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“Deskera Brings a New Interface for CIOs”

In a freewheeling discussion with BW CIOWorld, Shashank Dixit, CEO, Deskera, throws light on how he is increasing the use of CRM on phones.

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Coursera Partners With PwC, Launches Specialization on ‘Data Analysis and Presentation Skills’

Five courses and a Capstone Project result in a Specialization Certificate

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Five of Top 10 Worldwide Mobile Vendors Increased Sales in Q2, 2016

Global Sales of Smartphones Grew 4.3 Percent Year on Year

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Businessworld Connects With Security Leaders, Launches 1st CISO Strategy Summit

The two city event, organized in Delhi and Mumbai, saw participation from top enterprise security leaders.

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Anant Maheshwari to Become President, Microsoft India

He takes over India leadership on January 1, 2017, from Bhaskar Pramanik who retires in March 2017

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Infor Focuses on Cloud, Digital For Next Level of Growth

To follow both organic and inorganic routes to speed up growth

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Arvind Lifestyle Leverages Analytics To Accelerate Growth

Global Best Practices and Advanced Analytics from Manthan to help India’s top fashion retailer modernize analytics capabilities and gain an unmatched competitive edge

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Why Automation is the Key to the Future of Cyber Security

The automation of security, including patch management, invasion detection and various forms of continuous supervision, has become a prerequisite of cyber security tools and practices.

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Top 6 Cybersecurity Trends

Here is how to approach data security for the future of digital business

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Global Security Software Market Grew 3.7% in 2015: Gartner

Worldwide security software revenue totaled $22.1 billion in 2015, a 3.7 percent increase in from 2014, according to Gartner, Inc. (see Table 1). Security information and event management (SIEM) remained the fastest-growing segment in 2015, with 15.8 percent growth, while consumer security software showed the sharpest decline at 5.9 percent year on year. In 2015, the top five vendors together accounted for 37.6 percent of the security software revenue market share, down 3.1 percentage points from 2014. These vendors also displayed a collective decline of 4.2 percent in 2015, while the rest of the market (Others) grew strongly at 9.2 percent year on year. "The below-market growth seen by these large vendors with complex product portfolios is in contrast to the market growth and disruption being introduced by smaller, more specialized security software vendors," said Sid Deshpande, principal research analyst at Gartner. Table 1. Security Software Vendor Revenue, Worldwide 2014-2015 (Millions of Dollars) Company 2015 Revenue 2015 Market Share (%) 2014 Revenue 2014-2015 Revenue Growth (%) Symantec 3,352 15.2 3,574 -6.2 Intel 1,751 7.9 1,825 -4.1 IBM 1,450 6.6 1,415 2.5 Trend Micro 990 4.5 1,052 -5.9 EMC 756 3.4 798 -5.3 Others 13,773 62.4 12,611 9.2 Total 22,071 100.0 21,276 3.7 Source: Gartner (July 2016) Symantec maintained the No. 1 position despite the company suffering its third consecutive year of revenue decline and its highest decline in revenue over a three-year period. Its security software revenue declined 6.2 percent to $3.4 billion. In 2015, 74 percent of Symantec's revenue came from the consumer and endpoint protection platform (EPP) categories, which collectively declined 7 percent year on year and were a major contributor to Symantec's revenue decline. Intel’s security software revenue also declined in 2015, with revenue falling 4.1 percent to $1.75 billion. Once again, the decline in the consumer and EPP markets, which accounted for 75 percent of Intel's revenue in 2015, contributed in large part to Intel's revenue decline. IBM was the only one of the top five vendors to show growth. IBM’s security software revenue grew 2.5 percent to total $1.45 billion in 2015. IBM's growth was driven by its positive performance in the SIEM segment and its significant services business, which generates revenue for its product business.

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