Akamai expands India presence

In a sign of growing adoption for its cloud platform in the Indian market, Akamai Technologies has announced it has crossed the 100 customers mark in the fast-growing Indian market. To meet the diverse needs of the growing customer base in India, Akamai also announced the opening of two new offices in Mumbai and Delhi. Akamai now serves over 100 enterprises in India, helping them provide highly... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Data Centre Transformation

The Situation... Rapid growth and expansion have resulted in organisations having multiple data centres across various locations. These data centres themselves have been expanded or enhanced at various points in time, and operations are a mix of infrastructure, technology, cooling and power solutions. A few data centres are loaded to capacity, while others are underutilised. Amit Sinha, Senior... By sanjay.gupta gupta

10-15% of social media reviews to be fake by 2014

Consumers' increased reliance on social media ratings and reviews will see enterprise spending on paid social media ratings and reviews increase, making up 10 to 15 percent of all reviews by 2014, according to Gartner, Inc. However, analysts predict that increased media attention on fake social media ratings and reviews will result in at least two Fortune 500 brands facing litigation from the U.... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Security Challenges in Govt

One key focus for government entities is to enable all government bodies with adequate IT infrastructure to serve the public better. However, the roles of IT managers are confined to just keeping the lights on. The new concept of IT aligning with business to drive growth is still not nurtured in the sector. There is absolutely no doubt that government bodies including PSUs are aggressive about... By sanjay.gupta gupta

GoAir to deploy aviation solution from Ramco

Ramco Systems has announced an order win from Wadia Group-owned Go Airlines (GoAir) for its Maintenance & Engineering (M&E) suite of software. Under the agreement, Ramco will deliver its web-based Series 5 M&E system and Ramco ePublications, including Engineering and Configuration, Maintenance Program and Planning, Line Maintenance, Technical Records and Complete... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Mike Fey is global CTO of McAfee

McAfee has announced the promotion of Mike Fey to Worldwide Chief Technology Officer. Previously the head of Field Engineering and Advanced Technology organizations for the company, Fey will now be directly responsible for overseeing the Office of the CTO including the management of McAfees team of regional and sector CTOs and go-to-market teams, as well as ensuring the success of global sales... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Now, in-memory analytics from Oracle

Oracle has announced its Engineered Systems driven strategy to strengthen its position in the growing analytics market in India and to help organizations place analytics into the hands of decision-makers faster and more efficiently. As a part of this strategy, Oracle introduced Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine, touted as the industrys first high-speed engineered system featuring in-memory... By sanjay.gupta gupta

5 Things that the private cloud is NOT

To help reduce the hype and identify the real value of private cloud computing for IT leaders, Gartner explains five common misconceptions about private cloud. "The growth of private cloud computing is being driven by the rapid penetration of virtualization and virtualization management, the growth of cloud computing offerings and pressure to deliver IT faster and cheaper," said Tom Bittman,... By sanjay.gupta gupta

43 Technologies that will impact Indian cos in next 10 years

Transformational technologies such as virtualization, cloud computing and data deduplication will enable new ways of doing business across industries, according to the Hype Cycle for information and communication technology (ICT) by Gartner, Inc. The Hype Cycle report identifies 43 key technologies and describes the ways in which they will impact business performance during the next 10 years.... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Infinite launches tech support as a service

Infinite Computer Solutions (India) has launched a new cloud based offering, called iTaaS or Infinite Tech-Support as a Service, in Bangalore. iTaaS is a comprehensive cloud based offering that automates, standardizes, transforms and consolidates enterprise IT Infrastructure Management and Operations across the global enterprise in line with ITIL standards. The solution caters to the changes... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Enhanced BYOD Security

Fortinet has announced key enhancements to address the numerous challenges surrounding network, data and device security posed by the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon wherein end users are bringing their own smartphone and tablet devices to their work environments. As part of its broad strategy to apply effective security measures for BYOD environments, Fortinet is introducing new... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Cos have moved from legacy to IP-based systems: Frost & Sullivan

The goal of Unified Communications (UC) is to embed communications into business processes to deliver quicker and better decision making, to enhance collaboration across geographically diverse teams, and to improve overall efficiency to make enterprises more agile and competitive. There is an imperative need for effective convergence of various modes of communication; this need for convergence... By sanjay.gupta gupta