The rise of the cloud administrator
One of the significant developments emerging as a result of cloud computing and software-defined infrastructures is a blending of the system administrator and network administrator roles. With this convergence...
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Cisco brings DevOps to the network
DevOps has come to the network. Cisco is helping network engineers and managers who are conversant in programming make the leap to the software-defined network (SDN) environment. It wants to make sure...
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Facebook's Save button bookmarks content for later
Every time you visit Facebook, your news feed contains up to 1,500 new posts -- from friends, people you follow, and Pages. And while its news feed algorithm is designed to show you the most relevant posts,...
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BSNL announces SAP certification for its Internet Data Centers
BSNL had earlier entered into a strategic alliance with Dimension Data, the region's leading provider of IT services and solutions, to provide data center services in India. This resulted in building of...
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The cloud and the scalpel
Anyone who has been roaming the halls of the IT department for 10 plus years deserves to crack a knowing smile when faced with today’s reigning zeitgeist, captured both precisely and imprecisely by the...
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What is the business value of social networking?
It is easy to dismiss social networking as a cultural phenomenon that has no relevance in business. We confuse the underlying technology with Web sites where people share photos of cute kittens or teenagers...
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How to master the Branch-to-Online platform transformation
We’ve been hearing a bit about the 1964 World’s Fair lately because of its 50th anniversary. One of the many fond recollections was the prototype of a video telephone on display in one of the pavilions....
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Why the time has come for data-driven personalization
One of the most promising -- though still ambiguous and misunderstood -- trends in IT is the use of data to deliver to individuals the exact products and services that they need, when they need them, sometimes...
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IT career advice: How to sell
In the US today, only about 80 out of more than 2,900 four-year colleges or universities offer a curriculum in sales, yet 50% of graduates from these schools end up in a sales career. How is this fact...
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Internet Of Things: 8 pioneering ideas
If you're figuring out how to apply the Internet of Things (IoT) in your organization, bring your imagination and get ready to do some heavy lifting.
Sure, we've all seen the predictions from Gartner:...
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Smartphones of the future: 6 cool technologies
First up, why do we still call that familiar little friend in our pocket a "smartphone"? A phone? Sure, we still make or take calls, but it's high time the name of the device changed to reflect the use...
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Apple-IBM deal: Trouble for Google, Microsoft
Apple and IBM on Tuesday announced the formation of a partnership to sell iPhones and iPads to enterprise customers and to develop industry-specific apps backed by IBM cloud services.
It's a deal that...
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Microsoft to slash 18,000 jobs over next 12 months
Microsoft will slash 18,000 jobs from its payroll during the next 12 months, the company announced on Thursday, with the majority of the cuts to occur by the end of the year.
The headcount reduction,...
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Snapdeal.com launches seller zone app
Snapdeal.com, India’s largest online marketplace announced the launch of its mobile application for sellers called “Seller Zone App” today. With this first-of-its-kind initiative, the company is looking...
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Average Indian Internet user stores unprotected digital assets worth Rs 25 lakh on multiple devices: McAfee survey
McAfee, part of Intel Security, released its report ‘Digital Assets Survey,’ which discovered that Indian Internet users place an indicative value of Rs 25 lakh on their owned digital assets, including...
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Unmasking Big Data: The gold mine of Internet
Big Data: the concept is expeditiously becoming a buzz-word around corporate houses and governments. So, what exactly is Big Data? Let’s say after watching a movie, you commented on Facebook or tweeted...
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Gaming in the workplace: How mixing work and play can motivate employees
Gamification—a relatively new word that stands for applying game-design thinking to non-game applications—has been used in several industries and is now making its way into offices. Research firm Gartner...
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9 Job hunting tips for older IT professionals
Make age an asset If you've read InformationWeek's ongoing coverage of age discrimination in IT, you know it's a real and sometimes heated issue. If you're a person of a certain age --...
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Google forms Zero-Day hacking team
Google today revealed a new white-hat security team it has formed that will root out vulnerabilities in all software that touches the Internet.
The search engine giant is recruiting talent for the...
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Active Directory flaw lets attackers change passwords
Researchers have discovered a way for attackers to access and change the password of a user's Active Directory account, without being detected log-based security tools like SIEM.
The researchers, from...
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Can IBM and Apple combination dominate enterprise mobile market?
Apple and IBM on Tuesday entered into an exclusive partnership to sell Apple hardware to enterprise customers and to develop iOS apps tied to IBM services.
The two companies announced IBM's MobileFirst...
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5 technology innovations that are set to empower people with disabilities
For years, different modes of technology have been used to improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities. However, with rapid advances in assistive technology...
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Robots rising: 7 real-life roles
The robots are coming -- in fact, in some places they've already arrived. Last October, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said his company had about 1,300 robots -- the fruit of Amazon's USD 775 million acquisition...
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IBM signs six-year outsourcing contract with microfinance firm Janalakshmi
IBM has signed a multi-million dollar outsourcing contract with microfinance company Janalakshmi Financial Services (JFS) to manage back office projects. The microfinance company will be leveraging IBM’s...
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Mass-produced cars will not have steering wheels, brake pedals, horns, or rearview mirrors by 2035, reveals IEEE survey
IEEE today unveiled the findings of a survey that revealed expert opinions about the future of driverless cars, such as speed bumps to mass adoption, essential autonomous technologies, features in the...
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CIOs should make digital business technologies an IT responsibility: Gartner
CIOs need to decide how they will position their IT organization in relation to emerging digital business technologies, such as the Internet of Things, 3D printing, wearable technology and robotics, according...
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A Balarkishnan, CTO, Geojit BNP Paribas on the rise of the revenue-generating CIO
The role of the CIO has evolved remarkably over the last decade. To what extent do you think it is important for today’s CIOs to position themselves as ‘revenue-generating’ CIOs?
The role of CIO is...
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