Business News: February 2010
[This article was published in the February 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Business News: February 2010
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Providing Strong Software Foundation to the Government : Vivek Malhotra, Territory Executive – General Business, North & East, IBM India/South Asia
e-Governance, irrespective of where it is implemented, is a strategic enabling force ensuring consistent and scalable business value. It helps government measure growth and success
Orissa: The Emerging ICT Destination
[This article was published in the January 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In early 1990s, Bhubaneswar, Bangalore and Pune were chosen by the Government of India for grooming of these cities as Information Technology (IT) destinations of the country. Software Technology Parks of India
The ‘Cloud’ is Evolution, not Revolution
[This article was published in the January 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
This aspect of cloud computing is simply an evolution of the security practices in traditional outsourcing.
Karnataka State Data Centre: Sharing Common Infrastructure
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The State Data Centre of Government of Karnataka was set up during 2004-05 as a core common technology infrastructure. The State Data Centre (SDC) provides the infrastructure required for consolidating state level applications at a central facility.
Future of Information Storage is ‘Virtual’
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Growth in information is forcing a transformation in the IT sector. The acceleration in the pace of growth in information will only gather momentum, with the next four years expected to see a five-fold increase in information from 486 extabytes to 2502 extabytes, according to the Digital Universe Study done by IDC. Interestingly, 70% of this information explosion is going to be created by the private domain with more photos, videos, social networking and many other applications coming into play and mobile Internet becoming more popular.
Powering the Government Projects : Pratik Chube, Country General Manager – Product Management and Marketing Emerson Network Power (India) Pvt. Ltd.
How is your company catering to the needs of the government in its mission of State Data Centre creation across the country?
Penetrating into government infrastructure for building State Data Centre, SWAN and other e-Governance processes are more or less similar to working with SMEs.
IPGCL-Meeting Power Needs of the Capital : R K Guar, Managing Director, Indraprastha Power Generation Corporation (IPGCL) – Pragati Power Corporation (PPCL)
The power demand in Delhi is around 4400MW in peak hours. Our contribution is around 700-750 MWs. Rest of the demand is met through purchasing power from other states and corporations. In order to reduce this dependence, we have planned to have in-house generating capacity, that too, without polluting the environment.
Going Green ! : Moiz Vaswadawala H, General Manager, Wipro Infotech
Wipro Infotech forayed in Data Centre space in May 2009. How is this move aligned with the Government of India’s goal of create State Data Centre for seamless service delivery for the citizens?
SDC: Opening up Huge Opportunities : Dileep Kumar, Director Product Management, ADC KRONE
The Indian market is gearing up to VOIP, high bandwidth and speed demands, server virtualisation, Data Centre growth and proliferation of LANs. All these are drivers for growth in structured cabling. Intelligent Cabling (PLM) is also catching up pretty fast amongst large enterprises
