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1 - 15 December 2011

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News
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Case Study
CIO Profile
Events
Interviews
Tech Views
News Analysis
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 Cover Story
 
Offloading Data Traffic
Faced with a spectrum crunch and a deluge of mobile data, Indian cellular operators are resorting to data offloading technologies, primarily Wi-Fi. Service providers need to address authentication, billing and charging integration issues in order to monetize these offloading strategies.


 Editorial
 

CA talks modeling for the Cloud
At CA World, Bill McCracken, CEO, CA Technologies, couldn't overstress the importance of the Cloud for his company and his vision of where it's headed


 News
 
3G and LTE driving 30% growth in APAC mobile infrastructure market: Synergy Research says
Bharti Airtel implements Customer Experience Management platform (CEM)
ESET launches new generation security software in India
Lifetime Achievement Award conferred on Bharat Goenka of Tally
CDC Software Partners with Avnet Technology Solutions in the Indian Market
Spammers have established a genuine URL shortening service, Symantec reports says
Syntel expands mobile application capabilities with Pyxis Mobile
Cinterion launches world’s thinnest HSPA+ module for Machine-to-Machine applications
InOpen to provide training software to train Mantralaya employees
PayMate and Nokia to offer NFC technology in India
Wipro retains the top spot in the Greenpeace guide to greener electronics
Wipro Technologies wins a deal with UK-based food retailer - Premier Foods
Microsoft India appoints Chakrapani GK as Head of Consumer Channels Group, India
AngelPrime Partners introduces first-ever CTO-in-residence program
United Health Group selects HCL as partner for ICD-10 transition
Pitney Bowes launches Rival Productivity Series Inserting technology
Convergys celebrates ten years in India
Comviva’s Cloud-based messaging and mobile data solutions to go ‘live’
Diligenta wins $2.2 billion contract from Friends Life
IBM rolls out first solar array for high-voltage DCs
Om Nanotech ties up with Accel Frontline Services
Veteran entrepreneurs launch start-up incubator
Symphony expands global delivery and support capabilities in South America
Hybrid Cloud addresses data privacy, VMware says
Product landscape to drive India’s global competitiveness
SMBs’ interest in IaaS on the rise: AMI study says
Indian smartphone users spend more time on content than voice and sms: Nielsen and Informate study says
IIHT partners with Microsoft to launch ‘Certified Cloud Expert’ program
Monster India announces online campus hiring


 Feature
 

TRAI downs the shutters on telemarketers
With the latest regulations imposing penalties on telemarketers sending spam messages to those registered on DND, the telecom watchdog has tried to terminate the nuisance of SMS spam.



 Case Study
 

Enabling Growth through Technology
With a daunting long term growth plan, LT Foods needed a strong technology backbone. Here’s how it set about putting one in place.

A Consolidated Platform
Enteg helped Essar consolidate its IT infrastructure with SAP solution manager. Heena Jhingan writes on how the group managed to achieve its business goals with minimal downtime.

Putting the ‘IT’ in Municipality
West Bengal Urban Local Bodies decided to adopt technology in order to provide better services to its citizens in a difficult political and social environment.


 CIO Profile
 

All about Information Management
Yashpal Soni, CIO of the Everest Group of Industries, has a rather unique mantra. He does not want the word IT used in his organization.

Be a Change Manager
Meet Mahendra Patel, Head - IT, JMC Projects. Heena Jhingan chronicles his aspirations for showing the unorganized construction sector how IT can simplify its operations.

An IT Veteran
With over 37 years in IT, UC Dubey's vision is to help expand his organization’s business in rural areas in order to achieve inclusive growth.

A High Pressure Job
Working in a tough and stressful environment, Kersi Tavadia, CIO, BSE, believes in transparency as a means to combat stress and help his team perform better.

Having a technological bent of mind
Kapil Pal, Head, Technology & infrastructure, PepsiCo Ltd., has faced a multitude of challenges in every organization that he has worked at.


 Events
 

The Solutions shift
Avaya predicts a strong 2012 as it sharpens its focus on services.


 Interviews
 

“The secret sauce isn’t the technology; it’s how you create a conversation with it”
Robin Johnson, CIO, Dell talked to Prashant L Rao about Cloud computing and what Dell’s got out of it, mobility and BYOD, social networking and things that CIOs need to look out for.

“Cyber security is not about protecting the data center, it is about protecting information”
Ilias Chantzos, Senior Director, Government Relations, EMEA & APJ, Symantec, discusses the Indian government’s seriousness with regard to cyber security and how the era of multiple devices was changing the way that information needed to be protected.

“The basic challenge is that of capacity”
Shankar Aggarwal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India, talked to Pupul Dutta about the state of the NeGP rollout and the roadblocks that were slowing things down.

“As its databases grow, it makes sense for an SMB to invest in a separate storage box”
Atul Jain, Country Manager, India and SAARC, NETGEAR, talked to Mehak Chawla about why NETGEAR chose to enter the mid-market segment in India and what works with Indian SMBs.


 Tech Views
 

Investment & RoI in the Cloud
Anuj Kumar, MD, India Subcontinent, Red Hat India writes about the underappreciated advantages of Cloud computing.


 News Analysis
 

Tablets starting to see growth
Despite the macroeconomic conditions, India Inc. is starting to embrace tablets and the government sector is leading PC buying, driven by centrally sponsored schemes for state governments.

Healthcare gets a tech dose
Increasing overheads in terms of technology investments and keeping up with it is pushing companies to look at alternative ways of managing technology. Wth Cloud, opportunities open up but is India ready for the Cloud ecosystem?


 Products
 

Products
- AXIS Q1922 and AXIS Q1922-E
- Stellar Phoenix QuickBooks Recovery v3.0
- Thecus N3200 6TB NAS Storage
- ideapad Tablet
- VFONE


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