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Open
Source in the enterprise
Focus
Advantage
open source
Vendors are exploring innovative ways to use the open source.
Users are exploring ways to use it in datacenter
The
people issue
Finding the right talent for internal and external skills
to support the adoption of open source is not an easy job.
But this trend is changing fast
At
loggerheads
A pitched battle between open source advocates and closed
source proprietary vendors is brewing
Total
control
Educational institutions want to trim their expenses to a
minimum, but they also want applications that are tailored
to their needs. Open source provides the answer
Head to Head
An
executive conversation
Headquartered in Mumbai, Institute of Technology & Management
(ITM) Business school is on an expansion mode of venturing
into healthcare and engineering fields while stretching its
network of MBA and hospitality schools
Vertical
Focus
Power
crisis
A look how CIOs in the power vertical are addressing their
business challenges using IT. By N Geetha
Case Study
On
the move
Shree Cement's RFID enabled Transport Freight Bidding System
helped it to eliminate discrepancies in its logistics process
By Rajendra Chaudhary
Improving
service levels
After running its IT operations in-house, AFL decided to outsource
to Accenture in late 2008 to trim costs and improve service
levels By Rajendra Chaudhary
Techvisor
BCM
is more than just DR
As Indian organizations attempt to understand Business Continuity,
management, they realize that there's more to enterprise resilience
than just strong IT By Rajendra Chaudhary
Crossfire
‘‘I
don't know of any application innovation driven out of Oracle's
stable recently’’
On his recent trip to India, Doug Merritt, EVP, Premier Customer
Network, SAP spoke exclusively with Rajendra Chaudhary about
the fierce rivalry between SAP and Oracle and what he thinks
of the Oracle's Fusion Applications Suite that's in the offering.
By Invitation
Scaling
mount governance
Getting IT governance integrated with business goals is easier
said than done. But the returns are assured. By Dipti Patel
The
next level
Legacy core banking systems must be shown the door if banks
are to remain responsive to customer needs By Gerrit Franzen
- Director FSI, APAC, Hitachi Data Systems
Special Feature
Business
users to port more apps on open source
An IDC survey predicts that the adoption of open source software
by organization will be driven by the mandate to trim operational
expenses going forward By Rajendra Chaudhary
Q&A
‘‘Current
conditions in India favour a move to more mobile applications’’
Sunil Jose, Managing Director, India and Sub-continent, Sybase
India talks to Aditya Kelekar from Express Intelligent Enterprise
about mobility and business intelligence for enterprises in
India.
IP
issues are a cause for worry
Intellectual Property (IP) protection awareness and action
has been on the rise among Indian enterprises. Multinational
IP consultancy firms are pitching Indian companies to try
and net new business. Richard Dunham, business development
manager with TAEUS International, which engages in intellectual
property consultancy, was at Interop, Mumbai to meet technology
decision makers. Richard Dunham, in an interaction with Aditya
Kelekar.
Managing
the SMB mindset is the key
In 2005, when the biggest co-operative bank in the country
decided to spin-off its internal IT arm into a full fledged
IT solutions company, not many thought of the move as a much
yielding one. Four years on and Saraswat Infotech today is
ready with two distinct software for the Indian BPO and SMB
market. Manoj Kunkalienkar, CEO of the company discusses the
two offerings and talks about managing SMB clients in a chat
with Rajendra Chaudhary.
Malware
attacks to grow in the future
In the monthly malware statistics for August 2009 compiled
by Kaspersky Lab, India earned the dubious distinction of
being third on the list of countries where cyber criminals
unleash their attacks. Rajendra Chaudhary chats with Alexander
Gostev-Director of Global Research & Analysis Team, Kaspersky
Lab, on this new development.
Industry
News
Verizon
Business and McAfee in strategic alliance
Verizon Business, a global provider of IT, communications,
security and network solutions, and McAfee Inc., a security
technology company, have announced a global strategic alliance
to provide integrated security solutions to businesses and
government agencies worldwide
Nokia
Siemens Networks selected by Unitech
Nokia Siemens Networks selected as Unitech Wireless' exclusive
pan-Indian network supplier for high speed data services
Finnair
provides online security for its customers
Finnair is teaming up with Internet security specialists F-Secure
- another Finnish company dedicated to reliable service and
providing the best possible customer experience
MindTree
awarded leadership prize
MindTree, a global IT Solutions company, has been awarded
the Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) Award by
Teleos, in association with The KNOW Network
University
of North Carolina in USA reports data breach
The University of North Carolina in USA has reported personal
data loss of 236,000 women from a hacked server
Big
news is good news for cybercriminals
Big news has always been great news for cybercriminals. The
death of Michael Jackson and the election of Obama may have
shocked the world in different ways, but for a malware writer
wanting to lure the unsuspecting, they are both golden opportunities
to dangle the bait
Security
Bytes
Microsoft
sues unknown cybercriminals
On the face of it, this seems to be just another case of malvertisements
on the Internet. However, this time around the folks at Redmond
seem to have been greatly annoyed to let the matter pass
Eco Beat
IT
sector leads in carbon disclosure
The response to the Carbon Disclosure Project 2009 (CDP2009)
from Asia ex-Japan has been very encouraging this year. The
number of reporting companies has more than doubled to a total
of 127, up from 61 last year
Analysts
Views
Conferencing
tools in much demand among Indian SMBs
Small and medium businesses (SMBs, or companies with up to
999 employees) in the Indian subcontinent are set to spend
US$48.8 million on Unified Communication (UC) in 2009, up
over 2008, according to a new study by Access Markets International
(AMI) Partners, Inc. Medium businesses (MBs, or companies
with 100-999 employees) will account for over 40% of the country's
total SMB expenditure, while small businesses are increasing
their adoption of basic UC solutions
Companies
adapting to the tough climate, finds McKinsey study
As usual, it's survival of the fittest. Some companies have
moved beyond merely coping with the crisis and are once again
actively planning for the long term, according to a survey
by McKinsey Global Economic Conditions Survey in the field
from September 7th to the 11th
Change
your strategy to increase competitive advantage, says Gartner
The economic environment rapidly emerging from the recession
will force business leaders to look at their opportunities
for growth, competitive differentiation, and cost controls
in a new way
Best
of cloud and on-premise is the new mantra, says Saugatuck
Salesforce.com announced the availability of new, jointly-marketed
Cloud-based CRM solutions from Salesforce.com and Dell Inc.
Dell will offer Salesforce.com's SaaS-based CRM and sales
automation applications to its SMB clients, and will provide
implementation and integration with existing systems and databases
Analyst Voice
The
risk appetite of public sector banks is low
Sivarama Krishnan, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
on risk management
Technology
News
MindTree's
bluetooth health device solution on Android platform
MindTree Ltd., a global IT solutions and a Bluetooth IP solutions
company launched a new Bluetooth health device solution on
the Android platform
Windows
Mobile based smartphone slows down; new interest in Android
phones slows
According to latest Ovum report, there has been decrease in
the total number of handsets launched during the rolling 12-month
tracking period. Accounting for the seasonality of the handset
market, Ovum counted just 13 new models launched during 2Q09,
compared with 26 for the same period in 2008
SaaS
eating into on-premise application; driven by large enterprise
spending
Springboard's report on 'Software-as-a-Service in APEJ 2009/2010',
revealed that more than 50% of SaaS adopters had evaluated
an on-premise application before ultimately choosing a SaaS
solution, indicating that SaaS applications have begun to
eat into the on-premise applications market across APEJ
‘‘BPM
should be led by business but adequately supported by IT’’
Vinaykumar Mummigatti, Vice President and BPM Practice Leader,
Virtusa focuses on the criticality of a joint effort between
business and IT for BPM success
McAfee
offers hybrid delivery model for e-mail security
McAfee outlined details of its e-mail security strategy, providing
enterprises with the widest range of deployment choices and
service options available today
Products
Downtime
Prashanth Pereira,Vice President-Business Solutions Group
& Technology, Edelweiss Securities Ltd
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