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CP PLUS: UP Pride of India Award

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaOctober 8, 2018November 14, 202402 mins

CP PLUS has recently received the illustrious Uttar Pradesh Pride of India Award hosted by CMO ASIA & Global Real Estate Congress. The award, which seeks to identify and celebrate outstanding brand building and marketing by organisations, individuals and teams, was conferred amidst industry leaders and the media. “It is an honour to receive this award. CP PLUS has had an enriching and wonderful journey of growth so far. We’ve grown manifold as a brand, of course, with our fair share of challenges and learning. But overall, it has always been a progressive road. Acknowledgements such as these uplift us and encourage us to do even better,” said Aditya Khemka, MD, CP PLUS. Winners were evaluated not just on financial standing, but also based on consumer preferences. The initiative aims to recognize brands and marketers, which have achieved extraordinary success through innovative and effective marketing practices in the region of Uttar Pradesh, and to foster marketing awareness in the professional community and inspire aspirants to achieve marketing excellence. The award also focused on educating and disseminating the importance of branding in Uttar Pradesh. ABP News was the official media partner for the event. CP PLUS is a leading surveillance and security brand in India. CP PLUS range of solutions and products are monitoring millions of locations across the globe in diverse geographies, from highly sensitive defense locations, government buildings, vital infrastructures, transportation, hotels, hospitals, educational institutions to homes, with a satisfied customer base.

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No Compromise Wireless

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaOctober 8, 2018November 14, 202408 mins

The wireless edge of the network has become ubiquitous, and so have been the expectations of a reliable and secure connection. Users have become used to the convenience of connecting wherever and however they want. They tolerate the flaws in a typical Wi-Fi connection – pauses in downloads, occasional drop-outs where we must re-connect, and lengthy waits as we try to join a public Wi-Fi network. For personal browsing, we make a conscious compromise between convenience and reliability because apart from being frustrating at times, no real harm is done. But in a business environment, reliable wireless connectivity can’t be a compromise for critical operations, especially where it can be the difference between life and death. Why multi-channel is not always the best choice Most Wi-Fi networks operate on a multi-channel architecture (aka micro-cell), where each wireless access point (AP) connects to a mobile client using one of several radio channels. To achieve optimal throughput to each client, it’s important to have good signal strength but minimal radio interference by ensuring that the APs are not too close, and the same radio channels do not overlap (called ‘co-channel interference’). However, this can be difficult when there may be physical layout constraints, and there are only a few channels to choose from, and even harder in a multi-tenancy building when your neighbour chooses the same channels as you. To assist with this, tools are used to survey the physical site to plan the channel map for the optimal experience, but these tools can be expensive and time consuming to use effectively. This is how typical Wi-Fi networks are designed, and why they occasionally exhibit reliability glitches. Some years ago, an alternative architecture was proposed that utilised the same radio channel for all APs in the network. In this model, placement of the APs was no longer critical because they all used the same channel, so interference was not an issue. If coverage was poor in one location, then additional APs could be easily deployed without worrying about introducing bandwidth-destroying interference. Although the single-channel architecture solved one of the biggest challenges of Wi-Fi network design, it too had some limitations, the main one being that its total network throughput was usually lower than multi-channel. Since then, multi-channel Wi-Fi has become the predominant architecture and most of the time, it does a great job. However, there are some situations where multi-channel is not the best choice, and alternative solutions can provide a better experience. Applications of this type usually fall into three categories: Dynamic physical environments, like warehouses, where radio coverage is continuously being changed as objects are moved and removed. This makes multi-channel planning almost impossible, so the workaround is to deploy more APs. Unfortunately, this not only increases cost, but it introduces more radio interference, which reduces data throughput. Environments that must have reliable connectivity to mobile devices, like hospitals, where even a momentary loss of data connectivity can have a serious effect. As a wireless client moves, its connection will ‘roam’ to another AP when it perceives a significantly more attractive signal. Unfortunately, this roaming process can sometimes be slow and disruptive as security credentials must be established or re-negotiated. Often this can manifest as an annoying lag on a VoIP call, or random artefacts in video. One solution is to use only wireless clients that support ‘fast-roaming’ protocols, or intelligent bridging devices that handle the roaming on behalf of the client. Both these solutions add complexity and cost. Environments where there are many roaming wireless users, like schools, hospitals, public venues etc. Multichannel struggles to cope in these situations because only one client can talk to an AP at a time. So, having more clients associated with an AP means there is less time for each client to talk, so the effective bandwidth to each client is reduced. Adding more APs doesn’t always help because co-channel interference increases, which also reduces bandwidth. The answer to these challenges is a cost-effective Wi-Fi solution that combines the best features of both architectures – multi-channel’s throughput with single-channel’s easy deployment, and reliable, seamless roaming connectivity. Previously, users had to choose one architecture or another, and where it was desirable to run both multi-channel and singlechannel systems on premises, they had to manage two different networks with different tools. Administration efforts were increased because firmware updates had to be applied twice, and engineers had two different systems to learn and maintain. Today there is a solution that allows the user to select multi-channel, single channel or both, for the optimal Wi-Fi experience. By Scott Penno – Regional Marketing Manager, APAC, Allied Telesis

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Make Your Network Edge Intelligent and Meet Tomorrow’s Needs Today

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaOctober 8, 2018November 14, 2024033 mins

In the new digital business reality, the network edge has never been more important. Often overlooked, the network edge is the cornerstone that determines whether digital success is realized or lost. Today the network is critical in enabling change in virtually all organizations as they take their digital transformation journey. This journey will help organizations innovate faster, reduce cost and complexity, and lower risk. It translates into the ability to increase agility, improve employee productivity, better engage with customers, and protect key intellectual property and assets. The network edge is sometimes deployed with the belief that all network solutions are essentially the same. This isn’t true, because new digital business requires vast intelligence at the edge. Cisco delivers solutions and strategic functionality to achieve business success. We deliver a new network architecture that starts with the end user and continues to where applications are hosted, with a focus on: Enabling faster innovation through better experiences and highly granular insights across users, devices, applications and threats. Lowering cost and complexity to simply establish policy and manage change at scale while reducing hardware and software churn across wired, wireless, and WAN. Reducing risk with complete threat visibility and protection for internal and external risks across wired, wireless, and WAN. The network edge has a pivotal role to play in this transformation and carries perhaps the broadest set of responsibilities when compared to the core and to data center networks. As shown in Figure 1, when comparing the various layers of the network, the network edge has a broad responsibility in the campus. This is also true for the branch. The Role of the Network Edge Digital transformation makes the network edge more important than ever before. Consider everything that happens at the edge of the network: It’s the first line of defense The edge is where policy is applied and validated, without limiting your ability to access the things you need. If access is not properly managed, then your business can be susceptible to infiltration or threat proliferation, and the criticality grows as the threat landscape increases. The device, firmware, and even the operating system are all points of compromise. It’s the conduit that delivers heavily invested applications The network edge is where prioritization occurs. A poor experience at the edge will slow application adoption, reducing return on investment. It’s a strategic gateway to the widely distributed organizations to connect Providing a seamless experience to your employees, partners, and customers – wherever they happen to be – is most important. A second-class network will deliver deviating levels of services to key audiences. It is the bridge between the organization and their customers If you’re a part of a retail or hospitality business, subpar access will stunt your ability to connect with customers on a personal level and negatively impact your brand. It is built to power and support growing IoT device demands The network edge adapts the physical environment by moving virtually all industries into the digital age by improving operations and lowering costs. Without the right functionality at the edge, organizations can be left behind in terms of cost reduction and operational efficiencies. It is the optimal place to understand what is happening with the business In a distributed network, only the edge sees all the data traffic, by harvesting data and analytics from the edge. Data about users, applications, devices, and threats businesses can derive insights that truly help in making better decisions to support employees, reduce risk and cost, and deliver information to the targeted audience. Without the right level of consistent granularity, this data becomes skewed and untrusted. Is Commoditization of the Edge a Good Thing? Many organizations are being tasked with becoming digital-first to deliver faster innovation, better experience, and higher security. However, refreshing the network to meet these demands is a daunting task because the network foundation established today will need to support the business in the coming years. Choosing a networking vendor is a critical decision that will dictate whether you keep innovating and saying yes to the business or slow down while struggling with poor capabilities. With digital transformation, no one really knows what the future holds, but one thing is clear – the demand on your network will grow exponentially. Whether it’s IoT, the cloud, sophisticated security threats, or even augmented reality, digital transformation will change how you operate and serve the business. What is good enough today, will not be acceptable in the near future – and it all starts with the network. You have to innovate faster, reduce cost and complexity, and control risk. Organizations that are truly digital ready know that as they drive toward these changes they can’t compromise on what matters. What is the Risk? It takes only one bad experience to render your latest innovation useless I nside your business, it’s all about innovation. But at the edge, where your apps meet the real world and where new IoT devices will drive fundamental business change, inconsistent connectivity and slow performance could turn off users for good. This affects device performance and cuts off the insights you need to stay competitive. With Cisco, insight is in your DNA – not only insight into the network that improves performance, but also real-time consumer insights that create more personalized experiences. It takes only one ‘no’ to ruin your reputation Your world is moving fast, and if you can’t keep up you will be discarded, essentially making you a fourth utility. Adding to this complexity is that resources and budgets are slim. Configuring and reconfiguring your network branch by branch and device by device can turn a ‘simple’ update into a TCO sinkhole. With Cisco, automation is in your DNA. This allows you to automate and manage your entire network – wired or wireless at your campus, through the WAN, and in your branches – as a single entity from a single place. It takes only one incident to become everyone’s problem We don’t need to tell you what network…

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INDIA RISK SURVEY 2018

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaOctober 8, 2018November 14, 2024037 mins

India continues to position itself as an attractive hub for investments from foreign players with an expanding economy and a steady gross domestic product (GDP) growing annually at 7.1%. International forums have indicated that the ease of doing business in India has improved significantly. Pro-investor policies have been implanted by the government to further bolster India’s position in the international market. Through several flagship programmes, the government is striving to promote manufacturing activity locally. Foreign investment and IT-powered infrastructure continue to be developed to further enable support for logistically robust and multi-nodal networks. Emerging possibilities of growth implies risks across all sectors. Companies should expect an array of challenges in business operations in India. A lack of preparation against risk mitigation could result in financial and operational functions. The Government of India continues to make attempts at ensuring that bilateral and multilateral relations remain friendly for businesses to conduct operations. As India prepares itself, as a nation, for another round of general elections in 2019, there has emerged a certain amount of uncertainty regarding business policies and existing schemes. With the upcoming elections in 2019, it is likely that policy change may affect business continuity. A holistic risk-management strategy would assist businesses to anticipate and prepare against emerging and existing risks, thereby, allowing a company to mitigate such risks. The India Risk Survey consists of 12 risks that indicate the most significant threats to business operations and development in India. Each risk is assessed individually, which provides a deeper and more holistic understanding, based on the Pinkerton Risk Wheel. The Pinkerton Risk Wheel frames risk into four broad categories which can help understand not only the different threats that can impact business continuity, but the inter connectivity of risks as a whole. Threats categorized in one risk area ultimately can impact the other risk areas. The risks wheel is divided into four quadrants – Hazard & Event Risk (natural hazards, terrorism & insurgency, crime and fire), Operational and Physical Risk (strikes and unrest, threats to women safety, accidents and infrastructure risk), Market and Economic Risk (political and government instability, corruption, bribery, fraud, and legal regulatory risk), and Technology and Information Risk (information and cyber insecurity, intellectual property theft and business espionage). The India Risk Survey (IRS) aims to measure and quantify the different risks that organizations face when conducting operations in India. The constantly evolving nature of risks compels organizations to safeguard their operations and develop innovative strategies to predict threats. In this seventh edition, IRS 2018 aims to delve deeper into all facets of risks to identify the most prevalent threats under each risk category. Through deliberations with policy makers and industry stakeholders across sectors, each year emerging risks are also identified. The IRS 2018 states infrastructure risks, occupational hazards at workplace and legal regulatory risk as the emerging risks of 2018. In today’s time, policy makers and business leaders can truly fulfil their role by timely anticipating risks. On behalf of Pinkerton, I sincerely hope that the India Risk Survey 2018 report will assist the industry, as well as the government decision makers to assess the impact of these risks and develop preventive strategies to mitigate them. – Rohit Karnatak, Managing Director India, APAC & EMEA – Global Screening, Pinkerton Overall Risk Trends – 2018 India Risk Survey 2018 also provides the most significant threat types within each risk for a comprehensive reading of each threat-vector as part of a larger reality. The threats are interconnected and overlap across domains, sectors and geographies. In the 2018 edition, new risks have been identified on the basis of this year’s survey, which include infrastructure risk, occupational hazards at workplace, and legal regulatory risks. Information and Cyber Insecurity remains at the top position in the India Risk Survey 2018. Considering the importance of cyber critical infrastructure, the vulnerabilities attached to it remain largely underlined in the Survey. Services in India are quickly moving towards digitization. While this could be perceived as a step towards rapid development in various sectors, it also presents risks in which malicious activity can be easily carried out, posing a significant threat to sensitive data. The India Risk Survey 2018 focuses on four major risks posed by Information and Cyber Insecurity. These are data theft, compliance and regulatory incidents, cyber infrastructure attacks, and impersonations. Amongst these, data theft, phishing, and hacktivism emerged as the biggest threat. With India becoming a key destination for businesses and foreign investment, a more serious focus should be directed to create a robust security mechanism to address these challenges. Natural Hazards ranks as the second biggest risk to business operations in the India Risk Survey 2018. As per the findings, floods pose the biggest threat to business operations. Inadequate infrastructure and maintenance by concerned bodies remain a primary factor that would allow natural hazards to pose serious risks to business operations. Further, a lack of preparedness and early warning systems has contributed to making Natural Hazards a risk that should be considered with more seriousness. Outbreak of fire ranks at third position with numerous fire accidents in the current year, causing significant loss of life and property. Non-compliance with safety norms in factories and high-rises in addition to the under-equipped fire services in India has led to an alarming number of accidents year-on-year. While the government and other regulatory bodies have prescribed norms and fire safety measures, implementation and vigilance continue to be a concern. Risks that emanate from Terrorism and Insurgency show a significant drop to the fourth position. While there has been a marked decrease in fatalities, it has been found that there has also been a rise in the number of alleged terrorist attacks in the country. Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) remains a severe threat, posing security risks mainly to logistical operations. While the Islamic State (IS) has been relatively controlled on a global scale, the potential of IS sleeper cells remains a big threat. The Government of India continues to push concentrated efforts to holistically counter the threats…

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Delta at InfoComm India 2018

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaOctober 6, 2018November 14, 202405 mins

Delta, a global provider in power and thermal management technologies and a pioneer in display solutions, showcased its comprehensive portfolio of displays solutions for varied applications at the recently held InfoComm India 2018 in Mumbai. Delta’s showcases included advanced 4K Laser DLP® video wall, fully supporting the 4K resolution, the 3rd generation distributed vision control system (DVCS®), the Fine Pitch LED display and its Xtra narrow bezel LCD video wall with as low as 1.8mm bezel to bezel gap. One of the major feature of Delta’s showcases at the show was 216sqft 4K DLP® Laser video wall. The video wall was displayed paired with Delta’s DVCS®. Which is a high-performance IP-based control system designed to fulfill the sophisticated needs of control room applications to ensure a perfect continuity of images across multiple cubes. DVCS® Gen. 3 is capable of handling 4K resolution input and output with 60 frames per second (fps) performance. This platform, which can manage multiple video sources on a single display enlarges a single video signal to multiple displays or enable centralized control of several video walls, creates an unparalleled reliable, flexible and scalable display solution capable of fulfilling critical applications such as utilities, surveillance, disaster control and traffic supervision. The state-of-the-art Delta 4K Laser video wall solution features an exShowcases Latest State-of-the-Art Display Solutions and Vivitek Line of Projectors at InfoComm India 2018 tra slim form factor, 560mm depth, an unmatched 4K (3840×2160) resolution, a high brightness of 4,000 lumens and a brightness uniformity greater than 95 percent. Its built-in IntelliSense function monitors the various parameters of the system and automatically performs realtime adjustments for 24×7 operations. The Laser video wall is leading in the industry to offer a certified IP6X protection rating and an optical sealed engine for up to 100,000 hours of worry-free operation. Delta’s latest Xtra-narrow bezel LCD video wall offers full HD resolution. The LCDs possess an exceptional brightness of 700 nits (55-inch cubes) and a minimum 1.8mm combined bezel width. With Full HD display, these LEDLCD video walls allow a seamless connection between each display, creating a powerful, high-impact visual experience for viewers. The indoor Fine Pitch LED displays of 1.5mm pixel pitch showcased in a larger-than-life size, takes Delta’s display solutions to the next level. With high contrast, high refresh rate, fast response time and a high motion rate, the Fine Pitch LED offers a true-to-life display. With advantages including low power consumption, longevity, seamless integration, compactness, energy efficiency and ultra-high resolution, this LED display is suitable for large conference centers, cinemas, transportation and retail applications. State-of-the-art projectors from Vivitek, a brand of Delta, were a part of the showcase at the show offering highly advanced and versatile display technologies such as edge-blending imaging for large venue applications, ultra-short throw projection for corporate & education applications and 4K interactive flat panel display (NovoTouch) with its Novo Collaborative series for complete collaborative solution.

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Prama Hikvision Signs MoU with AP Govt

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaOctober 6, 2018November 14, 202402 mins

Prama Hikvision India has announced plans to invest Rs.500 crore in a manufacturing facility for electronic security and surveillance products in Andhra Pradesh. The company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State Government of Andhra Pradesh on 27 August 2018. The MoU was signed between the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Ashish P. Dhakan, MD & CEO, Prama Hikvision India at the Round Table Session at Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai. As per the MoU Prama Hikvision will invest Rs.500 crore in Andhra Pradesh to set up a manufacturing plant. “We have signed an MoU with Andhra Pradesh Government to set up a manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh with an investment of Rs.500 crore. We are grateful to Andhra Pradesh Government and N. Chandrababu Naidu for extending their support. With this new manufacturing facility we will be able to expand our manufacturing capacity in India,” said Mr. Dhakan. The company is looking to treble its capacity to make cameras by expanding its manufacturing footprint in India to meet a steady increase in demand for cameras and digital video recorders. The company has plans to manufacture the latest electronic equipment tuned to the capacity of approximately 15-20 lakh video surveillance cameras and recording back-end devices per month in the State of Andhra Pradesh. The project is expected to generate 1,000 direct and/ or indirect jobs, and more in auxiliary industries.

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Videonetics Launches Smart Urban VA

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaOctober 6, 2018November 14, 202406 mins

Videonetics has recently launched AI & Deep Learning powered ‘Smart Urban Video Analytics’ (SUVA) that commits to deliver actionable intelligence, and provides security insights to address real-world problems such as graffiti and vandalism, garbage and litter detection, crowd formation and behavioural analysis, traffic management and road safety, to name a few. Powered by the first Indian artificial intelligence and deep learning platform, SUVA is trained with real-time video data of over four years, thereby ensuring highest level of precision in detecting anomalies in tough Indian situations. Expressing on the launch, Dr. Tinku Acharya, Fellow IEEE, Founder & MD, Videonetics said, “I am proud that Videonetics is the World’s first company to launch AI & Deep Learning enabled visual computing platform. We are committed to promote culture of innovation in India and to introduce such advanced and smart technologies that can address challenging environments for highly populated countries like India. “Smart Urban Video Analytics is the pioneering solution which will certainly act as a true decision support system for local authorities, municipalities, traffic planners and law enforcement agencies. SUVA has multi-faceted applications which will certainly build traffic management more robust, increase road safety, reduce environmental hazards, provide correct information to law enforcement agencies, preventing property from any vandalism, swift suspect search, eventually to make Indian cities safe and smarter. Our intellectual property and trailblazing initiatives have won us several accolades, patents and recognitions from renowned platforms.” Smart Urban Video Analytics suite includes: Graffiti & vandalism detection Graffiti and vandalism are often known as defacing on private and public property without consent from the property owner. These can be in the form of writing, drawing or scratching onto surfaces using different implements such as paint, spray, markers, stickers, and so on. SUVA can immediately detect property damage within the monitored area and alert local authority to prevent such violations, thereby saving the community valuable funds and preserving assets from graffiti and vandalism. Garbage management In highly populated countries, urban waste is a big problem which leads to hazards such as environmental degradation, water pollution, soil pollution and air pollution. Garbage management with integrating AI based video analytics detects garbage overflow, garbage bin cleaned, waste collection pattern, garbage vehicle classification, tracking of garbage vehicle movement etc. It assists local civic bodies with alerts to effectively manage waste and keep the city clean. Debris & litter detection Both debris and litter are highly pervasive and visible form of pol lution that have harmful impacts on wildlife, human health and overall environment. SUVA helps in detecting debris and litter thrown in the monitored area and triggers an immediate alarm to the local bodies/ municipalities for taking action. Crowd management The crowd management solution detects crowd formation, people count and their movement, and analyses crowd flow. In addition, it detects sudden random movement of crowds along with providing overcrowd alert against crowd count crossing a defined threshold value. Traffic management SUVA also equips law enforcement agencies by providing ultra-powerful traffic management solution comprising no parking detection, wrong-way vehicle detection, polluting vehicle detection, no helmet detection, triple riding detection etc. In addition to these solutions, SUVA application can also help in detecting loitering, person collapsing and object classification. It also supports both server-based and edge analytics architecture, hence it can be successfully applied in diverse challenging conditions to maintain infrastructure, curb pollution, and secure the city.

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Enterprise IT TechDay

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaOctober 6, 2018November 14, 202405 mins

Enterprise IT World, the premium CIO magazine has recently organized ‘Enterprise IT TechDay,’ powered by APC by Schneider Electric at Hotel Hyatt, Ahmedabad. The event was an initiative to engage leading business minds and stakeholders with a knowledge forum on datacenter, micro datacenter and edge computing. In lieu of the growing customer data for Indian businesses deploying third platform technologies and connected devices, this was a series of events focusing mainly on absolute knowledge forum for businesses to understand the need for datacenter and micro datacenter optimization of an organization. Enterprise IT World TechDay took place in order to accommodate the future technologies and solutions including Internet of Things, Edge Computing, Artificial Intelligence and many more. ‘Infrastructure Optimization to Accommodate New Age Workloads’ made up as the main theme for the event. The knowledge forums helped the audiences understand the process to churn valuable customer data to get insights in order to help better business decision making. The event in its initial phase is supposed to take place in a number of cities as well. The TechDay events engaged the audiences in panel discussions and open forums to learn and let learn about future trends in the given technologies. The topics covered during the event included – Changing workloads and applications on the edge, the current state of DC infrastructure in Indian business landscape, the need for micro-datacentre at the organization’s edge and the approach of IT Heads and CIOs on choosing the right approach to DC optimization. “With a surge in digitization, our world is increasingly opening up to more robust efficiency solutions across data centers. Moreover, the proliferation of data and its criticality to businesses have given rise to edge computing solutions and other related technology requirements – the CIO has come centerstage in this new scenario where technology is directly impacting the bottom line. Schneider Electric is happy to be part of a platform which is helping facilitate a dialogue on these scenarios,” quoted Venkatraman Swaminathan, Vice President, IT Division, Schneider Electric India. The event witnessed the presence of a series of speakers from reputed organizations including Deloitte, Sintex, Sonata Finance and many more, who came forward to enlighten the audiences on topics including the current scenario of IT organisations, the factors which drive these changes, the data centre optimization scenario. The event also concluded on various verticals discussing the areas where businesses today require real-time decision making, DC related queries which may hamper CIOs in near future. The events were carried out to provide an ideal platform for all CIOs, CTOs, IT Heads, IT Managers, and/ or IT decision makers who are responsible for their internal IT consumption to come and engage with like-minded peers and discuss their challenges and gain a better technology perspective.

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Municipalika 2018

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaOctober 6, 2018November 14, 202405 mins

The 15th Municipalika Exhibition & Conference in Mumbai has expanded as a 360 degree event on city development, with the addition of Construction, Architecture & Planning Exhibition (CAPEx) and India International Property Mart (IIPM) – the first of its kind B2B forum for real estate. The three-in-one international conference and exhibition at the Bombay Exhibition Centre was organised under the banner of ‘Future Cities’ – an exposition of technologies, products and services for urban development. Municipalika 2018 was inaugurated by Mahendra Jain, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Development Department, Government of Karnataka, and Divya Kush, President, Indian Institute of Architects. H.E. Nadir Patel, High Commissioner for Canada to India, was also present at Municipalika’s inaugural session, sharing Canada’s experience in building world-class cities and underscoring Canada’s commitment to India. The event had participation of over 200 delegates in the conference segment, from over 300 Indian cities and towns and abroad, and professional visitors in the exhibition segment including ministers, mayors, municipal commissioners, urban local bodies, CEOs of smart cities and parastatals, along with technology providers, professionals and all urban stakeholders. Faculty and students of architecture, engineering, technology and management institutions also attended to get exposure on the latest trends. The 15th Municipalika 2018 provided a mega-networking forum for governments, experts, entrepreneurs and service providers to collectively find solutions to urban challenges. Municipalika provides a platform to evolve, evaluate and share policies, strategies, cutting-edge technologies and innovations towards smart and sustainable living in cities. Canada, the Partner Country, brought an array of technological best practices for possible use in India’s city development missions. To explore collaboration opportunities with Indian businesses in the infrastructure and smart cities sector, 28 leading Canadian urban infrastructure, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence companies visited the event. The mission has been organised by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) of Global Affairs Canada, in collaboration with the Government of Ontario, the Government of British Columbia, the Government of Alberta, Air Canada and the Indo-Canadian Business Chamber. Nadir Patel said, “Canada is globally recognised for its excellence in urban infrastructure and smart cities which includes high-level project management, specialised technical skills and for developing environmentally friendly technological solutions combined with innovative design. This is a great opportunity for Canadian companies to learn about the exciting developments and plans for transformation in India’s urban infrastructure and smart cities. I look forward to further collaboration to support India in achieving its smart cities objectives.” There was a special session on fire and public safety, which had the participation of chief fire officers, fire engineers and professional institutions deliberating about the fire regulations for all types of buildings and their enforcement in-line with the National Building Code of India. The three-day long conference also included sessions on Resilient and Secure Cities, Healthy Cities, Green Cit ies, Connected Cities, Digital Cities and on Integrated Cities for self-contained cities.’ The Decision Maker’s Conclave, a special buyer-seller meet, provided a great opportunity for solution providers to meet architects, builders, green building consultants, EPC project heads and material procurement heads from large corporations. The event was organised with JLL as the Knowledge Partner. JLL is cocurating the sessions with Good Governance India Foundation.

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FICCI New Age Risks 2018

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaOctober 6, 2018November 14, 202403 mins

FICCI has recently released the seventh edition of FICCI-Pinkerton ‘India Risk Survey 2018 Report.’ Speaking on the occasion, Madhur Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Delhi underscored the need for a regulatory mechanism to facilitate access of information for detection of crimes perpetrated through the misuse of social media. Mr. Verma said, “Businesses today, especially those engaged in international operations, have to contend with cybercrimes relating to transfer of money through fake e-mails, and this throws up a huge challenge for the enforcement agencies in detecting frauds.” He added that the Delhi Police had created a separate cell for dealing with cybercrimes and was trying to create awareness on the nature and the enormity of crimes, especially those channelized through the social media, by reaching out to schools and the community at large. Cmde Sujeet Samaddar, Senior Consultant (Industry), NITI Aayog categorised the new age risks as business, economic, legal and compliance, and technology risks. He underlined the need for predictability, credibility and stability of the legal and compliance regimes in order to make businesses viable and sustainable. The biggest risk to business is to take the business-as-usual approach rather than a transformational and disruptive one. “The new digital environment and the multiplication of technological options have raised challenges and risks for which businesses should prepare themselves,” said Rahul Chaudhry, Chair, FICCI Homeland Security Committee. Rohit Karnatak, Managing Director India, APAC & EMEA – Global Screening, Pinkerton said, “In today’s time, policy makers and business leaders can truly fulfil their role by timely anticipating risks. Pinkerton utilises a data driven comprehensive approach to corporate risk management, aiming to use tools like artificial intelligence to anticipate risks, their probability and their potential impact to businesses.” According to Venkat Ramana, CoFounder & Director, Valuepitch E Technologies, “The crime rate in India can be lowered with the help of technology and training. Discovering previous antecedents along with real time situation monitoring without invading privacy is the challenge that needs to be addressed.”