37% of the software spend in organizations is wasted: Study

On average, companies are wasting 37% of their software spend, according to a research, The Real Cost of Unused Software – 2015, released by 1E, a UK-based software lifecycle information firm. The company estimates that the cost of this waste, in the US alone, could be worth $30 billion—enough money to feed the world’s hungry. But why are large corporations allowing such huge proportion—... By CIO&Leader

M2M and IoT: 7 Essential Differences

Internet of Things (IoT) is the current buzzword Whether you look at VC funding of start-ups or analyst forecasts about deployment, IoT seems to be red hot. While analysts and CIOs talk of IoT, many vendors label their offering as M2M (machine-to-machine), even as they talk of IoT applications to CIOs and corporate IT; so much so that the phrases are often used interchangeably.   But are... By CIO&Leader

Why the Indian cloud story could look very, very different from now on...

Every market is different. Yet, few vendors get this simple truth till they try importing a model that has worked elsewhere—and is familiar—and fail. The India cloud market was no exception. Yet, developments in the last few months make one hopeful that the solution providers have finally figured out the peculiarities of Indian market. If that observation is right, we should see a rapid growth... By

Census 2011: Demographics of Indian marriages

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MarTech: Where exactly do the IT people fit in?

Martech. How much marketing? How much tech? The question has dominated the debate around digital transformation for quite some time now. Martech, after all, is the basic building stone of digital. Yet, for reasons not really incomprehensible, that debate has been largely political—who will control the digital transformation journey, a subtle point being who will control the martech budget?... By CIO&Leader

Accurate application dependency maps can enhance effectiveness and efficiency

This is the age of the user. The user is only concerned with whether or not the application at their end is flexible and responsive to demands, regardless of location, network medium, or storage. For an enterprise to be successful and sustain itself in the market, every business service, process, and technology should be user centric. This is easier said than done. Any downtime in IT services -... By Pritika R

Census 2011: UP vs Bihar: The population story - infographic

UP and Bihar are neighbouring states. UP is the largest in terms of population while Bihar comes up third. Both play significant roles when it comes to government formation in the country, and bot are often held up as examples of lack of growth and the rule of law. How are the two states similar, and how are the different from a propulation profile point of view? The difference may be in the... By

How to Create a Strategy of IT By Ashvin Vellody, Partner, KPMG

Watch the exclusive video on "How to create a strategy of IT" by Ashvin Vellody, Partner, KPMG at CIONEXT (Presented by ITNEXT) New Delhi, Friday, 09th October 2015.   See the pics of this informative session here   (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//... By

7 Must Read Books Of 2015

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The Big Cloudburst, Circa 2015

Last week, IBM announced opening up of its Chennai data center. The Chennai data center follows its Mumbai cloud data center but is the first ‘public’ data center.   The IBM announcement comes barely two weeks after Microsoft made public “going live” of three of its data centers in India—in Mumbai, Pune and Chennai. Last year, during his visit to India, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had... By

Blame-It-on-Tech syndrome: Why you cannot afford to ignore it anymore

I was commuting with a friend in a cab booked using an app-based provider. The meter stopped halfway but since I roughly knew how much it costs, I offered to pay the full amount to the driver, who was more than delighted, because his meter showed a little more than half of what I paid and what is the legitimate fare based on the distance. I called the customer care, told them the situation and... By

Census 2011: Only two states in India have more women than men

Only two states, Kerala and Puducherry have more women than men. Kerala has 13.5 lakh  more women than men and Puducherry has 22,931 more women than men. All other states and union territories in the country have more men than women. Lakshadweep is just on the otehr side of the fence with 1773 less women than men! Mizoram has 13 thousand more men than women. On the extreme (more men than... By