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Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced it has been named the organizational winner of the 2020 BIG Innovation Awards presented by the Business Intelligence Group for its PathWave Test 2020, released in October 2019.

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Organizations from across the globe submitted their recent innovations for consideration in the BIG Innovation Awards. Nominations were then judged by a select group of business leaders and executives who volunteer their time and expertise to score submissions.

"Keysight is delighted to be chosen as the recipient of the 2020 BIG Innovation award," stated Jeff Harris, vice president of global marketing at Keysight Technologies. "We, as an organization, strive to maintain a culture that consistently delivers innovative solutions for our strategic industries and customers around the world."

PathWave Test 2020 is a platform-based test suite that reduces time-to-market for electronics original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building digital and wireless products for 5G, IoT, and automotive markets. The software streamlines test data processing, sharing and analysis to address the deficiencies of homegrown test tool integrations. For test development and engineering teams, PathWave Test 2020 supports rapid workflow solution development and deployment with interoperability for existing test software.

"The digital transformation happening today in engineering enterprises relies on accelerating time-to-market using best in class software and hardware," said Jay Alexander, chief technology officer at Keysight Technologies. "Keysight's PathWave Test 2020 software suite reflects our commitment to creating innovative software solutions that help our customers streamline their workflows."

The Business Intelligence Group was founded with the mission of recognizing true talent and superior performance in the business world. Unlike other industry award programs, these programs are judged by business executives having experience and knowledge. The organizations proprietary and unique scoring system selectively measures performance across multiple business domains and then rewards those companies whose achievements stand above those of their peers.

"Innovation has become a major theme for organizations across virtually all industries and this years winners are a testament to the creativity, passion and perseverance of individuals worldwide," said Maria Jimenez, chief operating officer of the Business Intelligence Group. "We are thrilled to be honoring Keysight as they are leading by example and making real progress on improving the daily lives of so many."

About Keysight Technologies

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Keysight's solutions optimize networks and bring electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost with offerings from design simulation, to prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to optimization in networks and cloud environments. Customers span the worldwide communications ecosystem, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics end markets. Keysight generated revenues of $4.3B in fiscal year 2019. More information is available at http://www.keysight.com.

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GKN Automotive and Delta Electronics are working together to advance the development of next generation integrated three-in-one e-drive systems. This will involve integrating Delta Electronics converters with GKN Automotives e-motor and gearbox systems. The work will focus on the development of two new integrated e-drive families for application across different torque classes for future hybrid and electric vehicles.

This partnership is expected to flourish as the two have similar goals, focusing on weight and packaging reduction, and simplifying OEM assembly processes for easier and better quality component installations.

Liam Butterworth, CEO of GKN Automotive, said, The e-drive market continues to accelerate as manufacturers are required to meet increasingly stringent emissions regulations demanding technological progression and speed. Our collaboration with Delta represents a significant milestone in the expansion of our portfolio of scalable, integrated three-in-one e-drive solutions and our capabilities in rapidly bringing new cost competitive technologies to market.

It is expected that the new three-in-one units will be ready for production for various vehicle types in three years. This will cover A-segment city cars to D-segment executive cars and SUVs, supporting a range of torque outputs from 2,000Nm to 3,800Nm, with nominal power outputs of between 80kW and 155kW.

Simon Chang, COO of Delta Electronics, added, Delta is dedicated to enabling low-carbon green transportation by providing EV powertrain solutions and power electronics products, including traction inverters, traction motors, onboard chargers, DC/DC converters, and EV charging solutions to the market. Were pleased to be working with leading company GKN Automotive in producing integrated e-drive units for the next generation of electric and hybrid vehicles.

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MAN Cryos parent company MAN Energy Solutions has also been selected to supply 2 9L28/32DF dual-fuel auxiliary engines to each vessel.

Wallenius SOL states that the vessels will run on LNG, making them among the most environmentally efficient vessels in that part of the world.

Upon construction, the vessels will be the largest to ever meet Finnish/Swedish ice class 1A Super standard, ensuring year-round service in the frozen Gulf of Bothnia.

The 242-metre newbuildings will have a sailing speed of 20 knots and a capacity of 5,800 lane metres.

Delivery of the vessels is scheduled for 2021 and the order includes an option for two further vessels.

Louise Andersson, Head of MAN Cryo, said, These RoRos will operate in a sensitive, sulphur-emission-control area in harsh winter conditions where a reliable LNG fuel-gas supply system is of the utmost importance.

We are very pleased that both shipyard and shipowner trust us to deliver the fuel-gas supply system for such unique vessels.

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Do you find it difficult to keep your hands and eyes off of your electronic devices? Google launched a set of digital wellbeing experiments designed to assist Android users when it comes to their use of electronic devices.

The three new experiments, Screen Stopwatch, Activity Bubbles, and Envelope, help users better understand their phone usage, the time they spend on their phone, and help transform the phone into a simpler device that has limited uses.

The first two applications can be installed on Android devices. Screen Stopwatch is a basic counter that counts the seconds, minutes, and hours that the phone has been in use. To hammer the fact home, it displays the count directly on the device so that it cannot be missed.

Activity Bubbles follows a similar path but displays usage in a different way. Instead of displaying usage time, it displays bubbles. One bubble for every unlock to be precise. The active bubble gets bigger the longer the phone is used without it being locked.

Envelope, finally, may sound like an early April 1st joke. The application, available only for Google Pixel 3a devices currently, provides print templates to create phone envelopes. The phone is placed inside and functionality is limited significantly because of that. Different envelopes are available, e.g. one for calling and checking the time, another for recording video or taking photos.

Nothing is preventing the owner of the device from opening the envelope and getting the phone out; a solution with a timed lock would probably better in this case but way more expensive.

Google has published a video that demonstrate the functionality.

The Digital Wellbeing Experiments website lists other experiments that Android users can subscribe to.There is Paper Phone, which creates a paper version of a phone to carry around, or Desert Island which limits use to a certain number of essential applications.

The use of electronic devices is on the rise and it is clear that it impacts the quality of life for some. Whether these applications may be helpful remains to be seen as they require that users show initiative and install these applications on their devices to get started.

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We live in an age of digital disruption. Not only is technology rapidly changing, the way businesses operate and interact with customers is also changing. But many companies are not prepared to deal with these changes. And without a digital transformation strategy and a strong foundational technology in place to support it, their odds of survival are low.

Given historical data and this rapid pace of change, its entirely possible that 72 per cent of existing public US corporations could fail within the next five years.

This raises all kinds of questions: What would be the impact upon stock markets? What would be the impact on our kids careers? And, where did this supposition come from in the first place?

Alan Murray, Fortunes president and CEO said in the late 1950s-early 1960s, a public companys average life span was 55 years. A few years ago, this number dropped to 20 years. And this past year, it dropped to just 12 years.

The driver for this change is what Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler call Future Shock and what Geoffrey Moore calls waves of digital disruption. Disruptive innovations, according to Moore, are incompatible with current practices and require new infrastructure and a new ecosystem to deliver their value.

While you dont have to be the disruptor, you do need to make sure you keep up with the changes to survive but thats easier said than done.

So, what holds back organisations from making the necessary transformation to have a continual right to win?

For some, it will be a Kodak Moment. Kodak didnt survive the digital revolution in the photography world, because it failed to keep up with the times. To stay competitive, innovation would be required a lesson the once great company, along with many others, learned too late.

Organisations may fail to thrive (or survive) because change requires different business capabilities than those they have in place. But Kodaks largest competitor proves that doesnt have to be the case: Fuji now makes the displays used by the iPad.

CIOs often suggest that people and process are the two biggest obstacles to transformation. They say that technology, while a big issue, is not what stops most organisations from transforming.

Stephanie Woerner, a research scientist at MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (MIT CISR), suggested during a recent #CIOChatLive that there is messiness to paths of transformation. Organisations need to choose when to leave their previous approaches behind.

Woerner, in company with many CIOs, stresses that at its core, digital transformation is business transformation.

Moore suggests that legacy businesses do not lose because they lack an understanding of the changes taking place in their markets rather, they put too many initiatives into the incubator. And at the critical moment, they do not select one to run through what he calls the Transformation Zone.

To succeed, the entire business including the CEO needs to fully back the planned transformation, or risk losing business. For example, IBM had built prototype personal computers years before the market took off, but did not have a manufacturable model ready. The company had to go to Sanmina-SCI Corporation to design and then build its first PC, then scramble to recoup.

As the speed of business has steadily increased, this type of strategy becomes only more untenable, resulting first in revenue loss and ultimately in death.

Once the will to change exists, the issue narrows to whether a business has the digital capabilities to respond in time to strategy change. Research has found that only 28 per cent of legacy businesses have succeeded at digitisation.

Of the remaining organisations, 51 per cent have siloed business processes and data across their internal organisations. This makes it impossible to cross-sell and upsell. More importantly, it prevents organisations from improving customer experience. Instead, their valuable data is locked away in siloed systems instead of being used to drive new business models or sources of revenue.

The remaining companies may have duct-taped integrations and/or data quality issues that actually harm attempts to improve customer experience, building digital business services, and business innovation. Without change, legacy businesses are in trouble. The clock is ticking and the time for business leaders and IT leadership to fix this is now.

It is time for new ways of building the digital foundation (what MIT CISRs Jeanne Ross calls a digital backbone). It is time to blow up legacy tech debt. However, spending years building a new foundation will not work. Using on-premise software to integrate your business or its data is a waste of time. It will just take too long. Survival requires new approaches that accelerate business outcomes.

One retail leader recently said the following to Dell Boomi: We are hearing from the market and our internal leaders that we have to become faster. We may do a good job of delivering, but can we figure out how to do it in half the time? Velocity is the word we use around here. This is the key focus for us as we think about new tools. How will they help us build velocity? How do you think about it differently than before? If something takes two years, how do you make it two months? Its a new frontier. And a lot of stress.

Business leaders understand in their gut that they need to move faster. CEOs at legacy organisations state that as much as 50 per cent of their business could be challenged by digital disruptors in the next few years.

Continuing to build layer upon layer of interconnectivity and APIs will slow and ultimately crush the organisation. Business leaders need new, faster ways to create connected business processes and harvest data.

Deploy a cloud-native architecture that can run anywhere at run time, but changes the build and deployment process of connecting applications, data and processes.

Create an architecture that simplifies how organisations connect to their businesses. Enable organisations to participate in a community that shares how integrations of systems and data occur when there is no longer a need to maintain what you have built across software releases.

Changing these two things, and the processes that go along with them paves the way for innovation. It also accelerates your ability to become a connected business, setting you up to win at digital transformation.

Digital disruption is now continuous. The next wave of change is already on its way, and if history holds true, many famous brands will not survive. Think about it: The companies delivering on-premise software have all been public for at least 20 years. With a current average life span of only 12 years, how much longer can on-premise software last?

Surviving and thriving in this age of constant disruption requires business will. But it also requires the right digital technology foundation.

The time is right for a unified platform that delivers application and data integration, data enrichment and data governance, API design and management, application development and workflow automation, and B2B management all designed to work together seamlessly. The time is right for Boomi.

Myles Suer is the enterprise marketing manager at Boomi, a Dell Technologies business. Boomi is a corporate member of the Which-50 Digital Intelligence Unit. Members provide their insights and expertise for the benefit of the Which-50 community. Membership fees apply.

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The magical and muggle worlds of Harry Potterarefamously divided. The Statute of Secrecy prevents wizards from disclosing the existence of the wizarding world, on a public level, to muggle society. The effects of such a statute are felt across the wizarding world too, as witches and wizards are centuries behind muggle in terms of technology.And it almost seemsthat witches and wizards are technophobes, with the greatest example of this being the fact that most technology does not work on the grounds of Hogwarts.

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But, if the world of Harry Potter regularly used muggle technology, how would the series have been different? These are10 modern pieces of technology that would have affected the Harry Potter story if it were set today.

Throughout theDeathly Hallowsbooks and movies, Harry Potter and the gang are on the run from the Dark Lord Voldemort. The group successfully evades the dark wizard and his Death Eaters for a surprisingly long time before they are captured by a group of snatchers.

However, would this story play out the same way in the modern-day? Modern surveillance is on a whole different level to what it was in the 1990s, meaning that Voldemort could use this muggle technology to track Harry, Ron, and Hermione pretty easily.

The main form of communication between witches and wizards in the world of Harry Potter is via owl. The nocturnal bird carries all communications and mailbetween wizards. However, while it is undoubtedly cool to send your letters and parcels via owl, it is also inefficient.

Aside from parcel delivery, which will undoubtedly be quicker than any muggle mail service, sending letters to your friends is so slow. If Harry, Ron, and Hermione had some access to an instant messaging service, they would be able to communicate far more efficiently during the summer months away from Hogwarts.

The internet has truly revolutionized modern society. It has introduced new industries to the world, brought people on distant continents closer together, and allowed for a fantastic new way of consuming media such as movies and TV. It's clear from the Harry Potter series that the wizarding world does adopt some muggle technology, so what would happen if a wizarding internet was developed?

A wizarding internet would help put an end to the mountains of parchments used in wizarding administration and study, and it would allow new forms of wizarding entertainment to develop (wizarding YouTube anyone?). Perhaps the biggest influence on the story of a wizard internet would be on the Daily Prophet's apparent monopoly over wizarding news. An internet with different news sources could allow people to accept Voldemort's return far quicker than in the original story.

The Statute of Secrecy is one of the most important elements of the Harry Potter andFantastic Beasts story. It is the reason why the wizarding world is separated from the muggle world and drives the plot of theFantastic Beastsmovie forward. However, would this Statute of Secrecy still work well today?

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It is very hard to cover-up events in modern society due to the intervention of the internet and the availability of smartphones. The widespread use of the internet today would allow mugglesto share their own theories about witches and wizards and attach images and so on as proof, allowing for conspiracy theories to take hold.

One of the more interesting examples of muggle technology that witches and wizards have adopted is the radio. Harry and the gang listen to the radio while they're on the run from Voldemort and, more importantly for this entry, the Order of the Phoenix uses radios to communicate with each other.

While it wouldn't necessarily make the Order more successful in their fight against the Death Eaters, switching radios for smartphones would certainly make the group more efficient (if they don't get distracted by wizard Facebook of course).

Diagon Alley is one of the most beautiful areas in the wizarding world. The Diagon Alley scene inSorcerer'sStoneis truly a magical picture that has transitioned into iconic status. However, the existence of a wizard internet could also lead to a magical version of Amazon.

The existence of online shopping also has had devastating impacts on high street shopping in the muggle world. Consequently, Diagon Alley may lose several customers as students opt to buytheir goods elsewhere.

The quill is a central part of life in Hogwarts. While the quill itself isn't necessarily magical, it certainly helps to build the wizarding world into something loveably eccentric.

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However, while the quill is positively charming it could also be irritating to use on a frequent basis, particularly for muggle-borns or half-blood students who are aware that ballpoint pens exist. A ballpoint pen is far easier to use than a quill and would also allow students to save money as they wouldn't have to spend so much money on ink wells.

The Hogwarts library seems to an amazing place. Not only does it possess a wealth of knowledge from centuries worth of books, but it also has a deeply intriguing restricted section.

One of the main drawbacks to the Hogwarts library, however, is their lack of a search system. In modern universities and schools, there is a system you can use to check the library for what books they currently possess, where the book is, and even order the book so you don't have to search for it yourself. If Hogwarts had this, it could have made Harry and the gang's life so much easier.

While the Triwizard Tournament was undoubtedly a spectacle, not many in the crowd could actually get a good look at what was going on. In the first task, Harry was chased around Hogwarts by a Hungarian Horntail Dragon; in the second task, all four competitors spent their time underwater; and in the final task, all four competitors were in a dark, foggy maze.

This means that the crowd didn't actually see much of the action during the Triwizard Tournament. However, if there was some kind of camera system, the crowd could have seen all the action on a big screen.

This one should go without saying. In the modern world, we would struggle to survive without the help of Google. The search engine allows us to find answers to some of the most complex questions that come to our mind.

Within the context of the wizarding world, or Harry Potter's story more specifically, it would be incredibly useful. A wizarding search engine would allow Harry and the gang to find out answers to mysteries such as the Slytherin's monster extremely quickly. In addition, a wizarding search engine could also help muggle-born students learn about the wizarding world before they visit Hogwarts for the first time.

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ISROs NavIC (an acronym for NAVigation with Indian Constellation) is coming soon to millions of Android phones in India.

Touted as the alternative to GPS (Global Positioning System), the NavIC satellite technology is designed to deliver accurate position information service to Indian users and even in neighboring countries. The technology is now set for a commercial application in future Android smartphones including mid-range and budget phones as the chipset giant Qualcomm has announced new processors with the ISRO technology.

Qualcomm on Tuesday launched Snapdragon 720G, Snapdragon 662 and Snapdragon 460 processors that will power future mid-range and budget smartphones.

The chipset company said it has for the first time introduced supports up to seven satellite constellations concurrently, including the use of all of NavICs operating satellites, in its Qualcomm Location suite. The integration will help deliver more accurate location performance, faster time-to-first-fix (TTFF) position acquisition, and improved robustness of location-based services, it added.

ISRO is satisfied with the efforts of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. towards incorporating NavIC and we urge OEMs to leverage it for future handset launches in India, ISRO chairman Dr. K Sivan.

Qualcomm embraces ISROs NavIC(Qualcomm)

The availability of NavIC across multiple mobile platforms will help enhance the geolocation capabilities of smartphones in the region and bring the benefits of this indigenous solution to Indian consumers for their day-to-day use, he added.

Another big push to ISROs GPS technology is coming from companies such as Xiaomi and Realme which dominate the sub Rs 20,000 smartphone segment in India. Both companies have confirmed the Snapdragon 720G processor for their future phones.

ISROs NavIC adoption will help reduce dependence on American GPS technology for navigation and other relevant usage. You can expect apps such as Uber and Google Maps to leverage the technology to deliver more accurate location information service.

The indigenous location service is also believed to be more efficient than GPS and other competing location services. The technology can also be used for disaster management, vehicle tracking and fleet management, precise timing, terrestrial navigation assistant to hikers and travelers, visual and voice navigation for drivers, aerial and marine navigation, and more.

Earlier, ISRO said Qualcomm had successfully developed and tested processors that support its NavIC system. The space agency had also confirmed Xiaomi was going to be one of the early adopters of the technology. Qualcomm has announced that its chip is going to have NaVIC and they are releasing it. Now almost Xiaomi is in agreement to have it. Xiaomi may launch its mobile phones with NavIC chipsets, an ISRO official had said.

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The world of insurance is changing as new ways of doing business are making their mark on the industry. One only has to look at Lloyds of Londons dramatic overhaul plan the goal of which is to become the most advanced marketplace in the world with the help of tech-enabled initiatives such as an electronic risk exchange to recognise the shifts that are currently taking place.

Accordingly, investment in the insurance technology space is continuing to grow, hovering at US$140 million in 2011 and by 2018, skyrocketing to US$4.9 billion. The Impact InsurTechreport from QBE North America and Village Capital pinpointed three themes dominating insurtech right now: insurance for all, society shaping insurance, and micro-transformations influencing macro risks. The report also noted that innovations like process automation, AI, and blockchain are making insurance processes more efficient, increasing both the affordability and accessibility of insurance.

Read more: QBE releases report on growing insurtech space

While theres a lot of solutions to unpack in this growing field, some experts see certain technologies rising to the top.

There are probably two big buckets where we see pretty universal application across insurance value chains. I think one is around analytics, AI, and machine learning, and where and how those apply in the value chain, said Jim Bramblet, Accentures insurance practice lead in North America.

Matt Lehman, Accentures North America P&C lead, added that a lot of insurance companies have expanded their datasets to include social media and satellite imagery data, whereas just a couple of years ago, most companies relied on comparatively limited data sources.

Now, theyve opened that up to five, 10, 15, 20 different data sources that theyre putting into the product, he said.

The second bucket of useful innovation that Bramblet mentioned is the potential of distributed ledger technology, which he sees gaining steam across the industry.

That technology and that platform is going to provide an opportunity for a lot more transparency around risk through all parts of the P&C sector, so personal lines, vehicles and homes, but also supply chains, goods in transit, and fundamental risks that become more transparent, he said. A lot of that can be pushed onto the platform, and insurance companies can subscribe to and do a lot more with that data than they have in the past. Now, its still very nascent, but certainly something were paying close attention to.

Notable advancements on the blockchain front in recent years include Marsh rolling out a proof of insurance blockchain program to commercial clients, London-based bank Standard Chartered and insurer American International Group (AIG) completing a blockchain pilot that aimed to simplify complicated insurance policies, and the adoption of Insurwave, a blockchain platform to support marine hull insurance, by the marine industry.

Nonetheless, there have been roadblocks in the widespread adoption of blockchain technology in insurance.

Our clients all compete, and we see this with distributed ledger technology we start to talk about the fact that the only way that works is if its a team sport and I think any one carrier trying to blaze that trail by themselves is going to have a little bit of challenge, said Bramblet. Their competitors will say, Well, whats the ulterior motive here? Why would I subscribe to your platform? Hows that being monetised? And all the concerns about data and risk come into play, so I think thats where well see consortia play a much larger role and were starting to see that emerge at scale.

Another issue in navigating the insurtech landscape more broadly is that the sheer volume of companies, their capabilities, as well as the unique value-adds that theyre toting can be overwhelming. That brings up problems for speed of adoption for traditional insurers.

How do you really understand the problems that youre trying to solve and how do you line up different sets of solutions to solve those problems without getting a bunch of complexity? Lehman outlined. There are pluses and minuses to it, but you could have a scenario where maybe today its a single technology or a platform that solves a problem, but in tomorrows world, it might be a couple, so how do you put that to use in an efficient and effective way?

Yet, the most common question that insurance clients have for the Accenture insurance team is how to understand the solutions that insurtech companies are bringing to the forefront and know how to differentiate between Company A versus Company B versus Company C to determine which one they want to make a major bet on, explained Lehman.

But part of it is just getting started, he said. Youre going to learn a lot more by experience than you are through analysis.

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India will no longer be behind the technology curve following the timely launch of fifth-generation or 5G networks, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman Ram Sewak Sharma said on Tuesday.

Now, we have come to a stage where technology develops in India first. With 5G, we will no longer remain behind the technology curve, Sharma said at the Telecom Summit 2020 organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA).

But he pointed to challenges like funds scarcity and low fibre backhaul for the deployment of the next gen technology in India.

There are less than a third of mobile towers connected to fibre backhaul when compared to China that has more than 80% connected, Sharma said.

He added that the telecom sector should be treated as strategic to serve citizens and that issues such as the Right-of-Way (RoW) should be set right.

"Telecom sector should not be considered as a money-making machine for local bodies," Sharma said.

He said some of the key features of next generation technology include low-latency communications, huge throughput and massive machine-to-machine communication.

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5G: India will no longer be behind technology curve, says Trai Chief - Economic Times