Author Archives: Irina Mukherjee
BlackBerry lost its glory to iPhone and Android
Finally what seemed like a ‘never-ending’ debate among the tech-obsessed pundits’ worldwide, recent survey findings says it all, loud and clear- iPhone has triumphed over the long-reigning enterprise king, RIM’s BlackBerry. After surveying around 2,300 enterprise professionals, iPass the renowned enterprise mobility provider for its quarterly report on Mobile workforce found that iPhone has topped with a 45% market share among the mobile business crowd that was pegged at 31% in 2010. Slipping on to second position was the BlackBerry with a 32% share making up the mobile workforce market, slightly dropping from its 35% share seen last …
Study reveals, Cloud on its way to generate 14 million job opportunities by 2015!
There’s real good news for all aspiring IT professionals! Based on a recent study commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by IDC, cloud computing is all set to generate about 14 million jobs globally by 2015. Apparently, this massive employment opportunity will be funded by Cloud at an estimated rate of $1.1 trillion dollars that it is going to generate simultaneously by 2015. However, this opportunity is also going to clear off all airs and misconceptions that has been surrounding cloud computing for a while now. Supporting the statement, IDC chief research officer and senior vice-president has quoted- “A …
Online retail sales- challenge or boon to the new age retailers?
The online retail sales market is flying high with a marvelous hike of 14% in the 4th quarter of 2011 and 13% for rest of the year, according to comScore. The renowned research firm Forrester had previously predicted that the online retail sales market will show a massive growth of 60% from 2009 till 2014, exceeding 8% of the overall retail sales. The unique trend of show-rooming is compelling more and more shoppers to use mobile devices to get direct access to product as well as price information while ‘in-store’ is shifting them towards online sales. This trend …
Integration of technological marvels in the education sector
The new-age students are extremely tech-savvy since they have grown up in a world which is entirely ruled by digital tools ranging from the hi-tech applications to the more sophisticated mobile gadgets. Educational institutes are increasingly tagging along this latest trend, incorporating a wide range of technologies, be it outside or inside the classroom. Let’s get a closer look at some of the raging mobility trends that is taking the existing edifying patterns to a whole new level. Globalizing education With progressively, students’ showing an inclination towards higher education, this trend is considered to grow further. Everyday new …
A detailed rundown about the trend- enterprise mobility
With every step of IT development, challenges keep on intensifying. Information Technology, since its inception has come a long way, evolving from the mainframes to the desktop computer age to the modern mobility era that has even supported a broad spectrum of business activities. With time, a considerable number of individuals and business processes are traced as well as automated but IT is yet to come into the grips of a strange fad. That is the innovation line, previously held firmly within the territory of business technology but has now eventually moved into the consumer’s world. Prolific use …
Getting ready an M-powered enterprise mobility strategy
The prime objectives of a business remain the same, irrespective of the industry type. Company goals must revolve around increasing efficiency and productivity levels, improving customer services, finding unique and cost effective operational methods while creating and modifying the existing business models. However, in order to build a successful and profitable business setting, it is essential to keep up with these objectives and maintain consistency in the growth rate of the company. Not to forget the several benefits that a business these days gets out of the technological advancements and innovations, this has entirely transformed the new-age corporate …
Microsoft and Hortonworks venturing out to link Hadoop and Excel!
Are you a frequent Excel user? Then you got to read this piece of information. Excel users can now download and evaluate output straight away from Hadoop since Microsoft is all set to design a connector that will potentially give access to the open source data processing system to a wide base of audiences. Microsoft has already started working on this project in collaboration with HortonWorks which is the by-product of Yahoo associated with the commercial support as well as distribution services of Hadoop. According to the CTO of Hortonworks, Mr. Eric Baldeschwieler, “What makes this …
Mobile cloud computing- representing a paradigm shift in IT resources
Shortly, after the immense popularity of the cloud computing technology, the IT industry is once again back with yet another innovation merging the technical wonders of mobile and cloud computing applications giving rise to “Mobile Cloud Computing”. The mechanism works distinctively. The data processing and data storage takes place outside the mobile device and the outcomes are found through speakers or screen. Some of the pioneering examples of cloud computing in mobile devices which are already in use include Gmail, Google Maps and GPRS. With this major breakthrough, traditional mobile application technology is sure to get a facelift …
European Market Predictions for Use of Mobile Devices
The Europeans previously made use of the laptops and the desktop PC’s to perform operational functions. However, over the past few years, there has been a rapid increase in the purchase and use of the mobile handset devices. The reason for its high sale is the numerous mobile applications that have been developed keeping in mind the beneficial needs of the customers. The modern mobile devices also include advanced features that are highly appealing. The use of the mobile data has witnessed a significant growth in Europe. The great availability of the low priced wireless mobile devices …
Windows Phone To Dominate the Market in the Coming Years
The Windows Phone by Microsoft is gaining in popularity among the users as well as the application developers. This latest version of this product is coupled with advanced features as a well as modern technology is aiming to dominate the market. It has been estimated that 165 applications are being added to this operating system. Therefore it has been calculated that there would be more than 50,000 applications by the end of this month as far as this operating system is concerned. According to the research of the analyst firms, such as the Gartner, iSuppli and …
