Effective CIOs use technology to 'amplify' the enterprise

IT organizations will have to deliver on multiple priorities without an increase in their IT budget, as CIO IT budgets are expected to be flat, increasing just 0.5 percent, with declining IT budgets in North America and Europe, according to a global survey of CIOs by Gartner, Inc.'s Executive Programs. The worldwide CIO survey was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2011, and it included 2,335... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Jim Merritt to head APAC enterprise sales at HP

HP has announced the appointment of Jim Merritt as senior vice president and general manager of Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking (ESSN) Sales in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ).Merritt brings a successful history of revenue and profit growth while building a high-performance sales culture to improve accountability, results and customer focus. He will report to Dave Donatelli, executive... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Obama hanging out on Google+? Why not!

In what is billed as the first "completely virtual" interview from the White House, US President Barack Obama will answer questions that have been submitted by Americans all over the country via YouTube. According to a White House blog post by Kori Schulman, "On Monday, January 30, the President will join a special Google+ Hangout from the West Wing. He'll be answering several of the most... By sanjay.gupta gupta

CA announces new project and portfolio mgmt soln

CA Technologies has announced a new release of CA Clarity Project and Portfolio Management (PPM). This release redefines the user experience and improves customers ability to innovate by managing the innovation lifecycle from the idea phase to execution; transform the business by providing a value roadmap to make informed decisions and better align IT initiatives with business strategy; and... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Wipro, Oracle launch human capital mgmt solution

Wipro Technologies has announced the launch of Wipro SprintHR, a cloud-based technology offering used to deploy Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management (HCM) solution. It is available on a SaaS model and is designed to help enable enterprise customers transform their HR processes. Leveraging its strong relationship with Oracle and co-development experience on Oracle Fusion Applications, Wipro... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Enterprise IT spending to grow 10.3% in 2012: Gartner

Indian enterprise IT spending across all industry markets is forecast to surpass $39 billion in 2012, a 10.3 percent increase from 2011 spending of $36 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The growth of IT in India is expected to continue, with an annual increase to exceed this level through to 2015."The pace of economic growth in India, with a mild, by global standards, dip during the worldwide... By sanjay.gupta gupta

SafeTrends 2.0 for SMBs

American Megatrends India, which is a focused player in the embedded, storage and telematics solutions space and a wholly owned subsidiary of American Megatrends Inc., USA, has announced the launch of SafeTrends 2.0. In a press release, the company claims SafeTrends 2.0 to be a breakthrough Continuous Data Protection (CDP) software suite for Windows environments that offers complete protection... By sanjay.gupta gupta

BlackBerry maker RIM names new president & CEO

The board of directors of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) have announced that, acting on the recommendation of its Co-Chief Executive Officers to implement the succession plan they previously submitted to the board, it has unanimously named Thorsten Heins as President and Chief Executive Officer. Heins was also appointed to RIMs board. The board acted after conducting its own due... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Cognizant to drive efficiency at ocean freight e-com firm

Cognizant has been selected as a strategic partner by INTTRA, a provider of e-commerce solutions for the ocean freight industry, to streamline INTTRAs applications and quality assurance portfolios. As part of the multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement, Cognizant will provide a range of application development, application maintenance, testing, and quality assurance services using the managed... By sanjay.gupta gupta

CA adds per-terabyte pricing option to ARCserve

CA Technologies has introduced version 2.0 of its Managed Service Provider (MSP) licensing program for CA ARCserve, which adds subscription-based per-terabyte pricing options to its existing per-server model.By licensing CA ARCserve on a subscription basis per terabyte of data protected, MSPs can offer customers pay-as-you-go data protection solutions that dont require upfront surcharges and... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Chips in the Cloud

During its 43 years in business, Intel, the Santa Clara situated processor maker, has built an international reputation based on the high-quality x86-type processors it produces for personal computers, enterprise servers, storage arrays and other familiar IT machines. With the proliferation of various types of connected devices into all corners of the globe and into all income groups, more chips... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Amazon launches fully managed, NoSQL database service

Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company, has announced the launch of Amazon DynamoDB, a fully managed NoSQL database service that provides extremely fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, customers can launch a new DynamoDB database table, scale up or down their request capacity for the table without downtime or performance... By sanjay.gupta gupta