If 2015 was the year of innovations in the hardware space, with fancy gadgets hitting the stores every other day, 2016 promises to showcase what these innovations are capable of.

Mumbai-based start-up accelerator Zone Startups India recently raised Rs 190 crore of funding, which it plans to invest in 50-60 start-ups in the next two to three years.

The $146 billion Indian Information Technology (IT) industry, which employs 3.1 million people, is at a crossroads.

Vineet Nayyar's strategy to bulk up and diversify the offerings of Tech Mahindra through mergers and acquisitions has transformed the company, but there are big challenges ahead.

N Chandrasekaran has snatched a first mover advantage for TCS in the digital space, but has to contend with competition that is fast getting its act together.

The new, localized Delhi version of the site is designed to help stimulate innovation in Delhi while spurring growth within the entire Indian start-up economy, NASSCOM said.

IBM said in the filing that it is cooperating with the probe, which is focused on the way the commercial technology giant reported revenue for certain transactions.

PC makers like Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo are still hoping Windows 10 will boost PC sales this fall, when they'll be offering more new models for sale.

The acquisition, the year's third-largest in all sectors, highlights the frenzy of deal-making as big or mature companies take advantage of low interest rates to buy rivals as a way to spur growth.

The potential acquisition of data storage company EMC Corp would be the largest technology sector deal on record.

Smart machines with artificial Intelligence react to their environments by churning and analysing huge amounts of data, interpreting them and, using self learning algorithms, and finally taking decisions the way humans do.

The central government's Make in India initiative and a spurt in interest shown by angel investors and venture capitalists to fund tech hardware start-ups might just give the much-needed boost to the industry.

IBM is deep in transition, and has been selling businesses such as low-end servers, cash registers, and semiconductors to focus on high-growth areas like security software, cloud services and data analytics.

It reflects the rising demand for the company's consulting and outsourcing services from firms looking to cut costs.

\"We are looking at setting up another public cloud data centre. As you know, sectors like government and financial services prefer their data residing within the country,\" IBM India Managing Director Vanitha Narayanan told PTI.

The Digital India programme will look to leverage IT to meet its stated objective \"to transform India into a digitally-empowered society and knowledge economy\".

While Capgemini has a history of making small niche acquisitions, there are concerns that the purchase price of $4.04 billion for IGATE may be high and integrating operations across borders might prove challenging.

Like IT outsourcing firms, medical technology companies are now increasingly being forced to transition to outcome-based revenue models as health-care reimbursements come under increased scrutiny.

Touted to be the most secure system ever built, the US-based company's z13 servers are capable of processing 2.5 billion transactions a day.

One of the reasons I'm here is because I want to grow. I'm really looking at trying to grow here in India the next year to have a research kind of outpost here, he says.