Monthly Archives: May 2011

Indian Consumers Spending 11% of Monthly Shopping Expenditure on Online Purchase

By | May 23, 2011

Online shopping has made the life easy. One of the greatest benefits of online shopping is the ability to read the reviews of products or services, given by experts or fellow-shoppers. This kind of opinions are most important when it comes to purchasing consumer electronics. A report given by the Nielsen Company on online shopping… Read More »

41% of the Mobile Users Accessing Internet in India

By | May 23, 2011

In India, mobile usage is increasing rapidly because of the cheap handsets and cheaper call-rates provided by mobile service providers. Nowadays, Internet is also provided with low cost by mobile service providers in India. Mobile Internet has shown immense potential in India. According to a survey conducted by the Opera Software and On Device Research,… Read More »

India Ranks 4th among the Lowest Security Adoption Countries – McAfee

By | May 23, 2011

The number of Internet users in India has been increasing these days. However, this does not mean the development. The deadly problems of cybercrime have also been rising with lack of proper security adoption polices. McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) revealed findings from a global report “In the Dark, Crucial… Read More »

Lack of Awareness about Security Threats among Financial Services Firms in India

By | May 23, 2011

Internet security is important for the firms operating in financial services industry to protect their valuable data from the hackers. It protects the customer information including authentication. If the security controls are ineffective, a financial institution becomes liable for all unauthorized transactions and violated laws regarding client confidentiality. A survey, The State of Information Security… Read More »

Number of Internet Users in India to Reach 23.7 Crores by 2015

By | May 21, 2011

According to the Internet world stats 2010, there are 10 crore Internet users in India. In 1998 there were only 25,000 Internet users and 0.1% penetration and in 2010 the penetration increased to 8.5%. However, according to a report from BCG, it is estimated that Indian Internet users will reach to 23.7 crores from the… Read More »