| Editorial |
Feeling real good
about Indian infotech
As the country prepares to go to the polls—and Express
Computer celebrates its fourteenth anniversary—it’s
quite clear that regardless of which political party triumphs,
infotech will remain a top priority for India on all fronts.
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The
challenge of retaining new hires
The job of recruiting a new candidate does not
just end by signing on the dotted line. The real effort
actually begins after that.
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Issue of Feb 2004
IT
on a platter
To provide IT as a service, the CIO has to evolve the
IT department into a service provider within the company.
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| Enterprise Applications |
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Boom in
enterprise applications market
Networked
storage gobbling up DAS
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| Servers |
Servers: Up, up
and away
2003 was a very good year for server makers, and 2004 promises
to be robust as well. Duty cuts, new technology, a better consolidation
story—that’s all very nice—but the single biggest
event of the year is going to be the 64-bit Xeon launch from
Intel, |
| Security |
India Inc. is
still not completely secure
While Indian businesses no longer think that security starts
with an anti-virus solution and ends with a firewall, basic
maturity and awareness about information security among Indian
organisations is still quite low. |
| Networking |
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BFSI, telecom
hold key to growth in networking
After four years of not-too-impressive performance, the networking
hardware sector has finally something to cheer about.
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| Personal Computers |
Brand value
prevails over grey
Vendors are now introducing PCs keeping in mind factors like
security, manageability, and compatibility. |
| Peripherals |
Desire-based
peripherals will lead the market
WHILE 2003 was the year of recovery for the Indian peripherals
market, 2004 is being dubbed as the year for vendors to build
up on that recovery. |
| Database Management Software |
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Database management
moves into the Grid
Database management software (DBMS) has been the backbone
of enterprise computing for the past many years. The market
is growing bigger in terms of size, and will continue to gain
prominence in 2004.
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| Document Management |
Document
management takes the value-added path
Printers, scanners and multifunctional devices will thrive as
long as demand for associated products such as PCs, cameras
and mobile devices is strong. |
| Training |
IT training industry
learns the hard way
The growth of the IT training and education sector is directly
proportional to the ups and downs of the software sector. |
| Tech Gizmos |
Gadget sales
get into top gear
Cost-conscious India has never been a gizmo-friendly country,
except for cheap mobile phones. |
| Software Services |
Serving
the world, the Indian way
2003-04 saw the Indian IT industry consolidating its presence
in emerging markets like China. |
| Channels |
IT channel rides
the retail wave
Touch-and-feel is becoming the key in IT too. With vendors like
HP, Samsung and Canon striving to give a consumerist feel to
their products, IT channels are luring customers with value-added
services. |
