How big is Big Data in 2020?

As per EMCs study along with IDC, last year, big data became a big topic across nearly every area of IT. IDC defines big data technologies asanewgeneration of technologies and architectures, designed toeconomicallyextractvaluefrom very largevolumesof a widevarietyof data by enabling high-velocitycapture, discovery, and/or analysis. There are three main characteristics of big data: the data... By varun gupta

Half of Large Enterprises will be on Hybrid Cloud by 2017

Nearly half of large enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments by the end of 2017, according to Gartner, Inc. In the past three years, private cloud computing has moved from an aspiration to a tentative reality for nearly half of large enterprises. Hybrid cloud computing is at the same place today that private cloud was three years ago; as actual deployments are low, but aspirations are... By varun gupta

How to leverage a mobile platform for Business Critical Applications

Attachmate Corporation has released of the Attachmate Verastream Terminal Client for iPad. This launch further expands the companys Attachmate MobileNow strategy, which optimize the delivery of corporate data on the mobile platform while providing tools for encrypting data, controlling access, and monitoring for misuse. With the Verastream Terminal Client app, Attachmate users can securely... By varun gupta

SDN vs Virtualisation: Where is the Synergy?

As an industry trend, Software Defined Networking (SDN) is as potent, vital and impactful as Virtualisation and cloud in IT space. Amandeep Singh Dang, Country Head-Networking, Dell India, says, Virtualisation is a technology to splice physical IT assets into virtual need based assets. Cloud is commercial/non-commercial business process modelling using Virtualisation as the technology, while SDN... By varun gupta

How to prevent attacks on supply chain

The new trend is the emergence of small groups of cyber-mercenaries available for hire to perform surgical hit and run operations Kaspersky Labs security research team today published a new research paper on the discovery of Icefog, a small yet energetic APT group that focuses on targets in South Korea and Japan, hitting the supply chain for Western companies. The operation started in 2011 and... By varun gupta

Services Bureau to lay thrust on customers' operational efficiency

Schneider Electric, today announced that it made an addition to its operations in India with the inauguration of the Services Bureau in Bangalore, a Center of Excellence that supports Critical Environments including Data Centers. Coming under the companys IT Business Vertical (IT BU), the Services Bureau is a seamless integration of information management systems, monitoring solutions, data... By varun gupta

Enhancing enterprise readiness of private clouds

SUSE today announced the general availability of SUSE Cloud 2.0, the next version of the original enterprise-ready OpenStack distribution for building Infrastructure-as-a-Service private clouds. Based on OpenStack Grizzly, it helps in setting up a mixed hypervisor private cloud environment that can be rapidly deployed and easily managed, helping enterprises increase business agility and reduce... By varun gupta

Software to solve the DC puzzle

IT vendors are always creating new jargon, and now the target seems to be data centres. Which is why, while most vendors are developing software that can help manage the data centre and power cooling efficiently, the industry resounds with the latest jargon, SDDC, short for Software-Defined Data Centre. It is all about driving agility, performance, simplified architecture and an efficient... By varun gupta

How to stay safe and sane on email

ESET, a player in proactive protection for 25-years,have provided security tips for all e-mail users to stay safe and sane on ESET. ESET also conveys cybercriminals cleverly target emails to penetrate into corporate networks and use one's information to convince people they are legitimate. Look closely at the bait Check the link that you are supposed to click by hovering your mouse over it to... By varun gupta

Big data investments are rising

Big data investments in 2013 continue to rise, with 64 percent of organizations investing or planning to invest in big data technology compared with 58 percent in 2012, according to a survey by Gartner. However, less than eight percent of survey respondents have actually deployed. "The hype around big data continues to drive increased investment and attention, but there is real substance behind... By varun gupta

Banking big on 'big data'

Oracles claims its new systems can redefine the price/performance equation in the high-end server market, offering customers entry-level price/performance, while maintaining extreme performance and the highest levels of availability. SPARC M6-32 servers with up to 32 terabytes of memory and up to 384 processor cores can run entire applications and databases in-memory to deliver unprecedented... By varun gupta

Sanjay Mirchandani to lead VMware's APJ business

Sanjay Mirchandani has been appointed as senior vice president and general manager of VMware Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) business. He will be playing the role from October 14, 2013. Mirchandani succeeds Andrew Dutton, who will continue to lead VMware APJ until October 14, 2013 after which he will partner with Mirchandani for the rest of the year to facilitate smooth transition of leadership.... By varun gupta