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ROHM Buck-Boost Power Supply Chipset
Smart Lighting Development Forum Held at Hk
Taiwan Warfare Chief Warns Cyber Warfare
Indium Corp BRINGS Soldering Materials FOR HIA
Syska, Tuya Smart partners for Smart Homes in India
Fortinet Completes the Acquisition of ZoneFox
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR EDITOR MANAS NANDI manas@bisinfotech.com CONSULTANT EDITOR NILOY BANERJEE niloy@bisinfotech.com
In April this year, India’s central bank asked all the payments companies to store payments data locally from October for better monitoring of SUB EDITOR the information. Foreign entities have been seeking relaxation of the JYOTI GAZMER rule so that they can store data both locally and at their offshore offices. jyoti@bisinfotech.com Storing transaction data locally in India is expensive and inefficient in terms of security and cross-pollinating learnings across markets. MARKETING MANAGER Increased Internet penetration has given exponential rise in ARNAB SABHAPANDIT sophisticated attacks on Information Technology (IT) infrastructure. arnab@bisinfotech.com Attackers are gaining access to sensitive information like credit card details and other financial information. Smartphone attacks are growing in multiple folds. Also with the growth DESIGN HEAD of mobile internet services and business transactions using SANDEEP KUMAR mobile phones, there is a substantial increase in mobile malware. In order to make our IT infrastructure resilient WEB DEVELOPMENT MANAGER against these threats, there is a need for cutting-edge Research and Development efforts in Cyber Security. JITENDER KUMAR With the Reserve Bank of India’s push for data localisation by the payments industry, global financial service WEB PRODUCTION companies, especially those from the US, were trying BALVINDER SINGH to lobby the government to seek a relaxation of the rule. Visa, the world’s second-largest card payment firm has been working towards implementing a SUBSCRIPTIONS solution to comply with the RBI’s requirements and S. RADHIKA has started storing data locally since October 15 to radhika@bisinfotech.com facilitate the RBI’s requirement of access to Indian cardholder payment transaction data. Bisinfotech is printed, published, edited and owned by Manas Nandi Well now just imagine how about your transaction through credit or debit card being and published from 303, 2nd floor, Neelkanth Palace, Plot No- 190, authenticated by your fingerprint and not Sant Nagar,East of Kailash, New Delhi- 110065 (INDIA), Printed at Swasby pin. Well this is not far away as we have tika Creation 19 DSIDC Shed, Scheme No. 3, Okhla Industrial Area, Phasejust witnessed STMicroelectronics testing the II, New Delhi- 110020 same with one of their partners. They term it smart Card, and believe me these cards are actually smart. In this issue we have talked Editor, Publisher, Printer and Owner make every effort to ensure high quality and acto many veterans on data localisation and curacy of the content published. However he cannot accept any responsibility for any efdata protection apart from our regular fects from errors or omissions. The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily sections. those of the Editor and publisher. The information in the content and advertisement pubDo let us know your take on this issue. Happy reading!
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ANALOG DEVICES’ NEW A/D CONVERTERS Analog Devices has introduced two multichannel +/-10V and 0-20mA precision A/D converters that better enable implementation of programmable logic controller (PLC) and distributed control system (DCS) modules. Leveraging ADI’s iPassives integrated precision passives technology, the AD4111 and AD4112 A/D converters integrate precision matched current sense resistors and resistor dividers. The high degree of channel-tochannel matching simplifies calibration requirements, and with support for up to eight single-ended voltage inputs and four current inputs, makes the new products ideal for use as reconfigurable platform solutions, while reducing size, complexity and cost in PLC and DCS modules.
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The AD4111 and the AD4112 A/D converters can accept +/-10V while meeting performance specifications and has a functional range of +/-20V,
adding over-range margin to the nominal +/-10V. They can also accept currents of -0.5 to 24mA while meeting performance specifications. This allows reliable measurements close to 0mA and provides over range margin past 20mA. The devices offer an Absolute Maximum Rating of +/-50V on voltage pins and +/-50mA on current pins. The AD4111 uniquely enables open wire detection, to detect when an external sensor or signal source is disconnected from the system input, on +/-10V voltage inputs while operated from either a +5V or +3.3V single power supply. When used in conjunction with the ADuM5411 quad-channel digital isolator, the AD4111 supports EMC/EMI standards IEC 61000-2, IEC 61000-3, IEC 61000-4, IEC 61000-5, IEC 61000-6, and CISPR 11.
VICOR VP A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT ODCC SUMMIT 2018
INFINEON UNVEILS IPM CIPOS MAXI FOR INDUSTRIAL MOTOR
Robert Gendron, Vicor Corporate Vice President, provided a keynote presentation at the 2018 Open Data Center Committee (ODCC) Summit in Beijing. He presented on the Progression & Evolution of Power Technology within Cloud Data Centers, which outlines the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) present within the cloud, AI processors are now taking power demands to even higher levels. The ability to power AI processors, and not limit their full potential, creates new requirements not only on the processor VR but on the datacenter’s power infrastructure and server rack. Further, Vicor had a booth at the show demonstrating the Vicor three-phase to 48V and 48V direct-to-load AI power solutions as well as advanced cooling technologies such as liquid cooling and immersion cooling. Vicor is an innovator in power products that enable 48V distribution architectures, while achieving the highest density and efficient power designs, critical for advanced artificial intelligence (AI) processors currently being adopted into edge computing and the cloud.
Infineon Technologies includes another member to its family of intelligent power modules (IPMs): CIPOS Maxi IM818 series integrates various power and control components to increase reliability, optimize PCB size and system costs. The IPM is packaged in a DIP 36x23D housing. This makes it the smallest package for 1200 V IPMs with the highest power density and best performance in its class. CIPOS Maxi is especially suitable for low-power drives in applications such as motors, pumps, fans and active power factor correction for heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
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The IM818 series provides an isolated dual-in-line molded housing for excellent thermal performance and electrical isolation. It meets EMI requirements and overload protection of demanding designs. Adding to the protection features, the IPM is equipped with an independent UL-certified temperature thermistor. CIPOS Maxi integrates a rugged 6-channel SOI gate driver to provide built-in dead time for preventing damages from transients. It features under-voltage lockout at all channels and over current shutdown. With its multi-function pin, this IPM allows for high design flexibility for various purposes. The low side emitter pins can be accessed for all phase current monitoring making the device easy to control.
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MORNSUN UNVEILS AC/DC CONVERTERS LDE02-23BXX SERIES MORNSUN adds 85-305VAC cost-effective AC/DC converters series LDE02-23Bxx to its LDE series portfolio. The new MORNSUN is compatible with the previous LD02-10Bxx series and has higher isolation voltage and better operating temperature range. With this LDE02-23Bxx series come out, the entire LDE series provide powers of 2W, 3W, 5W, 6W, 10W, 15W and 20W. Product Advantages Are as Follows:
3)High reliability and complete protections
Material normalization, production automation, higher product consistency and reliability, better performance and price.
These series have a MTBF over 300,000 h and provide protections of output short circuit (OSC), output over-current (OCP), which not only significantly reduce the failure rate of the converter itself but also enhance the safety performance of back-end power modules and the load in abnormal working conditions. Product design complies with IEC62368, UL62368 and EN62368 standards (pending). Features: n Wide Input voltage Range: 85 - 305VAC/120 - 430VDC n AC and DC dual-use(input from the same terminal) nHigh isolation voltage up to 4K VAC n Operating temperature range: -40oC to +70oC n High power density, high efficiency, environmental friendly n Output short circuit, over-output current protections nMeets CISPR32/EN55032 CLASS B nMeet IEC62368, UL62368, EN62368 standards(Pending) nPCB mounting, Chassis mounting, Din-Rail mounting available
ROHM BUCK-BOOST POWER SUPPLY CHIPSET
INDIUM CORP BRINGS SOLDERING MATERIALS FOR HIA
ROHM has announced the availability of a buck-boost power supply chipset that provides the lowest current consumption in the industry along with stable performance (transient response characteristics) in automotive ECUs (Electronic Control Units) for cluster panels and gateways used in startstop vehicle systems. The chipset integrates a buck DC/DC converter with boost functionality (BD8P250MUF-C) and a dedicated boost IC (BD90302NUF-C). The primary chip (BD8P250MUF-C) utilizes ROHM’s novel buck-boost control technology, dubbed Quick Buck Booster, that enables configuration of a buck-boost power supply without degrading buck power supply characteristics by simply adding the dedicated BD90302NUF-C boost IC to the subsequent stage.
Indium Corporation announces that the company will feature its proven soldering materials for Heterogeneous I ntegra tion & Assemb ly (HIA) applications at the 20th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference, Dec. 4-7 in Sentosa, Singapore. Indium Corporation’s soldering materials for HIA and SiP applications touts to have a proven track record of success in more than 2 billon front-end module SiP devices manufactured in the last three years using the company’s materials. From water-soluble to no-clean soldering solutions, Indium Corporation’s portfolio of products meets current and evolving challenges encountered in fine-pitch Heterogeneous Integration and SiP applications. Indium Corporation is a premier materials manufacturer and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil. Founded in 1934, the company has global technical support and factories located in China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
1)Better operating temperature, higher isolation voltage
i)High isolation: 4000VAC. It improves product reliability and protects the system effectively. ii)Wide range operating temperature: the lowest temperature is extended from -25oC to -40oC without derating at -25oC; ideal for more various environments.
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SOUTH KOREAN SEMICONDUCTOR BIGGIES BIDS $60BN Never-before spending by South Korea’s semiconductor giants is resonating another economic equation for the chip business. Samsung and SK Hynix, the biggest makers of the memory chips used in mobile devices, have announced about $60 billion of investments in facilities. The investments each year could pump out millions of silicon wafers — the building blocks of semiconductors said Samsung and Hynix. The capital spending is underpinned by expectations that new technologies will fuel demand even as growth in the global smartphone market stalls. Artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and autonomous driving are among uses for memory that Hynix and Samsung are counting on to soak up the increased supply. But with Chinese firms also expanding rapidly and the government in Beijing intent on becoming a force in the lucrative business, the stage is set for new chips to
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flood the market. Global silicon output is expected to rise to a record 13.8 billion square inches by 2021, according to SEMI, an international association for electronics suppliers. “Once volumes start to be churned out from these factories in addition to ones in China, prices are going to start dropping very fast,” said Lee Joo-wan, a semiconductor analyst at Seoul’s Hana Institute of Finance. “This is a bubble.” Samsung is the world’s biggest maker of both DRAM and Nand, holding market share of more than 40 percent in the two memory technologies favored for smartphones, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from IDC. Hynix was number two in DRAM and while it ranks fifth in Nand, it has an interest in the second-ranked player Toshiba. Samsung is riding the boom in chips to record revenue with earnings expected to show net income surged 17 percent to 12.9 trillion won ($11.3 billion). The chip
unit alone probably had operating profit of 13.6 trillion won, according to Kim Sunwoo, an analyst at Meritz Securities Co. Samsung is spending 30 trillion won on a chip factory south of Seoul that is expected to be completed by 2021. The Suwon-based company has also committed 6 trillion won to expand production in Hwaseong and is enlarging its semiconductor plant in Xi’an, China, in a three-year investment totaling $7 billion. Hynix is spending 20 trillion won on its newest Nand factory south of Seoul that opened earlier this month. It is also investing 3.5 trillion won to set up a new plant in Icheon, where it’s based, and also plans a foundry in Wuxi, China next year in a joint venture with the investment arm of the local government. But the market may be about to turn sour. Researcher Trendforce, which tracks the global semiconductor industry, expects prices to drop into 2019.
CREE INK LONG-TERM SiC WAFER SUPPLY AGREEMENT
TI NEW TEMP SENSORS FOR RTD-BASED AND MEDICAL
Cree announced that it has signed a strategic long-term agreement with a company name not yet disclosed but desscribed as one of the world’s leading power device companies, to produce and supply its Wolfspeed silicon carbide wafers. The agreement, valued at more than $85 million, governs Cree’s supply of advanced 150 mm silicon carbide bare and epitaxial wafers during this period of extraordinary growth and demand for silicon carbide power devices. “Cree is committed to increasing and accelerating the adoption of silicon carbide-based solutions throughout the semiconductor industry. This customer’s importance to the power device industry is well known, so partnering with a leading power semiconductor company such as this is another big step in that commitment,” said Gregg Lowe, CEO of Cree. “We are extremely pleased to help drive adoption of silicon carbide in even more applications. As the world leader in silicon carbide, Cree is continuing to expand capacity to meet market demands with our industry-leading wafer technology to help achieve a new, more efficient future.”
Texas Instruments has introduced a new temperature sensor family that offers ±0.1°C accuracy across a wide temperature range and helps simplify system design for industrial and medical applications. The TMP117 is the first single-chip temperature sensor to offer similar performance to platinum resistance temperature detectors (RTDs) while significantly reducing design complexity and power consumption, and the TMP117M, a digital temperature sensor for medical applications, supports requirements for medical thermometers. The new devices enable engineers to more quickly develop highly accurate, ultra-low-power patient monitoring, field transmitter and metering applications.
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THE CONVERSATION
The Potential for Consumer Robotics in India
REJIN NARAYANAN IEEE Member and CEO Ingen Robotics Consumer Robots are robots which an average citizen can make use of in his daily life. They do not look like humans, or even industrial manipulators. But they make daily lives easy and better, and make little decisions on their own as they go about their chores. As in the case of vacuum cleaning robots, which make a map of the room and clean the floor surface diligently, avoiding furniture, and automatically returning to their charging stations once they are done. India is country with a rich culture, including food culture. And as the Indian economy grows, the growing young
population wants better comforts and still wants to enjoy their traditional food and life habits. This makes India an ideal market for consumer robotics, especially in the food processing segment. An average Indian has three meals a day, and the cuisine is time consuming. This is especially true in the case of dinner, when the whole family has an opportunity to eat together in peace, but generally the working adults who cook dinner are tired. The challenge from an innovation and engineering perspective is in meeting the tough user requirements and price expectations. Educational robot is another category which holds much potential in the Indian market. Indian parents are willing to go an extra mile to give a better education to their children. There are many startups working on educational robots that help learn STEM subjects through hands on experiments. Learning through robotics is very engaging for the child, and results are very visible. Household cleaning presents another opportunity. Though robotic vacuum cleaners are available in the Indian market, adoption has been slow due
to high price. Indians prefer to vacuum clean and wet mop the floor. Due to environmental conditions a typical Indian home is different from homes in western countries. A robotic vacuum cleaner developed for Indian conditions and sold by an Indian household brand at an affordable price could be a game changer. Among these, cooking robots have the highest potential in my opinion. There are a host of startups working on cooking robots. In the next few years the consumer robotics market in India will see a flurry of new product launches, and a few acquisitions by major players. On top of the list will be products that make rotis and dosas - food that people prefer to eat hot and fresh, and are time consuming to prepare. The modern Indian homemaker is short of time to prepare a good and healthy meal, but prefers not to choose frozen, packaged food. Consumer robotics startups in India are attempting to address this gap and create a new product category which has the potential to become as commonplace as the kitchen mixer and find a place in every Indian home.
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Vice President – APAC Sales, Identity and Data Protection, Gemalto
‘NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION’ There’s a massive explosion in data being generated by connected internet users in India. Wherein, large tech companies are unhappy with such restrictive laws but the Indian government seems to have decided to break the nut. Deriving more on the impact of data localisation, Rana Gupta, Vice President – APAC Sales, Identity and Data Protection, Gemalto elucidates on what is data localisation and its real impact. Edited Nub.
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What is Data localization and its impact? In the era of internet whereby anyone sitting anywhere in the world can access the data assets residing anywhere in the world, what purpose does the localisation of data serve? What risks does it pose if the data resides outside the country? If the concern is around the data protection then data localization without
appropriate data protection regime wouldn’t serve any purpose. Does the concern around company own the data, mining the data to its benefits? If so, how will localising the data help prevent it? Is the concern around company sharing the data to foreign government under the local judgment/directions? If so then yes - it helps mandating companies to keep data locally. But considering that in many a cases, the interaction data being generated (say for example on Facebook, Twitter, whatsapp etc) will involve interactions between individuals from multiple nationalities, then it is perceivable that the same data will be available in multiple geographies. Especially in cases where the localization is being sought, there do will be a foreign/MNC entity involved unless it is just intended to force Indian companies to not use the foreign CSP. So, wouldn’t the bigger issue to focus be to ensure the protection of data against any breaches AND enabling the control of that data as much as possible with the data subjects? To summarize, data localization without the regime of 3-Step Secure The Breach pillars of Encryption, Secure Key Management, a n d S e c u r e Authentication could create a false sense of security.
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I am reminded of “Necessity is the mother of invention”. Once the Data Privacy Bill mandates certain requirement then it is bound to shake up the existing ecosystem and customers will ask of simpler ways to implement the security requirements as asked for by the Data Privacy Bill. It is expected that in longer term it shall simplify the adoption of security practices by nudging the organizations to build privacy by design rather than thinking of it as an after-thought.
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As a security company, we sincerely seek to have this bill do following things – • Mandatory breach notification so that we all start to understand the severity of problem. One cannot address a problem if one doesn’t understand the extent of the problem itself. • Categorization in terms of penalties to be imposed on different kinds of organizations. I certainly hope that in this context, the biggest burden be put on the Government Departments, Defense Organizations and PSUs as any breaches into those organizations will likely have the biggest dent on India as a society. • It is hoped that this bill raises the importance of data centric security and seeks to have the organizations apply the concept of privacy by design (encryption) and by default (processing the minimum amount of sensitive data).
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MARK BURR-LONNON
Senior VP | Global Service and EMEA, Mouser Electronics MOUSER IS WELL KNOWN FOR OUR QUICK AND ACCURATE WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION With a commitment to customer service excellence, 23 global Customer Support Centers, the widest product selection, plus same-day shipping, Mouser helps customers get innovative designs to market faster and easier. The company works hard to make sure customers always get what they need, when they need it. To help expedite orders and answer questions, each location provides local language support (17 languages) and can transact business in the preferred local currency, all from the same time zone. The journey of Mouser Electronics and its vigorous growth in the Indian ESDM sector has been laudable, inscribing further on their success journey - BIS infotech’s Editor, Manas Nandi got alongside Mark BurrLonnon Senior VP of Global Service and EMEA, APAC Business penning on Mouser’s business strategy and further plans in the online shifting electronic components business. Edited Nub.
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How digitization and internet has impacted the electronics component distribution business?
We are the industry’s New Product Introduction leader, in 5 years we have added approximately $350+ million & 400K+ stock keeping units. We continue to stock the widest selection of components and promote the newest products from our 700-plus supplier partners, which gives OEM and EMS engineers a major advantage. We maintain the highest 879,832 unique part numbers in stock that differentiates us from the global and local competitors. Mouser has seen its business grow over the last several years, including 2018. While the industry experienced longer lead times, shorter deadlines and increased demand in global and Indian markets, this led many customers to Mouser because of our strong inventory position. Because Mouser focuses on breadth of inventory, design engineers and buyers from many different industries can often find the right part, which helps to meet that demand. In the coming year, Mouser will once again focus on inventory breadth and customer satisfaction, while continuing to be the preferred source for semiconductors and other electronic components. In India, engineers normally receive their orders three to five working days after purchasing from Mouser.in. Our commitment to inventory, new product releases, and our global growth will continue to be solid as we move through 2018.
Our comprehensive multi-lingual website, Mouser.com, is central to our global business. Mouser specializes in the rapid introduction of new products and technologies for engineers and buyers worldwide. The company’s extensive product offering includes semiconductors, interconnects, passives, electromechanical, plus a vast range of other components from more than 700 leading manufacturers. Mouser sells millions of tiny parts that function as the essential building blocks of new product design. Every day, multiple times a day, Mouser gets the newest, cutting-edge components that are smaller, faster and smarter. Mouser also recommends/suggests alternate parts and eliminate the risk to use NRND products in the latest project. If your job is to solve new problems, invent new things and answer the questions no one has asked before, Mouser is your distributor. With a commitment to customer service excellence, 23 global Customer Support Centers, the widest product selection, plus same-day shipping, Mouser helps customers get innovative designs to market faster and easier. The company works hard to make sure customers always get what they need, when they need it. To help expedite Your presence in online has been commendable orders and answer questions, each location provides in the whole industry. How have you strategically local language support (17 languages) and can transact business in the preferred local currency, all from the streamlined Mouser website for buyers to choose the right product guiding them with complete info of the product? same time zone.
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Mouser is well known for our quick and accurate worldwide distribution, plus we also offer our buyers and engineers the product and technology information they need to work on their designs. At Mouser.in, engineers and buyers
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can find tools to help them source the right products, along with the latest technical data and industry trends through our Applications and Technologies sites. These easy-to-navigate sites offer essential resources, including reference designs, articles, videos, products, and other solution-based content, designed to give our customers a technological edge. At Mouser.in parametric search option supports quick selection of required parts/ components that meets the specifications. The tool also helps in smart product filtration and once filter results are displayed it gives opportunity to compare specifications side by side on up to 20 parts. Our enhanced search navigation gives buyers and engineers innovative ways to browse and search products by images, datasheets, and newest products, making it easy to find the right products quickly. Mouser’s Newest Products page lists the latest technologies, which engineers can view by product category, manufacturer or date. Our advanced BOM tool allows customers to upload their bill of materials (BOM) and receive real-time pricing and delivery quotes. Our Project Manager and Cart/ Project Share make it simple for engineers and buyers to save and share projects with their colleagues.
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Understanding the need of buyers or say engineers is critical as well as pivotal at the same time. How does Mouser help buyers/engineers in their entire design cycle and help them jump-start design ideas? Mouser’s free Design Services Referral Program connects buyers and engineers in India with third-party design firms in their area for consulting and contract engineering. The program can assist customers at any point in the design cycle — from concept phase to design and development, testing, and on to prototyping and production manufacturing. You can’t design the future with products
from the past, so Mouser’s mission is to stock more new products than any other distributor. Having access to the newest products spearheads the development of new design ideas. Mouser also supplies engineers with new information to aid the design process — and lots of it. Detailed technical information can be found on its Newest Products and Applications & Technologies sites, turning knowledge into know-how. Mouser’s technology and solutions e-zine, Methods, offers deep dives into what interests design engineers and innovators most. Mouser’s unique Empowering Innovation Together program with engineering spokesperson Grant Imahara is paving the way for discussions around innovations of the future. At Mouser Empowering Innovation Together program site engineers can explore a number of interesting engineering design topics, project builds and more. See a direct connection between ideas and products, and how it’s all applied into a working solution it’s a program to make engineering inspiring and fun.
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We expect growth to continue in all regions of the globe, particularly in the areas of automotive/transportation, industrial, AI, robotics, smart metering and smart grid, power and the Internet of Things (IoT) space — especially sensor technologies, wireless and RF, and microcontrollers. These key market sectors are certainly
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driving growth. However, focus products and technology/application sectors do vary from region to region depending on the local design and manufacturing needs. Mouser is a leading authorized global distributor, and we constantly seek the newest and most relevant products promote in all regions. With our state-ofthe-art global distribution centre, we can ship these products to our customers on the same day they place their orders.
shipping to get products in their hands quickly. This time-to-market advantage is something that Mouser gives to every customer, and it is something that is unique to our model. Mouser’s unique Empowering Innovation Together program with engineering spokesperson Grant Imahara is paving the way for discussions around innovations of the future. If you haven’t seen the Videos series, check it out. It offers technical articles, E-books and more, on Mouser’s website.
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India is a growing market with massive component demand, in this scenario how do you keep yourself ahead of the competitive curve? We are very optimistic going into 2019. We saw strong, double-digit growth in 2017, and we expect it to continue through 2018. As we near the end of the year, 2018 is proving to be yet another record year. The challenge of continued consolidation has been with us for a few years and while it is diminishing, it does continue to linger industry wide. The industry is also seeing challenges from product availability and longer product lead times, which Mouser controls by stocking more inventory than ever before. With our expanded distribution centre and a greatly increased number of personnel, we can continue to provide our customers with excellent service they have come to expect.
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Mouser’s website features rich, continually updated content, providing information and opinions on the latest technology, innovation and design. Mouser’s technology and solutions e-zine, Methods, offers deep dives into what interests design engineers and innovators most. In the growing maker movement, open source technologies and development boards are key to speeding the time to market for the latest innovations. Pro makers require access to the latest technologies, which Mouser offers, with no minimum orders and same-day
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Where do you see the Indian electronics market five years down the line? The Indian electronics market is one of the largest in the world and is anticipated to reach $400 billion in 2022, up from US$ 69.6 billion in 2012.
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We are the industry’s New Product Introduction leader, in 5 years we have added approximately $350+ million & 400K+ stock keeping units.
We will continue to focus on our strength, which is introducing the newest products from over 700+ industryleading manufacturers to our customers worldwide. This year will offer many new opportunities in some key industries. With the growth of IoT, manufacturers will continue to introduce sensor technologies, the latest in power management, and of course, advancements in microprocessors. Automotive, industrial and home automation will also continue to thrive, and engineers can depend on Mouser to be the first to stock the newest products. Mouser’s position as the New Product Introduction leader, along with stocking the widest selection of components, are important drivers behind our continued growth. We added more than 50 new supplier lines during 2017, and we expect to add even more during 2018. We will continue to invest in inventory to make sure that we can support the entire bill of materials for engineers and buyers across multiple industries. n
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ANALOG DEVICES ADUCM4050 MCU ADDED BY MOUSER Mouser Electronics is distributing the ADuCM4050 microcontroller from Analog Devices. The ultra-low-power device features integrated power management and SensorStrobe technology to enable exceptional system-level power savings for extended battery life in Internet of Things (IoT) edge node applications. The Analog Devices ADuCM4050 microcontroller, available from Mouser Electronics, is based on an Arm Cortex-M4 core with floating-point unit, 128 Kbytes of embedded SRAM, and 512 Kbytes of embedded flash memory. The device offers a collection of digital peripherals, including three SPI interfaces, two UARTs, and an I²C interface, plus up to 51 programmable general-purpose input/outputs (GPIOs). The microcontroller’s analog subsystem provides clocking, reset, and power management capabilities, as well as a 12-bit successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADuCM4050 offers class-leading 40μA/MHz active-mode consumption (680nA in hibernate mode) for IoT applications where power consumption, security, and robustness are key requirements. The microcontroller features AES 128/256, SHA 256, block ciphers for code protection, key wrap, and hash message authentication code (HMAC) encryption to provide stronger IP protection and better defense against malware and misuse.
The ADuCM4050 microcontroller targets applications that require long battery life as well as security and performance integrity. To help devices achieve long battery life, the microcontroller incorporates SensorStrobe technology, which enable the device to collect internal and external sensor data during hibernate mode. This low-power, efficient sampling saves significant power over the long term.
ARROW, INFINEON TO RAISE INNOVATIONS
element14 BRINGS HALLOWEEN PROJECT COMPETITION
Arrow Electronics has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Infineon Technologies, to provide startup businesses in South East Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand with innovative products and engineering support to help them accelerate the idea-to-impact innovation journey. The MoU was signed at Infineon Technologies' OktoberTech Asia event where industry players showcased solutions around the future of mobility, robotics, smart living and smart cities. Dr. Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade & Industry and National Development and H.E. Dr. Ulrich A. Sante, German Ambassador to Singapore were among the officiating guests at the event held recently. The event featured keynote speeches, concurrent technical tracks and an innovation showcase of nearly 40 mobility, smart living and robotic applications.
element14.com has launched a new competition that tasks members with building and blogging a Halloween-themed electronic project. Participants in this competition can bag the powerful Creality CR-10S 3D printer. The competition, entitled ‘Share The Scare’, requires members to share a new or existing Halloween-themed project on the element14 community. Entrants are encouraged to utilise any of the technology frequently featured on the element14 community, including Raspberry Pi, micro:bit, Arduino and BeagleBoard. The closing date for submissions is 3rd November 2018, when a winner will be selected by the element14 community team, based on the level of skill and imagination demonstrated by the successful project entry. Dianne Kibbey, Global Head of Community and Social Media for the element14 community and element14, said, “As the world’s leading online community for engineers and makers, element14 hosts a wide variety of incredibly creative and innovative projects. Our Halloween competition is an excellent opportunity to showcase that creativity. We look forward to seeing some exciting and suitably spooky project ideas that reflect the full breadth of our community – from our most established contributors to new members, incorporating all the devices and technologies we feature every day.”
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IOT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ALL FORMS AND IN ALL SEGMENTS As the leading provider of test and measurement (T&M) solutions for wideband RF, microwave and millimeter-wave technologies, Keysight have two primary goals in 5G. Mombasawala Mohmedsaeed, General Manager - Applications, Keysight Technologies & Sandeep Kapoor, Country Head MarketingIndia, Regional Head Aerospace Defense Marketing- EMEAI further confabs on the emerging 5G space and how Keysight is dressing up for the next testing revolution. Edited Nub.
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What has been the key focus areas of this year’s “Keysight emerging 5G space. Key solution and portfolio in the market? Measurement Insights Seminar (KMI 2018).’’ Being first and best in 5G depends on tools that let you We have two flagship events in a year. First one being explore new signals, scenarios and topologies. In design and Aerospace Defence Symposium, which is mainly focused on the test, our solutions support innovation across new and existing aerospace and defence industry, and is attended by people technologies. As the leading provider of test and measurement from radar industry, electronic corporate solutions for wideband RF, microwave and millimeter-wave industry and defence manufacturing technologies, we have two primary goals in 5G. industry. The second event is KMI. KMI One is to assist commercial researchers as they is dominantly focused on Wireless accelerate the development and verification Technologies and High Speed of new-generation designs. The other is to help Digital Test Technologies. This year researchers in academia explore groundwe have extended our focus on breaking concepts with greater precision 5G and we have a lot of paper and deeper confidence. Our versatile bundle and focus on 5G. On the of SystemVue simulation reference libraries high speed digital test side, for 5G equips customers to explore current we have focused on MIPI, challenges and continue forward as the PAM-4, 400G, PCI- Gen 5, standard takes shape. Modifiable source CICIX, DDR Technologies. As code allows them to quickly understand and we know that the ecosystem explore pre-5G physical-layer alternatives. The is evolving very fast for 5G and ability to validate RF and baseband integration is substituting many underlined early in the development process reduces technologies, we have had quite a project risk. few papers around the same and We continue to release a growing number of have had experts talking about reference solutions that combine off-the-shelf these technologies. hardware with application specific software that encapsulates our measurement expertise. The result How has been is a flexible foundation that can be easily adapted Keysight to meet specific needs now and as 5G evolves. The evolving integration of our test equipment and design in the software provides game-changing capability as customers validate designs and simulations. For example, customers can use sophisticated device and system-block models to prove out designs before investing in prototypes. Moving beyond from just bandwidth, connected devices are also coming Mombasawala Mohmedsaeed | General Manager Applications upfront wooing Internet of Keysight Technologies Things. How IoT with the
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emergence of 5G is changing the testing processes. IoT will be available in all forms and in all segments like healthcare, manufacturing, and even in home control appliances. It is something that is going to take over a lot of manual activities and the domain is massive. In terms of IoT testing, there are two critical tests which are required. The most critical test is Battery Drainage Test or Current Test because of sensors which are used for IoT. IoT is all based on sensors and these sensors need to work for several years. So battery life is very critical for them, so is the longevity of the battery life. So we need to do very precise, current rate analysis which is very important. In addition, on the backend too, wireless protocols on which IoT devices operate, they are all different type of WLAN technology or LoRa technologies which are part of standard RF technologies. So those are the other key critical test which we do on IoT. These are the two predominant areas which are coming on IoT Testing.
China, Taiwan and even in India. In Europe we are working with quite a few universities for research and association purpose. Third: is our association and engagement with the commercial organizations. We are working closely with Qualcomm, Samsung, Mitashi, NTT, Korea Telecom, and China Mobile and in India with Tech Mahindra. We are working with them on different type of projects. This year, during Mobile World Congress (MWC), there were joint statements made between Keysight and Qualcomm as well as Keysight and Samsung. Overall, you can say that we are engaged with or collaborating with all the major players in the 5G ecosystem. Additionally, in terms of project or in terms of our business I can very easily say that we are by far the number one player in 5G as far as the numbers are concerned and we are having pretty high market share.
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Can u talk more about the 5G NR emulation capabilities and how it is helping in next-gen prototyping chipsets 5G promises lot more bandwidth and traffic density and and devices? number of connections and such, what engineers need to do to have a seamless testing experience? Emulation, as we know, is the mimicking of real life field situations by executing physical One of the paradigm shifting benefits with 5G technology testing in lab conditions with is the seamless throughput one would get vis-à -vis say, 4G electronic instrumentation. LTE. And, as 5G matures by early 2020’s, throughput data With data rates & rates are expected to reach around 500 to 1000x times frequencies multiplying compared to 4G LTE. With water tight test margins, there are as time progresses, a lot of test programs to be executed by R & D, validation it would be very & manufacturing engineers in the lab and on the field to difficult to test corner ensure that there is first time right user equipment (UE) in cases in the field. This the market. is where, emulation will go a long way in Any major projects in the 5G space where Keysight ensuring that every has aligned itself? field condition is tested before user Our projects are separated in two-three parts: equipment (UE) First: is our engagements and association with the goes out of the lab. standardization bodies and industry bodies, second is our association with the research houses and universities. So, if you take the first part i.e, our engagements and association with the standardization bodies and industry bodies, Keysight is a part of INT 2020. Keysight is also a part of Industry Consortium - IMT2020/ FutureForum; 5GMF, 5GPPP. These are the different organizations which are operating in different parts of the world and different region. Infact, Keysight is a member of India 5G steering committee. This is the part of our Industry associations. Second: The universities and research bodies, who are working on developing 5G standards, for developing 5G use cases or developing 5G reference designs. So we Sandeep Kapoor | Country Head Marketing- India are closely connected with Regional Head A&D Marketing- EMEAI| Keysight Technologies several universities across
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What challenges and scopes do Indian market brings, 2020. According to a GSA report, there are six companies who how is Keysight helping mobile network operators for claim to have done a limited launch in different parts of the their next 5G journey? world. One operator by the name Alisa claims to have done the launch in Finland and there’s HTC who claims to have done When we talk about 5G and other technologies like our massive in Saudi Arabia. There are various claims but there are also MIMO; MMTC: mmWave, Massive MIMO, Beamforming, Channel challenges in which they are examining the kind of test cases Aggregation, the biggest challenge is, these technologies are that work and the type of throughputs they get. untested for 5G. These technologies might have been tested There are multiple trials being conducted all around the globe. for various other technologies or various other industrial domains 66 countries and 154 operators are testing and demonstrating but are still pretty much untested for 5G. This is the challenge various test cases and getting different types of throughputs. The that everyone is facing. For commercial deployment, the maximum throughput they are getting is between 1 Gbps-5 Gbps. biggest challenge for today is the availability of devices. The first There are tests being conducted for latency as well. Majority commercial deployment was done by Horizon last year, the 5G of the operators are getting latency between 1 millisecond to TM standard. They have done the tests for fixed mmWave for 11 2 milliseconds but the 5G specifications needs a latency of 1 cities in the US. Now they have moved to 5G NR Standard and millisecond for all the machine in a typical application. AT&T and Horizon both are looking forward to implementing 5G There are very few trials, single digit trials have been able to obtain this year. This year again during the Winter Olympics in Korea latency figure of less than 1 millisecond. So these are still few of as well as the World Cup in Russia, the 5G trial were done. Of the challenges that all the operators are trying to solve. Even course, it was a private one, but again, the challenge was to see the throughput mentioned earlier i.e., 1 to 5 gigabit per second the type of architecture and the services that they can provide. is the outcome of over 261 trails that 70 of them have tried to Now there’s something interesting I read a few days ago, six obtain that speed and there are some that have obtained much companies or operators announced that they have done a higher than that. But there is an agreement that they are bore limited commercial launch whereas right now, there are no of proof of concept and not the real ones. Therefore, latency is commercial launch that has happened in the world. The full- one big problem which still needs a lot of work to be done and fledged commercial launch is expected next year by Korea even the throughputs. May be we will see some good results in Telecom (in 2019) and Japan is planning the launch in Olympics the coming few months before the commercial launch.
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ALIBABA CLOUD HOSTS NLP HACKATHON IN INDIA Alibaba Cloud with Zhejiang Lab and BML Munjal University to empower students with skills to tackle AI and network information challenges Alibaba Cloud together with Zhejiang Lab - an emerging scientific research platform co-established by Provincial Government of Zhejiang Province, Alibaba Group and Zhejiang University and BML Munjal University (BMU), concluded its first Natural Language Processing (NLP) Hackathon in India on 29 September 2018. During the hackathon, students solved NLP problems and interacted with experts from Zhejiang Lab and Alibaba Cloud to exchange ideas on artificial intelligence and network information. The organisers hoped that through the hackathon, students would be able to adapt their career aspirations with what jobs might be able to offer to them in future. More than 100 students from BMU participated in the day-long event, The winning team of the hackathon ‘thecodingcartoon’ won a cash prize of INR 50,000. The second and third prize winners received INR 30,000 and 20,000 respectively. Prof. M.B. Srinivas, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, BML Munjal University said, “We are very thrilled to host Alibaba Cloud’s first hackathon
in India. These hackathons are great ways to showcase the practical skills needed in the workplace, and students can learn more problem-solving skills through competitions. Our students have created world-class solutions for NLP problems, and Tianchi hackathon is a great platform to present their ideas and talents.” Dr. Alex Li, General Manager, Alibaba Cloud India said, “India is a talent powerhouse which presents opportunities to provide solutions to some real world issues today using emerging technologies like big data and AI. The main aim of
the Alibaba Cloud Tianchi platform is to collaborate and work together with great minds across the globe. The NLP hackathon is one example to engage with students and explore new models of crowd innovation.” Su Min, HR Manager, Zhejiang Lab said, “India is a country known for its talent in computer science. This hackathon gave Zhejiang Lab the opportunity to collaborate with Alibaba Cloud and BMU to help students showcase innovation and creativity using their technical skills. We look forward to many more collaborations with Alibaba Cloud in the future.”
HPE UNVEILS HYBRID CLOUD SOLUTIONS FOR SMBS
SIEMENS CLOSES MENDIX ACQUISITION
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announces that it is simplifying small to midsized businesses’ (SMBs) ability to deploy enterprise capabilities. HPE is now leveraging wireless access points and cloud services to improve productivity and increase bottom line for SMBs. The new offerings are simple, secure and affordable, featuring technologies from Microsoft and Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, and combine on-premises and offpremises solutions that are designed for easy installation and use, dramatically reducing the need for in-house technology expertise. HPE is unveiling these offerings this week at the annual
Siemens to accelerate investments and growth in Mendix’s organic business and verticals, fueling faster go-to-market expansion Siemens announces that it has successfully acquired Mendix - eight weeks after the transaction was announced as part of the company’s Vision 2020+ strategy. Mendix, Siemens enters the rapidly growing low-code application development market and will invest in Mendix to build on its market-leading position, across both its existing customer verticals and the Siemens customer base. The new acquisition is also said to empower customers in their digitization operations.
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AI has certainly come a long way from the time it was first coined in 1955 by John McCarthy - a cognitive scientist who used the term to describe machines that could reason like humans. AI is now about computers’ ever-increasing ability to search and recognise patterns on continuously growing stores of data. It also addresses two more factors; how an AI system can continuously learn from its incoming data and improve accordingly; and how it can act on its own conclusions without reference to humans. AI systems and the IoT, have now become part of our daily lives. However, if we are to offer increased autonomy to AI machines, engineers and designers will need to consider the potential impact that may have. While offering enormous benefits in areas such as healthcare and poverty alleviation, AI is likely to significantly impact the very functioning of society, posing practical, ethical, legal and security challenges – much of which are not yet fully appreciated or understood and there are big decisions to be made as we capture the full potential of this technology. Several factors have facilitated the advancement of AI. For instance, the creation of GPUs (graphic chips) which specialise in parallel processing - help AI to handle the millions of pixel
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- Uma Pinagli | Business President | element14 calculations needed every second to satisfy the intensely visual and parallel demands of video games. Additionally, AI systems can now school themselves from the vast repositories of data across the Net (big data). Not least is the data that organisations are now capturing and recording about their own operations, whether they involve machines on a production floor, or service personnel recording the results of their site visits. The development of deep learning algorithms has given AI the ability to extract useful information from hordes of data, more efficiently. However the code of deep learning alone is insufficient to generate complex logical thinking, but it is an essential component of all current AIs, including IBM’s Watson, Google’s search engine, and Facebook’s algorithms The convergence of parallel computation, bigger data and deeper algorithms has contributed to the success of AI. Combined with the IoT, AI will exact an unprecedented influence on our world today. For example, within factories, AI and IoT work together to manage various industrial processes. In an industrial plant, data generated by machines on the factory floor can be used to generate simple alerts, such as a warning to check a motor if a temperature sensor reading exceeds a pre-set level. A more sophisticated IoT installation will have large
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device operation, failure, and maintenance you feed into it, the more accurate the predictive analytics system becomes. Conversely, without such AI capability, users simply would not be able to fully realise their IoT installation’s potential. The large numbers of sensors in the IoT infrastructure would generate data in volumes that would overwhelm human operators or technicians. They would need many hours to correlate and analyse data that could be handled by AI systems in or near real time, if they could do it at all. Not to be overlooked are the ways in which AI is influencing our lives in more direct, personal ways. We see it at work every day on shopping sites, supplying information into areas like ‘Customers who viewed this also viewed….’.
So where does AI go from here? Most experts accept three categories of AI development :
numbers of sensors monitoring various operational aspects; temperature, vibration, current consumption and maybe more. This becomes a Big Data approach, in which all the data is sent to the cloud for a higher level of analysis, together with reporting of historical data and other trends. It also relates to Industry 4.0 architectures , which export factory machine control from local siloed systems, transferring instead to remote, centralised cloud-based facilities. As this model evolves and grows, the data processing and some other cloud functions are moved to the edge, as close to the data sources as possible. This can usher in a true AI solution. Based on real-time analysis of a machine’s performance, and an aggregated history of performance across large numbers of machines across the factory floor, or many factories, the AI system can learn the patterns that lead to failures. This predictive maintenance system can forecast that in (say) three months a part will fail if not serviced, and recommend actions to pre-empt the failure. The AI system may also recommend ways to operate the machines to maximise their useful life, offering trade-offs between performance and longevity. Machine learning algorithms makes the analytics system smarter as time goes on and more data-sets and patterns are available. The AI system is only as good as the data it receives, so the more data on
● ANI: Artificial Narrow Intelligence: This is perhaps the most basic AI. It is AI that specializes in one area only. For example, an AI that can beat the world chess champion in the game , but that’s the only thing it does. ● AGI: Artificial General Intelligence: sometimes referred to as Strong AI, or Human-level AI. AGI reaches and then passes the intelligence level of a human, meaning it has the ability to “reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience” as easily as a human. ● ASI: Artificial Super Intelligence: Oxford philosopher and leading AI thinker Nick Bostrom defines superintelligence as “an intellect that is much smarter than the best human brains in practically every field, including scientific creativity, general wisdom and social skills.” Artificial Superintelligence ranges from a computer that’s just a little smarter than a human to one that’s trillions of times smarter — across the board. Currently, the lowest level – ANI - exists in many implementations everywhere; in cars, factories, cities, shops and homes, and on our smartphones. AGI development projects are in progress, while ASI remains in the future. One example of an AGI project is Google’s purchase of a UK company called DeepMind . DeepMind is attempting to mimic the biological structure of the human brain with software, to build machines that can learn ‘organically’ – that is, without human involvement. DeepMind’s research includes systems that they claim are having a major environmental impact by learning how to use vastly less energy in Google’s data centres. The company is also collaborating with clinicians in the National Health Service on delivering better care for conditions that affect millions of people worldwide. The true extent of AIs potential to increase productivity is not yet defined but what we know is that when combined with IoT implementations there are opportunities for synergistic partnerships that deliver real benefits for companies and users, and the potential to drive significant change at every level of business and society. The pace in which this is delivered, though, if it indeed is, is still very much in human hands.
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Sanjay Katkar
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Joint MD & Chief Technology Officer | Quick Heal Technologies
General Manager Kaspersky Lab (South Asia)
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Sean Sullivan
Rakesh Viswanathan
Security Advisor F-Secure
Regional Director, India & SAARC Cyberbit
Gagandeep Singh Head of Practice, Risk Advisory, APAC and Japan, Aujas
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Looking back this year, it was one fine morning of March, I was on my regular commute to work and my phone beeps. There was a news notification that read “Facebook in a Data Scandal”. I clicked on the link to find out what this whole chaos was. Cambridge Analytica had harvested the personal data of millions of people's Facebook profiles without their consent and used it for political purposes. Majorly, this was the call for tighter regulation of tech companies' use of data. Hence, the EU General Data Protection Regulations comes into the scene. In India, the EU GDPR came into effect on May 25th and Indian companies and the MNCs are in the process of assessing the impact that EU General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) will have on their businesses. While many may argue that the compliance is exorbitant as high administrative fines in case of non-compliance with GDPR provisions are the driving force behind
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these concerns as they can lead to loss of business in India, no doubt that GDPR is here and is going to change industries’ perspective about the data usage. This is the era of internet, where everyone feeds on data; it is an absolute necessity for a certain set of rules that assures that one’s data is being protected. Recently, I got an opportunity to sit with Sanjay Katkar, Joint Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer, Quick Heal Technologies I Shrenik Bhayani, General Manager, Kaspersky Lab (South Asia) I Rajesh Maurya, Regional Vice President, India & SAARC, Fortinet I Sean Sullivan, Security Advisor at F-Secure I Rakesh Viswanathan, Regional Director, India & SAARC at Cyberbit I Gagandeep Singh, Head of Practice, Risk Advisory, APAC and Japan, Aujas I & thus began the journey to explore the depths of this “requisite to safeguard” the buzz word that DATA is.
What is Data Protection Framework of of the draft. The main focus of the bill Which means that security needs to be India? was to localize the data and only store able to seamlessly extend to the farthest the required data by the companies. reaches of the network, and even to those Sanjay Katkar As storing just, the required amount of elements that may not even be in the data with the companies can definitely network yet? It must also be found at every The draft bill for Data Protection curb the huge risk of data breach cases, point of data interaction, not just at the Framework is undoubtedly a step forward however, the data localization can limit perimeters or to secure north-south traffic. towards ensuring data privacy in India. The the user security, harm the growth and This represents a fundamental change in country has more than 500 million active competitiveness of Indian industry. how security must be approached. It’s Internet users at present, a number that no longer just about the placement of will only increase as digitization makes Rajesh Maurya security in different parts of the network. greater inroads into various tier-3/4 and It goes far beyond that. semi-urban geographies on the back of The GDPR framework is inspiring several government initiatives such as Digital India. governments to introduce data protection Sean Sullivan This necessitates a strong set of policies legislation or to upgrade existing data and laws for data privacy and protection protection laws. The GDPR is fast For Now, F-Secure would not like to to ensure the safety of Internet users, as becoming a benchmark for other Data comment on this until final deadline gets well as to assuage their anxieties about Protection Frameworks and the India Data rolled out, and after then only it would who has access to their information and Protection Bill is one that looks up to the be the right time to share expertise on how they use it. Such a move will also give GDPR for inspiration. The Bill suggests steps its implementation successes. a definite direction to a rapidly-growing for safeguarding personal information, tech industry, while also significantly defining obligations of data processors Rakesh Viswanathan boosting the impact of initiatives like as also rights of individuals, and proposed Regulations like GDPR has made it penalties for violation. Digital India in the long term. If we look at the current threat landscape, imperative that India has its own Legal Shrenik Bhayani there is an urgent need to regulate and framework on data protection and protect data at every stage. This is what privacy. GDPR has an impact on the In the recent times India saw a draft of the Data Protection Bill aims to achieve. services sector like banking, IT and Data Protection Bill being proposed, In today’s digital world, data must be Healthcare as companies must be GDPR which started a major debate between protected as it moves across systems, compliant while handling data provided companies and those who were in favour applications, devices, and the multi-cloud. by an EU client.
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The India Data Protection Bill can be considered adequately rigorous and on par with GDPR. This will help form a regulatory regime and promote India-EU trade and going forward this framework will help data exchange between countries and promote ecommerce as we now have the required protections and regulations to safeguard data once it enters our country.
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long-lasting implications on the tech information such as login IDs and industry. Such a move will also have passwords could be misused by those certain short-term disadvantages, such unknown hackers. as the rising cost of storing data or cloud However, the risk is not just restricted to usage. Furthermore, tech giants like user's social media accounts but it could Amazon AWS, Microsoft, and Google affect those business and web services will have to build data centers within the such as payment services, travel booking country to serve the Indian corporate and food ordering, online shopping and sector’s cloud requirements. This will very so forth. Because today, most businesses likely increase their costs, which will be and e-commerce companies provide passed onto the clients. users the facility to sign-in with their social Another disadvantage of data localization media account IDs and follow the single could be a possible disruption in services sign-on (SSO) process. In such situations, for a certain period since the infrastructure hackers could easily access those business in India is not yet equipped to set up and web services that are using SSO. large server farms and cloud facilities. Overall the ¬Data protection and This might lead to a reduction in the localization frameworks will enforce best quality of services offered by Indian practices and bring about a strong user companies in the future, as compared rights-respecting regime. However, Data to that in the present when their data localization does not mean the data is centers are located out of the country. secure. Even if data is stored in India, However, data localization will offer encryption keys may still remain out of certain advantages as well. Localizing reach of national agencies who want to data centers will allow government access the data. The increased cost of authorities to gain easier access to data for Storing data locally and setting up large conducting more efficient investigations. data centre operations in India could be This will be very helpful in the context of passed on to customers by credit card national security and will also ensure a companies and financial institutions. more controlled flow of data across the Sean Sullivan country’s borders.
There are opinions which are for and against the content and context of the bill, however, the majority support the steps taken for data protection, which is definitely the need of the hour and very much required. Hence I would say that it is on a rough road to success but will succeed eventually. From the perspective of an effective privacy frame, all the rights mentioned are important. Prior to GDPR, they have existed in privacy related frameworks in some form or the other. Right to be forgotten and portability may be the only new entrants and hence the ones causing the most flutter. Organizations will have to look at separating data into personal, sensitive Data localization is not a guarantee of personal and critical personal data, Shrenik Bhayani security or privacy. The location of data within their App environments, so as to control the scope and investments of T h e m o s t p o s i t i v e a s p e c t t o t h e will not affect whether or not it is properly retaining a copy in India. There is also implementation of this draft is that it will used. Additionally, location requirements the question of being able to work with have a law in place for the online security add to complexity and costs, creating only those countries with equal or better of the country. With India moving towards additional burdens in securing data. digitalization we hear of companies being Location requirements would likely make privacy laws. Critical Personal Data would most targets of data breaches every other it difficult for smaller companies to do likely constitute data that can be day. In the light of data protection, it is business in India, decreasing competition, used for active or passive surveillance very important for a country to have a increasing the chance of mono-cultures. for example, real time data about a strict law in place. The control that the person such as geographical location, new law provides to the people over Rakesh Viswanathan financial transactions, email and calls their information is more or less needed of people with security clearances and when it comes to being careful ourselves Data Localization on one hand can sensitive positions. Also, defining this about what information are we ready to promote the growth of Data Centres and Cloud industry in India spurring more data may be difficult as the range of share with the world. use cases vary so we should expect The data localization step however takes investments in building new infrastructures. some lack of clarity to remain and look away the freedom of cybersecurity India is part of a select few countries to enforcement authorities and courts expertise from other countries and moving towards a comprehensive data exchange of information on the threat protection regime. to establish precedent. But data is the new oil and Cross-border landscapes also become limited. data flows have contributed nearly $3 Data Localization and its Implications Rajesh Maurya trillion to the global economy. India has Sanjay Katkar been a global hub for processing data Facebook and Google Plus recently and mandating a strict data localization Data localization mentioned in the new suffered major security breaches and regime could be perceived as a restrictive Data Protection framework could have there's a high possibility that users’ trade barrier and can spur the world into
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becoming silos or data islands. Finally Mandating localization is not a solution for data protection and this requires the implementation of a security framework that can protect data at every point in the network.
Gagandeep Singh This is a fairly large requirement with substantial implications, especially for multi-national companies, companies using cloud services and cloud service providers themselves. Organizations and tech companies using or providing these solutions will have to invest to scale-up to support storage of records in India. I think the idea is not to restrict outbound data flow but rather for the fiduciary to be within the jurisdiction. As far as additional security is concerned, I do not think it deters malicious actors in any significant way, at least not technologically speaking. However, the good thing for us as Cybersecurity professionals, a.k.a the back offices of the world, such data requirements make copy retention much easier for us. Data Protection Framework – The Maiden Notion
Sanjay Katkar The industry is looking forward, albeit cautiously, to the Data Protection Framework. While it will no doubt be beneficial in the long run, many Indian corporations expect it will increase their burden of compliance, since infrastructure, audits, and various other resources and expert services will be required to comply with the data protection rules. This can potentially drive up the overall operating costs for companies.
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new tools, such as connected devices responsible for keeping corporate and applications that will collect more assets secure, but there is a problem: consumer data than ever. To avoid the cybersecurity talent is hard to come by. fines and penalties that accompany Aware of this reality, organizations often non-compliance, customers need hire fresh-out-of-school cybersecurity security controls that ensure they meet analysts who have yet to encounter these standards. real crisis situations and have not fully Fortinet offers customers an integrated, developed the skills needed to perform architectural approach to cybersecurity, optimally in the face of a dangerous that will take them beyond simply being cyberattack. compliant with various regulations. — Hands-on experience makes all the that's the stakes we bring to the table. difference. With simulation training, By publicly going above and beyond, analysts learn to interact and come they can build a deeper level of trust together as a team. A safe, handswith consumers. This not only ensures on environment gives all participants business will not be lost over security a chance to learn to work together concerns, the approach can also be smoothly and coordinate activity in an a competitive advantage in winning efficient manner. new business. By building a proactive, architectural approach to cybersecurity, Gagandeep Singh enterprises can earn their consumers’ trust while mitigating the security challenges Though there are mixed reactions from the industry, at the outset, I believe it is a faced. An integrated cybersecurity approach step to be welcomed. This is not a simple gathers security controls across IoT issue where the first draft will be perfect, devices, local and branch networks, but will take its course to maturity, and and even into multicloud environments. hence the reactions/feedback/inputs Each layer of protection collects and from the industry and experts are very communicates threat intelligence important for us to reach the top of this regarding global and local cyber events, very steep slope. enabling the entire security system to Many feedbacks or concerns also list deliver an automated and coordinated that the Indian bill on privacy is a copy response to every incident in real time. of GDPR and hence is receiving criticism. Offering cybersecurity of this caliber, I do not see it as an issue because of Fortinet has a unique opportunity to the following reasons: zero in on the specific needs and goals a. The end objective, in essence, is similar. of its customers, both short-term and b. E U has been maturing their data protection directive for a long time long-term, providing them with the i.e. almost 25 years. The most recent opportunity to securely and confidently directive received a lot of attention achieve their business goals and go only because it created a big impact. beyond compliance. c. We all know that India is often looked Sean Sullivan as a back office for the world and hence anything new that we add India’s framework reportedly borrows to the legal framework shall be in heavily from the EU’s GDPR. If the consideration of that. framework is similar, companies should be able to apply it without too much For the above reasons, I don’t see how undo burden. starting from scratch and reinventing the wheel would have been a better Rakesh Vishwanathan choice; however, I agree that it cannot be exactly the same as GDPR. We With the new Data Protection Framework, need to ensure it is modified/adapted organizations need to protect data with to the Indian context and relevance; skilled security professionals protecting however, there are a few aspects which their Network Operation¬ Center. Hefty sound unrealistic or impractical, a good portions of company budgets are example of this would be the penalties often set aside to train the employees involved. Though I am not a legal expert
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I can still say that penalties should be executable else it would lose its purpose, as once you see a few examples where the penalty was levied, but couldn’t be fulfilled.
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segmentation — is a must, as well. These steps ensure that any damage caused by a breach remains localized. In addition to this passive form of segmentation, deploy macro-segmentation for dynamic and adaptive defense against the neverending onslaught of new, intelligent attacks. Cybercriminals are relentless, making use of and adapting the latest technology to ply their trade. IT security teams can beat them at their own game by using the information and recommendations outlined above.
that’s what the users are knowingly or unknowingly paying with their privacy. The majority of internet users are not tech savvy and hence they are hardly aware of how their data could be used. b. T he users have already started to face the heat of it with the failure of protecting the data thus collected. The public has always freely shared their personal data in the past, however this has been in the form of hard copies, the hidden advantage of which is clearly visible now. c. Most people are unaware that data protection has always been in place, what has changed is the ownership of the data. The earlier directives focused on the importance of data to the organization, while the latest directives assign ownership to the end user. Conveying this on a design level is a challenge.
It is a very positive step taken by the Indian Government in order to bring in place the Data Protection law In India for Indians to be safe online. The cybersecurity industry can in so many ways support this framework and together the government and the industry can work to make this a stronger and stricter framework for data Sean Sullivan protection and security. A good data protection framework should Is Growing Internet Base a Growing facilitate data portability. However, 500 million people make for a large and Concern? diverse user-base. Making personal Rajesh Maurya data portable could prove to be a real challenge, at least in the short run. The reality is that no organization can But, the process needs to start somewhere. Solutions: patch vulnerabilities fast enough. Rather, a. T he awareness and education for they must become strategic and focus Rakesh Vishwanathan internet users needs to be simplified on the ones that matter using threat in non-technical terms to ensure it intelligence. With exploits examined from With over 500 million internet users and gets assimilated well by the non-tech the lens of prevalence and volume of growing number of connected devices savvy users. They may be added to related exploit detections, only 5.7% of India has a huge potential and need for course curriculums or have specific known vulnerabilities were exploited in Endpoint Protection and Response (EDR) campaigns run. It is not enough for the wild, according to our research. If solutions. EDR is a solution for detecting users to protect themselves from data the vast majority of vulnerabilities won't attacks that aim to penetrate the breaches but also to fight it legally if be exploited, organizations should organization through its endpoints; e.g. they do. consider taking a much more proactive workstations, or servers, and is designed b. Provisions in the law that could enable and strategic approach to vulnerability to detect advanced and highly evasive the data user to fight against the attacks by using more advanced remediation. fiduciaries for any operation that has This requires advanced threat intelligence detection approaches that include AI, not been authorized, whether it is the that is shared at speed and scale across all machine learning and behavioral analysis. collection, usage, storage, sharing or of the security elements, and sandboxing EDR leverages an agent installed on archival of data. It is for these reasons that provides layered, integrated the endpoint. The agent continuously that the data protection framework intelligence. This approach shrinks the records the activity on that endpoint, has been introduced, but it needs necessary windows of detection and stores the data on a server, and analyzes to be more specific and detailed provides the automated remediation the data using AI-based approaches. compared to the broad directives required for the multivector exploits EDR is designed to be the last line of for privacy existing under the IT act of today. The Cyber Threat Alliance, defense, which detects the attacks that already. a group of security companies that bypassed all other lines of conventional c. E n a b l e m e n t a n d f u n d s f o r l a w shares advanced threat information, security including firewalls, email security, enforcement agencies including PPP antivirus and more. was created for this reason. models, so as to ensure the right mix Effective cybersecurity also requires of skills for the requirements. diligence in patching. With the data Gagandeep Singh Sanjay Katkar on which vulnerabilities are currently being exploited, IT security teams can I see the following challenges: be strategic with their time and harden, a. T he rate of adoption has been Some of the major challenges could phenomenal and would continue in include a potential increase in the cost hide, isolate or secure vulnerable systems an exponential way as the use cases of products and services for consumers, and devices. If they are too old to patch, are no more limited. This revolution like since businesses will have to deal with replace them. any other has a price to be paid and higher compliance costs on their end. Network segmentation — and micro-
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Unfortunately, there are no short-term solutions to this transition. The only thing for companies to do is to systematically adapt the framework to ensure compliance with the data protection policy rules, once implemented. Data protection has become a serious issue across the globe, and governments are taking all the necessary steps to protect their citizens’ personal information. Companies could face heavy penalties or restrictions from the authorities if the policies are violated in any way, and that’s a risk no one wants to take. There is no other way around this.
Shrenik Bhayani The biggest challenge that we see in India today is lack of awareness. With telecom networks coming up with 4G and 5G it does give a lot of Indians a powerful internet connection that they did not have before. However, a majority of these people who are fairly new to the internet are completely unaware about the online predators and the threats online. As India moves towards digitalization, the government needs to educate its citizens about the cyber threats, strengthen the infrastructures, include cybersecurity in the education system, etc. The Government in all its power has started with these steps and we look forward to a more aware and cyber-secure India. Data Protection Regulation – Regulate, Enhance the Security of Companies, Entities, etc.?
Sanjay Katkar Internet users in the country are feeling less safe sharing their data with any company with each passing day, be it telecom, e-commerce, or even government departments. Given such rampant mistrust, there is absolutely no doubts that data protection laws, if implemented properly, will not only have a positive impact on all internet users in the country, but will also revolutionize the Indian technology industry in unprecedented ways.
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It would bring a new perspective to the for experience, but we can’t afford to prevalent approach on security and wait for new analysts to accumulate enhance the existing framework. Most years of on-the-job experience before data privacy controls are being applied they become effective cyber defenders. retrospectively and given the number of Everyone sitting in the SOC needs to systems and processes that are involved, be 100% ready for the big one to hit. the protection mechanisms are usually Simulation training will help in proper limited to encryption and anonymization, preparation to face real crisess in which that are often patchy. In many cases teams can practice applying skills in a it is not possible to implement these hyper-realistic, controlled environment, controls without significant performance building their ability to react better with penalty or remediation cost. each iteration. A privacy by design mindset will significantly improve privacy and with Sean Sullivan minimal cost implications. It essentially consists of planning for privacy in the I t d e p e n d s o n t h e e n f o r c e m e n t development and acquisition life-cycle. mechanisms. The decision to invest Things like: capturing minimum required in security is related to a company’s personal information, use of encryption appetite for risk. In the EU, GDPR fines / masking / anonymisation techniques, are potentially very significant and retention of data, assessing if records companies currently see big risks in failing and history logs be used to reconstruct to comply with GDPR requirements. personal data (name, IP address), review data used for analytics, deciding on Rajesh Maurya location of data, identifying third parties involved and reviewing their privacy Growing cyber risk has led to the programs, reviewing all the manual and India Data Protection Bill mandating automated processes being used, etc. specific security requirements to Privacy by design also helps to protect consumer data and to ensure that innovation and disruptive strengthen cybersecurity. However, technologies in various fields mature many organizations are doing only safely, at least from data privacy the bare minimum required to achieve compliance, with little consideration of perspective. Well begun is half done – implementing the potential advantages that going the new regulation is an opportunity above and beyond might provide. for companies to review their security The truth is, organizations that go beyond compliance to offer robust postures and to cover the gaps. data-security controls deliver greater Rakesh Vishwanathan value to consumers and build their level of trust, resulting in a distinct To put it simply, there aren't enough competitive edge. skilled analysts to fill the deluge of security High-profile and high-impact breaches positions that are opening at a pace have caught the attention of companies much faster than new professionals are and consumers alike. As a result, users entering the field. Simulation training will are looking at organizations that store allow new professionals to gain valuable and analyze their personal data with security experience so India can quickly increased scrutiny — and holding them create an army of cyber defenders who accountable for security slip-ups that possess the skills, grit and passion needed result in breaches. to keep the country’s organizations safe Regulations are a step in the right from today's cyber threats and support direction; however organizations must the Data Protection Bill. think beyond compliance by taking a Simulating security events in a manner proactive approach to security. Only that's as close to real life as possible then will they be able to effectively helps SOC analysts make smarter, protect consumer data and earn more informed decisions – regardless of customers’ long term trust. whether they have been on the job for ten - JYOTI@BISINFOTECH.COM minutes or ten years. There’s no substitute n
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TAIWAN WARFARE CHIEF WARNS CYBER WARFARE A report by Bloomberg last week alleged that tiny chips had been inserted into servers sold by a company called Supermicro in the Chinese factories where most of the hardware was produced. The alleged infiltration of servers assembled in China for the eventual use of US tech companies including Apple and Amazon could uproot the global technology supply chain, according to the cyber warfare chief of the Taiwanese military. “If this all gets dragged out into daylight, we will see a commercial storm,” said Major General Ma Ying-han, commander of the electronic warfare command. The company, as well as key customers mentioned in the article including Apple and Amazon, strongly denied the report. But it has still prompted discussion among industry executives and government officials about whether supply chains could shift away from China over the security concerns. “If the US wants to break the ‘red’ sections of the supply chain, that’s a very good step and approach. If this becomes common practice, I believe that alarm
bells will start ringing in all major countries with regard to contract manufacturing,” said Major General Ma. This is something that must have happened at the very top of the supply chain. It must have been built into the process Major General Ma Ying-han, Taiwan military cyber warfare chief Taiwan itself is both heavily exposed to Chinese hacking attacks and deeply invested in Chinabased manufacturing of electronics hardware for the global market. Taipei has also long restricted most Chinese investment in its electronics manufacturers and is moving to encourage Taiwan-owned companies to move production out of the mainland. A retired US government official formerly
involved in China policy said the publication of the Supermicro story was set to increase pressure on manufacturers to diversify production away from the country. “This is what the trade war is really about: de-linking the American and Chinese economies,” he said. Several Taiwanese government ministries were working to clarify the veracity of the Bloomberg report and whether its electronics manufacturers had also been affected by the incident. “We are very concerned about this,” a senior official said. Bloomberg reported that a tiny extra semiconductor had been inserted on the motherboards, the printed circuit board on which all key electronic components of any gadget are mounted. Major General Ma said the nature of modern electronics production, where chip elements were designed as one block, meant that it would have been almost impossible to manipulate the motherboards manually. “This is something that must have happened at the very top of the supply chain. It must have been built into the process,” he said.
FORTINET COMPLETES THE ACQUISITION OF ZONEFOX
FUJITSU JOINT PoC TRIAL FOR PERSONALIZED BANKING SERVICE
Fortinet has completed the acquisition of ZoneFox Limited, a privately-held cloud-based insider threat detection and response company headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ken Xie, founder, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Fortinet commented, “Enterprise organizations are experiencing a dramatic increase in the number of endpoints and users accessing data and cloud resources, which is also increasing the need to defend against insider threats. In fact, 30 percent of breaches involved insiders acting negligently or maliciously according to the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. By combining ZoneFox’s cloud-based threat-hunting technology with Fortinet’s existing endpoint and SIEM security offerings, we are well positioned to provide our customers with an integrated approach to defend against insider threats, eliminate network blind spots and protect today's expanding attack surface with automation and machine learning.”
Companies to use artificial intelligence to deliver financial advice in tune with the lifestyles of bank customers in Japan In its latest statement, Fujitsu announced that Fujitsu, Blue Lab and Personetics Technologies have begun a joint proof of concept (PoC) trial of Personetics Engage, an AI-powered solution for the delivery of personalized financial advice to bank customers. The PoC trial is performed in collaboration with Moneytree K.K. The purpose of the trial is to test the benefits delivered by Personetics Engage and how well its AI-powered insights and recommendations fit with the needs of banking customers. Further, starting from October 17, 2018, an estimated 300 people, mainly employees from Blue Lab and Fujitsu, will use Personetics Engage from a customer's point of view. Fujitsu, Blue Lab, and Personetics will then measure and evaluate the precision and degree of customer satisfaction they have in the solution.
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GEMALTO CEO APOLOGISES FOR AADHAAR REPORT After a thin report from Gemalto stating that data breach incidences in India were the second highest globally due to compromise in the Aadhaar database, the company’s CEO, Philippe Vallee has written an apology letter. The report issued on Monday, which has now been taken back, claimed that 1 billion records were compromised in Aadhaar breach incident, including name, address and other personally identified information. In a statement released by the company CEO Philippe Vallee, Gemalto apologised for the erroneous report and press release. “Gemalto profusely regrets on its Breach Level Index Report 2018 and the subsequent press release issued in India on 15th October where it has by mistake taken into account an unverified news article about alleged Aadhaar data breach.”
The CEO added, “We are launching an internal investigation and will take additional appropriate action internally. Further, as an organisation providing cybersecurity space expertise and solutions, we have not been able to
find any evidence of any Aadhaar data being breached.” It was a report in the Tribune newspaper that first exposed the dangers of the breach to Aadhaar security.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook lately lashed on Silicon Valley tech companies and their abuse of user privacy in a keynote address at a privacy conference in Brussels, stating personal information is being "weaponized against us with military efficiency. Wherein, for India being one of the foremost consumers of data - Digital data in India was around 40,000 petabytes in 2010 which is likely to shoot up to 2.3 million petabytes by 2020. This growth ratio is said to be twice as fast as the global rate. If India houses all this data, it will become the second-largest investor in the data centre market and the fifth-largest data centre market by 2050, Cushman and Wakefield consultancy has forecast. Today data localisation section is taking a row of controversy to one of the prominent is, the bill requires data fiduciaries to store “at least one serving copy” of personal data on a server or data center located in India. Data protection has become a major
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political issue worldwide, and European regulators have led the charge in setting new rules for the big internet companies. Meanwhile Cook words can be an ice in the tech fraternity and variantly important for india to understand amend, he said, He said the business of selling ads against personal data has become a "data industrial complex," but stopped short of naming tech giants like Facebook and Google in his criticisms. However, Facebook and Google are the two largest companies that make money selling ads
the way Cook described. We shouldn't sugarcoat the consequences. This is surveillance. And these stockpiles of personal data serve only to enrich the companies that collect them," Cook said. "This should make us very uncomfortable. It should unsettle us." GDPR refers to a piece of legislation that aims to give consumers control of personal data collected by tech companies. It came into force in May, just weeks after the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal enveloped Facebook — and raised the profile of data protection as a consumer need. While the tussle over data localisation started off within India, intense lobbying by tech MNCs has meant that this issue has now snowballed into one relating to free trade. Dennis Shea, the US ambassador to the WTO, has called for the banning of data localisation, even as US Senators John Cornyn and Mark Warner have called for India to soften its stance on the subject, according to a Reuters report.
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R&S, SPIRENT ALIGNS ON TC8 AUTO ETHERNET TESTING Rohde & Schwarz and Spirent announce a strategic partnership to provide an unrivaled, fully integrated test solution, offering full coverage of both the physical and protocol layers for automotive Ethernet TC8 ECU test specifications. As members of the OPEN Alliance (One-Pair Ether-Net) Special Interest Group (SIG), both companies have been working closely with the industry and have joined forces to develop tailored solutions to address the challenges that the emerging technologies bring.
High Quality Compliance Testing
The new partnership will mean customers can now have the best of both worlds when it comes to compliance testing and debugging for 100BASE-T1 and 1000BASE-T1. Rohde & Schwarz offers a unique test solution to cover all the mandatory test cases for the PHY layer based on the company’s R&S RTO oscilloscope and the R&S ZND vector network analyzer, while Spirent complements this solution by adding its unique Automotive C50 test platform to support all protocol layers. Joint customers such as OEMs, tier1s, tier2s, system integrators and test houses will all benefit from the automotive expertise and global presence of both companies.
Tailored Test Solution for TC8 ECU Test Specifications
The OPEN Alliance Special Interest Group has launched a comprehensive test plan to verify the correct implementation of several standards and protocols in Automotive Ethernet ECUs, called “OPEN Alliance Automotive Ethernet ECU Test Specification - TC8 ECU and Network Test”. Full coverage of the TC8 ECU test specifications is required by OEMs to guarantee interoperability of Automotive Ethernet communication devices. TC8 defines test processes and supports the establishment of test houses that can perform the ECU tests.
With the arrival of new systems and protocols in modern Ethernetbased in-vehicle networks, automotive test and validation engineers are challenged with new and more complex testing approaches than with traditional networks based on CAN or LIN. Dr. Nik Dimitrakopoulos, Automotive Ethernet & Infotainment at Rohde & Schwarz said, “Automotive Ethernet will dominate future in-vehicle networks. Today we have 100/1000BASE-T1, tomorrow we will have Multi-Giga Ethernet. We are very excited to announce our partnership with Spirent. Our common goal is to provide customers with an unrivalled and complete solution covering both the physical and protocol layers.” Thomas Schulze, Director of Marketing and Business Development of Spirent’s Automotive Business Unit, said, “This is an important partnership for automotive Ethernet based devices and networks. Spirent and Rohde & Schwarz are the first companies to offer a fully integrated solution to provide a complete coverage of the TC8 ECU test specification. We are fully committed to this cooperation to provide state-of-the-art test solutions that help pave the way to autonomous driving by combining our companies’ expertise.”
NTT DOCOMO OPT ANRITSU 5G NR RF TEST SYSTEM Anritsu announces that NTT DOCOMO as it’s first 5G NR RF test system adopts Anritsu 5G New Radio RF Conformance Test System ME7873NR platform. Fostering its previous cooperation in device acceptance testing, NTT DOCOMO combines this new system with its existing 5G NR Mobile Device Test Platform ME7834NR units. NTT Docomo’s device acceptance tests will fully support both RF and Protocol tests, assuring stable 5G service rollout. The ME7873NR RF test platform is targeted at 5G NR terminals now in development and supports both RF Conformance and device acceptance tests. It is registered with GCF and PTCRB as 5G NR Test Platform TP250 for 3GPP-specified
mobile-terminal certification 5G RF tests.. Moreover, combined use with the OTA chamber now in joint development and RF converters covers the 3GPP-specified 5G frequency bands, including Sub-6 GHz and mmWave spurious measurements. Key Nuggets of Anritsu’s 5G New Radio RF Conformance Test System ME7873NR Platform: 1. 5G NR RF Conformance Test System ME7873NR The ME7873NR is an automated test system for 5G NR RF tests specified by 3GPP TS38.521. It is designed to support both 5G NR standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) modes, while combination with an
OTA (CATR) chamber for 5G covers not only the Sub-6 GHz but also the mmWave frequency bands used by 5G. It offers flexible configuration for measurement conditions and is available as an upgrade from the previous ME7873LA RF test system for W-CDMA/LTE. 2. 5G NR Mobile Device Test Platform ME7834NR The ME7834NR is an automatic test system designed for both 5G NR operator acceptance inspection Protocol tests and 5G NR Protocol Conformance tests. It is also available as an upgrade from the ME7834LA already used for LTE Protocol tests.
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TEKTRONIX REDEFINES ARBITRARY/FUNCTION GENERATOR Tektronix announced that it has redefined the arbitrary/function generator (AFG) with the introduction of its new AFG31000 series. A completely new design, the AFG31000 features many key firsts including the industry's largest touchscreen and new user interface that will delight engineers and researchers who need to generate increasingly complex test cases for debugging, troubleshooting, characterizing and validating devices under test Despite their importance in electronics test and wide adoption, AFGs have lagged behind other test instrumentation in terms of usability, making do with small displays and other shortcomings that make them hard to learn and operate. Moreover, traditional AFGs lack the deep memory and programming capability needed to compose a series of test cases with complex timing – critical for optimum test efficiency. By addressing these issues, the AFG31000 represents the first of the next generation of AFGs with features and capabilities simply not available elsewhere in the market today. "A major point of emphasis for us is to put tools in the hands of our customers that make their lives easier so they in turn can bring innovative new products to market faster and more efficiently. With an interface defined last decade, AFGs have actually started to become an obstacle to productivity," said Lori Kieklak, Vice President and General Manager, Keithley Product Line at Tektronix. "To turn that around, we looked at the AFG with fresh eyes and are already hearing from customers about how much easier and faster they can create the test stimulus they need using the AFG31000 series."
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The AFG31000 series features a 9-inch capacitive touchscreen, the largest available on an AFG, that allows users to see all related settings and parameters on a single screen within a shallow menu tree. Similar to the modern touch-enabled smart devices, users can tap or swipe to easily select, browse, locate and change settings. The intuitive user interface saves users time in both learning and operating
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the instrument for major gains in productivity and efficiency.
Patented InstaViewTM Feature Debuts Traditional AFGs assume they are driving a 50 Ω impedance. However, most devices under test (DUTs) do not have a 50 Ω impedance. This mismatch results in an inconsistency between the waveform as set on the AFG and the signal at the DUT. The new patented InstaView feature on the AFG31000 series addresses this problem by monitoring and displaying the waveform at the DUT without the need for additional cables or instruments. The waveform shown on the display instantly responds to changes in frequency, amplitude, waveform shape as well as the DUT's impedance, saving time and boosting confidence.
Programmable Waveform Sequencing In addition to traditional AFG operation modes, the AFG31000 series offers an Advanced or waveform sequencer mode. In the Advanced mode, the instrument's up-to 128 Mpts of waveform memory can be segmented into up to 256 entries, and users can drag and drop long waveforms, or multiple waveforms in the sequencer and define how they are output. Compared to arbitrary waveform generators, the AFG31000 series reduces instrument costs by as much as 90 percent, giving users who need long, non-repeating waveforms, or multiple waveforms with complex timing
an affordable alternative.
New ArbBuilder Delivers Time Savings Taking advantage of the large capacitive touch screen, the new ArbBuilder tool built in the AFG31000 series enables users to create and edit arbitrary waveforms directly on the instrument without needing to create the waveforms on a PC and transferring them to the instrument. ArbBuilder improves test efficiency especially for arbitrary waveforms that need to change frequently. For users who wants to replicate waveforms captured by an oscilloscope, they can save waveforms as .csv files and use ArbBuilder to load them directly into the AFG31000. Current AFG users, who are well aware of the limitations of AFGs, see the new sequencing and ArbBuilder features of the AFG31000 series as a significant boost to productivity and efficiency. "The advanced features on this AFG could cut my typical setup and test cycle nearly in half," said John Moore, Engineering Manager, TZ Medical. AFG31000 series instruments are available in 1- or 2-channel configurations and deliver 14-bit vertical resolution along with 250 MSa/s, 1 GSa/s or 2 GSa/s sample rate performance. Additionally, in traditional AFG mode, users can change frequency without worrying about waveform length and sample rate. Output amplitude range is 1 mVP-P to 10 VP-P into 50 Ω loads.
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SIX KEY DRIVERS FOR THE ELECTRONIC TEST MARKET In a latest report, analyst firm Frost & Sullivan has identified half a dozen drivers for the electronic test and measurement market over the next five years. Those drivers are: autonomous driving; 5G; the internet of things; data centers; power applications; and new, high-speed digital standards. Of those six, Frost pegged three — 5G, autonomous driving and the need to design power applications for maximum efficiency as the most significant electronic test market drivers for the coming years. “The next wave of growth has begun with the technologies making their way down the product lifecycle, from research and development to manufacturing and deployment,” Frost & Sullivan said. “Greater complexity and technology convergence will spur demand across verticals, with the largest opportunities coming from communications, semiconductors and computing industries, and the fastest growth in industrial and automotive verticals.” “Greater complexity in end-user technologies calls for an increased cost of test. However, with [radio frequency] proliferation in consumer devices, there is the notion that the cost of test equipment should follow that trend,” said Jessy Cavazos, industry director for test and measurement at Frost & Sullivan, in a statement. “It will be vital for market participants to come up with a new approach to test in the coming years as the traditional approach is not sustainable from cost and technical perspectives.” Other Related Announcements From Major T&M Players Include: –Keysight Technologies made a major inkind gift to New York University’s wireless program — the largest in-kind donation ever made to the university’s Tandon School of Engineering. NYU Wireless will use the test equipment and software provided by Keysight for the exploration of millimeter wave and terahertz frequencies for data transmission and new applications in areas including medicine, computing and optics. Keysight said that it has extended its collaboration with reverberation chamber testing company Bluetest to include
test emulation support for over-the-air testing for 5G New Radio in sub-6 GHz frequencies. Keysight also announced a collaboration with Nokia on the use of its test tools — including its Nemo Outdoor field testing solutions, FieldFox spectrum analyzer and Nemo Analyze for data analysis and reporting — for 5G New Radio propagation in the field and verification of both indoor and outdoor coverage (sub-6 GHz and at millimeter wave frequencies) in a live test network. -Rohde & Schwarz and Spirent Communications partnered on an integrated test offering for automotive Ethernet testing. The two companies said that the test solution covers “all physical and protocol layers for automotive Ethernet TC8 ECU test specifications. Both R&S and Spirent are members of the One-Pair Ether-Net (OPEN) Alliance Special Interest Group. -The Wi-SUN Alliance has launched a new certification program for its Smart Ubiquitous Networking standards for large-scale IoT networks and appointed GlobalSign as the third-party supplier of digital certificates for program. Integrated energy management company Landis+Gyr, which serves the utility industry and is a Wi-SUN Alliance member, has already announced its support for the new certification program. – PoE Texas has released its second-
generation power over Ethernet tester, which is smaller, with an increased testing range and the ability to test four pairs in preparation for the new IEEE 802.3bt PoE standard. The device can test DC power supply voltages from 3.5 to 56 volts and current up to 280 watts at 56 volts, according to PoE Texas. –Signals Research Group was on the ground this week, testing Verizon’s 5G Technical Forum-based fixed wireless access network for its newly launched Verizon 5G Home service in Houston, Texas. Read the full story here. -The Broadband Forum recently held a plugfest to test the interoperability of implementations of its User Services Platform for deploying and managing connected home devices. USP is an evolution of the forum’s TR-069 standard; plugfest participants included Arris, Nokia, QA Cafe, Axiros and Greenwave Systems, according to the forum, and interoperability was “achieved across all participants’ products.” -Regional carrier Agri-Valley Services is partnering with Ericsson and hosted core services company NewCore Wireless to test the performance of 600 MHz spectrum for providing fixed wireless access LTE services. The trial will start in the fourth quarter in Caro, Michigan, and the three companies said it will be the first test of its kind with a regional U.S. carrier.
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IESA, KEYSIGHT JOIN TO DISCUSS DYNAMICS OF 5G The India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) and Keysight Technologies have joined forces to create a Thought Leadership Platform (TLF) on the various dynamics of 5G the next big wave which is forging its way ahead. 5G technology has the potential for ushering a major societal transformation in India by enabling a rapid expansion of the role of information technology across manufacturing, educational, healthcare, agricultural, financial and social sectors. India must embrace this opportunity by deploying 5G networks early, efficiently, and pervasively, as well as emerge as a significant innovator and technology supplier at the global level. 5G technologies, beginning 2019, will enter gradually and advance to a full range of services by 2024. By acting early to embrace the 5G opportunity, India can accelerate the 5G dividend and potentially also become an innovator in 5G applications. Speaking at the Thought Leadership Forum, Anil Kumar Muniswamy, Chairman, IESA, said, "IESA is elated to create a platform with Keysight Technologies and share insights about the 5G evolution in India. The intent of such forums is to facilitate interactions between indigenous products, designs, solutions
and user experiences both within Industry and the Government. The economic impact of 5G implementation is 1 Trillion USD between 2020 and 2030 and it is a huge opportunity for Indian companies to capitalise on this opportunity. IESA has also been proactive in leveraging and building platforms for new technologies and with the advent of 5G technology, India should not miss this opportunity. IESA will support both the Industry and Government to make this a reality." Sudhir Tangri, Country General Manager & Vice President at Keysight Technologies, stated that Keysight has ventured very early in the field of 5G. He said, "5G is the next big paradigm shift in communication technology. To cater to this revolution, Keysight, as the market leader in electronic instrumentation, will continue to develop and deliver rugged 5G test solutions." Sandeep Kapoor, Head of Marketing at Keysight Technologies spoke about
5G opening new doors to exciting applications in autonomous driving, broadband fixed wireless, Internet of Things, and augmented reality. He mentioned, "Keysight is committed to being at the leading edge of the technology curve. We have provided our customers a much needed first mover advantage with our cutting edge 5G technology test platforms." The forum showcased speakers from Mediatek, Intel and Samsung talk about key technical concepts and current states of 5G as well as the challenges and opportunities of this technology. Akshay Aggarwal, Director - Technology, Mediatek, spoke on 5G New Radio Motivation, Design, Deployment Options & Challenges; Madhusudana Raghupatruni, Senior Architect and Technologist, Intel shared his insights on wireless backhaul & spectrum and Manjunath Nanjundappa, Senior Tech Manager, Samsung Electronics spoke on the used cases.
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AMETEK Instruments (India) announces establishment of a technology solutions centre at its headquarters in Whitefield, Bangalore. The new facility is said to support the growth of its electronic instrument and electromechanical products businesses in India. AMETEK invested US$ 5.5 million in establishing the Technology Solutions Centre and expects it to be a great resource for its customers in designing new products, selecting the right equipment to meet their application needs, servicing and calibrating devices, and providing hands-on demonstrations and training.
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“We are very pleased with our new Technology Solutions Centre. It represents a significant expansion of our technical and support capabilities in India and reflects the importance of our growing customer base in India. We now can provide customers with a wider range of services and support, including product demonstrations, training seminars and application workshops, along with factory-direct service, repair and support,� commented Milind Palsule, AMETEK Managing Director for India and the Middle East. AMETEK is celebrating 10 years in India we expect very strong growth in as we continue to expand our capabilities
and presence across India. It is not only a key market but a great resource for global R&D hub & sourcing too and AMETEK is committed to investing in India growth & supporting our customers, commented Emanuela Speranza, VP & GM of AMETEK Europe, India and Brazil. The Centre is equipped with products from nearly 20 AMETEK businesses. It showcases the latest AMETEK solutions for Aerospace& Defense, Academia & Scientific Research, Automotive, Power, Metal, Pharma and Process instrumentation, Factory automation, and Precision manufacturing instruments and electro-mechanical devices.
CALENDAR Of EVENTS ELECTRONICA
THAILAND LIGHTING FAIR 18 Nov-2018 13-16
Nov-2018 08-10 Bangkok Thailand
Website : thailandlightingfair.hk.messefrankfurt.com Phone : 852 2802 7728 E-mail : info@hongkong.messefrankfurt.com
Messe München Germany
FINETECH JAPAN Dec-2018 05-07 Makuhari Messe, JAPAN
LED EXPO Dec-2018 06-08
Website : www.ftj.jp Phone : 81333498568 E-mail : visitor-eng.ftj@reedexpo.co.jp
greater Noida India
ELEXCON 2018 Dec-2018 20-22 ShenZhen China
EMBEDDED TECH EXPO INDIA 2019
WEBSITE : www.elexcon.com PHONE : 86-755-88312773 E-MAIL : shanna.wang@cetimes.com
New Delhi India
GLOBLE DIGITAL FORUM
CA
Website : www.gdfevent.com Phone : 1 (408) 509 7203 E-mail : contact@gdfevent.com
Thailand
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION AND CONTROL
Mumbai India
AERO
Website : www.terrapinn.com Phone : 65 6322 27060 E-mail : sheena.tan@terrapinn.com
Friedrichshafen Germany
ELECTRIP POWER
Nevada
Website : www.aero-expo.com Phone : 49 7541 708-404 E-mail : datenschutz@messe-fn.de
SMART CITIES INDIA 2019 EXPO May-2019 22-24
Website : 2019.electricpowerexpo.com Phone : 713 343 1889 E-mail : jcsmith@accessintel.com
New Delhi India
AUTOMOTIVE WORLD Sep-2019 05-07 Portmesse Nagoya, Japan
Website : www.chemtech-online.com Phone : 91-22-40373636 E-mail : conferences@jasubhai.com
APR-2019 10-13
APR-2019 23-26 Las Vegas
Website : www.embeddedtechexpo.com Phone : 91 11 4279 5035 E-mail : pramitk@eigroup.in
Feb-2019 20-23
TELECOMS WORLD ASIA 2109 Mar-2019 25-27 Bangkok
Website : led-expo-newdelhi.in.messefrankfurt.com Phone : 91 11 6676 2300 E-mail : info@india.messefrankfurt.com
Jan-2019 29-31
Feb-2019 12-13 USA
Website : www.electronica.de Phone : 49 89 949-20313 E-mail : management@electronica.de
Website : www.smartcitiesindia.com Phone : 91-11-4279 5033 E-mail : aruns@eigroup.in
NEPCON NAGOYA Sep-2019 18-20
Website : www.automotiveworld-nagoya.jp Phone : 81 3 3349 8502 E-mail : car-nagoya@reedexpo.co.jp
Portmesse Nagoya, Japan
Website : www.nepconjapan-nagoya.jp Phone : 81 3 3349-8502 E-mail : visitor-eng.inw-n@reedexpo.co.jp
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WORLD’S LARGEST FIBER LASER MANUFACTURER IPG products are known for quality world over and IPG India has been working closely with the Indian machine manufacturers and Integrators in providing them with Application support and special prices for IPG products to make them competitive with the Chinese products. Tabling with BIS Infotech’s, Consultant Editor, Niloy Banerjee, IPG Photonics protracted across the Fiber Laser business and how their Laser Marking and Welding solutions took a row in the Indian market. Edited nub.
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Having a major traction in the Indian Market, How has IPG Photonics evolved in the market?
IPG Photonics Corporation, founded in 1990 at Oxford, MA; is the world leader in manufacturing of fiber lasers, amplifiers and beam delivery products. IPG Photonics developed and commercialized optical fiber lasers, which are used in a variety of applications including materials processing, railways, medical applications, telecommunications, R&D. IPG was founded in 1990 in Russia by physicist Dr. Valentin Gapontsev, a pioneer in the field of fiber lasers and recipient of various awards for his outstanding contribution t o t h e Fiber Laser industry. IPG’s
manufacturing facilities are located in USA, Germany, Russia and Italy with a strong supply chain network to cater to the demands of OEMs across more than 22 countries. IPG Photonics (India) Pvt. Ltd is a 100% subsidiary of the IPG Group. IPG India started its operations in the year 2001 and is today, a leading supplier of Fiber Lasers solutions to the Indian Industry for a wide range of applications.IPG India is headquartered in Bengaluru and has a state of art application laboratory at Greater Noida with regional sales and service offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Greater Noida. IPG_India (herein referred as IPG_IN) started its journey back then by selling of telecom moldules, Erbium doped Fiber Amplifiers and some industrial systems. IPG’s complete system for Laser Marking and Welding was introduced to the Indian market in the period between 2005 – 2016 along with selling of Fiber Laser sources. In 2016, addressing the need of Indian market and gauging the pulse of it, IPG_IN business was restructured and we started selling only Fiber Laser sources to our OEMs. This entire Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) facilitated IPG_IN to penetrate deep into the market even more and gain an unparallel lead against its competitors. The BPR enacted helped to increase our revenues manifold and strengthen our profitability over time. A Brand Facelift was also given during this period in terms of promoting the company in events and
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exhibitions wherein the focus of the company to the niche segments was leveraged.
suppliers from India, China and rest of the world, the focus in now shifting to other applications that can be served by Lasers. IPG has been carrying out research in various filed What key solutions are of your major attraction today of application field with connection to Lasers. in the indigenous market? The broad classification can be as follows: • M aterial Processing: Lasers are the most versatile and IPG Photonics has always been the precedence when it flexible sources for material processing. Fiber Lasers offer comes to choosing the right Fiber Laser sources for systems, the ultimate in solid state reliability and convenience. be it OEMs or end users. IPG_IN is committed to enlighten The advantages of high power fiber lasers over both its users and OEMs and facilitate them in making the right conventional processing and processing with other laser kind of choice they make while choosing such sources in types have made them the preferred choice for cutting, terms of specifications and suitability to their applications. drilling, welding, brazing, soldering, marking, engraving, Our wide range of Fiber Laser sources gives ample choice cladding, sintering and surface treatment. to OEMs and end users to pick and choose what is right for • Micro Machining: Microprocessing is an expanding market them. Our team is deeply engaged in aiding them for this. for laser sources both displacing non-laser processes Our Laser sources are classified into the following verticals: and opening new applications. Laser micromachining • Low Power CW Fiber Lasers: Operating Range 1 – 100 W technologies have revolutionized manufacturing in output power microelectronics, semiconductor, photovoltaics, LED, • Mid Power CW Fiber Lasers: Operating Range 100 – 2.5 kW medical device fabrication and many other industries. With average output power the ability to create micro features with high precision and • High Power CW Fiber Lasers: Operating Range – Single repeatability in virtually any material, lasers have found Mode (SM) upto 20 kW, Multi Mode (MM) up to 500 kW wide use in micro processing applications. • Quasi CW Fiber Lasers: A Proprietary IPG product – Operating • Telecommunications: IPG is the world’s leading provider Range 75 W – 2.3 kW with Maximum Power=10 times that of high performance, high reliability optical amplification of Average Power and transport solutions. IPG’s broad technology portfolio • Nanosecond Pulsed Fiber Lasers: Operating range – Peak includes high power erbium-doped fiber amplifiers Power 10 kW – 1 MW (EDFAs) and Raman pump lasers. Our years of design and • Pico and Femtosecond Fiber Lasers: Operating Range 1 – engineering experience supplying the full length of the 100 W (Precision for Micromachining Applications) value chain- from rugged, high performance modules for • Mid IR Hybrid Lasers (Medical, Sensing, Imaging and such OEM applications to field ready rack mountable solutions kind of applications) for optical network, telemetry and free space optics • CW Fiber Amplifiers applications. Rack mountable systems include single and • Diode Laser Sytems multiport EDFAs, single and dual wavelength Raman pump In addition to the above Laser sources, we do also provide lasers and ultra long haul DWDM transport systems Beam Delivery Products which will catapult to building • A dvanced & Scientific: From atom trapping to LIDAR, precision and efficiency in the process flow. These segment from atmospheric wind measurements to entertainment of products include: and projection, IPG breaks down technical barriers to • Process Heads provide revolutionary laser solutions. The growing number n Welding Head of advanced applications using IPG lasers and amplifiers n Cutting Head include spectroscopy and bioimaging, optical trapping, n Micro Cutting Head remote sensing, lidar/obstacle warning, metrology and n Welding Head with Wobbler materials characterization, interferometry, holography, n Seam Stepper photonic Doppler velocimetry and many others. n Dual Spot Module • Medical: Lasers are widely used for medical procedures: n Beam Shaper Module diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical, including ophthalmic, n Seam Finder dental and cosmetic. IPG offers many different types n Wire Feeder Module of lasers for incorporation and integration into medical • Scanning Heads instruments like diode lasers, fiber lasers (CW and Pulsed), • Beam Switches Raman lasers (VIS and IR) and Mid-IR hybrid lasers • Collimators • Laser Application Centre: IPG has numerous Application centres worldwide where tests are done regarding the Notched with a considerable growth by 2021, application of Lasers in fields as mentioned above. In manufacturing applications are seen as the major drivers. India, we have opened an application lab in north in How are you looking into this segment and what offerings do Greater Noida which is equipped with 3D & 2D Welding, you have to cater the demand? marking and engraving capabilities and we also have a plan to expand this facility to our Ahmedabad office in With Laser cutting and welding machines becoming a fast coming years. moving items in the industry due to the entry of so many
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What are the major advancements in Sheet Metal Market and what is IPG Photonics Prudence. Reports suggest that the global sheet metal market is expected to post a CAGR of over 4% during the period 2018-2022. The report also suggests that one of the major drivers for this market is the growth in machine tools market. Increase in the automotive production, switching to electric vehicles and growth in renewable power projects are some of the factors driving growth of the machine tools market which in turn will fuel the growth of sheet metal market for the next five years. The establishment of manufacturing facilities will also increase the demand for machine tools thereby contributing to sheet metal market growth. Sheet metal vendors are also equally interested in adopting new technologies and incorporating them in their production line in order to increase speed of work and reduce production time.3D technology is new buzzword for investors and business houses. The use of such technology is automotive and aerospace industries is also a playing a pivotal role in escalating the demand in sheet metal market. In view of the above demand generators and rising potential, IPG is also providing equally immersive solutions to OEMs and end users in order to bring efficient and cost effective systems into play with an eye on optimizing the cost. Our indigenous products like Seam Stepper and Finder, is one of its kind which is used predominantly is automobile and aerospace industries for producing superior quality weld finish. IPG’s new 2 kW YLR lasers is a progressive thought of IPG’s knowhow which is giving end users the same experience as was its YLS model but with a much needed compactness and thus reduced costs.
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Additive Manufacturing, which started as a rapid prototyping facility is growing and gaining attention. From plastics, the shift is now towards metals and success has been achieved specially in the fields like Medical, Aerospace etc. Efforts are being taken for industrialisation of additive manufacturing process and to bring acceptability in terms of cost, quality and the finish achieved. Companies are working closely now to find
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solutions to problems which are hindering the industrialisation of the process - processing speed, quality, finish and the cost being important ones. Availability of the metal powders is also an area of concern. Companies are now able to look into the advantages being provided by the additive manufacturing and are looking towards solutions by which their components can be processed through additive manufacturing even partially, if not fully. IPG Photonics strategies complementing the current market scenario?
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IPG PHOTONICS has always been the precedence when it comes to choosing the right Fiber Laser sources for systems, be it OEMs or end users.
The Indian manufacturing sector has been growing at a stable pace. The government has a special focus on the manufacturing sector and has been trying to develop the sector with developmental plans and special initiatives like the “Make in India” program. The Indian manufacturing industry is also facing a fierce competition from China. Quality and cost are the major factors which are controlling the market. IPG products are known for quality world over and IPG India has been working closely with the Indian machine manufacturers and Integrators in providing them with Application support and special prices for IPG products to make them competitive with the Chinese products.
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IPG is the world’s largest Fiber laser manufacturer. We design and manufacture all key components, from our active and passive fibers, highest quality seed and pump diodes, active fiber blocks and modular resonators, pump couplers, combiners, acousto-optical modulators, fiber volume Bragg gratings, nonlinear and active crystals, various micro and bulk optics, power supplies and controllers responsible for the lasers’ performance, delivery cables, the processing delivery heads, beam switches and water chillers directly responsible for our customers’ enriched experience. Through our complete control over the quality, performance and cost of critical components, IPG is able to deliver laser solutions consistently exceeding our customers’ expectations. IPG fiber lasers are preferred for their uniquely extensive suite of compelling advantages over legacy laser technologies. The elegant simplicity of fiber lasers provides exceptionally compact, highly versatile and
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user friendly functionality whose efficiency, beam quality and cost of ownership is unrivalled. As a long-time OEM supplier, IPG is intimately familiar with the understandably unforgiving standards expected of component and subsystem vendors. We know that our customers depend on our lasers and amplifiers to operate without failure in mission-critical and safety-critical applications. Our confidence that our lasers and amplifiers will meet these expectations is based on the empirical comfort that comes with the most rigorous testing and quality control standards. Our key components are tested or burned-in for hundreds of hours, and in the end, we only use the best components that have passed our stringent control standards. IPG Photonics is certified ISO 9001, giving our customers the assurance that our business processes are both well-documented and conform to the same standards of quality upheld by most of the world’s largest and most highly-regarded companies. Beyond the words stands our bottom-line commitment to quality: the best warranty in the industry. IPG's unique technology platform allows our products to have higher output powers and superior beam quality at a lower cost than can be achieved by any other competing technology. Can you a bit elaborate on your pristine product, “LaserCube” and its specs?
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IPG’s LaserCube flatbed cutter is optimized for cutting small parts. Using high-force linear motors built on a granite stage, it has the stability and acceleration needed for high-speed precision machining. Utilizing IPG’s fiber lasers and cutting head technology, the LaserCube is inherently reliable with low operating and part-processing costs. The LaserCube is the ideal cutting tool for metals, including mild steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass and exotic alloys. Being right-sized for smaller parts, prototypes and smaller parts, prototypes and smaller production runs, the LaserCube provides the most cost-effective capacity addition and lowest cost of ownership of any professional laser cutter. The LaserCube is truly a general-purpose laser cutting system: high-velocity stages and high CW power lasers provide the fast cutting of carbon steel parts and reflective metals such as copper, brass and aluminium. System Control is the key to flexibility. Stored process parameters allow precise setting and automatic adjustment of laser power based on changes in cutting head velocity for complex contoured parts. The system has computerized control of two process gasses, with automatic monitoring of cutting head conditions. With many alloys or highervalue metals only available in smaller-size sheets, the 48 inch (1225 mm) cutting bed of the LaserCube is optimally sized for economic material processing. Available in many different power configurations, you can buy exactly the power you need. For more details about this product, please refer to our website: www.ipgphotonics.com/en . The important fact worth mentioning over here is that this is a system which we are not selling in India. This has been built to serve as a prototype for Indian OEMs who want to upgrade their machine designs to international standards.
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How can one ensure a good cut quality and also what are the approaches to improve cut quality of sheet metals? The Laser cut quality depends upon a number of parameters. The following can be considered as basic parameters: • Material – The Mechanical properties, thermal properties and the alloying elements have an effect on the quality. The sheet surface and the presence of external elements like paint, scales, rust etc. also affect the cut quality • Laser – The Laser Beam quality, the beam guidance and delivery (Optics) • Process Parameters - Mode of operation, Laser power and Intensity, Cutting Speed and federate, focal length of lens, wavelength of Laser beam, beam mode, Nozzle side, its standoff distance and physical condition, Gas type, gas purity and pressure • User/Operator – Knowledge and skill, Training • Environment – Temperature, Humidity and dust The optimum mixture of the above parameters enables us to get a good final cut. Changes in the parameters govern the finished product parameters like surface roughness, HAZ and kerf width. IPG India works in close coordination with our customers, Integrators and machine manufacturers to fine tune these parameters and help them get the best cutting results from the Laser source. Our Application labs also help them to achieve the parameters for different materials.
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Reports suggest that the photonics market was valued at USD 590.35 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach a value of USD 928.51 billion by 2023. The CAGR depicts of 7.84% over the forecast period (2018 - 2023). Research reports also suggest that in 2017 the worldwide sale of Laser systems was valued at EURO 15 billion. The growth over the past two decades has been at a healthy rate of 9% on an average, which is twice that of the machine tool industry. The future trend in this segment is being shaped by the demand of Ultrashort pulse technology, Additive manufacturing and electric mobility. Manufacturers are keeping a close eye as the demand for Ultrashort Pulse lasers is gaining importance in industries like electronics, medical technology, automotive industries. The Additive manufacturing market is also showing demand spikes as 3D printing processes are rapidly moving towards serial production, which is escalating the demand. The other segment apart from the above, which will facilitate the growth of the industry, is the electrical mobility market. The demand and hence the production of prismatic batteries are on the rise wherein many of the stages of production are being executed, controlled and in fact in some cases possible only by Lasers. With the advent of the concept of electric engines, the trend is witnessing a change from traditional winding to laser welded hairpins, for which lasers are playing a prominent role and manufacturers are putting them to good use. The laser industry is opening doors to new markets, which would suggest continued growth in the coming years.
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DASSAULT SYSTÈMES ENABLES GE AVIATION Dassault Systèmes is enabling GE Aviation to drive innovation and efficiency across the product development lifecycle of aerostructures through the implementation of its 3DEXPERIENCE platform. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is helping GE Aviation to develop a digital thread to enable continuity and collaboration across the business. This includes requirements definition, design, analysis, simulation, manufacturing, qualification and supporting the development of new manufacturing technologies and techniques. “For GE Aviation Hamble, the implementation of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform supports our ongoing focus on developing innovative aerostructures for the Aerospace industry,” said Paulo Mancilla, Executive Engineering Leader, GE Aviation’s Hamble UK facility. “This enables us to use techniques like digital 3D modelling from design through manufacturing and qualification to create high performance aerostructures for the aviation industry.” The 3DEXPERIENCE platform provides intuitive 3D applications for product design, analysis, manufacturing and data management in a digital environment. It provides a single collaborative platform to define, share, review, integrate, validate, execute and report, and offers the opportunity to maximize business improvement through digital continuity from concept to delivery. “Weight, performance and cost continue to dominate the competitiveness of developing and fabricating sophisticated and complex aerostructures for the latest generation of aircraft,” said David Ziegler,
Vice President, Aerospace & Defense Industry, Dassault Systèmes. “As a global leader in this field, GE Aviation is constantly innovating and has recognized how the 3DEXPERIENCE platform provides critical technology for this approach. We are very proud to be their partners in this transformation.” Key benefits of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform for GE Aviation and its customers include: • Reduced cycle-times resulting from an increase in collaboration between engineering and supply chain functions; driven by a common user interface, which guarantees a unified experience
and a shared digital reference that ensures each stakeholder is working on the latest information and in the relevant context. This further enables a model-based enterprise. • Improved visibility and optimized response-times to customer requests, resulting from the ‘business intelligence’ applications which enable interrogation of real-time information to monitor performance. • Increased productivity due to the data-centric rationale and the intuitive search capabilities, which simplify data management and promote efficient sharing of information across boundaries.
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Park Electrochemical lately introduced RadarWave – a new family of prepreg materials used to manufacture advanced radome systems for aerospace and defence applications. Radomes are structural enclosures which protect RF/microwave and other antennas that transmit and receive electromagnetic signals from air, space, marine and ground-
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based platforms. Radomes are constructed with advanced composite materials which are designed and engineered to optimize dielectric performance and minimize electromagnetic signal transmission loss while protecting the antenna and, in some cases, aircraft structural integrity. Increasingly advanced aerospace and defense electronics
systems require radomes that are designed and engineered with radome materials necessary to accommodate the technical performance needs of these systems. According to Park Electrochemical Corp., RadarWave materials exhibit transmissivity properties similar to those of higher cost esoteric materials traditionally used to manufacture advanced radome systems.
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CANADIAN SURFACE COMBATANTS PICKS LOCKHEED MARTIN
Government of Canada Delivers on Its Commitment to the Navy by Announcing Next Steps In Fleet Procurement Lockheed Martin Canada has been opted as the preferred bidder to provide the design and design team for the Royal Canadian Navy’s future Canadian Surface Combatants. While this represents a significant milestone in the competitive process, more work is required before a contract is awarded by the Government of Canada and Irving Shipbuilding. Lockheed Martin Canada Inc. must now go through the “due diligence process,” which includes: • N egotiations with the company on intellectual property rights • A n assessment of combat systems performance • A n assessment of the company’s financial capability to deliver the project, together with the verification of various other administrative matters. Should the preferred bidder not
successfully demonstrate to Canada and Irving Shipbuilding Inc. that it meets all of the due diligence requirements, then the next highest ranked compliant bidder will become the preferred bidder. The new preferred bidder will then have to successfully demonstrate that it meets all of the due diligence requirements. The identification of the preferred bidder follows a rigorous bid evaluation process. This process has been, and will continue to be, overseen by an independent Fairness Monitor. To date, the Fairness Monitor has submitted a series of interim reports on the Canadian Surface Combatant procurement process, and each of these reports have not identified any fairness deficiencies. More recently, the Fairness Monitor provided the following statement to Public Services and Procurement Canada, noting, “As the Fairness Monitor for the Canadian Surface Combatant project, we have monitored the evaluation of proposals
submitted in response to the Request for Proposals and have identified no fairness deficiencies. It is our opinion that the evaluation of proposals was conducted in a fair manner. Decisions were made objectively and free from personal favouritism or improper influence, and the process encompassed the elements of openness, competitiveness, transparency and compliance with the Request for Proposals.” A contract award is expected this winter, with construction beginning in the early 2020s. The Canadian Surface Combatant project is the largest, most complex procurement ever undertaken by the Government of Canada. These ships will form the backbone of our Royal Canadian Navy and will be Canada’s major surface component of maritime combat power for decades to come. The Government of Canada remains committed to being open and transparent at each stage of the procurement process.
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India’s only summit covering the Organised by :
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ROHM BD9S SERIES OF AUTOMOTIVE BUCK SWITCHING REGULATORS Introduction
In recent years, as automotive electronics has advanced, vehicle infotainment, including onboard navigation and audio systems, along with ADAS (Advanced Driver Assist System), have become standard equipment in the latest cars. Developing electronic products that provide greater safety when driving such as collision prevention and lane assist – achieved using onboard cameras and sensors – is attracting keen interest, demanding power supply ICs that support increased functionality. This increasing sophistication of ADAS and onboard systems is requiring SoC (System-on-Chip) capable of enormous processing power, which typically results in higher power consumption. Consequently, power supplies used for these applications must support larger currents, and linear regulators that are widely used require thermal countermeasures for heat generated during voltage supply, making it advantageous to transition to switching regulators that provide higher power conversion efficiency. However, when switching regulators are used as electrical components in vehicle applications, the switching frequency may interfere with the AM radio band (526.5kHz to 1620.0kHz), causing noise. This requires the use of a coil for output control, which leads to another problem in the form of larger mounting area. And as always, ensuring high reliability is particularly important for automotive components. The characteristics required for the switching regulator side in order to solve technical challenges arising from the increasing functionality in automotive systems are summarized as follows. High frequency switching operation that does not interfere with the AM radio band n Reduced mounting area (including peripheral applications) n Large current compatibility with low heat generation n
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Multiple protection circuits that improve reliability ROHM has developed, commercialized, and began sample shipment of the BD9S series of high efficiency, high frequency current mode buck switching regulators that meets these requirements. (Figure 1)
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Figure 1. ROHM BD9S Series of Automotive Secondary Buck Switching Regulators The following is ROHM’s approach for utilizing these products to support the demands of the automotive market (i.e. ADAS).
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Market Requirements and ROHM Solutions (1) High frequency switching via current mode control In general, with switching regulators the settable switching frequency range is 1MHz or less, and when used in vehicle applications the frequency is restricted to below the AM radio band. However, in this case a large coil size is necessary, so to meet the demand for greater miniaturization higher switching frequency is required. In response to this need, the BD9S series achieves a switching frequency of 2.2MHz while maintaining high power conversion efficiency. Switching regulator control methods used to achieve high frequency switching can be classified into 3 types: voltage mode, current mode, and constant ON time mode. ROHM switching regulators utilize current mode for the following 2 reasons. The first is superior phase characteristics when using low ESR capacitors (i.e. ceramic) at the output. When increasing the switching frequency, if an electrolytic capacitor is used at the output, in addition to larger size and decreased capacitance at low temperatures, losses due to the rise in ESR cannot be ignored, making it necessary to use a compact, low ESR ceramic capacitor. However, with voltage mode products, when the ESR decreases it becomes difficult to secure the phase margin in the high frequency region – unlike current mode products which can provide stable operation using simple phase compensation. The second reason is small switching frequency fluctuation. In contrast to constant ON time control in which the switching frequency varies in response to the magnitude of the load current, in current mode products switching control is performed using a constant frequency clock generated from the built-in oscillation circuit, allowing users to set the switching frequency. This makes it easy to obtain the frequency component of the generated noise and take appropriate countermeasures. On the other hand, since current mode products captures current information flowing through the output power MOSFETs for each switching cycle, in order to perform PWM control it is necessary to shorten the time required for control, generally making it difficult to achieve high frequency. In response, by conducting a thorough review of the output current detection circuit and propagation delay of the output power MOSFET drive circuit along with simulations and actual device evaluation, ROHM was able to optimize the delay time to achieve a minimum pulse control time per cycle of 70ns – 50% faster than conventional products. This makes it possible to ensure stable operation even at a switching frequency of 2.2MHz which does not interfere with the AM radio band. (2) Reduced mounting area (including peripheral applications) Module miniaturization is rapidly progressing, particularly in ADAS equipment such as sensors, camera modules, and wireless communication modules, placing a greater importance on the percentage of board area taken up by the power supply IC. For conventional switching regulators with low frequency setting, when the coil inductance
is high and a significant current capacity is required, a larger coil must be used. In contrast, ROHM’s latest products support smaller 1uH coils along with 2012 and 3216 size output capacitors by increasing the switching frequency and integrating output power MOSFETs and phase compensation components in a compact 2mm x 3mm package, making it possible to reduce mounting area by as much as 60% (including peripherals) over conventional products. (Fig. 2)
Figure 2. Image of the BD9S Series Board Area ROHM is currently developing a lineup featuring fixed output voltage and built-in resistor for setting the output voltage. In addition, the 3mm square VQFN16FV3030 package supports wettable flanks, significantly improving visibility during solder mounting, which is a major problem with the conventional QFN package. (Fig. 3)
Figure 3: Image of Wettable Flank Package Pins
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Input Voltage Range
BD9S400MUF-C
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BD9S300MUF-C BD9S200MUF-C BD9S100NUX-C
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0.8V to Vin
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±1.5%
2.2MHz ±0.2MHz
-40°C to 125°C
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**BD9S110NUX-C and BD9S111NUX-C are available soon. Table: BD9S Series Lineup (3) Large current compatibility with low heat generation One major advantage of the BD9S series is the classleading low ON resistance output power MOSFETs (High Side FET: 35mΩ, Low Side FET: 35mΩ). This ensures high power conversion efficiency even with large load currents of 2A or more, minimizing heat generation. (Fig. 4) Although 2A class output current products are considered mainstream, as equipment and systems become more sophisticated the demand for 3A and 4A class specifications is expected to increase. The BD9S series includes pin-compatible models with rated output currents of 2A, 3A, and 4A. This makes it possible to flexibly respond to changes in output current specifications which often occurs during set design, reducing evaluation man-hours. (Table) (4) Multiple protection circuits improve reliability ROHM ICs integrate a variety of protection circuits, including 1. SCP/OVP (Short-Circuit/Over Voltage Protection) that protect the IC from abnormal voltages during output short-circuits 2. Thermal Shut Down (TSD) to guard against abnormal heat generation 3. Over Current Protection (OCP) in case of abnormal currents (i.e. due to output shorts), ensuring safe IC operation that prevents device damage due to adjacent pin shorts, ground faults and output terminal shorts. A power good function is also built in that monitors the output voltage of the IC itself to ensure it's within the normal range. This contributes to improved system safety by notifying the MCU of an error flag when the output voltage is outside the set range.
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In addition, the BD9S series is compatible with the international AEC-Q100 (Grade 1) standard for automotive ICs. ROHM has already acquired certification under the IATF16949 standard for quality management systems for the automotive industry and has sufficiently cleared
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Figure 4. Power Conversion Efficiency Graph relia b ilit y ev a lu a t io n c rit eria fo r u se u n d er s ever e environments, including high quality and temperature conditions required for automotive development. These features and advantages are a testament to our track record of ensuring long-term supply for over 10 years to the automotive sector.
Future Prospects In the future, the diversification and increasing sophistication of vehicle systems such as ADAS is expected to strengthen the demand for power supply ICs that support larger currents and smaller footprints. In addition to these latest ICs, ROHM proposes a broad range of power supply solutions ranging from high voltage switching regulators compatible with battery voltages and linear regulators such as LDOs to complex power management ICs, and will continue to expand our lineup of high quality, high reliability products for the automotive market while developing products in anticipation of customer and market needs.
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UNIQUE ALGORITHM TO QUICKLY PREDICT LED MATERIALS A new machine learning algorithm has been unveiled which is efficient and precise in predicting efficient phosphors for LED lighting. The ground-breaking innovation has been done by researchers from the University of Houston which has devised a new machine learning algorithm that is efficient enough to run on a personal computer and predict the properties of more than 100,000 compounds in search of those most likely to be efficient phosphors for LED lighting. They then synthesized and tested one of the compounds predicted computationally -- sodium-bariumborate -- and determined it offers 95 percent efficiency and outstanding thermal stability. Jakoah Brgoch, assistant professor of chemistry, and members of his lab describe the work a paper published Oct. 22 in Nature Communications. The researchers used machine learning to quickly scan huge numbers of compounds for key attributes, including Debye temperature and chemical compatibility. Brgoch previously demonstrated that Debye temperature is correlated with efficiency. LED, or light-emitting diode, based bulbs work by using small amounts of rare earth elements, usually europium or cerium, substituted within a ceramic or oxide host -- the interaction between the two
materials determines the performance. The paper focused on rapidly predicting the properties of the host materials. Brgoch said the project offers strong evidence of the value that machine learning can bring to developing high-performance materials, a field traditionally guided by trial-and-error and simple empirical rules. "It tells us where we should be looking and directs our synthetic efforts," he said. In addition to Brgoch, researchers on the paper include Ya Zhuo and Aria Mansouri Tehrani, graduate students in Brgoch's lab, former post-doctoral researcher Anton O. Oliynyk and recent Ph.D. graduate Anna C. Duke. Brgoch collaborates with the UH Data Science Institute and has used the
computing resources at the UH Center for Advanced Computing and Data Science for previous work. The algorithm used for this work, however, was run on a personal computer. The project started with a list of 118,287 possible inorganic phosphor compounds from the Pearson's Crystal Structure Database; the algorithm whittled that to just over 2,000. Another 30 seconds and it had produced a list of about two dozen promising materials. That process would have taken weeks without the benefit of machine learning, Brgoch said. His lab does machine learning and prediction, as well as synthesis, so after agreeing the algorithm-recommended sodium-barium-borate was a good candidate, researchers created the compound. It proved to be stable, with a quantum yield or efficiency of 95 percent, but Brgoch said the light produced was too blue to be commercially desirable. That wasn't discouraging, he said. "Now we can to use the machine learning tools to find a luminescent material that emits in a wavelength that would be useful. "Our goal is to make LED light bulbs not only more efficient but also improve their color quality, while reducing the cost." The Story Was Originally Published in University of Houston.
SMART LIGHTING DEVELOPMENT FORUM HELD AT HK The Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). runs until 30 Oct at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). One of the key sessions at the fair is the Smart Lighting Development Forum, held on 27 Oct, at which industry experts discussed current trends in smart lighting, the development outlook, and exciting possibilities for the industry. Smart lighting has great potential for both industry participants and society as whole, according to speakers at the Smart Lighting Development Forum. They detailed how industry collaboration is helping to develop open standards and advanced connectivity platforms, which will make smart lighting more exciting, helpful and desirable for consumers.
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SYSKA, TUYA SMART PARTNERS FOR SMART HOMES IN INDIA Syska Group announces its partnership with Tuya Smart, a leading global AI IoT platform. Syska has introduced a bouquet of smart home products that will be enabled on Tuya’s IoT platform. With this partnership with Syska, Tuya Smart marks its entry in the Indian market to offer IoT based solutions. Syska, for the first time has partnered with a global IoT company to bring smart home products in the Indian market. The smart home market in India is on a booming stage and Statista report predicts Indian smart home market to hit 7.2% by 2022. To transform every Indian household into a smart home, Syska has introduced wide range of smart home products that include ‘Smart Door Bells, Smart Switches, Smart IR, Smart Down Light/ Ceiling Light, Smart IP Camera, Smart Wall-Light, Smart Door Sensors, Smart Plug, Smart Spike Buster, Smart Weighing Scale and Bluetooth Bulb Array’. All the products will be launched in December 2018. As an endeavor towards providing the best customer experience through innovative product solutions, SYSKA has proactively
introduced WiFi enabled home appliances which will be voice controlled. Syska aims to enter two million homes in the next 1 year and plans to grow steadily year on year. The company is targeting revenue of 200 crores in next financial year. Syska Group will be investing 25 crores in Marketing and R&D in the upcoming year to build the smart home category in India. Commenting on the partnership with Tuya Smart, Mr. Rajesh Uttamchandani, Director, Syska Group said, “Upgrading of wireless Internet, emergence of cloud based services and convergence based technologies including Internet of Things (IoT), has brought about a new era in smart home automation. As the demand for smart home automation is increasing, we believe that this is the right time for Syska to introduce innovative smart home solutions for its Indian consumers. Through this partnership with Tuya who is a leading global IoT player, Syska aims to be the leader in developing next-generation smart home products backed by superior technology and at competitive pricing.” Adding to this new collaboration, Mr.
Mengda Zhao, Chief Strategic Investment Officer of Tuya Smart said “It’s a stride forward for both Tuya and Syska by partnering with each other in IoT, and it’s a big moment for us to seize the booming trend of IoT development. To have everything connected and intelligent inside is the future, and Tuya is very delighted to witness this with our partner Syska, who is one of the leading and reputable player in India markets. By leveraging the strengths from each party, we are excited to announce our partnership with Syska.” “India’s deep desire to establish a global and robust electronics industry will necessarily stand on building strong champion companies from India. Syska is emerging as one of the potential champion companies. The expansion into these important smart home products vertical is timely. With Syska’s stellar record of excellent trade and consumer relationship we are confident that this will emerge as a very strong vertical for Syska and will deliver great customer satisfaction” noted Mr. Pankaj Mohindroo, Chairman, India Cellular and Electronics Association.
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Maxim Integrated Products launches the MAX20092 12-switch matrix manager to help designers of high-performance automotive matrix lighting and adaptive driving beam light-emitting diode (LED) applications to now migrate to higher current devices. To not just that, Maxim’s LED Matrix Manager significantly reduces solution size and improves flexibility. The IC minimizes thermal issues associated with LED matrix lighting applications by touting to offer industry’s lowest internal switch resistance (RDS_ON), which is 65 percent lower than the closest competitive solution. Safety and brand differentiation are two of the leading factors driving greater adoption of LEDs in automotive front-lighting platforms, which are growing at 30 percent per year, according to Strategy Analytics, Inc. As part of their distinctive brand identities, OEMs are designing in advanced safety features such as glare-free high beams along with LED and matrix lighting. However, LED lighting designers are challenged with increasing power, thermal and design complexities. The MAX20092 provides flexible current management for matrix and pixel lighting. Twelve integrated switches control LEDs in string voltages up to 56V, saving design time and reducing complexity. Its integrated MOSFET on resistance (RDS_ON) of 70 mohm is
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the lowest in the industry – comfortably driving LED currents up to 1.5A. Maxim’s 12-switch LED matrix manager is offered in a small 5mm x 5mm TQFN package. Additionally, Maxim also introduced MAX20096 and MAX20097 dual-channel, synchronous buck high-brightness LED controllers to work with the MAX20092. It is known to help designers improve transient response times in LED lighting. The MAX20096 and MAX20097 deliver ultra-fast transient response with near-fixed frequency with Maxim’s proprietary average current mode control scheme, minimizing EMI and enabling a reliable, high-performing design.
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EESL SIGNS DISTRIBUTION MoU WITH DOP Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) signed an agreement with the Department of Posts (DoP) for distribution of energyefficient appliances under the Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) programme. EESL will distribute the LED lights (bulbs and tubelights) and BEE 5-star rated fans through DoP’s network of post offices across India, said sources. Further, the distribution of these energyefficient appliances will be conducted in a phased manner across states through select post offices. Under this initiative, the post office centres will provide the additional facility of replacement of non-functional LED bulbs, tube lights and fans that are within their technical warranty period under the UJALA programme. Divided into 23 postal circles, EESL and DoP have enhanced the distribution approach as this will be the largest
network for distribution and replacement of UJALA appliances, it noted.
This partnership will contribute to making energy efficiency more mainstream across India as well as enable higher savings and reduction in carbon dioxide emission. The process of sale of LED bulbs, tube lights and ceiling fans will also include acceptance of e-payments. “DoP has a vast network and will enable the reach of energy-efficient appliances to urban, semi urban and rural areas. This agreement not only promotes access to energy-efficient products for the consumers but also enables easy replacement of non-functional appliances at their nearest post office,” said EESL Managing Director Saurabh Kumar. Currently, under the UJALA Scheme, over 31 crore LED bulbs, 66 lakh LED tube lights and around 20 lakh energy-efficient fans have been distributed in the country. This has helped in an annual energy saving of over 40,000 million kWh.
HPL ELECTRIC & POWER PARTICIPATES IN ‘LIGHT INDIA 2018’ HPL Electric & Power announces its participation at this year’s ‘Light India Exhibition’, Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from October 11 to 13, 2018. HPL Electric & Power will be present at Booth No. L551 Hall no. 11 wherein, HPL Electric & Power will be displaying its entire lighting range at the exhibition, covering Consumer, Lighting Electronic Drivers, Commercial and Industrial & Outdoor Lighting along with the new product innovations. Speaking on the company’s participation at the exhibition, Gautam Seth, Joint Managing Director, HPL Electric & Power Ltd said, “Light India 2018 being the most comprehensive exhibition for the international & domestic lighting manufacturer, is a great opportunity for us to display our speciality lighting range and to connect with the right stakeholders. This year, along with our existing range of Smart Lighting Solutions like CCMS technology for streetlight, Mobile operated LED Lamps, IR censored based Lighting Panel for commercial segment, we
are also introducing our new range of consumer products Spark LED panel and architectural beautification LED range. As a company, we look forward to such platforms that provide an opportunity to highlight the new and energy efficient product offerings.” The 4th edition of Light India 2018, offers an opportunity to source for the best
of lighting products and technologies from the leading brands, develop new business contacts, connect with the experts from the industry and gain insights of the industry. Light India 2018 brings together the largest players in the industry come together to showcase their latest technologies and innovations thus providing insights.
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SUMAN REDDY EADUNURI Managing Director & Country Head Pegasystems
PEGA SOFTWARE ENABLES REAL-TIME CHANGES TO THE PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE To be selected by a state government led by a tech-savvy Chief Minister set the precedent for us to pursue future public-sector projects, confers Suman Reddy MD and Country Head of Pegasystems on how Pega is geared up for its triumph on further setting India’s digitalization journey. Edited Nub
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With Pegasystems being one of the frontrunners in the e-Pragati project, can you share an anecdote on how fulfilling and commendable the project was, especially since Pega is realising the Govt’s vision to empower digitalization across public bodies? After a decade of software development in India, we recently began selling our digital process automation and customer engagement solutions into the local market. By securing this comprehensive public-sector transformation project with the Government of Andhra Pradesh right at the outset of our business journey, we have put a firm stake in the ground to validate our capabilities. This is an unprecedented engagement in terms of potential impact of a large subset of state constituents and 745 services, enabling the end-to-end digitisation of governmentcitizen-business services. To be selected by a state government led by a tech-savvy Chief Minister sets the precedent for us to pursue future public-sector projects.
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Pegasystems also emerged the winner of the unique 48hour hackathon concept. What did it take to bag such a coveted account like e-Pragati?
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Pegasystems helps some of the largest and most complex government agencies achieve policy objectives and improve lives, including working with seven of the 10 largest US Federal Departments.
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Pegasystems is known for its unique approach towards innovation and bringing tailored solutions and services by Considering it was our first major enterprise pursuit in India, which is a tough market, we had to complement our recognized mapping the market. Are there any recent product launches you technology offerings with a capable team and exhibit want to highlight and how might they help India’s indigenous adaptability as the client requirements kept coming in. We ecosystem? brought a technologically diverse team of domain specialists, tech experts, and program managers who addressed their various Earlier this summer at our PegaWorld conference, we announced requirements. The hackathon stage was very interesting. Not our biggest product launch in our history. Pega Infinity is the only was it a unique way of evaluating the technical prowess next generation of our digital transformation software suite. It of prospects by the government, it also created a time-bound uniquely combines customer engagement and digital process frame to deliver results, and it required us to execute it at their automation in a single offering, and includes major updates to premises for better control and authenticity. Our company our AI, robotics, UX, and no-code app development platform. credo Build For Change, became evident to the government Ultimately, many of these features will help the Government when we were able to present our demos at scale and ensure speed digital transformation efforts and change the way they app development which was about seven times faster than service constituents. our peers. How do you define e-governance in today’s scenario in How does Pega plan to aid GoAP accomplish its 2022 vision? India? What challenges are being faced, how is the scope of improvement and what role will Pegasystems play in this After the hackathon phase, Pega was the only vendor to fulfil domain of salient transformation? 90% of the objectives set by the government officials. With Pega’s no-code application development environment and E-governance today is being looked at in a new light, especially
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its ability to rapidly deploy applications, the Government of Andhra Pradesh recognized Pega’s expertise in serving some of the largest government departments in the world. Pega software enables real-time changes to the platform architecture and allows some of the core software elements to be reused many times across different government departments. These features, served on the automation-driven Pega Government Platform, are being used by the government to usher in their Digital Vision of Sunrise AP 2022. Currently, the first phase of four frameworks and five applications are live and operational across key government departments, so we can proudly say we have already helped the Government embark on its endto-end digital journey.
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with the Modi Government’s push to explore technology adoption in government departments, as the new wave of digitisation is facilitated by tools like the JAM trinity (Jan Dhan, Aadhar and mobile). We see tremendous benefits governments can realise when they embark on a digitization journey, but most governments are still early in the process. Pega brings in a platform mindset, where the entire operations of state governments or government agencies can be transformed under a common framework, rather than taking a siloed approach where different departments use different solutions and take different paths. From our experience serving global government departments and agencies, we think governments can leapfrog digital journey cycles and streamline their services through a more unified yet scalable approach.
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Amidst the cusp of digital transformation, security has taken the headlines. The government has taken variable steps to tranquillize these malicious activities. How, to you in this scenario, can India empower itself as a scalable and sustainable democracy? With increasing citizen expectations and operational complexities come increasing risks. We look at technology as central to how organizations in both the public and private sphere manage can these risks. In addition, new privacy regulations like GDPR in the EU region along with existing ones like the FDR in the US are good examples of the level of increasing protocols needed to be put in place to protect citizens. But these new regulations shouldn’t be the reason organizations look at risk mitigation - it should be to operate in the best interests of their stakeholders, while balancing the risk and rewards of running a sustainable operation.
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What are the new trends you are witnessing in the CRM, digital process automation and BPM space? What we are noticing is the evolution of customer relationship management into customer engagement management, as customers want seamless personalized experiences that go beyond managing transactions. This is possible with sophisticated, real-time artificial intelligence that
is orchestrated across any channel, creating seamless transition as the latter shifts channels during any stage of their journey with an enterprise. However, having the intelligence without the power to execute is like one-handed clapping. While AI is the brain behind recommending the next best actions for marketing or customer support, the muscle to execute workflows must come through digital process automation, which many analysts recognize as the next evolution of BPM. We believe that is what is going to help organizations move from the chaos of digital adoption, towards digital transformation.
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You have nurtured this firm from scratch to a new zenith. Kindly share your thoughts on the journey.
When we had to explore regions outside our headquarters for a suitable centre with quality talent, we identified India and launched operations to set up a modest development centre. But today, the teams here have grown in competency and size, becoming the de facto representatives to build solutions for some of the world’s largest organizations. The centre has grown from my founding team of four to reach around 1500 today, which is approximately threequarter of the global development workforce. It is heartening to see the teams achieve leadership status to not just build modern technologies but use that expertise for our India business plans as we work towards penetrating the market. Additionally, we have been ranked a Great Place to Work 2018, another reflection of our globally-adopted culture and employee engagement practices.
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What major announcements are expected from Pegasystems in the current FY? We expect to continue to make advancements in our Pega Infinity offering. As technology evolves rapidly, we are staying at the forefront of innovation by experimenting with emerging technologies, understanding what works best for customer engagement and operational excellence to release functionalities that solve evolving business needs.
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DEEPAK VISWESWARAIAH Senior Vice President and Managing Director, NetApp India
NETAPP IS THE DATA AUTHORITY IN THE HYBRID CLOUD WORLD
With an unmatched partnership with the cloud world and an industry leading data management array of products, NetApp is the data authority in the hybrid cloud world. Bringing alongside, Deepak Visweswaraiah, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, NetApp India accentuated on ‘Cloud-Front, Data-Centric’ digital transformation and how its company is beguiling the digital transformations to script success stories for modern businesses. Edited Excerpts.
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NetApp has an emblem of being the Data Authority in Hybrid Cloud, now standing in mid of 2018 how do you see these phrases covering for NetApp? Data is the lifeblood of modern business, and companies that succeed in their digital transformations can achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. A recent article in The Economist noted that in today’s economy, “the world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.” Data-centric companies operate more efficiently and outperform the competition. Enterprises that are positioned to gain the greatest insights from data will decide the future. At NetApp, we recognized the power and potential of the cloud from its inception. We have worked tirelessly to forge partnerships that provide greater insight and reach, enabling us to create hybrid cloud data services to meet demanding customer needs both on-premises and in the cloud. With an unmatched partnership with the cloud world and an industry
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leading data management array of products, NetApp is the data authority in the hybrid cloud world. We provide global organizations the ability to manage their data across on-prem, private and public clouds. With new digital trends seeing an uptake, transformation is the number one priority for businesses. For organizations today, data is the central point of the decisionmaking process and we therefore help accelerate digital transformation by developing a next generation, cloud-architected infrastructure that manages data and services as one integrated resource supporting public and private clouds. We enable our customers to make the best choice as to how they would like to leverage their data and workloads. They may choose privately owned data centers, others’ data centers, private clouds or a mix of all - but most significantly, in the cloud. Cloud adoption has been a disruptive change and is majorly impacting not only our customers’ success but also the data storage industry as a whole. Realizing the need of our customers to manage their data seamlessly across
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environments, we are now focusing on Cloud, Flash and HCI related offerings. We have also partnered with the three major hyper-scalers – AWS, Microsoft and Google to help our customers manage their data in the cloud. We also launched a Data Visionary Engineering Center (DVEC) in Bangalore recently. The India center is the latest addition to NetApp’s existing three centers across Sunnyvale, California; Triangle Park, North Carolina and European headquarters in Amsterdam. This DVEC offers information-rich, interactive and a high-touch experience to its customers and partners. Companies can discuss robust solutions that aid transformation, accelerate growth and reduce costs. With the world class DVEC, the data visionaries can now experience NetApp’s latest products and services, meet executives and subject matter experts who can share the best practices and case studies of data management. Our efforts will continue to maintain our position as the data authority in the hybrid world.
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Edifying the largest GCoE(Global Center of Excellence) outside the USA, what innovations is the Indian facility undergoing to lead the digital-front transformation? NetApp India which started in 2003 is the largest engineering center for NetApp globally today. India continues to be an important market for us. Expanding our leadership in helping customers thrive in a changing technology landscape, we inaugurated our Bangalore campus, ‘Global Center of Excellence’ in January 2017, to further innovation in data management for the hybrid cloud era. It is the largest R&D center for NetApp and a home to all business functions as well. The Bengaluru team’s mission is one that NetApp pursues globally towards expanding NetApp hybrid cloud data services that enable our customers’ data-centric vision into practice, so they can respond faster to market changes and rapidly advance new ideas - from concept to production. NetApp’s innovation strategy caters to the development of global products and for global markets. The consistent path-breaking innovations emerging from this engineering hub, across key NetApp technologies like data management, back-up/recovery, business continuity, storage security and cloud enabled data management, make NetApp India a strategic R&D center for the company. With over 400 filed and nearly 250 issued patents, NetApp India is constantly pushing the envelope
for innovation from this center. NetApp also takes an outside-in view of innovation and is committed to support innovation in the external ecosystem through its first startup accelerator program, the NetApp Excellerator. The Data Visionary Center at NetApp India, offers a focused portfolio of innovative solutions and an interactive, high-touch experience to APAC customers and partners in their journey to embark on digital transformation.
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What are the data-driven opportunities available to those able to grasp the complexities of the digital landscape?
The Data Visionary Center at NetApp India, offers a focused portfolio of innovative solutions and an interactive, high-touch experience to APAC customers and partners
Access to data is revolutionizing how products are being conceived and taken to market. In a data-driven world, an organization can have better insights towards end-user expectations, thereby having the power to offer great business value. The world of data-driven organizations becomes more transparent leading to trust among companies, customers and competition, thus driving conversion rates and sales. The panoramic view that big data provides, will enable people to see perspectives that were previously not possible, such as customer behavior patterns and lifecycle markers. This leads to better decision making thereby improving productivity and reducing costs and increasing operational efficiencies. As per an IDG Survey report, 44% of respondents see AI having the greatest potential as a mean to facilitate operations in areas such as system maintenance, troubleshooting and optimization. Other areas where AI is expected to have significant impact include security, threat analytics, intrusion detection and prevention. Companies already working with AI, view the technology as a key enabler of sales/marketing opportunities, such as increased cross-selling or personalization. On the journey to hybrid cloud, customers are looking to NetApp to be their trusted advisor. We are seeing success across the world as customers are working with NetApp to manage their data on premises and in the cloud to accelerate their digital transformation. How are we going to reach new customers and buyers as they do this? To answer that question, we did some research. In partnership with IDC, we talked to 800 leaders around the world to find out how they are maximizing the value of data and where they are in their own digital transformation. We found out who is thriving in data and who is resisting in data. We discovered Data Thrivers achieve:
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• 6x greater improvement in operational efficiency • 2x greater likelihood of driving revenue from product innovations • 3x greater likelihood of improved customer satisfaction This Data Thriver report and its findings validates our strategy: that data must be at the center of your organization. And we have a clear opportunity to help our customers accelerate their own digital transformation through maximizing the value of data.
cloud integrated scale-out solutions have found widespread adoption across Banks, Insurance, Manufacturing & IT/ITeS. The Converged Infrastructure (CI) market has grown rapidly too, as organizations continue to value increased operational simplicity and faster time to market. Hyper converged infrastructure (HCI) platforms are a natural evolution as organizations look to build their next-generation data center strategy. With NetApp’s HCI solution, we enable organizations to unleash the complete power of their infrastructure with the ability to simplify management and independently scale compute and storage resources.
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The Indian storage market is believed to be growing constantly at a CAGR of more than 7% between 2016 and 2021. Even though the Indian market is smaller when compared to China or Australia, we see quicker adoption of technologies. Cloud is the buzzword and businesses are increasingly adopting the technology. As a major industry disruptor, the cloud has been transforming the way IT services are delivered and consumed by organizations with almost every enterprise already having moved to the cloud. The hybrid cloud too is being widely adopted globally and in India. Enterprises are looking at hybrid cloud as it offers the best of both worlds – private and public clouds. It improves an organization’s operations by means of greater agility and speed, more effective reallocation of internal resources and better linkage between business and IT departments and hence; is more appealing to the businesses. At the helm of transforming traditional data storage systems to modern data management solutions, is the Flash technology. For enterprises today, managing the humongous data, has become the main task and that’s where ‘All Flash Array’ (AFA) storage can provide a quick solution. Also referred to as Solid State Array (SSA), AFA is a data storage solution that contains multiple flash memory drives instead of spinning hard disk drives (HDDs); that offers greater efficiency compared to traditional HDD storage in terms of scalability. India is emerging as a strong early adopter of AFA storage systems. As per a report by Frost & Sullivan, 50% of CIOs in India are believed to move to an all-flash data center by 2020. Our flash accelerated and
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The Indian storage market is believed to be growing constantly at a CAGR of more than 7% between 2016 and 2021.
As per the guidelines stated by GDPR, companies will now have to obtain explicit consent from every user before they initiate any kind of interaction that aims to collect any kind of identifiable information. Effectively, GDPR will enforce companies to relook at the entire lifecycle of data, right from its generation, collection to storage and deletion. Drawn from our model of excellence and our experience of enforcing stringent data privacy and data protection processes in our own business, we are now helping our customers on their journey towards compliance. We strive to educate our customers first on the foundations of data privacy compliance and secondly on technology solutions. By factoring in people, processes and finally technology mapping across the ecosystem, NetApp promises robust support for businesses seeking GDPR compliance. As a company operating in the data management space, the main challenge would be to ensure the security of citizen data, its seamless movement from one location to another; without hampering the overall progress of businesses and eventually the country. Some other challenges and opportunity with GDPR: • C ompanies need to know the exact location of the data to be able to comply – identify and classify • Cross-border restrictions: GDPR reduces the extent to which businesses can assess
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r isks and make decisions when it comes to transferring data industries are highly data-driven and are in need of data outside the EU. Indian companies would need to implement management services. enough safeguards, as required under the GDPR, to transfer Data as a new currency - what 2018 holds for data personal data outside the EU, thereby further increasing management companies such as NetApp and how they compliance costs. • Greater risk of penalties and litigation: Article 3 (Territorial are moving the needle towards making it much more structured? scope) of the GDPR makes it clear that the regulation will be applicable regardless of whether the processing takes Not a new player in the market, NetApp celebrated 25 years place in the EU. This means that no business transactions of providing data management solutions last year. Yet with can happen for Indian companies that do not comply with at least one of our founders, Dave Hitz, in an active role, we the GDPR or increased compliance costs for those who do. are more like a 25-year-old startup. This way we always look to There will also be arisk of huge penalties on failing to do so. transform the way we look at our business, and more importantly, • GDPR brings in a renewed focus to data privacy. While that of our customers. this is a new compliance imperative, it also provides a Given the rise of connected things, IDC predicts that the world competitive advantage for businesses. The GDPR could will generate 163 zettabytes (ie. 1 trillion gigabytes) of data a be an opportunity for Indian companies to stand out as year by 2025. This poses a major challenge to organizations: leaders in providing privacy compliant services and solutions. how should they effectively manage that tsunami of data to optimize their business? And enterprises need ‘anywhere, Why is India becoming the innovation hub for more anytime’ access to this data, no matter where it resides. This global companies? translates to a need to move data quickly and securely from one location to another. This is where NetApp comes in – with Availability of engineering talent, ease of doing business, a wide portfolio of data management solutions, we enable research in new technologies like AI, ML are some of the our customers to seamlessly move data across environments reasons that are contributing to make India as an innovation and securely so. NetApp has also partnered with the three big hub. The B2B startup eco system improvement is another big hyper-scalers to ensure optimum data management solutions reason. Government of India is also bullish on making India in the cloud. Thriving in this environment requires creating a technologically advanced country, with initiatives like ‘Make data-centric in India’. organization, which is no small undertaking. And a holistic As per a report by KPMG, India ranks third after the US and approach to managing data that is secure, efficient, futureproof China as the top global technology innovation leader. 13% of and provides freedom of choice. the global technology industry leaders indicate its potential for Flash plays a key role in customers’ digital transformation tech breakthroughs. India has prioritized government support efforts as they seek to gain advantage through greater speed, for entrepreneurship and a burgeoning culture of innovation. responsiveness and value from key business applications—all Many start-up business models are leveraging emerging while lowering total cost of ownership. technologies to cater to India’s cloud-first generation. India All-flash array technology is the de facto choice as customers continues to be a strong competitor for the tech innovation seek performance and economic benefits from replacing center of the world after Silicon Valley. hard disk installations. With a highly differentiated and broad Indian start-ups are playing a crucial role in driving the portfolio of all-flash and hybrid array offerings, NetApp is well innovation wave in the country. The government has launched positioned to enable customers to accomplish this transition. the start-up India mission to make India, a leader in the start-up Budget constraints and skill imbalances lead our customers and entrepreneurship ecosystem. The launch of Intellectual to seek help in integrating, deploying and managing the Property Rights (IPR) policy in May 2016 to increase predictability, solutions they need to stay competitive. This drives demand clarity and transparency in India’s IP regime also has been for converged and hyper-converged infrastructure solutions. playing a crucial role in making India; a key innovation hub. FlexPod is the converged infrastructure of choice for many of the largest enterprises around the globe. How different is Indian demand wherein IT outsourcing Customers can break free from the limits of first-generation ramps up for global businesses? HCI with NetApp HCI and attain guaranteed performance with unmatched flexibility, scale, automation, and integration The demand for IT outsourcing in India is similar to the global. with the Data Fabric. According to Gartner, while hardware spending is set to grow Customers are attracted by the speed and scale benefits of moderately in 2018, enterprise spending on data center the public cloud but need new data management capabilities infrastructure software will rise to US$3.6 billion in 2018, a 10% to keep control of data as it moves beyond the walls of the year-over-year increase. This uptick is happening as a result enterprise. NetApp believes the hybrid cloud is fast becoming of an increase in digital evolution and the adoption of digital the dominant model for enterprise IT. Our Data Fabric approach technologies by Indian enterprises. Higher the amount of enables our customers to manage, secure and protect their digital content produced, more the number of data centers data from on-premises required to host and run all of the mission-critical information. to public to hybrid clouds, all at the scale needed to Some of the key sectors BFSI, telecom, insurance and IT accommodate the exponential data growth of the digital world.
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AI IS KEY CYBERSECURITY WEAPON IN THE IOT ERA
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As businesses struggle to combat increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity attacks, the severity of which is exacerbated by both the vanishing IT perimeters in today’s mobile and IoT era, coupled with an acute shortage of skilled security professionals, IT security teams need both a new approach and powerful new tools to protect data and other highvalue assets. Increasingly, they are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) as a key weapon to win the battle against stealthy threats inside their IT infrastructures, according to a new global research study conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. The Ponemon Institute study, entitled “Closing the IT Security Gap with Automation & AI in the Era of IoT,” surveyed 4,000 security and IT professionals across the Americas, Europe and Asia to understand what makes security deficiencies so hard to fix, and what types of technologies and processes are needed to stay a step ahead of bad actors within the new threat landscape.
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The research revealed that in the quest to protect data and other high-value assets, security systems incorporating machine learning and other AI-based technologies are essential for detecting and stopping attacks that target users and IoT devices. The majority of respondents from India agree that security products with AI functionality will help to: • • • •
Reduce false alerts (69 percent) Increase their team’s effectiveness (65 percent) Provide greater investigation efficiencies (56 percent) Advance their ability to more quickly discover and respond to stealthy attacks that have evaded perimeter defense systems (66 percent) Twenty four percent of Indian respondents said they currently use some form of machine-learning or other AIbased security solution, with another 29 percent stating they plan on deploying these types of products within the next 12 months.
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Current Security Tools are not Enough
“Despite massive investments in cybersecurity programs, our research found most businesses are still unable to stop advanced, targeted attacks – with 54 percent believing they are not realizing the full value of their defense arsenal, which ranges from 10 to 75 security solutions,” said Larry Ponemon, chairman, Ponemon Institute. “The situation has become a ‘perfect storm,’ with nearly half of respondents saying it’s very difficult to protect complex and dynamically changing attack surfaces, especially given the current lack of security staff with the necessary skills and expertise to battle today’s persistent, sophisticated, highly trained, and well-financed attackers. Against this backdrop, AI-based security tools, which can automate tasks and free up IT personnel to manage other aspects of a security program, were viewed as critical for helping businesses keep up with increasing threat levels.”
IoT and Cloud Adds Significant Risk
Ponemon researchers found that the majority of Indian IT
security teams believe that a key gap in their company’s overall security strategy is their inability to identify attacks that use IoT devices as the point of entry. In fact, more than three-quarters of respondents believe their IoT devices are not secure, with 59 percent stating even simple IoT devices pose a threat. Over two-thirds of respondents admitted they have little or no ability to protect their “things” from attacks. Continuous monitoring of network traffic, closed-loop detection and response systems, and detecting behavioral anomalies among peer groups of IoT devices, were cited as the most effective approaches to better protect their environments. Even the ownership model for IoT security presents potential risk. When asked who inside their organization was responsible for IoT security, responses ranged from the CIO, CISO, CTO, and lineof-business leaders, with no majority consensus. Only 38 percent identified the CIO, with no other executive or functional group achieving response totals above 20 percent. Surprisingly, “No Function” was the third-highest answer (14 percent). Survey results also highlighted the importance of visibility and the ability to define which resources that people and IoT devices can access, with 48 percent of Indian respondents stating network access control is an important element of their company’s overall security strategy and critical for reducing the reach of inside exploits. Even though 72 percent of respondents from India say that their organizations deploy NAC, it is alarming to find out that only 17 percent of them are confident that they know all the users and devices connected to their network all the time. Additionally, more than half of global respondents said it’s hard to protect expanding and blurring IT perimeters resulting from requirements to concurrently support IoT, BYOD, mobile, and cloud initiatives (55%). “Partnering with the Ponemon Institute gives us insight into customer’s security challenges and enables us to provide solution specific to customer’s needs” said Santanu Ghose, Director – India, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. “The insights from this study help us to focus and improve our solutioning approach across wired and wireless network and provide an integrated framework for comprehensive security solutions with full visibility and control.
Ponemon Findings Parallel other Aruba Research
The Ponemon Institute study parallels findings from an Aruba global study conducted in June 2018 of 7,000 employees across 15 countries. That study revealed that cybersecurity is a challenge for employers, especially for those working in smart buildings. • The report found that although employees reported higher levels of cybersecurity awareness, with 52 percent of global respondents thinking about security often or daily, they also admitted to taking more risks with company data and devices. 70 percent admitted to risky behaviors such as sharing passwords and devices. • It also showed that 25 percent of employees globally have connected to potentially unsafe open Wi-Fi networks in the past 12 months. Additionally, 20 percent said they use the same password across multiple applications and accounts, and 17 percent admitted to writing down passwords in order to remember them.
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