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Tech Mahindra and Qualcomm Collaborate to Offer Smart City Solutions

Globally

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of capabilities and pedigree of establishing solutions, combined with Tech Mahindra’s
digital transformation, consulting and many smart cities in Asia, Tech Mahindra global Managed Services capabilities and
business reengineering services and as the system integration partner will industry leading ecosystem of partners,
solutions announced its collaboration with help roll out Smart City solutions. Sanjeet allows Tech Mahindra to provide value to
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary Pandit, Senior Director of Business Cities seeking to enrich their infrastructure
of Qualcomm Incorporated to offer Development and Head of Smart Cities, requirements in areas such as: measuring
smart city solutions globally. The ‘Smart Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., said, “Tech and reducing energy usage across
City Accelerator Program’ launched by Mahindra is a global system integrator buildings, enhancing the citizen experience
Qualcomm Technologies in April, is aimed and leader of innovative smart city and IoT via smart mobility applications and
at connecting cities, government agencies solutions. “The Qualcomm Smart Cities preventing vandalism and theft. As part
and enterprises with service providers Accelerator Program provides a central hub of the TechMNxt charter, Tech Mahindra
offering Qualcomm Technologies-based for smart cities solutions across regions is focused on leveraging next generation
smart city solutions. Manish Vyas, and verticals, and we are pleased to see technologies and solutions to disrupt
President Communications Business, Tech Mahindra participate as the leading and enable digital transformation, and to
Tech Mahindra, said, “Tech Mahindra is system integrator in our program.” Tech build and deliver cutting-edge technology
committed to develop innovative solutions Mahindra’s business applications span solutions and services to address real
by leveraging next generation technologies the spectrum of needs for Smart Cities world problems to meet the customer’s
to devise and manage smart solutions including smart parking, smart energy evolving and dynamic needs.
for cities, local governments, enterprises management, smart street lighting, and
and industries. We are excited to partner smart automated meter reading. These
with Qualcomm Technologies as part of
their ‘Smart City Accelerator Program’ to
ensure the development and deployment
of cutting edge Smart Cities solutions
globally.” The Qualcomm Smart Cities
Accelerator Program hopes to accelerate
the transformation of smart urban
infrastructure and services for the 21st
century. Its members represent a breadth
of hardware and software providers, cloud
solution providers, system integrators,
design and manufacturing companies, as
well as companies offering end-to-end
solutions with Smart Cities in mind. With
Tech Mahindra’s digital transformation

Tech Mahindra Launches GAiA 2.0 to Expedite Adoption of Artificial

Intelligence & Machine Learning by Enterprises

Tech Mahindra Ltd. a leading provider time across industry verticals. It offers now incorporated features such as Jupyter
of digital transformation, consulting and an enriched marketplace of models and Notebook Integration, AutoML support,
business re-engineering services and numerous features to empower enterprises Model Validation, Security and Governance
solutions, announced the release of GAiA across industry verticals to build, manage, that add extremely high value to business
2.0, the latest version of its Enterprise share and rapidly deploy AI and ML driven transformation journey of an enterprise,
Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine services and applications addressing by unlocking and delivering superior
Learning (ML) lifecycle management critical business problems. Manish Vyas, connected experiences. Tech Mahindra
platform GAiA, powered by Acumos. GAiA President, Communications, Media & with proven expertise in leveraging digital
2.0 will enable comprehensive AI and ML Entertainment Business, and CEO, Network technologies will help foster collaborative
driven platform capabilities and services Services, Tech Mahindra, said, “GAiA 2.0 is a innovation by democratizing Artificial
to be deployed across mainstream, reinvention based on insights and feedback Intelligence and Machine Learning.” GAiA
optimizing enterprise operations in real received for the initial version. We have 2.0 supports most of the commonly used

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