Tata Comm bags contract with Air France-KLM
The Dollar Business Bureau Tata Communications on Tuesday announced that it has bagged a multi-million-dollar contract with Europe’s second largest airline Air France-KLM to provide next-generation network connectivity to 170 global sites. “The network will form the backbone for the company as it embraces the latest mobile, cloud, big data analytics and wearable technologies to enhance and personalise passenger experience and support new aircraft,” Tata Communications said in a statement. “This investment underpins the airline’s growth strategy, driven by organisation-wide digital transformation, delivery of next-generation aircraft, and expansion in emerging markets,” it said. The contract will enable Tata Communications to roll out a superfast intelligent network to power Air France-KLM’s mission-critical systems, such as flight operations, departure control applications and passenger check-in, as well ...
Indian IT firms to fund US computer education programme
The US government will provide $4 billion in funding for states, and $100 million for districts to increase access to computer education. The Dollar Business Bureau Bank of Queensland is FinnOnes first customer in Australia Indian IT majors Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) along with other corporate giants like Google and Microsoft have pledged funding the US governments plan to promote computer science education at school level. President Barack Obama announced his Computer Sciences for All plan on Sunday. Under the scheme, the government will provide $4 billion in funding for states, and $100 million for districts in the forthcoming Budget to increase access to computer education by training teachers, expanding access to high-quality instructional materials, and building effective regional partnerships. Infosys ...