Pop goes the Penguin
Sales of Linux servers are booming, and HP is riding the wave. Akhtar Pasha finds that Linux boxes are being deployed in HPC, oil & gas, manufacturing, EDA and pharmaceuticals, with HPC still topping the charts when it comes to Linux usage. The penguin powers the Institute of Genomics & Integrated Biology’s four Teraflop supercomputer, and it is India’s first entry into the world’s top-200 supercomputer club. HP leads the Linux server market, but what’s perhaps more significant is that IDC India’s projections envisage Linux’s share of the server market doubling in the next three years.
Crompton Greaves’ Web-based transactions were booming. With an online turnover of Rs 15 crore to 20 crore, the company needed something beyond its Linux-based firewall and gateway anti-virus software solution, and consequently deployed a UTM (Unified Threat Management) solution, writes Vinutha V.
Mobile Device Management is a technology that helps a telco recognise the capability of a mobile handset and deliver services accordingly, says Abhinav Singh. Through it, an operator can change a subscriber’s mobile settings on the move. Working both at the telco’s and the subscriber’s end (SIM card), this technology holds much promise.
