Check Point Software Technologies Appoints New Country Manager

Check Point Software Technologies has announced the appointment of Srinivas Sitaram as Country Manager, Indian Subcontinent (ISC) with immediate effect. As part of his new portfolio, Srinivas will be responsible for Channel Sales, SMB and Distribution. Most recently, Srinivas was National Partner Manager at Microsoft India. “I am honored to be appointed as Country Manager, ISC - Channel... By IT NEXT

Ways To Deal With Botnet

A study conducted by Cisco identifies most common detection and mitigation techniques of the Botnet. The study indicates, Botnet creation begins with the download of a software program called a "bot" (for example, IRCBot, SGBot, or AgoBot) along with an embedded exploit (or payload) by an unsuspecting user, who might click an infected e-mail attachment or download infected files or freeware... By IT NEXT

Audi-NVIDIA Partner for In-Car Visual Technology

NVIDIA has announced that three new in-vehicle systems powered by the NVIDIA Tegra Visual Computing Module (VCM) will soon begin shipping in Audi’s vehicles. These innovative solutions, include- a connected infotainment system with twice the performance of its predecessor; the world’s first automotive-grade tablet that is fully integrated into the car’s infotainment system; and... By IT NEXT

M2M Revenues Will Grow 300% Over the Next Five Years

Although machine-to-machine (M2M) technology is a bright spot in the rapidly maturing mobile industry, operators will not realize its full potential without strategic partnering, says Ovum. Forecasts from the global analyst firm show that over the next five years, M2M revenues will grow to reach US$44.8bn, with more than a third coming from Asia-Pacific. New forecasts from Ovum reveal that... By IT NEXT

IT Spending in Software and Services in India to Grow

In a recent published report on “India Tech Market Outlook: 2014”, research agency Forrester has forecasted IT purchases in India will grow 8per cent in 2014 to reach US$29 billion. Manish Bahl, Vice President and Country Manager for India says, “As an emerging economy, India is still largely a hardware-driven market, but spending on... By IT NEXT

IT Fraternity Looks For Strong e-Governance from AAP Govt.

It’s indeed a landmark twist in Indian politics when Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by Arvind Kejriwal won 28 seats in Delhi assembly elections. Many rubbished him saying he is more of a rhetoric and realism, more of an activist than a politician. But now, such criticisms have been put to silence with AAP not only winning 28 seats but forming the AAP Government with the support of Congress.... By IT NEXT

Worldwide Enterprise Software Spending To Grow in 2014

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.8 trillion in 2014, a 3.1 per cent increase from 2013 spending of $3.7 trillion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. In 2013, the market experienced flat growth, growing 0.4 per cent year over year.  Spending on devices (including PCs, ultramobiles, mobile phones and tablets) contracted 1.2 per cent in 2013, but it will grow 4.3 per... By IT NEXT

Project Fails Often Due to Lack of PM’s Expertise

So, what’s the top reason for a project failure that Senior IT Managers often cite as the major one? Is it Project Manager’s lack of expertise or leadership skills or lack of executive support or is it lack of awareness on the importance and criticality of the project? Yatin Bhatia, PMP, SGM - Technology: Content Head at Aptech Limited says, “I believe one of the top causes... By IT NEXT

How Virtualisation Helped Vodafone IT?

VodafoneIndia, with a subscriber base of more than 150 million customers serviced through a network of over 115,000 sites has been growing since it took over from Hutchinson Essar. As telecom inIndiahas been growing multi-fold, telcos are constantly sprucing up IT to support their spreading presence, transforming networks, business models and core value propositions. With the upsurge in the... By IT NEXT

Senior ITDMs in Insurance focusing on Predictive Analysis

Adoption of predictive analytics can help organizations to have competitive advantages in terms of cost, customer relationships (customer satisfaction), and market leadership. Predictive analytics will empower the insurers to understand their customer profiles accurately, which can be used to provide highly tailored and personalized services across sales, service and marketing channels. The... By IT NEXT

Frictionless IT To Power 2014

2013 has been another exciting and extremely interesting year in the IT industry. And disruption is the name of the game. Disruption in terms of technology and also with business models that newer technologies are accelerating. Long-term technology and the business trends they enable and reflect, are panning out in interesting ways. But the strategy across the industry remains focused on one... By IT NEXT

Top Tech Predictions in DC For 2014

The importance, role and functionality of data centers will change over the next five years, leaving many organisations unclear on how to plan their future data center architectures, according Gartner, Inc. Gartner said technical, fiscal and service delivery concerns will be critical and organisations should plan around eight forces to shape their best data center strategies. "Over the next... By IT NEXT