Thursday, October 30, 2014

IT News Head Lines (InformationWeek) 10/30/2014





Now every day is a pay day for Reliance General Insurance’s agents

Reliance General Insurance is one of the leading private sector general insurance companies in India, which offers insurance coverage for motor, health, travel, home, student travel and more. Typically,...



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WNS adopts a comprehensive approach to energy conservation

WNS is a leading global Business Process Management company. With a mission to make a meaningful contribution towards sustainable development, the company undertakes several initiatives targeted at conservation...



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Facebook rooms: 5 privacy facts
Facebook on Thursday launched a new app called Rooms, a space inspired by throwback Web communities, where users can post photos, videos, and messages -- all under the guise of a pseudonym.
"Forums,...



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IT investments: 5 common mistakes
As companies grow and their finances improve, smart management teams often look to invest in technologies that improve operations, worker productivity, and market knowledge.
Implementing new or upgraded...



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How web-scale IT can bring agility to the enterprise
Enterprise IT has become the facilitator of growth, change and disruption for more and more businesses of all sizes. Companies are going beyond core business functions such as ERP and payroll, and using...



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Bank of Makati implements Infosys Finacle to transform customer experience
Bank of Makati which recently transitioned into a savings bank, has implemented the Infosys Finaclecore banking solution to transform customer experience and drive growth, at reduced costs. This deployment...



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L&T Infotech acquires Pune-based ISRC
With an aim to enhance focus on core business, L&T Infotech, a global provider of information technology services and solutions, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the USD 14.3 billion Larsen & Toubro (L&T),...



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How cryptography can help banks guard against data breaches

The recent Verizon report indicates that employees and other insiders perpetrate more than 50 percent of all intellectual property thefts. So by definition, breach prevention is an irrelevant strategy...



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SAP powers Bharti Retail’s store operations and customer experience
SAP announced that Bharti Retail, is strengthening its supply chain, store operations and improve customer experience with the implementation of solutions from SAP.  The range of retail solutions from...



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SAP unleashes major Hana upgrade
SAP does "service pack" updates rather than point releases of its Hana in-memory platform. But make no mistake: Hana Service Pack 9, detailed at this week's TechEd event in Las Vegas, is a major upgrade....



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Microsoft Office 365 gets unlimited cloud storage
Cloud storage providers have been waging a price war in recent months, with almost all major vendors revamping their plans to offer more capacity for less money. Given the competition, it's seemed inevitable...



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'Big Data analytics can help discover pricing trends'

Icertis, an Independent Software Vendor specializing in ERP solutions over cloud is increasingly using Big Data to build its software services for enterprises across the globe. In an e-mail interaction...



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IBM expands cloud center network, launches OpenStack services
IBM expands its cloud footprint by opening a 30,000 sq. ft. cloud center in Airoli, Mumbai. This new facility is the latest IBM Cloud Center in the world’s major markets as part of IBM’s global cloud center...



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Data Is Money: Why The Cloud Is Transforming Data Into A New Global Currency
“The Cloud” figures in to many IT roadmaps to success. However, the sooner organizations realize what it is—and is not—the more effectively they’ll be able to use information to their advantage.
In...



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Wearables at work: 7 productivity apps
Today's focus on wearable devices and their companion apps usually skates over the consumer (Apple Watch notwithstanding) and zeros in on the enterprise. After all, smartwatches and "smartglasses" offer...



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Microsoft smartphones drop Nokia name
Six months after closing its acquisition of Nokia's device business, Microsoft is finally ready to start selling smartphones under its own banner. Sometime soon, the first Microsoft Lumia will hit the...



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