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Vendors globally have an interesting range of offerings for BI for the SMB segment. One of the topmost names is Power BI for Office 365 offered by Microsoft.  With a subscription model offered by MS, it is expected to, as a MS spokes person put it during the launch conference- ‘democratize’  BI. Says Shrikanth Karnakota,Director – Server and Cloud Business, …

Consumers to get a simplified, clutter free & home like Wi-Fi experience The city’s landmark ‘Hauz Khas village’ will soon provide Wifi by one of the Country’s leading Operators – Ozone Networks Private Limited. As part of the arrangement the Hauz Khas village resident welfare association (RWA) and Ozone Networks, have come together to provide their patrons and customers with …

This is the era of network and wireless printers.  However, with the advent of technologies like 3D printing and scanning a new avenue of business opportunities have opened up for enterprising resellers and channels in India. This article analyses the present trends and the innovations that are to hit market in the near future. Shankar Narayanan, ex- Regional Manager for …

Here, we need to differentiate between hosted applications for BI on the cloud and usage of SaaS, which is a multi tenant version of any application on the cloud.  As a Software as a Service, BI works out even more cost efficient for smaller enterprises due to its multi tenancy environment.  Obviously the biggest cost saving comes from the lack …

National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) today shared the key highlights of its response to the TRAI consultative paper on Regulatory framework for OTT services. NASSCOM has suggested that regulators should ensure Net Neutrality as outlined below: ·         Universal principles of net neutrality, access for all and leveraging Internet for development growth should be upheld. Given the variety of …

The most important, but usually substituted role for a small IT service provider is that of a project manager.   With both software and system integration projects now constantly linked to timelines, quality and budget objectives, the management of small IT organisations have to take the call of having to identify project management roles which may be fulfilled by an employee …

Leading mobile app developer, LEOMASTER has launched a brand new privacy protection app called LEO Privacy Guard 2.0 that helps in securing both the mobile phone and the apps it contains. The app introduces incremental protection levels to tailor and match the needs of phone users better. The LEO Privacy Guard 2.0 app is available on Google Play for free. …

Our increasingly connected environment, social media, and various other technologies effectively bring the customer closer and closer to the level of God, no more merely king.  There is no gap warranted between the service and product, and the customer, everything and anything that is sold is up for scrutiny and reprieve.  Most enterprises have taken this challenge as an opportunity to …

International Data Corporation (IDC) said that the Asia/Pacific Internet of Things (IoT) industry will continue its strong growth, with the number of units, or “things”, connected to increase from 3.1 billion to 8.6 billion by 2020. Over this same period, the total Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) market size will increase from USD250 billion to USD583 billion. “The Internet of Things …

International Data Corporation (IDC) India recently released a research report that explains 10 specific scenarios that businesses can look at for impactful adoption of the 3rd Platform – Mobility, Cloud, Big Data/Analytics, Social Business and related technologies, along with case studies. If planned and implemented appropriately, 3rd Platform along with other “Innovation Accelerators” such as IoT can help manufacturing companies …