PaaS spending, though it represents only a small piece of the overall cloud environment, is growing at an astonishing pace. In a recent study, MarketsAndMarkets predicted the global PaaS market will grow to $6.94 billion in 2018, up from just $1.28 billion five years earlier-a compound annual growth rate of 32.54%. Many companies have moved […]
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Research recently carried out by Dimensional Research has unveiled an interesting trend about technologists: majority of enterprises are looking into the deployment to multiple clouds in both the short and long-term. Dimensional Research also reports that 77% of IT decision makers are planning to implement multi-cloud architecture, while a staggering 91% intend to at least […]
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Enterprises around the world are embracing the cloud to rapidly deliver innovation to better engage with their customers and differentiate from the competition. Cloud-based application platforms, often referred to as Platform as a Service (PaaS), uniquely enable companies to accelerate their digital transformation by improving developer and IT productivity and agility. While today much of […]
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Business applications deployed on the cloud has become a strategic priority. The fact remains, however, that for most businesses selecting and implementing a cloud platform can take anywhere between 6 to 9 months! The top two bottlenecks businesses faced when deploying on the cloud are: Moving legacy applications to the cloud Managing application specific performance […]
The age-old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words”, is proven true time and again by data visualization tools. These tools highlight trends in data that would have otherwise been invisible to the naked eye. One platform is Tableau, which is currently a tool used in multiple industry verticals where huge volumes of data […]
Business and technology have become so intertwined that investments in technology solutions have become an integral part of strategic business planning. Technology has leapfrogged so much that for any business scenario, there are multiple technology solutions which could be considered for deployment. Each technology solution will have its own merits and demerits, and a careful […]
Cowen & Company’s Mid-Year 2015 IT Spending Survey published in Forbes in May 2015, reports that that 53% of enterprises plan to purchase Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) services from an IT services provider. 21% year-over-year spending growth on SMAC (social, mobile, analytics and cloud) technologies is forecast between 2014 and 2015. And most important of all 77% […]
We are in an era where digitization has touched almost every aspect of life. Data is generated at a phenomenal rate, and all this data hides insightful information waiting to be discovered. For a business entity, turning business data into insightful information that can help strategic decision making will be a priceless boon. Large organizations […]
Gartner, in one of its reports, states more than 40% of mobile handsets sold globally were smart phones, and that figure is likely to grow to 60% by 2015. Adoption of smartphones is only going to further fuel the growth of transactions through mobile apps. ComScore, in one of its recent reports, reports that two […]
Travel rental companies are a niche sub-segment within the travel services businesses. The power of mobility has touched almost every industry vertical, and the travel industry is not one to be left out. The industry is awash with a multitude of off-the-shelf travel apps that target both the end-user, as well as online travel agencies […]
Online retail has made a deep impact on the purchase behaviour of consumers. Today, most consumers when intending to purchase a product ask themselves: “can we purchase this online…?” Here’s where content is key: Rich, up to date content is proven to increase return visits to websites by as much as 20%. If in-store ambience […]
Automotive rental services, recreational vehicles rentals are evolving by the day. Challenges abound for these businesses from multiple perspectives: (a) Providing a seamless transaction experience for their customers: this involves making reservations a breeze, offering differentiated charges, and extending flexible payment options. (b) Improving operational visibility: trip allocation, fleet management, maintenance management, GPS integration, all […]
The risk adjusted ROI on technology investments in document management, workflow automation and collaboration in a typical mid-size organization with a global spread is 108%, with a payback period of less than 12 months, not counting the productivity benefits. Globally, the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) vertical remains to be one of […]