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COVER STORY

INDUSTRY KART 08 CourseMonster Now Official Member of the Arrow Global 09 New element14 Selector – Your Best Soldering Tip 10 Microchip’s SAM R30 Sub-GHz Module Now At Mouser

TELECOM 19 Key Players Bat For Investments & Regulatory Improvements

IOT FEATURE 20 IOT Available to Everyone

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06 STEVE STOVER V P, Products & Strategy, ITSM SolarWindsduring 16 Rakesh Kharwal M anaging Director, India/South Asia & ASEAN, Cyberbit 23 Glenford V. D’souza T echnical Expert, LYNX – Lawrence & Mayo 28 Dr Ranjit Nair (PhD AI) C EO & Founder of Germin8 Solutions 30 Johan Pedersen S mart Home Product Marketing Manager, Silicon Labs 32 KEVIN Tsai Head, Moxa India

SEMICONDUCTOR REPORT 24 Trade-Off For Semiconductor Industry?

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34 Alps Alpine New Automotive TACT Switch Lineup 35 Electrolube India Offers an Alternative to Dow Corning’s CN-8760 36 Light Convergent Reflective Sensor

T&M 42 Future of Broadcast and Multimedia Analyzers

T&M UPDATES 44 R&S Sets New T&M Standards for Battery Applications

A&D 45 ANSYS, AGI Streamline HighSpeed Hypersonic Weapon

MICROSERVICES ARCHITECTURE 40 Implementing Serverless Microservices Architecture on AWS

MARKET EYE 48 Autonomous Vehicle Security Market Growing CAGR 14.7%

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Voice-enabled devices have huge potential to become an integral part of the workplace. Employees currently spend much of their work days completing tasks that could be automated with the assistance of a voiceenabled device reveals Steve Stover, VP, Products and Strategy, ITSM at SolarWinds during an interview with Niloy from BISinfotech. To understand the further impact, present-future of this nascent technology, Steve shares below his expertise in this domain. Edited Nub.

STEVE STOVER

VP, Products & Strategy, ITSM | SolarWinds

Impact of Voice-Enabled Assistants on consumer behaviour? Since voice-enabled assistants were first introduced, millions of devices have been adopted by consumers. Whether you’re in your kitchen and need a recipe recited or driving and need directions, consumers are increasingly conversing with these connected devices to enhance their daily lives. The more comfortable consumers are with the technology, the more we’ve seen it impact shopping and workplace behaviors. Many devices are now being used to order products, restock inventory, and connect with brands like we’ve never seen before. Voice-enabled technology has already impacted consumer expectations of instant service and communication, and more brands are implementing

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virtual assistants in the form of voice-enabled devices or chatbots to interact with their consumers.

How will voice transform the workplace, specifically in IT departments? Voice-enabled devices have huge potential to become an integral part of the workplace. Employees currently spend much of their work days completing tasks that could be automated with the assistance of a voice-enabled device. More than 1/3 of IT professionals spend up to 2 hours per day on work that could be automated. Many IT workers spend their days addressing and sorting individual tickets, but with a voice-assistant, the device could enter the ticket for them

and transfer it to the correct team, freeing up their time for higher level tasks. The key is connecting these devices to business applications to help get work done.

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What are the some software updates and can be used to common applications set reminders for each, or to pull the of voice in the workplace? necessary information a worker might T h e m o s t c o m m o n need. Virtual assistants will be crucial applications of voice in as workplaces become more digital the workplace are using and rely on multiple technologies to connected devices for communicate, and can help employees simple manual tasks that take stay on task throughout the day. up valuable time, like entering How key roles developments like and categorizing information, Google's Assignable Reminders alerting workers of system issues, and tracking inventory. will play? B y s p e a k i n g t o Google’s Assignable Reminders are an an assistant, example of a development that could heighten employee productivity and collaboration. While the reminders have been promoted as a way to assign household tasks to family members, it’s clear that an office who utilizes voice assistants could use this capability to possibly assign tasks to team members and ensure they are followed up on with reminders. By connecting workflows and management tasks through voice-enabled devices, workplaces can become more efficient and productive when assigning tasks.

employees can let these connected devices enter information, set tasks for other team members, and complete tasks. Voice can also be used to track inventory or

Any use cases, opportunities and concerns in Voice-Enabled Assistants? There are many use cases for voice, and I think assistants have great potential, not only for completing nuanced tasks, but for assigning tasks to coworkers, running meetings, and tracking productivity. In an IT department, with so many different technologies at play, voice can also be a way to connect systems and assign the correct teams to different issues that may arise in the company. For employees, one primary concern with voice-enabled assistants is likely privacy and data security, as it is with all rising tech. By making the terms of privacy completely transparent from the beginning, company executives can ensure the purpose of these devices is

clear to the workforce. Voice-enabled assistants are only meant to assist in employees’ daily lives, so it’s important to have employee buy-in before investing.

How is AI transforming this nascent technology? AI will make the difference between using voice as a toy and using voice as a productive assistant. With machine learning capabilities, a voice-enabled assistant is not only able to intelligently respond, but signal a response to the system based on your query, such as sorting a ticket request or completing the task automatically. As we see continued improvements in AI, we’ll see a correlation in improved voice-enabled devices as well. Another example is predicting when a preventative action needs to be taken and the voice assistant can request direction based on the prediction and shift toward proactive assistance.

What do you think is the future of voice-enabled technology? This technology will shift from simple task automation to more complex business processing tied to workflow. It will also evolve adding predictive shifts from reactive to proactive.

Data security consistently polls as one of the top reasons where current non-owners have shied away from adopting connected devices. Will this impact voice-enable assistant technology? Much like challenges with early adoption of technology that could make some data available, many of those issues are overcome with technology, regulation, and oversight. Any impacts will be in the near term and we can expect this technology to be as ubiquitous as browsing the internet.

Your expertise and knowledge-base into this technology? I’ve led an advanced analytics platform team, introduced AI into our products for service, built a prototype voice-based assistant, and presented to the market.

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CourseMonster Now Official Member of the Arrow Global Arrow Electronics announces an agreement with CourseMonster to deliver IBM training across Australia, Singapore, Middle East and Africa. The agreement extends Arrow’s geographical reach as one of five IBM’s Global Training Providers. CourseMonster, Australia’s prime professional IT training and certification courses enabler joins this worldwide cooperation program to further enhance Arrow’s existing enterprise computing solutions education coverage and infrastructure with select partners. Effective immediately, CourseMonster will offer authorized IBM Training through its global learning network in Australia, Singapore, Middle East and Africa, to complement Arrow’s capabilities and offerings. With this launch, Arrow is able to further expand its global learning ecosystem that will make IBM Training available around the world, delivered in a consistent manner, and based on local requirements. The scope of available trainings spans from IBM’s cloud solutions to badge- or

certification-related courses and involves their online training catalog on self-paced courses as well as customized, individual workshops. The List Of Key Training Topics Includes: IBM Cloud and Security solutions IBM Analytics IBM Watson, Internet of Things IBM Power, AI and mainframe systems, and many more. “Education is a key element of our

value-added services, enabling the market and the channel to support technology suppliers with product and solution readiness,” said Jacques Assant, Business Development Services Director, Arrow`s enterprise computing solutions business in EMEA. “We look forward to our new cooperation with CourseMonster, a well-established training provider serving ideal conditions to provide IBM training in this part of the world. They have demonstrated their expertise in the training business for more than 20 years -- and are extremely well-positioned to cover the rich catalog of IBM learning solutions in the respective regions.” “I am very excited to work with Arrow, a value-added solutions provider for IBM as well as other key IT suppliers. We can leverage Arrow’s expertise and wider business network to provide training solutions that help individuals and organizations to achieve productivity, growth, career, and business goals”, said Kelvin Durcan, Managing Director, CourseMonster.

element14 Now Stocking Kitronik Products

element14 is now stocking Kitronik products; an exciting range of accessories for micro:bit, Arduino and Raspberry Pi, perfect for educators, students, makers and hobbyists. Kitronik products encourage imagination and creativity when used in conjunction with the latest generation of open-source programmable computer boards. The kits and accessories enable interaction between programming and hardware, making them ideal for developing computational thinking skills in younger students. This new partnership with Kitronik enhances element14’s range of products for education and builds upon its position as the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of the BBC micro:bit, the largest manufacturer and distributor of Raspberry Pi boards and major stockist of Arduino boards. Kitronik products can be used to support STEM education in classrooms and after school clubs and seek to engage

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and inspire students of all abilities to further their knowledge of electronics, coding and design. element14 stocks everything required to get started in physical computing for both education establishments and independent coding clubs. Kitronik products and accessories for the micro:bit in stock at element14 include: The Inventors Kit provides an introduction to programming and hardware interaction and contains everything required to carry out ten experiments with the micro:bit, using LEDs, motors, light sensors and

capacitors. The kit includes an easy to follow tutorial book and no programming experience or soldering is required. Circuits can be completed in minutes. The MOVE mini buggy kit provides a fun introduction to robotics making a two-wheeled robot that is suitable for autonomous operation. It is perfect for remote control projects via Bluetooth applications or control using a second micro:bit. Five RGB individually addressable Zip™ LEDs are included which can be used as indicators, and a pen can be attached to the robot to draw shapes. Kitronik’s custom code blocks for the Servo:Lite motors are available to make the task of coding as quick and painless as possible. The Kitronik: GAME ZIP 64 is the ultimate retro gaming accessory for the BBC micro:bit. It has been designed to be an all in one hand-held gaming platform, which includes a built-in, 64 (8x8) individually addressable full colour Zip™ LED screen.

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Ethernet 100 W 1GBase-T Ganged 4-Port MagJack ICM Bel Magnetic Solutions’ 1GBase-T Ganged MagJackICMBel Magnetics Solutions’ 1GBase-T 100 W, 4-pair PoE quad-port integrated connector module (ICM) is designed for users looking to upgrade their product performance for maximum power of 100 W, or 1 A over standard Ethernet cables. Users can implement 100 W PoE to basically double the amount of power their product can handle over any existing application while still operating at Gb Ethernet speeds. The ICM is backward compatible with existing Ethernet networks. The 100 W module is ideal for LED lighting applications at the switch side and lighting ballast side. This ICM can transmit or receive up to 100 W of power per port over all four pairs within the Ethernet cable while maintaining the bandwidth of the Gb Ethernet signal. The module can be used as power source equipment (PSE) or a powered device (PD). The device is compatible with major 1GBase-T physical layer devices (PHYs), including current-mode and voltagemode. The ICM is backward-compatible to slower speeds and lower powers as needed and use industry-standard footprints and pin-outs. The device complies with the requirements of NBASE-T and IEEE 802.3bz. Features • 1GBase-T capable design: • Compatible with 1GBase-T current-mode and voltagemode PHYs • 100 W PoE • Can be used on PoE products requiring > 60 W of power • Industry-standard footprint and pin-out: • Drop-in replacement for 1G products, no PCB changes needed • Meets IEEE 802.3 10/100Base-T through 1GBase-T electrical requirements including RL, IL, hi-pot, and common-mode parameters

• Can carry 1,000 mA of current at 57 VDC continuous • Operating temperature range: -40°C to +85°C • 100% hi-pot tested in production • Comes with many different LED color combinations/options • RoHS 6/6 compliant • UL recognized • 30 microinches or 50 microinches gold-plated contacts as required by the TIA 1096/FCC 47, Part 68 • RJ45 plug-tab up for ease of use • Lead-free wave-solder compatible • EMI-spring tabs on the shield for enhanced EMI and ESD performance Applications • High-power sourcing applications: • Low-density 1GBase-T Ethernet switches requiring up to 100 W of 48 V power • NBASE-T compliant products • High-powered devices: • LED lighting Ethernet cameras requiring > 60 W of power • Base stations

Heilind Electronics Adds All Sensors’ Pressure Sensor Portfolio The recent distribution agreement between Heilind and All Sensors will allow Heilind to offer a greater selection of pressure sensors for industrial and medical applications. Heilind Electronics announces addition of All Sensors Corporation (an Amphenol Company), a leading manufacturer of high-accuracy MEMS piezoresistive low and ultra-low pressure sensors and pressure transducers. As an authorized distributor of All Sensors products, Heilind expands its growing portfolio of sensor products to include pressure sensors, with emphasis on low

pressure sensors for medical and industrial applications. Products range from 0.25 inH2O to 150 PSI. All Sensors pressure sensors are specially designed for low and ultra-low pressure measurement, high accuracy and repeatability. Core competencies such as low pressure, high accuracy and innovative technologies have made these sensors very reliable in multiple applications. “As Amphenol continues to build its strong sensor portfolio, we at Heilind are very excited to have access to the All Sensors line,” said Glen MacGibbon,

Vice President of Business Development - Sensors, Heilind Electronics. “Our extended portfolio of low pressure, high accuracy MEMS sensors enables us to offer more configurations and options to our customers.” Applications for these sensors are vast, with the products offering superior performance in low pressure, high accuracy environments such as hospital and portable ventilators, oxygen concentrators, blood pressure equipment, ventilator and fan control, energy conservation, building monitoring systems and more.

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Microchip’s SAM R30 Sub-GHz Module Now At Mouser Mouser Electronics is now stocking the SAM R30 sub-GHz module from Microchip Technology. The industry’s smallest IEEE 802.15.4-compliant module, the SAM R30 combines an ultra-low-power microcontroller with a sub-GHZ radio in a 12.7 × 11 mm package, enabling longlasting battery life in space-constrained designs like wireless-networked sensors and controls in home automation, smart city, and industrial applications. Available From Mouser Electronics, The Microchip SAM R30 module is: Based on a Microchip SAMR30E18A system-in-package (SiP) with 32-bit Arm Cortex-M0+ core and up to 256 Kbytes of flash and 40 Kbytes of RAM. Designed for use in unlicensed sub-1GHz frequency bands worldwide — such as 780 MHz (China), 868 MHz (Europe), and 915 MHz (North America) — the module delivers receive (RX) sensitivity up to -105 dBm and transmit (TX) output power up

to +8.7 dBm. The module offers twice the connectivity range and better communication through walls and floors than similarly powered devices using the 2.4 GHz frequency band. Featuring an ultra-low-power sleep mode of under 800 nA, the SAM R30 module is ideal for Internet of Things (IoT) sensor applications that require long battery life. Further, developers can implement

propriety point-to-point, star, or selfhealing mesh networks with Microchip’s MiWi protocol stack. Mouser also stocks the SAM R30M Xplained Pro Evaluation Kit, which includes an onboard embedded debugger, QTouch® button, two Xplained Pro extension headers, and embedded current measurement circuitry. The board features both a chip antenna and an SMA connector for an external antenna, a digital temperature sensor, and USB-UART/I2C convertor. The board is supported by the Atmel Studio integrated development platform, which provides predefined application examples. Both the module and the evaluation kit are certified with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Industry Canada (IC), and Radio Equipment Directive (RED), allowing designers to focus on time-to-market instead of RF testing certification costs.

Meet The Top New CEO - Glenn Smith of Mouser Electronics

Glenn Smith, President and CEO of Mouser Electronics, has been named 2019’s Top Public CEO by Fort Worth Business Press. The prestigious award was presented at a luncheon August 28 at Fort Worth’s River Crest Country Club. Smith has been a recognized leader in the North Texas business community since 2004, when he was elevated to his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mouser Electronics. While still a college student, Smith joined the company as a part-time warehouse employee in 1973 when Mouser was essentially a startup operation in San Diego, Calif. Smith rose through the ranks, working in nearly all departments in multiple management roles. Smith’s leadership and tenure has seen Mouser grow from a small distribution company to one of the world’s largest electronic component distributors, with more than 2,500 employees in 26 offices worldwide and nearly $2 billion in annual sales. Acquired in 2000 by Fort Worth-based TTI, Inc., Mouser is one of the TTI family of companies and an industry leader in the successful portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway companies. Smith learned early on about the importance of hard work,

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attention to detail and giving the customer a great experience. That focus remains key to the company’s mission. “It is a great honor to receive this award, and I thank the Fort Worth Business Press as well as all of the Mouser employees who contribute every day to give our customers a best-inclass experience,” Smith stated. “I’d also like to acknowledge our wonderful customers and suppliers. Stocking the widest selection of the newest products from our supplier partners reinforces our commitment to our customers to be a single source for all the components and tools necessary for the electronic design process. There’s a lot of teamwork involved in our business success.” Smith has served for years as a member of the Board of Directors of the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA), working to protect the authorized supply chain of electronic components. In 2011, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the ECIA for leading the rapid launch of the ECIA inventory search website, www.eciaauthorized.com. Smith currently serves on the Distribution Council for ECIA.

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V. Guruprasad

LALIT AGARWAL

Head, Sales & Business Development Digital Security Solutions Infineon India

Sales head, South Asia Secure Issuance HID Global

mart cards improve the convenience and security of any transaction. The card provides tamperproof storage of user and account identity, vital components of system security for the exchange of data throughout virtually any type of network. The Smart cards protect against a full range of security threats. Technological advancements, such as the development of smart cities, blockchain, biometric technology, etc., are driving the smart card market across the globe. The growing smart city initiatives are encouraging several public & private companies to develop smart connected solutions to efficiently optimize available resources and effectively manage operations and services. Smart cities have been fueling the demand for digital payments in sectors including transportation, retail, government, etc., creating a huge demand for smart cards. Several companies in the smart card market have run several successful trials of the fingerprint biometric technology within smart cards in countries including Japan, Cyprus, the U.S., Mexico, the UK, South Africa, etc., creating more opportunities for industry players. The rising number of financial frauds is leading to the need for a secure, personalized, and convenient payment solution. The integration of biometric technology into smart cards with a microprocessor and contactless interface will eliminate the need for PINs, assuring safer transactions through fingerprint authentication. In this article we unveil the various aspects of Smart Cards as it makes a billion-dollar entry in the global market. Traversing to the Know-How of smart cards - V. Guruprasad | Head, Sales & Business Development, Digital Security Solutions | Infineon India and LalitAgarwal, Sales head, South Asia, Secure Issuance, HID Global kens on what you want you know about Smart Cards. Here is what we found out:

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Smart Card - Key Features

V.G. : Smartcards are typically credit-card sized (ISO7816 ID-1 form factor) card that provide ‘convenient and secured’ means for information storage and processing. It is a plastic card with printed layers and security IC chip on board. The chip on a smart card can be either a microcontroller or a memory chip. Smart cards are designed to be tamperresistant and use encryption to provide protection for inmemory information. Those cards with microcontroller chips can perform on-card processing functions and can read and write information in the chip's memory. Certified security chips allow storage of sensitive information in the card itself, so that these are not threatened by mass attacks against backend systems. The information stored on the microcontroller can vary depending on the system design. With increased internet connectivity more and more data will be stored on the cloud. As big data is transferred and stored remotely, it is extremely important to design the system securely. In addition to the simple data storage media, the chip will then act rather as a key to allow secured proceeding and access of data. L.A. : Smart cards are physical cards with built-in microprocessors that act as security tokens; these can either be contact type or contactless. Smart cards in the form of credit/debit or SIM cards are the most commonly used cards in the world. Typically, these cards are connected to a reader through direct physical contact or wireless connectivity standards such as radio frequency identification or near-field communication. In terms of advantages, smart cards are secure and provide a higher level of security. The data stored on smart cards can’t be easily altered or deleted. Similarly, compared to magnetic stripe cards smart cards are not easily affected by electronic interference and magnetic fields.

How It Works?

L.A.: Compared to contact smart cards, contactless smart cards have an invisible chip where data is stored. Its embedded antenna allows for the cards to read easily within close proximity to a reader and doesn’t require direct physical contact. These cards are used for applications like access control, payments etc.

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V.G: Contactless smart card works on the principle of RF communication between card and contactless reader. Both power supply and communication signals are derived from the RF field from the reader. As such, the communication can be done “through air” at short distance (typically 3-5cm gap). For example, in a transport application, commuter can just tap his contactless card on the gantry reader, to pay for the train ride. Thus providing a fast and convenience experience in the process.

Privacy & Security?

V.G. : Key functionalities of a secured IC on Smart cards, which acts as a so-called trust anchor, are: Data Authenticity 4 Consumer of the data has a means to verify the source and the data container; one use case here is verifying of user’s biometric data with template stored in smartcard secured IC. This enhances the security level and user convenience at the same time. Data Integrity 4 Check if data has not been modified since its origin 4 Unauthorized forgery of the data may cause many damages to the owners of the data and affect the trust to the system. The secured IC with corresponding cryptography like message digest and signature would give the data a secured stamp. Data Privacy 4 Holder has a way of verifying the receiver is authentic 4 Unintended listening / eavesdropping on an authentic conversation/skimming Non Repudiation 4 The validity of the data is protected from being repudiated or refuted by the data originator.

Interoperability and Standards

L.A. : Definitely, both interoperability and standards are crucial. While, interoperability enables the development of cards and applications that will work together in open environments. Standards are needed to ensure the industry at large is able to scale fast and seamlessly through standardized interface between cards, terminals and slots. V.G. : Yes, interoperability and standards, including the desired security level, provide a foundation for implementers and

adopters of smartcard technology. We have seen this trend in various projects implementation in India previously. For example, Rupay, which is used for local debit payment card scheme and SCOSTA which is the standard for e-Driving License. Here, based on open standards and specifications, the local industries has seen widespread and adoption for these application. Proprietary standards has its limitation, as it restricts open specification and multiple sourcing; in short, projects may be lock-in and tied to a closed system implementation which make scaling more difficult.

the preferred security partner. This is based on industry’s broadest security solution portfolio, in-depth system competence and high customer focus for 30 years.

V.G. : Key markets and application includes payment and banking, secured government documents, mobile communication (SIM), Transport and Ticketing and cards for physical and/or logical access (Employee Cards). These main stream applications covers more than 80% of the Smart Card market.

L.A. : HID Global powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things and delivers a complete solution of secure smart card IDs and credentials in a variety of form factors for physical and logical access control as well as converged solutions for building and computer access, transit payment, cashless vending, biometrics and other applications. We provide the industry’s broadest range of smart card-based credentials such as cards, tags and keyfobs. As part of its portfolio, HID offers non technology IDs as well as single technology, multi technology, and contact chip-based smart cards.

L.A. : Typically, smart cards are used in market like Finance, Transport, Transit, Health, Education for applications relating to electronic payments, driving license, health cards, access control and so on.

In terms of our flagship offerings, HID offers printers integrated with built-in smart card functionalities to print as well as personalize smart cards in a single pass. Some our champion products include:

Expertise and Flagship Offering?

• T he HDP6600 retransfer printers: This is the company’s sixthgeneration retransfer printer under HID’s FARGO brand, the most trusted name in ID card printers. HID Global has completely reengineered the retransfer printing concept and redesigned the printer from the ground up to accelerate high-volume and quality printing, lower the printing cost per card and deliver best-in-class energy efficiency–all with HID’s well-known industry-leading reliability. As a result, the printer provides ease of service, is cost efficient and adaptable across a wider range of applications.

n SECORA™ security solutions: • High performance and secured JAVA operating system with applets based on security ICs •B ased on open standards • Bundled with innovative technologies like Coil-On-Module Packaging and SOLID FLASH™ memory

•C loud Solution HID Fargo Connect: HID FARGO Connect gives administrators full system visibility and control while meeting or exceeding the strictest regulatory security requirements. It helps simplify the management and delivery of credentials by removing the most resource consuming tasks. This evolution in technology seamlessly works with popular one-card and physical access control software, databases and card technologies.

Markets and Applications

V.G. : Infineon is the leading provider of security solutions. It holds the #1 position in volume market shares for security ICs with 53% in payment and 44% in government (ABI :ABI Smart Cards ICs Report; Oct. 2018). Infineon offers tailored and ready-to-use security solutions serving a wide range of applications from smart cards to new, emerging use cases. These include: n A ward winning easy-to-use security ICs for Payment, Government and Multi-application cards.

Outstanding security expertise and innovations make Infineon

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During a recent interview with Niloy from BISinfotech, Rakesh Kharwal, Managing Director, India/South Asia & ASEAN, Cyberbit stated, Cyberbit’s Cyber Range solution acts much like a flight simulator used for training pilots. Whereas, he also said that Cyberbit provides military-grade cybersecurity solutions including behavioural-analysis-driven ‘Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)’, ‘Security Automation, Orchestration, and Response (SOAR)’, ‘ICS/SCADA Security (OT Security)’, and world’s leading ‘Cyber Range’ platform for simulated cybersecurity training. He also highlighted on CyberBit’s take on the vigorous erupting cybersecurity and the company’s niche Cyberbit’s new SOC Automation and Orchestration offering. Read in here the edited nub.

Rakesh Kharwal Managing Director, India/South Asia & ASEAN, Cyberbit

What are the current offerings of Cyberbit in the Indian market? Cy be rbi t provi de s m ilit a ry- g ra d e cybersecurity solutions including behavioural-analysis-driven ‘Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)’, ‘Security Automation, Orchestration, and Response (SOAR)’, ‘ICS/SCADA Security (OT Security)’, and world’s leading ‘Cyber Range’ platform for simulated cybersecurity training. Since India is aggressively digitizing, our vision is to eliminate all emerging cybersecurity challenges so that they do not become a roadblock in this development. We have also envisioned to create India a global hub for cybersecurity training.

while the supply is short of 100,000. Another study by Cybersecurity Ventures points out that the global economy is estimated to lose $6 trillion annually by 2021 due to cybersecurity exploits and other cybercrimes. This indicates the urgency as well as the scale with which we have to take countermeasures within the industry. On the contrary, the dynamism within the IT sector is making it all the more difficult to address such challenges. All attack vectors and TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) need to be understood with in-depth expertise in order to counter and remediate an ongoing attack. However, our current cybersecurity workforce is not wellWhat are the growing cybersecurity versed with a majority of TTPs, making challenges and how is Cyberbit it all the more difficult for them to helping to empower customers against effectively remediate an ongoing growing cybersecurity challenges? attack. This is where our Cyber Range At present, the global cybersecurity product makes a massive difference. market is facing an acute shortage of It trains cybersecurity professionals in a cybersecurity professionals. According hyper-realistic simulation environment to IBM, India itself needs at least 3 million with SOC-like (Security Operations skilled industry professionals as of now, Center) setting. This effectively amplifies

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the cybersecurity team’s skills and brings visible improvement in terms of teamwork. Our Cyber Range solution also helps organizations to reduce onboarding time for fresh talent and can further be leveraged by educational institutes to train their students in a reallife atmosphere. Another challenge that we resolve is the volume of alerts and technological tools that a cybersecurity professional typically has to face. SOAR, also known as SOC 3D, streamlines the security operations by integrating multiple tools in a single screen and automating incident response playbooks. This effectively decreases the time-to-respond by up to 90% while tripling the capacity of a SOC. Cyberbit’s ICS/SCADA Security, on the other hand, addresses the gradual convergence of IT, OT, and IoT networks. It eliminates end-to-end security risks associated with the networks of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) – such as electric grids, transportation systems, manufacturing lines, power plants,

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etc. – where a cyberattack can put lives on potential danger and cause environmental damages. Lastly, a number of recent cyberattacks have indicated how easy it can be for evasive attacks to bypass firewalls and anti-malware systems. We have developed our EDR solution with Artificial Intelligence or to be more specific, its subset Machine Learning to detect attacks that can evade conventional systems. This approach is further refined using Behavioral Analytics to detect anomalies and hence, any potential threat.

How is Cyberbit helping to bridge the cyber skill gaps? Cyberbit’s Cyber Range solution acts much like a flight simulator used for training pilots. It extends all real-life scenarios to cybersecurity professionals and prepares them to respond efficiently during an actual incident. It also acts as a test-bed for potential products, improves the utility of various tools, positively affects team play and communication, helps in brainstorming, and serves as a breeding ground for organizations to assess and onboard recruits. Using Cyber Range, we can dedicately focus on the shortcomings of the security team and efficiently eliminate them. It also helps in acquainting them the team with unconventional attack vectors as and when they emerge.

Can you elaborate about the SCADAShield Mobile and what are its prime features? Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are the backbone of the global economy. ICS solutions control the operational technology (OT) networks that run largescale manufacturing facilities, critical infrastructure sites, and many more of the building blocks of modern society. Because of this diverse ecosystem, the legacy solutions that control large-scale OT networks are challenged to provide visibility into exact network structure. This ICS network security blind spot leaves OT networks highly-vulnerable to targeted attacks, malware, and other cyber threats. SCADAShield Mobile helps organizations overcome these challenges within minutes. For customers in need of rapidly assessing

their OT network, while avoiding the customers &MSSP players in the SOAR integration of a monitoring solution, space. SCADAShield Mobile provides a portable, After your recent appointment to non-intrusive, OT network assessment and the company’s leadership role, asset discovery solution. Conveniently packaged in a case weighing less what significant strategies have you than 30 pounds, shippable as cabin opted for the growth of the company? luggage, SCADAShield Mobile plugs Cyberbit top management has decided into a network switch and provides, to invest in India market seeing the within minutes, comprehensive asset potential and growth of the Indian discovery, visibility, and vulnerability market. assessment reports. Some of the key features of SCADAShield • W e have scaled our team to 20 people and we are going to scale mobile are: further as we are going to build our global tech support and professional • Within minutes of passive monitoring, support organization in India. SCADAShield Mobile provides Audit data for regulatory and regional critical infrastructure audit requirements (e.g. • W e have very aggressive plans for the year 2019 and coming years. We NERC, NIST, ISO), Comprehensive want to increase our customer base network mapping, asset discovery, and approach some of the major vulnerability assessment, real time prospective clients including top threat detection and much more. private and public banks, government • SCADAShield Mobile automatically entities, state cyber cells, IT/ITeS, Oil & generates a comprehensive network Gas sector, and many more. topology chart that includes All IT/OT network connected to the system and their attributes, Communication • We offer the Cyber Range platform which is the most widely deployed protocol analysis, IT/OT network touch cyber range platform globally. A points. report by Data Security Council of • SCADAShield Mobile offers broad IT and India (DSCI) states that by 2025, there OT protocol support for various verticals is going to be a shortage of a million such as Power Grids, Transportation, cybersecurity professionals in India. Airports, Smart Cities, Water and utility, We take it as a CSR initiative to deploy Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Pharma, the cyber ranges across organizations and many more. from different sectors. India could be What is driving the Global Security a global hub to train cybersecurity Orchestration Market and your professionals across the world. To me, prospective share in this market? that is the most exciting part. Today, organizations are threatened by complex and persistent attacks from • Since India has a very strong footprint multiple vectors and are required to of MSSPs and the systems integrators respond within minutes.On top of this, like TCS, Infosys, Cognizant, TechM, TCL, they are overwhelmed by a massive Hexaware and so on, we are seeing number of alerts and an ever-growing that the day-to-day services cost and number of security tools.This required the profit margins are also shrinking in a new layer on top of the SIEM – India. All the system integrators and which resulted in the birth of the SOC MSSPs are not limiting themselves to Automation and Orchestration platforms. the Indian market but are taking the These tools attempt to streamline event next logical step by addressing all management, automate playbooks and the RFPs that are taking place across procedures, coordinate between SOC the globe. As an organization, we team members, effectively manage can understand where the industry the SOC shifts and of course, integrate is moving towards. So, our focus is to seamlessly the entire portfolio of security help MSSPs increase their profit margins, tools and feeds. We have seen good remain competitive, and provide best traction and won some major end user of breed service to retain customers.

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Can you detail on the Cyberbit’s new SOC Automation and Orchestration? With an increasingly complex incident response environment, enterprises and MSSPs are seeking ways to scale their operations, shorten their mean time to respond, improve quality of services, handle the overwhelming volume of alerts, time-sensitive attacks, multivector IT-OT-IoT threats, and streamline incidence response capabilities. It helps in bringing the Mean Time to Respond (MTTR) by up to 90% through the optimization of NIST-defined incidentresponse lifecycle. Simultaneously, the user interface is enhanced and all tools are integrated into a single screen for seamless access and higher productivity. It helps in accelerating resolution with playbooks for various incidents such as phishing, ransomware attacks, DDoS attacks, or any user-defined playbook. The automated solution also prioritizes incidents as per their precedence and resolves them accordingly.

Secondly, using our Cyber Range product, we are trying to enhance the skill set of all current cybersecurity professionals while also familiarizing our college students, i.e. upcoming workforce, with real-life cybersecurity challenges. This approach will take us away from the bookish knowledge, which normally becomes redundant given the very dynamism of the cybersecurity industry. Our business model, as already explained, is a confluence of these approaches.

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What are your strategies to expand in the Indian market and what is your business model for the indigenous market? Our primary strategy is to mitigate the biggest challenge that the Indian market is facing at present, i.e. the skill gap in cybersecurity segment. Subsequently, we envision to make India the global hub of end-to-end cybersecurity needs of global organizations. Here, we have to understand that India right now has the perfect ingredients to turn the tables globally. It is one of the largest markets, is rapidly digitizing, is as diverse and dynamic as it can get, and there is substantial room for novel approaches in the market. The nation is further home to the world’s second-largest population which is also the youngest. This positions India brilliantly amongst its competitor markets and the need of the hour is only to equip people with relevant skills. So, after India’s local cybersecurity challenges are addressed, it will unlock the avenues for the country and its market players to avail the global opportunity. This is the overarching objective that we have envisioned at Cyberbit. In order to achieve this objective, our approach is to make the military-grade cybersecurity a norm within the country.

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Govt. has extensive digitalization plans across the country, how does your company aim to align with them? Presently, we are seeing a paradigm shift in India with the boom of digitalization and the advent of smartphones is familiarizing everyone with digital tools and technologies including UPI, MyGov, DigiLocker, Aadhar Pay and so on. These initiatives focus on transforming India into a digitally empowered society and a knowledgeable economy.But this leaves India vulnerable to wide-ranging threats

that underlie with going digital. Cyberbit portfolio provides a complete product suite for detecting and mitigating attacks in the new, advanced threat landscape, and helps organizations address the related operational challenges. We are looking towork closely with government entities to strengthen their cybersecurity team by providing simulation-based training i.e. Cyber range. Our SCADAShield product has been securing the most sensitive infrastructures since 2010, with proven, battle-hardened technology that detects and mitigates cyber threats across the entire OT and IT stack—stopping known and unknown ‘‘zero-day’’ threats before they can cause physical harm. Hence, we are looking to work with publicly held oil and gas, airports, power generation firms, manufacturing firms and many more.Our EDRsupports 100% Air-Gapped networks by focusing on behaviour-based analytics and allows sensitive organizations –such aspublic financial institutions, government agencies to keep their infrastructure isolated and protected from the open internet-based threats.

‘Education and Awareness’ still haunts Indian cybersecurity market,what are your comments to it and how is your company helping to foster the term, ‘cybersecurity’ in the country? As already indicated, our vision is to make India a global hub for cybersecurity training. This can only ha p p en if w e b ring pos i ti ve reforms across all aspects that affect the industry. Both education and cybersecurity awareness are integral in this context. In terms of cybersecurity awareness, we believe that the entire industry is working collectively to apprise organizations and individuals about the consequences that such a cybersecurity exploit can have on an organization. Organizations are also becoming more attentive to cybersecurity challenges as large-scale cyberattacks are surfacing across the horizontal market. In terms of education, state-of-the-art solutions like Cyber Range are bringing positive change on the ground. They are also being deployed by forward-looking educational institutes given the value it adds for their students and to their subsequent career.

TELECOM UPDATE

Key Players Bat For Investments & Regulatory Improvements India, being one of the fastest growing digital economies is all set to roll out 5G services. As per GSMA, India is set to account for 25% of the total 5G subscribers across the world by 2025.With more than 750 million mobile subscribers and a goal of being a USD 5 trillion economy – 5G will not only be an enabler of growth to the telecom sector in the country but also would propel other sectors to move forward. To discuss the challenges and opportunities that follow, reputed industry leaders met in Mumbai today at the 2nd edition of 5G India Leadership Summit 2019. The forum comprising of senior leadership teams from leading network operators, network OEMs, Smartphone companies, Academia & Govt. Bodies met to discuss critical factors including cost, quality, technology, investments and regulatory changes needed by the industry to drive sustainable growth in the coming years. The event was supported by reputed institutions such as Mediatek, TATA Tele Business Services, Broadband Forum & Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and was organized by Konnect Worldwide. More than 100 participants attended the event. Speaking at the inaugural panel, Anku Jain, Managing Director, MediaTek India,

said, “With the world quickly adopting 5G technology India can’t afford to miss the bus as it will pave the way for India to become a truly digital country. 5G will also give a big push to Smart Cities project and 5G will bring the era of inter-connected smart devices at a large scale which would lead to the transformation of machine to machine and IoT technologies for public services. 5G technology is expected to contribute $2.2 trillion to the global economy in the coming 15 years comprising of various sectors.” Attending the event were eminent panelists including senior leaders from Reliance Jio, OnePlus India, COAI, GSMA, Broadband Forum and Deloitte. Commenting on the 5G readiness, Vikas Agarwal, General Manager, OnePlus India, said “We’ve been testing 5G since 2016. In fact, we were the first to send a

tweet on a 5G network and already have a commercially available 5G device in Europe. We are testing the 5G capabilities in India and are prepared for when India makes the leap into 5G. We are excited about the possibilities that 5G will bring, from cloud gaming to seamless video conferencing, the benefits of 5G are vast.” Nikhil Shah, Broadband Forum Ambassador, hosted the inaugural panel discussion around 5G readiness in India and steered the participants to key issues in the industry. Spaking at the sidelines of the event, Nikhil said, “We are pleased to take part in the 5G India Leadership Summit which is an important event as India moves to make 5G a reality. Standards have an important role to play in this evolution and during the conference we highlighted how Broadband Forum is accelerating network transformation and cloud evolution through development of an open framework and resources for cloud-based broadband, called Open Broadband. This is a series of initiatives that combine the best of open source with interoperability, standards, and a global network of affiliated labs to support operators wanting to make meaningful change to their networks, while leveraging existing investments and limiting disruption to their customer base.”

Fujitsu, Qualcomm Complete 5G Data Calls in Sub-6 GHz and mmWave Fujitsu and Qualcomm announces to have achieved non-standalone (NSA) 5G New Radio (NR) data calls on sub-6 GHz and mmWave spectrum bands. The two parties successfully conducted Network–Device Vendor Interoperability Testing (NV-IOT) for NTT DOCOMO, INC., leveraging Fujitsu’s commercial 5G base station (gNB) products together with a mobile smartphone form-factor test device, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem and antenna modules with integrated RF transceiver, RF front-end and antenna elements. These latest NV-IOT testing bi-directional data calls, compliant with the 3GPP release 15 specifications, were completed

in mid-July at Fujitsu in Japan. This achievement marks a significant milestone to build a successful 5G endto-end ecosystem in Japan, composed of 5G network infrastructure from Fujitsu and a broad range of 5G user devices using Qualcomm Technologies’ modems and RF Front-end solutions. “These data calls bring 5G technology one step closer to commercial rollout,” said DurgaMalladi, Senior Vice President and General Manager, 4G/5G, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “These live tests deliver on the commitment of Qualcomm Technologies and Fujitsu to make 5G a commercial reality in 2019 and are major milestone in driving 5G network

launches around the world. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Fujitsu, enabling 5G networks and providing consumers with transformative 5G experiences starting this year.” “5G networks will accelerate Fujitsu’s human centric innovations through co-creation with our customers,” said Masayuki Seno, Senior Vice President, Head of Network Products Business Unit, Fujitsu Limited.

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The world of technology is changing faster than ever these days, and the pace of new technology introduction to wireless applications has not subsided.As transmission standards have changed to accommodate Internet of Things (IoT) devices, it’s never been easier for a wireless enthusiast to try their hand at designing a new modulation scheme, and there are plenty of new sensors available to pair with a wireless link.These technologies are also more accessible to everyone than ever before. Let’s talk about each of these developments and how we can get our hands on this inexpensive and pervasive technology right now. Low power wide area network (LPWAN) radio technologies are available on cellular infrastructures and have been around for a few years now. Narrow band Internet of Things (NBIoT), Long Term Evolution Machine Type Connection (LTE-M and LTE-MTC), and enhanced Machine Type Communication (eMTC) are popular. The advantage of these technologies is their leverage of existing cellular towers that are used for voice and high bandwidth traffic. However, a device that needs only occasional reporting and control does not require a high bandwidth, and since many are battery-operated, there was a need for lower power and lower bandwidth standards that these technology standards enable. Other technologies that do not leverage existing cellular networks and must have infrastructures built a new include Sigfox, LoRa/ LoRaWAN and NB-Fi to name only a few. The disadvantage to these is requiring an uplink to couple to the broader internet. While network operators provide this uplink as a service, it is yet another computer network system to negotiate. However, the cellular network operators are huge companies and it’s not realistic to compete effectively with them. The best course is to buy “time” on their networks by adopting modems that comply to their standards and then pay a monthly use plan. The non-cellular networks can be built out with modest funds and with the limitation that the geography they cover is not great. They are certainly not worldwide until they are connected to a server that performs the bridging to the internet. The good news is that access to cellular networks, and the chips and modules to build your own low power network, are

available from Digi-Key Electronics. Digi-Key sells cellular network data plans,too, that cost as little as $3.00 per month for 300KB of data and international service (see figure 1). All you need is a cellular operator-certified modem and your device can be “online” worldwide. The modems and the chips that are included in those modems are also available.

Figure 1. Examples of Digi-Key cellular data plans.

Electronic solutions in the form of modules continue their dramatic growth. Instead of requiring the expertise yourself to design at the chip level, you can obtain a radio prebuilt and certified. This not only reduces necessary RF technical acumen, it also gets products to market more quickly. I did a spot check recently after looking up the chips used in modules and then looked to see what type of customer was buying each. It was surprising to see that companies having the necessary acumen were not only buying the same chips that were on the modules, they were also buying the modules, and both were being purchased in quantities of thousands of units. This supports the notion that it can be better to get to market early with a less cost-optimized product to test the market for a new product. If the market is large enough, the product can then be cost-optimized by going all the way down to the chip-level. But there is even a level lower than chips that I am callingthe waveform level. Software Defined Radios (SDRs) allow a developer to experiment with entirely new modulation schemes. If you have a unique need and the expertise, you can develop your own radio standard. Even if you don’t have the expertise, experimenting with an SDR can teach you a lot. One such SDR is the Analog Devices Advanced Learning Module PLUTO (ADALM-PLUTO) from Analog Devices and available for off-the-shelf shipping from Digi-Key (see figure 2). These units cost less than $150 USD as of August 2019. They interface to a personal computer over a USB link, contain an FPGA that is easily reconfigured, have extensive support for the programming language Python, and can transmit and receive signals over a range from 325MHz to 3.8GHz. If you really want to know and use RF, you can start at this level.

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board, configure it in the IDE, and download your configuration including IDE-generated open-source code onto your board. That board can communicate with a device that is either tethered to a host via wires or wirelessly tethered via Bluetooth or WiFi and can then send whatever data it has to the internet for reception by a paired smartphone. Options exist to scale this to larger settings which do require a nominal fee. For example, an online project that shows the connection to the internet of a “window blinds controller” can be found on maker.io at https://www.digikey.com/en/maker/projects/ trinamics-tmc5161-microchips-avriot-wg-digikeys-iot-studiotemp/0e6ad3e75b1944898f62527861f97597. Code to modify DK IoT Studio to add features of your own can be found here on Digi-Key’s eewiki website: https://www.digikey.com/eewiki/ pages/viewpage.action?pageId=86278392. Figure 2. ADALM-PLUTO SDR available from Digi-Key.

Back to the idea of specific products, sensors by the hundreds in the form of chips and modules proliferate. Here are some of the things that can be sensed along with the number of items in stock (SKUs) from Digi-Key: • Proximity Sensors (10,149 items) • Sensors, TransducersTemperature Sensors - Analog and Digital Output (4,255 items) • Sensors, TransducersSpecialized Sensors (914 items) • Sensors, TransducersGas Sensors (364 items) • Sensors, TransducersPosition Sensors - Angle, Linear Position Measuring (2,961 items) • Sensors, TransducersPressure Sensors, Transducers (30,771 items) • Sensors, TransducersHumidity, Moisture Sensors (570 items) • Sensors, TransducersCurrent Sensors (2,021 items) • Sensors, TransducersOptical Sensors - Ambient Light, IR, UV Sensors (1,238 items) • Sensors, TransducersOptical Sensors - Distance Measuring (137 items) • Sensors, TransducersEvaluation Boards - Sensors (2,593 items) • Development Boards, Kits, ProgrammersMagnetic Sensors - Position, Proximity, Speed (Modules) (4,266 items) • Sensors, TransducersOptical Sensors - Photoelectric, Industrial (9,978 items) • Sensors, TransducersMotion Sensors - Accelerometers (1,730 items) • Sensors, TransducersImage Sensors, Camera (1,539 items)

Figure 3. Digi-Key's DKIoT Studio.

Happy developing and may the Internet of Things bring your connected devices to the world. Randall Restle is vice president of applications engineering at Digi-Key Electronics.There he is responsible for assessing, designing and directing a team of skilled application engineers, technicians and management personnel to lead Digi-Key’s technical strategy of serving customers in the selection and use of advanced technology products. Digi-Key is one of the world’s largest, full-service distributors of electronics components, offering more than 8.7 million products with over 1.7 million in stock and available for immediate shipment, from more than 800 quality, name-brand manufacturers. n

In all, Digi-Key offersmore than210,000 different sensors. Any one of these sensors, or any combination of them, can be incorporated into a product that can tie to the internetvia a wide variety of wireless options.

Another tool to enable your wireless product development is the DK IoT Studio (https://www.digikey.com/en/resources/ design-tools/dk-iot-studio) (see figure 3). This rapid application development (RAD) tool is free-of-charge from Digi-Key. From a web-based integrated development environment (IDE), you can choose a ready-made embedded microcomputer

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Vice President, Applications Engineering Digi-Key Electronics

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WE HAVE STRONG INNOVATION CAPABILITIES AND BASED ON THE MARKET REQUIREMENT

We Have Strong Innovation Capabilities And Based On The Market Requirement

Glenford V. D’souza, Technical Expert, LYNX – Lawrence & Mayo talks about their key Glenford V. D’souza, Technical Expert, LYNX – Lawrence & Mayo talks about their key focus, focus, market expertise and how they’re touching the nascent market of Drones market expertise and how they’re touching the nascent market of Drones & UAV in India. & UAV inunderlines India.Glenford underlines the emerging technologies and theirand impact Glenford the emerging technologies and their impact into businesses also their ahead plans for the Indian market. Edited Nub.ss into businesses and also their plans ahead for the Indian market. Edited Nub.

Glenford V. D’souza Technical Expert, LYNX – Lawrence & Mayo

Which sectors are of your key focus currently and what are your key offerings to these sectors? Our key focus mainly is on the following sectors: i. Infrastructure Companies. ii. Private Surveyors and Consultants. iii. Construction Companies people who execute large construction project such as Housing colonies and other infrastructure works. iv. Land Records Departments. v. Public Works departments. vi. Irrigation Department. vii. Mining Companies viii. Railways ix. Agriculture Departments. x. Educational Institutions (Engineering colleges with Civil Engineering courses). xi. Items that we supply are to these keys sectors are as under: a . Surveying Instruments comprising of Total Stations, GNSS Systems, Scanners, Mobile Mapping Systems, Drones. b . All Soil Concrete Laboratory testing equipments required to carry out any construction job.

Overview of Lynx’s technology expertise and further vision? a. T he technology incorporated in the above instruments that we supply is not ours. As all instruments mentioned above are imported from our Principals and then sold in India. b. W e have expertise to service the equipments and carry out component replacement in all above equipment. c. We also have expertise on the subject of GNSS System, Total Stations and other surveying instruments.

How do you see the UAV market growing and what scopes and challenges does this industry keep in the coming time? i. We have been retained by IdeaForge to market their Drones in India and we as per our joint strategy for marketing Drones will concentrate on marketing them to various private surveyors and consultants and also all other sectors mentioned above in Point No.1. ii. B esides this, we will also hit the surveillance industry such as Police, Municipal Corporation. Disaster Management segment and Security Segment. We envisage a bright future in this association as there are various other sectors and markets that need to use drones in their industry such as Chemical, Solar industry, National Highway and Road Development authorities. So this partnership will go a long way in improving business for both.

Point No.1. However Cloud technology will certainly impact our business as all our datas captured by Drones , Mobile Mapping System, Scanners and other Lidarequipments are basically sent to the cloud and sometimes cloud server also processes the data and gives us the final results.

There has been a quantum leap in growth of the global industrial landscape, resulting in higher demands for high-quality precision measuring tools for reduced turnaround time and costs. Lynx comments to it. All recent new developments have reduced turnaround time and cost for example, survey used to be done with the help of the Theodolite tape and chain. This survey if finished in 30 days time, the Total Station finishes this in 15 days. Moving one step ahead, the Scanners and GPS finishes this in 7 days. Again Mobile mapping system and Drones finishes this same survey within hours. Lynx’s R&D strength and innovation Therefore reducing turnaround time and capabilities and what are your cost. Hence we are right in the middle of ahead strategies to viz across in the marketing high quality precision measuring market? tools as mentioned above having reduced We have strong innovation capabilities turnaround time and costs. and based on the market requirement India as market for Lynx and what we advise our manufacturers on various potential does it keep for your new features that need to be added in company’s market share? the products manufactured by them. LYNX stands up right as a total solution How emerging technologies like IoT C o m p a n y c a t e r i n g t o t h e e n t i r e are, cloud, AI impacting your business construction infrastructure demands and and how do you reckon the future with needs. Starting from Surveying right up to these potential technologies? completion of the project including Soil Emerging technologies like IOT, ARE Cloud, concrete testing equipment. does not have any direct impact on our The total market share of the existing business. As we are in the business of potential will go from 15 – 40 in the next marketing instruments as mentioned under 2 – 3 years.

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The semiconductor sector is already seeing a slowdown in the midst of challenges such as inventory issues, slowing demand for smart devices and falling memory chip prices. Now, the tensions between the U.S. and China threaten to worsen the situation.The market "will bottom out in the second half of 2019, but considering manufacturers have become cautious about investment due to U.S.-China trade frictions, the pace of recovery will likely be slow," said Akira Minamikawa, a principal analyst at IHS Markit.The U.S. in May essentially banned exports to Huawei Technologies, prompting some chipmakers to suspend transactions with the Chinese telecommunications equipment producer. Stepped-up American tariffs on goods from China are another negative, and a further slowdown in the Chinese economy would have repercussions for trading partners.The semiconductor market is anticipated to grow over the medium term as 5G wireless technology and next-generation automobiles take root. But for now, industry players will continue to assess the timing of the market bottoming out. Demand has plunged for memory chips used in data centers, smartphones and elsewhere. Memory sales, which account for roughly 30% of the semiconductor market, are seen tumbling 30.6% to $109.5 billion in 2019.Memory prices continue to languish, even as chipmakers move to cut production or postpone capital spending. Large-lot prices of standard DRAMs are almost 30% lower than in October, and prices of NAND flash memory have fallen about 30% in half a year.

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From 2020, the industry is again poised for strong growth as artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly adding to global demand. With technological innovation happening at a breakneck speed worldwide, the semiconductor industry is also no exception to this, and it can look forward to significant growth in the coming years following a rather weak 2019.In 2018, global semiconductor sales stood at a total of US$ 481 billion, and over the coming four years, sales are expected to keep growing (albeit at a slower rate) to cross US$572 billion by the end of 2022. Samsung, a leading player in the global semiconductor industry, has recently undertaken a massive capital spending on its semiconductor division and this is expected to drive overcapacity in the memory segment, likely causing a fall in sales of memory products in 2019. Nevertheless, 2020 will witness a recovery of the sector once again.The global semiconductor industry is expected to be massively driven by the demand for chips that are related to the booming artificial intelligence sector. Much of this demand is likely to emerge from the industrial and automotive markets, with the automotive market expected to grow the fastest through 2022.

Key Drivers

How is The Global Market Performing?

The global semiconductor market is expected to post a CAGR of close to 9% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by Technavio. A key factor driving the growth of the global semiconductor market is the rising adoption of semiconductors ICs in automobiles. The integration of semiconductors is being viewed as a key component for technological advancements by automotive manufacturers. In addition, several other developments in the automotive sector including the autonomous vehicles, wireless charging, EVs, and computer-based testing will drive the need for semiconductor components. Therefore, the increasing integration of advanced systems such as collision warning system, smart cameras, and autonomous braking system, will boost the demand for semiconductor ICs during the forecast period.The demand for advanced level packaging that helps to reduce node size and supports large volume production has compelled the

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development of various packaging technologies. In addition, the emergence of 3D ICs has also increased the investments in packaging technologies. Several semiconductor packaging technologies are increasingly being developed and used by IDMs and OSATs to allow semiconductor manufacturers to improve the scale of production. Thus, the emergence of advanced packaging technologies will complement the growing quality and production scale requirements of semiconductor manufacturers during the forecast period. “There has been an increasing adoption of wafer-level packaging (WLP) and wafer-level chip-scale packaging (WLCSP). Finer patch pad, nanoscale patterning, FinFET fabrication, SIP fabrication, and SOP fabrication are some of the key advantages associated with the advanced packaging technologies. Thus, the dominance of these technologies as opposed to the existing technologies is expected to increase during the forecast period,” says a senior research analyst at Technavio.

India,The Next Semicondcutor Hub For Asia?

Asia is one of the largest contributors to the global electronics industry with its expertise in semiconductor fabrication. Experts say that India is spending more money on import of semiconductor than on oil. But India has never entered into this scenario even though it is one of the world's largest consumer of electronic goods. Hence the assessment of the reasons behind the lack of India's presence in the global electronics economy is quintessential at this point in order to build a future prospect of the country in electronics. As the Silicon Valley became the start-up hub for the US, India is building its own start-up cities such as Bangalore which houses some of the prominent start-up companies such as Mymo Wireless and Tejas Networks. The government initiatives to nurture the start-up ecosystems are also highlighted in this report. “Telecom, Healthcare, and Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) are Key Electronic Clusters Attracting the Indian Startup Ecosystem” Changing from embedded software and IP development, to developing derivative SOCs and now to full-blown complex SOC

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IC development. Given the complexity of Fin FET based SOCs, the large staffing needs continue to cut across international boundaries. India continues to focus on its current strengths in IC design and development, embedded software, and supporting MNCs. Analog will continue to be a growth area in semiconductors, to power these SOCs. US, Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, etc are all large producers of semiconductor chips and also have a strong foothold on the global economy. Lam Research estimates that by 2020, there will be 30 billion connected devices. That will likely continue to increase, and move up to 75 billion connected devices by 2025. There is a significant growth in devices that may only need less than or equal to 28nm process capability. There are things with sensors. There are also leading-edge

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applications, such as data centers and analytics. The greater, leading-edge devices are used at data centers. There are smart homes, connected cars, and wearables, as well as MEMS/sensors, MCUs/MPUs, smarter devices and PMICs, integration and SoCs, and advanced packaging. Eye at China From India China is building a homegrown chip program for the adoption of local semiconductors in 70% of its products by 2025.

IoT Impact

oT is going to be everywhere. According to research from Gartner, total spending on IoT technology will reach a billion dollar market. This was driven by service-based spending in the professional sector, which means businesses were contracting with outside firms to design and deploy the infrastructure required to support new connected machines and devices.The same research says that, worldwide, we can expect to see more than 26 billion connected devices come online between now and 2020.IDC predicting 32 billion and Cisco predicting 50 billion connected devices by 2020. The varied forecast for the number of connected devices and the market size for IoT evidently shows that there is a lack of clarity on the market opportunity. For consumers, IoT devices provide a degree of convenience, comfort and energy-efficiency that wasn’t possible before. All of this is true of the IIoT, too, with the addition of cost savings thanks to improved product throughput, insights into resource usage, better production forecasting and planning tools, better route optimization for deliveries and much more.Semiconductors power all of this. Each connected IoT or IIoT device contains sophisticated microchip designs that allow even low-energy devices to achieve remote connectivity.And because the IoT is so clearly poised for growth, it means the semiconductor

industry is, too. But that growth isn’t going to look like what we’ve seen so far.

New Models and Standardization

Standards war is not new to the technology industry (CDMA vs. TDMA, WiFi vs. WiMAX, HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray). However, in IoT the standards battles are unfolding on multiple fronts – connectivity, network, and applications. Semiconductor companies will have an important role to play on all three fronts. Technological innovations, growing demand, and evolving ecosystem will drive IoT maturity. Semiconductor companies are well positioned to help the IOT gain momentum, despite the obstacles ahead, provided that they embrace innovation and rethink their traditional business model.In the long term, IoT-driven yield models, linked with statistical process control methods, ensure process improvements as process engineers can quantify their own process sector’s influence on test yields instead of waiting for months to get the final test results.

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To our interest of reading through the algorithms on how AI is emerging for the world, Niloy Banerjee from BISInfotech had a candid chat with Dr Ranjit Nair (PhD AI), CEO and Founder of Germin8 Solutions who elucidates on his gamut understanding of AI for us. Nair foresees; The rest of the companies who have begun AI adoption are seeing huge benefits in terms of improving operational efficiency as well as increasing revenues. Edited Nub Below. Dr Ranjit Nair (PhD AI) CEO & Founder of Germin8 Solutions

How is AI impacting Indian businesses and what key facets are driving the growth of India’s AI industry? Artificial Intelligence has the potential to transform and disrupt both large and small businesses. However, SMEs which account for about 95% of all businesses in India have only barely begun their AI journey. This is because a company's AI journey can begin only once they are well on their way in their digital journey, and a vast majority of Indian SMEs still operate in a very traditional non-digital way. The rest of the companies who have begun AI adoption have begun seeing huge benefits in terms of improving operational efficiency as well as increasing revenues. It has impacted all functions within the organisation including marketing, HR, manufacturing, distribution, sales, legal and compliance.

The key facets driving the growth of AI in India are: • Usage of digital marketing and social media to reach more customers • A d o p t i o n o f A I b y i n t e r n a t i o n a l competitors which is negating the

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labour arbitrage that Indian exporters earlier enjoyed • Increased focus on bottom lines and operational efficiency rather than just the top line in many industries including retail.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) now-a-days plays an important role in personalised marketingand as a resultof this Customer Acquisition has become easy for Indian brands. AI has simplified reaching the right set of audience from a marketing point of view. Just not acquisition but programmatic buying has also become easy with AI. AI has reduced the running cost for businesses thus improving their ROI.

How IoT, AI, smart data and retail analytics have disrupted the Indian market? People these days have become more tech savvy and are not just comparing What are the key services of Germin8 prices online but also search for better Solutions and how strategies for its deals before making any buying decision. With AI-driven Retail CRM's and price growth in the Indian market? prediction and insights,a retailer can Germin8 is a Social Media Intelligence take data driven decision to deliver a company having its proprietary product highly personalized consumer experience. Trooya and Various Services around Augmented Reality is a new face for it. We help brands understand the consumer experience which focuses conversation across their social media on the human emotions, coupled with platforms and derive sentiments out of advanced elements like AI- enabled it. These studies can help a brand build virtual mirrors and social e-commerce its perception around its clients and shall leap with consumers transforming prospective clients. Our tool Trooya has into influencers and impacting the overall the capability of response orchestration which reduces the TAT of responses across retail revenue stream. social media channels, thus creating a H o w a r t i f i c i a l i n t e l l i g e n c e i s positive customer engagement. Germin8 revolutionizing Indian brands also helps clients manage their Online marketing landscape? Reputation Management.

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Top 3 digital/Tech transformation trends for 2020? 1. Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality: AR/VR allows users to enter and experience a virtual environment or augment their existing environment. This is set to transform sectors retail, travel, communications, real estate and entertainment. It will also have a huge impact on marketing as marketers look for smart and cheap ways to allow consumers to experience a product or service before they buy. 2. A I and Machine Learning: AI and Machine Learning will move beyond just automation to transform how companies hire, market, sell, engage with customers, manage risk, etc. We will see AI and ML not just improving operational efficiencies but also helping in the creative and innovation processes in companies. 3. Block chain and trusted platforms: Block chain and a few trusted platforms will eliminate the role of the middle man in many business transactions and will allow companies and people who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know each other to do business without intermediaries. This will reduce the need for trading companies as a buyer can directly transact with a seller and can also reduce the role of banks.

How data analytics impacts small businesses in 2020? The gap between small businesses and large is set to widen as large businesses make investments in analytics and AI, while many small businesses continue with their old way of doing business. Small businesses can stand to benefit a lot from analytics but for that they have to begin their digital journey. Some of the ways in which small businesses can benefit from analytics in 2020 are: a. Using analytics driven decisions for deciding advertising spends: This can have a huge impact in ensuring that they get a good ROI for the customer acquisition efforts b. Using analytics to improve their social media content and acquisition: Use social media analytics to determine what content is engaging customers c. U sing social media listening as a

substitute for market research: In many cases, social media listening can act a faster and more cost effective way to understand market needs and what customers think about you and your competition.

Artificial Intelligence Has The Potential To Transform And Disrupt Both Large And Small Businesses

How is Analytics underlining the story behind the data? Florence Nightingale convinced the British Parliament to invest into better sanitary conditions in hospitals after analyzing the mortality rate from the Crimean War. Nightingale created a diagram which showed majority of soldiers hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t died in combat, but instead from preventable diseases caused by poor sanitary conditions in the hospitals. She creates a story out of data and saved the lives of countless soldiers. Stories can be created out of data which when presented in a visual format has its impact. Stories derived from data has the capability to touch human emotions, which can significantly affect any organization delivery capabilities. With the use of insights derived from business analytics, businesses can propel their ROI to an unprecedented levels. James Richardson from Garter says there is a notable rise in data story telling.Which is very true when we incorporate AI and ML into the picture, we create data and organizations can make data driven decisions.

Big Data Analytics and the advantages it possesses for brands? 1. P roblem Solving: This is the most elementary application of AI, where it may be utilized to solve critical and complex problems, just like human beings. 2. Medical Science: In medical science, AI is utilized to create virtual personal healthcare assistants that may perform research and analytics. Healthcare bots are also being developed to provide customer support and assistance, 24x7. 3. Data Analytics: AI can be applied to improve analysis data, evolve algorithms faster with the transactional data and provide new data insights, thus improving business process.

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For consumers, in particular, the IoT is rapidly transforming their experience within their own homes. The smart home has moved from being a consumer gadget business to a comprehensive ecosystem of consumer solutions, stated Johan Pedersen, Smart Home Product Marketing Manager, Silicon Labs during an exclusive interview with Niloy from BISinfotech. He extensively elaborated on the impact of IoT in consumer electronics and how Silicon Labs is collaring with this transformation. Edited Nub. Johan Pedersen Smart Home Product Marketing Manager, Silicon Labs

What are the impact and effect of IoT in the consumer electronics market? The IoT is making a tremendous impact across both consumer and industrial electronic markets. For consumers, in particular, the IoT is rapidly transforming their experience within their own homes. The smart home has moved from being a consumer gadget business to a comprehensive ecosystem of consumer solutions. The recent growth in smart speakers, or voice interfaces, in the home is also driving new growth in the smart home market. It is no longer enough to merely turn on a light via a remote control; consumers expect their connected lights to turn on or off based on other triggers. For example, when a family sits down to watch a movie together, a touch of a button or voice command might close the living room drapes, turn down lighting and switch on the TV to create a “movie night” scene.

How challenging it’s for OEMs as we welcome the connected things? Designing wireless connectivity into IoT productsis a key challenge for OEMs, as there is no “one size fits all” solution for wireless protocol connectivity. The IoT lacks a single unified industry wireless standard. Instead, multiple wireless protocols

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vary in performance and capabilities the ground up. Z-Wave is controlled based on theuse case, cloud access, by a stringent certification program range location, number of connected requiring extremely high standards of devices, power constraints, etc.This interoperability to ensure backward creates a challenging dynamic for the compatibility and future-proofing of the interconnection and interoperability of devices in the ecosystem. IoT devices. How is the electronics industry Silicon Labs believes that interoperability gaining from IoT? is the key to smart home market success. As a leading provider of wireless IoT The IoT represents a massive, decadesconnectivity solutions, Silicon Labs long opportunity as we discover that focuses improving interoperability through devices are more useful when they’re engagement with leading wireless connected. This IoT connectivity and the standards organizations, such as the huge amounts of data transmitted to the Zigbee Alliance, Thread Group, Z-Wave cloud are changing the way people live, Alliance, Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi Alliance. work and navigate the world. Silicon Labs has also developed a The IoT market poses significant growth hardware and software platformfor for the global semiconductor industry. In supporting multiple protocols through a recent KPMG Global Semiconductor “multiprotocol” wireless solutions. We Industry Outlook survey, two-thirds of 149 believe each wireless technology has industry leaders worldwide ranked IoT as its place in the smart home, and most the leading revenue-driving application home environments require multiple over the next year, with 60% ranking protocols to cover all the use cases. For wireless communications at the top. this reason, Silicon Labs has pioneered IDC expects worldwide IoT technology our multiprotocol connectivity solutions spending to grow from about $745 billion that support dynamic multiprotocol this year to $1.2 trillion in 2022. connectivity with Zigbee and Bluetooth, Trends shaping the consumer as well as other protocol options. electronics segment with the Within Silicon Labs’ own smart home ecosystem, Z-Wave, interoperability augment of IoT? has been built into the product from Due to the relatively simple capabilities

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and expectations of the many smart devices on today’s market, much of the functional intelligence is not actually resident on the devices. In a typical smart home device, the sensors observe the variables, such as motion, light and moisture, report them to a gateway device and wait for further commands. Commonly, the gateway connects to a remote cloud environment, which analyzes status and issues relevant instructions. While this architecture has proven its commercial viability in the marketplace, it lacks the immediacy and flexibility necessary for context-aware applications. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are emerging technology areas that will allow even more sophisticated data analysis and compression to be handled at the edge before transmitting data to the cloud, reducing latency and increasing privacy and security in these context-aware end nodes. Theincreased intelligence within emerging smart home consumer devices, combined w i th i mpro ve d ra ng e a nd p owe r consumption, will enhance people’s lives in ways never before thought possible. For example, household rooms will change temperature automatically based on family members’ preferences and/or based on the optimal power usage time driven by energy prices. Another new consumer IoT application on the horizon is associated with a concept called Aging in Place. Instead of using sometimes obtrusive video cameras, elderly and fragile family members can be monitored remotely by data collected by sensors in lights, rooms, medicine cabinets, etc. If the data is irregular, family members can be notified.

to create greater good for people, society, and the planet, make IoT an exciting market for numerous global companies.

Another New Consumer IoT Application is A Concept Called, ‘Aging in Place’

How commendable in respect to consumer electronics is IoT serving as a vital source of revenue? The IoT market is poised to exceed 70 billion connected devices by 2025, creating massive opportunities for numerous companies across the global electronic supply chain. Silicon Labs recognized this opportunity more than eight years ago when CEO Tyson Tuttle set the company on a trajectory to become a groundbreaking innovator in the IoT. Since then, Silicon Labs has become a pioneer in wireless connectivity for the

IoT, advancing the state of the art for multiprotocol platforms, mesh networking, ultra-low-power architectures and IoT OS software. Today, more than 50 percent of Silicon Labs’revenue stems from the IoT. We have experienced first-hand the business value and potential IoT yields for the semiconductor industry. The revenue opportunity, combined with the potential

Challenges and scopes in this segment as IoT evolve stronger in the coming years? One of the largest challenges facing the IoT market is security, and Silicon Labs has been working for years to get ahead of this challenge. Security has without a doubt been overlooked as consumer device makers aren’t in the security business. Silicon Labs believes security must be built into the development process – it cannot be an end or bolt-on feature. Securing the IoT requires constant vigilance and ongoing development efforts across all layers of the IoT ecosystem. This even means chips and software embedded in today’s smart bulbs need to be designed with security in mind. We believe it’s up to chipmakers to educate device makers on the importance of implementing embedded security into their IoT applications to help protect end users against threats. Silicon Lab’s Z-Wave S2 smart home security technology has been developed as the gold standard for smart home using Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hillman cryptography and a-symmetric key exchange. Silicon Labs’ Z-Wave S2 Security requires only a small code footprint in embedded devices leaving plenty of headroom for device features and functionality. The S2 complements similar optimized mechanisms for IP domains that allow Z-Wave services to operate securely in an end-to-end fashion. We are advancing the robustness of this security solution and encouraging the other standards bodies to follow suit. Silicon Labs’ next-generation Wireless Gecko Series 2 SoCs also offer bestin-class security features that enable developers to implement robust security in IoT products. A dedicated secure core delivers faster, more energy efficient crypto with differential power analysis countermeasures and NIST-grade random number generator. Secure Boot with Root of Trust and Secure Loader prevents malware injection and ensures authentic firmware execution. Secure Debug with lock/unlock allows authenticated access for enhanced failure analysis.

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IN INDIA IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO BRING THIS CHANGE ACROSS ALL LEVELS DUE TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT POLICIES AND LOW LABOUR COSTS My idea of a Future factory is linked to that of today’s popular movies with virtual and augmented reality. With technology making a huge impact on revolutionizing the film industry, it will definitely create a similar andMarket bigger impact in creating We Have Strong Innovation Capabilities And Based On The Requirement connected factories states Kevin Tsai - Head, Moxa India during an exclusive Glenford V. D’souza, Technical Expert, LYNX – Lawrence & Mayo talks about their key interview with Niloy from BISinfotech. Kevin also elaborated on Moxa’s focus, market expertise and how they’re touching the nascent market of Drones plans, expertise and his idea ofthe Advance & UAV in India.Glenford underlines emergingManufacturing technologies andTechnology. their impact into businesses and also their ahead plans for the Indian market. Edited Nub.ss Edited Nub Below.

Kevin Tsai Head, Moxa India

Trends shaping Advanced Manufacturing Technology? Industrial IoT and Cybersecurityare the trends that are reshaping the manufacturing today. With IIoT, it is simpler now to transform data and analyse it, thereby improving operational efficiency. At Moxa, we believe enabling connectivity for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) stands on three pillars: collecting your data, connecting your data, and making your data actionable. While digitalization has allowed the Industrial control system landscape to develop quickly, there has been a rise in the cyber-attacks which has prompted everyone to focus on industrial cybersecurity.

India as a market for Advanced Build a manufacturing facility with Manufacturing Technology? latest technologies and replace human In the past China, South east Asian intervention with machines. countries were the main hub for How keen are companies manufacturing. With Industry 4.0 to automate the current adoption and advanced technologies with low cost labour, India is also moving manufacturing processes to advanced ahead in the manufacturing sector. manufacturing technologies and the India, being a huge market with great benefits to their investment? potential and market demands attracts This depends on region and industry leading technology players to invest in type. For example, in the USA the labour India and also foresee this market as a costs are high and for the head of manufacturing it would be beneficial business opportunity to invest in advanced technologies if In your perspective, how will a 80% of manual jobs canbe replaced factory of future look like? by robots/machines working in sync My idea of a future factory is linked to with skilled workforce. that of today’s popular movies with In India it might be difficult to bring virtual and augmented reality. With this change across all levels due to What challenges and scopes do technology making a huge impact on government employment policies and you foresee in this domain and is revolutionizing the film industry, it will low labour costs. There is great talent in your company fortifying in this market? definitely create a similar and bigger India which is why large MNC’s invest The main challenge is how toconvince impact in creating connected factories. a lot on R&D in India. the IT personnel. OT and IT convergence How important is rapid transfer of Lastly, your offerings in this domain? is necessary to transform data into useful science and technology (S&T) into Moxa is currently a part of the information and for this they both need to integrate at different levels. We are now manufacturing processes and products? ecosystem providing edge- cloud trying to certify Moxa devicesto work in It is very important for rapid transfer to connectivity solutions. accordance with Microsoftby working improve efficiency and lower the costs We develop reliable network solutions that enables devices to connect, with their R& D team in Seattle. Moxa What are the possible new concepts communicate and collaborate with has also partnered with Trend Micro to o f a d v a n c e d m a n u f a c t u r i n g systems, processes and people, thus respond to the growing security needs to industries as well as security demands that might apply to a wide range of making automation smarter, safer and industries? more efficient. from IT/OT personnel.

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STM32G4 Series Mainstream MCUs

STM32G4 mixed-signal MCUs shaped for analog-rich applications The STM32G4 series combines powerful Arm® Cortex®-M4 plus FPU and DSP capability with rich and advanced analog peripherals. It introduces two new mathematical accelerators (Cordic and Filtering), CAN-FD (Flexible Datarate), USB-C Power Delivery 3.0 and advanced security and safety features. Its new high-resolution timer V2.0 continues the Digital Power success story. KEY FEATURES • Performance • Arm® Cortex®-M4 with FPU • Up to 170 MHz CPU frequency • Up to 213 DMIPS and 550 CoreMark® results • Rich and advanced analog peripherals •Safety and security focus •Complete portfolio •32- to 128-pin packages •32 to 512 Kbytes of Flash memory •Full set of development and evaluation boards •Code examples and software tools

KEY BENEFITS •Reduced PCB size and BOM cost •Mixed-signal SoC for a wide variety of •applications •Designed for motor control applications KEY APPLICATIONS •Home appliances and E-bikes •Air conditioning •Industrial equipment •Rechargeable devices, drones and toys •Servers, telecom equipment, and EV charging stations •Instrumentation and measurement equipment

HARDWARE TOOLS A full set of evaluation boards enables flexible prototyping as well as full STM32G4 evaluation. SOFTWARE TOOLS STM32CubeMX enables fast development thanks to its MCU clock configurator, power consumption calculator and code generation tools. EMBEDDED SOFTWARE The STM32CubeG4 embedded software solution, featuring HAL, Low-Layer APIs and CMSIS (CORE, DSP, RTOS), USB, file system, RTOS, and graphics, comes with real-life example code for all boards.

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Alps Alpine New Automotive TACT Switch Lineup Alps Alpine has added a model with 0.9mm travel to its SKSU Series compact, middle-stroke TACT Switch lineup. The SKSUBCE010 realizes push clarity along with quiet operation and a distinct click, suitable for automotive use. Features: • Compact, 0.9mm middle stroke for a clear push feel, quiet operation and distinct click • IP67-equivalent dust and water resistance

Applications: • Steering wheel switches • Center console panels (e.g. HVAC) • C ar audio, navigation and other systems

Arm’s Automation to IoT Connectivity Arm is launching Pelion Connectivity Management 2.0. The Pelion Connectivity Management 2.0 includes a new advanced automation engine. With the latest release, MNOs can now drive additional revenue opportunities by enabling their enterprise clients with capabilities for automatically configuring their IoT devices. Features: • Real-time data triggers. • Seamless remote Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) provisioning management. • Automating business processes.

Availability: Now available globally for MNOs.

Artesyn AVD100 Series DC-DC Converters A provider of network access solutions and devices has integrated Artesyn’s AVD100 series DCDC converters into its IP/MPLS provider edge (PE) router and pre-aggregation device, which is used for a number of applications such as backhaul FTTH, leased line services, mobile backhaul, and wholesale businesses using aggregation devices on a carrier network. Features: • The AVD series of 100 to 120 watt 16th-brick isolated DC-DC converters. • The converters use 250 kHz fixed frequency switching to minimize the need for external EMI filteringAlong with Artesyn’s technical support and a high level of service from Artesyn’s local distribution channel partner.

Availability: Available Now.

Broadcom Launches PCIe 4.0 Ethernet Adapters and HBAs Broadcom announced that its NetXtreme E-Series Ethernet adapters and Emulex LPe35000-series HBAs now provide the fastest networking performance with the AMD EPYC 7002 Series Processor-based systems- the x86 data center CPU, supporting PCIe 4.0.

Features: • 200GbE NetXtreme E-series and Gen 7 32GFC LPe35000-series are the world’s first portfolio of Ethernet adapters and Fibre Channel HBAs with support for PCIe 4.0. • PCIe 4.0 will double the bandwidth per lane to provide significant I/O performance benefits for storage and Ethernet networking.

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Availability: B roadcom is now shipping single, dual and quad-port Emulex Gen 7 LPe35000-series HBAs through its OEM partners.

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Electrolube India Offers an Alternative to Dow Corning’s CN-8760 Electrolube has recently developed and launched a brand new silicone resin specifically for the Indian market. Formulated at the company’s manufacturing facility in Bangalore, the new resin has been produced using locally sourced materials to ensure highly competitive pricing and short lead times. Utilising group technical support and key local knowledge. Features: • Flexible Silicone Resin • Excellent Moisture resistance • Thixotropic with good flow characteristics • Room temperature cure, no ovens required • Wide temperature range (-60°C to +200°C)

Applications: Protection of electronic devices such as LED lighting drivers, electrical control units, sensors, inverters, transformers and power modules.

Availability: Available Now

USB Receptacles Directly Charge Latest Electronics Hubbell Marine USB receptaclefacilitates both electronics and two- or three-pronged connections with stylish design and standard size.

Features: • Hubbell Marine USB Charger Receptacles are available in configurations of two standard inlets plus two Type-C ports, two legacy Type-A or a combination of one of each. • The 5 amp, 5V DC USB output is powerful enough to charge two tablets simultaneously. • It also effortlessly handles cell phones, handheld games, wireless headphones and other devices.

OPTIGA Trust M With Added Security and Cloud The new OPTIGA Trust M solution from Infineon Technologies helps manufacturers to enhance the security of their devices while at the same time improving overall system performance. The single-chip solution securely stores unique device credentials and enables devices to connect to the cloud up to ten times faster than software-only alternatives. Features: • Critical assets such as certificates and key pairs used to identify a device can be injected into the chip at Infineon’s secured factory premises. • Advanced asymmetric cryptography.

Applications: Industry and building automation, smart homes and consumer electronics.

Availability: The OPTIGA Trust M is available now. Evaluation kits are also provided to simplify integration of the security solutions.

Two USB-PD Solutions to Ease Power Delivery Microchip Technology announces two new solutions that simplify USB Type-C PD designs for a range of applications. The new rollouts tout to remove the traditional complexity and high costs associated with implementing USB Type-C.

Features: • F ast device charging and introduces unique PD implementations called HostFlexing and PDBalancing.

Applications: • Rear seat charging in vehicles to portable equipment to public charging stations.

Availability: The UPD301A is available today starting at $1.50 in 10,000-unit quantities

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Light Convergent Reflective Sensor OMRON Corporation has globally launched the Light Convergent Reflective Sensor which can be embedded in industrial equipment.

Features: • Stable detection of mirror, black, and transparent objects. No need for a setting change for each object to be detected, contributing to higher usability. • Reliable detection of an object regardless of its color and/or background, reducing malfunction and contributing to customer satisfaction.

Applications: Industrial equipment

Availability: Japan: June 2019 Global: July 2019

New Surge Protection Devices With 4+0 circuit Power Integrations announces CAPZero-3, the latest generation of the company’s elegant, energy-saving X-capacitor discharge ICs.

Features: • The voltage across the input X capacitor to discharge to less than 34 V within less than one second after the AC is removed. • CAPZero-3 ICs block current flow through the X-capacitor discharge resistors when the AC voltage is connected, and automatically discharge X capacitors through those resistors when the AC is disconnected.

Availability: Devices are available now, priced at $0.31 in 1,000 piece quantities.

14-Cell Li-ion Battery Management IC Renesas Electronics unveils fourth-generation lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery management IC that offers unmatched lifetime accuracy. The ISL78714 provides accurate cell voltage and temperature monitoring, along with cell balancing and extensive system diagnostics to protect 14-cell Li-ion battery packs while maximizing driving time and range for hybrid and electric vehicles (HEV/ MHEV/PHEV/BEV). Features: Applications: Availability: • 15-year board level accuracy (long term HEV/MHEV/PHEV/BEV Mass production quantities of the drift) of ±6mV @ ±6σ ISL78714 Li-ion battery management • High diagnostic coverage for cell voltage IC are available now in a 64-lead TQFP and temperature measurements package.

Buck-Boost DC/DC Converter For Power Efficiency Devices ROHM announces availability of a buck-boost DC/DC converter with integrated MOSFET, the BD83070GWL. It combines unmatched efficiency with best-in-class current consumption, making it ideal for IoT, wearables, and portable devices.

Features: • Industry-leading97% efficiency ensures ultra-high efficiency over a broad range of load current • Buck-boost power supply IC achieves ultra-low current consumption (2.8μA)

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Applications: • Coin battery equipped sets (i.e. IoT) • Li-ion battery devices, including smartphones, tablets, and PCs

Availability: Now (samples), October 2019 (OEM quantities)

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Cypress Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Cypress Semiconductor announces that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash distribution of $0.11 per share payable to holders of record of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on September 26, 2019. This dividend will be paid on October 17, 2019. Separately, Cypress has announced it will hold a special meeting of stockholders on August 27, 2019to approve the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 3, 2019, which provides for Infineon Technologies AG to acquire Cypress for $23.85 per share in cash, corresponding to an enterprise value of approximately $10 billion. All stockholders of record at the close of business on July 11, 2019 may attend in person and are entitled to receive

notice of, and to vote at, the special meeting. The special meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time at Cypress’ headquarters at 198 Champion Court, San Jose, California 95134. Please note discussions at the meeting will be

limited to proposals under consideration. There will be no presentation by management. Visit Cypress’ Investor Relations website for resources on Cypress 3.0, financial results, and investor presentations.

Microchip Delivers Analog Embedded SuperFlash Technology Microchip Technology, via its Silicon Storage Technology (SST) subsidiary, reducing power with its analog memory technology, the memBrain neuromorphic memory solution. Based on its industry proven SuperFlash technology and optimized to perform vector matrix multiplication (VMM) for neural networks, Microchip’s analog flash memory solution improves system architecture implementation of VMM through an analog in-memory compute approach, enhancing AI inference at the edge. As current neural net models may require 50M or more synapses (weights) for processing, it becomes challenging to have enough bandwidth for an offchip DRAM, creating a bottleneck for neural net computing and an increase in overall compute power. In contrast, the memBrain solution stores synaptic weights in the on-chip floating gate—offering significant improvements in system latency. When compared to traditional digital DSP and SRAM/DRAM based approaches, it delivers 10 to 20 times lower power and significantly reduced overall BOM. “As technology providers for the automotive, industrial and consumer markets continue to implement VMM for neural networks, our architecture helps these forward-facing solutions realize power, cost and latency benefits,” said Mark Reiten, vice president of the license division at SST. “Microchip will continue to deliver highly reliable and versatile SuperFlash memory solutions for AI applications.” The memBrain solution is being adopted by today’s companies looking to advance machine learning capacities in edge devices. Due to its ability to significantly reduce power, this analog in-memory compute solution is ideal for any AI application. “Microchip’s memBrain solution enables ultra-low-power

in-memory computation for our forthcoming analog neural network processors,” said Kurt Busch, CEO of Syntiant Corp. “Our partnership with Microchip continues to offer Syntiant many critical advantages as we support pervasive machine learning for always-on applications in voice, image and other sensor modalities in edge devices.” SST will showcase this analog memory solution and present Microchip’s memBrain product tile array-based architecture at the AI/ML session track on flash performance scaling at the 2019 Flash Memory Summit from August 6-8, 2019, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. Development Tools SST offers design services for both its memBrain solution and SuperFlash technology, along with a software toolkit for neural network model analysis.

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Dr. Wolfgang Eder Takes Over as Chair of Infineon’s Supervisory Board, Dr. Reinhard Ploss appointed CEO Until 2022 The Supervisory Board of Infineon Technologies AG elected Dr. Wolfgang Eder (67) as its new Chair during its meeting today. He succeeds Dr. Eckart Sünner (75), who became Chair of the Supervisory Board in February 2018. Dr. Sünner announced his resignation from the post, effective this summer, at this year’s Annual General Meeting. Furthermore, the Supervisory Board today decided that Infineon’s current CEO, Dr. Reinhard Ploss (63), will continue to lead the company until the end of 2022. T he existing contract with Dr. Ploss was to expire as of 30 September 2020. Dr. Wolfgang Eder, Chairman of the Infineon Supervisory Board said, “Infineon is developing in a highly dynamic manner, systematically expanding its leading position in central future-oriented fields of semiconductor technology. I am extremely pleased to take over as Chair of the Supervisory Board in an environment characterized by such enormous future potentials. At the same time, I would like

to thank Reinhard Ploss in the name of the entire Supervisory Board for continuing to lead the company as Chief Executive Officer for the next three years. As CEO, Dr. Ploss has decisively influenced the successful path of Infineon over the past seven years. Both the planned acquisition of the US company Cypress Semiconductor and a wide range of new technological developments will present Infineon with crucial strategic

decisions in the future. Dr. Ploss will have a determining impact on these decisions with his strategic vision, his experience and his skilled leadership. I am equally grateful to my predecessor as Chair of the Supervisory Board, Dr. Sünner, who has led the Board through eventful times with a steady and extremely competent hand.” Dr. Reinhard Ploss, CEO of Infineon, said, “I am greatly honored by the trust the Supervisory Board has placed in me. With our investments in manufacturing capacities, research and development as well as the planned strategic expansion through Cypress we are ensuring that Infineon can profit in particular from the growing demand for microelectronics in existing and new application fields. Based on our strengths in power technologies, Infineon is continuing to enhance its offering towards complete system solutions. I very much look forward to continuing the Infineon success story together with our experienced leadership team.”

Electrolube to Host Electronics Vicor High-Performance Protection Technology Day Power Conversion Seminar

Electrolube announces date for its first ever Technology Day in India. The event will be held on Monday 23rd September at the Courtyard by Marriott Gurugram Downtown, located in the heart of Gurugram, India. Attracting senior decision makers from top Indian electronics manufacturing companies, the Technology Day will focus on improving reliability and performance through electronics protection solutions and will include 3 key notes on conformal coatings, encapsulation resins and thermal management. Starting at 10.30am with a welcome and coffee, the Technology Day will be hosted by Electrolube’s senior experts in conformal coatings, encapsulation resins and thermal management materials from the company’s UK headquarters and Indian operation in Bangalore. Key speakers will include Phil Kinner, Electrolube’s Global Business and Technical Director of Conformal Coatings, who will discuss why boards fail, how to prevent board failure and how conformal coatings can provide effective solutions across different applications. Key speaker, Alistair Little, Electrolube’s Global Business and Technical Director of Encapsulation Resins, will be discussing how to obtain optimum results from resins in terms of performance and protection.

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Designing high-performance power systems continues to increase in complexity year after year. Deploying a robust design methodology for high-performance power conversion is essential to achieving first-time success and managing the rapidly changing power demands of emerging technologies. Vicorwill share expertise in the 2019 High-Performance Power Conversion Seminar and Workshop series that will visit eight countries and 12 cities starting September 17, 2019 in Pune. The one-day complimentary seminar will include a keynote presentation and will devote the majority of the day to expertled interactive workshops, to identify common pitfalls and provide guidance on the path to successful high-performance power system design. What you will learn: You will learn new techniques for EMI mitigation, thermal modeling, PCB Layout, DC-DC designs and implementing AC-DC front ends. Real-world applications will be used to illustrate today’s power challenges in the workshops. Who should attend: Any engineer responsible for AC-DC or DC-DC power system design. Location: Pune, Date: September 17, 2019 Location: Delhi, Date: September 19, 2019

Implementing Serverless Microservices Architecture on AWS Aarti Parikh

About Author: Aarti is AWS Certified Solution Architect, AWS Certified Developer, and AWS Business & Technical Professional. She is associated with VOLANSYS Technologies as a Cloud Engineer. She has good hands-on experience on Serverless systems, Designing, developing and maintaining cloud Infrastructure for public clouds and architecting cloud solutions for enterprise applications.

Microservice is an architectural approach for softwares that are designed to speed up development cycles and support scalability. In this approach, software is composed of small independent services that communicates over well-architected APIs. In this article we will explain how enterprises can implement Serverless Microservices architecture using AWS Cloud.

Monolithic vs Microservices Architecture

In monolithic architecture, all the components are tightly coupled and run as a single service. Here, the entire architecture has to be scaled if any one component of the application experiences a spike in demand. This architecture type increases the difficulty level to implement new ideas in the application.

In Microservices architecture, each component is a small application that has its own hexagonal architecture. It is an architectural style that structures an application as a collection of services that are loosely coupled and independently deployable.

Features of Microservices Architecture Independent n In Microservices architecture, each component can be changed, upgraded or replaced individually without affecting the functionality of other components. Decentralized nM icroservices architecture follows the decentralized data management, where each service has its own view on data models. Autonomous n In Microservices architecture, there is no need to share any of the component code or implementation with other components. Any communication between components can be done via well-defined APIs.

Fig 1. Monolithic vs. Microservices Architecture

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MICROSERVICES ARCHITECTURE

Microservices architecture is complex and requires to release code dependencies going down to the database layer. Testing n In a Microservices environment, testing is complex due to different services and their integrations. Monitoring n In Microservices architecture application is broken down into small components. It is difficult to find the root cause of the problem when something goes wrong because issue may not lie within the component that fails, but a dependency.

ServerlessMicroservices Architecture

The diagram below shows the ServerlessMicroservices architecture where the complete solution is built without managing any server. This also eliminates the operational efforts of running and monitoring the servers. Lambda will handle everything required to run and scale the execution to meet actual demand with high availability. Lambda supports several programming languages and it can be called directly from any web or mobile applications.

Black Box n Microservices architecture behaves like a black box because each component hide the details of complexity from other components.

Advantages of Microservices Architecture

Quality n Microservices architecture can also improve the quality of code as the whole application is running into small and well-defined components Scalability n In Microservices architecture, each component is properly decoupled so it can be scaled horizontally and independently from each other and it never faces the downtime during the scaling process because in horizontal scaling more components are added to the existing pool instead of increasing the capacity of each component Easy Development n Microservices architecture makes it easy to try out new ideas and roll it back with the help of continuous integration and continuous delivery,if something undesired happens. Resilience n With Microservices architecture, applications can handle total service failure by degrading the functionality instead of crashing the entire application.

Challenges of MicroservicesArchitecture

Migration n The Process of migration from a Monolithic architecture to

Fig 2.ServerlessMicroservices Architecture

In the architecture diagram, Lambda is integrated with API Gateway. Synchronous calls from API gateway to AWS Lambda enables the application to operate as serverless. AWS Lambda will store all the data in a fully managed NoSQL database called DynamoDB and all the static data will be stored in S3 Bucket. It can be said that Microservices architecture is designed to overcome the challenges of traditional monolithic architectures seen in enterprise applications. It allows collaboration between operations and development teams of any organizationleading to DevOpsand is a preferred choice nowadays. AWS offers multiple managed services that can help engineers build Microservices architectures and minimize architectural and operational complexity.

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Future of Broadcast and Multimedia Analyzers IAN VALENTINE

Video Products and Strategy Director at Tektronix Video, which is now part of Telestream.

Before considering broadcast and multimedia analyzers specifically, we need to take a step back and consider what is happening in the content creation and content delivery arenas as providers strive to deliver a great experience to consumers, on the consumers terms, on a variety of end devices. Choice, an increasingly difficult battle to win and retain viewers, and an accelerating rate of deployment of new technologies is creating new challenges for broadcast and multimedia providers. As a

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consequence, Test and Measurement solutions need to evolve to address and solve new problems to ensure a great and consistent experience for customers can be created and delivered as efficiently as possible. On the content creation end of the process there is a continuous drive to originate content (live or episodic) in the highest resolution possible. This translates to 4K (or UHD) resolutions, the use of wide color gamuts (WCG), and

high dynamic range (HDR) technology. These technologies combine to create increasingly realistic images on the latest displays being used by consumers. However, for content creators these technologies have brought with them a series of new problems. For example, how do you ensure that the content being created will look good on HDR and SDR displays, that skin tones and colors are acceptable regardless of the display used, and that the HDR highlights do not exceed the capabilities of the

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screen or are so bright and cover large areas of the screen leading to a very uncomfortable viewing experience? These challenges are driving changes in the production workflow and the need for a new range of tools to help creators get this right. Traditionally waveform monitors are the instrument of choice for this task, but waveform monitors themselves need to evolve and provide new tools and analysis capabilities to address these challenges. The standard tools used on these instruments in production include a waveform display to ensure that luminance levels are within specification, a vector display to check chroma levels and skin tones and a picture display to provide a representation of the final product. However the use of WCG and HDR make these tools difficult use in production and post production – traditional waveform displays dealing with HDR will crop highlights and crush black levels, using vector displays to measure WCG such as BT 2020 is difficult as the display shrinks to deal with the wider color space and the traditional picture display will appear washed out when fed HDR content. This means that new displays that support a new workflow are required – waveform displays that work in light levels (Nits) not mV or percentages so that there is a direct correlation to the HDR image and camera aperture settings, a CIE chart to display and measure colors in multiple color spaces and a false color picture image that can be used to display HDR highlights, what area of the image is at HDR levels and where those highlights are. The problem is exacerbated by the use of multiple HDR standards (e.g. HDR10, Dolby Vision, Hybrid Log Gamma) and camera gamma curves (e.g. Slog 3, Log C) and so the modern waveform monitor needs to be able to handle all of these quickly and efficiently. Having created the content it needs to be delivered to the consumer. The biggest and most disruptive trend here is the use of Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) or streaming technologies to deliver the content to a wide variety of display types (phones, tablets, high resolution televisions) with different capabilities. Unlike traditional broadcast or linear cable systems where content is pushed from the broadcaster,

streaming moves to a pull model where content is pulled at an individual level to individual devices and so the need for IT like environment scaling is essential. Any monitor or analyzer in this environment needs to be able to scale in a similar way. It is also worth mentioning that increasingly these solutions are being deployed as virtual or cloud solutions (both on premise and public cloud) and so efficient mechanisms for deploying monitoring solutions in this environment is essential and needs to be easy to setup, configure and control. ABR is used to deal with the variations in the available bandwidth to which these displays may be connected to. ABR itself relies on the content being chunked into (usually) 2 second segments and multiple profiles of different bit rates so that a continuous and acceptable viewing experience can be achieved without the end device stuttering or freezing as the available bandwidth varies. Where all these segments and profiles are stored on the network is defined in a manifest file that is used to select and send the correct profile to the end device. This means that ABR monitors or analyzers need to be able to check the manifest file structure and actually check that the specified content is where it is defined to be. If the content is there the analyzer need to ensure that the bit rate is correct for that profile and should also check that the actual quality of the content is acceptable. This can be difficult to do in most streaming systems as the packager used to chunk the content will also encrypt it for protection purposes. This means that modern ABR analyzers need to be able to handle a variety of Encryption and DRM systems to be able to provide quality of experience measurements. To avoid stuttering and jumps it is essential that all of the chunks in the various profiles are accurately aligned so that there is a smooth transition between profiles as the display device moves between profiles. Today’s analyzer not only needs to check that the various profiles are available, but also need to ensure that all of the chunks are accurately aligned. Advertising remains the major method for monetizing content and todays

technologies allow advertisers to provided targeted adverts that are more relevant to individual viewers. These adverts are dynamically inserted from a number of sources on the network. It is vital that these adverts are sourced from the right place and inserted into the content at the right time and place. This means that ABR analyzers need to ensure that like SCTE35 markers are inserted at the right point in the content (to mark insertion points for adverts) and that those adverts actually get inserted into the content. Beyond this, these monitors are also required to ensure that delivered content meets the regulatory requirements (loudness measurements and the Closed Captioning) and provide a whole range of quality measurements (MOS scores, frozen frames, audio mutes etc.) for the delivered content and for most operators this needs to be done as a background task so that they are only informed when there are issues i.e. monitoring by exception. It is worth mentioning that the link between content creation and content delivery is often a file based environment where content is stored until required for playout. Here file based analyzers can be used to perform in depth analysis of the content stored to ensure that any transcoding or audio/video processing has not negatively impacted the content, that is will play correctly when delivered and meets required delivery specifications for example the Netflix and DPP delivery specifications. File based solutions can also provide vital MOS measurements, check alignment, HDR levels and metadata along with a wide range of syntactic and semantic tests of the content.

Telestream Expertise! Telestream has a wide range of products to address measurement and analysis for content creation, content delivery and file based content. Key products are: PRISM – Media monitoring and analysis Aurora – File Based Analysis Vidchecker – File Based Analysis Surveyor ABR – ABR Monitor OptiQ Monitor – Channel and Monitoring cloud framework.

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R&S Sets New T&M Standards for Battery Applications With the new R&S NGM200, Rohde & Schwarz extends their range of specialized power supplies. Being part of the same power supply family, both, the R&S NGL200 and the new R&S NGM200 series, offer the same superb performance and specifications to supply extremely stable outputs with a minimum of residual ripple and noise. The models of the R&S NGM200 series offer new features which make them ideal for developing battery-powered equipment operating at up to 20 V and drawing currents up to 6 A. Key Nuggets Include Devices that switch from a few µA in sleep mode to several A in active mode benefit from the exceptionally fast load recovery time of less than 30 µs. The two-quadrant architecture provides both source and sink functions, to simulate

the charging and discharging of batteries as well as to operate as an electronic load. The large capacitive touch screen and simple operating concept set new standards for power supplies. R&S NGM200 series, Rohde & Schwarz introduces four new features; the FastLog function that captures spikes even in the µs range. Additional measurement ranges that increase the read-back accuracy in the lower ranges. The battery simulation option that supports the modelling of batteries to simulate real life conditions. Plus the built-in digital voltmeter that measures voltage values at any point in circuits of the device under test. To Better Analyze Device Performance: Users can capture variations in voltage or current values as short as a few µs thanks to the high-speed data logging function FastLog. The R&S NGM200 power supplies

log measurement values for voltage and current at an acquisition rate of up to 500 ksample per second. A two-channel R&S NGM202 can even run data acquisition on both channels in parallel. For maximum read-back resolution and accuracy, the R&S NGM200 power supplies feature four current and two voltage measurement ranges, resulting in a read-back resolution of 10 nA / 5 µV in the smallest range. For any battery-driven equipment, simulating changes in battery output performance provides realistic power conditions at different stages of the battery life. With the integrated battery model editor, users can create their own battery models by defining battery characteristics such as the state of charge, open-circuit voltage and equivalent series resistance.

Keysight Moves Ahead 5G, Joins 6G Flagship Program

Keysight Technologies has joined the multiparty 6G Flagship Program – supported by the Academy of Finland and led by the University of Oulu, Finland – as a co-creator to advance wireless communications research beyond 5G. 6G will accelerate the digitalization of economies and society, moving the world significantly closer to becoming a truly global and digital community. The eight-year program envisages a society that by year 2030 is data-driven, enabled by near instant, unlimited wireless connectivity. Fundamental research begins 10-15 years prior to the development of industrial standards. 6G will build on, and greatly expand, the capability that 5G is expected to deliver for vertical industries that rely on connectivity in healthcare, manufacturing, energy, transportation, and public safety. “We’re excited to join the 6G Flagship Program as one of its founding members to begin groundbreaking 6G research,” said Satish Dhanasekaran, senior vice president of Keysight and president of Keysight’s Communications Solutions Group. “The program signals the start of a new era of wireless technology that will

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push the boundaries of high-speed and high-bandwidth applications. As the only test and measurement provider invited to take part of the program, Keysight is showcasing the unique role we play in solving design challenges ahead of a technology wave.” Keysight’s early research capability, complemented by a wide range of software and hardware for design, simulation and validation, will help the program accomplish its overarching goals. These include supporting the industry in finalizing the adoption of 5G across verticals, developing fundamental technologies needed to enable 6G such

as artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent UX, and speeding digitalization in society. “We’re excited to continue our close collaboration with Keysight to establish the world’s first 6G multi-disciplinary research initiative with broad support in both industry and academia,” said Matti Latva-aho Academy Professor, Director of the 6G Flagship Program at the Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of Oulu. The next generation of wireless communications – beyond 5G – is expected to leverage spectrum above millimeter waves called terahertz waves, from 300 GHz to 3 THz. These frequencies form an important component in delivering data rates of up to one tera bit per second and ultralow latencies. Keysight’s technology expertise and solutions across these frequency bands, as well as in high-speed digital technologies, cybersecurity, device characterization, and network test, will accelerate research in all four strategic areas of the program: wireless connectivity, distributed intelligent wireless computing, device and circuit technologies, and vertical applications and services.

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ANSYS, AGI Streamline High-Speed Hypersonic Weapon ANSYS has collaborated with Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) to incorporate highfidelity, multiphysics simulations with multi-domain mission-level modeling into early stages of missile defense system development — effectively enabling warfighters to combat high-speed, highly maneuverable hypersonic weapons. High-fidelity, multiphysics engineering simulation is needed early in the design cycle to conduct critical architectural and mission analysis and to further satisfy this urgent national security need, AGI has embedded ANSYS' high-fidelity, physics-based component models within its own expansive, multi-domain missionlevel modeling. Providing an integrated system across key engineering and mission analyses will eliminate problematic engineering bottlenecks.

Physics-based solvers expedite missile defense system development by more accurately predicting communication blackouts, forecasting vehicle trajectory and altitude control, calculating thermal field effects on antenna performance, and analyzing other scenarios.

Kevin Flood, vice president of engineering at AGI, commented, "AGI and ANSYS look forward to interconnecting these systems, incorporating a high level of engineering fidelity into their architecture analysis and mission analysis." Joseph Cole, Vice President, Federal, Aerospace and Defense at ANSYS. "With this partnership the same high-fidelity physics models that our customers use to reduce design time, enhance reliability and streamline maintenance operations can now be leveraged to increase the accuracy of mission level modeling and simulations as well." AGI and ANSYS will discuss their ability to incorporate high-fidelity, multiphysics engineering simulation into mission-level modeling at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville.

Apacer First XR-DIMM DRAM Module with RTCA DO-160G

Apacer announces the release of the XR-DIMM – the rugged memory module is touts to be the first in the market to meet the exacting standards of the US RTCA DO-160G test, an aviation equipment certification. this is aid to mark XR-DIMM as resistant to high levels of vibration and therefore ideal for defense and aeronautical applications. Since 2018, Apacer has been manufacturing DDR4 XR-DIMM modules with rugged stability in mind. Though previous models have been compliant with MIL-STD-810G, this new module is the first to be proven compliant with the US RTCA DO-160G standard, making it the ideal choice for manufacturers who need reliable operation through extreme vibration and shock. Many defense, rail transit and in-vehicle systems worldwide still rely on standard memory modules. However, forwardlooking manufacturers know Apacer’s XR-DIMM modules offer significant improvements on reliability, with additions including 300-pin connectors and mounting holes to keep components in place. This allows the XR-DIMM to remain steady even when vehicles encounter

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uneven roads, powerful winds, or violent waves and to deliver stable performance. As a well-established manufacturer in Taiwan, Apacer benefits from access to a booming aviation industry. According to Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, the total output value of Taiwan’s aviation industry grew 11% in 2018 to almost US$4 billion. The 2019 Taipei International Aerospace and Defense

Industry Exhibition also reported a record number of exhibitors and booths this year. Aerospace and defense manufacturers from Taiwan and from the rest of the world look to Apacer to create cutting-edge DRAM modules and SSDs. The XR-DIMM module with RTCA DO-160G certification is just the latest in a long line of Apacer innovations in this field.

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Government Approves Project GREYFIN Approves $500 Mn To keep Australians render more security, Australia Special Forces are investing $3 billion to reinforce forces with cutting edge equipment. Hence, the Government has approved the first stage of Project GREYFIN, which will provide the first $500 million of a $3 billion planned investment over 20 years. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the funding will ensure our Special Forces can better respond to threats, including that of terrorism. “I’ve always said keeping Australians safe is my Government’s number one priority. That’s why we’re ensuring the men and women in our Special Forces have the equipment and training they need to succeed in their operations,” said Morrison. “Australian Specia Forces undertake complex, highly demanding operations in high threat environments. “Global threats will continue to evolve in ways which threaten Australia’s interests. This funding will ensure our Special Forces have cutting edge capabilities to stay ahead of those who might threaten Australia’s interests.”

Defence Minister Linda Reynolds says project GREYFIN ensures our Special Forces have the best body armour; weapons; diving, parachuting, roping and climbing systems; medical search and rescue; communications; human performance training and support; and everything else they need to help ensure Australia’s security. “Our Special Forces, now more than ever, need to be ready and able to deploy on operations anywhere in the world, at short notice, and in very uncertain conditions. “This first stage of funding enables our Special Forces to engage with intelligence, science and technology, and innovation organisations to ensure future threats and opportunities are assessed, to make sure we are delivering them the capability they need in the future.” Project GREYFIN presents significant opportunities for Australian defence industries. These will span from small-to-large enterprises d e p e n d i n g o n t h e c a p a b i l i t i e s b e i n g a c q u i r e d .

India Boasts Successful Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile India successfully conducted two back-to-back flight tests of its state-of-the-art quick reaction surface-to-air missiles (QRSAM) against live aerial targets from a base in Odisha last week. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired the two missiles from the integrated test range (ITR) at Chandipur. The official release stated that two missiles were tested against two live targets meeting complete mission objectives of engaging the targets. QRSAM, with many state-of-the-art technologies, engaged the targets at different ranges and altitudes. The entire mission was captured by various electro-optical tracking systems,

radar systems and telemetry systems. The all-weather and all-terrain QRSAM system has been developed for the Army, with search and track on the move capability having a very short reaction time. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has congratulated the DRDO on achieving the significant milestone “The systems are equipped with indigenously-developed phased array radar, inertial

navigation system, data link and RF seeker. The missile, which can be mounted on a truck and stored in a canister, is equipped with electronic counter measures against jamming by aircraft radars, said a report. The first trial of the QSRAM was conducted on June 4, 2017 and earlier this year, two rounds of trials were successfully carried out on the same day as well. The two missiles were tested for different altitude and conditions. The test flights had successfully demonstrated their aerodynamics, propulsion, structural performance and high manoeuvring capabilities.

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Autonomous Vehicle Security Market Growing CAGR 14.7% The global automobile industry is growing rapidly owing to the increasing disposable income, urbanization, and other factors. The autonomous vehicles security solutions are gaining more demand across the globe due to the increasing demand for connected and autonomous vehicles in the commercial and passenger segments. The fully autonomous vehicles are also expected to become a major consumer of vehicle security solutions owing to the increasing developments in this segment. Autonomous and connected vehicles are vulnerable to cyberattacks and the number of vehicle hacking and theft are increasing due to less awareness about the security solutions. The governments in the developed markets have developed vehicle security regulations to overcome the cyber threats, and thus, it has become a mandate for the companies to develop in-vehicle, cloud, and network-based security systems. The global autonomous vehicle security market revenue is estimated to be $6.87 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $15.68 billion by 2023, growing at

a CAGR of 14.7% during the forecast period 2017–2023. Market Revenue and Segmentation Analysis: The report covers vehicle type, namely Passenger Vehicles, Light Commercial Vehicles, Heavy Commercial Vehicles, and Fully-autonomous Vehicles. The passenger vehicles are adopting more security solutions due to the increasing connected and autonomous vehicle usage across the regions. The increasing investments by the governments in developing connected mobility solutions in their smart cities is also expected to drive the autonomous vehicle cybersecurity market. The report covers security types,

namely application security, network security, wireless security, and cloud security. The wireless and cloud security solutions are primarily dominated by the pure play software developing companies owing to their existing developments in the cloud and connectivity infrastructure. The in-vehicle security type is also called the first level of cybersecurity system, which is being developed by several automobile OEMs and technology companies. The security communication is yet to receive standard technology developments for wide expansion in the Asian and European markets. The application security, network security, and wireless security solutions are expected to grow during the forecast period followed by the cloud security solutions. The report covers services platforms, namely consulting service providers, integration service providers, and maintenance service providers. These platforms provide the required service connectivity for the implementation of security solutions in the autonomous and connected vehicles.

Digital Twin Market to Grow at a CAGR of 24.7%

Globalization has made companies to focus more on digitalization both in the business and consumer market places. Over the past few years, IoT has been reaching milestones in the world of technology and it has paved the path for the evolution of various new technologies for enterprises. Digital twin is one such technology which is changing the industry dynamics. Digital twin refers to simulation modules of a physical object. Digital twin works on a simulation platform connected to a predictive analytics platform and it integrates several manufacturing assets, underlying parts, and system processes in real-time with the help of sensors and communicates to the operator in a simulation module. The digital twin market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 24.7% during the forecast period 2017-2023. This technology is capable of supporting conceptualization, comparison, and collaboration for high-end innovations and problem-solving. Further, the technology provides real-time status and working conditions of the physical objects by accessing data from the sensors installed in the objects. Industry players benefit from this technology in terms of efficiency, higher productivity, lean manufacturing, and cost-effectiveness. The system senses data from a wide range of devices/ machines and analyzes the work. Digital twin is currently used for reducing operational loss, designing and repairing

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of airplanes and turbines, controlling supply chain loss in a manufacturing plant, and others. The market is analyzed based on digital twin types, verticals, deployment type, applications, and regions. The digital twin types considered are product twin, part twin, process twin, and system twin, wherein the process and systems twins are at a high demand in the end-user industries owing to its wide functionalities. The deployment type segment includes, cloudbased, on-premises, and hybrid. Currently, cloud deployment is expected to contribute a major share followed by the onpremises and hybrid during the forecast period 2017-2023.

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Y-O-Y Semiconductor Sales Review and Q2 2019 Market Earlier this month, Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $98.2 billion during the second quarter of 2019, a small increase of 0.3 percent over the previous quarter, but 16.8 percent less than the second quarter of last year. Global sales for the month of June 2019 were $32.7 billion, a decrease of 0.9 percent compared to last month’s total of $33.0 billion, and 16.8 percent less than the June 2018 total of $39.3 billion. At that point of time, John Neuffer, SIA president and CEO, said, “Yearto-year sales were down across all major regional markets and semiconductor product categories. One silver lining was that sales during the second quarter of 2019 narrowly outpaced sales during the first quarter.” WSTS has published the Q2 2019 semiconductor market figures and recalculated the Spring 2019 Forecast using the actual figures of the second quarter 2019. Now, WSTS has published the Q2 2019 semiconductor market figures and recalculated the Spring 2019 Forecast

using the actual figures of the second quarter 2019. The Worldwide Semiconductor Market was up 13.7% in 2018 to US$468.8 billion, an all-time high. The year 2019 is forecasted to be down 13.3% to US$406.6 billion. All geographicaalgions are expected to decrease. For 2020, all regions are forecasted to grow with the overall market up 4.8

percent. Optoelectronics is expected to grow by 8.2 percent, all other products are forecasted to grow lowto-mid single digit compared to 2019. WSTS Forecast Summary By replacing the Q2 2019 forecast figures with Q2 2019 actual results, the forecast of the annual growth rates is updated from the 2019 Spring Forecast, published on June 04, 2019. Spring 2019 - Q2 Update.

Smart Card Market Worth USD 65Bn by 2025 France smart card market will continue to witness significant adoption in the banking & financial sector during the forecast period. The shipment of smart card market is poised to register gains at over 9% from 2019 to 2025 when the worldwide industry revenue is predicted to surpass a valuation of USD 65 billion, according to a 2019 Global Market Insights, Inc. report. Technological advancements, such as the development of smart cities, blockchain, biometric technology, etc., are driving the smart card market across the globe. The growing smart city initiatives are encouraging several public & private companies to develop smart connected solutions to efficiently optimize available resources and effectively manage operations and services. Smart cities have been fueling the demand

for digital payments in sectors including transportation, retail, government, etc., creating a huge demand for smart cards. Several companies in the smart card market have run several successful trials of the fingerprint biometric technology within smart cards in countries including Japan, Cyprus, the U.S., Mexico, the UK, South Africa, etc., creating more opportunities for industry players. The rising number of financial frauds is leading to the need for a secure, personalized, and convenient payment solutions. The integration of biometric technology into

smart cards with a microprocessor and contactless interface will eliminate the need for PINs, assuring safer transactions through fingerprint authentication. The smart card market will keep growing over the future as they offer enhanced security for card issuers, merchants, banks, and consumers as technology adds a layer of cybersecurity protection. However, security remains a concern as the technology is still vulnerable to cyberattacks. Therefore, several companies in the payment card market are developing more secure authentication ways than just EMV chips by adding technologies such as biometric authentication. With the rapid global recognition of smart card applications, the healthcare sector is embracing the technology to minimize the costs related to administration and labor.

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Magnetic Field Sensor Market to Reach $7.55Mn by 2026 According to Stratistics MRC, the Global Magnetic Field Sensor market is accounted for $3.00 million in 2017 and is expected to reach $7.55 million by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 10.7%. Factors such as growth in automotive industry and endless growth in consumer electronics segment are driving the market. However, falling average selling prices (asps) of semiconductors & sensors is hampering the Magnetic Field Sensor market. Magnetic field sensor is a device used to contemplate the magnetic field around the loop, electrical device and around changeless magnets. Magnetic field sensors comprise of pivoting sensor tip which estimates both transverse and longitudinal attractive fields around the items. The magnetic sensor utilizes “Hall Effect” (produces voltage difference across an electrical conductor, transverse to electric current) transducer that estimates the vector component of the magnetic field close

to the sensor tip. Based on end user, the consumer electronics industry is going to have a lucrative growth in the development stage and is relied to witness demand in the coming years due to the new applications, such as motion gaming and navigation being presented in gadgets, such as cell phones. The presentation of new innovations will expand the development period of the attractive field sensor market. Magnetic sensors additionally assume a significant job in giving critical directional information to drones. Subsequently, there is gigantic development potential for magnetic

sensors in consumer drone applications. By geography, Magnetic field sensors have a developing interest in the Asia Pacific region owing to the expanding focal point of the region automotive, consumer electronics, and healthcare sectors. China is the automotive and consumer electronics manufacturing nation. Hence, the quickest development in APAC will be found in China for the most part because of the applications, such as ABS technology and central locking systems wherein magnetic field sensors are to a great extent utilized. Some of the key players in the Magnetic Field Sensor market include Amsasahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation, Allegro Microsystems, Infineon Technologies, TDK Corporation, Melexis, Honeywell International, TE Connectivity, AMS, NXP Semiconductors, Kohshin Electric, Startup Ecosystems, Asahi Kasei Co and Micronas Semiconductors Holdings AG.

$4.69Bn Electrical And Electronic Adhesive Tape Market

The Global Electrical and Electronic adhesive tape market was valued at US$3.171 billion in 2018 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.74% to reach a market size of US$4.691 billion by 2024. Adhesive tapes for electronic and electrical equipment are specifically designed by taking their conductivity and heat resistance in mind. These tapes allow manufacturers to replace screws and bolts to reduce the size of the devices, which is resulting in their rising adoption in the manufacturing of smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, laptops and more. Good growth in consumer electronics demand owing to rising disposable income is boosting the electrical and electronics adhesive tape market growth. Thus, the market is expected to grow at a substantial rate over the forecast period on account of growing investments in the electronics sector in the emerging economies. Drivers Rising investments in the electronics sector. Burgeoning demand for consumer electronics. Restraints Cyclical nature of electronics and semiconductor industry. Industry Update In February 2019, Indian Government approved the National Electronics Policy with an aim to promote domestic electronic manufacturing and export.

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FireEye Identifies Prolific Chinese Cyber Threat Group FireEye released the details of its newly named Advanced Persistent Threat group – APT41. APT41 activity spans across 15 jurisdictions and more than seven years, targeting industries such as healthcare, high-tech, telecommunications, higher education, video gaming, travel, and even news organizations. FireEye has observed individual members of APT41 conducting primarily financially motivated operations since 2012 before expanding into likely state-sponsored activity. Evidence suggests that these two motivations were balanced concurrently from 2014 onward. To date, organizations have been targeted in the following locations: France, India, Italy, Japan, Myanmar, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Hong Kong.

or as seen in the past, the theft of intellectual property. • F inancially motivated cyber crime intrusions are most apparent among video game industry targeting, including the manipulation of virtual currencies, and ransomware deployment attempts.

Tactics are shared between espionage and financial motivated operations: • Espionage campaigns have targeted healthcare (medical devices and diagnostics), high-tech, and telecommunications with the purpose of collecting strategic intelligence,

“APT41 is unique among the Chinanexus actors we track in that it uses tools typically reserved for espionage campaigns in what appears to be activity for personal gain. They are as agile as they are skilled and well-resourced,” said Sandra Joyce, SVP of Global Threat Intelligence at FireEye. “Their aggressive and persistent operations for both espionage and cyber crime purposes distinguish APT41 from other adversaries and make them a major threat across multiple industries.”

NEXT Biometrics Agreement with Access Control Solution Provider NEXT Biometrics announces that it has signed an agreement with one of the leading access control solution providers worldwide. As part of the agreement, the Partner will incorporate NEXT Biometrics` new One Touch ID 2010 ultra-slim FAP20 fingerprint sensor module into a range of its access control readers, such as time and attendance and physical access control devices, for sales on a global scale. The parties have agreed not to disclose further details of the agreement at this point in time. Volume supply of NEXT`s One Touch ID 2010 FAP20 modules is scheduled to start in Q4-2019 and will take full effect in 2020. “Partnering with one of the leading access control players for the integration of our new One Touch ID 2010 FAP20 fingerprint sensor technology is a major achievement,” said Alain Faburel, NEXT Biometrics Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. “We are very pleased about the positive response that the product has generated to date and are confident that it will help us further accelerate our growth in the access control and government ID segments.” The new One Touch ID range is part of NEXT Biometrics` product roadmap and continued investment into its four target markets aimed at winning a leading position in each of them. The One Touch ID 2010 SPI is an ultra-slim FAP20 fingerprint sensor module ideally suited for integration into a broad range of applications for reliable and user-friendly authentication, identification and verification. One Touch ID 2010 SPI offers excellent image quality and constant accurate performance, thus producing fewer false acceptance and false rejection

rates than other solutions and resulting in an excellent user experience. The module`s anti-spoofing ability reliably rejects latent fingerprint images and prevents against fake finger attacks. SDK support, one touch enrollment, 360-degree rotational tolerance and ISO/IEC 19794-2:2011 template generation make it an ideal solution for government identification, access control, banking, finance, healthcare, law enforcement and many more applications. NEXT Biometrics’ One Touch ID 2000 and 2010 fingerprint sensor modules are designed to comply with globally recognized government standards of U.S. National Institute of Standard & Technology (NIST SP 500-280 v2.1), and FBI’s Personal Identity Verification (PIV) standard for fingerprint image quality as well as with local government standards in many countries. NEXT Biometrics is currently working with customers on the design-in of the new One Touch ID fingerprint sensor modules.

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Attackers Outpacing Ability to Defend Organizations 84 percent of CISOs believe the risks of cyber attacks will increase and almost a quarter believe the capabilities of attackers are outpacing their ability to defend their organization. This issue is compounded with limited resources, including lack of sufficient budget and skilled professionals as well as a threat attack surface that is quickly expanding and becoming more sophisticated. Because of this, security leaders understand it is critical to have the right strategies in place as they face an arms race between the capabilities of attackers and their own defense postures. Fortinet announced it in a new report by Forbes Insights it commissioned titled “Making Tough Choices: How CISOs Manage Escalating Threats and Limited Resources.” The global survey polled CISOs across various industries about the biggest challenges they’re facing and strategies they’re putting in place to address these obstacles. “The Forbes Insights survey echoes the primary challenges we hear directly from Fortinet customers and prospects. Today’s CISOs are tasked with the challenge of allocating limited funds and resources to the highest-return cybersecurity projects which can range from breach detection to response. These C-level security leaders must maximize security with finite resources, all while balancing strategic leadership responsibilities and tactical issues. Through

the Fortinet Security Fabric, Fortinet is providing end-to-end security so that CISOs can navigate a rapidly changing cyber threat landscape day in and day out,” said Rajesh Maurya, Regional Vice President, India & SAARC at Fortinet. Other key takeaways from the Forbes Insights report include: CISOs are increasingly implementing AI technologies to cybersecurity. Forty-eight percent of security leaders are focused on seamlessly integrating security into their network operations and 45 percent are shifting and changing their cybersecurity strategy toward advanced analytics for greater visibility into their environments. AI, like machine learning, and analytics relieves IT teams time away from monotonous tasks, so they can focus on business-critical tasks such as identifying anomalous behavior in their networks and responding to threats quickly. CISOs would like to allocate more of their budget to detection and response. According to the survey, security leaders are currently allocating an average of

36 percent of their security budget on response. However, in an ideal world, they would shift their resources from prevention to bolster detection and response. The survey found they’d increase response to be 40 percent of their budget. Cybersecurity training and education for employees is key. The Forbes Insights survey found that CISOs believe talent and training constraints have a significant impact on their organizations. As a result, CISOs are paying more attention to educating their own employees on best practices and building cybersecurity awareness in order to prevent and reduce internal threats. CISO are constrained by the lack of an adequate budget. While threats are expanding, CISOs find that their resources, including budget, remain limited. A third of CISOs surveyed in the report felt that the lack of an adequate budget is having a significant impact on their cybersecurity program. A top priority for CISOs is safeguarding customer data and intellectual property. More than a third of respondents said protecting their organization’s brand is top of mind. More than 36 percent of CISOs selected customer data as the highest priority for protection. A majority of respondents also shared they are focusing on protecting intellectual property as one of the most important assets in their care, which they believe is another core target of most malicious actors.

BlackBerry Rolls Out With BlackBerry Intelligent Security

BlackBerry Limited announces the launch of BlackBerry Intelligent Security, the first cloud-based solution that leverages the power of adaptive security, continuous authentication and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance mobile endpoint security in zero trust environments. BlackBerry Intelligent Security uses a combination of contextual and behavioral factors to dynamically adapt security requirements and calculate a unique risk score for each interaction. Using this unique risk score, a mobile user can be granted access to specific device applications and services, as defined by

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IT administrators. This provides granular control and delivers a better, more productive end user experience – all without sacrificing an organization’s regulatory and security policies. BlackBerry Intelligent Security utilizes a

range of behavioral, device and other characteristics to seamlessly secure endpoints. Some of the unique contextual factors include: Behavioral Location: BlackBerry Intelligent Security learns the trusted locations, frequency and patterns of users based on analysis of anonymized location and other behavioral inputs to determine behavior and location-based risk score. Locations can be predefined with a set of policy actions to be executed when a user is within the location boundaries.

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Intelligent Enterprise Data Capture Software Platform Suppliers to Advantage from ‘Novel Business Models’ The phase of intelligent ventures has foreseen acceptance of innovative technological capacities to enhance plans of action that have favored advances in data capture software to be progressively connected as well as automated. Influence of automated data capture solutions by information driven associations to strike their rivals, continues to clearing rewarding avenues for the intelligent enterprise information capture software designers. Superior exactness and mistake lessening in data capture are topmost properties that fill in as profitability enhancers for companies. As significant industry verticals focus around going computerized, cloud deployments are anticipated to witness a rise, making the need for intelligent enterprise data capture software. Present-day enterprises are utilizing progressed analytics, Machine learning, and AI, to improve the consumer experience, enterprise resource, and distribution. As interest for cloud storage builds, information capture arrangements are going mobile, and partners are putting more in R&D to concoct propelled contributions. At the point when contrasted with service givers, merchants providing this software have been seen to accumulate a higher portion of the market. In addition, dynamic players giving the solutions other than services and software, are almost certainly likely to hold an impressive revenue share in the worldwide market for intelligent enterprise data capture software. The continuous trend of A&M amid stand-alone vendors merchants and settled service and software providers is assessed to advance development and revenue generation in the worldwide market for intelligent enterprise data capture software. Progressions in the retail sector have upset the implementation of the components in different creating just as emerged

regions. To fulfill the developing need for improved accuracy and error reduction in the South Asia and East Asia regions, a few software platform suppliers have begun putting resources into these regions. The growing in addition to established software platform suppliers should concentrate on growing their market all over undiscovered emerging nation markets to improve their worldwide market share. Moreover, it has been seen that developing organizations from different parts are contributing essentially to cutting edge data management solutions in addition to business analytics stages. All over the world, a developing number of medium and small enterprises are getting prominent focuses for intelligent enterprise data capture software suppliers. And so, South Asian and East Asian markets are making new plans of action for the suppliers of intelligent enterprise data capture software platform.

DassaultSystèmes at Hanoi Innovation Summit 2019

DassaultSystèmes to support the Hanoi Innovation Summit 2019 on August 29 and 30, 2019. Hanoi Innovation Summit 2019aims to rally together startups, entrepreneurs and business leaders to promote the next generation of innovators in Vietnam. Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia's strongest performing economies with a vibrant innovation ecosystem housing approximately 3,000 startups. Given these favourable conditions to cultivate innovation and adoption of the latest digital technologies amongst

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Vietnamese businesses, DassaultSystèmes will be bringing the 3DEXPERIENCE Playground exhibition for the first time to Vietnam at the Hanoi Innovation Summit 2019. DassaultSystèmes' industry solutions powered by its 3DEXPERIENCE platform has digitally transformed leading businesses in 11 industries around the

world. The 3DEXPERIENCE Playground at Hanoi Innovation Summit 2019 will be a special exhibition area that will allow delegates to experience the power of digital transformation through hands-on demonstrations of these industry solutions in five thematic zones: • Zone ONE: Electro-Mobility Accelerator • Zone TWO: Life Sciences -- revolutionizing cardiovascular science • Zone THREE: 3DEXPERIENCity to build Smart Cities • Zone FOUR: 3DEXPERIENCE on • Zone FIVE: 3DEXPERIENCE for Academia

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TNQ InGage Eyes AR & VR Market with $2 Mn Investment Eyeing strong AR & VR business opportunities in India’s enterprise market, TNQ Technologies has invested in a Joint Venture (JV) with InGage to launch TNQ InGage. This JV brings together InGage’s immersive technology expertise and IP, and TNQ’s initial investment of USD 2 million. TNQ InGage will focus on developing immersive technology solutions using Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) integrated with IoT and analytics. The solutions will provide enterprises in the healthcare, manufacturing, and construction industries, the following key services: • Immersive Training Simulators using Virtual Reality & Haptics • Field Service Tools through Augmented Reality & IOT • Digital Experience Centres for Industry 4.0 Highlighting the Joint Venture, Abhigyan Arun - CEO, TNQ Technologies said that, “TNQ Technologies is a 21 year old, 2,500 people-strong company focussed on publishing technologies and services. We see the future of content consumption leveraging immersive AR and VR environments, and have made this investment in TNQ InGage as part of our long-term strategy. The extensive work InGage has done over the last 6 years under Vijay’s leadership, and the strong relationships with prestigious customers and partners, makes

me confident that we have the right ingredients to establish ourselves as a leader in this technology and industry. TNQ Technologies will continue to focus on its existing publishing client base and will extent the AR/VR expertise of TNQ InGage to them as a new service line.” The global AR, VR market size is aimed at $100 bn in the next five years.

Simcenter Madymo Improves Active Human Model Siemens Digital Industries Software the availability of the latest version of Simcenter Madymo software with significant improvements for speed and accuracy. Used for occupant safety modeling, Simcenter Madymo can simulate the impact of a car crash on the human body using Simcenter Active Human software. The latest version offers solver run times reduced by 28% as compared to past versions. A typical crash analysis in Simcenter Madymo may take up to 15-20 minutes, whilst the same in a finite element (FE) code could take several hours. When using Simcenter Active Human, the simulation time of an event of 3 seconds will take approximately 2 hours to complete, when in the past it might have taken up to 4 hours. Simcenter Madymo contains an Simcenter Active Human which is a digital twin of an average adul t mal e . Th i s m od e l simulates a human body reacting to movements whilst maintaining posture with the use of a unique musculo-

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skeletal form guided by a control system of sensors and actuators. The latest version of the Simcenter Active Human model has been extended with new features including an active shoulder control, strength scaling, and drowsiness, sleep and unconsciousness modelling. These new features help customers to accurately model human-like reactions, which are needed for a safer autonomous vehicle design. In addition, faster runtimes allow users to more easily and frequently model varying car seating configurations to rapidly build an accurate analysis. Active shoulder control enhancements allow for lane change studies, as Simcenter Active Human resists lateral motion in a more human-like behavior by

holding the steering wheel at scalable strength levels. With enhanced strength scaling, the user can assign varying levels of occupant strength to better reflect the ranges in human resistance to motion. Unconsciousness modeling gives the ability for users simulate the behavior of an occupant who is drowsy, asleep or unconscious. This functionality greatly assists the development of autonomous vehicles where the occupant is no longer in control and the car is at level 5 of automation (fully autonomous). Simcenter Madymo is the worldwide standard software for analyzing and optimizing occupant and pedestrian safety designs, traditionally focused on the development, testing and validation of passive safety systems of vehicles, analyzing pre-crash and in-crash scenarios. Recently, there is increased importance of analyzing non-crash scenarios as well, especially the analysis of the occupant seating positions, which is affected by maneuvers of the automated driving vehicle.

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