SAPs Unified Cloud Strategy for line-of-Business

SAP introduced significant innovations to its portfolio of line-of-business cloud applications. To simplify their technology deployments, best-run companies are shifting from adhoc spending to making strategic investments on one platform that span on-premise, managed and public cloud environments. SAP yesterday announced target="_blank">its vision of a unified cloud strategy to help businesses... By varun gupta

Tap New Market Opportunities with Mobile Technologies

SAP in its third annual Mobile Commerce Guide extends its focus beyond financial institutions and mobile operators that have been making great progress pioneering mobile commerce over the past several years, to help other sectors, such as retail, consumer products and utilities companies navigate the new market opportunities that mobile commerce technology and solutions can bring in both... By varun gupta

BSNL launches Enterprise Cloud Services via its IDCs

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the telecommunication services provider and target="_blank">Managed Cloud Platform (MCP), BSNL forays into the Enterprise Cloud services space through its Internet Data Centres (IDCs). The launch was presided over by Kapil Sibal, Honble Minister for Communications and IT who witnessed the signing-on of 15 user enterprises across Financial Services, IT / ITES... By varun gupta

4 Trends that will Impact Storage

Hicham Abdessamad, Senior VP, Global Services, Hitachi Data Systems observes the trend moving to a consumption or utility based model to manage the storage efficiently. Hitachis Abdessamad spots four major trends that will draw IT managers attention: a) Converged Platform is paving a big way towards bringing various aspects of cost of storage, cost of going to market, best of breed and... By varun gupta

Citrixs XenDesktop 7 Enables Businesses to Leverage Cloud Model

Citrix atCitrix Synergy announced target="_blank">Citrix XenApp customers will find the new architecture easier than ever to deploy, manage and support. XenDesktop 7 represents the state-of-the-art in app and desktop virtualization, enabling any business to mobilize Windows apps and desktops and deliver them as a cloud service to any device. New HDX Mobile Technologies Deliver an Intuitive,... By varun gupta

Solution for Forecast Accuracy and synchronized supply chain

Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC), a player in analytic data platforms, applications and services rolled out its target="_blank">Teradata Demand Chain Management software, which forecasts consumer demand and synchronizes inventory to match it. The solution is available now, from Teradata Applications. In todays challenging economy, companies have little margin for error. They need to optimize... By varun gupta

Nilambur s CBS platform connects 18 Branches on a Centralised Server

The Nilambur Co-operative Urban Bank Limited (NCUB), one of Kerala's leading Urban Co-operative Banks and Kerala's first Urban bank to implement Core Banking, has gone live with Polaris' highly scalable Intellect Core Banking Solution (CBS). NCUB chose Polaris Financial Technology Ltd, a leader in products, solutions and services that enable unprecedented operational productivity for the global... By varun gupta

BYOD, Mobility and Virtualisation Trend challenge existing Security tools

Cisco and the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) today unveiled the findings of a joint study titled Reinventing the Network in the Context of Security. Based on in-depth interviews with top security leaders and CIOs from various industry verticals in the country, the study sought to understand the characteristics and challenges of current security threats. It also outlined what the industry... By varun gupta

Netmagic puts up 100,000 sq. ft DC in Bangalore

Netmagic Solutions,India's only datacenter infrastructure lifecycle management (DILM) company and subsidiary of NTT Communications (NTT Com), today announced that it is building a spanking new datacenter that will add a massive 1,00,000 sq ft of net floor space to Bangalore's supply constrained data center market. The new data center in Electronic City, "India Bangalore 2 Data Center"will be... By varun gupta

VMware Rolls out VCloud Hybrid Service

At a live web-event yesterday,VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger unveiledVMware vCloud Hybrid Service, an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud operated by VMware and built on the VMware vSphere, giving customers a common platform to seamlessly extend their data center to the cloud.VMwares mission is to radically simplify IT and help customers transform their IT operations, said Pat Gelsinger, CEO,... By varun gupta

Best Practices in Cloud BI & Analytics

It could a viable option for most enterprises that have not deployed BI for varied reasons to opt for cloud BI and analytics. Certain best practices would help them in their journey. To ensure that the fundamental building blocks for product / applications / platform or various service offerings are consistent and can be universally understood & compared across providers a question... By varun gupta

Unified with Cloud

Cary Hayward, Senior Director Product Management at Polycom is responsible for leading the planning and strategy efforts for Polycoms cloud collaboration solutions and products, including the recently announced RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite. In conversation with N Geetha, Hayward discusses the importance of integrating cloud with Unified Communication in real time What challenges confront senior... By varun gupta