STPI to Set Up 12 Centres of Excellence Pan-India
The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) will set up 12 centres of excellence (CoEs) across the country to build products and solutions in areas such as healthtech, IOT and SmartAgri as it looks to nurture small companies and startups to work on these solutions.
“These CoEs will play a pivotal role in revving up R&D, innovation, IP creation, and product development, making India a product nation in times to come,” said Omkar Rai, Director General, STPI. These centres will be established in cities like Bengaluru, Gandhinagar, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Gangtok and Itanagar. The technology promotion body already has over 13 CoEs across the country.
Astra Security Launches Publicly Verifiable Security Audit Certificates
Astra Security, a cyber security start-up, has rolled out an industry-first initiative of Publicly Verifiable Security Audit Certificates. The initiative will help Astra Security’s customers to boost transparency and trust in their prospective clients and partners.
This newly innovated feature is part of the company’s recent product launch, Pentest Suite, which is a turnkey software as a service (SaaS) solution that provides hacker style security testing for applications and fulfils regulatory compliance requirements for online businesses ranging from small to large enterprises.
Astra Security’s new pentest dashboard provides users with more options and information, such as 1500+ test cases, collaboration with developers, CXO overview, downloading the pentest certificate, potential loss-based vulnerability categorization, and much more.
DiGiSPICE Launches New-age Startup Korero Platforms
DiGiSPICE Technologies has launched a new-age startup, Korero Platforms, offering communication platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) solutions to enterprises. Korero, meaning conversations, will enable omni-channel, contextual conversations between future-ready businesses and their stakeholders by harnessing the latest AI technology to improve the connected customer experience.
Korero Platforms will leverage DiGiSPICE’s global presence and experience in running technology and content focused platforms and solutions for public as well as private enterprises. Enterprise customers leveraging Korero Platforms’ Communication Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) offerings are expected to get 20 – 25 percent higher RoI in their marketing campaigns and reduce the cost of engagement with clients by 30 percent. This harnesses the power of AI and Cloud as well as on-premise solutions, to offer tailored interactions with different stakeholders.
