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SMEs Offer Renewed Hope to EAS Market
... NWC Print,NWC Print Oct 01 2009,Archive ... There was a time when the Enterprise Application Software (EAS) market enjoyed healthy 22 to 24 percent year-on-year growth rates. But in 2008 the economic downturn played spoilsport and growth slowed down. According to Gartner, the EAS market in India saw revenue of USD 740.1 million in 2008. Compare ... of revenues come from ERP. For 2008, ERP represented 26 percent of the spending with USD 192.5 ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/09-10-01/SMEs_Offer_Renewed_Hope_to_EAS_Market.aspx

‘Clickjacking’ Prompts Warning To Disable Browser Plug-Ins
... NWC Print Oct 01 2008,NWC Print,Archive ... A mysterious cross-platform Web browser exploit technique called "clickjacking" has led to a call to disable all browser scripting and plug-ins until the vulnerability can be addressed. U.S. CERT has issued a warning about the technique. Citing a Sept. 15 blog post by Jeremiah Grossman, founder and CTO ... the vulnerability and planned to discuss it at the 2008 OWASP USA, NYC security conference this week ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/08-10-01/%e2%80%98Clickjacking%e2%80%99_Prompts_Warning_To_Disable_Browser_Plug-Ins.aspx

When heroes go bad: San Fran learns the hard way
... NWC Print Oct 01 2008,NWC Print,Archive ... At one time or another, it happens in almost every IT shop: A handful of people, or even one person, has the sole responsibility for and knowledge of critical systems. So much so that if any one of them were hit by a bus, your IT department would be severely hampered. Virtually every IT manager recognizes ... to systems, and that means they can do damage. InformationWeek’s 2008 Strategic Security study found that 53 ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/08-10-01/When_heroes_go_bad_San_Fran_learns_the_hard_way.aspx

Stripped to the core: How is your business shifting?
... NWC Print Oct 01 2008,NWC Print,Archive ... What’s your employer’s core business? The answer probably isn’t as clear as it once was, especially as IT helps companies plow into new markets and redraws the line between what’s done in-house and what’s ceded to third parties. Does UPS deliver packages, or is it a full-service logistics and supply chain ... change continues to accelerate. In their book New Age Of Innovation (McGraw-Hill, 2008), University ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/08-10-01/Stripped_to_the_core_How_is_your_business_shifting.aspx

Navigating the security Labyrinth
... NWC Print Oct 01 2008,NWC Print,Archive ... Latin: securus: safe, secure, free from care, unworried, unconcerned The security landscape has transformed from just protecting computers from viruses to include functions such as evidence collection & seizure ... & Sullivan, the market is supposed to touch US$ 213 million in 2008.” He adds, “2007 was marked ... % of enterprises will have been infected with malware by the end of 2008. Research has shown that over 50 ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/08-10-01/Navigating_the_security_Labyrinth.aspx

Data Growth Effects Spending on Storage
... NWC Print,NWC Print Oct 01 2009,Archive ... Unlike most other technology verticals, the Storage market was insulated from the downturn. Well, year-on-year growth rates were halved and spending slowed for a few months, but the explosive growth of data ... opportunities for vendors. According to Gartner, the overall storage market in 2008 was USD 242.4 million ... , Gartner projects 2009 growth of 13 percent (over 2008). In 2007, the storage market saw total ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/09-10-01/Data_Growth_Effects_Spending_on_Storage.aspx

Bracing for a New World
... NWC Print,NWC Print Oct 01 2009,Archive ... In October last year, Rajendrasinh Makwana, an IT contractor who worked in Fannie Mae (a US government-owned firm), was indicted for planting a logic bomb designed to wipe out data from the firm’s 4,000 servers. Makwana planted the logic bomb in the form of a malicious script embedded within a legitimate code ... . This fact is supported by a 2008 FICCI-PwC report, in which a majority of the organizations surveyed ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/09-10-01/Bracing_for_a_New_World.aspx

Precision Security
... NWC Print Oct 01 2008,NWC Print,Archive ... Zero in on the information security risks facing your company, or you’ll likely find yourself overwhelmed. That’s the overall message of our 2008 InformationWeek Strategic Security Study, which polled nearly 1,100 IT and business professionals about plans and priorities for securing their companies’ assets. Getting the money for security isn’t the biggest problem: Fully 95% will see their budgets either hold ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/08-10-01/Precision_Security.aspx

ISO aftermath: IBM adds support to ODF
... ODF,IBM,NWC Print,Archive,NWC Print Oct 01 2007 ... The open source community is in a celebratory mood. Last month, the ISO (International Organization for Standardization), struck down Microsoft’s efforts to acquire the status of a standard for its Office Open XML document (OOXML). With that, vendors who have long battled the software giant’s ... accompanied the votes will be discussed at a ballot resolution meeting to be organized in February 2008 ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/07-10-01/ISO_aftermath_IBM_adds_support_to_ODF.aspx

How will Green IT evolve? From 1.0 to 2.0
... Green,NWC Print,NWC Print Oct 01 2009,Archive ... In many of my recent conversations with CIOs and IT infrastructure and operations professionals, I’m noticing an increasing interest in understanding how Green IT will evolve. Why do IT leaders want this vision? In the short term, IT leaders want to ensure they’re not missing out any easy opportunities ... , and cooling. In a 2008 survey of more than 300 IT professionals, the Uptime Institute found that within ... http://www.informationweek.in/Archive/09-10-01/How_will_Green_IT_evolve_From_1_0_to_2_0.aspx