Cloud computing to become the bulk of new IT spend, predicts Gartner
After Cloud use has seen a huge growth, Gartner Inc. predicts that in the year 2016 this growth will increase to become the bulk of new IT spends. Thus naturally 2016 will be a defining year for cloud, as private cloud begins to give way to hybrid cloud, and nearly half of large enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments by the end of 2017.
Cloud computing is described by Gartner as a style of computing in which scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities are delivered “as a service” using Internet technologies. It heralds an evolution of business in positive and negative ways. It has also become a hot industry term that has been used in many contradictory ways.
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CIO’s should watch out, as Mobile apps found skewed internally
At the time Forrester invited large and medium-sized organizations in India to share details about their live enterprise mobility applications, here is what he had to say “Our objective was to understand how Indian organizations are leveraging mobile applications to better connect with customers, partners, and employees. In total, we received details of 59 mobile application projects from 41 organizations with more than 500 employees in India. These organizations are spread across verticals like manufacturing, financial services, automotive, media, healthcare, professional services, telecommunications, and utilities”
The research provided some interesting findings like mobile application development is skewed toward internal, employee-facing projects. Among the projects reviewed, 59 per cent of the enterprise mobility applications have been developed for internal employees, 24 per cent target customers, and the remaining 19 per cent are for business partners.
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Are you ready for the Big Data Boom?
Samsung has been using it to power the content recommendation engine on its newest smart TVs. Progressive Insurance relies on it to capture driving behavior and determine customer risk profiles. LexisNexis Risk Solutions uses it to identify individuals and family relationships, thus helping financial institutions and other clients reduce fraud. Such is the popularity of Big Data.
Big Data is being touted by industry analysts as the next big thing for every enterprise, and ever since several companies have been rushing to climb on the board. However the question still lingers whether building an advanced analytics capability really worth the investment.
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SharePoint’s Search now upgraded by Microsoft
Microsoft in keeping with its push to be the productivity suite of choice today announced two new search features for SharePoint Online. These will be rolled out globally over the next few days. The new Content Search Web Part (CSWP) enhances overall search functionality and result displays, while Cross-Site Collection Publishing (CCP) gives users the ability to publish content on multiple sites from the same content source.
The new releases follow up on the full enterprise search Microsoft released earlier in the year. This show a commitment to search that many users will find reassuring given the difficulties some users experience when trying to finding and managing content in SharePoint.
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Defining UX in four stages
To defy the popular misconception that User Experience (UX) is something you simply add to the site after it has been designed; here are four levels of UX that prove the fact that good UX design actually starts before you even build something.
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