Global Cloud Survey: the Implementation Challenges

With a majority of organizations now claiming to have adopted cloud into at least part of their enterprise, we are now seeing the market mature: new lessons learned, leading practices and challenges are emerging and a body of knowledge is starting to form. This KPMG report clearly indicates that the cloud marketplace for both adopters and providers is quickly expanding and maturing. But the... By IT NEXT

IT Managers Need Tools for a Holistic IT Management

What are the challenges that ITDMs face in managing services which are diverse in nature coming from varied vendors? The primary challenge for the senior IT managers would be to meet the business needs swiftly and effectively, using multiple services.  Technology is used not just for technology sake, but used in serving business. Vendors talk about features and function of the solution, but... By IT NEXT

3 Compelling Steps to Align Business Strategy with IT

Sivakumar Krishnan, CISA, VP- Business Process Reengineering & New Initiatives, IFMR Rural Channels & Services talks about how to create a common language which both IT and business can decipher.  The big question that faces business groups would be about how an enterprise can extract the most out of IT. It is generally believed that an enterprise’s existence revolves around... By IT NEXT

How the Appeal of Game Mechanics Applies to Business?

Gamification has become an essential part of any digital business strategy, says Gartner, as a way of digitally motivating people and overcoming barriers of scale, time, distance, connectedness and cost. Digital business leaders are using gamification to add value to the product offer, to increase employee engagement and to drive crowdsourced innovation.  Gamification has tremendous... By IT NEXT

Windows XP to be the New Playground for Cybercriminals: Security Experts

Microsoft will stop support for Windows XP even while its market share is still high (29.53% in February 2014 according to Net Applications). What will be the security impact of this decision? In practical terms, computers that are still running Windows XP after this date will no longer receive updates including those to address security vulnerabilities of the operating system. Whether you... By IT NEXT

Best Practices for Secure Use of Windows XP sans Support

In a blog post, Neil MacDonald, VP and Gartner fellow, says the issue is not whether the continued use of XP entails risk. It does. The issue is whether the continued use of XP represents manageable and tolerable risk to the enterprise.  If XP systems are continued to be used, Gartner recommends that organizations follow the 10 best practices below to reduce the risk of using these systems... By IT NEXT

What's the Average Compensation of an IT Manager?

The findings of the India’s biggest salary survey for IT Managers by IT Next reveals that only 4 per cent of the tota1 respondents take home the highest package of `41 lakhs and more. A majority of the participants come in the income bracket of ` 11 to 20 lakhs, but the percentage of IT folks earning ` 21 to 30 lakhs is pretty decent with 25 per cent. According to the survey, only 8... By Mastufa Ahmed

Do IT Managers' Compensation Tally with Their Experience?

IT Next Salary Survey revealed that compensation doesn’t  necessarily depend on the years of experience of the IT  managers. About 43 per cent of the participants in the experience  bracket of 5-10 years take home a salary of less than 10 lakhs  while 47.7 per cent are compensated with a packet of 11 to 20  lakhs INR.  With a total of 18 years of experience... By Mastufa Ahmed

Why Organizations Are Turning to Specialized Analytic Database

According to TDWI Research’s Big Data Analytics Survey, 33% of surveyed organizations are contemplating a replacement of their analytic databases, data warehouses, and similar platforms to keep pace with new and intensifying requirements for advanced analytics in a “big data” world. As user organizations make such platform replacements —or add additional platforms to... By Manan M

Threat Report, The State of Cybersecurity

The Websense® 2014 Threat Report explains the threat landscape through the lens of this seven-stage model to help you: • Understand the threat lifecycle, current criminal attack apparatus and techniques, and attacker motivations as a foundation for understanding risk and reviewing your security posture. • Gain deep insight into each stage of the attack lifecycle for crucial clues... By IT NEXT

Juniper's Ravi Chauhan Joins SAP India As MD

SAP has announced the appointment of Ravi Chauhan as Managing Director for SAP India, further strengthening the senior management team of SAP Asia Pacific Japan. Effective immediately, Ravi will be responsible for driving SAP India’s growth strategy and operations across the country. Based in Bangalore, Ravi Chauhan reports directly to Adaire Fox-Martin, President of SAP Asia Pacific Japan... By

Why Mobile Video Conferencing Is IT Managers’ Next Challenge?

With the increasing transition to mobile devices, organizations are compelled to rethink how they collaborate. As per a Frost & Sullivan’s report, video conferencing tools can help organizations maintain a productive workflow while ensuring top-notch security and IT control. IT managers’ dilemmaTo enable mobile visual collaboration among their employees, partners and... By IT NEXT