Software
Case Study
How Crompton Greaves Integrated the ERPs of Its Acquisitions and Saved Crores of Rupees
When a slew of acquisitions hit Crompton Greaves with a host of ERPs, increasing expenses and inefficiency, its CIO rolled them all into one and saved crores of rupees.
Bloomberg Overhauls Tablet App as BYOD Gains Grip on Large Trading Firms
Bloomberg Anywhere app aimed at increasing use of mobile data services.
How Micro Inks Virtualized Core Apps and Got Rid of Downtime
Micro Inks was growing at a rapid pace and it needed an infrastructure that could not only handle the load but also ensure zero downtime and uninterrupted business continuity. That's when Head-IT Mayank Desai decided to revamp the company's entire IT infrastructure and move all its core apps to a virtualized environment.
Feature
No More Adobe Dreamweaver, So How About Xara Web Designer?
Xara Web Designer, available for Windows only, has a very clever orientation: It makes assembling Web content feel more like using a desktop publishing system than anything else.
One Click Installation of open Source Apps
Downloading open source applications can sometimes be a pain in the neck. There can be multiple drivers, a variety of related components and a handful of little status bars that move from left to right at varying rates of speed.
How Big Data Will Save Your Life
Even as patient information moves to electronic records, important data is often siloed.
How-To
Prepare for Windows 8 Even Though It's Not Coming to Enterprises
Windows 8 won't be adopted as a standard at your business anytime soon, according to a new Forrester report. But that doesn't mean IT shouldn't prepare for it to sneak through the BYOD side door. Here are five ways to be ready for Windows 8.
How to Choose the Right Software Vendor
How do you sort through all the choices and find the right software vendor for your business? IT executives offer eight suggestions (along with four bonus tips) about what questions to ask software vendors as well as how to properly vet them and their product offerings.
How to Shut Down Windows 8
Yep, all Windows 8 users will need to relearn how to turn off their PCs. Microsoft hid the option in the strangest place.
Interview
Dell Software Chief Talks Transformation
John Swainson has one of the more challenging jobs in the tech industry right now. As president of Dell's software division, he's charged with sorting through all the software Dell has acquired and organizing it into coherent offerings that can further its effort to become a more profitable, software- and services-driven company.
Oracle's Mark Hurd Talks Fusion Applications, Customer Satisfaction and SAP's HANA
As co-president of Oracle, Mark Hurd is tasked with selling an ever-increasing array of new software and hardware products, such as the Exadata database machine and Fusion Applications, while figuring out how to keep the company's vast installed base happy and fending off competition from the likes of SAP.
Technology is the Chief Ingredient Behind Running a Successful Retail Business: CIO of Tesco HSC
We spoke to Vinod Bidarkoppa, who joined Tesco HSC last year as Director (IT) and Chief Information Officer, and discussed the diverse aspects of his role in the retail business.
Video
BlackBerry 10 a "Make or Break" for RIM, says Analyst
Research in Motion's BlackBerry 10 launches in New York January 30 and we caught up with IDC and Forrester analysts to get their take on the OS and whether it will be the savior that the company needs.
CES2013: SAP CIO Talks New Tech, BlackBerry 10 and Gadgets in the Enterprise
Oliver Bussmann, CIO of SAP, talks about tech in the enterprise, bring your own device and why he's at CES.
LinkedIn Refreshes Profiles, Adds New Features
LinkedIn users will soon start seeing a redesigned profile page. Unveiled on Tuesday , the refresh is one of the biggest in years for the professional networking site and is an attempt to get people to share more and stick around longer.
News
Google Checkout to Shut Down in November
Google will retire its Checkout payment processing tool on Nov. 20, and warned retailers they will need to move to a different payment processing platform.
Pressure Mounts for Building in Security During Application Development
Among the large software makers that have seen the light is Microsoft, which is pushing Windows developers to adopt a standard methodology and framework for building secure applications.
Big Data Can Increase Competitiveness of Businesses: Survey
Big data can improve decision making and increase their competitiveness as per 60 percent of survey respondents of Cisco global study.
Opinion
In the Year of the Cloud
Over the past few years, cloud computing has matured from being an ‘emerging’ trend to a necessary technology. Be it increasing efficiency or saving costs or improving productivity, the cloud can help different organizations in different ways. Here are some best practices organizations need to follow in order to get the best out of the technology.
How OpenStack Should Prepare Itself for the Enterprise
With major vendors such as Dell, HP, IBM and RackSpace throwing their weight behind OpenStack, the project is poised to be a preeminent private cloud player. But discussions at the recent OpenStack Summit show that the project does have some growing up to do before it gets there.
Making Safer iOS Apps
There still seem to be a lot of security flaws in iOS apps, but new tools could help fix that.
Slide-Show
8 Ways Microsoft Could Improve Windows 8
Windows 8 improves on Windows 7 in several areas, but there are several things that could use improvement. Here's a wish list of things we'd love to see in an update or service pack for Windows 8.
10 Bizarre Apps for Your Smartphone
From the ridiculous to the might-be-interesting, the app market has some strange surprises in store for consumers. We picked up the 10 apps that can make your phone the center of attraction for all the weird reasons.
6 Technological Wonders at CES 2013
We bring to you six companies and their products which lured and surprised buyers and gadget-freaks alike.
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