IBM's new cybersecurity hub to train APAC companies thwart cyberattacks

 

IBM on Wednesday declared another network safety center that will prepare organizations in Asia Pacific (APAC) district to deal with the developing danger of cyberattacks.

Situated in Bengaluru, the new IBM Security Command Center is exceptionally sensible, and offers vivid preparation reenactments.

It will use industry-driving sound and special visualizations as well as live malware, ransomware and other genuine programmer devices.

IBM planned the reproductions after crisis and catastrophe reaction preparing models, in conference with many specialists from various businesses including crisis clinical responders, well-trained military officials and its occurrence reaction specialists.

It can convey modified encounters and studios, including essentially, that are custom fitted to associations' one of a kind security prerequisites and goals.

"I accept the Cybersecurity Hub sent off by IBM will go far in making a biological system of mindfulness as well as capacities and ability in making a protected the internet," said Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, at the virtual send off.

Chandrasekhar said he anticipates IBM's association with government offices to "understand the Digital India mission and ensure that the Indian the internet becomes and stays protected and trusted".

IBM has likewise put resources into another Security Operation Center (SOC) which is essential for IBM's tremendous organization of existing worldwide SOCs - offering 24X7 security reaction types of assistance to clients all over the planet.

The new IBM online protection places will assist with tending to the most squeezing need of great importance for associations, all things considered, to speed up their security systems and adjust business needs to a security-first methodology.

IBM posts 2-digit cloud revenue growth; says customers deferring projects

 

(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp edged past Wall Street gauges for quarterly income on Monday, supported by more popularity for its cloud benefits, a business it is marking its future on as it plans to turn off one of its heritage units.

IBM shares, notwithstanding, fell 3% after the organization avoided giving a figure for the current quarter, refering to vulnerability around a worldwide financial recuperation because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Customers' close term needs keep on including operational security, adaptability and money protection, which will in general support (working costs) over (capital costs)," Chief Financial Officer James Kavanaugh said.

"This is bringing about some venture postponements and buy deferrals."

Income from the cloud business, recently headed by Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna, rose 19% to $6 billion in the second from last quarter, balancing shortcoming in a lot of its different organizations.

The lift from the cloud business further underscores IBM's transition to zero in on its high-edge open mixture cloud and AI arrangements, which together record for the greater part of its repetitive income, by turning off its IT framework administrations unit.

"Customers keep on adjusting transient difficulties and open doors for change … A greater amount of my discussions with CEOs are around how they become advanced organizations," Krishna said on a post-profit call.

IBM's complete income fell 2.6% to $17.56 billion in the detailed quarter, however was somewhat over examiners' appraisals of $17.54 billion, as per IBES information from Refinitiv.

Barring the effect from cash and business divestitures, deals declined 3.1%.

The worldwide innovation administrations fragment, IBM's greatest unit that takes into account a portion of the world's biggest server farms, announced a 4% drop in income to $6.5 billion.

Barring things, the organization acquired $2.58 per share, which was in accordance with experts' evaluations.

National artificial intelligence unit stuck for lack of anchor department

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The government’s plan to set up a national artificial intelligence centre is stuck because it is unclear which department will spearhead the initiative.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said in January such a centre would be set up by July.
The then finance minister, Piyush Goyal, announced in February the centre would be developed as a hub along with centres of excellence, for which nine priority areas had been identified. However, he did not mention who would execute the larger plan.
Last month, it was reported that the NITI Aayog had circulated a Cabinet note, asking for Rs 7,500 crore for three years to set up an AI framework. Last year, four panels set up by MeitY evaluated the use of AI for citizens, such as setting up a data platform, skilling and reskilling, research and development, and examining the challenges involving legal, regulatory, ethical and cybersecurity aspects.
“Based on what the four committees gave us, we sent a proposal to implement a national programme at Rs 470-480 crore. For approval it went to expenditure (finance committee), which asked us about the difference between NITI Aayog and our estimate. We have requested them to resolve this,” said a senior official at MeitY.
The NITI Aayog released a discussion paper in June last year on the “National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence”.

 MeitY’s reports have not been made public. A senior finance ministry official who was part of the Expenditure Finance Committee meetings related to the requests made by the NITI Aayog and MeitY on the AI centre said both the departments had been told to get clarity on the matter.

Flipkart India's most preferred workplace; Amazon, Oyo come next: LinkedIn

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Walmart-owned Flipkart is the most preferred workplace in India, followed by Amazon and Oyo in the second and third places, respectively, according to a list compiled by professional social media network LinkedIn.

Internet companies dominate the top 10 spots in LinkedIn's fourth edition of the '2019 Top Companies' list for India.

IT giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) made its debut at the seventh place, new entrants and homegrown internet and consumer services companies Swiggy and Zomato were ranked sixth and eighth, respectively.

Uber, another new entrant, took the fifth spot, while, One97 Communications was at the fourth rank and Oil and Energy conglomerate Reliance Industries was at the 10th place.

Others on the list include consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) at 13th, Yes Bank (14), IBM (15), Daimler AG (16), Freshworks (17), Accenture (18), Ola (19), ICICI Bank (20), PwC India (21), KPMG India (22), Larsen & Toubro (23), Oracle (24), and Qualcomm (25).

"This year, half the companies are new entrants on the list, including IT giants such as TCS and IBM that showcase the changing job and hiring landscape," said LinkedIn India Managing Editor Adith Charlie.

Charlie further said that "the presence of more blue chip Indian companies such as Larsen & Toubro and Reliance Industries, among others emphasises the fact that these large firms are getting better at attracting millennials employees".


 The report further noted that majority of companies on the list made maximum new hiring for engineering jobs followed by operations and business development.

Man vs machine: Human triumphs over IBM's AI debating system

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International Business Machines (IBM) fell short in its latest attempt to prove machines can triumph over man. But it came close.

The tech giant’s six-year-old artificial intelligence debating system, affectionately dubbed “Miss Debater,” went head-to-head with one of the world’s most decorated practitioners. After a 25-minute rapid-fire exchange about pre-school subsidies — during which the female-voiced AI showed flashes of very homo sapien humour — the audience handed the victory to 31-year-old Harish Natarajan.
The unorthodox contest marked the latest highly marketed man-versus-machine challenge. In 1996, IBM created a computer system that beat a chess grandmaster for the first time.

In 2011, its Watson supercomputer defeated two record-winning Jeopardy! contestants. And Alphabet’s AlphaGo famously proved AI can master the ancient and intricate game of Go But debating — which requires creativity and emotive elocution — has proven more elusive.
IBM’s machine — known formally as Project Debater — kicked off Monday’s match-up with a cheeky greeting. “I have heard you hold the world record in debate competition wins against humans, but I suspect you have never debated a machine. Welcome to the future.”


 The event unfolded in front of hundreds of journalists, tech industry insiders and software engineers at IBM’s Think conference in San Francisco. The topic: We should subsidise pre-schools. Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty was among the spectators, who voted Natarajan the victor, but also said her company’s machine better enriched their knowledge.