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1 - 15 January 2012

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Cover Story
News
Feature
News Analysis
Interview
Case Study
CIO Profile
Events
Tech Views
Products



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 Cover Story
 
Enter the Ultrabook
Will Intel’s gambit to revolutionize mobile computing pay off? We take a look at this fresh laptop form factor’s chances in the Indian market.


 Editorial
 

Is this next year’s laptop?
Intel is enthused about the concept and it has managed to convince most of the PC OEMs to come out with a slew of products built to its vision


 News
 
Checkpoint comes out with security projections for 2012
Number of daily targeted attacks increase four-fold since January; lowest global spam rate for three years: Symantec
Canon announces new cheque scanners
Dodd-Frank, Basel III and Solvency II will continue to dominate global regulatory landscape in 2012
HP and Alcatel-Lucent come together for data center technology and communications networks
HCL Infosystems to deploy ICT solution for integrated border check posts in Maharashtra
ITC Infotech launches indigenously developed sustainability management and reporting tool
Lenovo launches online platform to bring together communities
CIIE and IIM-A’s start-up incubation programme, iAccelerator powered by Tata Communications
Autonomy and HP Deliver archiving, eDiscovery and search appliances
OnMobile to revamp governance framework, plan for next decade
Cisco Introduces CloudVerse, framework to Build, Manage and Connect Clouds
Nokia unveils new retail format for Lumia
Microsoft opens new global delivery centre in Bangalore
Datamatics Global Services and Blue Star win CSI 2011 Award for Excellence in IT
India replaces United States as the top spam sender
IIHT chooses Dell to provide 'Datacenter-as-a-Service' on its Cloud
Infor announces packaged ION integration to third-party applications
Ncomputing reduces cost of computing for Indian enterprises
Anil Group forays into knowledge solutions Business
Classteacher Learning Systems collaborates with IISC, Bangalore


 Feature
 

Call of the Web
Indian SMBs are ready to ride the online wave with the likes of Google offering buoyancy. Heena Jhingan explores the various options that are available in the market for entrepreneurs intending to take a business online

Education segment drives projector sales
Increasing technology adoption by India’s fast growing education sector is evolving into a big business opportunity for leading companies and their channel partners.

IT on the tracks
While people travel in the air conditioned compartments of the Delhi metro, it is IT that keeps this vast network running. From signaling to ticketing, everything is automated and controlled by a strong IT backbone.



 News Analysis
 

Intel eyeing new avenues for growth
Intel is readying its battle plans to look at growth beyond traditional PCs. On the ground, however, it has its hands full with the resurgence of ARM and a whole host of competitors chipping away at different verticals.

Sharpening its focus on India
Teradata’s gunning for a bigger piece of the Indian market for analytics solutions and it expects to get this by tapping verticals beyond BFSI & Telecom.

New domain names set to change the Internet
The registry operator expects a big shift in the functioning of the Internet with the launch of new domain names by end of next year.


 Interview
 

“We are focusing on R&D to build capabilities around services”
- Brian Householder, Senior VP, Worldwide Marketing & Business Development, and Vivekanand Venugopal, VP & GM, India, Hitachi Data Systems

“Solution delivery is going to be flattened”
- Brian Burba, VP, Solutions Management, CA Technologies

“Customers can choose where they want their data to reside”
- Mark Beaumont, Global Product Development IT Solutions, Verizon Business

“In a country like India, we could deploy our solution nationwide in nine months”
- Manlio Allegra, President & CEO, Co-Founder of Polaris Wireless

“M2M in the Cloud offers substantial opportunities for Indian telcos”
- Amir Lahat, Head of Business Ventures, Nokia Siemens Networks

“The Cloud is expected to add 100,000 jobs in India in the next five years”
- Alok Shrivastava, Sr. Director, EMC Education Services


 Case Study
 

Maa TV deploys NAS for easy file sharing
Popular Telugu television network, Maa TV, needed a solution for its Program Editing and Technical Department’s storage needs

Virtual Eye Care
Spanco has assisted the Government of Mizoram in rolling out Tele-ophthalmology centers in remote areas of the state. These centers are designed to leverage software solutions that can transmit digital images even over low bandwidth links.


 CIO Profile
 

Value Creator
With experience in delivering solutions for the IT needs of diverse industries, Sanjeev Kumar, Group CIO, Adhunik Group, now wants to focus on KPIs beyond profitability and create value for all stakeholders in the business.

An IT expert!
It has been an enjoyable journey for Ajay Kumar Dhir, Executive Director & Group CIO, Lanco Infratech Limited, creating world-class IT infrastructure and spearheading pioneering initiatives in many areas.


 Events
 

Information, the new currency
Strategies to enhance storage infrastructure and make the data center more efficient with the assistance of the latest technology formed the theme at the HDS Information Forum 2011

Enabling the Cloud: The Future World of Work
At the Verizon Business APAC Media Forum 2011, the Cloud was the center of attraction with discussions revolving around how businesses could enable and adopt it in the best possible way


 Tech Views
 

IT spends in banking to grow tenfold
Prakash Seernani, Practice Lead - BFSI, Omnitech, writes that the RBI’s commitment to driving investments in technology combined with the steps that the IT industry is taking will result in this growth

Endless possibilities with enterprise mobility
Sunil Lalvani, Director - Enterprise Sales, RIM India, writes that the sky’s the limit when it comes to what’s possible with mobile devices in the enterprise

Optimizing fleets wirelessly
Ashish Gulati, Country Manager, India Operations, Telit Communications SPA writes that M2M-based telematics solutions can help fleet operators manage things in a cost-efficient manner


 Products
 

Products
- IDEAPAD U300s
- Milagrow TabTop
- Linksys E and X Series
- FujiFilm FinePix S2950