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Expands India development capabilities of Chordify which extensively works with tech start-ups; plans to grow India team five-fold by 2025 Chordify Management Consultants LLC. (Chordify) , a Silicon Valley-based software services provider, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Trivandrum-based Rubyians Pvt. Ltd., a s/w player with deep expertise in Ruby On Rails, in an all-cash deal. California-based Chordify is a trusted name in providing contract s/w development services for start-ups and other s/w companies. Its SmartFind helps customers identify the right resources using a combination of online testing and intelligent rating of candidates for onsite projects, helping take the pain out of the contract hiring process for its clients. Rubyians provides a range of offshore development services which includes building minimum viable products (MVP) from the ideation to the scale-up stage for s/w product companies.  It also has a suite of tools and products for lear

  Inaugurates 100-seater global center of excellence in B engaluru; funding to support continued global expansion and product innovation to meet significant market demand AppViewX , the leader in automated machine identity management (MIM) and application infrastructure security, today announced that the company has raised US$20 million in Series B funding led by growth equity firm and existing investor, Brighton Park Capital (“Brighton Park”). The additional investment will help maximize AppViewX’s go-to-market operations, product development and overall revenue growth strategies on its mission to help Global 2000 organizations reduce risk by securing and orchestrating enterprise identities and applications. The company announced the inauguration of its 100-seater global center of excellence in Bengaluru. AppviewX is seeing a significant shift in revenue to its SaaS offerings and currently has a best-in-class customer retention rate. Despite industry-wide challenges from the pande

  Smart AI technology optimises chip performance, heat generation and efficiency in smartphones and other electronic devices   If used widely on devices across the industries, can help achieve net zero emissions goal of the whole world UK-based University of Essex today unveiled a ground-breaking AI development led by an Indian-origin scholar at Essex that could boost smartphone battery life by 30% and shave countless kilowatts from energy bills. The ground-breaking technology has been rolled into EOptomizer, an app that can drive down carbon emissions by making consumers’ electronic devices last longer. It does this by using software to dramatically increase efficiency and reliability in smartphones, tablets, cars, smart fridges and computer batteries – delaying when consumers need to buy carbon-footprint-producing replacements. The AI technology project, spearheaded by Dr Amit Singh, Associate Professor from the University of Essex’s School of Computer Science and Electronic En

  Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is a mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The bacteria affect the skin, peripheral nerves, and the eyes. If leprosy is recognised in its early stages, it can be treated easily and it will not cause any disabilities. Today 600 people will be diagnosed with leprosy, more than 50 of these will be children. Over 7 million people are currently affected by leprosy across the world.   Invitation to join UN Special Rapporteur, Alice Cruz, to launch partnership at virtual launch event titled ‘We will overcome leprosy together’ UK-based University of Essex today announced a partnership with international charity Lepra that will allow University of Essex students and researchers to contribute to overcoming leprosy in India, Bangladesh and around the world. Working together they will also address the current and pressing issues such as human rights and advocacy, medical and para-medical science, social science as well as human s

Bengaluru-based Convin.ai, a leading AI-driven platform that reimagines virtual assisted selling for businesses, today announced that it has launched an AI-powered agent assist platform that helps  them better prioritize their collection accounts resulting in a 25% increase in the closure rate.  The new platform also  has a proactive alert mechanism and sentiment analysis that triggers a red alert in case of any shouting or abuse during the call so that necessary steps can be taken to tackle such a situation.  The proactive alert mechanism has helped Convin’s BFSI customers improve their CSAT scores by 30%.  Three main pillars supporting the just launched platform are – 1. Automated quality management, which scores the call performance and identifies training opportunities for agents; 2. Call behaviour analysis which uncovers the behaviour outcome of calls (wins and losses) and 3. Automated quality coaching based on the above 2 that completely removes the dependency on archaic coaching

Fashinza, the AI-driven B2B marketplace and real-time global supply chain for fashion brands and retailers, today announced the appointment of Sumit Saxena as President – Revenue and Strategy . At Fashinza, Sumit’s role will be on scaling-up business in the Europe and UK markets, which are among the biggest markets for Fashinza . Sumit would also focus on predictable revenue functions with world-class processes and standards to scale up globally. Sumit will contribute towards helping Fashinza build the future of the fashion manufacturing industry in a sustainable, ethical, inclusive, fast, and efficient and through the use of technology, data, the cloud and more. Sumit is a seasoned business leader with extensive exposure and experience in building and scaling startups. An entrepreneur at heart, in the past Sumit worked with companies whom he could scale to successful business ventures. Commenting on Sumit Saxena’s appointm