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Friday, January 22, 2010

IT can accelerate Inclusion

Posted by: Brian Pereira Comments (0)

Financial inclusion is a hotly discussed topic at industry forums. At a recent financial inclusion summit attended by the crème of India Inc, actor Aamir Khan suggested that educational inclusion should begin from childhood, and that schools should admit children with disabilities.

A large section of India’s population is semi-literate and does not have a savings account, though almost half of India’s population own a mobile phone. The challenge then is to reach out to this section of the population. I believe this can be achieved using simple technology.

To reach this category of people, you have to observe their ...

Friday, January 08, 2010

How to improve OS and browser security

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At a CIO roundtable that I attended a few months ago, one CIO suggested that the OS developer and security software vendor should work together right from the initial stages of OS development. This would “harden” the OS kernel and hence make the OS more secure, he suggested.

Traditionally, OS and browser code has been buggy, making systems vulnerable to security attacks. Security software developers had to step in and create a “shield” to secure unpatched systems. But what if the OS developer spent more time testing its OS in live business environments and challenging (ethical) hackers to look for ...

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