Making the right connections

A cabling call that the IT team at Birla Tyres took almost a year ago is now serving the countrys fifth-largest tyre manufacturer well. The Cat 6-based solution provides uninterrupted bandwidth and availability to meet the companys ever-growing applications requirements, ranging from data and voice to video. Looking back, Birla Tyres was determined to take a holistic view of the cabling... By shubhendu.parth

Moving away from terra firma

A hundred years ago, companies stopped generating their own power with steam engines and dynamos and plugged into the newly-built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electric utilities didnt just change how businesses operate. It set off a chain reaction of economic and social transformations that brought the modern world into existence. Today, a similar revolution is under way. Hooked... By shubhendu.parth

Putting the squeeze on energy consumption

IT managers are at the crossroads today. The economic scenario is squeezing them from all sides. On one hand, the number of IT hands-on-deck are being rationalised or downsized as some would say. On the other hand, the CIO and his team are now under greater pressure to make wise decisions about IT infrastructure planning so as to make the best use of their existing resources. However, demands... By shubhendu.parth

Getting em work from home

Work is something we do, not something we travel to. While this is not yet a catch phrase in Indian organisations, but it seems well on its way getting there. With urban centres such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad getting more congested, the corporate sector is presenting its employees flexible work options that enable them to cut travel time and boost productivity. A recent survey... By shubhendu.parth

Oracle extends EPM capabilities

New Delhi: Oracle has refurbished its suite of financial services and analytical applications for the enterprise performance management (EPM) space. The new solution is based on the merged capabilities of Oracle Financial Services Applications (OFSA), Oracle's Hyperion, Oracle's Reveleus and PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management. The EPM Suite is designed to help institutions in planning... By shubhendu.parth

Indian enterprises gear up for GST

New Delhi: The Centres move to postpone goods and services Tax (GST) regime to April 1, 2011, has been greeted by Indian enterprises. The delay will give organisations a chance to prepare themselves and meet the challenges of the proposed tax structure. The GST seeks to replace indirect taxes (such as excise duty, service tax, value added tax and state taxes) with a single levy to create a... By shubhendu.parth

How to make telecommuting work?

While adoption of telecommuting is on the rise across Indian enterprises, and promises to bring in potentially large gains in productivity and substantial savings in both time and cost, it is important for IT managers and the organisations totake some basic steps that can go a long way in making it a success. Provide telecommuters with proper technical, technological and logistical support to... By shubhendu.parth

Get the technology in place

Virtual Private Network (VPN): This is a private network that connects your offices and remote users via a virtual connection over the internet. Some of the major vendors that provide VPN solution include Avaya, AT&T Business Data Services, Axcelerant, Cisco, CheckPoint, NetSilica, Neoteris, Positive Networks, Plethora Technology, Fortinet and Sonic Wall.Voice over Internet Protocol (... By shubhendu.parth

Seven-step to selecting a Cloud Service Provider

Business viability of the CSP i. Pedigree: Brand visibility, entrepreneur track record, management, strategic investors or VCsii. Financials: Balance sheet, cash flows, VC funding rounds, equity structure iii. Commitment level: Capex committed to cloud per-se, R&D or innovation budgetiv. Roadmap: Expansion plans announced publicly and commitment to growthv. Industry rankings: Assessments... By shubhendu.parth

Global IAM market to touch $9.9 bn by 2010

New Delhi: A recent Gartner survey projects that audit and analytics, global identity and access management (IAM) revenue is expected to reach the US $9.9 billion mark by 2010, banking on the rapidly-growing enterprise requirement for compliance market. The figure would be an 8% rise from the 2009 revenue of US $9.2 billion. It is expected to rise further to US $11.9 billion by 2013. According... By shubhendu.parth

EMC, Intel, VMware to secure cloud services

New Delhi: RSA, the security division of EMC, will team up with Intel Corporation and VMware to build a transparent infrastructure for business-critical cloud services. The partnership intends to chart a way for technologies to combine and boost security in the cloud networks. The proof of concept will be used by service providers to help customers build private clouds within firewalls, or build... By shubhendu.parth

Dell unveils zero client hardware for enterprises

New Delhi: Dell has launched its first zero client device for enterprises. According to the company, its existing FX100, through a firmware upgrade, will now supports the new VMware View 4.0 app and its PC-over-IP streaming technology. The device is based on PC Power IP technology and claims to offer rich multimedia support and faster responsiveness than other virtualisation and streaming codecs... By shubhendu.parth