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Each year thousands of Internet users become victims of a cybercrime that leaves them out of pocket. Research from Kaspersky Lab reveals that over half (52% ) of Internet users who’ve lost money at the hands of cybercriminals have only got some, or none, of their stolen funds back. With the variety and sophistication of online financial threats against consumers …

itVARnews speaks to IT industry bodies and many industry players to understand possible implications of GST. We also collate a budget wish list. After the liberalization of 1991, the GST is perhaps the most anticipated economic reform. So much so that more talk is centered on GST, slated for June 1, 2017 rollout, than on any other aspect of the …

71 percent of Indian companies are still in the nascent stages of adopting solutions to enable a truly mobile workforce Local enterprises must look beyond basic enterprise app management by truly integrating identity, application and enterprise mobility management to stay relevant VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, today announced the findings from a …

According to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Monthly City Level Smartphone tracker, smartphone sales within the leading 50 cities of India fell by a whopping 30.5 percent month on month in Nov 2016 over Oct 2016.This downward trend can be attributed to demonetisationand resulting cash crunch along with the cyclically lean period after festive season in Oct. According to Upasana Joshi, …

Running a business in the era of accelerated (and sometimes exponential) change may be exhilarating, but it’s also unnerving—especially if your core business has nothing to do with hardware or software. The best advice to keeping in step with these seven trends is deceptively simple—be resilient and fearless, as one Silicon Valley mantra goes “fail forward.” Parascript, the pioneer in …

Continuous testing, security of code, and metrics pegged as hottest trends in DevOps this year CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced three trends in DevOps it expects will come under the organizational spotlight in 2017. DevOps removes the silos between the development and operations teams, advocating better communication and collaboration between the two units so organizations can achieve greater digital …

In Formula One racing, winning can be determined by a matter of milliseconds. Winning teams use the best technology available to gather real-time telemetry and analytics to gain an edge. Red Bull Racing, the Formula One racing team, is a recognized leader in its industry for leveraging cutting-edge technology for everything from vehicle design to race-day strategy. Already a customer …

From fake ads to AI enabled social engineering, the security landscape is set for another turn in 2017. Here are some predictions we have collected from three information security companies. If it’s December, we know it’s time for next year’s predictions. Perhaps no other area in IT has CIOs and business stakeholders alike worried, than security. Understandably so. Security breaches …

ITPV takes a look at the changing data center environment, with the coming of open standards based data centers, potentially freeing data center operators and businesses from vendor lock-in. In some sense, data centers are the last bastion of proprietary, or vendor locked-in technologies in enterprise IT.  Concepts of agile IT, elasticity and open, turned from buzzwords to de-facto adoptions …

Unified smart tool to promote corporate governance & enhance operational efficiency, effectiveness & excellence  Dubai Courts has launched ‘Rased,’ a judicial work indicator, as a major leap in its smart transformation efforts and a boost to its ongoing initiatives to achieve leadership in the judiciary sector. The smart technical system provides a unified tool to enhance corporate governance, effectively attain …