Smart Analytics for Razor Sharp Decisions
That analytics is a much-heard industry buzzword now is not without reason. Most experts believe that the use of analytics can help IT decision makers to make better and faster decisions and automate processes. It enables them to build a solid foundation of strategic analytics products and services to take advantage of all of the data sources, including structured and unstructured data. Factors... By varun guptaTechnologies Influencing IT Infrastructure in 2013
Gartner, Inc. has identified the top technology trends that will play key roles in modernizing information management (IM) in 2013 and beyond, making the role of information governance increasingly important. "Information is one of the four powerful forces changing the way business is done," said Regina Casonato, managing VP at Gartner. "Significant innovation continues in the field of... By varun guptaDesktop Virtualisation Comes of Age--Say IT Experts
V.Srinivas, CIO, Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. The maturity levels of desktop virtualisation adoption today are certainly better than the preceding four years. There is an increased awareness of the way the VDI project ROI / cost benefit is calculated. This is about moving away from the cost calculation based only on hardware and software product or feature. Now customers are... By varun guptaBusinesses to leverage Next-Generation Office 365
Microsoft today announced the general availability of the next-generation Office 365 for businesses in India. Office 365 works across multiple devices is social and integrates seamlessly with the cloud. It unlocks newer productivity scenarios and provides organizations with the desired IT control and management. Simultaneously, Microsoft also made available business SKUs of Office 2013 for on... By varun guptaSteps to Virtualise Mobile Networks using a Common Platform
Juniper Networks, the player in network innovation, today unveiled new software and services enabling mobile service providers to realise immediate benefits while laying the foundation to build software-defined networks (SDN). Juniper says that service providers can virtualise mobile networks to achieve faster services provisioning and On-Demand capacity management from a common platform. Mobile... By varun guptaNew Converged Infrastructure to Accelerate IT RoI
HP unveiled a new HP BladeSystem, HP Converged Storage and HP Networking solutions, as well as HP Services that accelerate return on IT investment and enable customers to refocus resources from operations to innovation. Significant shifts in the IT industry, including cloud, big data, social media and mobility, have added new challenges for chief information officers (CIOs) in meeting customer,... By varun gupta
It is a 'Feel good' factor Budget
The big overarching focus on growth by the FM is the fundamental feel good factor in this budget. Given the fact that one can argue that a lot of the weakness in the Indian economy is what I call a sentimental recession, his strong statement that there is no grounds for doom and gloom heading into the new year. The big specific positives of the budget are that he has focused both in terms of the... By sanjay.gupta guptaCISCO: Next Gen UCS servers for Next Gen Computing
How has Cisco made server I/O more powerful and much simpler? Answer: One of the key differentiators of Cisco UCS (Unified Computing System) with Intel Xeon processor is the way in which highcapacity server network access has been aggregated through Cisco Virtual Interface Cards and infused with built-in high performance virtual networking capabilities. In pre-UCS server system architectures,... By sanjay.gupta gupta