The general consensus is it would take 18 - 24 months before companies in India move to the cloud. It's unlikely that large enterprises will ...

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You could well call 2010 the year of high-definition and 3D. We saw the launch of HD satellite TV, 3D and HD cameras, 3D movies and TVs and now we also have HD contact lenses (courtesy: Bausch and Lomb)! How about high-definition data?

While technology vendors are trying to squeeze more pixels into displays I am suggesting a refinement of bits. There is a stream of data flowing through enterprise networks and settling in storage repositories. You can classify it all ...

E-Governance projects help in reducing poverty and in improving education. E-governance also brings in qualities such as accountability and transparency; accessibility and responsiveness.

We now have the RTI Act that makes information available to all Indian nationals. But there is a lot to be desired when it comes to citizen services and the associated systems and processes.

The machinery in various state governments works in silos. Each has its own system for essentially the same purpose. Why can’t we have a template with the same steps and then replicate that across the states? Why aren’t systems, under the purview of ...

During the 20-minute train commute home last week, a strategically placed sticker above a window caught my eye. The message on it (which I reveal at the end of this post) promoted a scheme that seemed like any of those alluring get-rich-quick-work-from-home offers. A second look got me thinking about how easy it is for one to earn some money, with just basic knowledge of the Internet. Some more thought went into it and as I neared the end of my journey, I thought that the Net and the plethora of its free tools and services is also a good ...

We live in a world where consumers have a plethora of choices and can switch loyalties if they are dissatisfied with a particular product or service. And the business environment is extremely competitive and dynamic. The only way to survive and grow is to innovate and keep innovating. For many, innovation (sometimes known as business creativity), is about using IT and automation to grow the business, increase efficiencies, increase revenue, save costs or energy. It’s also about creating new value propositions and creating trend setting products or services to address customer demand.

In his book The New Age of Innovation...

As a CIO or IT manager you are faced with typical issues relating to storage, such as the explosive growth of unstructured data, provisioning, capacity utilization, storage performance, and of course a limited budget.

Naturally, you look for solutions that are efficient, used optimally and that offer high levels of application performance. But there’s a lot more to it than just capacity or high-tech products. To solve these issues you really need to understand what technologies and architectures are applicable in different scenarios. That’s why you need some sort of storage strategy. Once you have this in place, you’ll ...