British telecommunications provider BT tapped SevOne's Data Platform for performance management. The provider will leverage SevOne to provide monitoring and reporting capabilities to its service teams to resolve issues on customer networks. The SevOne Data Platform is a cloud-based platform that collects heterogenous raw data and turns it into insights. It provides a collection and analysis of infrastructure and network metrics by integrating this analysis with flow, log, and user experience data on the platform. The platform is meant to help enterprises maintain visibility over technologies like NFV, SDN, and SD-WAN.

Google on Wednesday opened applications for the next class of its "Launchpad Accelerator" mentorship programme for startups using artificial intelligence (AI)/ machine learning (ML) in India which is scheduled to commence in March 2019. The last date for application to the programme is January 31, 2019, Google said in a statement. Under the Launchpad Accelerator programme, startups that are using AI/ML to solve India's needs, undergo an intensive in-person mentorship boot-camp, followed by customised support for three months. The selected startups in the second batch will be announced in February 2019, Google said. "Our Launchpad Accelerator programme is bringing best of our expertise, platforms, tools and core strengths including Machine Learning and AI, to help Indian startups build, scale and grow their offering," said Paul Ravindranath, Product Manager, Launchpad Accelerator India.