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Cloud telephony firm Exotel acquires conversational AI platform Cogno AI

The funding amount for the transaction, which is a part cash and part stock deal, was not disclosed

Inside Curefoods: How Ankit Nagori is building a Thrasio of cloud kitchens

Curefoods wants to be a $100-million revenue business by the end of 2022-23

Multi-cloud is here to stay, it's for us to simplify it: VMware global CEO

In a Q&A over Zoom, Raghu Raghuram talks about his company's business propositions, and its plans post its spin off from Dell later this year

HCL Tech, Google Cloud expand tie up for healthcare, life science solutions

HCL Technologies on Monday said it has expanded its strategic partnership with Google Cloud to jointly launch healthcare and life sciences solutions for customers

VMware sees tremendous growth potential in multi-cloud solutions in India

Cloud computing company VMware on Wednesday said it is investing in the Indian market as it sees "tremendous growth potential" in its multi-cloud solutions in the country

Persistent Systems jumps 6% on acquiring SCI, Shree Infosoft

Through these acquisitions, Persistent is forming a new payments business unit and expanding its cloud capabilities

Google to slash amount it keeps from sales on its cloud marketplace: Report

Alphabet Inc's Google will take a smaller cut when customers buy software from other vendors on its cloud marketplace, CNBC reported on Sunday

Salesforce Ventures makes strategic investment in Indian startup Razorpay

Razorpay said this investment and partnership will make an impactful contribution to the industry and drive adoption and financial growth for underserved small businesses in the next twelve months

Wipro launches co-innovation space with Google Cloud in Bengaluru

IT services major Wipro on Friday announced the launch of the Wipro-Google Cloud Innovation Arena in Bengaluru to accelerate adoption of cloud services. This cloud collaboration space will provide in-house technical expertise, ensure seamless cloud adoption, and accelerate innovation to drive business transformation for customers, a statement said. "By combining the expertise and resources of Wipro FullStride Cloud Services and Google Cloud, this jointly developed innovation centre will offer a unique combination of people, processes, and platforms that will collectively create a futuristic experience for customers globally," it added. This arena will also showcase the talent, tools and best practices required to develop and deploy applications on Google Cloud. "We are excited to strengthen our partnership with Google Cloud, and look forward to leveraging the Wipro-Google Cloud Innovation Arena to increase cloud capabilities, build solutions across industries, and help our customer

ESDS Software files draft papers with Sebi; aims to raise Rs 1,300 crore

Cloud services and data centre firm ESDS Software Solution has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise Rs 1,200-1,300 crore through an initial share sale

Amazon to proactively remove content that violates rules from cloud service

Over the coming months, Amazon will hire a small group of people in its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division to develop expertise and work with outside researchers to monitor for future threats

Demand for cloud techies to touch 2 mn by 2025: Nasscom-TCS-Accenture study

Study says as of FY21, India ranked third with 608,000 cloud professionals across all verticals, including technology

SAP India, Microsoft launch program to skill over 62,000 women in AI, cloud

SAP India and Microsoft on Thursday announced the launch of a joint skilling programme 'TechSaksham' for empowering young women students from underserved communities to build careers in technology.

Amazon, Microsoft, Google grab 63% of $42 bn Cloud infra market

The enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services reached $42 bn in Q2, increased by $2.7 bn from the previous quarter and up 39 per cent from the Q2 of 2020, according to a new report

Sonata Software to acquire Encore Software to boost cloud services

Sonata Software on Wednesday said it will acquire US-based IT services company Encore Software Services, a move that will enhance its capabilities in cloud engineering, application development and maintenance and data management. In a regulatory filing, Sonata Software said its wholly-owned subsidiary Sonata Software North America Inc (SSNA) has signed a definitive agreement with the shareholders of Encore Software Services, Inc. The cost of acquisition involves an upfront payment of USD 6.37 million (including adjustments for working capital, cash, and net debt) and deferred payout of USD 8.25 million payable over 3 years, it added. Encore Software Services, incorporated in 1998, is headquartered in San Jose, with development centre in Chennai. "This is a continuation of our M&A strategy focusing on strategic acquisitions aligned to our Platformation led digital transformation strategy, access to seasoned local leadership talent and entry into new industry verticals. "We are ...

Zoom buys cloud call centre company Five9 for $14.7 bn in all-stock deal

Zoom will buy the cloud contact centre provider Five9 in an all-stock deal valued at about $14.7 billion.

Google Cloud boosts India presence, launches 2nd Cloud region in Delhi NCR

With this new region, Google Cloud customers operating in India will benefit from low latency and high performance of their cloud-based workloads and data

Google expands India cloud services with new infrastructure in Delhi-NCR

Google is ramping up cloud infrastructure in India with the second cluster of data centers in and around capital New Delhi to meet increasing customer demands in a key growth market

NSE tech subsidiary acquires majority stake in Cloudxchange.io

NSEIT Ltd, the IT-services focused subsidiary of NSE, on Wednesday said it has acquired majority stake in integrated cloud service provider Cloudxchange.io. However, the financial details of the deal were not disclosed. With this addition of Cloudxchange.io, NSEIT will offer end-to-end digital transformation solutions from cloud to security, NSEIT said in a statement. Founded in 2016, Cloudxchange.io is a multi-cloud managed service provider for AWS, Azure, Google and Oracle Cloud. It has expanded its offerings to cloud consulting, multi-cloud aggregation, cloud back-up and disaster recovery (DR). It has over 250 enterprise clients across sectors including Banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), manufacturing, logistics and the government. "In the current pandemic situation, India's financial services sector is focused on migrating to virtual operations. This need of the hour has led to an increasing demand for secure, scalable, and cost efficient infrastructure, thus ..

LG Electronics to expand cloud-based call centres amid Covid-19 pandemic

LG Electronics said on Tuesday it will expand cloud-based call centres to offer better customer care services and protect its workers from the novel coronavirus outbreak.