IBM expands System x line with analytics, cloud capabilities

The new offerings include high-performance systems, networking and software products aimed at helping clients optimize data center operations with flexible, easy-to-deploy solutions to help reduce complexity, lower costs and deliver rapid return on investments.Today, clients are looking for solutions that help them handle specific business challenges and make better use of existing IT... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Cloud Helps Companies Grow

If an IT leader works for a company that isnt named Amazon, Google or Facebook, chances are that company hasnt gotten a big revenue boost from the cloud. Its much more likely that it has used the cloud to cut costs, replace a standalone software application or back up older documents. Research by Accenture, however, shows that 40 percent of all businesspeople with a knowledge of cloud... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Averting Mule Attacks

Security fraud and operations are becoming more organised, and carried out with meticulous strategy. The term mule network comprises the mules, who are often junkies, and other accomplices of the mule herder interested in making a quick buck. However, fraudsters are increasingly able to streamline the process of recruiting and controlling mules with an astounding success rate, while... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Rebuilding Trust in the Workplace

The Great Recessionthe deepest economic down-turn since the 1930screated chaos in workplaces everywhere. In the process, the very underpinnings of trust were upended. Today, one-third of working Americans say they plan to look for a new job when the economy gets better. Of this group, 48 percent cite a loss of trust in their employer as the reason, according to the 2010 Ethics &amp... By sanjay.gupta gupta

90% of Connected devices will boast personal cloud by 2013

By the end of 2013, consumer cloud services for accessing content will be integrated into 90 percent of all connected consumer devices, according to technology research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc.Speaking at a briefing for technology industry executives in Singapore, Gartner managing vice president Andrew Johnson said that the emergence of personal clouds reflects the 4S experience:... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Wipro to offer cloud solns built on open source IaaS

Wipro Infotech, the India, Middle East and Africa business of Wipro Limited, has partnered with Eucalyptus Systems, touted as the creator of the most widely deployed open-source on-premise Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud platform.As a part of the collaboration, Wipro Infotech will offer Eucalyptus's IaaS solution as part of its end-to-end enterprise cloud computing offering. Wipro will... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Anvil Knitwear to use CA software for sustainability effort

CA Technologies has announced that Anvil Knitwear is implementing its ecoSoftware solution to help manage its sustainability program worldwide.We found the ROI capability offered in CA ecoSoftware to be very appealing for our sustainability efforts, said Caterina Conti, executive vice president, Anvil Knitwear. This will enable us to better measure waste, water and energy, and eventually other... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Verizon secures customer data for iYogi

iYogi is a provider of online subscription-based technical support services to consumers and small businesses, especially in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Accessible through multiple channels, these services include diagnostics, repair, installation, maintenance and training for a wide range of computing and communication devices and software.The company has developed its own proprietary... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Cloud Security Alliance to set up APAC headquarters

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Trend Micro have announced the establishment of the CSA Asia Pacific headquarters. As founding sponsor, Trend Micro will be the first security company within APAC to chair the CSA Executive Council.Additionally, CSA has appointed Aloysius Cheang, currently its Asia Pacific Strategy Advisor, as Managing Director Asia Pacific.CSA will also be honoring Trend... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Reliance adds 6 mn subscribers a month - with help from SAS

To help it win and keep profitable customers, Reliance engaged SAS to optimize campaign management and nurture its best customers. The project involved understanding the needs of 150 million individual customers by integrating, cleaning and analyzing huge data volumes."Prepaid campaigns can draw on a billion-and-a-half records," said Amitava Ghosh, Senior Vice President at Reliance... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Wipro launches Machine to Machine soln for telcos

Wipro Technologies has announced the launch of Wipro M2M, a comprehensive solution that enables Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to launch Machine-to-Machine (M2M) services quickly and cost effectively. M2M refers to technologies that use both wireless and wireline networks to enable direct communication between devices and applications. CSPs are investing heavily in M2M, because it offers... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Apac server shipments grow 15.7% in Q4 2011

Asia Pacific was the fastest growing region for server shipments during the fourth quarter of 2011, with China as the main growth engine, supported by the continued momentum of data centre build out, said Gartner principal analyst Erica Gadjuli. Most major economies in Asia Pacific performed better than the rest of the world, which encouraged IT spending during 2011.During the fourth quarter,... By sanjay.gupta gupta