In 2005, when the capability of the VMEbus was being challenged by the increasing needs in aerospace, defence, and such critical-data-intensive missions, Robert Tufford, Embedded Communications Computing, Motorola, noted in an article that the VME Renaissance was taking place, characterised by innovation and performance improvement, while maintaining backward compatibility and protecting existing customer investments. Here is a similar example from our home ground--Mistral Solutions' V8TS board, recognised by NASSCOM as a market-facing innovation, would typically fit radar, sonar, imaging, medical and naval applications. Anees Ahmed, president and CEO, Mistral Solutions reveals his thoughts about it.

Intel's Embedded and Communications Group (ECG) has been in India for the last eight years, steadily moving up the value chain. Today, it not only puts out global innovations, but also caters to the needs of the local market. Let's look at how...

Data is the most important asset of any organisation, and the access to the right information at the right time is a critical issue for most businesses. To solve the problem of data storage, archiving and data retrieval, Quantum has come up with some innovative technologies for protecting that data. We take a look at various technologies developed at the company's R&D labs.

Narendra Bhandari, director, Asia Pacific, SSG—developer relations division, Intel, discusses the scope for innovation on the mobile platform and Intel’s initiative to encourage innovation in that space. In this free-wheeling conversation, Bhandari also talks about the changing scenario, as things move from a desktop environment to an online world; the relevance of Intel’s ‘monster’ powerful machines; whether more processing would occur at the server end or on a desktop computer; and finally, whether hardware or software rules the tech world.