JDA To Add 500 Employees; Grow Workforce To 2,500

The office is part of JDA’s Center of Excellence (CoE) and the largest facility of the three JDA CoE locations: Bangalore, Hyderabad and Warsaw, Poland. The new office was officially inaugurated by Chairman of the Board, Baljit Dail, JDA Software; JDA Chief Executive Officer, Hamish Brewer and other JDA executives including Salil Joshi, managing director and senior vice president, JDA Software, India.

“The growth of JDA’s Bangalore facility reinforces JDA’s commitment to grow its Center of Excellence,” said Hamish Brewer, chief executive officer, JDA Software. “The CoE is an integral part of JDA’s growth strategy and enables us to effectively serve our global customers and leverage our locations to serve our local and regional markets as well.”

“JDA Software India was started with a vision to form an integrated, customer focused, associate centric, global supply chain center of excellence delivering unparalleled value to customers through continuous innovation and best-in-class quality,” said Salil Joshi, managing director and senior vice president, JDA Software. “It enables JDA to extend its capabilities in the areas of product development, services, support and technology, thereby providing an enhanced customer experience.”

JDA’s Center of Excellence was started in 2004. Today, with nearly 2,000 associates across Bangalore and Hyderabad, JDA’s Center of Excellence is an invaluable asset and provides significant value to the organization across all business units and industry verticals.

Bangalore Office Highlights

• The facility is located in southeast Bangalore and provides around 300,000 square feet of floor space with generous seating capacity for 2,000 associates.
• The facility holds the eco-friendly LEED Gold certified status, in sync with JDA’s ‘Going Green’ mission.
• Exclusive collaboration zones for informal and quick stand-up meetings have been designed to foster more spontaneous collaboration.
• The vibrant ambience, featuring open-plan work spaces and an open-to-sky cafeteria with common, multi-cuisine food court offers a very attractive work environment for Gen Years and others working for JDA.

Watch IPL Live Streaming On Multiple Digital Platforms

As India moves from international cricket to club cricket, Times Internet has launched a cricket portal Gocricket.com —featuring none other than former India captain Sourav Ganguly.

Besides news on cricket, the portal will also feature integrated video content, and a rich, cross-platform experience. While the portal will stream the upcoming Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL), it will also be extended on several digital platforms including web, iPhone, Android, iPad, and WAP.

Ruchir Khanna, business head, Gocricket said, "We are also proud to announce that one of India's most successful captains, Sourav Ganguly, will exclusively share his critical insights into the game on our platform."

Khanna further added, "Gocricket will be the most comprehensive web and mobile cricket destination, offering a multimedia experience", he added.

On his association with Gocricket, Sourav Ganguly said, "I am extremely happy to be associated with Gocricket.com and be involved as a guest editor. We will bring cricket news to you like never before." 

Source: Agencies

By 2020 Digital Universe To Touch 44 Trillion GB

With growing Internet penetration and data usage, digital universe is poised to touch 44 trillion gigabytes by 2020, against 4.4 trillion gigabytes in 2013, and emerging markets would account for 60 percent of that, says a report by tech giant EMC and research firm IDC.

Strong adoption of wireless technologies coupled with the growth in Internet consumption, migration to digital TV and increasing ‘sensors’ based machine to machine communication are playing a central role in explosive growth in the digital universe. Also, the digital universe is India is nearly doubling in size every two years and will multiply nine-fold between 2013 and 2020 from 326 exabytes to 2.8 zetabytes.

For perspective, data created by an average Indian household is enough to fill 65 32GB versions of iPhones. This is poised to grow to 318 by 2020.

“China already accounts for 14 percent of the digital universe. Though US’ share has declined as the other emerging markets have grown, it is still 26 percent. India’s share is also growing from 3 percent in 2010 to 6 percent in 2020,” EMC India and SAARC President Rajesh Janey told reporters. He added that India’s Digital Universe was driven by increasing digitization across business and government and a steady rise in social and mobile usage by everyone.

IDC also forecasts that by 2020 Internet of Things (IoT) will represent almost 10 percent of the data generated in India. IoT refers to everyday objects equipped with sensors, anything from shoes to mobile phones to surveillance cameras that can record, report and receive data. The data from these connected devices represents 4 percent of the total data in India today, the report said.

“Business don’t need to wade through the vast amounts of data but instead can extract tremendous value by focusing on high-value target rich data that accounts for 1.7 percent of the current Digital Universe,” IDC India MD Jaideep Mehta said.

The report found that mobility will be a key driver of the Digital Universe with mobile ‘Connected Things’ generating 18 percent of the Digital Universe in 2014 and is estimated to grow to 27 percent by 2020.

Source: Agencies

When Can Indians Look Forward For Google Glasses?

Google Glass is not coming to India—at least not on April 15. If you’re visiting, or are in, the US, you can go to the Google site and purchase Glass in any shade or frame for $1,500 plus taxes, subject to availability.

According to Accenture’s digital consumer tech survey 2014, consumers in India ranked highest among six countries (Australia, Canada, India, South Africa, the UK, and the US) in the percentages that plan to buy consumer electronics products during 2015, and were most interested in buying fitness monitors, smart watches and Internet-enabled eyeglasses.

But why should Indians, or for that matter anyone, be so interested?

It’s because Google Glass is no ordinary eyewear (though you may be happy if the Indian customs department thinks so if you do manage to wrangle one in India on 15 April).

Weighing a little over 40 grams, it is a wearable computer that can surf the Internet, record audio, shoot video, perform searches, give directions using maps, check emails and appointments.

It can also SMS and make phone calls by using Glass as a Bluetooth headset with any Bluetooth-compatible phone.

The Glass screen is positioned just above the right eye to ensure eye contact with other people and keep distractions at a minimum—the screen is off by default. But when activated, it “looks a lot like a 25-inch color TV floating about 8 feet in front of you”, according to the Google Inc. website.

Glass has adjustable nosepads, a 5 megapixel camera, Wifi and Bluetooth connectivity, 12 gigabytes (GB) of usable memory synced with Google cloud storage (16 GB Flash total). It has a battery and includes a micro USB cable and charger.

The MyGlass companion app lets you set up contacts, Glassware, and other features. MyGlass for Android requires Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or higher. For iOS, it requires iOS 7 or later.

Google Glass may also get more appealing. On 24 March, Google struck a deal with Luxottica (LUX), the maker of eyeglasses like Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, and Oliver Peoples to integrate Glass into its products and sell the device through its wholesale and retail outlets.

But if Glass has so many positives, why are its users being called ‘Glassholes’?

Google Glass’ feature list is impressive, yet those who sport Google Glasses have been looked upon suspiciously for invading privacy, been banned from bars and restaurants and given tickets for distracted driving.

Privacy concerns, most importantly, may abound with consumer wearables becoming more sophisticated, capturing what the user sees, hears or even feels through biorhythmic responses.

By 2020, consumer data collected from wearable devices will drive 5% of sales from the Global 1000 companies, according to research firm Gartner Inc. The number of smartphone apps requesting to share consumer data will increase two-fold by 2015, indicating a rise in the number of marketers or proprietors who seek access to customer profile data.

The technical hurdles that have stalled the adoption of wearables (battery life, augmented reality, chip evolution and bandwidth) are quickly eroding, “opening doors to creative minds determined to exploit this technology for commercial gain as evidenced by sizeable investments in wearable technology from Samsung (smartwatch Galaxy Gear), Google (Google Glass, Android Wear), Apple (rumoured iWatch) and Microsoft (rumoured Surface watch)”, according to Gartner.

Source: Agencies

Skills Required To Excel In Cloud Computing

Large number of companies are deploying cloud-based services and promise to recruit relevant talent

Cloud computing is an important business tool in most IT services companies. A lot of organisations are either using their internal talent to deploy cloud-based activities or outsourcing the same to a third party – but either way these companies have started to realise the real need of implementing cloud-based services for different functions.

As a result of implementing cloud-based services, organisations are also going to face a sea change in the overall business performance. In fact, a large number of companies have been witnessing a change in their way of working over the past couple of years, after implement this tool.

Keeping this in mind, organisations are now concerned about hiring people with relevant skill sets to man their cloud computing services. They want specialists and not generalists to handle these services. While they are ready to hire people with a general know-how of cloud-based technologies, they expect these employees to come up to speed with advanced cloud-based technologies as soon as possible.

Besides the core technical skill sets required to service cloud computing, there are few other complementary skills that the companies are giving equal attention to – such as a thorough understanding of the business processes, ability to analyse business needs, project management skills, negotiation skills, application development skills, etc. According to industry experts organisations will continue to seek fresh talent with cloud computing skills over the next 5-10 years.

According to leading international tech website, the top 10 skills that companies are eyeing currently for cloud specialists are – Linux OS, SaaS Programming, Python, Perl, DevOps, and Ruby among others. These skills can be acquired in several ways. Existing set of employees can gain appropriate knowledge while working and also get cloud certifications from globally recognised institutes.

Having proper validation of cloud computing knowledge is critical for everyone who is involved in the cloud-based services. The reason why companies lay focus on cloud certification is because it allows them to measure an individual’s knowledge and skills against industry benchmarks.

Based on the validation, some of the roles which are most in demand are IT specialist, security specialist, process specialist, computer operators, etc. According to one of the experts featured in a Techgig.com webinar, since cloud adoption is still in a early phase, there are a lot of vacant positions in IT services companies and that it’s a good sign for all the job seekers. JobBuzz.com data indicates that Data Analyst is one of the highest paid profiles in the IT industry.

According to Techgig.com some of the current job openings across all experience levels are application developer, senior engineer– cloud services, cloud project manager, cloud and infrastructure architect, lead architect, cloud systems consultant, etc.

Studies done by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) suggest that the overall employment generation by the IT sector would increase from about 1.4 million in 2012 to about 4.1 million in 2022.

* Source: Techgig

Is Liquid Cooling The Best Solution For Computers?

Intel has a plan to take computers and completely submerge them in liquid to create the best cooling solution ever. 

Beyond a water-cooled heat sink, Intel and 3M (yes, the company that makes scotch tape) announced they've been working with SGI to create a completely liquid-based cooling system. The result is a system that completely immerses supercomputers in liquid to cool them more efficiently and cheaply. 

As a proof of concept, the companies have built and dropped a supercomputer powered by Intel Xenon chips into a tank of Novec, a dielectric, non-conductive liquid developed by 3M. While liquids and PCs don't usually mix, this solution didn't conduct electricity so the components continued to work as usual. The big advantage of such a liquid cooled system is fluids can pull heat away from processors and GPUs much more efficiently than air. Intel claims the technology has the potential to slash data center energy bills by 95%. 

Novec is already being used in fire suppressions systems but now Intel and SGI are experimenting with its capacity to cool computers. If everything works out Novec could be used to replace the system of fans and gallons of water currently used keep data centers chilled. 

Don't wet the server room

Of course, liquid cooling isn't without its drawbacks. 

One of the biggest challenges is designing new motherboards and servers to take the submersion. Companies also need to redesign rack-level interconnects since the Novec solution might affect the way light passes through optical connection cables. 

A liquid cooling solution also poses problems for regular maintenance as the system needs to completely drain out before an engineer can open it up and get to the components. 

It's hurdles like these that have prevented liquid submersion cooling from taking off outside of PC enthusiasts dunking their motherboards in mineral oil. It's unlikely completely liquid cooled PCs will show up at Best Buy anytime soon. 

But for IT solution companies, Novec could solve a big space problem for data centers, where there might not be enough room for efficient airflow in server rooms.

Source: Times of India

Now Watch Live Web TV News Channel From IndiaPost

IndiaPost Live, India's first live Web TV News Conversation channel has been launched today. This media initiative opens a new chapter of interactive video journalism through news conversations on a variety of topics. The focus and emphasis on comprehensive interactivity of the people sets a new landmark in the history of Indian media.

In the first phase, IndiaPost Live, livestreams four hours of original programming - 5 days a week - with highlights of past and popular shows during the period live streaming is off.

IndiaPost Live brings together diverse and multidimensional editorial resources ranging from professional editors and reporters to bloggers and social communities to individuals expressing their opinions through live video as well as through other modes of contribution and interaction such as recorded video, audio, pictures and text. Each of the topic being presented through live streaming will be open to participants across the globe who can join the conversations via webcams, smart phones and tablets using Skype, Google+ Hangouts and other means.

Thus news debate moves away from the conventional path and becomes conversation wherein everyone has a say in news and its commentary rather than a few dictating what is news and commentary. Through the platform of IndiaPost Live people would get an opportunity in the process of stating news in real time. Higher degree of interactivity within the show screen allows the viewer to click social sharing tools and dynamic links to the related content.

“IndiaPost Live will be integrating live, one-on-one and group dialogues and debates from the community. The news conversations are built around segments spotlighting happenings and ideas that generate maximum attention and involvement, especially from and in social media,”said B C Jojo, founder and CEO of IndiaPost Live.

IndiaPost Live operates out of state-of-art studios in NCR region of India's capital, New Delhi. This unique media initiative goes live at 11:30 hours on 31 March 2014 through www.indiapostlive.com. The IndiaPost Live team welcomes all of you to witness and participate in this path breaking initiative.