India Has Biggest Appetite for Mobile Commerce

SAP has come out with a study with yet another revelation of Indias big appetite for mobile commerce. In fact, SAP has gone to an extent of saying India has the biggest appetite. The study states that consumers in India are leading the demand for mobile commerce services, with 97% of consumers asking for more mobile interactions with banks, telecoms, retailers, utilities and other businesses.... By varun gupta

Enabling Governments to Secure Citizen ID

Security Identity, a forum to help public bodies deliver eGovernment services to citizens through adoption of secure eDocument technologies, has HID Global on board. The Secure Identity Alliance was created to promote the usage of government-issued e-documents for increased security, deployment of secure online services and strengthening privacy. HID Global brings expertise to the secure... By varun gupta

Digital Industrial Economy: Old Talk, New Term

The buzz around the digital just does not seem to go. Gartner has now come up with a forecast that suggests the much-talked-about opportunities of a digital world. The research firm says that worldwide IT spending will reach $3.8 trillion in 2014, a 3.6 percent increase from 2013, but its the opportunities of a digital world that have IT leaders excited. This results in every budget being an IT... By varun gupta

10 Reasons to Feel Secure with Desktop Virtualization

Nilesh Goradia, Head, Pre-Sales, India Subcontinent, Citrix says the pattern of working has undergone a paradigm shift due to the advent of consumerisation of IT. As a result of this, work has moved beyond office premises, empowering employees to access business information from anywhere using their mobile devices. This has initiated the concept of work shifting, moving work to the optimal place... By varun gupta

SAP Ventures Pumps in Energy for Start-Ups

Its time to cheer up for the start-up technology companies. Entrepreneurs can look at a new horizon for consumer reach-out with the recent announcement from SAP Ventures to raised $650 million for its second direct investment fund, SAP Ventures Fund II. That will supplement a $405 million fund of funds that is aimed at investing in other venture capital firms around the world.SAP Ventures Fund... By varun gupta

Arsenal of tools that Hackers use to Attack

Vishak Raman Senior Regional Director India & SAARC, Fortinet says that whilst each APT is customised for its intended target, the lifecycle of every APT attack typically consists of the following stages: choosing a target, then doing some investigation about the organization - its employees, policies, the applications and systems it uses - and building its profile with a detailed list of... By varun gupta

Orange, Samsung Team up for Europe

Orange Business Services and Samsung Electronics have signed a strategic partnership agreement to develop the professional use of tablets and services to help companies leverage the benefits of this device across the Orange footprint in Europe, with specific emphasis on Belgium, France, Poland and Spain. Through this partnership, Orange Business Services and Samsung Electronics will combine... By varun gupta

Why is SDN IT Managers Best Bet?

An IT manager can expect simplification, playfulness, orchestration and convergence from SDN. This change will allow him to accelerate in cloud, converged infrastructure and workload awareness around his IT systems. IT managers will be able to gear their networking investments more in tune with the business, rather than just seen as speed-and-feed universal connectivity components as networks... By varun gupta

How can IT and LOBs Shape Cloud Consumption

What is the current state of IT Cloud consumption? What will IT organization of the future look like, and what will IT decision makers do to be successful in this changing environment? In a wide-ranging global study, Cisco Consulting Services (CCS) along with Intel, attempts to pinpoint just how Cloud is impacting IT. The study surveyed 4,226 IT leaders in 18 industries across nine key economies... By varun gupta

How to help Large Enterprises respond to the rise of DIY

Manage Engine has announced the general availability of the Large Enterprise Edition of OpManager, the network and data center infrastructure management software. The new edition combines enterprise grade scalability, speed, agility and affordability for companies and service providers. It monitors 1 million interfaces or 50,000 devices from a single server without additional polling engines and... By varun gupta

How to help Large Enterprises respond to the rise of DIY

Manage Engine has announced the general availability of the Large Enterprise Edition of OpManager, the network and data center infrastructure management software. The new edition combines enterprise grade scalability, speed, agility and affordability for companies and service providers. It monitors 1 million interfaces or 50,000 devices from a single server without additional polling engines and... By varun gupta

How to help Large Enterprises respond to the rise of DIY

Manage Engine has announced the general availability of the Large Enterprise Edition of OpManager, the network and data center infrastructure management software. The new edition combines enterprise grade scalability, speed, agility and affordability for companies and service providers. It monitors 1 million interfaces or 50,000 devices from a single server without additional polling engines and... By varun gupta