Deep Security 8.0 to help in securing cloud

Trend Micro, a global player in cloud security has announced the Deep Security 8.0 that further expands its server security platform in the IT industry across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. The latest version marks the beginning of a new era for data centre security platforms. Protection for the next generation data centre with support for all protection modules for physical... By

Akshaya Patra integrates GPS with ERP to track the food transportation

Akshaya Patra Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that provides classroom lunches for underprivileged children across India plans to install GPS tracking devices on all its moveable assets. Akshaya Patra has been on a technology drive lately and initiated to take up GPS pilot study to track 70 odd vehicles in the city. Talking to IT Next, Vinay Kumar, Head ERP, Akshaya Patra... By

IT managers expect the Budget to be easy on IT/ITES

The IT/ITES sector, which is struggling with increasing costs and global uncertainty, keenly awaits relief in the forthcoming Budget.The expiration of the STPI (Software Technology Parks of India) Act in 2011 has become the foremost challenge for all IT companies. The expiry has had an adverse impact on the SMEs and also the proposed extension of MAT to the hitherto tax- free Special Economic... By sanjay.gupta gupta

IndiSoft forays into Indian financial market

IndiSoft, a US-based technology development firm that provides Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions based on a collaborative rules-based workflow platform for the financial services industry, has launched RxOffice NPA in India. Targeted at the financial sector, the solution is based on the recent guidelines set by RBI and as per global market trends for non-performing assets (NPAs).The salient... By sanjay.gupta gupta

New iPad must contend with old & new rivals

The latest version of Apples iPad offers features designed to make it stand out from the competition, including a high-resolution Retina Display and a rear camera capable of shooting 1080p video. It also supports 4G LTE.Following Apples March 7 unveiling, outside analysts appeared roundly upbeat about the tablets marketplace prospects. We believe Apple will maintain its dominant market share of... By sanjay.gupta gupta

External controller-based disk storage mkt grows 4.8% in Q4 2011

Worldwide external controller-based (ECB) disk storage vendor revenue totaled $5.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 4.8 percent increase from revenue of $5.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Gartner, Inc."The fourth quarter 2011 results represent the ninth consecutive quarter of revenue growth, but fell short of Gartner's expectations of a 7.6 percent year-over-year... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Fujitsu server is world record holder in energy efficiency

Fujitsus recently announced Primergy RX300 S7 server generation sets the new target to beat for single-node server efficiency, achieving a new world record and debuting as the first to break the prestigious SPECpower_ssj2008 milestone of 5,000 overall ssj_ops/watt.1The company already holds energy-efficiency records in their class with the Primergy TX120 S3 and further mono-socket systems.Many... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Hyderabad fastest in Internet speed in India: report

Akamai Technologies has released its third quarter, 2011 State of the Internet report, based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform - a distributed computing platform comprising thousands of servers across the world that is used to monitor and speed up access on the Internet.The report provides insight into key India statistics such as Internet penetration, mobile traffic and data... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Huawei launches a slew of enterprise products

Huawei has announced the launch of multiple enterprise products at CeBIT 2012, including S9700 series high-end switches (3 models), S5700-LI series mid-range switches (8 models), AR200/150 series enterprise access routers (7 models), WLAN products (7 models of ACs and APs), Open Service Platform (OSP) forum and Tecal V2 servers (6 models) that are supported by Intel Xeon E5 processors.The... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Teradata expands analytics portfolio

To meet the demand for faster performance, greater variety of business intelligence apps and self-service analytics, Teradata has expanded the Teradata Integrated Analytics portfolio. The expansion includes a partnership with Revolution Analytics and new offers from existing analytic partners. Traditional analytic platform vendors that offer a single one-size-fits-all solution to meet all... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Challenges to Governing Remote Information

Records and information management (RIM) offers reduced risk to organizations sending data to the cloud. In recent years, some organizations sent data first and then asked records analysts to manage the informationan inverted sequence that produced problems. Even when well planned, records management in the cloud is a serious challenge. The latest attempt to define age-old records... By sanjay.gupta gupta

World IT Forum (WITFOR) 2012

The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), in partnership with the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India, presents the 5th IFIP World IT Forum (WITFOR). Theme: Sustainable Human Development Plenary sessions on Open Government/Open Innovation Social Media for Citizen Empowerment ICT for Development Policymakers' Panel NIKE AIR JORDANvar nsSGCDsaF1... By sanjay.gupta gupta