The Fine Tuners

Any change in the data centre, whether in the form of re-architecting its framework or bringing in strategic changes to unleash the promise and potential of technological innovations, is going to be a herculean task. IT managers across enterprises have embarked on this journey to fine-tune the data centre to absorb future technological innovations which could help drive business agility and... By sanjay.gupta gupta

60% Organisations in India struggle with digital info: survey

Symantec has announced the India findings of its first-ever State of Information Survey. According to the survey, business data in Indian organisations is expected to grow 67 percent in the next 12 months. From confidential customer information and intellectual property, to financial transactions, organizations in India possess massive amounts of information that not only enable them to be... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Check Point launches ThreatCloud

Check Point Software Technologies has announced Check Point ThreatCloud - the first collaborative network to fight cybercrime - that gathers threat data from a worldwide network of threat sensors and distributes threat intelligence to security gateways around the globe. With over 250 million addresses analyzed for bot discovery, 4.5 million malware signatures and 300,000 infected sites, Check... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Anand Prahlad to head McAfee India operations

McAfee has announced two changes in the research and development (R&D) organization that will predominantly impact the companys India office, and, over time, evolve the organizations approach to product operations on a global level. Beginning October 1, Anand Prahlad, currently Vice President of Engineering for Endpoint Security, will assume the role of Managing Director of Operations,... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Innovation Gap in Health Care

IT investment planning is very crucial and can help business growth. Any IT deployment or implementation should enable medical professionals to treat a larger audience and expedite the treatment process. Any innovation would be successful if it absorbed a larger user base and made it more affordable. This calls for significant structural changes related to funding pattern The Indian IT industry... By sanjay.gupta gupta

TATA AIA Life Insurance deploys VMware cloud infrastructure

VMware, Inc. has announced that Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited has selected VMware virtualization and cloud infrastructure technology to help the company reduce capital and operating costs, and accelerate their journey to the cloud. The VMware deployment has helped Tata AIA Insurance Company Limited consolidate its IT infrastructure from more than 90 servers to only 10 servers, helping... By sanjay.gupta gupta

StorageSecure from SafeNet

Data breaches are accelerating with alarming speed, and traditional breach prevention tactics are simply insufficient to guard organizations data from unauthorized access or exposure. SafeNet has extended its portfolio of data security solutions to the storage security realm with the immediate availability of StorageSecuretouted as the industrys first network attached storage (NAS) security... By sanjay.gupta gupta

In Defence of Social Media

Lets Face(book) it: This social networking site is the fastest-growing medium in human history to cross the 400-million-user mark. User count now hovers around 900 million. Barely a couple of year back, Facebookers numbered less than half of that. And if founder Zuckerberg and his poke-marked gang can reverse some of the embarrassments of the companys recent IPO and get their mobile act together... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Tier IV Data Centre, Anyone?

BALA VARIYAM, VP, COLLABERA LABS: Tier IV data centres can be construed as the holy grail of data centre infrastructure technologies. With redundancy at all levels in the data centre infrastructure--right from the dual power server components to the redundant network and HVAC infrastructure, to even a redundant power supply at the data centre itselfTier IV data centres offer almost five nines (... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Pumped up for Performance

Texmo Industries (Texmo), manufacturer of Taro and Texmo brand products, is a market leader in the electric motor and agricultural pump industry, employing around 1,800 people in two manufacturing plants and 28 offices located throughout India. Founded in 1956, and headquartered in Coimbatore, the company produces approximately 3,700 products, which are sold by partners to local farmers and... By sanjay.gupta gupta

MAIT urges govt to resolve complexity in e-waste mgmt rules

The Manufacturers Association for IT (MAIT) has urged the Ministry of Environment & Forests to address the hindrances in the successful implementation of e-waste management rules. MAIT had welcomed the announcement of the E-Waste Rules notified in 2011 and which came into effect in May 2012. The notification aims at the safe handling and disposal of the growing volumes of e-waste in the... By sanjay.gupta gupta

The Tipping Point of Emerging Tech

Big data, 3D printing, activity streams, Internet TV, Near Field Communication (NFC) payment, cloud computing and media tablets are some of the fastest-moving technologies identified in Gartner Inc.'s 2012 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. Gartner analysts said that these technologies have moved noticeably along the Hype Cycle since 2011, while consumerization is now expected to reach the... By sanjay.gupta gupta