Smartlink completes two decades in business

Smartlink Network Systems, one of India's first companies to manufacture networking products in India, recently completed two decades in business. On the occasion, it also announced the upgrade of its Goa facility to undertake OEM/ODM manufacturing. Started by KR Naik, who initially set up a PC manufacturing unit in Mumbai, Smartlink ventured into networking field by shifting the manufacturing... By sanjay.gupta gupta

WatchGuard launches security appliance for small biz

WatchGuard Technologies has launched a new small business security appliance, the WatchGuard XTM 330. Targeted at businesses with 30 to 50 users, it provides advanced network protection in an all-in-one rack-mount gateway security appliance."Small businesses are increasingly becoming targets of hackers and sophisticated cyber attacks," said Tim Helming, Director of Product Management at... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Facebook to use clean energy in its data centres

Greenpeace and Facebook are collaborating on the promotion of renewable energy, encourage major utilities to develop renewable energy generation, and develop programmes that will enable Facebook users to save energy and engage their communities in clean energy decisions.The joint announcement comes two years after Greenpeace launched its global Unfriend Coal Campaign, enlisting 700,000 online... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Lam Research buys chip equipment co for $3.3 billion

Lam Research Corp. has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Novellus Systems, Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.3 billion. According to a company release, the combined enterprise, which will retain the name of Lam Research Corp., will be a semiconductor equipment company with a broad portfolio of market-leading products and multiple opportunities to... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Maintaining Business Process Continuity

Planning for the future depends on making the right kinds of long term investments. Whether its to create wealth, beat inflation or achieve financial goals like paying for college and retirement, a complete understanding of investment options is crucial in making the right financing decisions. However, the sheer number of available stock options and investment choices require a partner that will... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Evangelising Overall Security

In the current scenario, any cultural change in an organisation has a strong association with technology. Of late, I find the security heads in an organisation taking up the cudgels to bring the required security change. The IT managers, as we call them, are evangelising it to rope in business groups into this framework. Security is not about putting technology, controls and monitoring its... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Time for CIOs to assess Euro crisis impact: Gartner

With extreme uncertainty plaguing all enterprises operating in the eurozone, CIOs must act immediately to protect their enterprises, according to Gartner, Inc. CIOs need to safeguard their enterprises from the risks of government/bank default, euro break-up, counterparty bankruptcy and employee/customer distress. "Uniquely positioned within their enterprises, CIOs are at the fulcrum of business... By sanjay.gupta gupta

ICICI Prudential deploys workload automation soln

ICICI Prudential is automating its IT and business processes with BMC Softwares Control-M workload automation solution. The BMC Control-M solution integrates the management of critical scheduling processes from a single point of control. Additionally, it eradicates errors in a simplified and automated fashion. This in turn results in significant time and cost saving for companies. The... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Essar Group to virtualise 40,000 desktops in a year

Essar Group, a multinational with business interests in steel, oil & gas, power, BPO and telecom, shipping, ports, and projects, plans to move over 90 per cent of its workforce to the Citrix XenDesktop platform. The group aims to complete the implementation of virtual desktops for 40,000 users in the next one year. According to a company release, the solution utilizes a building-block... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Apple ahead of Intel in mobile chips: Analyst

A report on News.com quotes Gus Richard as saying that in the brave new world of tablets and smartphones, chip competition isn't so much about Moore's Law but rather how the "blocks" of circuits are put together and the nexus with the software that runs on those circuits. Richard is a senior research analyst at securities firm Piper Jaffray. "More specifically, tablets and smartphones use... By sanjay.gupta gupta

OK, here's what's NOT going to happen in 2012

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KPMG Institutes: Content Made Easy to Reach

KPMG Institutes is financial advisory services company KPMGs network of topic-specific websites catering to the needs of high-level executives, senior management and industry leaders.There are 10 topic-specific websites. However, managing multiple websites in a consolidated manner was a big challenge. Sensing the need to have tailored search capabilities, the firm opted for Adobe Digital... By akhil.bery gupta