MAIT appoints Ashwini Aggarwal as New ED

New Delhi: MAIT, the apex body representing, IT hardware industry in India, has appointed Ashwini Aggarwal as its new Executive Director with effect from 15th September 2010. The wide diversity of background that Ashwini brings to MAIT would help the Association in meeting the growing challenges being faced by the IT Hardware industry in the highly competitive global environment, Ravi Aggarwal,... By

Eight tips to ensure Test Automation success

Increased productivity and effectiveness, reduced time-to-market, enhanced product quality, lower spending on testing, and faster test cycles are some among the many allurements offered to entice organizations to invest in test automation tools. Test automation, if executed judiciously, can streamline the testing process, and deliver high returns on investment (ROI). It can speed up testing to... By shubhendu.parth

Telekom Austria signs five year deal with NSN

New Delhi: The Telekom Austria Group (TAG) will soon deploy high-quality mobile broadband services and network performance systems from Nokia Siemens Networks. Under a five-year deal, the service provider has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to replace and modernize its radio networks in Austria, Liechtenstein and Slovenia, and to further deploy 3G services in Serbia and Belarus. The new, energy-... By

SunGard Identifies Ten Trends in Banking

Bangalore: SunGard, that provides its Ambit solutions for retail, corporate and private banks, has identified ten trends shaping the banking and financial services industry. These trends are: The financial crisis has caused banks to re-assess their business fundamentals like profitability and client relationship management to improve client retention and cross selling capabilities Banks are... By

Context Awareness to change the Tech-Interaction

New Delhi: The future of computing lies in rich, context-driven user experiences, Intel Vice President, Director of Intel Labs andIntel Chief Technology Officer and Senior Fellow Justin Rattner told his keynote audience today at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.Rattner described how context awareness is poised to fundamentally change the nature of how we interact with and relate to... By

RAD Unveils low-cost Carrier Ethernet

New Delhi: RAD Data Communications has unveiled a Carrier Ethernet NTU for MEF-certified SLA-enabled Ethernet services. TheETX-203A is based on the companys newly developed EtherAccess Carrier Ethernet ASIC, which enabled setting the products price at $400 for high-volume orders. The ETX-203Asupports a licensing based, pay-as-you-grow model. This means service providers can minimize CapEx during... By

Dell launches PowerVault DL appliance

New Delhi: DellPowerVaultDLCommVaultCommVault and Dell continue their OEM partnership with the introduction of the Dell PowerVault DL Backup to Disk Appliance, powered by CommVault with Simpana 8. This latest addition to the Dell PowerVault product line provides integrated data management with scalability, cloud support, faster throughput, optimized deduplication and a smaller form factor for... By

Global MVNO connections to reach 85.6 m

New Delhi: Global MVNO connections are forecast to increase from 52.6 million in 2009 to 85.6 million in 2015, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.5%, predicts a new Ovum report Global MVNO Outlook 2010-2015.According to the research, the bulk of this growth will come from Western Europe, the US, and mature mobile markets in Asia-Pacific such as Australia. These regions will... By

Alibaba.com launches India support operations

MUMBAI : Alibaba.com, the leading small business e-commerce company, has announced that it is investing in India, with the launch of its local customer service operations here to better serve the vast Indian small business community. With a service office in Mumbai, Alibaba.com will primarily focus on providing dedicated customer service to its Indian Gold Supplier members during a crucial time... By

Spectralogic introduces enterprise tape library

New Delhi: Spectra Logic has unveiled an enterprise tape library to meet archive and backup requirements of businesses while saving customers up to 30 percent on initial capital investments and 15 to 20 percent on annual recurring operational expenses. According to the company, the Spectra T-Finity library offers multiple, redundant robots, scaling to more than 45 petabytes in a single library... By

Suiting up for CRM's next wave

WHEN I WROTE THE CRM HANDBOOK: A Business Guide to CRM in 2002, companies were spending tens of millions of dollars on CRM software, but industry analysts were predicting that 80 percent of CRM projects would fail.The mistakes and pitfalls of CRMs early days are now legendary. Companies rushed to embrace CRM technologies, only to discover that automation couldnt fix broken business processes,... By

How to transform data center?

Optimising data center for better business outcomes, key domains, people, process, and technology can rapidly become a complex exercise. Hence, a critical success factor in transforming the data center is to have an integrated and structured approach. The process can be catogorised into five logical and manageable phases, each of which add value and can be taken up as independent projects.... By shubhendu.parth