India SMB cloud market to grow by 45% annually

Parallels, a hosting and cloud services enablement provider, has released the key findings of Parallels SMB Cloud Insights for India, a detailed report illustrating how service providers can profit by delivering cloud services to small and medium businesses (SMBs). Parallels estimates that the Indian SMB cloud services opportunity in 2012 is worth Rs 11.9 billion (US$220 million), and expects it... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Get, Set, CIO!

All chiefs, without exception, agree that for IT managers, business and managerial skill development and understanding corporate goals and strategies are as critical as becoming the CEO of the department or enterprise. IT Next survey also reveals that nearly 80 per cent of CIOs and IT managers agree that it is important to contribute to business growth by acquiring the best skills possible. All... By sanjay.gupta gupta

69% Users prefer free antivirus software: survey

A survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and O+K, a Russian research firm, says that 95 percent of desktop computers and 92 percent of the laptop worldwide are protected from malware and other threats. However, how effective these security solutions are is a big question. As per the survey, 69 percent of users did not pay for the anti-virus software installed on their computers. They have installed... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Mobile Order Management System

GoDB Tech, a Chennai-based software product firm specializing in enterprise mobility solutions, has announced its development of cloud-based mobile Order Management System (OMS) for SME Manufacturers and Distributors in India. The new offering adds to GoDBs existing portfolio of Enterprise Mobility solutions that help organizations manage and grow their business. The mobile OMS is powered by the... By sanjay.gupta gupta

India printer, copier and MFP shipments grow 6.8% in Q2

The combined serial inkjet and page printer, copier and multifunction product (MFP) market in India totaled 715,202 units in the second quarter of 2012, a 6.8 percent increase from the second quarter of 2011, according to Gartner, Inc. Total end user spending stood at USD $208.1 million, up 35 percent from the same period last year. MFP growth in India has been driven by the Banking, Financial... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Program that promises to double performance in VMware

HP has announced the HP Get Virtual Guarantee Program, which enables its clients to improve server virtualization return on investment by doubling physical server virtual machine performance when deploying HP 3PAR Storage in VMware environments. The HP Get Virtual Guarantee Program promises qualified participants a minimum two times increase in virtual server density by doubling the total... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Microsoft, BlackBerry maker sign license deal

Microsoft and Research In Motion (RIM) have signed a patent licensing agreement that gives RIM broad access to the latest Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) for certain BlackBerry devices of RIM. exFAT is a modern file system from Microsoft that facilitates large files for audiovisual media and enables seamless data portability and an easy interchange between desktop PCs and other electronic... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Tackling Mobile Security

IT Next sought some experts' opinion on the risks involved in mobile security and how to tackle them. Over to them: KAPIL MEHROTRA, CHIEF MANAGER IT APPLICATIONS, APOLLO MUNICH HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD: A mobile is no longer a luxury, its a necessity. Right implementation of a mobile device strategy across the organisation and mapping that strategy to local device settings can address... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Virtualization security market in APAC to reach $549 million in 2017

In the wake of rising cost pressures, enterprises in the Asia Pacific are rapidly adopting virtualization in their IT infrastructure setup to address dynamic business requirements or as part of a cloud initiative. Consequently, virtualization security has become indispensable to enterprises. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.networksecurity.frost.com), Analysis of the Asia-... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Huawei, Intel collaborate on IT solutions

Huawei has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Intel for strategic cooperation for joint engineering efforts and bringing new IT solutions to the market. The collaboration will include enhancing engineering cooperation and building competitive products and solutions for server, storage, data center and cloud computing as well as jointly going to market in China and other geographic... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Global cloud services market to cross $109 billion in 2012

The public cloud services market is forecast to grow 19.6 percent in 2012 to total $109 billion worldwide, according to Gartner, Inc. Business process services (also known as business process as a service, or BPaaS) represent the largest segment, accounting for about 77 percent of the total market, while infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is the fastest-growing segment of the public cloud... By sanjay.gupta gupta

IT Services mkt gets push from public sector megadeals in Q2

After a slow start to the year, there were signs in the second quarter of 2012 that the IT services market is finally emerging from its recent torpor, says global analyst firm, Ovum. In new research, the technology analyst firm states that the total contract value (TCV) of deals announced in 2Q12 was USD$34.8bn, up 82 percent on the same period last year and the highest quarterly figure since... By sanjay.gupta gupta