Express Computer-Oct 2011

• Logistics firms: yet to gain an IT edge The case for technology adoption to increase efficiency and profitability is a given. However, the lack of adequate physical infrastructure coupled with an unorganized ecosystem is making Indian logistics players wary of adopting technology. By Venkatesh Ganesh

Editorial   • Tablets in India: yet to take off Depending on who you choose to believe, Apple will ship anywhere between 37 to 65 million iPads this year. However, in India, Android tablets which have taken a beating worldwide from Apple's heavyweight, are ruling the roost

News   • Norton to deliver personalized security to protect consumers across multiple devices • NCR launches mobile banking platform to offer multi-channel self-service management system • Kavveri Telecom signs up an Indian mobile operator for wireless solutions • Broadridge Financial Solutions and InGovern Research Services form alliance • Honeywell launches EvacPro in India • Symphony Services and SensorLogic to speed up development and deployment of enterprise m2m applications • Intel and Karnataka government to introduce e-learning solutions with Educomp • Indian green IT and sustainability spend to reach $70 bn by 2015 • Deutsche Bank selects TCS for major transformation initiative • Samsung strengthens domestic production of mobile phones • ING Vysya Bank increases scalability and flexibility of IT infrastructure • CloudSense partners with Persistent Systems for developing next generation solutions • NetApp creates a storage infrastructure for Cloud services with BSNL • Sanovi Technologies enters into partnership with iValue Infosolutions • Mahindra Satyam partners with iPipeline to offer CRM solutions in BFSI sector • Asian enterprises revising strategy to accommodate new IT threats: Fortinet study finds • Infotech partners with SEI to assess the ‘Smart Grid Maturity’ level of utilities companies • Smart Tech appoints HCL Infosystems as India distributor • Avaya announces T-20 tournament channel challenge • Asus expands its retail presence to Calicut • HPCL-Mittal Energy deploys Dassault Systèmes’ ENOVIA version 6 for Asset Data Mgmt • Dassault Systèmes partners with Persistent Systems • SAP brings technology to grama panchayats • HP covers insurance providers with enhanced policy administration systems • Indian defence companies are the current target of cybercriminals • LinkedIn reveals the top office pet peeves for Indian professionals • Wipro helps UGI Utilities create IT Systems based on new Oracle platform • Polymorphic malware rate peaked in September: Symantec finds • Texas Instruments, Core to deliver STEM solution for Indian schools • Synopsys launches TLM Central: first Web portal for developers and users of Transaction-level Model (TLM) model

IT in Healthcare   • Mandating Compliance In the absence of Government mandates, a large part of the Indian healthcare industry is giving compliance a miss while EMR implementations are restricted to administrative and laboratory functions. By Heena Jhingan

Trends   • Printers that create objects Although 3D printing is yet to take off in India, vendors of this technology have the Indian market on their radar. A trend towards rapid prototyping seems to be emerging, building on the back of CAD and engineering work that’s happening out of the country. By Mehak Chawla • Enterprise apps for Indian SMBs The SMB market is growing rapidly and this segment has been providing a lot of growth for ISVs selling ERP/CRM solutions. Manjari Juneja takes a look at how these solutions for SMBs differ from those aimed at large enterprises

News Analysis   • Lenovo guns for numero uno in corporate PCs The vendor, which is currently the runner up in the relationship business segment that accounts for about 3 million PCs and laptops, is aiming for the top spot. By Prashant L Rao • STMicroelectronics bets big on healthcare STMicroelectronics is readying its plans for healthcare and consumer electronics in India. Will it stack up against giants like Intel and others? Pupul Dutta finds out • Telit sees growth in Indian m2m communication market Could Machine-to-Machine communications be the way of the future in a country of billion individuals? Manjari Juneja analyzes Telit Communications' chances in the India market • GPUs vs. CPUs Here’s the story of how VSSC built its supercomputer on GPUs from Nvidia and what it means for Indian supercomputing. By Prashant L Rao

Tech Views   • The missing piece of the business planning puzzle Souma Das writes that integration is essential for strategic sales and operations planning • Intelligence unplugged Murali Talasila, Executive Director, Forensic Services, KPMG in India & Nitin Singh, Associate Director, Forensic Services, KPMG in India write that the Government’s recent initiative to counter terror, the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID), is an ambitious project that could propel India into the ranks of developed nations—provided that it is executed well

Events   • Security policy should be the anchor for business practices  Check Point launched two new products in Bangkok and talked about 3D security adoption for staving off cyber attacks. Pupul Dutta reports on developments in the company's portfolio and the challenges faced by CIOs in the present scenario • The Enterprise Edge  Kaspersky is eying the enterprise market. By Heena Jhingan

Interview   • “The security landscape has changed dramatically and targeted attacks are occurring” Amnon Bar-Lev, President, Check Point Software Technologies in conversation with Pupul Dutta • “There are two paths to get to the Cloud—the evolutionary path and the revolutionary path” Sally Stevens, VP, PG Enterprise Platform Marketing, Dell Inc. and Murali Gopalan, CIO, Sr. VP, UST Global talked to Prashant L Rao about virtualization, server trends, why the public Cloud is too expensive on a per VM basis in India and more. S Sridhar, Director - Marketing, India Relationship, Dell India, and Rinosh Jacob Kurian, Enterprise Architect, UST Global chipped in • “The biggest challenge for us in India is the longevity of the procurement process” Adaire Fox-Martin, Senior Vice President, Industry Business Solutions, SAP Asia, talked to Mehak Chawla about how the Indian government was embracing applications and what it took to deal with the public sector • “We have a tremendous opportunity to revolutionize workforce management in India” Aron J Ain, CEO, Kronos Inc talked to Heena Jhingan about the company's plans for the Indian market through partnerships • “The challenge is to go beyond the traditional context” Randel Maestre, Senior Director, Industry Solutions, Polycom, talked to Heena Jhingan about the vendor's endeavors to leverage business objective focused applications

Express Intelligent Enterprise   • Healthy for IT Mankind Pharma realized a host of benefits including reduced planning time and real-time decision making from deploying an ERP solution. By Mehak Chawla • Campus on Cloud Manav Rachna Vidyantariksha leveraged Cloud-based ERP to attain higher efficiency for student and employee management. Heena Jhingan reports • Achieving scale through Cloud Computing Vserv faced the prospect of upgrading its network to manage surging traffic. It chose to go onto the Cloud instead. By Pupul Dutta • Vying for a strategic edge Shailesh Joshi, CIO, Godrej Industries Limited, argues that IT heads should be empowered with greater flexibility as IT forms the backbone of any business. By Heena Jhingan

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