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IBM Launches Enhanced Mobile Services Offering

International Business Machines unveiled its expanded mobile strategy recently in an effort to gain an advantage over rivals amid a proliferation of devices such as smartphones and tablets.

Brocade Positioned In Gartner's "Visionaries" Quadrant For DC Network Infrastructure

Vendors placed in the Visionaries quadrant have demonstrated an ability to increase the features in their offerings, to provide a unique and differentiated approach to the market.

F5 Unveils F5 Mobile App Manager

A hybrid cloud solution for mobile application management that enables organisations support enterprise BYOD initiatives.

NetIQ Fuels "Bring Your Own Identity" With NetIQ SocialAccess

New virtual appliance enables rapid engagement and enhances user experience for social-savvy organisations.

By 2020, India Will See 25-Fold Growth Of Useful Information

Less than half a percent of all digital information is analysed today while 36% would provide valuable insights making Big Data a significant opportunity for India, finds EMC survey.

2012 Global Losses From Phishing Estimated At $1.5 Bn

Total number of phishing attacks was 59% higher than 2011, finds RSA.

Employee Mobility Programs Becoming More Accessible And Attractive: PwC

PwC's Annual Survey of Global Mobility Policies demonstrates shifts in employee assignment programs.

UC-as-a-Service Market To Be Worth $7.62 Bn By 2018

The global UCaaS market growth is driven by the emergence of video technology and collaboration solutions.

Bill Gates Says Microsoft Made Mistakes In Early Mobile Strategy

Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates said he was not satisfied with the company's pace of innovation over the last few years.

Apple, Macs Hit By Hackers Who Targeted Facebook

Unknown hackers infected the computers of some Apple workers when they visited a website for software developers that had been infected with malicious software.

Analytics Is Only As 'Right' As Your Data: Accenture

Companies need a strategy that sees data more as a supply chain than a warehouse, suggests Accenture.

Being Cautious About Mobility Is Okay; Being Resistant Is Not

Traditional organisations are implementing mobility more slowly, largely in response to user demand, and are seeing both fewer costs and benefits, finds Symantec survey.

Global BI Software Revenue To Touch $13.8 Bn In 2013: Gartner

CIO appetite for BI is complemented by more tactical buying in business units for departmental and workgroup analysis, as well as for personal BI, finds Gartner.

Britain, India To Agree On Cybercrime Joint Taskforce

The agreement is expected to be sealed at a meeting between British Prime Minister David Cameron and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.

One In Five Enterprises Has Experienced An APT Attack: ISACA

A global cybersecurity survey of more than 1,500 security professionals found that more than one in five respondents said their enterprise has experienced an APT attack.

Facebook Says It Was Target Of Sophisticated Hacking

It said none of its users' data was compromised in the attack, which occurred after a handful of employees visited a website last month that infected their machines with so-called malware.

Android, iOS Combine For 91.1% Of Global Smartphone OS Mkt In 4Q12: IDC

The two-horse race between Android and iOS has collectively accounted for more than 50% share of the smartphone OS market over the past two years.

Polycom Launches Two New Customer Experience Centres In India

New Experience Centres in Bangalore and Mumbai offer customers and partners hands-on experience with latest Polycom RealPresence video solutions.

Integrating NFC With Cloud Challenges Payment Security: Frost & Sullivan

A hybrid approach to m-payments needs efficient solutions to mitigate security risks involved in data transmission.

The True Biz Value Of Communications-Enabled Business Processes: Ovum

Communications enablement can reduce the latency associated with human involvement in business processes, says Ovum.

Feeding The Big Data Elephant

Big Data, like any new technology trend, needs evaluation in the context of the enterprise's reality. Does it benefit customers or employees? If not, why do it?

Take A Single Transformational View Of Entire DC

EJ Bodnar, Worldwide Director of Portfolio Marketing, Technology Services for HP delves into the big transformation happening within the DC today and provides his recommendations for enterprises planning to move to the cloud.

Global Mobile Phone Sales Declined 1.7% In 2012

Apple and Samsung increased share to control 52 percent of worldwide smartphone sales.

Adobe Reviews Report Of Another Security Bug In Its Software

A spokeswoman for Adobe said that the company is investigating the report, which surfaced recently. She declined to elaborate.

No "Plan B" For Microsoft's Mobile Ambitions: CFO

"It's less 'Plan B' than how you execute on the current plan," said CFO Peter Klein.

Nearly 600% Increase In Global Malicious Websites

Websense Security Labs exposes pressing cybercriminal threats and need for real-time security defences and data theft protection.

Sophos Strengthens Its Network Security Offerings

Unveils two enhanced UTM appliances, Sophos UTM 525 and 625 and the Sophos RED 50.

F5 Unveils BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager

Enables CSPs to deliver multiple core services on a highly scalable unified platform.

How To Set Up The Next-Gen Contact Centre

Jagannath Narendran, Senior Vice President (APAC), Aspect, explains the importance of the next generation of contact centres in enhancing customer experience today.

VMware Enhances VMware vSphere

Introduces Operations Management and VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced.