Air India deploys Sabre Air Centre

MUMBAI: Air India, has signed a deal with Sabre to deploy, Sabre AirCentre Flight. The suit forms the backbone of the entire fleet operation, providing an easy way to monitor and schedule daily flight operations and notifies of impending operations issues before they become problems. The Sabre AirCentre Crew enables airlines to efficiently plan and manage their crew operations. From planning and... By shubhendu.parth

HP launches mini notebook

New Delhi: HP Indiahas launched newmini notebook in India. The Mini210 notebook claims to have bigger battery pack for increased battery life, optional high-definition (HD) video playback, mobile broadband connectivity, and GPS capability. The best part of the ungrade is the new software bundles, which are designed to enhance multimedia experience and easier access to offline content. Some... By shubhendu.parth

TCS bags Malaysia Airlines deal

Mumbai: TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) has bagged an IT outsourcing deal from Malaysia Airlines (MAS). Under the five year contract, TCS will undertake IT infrastructure management of MAS data centers, IT networks and IT security, with an objective to offer seamless internal customer experience. "This is in line with BTP2 to align the role of IT to the airlines P&L. One of the key... By shubhendu.parth

New CEO for Worldwide Web Consortium

New Delhi: The World Wide Web Consortium, the organization that oversees Web standards such as HTML 5 and others, has a new CEO.W3C today named Dr. Jeffrey Jaffe its new Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Jaffe brings to the role extensive global leadership experience in the Information Technology industry, including as President of Bell Labs Research and Advanced Technologies at Lucent Technologies;... By shubhendu.parth

Pay-per-use model to witness huge traction

New Delhi: While customer interest in pay-per-use (PPU) pricing is not a new phenomenon, the expansion of software as a service (SaaS) offerings and the advent of cloud computing are accelerating this trend. A recent software pricing survey by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that customers want software pricing models that allow them to pay only for what they use while maintaining an... By shubhendu.parth

Watch your click!

Online fraud has developed into a sophisticated underground criminal operation that continues to evolve every day. Much like a real-world business, fraudsters offer products and services for a profit; they fight to gain competitive advantage and market share, are continually innovating to improve their offerings and meet customer needs. Let'sexamine how the fraudster underground operates, the... By shubhendu.parth

Power distribution in data centres

As data centres strive to become highly available as well as efficient, an important aspect of the entire data centre infrastructure that needs special attention is their power distribution strategy. Traditional ways of distributing power to the racks are being constantly challenged with power densities as well as power consumption costs among data centres constantly rising. A recent study... By shubhendu.parth

Gartner outlines virtualisation security risks

New Delhi: Through 2012, 60% of virtualised servers will be less secure than the physical servers they replace, according to Gartner. Although Gartner expects this figure to fall to 30 percent by the end of 2015, analysts warned that many virtualisation deployment projects are being undertaken without involving the information security team in the initial architecture and planning stages. "... By shubhendu.parth

CA to acquire Nimsoft

New Delhi: CA has signed an agreement to acquire Nimsoft,an IT performance and availability monitoring solutions provider for emerging enterprises and Managed Service Providers (MSPs). The deal is valued at $350 million. According to the official release, the acquisition will extend CA's ability to meet the IT management needs of emerging enterprises and MSPs, both of which are playing leading... By shubhendu.parth

Cyber crimes cost Indian firms heavily in 2009

New Delhi: As per a study undertaken by internet security provider Symantec Corp, Indian companies havesuffered an average of Rs 58 lakh in revenue to cyber crimes and attacks in the year 2009. The research titled 2010 State of Enterprise Security also brought out the point that over and above these revenue losses, Indian enterprises also lost an average of Rs 94.56 lakh in organisation,... By shubhendu.parth

Playing the storage nutritionist

As enterprise data volumes continue to grow in colossal manner, you, as an IT manager, are challenged to keep the storage infrastructure responsive to information and compliance needs both from within and outside the organisation. ITNext attempts to help you find the way out. But first, a few simple questions: Does all data in your organisation have equal storage importance and retrieval... By shubhendu.parth

Salesforce unveils Visual Process Manager

New Delhi: Salesforce.com has unveiled a new Visual Process ManagerForce.coma platform to help companies to rapidly automate any business process. According to Salesforce.com, the platform will enable customers to design complex business processes such as sales, service, finance, HR, legal and operations, with an intuitive visual-design tool. It will also allow processes to be run instantly in... By shubhendu.parth