India’s data centre industry is poised for a sustained period of growth and much of this will centre around Mumbai and Chennai due to their business and infrastructure advantages, strategic location, and cable landing stations that are well-positioned to support this growth, said a Nxtra by Airtel and JLL India’s joint study.
Kenya-based fintech company 4G Capital, which provides unsecured credit to micro enterprises, has raised $18.5 million in Series C funding from global private equity firm Lightrock. The equity funding comes as the fintech plans to roll-out a series of new products and services including new loans that will increase the credit limit from $1,000 and allow longer repayment periods from the current maximum of one month. All this is in its plan to expand its clientele base and grow its profits.
Tech titan IBM on Thursday announced it is helping Marks & Spencer Reliance India (M&S India) modernise its supply chain to drive seamless integration between online and in-store business for improved customer experience.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.