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Editor's Letter
Smartphones
will be the next security battleground
Cover Story
Microsoft
Security Strategist Awards 2008
The Microsoft SSA awards aim to recognize organizations for
their outstanding leadership in information security (IS).
The award is given to CIOs and CISOs who use IS as a means
to fuel business growth. by Nivedan Prakash
Travel
& Hospitality: VFS Global
The business of servicing visas is one that demands the highest
levels of confidentiality and security. VFS has its work cut
out as it strives to ensure the required levels of security
and privacy of customer data in order to win the confidence
of its clients. by Aditya Kelekar
Banking,
Financial Services & Insurance: HDFC Bank
Vishal Salvi, CISO - Information Security Group, HDFC Bank
won in the BFSI category. Salvi attributed this feat to the
bank's sound strategy and its three-year roadmap. by Nivedan
Prakash
Technology
& Communications: IBM Daksh
Nandita Jain Mahajan, VP - Information Systems and Security,
IBM Daksh won in the Technology & Communications category.
She attributed this feat to the company's strategy and execution
roadmap. by Nivedan Prakash
General
Industry: Ashok Leyland
NSN Pillai, Head - Risk Management and Information Security,
Ashok Leyland won in the General Industry category. Pillai
attributes his success to the involvement and visible support
of the company's top management. by Nivedan Prakash
Health
Sciences: SRL Ranbaxy
Radhakrishna Pillai, CIO, SRL Ranbaxy was the winner in the
Health Sciences category. He attributed the win to the company's
security strategy that has been aligned with its business
requirements. by Nivedan Prakash
Vertical Focus
Focus
On: Government
N Geetha takes a look at the business challenges faced by
the government sector and how IT is being used to address
some of them
Head to Head
Allergan
India
Allergan India Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture between Allergan
Inc., and Nicholas Piramal India Ltd., a specialty pharmaceutical
company catering to the ophthalmic industry supplying eye
care pharmaceutical, surgical and optical products has made
strides towards becoming an IT-savvy company by deploying
business specific solutions to drive growth
Case Study
An
infosec prescription
Max Healthcare attempts to raise the bar for its service levels
and information security practices. By Malabika Sarkar
Cut
to fit
To control its sprawling network infrastructure, the Raymond
team had to choose and select a security solution that best
suited its requirements.
By Priyanka Akhouri
Licensed
to protect
Zensar Technologies must protect its critical data as if its
life depends on it. It's up to Vishwas Pitre, the company's
head of infrastructure to pull off the act. By Aditya Kelekar
(Q&A)
Making
the Most Of Digital IP
Arpinder Singh, Executive Director, KPMG India talks about
effective monetization of digital IP and the urgency for fixing
the leaks in the revenue streams in the fast emerging digital
content space.
Creating
Security Culture is a Must for BFSI
Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, Symantec India in an interview
with Priyanka Akhouri talks about the security issues faced
by the BFSI sector.
(Problem Solved)
Overcoming
IT Infrastructural Challenge
Hiranandani Group of Companies, one of the largest developers
in the real estate and construction space in the country,
required consistency in their operating environment and trouble-free
functioning of various business divisions
Speech
recognition to help Yes Bank curb identity theft
Yes Bank is currently deploying a speech recognition system
known as Voice Biometric Solution in its contact centre. Ravishankar,
EVP & Country Head, Direct Banking and Cash Management
at YES Bank discusses the business challenges and the rationale
behind the implementation
News Brief
OSPAI
launched
Outsourcing companies like call centers, tele-banking service
providers and other IT-enabled service firms, which use telecom
infrastructure as their business model, have formed an association
to promote the industry
Infinite
Computer to deploy best-of-breed ERP at Arvind Mills
Textile major Arvind has signed on Infinite Computer Solutions
for implementing a best-of-breed ERP project and providing
maintenance and support services for five years after the
ERP goes live
HPCL
deploys RFID for efficient supply chain
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is currently
implementing an RFID based solution at its Nashik plant
Intel's
made in India product
The Intel India team has designed Intel's first 6-core x86
microprocessor, the Intel Xeon 7400 series processor (formerly
codenamed Dunnington), from Bangalore
IT
security spending on the rise, says Gartner
A recent Gartner survey of IT security professionals in India,
China and Australia has revealed that organizations in the
Asia Pacific region spend a larger proportion of their IT
budget on security than their North American and European
counterparts and most expect their IT security budgets to
remain the same or increase marginally in 2008
Business
users fuel SaaS growth in Asia Pacific
Business users in Asian enterprises have emerged as key influencers
in SaaS purchase decisions, according to the latest research
by Springboard Research, an IT Market Research industry
TCS
partners Saab to set up Aeronautical Design and Development
Center in India
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Saab, provider of military
defense and security solutions, have announced a partnership
for establishing Saab's Aeronautical Design and Development
Center (ADDC) in India
IBM's
new products for interoperability issues
IBM has announced new software that use IBM's Jazz collaborative
technology to help geographically distributed software delivery
teams work together in an open, real-time and transparent
manner to more effectively deliver and source software solutions
Indian
IT Market to reach US $110 billion in 2012, says Gartner
IT end user spending in India is expected to grow at a compound
annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.8 percent from 2007 through
2012 to generate US $110 billion in 2012, according to a recent
study by Gartner. In 2008, IT end user spending is on pace
to reach US $64.7 billion, a 17.2 percent increase from 2007
West
Bengal Gram Panchayats complete eGovernance project with AMD
AMD and the West Bengal Government have announced the successful
deployment of AMD Athlon X2 dual-core processor-based desktops
for the Gram Panchayat eGovernance project
NASSCOM
supports UK Government's new work permits policy
NASSCOM, has expressed its support to the new UK point based
system (PBS), which, going forward, will govern intra-company
transfers and work permits. NASSCOM also advised its member
companies to register for the new PBS system introduced by
the UK Government, on priority
C-DAC
launches BOSS Linux version 3.0
The Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has
launched its Bharat Operating Systems Solutions (BOSS) Linux
software version 3.0 developed by the National Resource Center
for Free/Open Source Software (NRCFOSS)
Motorola
bags contracts from three Indian International airports
Motorola recently secured contracts to provide TETRA (TErrestrial
Trunked RAdio) digital radio communication networks to three
Indian International Airports at Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad
Products
Event
Technology
Senate
The sixth iteration of Technology Senate was held at the Dhow
Palace hotel in Dubai. India's IT leaders gathered here to
spruce up on the latest in IT, network and exchange information
on how to best go about leveraging IT
Downtime
Anwar Baghdadi, Senior VP & Chief Technology Officer,
CFC India Services Pvt. Ltd.
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