Sify appoints Kamal Nath as CEO

Sify Technologies Limited, a leading player in Managed Enterprise, Network and IT Services in India with growing global delivery capabilities, has announced the appointment of Kamal Nath as Chief Executive Officer. Commenting on his appointment, Raju Vegesna, Chairman & Managing Director, said, Kamal has led various transformational engagements with large enterprises, incubated business... By sanjay.gupta gupta

MindTree to double SAP headcount, widen service portfolio

MindTree Limited has announced that it will be making significant investments over the next twelve months in its SAP Practice to drive growth in its services business across major global markets. Worldwide spending on enterprise application software will total $120.4 billion in 2012, according to Gartner. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is the largest enterprise application software market... By sanjay.gupta gupta

New virtualization solns to simplify workload movement

HP has announced new virtualization software solutions that simplify, automate and secure the movement of virtual machines (VMs) and data in cloud environments, providing companies with increased agility for addressing dynamic market opportunities. In legacy infrastructures, moving a VM workload such as a Microsoft Exchange application between data centers requires hundreds of complex, manual... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Global smartphone sales grow over 42%

Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419 million units in the second quarter of 2012, a 2.3 percent decline from the second quarter of 2011, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales accounted for 36.7 percent of total mobile phone sales and grew 42.7 percent in the second quarter of 2012. "Demand slowed further in the second quarter of 2012," said Anshul Gupta, principal... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Steel firm implements SAP to improve operational efficiency

Fujitsu has successfully implemented SAP ECC 6.0 with IS-Mill ERP solution for Bhansali Bright Bars, a Mumbai based producer of stainless steel bars and wires. The solution will automate major functions at Bhansali Bright Bars such as Finance, Materials, Sales, Distribution, Production, Quality, Plant Maintenance, etc. Fujitsu Consulting leveraged its solution deployment methodology, which... By sanjay.gupta gupta

81% of Senior execs lack digital literacy: APAC CIOs

Business leaders must embrace the true value of technology, according to CA Technologies new global report, The Future Role of the CIO: Digital Literacy of Senior Executives. The study reveals that 81 percent of the Asia Pacific CIOs interviewed believe a lack of digital literacy amongst senior executives could be hampering business growth. Only 20 percent of Asian CIOs in the study felt that... By sanjay.gupta gupta

HP launches unified soln to manage data growth

HP has unveiled HP Data Protector 7, a software solution that empowers organizations to manage the explosive growth of data with advanced backup and recovery capabilities that work at an unprecedented scale. Powered by the Autonomy Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), HP Data Protector 7 delivers a unified platform for all storage assets via federated deduplication. The company also... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Better collaboration for more accurate designs

Dassault Systmes has introduced new SolidWorks Electrical applications. These new offerings include an innovative, system level 2D schematic design tool and a powerful 3D electrical modeling add-in to SolidWorks design application that are linked in real time. Today, companies in industrial equipment, engineering services, high-tech, medical devices, and consumer goods are developing products... By sanjay.gupta gupta

The Mobile Wallet

While many countries, particularly in Western Europe, Asia and the United States, have gone far ahead when it comes to the adoption of technology, India does not lag that far behind either as it sets the pace for technological innovation. This can be attributed in part to the same risk-taking, entrepreneurial spirit on which our nation was built. For instance, the country has taken large strides... By sanjay.gupta gupta

HCL Infosystems bags one of biggest MSP contracts

HCL Infosystems has been signed up as a Managed Service Provider (MSP) by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). As per the contract, HCL Infosystems will implement and manage the Central ID Repository (CIDR) for UIDAI. The contract is for a period of seven years. The entire end-to-end technology infrastructure of the UIDAI will be managed by HCL Infosystems as the designated... By sanjay.gupta gupta

SAP solutions to help Indian Navy enhance transparency

SAP has announced that the Indian Navy, one of the largest navies in the world, has implemented SAP solutions to manage the navy-wide Financial Information System (FIS). With SAP solutions, the Indian Navy will be able to better manage budget, enhance transparency to top management and ensure data integrity and consistency for better decision making. The FIS supported by SAP ERP Central... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Alliance for increased supply of ERP consultants

Infor, a provider of business application software, has announced a new strategic partnership with Business & Decision, an international consulting and systems integration company, to benefit the complex manufacturing, distribution and service industries. The new partnership will increase the number of trained consultants available worldwide, enhancing the broad spectrum of consulting... By sanjay.gupta gupta