Pune: India’s IT spending is projected to grow 6.8% over the last year to $88.8 billion in 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner Inc. That’s faster than the 6.2% year-on-year growth that the global research and advisory firm has forecast for worldwide IT spending.Indian IT spending fell 2.7% in 2020, as companies prioritised spending on ‘mission-critical’ technology and services in the initial stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.“In 2021, CIOs have to fast-track their digital projects to get the necessary attention and funding from the board,” said Naveen Mishra, senior research director at Gartner. “Digital initiatives directly related to improving customer engagement and supported with a shorter ROI window will be prioritised in the current economic environment. Improving demand scenario across select verticals in India will spur the overall IT spending in 2021.”According to Gartner, enterprise software will see the biggest … [Read more...] about Gartner sees India’s IT spending outpacing global growth in 2021
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Vietnam attends APF executive board’s annual meeting
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese sub-committee, as the Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophone (APF) for the 2019-2021 tenure, attended the APF executive board's annual meeting, which convened virtually on January 25. About 40 delegates, including three from Vietnam, joined the meeting, during which they heard a report by the APF Secretary General on the APF’s operation and response to COVID-19 and discussed orientations and action programmes for 2021 as well as multilateral inter-parliament cooperation projects. The board agreed to continue implementing the APF strategic framework for 2019-2022, focusing on four priority issues under the action program of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF). The issues cover the fight against terrorism and extreme violence; inclusive development and growth; development of public policies on French language education and teaching in the multilingual Francophone community; and implementation of the … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends APF executive board’s annual meeting
Smartphone makers eye bigger slice of global pie
In the context of such goals, Oppo is not alone. Smartphone vendors including Realme, Vivo and Xiaomi are intensifying efforts to grab a bigger share in the global smartphone market after Huawei Technologies Co's overseas phone business was hampered by a string of the United States government's restrictions on its supply chains. … [Read more...] about Smartphone makers eye bigger slice of global pie
Shanghai’s business environment improves as litigation capability grows
According to Zhang Bencai, chief prosecutor of Shanghai People's Procuratorate, 1,289 people were prosecuted for intellectual property crimes last year, a jump of 85 percent from 2019. This, he said, was due to the city's efforts in strengthening regulation in the field. … [Read more...] about Shanghai’s business environment improves as litigation capability grows
Data audit : March 15th deadline for filing annual report sacrosanct – NITDA
‘‘However, with the direction, we are moving on NDPR audit compliance filing, we are very glad that we have set out in the right way. Our strategy of licensing DPCOs is yielding bounteous fruits as Nigeria now has more data protection experts per capita than any other African country.’’ … [Read more...] about Data audit : March 15th deadline for filing annual report sacrosanct – NITDA
