IBM expands PureSystems family to help cos tame big data

To help global organisations make sense of the massive influx of data being created daily, IBM has expanded its PureSystems family of expert integrated systems with the introduction of PureData System. Now, clients can more efficiently manage and quickly analyze petabytes of data in minutes and intelligently use those insights to support specific business goals across their organisation... By sanjay.gupta gupta

10 Questions to Prep IT for the Future

Imagine you could pick one business function to rebuild completely from scratch. Which would it be? We posed this provocative question to 152 IT executives and 164 other executives in four countries. The top pick by far, especially among IT executives, was the IT organization. Half of the respondents to our survey also said they are or soon will be revamping enterprise IT. Executives are eager... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Infra management soln for differentiated customer experience

CA Technologies has announced a new version of CA Infrastructure Management (CA IM). By integrating elements of CA Technologies Service Assurance portfolio, CA IM quickly translates volumes of disparate performance data into actionable insight delivered in unified, user-specific views that help enterprise and service provider customers cost effectively improve service quality, predictability and... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Should banks fear Google, Facebook? Well, yes and no!

Despite the hype about digital mega-firms such as Apple, Facebook and Google wiping out mainstream banks, traditional banks will have the edge over their Internet-oriented rivals, according to Gartner, Inc. However, the new firms will play a considerable role in shaping the banking industry of the future. Gartner analysts examined the future of banks during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, taking place... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Ramco makes ERP solution available on Amazon cloud

Ramco Systems has announced the availability of Ramco ERP on Cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the global market. Ramco ERP on Cloud is built on Ramco VirtualWorks - an SOA-based, multi-tenant, model-driven and integrated virtual enterprise architecture that integrates the business processes and provides real time visibility into performance, along with unprecedented flexibility. Commenting... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Clas Neumann: Customers Inspire Innovation

The Indian development centre of SAP located in Bangalore has contributed about 20-25 per cent to HANA development, says Clas Neumann, Senior Vice President, Global Head, SAP Labs. In a conversation with Manu Sharma, he discusses some of the innovations in the enterprise apps space and how IT managers are leveraging them What are the technological innovations you are presently working on in the... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Sustaining a Winning Culture

A year ago, we concluded a global poll which comprised about 20 per cent C-suite executives, 20 per cent Vice Presidents and 60 per cent office professionals with a sample size of just over 1,000 respondents. In this poll, we found out, which they believed were the five most under-rated leadership skills. Here are the five skills that were identified as being rather underrated: Negotiating... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Cloud services market in India to cross $326 million in 2012

The public cloud services market in India is forecast to grow 32.4 percent in 2012 to total $326.2 million, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide public cloud services revenue is on pace to total $111 billion this year. "The cloud services market is clearly a high-growth sector within the overall IT marketplace," said Ed Anderson, research director at Gartner. "The key to taking advantage of this... By sanjay.gupta gupta

New PDF Solution

Adobe Systems Incorporated has unveiled Adobe Acrobat XI software, a powerful new solution that rises to todays complex document challenges. The industry standard for PDF software will now feature complete PDF editing and export to Microsoft PowerPoint; along with new capabilities and functionality designed for tablets and mobile devices, such as touch-friendly capabilities on tablets and... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Autodesk acquires social collab platform from Indian co.

Autodesk has completed the acquisition of Qontext, enterprise social collaboration software, from India-based Pramati Technologies. The acquisition of the Qontext technology and development team will accelerate Autodesks ongoing move to the cloud and expansion of social capabilities in the Autodesk 360 cloud-based service. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Autodesks acquisition of the... By sanjay.gupta gupta

HP highlights proactive mgmt in new security portfolio

Cloud, mobility and big data initiatives are helping organizations solve pressing challenges, while driving accelerated innovation, enhanced agility and improved financial management. However, these initiatives also can introduce big security concerns. According to new research conducted on behalf of HP, concerns around understanding security requirements for cloud services are top of mind for... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Three growth opportunities in servers through 2015

Three key server segments hyperscale data centers, hosted virtual desktop (HVD) workloads and extreme low-energy (ELE) servers will offer opportunities for growth through 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Servers represent the control points of hardware infrastructure in data centers, where workloads and applications reside, and Gartner analysts estimate that end-user spending on servers... By sanjay.gupta gupta