ISACA guidance on Cybersecurity, Private Clouds and Privacy

ISACA, the global nonprofit IT association has issued guidance on managing three top trends expected to pose major challenges to businesses in 2013: cybersecurity threats, private vs. public clouds and data privacy. As part of its role as a provider of best practices and expertise, ISACA aims to help its 100,000 constituents worldwide navigate the shifting IT landscape in order to build trust in... By rajendra gupta

YES Bank to deploy software to manage bullion business

Private sector lender YES Bank has chosen to deploy a commodity management software to streamline its gold and silver bullion wholesale and retail distribution operations. The bank has licensed Commodity XL for Precious Metals software from Triple Point Technology, a US-based firm specializing in commodity management software technology. Specifically, the bank needed to seamlessly manage all... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Top 10 security threats for 2013 ala McAfee

As a security manager, if you thought 2012 was challenging, you have another thing coming in 2013. As per Jagdish Mahapatra, Managing Director, McAfee India & SAARC, in the coming year information security professionals will be tested on multiple counts what with increasing incidents of targeted attacks, signed malware, non-Windows attacks and ransomware. He lists his top 10 enterprise... By rajendra gupta

Top 10 security threats for 2013 ala McAfee

As a security manager, if you thought 2012 was challenging, you have another thing coming in 2013. As per Jagdish Mahapatra, Managing Director, McAfee India & SAARC, in the coming year information security professionals will be tested on multiple counts what with increasing incidents of targeted attacks, signed malware, non-Windows attacks and ransomware. He lists his top 10 enterprise... By rajendra gupta

YES Bank to deploy software to manage bullion business

Private sector lender YES Bank has chosen to deploy a commodity management software to streamline its gold and silver bullion wholesale and retail distribution operations. The bank has licensed Commodity XL for Precious Metals software from Triple Point Technology, a US-based firm specializing in commodity management software technology. Specifically, the bank needed to seamlessly manage all... By rajendra gupta

Karma Industries goes live with Infor LN

Karma Industries Ltd., a diversified company with interests ranging from metal fabrication to trading, has gone live with Infor LN. With diversified operations across multiple locations, the firm needed financial consolidation at an apex level, integrated workflow for business control and to enable integration with add-on products such as commodities & equities to support the growth of... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Cloud environments to remain low on attackers radar in 2013: Verizon

Increasing popularity of Cloud among enterprises may lead those in the security biz to believe that such deployments would become favored targets for hackers and cybercriminals in the days ahead, but thats hardly the case. Experts predict that despite its rising fame, Cloud-based environments will remain low on attackers radar, at least in 2013. According to the findings of the just released... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Consumer brands to integrate payment in mobile apps

In their bids to sell more directly to the customers and enhance the overall experience for them, consumer brands will integrate payment into their mobile applications going forward. IT consulting and research firm Gartner has said by 2015, 33 percent of all consumer brands viz. those in fashion, F&B and entertainment will have integrated payment mechanisms in their branded mobile apps... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Ovum: SDN architecture is the way to go for future networks

With enterprise applications and services becoming increasingly dynamic, traditional network architectures are struggling to keep pace and meet the demands of the modern enterprise. According to analyst firm Ovum, software-defined networking (SDN) is the only way enterprises can build future networks which are flexible, scalable, and intelligent. In a new report, researchers at Ovum have... By sanjay.gupta gupta

SAP launches latest version of Business Objects Mobile

SAP has released the latest version of the BusinessObjects Mobile app. The enterprise software vendor claims that the latest release allows users to visualize, explore, collaborate from within the app and share business performance through personalized and simple views in a secure environment designed natively for iPad. Some of the featured updates to SAP BusinessObjects Mobile include:... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Blue Coat to acquire Crossbeam Systems

Web security and optimization firm Blue Coat Systems is all set to acquire network security company Crossbeam Systems. The two companies recently entered into an agreement which will result in Blue Coat acquiring Crossbeams technology and strengthening its existing security solutions portfolio. According to Blue Coat, the Crossbeam acquisition will help it lay the foundation for a broader... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Ramco puts ERP on Cloud and iPad

Cloud focused enterprise software vendor Ramco has announced the launch of Ramco ERP on Cloud, iPad and other tablets in Australia. Running on local Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, the ERP solution is targeted at customers located in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands (ANZ) region. Calling Australia the most mature market for Cloud adoption, Virender Aggarwal, CEO, Ramco Systems... By sanjay.gupta gupta