7 Steps to be Mobile Ready in 2014

Any IT investment that ITDMs put in should have a business reason, the business imperative that made him go ahead and deploy enterprise mobility. This means he has to have use cases for better evaluation as to what exactly he is going to do with the mobile application. So, the rationale behind enterprise mobility is important. Is it employee productivity, reduction of transaction time or... By IT NEXT

How Do You Evaluate a Data Scientist?

There is a lot of buzz not only around hiring data  scientists and even chief data officers and the  skills they need in understanding how to extract  data for business needs, but also how to tell a  story with the data and insights they uncover. Business acumen is as important, if not more,  than hard skills. Data scientists represents an evolution from a pure business... By

How to Migrate From Windows XP Securely

Microsoft is expected to pull off support for Windows XP systems on April 8th, and many companies are yet to finalize a migration strategy to a newer operating system. According to estimates, 16 percent of 4 million enterprise PCs in India, are yet to be migrated from Windows XP systems. This basically means that PCs with XP will become prone to malware, viruses and hacker attacks. It is... By CIO&Leader

7 Steps to Ensure An Effective Enterprise Mobility Plan

Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM) or mobile device management (MDM) comes as an oasis for an IT manager, when it comes to dealing with enterprise mobility. EMM gives a fair amount of visibility and control of the device to IT, which helps in enforcing various set policies. For example, EMM updates of an app can be pushed across devices across platforms, devices can be forced to have... By

Do IT Managers’ Compensation Commensurate with Their Evolving Roles?

Organizations today are much more effective and agile trying to cope with ‘do more with less’. One key thing forward-thinking companies today ensure is performance management to evaluate and measure individual performance to optimize productivity. One key purpose of this activity is aligning employee’s productivity and performance to his compensation. While all organizations... By Mastufa Ahmed

6 Changes and Challenges in Transactional Banking Today!

Today, customers implicitly expect and demand better services.  Markets are becoming increasingly commoditized so innovation in the form of value added services is the only differentiator.  We spoke to Dinesh Verma, Head- Product Management, Global Transaction Banking, Nucleus Software on the changing demands of the transactional banking space and how to cope with it. Offering... By Mastufa Ahmed

How Mobile Is Already a Strategic Channel for Banking Services

According to industry sources, India has a 40% unbanked population that have no access to alternative method of financial services. Around $600 million worth of cash transfers occur in India in a year. Mobile is probably the safest and most cost efficient way of dealing with payments. A company that wants to set up a mobile payment business has to follow the same procedures with Reserve Bank of... By Mastufa Ahmed

How to Master Big Data to Exploit Its Insights?

What businesses invest in on Big Data solutions are technologies that complement their current infrastructures, not replace those infrastructures. The Enterprise Information Management systems that they have in place are still useful, but they don’t want consume the capacity of, or overextend those systems, to accommodate new types of data. They want to be able to take advantage of new... By Mastufa Ahmed

How IT Managers Can Make the Most of Career Opportunities

Information Technology ranks amongst the most dynamic industries. Matching the emergence of new trends and rapidly-changing technology is the fast movement in the sector. Despite the slowdown in the economy, there seem to be no dearth of openings and opportunities in the IT vertical. However, the big questions that arise with respect to job opportunities for IT Managers include what is the right... By IT NEXT

Are You Storing Data Unnecessarily in the Name of Big Data?

While the concept of big data excites many as it offers new business avenues for them, there is a danger as well associated with it if don’t prioritize what to store and what not. A report by ThoughtWorks identifies a dangerous trend of businesses storing humongous amount of personal data unnecessarily.  The report contrasts between exciting insights made possible by big data with the... By Mastufa Ahmed

Windows XP: Migrate: Risk It: Done

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Detect Malicious Activity Hidden in your Network

ATLAS is a collaboration with nearly 300 service providers who share anonymous data with Arbor, up to 70TB/sec of global Internet traffic. This collective view delivers globally scoped insight into the attack landscape. This data set is analyzed by Arbor’s security research team who then develops detection methodologies; and creates fingerprints that identify threats and malicious activity... By IT NEXT