How Women IT Managers Drive Innovation and Growth

Women IT managers are better at their inter-personal relationships when it comes to handling teams within or outside of their function. This attribute largely helps them to drive change management very effectively within the system. Their pre-emptive and visualisation capabilities do help spot areas of innovation within no time and also build effective innovative strategies around them to make... By

How Fast Can Your Organisation Detect a Data Breach?

According to a report by Tripwire, the average time required to detect breaches is 229 days. The report also states that the number of firms that detected their own breaches dropped from 37 percent in 2012 to 33 percent in 2013. “I think the survey respondents are either fooling themselves or are naively optimistic,” said Dwayne Melancon, chief technology officer for Tripwire... By

Do Women Make Good IT Managers?

Several women  IT managers across industries believe that women in senior IT manager’s positions seems less an issue today than it used to be years back, though some of them are yet to figure out if it’s true for women in general, or if it is because of women’s advancement and growing confidence as senior IT managers. Most women IT managers have seen the transition... By Geetha N

Pocket CIO Programme 2014 - Bangalore

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65 Per Cent Employees in India Want A Mobile WorkPlace

New global research from Oracle indicates that workers around the world are happier than ever to work in a mobile and flexible way. However, with the majority of organizations yet to embrace mobile working, the research also reveals that employers are at risk of it taking off without their input and guidance, leaving their businesses at the mercy of integration challenges and security... By

Why the Future Is Bright for the Wearables Market

Seven out of the top 10 smartphone vendors have entered the wearables market to date or are about to ship a first product, while a year ago only two vendors were in that space, says Gartner. "Apple has finally unveiled its Apple Watch, which we expect to trigger more consumer interest once it starts shipping in 2015," said Angela McIntyre, research director at Gartner. "Apple introduced three... By

Why the Endpoint Breaches will Shift to Tablets and Smartphones

These applications are exposed to attacks and violations of enterprise security policies.  “Enterprises that embrace mobile computing and bring your own device (BYOD) strategies are vulnerable to security breaches unless they adopt methods and technologies for mobile application security testing and risk assurance,” said Dionisio Zumerle, principal research analyst at Gartner... By

VMware Boosts Its Software-Defined Data Center Offerings

VMware announced the general availability of a range of solutions for implementing and operating a software-defined data center. This includes the following. VMware NSX 6.1 helps improve the security, scalability and performance of the software-defined data center and hybrid cloud. The new release includes several additions such as further advancement of network micro-segmentation capabilities... By

Government to Create $26 Bn Worth of Opportunity for Tech Firms

There is a sizable opportunity for technology MNCs to target considering the scope of investment in digitization across government functions, says a report by Zinnov.  The new Government plans to take digitalization to the next level by implementing the digitalization of agriculture & PDS data, enabling e-governance & m-governance, facilitating the National Rural Internet and... By

Why It’s Time to Upgrade Ageing Legacy Systems

Cloud, mobility, big data and the need to be “always on” are putting data centre infrastructure under inconceivable pressure. Organizations are trying to address the difficult task of meeting the technology demands of modern business with applications running on ageing hardware. With the current economic climate also a hindrance, managing opposing pressures is going to be a tough... By

Battling Identity Theft with New Biometric Technologies

Home Depot's investigation of a suspected hacker attack is renewing pressure on retailers and credit-card providers to strengthen payment-system security.  The largest home-improvement chain said recently that it was working with banks and law enforcement on the possible incursion, following a report by KrebsOnSecurity that a "massive" batch of stolen credit- and debit-card information was... By

Why It Makes Sense to Transition to Managed Services Model?

For the last many years, there has been an increasing perception that most organizations are moving from staff augmentation and fixed price models to a managed service model. Most of us believe that almost all big organisations would have definitely moved to some form of managed service model. However, recently, while working on a couple of IT cost reduction exercises for “Fortune 50... By