VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Microsoft and Red Hat have tied up and this partnership will help customers embrace hybrid cloud computing by providing greater choice and flexibility deploying Red Hat solutions on Microsoft Azure. Microsoft is offering Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the preferred choice for enterprise Linux workloads on Microsoft Azure. In addition, Microsoft and Red Hat are also working together to address common enterprise, ISV and developer needs for building, deploying and managing applications on Red Hat software across private and public clouds. Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice-President for Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise division, said, “With this partnership, we are expanding our commitment to offering unmatched choice and flexibility in the cloud today, meeting customers where they are so they can do more with their hybrid cloud deployments – all while fulfilling the rigorous security and scalability requirements that enterprises demand.” Read more

Tally has announced that the company is ready to welcome its first batch of Certified Partners to the new partner structure, as a part of the “Vriddhi” partner program. These partners have been certified after meeting compliance standards on a number of processes, to deliver high customer satisfaction on a continuous basis. Tally Solutions will continue to support these partners in deepening their engagement with customers, while driving their business results to higher and higher standards. The program, which was launched in March this year, has settled in well with Tally’s mammoth network of 28,000+ members. Since the rollout of Vriddhi, the company has reached out to the entire network to educate them and gather feedback on the new commercial framework as well as the processes they would need to follow in thei... Read more

Manthan has extended its big data capabilities with a hybrid approach to data management. The hybrid data architecture that drives its analytics applications will make it easy and economical for businesses to use all of their structured and semi-structured customer data to gain accurate insights. As customers use multiple channels and devices to engage with a business, the ability to piece together every interaction to build a granular as well as holistic picture of the customer becomes harder. Currently, most analysts do not have the means to piece together structured and semi-structured information as it lies in different systems and in different formats. Even businesses that use Big Data technologies need to transform semi-structured data and load into structured databases for holistic insights. This increases the cost of storage and the time to insights... Read more

F1 Info Solutions and Services has been ranked number one in the prestigious Deloitte Technology Fast50 India 2015. The Technology Fast50 is India’s most objective annual ranking for the technology, media and telecommunications companies headquartered in India. The award recognizes and honours India’s fastest-growing and most dynamic public and private companies, based on their percentage revenue growth over the past three financial years. “We are proud to be the winner of the Deloitte Tech Fast50 Award 2015. It vindicates our vision and mission to be the best neutral service provider in the ICT sector. The Award recognizes the service excellence and best practices of our company which has driven us to achieve exponential growth over the past three years and emerge as the top player in the industry,” said Shammi Moza, CEO, F1 Info Solutions and Services... Read more

Canon has launched the two new models in the PowerShot G series line of premium digital compact cameras and the multimedia storage hub, Canon Connect Station 100. PowerShot G5X and G9X are designed with the ease of photographer in mind, the cameras feature new optimized button layout on the user interface. The touchscreen complements the control ring around the lens for easy adjustments to camera settings such as ISO speed, aperture and focus. The Connect Station CS100 offers an easy and convenient way to aggregate and store images and videos captured from all imaging devices. Andrew Koh, Vice-President of Consumer Imaging and Information Center, Canon India, commented, “As the leader in Digital Imaging, we strive to bring innovation and advancement to the market with every product we create. The PowerShot G5X and G9X offer class leading features and performance for discerning users. With 1.0-inch sensors, and brilliantly wide-aperture lenses, these cameras allow users to enjo