Blow the Bugles...

A year usually passes away quickly, often in a few blinks. In a jiffy, the days turn into weeks and then into months and before you know it, a year has passed and then a few many. In the bigger scheme of things, these 365 odd days don't seem to be too much. And yet, going by the wuzzy haired Einstein's Theory of Relativity, a year is not all that small either; there are 365 days, 52 weeks, 8760... By

The Real Business Impact of Being Hacked

The attack and compromise of their e-commerce site in the UK caused the company to not only launch an investigation but to completely shut down their site and rebuild from the ground up.The implications of being hacked are generally thought of as simply an image problem - will customers come back after getting "the letter" or will they simply stay away? Research and revenue has shown that... By

LinkedIn releases skills tool for professionals

New Delhi: Professional networking major LinkedIn has launched the beta release of LinkedIn Skills, which is expected to help members discover up-and-coming expertise areas that professionals need to succeed. The product, according to the company, is designed to surface the top people, top locations, related jobs, and groups associated with thousands of skills which members have identified as... By

How Secure is Your Mobile?

You can put in place a corporate policy to restrict the use of sensitive data on the smart phones, you can restrict e-mail access on the phone (not that its easy to enforce such a policy), but what if all your employees are using the very basic cell phones with absolutely no smart phone capabilities? You might think the mobile platform is now completely secure. Youre absolutely wrong.The entire... By

Dell Streak with Android 2.2

Dell intends its 5-inch Streak to be the first of many tablets rolling out over the next several quarters. In a September presentation at Oracle OpenWorld, CEO Michael Dell offered a sneak peek at a 7-inch tablet, while indicating the market segment was in a state of constant change and evolution.That makes the Streak, which sells for $300 with a two-year AT&T contract or $550 unlocked... By

What IT heads should learn from WikiLeaks?

Nowadays WikiLeaks is a hot story for a good reason - it is not very common for confidential documents of the world's most powerful government to be published on the Internet. And some of these documents are, to put it mildly, embarrassing.Here I am not going to write about whether it was legal for WikiLeaks to publish such information or not, whether the information should have been made public... By

Datacraft appoints new CEO for India region

New Delhi: Datacraft has named Kiran Bhagwanani as its new CEO for Datacraft India, in a newly created senior role within Datacraft Asia. With over two decades of experience in the Indian IT market, Kiran brings proven IT Industry, General Management and Organization Transformation capabilities. Datacraft India contributes significantly towards Datacraft Asias financial and business success... By

How to hire the right infosec consultancy?

There are hundreds if not thousands of Indian Restaurants dotted around London. However, we all know that most of these places are not owned or run by Indians at all. You have a large number of Bangladeshi or Pakistanis owning and managing these establishments. But for convenience theres an unspoken rule that the owners will advertise their food as Indian cuisine and customers will always refer... By

HCL Infosystems bags Rs 250 Cr BSNL order

New Delhi: HCL Infosystems has bagged a Rs 250 crore project from state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) for deploying facilities to manage the telecom operator's billing system and upgrade the existing infrastructure for higher efficiency.The company will manage BSNL's billing system process for north and west zone for a period of seven years. HCL Infosystems will also be setting up the facility... By

Panda Security introduces cloud security solution

Bangalore: Panda Security, a cloud-based security solutions provider has launched the new security product for Indian market, namely Panda Internet Security 2011, which will be available in more than 23 languages for worldwide users.According to the company, the solution will allow users to access secure Internet for shopping and banking online, without any interruption. It provides protection... By

A BOT World!

I usually spend a lot of time reading about security especially bots, their in-built modularity and taxonomy. A casual glance at the headlines of popular IT publications will reveal that the security community and society at large are often in a twist about the overwhelming onslaught of bots or zombies. Valuable assets! But what is a bot? It is a piece of code (classified under malware due to... By

Red Hat Brings New Executives On Board

New Delhi: Open source solutions provider Red Hat, has strengthened its India operations with two key executive appointments, further reaffirming its commitment to deliver innovation to enable Indian businesses, telcos and government agencies to take advantage of the current shifts in the datacenter around virtualization and cloud computing. The company has appointed Anuj Kumar as the new... By