Ramco sees steady growth for cloud ERP in India

Ramco Systems Ltd, a leading software company focused on consulting, products and managed services, has been witnessing significant traction for its public cloud ERP offering Ramco OnDemand ERP in India. The company currently has over 3000 users from 300+ customer organisations on the cloud. SaaS in India is on a growth curve and Gartner estimates that there are over 500 user organizations that... By

IBM announces new HPC cloud offerings

IBM has announced new high-performance-computing cloud offerings to help users tackle advanced scientific and technical computing workloads like analytics, simulations for product development, climate research and life sciences. From its experience in the HPC arena, IBM said many organizations operate with separate pools of high-performance-computing systems. However, IBMs new HPC cloud... By

Android to top 40% market share in 2011: IDC

Google's Android mobile-operating system should exceed 40% share of smartphones worldwide, with Samsung, HTC and Motorola leading the way with handsets based on the open-source platform, said IDC. The market researcher said June 9 that Android, which Google said is available on more than 300 different smartphones and tablets with 100 million activated worldwide, could reach roughly 44% by 2015.... By

How to use BI effectively?

The buzzword, consumerisation, is seeping into every aspect of the product lifecycle. While this is a much-used nuance in the Information Technology (IT) product framework, with no concrete definition, the term is weighing on the newer aspects of IT applications. Defining consumerisationWhat does consumerisation mean and what sense does it make for an application such as Business Intelligence (... By

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Facial recognition for Facebook not all that cool

IT security and data protection firm, Sophos, encouraged Facebook users to review their privacy settings, after reports that the site has enabled facial recognition for photo tags for many users. Facebook revealed last year it was introducing facial recognition technology to encourage users to tag each other in photographs, but the functionality was initially only available in North America and... By

PC unit growth in 2011 will slow to 9.3%, Gartner

Worldwide PC unit growth is projected to be slightly weaker in 2011 than the previous projection, according to Gartner, Inc.'s latest forecast. PC shipments are expected to grow 9.3% in 2011, reaching 385 million units. This is slightly lower than Gartner's previous projection of 10.5% growth for this year. Throughout much of the last decade, PC unit growth was powered by consumers. With... By

10 Good reasons to use Apple iCloud

At the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 6, Apple unveiled iCloud, its Web-based platform that will allow users to store content in the cloud and synchronize data across their many devices, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and PC. Best of all, the service is free. But before iCloud launches in the fall, millions around the globe will need to determine if its a right fit for them. On one... By

Many happy returns of the day to IPv6!

Starting at midnight today, behemoth companies like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Bing and Facebook will lit up servers, websites, and network infrastructure that communicate using Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)for a one day trial. Celebrated as IPv6 Day, it is a critical testing ground for a shift to the future, from IPv4 to IPv6. The current Web system based on the IPv4 protocol is fast running... By

Facebook plagued by new malaware threats

Fortinet released its latest Threat Landscape report, which details two new malware variants targeting Facebook users. The malware, which is intended to look as though theyre coming from Facebook, claim that the users Facebook passwords have been reset and a malicious attachment has their new passwords. Clicking on the attachment can lead to immediate infection. The Facebook malware variants we... By

Dell launches XPS 15z

Dell introduced the XPS 15z laptop, one of the thinnest 15-inch PCs on the planet, and the first in a series of new thin and ultra-powerful products from Dell to come this year. With the XPS 15z, everyone from mobile warriors to students and small-business owners now have everything they need to work hard and play hard in one stunning package. A leading-edge combination of uncompromising power... By

Is it healthy to use a cell phone?

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on May 31, 2011 that cell phones might pose a significant risk of causing cancer. The experts at WHO have given cell phones a 2b classification, which means that there can be some risk of cancer. Cell phones could be carcinogenic or potentially carcinogenic to humans, just like lead and chloroform. However, the same report from WHO also warns that... By