Express Computer-1 - 15 November 2011

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Case Study
CIO Profile
Interviews
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Cover Story   • Cloud Computing Porting Date To & Fro Issues ranging from vendor lock-in and mismatched architectures to issues in porting data and apps from one Cloud to another remain as concern areas for enterprises that are evaluating the prospect of putting their business-critical applications on the Cloud. By Venkatesh Ganesh

Editorial   • Shades of Android It's been an interesting month for Android

News   • Technology no more limited to Tier 1 cities, says Deloitte • Take Solutions extends safety and pharmacovigilance service offerings • Malware attack comes as bloody photos of Gaddafi's death; Sophos warns • DUKU – STUXNET like malware in India • Aptech ties up with TRRAIN Foundation to empower people in the retail sector • Four organizations in diverse sectors to join ZonesCorp • Atos IT challenge kicks off in 26 universities • Capgemini launches SCM services • MTS launches international roaming for its customers • Compuage announces festival reward program from Creative for its resellers • R&M introduces R&Mfoxs, solution for FTTH • Essar Group seeks real-time business insight with SAP HANA, mobility and Business Intelligence solutions from SAP • NEC enters into a strategic partnership with Trimax to focus on SaaS services • 'eContent Migrator' by Datamatics Global Services; to aid migration to P8 - the new version of IBM FileNet • Idea Cellular switches to Smoothwall RF feeder cable • Business Software Alliance (BSA) announces capacity building program for Karnataka PSUs • Apptivo launches ‘Biz pages’ – an alternative to Websites for SMBs • Prime Focus Technologies announces Kapil Gupta as VP of Program Management • Cisco announces 'Race to Rio' program for channel partners • Jigsee enhances content to 12 languages: video streaming on mobile phones • Etisalat demonstrates innovative 'Mobile Baby' service in collaboration with Great Connection • Telecom sector reluctant to transit to a low-carbon profitable model: Greenpeace • CUA appoints TCS BaNCS for online banking Platform transformation • Nimbuzz launches cross platform video calling and chatting for iPhone and PCs • New computing models bring cybersecurity challenges to Indian businesses: Symantec report • IBM brings Intelligent Operations Center for smarter cities to improve citizen services • Adobe announces winners of 2011 design achievement awards • Agilent Technologies’ latest RF design and 3D EM simulation platforms enhance multi-technology design, speed simulation • HP India strengthens commercial product portfolio • Pervazive sets up intellectual property hub in the US • Indian smartphone users spend more time on content than voice and sms: Nielsen and Informate study says

Feature   • Spreading the benefits of healthcare nationwide Indian healthcare facilities are scattered disproportionately, are expensive and the quality of services rendered is often suspect. In this scenario, telemedicine has emerged as a boon, bring the needy close to a qualified practitioner enabling ailments to be alleviated without the rural citizenry having to visit super specialty hospitals. By Pupul Dutta

News Analysis   • Bullish about 2012 Despite some hurdles, Canon is confident that it can grab market share from competitors and grow in 2012. By Prashant L Rao • For IBM, smart is green IBM’s initiatives around 'smart buildings' and MMT is high on optimism. However, the company has its work cut out to convince enterprises of the benefits accrued from adopting these solutions. By Venkatesh Ganesh • Juniper in the enterprise The networking vendor is gunning for a bigger share of the enterprise networking pie. By Prashant L Rao • YoFroggy launches web services in India It is the ‘bottom of the pyramid’ opportunity that companies are looking to tap in India. As Indian SMBs are beginning to understand their place in the global supply chain, technology companies are starting to offer innovative solutions to meet their specific needs. By Manjari Juneja

Case Study   • Delivering value in education AMD helped VIVA Institute manage costs and address its requirement for best-in-class desktops for its students. By Manjari Juneja • Mission security Security is a crucial aspect for any organization, more so for one dealing with IP. Nucleus Software addressed its security concerns by deploying Websense security tools. By Mehak Chawla • Disruption from the Cloud WinHire Technologies sought to disrupt the recruitment market by leveraging video and the Web. The company's recruitment portal rides on the IBM Cloud, that helps it meet its elastic demands. By Heena Jhingan

CIO Profile   • All about discipline Rajeev Jorapur believes that the most difficult aspect of leadership is to sustain the discipline that’s needed to do the right thing, especially when it creates a conflict with personal comfort. By Manjari Juneja • Passion drives excellence An experienced at hand at handling IT across verticals, Vipin Kumar, Head IT, Escorts, is busy with the completion of an enterprise-wide ERP implementation. He talked to Heena Jhingan, about his passion for work

Interview   • “The 3PAR acquisition gives us the opportunity to grab market share in high end storage” Mike Prieto, VP, HP Storage Division, APJ, talked to Mehak Chawla about storage trends in the APJ and why HP had big hopes for 3PAR • “Any amount of downtime is unacceptable” Adam Selipsky, Vice President, Product Management & Developer Relations, Amazon Web Services, talked to Prashant L Rao about the latest developments at AWS, the kind of workloads that customers were running in Amazon's Cloud and the service disruptions that the company had suffered earlier in the year • “We buy startups and ramp them up through our distribution model” Barrie Sheers, Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ), Quest Software and Shailender Kumar, MD, Quest Software India talked to Prashant L Rao about business opportunities, working with Microsoft and the company's M&A strategy • “Open source in India has been growing at 20-30 percent year-on-year” Narayana Menon, Lead - Strategy & Marketing Novell India/South Asia in conversation with Express Computer about the growth of Open Source in India, acceptance of the concept in the Indian market as well as some of Novell's customers who are using OSS in the country • “We don't want to be identified as just a mobile company” Guru Ganesan, Managing Director, ARM India, talked to Prashant L Rao about the company's history, its strategy and the ecosystem of partners that it has nurtured over the years

Events   • DellWorld 1.0 At the first DellWorld, some of the IT industry's biggest names talked about the evolution of personal and enterprise computing. Also on stage to talk about the challenges of using IT optimally on a truly humongous scale was the former CIO of the US Federal Government • India moves up on the IT competitive index Driven by strong human capital resources and a robust R&D environment, India has moved up ten places in BSA's global ranking of competitiveness in the IT sector. By Pupul Dutta

Products   • Products - Buffalo TeraStation Pro WSS - BitDefender 2012