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The next version of Microsoft’s SQL Server relational database management system is now available, and along with it comes a special offer designed specifically to woo Oracle customers. Until the end of this month, Oracle users can migrate their databases to SQL Server 2016 and receive the necessary licenses for free with a subscription to Microsoft’s Software Assurance maintenance program. Microsoft announced the June 1 release date for SQL Server 2016 early last month. Among the more notable enhancements it brings are updateable, in-memory column stores and advanced analytics. The...

Independent Computer Consulting Group (ICCG) announced it has joined the Infor Partner Network (IPN), a global network designed to provide the tools and resources necessary to grow a profitable and sustainable business around Infor products. ICCG will focus on delivering the Infor M3 product to customers across the Fashion, Food & Beverage, Industrial Manufacturing, Equipment Rental, and Distribution industries in North America. ICCG will also focus on delivering the Infor LN and Infor CloudSuite Industrial Manufacturing (Syteline) products to industrial manufacturing concerns in India. Infor, the industry cloud company, is...

With an increasing number of Indians making online purchases, search engine Google and global management consulting firm AT Kearney have jointly released a report titled ‘Digital Retail in 2020: Rewriting the Rules’. The report talks about how e-tailing is set to become a significant contributor to the organized retail sector, with as much as 25 per cent of the contribution to be expected from e-tailing by 2020, which will reach $60 billion in gross merchandising value. As per the report by Google and AT Kearney titled ‘Digital Retail 2020′, the...

COMPUTEX 2016 is now on its third day, but the heat of the event is still relentless. The biggest ICT event in Asia sets the stage for global brands for each of their products designed for the enterprise and the gaming market. See what the best companies have in store for everyone during the event. AOC is a major part of the HWBOT Overclocking World Tour as the primary display partner where they also debuted its latest products design for gaming - the new 32-inch AG322FCX curved monitor and the...

Spirent Communications has announced the launch of a new platform that allows companies to manage all their testing needs from anywhere, using any device. Spirent Temeva, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for network and cloud testing, offers three web-based applications covering everything, from network traffic testing and network functions virtualization (NFV) infrastructure benchmarking, to cloud performance and capacity planning. Temeva solves a number of challenges businesses face today, when selecting testing tools to validate next-generation network and virtualized infrastructures. Users have to manage multiple vendors’ software and licensing schemes and the...

The latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, published today, reveals that the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to overtake mobile phones as the largest category of connected device by 2018. Between 2015 and 2021, the number of IoT connected devices is expected to grow 23 per cent annually, of which cellular IoT is forecast to have the highest growth rate. Of the 28 billion total devices that will be connected by 2021, close to 16 billion will be IoT devices. Western Europe will lead the way in adding...

Technology startups are increasingly eyeing to partner with channel partners which can customize their products for a broader portfolio of customers. The early stage companies are hunting for partners with a significant background in the technology space along with unconventional skills, to help them penetrate the market. Startups operating in the IT security as well as application deployment space consider channel partners as critical for their go-to-market strategy and eye value in the customer relationships which System Integrators, resellers and other value added distributors hold. Channel partners too are increasingly...

Airtel Payments Bank appointed Shashi Arora as the new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, subject to approval by the Reserve Bank of India. Shashi Arora will replace Manish Khera, CEO, as Khera decided to pursue his entrepreneurial journey. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Airtel Payments Bank, said in a statement that with the experience of 26 years across sectors Arora has handled key market facing assignments as well as business leadership roles. He started his career with Hindustan Unilever as a management trainee in 1990 and during his 12-year stint,...

Acer India’s Chief Marketing Officer S Rajendran has resigned from the company citing personal reasons. Citing personal reasons Acer India’s Chief Marketing Officer S Rajendran took an exit from the company. “After a long, eventful and enriching career, spanning over 16 years at Acer India, I have decided to move on. It has been a tough decision, especially since one has been closely associated in building the organisation from its inception in 1999,” Rajendran as told BusinessLine on his last day in the company. He said he was taking a...