‘PSUs are Open to Cloud Beyond IaaS, PaaS and SaaS'

How do you see cloud momentum among PSUs? Cloud adoption in India is increasing gradually – the large service providers have implemented and have started using cloud for development, test and provisioning services. The SMBs, public sector units and the government sector, which have a lot of end-user services, have started looking at cloud offering for the benefits they can provide by... By Subhankar Kundu

How will 'Cloud' Unfold in Near Future?

By Geetha N

Juggling with Various Manifestations of Cloud

The onus is placed upon the providers of cloud services that go way beyond anything we have seen before. All the norms of the server farm, such as internet switch, hub and hosting centre etc., apply re-triplicated power feeds with no break supplies; duplicated / triplicated equipment providing   short Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) times, and that is not all.... By

Data Scientists and Chief Data Officers ─Fact or Fad?

Phillip Beniac, Regional Vice President of Qlik Asia Pacific and Japan, explains how much data scientists and data officers are accountable to analysing data and creating business value. Riding piggyback on the big data evolution, the role of data scientist and chief data officer is the topic of discussion across large and small enterprises. Gartner’s recent study endorses the view which... By Geetha N

IT Decision Makers Expect Modi Government to Bridge Technology Gap

With the verdict of 2014 general elections out and as expected, Narendra Modi is all set to take over as Prime Minister of India, expectations all around is just soaring. As always, CIOs of the Indian enterprises expect this new government to understand the power of IT and implement more and more e-Governance projects to bring in more transparency and agility Subhasish Saha, CTO, Apeejay... By Subhankar Kundu

'Cloud Marketplace' Represents IBM's Next Step in Cloud Journey

The new IBM cloud marketplace launched recently is meant to offer an easy experience for three key user groups in  the enterprise – IT managers, developers, and business leaders to buy services from IBM and its global partner ecosystem all in one.  In a recent survey of over 800 cloud buyers, IBM identified a group of companies which are high cloud adopters –and which... By Mastufa Ahmed

‘We Now See Active Involvement of CMOs in IT Space’

What leads the mindshare of CIOs when it comes to managing new technology trends?Some of the trends which continue to dominate the minds of CIOs include the following, from technology perspective.  Managing Big Data: With the increasing use of e-commerce and social media, managing data is quite a challenge as it comes largely in unstructured and in multi-structured formats. Cloud... By Mastufa Ahmed

Amit Chatterjee joins CA to lead Enterprise Solutions Group

CA Technologies has announced the appointment of Amit Chatterjee as executive vice president, Enterprise Solutions and Technology Group, effective immediately.   Chatterjee will have overall responsibility for strategy and execution across the full portfolio of Enterprise businesses, from development to commercialization.  In addition, Chief Technology Officer John Michelsen will... By IT NEXT

Can NoSQL Be The Future Of Relational Database?

You have radically different approach to database as compared to traditional players like Oracle. Can you explain the difference? Relational database of Oracle has been extremely successful and I have also worked with them. The type of data that we store today in our databases is very different. What relational database did well, is that it rationalises data and that continue to be the strength... By CIO&Leader

Shoppers Stop Leverages Time-Critical Insights

To stay competitive and maintain its growth momentum across 67 stores in India, Shopper’s Stop needed a flexible BI platform that would not only enable faster data analysis, but also uncover insights to help them make better decisions for the business.  The company’s team decided to roll out the QlikView Business Discovery platform to its buying and merchandising teams. The... By Subhankar Kundu

IT Funding From Outside the IT Budget

Chief Information Officers in the Asia Pacific and Japan region reported increases in conventional IT budgets for 2014 of 0.9 percent, but estimated that only 65 percent of IT is funded from within the conventional IT budget, according to the annual global survey of CIOs by Gartner.  APJ IT leaders reported increases in IT budgets for 2014 that exceeded the global average, 0.9 percent... By

Shopper's Stop Adopts QLIK For BI

For a retailer, the ability to quickly access information including sales figures and customer buying patterns is a top priority. Shopper’s Stop, one of India’s leading retail department store, is using the QlikView Business Discovery platform to streamline its business operations and increase sales. Prior to using QlikView, Shoppers Stop was using traditional BI tools and Microsoft... By CIO&Leader