New Features of the IaaS Platform SUSE Cloud 3

The next version of the OpenStack distribution provides customers with greater flexibility to deploy private clouds with existing virtualized data centers and support for VMware vSphere through integration with VMware vCenter Server. The inclusion of OpenStack drivers for EMC into SUSE Cloud 3 enables customers to take advantage of EMC VNX solutions to meet their OpenStack storage needs.... By Mastufa Ahmed

5 User-Benefits From WhatsApp, Facebook Union

With Facebook acquiring WhatsApp for $19 Billion, reports such has “why Facebook bought WhatsApp?” or “Facebook rejected WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum a job in 2009” have started to flood the Internet. Now, Koum joins the Facebook board of directors. Through this acquisition, Facebook leverages WhatsApp's market value and also removes a potent competitor from its way ahead... By Debashis Sarkar

Broadcom Brings Global Location Tracking to Wearables

Broadcom unveiled a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for wearable devices such as fitness trackers and smart watches.  Broadcom will be showcasing the chip and other new mobile products at the MWC from Feb. 24-27. The Broadcom BCM4771 GNSS SoC with on-chip sensor hub enables consumers to more accurately track and manage their health by delivering location data. This enables... By IT NEXT

How MDM Offers 360 Degree View of Your Customers

Through 2017, CRM leaders who avoid MDM will derive erroneous results that annoy customers, resulting in a 25 percent reduction in potential revenue gains. "Over the last several years, CRM software sales have outstripped overall IT spending," said Bill O'Kane, research director at Gartner. "CRM leaders must understand the benefits of the MDM discipline to CRM and make it part of their CRM... By IT NEXT

Why In-Memory Computing is Vital for Real-Time Analytics

In-memory analytics is an approach to analyze an entire data set that resides in a computer’s main memory and not on physical disks. This results in vastly shortened query response times, allowing business intelligence (BI) and analytic applications to support faster business decisions. BI and analytic applications have long supported caching data in main memory, and systems with many... By IT NEXT

Why UPES University Deploys Dell & VMware Solution

University ofPetroleum and Energy Studies needed to upgrade their IT infrastructure to fulfil the increasing IT demands of their growing student population. The university has grown organically from 230 to 5,000 students, and this growth in turn has led to increasing student expectations relating to IT system performance. To deliver automated processes and e-learning in a smart environment, the... By Mastufa Ahmed

Why Facebook Acquired WhatsApp

After shelling out $1 billion on a photo sharing company, Facebook goes for another big deal of $19 for a widely used platform being used by more than 450 million users. The right question to ask now is not 'is it worth it' rather ‘why’ of the spending. Let’s analyze the wherefores of the acquisition. 1. According to Facebook, WhatsApp has 450 million active users on any... By Mastufa Ahmed

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Mobile App Vs Mobile Website! Which One is Best for You?

The fast growing reach of the smart devices such as mobile phones and tablets to the individuals, has forced the solution experts to look for extending the accessibility of business application to these devices. Some of us start looking for the companies who are in mobile application development, without analyzing, if we really need a native mobile application or not.  We normally mistake... By

How New US Cybersecurity Framework Can Secure Your Enterprise

This is the most detailed guide which came out of the collected efforts of individuals and organizations across the globe who provided their thoughts in the form of standards, best practices, and guidelines. The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) consolidated that input into the voluntary Cybersecurity Framework to help organizations understand,... By IT NEXT

HP To Charge For Server BIOS & Firmware Updates

HP has announced that it will provide firmware updates through the HP Support Center only to customers with a valid warranty, Care Pack Service or support agreement, effective 19 February 2014. As per an official blog posting, HP described this move as their intention to offer differentiated and long-term value in the products and services. "This decision reinforces our goal to provide access... By CIO&Leader

Huawei Plans to Become One of the Top Three Vendors in UC&C Market

In ISE 2014, Huawei announced its latest portfolio of telepresence and video communications products and solutions at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2014, a pan-European forum for emerging markets of professional audiovisual and electronic systems integration.  TE30 HD endpoint features an all-in-one design that integrates microphone, camera and codec, supports voice dialing and Wi-Fi... By IT NEXT