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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has entered into a strategic, 10-year IT outsourcing agreement with India Infoline (IIFL), one of the leading financial services providers in India, to transform its IT Infrastructure and establish a direct linkage between business performance and IT costs. The Rs.298-crore agreement will help IIFL deliver a higher level of customer satisfaction, ensure continuous audit readiness, strengthen its IT security framework and compliance while at the same time provide better visibility and control of IT operations. This collaboration will significantly improve customer experience for IIFL's end-customers by ensuring higher uptime for its broking platform "Traders Terminal", speedier response and resolution of any technology-related issues. The scalable technology deployment will enable IIFL to roll out enhanced functionality in shorter timeframes. Under this agreement, IBM will take over the complete IT operations of IIFL which w

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Building on the OMAP 4 platform family's technological achievements, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has introduced the power-efficient OMAP4470 applications processor, designed to deliver the perfect balance between processing power, graphics, display subsystem functionality and multilayered user interface (UI) composition. The multicore OMAP4470 processor surpasses current market solutions with clock speeds up to 1.8 GHz, an 80-per cent increase in Web browsing performance, increased memory bandwidth, a 2.5x boost in graphics functionality - via the POWERVR SGX544 core from Imagination Technologies and a unique hardware composition engine. "Superior mobile computing relies on a user experience that dwarfs all others. Fast and crisp Web browsing, HD and liquid UIs, and support for the latest applications, these are the elements consumers judge and buy their devices on. The OMAP4470 processor delivers the maximum experience poss

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Gigabyte Technology has announced their latest EZ Smart Response utility that allows users to install Intel Smart Response Technology with the click of a mouse, even if their system is set to IDE mode, without having to reinstall their Windows operating system. "One of the key benefits of Gigabyte's new Z68 Express chipset-enabled motherboards is support for Intel's Smart Response Technology, which delivers an exceptional performance boost for our customers," commented Henry Kao, Vice-President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, GIGABYTE. "We hope that the majority of our customers enable this technology, and therefore we have developed our own unique EZ Smart Response utility that allows users to effortlessly set up Intel Smart Response technology so they can quickly experience the all performance benefits it has to offer." Gigabyte is once again leading the industry for their support of Intel Smart Response Techn

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE WatchGuard Technologies has launched its next-generation firewall XTM 2050 in the channel event held in Chennai on May 27, 2011. The event was co-hosted by iValue InfoSolutions. WatchGuard had also organized a similar event on May 20, 2011 in Mumbai for its Western Indian partners. The event attended by 60-plus partners provided platform for iValue and WatchGuard teams to engage with partners and chart out plans for the new financial year with this addition of enterprise offering. Ongoing partner schemes for WatchGuard business were also highlighted by iValue during the event which added to the excitement of the evening. "In addition to catering the SMBs, the introduction of XTM 2050 would help us to cater the large enterprises like BFSI, Telcos, among others. We are pleased to see such good response from our partners. iValue InfoSolutions have been supporting all our product line, and I am sure they will also be working very closely wi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Riverbed Technology has announced that it has been awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2011 India IT & Telecom Excellence Award for Wide Area Network (WAN) Optimization Controller Vendor of the Year. Riverbed was given this recognition for delivering exceptional business performance for the year 2010. This is the third recent regional recognition Riverbed has been awarded by Frost & Sullivan. In 2010, Riverbed was recognized as the Frost & Sullivan Application Networking Vendor of the Year in Asia-Pacific. In addition, Riverbed received the Frost & Sullivan 2010 Australia Best Practices Award for Application Networking Vendor of the Year. "As improvements on the economic front prompted several enterprises to return to their spending ways, the ability of WAN optimization solutions to reduce redundancies in the rapidly expanding corporate wide area networks (WANs) was perceived by enterprises to be a highly valuable business

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE McAfee has released the McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2011. With six million unique samples of recorded malware, Q1 2011 was the most active first quarter in malware history. The report revealed many of the trends that had a significant impact on the threat landscape, such as the takedown of the Rustock botnet, which resulted in spam remaining at its lowest levels since 2007, and confirmed that mobile malware is the new frontier of cybercrime. "The Q1 Threats Report indicates that it has been a busy start to 2011 for cybercriminals," said Vincent Weafer, Senior Vice-President of McAfee Labs. "Even though this past quarter once again showed that spam has slowed, it does not mean that cybercriminals are not actively pursuing alternate avenues. We are seeing a lot of emerging threats, such as Android malware and new botnets attempting to take over where Rustock left off, that will have a significant impact on the activity

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE D-Link DGS-1100 Easy Smart Switch series is the latest addition from the company to its Green family. Designed for SMEs with scalable data and to reduce power consumption, DGS-1100 series comply with the latest IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard. It combines Gigabit Ethernet switching with the latest energy-saving technology. The DGS-1100 Series also supports Layer 2 features such as IGMP snooping to optimize performance for multicast applications. A fanless design allows for quieter operation and provides a longer product life. All these features make DGS-1100 series an affordable solution for Small and Medium Business. This series is also suitable for enterprise deployment, such as in branch offices and meeting rooms that require simple network management. D-Link DGS-1100 Easy Smart Switch series comes with 16 or 24, 10/100/1000 ports and provides easy configurations via., a similar user interface as D-Link Smart style W

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Kingston Technology has announced that it has teamed up with SandForce Inc. to launch its first SATA Rev 3.0 (6Gb/s) based SSD targeted at enthusiasts, gamers, and performance users. The Kingston HyperX SSD feature the fastest and most reliable SandForce controller to date, and is also available as a bundle with the HyperX Upgrade Kit for easy installation. Shipping in 120GB and 240GB capacities, the HyperX SSD is based on SandForce SF-2281 controllers featuring SATA Rev 3.0 (6Gb/s). It allows for incredible sequential read/write throughputs of 525/480MB/s, 4KB random read/write speeds of up to 95,000/70,000 IOPS, and SandForce DuraClass Technology to provide best in class endurance. "This launch is very exciting for us at Kingston. The SandForce controller allows us to deliver the high-end performance that is needed for power users, gamers, and enthusiasts," said Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director, APAC Region, Kingston. "

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HCL Learning, an education and talent development division of HCL Infosystems Ltd., India's leading ICT System Integration, services, hardware and distribution company, has launched the special IT training programmes for Green Computing, in partnership with Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF). As part of this partnership, HCL with Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF) will offer introductory training programmes across 130 cities expected to reach out to over 10,000 students by the end of this year. Green Computing holds great significance in the current business environment and has become an integral part of every organization's development across the globe. With more and more green practices being adopted, there is a need to develop a pool of highly trained Green IT professionals. GSTF and HCL Learning apart from introducing the new are also in the process of upgrading its existing programmes. The partnership is also exp

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has announced its membership in the Embedded Vision Alliance (EVA), reinforcing a long-standing commitment to vision technology and enabling its customers to develop the industry's most innovative hardware, development tools and software to make vision application development easier. Founded in 2011 and led by BDTI, EVA represents an industry collaboration to enable rapid growth of computer vision in embedded systems. It is a membership-based entity dedicated to inspiring and empowering embedded system designers to use embedded vision technology and providing system design engineers with the tools they will need in order to effectively incorporate embedded vision technology in their designs. Together with thousands of TI analog components, TI processors are helping customers realize success in the embedded vision market for applications such as automotive vision systems, video analytics cameras, digita

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Samsung India Electronics has signed an MoU with India's most reputed management institute IIM, Ahmedabad (IIMA) to roll out a scholarship programme for its management students. Under the Samsung Scholarship Programme, five meritorious students from the first year batch of the management course will be selected for the Samsung Scholarship which will be used to fund the second year of their course at the Institute. Additionally, the selected students will get an opportunity to engage and interact with the Samsung senior management to facilitate better understanding and greater knowledge sharing of the industry. The MoU was signed by J. S. Shin, CEO & President, Samsung South West Asia, and Samir Barua, Director, IIM, Ahmedabad, at the IIMA campus in the presence of prominent dignitaries and other members from the institute. To participate in the Samsung Scholarship Programme, students from the IIMA are required to submit their candida

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AKAI Mobiles has unveiled stylish and slim dual SIM 6611 touch-screen phone. As AKAI's touch phone, the 6611 allows users to tap quickly on the bright colour touch-screen, for quick fire text messages and phone calls. The 7.62cm (3") WQVGA full touch-screen has 3.2-mega pixel camera with flash light and digital zoom for better picture quality. The main USP of the phone is the social networking tools with Facebook, Twitter, Opera Mini, Gmail, and Yahoo! Messenger with e-mail and JAVA support. The phone also has photo editor which makes editing pictures easier and faster. Pranay Dhabhai, Managing Director, AKAI India, said, "The launch of 6611 based on dual SIM platform is consistent with our policy of offering sleek and feature-rich smartphones to our customers. We have designed the 6611 to be a touch device because touch is ideal for functions such as setting alarms, smooth browsing and controlling applications like music and