Industry Verticals News - Page 5

Forrester Names SAP A Global Power Seller In Banking Platform

In its report, "Global Banking Platform Deals in 2012," Forrester recognised 39 new named deals closed by SAP in seven regions, ranking SAP as a top vendor for new named deals.

BFSI Tech Vs. Regulations: Striking The Balance

Saloni Ramakrishna, Principal Architect, Oracle Financial Services explains why banking CIOs need to balance technology and regulatory aspects to rectify operational inefficiencies.

Fixed And Mobile Broadband Infrastructure And Services To Grow In South Asia

Increasing domestic and enterprise demand for high-quality, seamless broadband connectivity will drive infrastructure expansion and broadband uptake, finds Frost & Sullivan.

Top 10 Tech Trends For The Energy And Utilities Sector In 2013: Gartner

Considered conservative and slow-moving, the industry has seen a wide range of innovation from within and outside the traditional IT organisation, finds Gartner.

Banks Must Combat 'Law Of Diminishing IT Returns': Gartner

The increasing size and complexity of big banks is outstripping the ability of their CIOs to provide effective IT and operational support, finds Gartner.

Tata Consultancy Buys French IT Provider Alti

India's leading IT firms are looking to reduce their reliance on Britain as they expand in Europe.

Accenture To Enable Aadhaar For Punjab

Contract will help the State Government of Punjab identify eligible citizens and eliminate duplicate and incorrect records for the Department of Food and Civil Supplies.

Regional Telcos Risk Missing Out On Trillion Dollar Asian Consumer Opportunity: IDC

Telcos need to reinvent themselves to accommodate the Asian consumers who have radically reinvented themselves, finds IDC.

Airport Authority Of India Goes Live With ERP Modernisation

KPIT Cummins completes SAP ERP roll-out across 125 airports simultaneously in 8 months.

Rising Awareness To Promote Steady Growth Of Media Asset Mgmt In India

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, finds that increasing digitisation of tape-based workflows and knowledge about enhanced value proposition to drive uptake levels.

Concur Joins Hands With InterContinental Hotels Group For Concur Open Booking

Concur Open Booking enables transactions booked through travel supplier web sites to automatically appear in Concur, delivering visibility and streamlined expense reporting.

Infosys To Build Platform For India Post's Rural Ops

The technology tie-up will enable the postal department to enhance its services to the rural population and streamline distribution of its social benefits.

SAP Survey Reveals New Services Will Drive Adoption Of LTE

The GSMA Mobile World Congress survey found that industry leaders believe improved data speed for customers and offering new IP-based services are the primary drivers for operators launching LTE.

SAP Expands Insurance Offering With Acquisition Of Camilion

The transaction will broaden the SAP solution portfolio in the insurance space, providing insurers with powerful software tools to streamline the management and creation of new products.

SDN, Network Virtualisation To Drive Change In Telecom Networks: IDC

The combination will drive a more software-centric and programmable telecom infrastructure and services ecosystem.

New Chennai Airport Terminals Open With Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks, has announced that it has deployed a high-performance common use network infrastructure for the new passenger terminals at Chennai Airport.

70% Insurance Customers' Loyalty At Risk As Retention Challenges Escalate

With an average of only 30% of customers globally reporting having positive customer experiences with their insurers, insurers will need to address multi-distribution and customer experience.

Vodafone India Selects MYCOM For Network Performance

MYCOM's NIMS-PrOptima network performance solution provides support for multiple technologies, domains and equipment vendors across access, backhaul, core and service networks.

Karur Vysya Bank Selects Polaris' Intellect Global Transaction Banking Solution

Intellect GTB's comprehensive Transaction Banking architecture to fuel growth of the bank's transaction banking service.

Cyber Attacks Against Media On The Rise, Rights Group Says

There has been a rise in denial of service attacks that occur when hackers disrupt operations by flooding them with information.

Visa Launches Mobile Managed Service

Reduces the complexity and cost for local financial institutions and mobile network operators to offer mobile financial services to unbanked consumers.

Best Practices To Help BFSI Deal With Cyberfraud

VASCO shares some best practices that will help the BFSI sector deal with recent cybersecurity threats.

IT/ITeS Union Budget Expectations: Dun And Bradstreet

In order to ease the complexity in taxes and procedures, clear codification/transparency of transfer pricing regulation is expected, finds Dun & Bradstreet.

CA Technologies Announces Centre Of Excellence

In partnership with Chitkara University in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh,the centre targets undergraduates and will embed CA curricula in IT curriculum.