VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ericsson will show the complete portfolio of solutions for the entire professional video value chain at NAB. The company will demonstrate how it is driving the realization of a new world of multi-screen entertainment with vision and solutions that enable service providers to provide unique TV experiences, on all devices. Demonstrations of Ericsson's latest solutions will show how it is maximizing content value, enabling efficient video delivery, powering multi-screen TV consumer experiences and unifying multi-platform ecosystems to enable every TV service provider to be multi-screen capable. Staffan Pehrson, VP & Head of TV, Ericsson said, "Consumers are increasingly embracing the 'TV anywhere' experience, and expect every device they own to be part of their entertainment experience. As a result, broadcasters and TV service providers need to evolve linear and on-demand TV into rich, blended and socially aware multi-screen

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Platinum Guild International has launched the "Platinum Promise" Facebook Application on the Platinum Jewelry Facebook page. The application invites fans to make a promise, whether to family, friends, significant others or even themselves, and virtually inscribe it onto a platinum design from the PGI Facebook gallery and is open to Facebook members globally. A contest to promote the application is launched. Users enter the contest by choosing a platinum ring from the Platinum Jewellery page Facebook Gallery, inscribing a promise message and sharing it on the Facebook page. Entry for the contest is open to residents of USA, UK, India, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Japan and entries will be logged on a global Promise map. Four entrants selected at random will win their very own engraved ring to make their promise in person. The contest opens on April 12, 2012 and will run until May 9. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has announced four community projects for the city of Indore as a part of the Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program. The projects are said to be implemented in partnership with Concept Society, India@75, Government of Madhya Pradesh, and the Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC). A team comprising of 12 IBMers from nine different countries (Japan, Canada, Chile, Brazil, USA, Australia, Mexico, Germany and Argentina) will work on these projects for a period of six months including one month on location. The projects will focus on developing sustainable solutions for Indore. The team will also work with the Government of Madhya Pradesh in efficient tracking and monitoring of the various programs under the Labour Department. For India@75, the IBM-CSC team will create a viable plan for community organizations to use to improve the management of water resources in the city. For Urban Health Resource Centre (UHRC), the IBM-CSC team will present

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IMImobile has announced the integration of its Multi-Media Console (MMC) within the zeebox "SHOWTIME" platform. IMImobile’s platform is said to provide broadcasters with a seamless way to aggregate audience content across a range of digital streams, including Twitter, Facebook, SMS, MMS, email and apps. This allows the broadcaster to edit, curate, and then publish user-generated coverage through the ground-breaking zeebox second-screen experience to drive viewer engagement. Jay Patel, MD, IMImobile said, "zeebox are leading the way in second-screen audience engagement, and how to utilise social media for TV. We look forward to working with zeebox and broadcasters globally to drive audience engagement and to create new, innovative formats that put content at the heart of a show." Anthony Rose, Co-Founder & CTO, zeebox said, "All broadcasters and programme makers want to engage with their audience via social media t

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Uninor has introduced a Rs. 39 recharge coupon for its subscribers in Kolkata and West Bengal this Bengali New Year (Poila Baisakh). The recharge is said to enable a subscriber four benefits where with the recharge of one tariff voucher, Local calls will be charged at 10 paisa per minute (Uninor to Uninor), 30 paise for calls to other networks and 40 paise for STD calls. Messages across all networks are charged at 20 paisa. The voucher comes with the validity for 30days in Kolkata and West Bengal. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE OMR India Outsources has introduced three new models of Sekonic Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) scanner in Indian market. Sekonic SR-3500 Hybrid, Sekonic SR-1800 and Sekonic SR-55 cover the new range of OMR scanners. Among the newly introduced scanners, Sekonic SR-3500 Hydrid claims to offer all the robust capabilities of OMR technology along with expanded functions through image capture. It has inbuilt Barcode Reader and Printer. Rohit Gupta, Director, OMR India Outsources Pvt. Ltd. said, "These scanners have remarkable reading performance and are touted to be the most user-friendly optical mark reader in the market today. Accuracy is the most unique feature of these products. They capture the data correctly and also eliminate double feed, and no feed detection. With the launch of these products, we would like to expand in the market of scanning and doing quality processing work of OMR and OCR/ICR. Our products will be a breakthrough i

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ajay Malhotra, Executive Vice President of Prime Focus Technologies North America will be a featured panellist during the CLOUD COMPUTING CONFERENCE at 2012 NAB Show, in Las Vegas. Malhotra will join the "A/V Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production Clouds" panel on Monday, April 16 at 1:10 pm in N232 of the North Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center. He and other panellists will reveal how cloud-computing solutions are accelerating processes, improving quality, and/or reducing costs of such functions as collaboration, editing, animation, applying metadata, formatting, and transcoding. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Symantec Corp. has announced the promotion of Anand Naik as Managing Director - Sales, for India and SAARC, responsible for leading the India sales operations to drive strategic business growth and enhance profitability for customers and partners with Symantec's portfolio of products and services. Anand has been with Symantec for over six years and most recently served as director, Technology Sales, India and SAARC, and director, Sales for West Region, Symantec. Eric Hoh, VP, Asia South Region, Symantec said, "India continues to be a strong engine of growth. Symantec's strength in India today comes from our comprehensive portfolio of services and solutions that enable customers to build business advantage around new and emerging strategic IT trends and challenges. Anand is no stranger to Symantec and under his leadership, I am confident that our India customers and partners will continue to enjoy the confidence of transacting wi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Dell (India) has reiterated its position against "grey market" imports, also known as "parallel imports," of Dell-branded products into India. Dell claimed it will continue to support the protection of customer rights so that they are not victimized through misinformation or by inappropriately supported products. Dell also reiterated its commitment to stand by authorized resellers and the protection of trademarks and intellectual property rights under Indian law. Mahesh Bhalla, Executive Director, Dell India, Consumer & Small and Medium Business said, "Dell enjoys a great brand reputation in India, and our customers here expect a high degree of support and service. Unauthorized imports that misguide or misrepresent customers with products brought in from other countries and not adequately supported by warranties cause serious inconveniences and losses to our customers and endanger our brand reputation." He ad

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Brocade has announced its participation in a new EMC initiative to deliver Proven Infrastructure solutions for customers looking to make the transition to virtualization and cloud. The new EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure, available only through the EMC's Velocity Program channel partners, can combine Brocade cloud-optimized networking technologies with EMC unified storage and next generation backup architecture, while enabling customers to leverage their server and hypervisor of choice. Gregg Ambulos, Sr. VP, Global Channel Sales, EMC Corporation said, "Brocade's decade-plus partnership with EMC has generated a solid relationship built upon the successes of mutual partners and customers, as well as the common belief that certain technology solutions should be offered on an open-standards basis. Through the years, we've worked together to integrate best of breed products from across Brocade's vast networking portfolio with

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cisco has expanded its small business product portfolio with new wireless access points, routers, switches, unified communications and partner-managed service offerings. These new solutions claim to drive customer productivity and growth by allowing small businesses to get the most out of smartphones, tablets, and cloud applications and services. Cisco's product innovations are ensuring that businesses of all sizes can keep pace with the needs of their customers by staying connected with the right secure, reliable network. The new suite of small business networking and communication offerings builds on Cisco's dedication to provide partners who sell Cisco solutions to small businesses with a complete portfolio of purpose-built products and solutions to create the right networks for their customers. In addition to this, Cisco will be running its bi-annual Advantage Now! Road Show in India in May with the focus on up-skilling its partn