70% of mobiles sold in 2015 will use Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi protocols have changed significantly over the last two to three years and almost every smartphone shipped this year will offer some form of Wi-Fi capabilities. However, a new Wi-Fi protocol will begin to dominate mobile devices soon. New market intelligence from ABI Research projects the IEEE 802.11ac Wi-Fi protocol will begin to conquer the existing protocols (802.11b, g, and n) in the... By sanjay.gupta gupta

BPO analytics services for better business insights

HP Enterprise Services has announced new Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) analytics services designed to accelerate discovery of growth opportunities, efficiencies and cost savings while supporting improvements in compliance and mitigation of risk. Interpreting and acting on ever-increasing structured and unstructured stores of Big Data is a challenge for enterprises around the globe. Using... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Wi-Fi equipment market grows at 16.5% in H1 2012

Cisco remains on the top spot of the enterprise Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) equipment market with 36% of the world market share followed by ZTE and Aruba based on shipments. Cisco has a dominating presence in North America and European markets, but is increasingly losing ground from close competition from ZTE in APAC, Latin America, and MEA. Aruba grabs the 3rd position by marginally... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Big Data to drive $28 billion of IT spending in 2012

Big data will drive $28 billion of worldwide IT spending in 2012, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2013, big data is forecast to drive $34 billion of IT spending. Most of the current spending is used in adapting traditional solutions to the big data demands machine data, social data, widely varied data, unpredictable velocity, and so on and only $4.3 billion in software sales will be driven... By sanjay.gupta gupta

New initiative to boost cloud adoption among mid-size cos

Oracle has launched new bundled offerings around its x86 servers, entry level SPARC servers and storage solutions to enable mid-size organization drive superior consolidation and virtualization as they embrace cloud computing. This new Volume Business Initiative will be driven through partners and is being rolled out across APAC markets. In their journey to cloud computing, many midsized... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Up to 180 million mobile connections could be deactivated by 2013

According to a release from telecom market analysis provider BusinessandMarket.net, the mobile subscriptions base in India will steadily shrink over the coming months and is expected to be around 880 million by December 2012 and 800 million by December 2014. There is no reason to expect that the worst would be over after the India mobile services industry reported net negative additions in the... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Canon deploys QlikView BI to drive sales

Team Computers, an IT solution provider, has announced that Canon India has opted for Team Computers to deploy the latters QlikView business intelligence solution to drive its sales operations. Canon India has a centralized data centre at the corporate office and is connected to all the locations through a Virtual Private Network. The process of churning out reports applications that formed the... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Virtually Real

It is natural to leverage technology to the fullest extent to deliver new customer services, improve operational efficiency and cultivate collaborative efforts that lead to innovation. Most IT heads across industry verticals have made positive strides in leveraging server virtualisation technology to transform IT and thereby reduce hardware and operating costs while increasing speed and... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Expanded security solutions for public sector

HP has announced that HP Security for Public Sector offerings have been expanded to help government agencies manage enterprise threat postures, contain costs driven by identity fraud and application vulnerabilities, and drive efficiencies while supporting compliance requirements. Public sector organizations need to protect data, systems and facilities as intrusions and attacks grow more... By sanjay.gupta gupta

IT Spending in India to reach $71.5 billion next year

IT spending in India is projected to total $71.5 billion in 2013, a 7.7 percent increase from the $66.4 billion forecasted for 2012, according to Gartner, Inc. Speaking at the Gartner Symposium in Goa, Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president and global head of research at Gartner, said, India, like other emerging markets, continues exercising strong momentum despite inflationary pressures and... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Patently Troublesome

The trigger for this article is the recent jury decision awarding $1 billion in fine to Apple against Samsung for design patent infringements. By the time you read it, some more cans of worms would have been opened for sure. Im no clairvoyant, but I can say almost certainly that the duel will go on much longer. For one, granting of patents, their exercise by companies and what they imply for... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Mobile sales in India to reach 251 million units in 2013

Mobile device sales in India are forecast to reach 251 million units in 2013, an increase of 13.5 percent over 2012 sales of 221 million units, according to Gartner, Inc. The mobile handset market is expected to show steady growth through 2016 when end user sales will surpass 326 million units. The Indian mobile phone market is very competitive with more than 150 device manufacturers selling... By sanjay.gupta gupta