Cisco simplifies and secures telecommuting

Cisco is all set launch its OfficeExtend platform in May. It is designed to make telecommuting easier and more secure for both the teleworker and the company. Cisco Systems officials, who have been vocal about the issues surrounding the rapidly growing telecommuting trend, are unveiling new products designed to increase the manageability and security around teleworkers who want to wirelessly... By

Juniper Networks joins the Eclipse Foundation

At the EclipseCon 2011 conference, Juniper Networks announced that it has joined the Eclipse Foundation. At EclipseCon 2011 in Santa Clara, Calif., Juniper announced its participation in the Eclipse Foundation, a leading open-source community made up of millions of users focused on building an open development platform and cultivating an open-source community and ecosystem of complementary... By

Adobe delivers Flash 10.2 for Android devices

Adobe Systems has announced that Flash Player 10.2 is now available for download on Android Market. As of March 18, Flash 10.2 is available for Android 2.2 (Froyo) and 2.3 (Gingerbread) devices and as an initial beta release for Android 3.0.1+ (Honeycomb) tablets that include Googles system update (from 3.0 to 3.0.1), Adobe said. In a blog post on the Flash 10.2 availability for Android, Adobe... By

Meet Google Goggles, augmented reality vector

It's early days for computer vision software such a Google Goggles, which some analysts and even Google itself feel hasn't tapped its true potential. One such role for Goggles could be as a vector for AR (augmented reality), which comprises the overlay of information on real-world views seen through a mobile phone's camera viewfinder. Goggles is a visual search application that uses smartphone... By

Stuxnet spreads to India

The Indian government has finally accepted that Stuxnet has been infecting computers in India. According to the ministry of IT and Communications, the virus that hampers the functioning of Siemens industrial controllers used in the Iranian nuclear programme, however, has not been found on India's defense equipment. Most of the sightings have been on ordinary computers, on which it is harmless.... By

1 in 2 Indians victim of Mobile phone loss: Norton

A survey conducted by Norton reveals that 53% of adults in India have fallen victim to mobile phone loss or theft, but despite that, only two in five Indians currently have a password protecting their devices. The imminent need for mobile protection is increasingly important, with Indians having their phones lost/stolen an average of 1.5 times over the past five years. As annoying as it is to... By

Nokia E7 launched in India

Less than a week after the Nokia E7 officially became available for pre-order bookings in India, Nokia has announced the market availability of the phone. The Finnish phone maker has given the all-in-one business smartphone a Best Buy price of Rs. 29,999 at Nokia Priority Stores, substantially lower than the pre-order booking price of Rs. 35,000. Just like with the Nokia N8, Nokia has also... By

Sify, Saudi Telecom partner to serve telcos

New Delhi: Sify Technologies has announced their partnership with Saudi Telecom (STC) of North Africa. As per the company, this partnership will provide customers and partners wider network reach, richer portfolio of services and most importantly, the efficiencies of scale in todays growth markets by leveraging their respective investments in submarine and terrestrial telecom capacities and... By

APAC storage market grew over 21% in 2010

New Delhi: The market for external controller-based (ECB) disk storage in Asia Pacific (APAC) excluding Japanhit record revenue of US$2.53 billion in 2010, a 21.2% increase from 2009, according to Gartner, Inc.A recent Gartner survey of 100 large enterprises in Australia found that 59% of respondents ranked data growth as their top infrastructure challenge.Storage revenue growth was consistently... By

Verizon, SAP team up on cloud

New Delhi: Verizon and SAP America, a subsidiary of SAP AG, announced that they will jointly deliver the SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) rapid-deployment solution to enterprise workers through Verizonscloud offering, Computing as a Service. Workers will now be able to access SAP CRM from their desktops or their mobile devices.The SAP CRM rapid-deployment solution, the first in a... By

10 reasons to use Microsoft Internet Explorer 9

Microsoft has officially launched Internet Explorer 9. The browser, which is being touted by many reviewers already as the best version of the software the company has ever released, follows a long line of predecessors that at times won customers over and at other times failed miserably. But it's a new day for Microsoft and Internet Explorer. The time has finally come for the company to face... By

LinkedIn launches social news aggregator service

LinkedIn, the popular professional networking site, has unveiled a social news aggregator service called LinkedIn Today. Aggregating news from all over the internet, the LinkedIn Today service will also be able to filter and suggest articles tailored to the users interests and industry. The reason it can be defined as a social news aggregator is because the service also recommends articles that... By