ESPNcricinfo Launches Game Changing New AI-Powered Query Service For Cricket Stats And Trivia

* The new service called AskCricinfo enables fans from across the world to get info on players, stats, and matches with natural language queries on any IPL season, T20 World Cup & other major T20 leagues played around the globe

Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world and its 2.5 billion fans have an insatiable appetite for stats and trivia about matches and players. Querying that massive volume of cricket data just became easy with this innovative application from ESPNcricinfo. The AskCricinfo service will enable fans to simply ask natural language questions (typed or spoken) to get answers. For instance, one can ask, “which team hit most sixes in power play in IPL 2021?” or “Which wicketkeeper took the most catches in PSL 2021?”

ESPNcricinfo adds to its list of innovations by launching the first phase of the “AskCricinfo” service, a natural language search tool on query for all T20 stats including tournaments like IPL, BBL, CPL, PSL, T20 Blast, BPL, T20 Internationals and Women’s T20 internationals that will democratize access to cricket stats allowing even a casual fan to get deep stats by just “asking” in English language (through text or voice). This is the first step towards the vision of offering a rich tool to cricket fans globally that can answer on query any data stats through text and voice. While starting with T20s, over time AskCricinfo service would cover all other formats of the game. Fans can experience the new service at https://www.espncricinfo.com/ask

ESPNcricinfo with its reliable global data and editorial operations built over decades, partnered with AskHereFirst, which is founded by Prof. Vishal Misra, also the co-founder of Cricinfo, to conceptualize and launch the first phase of this innovative application. The application leverages the deep statistical database of Cricinfo built over the years – Statsguru, and using capabilities of AI platform. Along with plans to add in advanced query options in future, besides search query capability in other languages, Prof. Vishal Misra will be working closely with ESPNcricinfo Editor - Sambit Bal and the team to make it a compelling offering on ESPNcricinfo.

Fans need not be weighed down by the complexity of data, as the AskCricinfo application would do all the hard work and throw up an output that is rich with insights and in a language that fans easily understand.

Fans can post their queries on the AskCricinfo application, and at the click of a button have access to answers related to IPL stats.

Who has been out stumped most often in IPL

Highest successful run chase by a team in IPL

Bowlers who have conceded most fours in CPL 2020

Dhoni’s strike rate in the last three seasons

Rohit Sharma’s record in the IPL finals

Batsman being dismissed LBW most number of times in the BBL

Which batter has the most 50+ scores in Women’s T20Is

Most runs from RCB in any IPL season & so on…

AskCricinfo service lets a fan win a banter, become a cricket geek, or pretend to be one, and above all - love cricket even more.

According to Sambit Bal, Editor-in-chief ESPNcricinfo “This is the first step towards what could be significant in making cricket stats accessible on demand. ESPNcricinfo’s Statsguru has been the default stats query tool for professionals and stats enthusiasts for years, but AskCricinfo is an attempt to unlock our data vault for everyone. It is very much a work in progress, and it cannot yet answer everything, but like all tools powered by artificial intelligence it will get better and better with use. Therefore, we urge cricket fans to use it in the spirit of collaboration, and of course, for fun.”

For Prof. Misra, the AskCricinfo natural search marks a return to ESPNcricinfo, where he was part of the co-founding team. “The AskCricinfo natural search is one of a kind and is based on a major technological innovation. Nothing like this exists for any online service, much less for a sport or for cricket.”

Commenting on the release, Ramesh Kumar, VP & Head of ESPN India & South Asia said, “The vision for AskCricinfo is to be the one-stop companion application for cricket fans, gamers, players, analysts and officials to query for data insights and any information on cricket. We have made a small beginning of this with the launch of the first phase of the product offering, and in the coming months, will be building additional features in this application, besides advanced querying capabilities. Fans will have unrestricted access to use this service for a limited period and we will be making strategic partnerships with other platforms to ensure as wide a reach for this.”

ESPNcricinfo will have exclusive placements for fans to access this service. Users can access the AskCricinfo application on the ESPNcricinfo website or through the ESPNcricinfo App, which is available on both iOS, and Android Play Store. Fans can click here to know how it works.

ESPNcricinfo:

ESPNcricinfo is the world’s leading digital destination on cricket, serving fans authentic, unbiased cricket news, views, analysis, statistics and scores for the last 28 years.

India is the global Headquarters of ESPNcricinfo with operations in UK, US, Australia, New Zealand and various subcontinent countries. With offices in Bangalore and Mumbai, the Indian operations  boasts of a world-class team of journalists, writers, developers, editors, content creators and more.

Some of the other unique stats application from ESPNcricinfo are Superstats – a new language for numbers-based story telling in cricket. It consists of three elements: Smart Stats, which puts each batting and bowling performance into context by looking at match situations and player quality; Luck Index, which for the first time quantifies the element of chance in cricket; and Forecaster, which offers a glimpse into win probabilities in each game as a fun tool for fans to use during the game. These metrics have been derived from ESPNcricinfo’s rich ball-by-ball database, and from complex algorithms developed by a team of excellent engineers working with leading data scientists.

Quixy Ranked #1 No-Code, BPM, Workplace Innovation And Drag & Drop App Builder Platform In G2’s Fall 2021 Momentum Report

Quixy, a cloud-based no-code Enterprise Application Development platform, has been ranked #1 No-Code Development, Business Process Management (BPM) Platform, Drag & Drop App Builder, and Workplace Innovation Platforms in G2‘s Fall 2021 Momentum Report.

G2 Fall Momentum Report 2021G2’s Momentum Grid recognitions highlight the growth trajectory products had in their respective areas of operation in the past year. According to G2, “The Momentum Grid recognizes products that are on a high-growth trajectory based on customer satisfaction reviews, employee growth, and digital presence.”

Information from the Momentum Grid gives users a deeper understanding of the products that provide innovative technology and solutions that grow with the customer’s needs.

To add to this achievement, Quixy has also earned community review badges for “Highest User Adoption”, “Easiest Admin”, “Best Meets Requirements”, “Best Usability”, “Best Results” and “Most Implementable”.

Quixy has received similar recognition from G2 in its Summer momentum report. The platform was ranked No #1 in three categories, namely, No-code Development, Business Process Management, and Workplace Innovation, and have reviewed several community review badges. The overall satisfaction score has increased from 88 to 90 on a scale of 100.

Quixy differentiates itself from the competition by being an ‘Advanced’ No-Code Platform enabling business users to build complex and comprehensive enterprise-grade applications without writing any code. Founded in 2019, Quixy currently serves customers worldwide in over fifteen industry verticals, each having its unique requirements and use-cases.

“At Quixy, all of our efforts are guided towards making digital transformation easy for businesses by bringing in automation and enabling business users to build solutions to their problems on their own ten times faster without writing any code”, said Vivek Goel, Vice President, Marketing at Quixy. “Getting these recognitions from G2 for two quarters in a row highlights that Quixy has successfully been able to address the growing need for enterprise-grade grade solutions for organizations across industries with its easy-to-use no-code platform.”

Quixy has also been named in Gartner’s Voice of Customer Report for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms (LCAP) and Forrester’s Now Tech Report for General-Purpose Low-Code Development Platforms.

Indium Software Adds Senior Industry Leaders Ramkumar Ramamoorthy And Rajesh Balaji To Its Advisory Board

Indium Software, a fast-growing Digital Engineering and Gaming solutions provider, today announced that Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, former Chairman and Managing Director of Cognizant, India and Rajesh Balaji Ramachandran, former Senior Vice President and Global Delivery Head of Cognizant’s Enterprise Application Services practice have been inducted as Investor-Advisors.

Indium’s capabilities span application engineering, low code, data & analytics, DevOps, cloud engineering, digital assurance, gaming and strong relationships with ecosystem players such as AWS, Mendix, Striim and Denodo. With years of building strong partnerships with over 100 active clients across North America, India, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, Indium has grown its revenues by over 35 percent CAGR in the past three years with a growing team of around 2000 associates.

“We are excited to welcome Ramkumar and Rajesh Balaji as Investor-Advisors and look forward to benefiting from their decades of experience in shaping the world’s most admired companies, navigating multiple structural shifts,” said Ram Sukumar, Co-Founder and CEO of Indium. “At Indium, we believe that our next phase of accelerated growth will benefit from global best practices that these leaders bring to further strengthen our client-centric, high-quality technology solutions.”

Ramkumar and Rajesh Balaji recently founded Catalincs Partners LLP, with the goal of coaching and partnering with CXOs of exciting and promising technology companies, enabling them to catalyze the value they provide to clients and accelerate growth through next-gen business, operating and technology models.  Catalincs Partners has brought together a team of successful business and technology leaders with a cumulative experience of over 120 years in shaping and building some of the largest and best-managed technology companies in the world.

“We are pleased to invest in and partner with Indium Software, a well-managed company with high levels of client and employee satisfaction and a consistent track record of profitable growth,” said Ramkumar Ramamoorthy, Partner at Catalincs. “Indium has a great roster of clients—both digital natives and digital reinventors—which provides a perfect platform for deploying newer digital engineering models to help capture business value in quick cycle times. We are pleased to bring a world-class team of experts with complementary capabilities to this partnership and help Indium realize its strategic business, operational and financial goals.” added Rajesh Balaji Ramachandran, Operating Partner at Catalincs.

About Indium Software

Indium Software is a Digital Engineering technology company with deep expertise across Application Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Devops, Data & Analytics and Digital Assurance. Indium's key differentiators are its specialization in Low Code Development, AI-driven Text Analytics and Partnerships with tech companies such as Mendix, AWS, Denodo and Striim. Indium has a global presence with key focus in the US, UK, APAC and India with around 2000 associates and clients ranging from leading ISVs to large enterprises.

Infogain Adds Mindtree Co-Founder Krishnakumar Natarajan As Board Member

* Natarajan brings experience in building global companies

Infogain, a Silicon Valley-based leader in human-centered digital platform and software engineering services, today announced that it has added Mindtree co-founder Krishnakumar Natarajan as an independent director.

A leading authority in the global IT sector, Krishnakumar Natarajan co-founded Mindtree in 1999 and played key roles in building the company’s innovative approach to delivering IT services and solutions to global 2000 enterprises. As CEO and subsequently as its Executive Chairman, he built Mindtree to a $1B revenue company. Krishnakumar has extensive experience helping enterprises navigate their digital transformation journeys by enhancing their customer experience and delivering industry leading growth.

Natarajan previously served as Chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) and is currently the Chairman of NASSCOM Foundation. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering, Chennai, India, and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Xavier Institute, Jamshedpur, India.

Natarajan joins other Infogain board members Shashank Singh, Partner and Head of the India office at Apax Partners; Rohan Haldea, Partner - Tech team at Apax Partners; Harjot Dhaliwal, Principal - Tech team at Apax Partners; Ayan Mukerji, President and CEO of Infogain; and Sunil Bhatia, former CEO of Infogain.

Ayan Mukerji, President and CEO of Infogain, said, “Our new collaboration with KK is already yielding valuable guidance on our strategy as we leverage his vast global experience.  KK has been a mentor and friend for many years, and I have always found his guidance and insight extremely useful.”

Krishnakumar Natarajan said, “Global enterprises are accelerating their digital transformation journeys and are looking for credible partners. Infogain’s digital engineering and human-centered digital platform skills make it an ideal partner for global enterprises. I look forward to working with the Board and Ayan & his team to leverage my experience and expertise to build great value for all stakeholders.”

Shashank Singh said, “We welcome KK’s addition to the board as the Infogain team enters this next phase of growth. With his extensive expertise and experience, KK is the perfect fit to help Infogain drive continued innovation, growth, and operational excellence.”

Rohan Haldea added, “We are excited to have KK join the board.  His outstanding reputation precedes him, and I look forward to working with him.”

About Infogain

Infogain is a human-centered digital platform and software engineering company based out of Silicon Valley. We engineer business outcomes for Fortune 500 companies and digital natives in the technology, healthcare, insurance, travel, telecom and retail/cpg industries using technologies such as cloud, microservices, automation, IoT, and artificial intelligence. We accelerate experience-led transformation in the delivery of digital platforms. Infogain is also a Microsoft Gold Partner and Azure Expert Managed Services Provider (MSP).

Infogain, an Apax Funds portfolio company, has offices in California, Washington, Texas, the UK, the UAE, and Singapore, with delivery centers in Seattle, Houston, Austin, Kraków, Noida, Bengaluru, Pune, Gurgaon, and Mumbai.   

About Apax

Apax Partners LLP ("Apax") is a leading global private equity advisory firm. For nearly 50 years, Apax has worked to inspire growth and ideas that transform businesses. The firm has raised and advised funds with aggregate commitments of more than $60 billion. The Apax Funds invest in companies across four global sectors of Tech, Services, Healthcare, and Internet/Consumer. These funds provide long-term equity financing to build and strengthen world-class companies. 

Atlas Copco Launches HiLight V5+ LED Light Towers In India

Atlas Copco – a leading innovator in portable air compressors, light towers, pumps and handheld tools has launched HiLight V5+ LED Light tower which offers significant fuel savings of up to 65%.

These light towers are ideal for the most challenging site conditions such as remote construction sites, outdoor events, infrastructure, road construction, mining and temporary public lighting installations. The HiLight V5+ includes a HardHat® canopy as standard, which ensures maximum protection of internal parts. This range of light towers is perfect for multiple drop applications and providing robust easy-to-transport set of lighting options that match any site requirements.

The newly launched HiLight V5+ comes with a 2-cylinder engine and offers substantial fuel savings of up to 65% when compared to the typical fuel consumption of 6kW Metal Halide solution, creating industry leading competitive advantage. The innovative modular COB type LED lamps increases the expected lifetime by 40% and ensures a more even light distribution. These new generation floodlights have a high CRI score which enables a close to natural light effect. It’s compact dimensions, lightweight and robust mast ensure low operational costs and reduced noise levels while increasing illumination coverage with IP67 & IK10 protection.

Tony Van Herbruggen, General Manager, Power Technique, Atlas Copco said “We, at Atlas Copco, have a strong commitment to innovation and the environment, and therefore we have developed new technologies that provide bright and efficient light with 40% lesser emission, low fuel consumption and even low noise level. We always try to meet the industry demand with our sustainable and environment friendly products and are committed to lighting the future.”

The extended safety features give users complete peace of mind, even in the most demanding conditions. These light towers can be transported with their masts in a vertical position, enabling safer transportation and installation. When delivered, the manual mast can be extended to a height of 7.5 m with a wind speed stability of 80 km/h.

Our LED light towers come with exclusive 7 options which can be built into 21 combinations which makes them truly versatile and a perfect fit for diverse applications.

HiLight the future with reliable, safe and economical light from Atlas Copco’s LED HiLight V5+ light towers.

Parallel Wireless Expands India R&D Centers To Accelerate Open RAN Development And Testing

* Pune and Bangalore actively hiring to support 4G and 5G Open RAN

Parallel Wireless, Inc., the U.S.-based Open RAN company delivering the world’s leading All G, cloud-native, Open RAN solution, is expanding our Open RAN Research and Development Centers in India to support 4G and 5G software development and testing. 

Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) across the globe are quickly adopting Open RAN networks to deliver cost-effective, easily scalable, wireless broadband connectivity. Parallel Wireless is at the forefront of the telecom revolution driving All G - 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G Open RAN wireless networks into the future.

Parallel Wireless was formed in 2012 and the R&D centers in Pune and Bangalore India opened in May of 2013. Since then Parallel Wireless has had many Open RAN wireless network successes across the globe with MNOs including Axiata Group, Millicom, Orange, Hotspot, and more.  

The team in India have deep expertise and many years of experience designing and developing best-in-class, cloud-native Open RAN software and hardware. The India R&D centers are expanding to develop and test cloud-native RAN Intelligent Controllers (RICs), 4G and 5G DU and CU software, and 2x2 and 4x4 O-RAN Alliance compliant radios. This team is leading automation development in Open RAN networks, utilizing tools such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to provide intelligent management and operations of the wireless network.

Ambitious growth plans are underway to expand the R&D centers in India for development and testing, systems engineering and customer support opportunities. Invest in and grow your skill set and career, let your voice be heard, and lead the disruption in wireless networks. Check out the Parallel Wireless career opportunities webpage to learn more.

Sanjay Harwani, GM India R&D Center and VP R&D said, “In India we have very strong, highly skilled Open RAN Research & Development, Systems Engineering, and Customer Support teams who are delighting our Mobile Network Operator customers from across the globe, ensuring that we are their trusted partner. Join Parallel Wireless to work with the best and brightest engineers in the telecommunications sector.”  

This World Ozone Day, Godrej Appliances Gives One More Reason To Embrace Green Technology

* Introduces special exchange offer for customers to bring home eco-friendly Godrej Air Conditioners exclusively for the occasion.

* only AC manufacturer in India to use the world’s greenest refrigerant R290, that has Zero Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) and lowest Global Warming Potential

Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group announced that its business Godrej Appliances, one of the leading players in the Home Appliances industry, in line with its brand philosophy of ‘Soch ke Banaya Hai’ or ‘Things Made Thoughtfully’, was the first brand to offer the widest range of India’s most eco-friendly air conditioners with R290 hydrocarbon refrigerant. The air conditioner offers Zero Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) and the lowest Global Warming Potential (GWP) of only 3. This World Ozone Day, the brand continues its commitment to green, with an exclusive exchange offer under which a consumer can exchange an old air conditioner, which has R22 refrigerant for an exchange value of INR 2000, over and above other ongoing offers by the brand. The offer is valid only on 16th September 2021 at all Godrej Exclusive brand outlets, Green AC Hubs & Preferred Brand Outlets, across the country.

As per the Bureau of Energy Efficiency norms, the key determinants of better-quality green refrigerants are the global warming potential (GWP) and the ozone depletion potential (ODP). With 0 ODP along with negligible GWP score of only 3 for R290, followed by the next best 675 for R32 refrigerant, the entire range Godrej Air conditioners uses only the greenest refrigerants in the market. These ensure Zero ozone layer impact, thereby protecting the Earth and its atmosphere from harmful ultraviolet radiations of the Sun.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released a report that identified greenhouse gases as one of the key causes of global climate change. According to the analysis, global warming will most likely approach or exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next two decades. It also shows that by protecting the ozone layer by regulating ozone-depleting substances, the Montreal Protocol has helped protect plants and their ability to pull carbon from the atmosphere, as well as curbed climate change to a significant level. 

Driven by the brand’s long-term commitment towards the Environment, Godrej Appliances became the first and only company in India to manufacture 100% CFC, HCFC and HFC- free refrigerators way back in 2001 (R600A). The brand went on to be the first brand in India to manufacture ACs with green gases which have Zero Ozone Depletion Potential and lowest Global Warming Potential in the industry (R290, year 2012). Extending the commitment beyond products, both of its manufacturing units (Mohali & Shirwal) were among the 1st in India to be Platinum Plus Green Co rated by the prestigious CII.

The Godrej ACs come with an Inverter technology and 10-year Compressor Warranty. These eco-friendly Godrej ACs are available in cooling capacities of 1 Tr, 1.5 Tr and 2Tr, in the 3 star and 5-star range.  They incorporate various other features like Nano coated Anti-viral filter, 100% Copper Condenser, evaporator and connecting pipes, Twin Rotary Compressor, Anti Corrosive Coating on Evaporator & Condenser, Smart Diagnosis, Heavy Duty Cooling at 52°C, Silent Operation, Active Carbon filter, Anti-Bacterial Filter, Anti Dust filter, Anti-Microbial Self-cleaning and many more. With an ISEER of 3.5 to 3.95 for 3-star ACs and 4.54 for 5-star ACs, the brand provides thoughtfully made products with innovations that are relevant to its customers. 

Santosh Salian, Product Group Head – Air Conditioners, Godrej Appliances, said, “We have always been committed to developing products with lower carbon footprint and our portfolio with R290 refrigerant is an example of that. Even EESL (Energy Efficiency Service Limited) has quoted in its recent report on super-efficient ACs (March 2021) that our SKUs with R290 refrigerant delivers 36.6% higher efficiency with a 6.15 ISEER rating. As we see it, in India the industry will surely adopt more of R290 refrigerants in the future, in their room Air Conditioner portfolio to meet the global emission norms. We are encouraging consumers to replace their air conditioner with R22 refrigerant, with an eco-friendlier and energy efficient variant from the Godrej Air Conditioner range at all our exclusive outlets, while lowering their power bills.”

Godrej & Boyce, apart from engineering environment friendly products, has also been conserving the mangroves ecosystem in Vikhroli, Mumbai over the last few decades. This ecosystem is responsible for sequestering lakhs of carbon, purifying the air and is key in fighting climate change.

About Godrej Appliances

Godrej Appliances, a business unit of the highly diversified Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. is one of the leading Home Appliances players in India. Godrej was the first Indian Company in 1958 to manufacture Refrigerators and has since then, expanded its portfolio across many other categories like Washing Machines, Air Conditioners, Microwave Ovens, futuristic Thermo-electric cooling solutions, Air Coolers, Deep Freezers, highly specialized Medical Refrigerators and more recently, UVC Technology-Based Disinfecting devices and Dishwashers, all powered by the driving philosophy of 'Things made thoughtfully’/ ‘Soch Ke Banaya Hai’. 

This thought extends from human-centric design to planet centric design. Environment is a core value at Godrej Appliances. Both manufacturing units of Godrej Appliances’ - in Maharashtra and Punjab, became the first in the country to win the coveted Platinum Plus Green Co certification for their pioneering green manufacturing practices. 

The brand takes pride in not just its carefully designed products and environment-friendly technologies, but also best in class after-sales service delivered through over 680 service centers and more than 4500 SmartBuddy service experts spread all over the country. Godrej customers can now book or track service requests on WhatsApp (9321665511), besides the toll-free 1800 209 5511.

To learn more visit : https://www.godrej.com/godrej-appliances