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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   RSA, Security Division of EMC, has announced the promotion of Amit Yoran to President.  As RSA’s Senior Vice-President of Products, Yoran has been a driving force behind RSA's Intelligence Driven Security strategy and aligning RSA’s product portfolio to meet the new and emerging security challenges facing enterprises today.  In his new role, Yoran will take responsibility for delivering a unified customer experience across products, marketing, sales and services.  Art Coviello, who remains RSA’s Executive Chairman, and will work with Yoran to continue driving RSA's strategic direction. With more than 20 years of cybersecurity expertise, Yoran is one of the industry’s foremost authorities on the evolution of the security landscape and how enterprises can successfully defend themselves against advanced threats. Art Coviello, Executive Chairman, RSA, Executive Vice-President, EMC, said, "We are ex

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     The Tata Elxsi Board of Directors has announced appointment of N. Ganapathy Subramaniam as an Additional Director and Chairman of the Board, with effect from November 1, 2014. He takes over the role of Chairman from S. Ramadorai, who stepped down from the Board of Directors of the company, on attaining the age of 70 years, as per the company's policy. N. Ganapathy Subramaniam is the Executive Vice-President at Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and head of TCS Financial Solutions, a strategic business unit of TCS. Part of TCS and the Indian IT industry for over 30 years, he has served in a multitude of roles in delivering solutions to TCS customers globally. As a part of his current role, he is responsible for steering the financial products business, under the brand name, TCS BaNCS, globally. TCS BaNCS is a suite of products covering the banking, capital markets, and insurance domains. Subramaniam bri

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     SAP SE has announced its plans to expand innovation capabilities in Singapore with an SAP Innovation Center by the end of 2014, focusing on delivering breakthrough innovations around Smart Cities, Industry 4.0, Healthcare and Digital Consumers. In an increasingly networked economy powered by smart devices, the SAP Innovation Center aims to foster local economic opportunities by identifying untapped market and customer needs and creating new innovative, user-centric products. This involves co-innovation with SAP customers and partners as well as research collaboration with local universities. Further fuelling the startup ecosystem, the center will provide local startups with the latest technologies and offer market access to expand their reach. "While our technology is very sophisticated, it actually delivers a dramatically simplified IT landscape that benefits our customers," said Rob Enslin, Ex

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Lenovo has launched affordable multimedia tablet A7-30 3G with voice calling. The A7-30 3G is Lenovo's first-ever 3G device in the Rs.10k price range - an amazing deal for a such a power-packed device. With its dual front-facing speakers and Dolby audio enhancement, the A7-30 3G delivers a dazzling, affordable and portable entertainment experience. Listening to your favourite songs will be twice as much fun, thanks to its speakers that offer louder, natural and distortion-free sound. The A7-30 3G equips you to stay connected with friends and family at all times with its voice calling as well as worldwide roaming features. And it offers uninterrupted usage time, owing to its longer battery life that provides 8 hours of Wi-Fi browsing on a single battery charge, making it the perfect travel device to stay connected and have fun. Rohit Midha, Director, Tablet Business Unit, Lenovo India, “With the A7-3

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In a sweeping management restructuring, Google’s Sundar Pichai has been made the head of the company’s global products business. He is already in-charge of Android, Chrome and Google Applications. As per the latest update, in his new role Pichai will now have purview over research, search,  maps, Google+, commerce and ad products and infrastructure. In addition, Pichai will continue to control business and operations in areas like Nest, Calico, Google X, corporate development, legal, finance and business. Prior to joining Google, he has worked at Applied Materials and McKinsey & Co. Born in Chennai in 1972, Pichai joined Google back in 2004. He graduated from IIT–Kharagpur and has also attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University...... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Fujitsu safeguards small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the high risks of data-loss due to disaster without adding complexity to their ICT infrastructure. ETERNUS Storage Cluster enables transparent failover of ETERNUS DX storage systems to automatically keep businesses running in the event of planned or unplanned outages. When it comes to mission-critical data that must be available around the clock, a disaster-proof configuration is an absolute must to keeping web stores trading, transaction databases available, and virtual machines up-and-running. However, such configurations are usually only available in conjunction with upper midrange and enterprise systems, commonly out of the price range of SMEs, and so complex that many IT organizations don’t feel comfortable managing these intricate environments. So, wherever possible, they simply avoid them - putting their businesses and reputation at risk. T

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to a new global research from security experts at Symantec, India topped the global top 50 ranking of countries that have witnessed the highest volume of “originating DDoS traffic”, with 26 per cent of all DDoS traffic originating from the country, followed by the USA with 17 per cent. “The sources for DoS attacks are often countries that have a high number of bot-infected machines and a low adoption rate of filtering of spoofed packets. While this does not mean that the people behind the attack are located in India, as the attacks are often orchestrated remotely, it is a reflection of India emerging as a hotbed to launch these attacks, potentially because of the low cybersecurity awareness, lack of adequate security practices and infrastructure,” said Tarun Kaura, Director, Technology Sales, Symantec India. The research titled, “The Continued Rise of DDoS Attacks”, was conducted by Symantec’s Security Response team

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Dell has introduced its NFV solution offerings and companion starter kits, comprising Dell systems and software combined with software from open ecosystem partners and open-source distributions to help jumpstart carrier trials and adoption. Dell’s NFV solutions can help telecommunications service providers improve cost structures of existing service delivery and simply and quickly enable new service innovation and creation. This is achieved by virtualizing the telecommunications and mobile service infrastructure using industry-standard compute and open networking platforms, combined with commercially available software packages at the infrastructure, management, orchestration and service layers. Manish Gupta, Director, Enterprise Solutions Group, Dell India, said, “Due to the exponential growth of data and expectation from consumers for high-speed telecommunication services, telecom service players cannot meet

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Champion has announced availability of “My Phone 41 & 51” during the festive season of Diwali. Both the phones are available with a special festive MRP of Rs.3,999 and Rs.4,999 for the Indian market. Both the smartphones run on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system. My Phone 41 and 51 feature 10.16cm (4) WVGA and 12.7cm (5) FWVGA Capacitive Touch Screen and are powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core and 1.2 GHz Dual-Core processor. These smartphones are powered by 1,400mAh battery and 1,650mAh battery, respectively. With Dual-SIM configuration (GSM+GSM), these handsets have 5MP rear camera and 2MP front-facing camera and 2MP rear camera and 2MP front-facing camera, respectively and also have 2GB and 4GB internal memory, which can be expanded up to 32GB of storage unit. Kapil Wadhwa, Director, Champion Computers Pvt. Ltd, said, “My Phone 41 and 51 are two offerings from our range of smartphones for those who are wa

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     neoteric infomatique ltd has joined hands with RIVACASE as the exclusive National Distributor for its range of "Protective Carrying Solutions". RIVACASE is a global brand in Universal Cases for Laptops, Tablets, Cameras and Hard Disks. This includes Tablets Sleeves and Cases, Laptop Bags, HDD Cases along with SLR Bags, Compact Camera Cases and Camcorder Cases, System and Bridge Camera Bags. Antoine Sangers, Sales Director, RIVACASE, said, "India’s growing economy makes it a promising market for us and we are very excited to penetrate into it through our strategic partnership with neoteric. neoteric’s end-to-end value-added support services, years of experience and robust distribution presence comprising a network of 10,000 partners spread across 500+ cities will definitely help us boost our market share and expand our worldwide presence as a leader in the ‘Protective Carrying Solutions’ space.”

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   eScan has announced “eScan Festival Dhamaka” offer for this Diwali on the eScan range of Products (SOHO Boxes). The scheme is valid on eScan Anti-Virus with Cloud Security, eScan Internet Security Suite with Cloud Security and eScan Total Security Suite with Cloud Security for its most valued Tier-III and Tier-IV partners in India. The scheme is valid for the new purchases within the dates of 1st October to 10th November, 2014. eScan's beneficial scheme is designed with an aim to maximize the business as well as help earn attractive rewards and escalate profitability for its channel partners. The scheme is valid for the purchases billed out from eScan authorized partners only. Partner needs to register online on or before 10th November, 2014 to become eligible for participating in the offer. Failing to register in the offer will result in disqualification. Anil Gupta, AVP – India Sales, eScan, said, "We

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE B2X Care Solutions has announced that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding and has acquired majority share in, The Service Solutions (TSS) in India. Through this acquisition, all TSS service stores will be rebranded as B2X Care Solutions with plans for huge growth in 2015, expanding B2X's global footprint in India rapidly. Moving forward, B2X will leverage TSS's deep expertise and capabilities to transfer its existing SMARTBAR model into multi-brand service and retail stores in India. "We couldn't be happier to announce our funding and acquisition of TSS at the same time. The financing will help us to aggressively grow our engineering and sales efforts in response to the expanding demand for our Smart Service Platform. For us to be successful in India, we know that it will require very strong local capabilities. TSS is a rising star in India and their cloud- based capabilities completes t

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE    DIGISOL have identified the issue of price discrepancy between the price offered by its channel partners and the price available on E-commerce sites i.e. its online retailers. This is posing a major hurdle for DIGISOL's partners and distributors businesses. Company understands this sensitive issue very well and is looking at taking punitive measures to eradicate the pricing problems that has been an obstruction for the smooth functioning of its channel business. DIGISOL is taking strict steps, by issuing a mandate to all online retailers to take corrective action on selling DIGISOL brand products online at predatory prices and to ensure overall price parity, which will not interfere with the channel's pricing.DIGISOL will keep a close eye on offline partners also, who divert their project specific materials to online sale at lower price and will take serious steps including holding the supply back for a spe

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Telenor Group has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the 26-per cent ownership stake in Telewings, held by Lakshdeep Investment & Finance. As a result, Telenor now takes full ownership of the company that operates under the brand name Uninor. The process was finalized after Telenor received approval from the Indian Government's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to increase its stake from 74 per cent to 100 per cent. "Telenor Group has a long-term view on India, and we are encouraged by the strong growth of our Indian operation. The company continues to capture market share every month and is leading in new subscriber additions in many of its circles," said Sigve Brekke, EVP of Telenor Group and Chairman of the Board of Telewings. Telewings' revenues in the first half of 2014 compared to the same period last year have increased by more than 40 per cent. Earlier this

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Designed to offer advanced features for the youth, Panasonic India has introduced a new member to its “T” series smartphone, the Panasonic T40. This phone is made to fit your pocket in every way. Its dual tone front enhances its workable design of round edges and small form factor. Bestowed with a 4 inch IPS display at a resolution of 800x480, it weighs just 117g. The model is available in three colors which include the Bright Red, Dark Grey and White. Powered by a 1.3GHz Quad core processor with 1GB RAM, the T40 is well equipped to take performance to the next level. Its 8GB internal storage expandable to 32GB using a microSD card provides ample space for downloading plenty of apps and games. Panasonic T40 has a 5MP rear camera with Autofocus and is befriended with an LED flash to churn out stunning photographs so you don’t lose out on those important moments.  The phone runs the latest Android KitKat 4.4.2 and is

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE On a visit to South Korea, the Minister for Communications & IT and Law & Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad , has attended the Plenipotentiary Conference 2014 of the International Telecom Union. He also held meetings with the top companies of South Korea working in the field of electronics to attract business into India. On the first day of his four-day visit, the Minister met Bon Joon Koo, Vice-Chairman & CEO of LG Electronics in Seoul. Bon Joon Koo expressed great faith in the changed investment climate in India. The Minister shared the Digital India vision and "Make In India" initiative of the present Government with the CEO of LG Electronics. Shri Ravi Prasad highlighted the great potential that India holds in the field of electronic manufacturing. Taking forward the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to develop India into a global manufacturing hub, the Mi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) has announced the launch of KayPay, the world’s first bank- agnostic payment product for Facebook users to send money to each other in an instant (24*7). KayPay enables over 250 million Indian bank account-holders transfer funds to each other instantly by just choosing recipients from their Facebook friends list. It offers a safe and secure platform to transact on the social networking site through a two-level authentication – Facebook user id & password and a One Time Password (OTP). Further, both sender and receiver immediately receive notifications via SMS and on Facebook about the transfer. Shanti Ekambaram, President – Consumer Banking, Kotak Mahindra Bank, said, “KayPay is a revolutionary Digital Banking innovation that leverages social media to offer a better and secure payment platform to all. KayPay is bank-agnostic, facilitating transfer of funds instantly. The convenien

Lenovo has announced the India launch of its much-awaited lineup of next-generation Yoga Tablet 2 powered by Intel processors. The range of four distinct tablets offer some of the best features in their respective categories coupled with the four usage modes that make Yoga Tablets stand apart in the crowded tablet market. Lenovo will be retailing these products exclusively on one of India’s largest e-commerce portals, Flipkart, starting October 17, 2014. Stemming from its legacy of consumer-focussed design and innovation, Lenovo is offering 3 sizes and 2 operating systems so users can choose the model that is right for them. Besides Android models in 20.32cm, 25.65cm and 33.78cm, consumers can now for the first time choose a Windows model, available in 25.65cm. The new range comes with several new features that makes the Yoga a great entertainment device while offering unparalleled flexibility and versatility. Not only do the tablets have excellent resolution with

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Kobian has enriched the business of their partners on this Diwali with a special festive scheme – “Merc Mania 2014”. The scheme is designed for pan-India channel partners and they can earn attractive gifts worth Rs.4,200 to Rs.70,000. Channel partners can avail this scheme on the purchase of specific Mercury Tablets, Smartphones, Motherboards, Casings, Power Products, Keyboards/Mice, Power banks and Routers. The scheme is valid on the purchase of these Mercury products from October 1st to 31st December, 2014. Sushmita Das, Vice-President – Business, India at Kobian Pte Ltd, said, "We wish all our partners a very happy Diwali by gifting them our special Merc Mania 2014 scheme. On this festival of lights, customs and traditions, we want our partners who have added values and trust in the brand to avail the maximum rewards and benefits in this festive season. We have designed this scheme to all our valued part

Designed to offer advanced features for the youth, Panasonic India has introduced a new member to its “T” series smartphone, the Panasonic T40. This phone is made to fit your pocket in every way. Its dual tone front enhances its workable design of round edges and small form factor. Bestowed with a 4 inch IPS display at a resolution of 800x480, it weighs just 117g. The model is available in three colors which include the Bright Red, Dark Grey and White. Powered by a 1.3GHz Quad core processor with 1GB RAM, the T40 is well equipped to take performance to the next level. Its 8GB internal storage expandable to 32GB using a microSD card provides ample space for downloading plenty of apps and games. Panasonic T40 has a 5MP rear camera with Autofocus and is befriended with an LED flash to churn out stunning photographs so you don’t lose out on those important moments.  The phone runs the latest Android KitKat 4.4.2 and is enriched with Panasonic’s intuitive Gesture Play+ veneer to make

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Accelerating customers’ ability to run core business in the cloud, SAP SE has announced that SAP has selected IBM as a premier strategic provider of cloud infrastructure services for its business-critical applications. The SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud service is now available through IBM’s highly scalable, open and secure cloud. SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud will expand to major markets with the addition of the IBM cloud data centers. This is expected to enable customers to deploy their SAP software around the globe in a faster and more secure environment that is backed by IBM's proven cloud capabilities. “We look forward to extending one of the longest and most successful partnerships in the IT industry. The demand for SAP HANA and SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA in the cloud is tremendous and this global agreement with IBM heralds a new era of cloud collaboration. We anticipate customers will benefit from this coll

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NI has announced its collaboration with CROWD, the European Union Framework Project 7 (EU FP7), to define next-generation wireless 5G communications. CROWD researches the combination of small- and large-density cells in a heterogeneous wireless network for an efficient architecture in which small cells meet traffic hot-spot needs while large cells offer reliable coverage for high-mobility users. “The current demand is barely supported by existing network infrastructure, so we need higher points of dense networks. However, network densification requires advanced self-organized network techniques to manage interference. The goal of CROWD is to develop higher layer algorithms to manage increased complexity due to densification,” said James Kimery, Director of RF, Communications and Software Defined radio, NI. NI, one of seven collaborators in the CROWD consortium, leads the testbed activities within the EU FP7 CRO

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Dell(NASDAQ:DELL) has introduced its SuperMassive 9800 Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) and complementary management and reporting Global Management System (GMS) 8.0 . The new GMS solution offers enhanced value to both customers and partners, by making NGFW management simple and efficient, helping to ease resource consumption, reduce overall risk and adhere to compliance requirements with a new workflow automation feature. Amit Singh, Country Manager, Dell SonicWALL , said, "The Dell SuperMassive 9800 is aimed at providing effective security solutions that will help organizations safeguard their network against the most detrimental security infringements. The feature set of SuperMassive 9800 brings a unique combination of being the most scalable and high-performing enterprise security solution that would boost productivity along with preventing any external intrusion. It also a

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Genius has recently organized a meet for its dealers in the vibrant, southern city of Chennai. Attended by over 170+ leading channel partners from all over Tamil Nadu, the dealer meet was intended to attract new partners and consolidate its relationship with the existing partners. The senior officials from Genius presiding over the meet included Ms Sharon Chiang (Business Head from Taiwan), Gaurav Mathur (Country Head - India) and Kumaravel V (Regional Manager - South India). The meet focussed on Genius's existing range of products, its unique selling proposition as a brand and upcoming product roadmap. An array of Genius products were on display, including Gaming Products (GX Series), DVR (Vehicle Recorder), Audio Products (Speakers & Headsets),  IT Peripherals (Keyboard & Mice),  Mobility Products (Earphones & Power Banks) and its  Innovative Products (Energy Mo

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Brocade(NASDAQ:BRCD) has announced its collaboration with VMware to advance solutions that support the New IP by allowing enterprises to more easily transition to software-defined data centers (SDDCs) and adopt network virtualization. Brocade Ethernet and Fibre Channel fabrics will be interoperable with VMware vRealize Operations 6.0. This interoperability will help enterprises to realize higher performance, automation, reliability and application and data availability in their data centers. Brocade has also announced VMware is participating in Brocade Network Subscription, which enables organizations to acquire both network infrastructure and VMware platform solutions on a subscription basis with pay-as-you-go flexibility. "Our collaboration with Brocade on vRealize Suite 6 has resulted in an interoperable solution that delivers an agile, scalable network infrastructure and enables a seamless migration to cl

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Samsung Electronics has announced expansion of its flagship Galaxy Note series with the launch of the new Galaxy Note 4 in India. Blending an enhanced S Pen with a superior viewing experience, the Galaxy Note 4 provides users with the most unique and powerful mobile experience in the market. Asim Warsi, Vice-President – Mobile & IT, Samsung India, said, “The launch of Galaxy Note 4 highlights Samsung’s commitment to deliver iconic and differentiated products. The new device exhibits people inspired innovation with its unique combination of an enhanced S Pen, large and vivid display and superior productivity features to provide the most refined Galaxy experience to our customers. Samsung has significantly contributed to the wearable industry by taking the lead in offering unique smart wearables and the launch of Gear S will further set a new standard in the mobile communication space.” The Note series is much more than the larg

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     The following online stores, namely Snapdeal, Amazon India and eBay India, are not authorized resellers of HP products. Customers may also note that these online stores are not authorized to make any representation in respect of HP products and HP may not be bound to honour representations, benefits or entitlements offered by these online stores. The benefits of HP-run schemes, promotions and offers may not be available to products purchased from online stores operated by Amazon India, Snapdeal and eBay India which are not authorized by HP to sell its products. Please check the terms and conditions of the scheme for exact details. Customers are advised that HP may not be able to verify or confirm genuineness of products sold by the above mentioned online stores, and consequently your right to HP warranty coverage and support could also be impacted.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Enabling customers to seamlessly integrate their PC and mobile devices for accessing data – anytime, anywhere, Acer India has unveiled new BYOC (Build Your Own Cloud) solutions.  With this launch, Acer reiterates its transformation into a “hardware + software + services” company. Offering unlimited storage, BYOC is a world where anyone can easily create, personalize and enjoy their connected universe on any device. By using Acer BYOC, consumers can effortlessly build a friendly and personal cross-platform, multi-device cloud without a significant investment in time and resources. S. Rajendran, Chief Marketing Officer, Acer India, said, “Cloud technology is a disruptive concept and the industry, realizing its potential, is working towards unlocking its full range of capabilities. Acer is spearheading value-driven change by handing over the power of the cloud to the people. With the launch of our BYOC solution, we h

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE    Brocade has announced appointment of Allen Olivo as Vice-President of Global Brand and Communications. In this role, Olivo is responsible for the development of brand strategies that will further evolve Brocade’s leadership position in the networking marketplace as the New IP becomes the new norm for networks. He will be based in the company’s San Jose headquarters and report to Christine Heckart, Chief Marketing Officer. “Allen Olivo is a Silicon Valley veteran and one of the preeminent brand and communications leaders in the tech industry. Brocade’s continued ability to attract such high-caliber talent is an indication of the huge opportunity ahead of us as the industry transitions to the New IP. We are incredibly excited to add Allen to our team,” said Chief Marketing Officer Christine Heckart. “Brocade’s vision for the networking industry is exciting and I am inspired by the company’s leadership. The company

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Taking forward the National Digital Literacy Mission and Digital India Campaign of the Government of India, the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), a body with the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India, has signed an MOU with Intel India to jointly conduct courses and online examinations on digital literacy as well as vet NIELIT’s courses on Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM). Intel will develop the software for assessment of candidates under the National Digital Literacy Mission to make the courses more industry oriented to endeavour to make one member of each household digitally literate in India. The MOU was signed by Dr Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Managing Director, NIELIT, with Debjani Ghosh, Managing Director, Intel South Asia, in the presence of Chief Guest Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad,

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Information and Broadcasting, has said the Digitization process was an integral component of the Digital India initiative of the Prime Minister. The Cable TV Digitization process aimed at providing the consumer with greater choices and affordable and qualitative options. The overall objective was to be sensitive to the needs and choice of the consumer. The choice of the consumer was paramount in defining the inputs, strategies and roadmap for the remaining phases of the digitization process. The Minister stated this while addressing the first meeting of the Task Force set up for Cable TV Digitization (Phase III and Phase IV) here today. Elaborating further, Shri Javadekar called upon the manufacturers to innovate and explore new technologies for addressing the different consumer tastes and needs. The Minister added that in the next phase of digitization, the price mechanism off

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per the latest update, Infosys’ co-founder Narayana Murthy is all set to step down as non-executive chairman of the company. The Infosys Board has Murthy’s decision and thanked him for his valuable contributions for the company.   According to an official statement given by Infosys, “Narayana Murthy will cease to be non-executive chairman effective October 10, 2014. He indicated that in line with the company’s high corporate governance standards and to avoid any perceived conflicts, it would not be appropriate for him to be the chairman-Emeritus of Infosys.” If reports are to be believed, K. V. Kamath will fill his shoes as the new chairman of the Board effective October 11, 2014.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As a part of a radical restructuring plan, the US technology firm HP (Hewlett-Packard) is mulling to split itself into two separate companies. The company is dividing its computer and printer business from its corporate hardware and services operations. If reports are to be believed, HP will also go for another 5,000 layoffs as part of its turnaround plan. According to the latest update, HP’s present Chief Executive Meg Whitman will head both HP Enterprise and printing & PC business and the enterprise segment will house the corporate hardware and services operations. Meg Whitman said, “The split would give both firms the required ‘flexibility’ they need to adapt quickly to market and customer dynamics. We can now more aggressively go after the opportunities created by a rapidly-changing market." It is reportedly said that the division is expected to be complete by the end of the 2015 financial year an

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Red Hat has announced availability of the newest major release of Red Hat Storage Server. The advanced capabilities in Red Hat Storage 3 are well-suited for data-intensive enterprise workloads, including big data, operational analytics and enterprise file sharing and collaboration. With its proven and validated workload solutions, Red Hat Storage Server 3 enables enterprises to curate enterprise data to increase responsiveness, control costs and improve operational efficiency. Red Hat is committed to building agile storage solutions through community-driven innovation to drive agility within the enterprise so as to better respond to competitive threats and changes in the evolving IT landscape. Based on open-source GlusterFS 3.6 file system and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Storage Server 3 is designed to easily scale to support petabytes of data and offer granular control of your storage environment while lower

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE With the increasing use of smartphones, mobile internet and new technologies, the customer is evolving at a fast pace. To provide this customer with a best-in-class service experience, Vodafone India has introduced its third Global Design Store in the city. Located at Juhu Princess, Juhu Tara Road, in Mumbai, Vodafone’s Global Design Store is in line with Vodafone’s “Retail of Tomorrow” initiative to deliver an unmatched retail experience to its customers.  The store was inaugurated by Vivek Mathur, Chief Commercial Officer, Vodafone India. Arvind Vohra, Business Head – Mumbai, Vodafone India, said, “We, at Vodafone, strive to create innovative ways to engage with our customers and provide best-in-class experience. In our endeavour to delight our customers, we are extremely pleased to announce the opening of the third Vodafone Global Design Store in Mumbai, an industry first retail in