cardholders can get a flat 5% off up to ₹100 on payments of ₹299 or more across mobile prepaid and postpaid recharges, electricity, water, broadband, DTH, gas cylinder and piped gas. These offers can be availed once per card per month per user. Vikash Jalan, COO - Consumer Payments, Paytm, said, "Our partnership with Visa brings greater value to everyday payments on Paytm, from Metro travel to mobile recharges and household bills. Exclusive Visa offers across these frequent spends make everyday payments on Paytm more rewarding for consumers." Ramakrishnan Gopalan, Head of Products & Solutions, India & South Asia, Visa, said, “Digital payments are now deeply woven into everyday life in India, from daily commute to routine household expenses. Visa continues to power these transactions through secure, trusted and rewarding payment experiences. Partnering with Paytm, we are bringing added value to another key everyday payment use case, helping Visa cardholders save more on categories that matter most while advancing our commitment to be the best way to pay and be paid.” Here’s how to avail the Visa offers on Paytm: ● Open the Paytm app and select Metro ticketing, mobile recharge or the relevant bill payment category ● Proceed to payment and choose the eligible Visa credit or debit card ● Apply the applicable promo code before completing payment - For the 50% Metro offer, use VISADC50 for Visa debit cards and VISACC50 for Visa credit cards - For the 25% Metro offer, use VISADC for Visa debit cards and VISACC for Visa credit cards ● For recharges and bill payments, use VISACLASSICDC for Visa Classic Debit Cards, VISAPLATINUMDC for Visa Platinum Debit Cards or VISAPLATINUMCC for Visa Platinum Credit Cards. The recharge and bill payment offers are valid from October 1 to December 31, 2026.

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Thomson expands festive TV line-up with new Mini-QD, QLED and Full HD models

The French consumer electronics brand adds Mini-QD, QLED and non-smart models across popular screen sizes, while a Flipkart Big Billion Days lucky draw offers a Tata Punch, a Honda Activa and Thomson TVs to winners. As consumers gear up for the festive season, Thomson, a French consumer electronics brand, has announced an expansion of its smart TV and wash portfolio. The new line-up brings a mix of Mini-QD, QLED and non-smart televisions across popular screen sizes, giving consumers a wider choice across price segments. To add an exciting layer to festive shopping, SPPL has announced a Grand Lucky Draw Contest during Flipkart's Big Billion Days sale. Customers buying eligible Thomson, Blaupunkt and Kodak TVs on Flipkart get a chance to win prizes that include a Tata Punch, a Honda Activa and a range of Thomson smart LED TVs. The contest will run across the first 10 days of the sale and reward 10 winners, with one winner picked each day. The winner is the 100th customer to buy an eligible Thomson, Kodak or Blaupunkt TV on Flipkart with a minimum cart value of ₹8,499. The Tata Punch is the first prize, followed by a Honda Activa on Day 2. The remaining prizes are Thomson LED TVs in screen sizes from 24 inches to 75 inches. Flipkart Big Billion Days 2026 begins on October 9, with early access for select customers from October 8. The brand has also promised deals during the sale, including an additional 10 percent discount on Axis and ICICI Bank cards. New Mini-QD TV brings premium features A key highlight of the festive portfolio is the new Thomson Mini TV, a 55-inch Mini-QD 4K television for consumers seeking an upgraded viewing experience. It features Mini-QD display technology, 1.1 billion colours, 550 nits brightness, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision for enhanced colour reproduction and contrast. Support for 120Hz HSR, VRR and ALLM makes it suitable for sports, action-heavy content and gaming. For sound, the TV has an 80W Dolby Audio stereo box speaker system with four speakers, along with Dolby Atmos support. It has a bezel-less Airslim design and runs on Google TV, with Google Assistant, built-in Chromecast and AirPlay support. A wider line-up across QLED and Full HD Thomson is also expanding its smart TV range with a 65-inch JioTele OS TV. It has a 4K QLED display with 1.1 billion colours, a bezel-less AirSlim design and up to 450 nits brightness. Powered by JioTele OS, it offers 300+ free live TV channels, 300+ JioGames and popular global and regional OTT apps through the Jio Store. Its 48W Dolby Audio stereo speakers, Dolby Digital Plus and dedicated Sports Mode add to the experience. The TV also has dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, a voice-enabled multilingual remote, three HDMI ports and two USB ports. The brand is further expanding its Alpha QLED portfolio with a new 50-inch size. It has a bezel-less design, a Full HD QLED display and up to 400 nits brightness. Powered by Coolita 3.0, it gives access to popular streaming apps, live channels and pre-installed games. It also has 40W surround sound, multiple sound modes, and HDMI, USB and Miracast connectivity. In Full HD, Thomson adds 40-inch and 43-inch models with LED displays, A+ Grade panels, 300 nits brightness and a 178-degree viewing angle. Both offer 36W stereo sound with multiple sound modes, plus HDMI, USB, VGA, AV and component connectivity. Energy-efficient performance, digital noise reduction, child lock and timers round out the features.

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Paytm Joins Forces with Visa to Bring Offers on Metro Travel, Recharges and Bill Payments

Paytm (One 97 Communications Limited) has partnered with Visa to bring exclusive offers across Metro travel, mobile recharges and everyday bill payments on Paytm. Visa credit and debit cardholders can get 50% off up to ₹50 on Metro ticket bookings through Paytm, with no minimum transaction value. The offer can be availed twice per card each month. For instance, a ₹100 Metro ticket booked on Paytm using an eligible Visa card gets ₹50 off, bringing direct savings to daily and frequent commuters across metro networks. Visa cardholders can also get 25% off up to ₹20 on Metro ticket bookings through Paytm, with no minimum transaction value. This offer can be availed five times per card each month, adding further savings for regular metro commuters. The partnership also extends savings to recurring household payments. From October 1, 2026, Visa Classic Debit and Visa Platinum Debit cardholders can get a flat 10% off up to ₹100 on payments of ₹299 or more across mobile prepaid and postpaid recharges, electricity, water, broadband, DTH, gas cylinder, piped gas and FASTag. Visa Platinum Credit cardholders can get a flat 5% off up to ₹100 on payments of ₹299 or more across mobile prepaid and postpaid recharges, electricity, water, broadband, DTH, gas cylinder and piped gas. These offers can be availed once per card per month per user. Vikash Jalan, COO - Consumer Payments, Paytm, said, "Our partnership with Visa brings greater value to everyday payments on Paytm, from Metro travel to mobile recharges and household bills. Exclusive Visa offers across these frequent spends make everyday payments on Paytm more rewarding for consumers." Ramakrishnan Gopalan, Head of Products & Solutions, India & South Asia, Visa, said, “Digital payments are now deeply woven into everyday life in India, from daily commute to routine household expenses. Visa continues to power these transactions through secure, trusted and rewarding payment experiences. Partnering with Paytm, we are bringing added value to another key everyday payment use case, helping Visa cardholders save more on categories that matter most while advancing our commitment to be the best way to pay and be paid.” Here’s how to avail the Visa offers on Paytm: ● Open the Paytm app and select Metro ticketing, mobile recharge or the relevant bill payment category ● Proceed to payment and choose the eligible Visa credit or debit card ● Apply the applicable promo code before completing payment - For the 50% Metro offer, use VISADC50 for Visa debit cards and VISACC50 for Visa credit cards - For the 25% Metro offer, use VISADC for Visa debit cards and VISACC for Visa credit cards ● For recharges and bill payments, use VISACLASSICDC for Visa Classic Debit Cards, VISAPLATINUMDC for Visa Platinum Debit Cards or VISAPLATINUMCC for Visa Platinum Credit Cards. The recharge and bill payment offers are valid from October 1 to December 31, 2026.

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HID appointed to FIDO Alliance Board to help advance enterprise passkey adoption

HID has joined the FIDO Alliance Board of Directors to help accelerate the shift to passwordless authentication across the enterprise. Sean Dyon, Vice President of the Authentication Business Unit, will serve as the company’s Primary Board Delegate. HID joins the Board with decades of leadership across physical and digital identity, bringing a real-world perspective to the Alliance’s work advancing interoperability, lifecycle management and deployment at scale. "HID has been a longtime and valuable contributor to the FIDO Alliance, and we're pleased to welcome them and Sean Dyon to our Board," said Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director and CEO of the FIDO Alliance. "As enterprises scale passkey deployments, HID's perspective on converged physical and digital identity will help us bring the security and usability benefits of passkeys to a wider range of environments." The FIDO Alliance enables identity technologies that put trust and simplicity at the center of interactions among people, services and devices, including the open standards behind passkeys and passwordless sign-in. Passkeys built on FIDO standards are phishing-resistant because they never transmit reusable passwords and bind authentication to a specific device and origin. The Alliance's board shapes its strategy, standards and certification priorities, and HID will contribute to that work through board governance and strategy discussions, collaborating with other industry leaders to advance more secure, interoperable authentication. HID’s appointment comes as passkey implementation moves from limited pilots to wider deployments, a shift that has brought attention and scrutiny to interoperability, lifecycle management and how physical and digital identity work together at scale. A FIDO Alliance member since 2015, HID has contributed to working groups spanning FIDO2, digital credentials and consumer deployment, and has partnered with the Alliance on research into identity security and convergence. HID also builds FIDO-certified authenticators and authentication platforms trusted by enterprise and government users worldwide. This expertise will be valuable as the Board guides a broader shift already underway in the market: 93% of organizations are now at some stage of passkey adoption and 65% report high or expert technology familiarity, according to the FIDO Alliance and HID report. On the Board, HID will draw on that dual vantage point to represent enterprise priorities around converged identity, lifecycle management and multi-vendor interoperability as passwordless adoption accelerates from pilot programs to full-scale deployment. "As enterprises scale passkeys and passwordless authentication, the standards behind them must address the real-world challenges of deployment, lifecycle management and interoperability," said Sean Dyon, Vice President of the Authentication Business Unit at HID. “The FIDO Alliance has been instrumental in advancing open standards for secure, passwordless authentication, and we are proud to contribute to that work. Because our business spans both physical and digital identity, we understand these challenges across the full range of how people authenticate. That is the perspective we intend to bring to the table.”

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High-Speed Precision: How Hikrobot’s DP Series Powers Real-Time 3D Inspection

The Hikrobot 3D Laser Profiler (DP Series) delivers high-precision, non-contact surface measurement through advanced laser triangulation. Designed for realtime applications, the device generates micrometer-level 3D point clouds, depth images, and detailed profiles. Equipped with an integrated edge-computing architecture, the DP Series processes data at speeds up to 49 kHz without taxing host CPU resources. Consequently, it has achieved global adoption across key manufacturing hubs, including India, for consumer electronics, EV battery assembly, automotive manufacturing, and PCB inspection. TARGETED PRODUCT TIERING Hikrobot categorizes its profile sensors into four distinct performance classes: • DP2000 Series: The industrial workhorse featuring 3,200 profile points, scan rates up to 23.9 kHz, and IP67 protection. Key models like the MV-DP2240-01P deliver Z-axis resolution down to 6.47 μm. • DP3000 Series: A high-precision line offering scan rates up to 46.7 kHz alongside enhanced light sensitivity, 95% laser uniformity, and ultra-low noise profiling. • DP4000 Series: The flagship series featuring a 2000x2000 sensor array, up to 4,000 pixels per line, telecentric optics, and maximum 49 kHz scanning. • Binocular Single-Line Series: Integrates dual cameras with a single laser projector to capture complex geometry without optical shading or occlusions. KEY TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS • Sub-Pixel Center Extraction: Onboard algorithms track laser reflections down to 0.05-pixel accuracy. • Stray Light Halo Filtering: Suppresses glare on reflective, metallic, or wet surfaces. • Single-Frame HDR: Combines varied exposures in a single pass to inspect high-contrast materials simultaneously. • Multi-Camera Stitching: Merges multiple sensor views into unified 3D point clouds for large-scale targets. • Built-in Post-Processing: Executes spatial filtering, time-domain filtering, and point interpolation directly on the device INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS • EV Batteries: Detects air bubbles on blue film surfaces, surface droplets, and structural dents in soft-pack batteries. • Consumer Electronics: Executes Z-axis height checks, coplanarity testing, and gap/flush measurements. • Automotive: Inspects black rubber seals, weld seams, seatbelt weaves, and metallic casings for micro-defects.

Data Privacy

HID appointed to FIDO Alliance Board to help advance enterprise passkey adoption

HID has joined the FIDO Alliance Board of Directors to help accelerate the shift to passwordless authentication across the enterprise. Sean Dyon, Vice President of the Authentication Business Unit, will serve as the company’s Primary Board Delegate. HID joins the Board with decades of leadership across physical and digital identity, bringing a real-world perspective to the Alliance’s work advancing interoperability, lifecycle management and deployment at scale. "HID has been a longtime and valuable contributor to the FIDO Alliance, and we're pleased to welcome them and Sean Dyon to our Board," said Andrew Shikiar, Executive Director and CEO of the FIDO Alliance. "As enterprises scale passkey deployments, HID's perspective on converged physical and digital identity will help us bring the security and usability benefits of passkeys to a wider range of environments." The FIDO Alliance enables identity technologies that put trust and simplicity at the center of interactions among people, services and devices, including the open standards behind passkeys and passwordless sign-in. Passkeys built on FIDO standards are phishing-resistant because they never transmit reusable passwords and bind authentication to a specific device and origin. The Alliance's board shapes its strategy, standards and certification priorities, and HID will contribute to that work through board governance and strategy discussions, collaborating with other industry leaders to advance more secure, interoperable authentication. HID’s appointment comes as passkey implementation moves from limited pilots to wider deployments, a shift that has brought attention and scrutiny to interoperability, lifecycle management and how physical and digital identity work together at scale. A FIDO Alliance member since 2015, HID has contributed to working groups spanning FIDO2, digital credentials and consumer deployment, and has partnered with the Alliance on research into identity security and convergence. HID also builds FIDO-certified authenticators and authentication platforms trusted by enterprise and government users worldwide. This expertise will be valuable as the Board guides a broader shift already underway in the market: 93% of organizations are now at some stage of passkey adoption and 65% report high or expert technology familiarity, according to the FIDO Alliance and HID report. On the Board, HID will draw on that dual vantage point to represent enterprise priorities around converged identity, lifecycle management and multi-vendor interoperability as passwordless adoption accelerates from pilot programs to full-scale deployment. "As enterprises scale passkeys and passwordless authentication, the standards behind them must address the real-world challenges of deployment, lifecycle management and interoperability," said Sean Dyon, Vice President of the Authentication Business Unit at HID. “The FIDO Alliance has been instrumental in advancing open standards for secure, passwordless authentication, and we are proud to contribute to that work. Because our business spans both physical and digital identity, we understand these challenges across the full range of how people authenticate. That is the perspective we intend to bring to the table.”

Data Privacy

High-Speed Precision: How Hikrobot’s DP Series Powers Real-Time 3D Inspection

The Hikrobot 3D Laser Profiler (DP Series) delivers high-precision, non-contact surface measurement through advanced laser triangulation. Designed for realtime applications, the device generates micrometer-level 3D point clouds, depth images, and detailed profiles. Equipped with an integrated edge-computing architecture, the DP Series processes data at speeds up to 49 kHz without taxing host CPU resources. Consequently, it has achieved global adoption across key manufacturing hubs, including India, for consumer electronics, EV battery assembly, automotive manufacturing, and PCB inspection. TARGETED PRODUCT TIERING Hikrobot categorizes its profile sensors into four distinct performance classes: • DP2000 Series: The industrial workhorse featuring 3,200 profile points, scan rates up to 23.9 kHz, and IP67 protection. Key models like the MV-DP2240-01P deliver Z-axis resolution down to 6.47 μm. • DP3000 Series: A high-precision line offering scan rates up to 46.7 kHz alongside enhanced light sensitivity, 95% laser uniformity, and ultra-low noise profiling. • DP4000 Series: The flagship series featuring a 2000x2000 sensor array, up to 4,000 pixels per line, telecentric optics, and maximum 49 kHz scanning. • Binocular Single-Line Series: Integrates dual cameras with a single laser projector to capture complex geometry without optical shading or occlusions. KEY TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS • Sub-Pixel Center Extraction: Onboard algorithms track laser reflections down to 0.05-pixel accuracy. • Stray Light Halo Filtering: Suppresses glare on reflective, metallic, or wet surfaces. • Single-Frame HDR: Combines varied exposures in a single pass to inspect high-contrast materials simultaneously. • Multi-Camera Stitching: Merges multiple sensor views into unified 3D point clouds for large-scale targets. • Built-in Post-Processing: Executes spatial filtering, time-domain filtering, and point interpolation directly on the device INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS • EV Batteries: Detects air bubbles on blue film surfaces, surface droplets, and structural dents in soft-pack batteries. • Consumer Electronics: Executes Z-axis height checks, coplanarity testing, and gap/flush measurements. • Automotive: Inspects black rubber seals, weld seams, seatbelt weaves, and metallic casings for micro-defects.

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AI and Enterprise SaaS Workloads Fuel Akamai Cloud Growth

Akamai announced a new wave of customer adoption for its Akamai Cloud Computing services. Leading software, digital media, and technology organizations are expanding their reliance on Akamai Cloud, driven by growing enterprise demand for high-performance CPU-based compute, specialized GPU capacity, and resilient storage. This customer momentum reflects enterprise demand across critical technical requirements: from model training through low-latency inference, core-to-edge application hosting, and cloud disaster recovery, allowing organizations to optimize infrastructure performance, span workloads seamlessly, and control spending. Key Highlights of Customer Momentum: Enterprise & AI Workloads Lead Growth: Software and SaaS companies represented the overwhelming majority of new customers, underscoring Akamai's strength as a trusted partner for software providers. Demand for Next-Gen GPU Infrastructure: Adoption of specialized accelerated compute, driven by customer wins for Akamai's NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU instances for AI and compute-heavy workloads. Global Market Expansion: Akamai expanded its customer base across international markets, with Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ) and EMEA accounting for most new customer additions. Diversified Sector Adoption: Beyond software, Akamai gained traction in high-bandwidth industries, adding notable new customer logos across business services, digital media, and streaming. Representative Customer Wins & Workload Profile: Next-Gen AI & Pilot GPU Deployments: A leading North American technology innovator is deploying Akamai’s NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU infrastructure for high-performance AI model testing and specialized compute piloting. Asia-Pacific Cloud & Disaster Recovery: An Asia-Pacific logistics technology provider serving global supply chains is migrating its AI-driven warehouse tracking and automation workloads to Akamai Cloud. By displacing multiple legacy cloud providers, the company is securing the stable, cost-effective GPU and compute infrastructure needed to scale its AI platform and digital workflows sustainably. Developer Platform & SaaS Scale-Up: A rising developer platform is migrating its core microservices architecture from a major hyperscaler to Akamai LKE to resolve legacy cost friction and margin compression. Deploying a tailored mix of GPU, shared, and dedicated compute instances alongside cloud firewalls enables the provider to achieve performance parity, dramatically reduce primary infrastructure costs, and scale nearly 1,500 active microservices efficiently. Digital Media & High-Density Streaming: A global digital media producer selected Akamai GPU compute instances to accelerate streaming infrastructure, video rendering, and content distribution. Healthcare & Public Sector Continuity: A European healthcare research institution is deploying Akamai Cloud infrastructure to power secure, redundant cloud storage and mission-critical disaster recovery operations. Cloud Infrastructure for Media Workloads: A global media technology leader selected Akamai LKE and Object Storage to power its containerized media playout and processing operations. By migrating its compute-intensive digital workflows to Akamai's cloud-native platform, the company optimized its cloud footprint and infrastructure economics while maintaining the high-performance standards required for demanding media applications. “As AI and data-heavy applications mature, the underlying infrastructure supporting them must evolve,” said Adam Karon, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, Cloud Technology Group at Akamai. “Enterprises can no longer afford to treat cloud compute as a one-size-fits-all model. That shift is why technology leaders are turning to Akamai for high-performance compute and GPU capacity where efficiency and scale matter most.”

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BHEL accelerates innovation and readies for the AI era with Nutanix

India’s engineering titan slashes IT setup times from days to under an hour, bypassing procurement delays and redirecting technical talent to AI development. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), one of India's largest engineering and manufacturing enterprises supporting the nation’s power, defence, aerospace, and transportation sectors, has announced a major digital transformation milestone with Nutanix, a hybrid cloud leader and AI platform company. By consolidating its sprawling infrastructure across 20 data centers into two centralized sites in Haridwar and Hyderabad — and exploring containerization with the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) — BHEL has established an agile private cloud foundation that simplifies IT operations and accelerates future AI readiness. BHEL operates 16 manufacturing facilities, four regional offices, and numerous service units. It relied previously on a fragmented infrastructure managed independently at each location. The setup created high administrative overhead, limited cost visibility, delayed service delivery, and prevented innovation using AI. By transitioning to a centralized Infrastructure-as-a-Service model using the Nutanix Cloud Platform, BHEL transformed its core operations. “Simply switching from a three-tier infrastructure to Nutanix solutions reduced our hardware footprint by up to 97%, centralizing our IT operation,” said M.S.C. Kiran, Deputy General Manager of IT, BHEL . This consolidation allows BHEL’s central IT team to share computing power dynamically across the enterprise as demands change, removing long purchasing delays when individual business units expand. “Previously, if a unit needed additional hardware, we had to start a fresh procurement cycle, which took a minimum of 90 days. Now, we can reallocate resources from across the estate within weeks, without a separate procurement process,” explained Varun Kumar Dogra, IT Engineer, BHEL . The operational efficiency gained through centralization has also enabled BHEL to optimize its workforce. Instead of spending time maintaining hardware across disparate locations, technical teams are now reallocated to high-value development and digital transformation initiatives. “Each of our 20 datacenters had one to two dedicated infrastructure staff members, but now we have three to four personnel managing the entire infrastructure across our two sites,” said Bharat Panwar, Additional General Manager of IT, BHEL . “This has freed up the team to focus on development, innovation and emerging AI initiatives.” To safeguard critical national infrastructure, BHEL built advanced security and automatic backups directly into its dual-site architecture, protecting essential applications against cyber threats while ensuring continuous operations. “With our new workflow in place, a fully hardened VM, including vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, can be created within an hour,” added Megha Meshram, Deputy General Manager of IT, BHEL . Delivered in partnership with implementation partner Team Computers, BHEL is already migrating business-critical workloads, starting with its e-office system. BHEL is also exploring containerization with the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) to move applications to a microservices architecture, building an elastic foundation for cloud-native operations and AI adoption. “We selected Nutanix because it provides a modern, scalable platform for our current workloads while giving us the flexibility to adapt to future business and technology needs,” concluded Panwar . “Through our phased approach, we are building a foundation that not only supports today’s operations, but also positions us to embrace AI, cloud-native applications, and whatever innovations the future may bring.” “BHEL is setting a benchmark for enterprise modernization,” said Faiz Shakir, Vice President, Sales Asia Pacific and Japan, Nutanix. “By building an elastic cloud foundation across its operations, BHEL simplifies complex IT management today while positioning itself to lead the next era of cloud-native innovation and AI adoption.”

Cloud Computing

AI and Enterprise SaaS Workloads Fuel Akamai Cloud Growth

Akamai announced a new wave of customer adoption for its Akamai Cloud Computing services. Leading software, digital media, and technology organizations are expanding their reliance on Akamai Cloud, driven by growing enterprise demand for high-performance CPU-based compute, specialized GPU capacity, and resilient storage. This customer momentum reflects enterprise demand across critical technical requirements: from model training through low-latency inference, core-to-edge application hosting, and cloud disaster recovery, allowing organizations to optimize infrastructure performance, span workloads seamlessly, and control spending. Key Highlights of Customer Momentum: Enterprise & AI Workloads Lead Growth: Software and SaaS companies represented the overwhelming majority of new customers, underscoring Akamai's strength as a trusted partner for software providers. Demand for Next-Gen GPU Infrastructure: Adoption of specialized accelerated compute, driven by customer wins for Akamai's NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU instances for AI and compute-heavy workloads. Global Market Expansion: Akamai expanded its customer base across international markets, with Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ) and EMEA accounting for most new customer additions. Diversified Sector Adoption: Beyond software, Akamai gained traction in high-bandwidth industries, adding notable new customer logos across business services, digital media, and streaming. Representative Customer Wins & Workload Profile: Next-Gen AI & Pilot GPU Deployments: A leading North American technology innovator is deploying Akamai’s NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU infrastructure for high-performance AI model testing and specialized compute piloting. Asia-Pacific Cloud & Disaster Recovery: An Asia-Pacific logistics technology provider serving global supply chains is migrating its AI-driven warehouse tracking and automation workloads to Akamai Cloud. By displacing multiple legacy cloud providers, the company is securing the stable, cost-effective GPU and compute infrastructure needed to scale its AI platform and digital workflows sustainably. Developer Platform & SaaS Scale-Up: A rising developer platform is migrating its core microservices architecture from a major hyperscaler to Akamai LKE to resolve legacy cost friction and margin compression. Deploying a tailored mix of GPU, shared, and dedicated compute instances alongside cloud firewalls enables the provider to achieve performance parity, dramatically reduce primary infrastructure costs, and scale nearly 1,500 active microservices efficiently. Digital Media & High-Density Streaming: A global digital media producer selected Akamai GPU compute instances to accelerate streaming infrastructure, video rendering, and content distribution. Healthcare & Public Sector Continuity: A European healthcare research institution is deploying Akamai Cloud infrastructure to power secure, redundant cloud storage and mission-critical disaster recovery operations. Cloud Infrastructure for Media Workloads: A global media technology leader selected Akamai LKE and Object Storage to power its containerized media playout and processing operations. By migrating its compute-intensive digital workflows to Akamai's cloud-native platform, the company optimized its cloud footprint and infrastructure economics while maintaining the high-performance standards required for demanding media applications. “As AI and data-heavy applications mature, the underlying infrastructure supporting them must evolve,” said Adam Karon, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, Cloud Technology Group at Akamai. “Enterprises can no longer afford to treat cloud compute as a one-size-fits-all model. That shift is why technology leaders are turning to Akamai for high-performance compute and GPU capacity where efficiency and scale matter most.”

Cloud Computing

BHEL accelerates innovation and readies for the AI era with Nutanix

India’s engineering titan slashes IT setup times from days to under an hour, bypassing procurement delays and redirecting technical talent to AI development. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), one of India's largest engineering and manufacturing enterprises supporting the nation’s power, defence, aerospace, and transportation sectors, has announced a major digital transformation milestone with Nutanix, a hybrid cloud leader and AI platform company. By consolidating its sprawling infrastructure across 20 data centers into two centralized sites in Haridwar and Hyderabad — and exploring containerization with the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) — BHEL has established an agile private cloud foundation that simplifies IT operations and accelerates future AI readiness. BHEL operates 16 manufacturing facilities, four regional offices, and numerous service units. It relied previously on a fragmented infrastructure managed independently at each location. The setup created high administrative overhead, limited cost visibility, delayed service delivery, and prevented innovation using AI. By transitioning to a centralized Infrastructure-as-a-Service model using the Nutanix Cloud Platform, BHEL transformed its core operations. “Simply switching from a three-tier infrastructure to Nutanix solutions reduced our hardware footprint by up to 97%, centralizing our IT operation,” said M.S.C. Kiran, Deputy General Manager of IT, BHEL . This consolidation allows BHEL’s central IT team to share computing power dynamically across the enterprise as demands change, removing long purchasing delays when individual business units expand. “Previously, if a unit needed additional hardware, we had to start a fresh procurement cycle, which took a minimum of 90 days. Now, we can reallocate resources from across the estate within weeks, without a separate procurement process,” explained Varun Kumar Dogra, IT Engineer, BHEL . The operational efficiency gained through centralization has also enabled BHEL to optimize its workforce. Instead of spending time maintaining hardware across disparate locations, technical teams are now reallocated to high-value development and digital transformation initiatives. “Each of our 20 datacenters had one to two dedicated infrastructure staff members, but now we have three to four personnel managing the entire infrastructure across our two sites,” said Bharat Panwar, Additional General Manager of IT, BHEL . “This has freed up the team to focus on development, innovation and emerging AI initiatives.” To safeguard critical national infrastructure, BHEL built advanced security and automatic backups directly into its dual-site architecture, protecting essential applications against cyber threats while ensuring continuous operations. “With our new workflow in place, a fully hardened VM, including vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, can be created within an hour,” added Megha Meshram, Deputy General Manager of IT, BHEL . Delivered in partnership with implementation partner Team Computers, BHEL is already migrating business-critical workloads, starting with its e-office system. BHEL is also exploring containerization with the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) to move applications to a microservices architecture, building an elastic foundation for cloud-native operations and AI adoption. “We selected Nutanix because it provides a modern, scalable platform for our current workloads while giving us the flexibility to adapt to future business and technology needs,” concluded Panwar . “Through our phased approach, we are building a foundation that not only supports today’s operations, but also positions us to embrace AI, cloud-native applications, and whatever innovations the future may bring.” “BHEL is setting a benchmark for enterprise modernization,” said Faiz Shakir, Vice President, Sales Asia Pacific and Japan, Nutanix. “By building an elastic cloud foundation across its operations, BHEL simplifies complex IT management today while positioning itself to lead the next era of cloud-native innovation and AI adoption.”

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Krafton Doubles Down on India Beyond Gaming

Krafton has committed another $250 million toward investments in India, extending well beyond gaming as the South Korean firm behind Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) chases opportunities across the country's wider technology and digital ecosystem. The pledge, confirmed on September 4, 2026, brings Krafton's total direct India investment to roughly $500 million. The announcement came alongside a meeting between Krafton Chairman Chang Byung-gyu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where the two discussed deeper gaming and technology collaboration. The fresh capital will be deployed over three to four years, separate from Krafton's existing $433.5 million India-focused venture growth fund built with partners Naver and Mirae Asset. This round shifts focus. Rather than gaming alone, the money will target artificial intelligence, robotics and deep tech startups, part of a deliberate push to build a sustainable secondary revenue stream beyond BGMI, which remains Krafton's dominant India franchise. The company has already backed around 18 companies in India, including four to five gaming studios, with stakes in Nodwin Gaming, Loco, Pratilipi, Kuku FM and One Impression. BGMI's own history explains why diversification matters to Krafton. After India banned PUBG Mobile in 2020 amid tensions with China, Krafton relaunched a localized version as BGMI in 2021, routing infrastructure through Microsoft Azure instead of Tencent. The game was banned again in 2022, returned on a trial basis in 2023, and has since crossed 260 million downloads; a lighter version, BGMI Lite, is planned by the end of 2026. Krafton is also building local capacity beyond capital, launching the KIGI Academy to train game development and software engineering talent, and recently acquiring Pune-based Nautilus Mobile, maker of Real Cricket. The strategy reflects India's scale: over 700 million smartphone users and a billion internet subscribers make it central to Krafton's global growth plans. But the company's India business still leans heavily on BGMI, a franchise with a track record of regulatory disruption, meaning the pivot into AI, robotics and deep tech carries a different, largely untested risk profile for the firm.

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India's Gaming Law Hits a Registration Wall

Four months after India's new online gaming framework took effect, not a single game has been registered under it. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) told the Central Information Commission that as of September 1, 2026, the Online Gaming Authority of India (OGAI) had approved zero registrations, while receiving 201 gaming-related complaints. The disclosure came through a Right to Information request seeking details on permitted games, complaints, and enforcement action against illegal platforms. MeitY initially cited older 2023 IT intermediary rules, which the applicant challenged as incomplete. During CIC proceedings, the ministry clarified that the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, along with its 2026 rules, represents a distinct regulatory approach from earlier guidelines, with Commissioner P.R. Ramesh noting that RTI law obligates disclosure of existing records, not new interpretations. The Act, passed by Parliament in August 2025, marks a sharp shift from self-regulation to an outright ban on "online money games," any game involving financial stakes. It prohibits real-money gaming and related advertising entirely, restricts financial institutions from facilitating gaming-related fund transfers, and closes off any registration pathway for money games. Only two categories remain eligible for registration: e-sports, which is exempt from the ban and actively promoted by the government, and online social games that charge subscription fees but do not allow wagering. Neither category has produced a single application since the rules became effective in May 2026. The stakes are significant. India's gaming sector was valued at roughly Rs 1.7 lakh crore ($23 billion), with real-money gaming alone worth $3.2 billion and supporting about 130,000 jobs across 1,900 companies before the ban reshaped the industry. The rollout has also triggered legal pushback, with affected companies challenging the framework in the Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi High Courts, adding further uncertainty to an already stalled registration process. With zero registrations and mounting complaints four months in, the numbers suggest India's new gaming regulator is still struggling to operationalize a law that fundamentally restructured one of the country's fastest-growing digital industries.

Gaming

Krafton Doubles Down on India Beyond Gaming

Krafton has committed another $250 million toward investments in India, extending well beyond gaming as the South Korean firm behind Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) chases opportunities across the country's wider technology and digital ecosystem. The pledge, confirmed on September 4, 2026, brings Krafton's total direct India investment to roughly $500 million. The announcement came alongside a meeting between Krafton Chairman Chang Byung-gyu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where the two discussed deeper gaming and technology collaboration. The fresh capital will be deployed over three to four years, separate from Krafton's existing $433.5 million India-focused venture growth fund built with partners Naver and Mirae Asset. This round shifts focus. Rather than gaming alone, the money will target artificial intelligence, robotics and deep tech startups, part of a deliberate push to build a sustainable secondary revenue stream beyond BGMI, which remains Krafton's dominant India franchise. The company has already backed around 18 companies in India, including four to five gaming studios, with stakes in Nodwin Gaming, Loco, Pratilipi, Kuku FM and One Impression. BGMI's own history explains why diversification matters to Krafton. After India banned PUBG Mobile in 2020 amid tensions with China, Krafton relaunched a localized version as BGMI in 2021, routing infrastructure through Microsoft Azure instead of Tencent. The game was banned again in 2022, returned on a trial basis in 2023, and has since crossed 260 million downloads; a lighter version, BGMI Lite, is planned by the end of 2026. Krafton is also building local capacity beyond capital, launching the KIGI Academy to train game development and software engineering talent, and recently acquiring Pune-based Nautilus Mobile, maker of Real Cricket. The strategy reflects India's scale: over 700 million smartphone users and a billion internet subscribers make it central to Krafton's global growth plans. But the company's India business still leans heavily on BGMI, a franchise with a track record of regulatory disruption, meaning the pivot into AI, robotics and deep tech carries a different, largely untested risk profile for the firm.

Gaming

India's Gaming Law Hits a Registration Wall

Four months after India's new online gaming framework took effect, not a single game has been registered under it. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) told the Central Information Commission that as of September 1, 2026, the Online Gaming Authority of India (OGAI) had approved zero registrations, while receiving 201 gaming-related complaints. The disclosure came through a Right to Information request seeking details on permitted games, complaints, and enforcement action against illegal platforms. MeitY initially cited older 2023 IT intermediary rules, which the applicant challenged as incomplete. During CIC proceedings, the ministry clarified that the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, along with its 2026 rules, represents a distinct regulatory approach from earlier guidelines, with Commissioner P.R. Ramesh noting that RTI law obligates disclosure of existing records, not new interpretations. The Act, passed by Parliament in August 2025, marks a sharp shift from self-regulation to an outright ban on "online money games," any game involving financial stakes. It prohibits real-money gaming and related advertising entirely, restricts financial institutions from facilitating gaming-related fund transfers, and closes off any registration pathway for money games. Only two categories remain eligible for registration: e-sports, which is exempt from the ban and actively promoted by the government, and online social games that charge subscription fees but do not allow wagering. Neither category has produced a single application since the rules became effective in May 2026. The stakes are significant. India's gaming sector was valued at roughly Rs 1.7 lakh crore ($23 billion), with real-money gaming alone worth $3.2 billion and supporting about 130,000 jobs across 1,900 companies before the ban reshaped the industry. The rollout has also triggered legal pushback, with affected companies challenging the framework in the Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi High Courts, adding further uncertainty to an already stalled registration process. With zero registrations and mounting complaints four months in, the numbers suggest India's new gaming regulator is still struggling to operationalize a law that fundamentally restructured one of the country's fastest-growing digital industries.

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Secureye Phoenix Series Cameras Get BIS-ER Certification from STQC Directorate under MeitY

Secureye has received BIS-ER approval for its Phoenix series of IP and CCTV cameras from the Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. The approval covers Phoenix series camera ranges. The approval adds to Secureye’s focus on developing surveillance products suited to the requirements of the Indian market. The Phoenix range has been designed keeping Indian operating conditions and the needs of consumers, businesses and institutions in mind, while also giving channel partners products backed by the applicable regulatory compliance. The Phoenix series comprises different camera configurations for day-to-day surveillance requirements. Depending on the model, the range includes features such as dual-light night vision, infrared and white-light illumination, built-in microphones and network-based monitoring. These features allow the cameras to be used across homes, offices, commercial establishments and other locations where surveillance requirements can vary. BIS-ER refers to the Essential Requirements framework applicable to specified electronic and IT products. CCTV cameras are among the product categories covered under the relevant Essential Requirements notified by MeitY. The STQC Directorate carries out testing and certification-related activities under this framework. Speaking about the approval, Atul Gupta, Director, Secureye said, “Make in India is not only about manufacturing products within the country, but also about understanding the requirements of Indian consumers and building products accordingly. The BIS-ER approval for the Phoenix series strengthens our efforts in this direction. It also gives our channel partners greater confidence while taking these products to customers across different markets in India. Our focus will remain on developing reliable surveillance solutions that meet local requirements and support our partners in serving customers better.” Secureye has developed the Phoenix series as part of its IP surveillance portfolio, with different camera configurations addressing varied security requirements. The Phoenix Color Master range adds colour imaging capabilities to the portfolio, providing another option for applications where image clarity and colour reproduction are important considerations. Manoj Gupta, Managing Director, Fortune Marketing said, “Our channel partners play an important role in taking Secureye products to customers across India. Regulatory compliance is increasingly becoming an important consideration when surveillance products are selected, particularly for institutional and larger projects. The BIS-ER approval gives our partners another point of assurance while recommending the Phoenix range. At the same time, the focus on Indian consumer requirements helps us build a stronger connect between the products and the markets we serve.” Secureye has been operating in the security and surveillance sector for more than two decades. Its portfolio covers CCTV and IP cameras, biometric systems, access control products, smart locks, video door phones and other security solutions. The company has stated that its network includes more than 500 products, 20,000 projects, 25,000 customers and 24 branches across India. The BIS-ER approval further strengthens Secureye’s surveillance portfolio for the Indian market. The company continues to focus on products that combine technology, regulatory compliance and suitability for local operating conditions, while working with its channel network to make its security solutions accessible to customers across the country.

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From Make in India to Design in India: The Next Chapter for Security Technology

India’s security technology ecosystem is at an inflection point. The success of Make in India has helped establish a strong foundation for domestic electronics manufacturing, expanded local production capabilities, and encouraged companies to build increasingly sophisticated technology ecosystems within the country. But as the industry matures, the next question is no longer simply how much technology India can manufacture. It is how much of that technology India can conceive, engineer and own. The next chapter, therefore, is about moving from Make in India to Design in India . For a sector as strategically important as security technology, this distinction matters. A surveillance camera is no longer just a hardware product assembled on a production line. It is an increasingly sophisticated combination of image sensors, processors, artificial intelligence, computer vision, compression technologies, cybersecurity, firmware and software. The real competitive advantage lies in the intelligence embedded within the device and the ecosystem built around it. This is where India has an opportunity to move decisively up the value chain. Designing for India, Not Just Manufacturing in India India presents a security environment unlike almost any other market. Surveillance systems need to operate across extreme heat, dust, humidity and varied environmental conditions, while also addressing challenges around bandwidth, connectivity, power availability and large-scale deployment. A solution designed for a completely different operating environment may be manufactured locally, but that does not necessarily make it truly Indian technology. Designing in India means starting with these realities. It means developing cameras and security platforms that understand the demands of Indian infrastructure, from densely populated urban environments and transport networks to industrial facilities, public institutions and critical infrastructure. It means engineering for scale, reliability and cost efficiency without compromising intelligence or security. CP PLUS has increasingly approached this opportunity by building capabilities across the technology stack rather than viewing manufacturing in isolation. Its manufacturing ecosystem provides the scale required to serve a rapidly expanding market, while its R&D capabilities across India and overseas contribute to product development, engineering and technological innovation. This combination is important because manufacturing scale can create capacity, but engineering depth creates differentiation. From Assembly to Intellectual Property The evolution of India's electronics industry can broadly be viewed as a progression: first importing technology, then assembling products, followed by local manufacturing and, increasingly, local research and development. The logical next step is indigenous intellectual property. For security technology, that could mean developing greater expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence, image processing, video compression, edge computing, cybersecurity, computer vision and semiconductor technologies. These are the layers that increasingly determine what a security product can actually do. CP PLUS's investments in technology development and collaborations with organisations across the technology ecosystem reflect this broader shift. Partnerships with institutions such as CDAC, VVDN and L&T Semiconductor Technologies, alongside its work around AI and secure device architecture, demonstrate how the Indian security industry can increasingly participate in technology creation rather than simply technology consumption. The significance goes beyond individual products. When critical technologies are designed and engineered closer to the markets where they are deployed, companies gain greater control over product roadmaps, performance optimisation, cybersecurity and long-term innovation. For customers, it can translate into technology that is better aligned with their operating realities. For the country, it contributes to a deeper and more resilient technology ecosystem. The Scale of India's Security Challenge India does not simply need security products that work in India . It needs security infrastructure capable of operating at Indian scale. Consider the sheer diversity of applications: railway networks spanning thousands of kilometres, airports and metro systems, banking networks, industrial facilities, government establishments, smart-city infrastructure and increasingly connected homes and businesses. Each environment generates enormous volumes of data and demands different levels of intelligence, reliability and response. This makes technologies such as intelligent video compression and edge AI increasingly consequential. The objective is no longer simply to capture more video. It is to extract more intelligence from every stream while using network and storage resources efficiently. Processing intelligence closer to the point of capture can reduce latency, improve responsiveness and support applications where immediate decisions matter. And for us at as CP PLUS, operating across consumer, enterprise and large-scale security deployments, this evolution creates an opportunity to bring together manufacturing scale, technology development and deployment experience into a unified innovation ecosystem. Security Technology Is Becoming Strategic Technology There is another reason the transition towards indigenous design matters: security infrastructure is increasingly becoming critical infrastructure. Surveillance systems today support public safety, transportation, banking, industrial operations, government facilities and large-scale infrastructure projects. A camera can therefore be more than a device; it can become a connected endpoint within a larger security architecture. That makes cybersecurity, device integrity and trusted technology increasingly important. CP PLUS's focus on technologies such as CP PLUS Trusted Core (CTC) reflects this changing understanding of security. Secure boot, hardware-level protection and encryption are no longer peripheral considerations; they are becoming fundamental to building trustworthy connected security devices. The future of security technology will consequently be shaped by companies that can bring together multiple disciplines: hardware engineering, software, AI, cybersecurity, manufacturing and domain expertise under one innovation framework. From “Made Here” to “Created Here” The Make in India movement has already demonstrated that India can become a major manufacturing hub for technology. The next opportunity is to demonstrate that India can also become a source of original technological thinking. For the security industry, that means moving beyond the question of where a product is manufactured and asking a more consequential question: where was its intelligence created? CP PLUS's evolution mirrors this larger transformation. From building manufacturing capabilities and expanding its R&D footprint to investing in AI, cybersecurity, technology partnerships and indigenous innovation, the journey reflects a broader ambition for India's security technology ecosystem. The transition from Make in India to Design in India is not about replacing manufacturing. It is about building on it. Because the strongest technology ecosystems are not defined by their ability to produce what the world has already invented. They are defined by their ability to engineer what the world will need next . And for India's security technology industry, that future is increasingly being designed here.

Security & Surveillance

Secureye Phoenix Series Cameras Get BIS-ER Certification from STQC Directorate under MeitY

Secureye has received BIS-ER approval for its Phoenix series of IP and CCTV cameras from the Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. The approval covers Phoenix series camera ranges. The approval adds to Secureye’s focus on developing surveillance products suited to the requirements of the Indian market. The Phoenix range has been designed keeping Indian operating conditions and the needs of consumers, businesses and institutions in mind, while also giving channel partners products backed by the applicable regulatory compliance. The Phoenix series comprises different camera configurations for day-to-day surveillance requirements. Depending on the model, the range includes features such as dual-light night vision, infrared and white-light illumination, built-in microphones and network-based monitoring. These features allow the cameras to be used across homes, offices, commercial establishments and other locations where surveillance requirements can vary. BIS-ER refers to the Essential Requirements framework applicable to specified electronic and IT products. CCTV cameras are among the product categories covered under the relevant Essential Requirements notified by MeitY. The STQC Directorate carries out testing and certification-related activities under this framework. Speaking about the approval, Atul Gupta, Director, Secureye said, “Make in India is not only about manufacturing products within the country, but also about understanding the requirements of Indian consumers and building products accordingly. The BIS-ER approval for the Phoenix series strengthens our efforts in this direction. It also gives our channel partners greater confidence while taking these products to customers across different markets in India. Our focus will remain on developing reliable surveillance solutions that meet local requirements and support our partners in serving customers better.” Secureye has developed the Phoenix series as part of its IP surveillance portfolio, with different camera configurations addressing varied security requirements. The Phoenix Color Master range adds colour imaging capabilities to the portfolio, providing another option for applications where image clarity and colour reproduction are important considerations. Manoj Gupta, Managing Director, Fortune Marketing said, “Our channel partners play an important role in taking Secureye products to customers across India. Regulatory compliance is increasingly becoming an important consideration when surveillance products are selected, particularly for institutional and larger projects. The BIS-ER approval gives our partners another point of assurance while recommending the Phoenix range. At the same time, the focus on Indian consumer requirements helps us build a stronger connect between the products and the markets we serve.” Secureye has been operating in the security and surveillance sector for more than two decades. Its portfolio covers CCTV and IP cameras, biometric systems, access control products, smart locks, video door phones and other security solutions. The company has stated that its network includes more than 500 products, 20,000 projects, 25,000 customers and 24 branches across India. The BIS-ER approval further strengthens Secureye’s surveillance portfolio for the Indian market. The company continues to focus on products that combine technology, regulatory compliance and suitability for local operating conditions, while working with its channel network to make its security solutions accessible to customers across the country.

Security & Surveillance

From Make in India to Design in India: The Next Chapter for Security Technology

India’s security technology ecosystem is at an inflection point. The success of Make in India has helped establish a strong foundation for domestic electronics manufacturing, expanded local production capabilities, and encouraged companies to build increasingly sophisticated technology ecosystems within the country. But as the industry matures, the next question is no longer simply how much technology India can manufacture. It is how much of that technology India can conceive, engineer and own. The next chapter, therefore, is about moving from Make in India to Design in India . For a sector as strategically important as security technology, this distinction matters. A surveillance camera is no longer just a hardware product assembled on a production line. It is an increasingly sophisticated combination of image sensors, processors, artificial intelligence, computer vision, compression technologies, cybersecurity, firmware and software. The real competitive advantage lies in the intelligence embedded within the device and the ecosystem built around it. This is where India has an opportunity to move decisively up the value chain. Designing for India, Not Just Manufacturing in India India presents a security environment unlike almost any other market. Surveillance systems need to operate across extreme heat, dust, humidity and varied environmental conditions, while also addressing challenges around bandwidth, connectivity, power availability and large-scale deployment. A solution designed for a completely different operating environment may be manufactured locally, but that does not necessarily make it truly Indian technology. Designing in India means starting with these realities. It means developing cameras and security platforms that understand the demands of Indian infrastructure, from densely populated urban environments and transport networks to industrial facilities, public institutions and critical infrastructure. It means engineering for scale, reliability and cost efficiency without compromising intelligence or security. CP PLUS has increasingly approached this opportunity by building capabilities across the technology stack rather than viewing manufacturing in isolation. Its manufacturing ecosystem provides the scale required to serve a rapidly expanding market, while its R&D capabilities across India and overseas contribute to product development, engineering and technological innovation. This combination is important because manufacturing scale can create capacity, but engineering depth creates differentiation. From Assembly to Intellectual Property The evolution of India's electronics industry can broadly be viewed as a progression: first importing technology, then assembling products, followed by local manufacturing and, increasingly, local research and development. The logical next step is indigenous intellectual property. For security technology, that could mean developing greater expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence, image processing, video compression, edge computing, cybersecurity, computer vision and semiconductor technologies. These are the layers that increasingly determine what a security product can actually do. CP PLUS's investments in technology development and collaborations with organisations across the technology ecosystem reflect this broader shift. Partnerships with institutions such as CDAC, VVDN and L&T Semiconductor Technologies, alongside its work around AI and secure device architecture, demonstrate how the Indian security industry can increasingly participate in technology creation rather than simply technology consumption. The significance goes beyond individual products. When critical technologies are designed and engineered closer to the markets where they are deployed, companies gain greater control over product roadmaps, performance optimisation, cybersecurity and long-term innovation. For customers, it can translate into technology that is better aligned with their operating realities. For the country, it contributes to a deeper and more resilient technology ecosystem. The Scale of India's Security Challenge India does not simply need security products that work in India . It needs security infrastructure capable of operating at Indian scale. Consider the sheer diversity of applications: railway networks spanning thousands of kilometres, airports and metro systems, banking networks, industrial facilities, government establishments, smart-city infrastructure and increasingly connected homes and businesses. Each environment generates enormous volumes of data and demands different levels of intelligence, reliability and response. This makes technologies such as intelligent video compression and edge AI increasingly consequential. The objective is no longer simply to capture more video. It is to extract more intelligence from every stream while using network and storage resources efficiently. Processing intelligence closer to the point of capture can reduce latency, improve responsiveness and support applications where immediate decisions matter. And for us at as CP PLUS, operating across consumer, enterprise and large-scale security deployments, this evolution creates an opportunity to bring together manufacturing scale, technology development and deployment experience into a unified innovation ecosystem. Security Technology Is Becoming Strategic Technology There is another reason the transition towards indigenous design matters: security infrastructure is increasingly becoming critical infrastructure. Surveillance systems today support public safety, transportation, banking, industrial operations, government facilities and large-scale infrastructure projects. A camera can therefore be more than a device; it can become a connected endpoint within a larger security architecture. That makes cybersecurity, device integrity and trusted technology increasingly important. CP PLUS's focus on technologies such as CP PLUS Trusted Core (CTC) reflects this changing understanding of security. Secure boot, hardware-level protection and encryption are no longer peripheral considerations; they are becoming fundamental to building trustworthy connected security devices. The future of security technology will consequently be shaped by companies that can bring together multiple disciplines: hardware engineering, software, AI, cybersecurity, manufacturing and domain expertise under one innovation framework. From “Made Here” to “Created Here” The Make in India movement has already demonstrated that India can become a major manufacturing hub for technology. The next opportunity is to demonstrate that India can also become a source of original technological thinking. For the security industry, that means moving beyond the question of where a product is manufactured and asking a more consequential question: where was its intelligence created? CP PLUS's evolution mirrors this larger transformation. From building manufacturing capabilities and expanding its R&D footprint to investing in AI, cybersecurity, technology partnerships and indigenous innovation, the journey reflects a broader ambition for India's security technology ecosystem. The transition from Make in India to Design in India is not about replacing manufacturing. It is about building on it. Because the strongest technology ecosystems are not defined by their ability to produce what the world has already invented. They are defined by their ability to engineer what the world will need next . And for India's security technology industry, that future is increasingly being designed here.

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Netflix Payment Scam Exposes a Growing Credit Card Threat

Cybercriminals are exploiting the global popularity of Netflix to launch sophisticated phishing campaigns designed to steal payment credentials and personal information. The attacks demonstrate how trusted consumer brands can become powerful instruments for financial fraud without their systems necessarily being compromised. In May 2026, cybersecurity company MailGuard reported intercepting a phishing campaign impersonating Netflix. Fraudulent emails claimed that subscribers' accounts had been locked because of payment problems, urging recipients to update their billing information to avoid service interruption. The campaign exploited a familiar psychological trigger: fear of losing access to a paid subscription. By presenting an apparently routine billing problem, attackers attempted to persuade customers to disclose login credentials, credit card information and sensitive personal details. Unlike a confirmed breach of Netflix's payment infrastructure, this was a brand-impersonation attack . The criminals relied on deceptive communications and counterfeit payment experiences rather than demonstrated unauthorised access to Netflix's internal financial systems. The financial implications can extend beyond the initial theft. Compromised credentials may enable fraudulent purchases, account takeover and further impersonation attempts. Stolen information can also be combined with other leaked data to create convincing, personalised scams. For banks, payment companies and subscription providers, these incidents highlight the importance of detecting suspicious account behaviour, strengthening transaction authentication and educating customers about fraudulent payment notifications.

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Trump Mobile Breached: 3,615 Customers Exposed Before Phones Arrive

Trump Mobile has suffered a significant data breach, with a new cybercrime group called BYOD claiming responsibility for exposing the personal information of 3,615 customers. The hack occurred even before many customers received their phones. The compromised data includes names, email addresses, and home addresses of customers who paid $100 advance deposits months ago. Many victims are still waiting for their devices to arrive while their personal information has already been leaked. In a stunning revelation, BYOD stated that when Trump Mobile was informed of the breach, the company replied: "We've no team to handle this." This response has raised serious questions about the company's cybersecurity preparedness. The breach highlights concerning gaps in Trump Mobile's data protection infrastructure. Customers who trusted the brand with their personal information now face potential privacy risks and identity theft concerns. The timing is particularly damaging, as the company has already faced criticism for delayed phone deliveries. Now, it must contend with a security crisis that suggests inadequate planning and resource allocation. Affected customers are left wondering how their data will be used and whether they will receive compensation. The company has not yet issued a public statement addressing the breach. This incident serves as a cautionary tale for consumers about the importance of scrutinizing emerging companies' security measures before sharing sensitive personal information.

Cyber Crime

Netflix Payment Scam Exposes a Growing Credit Card Threat

Cybercriminals are exploiting the global popularity of Netflix to launch sophisticated phishing campaigns designed to steal payment credentials and personal information. The attacks demonstrate how trusted consumer brands can become powerful instruments for financial fraud without their systems necessarily being compromised. In May 2026, cybersecurity company MailGuard reported intercepting a phishing campaign impersonating Netflix. Fraudulent emails claimed that subscribers' accounts had been locked because of payment problems, urging recipients to update their billing information to avoid service interruption. The campaign exploited a familiar psychological trigger: fear of losing access to a paid subscription. By presenting an apparently routine billing problem, attackers attempted to persuade customers to disclose login credentials, credit card information and sensitive personal details. Unlike a confirmed breach of Netflix's payment infrastructure, this was a brand-impersonation attack . The criminals relied on deceptive communications and counterfeit payment experiences rather than demonstrated unauthorised access to Netflix's internal financial systems. The financial implications can extend beyond the initial theft. Compromised credentials may enable fraudulent purchases, account takeover and further impersonation attempts. Stolen information can also be combined with other leaked data to create convincing, personalised scams. For banks, payment companies and subscription providers, these incidents highlight the importance of detecting suspicious account behaviour, strengthening transaction authentication and educating customers about fraudulent payment notifications.

Cyber Crime

Trump Mobile Breached: 3,615 Customers Exposed Before Phones Arrive

Trump Mobile has suffered a significant data breach, with a new cybercrime group called BYOD claiming responsibility for exposing the personal information of 3,615 customers. The hack occurred even before many customers received their phones. The compromised data includes names, email addresses, and home addresses of customers who paid $100 advance deposits months ago. Many victims are still waiting for their devices to arrive while their personal information has already been leaked. In a stunning revelation, BYOD stated that when Trump Mobile was informed of the breach, the company replied: "We've no team to handle this." This response has raised serious questions about the company's cybersecurity preparedness. The breach highlights concerning gaps in Trump Mobile's data protection infrastructure. Customers who trusted the brand with their personal information now face potential privacy risks and identity theft concerns. The timing is particularly damaging, as the company has already faced criticism for delayed phone deliveries. Now, it must contend with a security crisis that suggests inadequate planning and resource allocation. Affected customers are left wondering how their data will be used and whether they will receive compensation. The company has not yet issued a public statement addressing the breach. This incident serves as a cautionary tale for consumers about the importance of scrutinizing emerging companies' security measures before sharing sensitive personal information.

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