AMD unveils new processors
New Delhi: AMD has unveiled new Athlon II and Phenom II processors. It has added five new 45 nm process made dual-core, tri-core and quad-core chips to its existing AMD lineup. All these new chips claims to offer 100MHz higher clockspeeds at the same price point. The Athlon chips does not have any L3 caches and that differentiates them from Phenom II chips. According to the company, Athlon II... By shubhendu.parthTTSL unveils Blackberry Tour Smartphone
New Delhi: Tata Teleservices (TTSL) and Research in Motion (RIM) have launched new 3G enabled smartphone-Blackberry Tour. The phone is priced at Rs 27,990 and supports high-speed CDMA networks in India and UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz) and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks abroad, the company release said. In addition to the push mail facility, the phone is equipped with 3.2 megapixel camera and video... By shubhendu.parthSAP bags Deutsche Bank contract
Mumbai: Deutsche Bank has selected SAP to implement new banking solution for its branches. The new core banking system shall comprise of partner data, payments, account management and savings applications. According to the joint statement, the SAP implementation shall underpin the banks strategy to push for a high degree of industrialisation and standardisation of processes. We are looking... By shubhendu.parthOpera acquires AdMarvel
Opera Acquires AdMarvel The acquisition will enable Opera to expand its portfolio of products and services for content partners Opera Software has acquired California based mobile advertising company AdMarvel. The acquisition will enable Opera to expand its portfolio of products and services to include scalable ad monetisation services for Opera-branded mobile products and services offered by... By shubhendu.parthTata Comm sets up new data centre
New Delhi: Tata Communications has unveiled a new data center in the Pune. The 55,000 sq.ft data center is intended to offer services including co-location, managed hosting and storage. The company further informed that it will reside on Tata Communications Tier-1 IP backbone, for providing high capacity Internet, MPLS and global Ethernet services. "The Centre has enough resources to double its... By shubhendu.parth
5 simple steps to greening your enterprise
Measure and record: Organisations should start measuring the power consumption across the company. Dig out the power bill for the company for the past three months, and compare it with those of earlier quarters. Dig deeper to find out who the biggest guzzlers are. Make an energy map based on this research. Powering off: Standby mode is the one of biggest tragedies that could have happened to... By shubhendu.parth
Unwiring the enterprise
The growing use of mobile devices is bringing about several changes in consumer behaviour, forcing businesses to rework their marketing and customer-relationship strategies. Today businesses are increasingly being conducted outside office at unconventional locations as mobile devices and applications let executives carry office in their pocket. Moreover, the advent of cloud, which could... By shubhendu.parthGlobal IT spend to touch $3.4 trillion in 2010
New Delhi: Global IT spending is expected to reach US$3.4 trillion in 2010, a 4.6 per cent increase from 2009, says a recent report from Gartner. The report stated that although modest, this projected growth represents a significant improvement from 2009, when worldwide IT spending declined 4.6 per cent. All major segments (computing hardware, software, IT services, telecom, and telecom... By shubhendu.parthAvaya outlines Nortel integration roadmap
New Delhi : Avaya has unveiled its roadmap for integrating products and services from the recently acquired Nortel Enterprise Solutions (NES).According to the company statement, the new roadmap builds on the existing Avaya portfolio with capabilities integrated from NES. The company said that its new vision is based on open standards, communications-enabled business systems and effective,... By shubhendu.parthGreen Computing Report
There is more to green IT then merely power management and cost savings. Usuallly, green efforts are often centered around the datacenter. And yet, there is so much IT can achieve in terms of making things more efficient and economical.This report takes a holistic view of green computing, detailing ways and means in which technology can be employed for cutting down emissions and power... By shubhendu.parth
Seagate launches PC backup device
New Delhi: Seagate has launched a new PC backup device that claims to eliminate the need to manually run, manage or dedicate any time for the backup process. According to the company release, the appliance is a complete PC backup system, which automatically and continuously stores up-to-date copies of everything on a PC, including installed applications, operating system, e-mail, pictures,... By shubhendu.parth