Online presence boosts sales for AEGON Religare
Using this e-sales portal, the customer can determine the ideal insurance amount needed, make the necessary payment and get secure immediately
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Windows 8 influenced by Windows Phone 7
Has Microsoft adopted the Metro interface that was part of the Zune media player and Windows Phone 7?
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Why do e-governance projects fail?
Government agencies must not be afraid of experimenting with new technologies to deliver better citizen services.
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Bharti Airtel to launch iPhone 4 in India
The world’s most awaited phone will be launched in India, by Bharti Airtel
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BlackBerry users susceptible to cyber attack, finds Trend Micro
The aim of the Zeus Trojan on smartphones is to monitor users' private information and in particular when they conduct mobile online banking
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CA Technologies delivers CA Services in the Indian market
CA Services, a specialist organization within the company, will offer Indian customers and global systems integrators (GSIs) on site experts in the field to design and deploy CA technologies
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Facebook scammers invite over 10 million people to bogus event
Spammers have invited millions of Facebook users to fake events in an attempt to generate income from online survey scams, warns Sophos
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Cloud IaaS market forecast to grow to USD 10.5 billion in 2014
Research firm, Gartner has predicted that the global IaaS market is forecast to grow from an estimated USD 3.7 billion in 2011 to USD 10.5 billion in 2014
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'We have removed the principal barriers for adopting SaaS'
A known name in the world of content caching, Akamai Technologies is quickly transitioning itself to play a vital role in the emerging cloud era. Akamai is benefiting from the huge interest in cloud computing, as software is remotely accessed over the Internet. In an exclusive interview David Kenny, President, Akamai Technologies, tells Srikanth RP, why the performance of the network is key for realizing the full potential of the cloud
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IBM’s Integrated Managed Services simplifies operations for SMBs
IBM's “Rational Dashboard”, a web-based application automates the collection, measurement, and analysis of data giving a visibility of on-going project performance, enhancing productivity and product quality
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SEW Infrastructure uses cloud based Oracle E-Business Suite to reduce procurement costs by 3 percent
Deployed on a private cloud model to offer access to vendors and sub-contractors, the system will manage Rs 671.25 crore worth of equipment for projects worth Rs 13,425 crore
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HCL Infosystems gets broadband connectivity project from Indian Railways
The company will provide end to end ADSL 2+ Broadband Network on Indian Railways enterprise Wide Area Network through RailTel Corporation of India
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Mind over matter: Ashok Soota happiest
The company aims to be the fastest IT services firm from India to touch USD 100 million in revenues
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India BI market to grow 16 percent in 2011: Gartner
BI ranked number five on the list of the top 10 technology priorities in 2011, according to Gartner's annual global CIO survey
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IEEE targets Cloud interoperability standards
The engineering organization aims to develop a cloud portability roadmap and interoperability standards, while breaking down single-vendor formats
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Portal transforms project service delivery
The portal has improved productivity for functions such as delivery, audit and quality by 4.5 percent
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Ex-Wipro CEO Suresh Vaswani joins Dell India as Chairman
Suresh Vaswani to lead Dell Services Applications and BPO global organization as Executive Vice President
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'Adopt the cloud in an organizationally driven way'
If you’re wondering why organizations are hesitant to adopt
the cloud, or about the mistakes to avoid when transitioning to
the cloud, or what Cloud 3.0 and Web 3.0 are about, then you’ve got to meet cloud computing guru, Peter Coffee, Head of Platform Research,Salesforce.com and former Technology Editor, eWeek.
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Netmagic develops cloud computing platform with VMware and Cisco
Cloud computing platform leverages VMware vSphere and Cisco UCS solutions
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EMC buys network security company NetWitness
NetWitness' network analysis and visualization tools, used to investigate the high-profile breach of RSA's SecurID authentication system, will be folded into EMC's RSA security management products
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Windows 8 may feature tablet friendly user interface
Leaked images indicate the next version of Microsoft's OS borrows heavily from Office and offers one-click access to key tools
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MindTree ropes in Albert to focus on new roots
The company is realigning its growth strategy by focusing on core areas and staying close to its customers, to reach its goal of joining the billion dollar club
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E-governance initiatives contributing to cloud computing growth in India: Zinnov
Study conducted by the management consulting firm reveals that administrators in India are trying to implement cloud computing in e-governance
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Cloud computing has the potential to drive Indian CIOs closer to the business
By leveraging the cloud, Indian CIOs have the opportunity to raise the profile of the IT organization as an indispensable influencer of business outcomes
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Smartlink Network Systems sells Digilink to Schneider
Smartlink Network Systems Ltd (SNSL) today announced that it is selling its Digilink Business to Schneider Electric India (Schneider) for Rs 5,030 million, under Business Transfer Agreement (BTA). The transaction would primarily include the transfer of the “Digilink” brand and trademarks, part of the manufacturing facility at Goa, the distribution network and employees who served Digilink. The company has agreed to a non-compete condition for a period of 5 years for the passive networking business.
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IBM to have new cloud computing data center in Singapore
New facility extends IBM’s global cloud delivery capabilities to meet growth market cloud needs of businesses in Asia Pacific
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Cisco to acquire NewScale for Cloud self-provisioning
The addition of a service catalog and self-service portal will make Cisco into more of a private cloud supplier
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Tackling the uncertainty of core network planning
To avoid breaking the economics of core network provisioning, service providers must extract every bit of cost out of their networks without compromising services or reducing quality of experience for their end users
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iPad type media tablets will drive IT spending up 5.6 percent in 2011, says Gartner
Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total USD 3.6 trillion in 2011
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How LG gets a pulse of the market
The Web-based SSE Management system had increased the overall market share of the company by more than 20 percent in 2010
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Windows Phone 7 predicted to beat Apple iPhone
Google's Android will be in first place, but Microsoft's WP 7 platform will come in second with 20 percent of the worldwide smartphone market by 2015, according to IDC
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World's largest chapter of Cloud Security Alliance launched in Mumbai
Cloud adoption in India is picking up but the key concern is security
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‘Dynamics of competition is driving businesses to Analytics’
On the sidelines of the SAS Forum 2011 in Mumbai, Don Cooper-Williams Executive Director, Marketing & Alliances – Asia Pacific, SAS spoke to Brian Pereira about the sudden interest in analytics and how IT vendors are tapping the huge opportunity
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Surviving the data explosion
With frequent and rapid changes in market, thick competition, compliance and regulatory norms, and the urgency to increase customer bases and profitability, Information Management is gaining new significance in business
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CIO Profile - Udayan Banerjee
While trying to anticipate the future, learn to separate hype from reality, Says Udayan Banerjee, CIO, NIIT Technologies.
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Videoconferencing, telepresence spending to double by 2015
Cisco-Tandberg, Avaya, Lifesize, and Polycom are focusing on conference room systems, projected as the area of greatest growth, according to Infonetics
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Aruba launches new context-aware device management architecture
MOVE (Mobile Virtual Enterprise) architecture by Aruba Networks claims to facilitate the evolution from port-centric to mobility-centric access networks
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Microsoft announces the availability of Windows Intune in India
Firm claims that businesses can leverage the power of the cloud to save up to USD 702 per PC per year with Windows Intune
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CIO KLUB launches two more chapters in Southern India
The CIO KLUB has officially inaugurated two more chapters in Bangalore and Chennai
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Tech giants push smart networking standard
Rivals Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, along with Cisco and IBM to name a few others, are overlooking their differences to promote programmable networking
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Cisco logs into IT sector for next level of growth
In a unique first, Cisco has created a vertical dedicated specifically to IT in India
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SAP unifies Governance Risk and Compliance suite
Single platform combines Access Control, Process Control, Risk Management and Global Trade Services. The payoff: faster, easier deployment and more comprehensive, automated GRC
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Open source vulnerabilities paint a target on Android
With smartphone exploits on the rise, an almost-successful attack against Android devices hints at future dangers
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Paperless wave transforms ICICI Securities
Automation of physical statements has helped ICICI Securities achieve cost saving of 4 crore per annum
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New WiFi alliance certification aims at Next Generation hotspots
The new certification program looks extremely promising as it will empower mobile carriers to harness the power WiFi technology to complement their cellular networks
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Tablet PCs are enabling cloud based solutions
A recent AMI study has shown that firms with tablets use SaaS applications 20 percent more compared to those without
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How Japan’s disaster will affect your business
From components to submarine cables, the disaster can make an impact on your business
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MIEL e-Security launches cloud-based managed security service
The product can check over 200 security parameters on desktops and servers for standards like ISO 27001, PCI/DSS, SOX, HIPAA, GLB and NIST
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Ariba Discovery helps buyers find suppliers
Using dating sites like Match.com as a model, the e-procurement network makes it easier for companies to find and qualify suppliers and vice versa
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IFFCO tracks fertilizer stock efficiently
The Fertilizer Monitoring System has helped in planning for supply of fertilizer in deficit areas
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RSA-McAfee: Will a technology alliance between two strong competitors work?
Alliance may spur adoption of more such partnerships among other tech vendors
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53 percent of Indian mobile phone users are victims of mobile theft
Despite these alarming statistics revealed by a Norton survey, only two in five Indians currently have a password protecting their devices
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Denial of service attacks increased sharply in 2010
DDoS attacks surpass SQL injection to become most prevalent attack vector, security vendor Trustwave reports
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Microsoft set to formally launch IE9
Software maker is hoping new features and faster performance will halt steady decline in its browser's market share
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Network hacked? Call the ethical hacker
An organization should minutely and independently verify the claims of an ethical hacker
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Indian SMBs not prepared for disasters: Symantec
Symantec revealed the India findings of its 2011 SMB disaster preparedness survey, which measured the attitudes and practices of small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs)
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'Severe' DNS vulnerability leaves systems open to attack
Security experts urge organizations running vulnerable versions of BIND to upgrade immediately to avoid a potential denial of service strike
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80 percent of browsers have known vulnerabilities
Most problems are caused by insecure plug-ins, such as Java, Adobe Reader, QuickTime, and Flash, finds Qualys
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Website of Karanataka Vikas Grameena Bank infected
The bank's website has been compromised by the injection of malicious obfuscated Javascript, says security firm Zscaler
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Indian security industry moving towards IP-based solutions
Growing security threat perception, integration of IT and physical security, modernization of police forces and implementation of city surveillance projects are key drivers of security industry in India
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The security industry and a look ahead
The economies of scale, flexibility and efficiencies of cloud infrastructures will save us massive amounts of capital and maintenance costs
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Akamai Technologies launches cloud defense solutions
Akamai Technologies, cloud optimization services provider, rolled out a new suite of cloud defense solutions aimed at protecting companies from increasingly sophisticated and costly Web attacks
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Google enables two-factor authentication for all
You can now protect your Google Account with security techniques employed by online banks
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An insight into data security issues in banking sector unveiled
Data Security Council of India (DSCI), a Nasscom initiative, unveiled the “DSCI-KPMG survey on state of data security and privacy in the Indian banking industry.”
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Can we successfully face the next Stuxnet?
Are there any specific standards required to meet the information requirements for SCADA?
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Scammers now targeting your phone: Cisco report
Scammers have started turning their focus away from Windows-based PCs to smart phones, tablet computers, and mobile platforms, says a Cisco report.
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Ipaidabribe.com - a crowdsourcing initiative to weed out corruption
The website provides transaction-wise data on the number of bribes paid. It also has a bribometer which gives city wise ranking based on the reports received
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Quest Software completes acquisition of BakBone
Acquisition of Bakbone will strengthen Quest’s position in data protection capabilities
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SIEM gathers steam in 2010
Strong market growth rate attracting new start-ups, but biggest slices are increasingly being hoarded by a very short list of SIEM vendors
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New stealth rootkit steals Windows 7, Server 2008 user privileges 'on the fly'
Researcher plans to hand off code to antivirus vendors, and then to EC-Council for ethical hacking training
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Attackers broke malware records in 2010
Over the past year, online criminals created one-third of all viruses and 34 percent of all malware ever seen
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RSA SecurID authentication to protect Indiabulls’ trading platform
The online and mobile platforms will be secured using two-factor authentication
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Why don't firewalls work?
Even the best firewalls might fail an audit -- or get hacked -- if your enterprise doesn't follow proper change and configuration management practices. Here's a look at some of the common pitfalls that trip up firewall administrators
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Will malware hit smartphones in 2011?
Malware, viruses and the like have been a routine part of life for PC owners for years, at least if you are running Windows. Smartphone users have been largely ignored by the malware community, but that will inevitably change
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2011 will see upsurge of attacks aimed at Facebook, iPods and Smartphones
Websense Security Labs Research predicts that 2011 will see state-sponsored malware attacks and an increase in corporate breaches
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The six coolest hacks of 2010
Owned ATMs, a rogue cell tower, Firesheep, and a Samy comeback . Yes, 2010 has been a year to remember
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Microsoft overhauls free antivirus software
Firewall integration, a better heuristic anti-virus scanner, and network traffic inspection added to Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0
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Facebook's new automated photo tagging feature raises privacy concerns
Sophos says that users should have the ability to opt-in to automatic photo tagging rather than opt-out
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Lost laptops cost companies billions, study says
Cost of data exposure dwarfs the cost of lost equipment, according to Intel and Ponemon report
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WikiLeaks botnet continues attack on MasterCard website
Hacktivists" say their denial of service assaults aren't intended to steal personal financial data, rather to raise awareness of companies that stopped doing business with WikiLeaks
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Beware of poorly secured WiFi networks
The recent e-mail related to the Varanasi bomb blast on 8th December 2010 was traced to a poorly secured WiFi connection. Here is what you should do to secure your WiFi connection
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One third of all computer viruses that exist were created in the first 10 months of 2010
Research by PandaLabs shows that between January and October this year, hackers created 20 million new variants, the same amount as in the whole of 2009
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Aviva India signs deal with RSA for deploying DLP solutions
The insurance firm has signed a deal with RSA for deploying Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions across 8,500 users of Aviva India
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WikiLeaks – how to prevent the 'inside job'
Existing systems are built to fight past wars, not the war that has now begun – defending digital data from an internal threat
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Reliance Communications, Genpact and Aircel honored with Symantec Luminary Awards
Awards recognize innovative usage of technology for business and customer benefits
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Seclore wants IRM to be embedded everywhere
By positioning itself as a security infrastructure company rather than a security application company, the firm wants to expand beyond its traditional markets
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Biometrics and one-time passwords gaining traction among consumers
Improved technology, growing familiarity making alternative authentication more palatable to consumers
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Top 10 things your users are doing to sabotage your network
Despite best efforts of IT administrators, users can derail carefully laid mitigation plans. Here is a list of things that your users should not do
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Building confidence in the cloud
Practical points that one must consider before embracing the cloud
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Information security quadrants
Four types of implementations can be viewed as the four quadrants of information security
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Smartphones: The next generation of security vulnerabilities
Enterprises are seeing an explosion of smart devices entering the company and accessing their data. Security experts recommend some simple steps to tame the mobile beast
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Malware levels at an all time high, observes McAfee report
An average of 60,000 new pieces of malware identified per day, India suffers from the greatest concentration of Stuxnet attacks
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When to change passwords
How often should you change your password? The answer depends on what the password is used for
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Possible new threat: Malware that targets hardware
Researchers demonstrate proof-of-concept for developing malware that attacks specific hardware processors with 'surgical' precision
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Why a Unified GRC is imperative for enabling better corporate responsibility and performance
Fragmented and manual GRC processes can make GRC lose sight of its prime objective - to improve performance and efficiency
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Investment in IT sector not a priority for Buffet
Buffet’s investment plans are driven by his business acumen and ability to understand future of a business
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How MSRTC improved its ticketing process
By using an e-ticketing system, MSRTC brought down the cost of ticketing to only 38 percent of the pre-deployment cost
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ITGI slashes customer query resolution time
By using a comprehensive solution from CA, IFFCO Tokio General Insurance (ITGI) enhanced its customer services and also reduced the problem resolution time by 35 percent
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The top ten technology trends to watch out for
A glimpse into the key technologies that will transform our future
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HP advances 'Converged Infrastructure' strategy in India
With a list of 15 client wins in India, HP is finding acceptance for its ‘Converged Infrastructure’
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Caparo India inks 10-year deal with IBM
The deal is for the implementation of SAP ERP and outsourcing of datacenter infrastructure including managed services
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HCL Infosystems bags Rs 300 crore order from Indian Air Force
The firm will supply, install and commission a WCDMA-based portable wireless 3G mobile network for the Indian Air Force
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“Price has absolutely distorted the IT procurement process”
CIOs need to look at solutions that can be used to drive better business value rather than be focused on a cost reduction exercise says Neil McMurchy, Research Director at Gartner
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What makes SMBs ‘tick’
By making investments in IT hardware, software and networking equipment SMBs can increase operational efficiency, employee productivity, customer responsiveness, cost containment, network security as well as agility to react to business changes
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Get to know what your peers are reading thro' LinkedIn Today
LinkedIn Today allows members to consume the top trending news relevant to a particular industry and by what is being shared the most frequently by those industry’s professionals
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Wipro to drive Canara Bank’s regional rural bank initiative
To implement centralized core banking solution for three sponsored regional rural banks across 900 branches
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Reliance Communications partners with Cisco for largest 3G deployment in India
The new mobile network for Reliance Communications will cover 100,000 square kilometers
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HCl Info wins financial inclusion project from Punjab & Sind Bank
The collaboration is looking to facilitate the provision of smart card-based technology solutions for financial inclusion
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Cloud sourcing contract terms often favor the provider: Gartner
The research company has identified four risky issues that CIOs and sourcing executives should be aware of when contracting for cloud services
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SAP introduces new business solutions
The new BI and EIM releases manifest the broad range of technology innovations that are shaping the future of analytics
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Social CRM rush projected for enterprises
Gartner study finds large businesses are accelerating use of social media for customer service and brand management with 30 percent planning to adopt it over the next 24 months
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Continue taking risk and overcoming fear of failure
Leading industrialists echoed their sentiments at the opening ceremony of Enterprising India, TiE Mumbai’s annual event
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Novell unveils advanced Linux systems management solution
Novell rolled out SUSE Manager, the advanced systems management solution for enterprise Linux environments
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Ramesh Grover of CMS group passes away
Ramesh D Grover, founder and Chairman of the CMS Group of companies, passed away on March 5 in Mumbai
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'All IT solutions should be business and information related'
Girish Rao, Head- IT Solutions, Marico in conversation with Srikanth RP of InformationWeek
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Dubai Internet City to forge stronger ties with Indian ICT companies
Indian ICT companies are increasingly looking at special zones or ICT clusters to set up their operational hubs
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Focus on growth maintained
The delivery mechanism and the Government’s ability to bridge the gap between revenue and expenditure needs to be understood
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Roadmap for innovators a welcome move
The formation of National Innovation Council and State Innovation Councils to prepare a roadmap for innovations in India is a welcome move
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Not a very industry-friendly budget
The assumption being made that MAT will be refunded as a set-off against full tax paid at a later date implies that the government expects IT exports to be taxed at full rate in future
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‘Pending reform initiatives may see light of the day’
The proposals to simplify the refund of Service Tax is very welcome given that huge refunds have been stuck up in procedural delays
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Role of IT in nation building gets recognition
Initiatives such as rural broadband connectivity, IT infrastructure backbone for GST and focus on green among others will boost overall expenditure on IT in the country
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Budget 2011 promotes inclusive growth
The budget this year provides a number of measures to promote inclusive growth, which is crucial to sustain India’s development ambitions
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Top technology trends for 2011
Organizations, that invest in innovation today, will be ahead of the game tomorrow
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Investment in technology for govt sector needs to be hiked: Mastek
Government needs to bring about ways to accelerate the growth of the infrastructure sector through measures such as incentives on faster project completion
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Promote adoption of technology: Hexaware
The Budget should incentivize adoption of technology for nation-building
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IBM implements ERP solution at Roca India
The new set-up has given Roca, a robust IT infrastructure to manage end-to-end business processes and scale to match its aggressive growth plans
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MindTree bags two multi-year, multi-million IMS deals
The customers are one of the largest information and communication technology (ICT) service-providers in Europe; and a leading US-based bank.
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Standarized GST - need of the hour
Rapidly rising real estate costs in all large Indian cities threatens to become a deterrent in India's software industry
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IBM tops India external disk storage market
According to newly released data from IDC, IBM India has emerged as the number one vendor in revenue for Q4 and full year (2010) in the India external disk storage systems
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Pointers for adopting cloud storage
Done right, cloud storage promises to free up your I&O staff from complex and onerous storage management tasks
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Tackling the data monster
The world’s data already exceeds available storage space — and demand for storage capacity will continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of over 43 percent in the next three years
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‘The Indian IT industry is experiencing explosive growth in unstructured data’
George Bennett, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations, Isilon, explains why the scale-out storage model is perfect for the cloud
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EMC sets new records for storage
Launches 41 new products for mid and lower tiers
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Commvault releases IT storage spending survey results
A recent survey conducted by CommVault, the data management and storage solutions provider, revealed that managing data growth (i.e., data reduction) will be the top budget priority for 2011
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Symantec takes on unstructured data with Data Insight
New tools provide visibility and control to utilize stored data more efficiently and strategically
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NetApp storing the India advantage
The India R&D center contributes to 40 percent of NetApp’s advanced design that goes global
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Virtualization and cloud technologies add complexity to disaster recovery initiatives in India
Symantec research reveals gap in downtime expectations versus reality among Indian enterprises
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IBM wants to maintain storage leadership with Storwize v7000
With this new solution, Big Blue is aggressively targeting the mid sector
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Are you ready for high speed storage interfaces?
A new wave of high speed storage interfaces is on the way offering improved storage I/O performance
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Does SSD make sense in the small data center?
The small data center with two to three servers may be an ideal match for disk form factor SSDs
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Forget FCoE - The war is about convergence
Convergence will happen, and there is every indication that it will be Ethernet based
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How to get high performance cloud storage
With proper planning, cloud storage can be leveraged for even the most demanding of applications
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EMC announces new version of Data Protection Advisor
New features will help enterprises automate backup and replication monitoring, alerting and reporting in private clouds
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Automated backups help Orbis improve storage ROI
By using a storage solution from CommVault, Orbis Financial Corporation has significantly reduced backup failures
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“Dell will focus on standardization, simplification and automation of the environment”
Dell announced its Efficient Enterprise strategy last year, which is aimed at helping businesses reduce spending on IT infrastructure maintenance. In an exclusive interview with InformationWeek India, Jim Merritt, President, Asia Pacific Japan, Large Enterprise, Dell gave Brian Pereira an update on Efficient Enterprise
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What business data should be in the cloud?
In theory, the ability now exists to put all your data types on a cloud storage platform, but is that the right choice for your business?
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IBM unveils Power7 and Storage migration offer for HP and Oracle-Sun clients in India
IBM has launched a new financing program targeting Oracle-Sun and HP customers in India
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Hitachi Data Systems unveils new storage virtualization platform
Firm claims that the platform will deliver up to 33 percent reduction in TCO and more than 30 percent reduction in power, cooling and floor space costs
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'Organizations cannot run their IT infrastructure the same way for the next five years’
Steve Leonard, President, EMC Asia Pacific and Japan, shares his perspective on how organizations are
making their journey to the cloud
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SafeNet teams up with NetApp to provide storage security
This collaboration will provide users with the ability to manage and protect on-premise, cloud-based and virtualized data storage
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EMC opens its second Global Command Center in India
The new Global Command Center (GCC) and Critical Incident Response Center (CIRC) will play a key role mirroring the company’s existing facilities located in the United States
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CommVault launches cloud-based storage
New and existing customers can leverage Rackspace’s cloud-based data storage by purchasing a per-terabyte capacity license from CommVault
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Yesterday's tech strategies are woefully inadequate for today's global economy - NetApp CEO, Tom Georgens
NetApp CEO shares his views on some of the challenges his CIO customers are facing
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HP wins 3PAR bidding war
Dell submitted a renewed offer that included a sweetened termination bid approaching USD 100 million, but 3PAR declined to accept it, clearing the way for HP to acquire the storage company for more than USD 2.3 billion
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The value of storage solutions in the financial services industry
An optimized storage solution can contribute to more informed and timely decision making in the FSI sector, says Gerrit Franzen of Hitachi
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'The next 10 years will be about data availability and management'
Oussama El-Hilali, VP of Engineering, NetBackup, Symantec Information Management Group points out a significant trend on the backup and recovery scenario—transformation from data protection to information management
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Data warehousing shifts to analytics arms race
Performance upgrades and in-database functions highlight latest Netezza, Aster Data and Infobright releases
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Verizon to offer storage on the cloud
The service can be used to either augment traditional storage options such as storage area networking and network-attached storage or be used as a stand-alone solution
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Cisco targets SMBs with Smart Storage
The networking giant is targeting small businesses with less than 100 employees
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Default database passwords still in use
Researchers urge review of database accounts against list of more than 1,000 default user name and password combinations
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IFFCO chooses IBM to power new ERP environment
The cooperative society has utilized a combination of IBM’s hardware and storage solutions to run its new ERP application
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EMS launches Data Center-in-a-Box
EMS says the Data Center-in-a-Box technology will provide more than 50 percent savings in data center cooling costs
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EMC sees demand for de-duplication in virtualized environments
With virtualized environments causing I/O congestion for enterprises, EMC is finding good demand for its de-duplication technologies
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‘A time to optimize IT infrastructure’
EMC has made mammoth investments in India and has set new standards for network storage. Manoj Chugh, President – EMC India & SAARC, told Brian Pereira about EMC’s new mission to help businesses optimize their IT infrastructure
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800 billion Zettabytes of digital information created in 2009, observes EMC study
Study estimates that the amount of digital information in 2010 will be equal to digital information created by every man, woman and child on earth “Tweeting” continuously for hundred years
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HP launches next generation SAN and tape storage solutions
HP claims that the new products will improve capacity utilization while reducing TCO
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EMC claims faster deduplication with GDA
Called the Global Deduplication Array, the new storage system can accommodate up to 270 concurrent backup jobs
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Netapp to acquire Bycast
Bycast is expected to extend NetApp’s position in unified storage by adding an object-based storage software offering
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IBM revamps Intel server lineup
Big Blue adds new rack, tower, and blade systems to its portfolio of Xeon-based servers
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ING Vysya Bank implements DR solution from Sanovi
The DRM solution has enabled the bank’s treasury application to be recovery ready
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EMC sees demand growing for unified storage
Offers customers 8Gbps FC in keeping with customer demand for higher performance
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Forbes Marshall selects IBM to support business growth
Utilizes a combination of IBM Power Systems and Storage for a 40 percent saving on TCO
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Google's got your backup
Among other reasons to consider Google Apps: automatic backups for disaster recovery
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Seagate Ships 2TB Enterprise Drive
The nearline storage device retrieves data from a tape library or other device and makes it available online
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Oracle unveils Exadata V2 in Indian market
The firm claims ten times more data storage and processing with the new Exadata Version
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'Converged infrastructure is a natural progression towards cloud computing'
Jim Wagstaff, VP & GM, StorageWorks Division, Enterprise Storage, Servers and Networking, HP Enterprise Business, shares his perspective on why unified architecture is the need of the hour
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Mid-sized enterprises more aggressive on cloud computing technologies, finds Symantec study
India’s medium-sized enterprises are adopting new technology initiatives such as cloud computing, replication, and de-duplication at 10-15 percent higher rates than small or large enterprises
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HP advances 'Converged Infrastructure' strategy in India
With a list of 15 client wins in India, HP is finding acceptance for its ‘Converged Infrastructure’
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iPad 2: Five things Apple left out
Apple's second-generation iPad mostly impresses, but Apple still managed to leave some key technologies out
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Dell makes laptop battery recycling easier
Dell has announced the launch of its free laptop battery recycling program in India for consumers
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IBM to provide Bharti Infratel smarter cell towers
Bharti Infratel, a subsidiary of Bharti airtel, has chosen IBM to provide Intelligent Site Operations to more than 32,000 Bharti Infratel tower-sites spread across 11 telecom circles in India
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HCL Infosystems to provide 6,500 laptops to Keltron
HCL Infosystems have bagged the contract to provide over 6,500 units of laptops and netbooks from Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation (Keltron)
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CES: BodyMedia sends calorie and sleep data to your phone
The company's newest Armband uses Bluetooth to send over 5000 different health variables to your Android or Apple-based phone
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CES 2011: Android-based car stereo receives Internet services, iPod's music
It's time to put the smart phone back in the car. Sort of. Parrot's media console, running Android, offers a slightly different take on auto-tech.
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Hands-on with RIM Playbook at CES
After months of waiting, RIM finally let us touch, feel and use its Playbook tablet at CES; its first foray into the tablet market. As tablet hardware goes, this one stacks up nicely
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IBM in hybrid chip breakthrough
Technology could lead to exaflop computing—systems that can perform one million trillion calculations per second
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iPad, smartphones dragging down PC sales
Gartner lowers 2010 and 2011 forecasts for global PC shipments, as Apple and other tablets and smartphones cut into conventional computer shipments
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Server shipments up 13 percent for Q3 of 2010
Gartner report also observes that blade servers outpaced the other form factors, namely tower and rack servers, for the period
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FC Kohli honored with CSI Lifetime achievement award
The father of the Indian software industry and Padma Bhushan winner was bestowed this honor at CSI’s 45th Annual National Convention 2010 on November 25th, in Mumbai
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Methane powered laptops could arrive soon
Harvard researchers develop platinum-free solid-oxide fuel cells, which could be reliable and cheap enough for mobile technology
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Emerson network power unveils comprehensive DCIM strategy
Firm claims that the platform will enable dynamic infrastructure optimization
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Analytics is achievable in mainframes when coupled with the right processors and algorithms
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Cyberoam unveils its new line of Wireless UTMs
Cyberoam claims that these appliances can reduce the overall cost of managing WLAN environments for SMBs
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Environmental Sustainability is becoming an important criterion in PC brand selection
Businesses are placing a greater emphasis on environmental sustainability in their choice of PC brand, according to new research from Gartner
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Laptop heat may cause 'Toasted Skin Syndrome'
A review of recent cases concludes with a call for heat shielding and warning labels for laptop computers
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802.11n certification booming
The Wi-Fi Alliance reports that more than 1,100 products have been certified since the launch of its Wi-Fi Certified 802.11n testing program
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Energy costs account for 12 percent of overall data center expenditures
Energy-related costs are the fastest-rising cost in the data center, say researchers at Gartner
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Dell to launch second tablet
Chief Executive Michael Dell showed off a prototype of the 7-inch tablet at Oracle OpenWorld, but did not offer details
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Oracle introduces the Exalogic Elastic Cloud
The machine is designed to provide a complete cloud application infrastructure by consolidating the widest possible range of Java and non-Java application types and workloads
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Sandeep Nair takes over as new president for MAIT
Alok Bharadwaj appointed Vice President
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Virtualization leads server manufacturers to a new paradigm
As the number of physical servers decline, server manufacturers are now focusing on revenue per server than on the number of units sold
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How degaussing can help in secure disposal of media
Plug-in compatible with Ubuntu, other Debian-based Linux distributions released two years after Windows and Mac versions
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Linux gets Google Voice, Video chat
Dual-platform strategy will also see Hewlett-Packard ship a slate computer that runs Windows 7
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HP confirms WebOS tablet
Sales touch 23.7 lakh units in the April to June 2010 quarter, according to IDC India
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India PC sales show year-on-year growth of 34 percent
Is Intel becoming a player in Microsoft's undoing?
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Will Intel kill Wintel?
The company plans to double its market share in the Indian server business by expanding its server portfolio
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Acer expands product portfolio with server launch
According to MAIT, the total PC sales between April 2009 and March 2010, were 8.03 million (80.3 lakh) units, registering a growth of 18 percent over the last fiscal
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Big Blue calls new zEnterprise server a "data center in a box" that will appeal as much to CFOs as CIOs
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IBM unveils Next-Generation mainframe
Company aims to lower cost and consolidate multi-vendor environment with IBM’s hardware platform
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Asia MotorWorks consolidates IT infrastructure onto IBM platform
New offerings include server and storage solutions that HP claims will allow upto 56 percent reductions in total cost of ownership compared to traditional IT infrastructures
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HP delivers new collaboration and consolidation solutions for SMBs
Brian Pereira asked Dave Donatelli, Executive VP & GM, Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking unit, HP how well HP's new products interoperate with those of competitors, and how they pay for themselves
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‘We want to interoperate with all networking players’
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Gartner trims worldwide IT spending growth forecast to 3.9 percent for 2010
The mobile collaboration tool is targeted at businesses, so it's not seen as a direct competitor to Apple's iPad
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Cisco crafts Android-based enterprise tablet
Study finds enterprises are under increasing pressure to manage and support iWorkers' devices and applications
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IT unprepared for flood of consumer devices, apps
The firm’s eX5 architecture will allow enterprises to scale the memory in their data centers without having to buy new servers
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IBM bets on ex5 to propel x86 market share
Printer, copier and multifunctional product (MFP) market in India totalled nearly 0.8 million units in the first quarter of 2010, says Gartner
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MFP market in India grew 36 percent in first quarter of 2010: Gartner
The project is aimed at ensuring proper distribution of food rationing and other benefits to people living below the poverty line
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HCL Infosystems bags order to implement smart card-based PDS
PC sales touch 22.40 lakh units, while notebook PC sales cross 8 lakh units in a quarter
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India PC sales record 33 percent growth in first quarter of 2010
WebOS will be leveraged across numerous devices, including Internet-connected printers and slate computers, said HP
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HP to bring Palm WebOS to printers
Almost half of Citrix employees bring their own computer to work, taking advantage of a company subsidy to select the laptop they prefer
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Citrix Employees Use Personal Laptops For Work
The hardware major is positioning itself as a complete provider in the education segment by tying up with India’s largest technology driven education company, Educomp
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Dell takes aim at education segment by partnering with Educomp
Verizon Business is branching out into cloud services, including identity management, in partnership with Novell
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Verizon, Novell Offer ID Management Service
Steve Jobs cites security, poor performance and no support for touch-based interfaces as problems with Adobe's cross-platform browser plug-in
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Apple CEO Explains Flash Ban
Migration helps bank do away with 21 hub locations across the country
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Lakshmi Vilas Bank migrates networks to MPLS
Roambi, QlikTech, and MicroStrategy are among business intelligence software vendors taking advantage of the Apple tablet's screen real estate
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Mobile BI apps target iPad
The iPad hasn't even been out for two weeks yet and there is already a Linux rival to the iconic device
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Hedging its bet on Android, Motorola is looking for a way to have more control over its destiny
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AT&T to buy T-Mobile for USD 39 billion
AT&T announced its intent to purchase smaller rival T-Mobile in a USD 39 billion deal that will help both compete better with Verizon Wireless
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Nokia and Union Bank of India join hands for mobile financial inclusion initiative
The Financial Inclusion plan will aim at bringing banking services to over 10 million customers across 32,000 villages by 2013
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Mobile applications will be the differentiating factor: Gartner
Gartner expects brand companies to increasingly shift their marketing budget to the mobile channel, and experiment with cutting-edge apps to capture marketing and sales opportunities
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Smartphone sales up by 72 percent in 2010: Gartner
Worldwide mobile device sales to end users totaled 1.6 billion units in 2010, a 31.8 percent increase from 2009, according to the research firm Gartner
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Nokia study indicates Indians prefer business-focused apps
According to a global study from Nokia, 58 per cent of smartphone users in India believe apps truly benefit their lives, relying on them while at home (31 per cent), travelling (24 per cent), or at work (10 per cent)
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Mobile pre-inspection module boosts profitability for RGI
Reliance General Insurance (RGI) partnered with ARCIS to develop an Integrated Pre-Inspection Module, which has helped the firm weed out lot of bad risk business from its books.
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Mobicule's mobile solution transforms Usha International's sales force
Post deployment of the mobile-based solution, Usha International has improved its sales productivity
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Tablets will replace one in three PCs, study says
Analysts at Goldman Sachs say Microsoft and Intel stand to take the biggest hit as consumers embrace slates powered by alternative software and hardware
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Out There media announces record-breaking 2.5 million consumer opt-ins in Asia
Unprecedented response from subscribers in the Philippines and Malaysia for next generation permission-based mobile advertising program
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LG and VMware join forces to accelerate enterprise adoption of employee owned smartphones
Partnership targets new methods for businesses to manage employee owned mobile devices
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Reliance Consumer Finance boosts collections through mobile solution
With the MFOS solution, a branch manager or collection head can monitor the activities of his collection agents when required
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Verizon outlines top 10 technology trends for 2011
Technology trends include cloud, unified communications, convergence, mobile apps and IPv6
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Google CEO sees android phones replacing credit cards
Near-field communication chips in the next version of Android will change mobile commerce
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Automated machine data collection reduces man hours by 98 percent
The deployment of the Wireless Machine Data Acquisition System has helped TVS Motor reduce data collection time from 300 to 3.75 man hours per month
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Mobile-based solution helps Allergan increase market share
A planning module on the PDA helps field employees plan what to discuss with customers
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While mobile operators see tremendous potential in 3G in India, little attention is being paid to security which could be a major stumbling block for its growth in the country
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iPad leads tablets into workplace
IT organizations have to prepare because the tablets are coming
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Mobile security issues are an area of high concern, observes survey
The findings of a recent Juniper Networks study also indicates that 81 percent admit using their devices to access their employer’s network without their employer’s knowledge or permission
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Bharti Airtel to launch 3G in 2010
Using 3G, Airtel will introduce a suite of products in areas such as mobile commerce and mobile healthcare
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Mobile voice and data revenue to cross trillion dollar mark by 2014: Gartner
New devices like tablets and e-book readers will emerge but smartphones will dominate device sales in mature markets
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Infosys launches Finacle Mobile Banking 2.0
One of the first mobile banking solutions in the world to offer mobile financial management and advisory services
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Marico’s mobile based-application generates additional revenues of Rs 4 crore for farmers
Post deployment of the mobile application, productivity has increased by 30 percent, while damage to crops has been reduced by 50 percent
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Worldwide media tablet sales to reach 19.5 million units in 2010
Media tablet sales to grow 181 percent in 2011, says Gartner
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RIM introduces the BlackBerry Torch smartphone in India
First smartphone to combine full touch screen experience with BlackBerry keyboard
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Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 7 lineup
Devices from HTC, LG, Samsung, and Dell will hit the US market in mid-November on AT&T and T-Mobile
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mCarbon selects Red Hat Enterprise Linux for new infrastructure platform
Post implementation, mCarbon’s voicemail application has seen a steep increase in call attempts from 2 lakh to about 5 lakh in just two years without any drop in performance
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RBI authorizes ItzCash to issue mobile wallet
With this license, the company can offer mobile wallet facilities to citizens who are cell phone subscribers
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The iPad is emerging as not just a cooler and slicker computing device but rather a superb customer-engagement tool that unlocks new business possibilities
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Google Maps for mobile gets walking navigation
Pedestrians with Android phones now have the option of step-by-step walking directions
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Symbian and Android to lead mobile OS market, says Gartner
The two operating systems will account for close to 60 percent of mobile OS sales by 2014
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Apple allows apps translated from Flash
In a surprising about-face, Apple has removed many restrictions in its developer agreement and published guidelines about the kinds of apps it will accept and reject
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iPhone iOS devices jailbroken
Hackers are claiming to have uncovered a flaw within iPhone and iPod Touch hardware that will make it easy for users to jailbreak their devices
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1.5 billion mobile broadband subscribers predicted by 2015
Most mobile Internet users connected via smartphones, but many use modem-enabled iPads, netbooks and laptops and operators see burgeoning revenue growth in mobile broadband services, according to ABI Research
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Salesforce.com introduces Chatter Mobile
With Chatter Mobile, users will be able to monitor posts from colleagues and alerts from apps – all from their mobile device
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Read how Google is innovating to match the information needs of tomorrow, and how tomorrow’s search engine will serve you information proactively even before you ask it
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BlackBerry ban in India postponed
RIM's engagement with Indian government officials may keep BlackBerry users from losing e-mail and instant messaging service
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Gmail offers free phone calls
With technology from its acquisition of Gizmo5, Google is taking on Skype and the rest of the telecom world
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Windows Phone 7 boasts 300,000 developer downloads
Microsoft's Windows Phone Developer blog is claiming that over 300,000 people have downloaded the Windows Phone Developer Tools
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Intel, Nokia developing mobile 3D tech
R&D lab will explore technologies like 3D holograms that display the person being talked to on a mobile device
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Google, Motorola, Verizon partnering on Android tablet
Google has picked Motorola to lead the charge against Apple's iPad with the first Android 3.0 tablet, says Digitimes Research
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Along with the BlackBerry 9800 Torch, Research In Motion debuted its latest operating system, BlackBerry 6. Can it beat Android and iOS?
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The networking giant believes that video will drive the next wave of communications for enterprises
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Cisco unifies enterprise communications with Jabber
Cisco rolled out Jabber, a unified communications application that brings together presence, instant messaging (IM), voice and video, voice messaging, desktop sharing and conferencing into a single consistent experience across PCs, Macs, tablets and smart phones
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IBM’s cloud version of Lotus Notes finds good uptake in India
12 percent of Lotus Notes adoption has been via the cloud
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HP partners with IIIT-B to launch Network University
The University will aid IT professionals to advance their knowledge in the delivery of next-generation enterprise networks
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Unified Communications: The new mouthpiece in enterprises
Indian enterprises are taking UC beyond basic communications, by using forms such as UC-as-a-service and virtual teams, for R&D, training and client interactions
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Facebook becoming ultimate CRM system
The social network's latest messaging features point to a future in which you can contact someone wherever they are with a single click
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The Office: Who needs it
60 percent of employees in study say they don't need to go into an office to be productive; IT execs worry about security of mobile workers
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Taj Hotels selects NEC as preferred network solution provider
NEC to provide IP telephone systems for eight new hotel locations
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Cisco to introduce home telepresence system
A USD 600 video conferencing system that includes a video camera and a device to connect to a HD TV will reportedly be launched by the network equipment maker
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Collaboration possibilities for organizations are 'infinite'
Right tools and right approach enhance the communication paradigm for employees
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Interop Mumbai 2010 kicks off
Opens up with keynotes which describe IT to be converging, networks going borderless
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BT delivers B2B telepresence solution for Wipro in India
BT’s B2B exchange connectivity will enable seamless video and voice communications between Wipro and its customers
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Microsoft, Polycom team on Unified Communications
Partnership will integrate voice, instant messaging, and videoconferencing for large enterprise, government, and SMB customers
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Educational training goes virtual at NIIT
The educational institute has conducted over 248 training sessions using the UC platform it deployed two years ago
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"Immersive telepresence has a great future"
Managing Director of Polycom India & SAARC, Neeraj Gill, says that Polycom is witnessing increased demand for telepresence solutions
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SIP gives Avaya a new ‘Aura’ in UC
Based on the open standard SIP protocol, Avaya Aura is an important milestone in the evolution of UC architecture
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In the future, conversations will follow you from one device to another, and you will be able to collaborate from any device–yes, even your television set
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Spectranet and nivio to jointly offer hosted messaging and collaboration
The firm plans to offer a range of hosted solutions such as basic email solutions and high end enterprise applications based on the Microsoft Exchange platform
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Bharti Airtel, Cisco and Servion team up to provide hosted contact center solutions
The consortium is launching ‘customizable’ hosted contact center services
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Tata Communications and BT to extend Telepresence facilities to each other
Using the intercompany service, customers of both the companies can invite clients of the other service provider to join them in multipoint telepresence meetings
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The network is getting smarter and Cisco wants to apply
intelligent networks in other industries through connected
communities. Naresh Wadhwa, President & Country Manager,
Cisco India & SAARC told Brian Pereira how Cisco plans to
achieve this through strategic alliances with domain experts.
Internet technology also has a major role in building connected
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AGC Networks to be acquired by Essar Group
Essar will acquire Avaya’s stake in AGC Networks, previously known as Avaya GlobalConnect
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Unified Communications’ day has arrived
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"Our products and technologies will be the foundation for Borderless Networks"
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Orange Business Services appoints Bala Mahadevan as India CEO
In this role, Mahadevan will be responsible for driving business growth for the company in India in the network related services and IT services domains
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Siemens Enterprise Communications and T-Systems now speak with one voice
This new agreement will let Siemens Enterprise Communications and T-Systems simplify migration
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Videoconferencing booming during flight ban
Travelers stranded by the Icelandic volcano are using telepresence and videoconferencing to stay in contact with their businesses
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CSC launches Unified Communications as a service
Targeted at Fortune 1000 companies, this offering is based on Cisco’s collaboration portfolio
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Does Green IT make business sense?
Finding the right inflection points for “green” change is key for business success
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Polycom expands its partnerships with HP and Microsoft
The new partnerships are aimed at delivering open and interoperable collaboration solutions
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Cisco to help Government accelerate e-Governance initiatives
The initiative aims to deliver transformational education and health care solutions to citizens across India
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Avaya targets SMBs with new UC solution
The company says that its new version makes UC up to 40 percent more affordable for companies with less than 20 employees
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Avaya expands UC for healthcare
The new unified communications systems include a nurse-call system for hospital patients and a tool for administrators
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Microsoft Outlook Becomes Social Hub
The company's popular messaging client now connects with LinkedIn, and soon with Facebook and MySpace
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Distance Learning Becomes the Need of the Hour
Slated to be more than Rs 100 crore in 2010, the distance learning market is likely to grow at a compound rate of 50 percent year-on-year
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Cisco and BT win TelePresence deal with PepsiCo
The deal includes fully managed services from BT that will help enable cross-company collaboration between PepsiCo and its key distributors and retailers
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The Next 40 Years of the Internet? One Word: Video
Video will be the driving force behind a total transformation of user experience
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Cisco Offers Open Telepresence Standard
In agreeing to release its protocol to the public domain, Cisco joins Juniper Networks and Polycom in the growing trend toward collaboration among videoconferencing providers
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‘Security is a USD 2 billion business for Cisco’
Harshal Kallyanpur spoke with Tom Gillis, VP and GM of Cisco's Security Technology Business Unit to gain insights on Cisco’s renewed thrust on security, and the overall evolution of physical devices to virtual ones
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Ashok Leyland and Cisco sign MoU for intelligent vehicles
Unveil iBUS2, an emergency response centre on wheels
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We are entering a world where the network must adapt to the user—rather than the user having to adapt to the network
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HP Targets Premium Workstation Market with New Features
Bundling features such as desktop virtualization and video conferencing in the workstation, HP is aiming at extending its leadership position
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Tibco to Launch Enterprise Social Networking
Tibbr will use a social networking framework to deliver topic-based communications and documents to employees with a stake in those subjects
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Cisco Expands its Collaboration Portfolio with Enterprise Social Platform, Hosted e-mail Offering
The company has also introduced enhancements to its TelePresence, Unified Communications, enterprise IM and WebEx offerings
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Organizations that adopt new collaborative processes can make better decisions and operate more effectively across time and distance barriers, says Minhaj Zia from Cisco India
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57 percent Indian SMEs use websites as a sales channel: Google
Majority of the online spend (43 percent) comes from SMEs who spend between Rs 12 to 25 lakh on advertising on an annual basis, reflecting the low-cost benefit of the Internet
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Microsoft challenges Google to offer patent indemnification
If Google is so sure that the WebM video codec is safe, it should guarantee legal protection against patent claims, Microsoft argues
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Low-bandwidth website delights customers
ICICI Securities has created a low-bandwidth website that allows customers to access the site over slow Internet connections
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CES 2011: Android-based car stereo receives Internet services, iPod's music
It's time to put the smart phone back in the car. Sort of. Parrot's media console, running Android, offers a slightly different take on auto-tech.
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Top 10 Google predictions for 2011
In the new year, Google TV will struggle but gain traction while Android thrives and Chrome OS proves surprisingly popular
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Mozilla releases eighth Firefox 4 beta
Latest version includes support for graphics rendering in the browser without the use of a third-party plug-in
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You Tube gives users a terrorism flag
YouTube is leaving it up to the users to decide what does and does not promote terrorism
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With on-demand plugins and improved mouse gestures, Opera Software's eponymous web browser remains one of the most innovative and cutting edge
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Mozilla plans Open App store
Firefox for Android OS also in the works, according to "The State of Mozilla" report
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85 percent of the Indian youth ‘hooked’ on to social networking, says TCS study
‘The Web 2.0 Generation’ survey conducted by the company has also observed that the country’s youth are spending more time online than ever before
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Facebook debuts e-mail service
Every Facebook user who wants a Facebook.com e-mail address will get one, the company says
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YouTube tries being topical directory
The video community site is experimenting with category-oriented content discovery
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Google debuts instant previews
Searchers now can see pictures of Web sites before they click through to visit
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Firesheep simplifies stealing logins
Firefox extension created to shine a light on the problem of unencrypted websites fails, because rather than offering a solution, it only makes it worse
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81 percent of children have an online presence before age two
One-quarter of children are online before they're even born, AVG report says
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Facebook Apps found sharing user IDs
The social networking site says media reports exaggerate the privacy risks
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IPv4 addresses nearly depleted
Over 95 percent of IPv4 blocks are taken, increasing the pressure to rapidly adopt IPv6, says the number resource organization
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Skype 5.0 first look: Facebook connection is key
With its built-in Facebook integration, Skype 5.0 makes a move to become the voice and video side of the powerful social network. Jim Rapoza assesses the new release
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Mozilla announces new CEO
Gary Kovacs, a former Sybase and SAP executive, will replace John Lilly
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India number two in relaying spam, says Sophos
One in 20 spam messages sent from India
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Time to improve web application performance
Network, client, and data center issues all play a role in how well your web applications perform
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Sony introduces Google-powered Internet TV
The new HDTVs allow viewers to watch shows and send tweets at the same time, among other online activities
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HTML 5's privacy problem
Are concerns about perceived security and privacy problems in HTML 5 valid?
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Why you can ignore the IPv4 depletion hysteria
Is there a compelling reason for businesses to migrate from IPv4 to IPv6?
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Google debuts new image format
WebP may one day help reduce bandwidth demands created by image-heavy Web sites
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Twitter touts redesign's advantages for marketers
COO Dick Costolo tells ExactTarget's integrative marketing product users that enhancements to the microblogging site will improve their ability to engage with consumers
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Microsoft unleashes Windows Internet Explorer 9 beta
The software giant's next Web browser rises to the challenge posed by Google Chrome 6, Firefox 4, and Safari 5
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WikiLeaks servers to be hosted by Pirate Party
Julian Assange's organization will received free hosting and bandwidth from a Swedish political party that advocates copyright reform and abolishing the patent system
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IBM and IIT Bombay to collaborate on mobile web research
Program aims to make information and services widely accessible via mobile devices
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Design flaws make all browsers vulnerable
In series of hacks, researcher demonstrates inherent flaws in currently-used browsers
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Most SSL sites poorly configured
Half of all SSL servers run older, insecure version of SSL; attacks against HTTPS browser sessions detailed at Black Hat
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Mariposa Botnet creator arrested
Developer of the malware, used to create almost 10,000 unique pieces of malicious software, was busted in Slovenia
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Google gets Semantic
Google's recent acquisition of Metaweb may be the signal that the Semantic Web has finally arrived
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Engineers use social media for business
Facebook, LinkedIn used to exchange information on technical issues, finds survey of automotive, aerospace engineers
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HP Labs India offers SiteonMobile for emerging markets
SiteonMobile is aimed at making Internet content and services available even to non tech-savvy users
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HTML5 isn't ready for primetime, says YouTube
Flash offers video streaming capabilities that HTML5 just can't match yet
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Twitter warns of increased outages
The next few weeks will be "rocky," the microblogging site said, due to technical problems and increased traffic during the World Cup
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ISPs under pressure to crack down on bots and spam
Costs of outbound spam and pressures from new laws and regulations are driving ISPs to clean up their own networks
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"Social networking tools are indispensable to modern e-governance"
Dr Anupam Saraph, CIO, Pune city, is credited with creating Giki, the first world-wide governance wiki. In an exclusive interview, Dr Saraph speaks passionately on how collaboration tools and social networking technologies can radically transform governance
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Sify to provide India landing station for GBI’s sub-sea cable
With a design capacity of up to 5 terabits per second, the cable system will provide onward connectivity to India
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Twitter bug fix drops followers to zero
The micro-blogging service plans to restore follower lists to a time before the bug was being exploited
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Google Goggles translates text in images
The Android-based image recognition software can now read text in five languages and offer a translation in many more
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Google refines search results page
Expect design changes and under-the-hood tweaks to improve Google search results pages
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Twitter launches embeddable Tweets
The tool generates static HTML to display tweets on a Web site or blog
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Face.com opens up to developers
The facial recognition software company is making it possible for developers to start building applications that recognize human beings
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Facebook opens up social tools to broader Web
At its developer conference, the soc-net powerhouse let loose plug-ins which will extend its platform throughout the Web and potentially strengthen its hand versus Google
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'We have removed the principal barriers for adopting SaaS'
A known name in the world of content caching, Akamai Technologies is quickly transitioning itself to play a vital role in the emerging cloud era. Akamai is benefiting from the huge interest in cloud computing, as software is remotely accessed over the Internet. In an exclusive interview David Kenny, President, Akamai Technologies, tells Srikanth RP, why the performance of the network is key for realizing the full potential of the cloud
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World's largest chapter of Cloud Security Alliance launched in Mumbai
Cloud adoption in India is picking up but the key concern is security
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Cloud becoming a major disaster recovery strategy
In the wake of the Japan earthquake and tsunami, Nirvanix, Equinix, and other cloud companies are offering a helping hand to companies disrupted by -- or concerned about -- natural disasters
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Amazon extends private cloud capabilities
Customers have the option to connect to Amazon Web Services by setting up a virtual network within the cloud, eliminating the need to use a virtual private network
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Three things your cloud provider is not telling you
Even as the cloud reaches new levels of adoption, some cloud providers are still not sharing complete details
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Indian organizations showing strong inclination towards private clouds
EMC-sponsored study on cloud adoption reveals that hybrid clouds are set to become the norm in 2011
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Tech Mahindra makes entry into cloud services domain
Inaugurates Cloud Competency Lab that will develop business use cases, customer specific demonstrations and solutions specific to the telecom domain
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Werner Vogels sees a thousand platforms blooming
Amazon's CTO envisions the EC2 infrastructure turning into a service platform, not just a source of compute cycles
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Asia-Pacific cloud computing market for SMBs to reach USD 11.4 billion in 2011
Research conducted by AMI-Partners reveals that the strongest growth among APAC economies is expected to take place in India and China with annual growth rates beyond 20 percent
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2011 will be the year of Platform as a Service, says Gartner
All leading enterprise software vendors will introduce new platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings this year, making 2011 the year of PaaS
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Cloud will reshape IT services landscape, says Exodus founder, KB Chandrasekhar
Chandrasekhar predicts that the whole revenue model of Indian IT service providers will be turned upside down
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VMware launches new operations model for Cloud environments
The solution christened vCenter Operations will help customers transform IT operations to achieve the agility and economics of cloud computing
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Torry Harris Business Solutions to provide micro-finance platforms to Telco
The platforms use open source technology and are offered on the Cloud, thereby drastically reducing the cost of such offerings
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Mahindra and Cisco to collaborate for smart cities
Mahindra & Mahindra and Cisco have signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which the parties intend to collaborate on go-to-market strategies in areas that include smart cities, virtual dealership, sports and entertainment, and cloud services
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GigaSpaces launches multi-tenant cloud app platform
The cloud-enabled application platform moves the firm's caching system into the cloud to support multiple, simultaneous applications
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KPMG: Cloud can alter education ecosystem
Cloud presents cost-effective and low-maintenance solutions for online and distance education programs
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NetSuite-Informatica combine to deliver cloud two-tier ERP solution
With this new two-tier ERP offering, CIOs can lower IT costs, significantly reduce business system implementation times, and gain speed to market
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Google turns Office into Google Apps client
With software to subvert Office and a test drive program to tempt businesses into the cloud, Google is aiming right at Microsoft's heart
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BSNL-Datacraft alliance targets SMBs for cloud services
The alliance wants to be a one-stop shop for SMBs
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RSA steps on gear to facilitate cloud adoption
RSA, the security division of EMC, launched the Cloud Trust Authority, a set of cloud-based services designed to facilitate secure and compliant relationships among organizations and cloud service providers
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TCS does a Nano; launches cloud-based iON for SMBs
India’s largest service provider expects the business from iON to become a USD 1 billion unit in revenues in the next five years
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Yahoo India to organize event for cloud computing community
Yahoo India R&D is organizing the second ‘Apache Hadoop India Summit 2011’ on February 16, 2011
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SAP unveils new solution from its cloud computing portfolio
The new release serves as an open platform on which SAP will develop new on-demand offerings for various lines of business
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Bharti Airtel partners with Savvis to offer cloud services
Savvis will leverage Airtel’s Data Centres to expand its service platforms in India
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Cloud will transform businesses, says KPMG
KPMG says that the cloud has the potential to transform business ecosystems that are relatively under penetrated by IT due to high capital requirements, such as Government, Healthcare and Education
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HP launches cloud computing products for enterprises
The new HP Hybrid Delivery solutions provide the benefits of enterprise-grade cloud computing, while meeting the specific needs of businesses and governments
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Dr Reddy’s reengineers sales process in the cloud with Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com and Bodhtree integrate cloud solution with legacy Mail, Calendar, and SAP systems in less than 60 days
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Wipro launches Testing as a Service
Company aims to expand its existing testing services' customer base to attract significant revenue from online sales of testing services
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NetApp to collaborate with Hexaware
NetApp India will enable Hexaware to provide a flexible and secure multi-tenant storage environment.
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Verizon to acquire Terremark
The acquisition will accelerate ‘everything as-a-service’ strategy by leveraging the companies’ collective strengths
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Amazon Web Services rolls out Simple Email Service
This service eliminates the complexity and expense of building an in-house email solution
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Microsoft steps up competition with dynamics CRM 2011
Can aggressive online pricing make a dent in Saleforce.com's fast growth and evolving social and mobile appeal?
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Torry Harris Business Solutions signs partnership with AWS
Torry Harris Business Solutions has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solution Providers Program as a Systems Integrator to deliver the benefits of cloud computing to businesses across the globe
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Microsoft India rolls out ‘desi’ online cloud service
Microsoft India unveiled the cloud version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 release
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Innovators will lead the market in 2011
In 2011, ICT would again gain prominence as a tool for economic productivity
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‘To capitalize on 3G, telcos need to efficiently handle data traffic’
Anil Pochiraju, Managing Director- India and SAARC at F5 Networks tells Vinita Gupta how Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) can help enterprises manage emerging information access demands thrown up due to technologies such as 3G
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2011 Outlook – Symantec
The number of applications and amount of data in virtual environments will grow significantly in 2011, says Anand Naik
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Max New York Life insures itself with server virtualization
The virtualization initiative has helped in delivering a significant reduction in carbon emission — which is equivalent to the average emission of taking 64 cars off the road per year
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Desktop virtualization helps co-operative bank reduce TCO by 50 percent
Using VMware View, the AP Mahesh Co-operative Urban Bank has lowered desktop maintenance costs by 75 percent
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How to maximize your investments in virtualization
What are the steps that a CIO can undertake to maximize investments made in virtualization?
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Credit card transactions likely in future public clouds
The PCI Security Standards Council has recognized virtualization as a safe technology; can cloud computing be far behind
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You cannot virtualize in a vacuum
Implementing virtualization without considering its impact on surrounding IT resources can lead to unexpected results
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Red Hat upskills IT professionals for cloud computing era
Adoption in cloud computing and virtualization technologies across Asia Pacific drives demand for an additional certification
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Energy is 12 percent of data center costs, says Gartner
Energy is rising faster than other category of data center expenses, and the rising population of servers is blamed. Can virtualization help?
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Citrix refreshes XenServer virtualization platform
Storage efficiency and cloud integration features reduce desktop virtualization costs and complexity, according to Citrix
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‘Virtual computing will enable consumerization of IT’
Mark Templeton, President and CEO of Citrix speaks passionately about everything from tablets to virtualization, virtual computing data centers and the company's efforts in these areas
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'Organizations cannot run their IT infrastructure the same way for the next five years’
Steve Leonard, President, EMC Asia Pacific and Japan, shares his perspective on how organizations are
making their journey to the cloud
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Virtual environments bring in real challenges
While adoption of virtualization is growing at a fast clip, Indian enterprises are discovering new challenges in the virtual world
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VMware CEO on future of virtualization
Paul Maritz explains how CIOs can create one giant computer to go beyond CapEx to OpEx reductions and fund new high-value applications
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Oracle charges into desktop virtualization with VDI 3.2
Oracle has expanded capabilities of former Sun Microsystems' virtual desktop product with a comprehensive approach
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Wipro launches data centers that can be set up in a week
Wipro Infotech announced the launch of FluidState data centers, which can be launched almost ten times faster than a conventional data center
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VMware to power HCL Infosystem’s on-demand cloud services
HCL Infosystems will be using VMware software licenses on a monthly “pay as you go” basis
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Trend Micro takes aim at securing virtual machines
Becomes the first security vendor to offer security for virtualized environments
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Virtualization helps Stewart & Mackertich cut provisioning time to 10 minutes
Migrating to a virtualized infrastructure has helped the firm improve utilization by 25 percent and boost uptime by 50 percent
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VMware upgrades vSphere VM environment
Speed and scalability of live virtual machine migrations are substantially increased with the 4.1 release
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Virtualization is a boon for server manufacturers: Dell
With over 50 percent of server workloads poised to run on virtual machines by 2012, Dell is aggressive on virtualization technologies
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Dell buys maker of virtualization management software
Scalent's software, already distributed by Dell, aims to make data center provisioning easier
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Bharti Airtel rings into virtualization and cloud computing
Launches virtualization services by entering into a strategic relationship with VMWare
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New open source OS will feature 'disposable' virtual machines
Invisible Things Lab building secure OS that better locks down the VM environment
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‘Application owners want the infrastructure to be secure multi-tenant’
As data centers become increasingly virtualized there are a
new set of challenges to be tackled. Brian Pereira caught up
with Rajesh Janey, President – India and SAARC, NetApp,
to discuss customer concerns, and how NetApp is addressing these issues through its storage efficiency drive and solutions
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Citrix offers free encryption for virtualized application data
Citrix's safe zone folder encrypts data on end users' desktops and laptops from virtualized applications
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Virtual Desktops simplify IT management at TrendsInVogue
The firm which runs a chain of Family Salons in India has deployed virtual desktops at more than 60 locations
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Private Cloud adoption will accelerate
Dr Stephen Herrod, CTO and Senior VP of R&D, VMware, in an exclusive interview, outlines VMware’s plan to deliver IT-as-a-service within organizations, and also speaks about the next wave in virtualization
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McAfee partners with Citrix to provide better virtual desktop security
The two companies will develop security solutions for VDI-based virtual desktops that centralize all virus scanning and virus signature file updates, off-loading the processing intensive actions from the individual VMs
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Enterprise data center : Still the core of business tranformation
Though SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and the idea of private/public clouds is getting a lot of attention, the enterprise data center will continue to be the key focus area for CIOs
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Microsoft speeds desktop virtualization protocol
With help from Citrix Systems, Microsoft steps up its efforts to offer a competitive virtual desktop infrastructure
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Securing the virtualized server environment
Virtualization offers many benefits, but how do you keep your data safe? Here are some steps you should follow
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60 percent of virtualized servers will be less secure than physical servers: Gartner
With virtualization deployment projects being undertaken without involving information security teams, Gartner has warned that virtualized servers will be less secure
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Citrix preps XenApp 6
XenApp 6 will launch this month with management tools designed to ease the difficulty of virtualizing enterprise applications
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VMware launches Center of Excellence in Bangalore
Center will help companies in India accelerate their journey to the cloud, says VMware
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Server Virtualization - does it guarantee lower costs?
While virtualization helps reduce CAPEX, does it have a similar effect on OPEX? Cameron Haight from Gartner shares his perspective
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Wipro and Trend Micro to jointly offer cloud security
With the partnership, Wipro becomes a global reseller of all Trend Micro products and will offer the company’s products as a managed security service
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Windows Azure Drive hits Beta
Service is part of Microsoft's new cloud computing environment, which went live recently
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'In the past, IT infrastructure has been built like roads'
A traditional leader in virtualization, VMware is aggressively pushing this technology as the fundamental tool for building a cloud. In an exclusive interview with Harshal Kallyanpur, Andrew M Dutton, VP & GM, APAC, VMware, says virtualization will ultimately reduce hardware requirements
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The Risks and Benefits of Cloud Computing
Explore how you can mitigate security risks associated with cloud computing
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HP and Microsoft Team Up to Deliver New IT Solutions
Under this three-year agreement, both companies will invest close to USD 250 million to deliver solutions based on a next generation infrastructure-to-application model
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Amara Raja Batteries to Host its SAP Implementation on IBM Hardware
The manufacturer has chosen IBM’s servers for its server and storage requirements
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Red Hat Open-Sources Virtualization Protocol
The SPICE protocol is designed to improve desktop virtualization for bandwidth-intensive applications, such as video or voice over IP
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VMware Named ‘Market Share Leader in Virtualization’ for 2009
The Frost & Sullivan Market Share Leadership Award recognizes companies for their contribution to their respective industries or for achieving a competitive position in the market
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Organizations going green mostly to save costs
A survey by IDC and HP reveals that while most organizations have policies related to green printing and printers, few think green when it comes to procuring printing solutions. But the mindset is changing
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Gartner report recognizes Fujitsu’s green initiatives
Fujitsu, the ICT-based business solutions provider, is one of the vendors driving initiatives to reduce Greenhouse Gases (GHG) of ICT, according to a report by research firm Gartner and WWF
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Infosys BPO’s Jaipur building earns LEED India ‘Platinum’ rating
The first Platinum rated building for Infosys; will be the basis for all future Infosys buildings
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IBM, IIT Madras and IIT Kharagpur to jointly develop smarter power grids
Researchers from the company along with students will develop network architectures to collect data as well as analytics tools to provide valuable information to the grid operators
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Busting the Green Myth
Interop Mumbai 2010 got off to a 'energetic' start with a green session on Green IT
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Why IT is key to carbon reduction
By using IT, organizations can identify inefficiencies and make fact-based decisions on the carbon cost of their business
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MAIT lauds government for making e-waste rules draft public
The draft rules lay emphasis on producers to effectively manage and handle e-waste
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Ford saves more than one million dollars by switching off PCs at night
Simple step of powering down laptops and desktop PCs will help Ford save USD 1.2 million and reduce its carbon footprint by 16,000 to 25,000 metric tons annually
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Why sustainable ICT is a vital element for business success
Sustainable ICT solutions can not only save costs, but can also help in bringing about a transformation in business
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BT Offers Tool for Tracking Video Conferencing Travel and Carbon Savings
Users document millions of dollars in annualized cost savings
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Zenith Infotech’s PROUD May Redefine Enterprise IT
An ambitious Indian product company is attempting to break into the niche space of centralized computing. Zenith Infotech’s product has the potential to firmly etch India’s name on the global map
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Switching to Power Saving Mode
Considering the inadequate power infrastructure in the country, a few solutions adopted at both the active and passive infrastructure levels can help organizations to actively address energy woes
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In Economic Cloud, Infosys Sees a Green Lining
As the demand and costs for computing power soar, a core team at Infosys is undertaking a series of green IT initiatives that could help in raising the bar for Green IT practices in the country
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Hardware Vendors Pledge Support for VMware's DPM Solution
Called Distributed Power Management (DPM), the solution is designed to lower power consumption in the datacenter by aggregating unused capacity and powering off unused servers without disrupting service levels
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Unique data center design manages space constraints
With the company having launched a Direct Market Access web portal for its customers, there was a need to have a data center with high bandwidth infrastructure to provide the level of high availability that online stock trading portals demand. The company decided to deploy the data center within its premises, leveraging on the high speed LAN network. However, it was challenged to accommodate the data center within a height of 10 feet, while providing a full-fledged data center infrastructure
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Plugging into a green future
Aiming to reduce its carbon footprint while reducing costs, improving productivity and overall efficiency, Applied Materials India launched ‘Operation Green.’
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Juniper aims to flatten the network with QFabric
QFabric is Juniper’s vision of a single fabric to reduce network latency
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Ethernet fabric switching solutions to ease data center bottlenecks
Brocade introduces VCS technology and the VDX platform for virtualized data centers and cloud environments
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What will future data centers look like?
With the ability to add multiple cores in a single server, combined with virtualization capabilities, data centers of the future might be a fraction of the size they are today
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Emerging data center designs aimed at deriving highest compute performance per kilowatt
New data centers will be able to provide a 300 percent growth in capacity in 60 percent less space than existing data centers, according to Gartner
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Gartner survey shows data growth as the largest data center infrastructure challenge
More than half of respondents plan to expand capacity at existing data center sites by end of 2011
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Linux replacing Windows in data centers
A Linux Foundation survey found increasing preference for the open source operating system in new server deployments
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Trimax wins Managed IT services project from Rajasthan Govt
As a part of the project, the company will manage end-to-end IT for various organizations of the State of Rajasthan
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Emerson Network Power launches new data center management tool
The firm recently introduced Avocent Data Center Planner, a visual infrastructure planning and management software solution
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'Organizations cannot run their IT infrastructure the same way for the next five years’
Steve Leonard, President, EMC Asia Pacific and Japan, shares his perspective on how organizations are
making their journey to the cloud
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40 GbE will be an important technology for the data center
Paul Hooper, Chief Marketing Officer, Extreme Networks shares his perspective on the evolution of the cloud and why 40GbE will prove to be a powerful solution in the data center
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Data center power can be reduced by 50 percent, says IIT Delhi professor
Dr Preeti Ranjan Panda from IIT Delhi is working on a project to reduce power consumption in the data center by up to 50 percent
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10,000 cows can power 1 MW data center, says HP Labs
Research from HP Labs shows how the manure output of cows and the heat output of data centers can be combined to create an economically and environmentally sustainable operation
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‘Systems are getting instrumented and increasingly interconnected’
If you were stumped by terms like ‘smart grids,’ ‘smarter
planet’ and ‘dynamic infrastructure’ and wondered how all this
would change the world, you’ve got to have a chat with Dr
P (Gopal) Gopalakrishnan, VP, IBM India Software Lab. Dr
Gopal has been tracking technology for years and contributes
to several major products from IBM in the areas of software
and systems. He told Brian Pereira about IBM’s Smarter
Planet and Dynamic Infrastructure visions and how these will
transform the data center
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Are you neglecting your WAN?
Web apps and consolidated data centers are adding pressure, and video will bring more. It could be time to explore new options
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A new approach to IT Infrastructure
When it comes to deploying IT infrastructure, organizations are moving from an application-centric approach to a service-centric approach. All eyes are on your data center, which is set to undergo an unprecedented transformation
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Sanovi rides on Disaster Recovery wave in BFSI sector
The company has secured more than ten customers in the past ten months in the BFSI sector for its DR management automation solution
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India Data Center services market expected to touch Rs 10,000 crore by 2011
Research firm IDC has predicted that the market will grow at a CAGR of 22 percent till 2011
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Cisco unveils Next Gen carrier router
The USD 90,000 CSR-3 switch is positioned as a flagship enterprise product capable of handling high demand for video on 100G networks
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Verizon delivers 100G in optical fiber trials
The company also said its Long-Term Evolution network could see peak download speeds of 40 to 50 Mbps
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Juniper Networks signs OEM agreement with IBM to advance Network Intelligence
Will allow customers to easily develop applications that leverage the network
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Server sales up 4.5 percent in 4Q
The good news was tempered by plummeting sales of high-end systems, resulting in an overall 3.2 percent drop in global revenue, said Gartner
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IBM Signs data center agreement with iYogi
IBM will build a robust and scalable infrastructure for iYogi’s Global Delivery Platform
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IBM rolls out Power7 as rivals converge
Big Blue's introduction of new enterprise servers shows it still wants to be king of the integrated systems game
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Tata Communications opens its largest India data center
Spread across nearly 55,000 net square feet, the company has already invested Rs 125 crores in this data center
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Dell's Data Center Unit Racking Up Cloud Sales
Dell has quietly engineered 30-40 cloud server designs for major Internet companies, and those designs will eventually affect the enterprise market
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IBM to Setup Modular Data Center for Karad Urban Co-operative Bank
With this deployment, the bank aims to achieve almost 75 percent savings on resource allocation costs
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Blade PCs Boost Energy Efficiency at TJGI
By using the combination of blade PCs and thin clients, the T John Group of Institutions (TJGI) has succeeded in reducing its energy needs by an impressive 67 percent
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IBM to Monitor and Manage Safexpress’ Data Center
As a part of its five year IT Infrastructure Management Services deal, IBM will offer Data Center Optimization and End User Management services to over 500 Safexpress “points of presence” across India
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Linux developers mull unified App Store
Fedora, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and other distros are working on a framework for a universal application installer
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Indian CIOs open up to open source
Indian CIOs are opening up towards adoption of open source but it will not be a ‘rip and replace’ technology and will co-exist along with proprietary software
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Open source project server hacked, software rigged with backdoor trojan
ProFTPD File Transfer server software compromised by attackers; anyone who downloaded it between November 28 through December 2 most likely at risk
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Red Hat looks to strengthen its PaaS offerings with Makara acquisition
By integrating the JBoss Enterprise Middleware infrastructure with Makara’s Cloud Application Platform, the company aims to offer a more comprehensive PaaS solution
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Microsoft supporting cloud open source code for Hyper-V
The software giant says its customers don't necessarily want a single hypervisor cloud, so it's supporting OpenStack
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Actuate partners with Wipro to drive open source BIRT adoption in India
Wipro Infotech will promote the use of Actuate products including Actuate BIRT among organizations in India
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Indian open standards policy for e-governance finalized
India's Department of IT (DIT) has approved a far-reaching policy on open standards for e-Governance
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Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst says software industry broken
Jim Whitehurst believes all vendors, not just Linux distributors, need to embrace open source development methods to improve quality and reduce cycle times
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Go green with Open Source
Industry is adopting Open Source because of its many benefits and going green is one of the major ones
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Informatica aids information management with Marketplace
Informatica Marketplace provides a central location for the community members to contribute mappings, mapplets, connectors, templates, dictionaries, vertical solutions and more.
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Oracle releases 'Unbreakable' Linux kernel
Competition with Red Hat heats up with a modified Linux that Oracle says is best for running its software on its hardware
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Microsoft goes 'open' with Windows Azure
The company has announced the availability of a new set of developer tools and SDKs for open source developers to build applications for Windows Azure
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Red Hat Linux helps NCDEX achieve 99.99 percent uptime
With Red Hat Enterprise Linux, NCDEX has designed a high-performance and cost-effective IT infrastructure that has delivered 99.99 percent uptime for its business applications
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Ubuntu 10.10 Linux released to beta
Distribution, codenamed Maverick Meerkat, speeds boot time, enhances cloud integration
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Red Hat leaps on to PaaS bandwagon
A key component of Red Hat Cloud Foundations, Red Hat PaaS will leverage JBoss Enterprise Middleware for open choice in application development and deployment
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Novell introduces cloud security service
The company is targeting more than 200 IaaS and 1300 SaaS and PaaS vendors with the service
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The idea of version 2.0 of any software will be dead - Red Hat CEO, Jim Whitehurst
In an exclusive interview with Srikanth
RP and Harshal Kallyanpur, Red Hat CEO,
Jim Whitehurst details why the cloud can
be the mother of all lock-ins, why the idea
of version 2.0 of any software will be dead,
and why the new-world IT order will be led
by a different set of leaders
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Red Hat joins hands with Wipro to deliver open source solutions
Both organisations plan to collaborate in building integrated solutions on Red Hat technologies through joint investments in Wipro’s CoE
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Linux Foundation launches license compliance program
The non-profit foundation is trying to remove barriers to open source code adoption by easing compliance issues including providing code scanning tools that identify if open source code is linked to commercial code
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Cloud APIs get open source treatment
Red Hat, Rackspace, and others are taking an open approach
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How to build your own Linux cloud
Ubuntu lets you create your own Eucalyptus cloud computing infrastructure on commodity servers, plus it's interface-compatible with Amazon's EC2
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Red Hat integrates server and desktop virtualization
Red Hat claims that Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 will provide a single infrastructure from which customers can manage their server and desktop virtualization deployments
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Open source security solutions: An attractive alternative
Explore the pros and cons of adopting open source security solutions
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Rackspace announces open source cloud platform
OpenStack counts Intel, AMD and NASA among participants in the cloud computing project that may boost competition for market leading Amazon Web Services EC2
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SMBs lead Linux server OS adoption across India: Springboard
Constrained by limited budgets, Linux is proving to be the right platform for SMBs
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Red Hat powers Just Dial’s IT infrastructure
Just Dial currently has more than 200 servers with its mission-critical Intranet and extranet applications running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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Nine ways to avoid open source pitfalls
Follow these guidelines and avoid problems while still benefiting from what the open source software community has to offer
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Pentaho launches on demand open source BI
Rapid-deployment option promises ready-to-run dashboards, metrics and reports within 72 hours
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New open source OS will feature 'disposable' virtual machines
Invisible Things Lab building secure OS that better locks down the VM environment
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Open source databases pose unique security challenges
Most open source database platforms aren't supported by third-party database activity monitoring and security policy tools
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Linux proving disruptive in smartphone market
Android will run a third of the world's smartphones by 2015, and open source mobile operating systems from Intel, Nokia, and Samsung will also compete, says ABI Research
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DLP gets an open source boost
A new agent-based DLP discovery tool has been released to Google Code called OpenDLP
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‘We positioned Ubuntu as a version of Linux that was personal and non-technical’
Mark Shuttleworth, Founder, Canonical and Ubuntu
Linux on why he thinks Ubuntu will succeed on the desktop, where other equally famed competitors have failed
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eScan introduces antivirus protection for Linux based systems
Called eScan for Linux version 3.0 the antivirus software is designed for both Linux desktops and file servers
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Inside Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 beta
New features in the distro's latest version will make it possible to run heavy I/O servers, such as database servers, in a virtual machine under Linux, company says
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MphasiS witnesses significant growth in open source projects
Fueled by the need for products that are light-weight, agile, and offer a precise function, the company has seen close to 80 customers adopting open source components
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Google releases free web security scanner
The open-source skipfish software can be used as preparation for a professional Web application security evaluation
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Open Source Infrastructure Management tool helps JSL reduce downtime by over 50 percent
JSL has tread a new path by choosing to use open source infrastructure management tool, Nagios, for monitoring its diverse IT infrastructure
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Samsonite to adopt Polaris’ Linux based retail store management solution
Polaris claims that the Linux based system can potentially bring down the set-up and running cost of retail store software by 50 percent
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Zylog Systems introduces its Desktop-as-a-Service solution
With the open source based solution, the company claims that organizations can save up to 60 percent on costs per seat against commercial platforms
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Open Source Business Intelligence Makes a Beginning in India
Though the adoption of open source BI is certainly not on a large scale, pockets of adoption—primarily in the SME segment—are sprouting up in India
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Open Source Firm Launches Cloud Middleware Platform
WSO2 is moving from supplying light weight SOA services to the enterprise to providing middleware as a service for cloud operations
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Google Releases Chrome OS Code
Developers can now participate in the Chrome OS open source project and help Google bring its new operating system to market next year
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