10 companies that are deriving ROI from cloud

Considering the numerous benefits of the cloud model like cost flexibility, business scalability, and ecosystem connectivity, a number of Indian enterprises are evaluating the technology and are preparing to jump on the cloud bandwagon. In fact, according to a recent survey by VMware, 79 percent respondents in India said they currently have a cloud-related initiative in place within the organization or are planning to implement cloud or 'as-a-service' approach, in the next 12 months.

Let’s take a look at 10 Indian companiesacross various sectors that are frontrunners in cloud adoption and are already deriving business value from cloud.

1. Hexaware: Unleashing the true potential of cloud with significant cost savings

2. Zovi: Saves USD 200,000 of annual operating expenses due to cloud

3. Narayana Hrudayalaya: Fuelling growth, resilience with the cloud

4. Maharashtra Government: Shows power of cloud with savings of Rs 50 crore

5. Infosys: Using cloud for infrastructure optimization

6. Essar Group: Demonstrating the real power of cloud with superb ROI

7. Maruti Suzuki: Empowering dealers using cloud

8. Thermax: Cloud brings flexibility, security and outreach to remote locations

9. MPS: Saves USD 150,000 per year by moving to the cloud

10. Future Group: Private cloud brings down maintenance costs by 20-40 percent

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Education to Employment: Designing a system that works

Around the world, governments and businesses face a conundrum: high levels of youth unemployment and a shortage of job seekers with critical skills. How can a country successfully move its young people from education to employment? What are the challenges? Which interventions work? How can these be scaled up? These are the crucial questions.

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The 21st Century Data Center Special Feature

More than ever, data centers run the world, but many of them need a 21st century reboot. Today's data centers have to be more efficient, redundant, and flexible than ever. TechRepublic and ZDNet examine when and how to best run your own data center versus when to outsource to the cloud or a service provider, and when to take a hybrid approach.

The 21st Century Data Center: An overview by Charles McLellan

Executive Guide: The 21st century data center (free ebook)by Jody Gilbert

Research: 96% say IaaS has met expectations by Teena Hammond

Video: Get up to speed on the 21st century data center by Larry Dignan and Jason Hiner

Is it better to own or outsource your data center? by Sam Shead

Open Compute: Does the data center have an open future? by Nick Heath

Cross-functional skills key to running data centers by Ellyne Phneah

Case study: School of Visual Arts overcomes energy and infrastructure challenges by TechRepublic

Cheat Sheet: Microservers by Nick Heath

Own our own data center? Why would anyone do that, CIOs ask by Steve Ranger

The 21st century data center: You're doing it wrong by Spandas Lui

Indian CIOs are breaking their in-house data center habit by Mahesh Sharma

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7 Companies That Used IT to Cut Costs and Help Business Profit

Cutting costs is becoming increasingly difficult in today's oppressive economic climate. To give you some inspiration, we bring to you a set of case studies on CIOs who braved the economy and introduced thrifty solutions for their respective businesses.

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Ten Common Hadoopable Problems - Real-World Hadoop Use Cases

Apache Hadoop, the popular data storage and analysis platform, has generated a great deal of interest recently. Large and successful companies are using it to do powerful analyses of the data they collect. Hadoop offers two important services: It can store any kind of data from any source, inexpensively and at very large scale, and it can do very sophisticated analysis of that data easily and quickly. Hadoop is different from older database and data warehousing systems, and those differences can be confusing to users. What data belongs in a Hadoop cluster? What kinds of questions can the system answer? Understanding how to take advantage of Hadoop requires a deeper knowledge of how others have applied it to real-world problems that they face. This paper presents ten real-world Hadoop use cases.

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