Monthly archives: September, 2018

Climate activists demand MUFG end financing of extreme fossil fuels and deforestation

Protesters Single Out Japan’s Largest Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG)-Union Bank, During Global Climate Action Summit Climate activists demand MUFG end financing of extreme fossil fuels and deforestation San Francisco – Dozens of environmental and human rights advocates staged an action in downtown San Francisco today at the headquarters of Union Bank, the U.S. subsidiary of …

Community Commitment of IIDR & STOG

All major religions of the world beliefs donation to needy and poor, makes GOD happy. Yes God! But this time little Kids from less resourceful background, they became extremely happy and enjoyed receiving educational materials as gifts on occasion of Sree Sree Ganesh Puja. A humble effort  of Institute of Integrated Development And Research(IIDR), a …

FarEye bags the ‘Most Valuable Startup’ Award

New Delhi, 14 September 2018: FarEye, a global predictive logistics platform has been awarded the ‘Most Valuable Startup’ Award at the 4th Inflection Summit & Awards, India’s largest Supply Chain, Logistics and Procurement leaders’ conclave, held on 12th September 2018 in New Delhi. Inflection Awards, the top Awards in Technology, Supply Chain, Warehousing, Consulting, Start-up, …

Tacton Opens in Japan to Meet Demand amid Industry 4.0 Revolution  

STOCKHOLM, Sweden September 14, 2018 – Tacton, a global leader in Configure Price Quote solutions (CPQ) for the manufacturing industry, announced today the establishment of a new office in Tokyo this month. The new office marks a deepened level of commitment to the Asian market. It also enables Tacton to better support Japanese customers during the …

Cisco announces strategic initiatives and innovative collaborations to accelerate digitization in India

Next Phase of Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) initiatives on accelerating innovation & entrepreneurship, 5G use cases for citizen services, and transportation modernization   New Delhi, September 14th, 2018 – Cisco today announced the next phase of initiatives under its ‘Country Digital Acceleration’ or CDA program, whereby Cisco works with countries across the world to accelerate …

KPIT Launches City & Utility Solution Accelerators built on PTC ThingWorx Platform for Smart City and Utility markets

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, September 14, 2018: KPIT Technologies (BSE: 532400; NSE: KPIT) has launched Smart accelerators for lights and meters. These accelerators are part of KPIT’s Smart Cities & Utilities Framework and are built on PTC’s ThingWorxâ platform. KPIT’s Smart Cities & Utilities Framework includes services integrated with accelerators for smart cities and utilities …

Forcepoint Brings Full Weight of Defense-Grade Cybersecurity Portfolio to Secure Industrial Control Systems and Critical Infrastructure

  Formation of new Critical Infrastructure business unit will address the challenge of balancing insider threat detection and data security with availability for industrial control systems and industrial IoT connected devices Forcepoint appoints David Hatchell as Vice President of Critical Infrastructure INDIA – Sept. 14, 2018 – Global cybersecurity leader Forcepoint today announced the creation …

African Development Bank releases new tool to assess  resilience and fragility in countries

  An innovative and inclusive approach A powerful  tool for dialogue between the Bank and its regional member countries Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 13 September 2018 –The African Development Bank has created and refined a new tool to diagnose fragility in countries, taking into account their capacities and  pressures they may be under. Called the Country …