Smartphone Adoption in India, at an All Time High

Growing competition resulting in price reductions; the ease of access of content and language localization; government Incentives through “Make in India” and prevalence of internet-enabled services on smartphones are some of the reasons for this propelling growth.  The released study read that approximately 81 million smartphones were shipped in the year 2014, making it a 51%... By

90 Per Cent of Security Professionals Concerned About Cloud Security

The Cloud Security Spotlight Report by Crowd Research Partners identifies the key drivers and risk factors of cloud adoption and how organizations are responding to security threats in the cloud. Key findings include: Security is still the biggest barrier to further cloud adoption. Nine out of ten organizations are concerned about cloud security. The dominant cloud security concerns... By

Survey Reveals Organizations Lack Insider Defenses

The survey on insider threats indicates that most organizations have gaping security holes when it comes to protecting themselves against insider threats. In fact, 32 percent have no ability to prevent an insider attack, putting themselves at severe risk for significant data loss as well as for damage to their brand and reputation. And they know it's a serious priority -- almost all... By

Worldwide IT Spending to Decline 1.3 Percent in 2015

IT spending worldwide is set to shrink to $3.66 trillion in 2015, a 1.3 percent decrease from 2014, Gartner. The rising dollar is chiefly responsible for the slowdown, says the research firm. The recent rapid rise in the value of the U.S. dollar against most currencies has put a currency shock into the global IT market. "We forecast U.S.-dollar-valued worldwide IT spending in 2015 to... By

10 Indian Data Scientists Who Matter

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5 Lessons from Bollywood for Entrepreneurs And Business Managers

We’ve all seen and heard of Godfather, Cocktail (the Tom Cruise one!) and The Social Network being classic inspirational movies for the budding entrepreneur. Whether it is Don Vito Corleone preaching confidence with his undeniable offer, or a bunch of nerdy Harvard students taking their idea from a dingy room to a multi-billion dollar property while tackling lawsuits, patent violations and... By MYB

Digital Marketing Initiatives that Are Transforming Indian Businesses

Today’s’ marketer is challenged with the complexities of marketing with too many tools and methods in the digital era. Moving at the speed of digital and ensuring the delivery of continuous and consistent experience across channels to customers is one of the biggest hurdle marketers face today. ‘Data and insights are central to today’s marketing initiatives,’ says... By Mastufa Ahmed

“Automation Enhances Security, Availability”

Most enterprise information security leaders are at a loss when it comes to next generation threats such as DDoS and APT. How big a threat are these for you and how do you mitigate them? We see just about everything that happens on the Internet. I would like to share some interesting statistics to help quantify that. About 1 in 500 IP addresses that are routed on the Internet route to Amazon... By Yashvendra Singh

Mobility Helps Reime Group Cut Losses, Improve Top Line

The Reime Group, a part of the ACME Group, is a passive infrastructure solution provider to wire-line as well as wireless telecom players. Headquartered in New Delhi, the company offers the entire breadth of materials and services needed for telecom roll-outs. Reime’s activities also include post-installation services such as energy management and maintenance of the telecom infrastructure... By Yashvendra Singh

How to Tailor Agile to Your Distributed Team Environments?

Agile is a group of development methods in which the requirements and solution evolve by continuous collaboration between all the stakeholders. It involves self-organizing and cross-functional teams working collaboratively. It focuses on rapid iteration, with continuous customer input along the way. Agile is more flexible as it allows intermittent changes as per the business requirement. It... By

Cloud Is a Viable Option, But Not a Top Consideration for Many CIOs

Cloud is now a viable option for many IT projects, requiring infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders to expand the scope of systems as they actively consider those that are cloud-based, according to Gartner, Inc. This is the first of four major I&O impacts identified by Gartner from its 2015 CIO Survey.  The 2015 survey polled more than 2,800 CIOs that accounted for $397... By Mastufa Ahmed

What’s Your ‘Cloud’ IQ Level?

Cloud computing has revolutionised the way enterprises do their businesses. From economies of scale to streamlining processes to improving accessibility of services, the technology called Cloud computing has seen many innovative initiatives being taken to take businesses to their next levels. Harnessing the benefits of Cloud Computing, Government of India has embarked upon a very ambitious... By Mastufa Ahmed