Industry Verticals News - Page 10

Indian BFSI Cos To Spend USD 3.5 billion on IT by 2014

Indian BFSI Cos To Spend USD 3.5 billion on IT by 2014

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According to a study by market research firm Zinnov, driven by the rapid adoption of IT services due to growing business requirements, IT spend in the BFSI vertical will grow a CAGR of 13 percent.

Core Banking Should Be Run On A Separate Network

Core Banking Should Be Run On A Separate Network

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Atul Kumar, Deputy General Manager (IT), Syndicate Bank opines core banking should be run on a different network than social networking and other web-based applications.

Edutor Launches 'Augmented Classroom Solution' For Android Tablets

Edutor Launches 'Augmented Classroom Solution' For Android Tablets

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The key feature of this solution is its ability to integrate learning material exactly as per school syllabus inside the touch screen devices.

Bank Of India Deploys Microsoft Active Directory Rights Mgmt Services

Bank Of India Deploys Microsoft Active Directory Rights Mgmt Services

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AD RMS Solution meets the compliance requirements set by RBI and IT Act 2000

Technology Enables Reaching Out To The Last Mile

Technology Enables Reaching Out To The Last Mile

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K.N. Tambe, Chairman, Wainganga Krishna Gramin Bank explains how the bank has been able to reach out to about 14 lakh rural customers by providing CBS, NEFT, RTGS, mobile payments, ATMs.

Finacle To Power Agency Banking For Standard Bank

Finacle To Power Agency Banking For Standard Bank

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This new alternate channel for the bank will offer value-added financial services to consumers, in Africa.

Airtel Inks Global Deal With Opera

Airtel Inks Global Deal With Opera

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To offer co-branded Opera Mini browsers to its customers across India & South Asia.

Croma Deploys Kronos Workforce Management Solutions

Croma Deploys Kronos Workforce Management Solutions

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Croma selected time and attendance and absence management solutions from Kronos, in addition to time clocks for use by all employees.

Cloud Enables Farmers Harvest Modern Banking

Cloud Enables Farmers Harvest Modern Banking

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Prakash Bakshi, Chairman, NABARD, explains how cloud computing equips co-operative banks to provide modern banking services at par with commercial banks.

Tech Mahindra, ZTEsoft Ally For Business Solutions For Telecom Operators

Tech Mahindra, ZTEsoft Ally For Business Solutions For Telecom Operators

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To provide customers the best of consulting and B/OSS solutions.

Union Cabinet Approves National Telecom Policy 2012

Union Cabinet Approves National Telecom Policy 2012

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The policy envisions providing secure, reliable, affordable and high quality converged telecommunication service for accelerated inclusive socio-economic development.

Alcatel Lucent To Create CEN Based IP Access Network For Bharti Airtel

Alcatel Lucent To Create CEN Based IP Access Network For Bharti Airtel

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This IP network will allow Bharti Airtel to meet the surging bandwidth requirements of customers while accessing data, video and Internet services on an array of devices.

Bharti To Buy 49% In Qualcomm India Broadband Venture

Bharti To Buy 49% In Qualcomm India Broadband Venture

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With this agreement contemplates, once commercial ops are launched, Bharti would assume complete ownership and financial responsibility for the BWA entities by the end of 2014.

SAP Urban Matters Initiative To Help Cities Run Better

SAP Urban Matters Initiative To Help Cities Run Better

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The initiative's primary focus is helping urban governments deliver better-run cities.

Ten Trends For Utilities In Energy Trading, Risk Management

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Utilities are looking to introduce innovations in technology to help drive revenue protection and decrease operational costs.

Goose Launches Fully Configurable API Manager For Pharmaceutical Cos

Goose Launches Fully Configurable API Manager For Pharmaceutical Cos

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API manager is a configurable solution that enables Pharmaceutical companies manage complex projects and improve project delivery.

Tips For Insurers To Revamp Their IT Strategy

Tips For Insurers To Revamp Their IT Strategy

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Pointers from IDC Financial Insights that insurers should take note of when revisiting their IT strategy.

IT, Telecom Sector Expansion Key Driver For Indian Economy

IT, Telecom Sector Expansion Key Driver For Indian Economy

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The Indian telecom sector is now the fastest-growing and second-largest market in the world, with over 900 million subscribers, says Frost & Sullivan.

Informatica Provides Coverage For Big Data In The Insurance Industry

Informatica Provides Coverage For Big Data In The Insurance Industry

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XMap and HParser Capabilities in Informatica 9.5 enable insurance organisations to more effectively address the opportunities and challenges around ACORD insurance standards and Big Data.

Indian Schools Go Hi-Tech With Microsoft Cloud

Indian Schools Go Hi-Tech With Microsoft Cloud

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Microsoft Live@edu enables institutions in brand building, social and professional collaboration, knowledge repository that leads to career opportunities.

The Future Of "Knowing Your Customer" In Banking

The Future Of "Knowing Your Customer" In Banking

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With KYC gaining traction, banks must maximise the value and utility of the data and processes that they already have, says Ovum.

Airtel, Axis Bank Partner For Mobile Banking

Airtel, Axis Bank Partner For Mobile Banking

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Airtel mCommerce Services and Axis Bank have partnered to offer banking and payment services.

Fujitsu Launches Vendor Collaboration Suite For Retail

Fujitsu Launches Vendor Collaboration Suite For Retail

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Suite provides a collaborative approach to managing all interactions in a retailer-vendor relationship.

PNB Adopts Risk-Based Adaptive Authentication For Fraud Prevention

PNB Adopts Risk-Based Adaptive Authentication For Fraud Prevention

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System allows proactive prevention of any fraudulent online transactions by studying and analysing customer transaction behaviour.

Reliance Life Insurance's DB Mgmt Journey

Reliance Life Insurance's DB Mgmt Journey

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Anuprita Daga, Business Solution Head- IT, Reliance Life Insurance, discusses the transformation from using multiple excel sheets earlier to the current DB systems churning data volumes in minutes.

Virtualisation Helps Align With Industry Dynamics

Virtualisation Helps Align With Industry Dynamics

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The dynamics are so liquid that at times they change even before freezing a consolidation plan, says Alpna Doshi, CIO, Reliance Communications, while describing the role virtualisation plays in this process.

Airtel Launches 4G In Bengaluru

Airtel Launches 4G In Bengaluru

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The company had previously launched its 4G LTE services in Kolkata.

IOB To Migrate Core Banking Solution On Oracle Platform

IOB To Migrate Core Banking Solution On Oracle Platform

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IOB migrating to Oracle to adhere to RBI report format.

CSPs Must Adopt Multi-Device Data Plans: Gartner

CSPs Must Adopt Multi-Device Data Plans: Gartner

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By having multiple devices with different replacement cycles tied to a CSP's network, the end user is less likely to churn away.

Ratnakar Bank Selects Finacle As Core Banking Solution

Ratnakar Bank Selects Finacle As Core Banking Solution

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Finacle will support Ratnakar Bank's objective of client-centricity, product innovation and scalability for future growth.