Sanofi India Wins Mumbai Leg of TPL 2014

The third edition of Technology Premier League (TPL), India’s top experiential engagement, organised by CIO&Leader and IT Next kick-started on 6 June 2014 with Mumbai being the first city to witness TPL 2014. TPL is a unique contest that tests knowledge, skill and business acumen of corporate IT teams pan India. The contest requires enterprise IT teams, headed by the CIO or IT-head, ... By CIO&Leader

Honeywell Opens its 6th Manufacturing Facility in India

Honeywell today added its sixth manufacturing facility in India with the inauguration of a plant that will manufacture solar water heating systems for its Environmental and Combustion Controls (ECC) business, adding to other manufacturing facilities the business has in Chennai and Dehradun. This business is part of Honeywell Automation India Limited (HAIL).The 50,000-square-foot Vadodara... By IT NEXT

Fortune 500 Companies Face High-Risk Threat from Zeus Crimeware

Akamai Technologies has revealed that Fortune 500 enterprises are vulnerable to a high-risk threat of continued breaches from the Zeus framework. Malicious actors may use the Zeus crimeware kit to steal login credentials and gain access to web-based enterprise applications or online banking accounts.  This was reveleaed through its  Prolexic Security Engineering & Response Team (... By IT NEXT

Matthew Loeb Joins ISACA as CEO

ISACA, a global professional association serving 115,000 information systems assurance, security, governance and risk professionals, has selected Matthew S. Loeb, CAE, as its new chief executive officer. With a strong background in enterprise strategy, corporate development, global business operations and governance, Loeb brings his extensive experience in leading innovation and strategic growth... By IT NEXT

Smart Machines will Impact Business Deeply

As per Gartner, Smart machines have the promise to be more disruptive than any of the prior technology generation. In the second half of this decade, Gartner analysts expect to see dramatic growth in the availability, sale and use of smart machines. Gartner predicts that smart machines will have widespread and deep business impact through 2020. “Smart machines will be the most... By IT NEXT

Worldwide Security Software Market Grew Single Digit in 2013

According to Gartner, worldwide security software market witnessed lower-than-expected growth was due to commoditization of key sub segments and the decline in growth for two of the top five vendors -- revenue totaled $19.9 billion in 2013, a 4.9  per cent increase from 2012 revenue of $19.0 billion"The market experienced slower, but still healthy, growth in 2013. This slightly tempered... By IT NEXT

Tips to Stay Safe of Fake Football Gaming Apps

The football fiesta has come with World Cup going to kick off in less than a week. With mobility splurging the entertainment apps that enable football fanatics watch the matches on the go.But there is a security precaution viewers need to take while downloading apps. Some fake gaming apps could be a bit of concern.A report by eScan warns the football fanatics about the fake Gaming applications... By IT NEXT

Key Certifications that Help IT Managers in Career Growth

In today's aggressive IT job market, ITDMs need to have the right certification that can help them climb the ladder and push their resumes to the top of the stack – or forward the same when a scope of promotion or a good jump to a new job arises.Certifications play a vital role in any IT Manager’s career. Those also help giving employers some sign that the IT manager takes his or her... By Subhankar Kundu

IOCL deploys Enterprise Mobility to Streamline Service to 82 mn consumers

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) have entered into a long-term agreement for servicing over 82 million LPG consumers of ‘Indane’.  As part of the agreement, Idea will extend its ‘Smart Gas Solution’ service to enable end-to-end automation on refill delivery process of IOCL. The process starts from initiating booking request, billing, etc and ends with delivery of... By IT NEXT

“BlackBerry is Going through a Brand Lifecycle”

BlackBerry recently completed 10 years in India. The milestone was not marked by any pomp and show. And understandably so. The company has seen its fortunes drop by a mile. In 2008, BlackBerry had a valuation of $80 billion and its shares traded at $149.90. Today, it is valued at $4 billion and its shares are playing around $7. Manoj Khilnani, Country Marketing Head – Enterprise, ... By

Indian ITDMs Pull the Success in BI

According to Gartner, Indian business intelligence (BI) software revenue is forecast to reach US$139 million in 2014, a 15 per cent increase over 2013 revenue of $121.2 million.One of the reasons is that Indian CIOs and ITDMs are gaining a better understanding that executive sponsorship and data quality are the two most important reasons that determine the success of BI implementation. However,... By IT NEXT

Brocade Appoints Chee Keong Lam and Beni Sia to Boost DC and SDN

Brocade has announced the appointment of Chee Keong (CK) Lam to the position of director of Data Center Fabric and Virtualization for Asia Pacific (APAC), and Beni Sia to the role of regional director for South East Asia.Based out of Singapore, both will be responsible for driving the company’s data center and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) strategy and adoption across the regions.Lam... By IT NEXT