BHEL Committed to AatmaNirbhar Bharat - Awarded order for Upgraded Main Gun of Frontline Ships
In a major boost to Defence Production under the 'Make in India' initiative and towards achieving self-reliance in the critical field of Defence equipment, Goa Shipyard has placed a maiden order on Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) for supply of an upgraded Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM), the Main gun onboard most Warships of the Indian Navy.
The order envisages supply, installation and commissioning of the entire system - Upgraded SRGM and accessories for Triput Class Frigates of the Indian Navy, which will be manufactured by the Haridwar unit of BHEL.
The upgraded SRGM is a state-of-the-art weapon system having additional features such as capability to manage different types of ammunition to engage fast, manoeuvring and non-manoeuvring, radio controlled targets. The upgraded SRGM has the capability to fire advanced Ammunition with higher range and programmable ammunition.
BHEL has been a reliable supplier of critical equipment and services in the Defence and Aerospace sector for over three decades with the aim of making a major contribution towards self-reliance in these sectors.
Towards this, BHEL has established dedicated, intricate manufacturing and inspection facilities at its manufacturing plants, for production, installation & commissioning and lifecycle support of various products and components. The initiatives taken by BHEL will be a driving force towards the AatmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan of the Government of India.
New Release of TCS MasterCraft™ TransformPlus 5.0 Uses ML to Enhance Legacy Application Modernization
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, released a major new version of TCS MasterCraft™ TransformPlus, which leverages Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to more effectively analyze applications during modernization. This enriches user annotation in both program flow and technical specification documentation during the analysis of COBOL applications.
TCS MasterCraft TransformPlus is an intelligent automation product that significantly accelerates end-toend application modernization, including mainframe modernizations, and supports a wide range of legacy and modern programming languages. It is a proven, industry-agnostic solution that analyzes legacy code, extracts business rules, and documents them in standard templates. TransformPlus builds new application components by auto-generating cloud-ready code in microservices architecture based on user-fed specifications. It migrates legacy applications to the cloud through automated remediation and refactoring. TransformPlus also automates the transformation of enterprise data from legacy to new-age databases seamlessly.
With this latest release, TransformPlus 5.0 can reverse engineer legacy application codes more effectively. Users can now more accurately document job and program details for COBOL applications and subsystems,such as process flow, record structure, dependent systems, file layout and database details. They can view the document within the product or download it for ongoing maintenance as well as for future modernizations. The automation significantly improves productivity in documentation. In addition, TransformPlus now helps customers automate the conversion of JCL batch component statements to equivalent Java Spring batch statements.
Vijayalakshmi Gopal, Business Head, TCS MasterCraft™, said, “TransformPlus 5.0 uses machine learning to bring in further intelligence in the analysis and understanding of legacy code. We are continuously expanding TransformPlus’ technology coverage from COBOL to PL1, AS/400 RPG as well as enhancing the automated refactoring of COBOL to Java.”
According to The Forrester Wave™: Application Modernization and Migration Services, Q3 20211 , “In the 2021 market for application modernization and migration services, we’re witnessing a continuing shift toward modernization enabled by advanced cloud-native technologies, with a correspondingly lower emphasis on infrastructure-led lift-and-shift migration… The market is also characterized by higher degrees of automation, including the growing importance of service delivery accelerators, quality enablers, and vertical-industry-specific assets.” The report goes on say that “[TCS] leverages its Mastercraft development technologies… for aspects of digital transformation and app modernization. TCS’ preference for organic development is a differentiating stance amid competitors that tend to make frequent acquisitions. The company has conducted more than 4,000 modernization and migration engagements.”
Quick Heal appoints global industry veteran Richard Stiennon to its Board
Quick Heal Technologies Limited (‘’Quick Heal’’), one of the leading providers of cybersecurity and data protection solutions to consumers, businesses and government, today announced the appointment of global industry veteran Richard Stiennon to its board. The appointment comes at a time when Quick Heal is accelerating its research and development efforts aimed at foraying into next-generation solutions like Zero Trust, Data Privacy and Endpoint Detection and Response.
With over 25 years of rich experience, Richard is one of the most renowned analysts and thought leadersin the global cybersecurity industry. During his career, he had advised the executive teams and boards at some of the biggest cybersecurity companies, including Symantec, McAfee, Cisco, Microsoft and Trend Micro. In his previous stints, he has held senior leadership positions at Gartner, PwC, Webroot Software, Fortinet, and Blancco Technology Group. He was an advisor on the Extreme Cyber Advisory Panel for Commonwealth Bank in Australia. Additionally, he had provided due diligence for several M&A deals including the acquisition of Trustwave by Singtel.
Currently, Richard is Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest, the firm that he founded in 2005 and sits on the advisory board of several startups. He is the author of Security Yearbook 2021: A History and Directory of the IT Security Industry and Secure Cloud Transformation: The CIO’sJourney. He also wrote Surviving Cyberwar (Government Institutes, 2010) and Washington Post Best Seller, There Will Be Cyberwar. He has a BS in Aerospace Engineering and earned his MA in War in the Modern World from King’s College, London.
Dr. Kailash Katkar, MD and CEO, Quick Heal Technologies Limited, said, “We are delighted to have Richard Stiennon join our board. His expertise and extensive experience in cybersecurity will help Quick Heal to continue to grow and bring out innovative products in the enterprise security space. His guidance will also be helpful in Quick Heal’s journey in global markets. This is an exciting time for us as we expand our footprint in the enterprise segment with brand ‘Seqrite’®. We look forward to Richard’s contribution to the board and the continuing success of Quick Heal.”
Commenting on his appointment, Richard Stiennon said “I am excited to be joining the Quick Heal Technologies Board. Quick Heal is well positioned to grow into the enterprise space and offer innovative solutions that can quickly and easily help organizations protect against the ever rising tide of cyber-attacks. I have advised executive teams on their cybersecurity strategy for 25 years. I look forward to working with the Board on guiding Quick Heal on its next stage.’’
HCL Technologies Joins AWS Service Delivery Program, Becomes AWS Contact Center Intelligence Partner
a leading technology company and a Premier Consulting Partner of Amazon Web Services (AWS), has joined the AWS Service Delivery Program and become an AWS Contact Center Intelligence Partner.
The AWS Service Delivery Program is designed to validate AWS Partners that have a deep understanding of AWS services, demonstrated experience and proven customer success in delivering these services to customers. AWS Contact Center Intelligence (AWS CCI) solutions cover key areas of the contact center workflow: self-service, real-time analytics and agent assist, and post-call analytics. Each solution is created using a specific combination of AWS AI services and available through select AWS Partner Network partners
HCL has also achieved the AWS Migration Consulting Competency, AWS SAP Consulting Competency, AWS DevOps Consulting Competency, AWS Mainframe Migration Consulting Competency, AWS Storage Consulting Competency, which make HCL an ecosystem partner with a broad range of offerings to support its clients across verticals irrespective of their technology landscape
Joining these two programs allows HCL to transform its clients’ end-to-end contact center ecosystems with AWS offerings across cloud, AI, omnichannel and ML technologies. HCL can now address transformation needs for its clients with both cloud and on-premises contact centers.
“This is a major milestone in our quest to build on the ecosystem of support we have for our clients that cater to a broad range of requirements across industries,” said Kalyan Kumar, Chief Technology Officer and Head, Ecosystems, HCL Technologies. “In line with the #HCLCloudSmart approach, these dual programs build on our large, expansive portfolio of innovative cloud services, as we see a stronger shift toward digital-first, contact-less service experiences in the pandemic-driven economy.”
HCL is a proven leader in customer experience transformation space with deep expertise in redefining customer journeys, self-service and agent interactions. It builds and provides enterprise cloud computing solutions on AWS. HCL has also released product-based offerings over Amazon Connect and AWS CCI solutions specific to industry verticals that help in accelerated client experience modernization.