5 Features of Netmagic’s Storage As-A-Service Offering

Software-defined storage allows offloading the computationally heavy aspects of storage-management-related functions enabling higher amount of CPU power availability within the cloud. Netmagic Tiered Secure Storage (NTSS) is a Storage-as-a-Service offering that provides metered IOPS for customers' mission-critical applications.  Here is a snapshot. “NTSS will be a game-... By IT NEXT

Why Organizations Overlook New Threats, Despite Significant Costs

A new generation of unknown security threats stemming from technologies like BYOD, mobility, cloud computing, and Internet usage, as well as internal actions both accidental and malicious, introduce organizations to a multitude of new risks. According to Dell global security survey, however, the majority of IT leaders around the world say they don’t view these threats as top security... By IT NEXT

Intel Introduces Xeon Processor E7 v2 Family

To help companies in a variety of industries from retail and healthcare to banking and transportation turn data into actionable insights, Intel Corporation has introduced the Intel Xeon processor E7 v2 family. Using analytics enables businesses to make decisions that improve top-line and bottom-line results. The Intel Xeon processor E7 v2 family delivers new capabilities to process and analyze... By IT NEXT

Union Bank of India Eliminates Manual Reporting

Union Bank of India (UBI) has selected IBM’s data center management services to enhance productivity and improve business operations. The service will enable the bank to enhance reliability and efficiency of critical infrastructure as well as significantly improve data management across multiple locations. Union Bank ofIndia is one of the largest public sector banks ofIndiaand is listed... By IT NEXT

Mobile Analytics will Reach New Constituencies in 2014

The author of a new report on the competitive landscape for BI platforms in Asia Pacific, Gartner research director Bhavish Sood, said growing interest in big data solutions will continue to positively impact BI spending across Asia Pacific in 2014 and beyond. In Asia Pacific, the top four "megavendors" — SAP, Microsoft, Oracle and IBM — controlled 72.2 percent of the BI platform... By IT NEXT

Improve User Experience Without Sacrificing IT Security and Control

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Go Open to Gain A Competitive Edge

Thanks to the economic downturn, it is paving the way for vast experimentation across borders. Open source, or free software as it is known, is catching the limelight and capitalising on the prevailing recessionary trend. It is rather surprising to find that open source is no longer only a ‘me too’ option among members in the IT fraternity. The reasons? Simple. A few factors... By

Are the best CIOs from non-tech background?

The Verdict The functioning of a CIO is changing fast and today we are witnessing a lot of CIOs who are from a non-tech background. Whereas, it is important to have technological acumen, today it has become even more important to understand business and make the IT department a profit centre in your organisation. There are two school of thoughts that exist, one that thinks a CIO can be truly... By

90% of IT Roles will Be Redefined by Mobile and Social Platforms

While the 3rd Platform of mobile, social, big data, and cloud services is just beginning to mature, it will require an entirely different set of IT skills and roles — many of which are yet to be invented, says IDC report. IDC Top 10 Predictions In two years, over 70% of CIOs will change their primary role from directly managing IT to become an innovation partner. Before 2017, only 40... By IT NEXT

We Store More Data than the Measures We Have to Secure Them

Erik Dörnenburg  (Head of Technology) & Dave Elliman ( Market Technical Principal) ThoughtWorks Europe cut through the clutter to help you decide what to store, why, and how to leverage insights from big data ‘Capture-It-All’ Big Data approach raises serious concerns of security and privacy!Good security is hard to attain. At a basic level we still see best practices... By Mastufa Ahmed

Enterprise IT Spending for Government in 2014

Governments of India IT spending will see an increase of 4.3 percent over 2013, spending $6.4 billion USD on IT products and services in 2014 according to Gartner. This forecast includes spending by both state and central government on internal IT, hardware, software, external IT services and telecommunications. “IT services, which includes consulting, implementation, IT outsourcing and... By IT NEXT

5 Steps to Align your Datacenter to Your Business Strategy

Data center consolidation can go a long way in helping an organization align its data center infrastructure to support business requirements. However, planning a data center consolidation requires a realistic understanding of an organization’s current data footprint and its implications on the availability/ disruption on the level of IT services. Technologies like virtualization provide... By IT NEXT