Data Mining

Andhra Pradesh govt to develop Data City near Vizag, create 2 mn jobs

In line with the Telugu Desam Party's election promise to create 2 million jobs within five years, the state government has unveiled plans to develop the Data City in Madhurawada

Amazon Web Services to invest $10 billion in UK data centres over 5 years

The company expects the investment project to contribute 14 billion pounds to the country's gross domestic product by the end of 2028 and to support more than 14,000 jobs at British businesses

Data Protection Board: Chance to bring regulatory agility or a miss hit?

Data Protection Board of India could play an essential role in bringing about regulatory agility and striking the right balance between regulation and innovation in a data-dependent digital economy

TCS bags Rail Delivery group contract to create UK Rail Data Marketplace

IT major Tata Consultancy Services on Wednesday said that it has bagged a deal from Rail Delivery Group to design, develop, implement, and operate the UK's Rail Data Marketplace. The contract between TCS and RDG (Rail Data Marketplace) is for a term of six years including an extension term opportunity. "Built on TCS Dexam, the Rail Data Marketplace can not only provide data relating to the rail industry but could also present adjacent data sources important to passengers and operators and help deliver an improved experience for users. "In addition, the platform will have the ability to track environmental parameters, which will allow it to support the UK's rail decarbonisation agenda," TCS UK and Ireland, Country Head, Amit Kapur said in a statement. The RDM will bring together fragmented sources of rail data into one digital service, to accelerate innovation in the transport sector and enhance the passenger experience. The project was first announced in 2021 by the UK Rail Minist

What is data anonymisation?

A top Google executive recently said that large-scale sharing of citizen data - even if it is anonymised - can compromise users' privacy. So what is anonymised data and why has it triggered debate?

No plan to bring in law to regulate Aarogya Setu at this point: Secy, MeitY

We have already brought out an exceptionally good privacy policy which is there in the app itself, says Ajay Prakash Sawhney

Are food and political preferences correlated?

We need more granular, hyper-locational data to see if there is a strong overlap in votes and diet, of course

Let's stop making cash the villain

A New Year resolution for our policy-makers

Digital trappings: Brands lobby for influence in a data-rich world

Data allows you to map, target and deliver relevant content says K V Sridhar, founder and chief creative officer at HyperCollective.

Is data the new oil?

Mukesh Ambani is neither the first nor the only one to say so. Many have said it before. He made the line popular in India along with Jio

Govt continues data mining of deregistered companies: MoS Corporate affairs

Around 50,000 deregistered companies deposited and withdrew about Rs 17,000 crore during demonetisation