Virtualization: De-tour into virtual world

The Indian IT industry had been upbeat about its future, until the global recession took over. At this juncture, companies are on a frantic search for technologies that would help them augment businesses at a reduced cost. And so enters virtualization, a term that the IT fraternity has been familiar with for over a decade now. However, unlike before, it has today become one of the most sought after technologies.

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Security Special 2007

Hackers, viruses and worms, spyware and malware pose serious threat to enterprises,governments and even individual users of computers. How grave are these threats and how prepared are enterprises to meet these security threats? We cover this along with viewpoints of top industry experts in CIOL's special on security.

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NASSCOM - ITES-BPO Strategy Summit 2007

The NASSCOM's annual India ITES-BPO Strategy Summit 2007 will provide a bird's eye view of the IT-BPO sector and its transformation over the past few years. Besides logging in a radical growth of around 32 percent and notching up revenues of around US$ 8.3 billion in 2006-07, the Indian ITES-BPO industry also matured in terms of the services it began providing to global clients.

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Enabling Remote Access For Customers

Accessibility of information from any location is a vital requirement to enhance business process. Setting up of right kind of technological infrastructure and introduction of various solutions in any enterprise brings in remarkable results in terms of performance and growth. Remote Access is one such solution that helps easy access to data that enables easy work flow and hassle-free business processes. In this special series, CIOL gets industry experts, vendors and emerging enterprises talk on the need for remote access for enabling smooth businesses.

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Steps to preserve data integrity

Business transparency underlines the need of data availability. It is not sufficient that the available data is safe and secured but it should also be valid and relevant irrespective of time and space. Hence ensuring data integrity is as important as its security. As, data anywhere, any time, for anybody is the watchword, the businesses are exploring steps to preserve data integrity.

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Broadband: Broadening the scope

Life without broadband connection is unimaginable for so many of us. We are increasingly becoming broadband needy, for our work as well as for everyday communication. As a result, Broadband, from an expensive luxury, has become one of the fast growing consumer products. In the coming years, broadband is likely to become cheaper and bring in more voice and video based services to the customers. This time, CIOL Special explores the latest trends in broadband.

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IPTV: Beyond the HYPE

IPTV both as a technology as well as service is wonderful. IPTV allows operators to boost their ARPUs, allows consumers to pick and choose what they want to see, advertisers the medium to reach their audiences effectively. But how viable is the market for IPTV in India. What are the challenges and opportunities for technology like IPTV in India? An in-depth special by CIOL takes an analytic look at these issues and also provides overview of developments in IPTV market across the world with special emphasis on IPTV developments in India.

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Challenges for business continuity

The current global scenario calls for an enterprise to be up and ever running. As a consequence business activity has developed insomnia and it cannot afford to stop even for a moment. A small disruption in the system hampers the continuity in the process that may lead to a bigger business disaster. So, for an enterprise, powered by technology, continuity is the lifeline; hence Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is the buzzword.

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Service oriented architecture

SOA has been for long touted to increase business competitiveness by enabling strategic business flexibility and enhancing business control. Most of the major technology service providers are now offering SOA based consulting and solutions to address various business needs. This can sometimes add to the perplexity of the CIO as vendors talk different languages and offer various strategies. This special aims to provide a good look at the SOA practice of the major solution providers in the market.

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Integration of IT assets: reality check!

With the companies trying to co-relate information in order to enhance efficiency at minimal cost, interaction between multiple consoles and multiple management areas has become the need of the hour. And this business need is the driver behind Integration of IT assets. As companies are resorting to consolidation of their IT assets to erase the borders between information islands, the quest is on for a single management console. The special makes a critical assessment of this integration exercise

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On-demand software in demand by SMBs

On-demand software or Software as a Service (SaaS) is a strategy increasingly resonating with small and medium businesses (SMBs). According to market surveys, more than 60 percent of SMBs see on-demand software as a way to cut costs and increase productivity. Cashing in on this trend, vendors are pursuing the SMB market aggressively because smaller and mid-sized firms often lack enough dedicated IT staff to handle the operations and data backups.

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Fixed Mobile Convergence

There has been lot of buzz in the telecom space regarding the concept of Fixed Mobile Convergence. Research Firm iLocus pointed out US cellular operators are headed toward a loss of $3.3 billion a year by 2011 due to FMC. An in-depth special by CIOL takes an analytic look at these issues and gives an overview of developments in FMC space globally with special references to how India telecom market is moving in the space.

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NASSCOM - INDIA Leadership forum 2007

Nasscom organized the INDIA Leadership forum 2007 in Mumbai. CIOL has organized a special in-depth coverage of the event, which will see industry leaders deliberating and debating various issues.

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