How to Migrate to the Cloud?

The Situation... Boss, I agree what you say about the dimension of control, but how can we be absolutely certain about security, said Ravi amidst the last gulp of his drink at the lunch table. His boss, Ramesh Thakur and also the CIO was constantly monitoring the project to take GemPros applications to the cloud. And Ravi was driving this initiative. GemPro was a global leader in logistics... By shubhendu.parth

AppLabs acquires ValueMinds

New Delhi: AppLabs, the worlds largest software testing and quality management company, today announced that it has acquired, Hyderabad based ValueMinds, the developer of TestersDesk.com(TM)., a set of tools for test data generation and automated test case creation. Post this acquisition, AppLabs will continue to support MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "testersdesk.com"... By

India PC sales to touch 23.7 lakh units: IDC

Bangalore: The overall India PC market sales touched 23.7 lakh units during the April-June 2010 quarter recording a 34% year-on-year (2Q 2010 over 2Q 2009) and a 5.8% quarter-on-quarter (2Q 2010 over 1Q 2010) increase.The report is issued by IDC India. It further says that the Desktop PC sales accounted for nearly two-thirds of total PC sales at 15.6 lakh units, representing a 24% increase year-... By

Transcend launches affordable flash cards

New Delhi: Transcend Information, has announced the expansion of its flash card product line with the introduction of the standard Class 4 Series and the new 32GB Ultimate series Class 10 SDHC card. The Class 4 SDHC cards are aimed at entry-level users, while the Class 10 SDHC cards are designed for the professionals to enjoy high-speed consecutive shooting and smooth HD video recording.Standard... By

ITC Infotech, Oracle, teams up for BPO services

Bangalore: ITC Infotech, a global IT services & solutions company and a fully owned subsidiary of ITC Ltd., is working with Oracle to provide Loyalty & Marketing based BPO services. As per the BPO initiative agreement, ITC Infotech will have the non-exclusive license to use the Loyalty & Marketing program solution offered by Oracle.This working relationship will help ITC... By

Security Software Market to grow 11% in 2010

New Delhi: Worldwide security software revenue is forecast to surpass $16.5 billion in 2010, an 11.3 percent increase from 2009 revenue of $14.8 billion, says a recent research from Gartner. Although the economic downturn slowed security revenue to 7 percent growth in 2009, organizations have indicated an intention to give priority to security budgets."Most segments of the security software... By

Seagate, Samsung to jointly develop SSD tech

New Delhi: Seagate Technology and Samsung Electronics have announced to entered into a joint development and licensing agreement.Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly develop and cross-license related controller technologies for solid state drive (SSD) storage devices to attain the high levels of performance, reliability and endurance demanded by enterprise storage applications."We... By

Get the skinny of Golf

Without an iota of doubt, Golf is one of the most popular sport on the planet, especially with the rich and famous. In fact, it is often said that some of the biggest deals are not worked out in boardrooms but on the golf course. So, before you pick up the club to swing in the tee, here is a basic guide on what you need to know:Start with the GearThe biggest issue for a beginner is to decide on... By

India Broadband Base to Reach 75 mn by 2015

Bangalore: Deployments of 3G and WiMAX networks will generate a profitable user base over the next 5 year period, before noticeable LTE deployments begin to make an impact in India, according to the latest research by Maravedis and Tonse Telecom.The recent auctioning of 3G and 4G spectrum will unleash a broadband economic driver thus far evasive to India," said Sridhar Pai, co-author of the... By

Genpact Names Sanjeev Prasad as New CIO

New Delhi: Genpact has appointed Sanjeev Prasad as a new Chief Information Officer effective immediately. In his new role, Prasad will be responsible for delivering enterprise applications and services, and driving IT innovation for the company. Prasad will be specifically focused on utilizing technology such as Business Process as a Service (BPaaS), virtualization and cloud computing in order... By

Polycom, Microsoft partners to deliver UC sol

New Delhi: Polycom has signed a multi-year, strategic global agreement with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) to deliver integrated end-to-end unified communications (UC) and to improve customers business productivity. Under the agreement, Polycom plans to develop and market standards-based UC solutions encompassing software, hardware, networking and services that span the enterprise, small-to-... By

Dell announces new leadership team

Bangalore : Dell India has announced changes in its leadership team in the country, primarily with new leaders for its Large Enterprise (LE) business unit. Sameer Garde, who has been the Dell India country head and led Dells LE business for about last 18 months since the companys reorganization into a customer-centric BU structure, will continue to lead as the country manager for Dell India but... By