Thursday, June 28, 2012

10 Best Practices in Big Data

Here are some must have practices for the best utilisation of Big Data in enterprises

Mitesh Agarwal | 04 June 2012

Mitesh Agarwal

Researchers estimate that enterprise data grows nearly 60 percent per year (90 percent of that being unstructured) and the average amount of data stored per company is 200 terabytes. This growth is triggered by the increasing channels of data in today’s world. Examples include, but are not limited to, user-generated content through social media, web and software logs, cameras and intelligent sensors embedded in physical devices that can sense, create, and communicate data.
Companies are realizing that now is the time to put this data to work. However, several obstacles limit their ability to turn this massive amount of unstructured data, often termed as Big Data, into profit. The most prominent

Trends such as cloud-based UC and mobility are set to bring in flexibility and agility while enhancing productivity

Subir Bhatnagar | 18 June 2012

Subir Bhatnagar

In the past couple of decades, human communication, both at personal and corporate level, has evolved far beyond just voice. The telephone, although a highly useful and impressive technology in its own right, has undergone many generations of improvements, and today, the communication vendors, and their customers alike, consider voice communications only part of the communications puzzle. Today, we use plethora of communication and collaboration tools such as email, voicemail, instant messaging, video conferencing, smartphones and the like on a daily basis. Needless to say, effective communication through the use of appropriate technologies is a key to any successful enterprise.
Unified Communication (UC) is gaining a lot of mindshare in the last four to

Technologies that, according to Gartner, will be assimilated into mgmt tools. Among them: big data, tablets and cloud

12 June 2012

The impact of Gartner’s top 10 strategic technologies will not center only on the business — their capabilities will also increasingly become integral to future generations of management architecture, according to Gartner, Inc.
“We are already seeing the adoption of 'big data' within the IT and operations management [ITOM] industry. In particular, software-as-service [SaaS] management providers now have to collect and synthesize large volumes of data,” said Milind Govekar, managing vice president at Gartner. “We also expect more next-generation analytics to come to the forefront to address an increasingly hybrid cloud environment. On the social front, IT service desk social management tools will establish an interactive relationship with end users, enhance end-user productivity, provide a platform to share information and ideas, and market the value of IT to the business.”

So you thought IT managers had nothing to do with financial insights? Think again!

Berjes Eric Shroff | 07 June 2012

Berjes Shroff

When Robert Frost wrote this poem “Never Ask of Money Spent /Where the spender thinks it went/Nobody was ever meant/To remember or Invent/What he did with every cent” little did he realise that the world of finance is not just the responsibility of the accountants but also closely linked with other groups.
The world of business as we all know today has changed the rules for everyone. Suffice to say that knowledge of finance and accountability to the same is the responsibility of every manager in an organisation and the IT manager is no exception to this rule.
The irony of the education system is that it does not incorporate the knowledge of finance in its technical courses. Like Frost, most assume that the world of finance is best left to the accountants and finance professionals

Before jumping into analytics, one must consider ways to manage the data volume, and time and cost components

Ajay Sharma | 22 June 2012

Ajay Sharma

Business insights deduced from data can act as a catalyst to business growth. Deriving wisdom based on history, events and actions can tell you a story of business evolution and help in setting the tone for the future. If you get answers to all your questions that tell you the reason behind a particular outcome, you can use that learning to take corrective actions, avoid pitfalls and pursue proven ones.

The Pros and Cons of Cloud

The three core cloud computing service models—IaaS, PaaS and SaaS—have their own systems integration issues

Alexander Pasik | 21 June 2012

According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), cloud computing is a model for enabling on-demand access to a pool of computing resources that can be provisioned and released with minimal effort.
Furthermore, NIST categorises cloud computing into three service models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Each has distinct advantages and disadvantages that impact the information technology (IT) efforts of an enterprise as well as its business practices and finances.

Obsessing Over Green

The IT manager of a manufacturing firm is seeking insights into green practices that can drive data centre efficiency

21 June 2012

THE SITUATION...
How will Prateek Sinha ensure that his organisation supports him in making green an all pervasive habit?
It is obvious that CIOs and data centre managers have found it tough to balance organisational pressures with limited budgets while maintaining the same efficiency and output. Sinha, senior IT manager of a large manufacturing company, is faced with a similar challenge. He has to increase

HP Launches Envy Range Of Ultrabooks, Sleekbooks

CRN Network, June 20, 2012, 1600 hrs

HP has expanded its notebook portfolio with introduction of HP Envy range of ultrabook and sleekbooks.

The HP Envy Ultrabook, Envy 4 available in 14 -inch and Envy 6 available in 15.6-inch diagonal display sizes, includes 3rd generation Intel Core processors and offers up to eight or nine hours of battery life. The Ultrabook systems include an mSATA solid state drive along with Intel Rapid Start, Intel Identity Protection Technology, Intel Smart Response and Intel Smart Connect technologies.

Cloud Computing Makes Case For UPS Installation In Asia Pacific

CRN Network, June 15, 2012, 1200 hrs

According to Front and Sullivan, several projects that were deferred during the economic downturn are now getting off the ground, generating demand for UPS systems. The market is expected to recover fully by 2015, mainly due to governments' emphasis on cloud computing, green technology and smart grids.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Asia-Pacific Uninterruptible Power Supplies Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $1.46 billion in 2011 and estimates this to reach $2.03 billion in 2017.

CRN Network, June 25, 2012, 1500 hrs

Red Hat has launched JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 to help enterprises decrease time-to-market for application delivery and reduce operational costs.

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is the run-time engine that drives Java workloads in Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat's platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering. It has an updated architecture that can be easily deployed in on-premise, private and public clouds.

Cisco adds 802.11ac, cloud features to new home router

Jun 26, 2012 10:32 am | Network World

by Keith Shaw

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Cisco's Linksys brand of home wireless networking routers today joined other vendors in coming out with 802.11ac equipment, as well as enabling a cloud-based platform for configuration and control of its "Smart Wi-Fi Routers."
The Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router with AC (model EA6500) is a dual-band wireless router - the 802.11ac wireless will be on the 5-GHz band, while the 2.4-GHz band remains 802.11n. The router will be backwards compatible with 802.11n adapters, as well as 802.11b/g on the 2.4-GHz band. The unit will include two USB ports (for shared storage and printers), and will have four Gigabit Ethernet ports for wired clients. Cisco says the router will be available in early August at major retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, New Egg, Target and Walmart.

Amit Singh, CRN, June 26, 2012, 1200 hrs

An economics graduate from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, George Thomas, CEO, Aldous Glare Trade & Exports (AGTE), has two passions—soccer and work. So passionate is he about his company that he named his son Aldous and daughter Glare.

Thomas started as a small-time reseller of printers; today he is one of the biggest distributors in south India with more than 3,000 partners spread across Kerala, Karnataka and TN. Headquartered in Kochi, AGTE has branches in Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Chennai and Bengaluru.

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