Poised for an agile data centre RoI

While every business, regardless of industry, revolves around return on investment, or RoI, the phrase is most used in IT. Every product, solution or technology needs to justify its RoI to users. The more recent phenomenon in the sector has been around justifying the RoI of a data centre based on various trends.The RoI essentially has to result in significant capex and opex savings for an... By

Cloud Computing needs standard exit strategies

Cloud computing is the latest phenomenon in the IT world. However, the emergence of standards is a sign of market maturity, and it can be a big mistake to commit to products from a market that is not mature. Thats why everyone is asking, When will we see some cloud standards?Unfortunately, theres no simple answer. The protocol, data format and program-interface standards for using cloud services... By

Tablets outsell netbooks for the first time

A total of 13.6 million media tablets were sold in 2Q11, compared to just 7.3 million netbooks, according to an ABI Research release. Netbooks had previously led the way with 8.4 million shipments in 1Q11, compared to just 6.4 million media tablets.This is a trend that we do not expect will reverse, said Jeff Orr, group director, mobile devices, ABI Research. As they are different segments, this... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Desktop Virtualisation: Way to Go

The IT managers are always under pressure to do more with less, given the escalating cost of maintaining remote PCs and laptops. Besides, IT teams also have to address the demand for user flexibility and mobility, with proliferation of personal devices in the workplace. To address the surging costs, the first wave of virtualisation was capitalised by enterprises to consolidate servers into... By sanjay.gupta gupta

How to plan a secure Wi-Fi?

Arent we all at some stage disgusted to see the mesh of those wires connected to our computers? Dont we wish we could make it clutter-free by getting rid of at least some of the wires? Dont we wish we could connect to the Internet or access the printer without those wires, securely? Well, Wi-Fi lets users access the Internet and other network resources, without the hassles of plugging in the... By

Which Tool for Protection?

The Situation...Can Praveen find the right data security solution to handle all complexities? Amit Goel, Senior IT Manager of a manufacturing company, while taking stock of the entire IT infrastructure, particularly to check if the organisations s sensitive data was secure and protected, noticed several loopholes. The challenge grew multi-fold given the companys expansion and business growth.... By sanjay.gupta gupta

Firms will generate 50% of web sales by 2015

By 2015, companies will generate 50 percent of Web sales via their social presence and mobile applications, according to Gartner, Inc. Vendors in the e-commerce market will begin to offer new context-aware, mobile-based application capabilities that can be accessed via a browser or installed as an application on a phone.As the number of mobile phones overtakes PCs, customers will use mobile... By

Standard Chartered adopts Juniper infrastructure

Juniper Networks, the industry player in network innovation, has announced that it has become a strategic network provider to Standard Chartered Bank, an industry leader within emerging markets across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches and SRX Series Services Gateways, which run the Junos operating system, have been deployed to create a secure, high-... By

TCS to automate Karnataka treasury

India's top IT bellwether, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) recently signed a Rs. 94-crore deal with the Karnataka government to automate its treasury and finance department operations.As per the six-year contract, TCS will set up the Khajane-II (treasury) system for integrated financial management of the state's expenditure and resources mobilisation, state finance secretary L.V. Nagarajan told... By

Microsoft to launch Mango smartphones

Microsoft Corp, which has been trailing Apple Inc and Google Inc in the fast-growing smartphone market, will launch Mango-powered handsets from top makers including Nokia and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in coming weeks, a senior executive said on Thursday."As the price comes down, emerging markets do become a huge opportunity, but also the existing markets in western Europe and the U.S., because... By

HP rolls out new products for networking

HP has announced new networking products and services based on the HP FlexNetwork architecture that deliver the increased flexibility clients need to keep pace with the demands of globalisation and IT consumerisation. Legacy network infrastructures typically lack the flexibility required to support virtualized infrastructures, the bandwidth for intensive multimedia applications and the... By

Essar seeks real-time insight with SAP HANA

SAP India, a subsidiary of SAP AG has announced that the Essar Group has chosen the SAP HANA platform and the 4.0 release of business intelligence (BI) solutions from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio to strengthen its existing investments in SAP software and gain real-time visibility into businesses across all its verticals. Additionally, the company has selected mobility solutions from SAP and... By