Data centres, those racks and racks of hard-drives stacked up to provide for whenever businesses need computing space, are looking at renewable power sources for uninterrupted operations in power-starved Tamil Nadu. Netmagic, an NTT Communications company providing storage space for ecommerce companies such as Flipkart, is running its Chennai unit on wind power. The company's large facilities in Maharashtra tap into conventional sources including thermal power. The green initiative was prompted mainly by frequent power outages.

Japan's NTT Communications Corp (NTT Com) is exploring options to acquire a unified telecom licence in India, even as its sister concern NTT DoCoMo is on the verge of exiting the country. "NTT Communications is exploring acquiring a licence for unified communications through its India subsidiary, NTT Communications India," Sharad Sanghi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Netmagic, told BusinessLine in an interaction.

In an interview with Rashi Varshney, Govind Desikan, Business Development Head - Cloud Services, Netmagic discusses how cloud market is shaping up in India, why hybrid cloud is going to be the future, and the company’s growth plans post NTT Communications association.

Netmagic, an NTT Communications company and India’s leading managed IT hosting services provider, today announced that it has achieved Cloud Security Alliance’s Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (CSA STAR) certification after a rigorous audit process. Netmagic thus becomes the first cloud service provider in India to receive the CSA STAR certification, an industry benchmark for the specific security requirements of multi-tenant service providers. Netmagic is also the first service provider in the world to be certified for CSA STAR Cloud Capability Maturity Model (CCM) version 3.0.1. This further strengthens Netmagic’s commitment to deliver cloud computing solutions that facilitate interoperability, portability, and security for various enterprise end user scenarios.

The story focuses on the idea of busy-ness in the office, and how it doesn’t always equate to greater productivity and Dr. Deepak Deshpande has been quoted on differentiating and clearing the confusion between empowering manager vs suspicious manager. He has also been quoted about how employees can manage their unplanned activities by organizing their day correctly.

Cloud Computing today comprises every vertical in the market across sectors such as BFSI, healthcare, telecom, HR & recruitment and manufacturing. “Despite the adoption of cloud in India being relatively slower, more and more enterprises are currently seen to be deploying multiple cloud environments. India is in its growth phase and we are seeing more matured offerings from international players.” said Nitin Mishra, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Netmagic, an NTT Communications company.

Riding on a Technology Wave the Banking and Financial Services sector is all set to create a paradigm shift in how it explores new avenues for growth.

In an era of almost everything - infrastructure, platform and software - as a service, security is one of the biggest concerns. Here is what CIOs must consider before buying cloud - based security solutions. Rishikesh Kamat, General Manager - Product Development & Marketing,Netmagic, explains, “There are about six to seven broad categories of security solutions that can be classified as cloud security. While data across all these categories is not readily available, we can look at the some of the major cloud security solutions to get an idea”

Combining the speed and agility of public cloud along with the control and security of private cloud, EMC Corporation has announced collaboration with cloud service providers Netmagic and Sungard AS to deliver hybrid cloud infrastructure to manufacturing, healthcare, retail, BFSI and IT/ ITES sectors. Collaboration with Netmagic combines Netmagic’s SimpliCloud public cloud offering, an enterprise-grade IaaS (Infrastructure as-a-Service) cloud platform with EMC hybrid cloud and VMware virtualization solutions. On the other, the collaboration with Sungard AS will deliver Recovery-as-a-Service for disaster recovery