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UserTesting Partners with Tbot Techno Systems to Help More Organizations across India and Singapore to Create Customer-Centric Digital Experiences

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UserTesting (NYSE: USER), a leader in video-based human insight and Tbot, a global consulting and technology services company, today jointly announced their partnership to bring human insight to more organizations across India and Singapore. Through the partnership, Tbot serves as a reseller of the UserTesting Human Insight Platform and will enable more Indian and Singaporean organizations to quickly see the value of first-party insights and help them to design and deliver innovative digital experiences. The partnership now offers Indian and Singaporean companies a new and trusted way to adopt the UserTesting Human Insight Platform with added consulting services from Tbot including support and training services.

According to a recent report by Adobe, Asia Pacific businesses are poised to lead other global regions in customer experience investments in 2022. The Adobe report, “2022 Digital Trends: APAC in Focus” found that 77 percent of APAC businesses experienced a pandemic driven increase in new customers through digital channels, yet only 25 percent of companies in the region feel they have the necessary customer insights into the new wave of digital-first business.

The report reveals that there is an immediate need for technologies like UserTesting, to help businesses align faster on changing customer needs and prioritize the opportunities that will drive the most value.

“The pandemic created significant changes in buying patterns and behaviors around the globe and has had a particularly strong impact on how consumers engage with businesses in India and Singapore – with a big shift towards digital experiences,” said GB Kumar, Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific at UserTesting. “As we continue to grow throughout these regions to meet the demand for human insights, we look forward to building our strategic partnership with Tbot to help companies accelerate innovation and create exceptional experiences with UserTesting.”

The UserTesting Human Insight Platform is trusted by major consumer brands across Asia-Pacific such as Tata, Mahindra, HDFC Life etc. and leading technology brands like Wipro, Amazon, Make My Trip, Cars24 and Razorpay etc.

“Business models are changing rapidly in this digital world and technological advancement acts as a tailwind. Our partnership with UserTesting will enable us to offer customer centric SaaS solutions to organizations and accelerate their growth journey in becoming market leaders,” said Mr. Snehal Parikh, CEO, Tbot Techno Systems. “We have witnessed our customers generate substantial growth driven on the back of deeper consumer insights for their products and services and believe the UserTesting Human Insight Platform is the end-to end- solution our customers need to successfully deliver on the customer experience.”

About Tbot

Tbot, a worldwide consulting and technology services firm, has been providing enterprise solutions to help new-age enterprises better execute on their customer-centric objectives, resulting in improved customer experience and business success.

To learn more, visit: www.tbotsystems.com

About UserTesting

UserTesting (NYSE: USER) has fundamentally changed the way organizations get insights from customers with fast, opt-in feedback and experience capture technology. The UserTesting Human Insight Platform taps into our global network of real people and generates video-based recorded experiences, so anyone in an organization can directly ask questions, hear what users say, see what they mean, and understand what it’s actually like to be a customer. Unlike approaches that track user behavior then try to infer what that behavior means, UserTesting reduces guesswork and brings customer experience data to life with human insight. UserTesting has more than 2,500 customers, including more than half of the world’s top 100 most valuable brands according to Forbes. UserTesting is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

To learn more, visit: www.usertesting.com.

“The Tech Industry Must Create Equal Opportunities for Women Professionals to Grow and Lead from the Front,” says Alok Bansal

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“The Tech Industry Must Create Equal Opportunities for Women Professionals to Grow and Lead from the Front,” says Alok Bansal

Media reports in 2021 stated that Indian women make up nearly 43 per cent of the total graduates in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) but just constitute 14 percent of scientists, engineers, and technologists in research development institutions and universities. Alok Bansal, MD Visionet Systems India and Global Head of BFSI Business addresses this anomaly and says, “Women face gender-specific professional challenges all over the world. In fact, a 2022 study by LinkedIn states that 72 percent of women in India are rejecting jobs due to lack of flexibility. This study should be a constant reminder to companies to reevaluate their employment policies and make them more accommodating. The tech industry must create equal workspace opportunities for women to grow and lead from the front.”

Mr. Alok Bansal, MD Visionet Systems India and Global Head of BFSI Business

Women, he says, often suffer from the broken rung‘, a phenomenon where their promotions happen at a slower rate than their male counterparts. Lack of female role models, gender bias, unequal remuneration and stunted growth opportunities are some of the factors that hinder the progress of women in the tech field and Alok adds, “Many women also have to take a sabbatical to manage caregiving or child-rearing responsibilities. To ensure that when they return, their skill sets are second to none, companies should promote reskilling, upskilling, and mentorship programmes. Ensuring a proper work-life balance, flexible timings, timely increments and fair growth opportunities will go a long way in retaining women in the workforce.”

He believes a larger percentage of female leaders and representatives in boardrooms not only leads to financial gains but can also precipitate a trickle-down effect to usher in more diversity and inclusiveness in workspaces. He refers to McKinsey & Companys ‘Diversity Wins Report 2020‘ which states “Companies whose boards are in the top quartile of gender diversity are 28 percent more likely than their peers to outperform financially.“

He concludes, “Women in powerful positions tend to safeguard the interests of female employees and also foster a culture of multi-perspective organisational feedback that augments the companys brand image and its growth in the long run.”

Grid Dynamics and Yieldmo Implement a Next-Generation ML Platform Accelerating Time to Market for New ML Models and Improving Performance for Advertisers

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Grid Dynamics and Yieldmo Implement a Next-Generation ML Platform Accelerating Time to Market for New ML Models and Improving Performance for Advertisers

Key Takeaways

  • Grid Dynamics and its client Yieldmo have co-innovated to develop an advanced ML platform with a comprehensive toolset that helps to streamline ad tech processes and improve the overall effectiveness of ad campaigns.

  • Leveraging the new ML platform, Yieldmo optimizes campaign delivery and performance for its advertisers, while taking advantage of the platforms high scalability, fast time to market for new features and low maintenance requirements.


Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:GDYN) (Grid Dynamics), a leader in enterprise-level digital transformation services and solutions, today proudly announced its client Yieldmo, a leading advertising technology platform, has deployed an innovative ML platform that is highly efficient at matching users, publishers, and advertisers to optimize campaign delivery and performance. Yieldmo is a smart, programmatic ad exchange operating on massive amounts of data and processes billions of ad placements daily. Yieldmo and Grid Dynamics co-innovated to deploy this new ML platform providing benefits that include high scalability, fast time to market for new features, and low maintenance requirements.

Grid Dynamics and Yieldmo Implement a Next-Generation ML Platform Accelerating Time to Market for New ML Models and Improving Performance for Advertisers

In real-time, this solution curates the ad inventory for Yieldmos various target audiences, campaigns, and advertisers and assesses how likely a particular ad request is to result in a desired event, such as a click or video completion. Having such capabilities requires sophisticated machine learning (ML) models and advanced software engineering to develop and deliver ML models to production. It also requires a robust, scalable, and proven ML platform, drastically reducing operation costs and simplifying the process of running business experiments. Read this blog post to learn more details about this scalable, configuration-driven ML Platform.

“The ad experience significantly impacts the success of advertising campaigns, so we developed a flexible and scaled experimentation and optimization system to maximize outcomes for our clients,” said Sergei Izrailev, Head of Analytics and Data Science at Yieldmo.

“ML platforms, MLOps, and LLMOps become increasingly more important for virtually all enterprises as the development of AI/ML solutions intensifies,” said Ilya Katsov, VP of Technology at Grid Dynamics, “We have a very solid offering in this area and collaboration with Yieldmo is a great illustration of how it helps to create a state-of-the-art solution even for a challenging and demanding domain such as internet advertising.”

Grid Dynamics is advancing the rapid deployment of ML platforms with its innovative ML Platform Starter Kit, one among many innovative, business-driving solutions underpinning the companys GigaCube growth strategy. Visit this page to learn more about the Grid Dynamics ML Platform Starter Kit.

About Grid Dynamics

Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ:GDYN) is a digital-native technology services provider that accelerates growth and bolsters competitive advantage for Fortune 1000 companies. Grid Dynamics provides digital transformation consulting and implementation services in omnichannel customer experience, big data, analytics, search, artificial intelligence, cloud & DevOps, and application modernization. Grid Dynamics achieves high speed-to-market, quality, and efficiency by using technology accelerators, an agile delivery culture, and its pool of global engineering talent. Founded in 2006, Grid Dynamics is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices across the US, Mexico, Jamaica, the UK, Europe, and India.

To learn more about Grid Dynamics, please visit www.griddynamics.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.

About Yieldmo

Yieldmo is an advertising platform that helps brands improve digital ad experiences through creative tech and AI, using bespoke ad formats, proprietary attention signals, predictive format selection, and privacy-safe inventory curation. Yieldmo believes all ads should captivate users and be tailored to their liking. We help brands deliver the best ad for every impression opportunity. Thanks to our advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), our proprietary measurement technology, and our close relationships with publishers, this vision is increasingly attainable.

Discover more at www.yieldmo.com.

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Data Erasure Software Earns Government STQC Certification, Enabling DPDP Act Compliance

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Thanks to a recently awarded government certification, businesses facing new data deletion mandates under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, as well as Indian government agencies with stringent procurement requirements, can confidently use software from Blancco to destroy data on data storage drives, laptops, desktops, and servers.

India’s Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate recently certified Blancco Drive Eraser, the flagship data erasure software from Blancco Technology Group, as able to securely destroy data to established industry standards.

“The recognition granted by India’s STQC certification underscores Blanccos unwavering commitment to technological excellence, affirming Blancco Drive Eraser’s quality, security, and performance,” says Blancco Technology Group APAC Director Masayuki Morita. “This certification is a milestone for Blancco and an important step in supporting businesses complying with data erasure standards under the DPDP Act.”

The STQC certification, granted by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology Government of India, verifies that Blancco Drive Eraser v7.8.2 meets standards necessary to erase data securely and permanently.

This assures businesses, soon to be considered data fiduciaries, that Blancco software enables them to comply with the DPDP Act and other data protection regulations around the world. Government agencies in India are also able to procure Blancco software through GeM, the Government e-Market Place, to streamline their compliance.

Under the DPDP Act, influenced by the EUs General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies processing data in India are required to promptly erase digital personal data once its purpose is fulfilled, or upon individual request. STQC-certified Blancco Drive Eraser will assist organizations in complying with the DPDP Act by removing all data from drives and drive-based devices, producing a tamper-proof audit trail to document compliance.

Blancco Technology Group regularly undergoes assessments by third-party industry organizations. These assessments validate product and solution claims, effectiveness, and the security of its software development processes. With offices in more than 20 countries and a global partner network, the company centralizes data erasure software development in Pune, Maharashtra, with the company ISO-certified for Quality Management and Information Security Management.

To achieve STQC certification, Blancco Drive Eraser underwent rigorous verification testing, ensuring the secure sanitization of data in accordance with the DoD 5220.22 standard. Testing also ensured that the product met or exceeded Clear and Purge levels of sanitization for the globally referenced NIST 800-88 standard. Blancco Drive Eraser successfully underwent security functional testing on SATA Magnetic HDD, Magnetic SCSI HDD, SATA Solid-State Drive (SSD), Serially Attached SCSI SSD, and NVM Express (NVMe) SSD media types, confirming its standards-based erasure capabilities.

The Directorate’s technology certification also verified the software’s accurate tracking of erasures. This critical software capability enables enterprises to maintain a meticulous record of serialized drives and devices that have been erased. In the case of both internal and external audits, this proves their compliance with DPDP Act erasure standards.

Blancco data erasure solutions have earned more than 13 globally recognized certifications from around the world, and Blancco Drive Eraser is also certified to permanently destroy data to the most recent international data erasure standard, IEEE 2883-2022.

Additional Blancco software is available for files and folders in live environments, for virtual machines, removable devices, mobile devices, and other data storage media, providing India’s businesses with a centralized resource for DPDP Act data deletion requirements.

Businesses preparing for DPDP Act obligations may contact the company’s Pune office at the Blancco contact us page.

About Blancco Technology Group

Blancco Technology Group, a carbon-neutral supplier, provides organizations with secure, compliant, and automated solutions that accelerate the transition to the circular economy. Each year, tens of millions of Blancco erasures allow top-tier organizations to protect end-of-life data against unauthorized access, safely redeploy data storage assets, and firmly comply with increased data protection and privacy requirements. Our precise device diagnostics help move used IT assets confidently into the circular economy, enabling enterprises, IT asset disposition (ITAD) vendors and recyclers, and mobile industry stakeholders to operate more sustainably.

Globally approved, recommended, and certified by governing and industry bodies around the world, Blancco is the industry standard in data erasure and mobile lifecycle solutions. With 40+ patented or patent-pending ideas, we continue to grow the number of innovative solutions global companies can rely on to accelerate operations, secure their data, and grow their businesses.

Read more about us at blancco.com.

Tech Mahindra Foundation Launches Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Digital Technologies in Delhi

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Tech Mahindra Foundation Launches Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Digital Technologies in Delhi

Tech Mahindra Foundation, in collaboration with the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) and AT&T Global Network Services India Pvt. Ltd. (AGNSI), have set up the SMART Academy for Digital Technologies in Delhi. The SMART Academy was inaugurated on October 4, 2024.

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The SMART Academy was launched by Prof. Md Shakeel, VC, Jamia Millia Islamia, Arun Karna, MD & CEO, AGNSI, Prof. Rihan K Suri, CEI, JMI, Chetan Kapoor, CEO, TMF & Sajid Ali, COO, TMF

Founded in 2006, Tech Mahindra Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Tech Mahindra Limited, working extensively towards the vision of ‘Empowerment through Education’ in Education and Employability, with a strong focus on women empowerment and disability.

The Chief Guest for the occasion was Mr. Arun Karna, MD & CEO, AT&T Global Network Services India. Mr. M. Nasim Haider, Registrar, Jamia Millia Islamia, was the Guest of Honor, and the inauguration function was presided over by Prof. M. Shakeel, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia. Prof. Rihan Khan Suri, Director, CIE, JMI, Prof. Mini S. Thomas, Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia. Mr. Chetan Kapoor, CEO, Tech Mahindra Foundation, and Mr. Sajid Ali, COO, Tech Mahindra Foundation, were also present at the inauguration, along with distinguished guests from the industry and academia.

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Inaugural address by the dignitaries, presided over by Prof. Md Shakeel, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia

Prof. M. Shakeel, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia, shared his thoughts on the momentous occasion of the Academy launch. “The need for new age skills and developing the entrepreneurship mindset focussing on enhancing the employability of the country’s youth is of extreme importance. This intervention makes high-quality training, designed for the sector, accessible to the underserved youth. We at Jamia Millia Islamia are happy to contribute to the overall economic growth and progress of the country,” said Prof. Shakeel.

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The Students, University staff, SMART Academy team and other dignitaries in the newly launched Tech Mahindra SMART Academy for Digital Technologies, Delhi

The Tech Mahindra SMART Academy focuses on offering intensive, high-quality vocational courses to equip India’s youth with the right skills and knowledge to become an integral part of the allied healthcare services, digital technologies, and logistics ecosystems. The SMART Academy for Digital Technologies will provide quality education through career-oriented certificate courses like Graphic Design, Digital Marketing, AWS re/Start, Java Full Stack Development, PHP Full Stack Development, UI/UX Development, and more. The Academy will also train students in foundational courses such as English, IT, soft skills, and personality development to help them become job-ready before completing their respective courses. The SMART Digital Technologies Academies are already operational in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam.

Mr. Arun Karna, MD & CEO, AT&T Global Network Services India, said, “With its diverse and young talent pool and thriving start-up ecosystem, India has the potential to bring about significant global transformation. Together with Jamia Millia Islamia and Tech Mahindra Foundation, we are reimagining the skilling ecosystem to empower the next generation of workers with the necessary tools to build a sustainable future. The SMART Academy for Digital Technologies is an important addition to equip our youth with advanced skills and promote a culture of innovation that facilitates our brightest minds to dream, explore, and create.”

Adding to the initiative, Mr. Chetan Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer of Tech Mahindra Foundation, said, “We align all our initiatives with market trends and nurture youth accordingly. Our course offerings interweave new-age technologies with the requisite soft skills and personality development.”

Tech Mahindra is part of the Mahindra Group, founded in 1945, one of the largest and most admired multinational federations of companies with 260,000 employees in over 100 countries. It enjoys a leadership position in farm equipment, utility vehicles, information technology, and financial services in India and is the world’s largest tractor company by volume. It has a strong presence in renewable energy, agriculture, logistics, hospitality, and real estate. The Mahindra Group has a clear focus on leading ESG initiatives globally, enabling rural prosperity and enhancing urban living, with the goal of driving positive change in the lives of communities and stakeholders to enable them to Rise.

Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) is a significant contributor to JMI’s innovative ecosystem, fostering entrepreneurial thinking and skills development through key initiatives like the Livelihood Business Incubator (LBI) and the SMART Academy for Digital Technologies and Entrepreneurship. These centres offer hands-on training, mentorship, and support to aspiring entrepreneurs and innovators. The Design Innovation Centre (DIC) further strengthens this ecosystem by driving creative problem-solving and product development.

Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has achieved an impressive milestone by securing the 3rd rank in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 in India. This recognition reflects JMI’s commitment to academic excellence, research innovation, and holistic development. The University has distinguished itself across various domains, including science, social sciences, humanities, and professional disciplines. The rise in rankings underscores its dynamic approach to education, focused on nurturing the next generation of leaders, researchers, and entrepreneurs.

Leading the Way in Automation Testing: Aimore Technologies Launches Cypress Training in Chennai

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Leading the Way in Automation Testing: Aimore Technologies Launches Cypress Training in Chennai

Aimore Technologies, the leading software training institute in Chennai, has announced the launch of its specialised Cypress Training Program. This program is designed to empower IT professionals with the advanced skills needed to thrive in the field of automation testing. As the global demand for automation testing continues to rise, this course aims to prepare participants to meet the industry’s need for skilled Cypress automation experts.

Cypress, a cutting-edge end-to-end testing framework, has become increasingly popular for its ease of use and efficiency in automating web applications. With companies across various industries, including finance, IT, healthcare, and e-commerce, seeking faster and more reliable testing solutions, Cypress has emerged as a top choice for ensuring software quality and performance.

Global Automation Testing Market Poised for Rapid Growth

A recent report by Grand View Research highlights the robust growth of the global automation testing market, which was valued at USD 25.43 billion in 2022 and reached USD 30.24 billion by 2023. The market is expected to maintain a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.3% through 2030, ultimately generating a revenue of USD 92.45 billion by the end of the decade. This surge is being driven by the widespread adoption of advanced technologies like machine learning, AI, and cloud-based solutions across various industries.

The Asia Pacific region, encompassing major economies such as India, is witnessing even more rapid growth in automation testing, with an anticipated CAGR of 20%. This acceleration is driven by a growing consumer base and supportive government initiatives that promote the integration of cutting-edge technologies.

Rising Demand for Cypress Professionals in India

The demand for Cypress professionals in India is on the rise, with approximately 4,748 job postings related to Cypress automation as of 2024. Job opportunities for Cypress continue to grow each year, even outpacing those for Selenium, signalling a shift in the automation testing industry. This trend reflects the increasing popularity of Cypress, particularly among teams leveraging modern JavaScript frameworks.

While Selenium continues to dominate in terms of overall job postings, Cypress is quickly gaining momentum due to its faster execution times, developer-centric features, and user-friendly interface. When asked about the recent launch of the course, the spokesperson for Aimore Technologies stated, “In response to the growing demand for skilled professionals, Aimore Technologies has introduced this Cypress Training Program. The course is designed to provide participants with a deep understanding of Cypress’s capabilities. With an emphasis on hands-on learning and practical application, our program aims to prepare participants for the evolving landscape of automation testing and to enhance their career prospects.”

Aimore Technologies introduces its Cypress Training Program in Chennai, equipping IT professionals with advanced skills to meet the growing demand for automation testing expertise

Global Adoption of Cypress Fuels Demand for Skilled Professionals

Cypress is now a go-to tool for companies of all sizes across the globe, ranging from agile startups to established Fortune 500 corporations. According to data from Enlyft, over 4,759 companies worldwide are currently leveraging Cypress, with a strong presence in industries such as Computer Software, Financial Services, and IT and Services. The United States leads in the number of Cypress users, with India and the United Kingdom following closely behind.

In India, the adoption of Cypress is particularly strong within the IT services and e-commerce sectors, driven by the need for enhanced performance, faster testing cycles, and a reduction in manual testing efforts.

AI Boom in India Amplifies Demand for Cypress and Automation Testing Skills

Alongside the rising demand for Cypress professionals, India is experiencing a significant expansion in the AI industry, which is projected to reach USD 28.8 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 45%. This surge in AI technology is driving the need for skilled professionals in engineering, software development, and automation testing. As companies increasingly adopt AI-powered systems, tools like Cypress will be critical in ensuring the reliability and scalability of these innovations.

With hiring activities in the IT sector expected to grow by 31.7% for professionals with 1-5 years of experience, Aimore Technologies’ Cypress training program provides a timely opportunity for professionals to upskill and position themselves for success in this evolving job market.

About Aimore Technologies

Aimore Technologies is a renowned software training institute based in Chennai that offers cutting-edge training across various IT disciplines. With a strong emphasis on hands-on learning and industry relevance, Aimore Technologies has successfully trained thousands of professionals, helping them stay competitive in the ever-evolving technology landscape.

For more information on Aimore Technologies and their software training courses, visit www.aimoretechnologies.com.

Amadeus to Build and Foster Travel Tech Start-up Community in Asia Pacific with Amadeus Next

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Global travel technology leader, Amadeus, today announces the launch of its Amadeus Next start-up initiative at the Echelon Thailand 2015 conference, the gateway to Asia’s burgeoning tech start-up community.

Amadeus Next leverages Amadeus’ technology, expertise, reach and funding, to evolve new and original ideas in travel, empowering travel start-ups in Asia Pacific to shape the future of travel. It also serves as a driving force to build an ecosystem of likeminded partners and organisations that are excited about travel technology, and looking to challenge the status quo.

To date, there are six travel technology start-ups on board, including Klook, Orahi and Triposo and TopDocs, a platform for medical tourists to book a seamless medical travel experience.

“Amadeus is at the forefront of the travel technology industry and a major player in the travel start-up scene in this region. So partnering with ‘Amadeus Next’ was a no brainer. For our success and to go grow quickly we need access to leading travel technology, expert advisory from a global network with funding opportunities which Amadeus is providing,” said Cassandra Italia, CEO & Founder – TopDocs.

Additionally, JungleVentures, CyberAgent Ventures Techsauce and Hubba, Thailands start-up leader in terms of co-working spaces, technology events, technology media and startup education, have joined Amadeus Next.

Amartit Charoenphan, Founder, CEO Hubba, commented that “It takes a leader to see changes and own the future rather than being reactive to technological disruption, and that is exactly what Amadeus does. We believe that big corporations have a lot to offer to start-ups, but Amadeus Next goes one step further. They truly work and think like a start-up and what they’re doing will be pivotal to the industry and to start-ups in the travel technology space”.

What Amadeus Next offers start-ups:

– Technology: Start-ups gain access to Amadeus’ technology and solutions to build and validate the Minimum Viable Product, as well as leverage decades of experience in travel technology.

– Expertise: Start-ups can work with Amadeus experts to incubate and validate new ideas and businesses. They will also receive mentoring and guidance to navigate their way to success.

– Reach: Start-ups will be able to connect to the right network with Amadeus’ support to test, validate and pilot new business models with Amadeus customers and industry players.

– Funding: Amadeus will help start-ups to connect to investors and venture capital around the world. Globally, Amadeus also has a dedicated Amadeus Venture Fund which offers early stage minority investments in start-ups.

Simon Akeroyd, Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, said, “Amadeus Next is not a short-term project or a one-off investment, it’s a long-term partnership and commitment to create a collaborative travel tech startup community in Asia Pacific. To truly shape the future of travel, we need to work together, across the industry, and with travel players big and small, to create a collaborative ecosystem with the traveller at the centre. “

Amadeus’ participation in Bangkok Startup Weekend 2015 earlier this year was one of the preliminary activities from Amadeus Next to work with the Asia Pacific startup community.

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About Amadeus

Amadeus is a leading provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel industry. Customer groups include travel providers (e.g. airlines, hotels, rail and ferry operators, etc.), travel sellers (travel agencies and websites), and travel buyers (corporations and travel management companies).

The Amadeus group employs around 13,000 people worldwide, across central sites in Madrid (corporate headquarters), Nice (development) and Erding (operations), as well as 71 local Amadeus Commercial Organisations globally.

The group operates a transaction-based business model.

Amadeus is listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange under the symbol “AMS.MC” and is a component of the IBEX 35 index.

To find out more about Amadeus please visit www.amadeus.com, and www.amadeus.com/blog for more on the travel industry.

iCreate Kicks Off 7th Edition of the Startup Accelerator Programme; Invites Applications from Early-Stage Startups

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iCreate (International Centre for Technology and Entrepreneurship), India’s leading startup incubator has opened registrations for its prestigious startup accelerator programme, iIA (iCreate Idea Accelerator). The incubator at iCreate provides support throughout your entrepreneurial journey – from idea stage to proof-of-concept, early marketing stage, and scale-up. Their interactive accelerator programmes are designed to equip entrepreneurs with clarity about their basic assumptions, customer needs, product-market fit, technology, business model, among others. This batch of iIA is the 7th edition of the accelerator programme.

Early stage startups across the country can apply to get incubated in this rigorous 21 Day programme. Currently, due to the pandemic, iIA is being offered in a live, online mode and will help evaluate the idea and its business feasibility. The programme is designed to be an intense and informative session where your business idea is discussed in detail to obtain practical insights that can be actioned.

It will also aid in strategizing a potential business plan and covers the spectrum of idea validation, idea refinement, financial assumptions, resource management, team building, market research and idea pivots if required. iIA is designed to provide each participant with extensive mentoring and field work to enable the entrepreneur to create a holistic roadmap including financial as well as strategic mapping.

Commenting on the announcement, Anupam Jalote, CEO, iCreate said, “iIA is a program that has emerged after hundreds of interactions. It gives early stage entrepreneurs CLARITY about the value they bring to their customers, clarity on their market, clarity on their product-market fit and clarity about their own entrepreneurial journey. We believe that these early interventions will help groom a probable disruptor to fully realize their potential, especially through a systemic approach that exposes them to the various enablers in the ecosystem.”

iCreate is India’s leading startup incubator promoted by the Govt of Gujarat and Govt of India. Till date, they have supported over 377 innovations and 30 patents, by connecting them with mentors, markets and money. The programmes provide critical real-life inputs through mentoring, market validation, and help make the startups investor ready. They also provide rapid prototyping facilities, and additional opportunities through various innovation challenges.

This batch will start from the 5th of July 2021. The accelerator programme consists of 3 Modules. The 1st module will comprise Idea Validation, Resource Planning, market visualization, and size estimation, defining customer target groups and creation of financial plan. The 2nd module will largely cover Market Validation, customer engagement and getting real insights from customers to help build a market ready product. The final module will be on utilizing the market feedback to build a scalable product/service, building idea pivots into the financial plans (if required) and training for a pitch.

The programme will also include pitching sessions for incubation and applying for various government schemes for additional support. It also opens up an opportunity to get support & prototype development grants of up to Rs. 10 lakh for young entrepreneurs and aspiring startup founders.

Participants can apply for the programme through iCreate’s website portal or apply online through this link.

For more details and registration, please visit icreate.org.in or contact +91 99135 69975.

Last date to register is 25th June 2021.

About iCreate

iCreate (International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology) is an autonomous centre of excellence of the Government of Gujarat and is India’s largest institution for transforming startups based on tech innovation into successful businesses. Located in a state-of-the-art 40-acre campus at Dev Dholera in Ahmedabad, till date it has supported over 377 innovations and 30 patents with a ‘high-touch, entrepreneur-first‘ model, connecting them with mentors, markets and money. Embedded systems and IoT are a focus area for iCreate, in domains like electric vehicles, agritech, smart cities, healthtech, industrial automation, renewable energy, among others. It is home to Ciscos largest Innovation Lab in India, and has partnerships with leading institutions in the US, Israel and other countries.

Marwari Catalysts Invites Supply Chain Tech Startups For Its Accelerator Programme – Thrive

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Marwari Catalysts Invites Supply Chain Tech Startups For Its Accelerator Programme – Thrive

  • Category Specific: Supply Chain Tech

  • Early Revenue Early Traction Startups, No Ideation Stage.

  • Sharpen your growth strategy with our Supply Chain experts.

  • Engage with industry experts for industry connect, technology support, branding, funding, mentorship & for boosting entrepreneurship journey.

  • Join a network of like-minded individuals and discuss business challenges in peer to peer circles.

  • What not to expect: Marwari Catalysts is an accelerator and not a fund/ not an incubator/ not an Angel Network.

  • No of startups shortlisting is 6-8.

  • 12 weeks program followed by a Demo Day.

Continuing its bid to invest in India’s startup ecosystem, Marwari Catalysts is now accepting applications from Supply Chain Tech startups for its 12 weeks accelerator cohort program, Thrive, from across the country. The program is supported by supply chain experts and as part of the cohort, the shortlisted startups will get an opportunity to receive an investment upto Rs. 50 lakhs.

Supply Chain Tech Accelerator Program by MCats

With a track record of 5 successful exits of portfolio startups (fully/partial) till date, Marwari Catalysts will help startups achieve what is important in their early days – growth, access and capital.

The accelerator has already conducted successful cohorts in EdTech, FinTech, D2C, CleanTech segments and is backed up by some of India’s leading AIFs, VCs and Angel Networks that will participate during the Demo Day process.

Commenting on the accelerator program, Sushil Sharma, Founder & CEO, Marwari Catalysts says, “Building a business is hard. Scaling it is even harder. Which is why we have built this platform to help the next set of founders to scale faster. We do this with content, domain specific programs, & access to a curated community that can help during this journey.

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We believe that Marwari Catalysts’ success lies entirely with the founders who have used it, learned from it, and also given back to the community.”

MCats is driven by a culture of innovation and has been a frontrunner in building entrepreneurial culture in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities of India. With Thrive, MCats looks to strengthen its ties with the startup ecosystem as well as build futuristic technologies.

Sharing their rationale on the program, Sharad Bansal (Founder, Tinkerly) & Rajendra Lora (Founder, FreshoKartz) says, “The Supply ChainTech community is at the forefront of building an ecosystem where everyone wins, especially after Covid-19; and we are excited that with this cohort, we hope to catalyse movement towards reaching such a goal and enable opportunities for India’s innovative Supply ChainTech start-up ecosystem to take secure, scalable solutions to market faster. We, along with Marwari Catalysts, look forward to playing our part as the Startup Ecosystem Advisor and leverage our expertise on the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India to find the next-generation of startups that have the potential to bring large-scale disruptions.”

Why register

  • The program provides focused support for entrepreneurs by category experts, offering a conducive startup environment, which helps them focus on their products and expand market outreach.

  • Sharpen your growth strategy: The accelerator supports acquisition of business knowledge through mentor support.

  • Scale aggressively: The program facilitates raising necessary finance, introduces the entrepreneurs to business networks, all of which substantially reduce the level of failure.

How to apply

Interested startups can apply here for the accelerator program.

marwaricatalysts.com/supplychaintech

The deadline for applying is 31st March, 2023.

The fresh applications will be evaluated and shortlisted applicants will be invited for a face-to-face virtual pitch session with Marwari Catalysts’ leadership team. The final selection will be based on the strength of the business idea/plan, team capabilities, and relevance to the focus areas.

New IAM Research by Stack Identity Finds Machine Identities Dominate Shadow Access in the Cloud, Revealing Easy Attack Vector for Hackers

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New IAM Research by Stack Identity Finds Machine Identities Dominate Shadow Access in the Cloud, Revealing Easy Attack Vector for Hackers

  • Identity and Access trend report data highlights different types of Shadow Access; provides best practices on how to reduce cloud breaches and data exfiltration

  • Cloud native, enterprise environments showed only 4% of identities as human, while the remaining are non-human identities

  • 76% of policies used in enterprise cloud environments include write permissions and 28% of policies have some level of permission management

Stack Identity, a Silicon Valley startup automating identity and access management (IAM) governance to identify and eliminate cloud data threat vectors, today announced it has released the industry’s first Shadow Access Impact Report.

Stack Identity Shadow Access Impact Report

The data from Stack Identity pertaining to cloud identities and entitlements highlights the gaps through which organizations can suffer cloud breaches, intellectual property and sensitive data loss. Shadow Access, the invisible and unmonitored identity and access, increases the risk of breaches, malware, ransomware and data theft that current IAM tools are not built to mitigate.

The Identity and Access trend report data highlights different types of Shadow Access; provides best practices on how to reduce cloud breaches and data exfiltration. It further reveals that cloud native, enterprise environments show only 4% of identities as human, while the remaining are non-human identities and 76% of policies used in enterprise cloud environments include write permissions and 28% of policies have some level of permission management.

The industry is increasingly beginning to recognize Shadow Access as a growing threat to cybersecurity. Recently, Jim Reavis of the Cloud Security Alliance wrote, “There are several studies available that indicate cloud microservices and containers tend to have too many unpatched vulnerabilities and unused privileges attached to them…I believe that Shadow Access is something that we want to address by applying Zero Trust principles towards it…Zero Trust encourages us to define a protect surface, minimize access to it and monitor the system continuously.”

As seen with the prolific LastPass data breach, the report shows how Shadow Access and the current, fragmented IAM systems increase permissions to external threat actors.

“Our first Shadow Access Impact Report shows the high percentage of non-human identities that are driven by the cloud automation flywheel of more clouds, 3rd party data access and more identities,” says Venkat Raghavan, Founder and CEO at Stack Identity. “The impact of Shadow Access goes beyond the risk of data exfiltration and cloud breaches. The fragmented and static IAM systems today enable Shadow Access to remain undetected, and make cloud compliance and governance static, time-consuming and expensive.”

Stack Identity’s findings are based on the analysis of 60 live cloud instances scattered across Cloud IAM, Cloud IDP, Infrastructure as Code, data stores, HR systems, ticketing systems, emails, spreadsheets and screenshots. For a guide of scale, just one of the cloud environments had thousands of cloud identities, 320 data assets, 400 AWS customer-defined policies and 10GB per day of CloudTrail volume.

Key takeaways from the report include

  • Only 4% of identities are human while the remaining are non-human identities (automatically generated by APIs, cloud workloads, data stores, microservices and other multi-cloud services)

  • 5% of identities in the cloud have admin permissions

  • 28% of policies in the cloud have some level of permission management

  • 75% of policies used in cloud environments include write permissions

The report explains the 10 different types of Shadow Access that DevOps and SecOps teams need to be aware of and provides best practices on how to follow an attacker’s traceable cloud IAM footprints to reduce the risk of cloud data breaches and data exfiltration.

“DevOps teams cannot keep up with the vast numbers of policy actions combined with sensitive data assets that multiply the volume of risk combinations,” says Dr. Prakash Shetty, Director of product strategy, cloud security and operations at Stack Identity. “By detecting the IAM footprints created by Shadow Access exploits, DevOps and security teams have the visibility and analytical context needed to prioritize remediation of security risks to cloud identities, data and resources.”

“We all know that identities are a source of risk; this research report helps practitioners get visibility to access and entitlement patterns that are inherent in DevOps and CloudOps processes that in turn can lead to Shadow Access Risks and Threats,” said Dr. Heather Hinton, CISO at Pager Duty.

“The status quo of overly permissioned cloud accounts with long standing privileges and static entitlements creates an environment where Shadow Access thrives. The Shadow Access research report brings a data driven baseline to identify gaps in IAM governance and how best to rethink the governance process to effectively work in automated cloud native environments,” said Ken Foster, VP of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance at FLEETCOR.

To access the full findings from the Stack Identity Shadow Access Impact Report, register here: stackidentity.com/the-shadow-access-impact-report.

To run a 60 minute assessment of Shadow Access vulnerabilities to find the IAM blindspots in your cloud environment, register here: www.stackidentity.com/Shadow-Access-Risk-Assessment.

About Stack Identity

Founded in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stack Identity transforms cloud IAM operations to continuously detect, eliminate and govern unauthorized, unmonitored and invisible Shadow Access. Through its patent-pending algorithm Breach Prediction Index (BPI), applied with deep data and application context, Stack Identity reveals the 2% of toxic access combinations that impacts 90% of data assets and enables cloud security teams to quickly prioritize and automate remediation. Visit us at www.stackidentity.com, and follow us on LinkedIn.

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