Ways to Cope with Cloud

The cloud is becoming a reality in most organisations, and research groups such as Gartner, are endorsing the prevailing trend - indicating that the adoption of public cloud services has increased from 12 per cent to 27 per cent (private cloud from 19-26 per cent) in organisations. A report by consulting firm Zinnov Management Consulting estimates that the cloud computing market will grow from... By sanjay.gupta gupta

14 Secrets to Adorn a CIO Role

1. Leadership Skills--Move from being a manager to a leader, to make things happen despite limitations and beyond expectations. Be a leader: render committed support in leading, managing and delivering value from Business IT 2. Business Acumen--Strong business acumen means awareness and understanding of business functions; getting insights into the challenges / concerns / problems / needs and... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Banks Should Bank on APIs and Apps, Not Applications

Current application portfolios are preventing banks from making the transformation they need to re-engage with customers and stakeholders, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that apps, not applications, enable a new style of engagement with customers--one that is focused on providing need-based and context-aware services. These findings are based on Gartners Maverick Research designed to... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Shamrao Vithal to Improve Efficiency using IBM Blades

Shamrao Vithal Co-opBank (SVC), one of the most technologically advanced co-operative banks in India, has chosen IBMs BladeCenter solution to optimise its IT infrastructure to support its branch expansion plans.Shamrao Vithal Co-op Bank embraced IBM BladeCenter to run its virtualisation solution and gain operational efficiency. The bank aims to grow to 250 branches across the country and achieve... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Microsoft Launches Windows 8 in India

Microsoft announced the availability of Windows 8 for its customers in India and around the world. Beginning Friday, October 26, consumers and businesses worldwide will be able to experience all that Windows 8 has to offer: a new UI, a wide range of apps with the grand opening of the Windows Store, available on a variety of Windows 8 certified PCs and tablets. Windows 8 PCs and tablets will be... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Epitome Drives Platform Agility with Red Hat Linux

New Delhi based Epitome Travel Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd. (ETS), a Indian travel organisation that offers diverse travel-related solutions and services to corporations and individuals, has selected Red Hat as its trusted solutions partner and implemented Red Hat Enterprise Linux as its core enterprise platform. The implementation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux as its enterprise platform has made... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Cloud Adoption by Indian Companies Accelerates

A Forrester Research study commissioned by VMware reveals that the usage of cloud technologies by Indian enterprises has increased significantly. According to Sanchit Vir Gogia, a senior analyst with Forrester, nearly 50 per cent of the respondents to the survey said that they have already adopted cloud solutions or approaches. This is a 25 per cent growth over last year. An additional 30 per... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Every tech budget becoming an IT budget: Gartner

Twelve years ago technology spending outside of IT was 20 percent of total technology spending; it will become almost 90 percent by the end of the decade, according to Gartner, Inc. Much of this change is being driven by the digitization of companies revenue and their services. The Nexus of Forces is leading this transformation. The Nexus is the convergence and mutual reinforcement of social,... By sanjay.gupta gupta

4.4 Million IT jobs globally to support Big Data by 2015

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to surpass $3.7 trillion in 2013, a 3.8 percent increase from 2012 projected spending of $3.6 trillion, but its the outlook for big data that is creating much excitement, according to Gartner, Inc. By 2015, 4.4 million IT jobs globally will be created to support big data, generating 1.9 million IT jobs in the United States, said Peter Sondergaard, senior vice... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Banking innovation to speed up financial services in developing mkts

India and other developing markets face an increasing demand for the most basic of banking services. But with Indias 1.2 billion multi-lingual population spread over 1.2 billion square miles, servicing their banking needs comes with challenges. Researchers at Xerox have invented a banking solution that reduces the cost of establishing branches even in rural areas and automates much needed... By sanjay.gupta gupta

40%: Growth of Indian tablet market over next 5 years

MAIT, the apex body representing Indias IT hardware, training and R&D services sectors, has announced the findings of its first-ever Tablet Study in the Indian market. The tablet market, pioneered by the launch of the iPad in 2010, has been growing rapidly and the study puts the growth rate at 40% over the next 5 years, compounded annually. Commenting on this new opportunity, Alok... By sanjay.gupta gupta

IT Supply chain integrity among Top 3 security concerns

Enterprise IT supply chains will be targeted and compromised, forcing changes in the structure of the IT marketplace and how IT will be managed moving forward, according to Gartner, Inc. By 2017, IT supply chain integrity will be identified as a top three security-related concern by Global 2000 IT leaders. These findings are produced as part of Gartner's Maverick research. Maverick research is... By sanjay.gupta gupta