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Sohail Aman, air chief marshal and head of Pakistan’s air force, has said that Pakistan is in discussions with the U.S. government to buy new F-16 planes as replacements for older generation aircraft by 2020, Defense News reported Wednesday. Usman Ansari writes Aman said at an event that “it may …

PwC and India-based NIIT University will offer a master’s degree program on cybersecurity in an effort to address the demand for professionals that will work to counter cyber threats in India, the Economic Times reported Monday. Neha Alawadhi writes PwC and the university will choose the candidates for the two-year course …

Microsoft has agreed to help the government of Andhra Pradesh, India, build cloud computing platforms in an effort to manage delivery of citizen services across the region, The Indian Express reported Monday. Sreenivas Janyala writes Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding that calls for …

IBM has partnered with the governments of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Delhi, India, to help both cities implement air quality management plans through the use of Internet of Things, cognitive computing analytics and machine learning technology. The company said Thursday it will collaborate with Johannesburg’s local government researchers to analyze …

Aruna Jayanthi, CEO of Capgemini India, will serve as head of global business process outsourcing at the information technology consulting firm effective Jan. 1, the Times of India reported Saturday. Jayanthi’s promotion comes after Capgemini completed the acquisition of IT services company Igate for $4 billion, Shilpa Phadnis writes. Jayanthi …

Hewlett-Packard will develop an e-health information technology platform for the health and family welfare department of Kerala in India as part of efforts to improve patient care at the region’s healthcare facilities, InfotechLead reported Monday. Shilpa Khatri writes that the platform will work to deliver digital healthcare services using mobile …

India will begin negotiations with the U.S. government for the purchase of 145 M777 howitzers from BAE Systems under a $493 million foreign military sales contract, Defense World reported Wednesday. Pinaki Bhattacharya writes that India’s defense acquisition council approved the procurement a year after delays due to concerns over cost and requirements. BAE plans to …

Cray has installed a petaflop supercomputer at the Indian Institute of Science Supercomputing Education and Research Center in Bangalore to aid SERC research initiatives focused on high-performance computing. The company said Monday the Cray XC40 supercomputer, dubbed SahasraT, is equipped with Intel Xeon processors, Dragonfly topology, Aries interconnect technology, DataWarp optional platforms, cooling systems and NVIDIA …

Boeing has delivered a new variant of its P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane to India under a contract signed in 2009 for eight P-8I aircraft to support the country’s maritime patrol activities. The company said Tuesday that the P-8I aircraft is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing specifically designed for the Indian navy and …

General Atomics  is looking for partners to build and market new electromagnetic weapons and associated equipment for defense customers in India, The Financial Express newspaper reported Saturday. Huma Siddiqui writes that India-based technology companies Pipavav and L&T are interested in collaborating with the U.S. contractor. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

India’s National Institute of Biomedical Genomics has deployed DataDirect Networks‘ block, file and object storage platforms to manage the institute’s research data. NIBMG’s team worked to run sequence analysis of data stored in DDN’s platform and identify new genes and biological pathways related to smokeless tobacco consumption that many scientists believe is …

IBM looks to team up with more than 100 startup businesses in India in a move to grow innovation programs for big data analytics and Internet of Things in the country, The Economic Times reported Wednesday. Peerzada Abrar writes IBM’s Bangalore-based innovation center will offer mentoring, software, hardware, technical support, marketing and sales …

IBM has secured three new global customers in the field of credit and finance that seek to apply the company’s cloud, big data and analytics tools in business processes, eWeek reported Aug. 23. Darryl Taft writes that IBM has added Ujjivan Financial Services in India, Westpac New Zealand and Veda in Australia and …

Red Hat and Cisco have opened a new Center of Excellence in India that offers their combined open source and enterprise cloud technologies to clients, PCQuest reported Wednesday. Included in the center’s offerings are OpenShift by Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform and Red Hat CloudForms, Adeesh Sharma writes. According to the …

Cisco has appointed Dinesh Malkani, Amit Phadnis and V.C. Gopalratnam to oversee the company’s business in India, covering engineering, sales, information technology and support functions, in support of the country’s national transformation efforts. The company said June 5 Malkani will serve as president of sales, Phadnis as president of engineering and site leader and Gopalratnam …