Forrester: India’s Tech Spending Expected To Grow 13.4% In 2026

Escalating tech costs, volatile hardware markets, energy supply disruptions, and sovereignty mandates will erode purchasing power in the APAC region.

FE AICONIC Summit & Awards 2026 Highlights Shift from AI Hype to Real-World Impact

The era of "AI tourism" is dead. India’s top tech minds and policymakers signaled a shift toward Agentic AI and fiscal accountability. With leaders from MeitY, Maersk and Birlasoft weighing in, the narrative has moved from experimental pilots to the "hidden costs" of legacy integration.

Meesho Launches Gen-AI powered Conversational Voice Shopping Assistant

The assistant is designed to support users across the entire shopping journey, from discovery to purchase. It understands user intent by asking relevant follow-up questions, helps surface the most relevant products and addresses decision-making barriers through contextual information.

Tata Communications Launches Self-Healing Network to Power Global Data Centre Connectivity

Tata Communications has unveiled a new software-defined connectivity platform aimed at transforming how enterprises manage global data centre networks in an increasingly AI-driven environment.

Rubrik Data Protection Helps Enterprise Customers Achieve End-to-End Cyber Resilience

One of the first unified cyber resilience platforms for Google Workspace, it provides customers with comprehensive protection across data, identity, and AI. Accelerates recovery of operations to minutes, from days; keeps original data and systems intact

SISA Becomes India’s First PCI-Recognized Lab for Mobile Payment Security Testing

SISA has become India’s first PCI-recognised laboratory authorised to conduct security evaluations under the MPoC standard, enabling testing and certification of mobile-based payment solutions such as SoftPOS and Tap-to-Phone apps amid rising adoption of smartphone-led payment acceptance.

Michael Frendo Joins New Relic as Chief Technology Officer

In his new role, Frendo will focus on optimizing the global rollout of new platform capabilities, empowering customers to scale their AI initiatives.

AI in 2026: Why Sovereignty, Governance and Hybrid Cloud Will Define the Next Enterprise Shift

Rishi Aurora, Managing Partner, IBM Consulting India & South Asia, discusses how AI is moving from experimentation to enterprise-scale execution, reshaping large business models across diverse industries.

Yes Bank Restricts E-Commerce From Non-2FA Country After Rs 2.3 Cr Suspicious Card Transactions

The Bank is working with the card network to raise chargeback to ensure that the impacted customers do not face any financial loss.

IndusInd Bank’s Upgraded UPI Platform To Deliver Faster Recovery Time, Higher Scalability

The processing platform is now live for both Issuer and Acquirer services on the cloud. This upgrade delivers 30 percent faster recovery time (RTO) and provides up to 75 percent higher scalability headroom with the current infrastructure.

Identity and Supply-Chain Risks Fuel Growing AI Exposure Gap, Report Finds

Report finds 86 percent of organisations have installed third-party code packages with critical-severity vulnerabilities; 65 percent expose high-value assets through forgotten cloud credentials.

Pine Labs, OpenAI Collaborate on Agentic Commerce Capabilities

In this architecture, an agent can autonomously navigate complex tasks—such as self-negotiating supplier terms, optimizing cross-border settlement cycles, or managing recurring bill payments—within pre-defined user guardrails.

Arinox AI Launch CommandCore, a Sovereign Agentic AI Platform

Arinox AI announced the launch of CommandCore, a sovereign, air-gapped agentic AI platform designed for environments where AI systems must operate without internet connectivity, public cloud access, or external data exchange.

AMD and TCS Expand Partnership to Build AI Infrastructure for India

By combining AMD’s advanced AI hardware with TCS’ enterprise integration and deployment capabilities, the companies aim to accelerate AI adoption, reduce deployment timelines, and improve operational efficiency for enterprises across sectors.

60% of Indians have received an invite to a fake dating app or site

McAfee research shows that 34% adults have sought love advice from AI

WD Unveils 100TB Roadmap, 4x HDD Performance Push to Power AI Infrastructure

Positions dual ePMR–HAMR strategy and new performance architecture to reduce flash dependency and lower AI storage costs.

Zendesk Appoints Craig Flower as COO to Accelerate Its AI-First Strategy

Prior to Zendesk, Flower served as Chief Technology Officer at TriNet, where he replatformed products, digitized key processes, and accelerated the transition to cloud.

McLaren Racing Announces Multi-Year Partnership with Rubrik

Rubrik’s technology portfolio will help secure McLaren Racing’s data to power critical technical development processes and operations.

Poonawalla Fincorp’s AI Tally Hits 57 Projects as 5 New Solutions Go Live

Deploys AI across competitive intelligence, compliance, data quality, customer insights and software development to strengthen decision-making and execution

Tenable Expands Exposure Management Platform to Address AI Attack Surface

With CIOs now accountable for AI enablement and risk, Tenable’s move reflects a shift toward integrating AI security into broader enterprise risk management.