Singulr AI Raises $10 Mn in Seed Funding Led by Nexus Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital

Singulr AI announced $10 million in seed financing led by Nexus Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital, with participation from leading industry executives. It launched today with the general availability of its enterprise AI governance and security platform, already deployed across companies in the technology, finance, and healthcare sectors.

The enterprise AI surge is real in live customer environments, Singulr consistently discovers 500+ unique AI services and models in use, with many of them redundant. Over three out of four employees use unapproved “Shadow AI” tools, often linked to personal accounts that expose enterprise IP. This dynamic threat will force organizations to balance rapid AI deployment against security risks and rising costs. Further, the rise of agentic AI increases complexity, making enterprise-grade governance essential for scaling AI operations.

Using the Singulr AI platform, CIO and IT operations teams can rationalize their AI service inventory and reduce unnecessary spend, while CISO and risk teams can streamline the onboarding of safe AI use cases while implementing granular policies to prevent data leakage and shadow AI.

Founders Shiv Agarwal and Abhijit Sharma, who previously built Arkin Net (acquired by VMware), reunited the team to build Singulr. In just one year, they have gone from a concept to a generally available solution that integrates seamlessly into enterprise environments without requiring infrastructure changes. Singulr is launching with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance, ensuring enterprise-grade security and trust.

Shiv Agarwal, CEO and Co-founder of Singulr, said,

Companies are experiencing explosive growth in AI adoption across employees, partners, and vendors – but this surge comes with mounting security risks and costs.Through our extensive market research, we recognized that the broad use of generative AI technology is a complex problem needing an enterprise-grade solution to scale and secure. We started Singulr – to help enterprises rapidly adopt and operationalize powerful new AI technologies while managing costs and minimizing risk.

Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners, added, “AI is transforming business with a new technology stack, evolving usage patterns, and unprecedented risks—forcing companies to rethink how they do security and governance.The Singulr team has a proven track record of solving complex, enterprise-scale problems and is launching a proven solution that enables businesses to efficiently and safely harness AI’s potential. I’m excited to partner with Shiv and the team again as they establish Singulr as the category leader.”

“This is the year the enterprise moves from experimenting with AI to leveraging its potential for pivotal business challenges. However, this adoption brings complex operational and security challenges requiring a systems approach—from developer experience to endpoint defense. The Singulr team has a proven track record of taking on enterprise challenges at Arkin and VMware and are well-equipped to do so again.” said Raman Khanna, Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital.

Singulr helps customers get ahead and stay ahead of AI adoption with:

• Continuous discovery of all AI-in-use, including homegrown LLM applications and agents, public AI services, and embedded AI in SaaS applications, along with deep contextual insights into application settings, user activity, and sensitive data exposure in prompts or uploaded files.
• Rapid AI onboarding with automated risk scoring of AI services and models so that teams can quickly vet and approve new requests, unsanctioned use, or changes in models, dataset, or applications.
• Continuous AI-powered protection using context-aware policies and enforcement that allows organizations to permit, restrict, warn, redact, and trigger security tickets and workflows.

Companies interested in safe and cost-effective AI use can request a sample Instant AI Audit report or an AI Audit assessment here or at https://singulr.ai/sample-report

About Singulr AI

Singulr AI is an enterprise AI governance and security platform that helps streamline and secure enterprise AI use at scale. Security, IT, and AI teams can now accelerate AI-driven innovation while reducing business risks and unnecessary costs from data leakage, shadow AI, and AI sprawl.

Dell Collaborates with NVIDIA to Transform Telecom Networks with AI Solutions

Dell Technologies has extended its collaboration with NVIDIA to revolutionize telecom networks using AI solutions. This partnership aims to co-create and validate AI solutions for communications service providers (CSPs), leveraging Dell's AI Factory and NVIDIA's advanced GPUs and enterprise-grade AI software.

Key highlights of this collaboration include:

• Enhanced Customer Care: Using AI to improve customer service and network maintenance with platforms like Amdocs amAIz. 
• Automated Operations: Automating call center scripts and customer care operations with Internal. 
• Network Analysis: Conducting network troubleshooting and analysis with Kinetica SQL-GPT. 
• Predictive Maintenance: Developing digital twins for networks and performing predictive network maintenance with Synthefy. 
• Edge Deployments: Facilitating AI deployments at the edge of the telecom network with Dell PowerEdge XR8000 servers, equipped with NVIDIA L4 Tensor Core GPUs. 

This initiative is part of Dell's broader "AI for Telecom" program, which aims to simplify and accelerate AI deployments for CSPs, enhancing network performance and creating new revenue opportunities at the enterprise edge.

This collaboration is poised to drive significant advancements in the telecom industry, making networks more efficient, customer-centric, and cost-effective.

AI-driven solutions can continuously monitor and optimize network performance, reducing downtime and improving overall efficiency. By using digital twins and predictive analytics, telecom operators can anticipate and address potential issues before they impact the network.

Platforms like Amdocs amAIz can provide more responsive and personalized customer service, leading to higher customer satisfaction.

Automation of routine tasks in call centers can free up human agents to handle more complex issues, improving service quality.

Besides, Dell’s AI solutions are designed to be scalable and flexible, allowing CSPs to adapt quickly to changing market demands.

Dawn–The UK's Fastest AI Supercomputer To Drive Significant Advancements in Healthcare, Green Fusion Energy Development and Climate Modelling

• Co-designed with Intel, Dell Technologies, the University of Cambridge and with additional investment from UK Research and Innovation, Dawn resides at the Cambridge Open ZettaScale Lab.
• Deployed as the U.K.’s most powerful AI supercomputing cloud1 using the Scientific OpenStack cloud software developed with UK SME StackHPC.

Dell Technologies, Intel and the University of Cambridge announce the deployment of the co-designed Dawn Phase-1 supercomputer. Leading technical teams built the U.K.’s fastest AI supercomputer1 that harnesses the power of both artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing (HPC) to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. This sets a clear way forward for future U.K. technology leadership and inward investment into the U.K. technology sector.

Dawn kickstarts the recently launched U.K. AI Research Resource (AIRR)2, which will explore the viability of associated systems and architectures. Dawn brings the U.K. closer to reaching the compute threshold of a quintillion (1018) floating point operations per second – one exaflop, better known as exascale. For perspective: Every person on earth would have to make calculations 24 hours a day for more than four years to equal a second’s worth of processing power in an exascale system.

Paul Calleja (left), director of Dawn Al Service, and Richard McMahon, UKRI Dawn principal investigator, stand in front of the Dawn supercomputer. On Nov. 2, 2023, University of Cambridge, Intel and Dell Technologies announced Dawn, the fastest Al supercomputer in the U.K. (Credit: Joe Bishop for Cambridge Open Zettascale Lab)

“Dawn considerably strengthens the scientific and AI compute capability available in the U.K., and it’s on the ground, operational today at the Cambridge Open Zettascale Lab. Dell PowerEdge XE9640 servers offer a no-compromises platform to host the Intel Data Center GPU Max Series accelerator, which opens up the ecosystem to choice through oneAPI. I’m very excited to see the sorts of early science this machine can deliver and continue to strengthen the Open Zettascale Lab partnership between Dell Technologies, Intel and the University of Cambridge, and further broaden that to the U.K. scientific and AI community,” said Adam Roe, EMEA HPC technical director at Intel.

Dawn was born of a co-design partnership between Dell Technologies, Intel, University of Cambridge and additional investment from UK Research and Innovation. Dawn is the fastest AI supercomputer deployed in the U.K. today1 and will support some of the U.K.’s largest-ever workloads across both academic research and industrial domains. Usage domains include healthcare, engineering, green fusion energy, climate modelling and frontier science within cosmology and high-energy physics.

The new supercomputer is based on Dell PowerEdge XE9640 servers4. With its versatile configuration options and liquid cooling technology, the server system is well-equipped to handle the demands of AI and HPC workloads. Direct liquid cooling technology provides a more efficient and cost-effective solution than traditional air-cooled systems.

Each PowerEdge XE9640 server in this system combines two 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and four Intel Data Center GPU Max accelerators to deliver strong performance and high efficiency for solving real-world scientific problems. The Scientific OpenStack from UK SME StackHPC provides a fully AI- and simulation-optimized cloud supercomputing software environment. This is combined with the oneAPI open software ecosystem and optimized frameworks that help developers speed up AI and HPC workloads and enhance code portability across multiple hardware architectures.

Technical details and performance numbers for Dawn Phase 1 will be released in mid-November during the Supercomputing 23 (SC23) conference in Denver, Colorado

Travotel.com Emerges as Winner at Dell Technologies’ 'The Challengers Award 2022' in Travel Category

‘The Challengers Award 2022’ was presented by Dell Technologies in collaboration with Money Control, CNBC TV18 & powered by Intel Corporation with E&Y as process partners.

Travotel.com – India’s Leading B2B Travel SaaS Platform & Booking Portal, emerged as the Winner at Dell Technologies’ 'The Challengers Award 2022' in the Travel, Logistics & Supply Chain Category. The Award was presented at a glittering ceremony held at Hyatt Regency, New Delhi on 25th August 2022 to the Founder & CEO Mr. Sameer Patil and Ms. Rakhi Agrawal, Co-Founder & COO of Travotel.com, by Mr. C. P. Gurnani, CEO & MD of Tech Mahindra, Ms. Swati Mishra, Director and General Manager, Small Business India at Dell Technologies & Raj Kumar Rishi, Managing Director, Consumer and Small Business India at Dell.

Dell Technologies' ‘The Challengers Award 2022’ has been instrumental in identifying the next generation of IT innovators and pioneers in India. Additionally, it is the perfect platform to share ideas and opinions on the progress of small and medium enterprises in the country, and how innovation can help them overcome present challenges.

Ms. Rakhi Agrawal, Co-Founder & COO, Travotel.com said, “We are extremely delighted to receive this Award on behalf of our Team & Start-up, Travotel.com. This award validates our hard work & the market opportunities that B2B Travel space offers in India & Globally. Despite having started in pandemic, our growth in B2B Travel Tech domain has been phenomenal. The Travel Agents using our Platform have seen a marked increase in their Operational Efficiencies & Revenues.”

(L-R) Sameer and Rakhi

Mr. Sameer Patil, Founder & CEO, Travotel.com said, “We are elated to receive this prestigious award. Travel has picked up extremely well over the past year & we are happy to help the Retail & SME Travel Agents with a free plug & play platform. On popular demand we are also offering the B2B Travel Booking platform to the Start-ups, MSME & Corporate Segment to avail the benefits of booking Flights, Hotels & Holidays at Best rates & without any Convenience Fees.”

He added, “The Indian Retail Travel Agent Market continues to be a Highly Fragmented, Widely Dispersed & Majorly Offline Industry. The small Travel Agents have to painstakingly deal with multiple suppliers for booking Flights, Hotels & various Travel Services for their Customer Fulfilments. They lack automation, marketing, distribution capabilities & competitive pricing.”

He further said, “Travotel.com is a Full Stack Cloud Based Travel SaaS Platform with a Multi-Product B2B Travel Portal. It provides the Retail Travel Agents with booking platform having competitive rates for booking the Flights, Hotels & Holidays for their customer’s needs. Travotel.com also provides the Travel Agents with a Robust Cloud Based CRM & Back Office management system to manage their business & customers along with a State of the Art AI powered Holiday Customization Tool & a ML based On-the-Go Marketing Automation system.”

Travotel.com has also been declared the winner at Unicorn Pitches India organized in July 2022 and powered by Idea Capital Ventures. Unicorn Pitches India (UPI) is part of the world’s largest startup pitch contest where leading International VCs and Angel investors meet outstanding concept-based startups from India and Globally.

Earlier this year, Travotel.com has been one of the finalists at Eureka 2021 Tech Fest organized by IIT Mumbai E-Cell.

Dell,Mi Mobiles and Samsung Mobiles Most are Most Trusted Brands in India

New Delhi Tuesday, 2nd December 2020: Dell has achieved top slot as India's Most Trusted Brand second year in a row in TRA's Brand Trust Report (BTR) 2020, the tenth edition in its series. It is followed in second place by Mi Mobiles, which also leads the Mobile Phone Category for the first time this year. Samsung Mobiles secures the 3rd place, followed by Apple iPhone and LG Televisions taking 4th and 5th ranks, respectively.

Oppo is at 6th spot on the trust ranks this year. Sony Entertainment Television, the Hindi GEC ranks 7th, featuring among the top ten for the first time in ten years. Maruti Suzuki, the Four-Wheeler manufacturer makes to 8th rank and is also the leader in the Automobile Super-Category. The 9th Most Trusted Brand rank is held by Samsung Televisions and is followed by Vivo mobile phones at the 10th slot. Five mobile phone brands make it to the top-ten list from among the twenty listed, making it the largest category in the report.

TRA Research has completed its 10th year in the field of Consumer Insights and Brand Analytics and counts among India's top brands as its clients. TRA's Brand Trust Report 2020 is the result of a comprehensive primary research conducted on TRA's proprietary 10-Brand Behaviours which make up the Brand Trust Matrix. This year's study had 1,711 consumer-influencers across 16 cities as respondents and over 8,000 unique brands were analyzed, from which the top 1000 brands have been listed in this year's report. The report lists 323 Categories and 41 Super-Categories and F&B and FMCG.

The categories with the largest number of brands are F&B (151 brands) and FMCG (144 brands) contributing to 29.5% of the total brands. LG secures a grand slam with leadership in Televisions (All-India Rank 5), Refrigerators (All-India Rank 14), Washing Machines (All-India Rank 26). Some other Category leaders in TRA's Brand Trust Report 2020 are Patanjali Dant Kanti (All-India Rank 15) from Toothpaste Category which has broken the nine-year winning streak of Colgate, and Airtel (All-India Rank 20) from Mobile Service Providers.

Other category leaders include, Tanishq (All-India Rank 48) in Jewellery, Euro Kids (All-India Rank 52) in Pre-School, American Express (All-India Rank 59) in Credit Cards, Muthoot Finance (All-India Rank 60) in Financial Services, Jeep (All-India Rank 64) in SUV Manufacturer, Zee5 (All-India Rank 108) leads in OTT, Okaya (All-India Rank 140) in Inverter Batteries, and Livpure (All-India Rank 141) in Water Purifiers.

Commenting on the launch, N. Chandramouli, CEO, TRA, said "The Covid times have been harrowing for brands, and even consumers have been in an extended state of anxiety for multiple reasons. The impact of the pandemic is visible on the trust placed in brands, leading to a dethroning of many erstwhile category leaders." 

About TRA Research


TRA Research, a part of the Comniscient Group, is a consumer insights and brand analytics company dedicated to understanding and analyzing stakeholder behavior through two globally acclaimed proprietary matrices of Brand Trust and Brand Desire. TRA Research conducts a primary research with consumers and stakeholders to assist brands with their business decisions based on researched consumer insights. TRA Research is the publisher of TRA's Brand Trust Report and of India's Most Desired Brands.

Please visit www.trustadvisory.info for more information

Dell Technologies Names Rola Dagher Global Channel Chief

Dell Technologies has announced Rola Dagher as its new global channel chief, reporting into Bill Scannell, Dell Technologies president, global sales and customer operations.

Dagher will lead Dell Technologies’ global partner strategy, vision, enablement, program design and experience. She begins her new role Sept. 7.

Dagher returns to Dell after three years as president of Cisco Systems Canada. Prior to Cisco, Dagher held sales and leadership roles in Dell’s Enterprise segment and Infrastructure Solutions Group. Prior to that, Dagher helped lead the channel for Bell Canada for 13 years. She has a strong track record of removing partner complexity and delivering simplicity to customers.

“Dell’s commitment to the channel is unwavering, and with Rola assuming the Global Channel Chief role we’re poised to continue the winning streak we’ve been on since the formation of Dell Technologies,” said Bill Scannell. “Rola is passionate about partners, and we’re excited to have her at the helm of a channel business that has grown to deliver $52B in orders revenue annually while driving greater clarity and predictability of engagement for our partners.”

“Partners are the foundation of our success today and tomorrow, and I’m inspired by the passion and drive of Dell’s channel team,” Dagher said. “My commitment is to listen, learn and lead through our partners to deliver best-in-class transformational solutions and a digital-first customer experience. I’m looking forward to building upon our deep relationships with partners and leading this incredible organisation to further success.”

Tian Beng Ng, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Channel, Asia Pacific & Japan said, “Naming a passionate partner advocate like Rola Dagher as channel chief, and more closely aligning our channel organisation and sales teams really brings to life the incredible opportunity of our global size and scale. These moves prepare us well for the future and show that we’re committed to supporting partners in every region with consistency and predictability. Dell Technologies is better positioned than ever before to win, and our partners know they can count on us to help them navigate an ever-changing world.”

Dagher succeeds Joyce Mullen, who after a 21-year career at Dell, announced her departure in July.

The Dell Technologies Partner Program is built to be simple, predictable and profitable. Partners have asked for even better predictability of engagement. To do that, Dell is aligning the channel with core sales teams in each region.

Channel sales are now aligned to Dell’s North America and International sales leaders, John Byrne and Aongus Hegarty. As part of this, Dell is introducing a new International Channel Lead, Diego Majdalani, who will report into Hegarty. Majdalani has led sales for the Latin American region for the past seven years and brings deep partner expertise and knowledge to the role.

• Regional channel leads Alvaro Camarena, Anwar Dahab, Tian Beng Ng and Frank Wu will continue in their current roles for LatAm, EMEA, APJ and Greater China respectively, reporting into Majdalani, with tight alignment to Dagher and team.


• North America channel lead Gregg Ambulos will continue in his role, and report into John Byrne.

Denise Millard will continue her role leading Global Alliances, reporting to Bill Scannell. The Global Alliances and Channel teams will continue to work together to ensure synergies across all our partners for a seamless partner experience.

This structure allows Dell to better support partners within the regions and promotes operational consistency and predictability with core sales teams, while maintaining a strong global presence. Each of these leaders has been a partner advocate for many years and is committed to partners’ success. 

Dell Technologies and NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission Launch Second Student Entrepreneurship Program

• Virtual launch of Student Entrepreneurship Program 2.0, in partnership with NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission


• Initiative is aimed at transforming innovative prototypes into fully functional products

Dell Technologies has launched ‘Student Entrepreneurship Program 2.0’, in association with NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), virtually. Following the success of the first Student Entrepreneurship Program, Dell Technologies and NITI Aayog announced the second series in the presence of Dr. Rajeev Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Mr. Ramanan, Mission Director, AIM, NITI Aayog and Dr. Anjlee Prakash, Chairperson, Learning Links Foundation and Mr. Alok Ohrie, President & MD, Dell Technologies India.

In the year 2016, Government of India’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog partnered with Dell Technologies to adopt Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) in select Government schools across India. The 10-Month Student Entrepreneurship Program helped the top six innovations of the Atal Tinkering Marathon to transform their innovative prototypes into functioning, scaled go-to-market products across six crucial themes having broader social impact. While the final six teams of the Tinkering Marathon 2017 are now entering the world of entrepreneurs, there is another batch of young talent that is ready to foray into the world of innovation and entrepreneurship. The top eight teams that were selected from the Innovation Marathon 2018 will begin their SEP - Student Entrepreneurship Program 2.0 (SEP 2.0) journey with Dell Technologies.

Student Entrepreneurship Program 2.0 will bring about exciting changes and transformation in the innovation fueled entrepreneurial landscape, in addition to the learnings from SEP 1.0. The culture of entrepreneurial innovation is set to witness powerful changes in the upcoming year and SEP 2.0 will definitely make its mark in the world of ‘new normal’! SEP 2.0 will allow student innovators to work closely with Dell volunteers and avail mentorship to create a test bed for their innovation and collect customer feedback. Students will also receive support and guidance to manufacture fully functional market ready product to launch it in the market along with patenting their ideas/processes.

Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India "Today, I am buoyant with optimism, as I witness the promising innovations by the young pioneers from ATLs located in different corners of this country. These innovators make me wonder what the young children of this nation can achieve when given the opportunity to think unconventionally in order to combat challenges faced not only by their fellow country men and women but also by the rest of the world. As we conclude SEP 1.0 and launch SEP 2.0, I am excited to see the impact that these innovations will create in the country.”

Alok Ohrie, President and Managing Director, Dell Technologies India said, “Dell Technologies is investing in human capital which has been the driving force for us. We have always considered the power of innovation and technology to be great levers of change. We are extremely delighted with the outcome of the first Student Entrepreneurship Program (SEP) and we are positive that SEP 2.0 will take entrepreneurial innovation to newer heights. Our strong partnership with NITI Aayog has further enabled us in expanding our vision of Technology for Social Good and encouraging budding entrepreneurs.”

Mr. Ramanathan Ramanan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission added, “The aim of Atal Innovation Mission is to create over a million neoteric innovators and potential job creators of the country. Our partnership with Dell Technologies in spurring the entrepreneurial capabilities of the budding Atal Tinkering Lab innovators through the Student Entrepreneurship program gives great encouragement to young aspiring school students, while also creating a value adding recognition platform to innovative talent across the country.”

Dell Technologies’ employees have also been enrolled as ‘Mentors of Change’ and have volunteered to nurture the innovative spirit among students. Dell volunteers from across the country have been engaging with students to ideate, providing technical expertise to refine their prototypes and also enhance their presentation skills.

Dell Technologies, NASSCOM to Build Robust Ecosystem to Support SMEs, Startups Across India

• Exclusive offers on Dell's Client and Infrastructure solutions to ensure business resiliency


• The partnership is aimed to benefit more than 2400 SMEs and 9000+ startups pan India

Dell Technologies has collaborated with the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) to help SMEs and Startups ensure smooth operations and maintain business continuity during the present challenging times. Positioned under NASSCOM's SME Advantage program, this partnership intends to build a robust ecosystem to support them, by bringing together important products and services, indispensable for any business, at a competitive price.

Dell's association with NASSCOM is set to impact more than 2400 SMEs, and 9000+ startups that are part of NASSCOM 10,000 Startups network. They will be provided with exclusive offers and rates on Dell's Client and Infrastructure solutions. With these solutions, the organizations can equip their teams with industry leading technology and ensure business resiliency.

“At Dell, we are committed to ensuring smooth operations and business continuity for our customers. Through this unique collaboration with NASSCOM, we are taking a step further towards building an ecosystem that is aimed at making organizations much more competitive and operationally efficient. This partnership will present exclusive offers on Dell's Client and Infrastructure solutions to the NASSCOM members enabling them to keep their organizations agile, secure and growing in today's rapidly changing environment. Our solutions are designed to empower organizations to continue with their business as usual and innovate into a new future,” says, Alok Ohrie, President and Managing Director, Dell Technologies India.

“COVID has not only upended lives but also disrupted businesses globally. At NASSCOM, we are committed towards harbouring a conducive environment for our SME and Startups and help them amid these testing times. We are extremely delighted to partner with Dell Technologies under our SME Advantage program to bring exclusively curated solutions for our SME members, and together play a key role in their business resiliency efforts,” says, Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM.

The partnership is aimed at helping the ecosystem evolve digitally, while reducing their operational costs, by leveraging premium products and services from Dell Technologies at best prices. The client solutions offered are designed to keep the organization secure and their employees productive, no matter where they work from. Along with this, Dell's infrastructure solutions will enable them to have greater control of their IT and, help protect their business and customer data with better security measures.

About NASSCOM

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM®) is the premier trade body and chamber of commerce of the Tech industry in India and comprises over 2800-member companies including both Indian and multinational organizations that have a presence in India. Our membership spans across the entire spectrum of the industry from start-ups to multinationals and from products to services, Global Service Centers to Engineering firms. Guided by India's vision to become a leading digital economy globally, NASSCOM focuses on accelerating the pace of transformation of the industry to emerge as the preferred enablers for global digital transformation. Our strategic imperatives are to reskill and upskill India's IT workforce to ensure that talent is future-ready in terms of new-age skills, strengthen the innovation quotient across industry verticals, create new market opportunities - both international and domestic, drive policy advocacy to advance innovation and ease of doing business, and build the Industry narrative with focus on Talent, Trust and Innovation. And, in everything we do, we will continue to champion the need for diversity and equal opportunity.

NASSCOM has played a key role in not just the growth of the Industry to become a $180+Billion industry today, but we have helped establish the Tech industry in India as one of the most trusted partners, globally. NASSCOM continues to make significant efforts in contributing towards India's GDP, exports, employment, infrastructure development and global visibility. Our membership base constitutes over 95% of the industry revenues in India and employs over 4 million professionals, and as technology blends into every aspect of the economy, we expect the industry to become key driver of growth, development and inclusion for the country. Our mission is to make India a global hub for Innovation and Talent so when the world thinks Digital, the world will think India.

About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) helps organizations and individuals build their digital future and transform how they work, live and play. The company provides customers with the industry's broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era.

Dell Technologies Launches New Era of PCs and Displays with 5G, AI and Premium Design for Work and Play

• Productivity gets boost with Latitude 9510, the world's most intelligent 15-inch 5G-ready business PC with built-in AI


• Thinner and smaller XPS 13 debuts its first-ever 4-sided InfinityEdge display for virtually borderless viewing experience.


• Dell’s top-of-the-range displays meet needs of wide variety of users

Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) today unveiled new products and software across its premium Latitude, XPS and displays portfolios to help people innovate, collaborate and accomplish more in the next decade. Featuring artificial intelligence (AI), 5G and innovative design, the latest Dell Technologies’ PCs and displays make work and play more seamless, intelligent and enjoyable.

“The PC industry has never been more vibrant with built-in AI, 5G and the best design we’ve ever seen, all to help make our lives easier and more fulfilled,” said Sam Burd, president of Dell Client Solutions Group. “What’s exciting to me is that, with all of the cool news we’ll see come out of CES next week, the PC plays a central role in helping people innovate, influence and achieve more.”

"PC users have become increasingly savvy about the devices they choose for work and play, gravitating toward more premium products that emphasize good design, strong performance and intuitive technologies," said Tom Mainelli, group vice president, Devices and Consumer, IDC. "Our research shows an increasing percentage of new employees are choosing jobs based on the devices employers offer, and both IT buyers and consumers are interested in PCs with next-generation display, connectivity and battery technologies."

Professionals can use their precious time on the work that matters most with the Latitude 9510, the most intelligent 15-inch business PC featuring built-in AI1

Dell today introduced the Latitude 9000 series, designed with the finest details in mind to be smaller and thinner than ever before, with a larger display and a superior experience. The new Latitude 9510 delivers what business users seek: the longest battery life of any 15-inch business PC with a target of up to 30 hours 2, 5G-ready design3, powerful audio features and intelligent solutions that increase productivity.

The Latitude 9510 is the world’s smallest and lightest commercial 15-inch PC4, easily fitting into a small work bag. Starting at only 3.2 pounds5, professionals can travel light without carrying the extra weight of battery chargers, adapters or speakerphone pucks needed for a work day. The large screen size, along with Intel® Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) and 5G mobile broadband capabilities6, allow executives to be more productive wherever they need. The design incorporates 5G antennas into the speakers to retain the InfinityEdge display, while carbon blade fans and dual heat pipes offer a quiet and cool-to-the-touch experience. Launching with up to the latest 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processors, the vPro ready Latitude 9510 features a machined-aluminum finish with diamond cut edges for professionals that want performance with style.

As the world’s most intelligent 15-inch business PC7, the Latitude 9510 leads the commercial PC industry with the first built-in and automated AI-based optimization technology. The new Dell Optimizer software works behind the scenes to help reduce lags, delays and frustration:

• Get to work faster with ExpressResponse: Based on user preferences and machine learning with Intel® Adaptix Technology, it launches frequently used applications faster, switches quickly between applications and improves overall application performance to boost productivity.


• Improve battery life utilization with ExpressCharge: AI and machine learning improves battery life utilization based on an employee’s battery charge patterns and typical power usage. When critically low on battery, the Latitude 9510 will subtly adjust settings to preserve resources, like dimming the screen. It will also choose the best charging policy, like ExpressCharge Boost, which provides up to a 35% charge in 20 minutes8 to get running in a crunch.


• Log in simply and securely with ExpressSign-in: This senses a user’s presence, enabling faster log-in and enhanced security with Dell’s PC proximity sensor enabled by Intel® Context Sensing Technology and Windows Hello.


• Ditch the speakerphone with Intelligent Audio: The top-firing speakers, powerful amp and four noise-cancelling microphones provide life-like immersive collaboration, while Intelligent Audio allows users to hear and be heard better on conference calls, helping eliminate echoes and background noise, wherever they are.

Latitudes, like all Dell trusted devices, are the industry's most secure commercial PCs9, so companies can be confident their endpoints are secure both below and above the operating system.

With Dell Technologies Unified Workspace, new Latitude owners are productive on day-one. This approach for end-user computing gives workers a frustration-free, ready-to-work experience while empowering IT with automated, open and intelligent management solutions that helps them easily deploy, secure, manage and support all devices within their organization.

XPS 13: First-ever four sided, virtually borderless InfinityEdge display

Dell today introduced the new XPS 13, redesigned to achieve the most premium and superior computing experience with the finest materials, smaller and thinner profile and a larger display. Elegantly crafted with machined aluminum, carbon fiber, woven glass fiber and hardened Corning® Gorilla® Glass, the XPS 13 has a flawless finish in a durable, lightweight design.

For users that want maximum screen space, Dell is delivering its latest engineering feat — narrow bezels on every side, reducing the XPS 13’s InfinityEdge borders and creating a smaller and thinner form factor than all other XPS predecessors. With a larger 16:10 display that spans from all four edges, the new 25% brighter XPS InfinityEdge10 display offers more screen space to multitask throughout the day and catch all the details of the latest binge-worthy show. And holding true to what XPS fans love most, this new design delivers a 13.4-inch display in an 11-inch form factor — fitting neatly on an airplane tray.

The XPS 13 offers 10th Gen Intel® Core™ processors and long battery life for the travelers, small business owners and creatives that need power and performance on the go. A larger touchpad, edge-to-edge keyboard, and one-handed opening strike the perfect balance between aesthetics and functionality. The new XPS packaging includes more sustainable materials and eliminates foam, making it easier for customers to recycle. Available options include the traditional XPS 13 with Windows 10 or the Developer Edition featuring Ubuntu 18.04LTS.

Stay connected and entertained with Dell Cinema Guide and Dell Mobile Connect

For binge-watchers, Dell Technologies today launched Dell Cinema Guide, a one-stop-shop for searching streaming entertainment. Windows users can download the app; quickly and easily find television shows and movies across more than 200 streaming services within one simple content guide; and enjoy it all with the amazing color, sound and streaming of Dell Cinema11.

Since its 2018 launch, Dell Mobile Connect has helped more than one million users avoid splitting attention between their PC and smartphone. This spring Dell Mobile Connect will expand its wireless transfer and app mirroring capabilities beyond Android phones and bring these functions to iOS phone users12. XPS, Inspiron, Vostro, Alienware and G Series users with iOS phones will be able to directly access their favorite mobile apps, from rideshare to social media, and take advantage of drag-and-drop file transfer and content mirroring straight from their Dell PC.

Dell’s top-of-the-line monitors: See everything and do anything

Dell monitors have been No. 1 worldwide for the past six years13 meeting the varying needs of business users to gaming enthusiasts. Users can collaborate effectively with the new Dell 86 4K Interactive Touch Monitor that is digitizing yesterday’s whiteboard. The UltraSharp 43 4K USB-C Monitor allows users to view content from up to four connected PCs simultaneously14 to maximize productivity. The new UltraSharp 27 4K USB-C Monitor with VESA DisplayHDRTM 400 offers wide color coverage for accurate color reproduction. Built for speed with incredible 99% sRGB color coverage, the new Alienware 25 Gaming Monitor features fast IPS technology that offers rich colors, a 240Hz refresh rate and a blazingly fast 1 millisecond gray-to-gray response time15, all in native FHD resolution. It also features AMD Radeon FreeSync™ technology16 and is NVIDIA G-SYNC® Compatible. Read more about the new Dell displays here.
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Join Dell at CES 2020

CES badge holders are invited to visit the #DellExperience at SUGARCANE restaurant at The Venetian to see Dell’s latest products and speak with product representatives.

Not attending CES? Tune into the Dell Experience LIVE webstream on Tues., Jan. 7 at 10 a.m. PT. Read about Dell’s four CES 2020 Innovation Honorees; spanning its Alienware, OptiPlex and Displays portfolios.

Pricing and availability

Available on Dell.com:

• XPS 13, starting at US $999.99, available in the U.S., Canada, Sweden, UK, Germany and France Jan. 7 and available globally in February.


• XPS 13 Developer Edition, starting at US $1,199.99, available in the U.S., Canada and select European countries in February17.


• Dell Cinema Guide, available to download now on any Windows 10 PC for free via the Microsoft store.


• Dell Mobile Connect with iOS data transfer and screen mirroring will be available to download for free from the Microsoft Store and come pre-installed on all Dell consumer systems this spring.


• Latitude 9510, starting at US $1,799.00, available globally March 26.


• Dell 86 4K Interactive Touch Monitor (C8621QT) available globally April 10. Pricing to be shared near availability date.


• Dell UltraSharp 43 4K USB-C (U4320Q), starting at US $1,049.99, available globally Jan. 30.


• Dell UltraSharp 27 4K USB-C Monitor (U2720Q), starting at US $709.99, available globally Jan 30.


• Alienware 25 Gaming Monitor (AW2521HF), starting at US $499.99, available globally March 11.

Dell Technologies Takes a Step Towards Digitalization by Launching ‘India Premier' Online Solution Platform

• Online platform representing digital transformation through e-commerce


• Enables commercial and enterprise accounts to place orders seamlessly 24*7

Dell Technologies announced the launch of ‘India Premier’, an e-commerce solution, which is now available for ‘Commercial and GCCS/Enterprise’ customers. Premier aims to meet organizations needs to improve order consistency across roles and locations, by automating transactional processes to service client requirements. The event was hosted and graced by Indrajit Belgundi – Senior Director, Client Solution Group and Ed Colville - Director, APAC B2B and Global e-commerce, along with his online business team based in India, Penang and Australia.

Dell Premier represents digital transformation through e-commerce to deliver digital success, by streamlining and simplifying procurement. The solution offers Dell’s customers with the most efficient way to procure the technologies to drive digital transformation for their businesses. The customers are provided self-service and automation, enabling commercial and enterprise accounts to place orders seamlessly 24*7. The solution ensures customer products, standards and pricing, efficiently routed for fulfilment along with real time notifications and ability to check order status online.

Dell Technologies utilizes Dell Premier and B2B solutions, which is a mature and robust tool, across its global markets and customers; whereby majority of orders are placed online. ​

Some of the highlighted features of Premier are:

1. Self-service. Ability to place an order 24/7


2. Streamline Order Processing


3. Increase Compliance & Accuracy


4. Reduce Cycle Time


5. Easy Tracking & Reporting

The online platform is aimed to benefit the customers. It involves the ability to place and order 24/7 without any dependency, dedicated premier page, error-free transactions and dedicated online account team. It also has the ability to customize the product, create and save quotes, instant communication through notifications and ability to process frictionless.

‘Premier’ is built to assist Dell Technologies to provide benefits for every order placed, reduction in redundant activities, more bandwidth for interaction, less escalations, dedicated account team, increase in account stickiness, notifications and chance to showcase the account.

Talking about ‘Premier’, Alok Ohrie, Managing Director and President, Dell Technologies India said, “Dell Technologies believes in harnessing the power of technology and is always striving towards innovating and empowering its customers. Online platforms, especially in the e-commerce space are doing well and India is one of the leading markets. With premier, Dell Technologies is taking a step towards digitalization to enhance our current operations. This one-stop solution platform is aimed to benefit our customers in India and globally-agile customers, who can now leverage this solution in India.”

Premier Connect is Dell’s B2B e-commerce solution, which integrates customer’s ERP systems with Dell’s Premier Page. This further helps procurement efficiencies by placing orders directly from within the ERP; resulting in unprecedented accuracy, streamlined processes and lowering costs.
About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) is a unique family of businesses that helps organizations and individuals build their digital future and transform how they work, live, and play. The company provides customers with the industry’s broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio spanning from edge to core to cloud.

~ BusinessWire India

New Initiative by Dell Technologies, UNESCO MGIEP to Enable School Teachers with Technology

New partnership focused on disseminating quality education training that promotes learning and building 21st century skills among children. The association addresses the teaching community as its primary audience.

Dell Technologies today announced a new partnership at TECH 2019 between its Dell in India operation and UNESCO MGIEP to enable school teachers to adopt technology in classrooms. Through this partnership, ‘Dell Aarambh’ a PC for education program by Dell and UNESCO MGIEP’s ‘FramerSpace’ platform, will collaborate to train identified teachers. This partnership is a resultant of meeting the common objective of equipping teachers with the requisite knowledge to implement technology in classrooms.

Quality education is the foundation of sustainable development and is a force multiplier which enables self-reliance, boosts economic growth by enhancing skills and creating better livelihoods. In India, Dell is addressing the challenge of quality education and digital literacy through Dell Aarambh – a program instituted to help schools, teachers and parents understand PC technology and its use in education. Digital literacy will play a key role in catalyzing the growth of India's digital economy and bridge the digital divide.

This partnership enables the global community in achieving the UN Sustainable Goal 4.7 towards education for building peaceful and sustainable societies and UNESCO MGIEP in its mission of building social and emotional learning, innovative digital pedagogies and empowering youth.

Dell Aarambh intends to provide a springboard for teachers in ICT and to help them kickstart their digital learning journeys; and UNESCO MGIEP FramerSpace helps teachers with rich content creation abilities coupled with analytical insight to elevate the education quality. Given the commonality of purpose of both the organizations and synergy in their offerings to teachers, the proposed engagement between Dell Technologies and UNESCO MGIEP will be spread across three phases. In the first year of engagement, teachers across Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka will be trained.

FramerSpace is an AI-powered digital platform that helps teachers conceive, implement and monitor personalized learning plans for their students. The training will focus on teaching them the use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and frontier technologies to stay relevant and invest in the sole purpose of achieving Quality Education, as outlined under Sustainable Developmental Goal 4 (SDG 4) by Member States of United Nations. Since its inception in 2016, Dell Aarambh has provided ICT training to more than 85,000 teachers across 4,530 schools in nearly 80 cities in India.

The engagement will be spread across three stages:

Phase 1: Teachers who have completed Dell Aarambh foundation certification and are ready to create customized content for their learning audience would be trained further to use FramerSpace to create content. They can then become ambassadors of this learning methodology in their respective schools and regions.

Phase 2: A 200-hour training on FramerSpace divided into face-to-face familiarization training followed by completion of online training material, will be offered to 45-50 Dell Aarambh shortlisted teachers. At the end of this familiarization training, teachers will be awarded joint certification from UNESCO MGIEP and Dell Aarambh.

Phase 3: On achieving its goal of impacting 4,000 teachers over a period of 12 months, UNESCO MGIEP and Dell Aarambh will endeavor to create a joint impact assessment to explore the short and medium-term difference to learning outcomes.

Commenting on the partnership, P Krishnakumar, Senior Vice President, Consumer and Small Business, APJ, Dell Technologies, said, “In an increasingly digitized India, emerging technologies will play a pivotal role in what the future of work will look like. Teachers will be at the forefront of this revolution as they educate tomorrow’s digital workforce, today. We see our partnership with UNESCO MGIEP as an elevation of our intent and support to building capability among teachers who are educating the future workforce. With this positive step, we look forward to addressing a unified goal of achieving quality education in India.”

According to Anantha Duraiappah, Director, UNESCO MGIEP said, “Digital media is the reality of today and tomorrow, hence there is an urgent need to build our capacities in order to provide a meaningful and relevant education to the younger generation. We need to forge partnerships and collaborate with all stakeholders to achieve our vision of transforming education for humanity by bringing in digital pedagogies, trained teachers and quality content into the classroom.”

Through 2019, along with UNESCO MGIEP, Dell has organized ‘PolicyHack’, a forum for teachers, schools and education experts, to present real-life solutions for the advancement of the education system in India. At TECH 2019, findings of the 4 series PolicyHack were presented, and some highlights include:

• Lack of access to technology-enabled interventions holds teachers from gaining mastery over newer pedagogical tools


• Teachers are as keen as students to invest in on-going learning, but means to invest in similar programs are limited


• Even with little resources, there is a concerted effort on being innovative and relevant – peer learning sessions with guided efforts could be low cost-high return proposition.

The UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace (MGIEP) and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) is UNESCO’s category 1 Research Institute that focuses on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.7 towards education for building peaceful and sustainable societies across the world. In line with its vision of ‘Transforming Education for Humanity’, the institute’s programmes are designed to mainstream Social and Emotional Learning in education systems, innovate digital pedagogies and to put youth as global citizens at the centre of the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development.

Dell Bets Big on Entrepreneurs in India, Adds Online Sales Strategy for Small Businesses

• Now small business customers can customize and purchase Dell and Dell EMC products and solutions on www.dell.co.in/SmallBiz


• With the new online go-to-market strategy, Dell leverages its 30-year legacy as a trusted partner for businesses

Augmenting the successful direct selling sales model of its small business vertical, Dell in India today announced an online go-to-market strategy for its small business (SB) customers. With this move, Dell has amplified its commitment to SBs, a priority segment.

Via www.dell.co.in/SmallBiz, small businesses can now buy customized products and solutions for their specific IT needs. Over the last 33 years, Dell has played the role of a trusted partner for small businesses and understands the opportunity for growth in the segment. Leveraging the company’s global legacy in selling directly to this customer base, Dell has emerged as the only original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in India, to do so.

For SBs, technology adoption at the right time can become a game-changer. Having served these customers for more than a decade in India, Dell understands the pulse of small businesses and has been solidifying its presence to become the one-stop-shop for technology needs.

Through the online direct sales mechanism, customers will enjoy a seamless purchase experience as per their preference. Customers will be able to choose from award-winning products and further customize configurations as per respective IT needs.

Moreover, their purchase will be guided by timely technology adoption advisory, offered exclusively by Dell’s ‘Small Business Advisors’; trained and certified to serve customers not just at the time of purchase, but also basis assistance throughout their digital transformation. Dell in India has 180+ Trusted Advisors currently, based at Bangalore and Gurgaon.

Commenting on this strategic business development Raj Kumar Rishi, Vice President & Managing Director, Consumer and Small Business at Dell India said, “Earlier this year Dell was recognised as the ‘Most Trusted Brand’ by the TRAI. We’ve come a long way, serving our SB customers and are thankful for their trust in us. With the addition of online sales capability, Dell has come another step closer to SBs, making 2019 a milestone year. For SBs, in the post GST world, the journey of digital transformation has become more personalized and Dell is poised to service their technology needs through our advisors, a great product portfolio and a seamless purchase experience. I see this new and refined go-to-market strategy, as a sole differentiator for Dell.”

By increasing transparency and accessibility to small businesses, Dell is well placed to offer the best of its fixed and mobile computing solutions, that are usually the starting point for technology adoption. From PCs, customers will also be able to progress to customized infrastructure solutions including servers and storage from Dell Technologies family. The technology cycle is aptly completed with Dell’s renowned support services, that have been a key call out by individual consumers as well.

The following products and solutions will be available to small business customers:

• Dell Client solutions portfolio to include Vostro, XPS, Latitude line of notebooks in addition to Precision workstations and Vostro and OptiPlex desktops.


• Dell EMC Infrastructure solutions portfolio to include, entry to mid-segment tower and rack PowerEdge servers.


• A complete portfolio of Dell Displays and Client Peripherals
  Dell warranty services portfolio including Pro-Support and Pro-Support Plus

To know more, purchase and to access exclusive online offers, please visit www.dell.co.in/SmallBiz

Dell Technologies Collaborates With Pune Smart City’s Centre of Excellence to Innovate Smart Technology Solutions

Dell Technologies has signed on as the Technology Knowledge Partner for the Centre of Excellence being deployed by Pune Smart City Development Corporation Ltd. (PSCDCL) with the purpose of utilizing latest technologies to fast track local innovations in resolving urban issues. The collaboration took place in the presence of Shri Kunal Kumar, IAS, Hon’ble Joint Secretary and Mission Director – Smart Cities Mission, MoHUA. Other dignitaries present included Mr. Pankaj Deshmukh, DCP Traffic – Pune, Professor Bhargava, IISc, and Mr. Kiran Deshpande, Co-Founder – Mojo Networks.

The focus of this Centre is to foster local innovation, create a living laboratory to support experimentation for the Indian Smart Cities and innovate new digital city solutions/technologies, based on real life data. The data in the command and control center will be available to various start-ups, enterprise businesses etc. through India Urban Data Exchange which has been integrated with the Pune Smart City Command and Control Centre as part of a pilot initiative of Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India. Dell Technologies will play a key role in providing essential compute infrastructure support and be the technology knowledge partner to the innovation center.

Set up at Pune Smart City, this center will serve as the base for fuelling applications of emerging technologies to leverage existing and new streams, to solve city issues. The partnership between the center and Dell Technologies will be to help establish the first live digital city laboratory being set in the country, and will have three different phases: Phase 1 – setting the vision; Phase 2 – supporting the living laboratory and Phase 3 – amplifying the learnings. The first phase will focus on sharing digital transformation global practices, curate workshop for senior officials of Pune Smart Cities and formalize the recommendations. The next two phases will focus on knowledge sessions, mentorship programs, technology solutions and showcase success stories.

Rajendra Jagtap, CEO, PSCDCL said, "Pune Smart City welcomes this strategic and one of its kind partnership with Dell Technologies and looks forward to extensive collaboration going ahead." Manojit Bose, Chief Knowledge Officer, PSCDCL added, "This is among the novel initiatives, where a smart city is proactively setting up an innovation center that focuses on security and localized inventions. We are glad to have an equally enthused partner in form of Dell Technologies to accelerate the concept of a living lab by leveraging data and video analytics for city level problem solving."

Kamal Arora, Senior Director, Sales (Govt.), Dell Technologies said, “Dell Technologies is proud to partner with Pune Smart City to encourage innovation and finding effective ways for managing urban issues. Digital Cities generate a lot of data every day – data that can be meaningfully leveraged to fast track local innovations and give way to localized solutions relevant to a cityscape. As Technology Partners for the Pune Centre of Excellence, we commit to exploring how technology can pave the way for human progress in its truest form."

~ Business Wire India

Dell Technologies, NITI Aayog Launches Student Internship Program to Nurture Young Minds

Dell Technologies initiated a Student Internship Program in partnership with NITI Aayog’ s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), as part of the ATL – Student Entrepreneurship Program. Dell hosted top teams of Atal Innovation Mission for a 2-week long internship program to mentor the students in areas such as technical support, product marketability, funding and incubation, patenting etc.

Through this program, Dell volunteers will be working closely with the student innovators to:

• Offer mentoring support


• Create a test bed and collect customer feedback


• Provide support to manufacture a fully functional market ready product


• Patent their ideas/processes


• Help them launch their product in the market

“Dell strives to drive change by harnessing the power of technology to create and inspire. Through this internship program, we envision to empower youth and continue to transform young innovators into entrepreneurs. We value our partnership with NITI Aayog and look forward to expanding our collaboration to drive innovation and learning among budding entrepreneurs,” said Mr. Alok Ohrie, President and Managing Director, Dell Technologies India.

Dell Technologies’ employees have also been enrolled as ‘Mentors of Change’ and have volunteered to nurture the innovative spirit among students. Dell volunteers from across the country have been engaged in helping students ideate, providing technical expertise to refine their prototypes and also enhance their presentation skills.

Mr. Ramanathan Ramanan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission said, “Since the launch of ATL – Student Entrepreneurship Program earlier this year, we have accelerated our pace towards our goal of embedding values of innovation, technology and entrepreneurship amongst young ATL innovators.” He further added, “The internship program by Dell Technologies will mould these innovators to become successful future entrepreneurs, and we are proud that Dell has been associated with AIM in the above initiatives.”

Aimed towards nurturing India’s top ATL young innovators and introducing them to business, product development and entrepreneurship, Student Entrepreneurship Program is the flagship initiative launched by NITI Aayog’ s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in partnership with Dell Technologies and Learning Links Foundation. Launched in January 2019, the 10-month Student Entrepreneurship Program is part of Dell Technologies’ social impact vision, Progress Made Real, fulfilling its mission of making India’s youth – Future Ready.

~ Published unedited via Business Wire India

World AI Leaders from Dell Technologies, Rolls-Royce and Kryon, among others, Discuss AI Strategies in Singapore

The Singapore edition of World AI Show reinvigorated the nation’s AI efforts by bringing in top global investors, startups, digital companies, solution providers and AI experts such as Dr Terence Hung from Rolls-Royce Singapore; Sutowo Wong from the Ministry of Health, Singapore; and Guido Jouret, Chief Digital Officer of ABB; to name a few.

Given its infrastructure capacity, education system and investor-friendly laws, Singapore has all the right ingredients to nurture a robust AI ecosystem that could be the cornerstone for the small island’s economic upswing. According to a recent report by Accenture, AI could add up to US$215 billion in gross value across 11 industries in Singapore by 2035. With the Singapore government’s vehement efforts to foster initiatives in the AI space, the nation was the ideal location to host the 9th edition of the global World AI Show series that had hit the ground running for the second time in Singapore on 24 July 2019.

The show was organised by international business events and consulting firm, Trescon.

“Singapore is one of the top locations for AI and Robotics investments. Our mission was to fuel Singapore’s AI startup ecosystem by bringing in some of the world’s best AI innovators, solution providers, startups and investors to foster business opportunities for the Singapore government as well as regional and international companies”, said Mohammed Saleem, CEO of Trescon.

300+ top industry leaders from the AI community came together to share their insights on how AI is transcending as a core enabling technology that can power multiple sectors.

Top speakers for the event included Dr Terence Hung, Chief of Future Intelligence Technologies, Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte Ltd; Sutowo Wong, Director, Analytics & Information Management Division, Data Analytics Group, Ministry of Health; Dragana Beara, Portfolio Messaging Director, Asia Pacific and Japan, Dell Technologies; Prof Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Director (IMI), NTU, Singapore and Founder & Director, Miralab of University of Geneva, Switzerland and Guido Jouret, Chief Digital Officer of ABB among other top speakers.

In her keynote speech, Dragana Beara quoted, "Most of the AI development right now is done to create collaborative AI to augment us and give us an ability to leverage our humanity. Everything tedious, difficult or that we are not good at, like computing or getting insights from huge data sets is something we are going to outsource to the AI system."

The show also featured a workshop session from Warren Ledingham from Kryon who took the audience through a technical deep-dive session on ‘How to Save 80% of Your Automation Implementation Time’, and an almost human-like Robot interaction between Professor Nadia Magnenat Thalmann and her female humanoid social robot Nadine, that can remember past conversations.

The global pitch competition for startups in the future-tech space, Startup Grand Slam, was the highlight of the show. Opu Labs, Inc, a digital solutions provider for skin health analysis won the Startup Grand Slam pitch competition and Trsts as runner-up.

World AI Show - Singapore 2019 was sponsored by Lead Partner, Dell Technologies Platinum Partner, Kanerika; Workshop Partner, Kryon; Gold Partner, Darktrace, Silver Partner, DDN Storage; Badge Partner, QualityKiosk Technologies, Premier Bronze Partner, ADVANCE.AI

How 50 Cities Scored on Supporting Women Entrepreneurs from 2017 to 2019

At the 10th annual Dell Women Entrepreneur Network Summit, Dell Technologies announced findings of the 2019 Women Entrepreneur Cities (WE Cities) Index, ranking 50 global cities on their ability to foster growth for women entrepreneurs. Building on annual research since 2010, Dell Technologies ranks cities based on the impact of local policies, programs and characteristics in addition to national laws and customs to help improve support for women entrepreneurs and the overall economy.

Building on 10 years of research on women entrepreneurs, Dell Technologies partnered with IHS Markit to research and rank 50 cities on five important characteristics, including access to: Capital, Technology, Talent, Culture and Markets. These pillars were organized into two groups — operating environment and enabling environment. The overall rating is based on 71 indicators; 45 of which have a gender-based component. Individual indicators were weighted based on four criteria: relevance, quality of underlying data, uniqueness in the index and gender component.



All 50 cities made progress since 2017, however some cities made bigger strides than others and the race to the top inevitably left some cities behind. Highlights include:

• The San Francisco Bay Area out ranked New York for the No. 1 spot this year, largely in part because the Bay Area is one of the best places for women to gain access to capital. It also moved from 6th place to 2nd place in Culture, illustrating that the number of role models and public dialogue around eliminating the ‘bro culture’ is making an impact.


• Out of a total of 100 possible points, the No. 1 ranked San Francisco Bay Area scored only 63.7. That’s evidence that there is still much work to do to level the field for women – and validates the need for this kind of research and outreach to policymakers to move the needle for female founders.


• Lack of funding, high-cost of living, and the lack government led policies that support women entrepreneurs were among the barriers, globally.


• Thirty out of 50 cities improved on more than half of their indicators, with Latin America and Europe seeing the highest percentage of their cities move up.


• The most-improved cities represent nearly every region, which indicates how broad-based the improvements have been around the world.


• Mexico City had the greatest improvement ranking No. 45 in 2017, moving up to No. 29 this year. In particular, the city increased women in education, at top business schools and in its legislature, and also increased corporate vendor procurement programs and access to capital for women entrepreneurs via crowdfunding campaigns.

"When we invest in women, we invest in the future; communities prosper, economies thrive and the next generation leads with purpose,” said Karen Quintos, EVP and chief customer officer at Dell Technologies. “By arming city leaders and policymakers with actionable, data-driven research on the landscape for women entrepreneurs, we can collectively accelerate the success of women-owned businesses by removing financial, cultural and political barriers."

Advocating for Women Entrepreneurs

The 2017 to 2019 WE Cities Index results highlight the successes and challenges that each city faces, and where cities can learn best practices from one another. These key learnings, if supported by local governments, can add up to big changes for women-owned businesses, globally.

Based on the findings and comparison between the 2017-2019 indices, Dell Technologies has developed a set of WE Cities Policy Recommendations focused on three areas, including:

• Access to and the development of financial and human capital.


• Private and public sectors role in increasing access to local and global networks and markets.


• How government and business leaders can help women entrepreneurs thrive in the changing-face of technology.

“When more women work, economies grow. Technology is helping to drive this progress as a gender-neutral enabler, and helps create a level playing field,” said Amit Midha, president of Asia Pacific & Japan, Global Digital Cities at Dell Technologies. “Whilst all cities in the Index have improved, the crucial factor is the consistency of this improvement across the different factors that impact women entrepreneurs’ success. The WE Cities Index helps Dell Technologies get closer to our customers and understand the landscape in each city so we are better able to help women entrepreneurs scale their businesses.”

“Our mission is to empower women across the globe by removing barriers to entrepreneurship, accelerating positive change that allows them to thrive. Building on 10 years of research on women entrepreneurs, Dell Technologies is committed to help power the success of entrepreneurs by developing technology solutions that enable human potential. Through the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN), Dell Technologies supports and nurtures a community of female entrepreneurs by providing access to technology, networks and capital”, says Sheenam Ohrie, VP Dell Digital and APJ CIO Leader, Dell Technologies. “While all the 50 cities have made progress since 2017, Bangalore and Delhi from India have made the most improvement in the Capital and Culture barriers in the list of top 50 WE (Women Entrepreneurs) cities.”

“The 2019 Dell WE Cities report is unique from other bodies of research in that it not only ranks 50 global cities on their ability to foster women entrepreneurs, it shows how the cities have improved from their 2017 benchmark,” said Karen Campbell, Consulting Associate Director, IHS Markit. “This year we can see some patterns emerging. Ranked cities have collectively made the most improvement in the Capital and Culture pillars, which shows the importance of measuring not just the operating environment but also enabling environment for women entrepreneurs. This data-driven approach shows where women entrepreneurs still face barriers in scaling their business.”

WE Cities

Dell Technologies partnered with IHS Markit — a leading source of insight and analytics that shape today’s business landscape — to launch this first-of-its-kind, global research that will measure a city’s ability to attract and support high-potential women entrepreneurs.

Research for WE Cities began during the 2016 DWEN Research Symposium chaired by Dr. David Ricketts from the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard. The research symposium brought together 40 global thought leaders, women entrepreneurs, academics and media to develop insights for the model. Key takeaways from the conversations at the Symposium included:

• Access to capital is still the No. 1 challenge that women entrepreneurs face, although the numbers are showing a slight improvement


• Creating robust ecosystems with incubators, accelerators and mentors makes a world of difference for entrepreneurs — it’s all about the network


• Cultural norms and their policy implications put serious binds on female entrepreneurs


• Talent, both in terms of the entrepreneurs’ own talent, including education and experience, and having access to a skilled staff also resonated as highly important

The successful pilot of the 2016 Index led to the scaling for the 2017 Index to include 50 cities and the re-measuring and ranking for 2019.

About the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network

As the visionary outcome of a true entrepreneur, Dell Technologies is committed to help power the success of entrepreneurs by developing technology solutions that enable human potential. Through the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network, Dell Technologies supports and nurtures a community of female entrepreneurs by providing access to technology, networks and capital. Learn more here.

About the Annual Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network Summit

Dell Technologies is excited to host the 10th annual Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN) Summit in Singapore from July 14-16, 2019. Over 150 female founders, CEOs, dignitaries, Dell Technologies leaders and more will convene to connect and discuss today’s pressing topics. Through inspiring keynotes, informative panels and innovative workshops, the 2019 DWEN Summit will be the go-to resource for support and solutions that facilitate entrepreneurship. It is Dell Technologies’ mission to bring vital knowledge and tailored technology for women-led companies small and large.

Dell Technologies Announces the Launch of Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN) Chapter in India

Dell, as a part of its Women’s Entrepreneur Network, launched the first India chapter of DWEN in Bangalore. The event saw 45+ women entrepreneurs, influencers and women leaders who are dedicated to building high-growth companies, came together and discuss women entrepreneurship in India. Dell Technologies is on a quest to connect female entrepreneurs across the globe with networks, sources of capital, knowledge and technology, giving them the power to do more.

The first India chapter of DWEN brought together women from various diverse backgrounds and industries. Jessie Paul, CEO – Paul Writer delivered a keynote on the importance of building a personal brand. Further, the event brought together some powerful women voices on a panel discussion around the theme, “Innovation through Collaboration”. The panel was graced by Pavitra Chalam, Founder & Director at CurleyStreet Media, Salma Moosa, Chairperson, Startups Club Services Pvt Ltd, Vani Sharma, Managing Partner, TransNational Training Solutions and Sandhya Mendonca, Founder, MD and Chief Editor, Raintree Media.

“At Dell, our mission is to empower women across the globe by removing barriers to entrepreneurship, accelerating positive change that allows them to thrive. Launching the DWEN India chapter is an opportunity to foster a transformational environment for women entrepreneurs in the country. The platform provided by DWEN enables women entrepreneurs to learn from and support each other, and foster the growth of this community. Recognizing the unique challenges and leveraging this platform to convert them into opportunities will certainly help accelerate their representation within India’s startup ecosystem,” said Sheenam Ohrie, Vice President, Dell Digital and APJ CIO Leader, Dell Technologies.

The event highlighted the need for more women startups in India, challenges faced by women entrepreneurs and why platforms like DWEN are important for the women entrepreneurs to grow and bring together like-minded women to flourish in their respective fields.

Dell Technologies has a long-standing commitment to support women’s empowerment, connecting women entrepreneurs with access to capital, networks and technology to grow their business. By conducting this regional outreach, Dell Technologies hopes that women across the globe will have more opportunity to be part of the formal economy and contribute to peaceful economic development within their communities and the region.

Dell Technologies has the mission to empower entrepreneurs in the new world of digital transformation with the best technologies from day one to disruption. Dell Technologies partners with our top customers to advocate for entrepreneurs globally and provide the world’s best ecosystems and technology for growth. Through the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN), Dell is connecting female entrepreneurs across the globe with networks, sources of capital, knowledge and technology, giving them the power to do more.

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that provides the essential infrastructure for organisations to build their digital future transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. The company services customers of all sizes across 180 countries – ranging from 98 per cent of the Fortune 500 to individual consumers – with the industry’s most comprehensive and innovative portfolio from the edge to the core to the cloud.

Dell Launches ‘Community Tinkering Labs’ in India

As part of its global efforts to support innovation around the world to enable human progress, Dell Technologies in partnership with Learning Links Foundation today announced the launch of Community Tinkering Lab across three locations (Bangalore, Pune and New Delhi) in India. The Community Tinkering Hubs (CTH) have been inspired by the Atal Tinkering Laboratories set up in schools by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, and Government of India.

As part of its global efforts to support innovation around the world to enable human progress, Dell Technologies in partnership with Learning Links Foundation today announced the launch of Community Tinkering Lab across three locations (Bangalore, Pune and New Delhi) in India.

The Community Tinkering Hubs (CTH) have been inspired by the Atal Tinkering Laboratories set up in schools by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, and Government of India. The Community Hubs will cultivate a collaborative, learning-centred environment where members belonging to different parts of the community can work with each other leveraging their shared knowledge and creativity with the resources provided.

The objective of establishing Community Tinkering Hubs is to promote and strengthen the joy of informal, experiential learning through technology and bridge the digital divide among communities. These Hubs aim to inspire and encourage community participation, promote the horizontal exchange of knowledge and provide community members with easy access to resources to learn.

To ensure maximum accessibility, the location of the CTH has been chosen in consultation with local wards and authorities. As mobilization is key to make the initiative meet its objective of collaboration among different members of the community, awareness campaigns and drives are to be launched soon. The CTH will be open to those who aim to leverage on their passion to develop solutions to community issues and engage in self-learning activities that focus on problem solving and innovation.

Alok Ohrie, President & MD, India Commercial, Dell Technologies said, “Dell believes access to innovation isn't a luxury, but a need. We have always thought of innovation as the driver for human progress. At Dell, we are passionate about making a difference to the world through a technology-led approach balancing social inclusion, innovation and entrepreneurship. We have to put our energies and resources in today’s youth to prepare them for a better-computerized future. We are excited to launch the labs, equipped with Dell’s technology to provide everyone to develop solutions to solve community issues and foster a culture of innovation at a grass root level. We look forward to a journey creating more innovators and entrepreneurs powering the New India.”

Ms. Nuriya Ansari, Managing Partner, Learning Links Foundation said, “LLF believes that there is an innovator in all of us and the world needs more dreamers, doers and Innovators. We are on a mission to provide platforms that bring schools and communities together to create new aspirations and new ideas. Community Tinkering Hubs is one such initiative."

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that provides the essential infrastructure for organisations to build their digital future transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. The company services customers of all sizes across 180 countries – ranging from 98 per cent of the Fortune 500 to individual consumers – with the industry’s most comprehensive and innovative portfolio from the edge to the core to the cloud.

~ Published unedited via Business Wire India feed.

Dell Technologies to Unveil Its First Skill India Lab in Puducherry

Today, Dell Technologies unveiled its first Dell Kaushal Kendra (Skill India lab), a state-of-the-art computer hardware lab for training youth on computer manufacturing and repair services at Swami Vivekananda Rural Community College (SVRCC), Dell Technologies’ NGO partner in Puducherry. The lab was inaugurated by the Honourable Chief Minister of Puducherry, Sri V Narayanasamy and Alok Ohrie, President and Managing Director, Dell Technologies, India along with Navneet Kejriwal, Sr. Director, Manufacturing Operations, Dell Technologies, India.

The Kaushal Kendra will impart quality vocational training to underprivileged school and college dropout youth in the field of Computer Hardware Servicing and Networking, and equip them for immediate gainful employment. The Diploma in Computer Hardware and Servicing is a year-long course and comprises 9 months of classroom training and 3 months of on-the-Job internship with an industrial/service unit. The course will equip the students in hardware servicing trade, glossary, tools & equipment, documentation, materials, testing, safety, practice modules and on-job site training.

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“We believe creating new and better job opportunities for the youth of this community and country is the need of the hour. We need to prepare our youth for the digital future and utilise their potential for the country's economic development. Dell Kushal Kendra is a step forward in this direction, which will empower the community to learn the digital way and give them a means to livelihood. I applaud this initiative by Dell Technologies and Swami Vivekananda Rural Community College to create such employment opportunities for the marginalized youth of the region and the community,” commented Sri V Narayanasamy, Honourable Chief Minister of Puducherry.

“As Dell Technologies, we believe that access to technology is not a luxury, but a necessity. We have always thought of technology as the driver for human progress. We are excited to collaborate with Swami Vivekananda Rural Community College and promote a culture of learning amongst the youth to make them future ready in the field of technology services. Our dream is for the long-term, as we invest our energy and resources in the youth to equip them for a digital future,” commented Alok Ohrie, President and Managing Director, Dell Technologies India.

Some of the other dignitaries present at the event were Shri. Tarsem Kumar, I.A.S, Shri H.P.S. Sran, I.A.S, Shri. P. Jawahar, I.A.S, Smt. Soumya, I.A.S, Shri N Harihara Subrahmanian, Trustee SVRCC, MD Mayuras Industrial Services, Shri P S Sridharan, Trustee SVRCC, MD Megatech Contol Limited and Shri V S Kumar, Trustee SVRCC.

Shri G. V Subrahmaniam, Founder, Managing Director, SVRCC said, “What started out as an endeavour to impart quality training to the underprivileged youth of today has scaled new heights. We will always be grateful to Dell for the opportunity to provide wholesome Computer hardware servicing education to the growing number of students theoretically and practically. The upgraded lab is truly an added benefit as the need for this course grows.”

Navneet Kejriwal, Sr. Director, Manufacturing Operations at Dell Technologies, India said, “Technology acts as a bridge to ignite and unite young minds such that they not only adopt a problem-solving approach but also collaboratively develop solutions. Dell Kaushal Kendra will educate and equip the youth in computer and hardware manufacturing and support services, which will make them readily employable technicians, who can add value in any organization from day one. We hope to offer some of them jobs at our manufacturing plant near Chennai, or as field support technicians in our service network, which will further provide them a source of livelihood.”

Dell Technologies along with SVRCC aims at skilling the youth and channelizing their energies in productive ways which would lead to the growth of the nation.

About Swami Vivekananda Rural Community College

Swami Vivekananda Rural Community College (SVRCC) is a vocational training institute set up by Sadguru Sri Gnanananda Seva Trust, a registered, not for profit, public charitable trust. In accordance with its mission, the college seeks to empower the economically disadvantaged and underprivileged youth. Training is imparted to equip the students with appropriate skills not merely to make a livelihood but make a life rich in values. SVRCC gives them a three-sided educational kit that transforms their lives forever. The three dimensions of SVRCC curriculum are:

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<li>Conceptual and on-the-job training in a vocation of their choice</li>

    <li>Coaching in life skills including spoken English, computer knowledge and basic management skills</li>

    <li>Value education comprising yoga & meditation, caring & sharing, and character-building</li>

For more information, visit http://www.svrcc.in/

Via ~ Business Wire India

Dell Launches Platform Acceleration Lab in India to Teach Software Engr, Architects

Dell Technologies Inc. Education Services today announced the launch of Platform Acceleration Lab (PAL) in Bangalore with a vision to transform the way the world builds software. The Platform Acceleration Lab (PAL) is an immersive, best practices set of courses that enables developers and architects to develop new applications, move applications (replatforming), and modernize existing applications on Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF).

The Bangalore PAL lab will organize 3-week of immersive, best practices boot camp every month at the campus, to help native developers to adapt cloud-native applications and modernize existing applications to drive digital transformation. During the boot camp, Dell Technologies practioners will teach the participants how to modernize and replatform existing apps to run on Pivotal Cloud Foundry. The developers and architects will learn the fundamentals of Pivotal Cloud Foundry, CI/CD, Application Architecture, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud Services—as well as be exposed to many of Pivotal’s core practices.

This immersive, instructor-led boot camp provides participants with 90 percent hands-on lab access with a capacity of 16 students per class.

Dell Technologies helps the world’s Next-Gen workforce to transform the way they build and run their most important software applications. The teams who use PCF and have accelerated their adoption of modern software skills realize a faster time-to-market with + 50% increase in developer productivity. PAL is used by Global 2000 companies to achieve strategic advantages in software development and IT operations.

We are entering a could-native world, and with our vision to create technologies that drive human progress, this launch is only fitting. The Platform Acceleration Lab will help engineers be cloud-native ready and make their companies future-proof. Bangalore is home for many of our global customers and partners, I am excited to see how this program will help them grow and contribute to their future,” – Sarv Saravanan, Senior Vice President & GM, India Center of Excellence, Dell Technologies.

“The launch of the Pivotal Platform Acceleration Lab (PAL) in Bangalore, India combines the expertise of Dell Technologies and Pivotal to support our customers with their digital transformation journey. The PAL offers a performance-based immersive learning experience to develop the talent and the skills necessary for organizations to modernize their legacy application architecture and become cloud-native,” – Cindy Etherington, VP of Education Services.

The course was piloted with select customers in India in September 2018. Their feedback was very positive:

“We were looking for cloud solutions that could help us transform our IT and support business with the agility and resilience that business needs. After an evaluation of PaaS offering, we found Pivotal Cloud Foundry to be the best fit for us as it continuously delivers custom software on a secure, reliable platform—PAL has enabled us to start our journey of digital transformation in the right direction. It is like essential primary education, it helps you build the foundation and framework which acts as the transformation vehicle for migration journey to Cloud,” - Rajesh Mann, Senior Manager, BT Technology.
About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that provides the essential infrastructure for organisations to build their digital future transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. The company services customers of all sizes across 180 countries – ranging from 98 percent of the Fortune 500 to individual consumers – with the industry’s most comprehensive and innovative portfolio from the edge to the core to the cloud.

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