Category: Technology

New Delhi, June 30, 2026: The Finance Ministry has approved a ₹1.25 lakh crore proposal for India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0, marking a major step towards strengthening India’s position in global chip manufacturing, according to official sources.

The initiative aims to expand semiconductor manufacturing capacity in the country by setting up new fabrication and allied facilities, strengthening the electronics supply chain, and boosting domestic production of critical components.

Officials said the mission is expected to reduce India’s dependence on imported chips, while attracting greater investment from global technology companies and creating new opportunities for jobs and innovation in the sector.

The proposal is expected to enhance India’s self-reliance in key technology areas, including electronics, telecommunications, automotive systems, and defence applications.

The plan will now be placed before the Union Cabinet for final approval. Further details regarding implementation are expected to be announced after clearance.

New Delhi, June 30: India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has gone live in Greece, marking a significant step in the global expansion of India’s digital public infrastructure, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said.

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The launch enables seamless digital payments between India and Greece, strengthening financial connectivity and making cross-border transactions more convenient for users and businesses. Officials said the move reflects growing international acceptance of India’s digital payment ecosystem.

According to the Minister, the expansion of UPI overseas highlights India’s leadership in digital innovation and its efforts to promote interoperable and efficient payment systems globally. He added that such integrations will benefit travelers, businesses, and the Indian diaspora by enabling faster and more secure transactions.

The development is part of India’s broader strategy to extend its digital public infrastructure to partner countries, enhancing financial inclusion and strengthening economic ties.

Further collaborations are expected as India continues to explore new international partnerships for UPI integration.

Chennai, June 30: The Tamil Nadu government has floated a tender for the procurement and deployment of 2.5 lakh devices to strengthen rural broadband connectivity across the state.

The initiative is aimed at improving digital infrastructure and ensuring better internet access in rural and remote areas. Officials said the devices will help enhance last-mile connectivity and support the expansion of the state’s broadband network.

The project is expected to improve access to key digital services, including e-governance, education, healthcare, and other online platforms, thereby promoting digital inclusion in underserved regions.

Authorities noted that the tender process will identify suitable vendors responsible for supply, installation, and maintenance of the devices. The rollout is intended to bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas.

Further details regarding implementation timelines and execution strategy are expected after the tender process is completed.

FREMONT, CA & TAIPEI, TAIWAN –June 30 2026– HighPoint Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation high-performance storage and connectivity solutions, has announced a partnership with Insyde® Software, a leading provider of UEFI BIOS, OpenBMC and platform root-of-trust firmware. This collaboration introduces enterprise-grade, out-of-band (OOB) OpenBMC management capability to HighPoint’s newly launched RocketStor 4243AS, a 24-bay Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure (CDI) NVMe-oF rackmount storage platform.

As modern data centers face unprecedented demands, the simultaneous, aggressive scaling of both raw performance and massive storage capacity has pushed traditional server architectures past their physical limits. To prevent resource bottlenecks in AI, machine learning, and High-Performance Computing (HPC), data centers are rapidly shifting toward composable architectures that decouple these assets—allowing ultra-dense flash pools to scale capacity and performance independently over Network / PCIe Fabrics, while making out-of-band management a mission-critical requirement.

The RocketStor 4243AS features Dual 100GbE connectivity network connectivity, native support for both RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet) and TCP network protocols, and a built-in hardware BMC baseboard. By integrating Insyde’s mature OpenBMC system management software, the RocketStor 4243AS offers fully compliant Redfish® framework, giving operators complete infrastructure visibility, strict security controls, and intelligent thermal defense systems.

“The RocketStor 4243AS represents a major architectural milestone for HighPoint as we expand our lane-optimized heritage into networked fabric storage,” said May Hwang, Director of Marketing at HighPoint Technologies, Inc. “By combining our line-rate Dual 100GbE hardware bridging architecture with Insyde’s secure OpenBMC solution, we are effectively eliminating the ‘enterprise tax’ that has historically plagued CDI deployments. Data center operators are no longer forced into costly, vendor-locked storage ecosystems. With this unified platform, they can deploy a completely hardware-neutral, ultra-dense flash pool that scales performance and capacity independently over Network/PCIe Fabrics, while fitting seamlessly into their existing automated management frameworks.”

“Data center teams deploying CDI at scale need both performance and manageability on the same platform,” said Bryant Lee, AVP of Product Marketing, Server & AI Infra, Insyde Software. “Supervyse brings Insyde’s production-proven OpenBMC expertise to HighPoint’s RocketStor 4243AS — delivering Redfish-native orchestration, hardware-anchored secure boot, and real-time thermal control without touching the high-speed storage network. That’s the out-of-band management hyperscale environments now demand.”

Synergized Solutions & Core Benefits

Purpose-engineered for hyperscale storage workloads, Insyde’s Supervyse® OpenBMC architecture transforms HighPoint’s high-density NVMe-oF platform into a fully orchestrated infrastructure asset—resolving the operational bottlenecks that have long constrained large-scale CDI deployments:

• Uncompromised Fabric Performance via True OOB Isolation: The RocketStor 4243AS offloads storage traffic entirely to its hardware fabric engine, achieving line-rate Dual 100GbE speeds. Insyde’s OpenBMC operates on a completely independent management plane, ensuring that continuous real-time telemetry polling, asset discovery, and user authentication never interrupt or add latency to the high-speed storage network.

• Effortless Scale-Out via Network Switches: Because the RocketStor 4243AS operates as an autonomous networked target rather than direct-attached storage (DAS), capacity grows by plugging additional units into existing leaf-spine fabrics. Supervyse handles the rest—zero-touch discovery, policy-driven remote provisioning, and lights-out commissioning of new pools, with no physical access or host reboots required.

• Proactive Thermal & Dynamic Cooling Defense: Driving 24 high-performance NVMe SSDs in a compact rackmount chassis generates significant heat under sustained workloads. Supervyse draws on Insyde’s deep firmware engineering capability to continuously sample slot-level thermal sensors and dynamically tune fan PWM curves in real time—preempting NVMe thermal throttling and locking in IOPS consistency through the most demanding AI and HPC ingest cycles.

Key Technical Features of Supervyse OpenBMC Solution

Supervyse OpenBMC  provides the RocketStor 4243AS with a suite of enterprise-grade features designed to optimize data center orchestration and asset security:

• Full Redfish® API Compliance: Supervyse delivers a fully DMTF-compliant RESTful API surface, enabling DevOps and infrastructure teams to integrate the RocketStor 4243AS directly into market-leading software-defined storage (SDS) platforms and private cloud operating systems—out-of-the-box interoperability with industry-standard orchestration stacks.

• Hardware-Root-of-Trust (RoT) Secure Boot: Implements comprehensive cryptographic validation of BMC firmware images to shield out-of-band management interfaces from sophisticated supply-chain attacks and unauthorized local modifications.

• Slot-Level Drive Presence & Dynamic LED Drive Controls:  Interfacing directly with the RocketStor 4243AS backplane via low-level management buses to log NVMe drive placement changes and command the physical drive tray LEDs (fault, identify, activity), minimizing repair windows for field technicians.

• Advanced Out-of-Band Remote Access: Offering a clean, intuitive web-based GUI with an encrypted Secure Shell Protocol (SSH), Supervyse give operators a secure remote path to configure low-level parameters, cycle device power, and flash firmware—even when the primary 100GbE storage interfaces are down.

Market Impact and Availability

By combining HighPoint’s ultra-dense CDI hardware storage infrastructure with Insyde Software’s hardened management expertise, the joint solution redefines what data center architects can expect from open, disaggregated storage. The RocketStor 4243AS effectively democratizes high-performance NVMe-oF deployments, delivering a scalable, vendor-agnostic architecture that drops seamlessly into modern automated infrastructures without the burden of proprietary storage costs.

The HighPoint RocketStor 4243AS NVMe-oF target platform, fully integrated with Insyde’s secure OpenBMC solution, is available for order immediately through HighPoint’s global network of authorized distribution, resale and system integration partners.

RocketStor 4243AS MSRP USD$ 8,999.00

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HighPoint RocketStor 4243AS NVMe-oF CDI NVMe Hardware Storage Platform

New Delhi, June 29: The Delhi Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has approved the Delhi EV Policy 2026, marking a major step towards accelerating electric mobility in the national capital.

The new policy aims to promote wider adoption of electric vehicles, reduce air pollution, and strengthen the city’s clean transport ecosystem. It focuses on expanding EV infrastructure, including charging stations, battery-swapping facilities, and incentives to encourage the use of electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and four-wheelers.

Officials said the policy is designed to make Delhi a leading EV-ready city by improving accessibility, affordability, and convenience for users while supporting manufacturers and service providers in the EV sector.

The government emphasized that the policy aligns with its broader environmental goals of reducing carbon emissions and improving air quality in Delhi. It also seeks to encourage investment, innovation, and job creation in the clean mobility sector.

The Delhi EV Policy 2026 will be implemented in phases, with detailed guidelines to be issued for stakeholders in the coming weeks.

New Delhi, June 29: Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called on states to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital tools to make rural welfare schemes more transparent, efficient, and timely for beneficiaries.

Speaking during a recent review of rural development initiatives, the Minister emphasized that technology-driven governance can significantly reduce delays, improve monitoring, and ensure that benefits of government schemes reach citizens directly without leakage or duplication.

Chouhan highlighted that AI-based systems, digital platforms, and data-driven decision-making are already being integrated into agriculture and rural administration. These tools are being used to strengthen grievance redressal systems, track implementation in real time, and improve coordination between central and state agencies.

He also urged states to actively propose reforms and strengthen implementation of ongoing programmes, noting that rural transformation is central to India’s vision of becoming a developed nation by 2047.

The Minister further stressed the importance of simplifying administrative processes and ensuring timely delivery of welfare benefits at the ground level. Dedicated teams and improved monitoring mechanisms have been directed to address public grievances more effectively.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (June 29, 2026) — Watlow, a global industrial technology company and provider of thermal systems, has announced the launch of its Edge Process Management™ (EPM™) platform, a new class of scalable architecture that brings together data management, process control and automation for temperature-driven operations in regulated industries.

The first release within the platform, EPM Data, introduces a new approach to managing process records, capturing and structuring data at the point of measurement to create secure, time-aligned digital records that support compliance, audit readiness and evidence-based decision-making.

The platform is designed as a modular, distributed platform that unifies data, control and automation in a single architecture, enabling manufacturers to move beyond fragmented systems and legacy chart recorders towards a consistent approach to process management across assets, sites and regulatory environments.

“The process record has effectively become part of the product,” said Chris Mooney, Industrial Controls Segment Director at Watlow. “With EPM Data, and the broader platform behind it, we are giving customers a trusted, time-stamped record created at the point of measurement, designed for daily operations and audit readiness, without adding system complexity.”

EPM Data is engineered to deliver records that stand up to scrutiny, whether for internal review, regulatory inspection or customer audit. By creating a consistent, tamper-resistant source of truth, it enables teams to defend process performance, resolve issues and maintain confidence in data over time. This is designed for environments where process records must withstand audit scrutiny, support investigations and provide defensible evidence across sites and over time.

The solution is suited to industries including metals, heat treatment, life sciences, power generation, water and wastewater, environmental monitoring, and food and beverage.

Key capabilities include:

• High-precision inputs with field calibration accuracy suitable for demanding standards such as AMS2750 and CQI-9
• Secure, tamper-resistant records designed to support regulatory requirements including FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and Annex 11
• A consistent process record that can be used by operations, quality and audit teams for review, approval and long-term retention

The initial EPM Data release includes panel-mounted devices and review software designed to fit into existing industrial environments and scale from individual assets to enterprise deployments:

• EPM-07, a compact system suited to smaller furnaces, ovens, and skids

• EPM-15, designed for larger or multizone systems with higher channel requirements
• Data Reviewer™ software environment allows users to visualize and interpret historical process data, supporting review, approval, and audit workflows, with optional audit trail and electronic signature functionality.

“It gives operations teams real-time visibility and provides quality teams with records they can rely on months or years later,” Mooney added.

“EPM Data is built for customers whose process records must stand up to serious questions, whether in front of an auditor, during an investigation or when resolving a customer claim,” said Stan Breitlow, Director of Control Product Solutions and Chief Systems Designer at Watlow.

EPM Data represents the first step in a broader platform roadmap, with additional modular capabilities planned to extend the architecture across larger and more complex, distributed systems.

June 29: India is rapidly emerging as a major global data centre hub, supported by rising digital demand and capacity constraints in the United States and Europe, according to a recent report.

The report noted that growing cloud adoption, artificial intelligence workloads, and surging data consumption are driving global demand for data infrastructure, prompting companies to expand into India.

India’s strong digital ecosystem, improving infrastructure, and supportive policy environment are making it an attractive destination for hyperscale data centre investments. The availability of land and increasing focus on renewable energy are also supporting sector growth.

Industry observers said capacity limitations and higher operational costs in developed markets are accelerating the shift toward emerging economies like India.

Experts added that India’s large internet user base and expanding digital economy are expected to further strengthen its position as a key global data infrastructure hub in the coming years.

June 29: Gujarat has developed a unified digital tracker that integrates health, education, and nutrition data on a single platform, aiming to improve real-time monitoring, service delivery, and policy planning across key social sectors.

The digital system brings together data from multiple departments to create a consolidated view of beneficiary welfare, enabling authorities to track progress more efficiently and identify gaps in service delivery. Officials said the platform is designed to support evidence-based decision-making and strengthen last-mile governance.

By linking indicators such as child health, school attendance, immunisation, and nutrition status, the tracker allows for better coordination between departments and more targeted interventions at the ground level. It also helps reduce duplication of records and improves accuracy in beneficiary identification.

The system is expected to enhance transparency and accountability by providing timely insights into programme implementation. Administrators can use the platform to monitor outcomes, allocate resources more effectively, and respond quickly to emerging issues in vulnerable communities.

Experts say the initiative reflects a broader shift towards data-driven governance, where integrated digital tools are increasingly being used to improve efficiency and service delivery. The model is also seen as a step toward strengthening human development outcomes through better coordination between health, education, and nutrition services.