Avinash W Kadam, Advisor, ISACA India Task Force, is a leading authority on Information Security. He has more than four decades of experience in Information Technology Management, Information Systems Audit, Information Security Consulting and Training
Category: Technology
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Huawei 4G plan
Huawei is in talks with top mobile operators for contracts to roll out fourth-generation networks. The company´s core equipment supply business had taken a severe hit over the past couple of years, mainly because of the cancellation of some 122 telecom licences in early 2012, policy uncertainty surrounding the sector and security concerns that Chinese-made equipment installed in local telecom networks could be used for spying.
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Reliance Jio, Bharti Infratel sign tower-sharing pact
Reliance Jio Infocomm has signed a pact to share towers with Bharti Infratel, to launch its services across the country. Bharti Infratel has 35,000 towers and also 42 per cent share in Indus Towers
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Allcargo Chairman wins award
Allcargo Logistics Founder and Executive Chairman Shashi Kiran Shetty has been felicitated by Chemtech Foundation in its annual ´Leadership and Excellence Awards 2014´ held in Mumbai. He has been conferred with the prestigious ´Business Leader of the Year´ award in the Logistics category. Shetty has been honoured with this award for his visionary leadership in redefining India´s logistics landscape and making Allcargo a truly multinational organisation.
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Adhunik bags Award
Adhunik Metaliks has bagged Greentech Environment Excellence award 2014 for the third consecutive year. The award was presented in ´Gold Category´ in Metals and Mining Sector. In the previous years (2011 and 2012), the company has bagged the same award in silver category. Adhunik Metaliks Rourkela plant has won this award from Greentech Foundation for their excellence in environment management.
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New technology to produce biofuel
A new technique that produces gasoline-like fuels from farm and forestry waste could open up new markets for plant-based fuels beyond existing diesel substitutes, scientists say. The process developed by chemists at the University of California, Davis makes gasoline-like fuels from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste using a new process.
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Vodafone-as green steps
Vodafone India has moved 265 towers onto green technology in financial year 2012-13, taking their total number to 2,700, according to the company. As per the report, Vodafone had 2,435 of its sites on green technologies out of 1,10,004 total mobile towers that company directly manages.
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Efficiency as precursor to greening
Although the concept of green ports is emerging as a necessary infrastructure solution for ports worldwide, India has to first step up its levels of cargo handling efficiency and logistics connectivity with the hinterland before it can match international standards in the 'greening' processes.
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Mahindra EPC starts solar plants
Mahindra EPC Services, one of India's largest solar EPC players, has successfully commissioned two solar plants for a consortium of automotive component manufacturers in Tamil Nadu in a record-breaking 40 days.
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The slip between the cup and the lip
India wastes one out of every six sacks of fruits and vegetables ever year due to a cold chain system that fulfils less than half the requirement. Investment of Rs 55,000 crore is needed to catch up, an industry report says.
Although report after report has pointed out how India wastes its produce whether it is foodgrains or cash crops the logistics and ware¡housing industry in India remains woefully inadequate and of poor quality. A new report on the world´s second largest producer of fruits