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The article discusses the benefits of using social technologies in business organizations. It explores the functionality and applications of social technologies, which help information technology (IT) professionals resolve the complex processes involved problem resolution and innovation. It also notes that social technologies help companies leverage real-time collaboration, information sharing, and improve employee engagement. INSETS: Aricent: Crowd Sourcing with Social Media;Virtusa: Collaboration and Content Management;EMC: Creating an Ecosystem;IBM: Dashboard for Team Activities

The article presents the views of several chief information officers (CIOs) and information technology (IT) executives on the future of IT in India. Arun Gupta, CIO, Cipla, says that Indian IT companies will move up the value chain, and also start designing products for global customers. Hemal Shah, CIO, Dell India, says that in the next decade, IT must increase investment for new capabilities, reduce the cost of running the business, and support a smart mobile workforce.

The article focuses on the continues growth of Indian institutes of technology (IITs) and non-IITs. The author mentions that India continues to nurture and develop great engineering talents, who posses great abilities and potential for developing technical benchmarks. He states that top IITs continue to focus on key parameters such as information technology (IT) infrastructure and academic environment, to advance their growth. He also presents charts depicting the top IITs in the country.

The article discusses the growth of the data center (DC) equipment market in India during 2012. The market was driven by economy, data center construction and refurbishment, and the trend towards virtualization and server consolidation. In 2011, the DC equipment market showed promising growth with structured cabling and racks and enclosures equally contributing to its growth.

The article reports on the growth of computer networking market in India during 2012. The principal factors for the growth of the overall market was mainly seen from Switches and WLANs. The switches market witnessed almost 6% growth in 2012 whereas WLANs showed 22%. Latest networking technologies and applications are driving organizations to deploy networks of the scale and complexity never seen before.

Information about the Southeast Asia Forum held March 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand, hosted by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., is presented. The forum featured the launch of various Samsung products including its ES8000 LED Smart TV and Galaxy Tab 2 310. The event also discussed the sales growth of Samsung products in Southeast Asia.

The article presents a case study of the Essar Group, which needs to provide its employees with a solution of connectivity to corporate network without the need for software installation while maintaining security. It says that the company faces the potential threat to sensitive data across its business environments. It mentions the problems encountered by the company including confidentiality of data in motion, disaster recovery, and mobility. INSET: Rol Meter.

The article lists information security threats that will pose a challenge to IT managers in 2013. The article discusses cyber security threats such as data breach, cyber crime, cyber espionage, IP theft, mobile malware, attacks on browser and cross platform botnets. It advises IT managers to adapt a holistic approach to counter security.

The article states that India should follow the example of U.S. and China, and set up an army of cyber warriors to defend the country against cyber attacks. It discusses the emergence of cyber wars and its negative consequences across the world. It states that cyber attacks can cause damage to both physical infrastructure as well as the economy of the country. It discusses the various types of cyber attacks that have taken place all over the world and includes a list of viruses too.

The article discusses the growth of the unified communications (UC) market in 2012. The UC market showed impressive growth of 22% taking the overall market to Rs. 3,647 crore in 2012 from Rs. 2,989 crore in 2011. Factors such as the awareness of streamlining business processes and boost productivity, reliability, and competitiveness using collaborative tools, are driving the growth of the UC market.

The article reports on the growth of VSAT deployments in 2012 in India. The growth was driven by on-the-move mobility application for voice and video, adoption of ATMs and branch connectivity of banks and financial institutions. It cites the trends for VSAT such as security, multi-service integration, routing and adoption of Ka-band spectrum.

The article reports on the efforts of telecommunication providers to improve the international long distance (ILD) service in India. Tata Communications Ltd. partners with Formula 1 management in delivering connectivity in 20 race locations over its global network. Bharti Airtel Ltd. invests in international infrastructure such as cable systems and submarine cable system that connects Chennai to Singapore and Europe.

The article focuses on the growth of the enterprise network equipment market in India. It notes the high demand of enterprise equipments and solutions from small businesses (SMEs). The International Data Corp. (IDC) forecasts the enterprise networking market to account for 3 billion dollars by 2015. The author further highlights the statement of Hemant Joshi of Deloitte Haskins & Sells which comments on the infleunce that the increased use in Internet telephony have on the market growth.

The article reports on the government policy to digitize cable television (TV) in India by June 30, 2012. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), ensuring a 60 percent digitization will enable the country move a step forward to be at par with the developed economies in the cable industry. In addition, digitization will revolutionize consumer entertainment and enable subscribers to experience superior high-definition TV (HDTV) and future connected home services.

The article profiles Indian data center provider Tulip Data City. The author mentions that Tulip Data City is set to enter a growing market for data centers in India, which is expected to grow 24 percent in 3 years to 11,800 crore rupees. The author also states that Tulip remains to be a main bandwidth provider in India.

The article discusses the issue facing the Indian telecommunication industry regarding the budget for 2012-2013. The author mentions that industry leaders are disappointed as the budget planning did not favor the needs and demands of the country's struggling telecom industry. The author also adds that the increase made by the government in service tax from 10 percent to 12 will likely hinder the growth of the industry.

The article discusses the condition of the telecommunication industry in India which has been passing through an interesting phase. It notes that while the industry struggled with the conversion and development of new business models, it needs to focus on the information technology (IT) innovations. It also highlights the vision of the industry to roll out a Networked Society that will converge a universal information infrastructure from a combined mobility, broadband and cloud services.

The article reports on the move of Vserv.Mobi to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) across Amazon Web Services (AWS) regions in the U.S., Singapore, Ireland and Brazil. Chief technology officer Ashay Padwal says that the move aims to reduce cost of infrastructure and information technology (IT) manpower. It outlines some key differentiating factors that helped start-ups to grow including real-time elasticity and distributed architecture.

The article presents a case study of the Essar Group's expansion in 25 countries worldwide that established fragmented and diversified workforce. It notes that the group has implemented a unified communications solution to strengthen the integration of the geographically dispersed teams leading to quicker decision makings while lessening the travel costs. It points out that this results in a feasible centralization of information infrastructure.

The article discusses that the information technology (IT) security firm Symantec Corp. has retained its number one position in the security solutions segment of the DQ-CMR Customer Satisfaction Survey 2013 in India. It states that the company scored highest in overall product reliability and product performance. It mentions that the company's products gain customer trust and support.

Information about the conference ACE Aspect 2013 by the Apect Software Inc. held in Goa, India is presented. Topics include the plans of the company to improve its presence in India and the increase in the number of research and development (R&D) employees in the country by 10% in 2013. Speakers during the conference include Robert Walker, vice president for customer experience, and Jagannath Narendran, senior vice president for Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

The article focuses on Vserv.Mobi, a start-up in India which used cloud platform to meet critical challenges it faced such as cost and infrastructure. It says that Vser.Mobi delivers mobile advertising and has 30 billion advertisement requests per month. It mentions that the company used Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) from Amazon Web Services LLC which had helped them reduce cost of information technology (IT) manpower and infrastructure.

The article presents a reprint of the article "The Transformers" by Akanksha Singh which appeared in "Dataquest." It presents a case study on the design and implementation of BSS stack on the cloud to meet business needs in India. The stack which is a re-architected system has reduced time for setup of an infrastructure. It has also a quicker revenue turnaround for MTS and its partners.

The article presents a case study concerning the potential of marketing thrust to offer partners' ability to white label MTS data card. It says that the first Basic Stack Segment (BSS) stack on cloud has been designed and implemented by the technology team at MTS to meet the needs of business with effective Return on Investment (RoI). It adds that the time for setting up new infrastructure is being reduced by the re-architectural system. INSETS: Problem;Solution;Benefit.

The article discusses the issues that the information technology (IT) hoped to be addressed by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) budget in India. It mentions that the sector hopes that tax breaks, transfer pricing guidelines,and clearance on backlog of service tax refund will be addressed in the budget. It notes that the industry calls for tax break to invest in research and development (R&D). It also mentions the need of the sector to increase its spending on higher education.

The article features 14-year-old information technology (IT) expert Nitnem Singh Sodhi from Lucknow, India. It states that Sodhi is a certified ethical hacker and presently helping the Lucknow police in cases related to cybercrime. According to Sodhi, the essence of social engineering and technique of hacking the human mind is the process of how to change one's identity and trick the victim and take sensitive information from the victim. INSET: Famous Social Engineers.

The article focuses on data encryption as a defensive measure for securing mobile data. It mentions that two perspectives from mobile data encryption must be tackled by information technology (IT) such as data on devices and transmitted data. Debasis Chatterji, chief executive officer (CEO) at Netxcell Ltd., says that provided services of data encryption is an important factor because encrypted data are not vulnerable to different kinds of misuse. INSET: Encryption Essentials.

The article discusses the result of a survey conducted by the accountancy firm PwC to assess the state of information security in 17 organizations in India focusing mainly on aspects like information security behaviors, security spending, and safeguards. The responses captured are varied and presented in graphs. The survey created a great awareness on information security among the organizations and the necessity to secure information assets.

The article summarizes what the information technology (IT) industry should expect from the National Policy on Information Technology (NPIT) 2012 IT policy for the industry in India. The policy promotes public-private-partnership (PPP) in e-governance projects. It also plans to design and create a citizen engagement framework to use social media by the government and to implement a framework to place data in public domain.

The article profiles Timothy Cook, chief executive officer (CEO) at Apple Inc., and his major policy changes in the company. It says that one of the first things that Cook implemented as CEO was the charitable donations program and he instituted checks by the Fair Labor Organization. It states that Apple continued its distribution of new iPad and its iPhone 4S goes overseas with 21 additional countries. Moreover, it adds that Apple is granted the mother of all patents.

Information about the 2012 Nullcon security conference, a holistic two-day conference, is presented. Topics include the ways and solutions relevant in addressing cyber crimes, particularly in national critical infrastructure, to prevent serious implications for national security and economy. It also featured several notable persons including Dr. Tejan Timbo, Neil Sikka from Microsoft Corp. and K. K. Mookhey from Next-Gen Forensics.

An interview with Rajiv Sharaf, vice president of information technology (IT) at Reliance Infrastructure Ltd., is presented. When asked about the information and communication technology (ICT) challenges that the company encounters in 2012, he refers to the diverse spread of internal and external departments. He notes the new technologies that the company will evaluate in 2013. He offers insights on the technological innovations that he plans to deploy to satisfy the needs of consumers.

The article reports on the increase in the number of data cards subscription in India. It notes that the number of subscribers opting for data cards has increased due to its mobility, affordability, and convenience and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. continues to lead the industry followed ZTE Corp. and Micromax. It also states that data cards will keep growing with the increasing demand for additional functionalities.

The article reports on the growth of the voice solutions industry in India. It explains the adoption of cloud computing, open standards, Internet protocol (IP) telephony, and mobility rich platforms are the main drivers of the industry growth. It states that market leaders in the industry in India include Avaya Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., and Alcatel-Lucent SA.

The article reports on the emergence of the wireless local area network (LAN) industry in India. It mentions that adoption and growth in the industry in areas including hospitality, education, retail was fueled by mass adoption of smart mobile devices and bring your own device (BYOD). It also notes that top players in the industry include Cisco Systems Inc., Ruckus Wireless Inc., and Aruba Networks Inc.

The article focuses on the growth of the telecommunication cable industry in India in 2012. It notes that the industry shows positive growth and signs of revival driven by projects including the Defense and Navy projects and projects on fiber to the home (FTTH) after the huge crisis that hit the industry due to an intensive price war among the cable manufacturers. It states that major players in the industry include Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd., Aksh Optifibre Ltd., and Finolex Cables Ltd.

The article focuses on the conditions of the telecommunication software industry in India. It mentions that areas including embedded software, mobile communications, support systems, and network management wherein communication service providers (CSPs) are investing heavily, have offered growth opportunities to the industry. It notes that market leaders in the industry include Tech Mahindra Ltd., TCS Inc., and Wipro Corp. (India).

The article discusses the conditions of the operations support system/business support system (OSS/BSS) industry in India. It mentions that factors including media, mobile solutions, and mobile number portability and analytics have driven growth in the industry which is being shaped by ease-of-use of services, service quality and availability, customer behavior, and social media. It notes that key players in the industry include Tata Teleservices Ltd., Bharti Airtel Ltd., and Datacom.

The article focuses on the impact that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) finalization of the spectrum recommendation have on telecommunication operators planning to get out of business. It notes the suggestion of Trai that it will rule out new policy for operators who want to exit the market. The author further highlights the refund sought by S Tel, Etisalat DB Telcom India Pvt. Ltd., and Loop Telecom from the government. The three business enterprises plans to exit the market.

The article discusses how open source software (OSS)/business support system (BSS) market in India addresses the explosion of data due to adoption of social media. The market considers managing and optimizing broadband traffic with policy control and real-time charging. It provides multiple service to enterprise, retail, and wholesale sectors. It also adopts Content & Partner Management applications for partnerships with ecosystem which comprises of device manufacturer and content aggregators.

The article discusses the issues to face by India's very small aperture terminal (VSAT) industry. It mentions that the sector is confronted with applications demanding more bandwidth. It notes the difficulty to identify the source that VSAT generating any interference and the possibility that having VSAT at many geographical places can be ruled out in favor of alternate terrestrial low-cost media. It also emphasizes that the sector enjoys the expansion of the scope of VSAT modems utility.

An interview with RCom LLC's chief information officer (CIO) Alpana Doshi is presented. When asked about the top information and communication technologies (ICT) challenges faced by Indian telecom operators, she refers to cost reduction, capacity management, and customer service improvement. Doshi discusses RCom's financial performance, their progress in IT plan, and business analytics deployment. She also explores their plans to deploy large data.

An interview with Intelenet Global Services Pvt. Ltd.'s chief technology officer (CIO) Rajendra Deshpande is presented. When asked about his progress in achieving a collaborative environment, he refers to the completion of a computing environment without investing in hardware and software. Deshpande discusses the challenges the business process outsourcing industry faces with IT infrastructure. He also explores the company's partners in networking and telecommunication products and solutions.

An interview with Tech Mahindra Ltd.'s chief information officer (CIO) Ved Prakash Nirbhya is presented. When asked about his job responsibilities, he refers to providing a reliable communication and application infrastructure. Nirbhya discusses the trends in information and communication technologies (ICT), the company's telecommunication and networking partners, and information security. He also explores how they will implement international connectivity services in their offices worldwide.

An interview with Navin Chadha, Vodafone India's information technology (IT) director is presented. When asked about his achievements in meeting the company's information and communication technologies (ICT) needs, he refers to adapting to the changing scenario. Chadha discusses how he leveraged bonding between the marketing and IT team to improve Vodafone's ICT needs. He also explores their approach in outsourcing and trends that will affect the telecommunication industry.

The article focuses on the need for the information technology (IT) industry in India to manage the new-grown IT network requirements while reducing its costs. It mentions the difficulties experienced by the IT managers in handling data while preventing the likelihood of data loss incidents. However, it emphasizes the importance for the chief information officers (CIOs) to embrace the multiple options of communication tools and strategies to increase business efficiency.

The article focuses on the business process outsourcing (BPO) which has set to attract customers by incorporating non-voice processes and social media in India. It notes that while the exchange of information about services and products has been extensively and dynamically faster, BPO needs to provide a more personalized service. It also states that with the help of the information technology (IT) and communication industry, BPOs integrated new technologies to penetrate new markets.

An interview with Shantanu Ghosh, vice president and managing director of the India-based product operations, Symantec Corp. is presented. When asked about the company's State of Mobility Survey for 2012, he refers that it was meant to gauge on how the organization are catching with the increasing trend of mobile devices in workplaces. He believes that the survey showed that mobility ranked as the leading risk in the information technology (IT) within the organizations.

The article discusses the communication technology and advent of information at the London Olympics 2012. It states that with headquarters in Canary Wharf, England, the Technology Operations Center (TOC) was the command center that monitors and controls all the information technology (IT) systems during the games. It also mentions the 180 workers overseeing operations and telecommunications which are supporting the games.

The article reports on the major information technology (IT) implementation in the public sector in India.