Archive for the ‘Reference’ Category
Friday, September 19th, 2014
Infosys and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is expanding their partnership to deliver next-generation infrastructure and data center transformation solutions to enterprises.
Infosys will also establish a center of excellence to co-create ‘pay-per-use’ solutions with HDS.
The new solutions will help improve operational efficiencies and facilitate smooth transition of their IT infrastructure to new cloud-based environments.
“Hitachi Data Systems and Infosys have a long history of collaboration. We are pleased to take our relationship to the next level by delivering the latest Hitachi Data Systems ‘Continuous Cloud Infrastructure’ solutions to help our mutual customers, around the world, deploy the most available, automated and agile environment for next-generation data centers and cloud solutions,” said Brian Householder, Chief Operating Officer, Hitachi Data Systems.
Enterprises can then convert a significant share of their capital expenditure, related to infrastructure and data center management, into operational expenditure.
The new data center transformation solutions, developed by Infosys and HDS, are tailored to meet refresh cycles of enterprise data centers.
The two partners will also create reference architectures and solution frameworks to accelerate private cloud deployments.
Infosys Cloud Ecosystem Hub is a first-of-its-kind solution that helps enterprises build and manage a unified hybrid cloud environment.
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Tags:cloud, data centers, enterprise IT, HDS, Hitachi Data Systems, Infosys, infrastructure
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
An online poll finds that 3 in 4 Internet users in Singapore are concerned about privacy on Social Networks. However, almost 66 percent of respondents in Singapore are not protected on their mobile devices and personal computers.
The recent online poll was conducted by Trend Micro Incorporated – a global developer of security software – between August to September 2014 surveying 744 respondents in Singapore.
Internet users in Singapore are concerned about sharing private information on social networking sites (76%), and as many as 69 percent of respondents deleted or hid timeline posts they had shared previously.
“电脑防卫软件出版商 Trend Micro 的网上调查显示，新加坡的网上用户注重社交网络的私隐，但大多数人的电脑与手机却未安装安全软件。” – 科技点心（微薄）
Security solutions are therefore more necessary than ever, as verified by the results of the poll revealing that risky behavior by Internet users was generating new attack opportunities for cyber criminals.
“Consumers today are very reliant on their devices, with an average individual owning around five digital devices each. Yet, they often forget that having more devices also increases their exposure to cyberattacks,” said Terrence Tang, Senior Director of Consumer Business, Asia Pacific, Trend Micro.
Survey findings included:
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Tags:infographics, Maximum Security, security, Singapore, Trend Micro
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
The latest Intel Xeon processors promise to accelerate data center transformation for the digital services era. New technologies provide a range of capabilities and are central to enabling a software defined infrastructure. Pricing below.
The latest Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3.
Intel has introduced the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600/1600 v3 product families to address the requirements of diverse workloads and the rapidly evolving needs of data centers.
Pricing
The Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family will be offered with 26 different parts that range in price from $213 to $2,702 in quantities of 1,000.
Intel Xeon processor E5-1600 workstations will be offered with six different parts in prices ranging from $295 to $1,723.
The new processor families include numerous enhancements that provide performance increases of up to 3x over the previous generation, world-class energy efficiency and enhanced security.
To facilitate the explosive demand for software defined infrastructure (SDI), the processors expose key metrics, through telemetry, which enable the infrastructure to deliver services with the best performance, resilience and optimised total cost of ownership.
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Tags:Acer, Asus, DELL, Haswell, HP, Intel, Lenovo, processors, Toshiba, Xeon
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014
The all-flash enterprise storage array company was positioned for its completeness of vision and ability to execute.
According to Gartner, Pure Storage leads the pack alongside established giants IBM and EMC.
Pure Storage has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the inaugural Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays (SSA) by Gartner.
The news comes on the heels of Pure Storage being ranked #2 in worldwide SSA market share behind IBM, based on Gartner’s 2013 revenue estimates, and the fastest growing of the vendors evaluated.
Source: Gartner “Market Share Analysis: SSDs and Solid-State Arrays, Worldwide, 2013,” June 2014.
According to Gartner, companies considered to be “leaders” drive the market’s transformation with a clear vision and a strong ability to execute.
Leaders in SSA have generally made strong customer gains.
They provide feature sets that are appropriate for current customer use case needs.
Leaders also show evidence of superior vision and execution for anticipated requirements related to technology, methodology or means of delivery.
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Tags:awards, Flash, Gartner, Pure Storage, storage
Posted in Announce, Business IT, Enterprise IT, Press Release, storage drive | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
Are your devices infected? “Operation Emmental” is a new criminal operation which targets banks that use session tokens such as Short Message Service (“SMS”) for authentication purposes – to steal customers’ online banking credentials to gain full access and control of their bank accounts.
A comparison between the two-factor authentication process in uninfected and infected computers with Operation Emmental.
Like Swiss Emmental cheese, the ways in which your online banking accounts are protected might be full of holes, or rather loopholes.
Commenting on today’s rampant mobile cybercrimes, Paul Oliveria, Technical Communications Manager of Trend Labs, Trend Micro shared: “Monetary benefits remain the biggest motivation for cybercriminals. Based on Trend Micro TrendLabs 1Q 2014 Security Roundup report, the number of online banking malware detections in the first quarter reached roughly 116,000 showing a steady increase from the same quarter in 2013.”
Cloud security experts Trend Micro warns of “undetectable” malware infection that targets mobile banking users.
Currently prevalent in Austria, Sweden and Switzerland, this cybercrime has reached Japan, leaving the Asia Pacific region at greater risk of a similar attack.
Mobile devices are also increasingly being included in cross-platform threats.
With mobile devices no longer being just phones and serve as computer substitutes in their own right, users are often connecting their mobile devices to their home/work systems to sync their files and documents.
This link between the devices is what threats use to jump across.
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Tags:banking, cloud, Emmental, mobile, security, Trend Micro
Posted in Announce, App, Browser, Cloud, Enterprise IT, Infographic, infographics, Mobile, Phones, Reference, Security, Shopping, Software, Study, Tablets, Tips, Trend Micro | No Comments »
Sunday, July 20th, 2014
Earlier this month, Palo Alto Networks discovered ten critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer browsers, underlining the importance for businesses to focus on knowing the risk of running vulnerable software.
Check out five core concepts on how to protect your organisation against vulnerabilities.
Sharat Sinha – Vice President, Asia Pacific for Palo Alto Networks – shares his views on how businesses and organisations can protect themselves against malicious attacks and avoid compromises to their network security.
Below are Sinha’s views.
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Tags:Adobe, cybersecurity, IE, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Palo Alto, PDPA, security, Singapore, vulnerabilities
Posted in Browser, Business IT, Enterprise IT, Internet Explorer, Interview, Interview, Opinion, Reference, Security, Software, Tips | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014
Twitter recorded 672 million Tweets for the 32-day, 64-match World Cup, with Neymar, Messi, Suarez, Ronaldo, Robben and Oscar the most mentioned players around the world.
Most mentioned players on Twitter around the world.
Fans shared the most during the Brazil vs Germany semi-final match.
Here are the top five most-tweeted matches from the #WorldCup:
- Brazil (@CBF_Futebol) vs. Germany (@DFB_Team) on July 8: 35.6 million Tweets.
- Germany (@DFB_Team) vs. Argentina (@Argentina) #WorldCupFinal on July 13: 32.1 million Tweets.
- Brazil (@CBF_Futebol) vs. Chile (@ANFPChile) on June 28: 16.4 million Tweets.
- Netherlands (@KNVB) vs. Argentina (@Argentina) on July 9: 14.2 million Tweets.
- Brazil (@CBF_Futebol) vs. Colombia (@FCFSeleccionCol) on July 4: 12.4 million Tweets.
Top mentioned players on Twitter in APAC.
Three of the top five most-tweeted moments occurred during Brazil’s devastating 7-1 semi-final loss to Germany on July 8, while the other top moments came in yesterday’s final match.
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Tags:APAC, Arjen Robben, Brazil, Christiano Ronaldo, David Luiz, FIFA, FIFA14, James Rodriguez, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Neymar, Oscar, Pepe, Singapore, Twitter, World Cup
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Saturday, May 24th, 2014
Was having lunch last week with John Ruthven, Eugene Ho of SAP, Bob Aubrey of Mazars and a few other journos from the media – when Bob mentioned a study that Mazars did in 2013 about Millennials.
If you’re a “Millennial”, how often do you use social media? Click on image to view enlarged version.
The study was conducted in 2013 and approached 6,900 Millennial employees in 64 countries worldwide, out of which 3,010 responded – that’s a remarkably high return rate.
Bob Aubrey, Partner & Practice Leader, People Development Consulting, Mazars. With more than 20 years’ experience in leadership and people development consulting, Dr Aubrey is also an entrepreneur, writer and professor.
The “Millennials” or, otherwise known as Gen Y (Generation Y) are defined in this study as young people born between the beginning of the 1980s and the mid-90s.
Since the Gen Y will account for a huge chunk of the world’s population and workforce in the near future, the demography is relevant to global companies such as SAP that provides business IT solutions to large enterprises and organisations employing these Millennials.
Currently, Millennials make up more than half of our workforce. This is expected to increase to 75% in 2025.
It would be interesting to watch how these statistics change over time to observe the underlying trend, although the result would not be surprising, given the increasing popularity of social media amongst the increasingly IT-savvy working population.
Here are some additional statistics surrounding Millennials.
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Tags:enterprise IT, factoid, Mazars, SAP, social media, study
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Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Dell’s 2014 latest range of Inspiron 3000 & 5000 laptops and all-in-one desktops are targeted towards students and families. Starting prices range from S$699 to S$1,199.
Dell Inspiron 15 3000 starts from S$749.
The Inspiron 3000 series consists of the Inspiron 14 3000 and Inspiron 15 3000 laptops as well as the Inspiron 20 3000 AIO desktop.
The Inspiron 5000 series comprises the Inspiron 14 5000 and Inspiron 15 5000 laptops as well as the Inspiron 23 3000 AIO desktop.
Dell Inspiron 14 5000 starts from S$1,199.
While the Inspiron 3000 series laptops offer HD touch displays in sleek, compact forms at attractive price points, the Inspiron 5000 series laptops are pricier and ship with brilliant touch displays, backlit keyboards, and thinner, lighter builds.
Below are the starting prices for the new Dell Inspiron systems which are now available in Singapore.
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Tags:AIO, DELL, Inspiron, notebooks
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Lenovo today announced the availability of a new range of devices including the MIIX 2; FLEX 2; YOGA Tablet 10 HD+; new Y, G and Z Series clamshell laptops; and new A-series Android tablets.
Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ comes in Silver and Champagne Gold (shown here) comes with 10.1-inch Full HD 1920×1200 display. S$599 from mid-June 2014.
Key highlights of Lenovo’s latest range include the following.
- MIIX 2 – its unique detachable design gives users the freedom to choose between the tablet mode and a full Windows 8.1 laptop experience.
- FLEX 2 – comes in two practical modes, a perfect fit for today’s consumer who needs one integrated device for work and play.
- YOGA Tablet 10 HD+ – an even better way to experience the multimode tablet.
- New Y, G and Z Series clamshell laptops – providing advanced performance and entertainment features in portable designs.
- New A-series Android tablets – offering several versatile configurations and screen sizes to match consumer needs for both ultra-portable tablets and multimedia performers.
Below are the prices and availability of the new Lenovo tablets and notebooks.
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Tags:Flex, Lenovo, MIIX, notebooks, tablets, Yoga
Posted in Android, Events, events, Gadgets, gadgets, Hybrid, Launch, Lenovo, newArrivals, Notebooks, notebooks, Press Release, Prices, Specifications, Tablets, tablets, Windows 8 | No Comments »
