Heena Sharma Blog

Tracking employee productivity while they are working from home (WFH) is certainly not an easy task. In a recent report, global analyst firm ISG said that while 80 per cent of employees associated with IT sector globally are working from home during the ongoing lockdown, employee productivity has fallen 20 percentage points as compared to working from office. With the lockdown extended until May 3 in India, we are taking a look at the options available before the company to track employee productivity when they are working remotely. Read More

This is apparently first-of-its-kind technology in the world to be deployed to prevent leakages of consumer information from unauthorised telemarketers Current Affairs News : Tech Mahindra and Microsoft have partnered to develop blockchain-based technology to curb pesky calls and SMS as recommended by telecom regulator Trai. "Tech Mahindra...announced today its collaboration with Microsoft to create a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)-based solution to build a robust ecosystem in line with the regulations issued by Trai," a joint statement by the two companies said. Based on blockchain technology and built on Microsoft Azure, the solution aims at mitigating the issue of unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) in the country, it said. According to Trai's new rules to quell pesky calls, telecom operators are required to deploy blockchain-based technology to prevent unauthorised access of subscribers data, make system non-repudiative and enhan...