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There is need to focus on strengthening of e-Governance, an important pillar of the Government of India’s “Digital India” campaign so as to digitally empower the administrative and Governance process for providing Citizen Centric Services. This was stated by Shri Devendra Chaudhury, Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) while inaugurating a Workshop on ‘UN e-Government Development Index’. …

Symantec expands security portfolio with new Embedded Critical Systems Protection, designed to defend IoT devices against zero-day attacks, and signs ATM manufacturer Wincor Nixdorf as one of the early adopters Symantec announced it is securing more than one billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including everything from televisions and cars to smart meters and critical infrastructure. With IoT devices expected …

Cloud technology has revitalized the need for enterprises to look at remote access as an enterprise tool.  Never has one technology has disappeared and appeared again.  Citrix, Vmware and Microsoft are the key technology providers for Thin Client technologies and the major ISP’s offer managed VPN services. In the 90’s, there was a strong push towards centralized applications.  Emails, Enterprise …

SmartVizX, a leading virtualization firm and first movers to bring virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) solutions for business, has been nominated as the Start Up of the Week by NASSCOM under its 10,000 Start-Ups initiative. The ‘10,000 Start-Ups’ program is an initiative by NASSCOM to evangelize the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem. The program focuses on multifold activities aimed at …

A Juniper Networks commissioned study by IDC titled “Understanding SDN is the key to transformation”, surveyed 171 IT decision-makers from over 151 organizations across various industries, to find out more on their plans to deploy SDN in their networks. The study found that a majority of large enterprises in India were planning to deploy Software Defined Networking (SDN) technologies as part …

CompuBrain, a technology powerhouse wins the social media mandate for The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, playing a proactive role in India’s development process. It works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India. The …

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC)H2 2014 APJ Collaboration and Video Tracker, Indian Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) market in H22014 was nearly flat (-0.1%) as compared to H2 2013, however, the market showed a decent growth of 6.3% over H1 2014. With the government initiatives for decreasing the digital divide and increasing financial inclusion on the cards, the …

CeBIT India 2015, organized by Hannover Milano Fairs India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary company of the global joint venture of Deutsche Messe (Germany) and Fiera Milano Group (Italy), has partnerted with the Consortium of Electronic Industries of Karnataka, to boost the Electronic System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) sector in the state. CeBIT, to be held from 29th-31st October, at …

Wireless Trends in 2015 Wireless, particularly Wi-Fi has become a near-ubiquitous technology which enables enterprises to leverage and create a more productive and collaborative environment. At the same time, service providers and consumers are reinforcing each other’s behaviour to leverage Wi-Fi platform. This article analyses the trends in Wireless in the current year. From the enterprise perspective, starting from Wired …

Rockstand, a mobile learning marketplace, has tied up with Spice Mobiles, wherein Spice Mobiles’ newly launched tablet series will come preloaded with Rockstand application. Under the alliance, ebooks, emagazines and e-newspapers from Rockstand will now be available on Spice. Commenting on the alliance,Praveen Rajpal, Founder and CEO, Rockstand Digital Pvt. Ltd. said, “We are excited that this partnership is happening at …