IT managers are concerned about the heat hazards inside a data center, but what about outside hazards? Climate trends are increasingly affecting the IT operations. Weather related disturbances lead to grid outages which affect its efficiency. The need for disaster recovery tools are raising. But it's not budget friendly to maintain two data centers. So people have shifted their focus to DRaaS i.e. Disaster Recovery as a Service. It leads to less infrastructure management. Read the complete article here:  http://www.computerworld.com/article/3048467/disaster-recovery/for-it-climate-change-means-preparing-for-disaster.html

Manufacturers are slowly beginning to appreciate and accept the idea of putting portions of their ERP systems onto the cloud. Although most still shows resistance to the idea, but they are keeping an eye on the cloud market, maybe for potential future use. There can be various approaches which manufacturers can adopt. One can be use a hybrid combination of cloud based ERP and traditional ERP.  Others can use a private cloud for ERP.  Reports state that in certain scenarios, cloud based ERP would really make sense for manufacturers.  In situations where - Global companies want a two-tier ERP strategy; smaller organizations that can't afford on premise cloud; new manufacturing business   that start from scratch and many more. Read the complete article here: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3043778/enterprise-applications/manufacturers-resistance-to-the-cloud-is-weakening.html

Earlier, whenever an employee was hired, a lot of paperwork generated which required hours of works by managers. They had to file them, record them and place them securely. And whenever a need arises to have a look at that document, one will find herself in the midst of piles of document, searching for it. But now processes have changed. But now, whenever an employee is hired an email is sent to the person providing her a link where she can upload her documents which is equivalent to the paperwork done before. This saves time, space and is prone to fewer errors. This system is recoverable in case a document is lost. Cloud has made HR's life significantly easier. Read the complete article here: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3049420/cloud-computing/how-the-cloud-is-transforming-hr.html

Organizations are now shifting their data on cloud. This creates a problem for IT in terms of security and handling, because security teams needs strong visibility, control and threat protection for cloud applications.    

Microsoft Azure is an open, flexible, enterprise-grade cloud computing platform. Microsoft Azure’s part Cloud App Security makes it possible for IT to set up application discovery and check with the existing security. Since there are numerous applications it is not always possible for IT to know the risk of running an App. But cloud app security gives a risk score(based on prior examination, certificates and information) to most of the App .It gives IT department the same control as their internal software as they can also track how the App is being used through Connecting.

To know more: http://www.infoworld.com/article/3055849/saas/dont-overlook-saas-the-original-cloud-option.html

Last couple of years smartphone company Blackberry is facing serious financial degradation due to the presence of android device at cheaper price and with more features. After a huge loss in the smartphone market, Blackberry is trying to diversify their business into cyber security sections under the guidance of John Chen, Executive chairman and CEO of Blackberry. They acquired new companies for providing data security. These companies are providing data sharing security, Geo tagging and automated security alerts, tracking, auditing files inside or outside firewall.

To read, follow: http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevemorgan/2016/04/28/blackberrys-turnaround-ceo-dials-up-cybersecurity-and-it-answers/#515f874e6921

The cloud market continues to grow in 2016. Companies are now more willing to adopt the cloud technology. But security being one of the biggest concern, it is often difficult to choose which cloud style to choose- Public cloud or on premise cloud. Public clouds have a very nice structure and security mechanism which helps the user use the platform economically and securely. On premise setup will require a large investment. But then there are some data which can't be moved to the public cloud. For regulatory, compliance or customer demand reasons, a company can't expose data to public clouds. So the company must invest in the security of their applications and let the public cloud giants secure the infrastructure. Read the full article here http://www.computerworld.com/article/3016281/cloud-computing/public-cloud-vs-on-premises-which-is-more-secure.html

Artificial Intelligence or AI is the latest term for the tech people. So here are few things about AI which you should keep in mind.

·         AI has deep roots in history

·         Alan Turing contributed in A.I a lot

·         Formal AI research started in 1950s

·         NLP aka Natural language is the key to artificial Intelligence

·          Key to Autonomous vehicles is A.I

·         Investors are also interested in AI based companies

·         Tech giants are also betting on AI

·         AI powered robots can do things together

·         Robots can also socialize like humans

·         AI is polarizing

Read the complete article at: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-artificial-intelligence/

Companies, today, are migrating to cloud in order to minimize the cost and efforts. This means shifting from on-premises system to cloud. More companies are adopting Iaas or PaaS model. Companies have to refactor or re-write the pieces of application for cloud platform. In this process companies may fail to assess, whether do they even need these models? Or will it offer any value to the company? One more model “SaaS’’which was the original cloud (introduced 15 years back) is overlooked by IT. SaaS is better, more efficient and less costly. There more than 2000 SaaS offerings with a large range, those are easier to deal with. Companies can use the mixture of Iaas and SaaS in the cloud. To read more, please click on the following link: http://www.infoworld.com/article/3055849/saas/dont-overlook-saas-the-original-cloud-option.html

Retailers and most of the brick and mortar shops store their customer's data to understand their buying and transaction behavior. Some obscure data point that may help them become more knowledgeable about their customers. However, hidden from these in-store shopper analytics are all of the transactions their customers make outside their stores with competitors. In recent past, there are many switching of preference to online one. But this up growing online marketing basically picking the flaws of customers' real time analysis in case of brick and mortar shops. So it's high time to either integrate or dig into flawless marketing analytics.

To read, follow: http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinsights/2016/04/27/the-hidden-danger-in-brick-and-mortar-customer-files-amazon-prime-members/#69beabd83681

Analytics is gaining the highest popularity day by day in the business context. Reason is very simple. This provides a real time analysis of mind share and salience. Google is trying to venture in this section and finally it positioned themselves into this arena unlike other companies. Their model is mostly web specific because most companies are tracking their customers via web activities, no of hits, activity index and frequency. Not only that it helps to you understand social presence and real time web mining. For getting all these bunch of information you need to log in in google analytics. Such real time analysis not only provide you traffic notification but also provide user cookies which is closer to site relevance. Even they will provide detailed geographic, browsing info and language specific information which helps to u understand your customers need more specifically and accurately.  

To read, follow: http://www.business2community.com/business-intelligence/getting-started-setting-google-analytics-01519623#FEKZ3JA1kj8FBQ8H.97

According to a new study by Cisco “Security in India: Enabling a New Connected Era”, 72% of the Indian companies rely strongly on web Security whereas this figure is 52% for non-Indian companies. This means Indian organizations rely more on tools rather than strategies for protection. Therefore, reliance on tools may also put them at risk. Around 65% of the Indian organizations use mobile security against 49% of the non-Indian organizations. Indian organizations are also rapidly using cloud base security. Use of cloud security system in the coming times will lead them to threat problems just like other countries - China, Russia and U.S. These countries use advance persistent threat (APT) to steal data from consumers and competitors. To know more read article of TOI 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/it-services/Indian-companies-use-strong-defence-tools-against-cyberattacks-Cisco/articleshow/50697170.cms 

Cryptology plays a crucial role in cyber security. There could be use of sign language and different cypher code to encrypt the sensitive data. The decipher mechanism helps to decode the message. In ancient times, Julius Caesar used to send his secret messages to his army in cypher code. Later this process is followed by Germans during the Second World War. In modern organizational context, cyber security is the most important parameter. So, to protect organizational data they can adopt cryptology to encrypt their data and hide them from the normal visibility level. The reader can go through the article written by Mark Ward (Technology correspondent, BBC News) and understand more about cypher process and the levels of challenges at:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34312697

Cyber security is the biggest issue for the business enterprises who is in the field of networking and cyber space. But, problematic situation is arising where there is a mismatch of investment in cyber security than the growing threats in cyber space. This indicates that most of the organizations are either not aware about the upcoming threats or financially reluctant on investment. Security budget is not easy to predict and more skillful persons are required to predict the upcoming threats. 

To read, follow: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500279662/Cyber-security-budgets-not-rising-in-line-with-threats-say-security-pros

A.I is like a magic to people at times where machines are doing super cool stuff like humans. How do they do it? People have associated many misconceptions with A.I. So here are few things which people get wrong about A.I. : Automation is not A.I. ; Humanoid robots are not the face of A.I, computers are; A.I. is about intelligence rather than consciousness;  A.I is not all tech; Biggest myth buster will be this - TERMINATOR is NOT future A.I.; Misunderstanding of Machine learning and; Underestimating the power of A.I. Read the full article here: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-7-biggest-myths-about-artificial-intelligence/

Our world is somewhat running on artificial intelligence. Siri, Facebook, computer stocks, self-driving cars or what not. But there is one field where AI is really lacking and that is education. The most      challenging task will be: Virtual mentors for every learner; Addressing 21 century skills; Analysis of interaction data; Provide opportunities for global classrooms; Lifelong and like wide technologies. Technologies like Intelligent Tutor Systems, content delivery support systems are what required. Read the full article here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/barbarakurshan/2016/03/10/the-future-of-artificial-intelligence-in-education/#6315deb21e64

Chatbot technology has been the hype of 2016, with Facebook taking the charge. With Chatbot becoming the future assistants we all will need, now even medical advice will be available through the Facebook messenger.

Online doctor consultation platform Lybrate on Monday, released a chat bot for having a virtual online consultation with your doctor.

Lybrate, founded in 2014, with 100000 doctors on its platform, across 50 specialties, For more details on the chat bot,

Read More : http://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/now-you-can-chat-with-a-doctor-on-facebook-messenger/story/232089.html

Through a Los Angeles court, the FBI recently obtained a warrant forcing a woman to unlock an iPhone equipped with Apple's Touch ID fingerprint technology, according to a report.

The woman, Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan was charged with identity theft and was sentenced on 25th February. Before she was taken into custody, U.S. Magistrate Judge Alicia Rosenberg approved a warrant forcing the Touch ID unlock.

The Fifth Amendment implies that no person can forced to supply a password. Invasion of privacy for the justice of the world. Which should be preferred? 

Read More: http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/05/02/los-angeles-court-orders-woman-to-unlock-touch-id-equipped-iphone-for-fbi

Cyber-attack on Sony pictures in 2014 has clearly indicated that the hacktivists have enough technological supports to sabotage one of the most secured service section and business giants. The U.S government suspects that Chinese hackers are penetrating the government's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) last summer as it exposed almost 4 million Federal employee records, including social security numbers. These all instances which prove that these hacktivists are mostly concerned about the sensitive data. The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Einstein system is used to find out who committed breaches. Deeper insight in cryptography is therefore required.

To read, follow: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/225114-the-cybersecurity-threat-are-we-protected-yet

The future of AI is filled with amazing opportunities. Alan Turing designed the Turing machine about a century ago. It is expected that in the coming times the machines will pass the Turing test. The AI machines are being expected to use all the five human senses. Governments from all over the world are planning to make simulation models which make use of big data as input to predict the criminal or terrorist activities. AI has been improving human lives by uplifting the healthcare and medical facilities. To make the computer - human interaction more natural, scientists are working on the Natural Language Processing Algorithms. Read more about it at: http://nerdsmagazine.com/artificial-intelligence-five-highly-anticipated-developments/

Movement of resources across the border or migration is very significant for the growth of global market. And, the best resources that India has today are its "Talented People". Therefore, global portability of its best resources i.e. people will increase forex for the country. The Indian IT industry, in last three decades, has achieved a lot. It has made its mark in many successful global projects which includes innovative and cutting edge products, software, programs and apps . Today, most of these Indian IT companies, work on "Outcome- Based Model", which reinforces the fact that number of employees and their location is not a matter of concern now. To conclude, it can be said that, India will continue to generate globally greater revenue and impact through its IT industry. You can read more about the global impact of Indian I.T services in the following article by the former CEO of HCL Technologies, Mr. Vineet Nayar.

Click here  http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-commentary/does-the-it-industry-need-to-mobilise-its-best-resources/