VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wipro has announced the commencement of its eleventh year of operations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Wipro entered the region in partnership with Dal Al Riyadh in Al Khobar, a diversified group in Saudi Arabia. Wipro strengthened this partnership by forming a joint venture with Dal Al Riyadh. Prince Turki Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman, Chairman, Wipro Arabia Ltd., said, "Wipro has a committed localization policy with almost 38% of employees being Saudi nationals. The company has contributed significantly in terms of building an IT base in the Kingdom catering to requirements across Saudi Arabia." Anand Sankaran, Senior Vice-President and Business Head, India, Middle East and Africa, Wipro, said, "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has proved to be the growth engine for Wipro among emerging markets. In the last four years, our revenue from KSA has grown at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of upwards of 80%. We continue

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE National Instruments (NI) has introduced two system expansion options for creating multichassis PXI Express systems. The NI PXIe-8364 and NI PXIe-8374 are the first NI PXI Express remote control modules that make it possible for engineers to directly interface multiple PXI Express chassis to a single host computer. The modules' simplified interconnectivity and industry-standard PXI-based architecture help increase system design efficiency and overall system performance in a variety of high-channel-count data acquisition and high-speed automated test applications including RF and semiconductor test. The NI PXIe-8364/74 modules use x1 and x4 MXI-Express links, respectively, to connect downstream and upstream PXI Express chassis, and all PXI modules in the downstream chassis appear as local devices in the upstream chassis. Because MXI-Express links are software transparent, no interconnections require programming, which greatly simplifies m

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Research In Motion (RIM) has appointed Sunil Dutt as Managing Director for India. Sunil Dutt has 27 years of experience in the Indian Mobile Technology and Telecom sector. "Sunil Dutt brings a wealth of experience to RIM. His strong managerial and communication skills, as well as an institutional understanding of the technology and telecom sector will be instrumental in driving the next stage of our business's growth in India," said Urpo Karjalainen, Sr. Vice-President APAC, Research In Motion. Sunil Dutt, Managing Director, India, Research In Motion, said, "India has achieved considerable success in RIM's global business in recent years. I am excited to be part of RIM and to help drive this success further." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced new editions to the HP IT Performance Suite that will strengthen executive visibility into application development, infrastructure and operations management to ensure IT alignment with enterprise needs. The HP IT Performance Suite is the next-generation enterprise performance software platform that enables IT management to improve performance with operational intelligence. The suite delivers a comprehensive view across all IT assets, automates IT management and adjusts IT performance to meet specific business goals. "IT leaders have a lot of data at their disposal. Yet, they do not have a single system to manage and make sense of that information to run IT as a business. HP IT Performance Suite gives IT executives real enterprise insight with critical and actionable data that has a significant impact within the enterprise IT landscape as well as in the boardroom," said Kamal Dutta, Director, Asia-Pacific and Japan

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Infinera Corporation has announced the expansion of the company's research and development (R&D) centre and sales office in Bangalore. Tom Fallon, CEO, Infinera said, "Infinera's Bangalore team played a pivotal role in the development of our successful DTN platform. We are expanding the Bangalore R&D centre and sales office because of the market opportunity and expertise available here. Innovation is at the core of our business and R&D is a priority. The Bangalore R&D centre is the company's second largest following the U.S. headquarters in Sunnyvale." Utkarash Rai, VP, Infinera India said, "The Bangalore centre has made significant contributions to the award-winning Infinera DTN platform since its launch in 2004. This centre generated several of Infinera's patents. Beyond the R&D centre, we also offer a demonstration lab for our customers in the region." Subhendu Sarkar, Sr. Sales Dire

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Broadridge Financial Solutions (India) has been honored by the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) for Excellence in Gender Inclusivity in the Best Emerging Company category at The 6th Annual NASSCOM Diversity and Inclusion Summit 2011 held in Bangalore. This accomplishment recognizes Broadridge for creating an enabling, inclusive culture fostering associate engagement and development practices that have encouraged women associates to contribute to the success of the cause within the organization. V Laxmikanth, Managing Director, Broadridge India, said, "We are honored to receive this recognition from NASSCOM. At Broadridge, we believe in developing a strong and inclusive work culture for all our associates and gender inclusivity is very close to our hearts. I would like to dedicate this award to all the associates of Broadridge India who have contributed to sustain this work culture." Rajita Singh, Head

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA) has congratulated the Center for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) for developing the Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) Technology. Ashok K. Aggarwal, Honorary Director General, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association said, "The indigenously developed GPON technology vindicates TEMA's stand about the capabilities of Indian Research & Development and local manufacturing by Indian organizations. C-DOT has showcased its muscle in the field of R&D in the telecommunication arena." "With the transfer of GPON technology to Indian telecommunications manufactures in the public and private domain, not only C-DOT, but Indian Telecommunication Equipment Manufactures' will further get the much needed encouragement and commitment by the Government of India," added Aggarwal. The C-DOT's technology, GPON is being targeted at fibre expansion in the country, whi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wipro Technologies along with Outsourcing Center has announced the findings of a survey conducted on data center optimization, at the Gartner Data Center Conference being held in Las Vegas. Outsourcing Center and Wipro conducted a survey that included 75 CIOs and Heads of IT from Fortune 1000 companies across US, Europe and APAC that aimed to determine the current state of organizations' data centers as well as explore the attitudes and challenges towards data center optimization. The participants represented a range of industries including retail, financial services, transportation/logistics, manufacturing, healthcare and telecommunications. The key findings of the survey are: Datacenter strategies (IT infrastructure, applications, network and facility) clearly impact businesses; Most organizations operate from multiple data centers but owned fewer than half of their data centers; Most organizations do not know the detailed cost breakdow

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tekserve has announced it is now an Elite partner with Avid. The new agreement is believed to make Tekserve the only top-level Avid partner with a local New York retail store and a full complement of on-site support professionals. Avid video customers in the New York metropolitan area have access to Tekserve's proven expertise in working with creative professionals to design, integrate and deploy the technology solutions that deliver award-winning and industry-defining entertainment. In addition to the full suite of Avid's software technologies, Tekserve now resells Avid ISIS. Jim Atkinson, VP, WW Channel Sales, Avid said, "From its work with renowned media enterprises, Tekserve has earned its stripes as one of New York's go-to resources for audio and video solutions. Whether entertainment professionals are already using Avid products or are looking for new, innovative solutions, Tekserve can deliver." Paul Chesek, VP, S

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE International Communications Corporation, (ICC) has unveiled that is bringing to market a technologically-differentiated portfolio of solutions focused on the movement of content, takes a different philosophical approach to the design and capabilities of their network infrastructure products. The company's solutions are supposed to design to closely and uniquely integrate hardware and software to create a solution that directs the movement of traffic to optimize the delivery of voice, video and data content to the user. ICC's icXchange family of connectivity solutions includes WLAN mobility, Ethernet switches, Unified Communication, business gateways, and technology partnerships for video assurance technology. The icXchange solution claims to feature embedded management capability called SystemWatch and OmniVoice that control the management of the system as well as processing types of traffic such as voice or video. The resulting solu

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE G-Technology by Hitachi has unveiled that D&H Canada is authorized to distribute Hitachi GST's full line of premium G-Technology external storage solutions. D&H Canada will offer and promote the award-winning G-Technology brand, including the G-SPEED, G-RAID and G-DRIVE product families, to its strong channel customer network of leading retailers, resellers and solution providers throughout the region. G-Technology drives are believed to be engineered specifically to meet the needs of the content creation and Apple Mac communities, including heavy users of multimedia content, Final Cut Pro digital audio/video specialists and other pre/post production professionals. From rugged portable drives to ultra-fast, multi-drive RAID storage, G-Technology's USB, FireWire, eSATA, and SAS storage solutions support virtually all levels of A/V production and can be found in post-production facilities worldwide. For More Details See www.vari

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Gurango Software Corporation (GSC) has announced Gurango Hosted Solutions (GHS), an innovative business on-demand service that delivers Microsoft Dynamics Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions in the cloud for small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore. The first cloud offering of its kind in Singapore and Southeast Asia, GHS is said to provide access to core software solutions with no upfront capital investment. Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions encompass internal and external management information across business functions including finance, accounting, manufacturing, sales, and customer interactions. Microsoft Dynamics CRM solutions allow the company to manage with customers and prospects. Solutions "in the cloud" refers to software services delivered over the Internet and hosted in remote data centers. GSC operates its own centers to ensure security and reliability of the GH

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE CustomerXPs Software Private Limited has announced that Merwin Fernandes has joined the Company as a Strategic Advisor. Merwin, in his previous engagement, was the Global Head & VP of Finacle from Infosys. Merwin will mentor and guide CustomerXPs' Sales and Marketing functions. He will provide strategic guidance to the CustomerXPs management team in their endeavor to aggressively take their products and solutions to banks around the world. Currently, CustomerXPs' target markets include the Middle East, South East Asia and Japan. Merwin said, "I am excited to join a passionate team with a strong technology pedigree and take part in this terrific opportunity. I believe that CustomerXPs products address an emerging niche market opportunity of tremendous potential. With their cutting edge technology and right timing, these pioneering products provide powerful and truly real-time solutions, in the areas of customer experience and

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE QNAP Systems Inc. has entered into a partnership with Symform to provide QNAP customers with up to 200 GB of free cloud back-up and unlimited cloud back-up for a low flat monthly fee. Symform is available with all new QNAP units and to existing customer devices through a free software update. QNAP customers simply click on the Symform tab in the QNAP Cloud Back-up wizard to quickly register and start backing up their NAS data to the Symform cloud, enabling secondary back-up and disaster recovery services. In addition to fast and affordable back-up services, users can use Symform to synchronize critical data directly from a QNAP device, between multiple QNAP devices, or between a QNAP device and other devices, such as laptops or tablet PCs. Because Symform has as no file size limits, users can use the cloud to back-up large files or images. Symform also provides users a way to earn more free services through referrals and contribution. Symform