Big Data association and aggregation

Organizations are dependent on Information technology, They are forced to collect information as a part of their day to day electronic transactions. Such collected information silos are scattered across various cooperating and independent organizations. Management models have evolved into collaborative business models leading to a win win for member or partners of the coalition. Such organizations with excellent chemistry have exercised partnerships to exploit their combined strength to win. These firms include, enterprises, large organizations and government departments have aggregated volumes of data on individuals, spread across their verticals, profiled individuals, and are today looking for synergies and opportunities for cross-fertilization leading to better insight and better business. Such firms churn data with a greater velocity and variability through the multitudinous elements composing the business canvas.

Big data ecosystem

Digital data explosion is beyond control as evident from the digital data being pumped into the digital world without relevance. The data so generated calls for special techniques, to manage and distill the essence out of it. Data follows the data lifecycle. In a larger parlance data co-exist  in a digital world and is a part of digital ecosystem. The digital ecosystem is still at its infancy. To start with digital data is brought to life through the interaction with digital gadgets by the digital users on a minute by minute basis. This is followed by aggregation of such data, analysis, and interpretation. There are other elements like the data platform, associated operating system, data storage, access mechanisms, data processing software, specialized resource, associated vendors, etc forming a part of this large ecosystem. Digital data ecosystem contributes to the genesis of bigdata ecosystem. Big data initiated by Douglass Read Cutting is an envelop term describing the management of very high volume data.  Interactions within the digital ecosystem by itself a study and calls for larger understanding of the system and their dynamics.

MoneyWise-Topline and Bottom line

Information technology (IT) is today woven into our daily life. In a globalized economy, business life without informational technology driven applications would be impossible transforming information technology as a commodity. From a niche market, information technology has evolved into a commodity market. In order to sustain, information technology is envisaged to create value.  Today business with information technology is adopting bottom-line strategy to increase efficiency by reducing overall costs and top-line strategy to generate new revenue through new products and services.

Combating Cyber Crimes in financial transactions and the role of Standards -23-10-09

Cyber Society of India and NGO body organized a workshop at Chennai on 23rd October 2009 on "Combating Cyber Crimes in financial transactions and the role of Standards". Mr T S Krishnamoorthy, former Chief Election Commissioner of India inaugurated the workshop and delivered his inaugural address on cyber crime scenario in India narrating the concept of vulnerability and explaining the vulnerable areas in computers. He stressed on the need for increasing the awareness on usage of computers. As a part of his speech, he outlined the modes operandi of Nigerian Fraud. His speech was well received.

The other speakers included prominent personalities C.L.Ramakrishnan, former DGP, who delivered the key note address, on "IT act" Mr.V.Rajendran, Secretary, CYSI, and a practicing Cyber Law Advocate, who spoke on the role and relevance of IT 2000 and the amendment, Mr.Krishnakumar, Regional Director of DNV, who described the best practices in the industry to combat cyber crime and the usefulness of the ISO 27001, ISO27002 standards, Dr.Muthukumaran, former CTO and Chief consultant, who described salient security aspects of a networked environment, Mr.S.N Ravichandran, CEO, Niligiri Chemicals, Coimbatore explained the intricacies of cyber crime investigations and Mr.M.L.Srinivasan outlined the practical implications of risks in an enterprise outlining the effects of BOT.

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