VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Corsair has announced a  new range of gaming mouse mats , designed with durable, gaming-grade surfaces designed to maximize the performance of gaming mice like the Vengeance Series laser gaming mice. Two model ranges will launch initially, Vengeance MM200, and Vengeance MM400. Ruben Mookerjee, Vice-President & General Manager of the Components Business Unit, Corsair, said, "Just as performance sports cars needs premium-quality tires in order to maximize performance on the road, a high-quality gaming mouse mat is essential to maximize the performance of gaming mice like the Vengeance Series laser gaming mice. Corsair gaming mouse mats are engineered from the ground-up to deliver the consistent performance that gamers' demand, so they can focus on winning.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Huawei has launched a  UMTS HetNet (Heterogeneous Network)  Macro-Micro Co-Carrier Network solution that increases network capacity up to four times. The solution features the rational planning of macro-micro spatial positioning and same-frequency carrier usage for macro and micro base stations to significantly alleviate network traffic pressure in high-traffic areas. This ensures that users have free-flowing access to mobile broadband services in even the busiest hotspots anytime, anywhere. The increasing diversity of mobile broadband services and growing smartphone penetration have resulted in massive data traffic growth. In crowded hotspot areas, such as shopping malls, event sites and commercial streets, large groups of people making calls and consuming data traffic in the same area at the same time leads to network congestion. This can make it difficult to provide basic communication services and consistent user expe...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Intex Technologies has launched its yet another product  2.0 tower speaker - IT-12000SUF . Crafted in a wooden structure, this speaker has especially been designed for music enthusiasts who typically range between the age group of 14-40 years.   The speaker promises a rich quality sound output of 84W whether it is jazz, rock, classic, bass or normal. Engineered for multi-functional usage, it can be attached to most of the hardware such as home theatres, PCs, etc. for enriched indoors sound experience.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Panasonic Toughbook  has introduced two new products from its product range of ruggedized mobile computing to the Indian market. The Company launched the ruggedized tablet - Toughpad FZ-A1 - and the Panasonic CF-AX2 is a Business Rugged Convertible Windows 8 Pro Ultrabook.   Panasonic Toughpad is a purpose-built Android-powered tablet, designed with enterprise-class security, long product life, and advanced device management in mind. The Toughpad FZ-A1 will allow healthcare services, pharmaceutical and construction companies as well as aviation and military sectors to realize the true potential of tablet computing without sacrificing security while delivering a high return on investment. Gunjan Sachdev, General Manager & National Business Head, Panasonic Toughbook India, said.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   IBM has announced an  array of programmes and resources to help students and IT professionals  develop new technology skills and prepare for jobs of the future. The initiatives include new training courses and resources for IT professionals, technology and curriculum materials for educators and expanded programmes to directly engage students with real-world business challenges. The new resources will help reduce a critical technology skills gap outlined in IBM's 2012 Tech Trends Report. The report, authored by the IBM Center for Applied Insights, found that only one in ten organizations has the skills needed to effectively apply advanced technologies such as business analytics, mobile computing, cloud computing and social business. In addition, nearly half of the educators and students surveyed feel there is a major gap in their institution’s ability to meet the growing demand for advanced technology skills... See More ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Dell has appointed  Suresh Vaswani as President of Dell Services . He previously led Dell Services’ application and business process outsourcing (BPO) line of business. In his new role, Vaswani will report to Chairman & CEO Michael Dell, and will be responsible for developing and delivering end-to-end IT services and business solutions for global corporations, state and local governments. He also is responsible for Dell’s IT delivery, including the company’s infrastructure and applications worldwide.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HCL Infosystems has deployed  SAPs solutions to meet the IT requirements  of one of the world’s leading ink companies. The client wanted to optimize its IT Infrastructure and business processes without implementing new functionality that would change user’s behaviour. This prompted the client to look for an integrated enterprise solutions partner who could help them with the following: full IT landscape transformation, set up optimized virtual infrastructure platform at DC and DR, design and Set up of Near DR Solution with RPO = Zero and RTO between 1 to 4 hours for business-critical applications like SAP, Exchange and virtualized infrastructure.  Following the comprehensive requirement of the client, HCL offered end-to-end solutions and services for upgrading entire IT infra, migrating SAP to ECC 6.0, MS exchange to 2010 and AD to 2008 R2.  It enabled IT Infra set up at DC and near line DR with robust hardware ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Qualcomm Incorporated  has announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Life, Inc., is collaborating with new technology partners and customers who are leveraging the 2net Platform and Hub to enable wireless connectivity of medical devices and applications so that biometric information is easily accessible to device users, their healthcare providers and caregivers. The Company also announced that its 2net Platform and Hub, which are already available in the U.S. and Europe, are also now available in Canada. The announcement was made at the 2012 mHealth Summit..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Emerson Network Power (ENP)  has announced that it will bring its nine-city “DCIM Delivered: World Tour 2012” to Bangalore on December 7 at ITC Windsor. Featuring guest Forrester Research, Inc., the tour will bring the reality of data center infrastructure management (DCIM) to Indian data center, IT and facilities professionals. The “DCIM Delivered: World Tour 2012” will offer a day of interactive, hands-on sessions to immerse attendees in the world of DCIM. Frederic Giron, Vice-President & Principal Analyst of Forrester Research, will speak about what is needed to be successful with DCIM... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Tata Elxsi and Brash Brands  have announced a major strategic partnership to deliver full service brand consultancy and integrated design services in India and other key international markets, including GCC and Asia. Through this partnership, Tata Elxsi will build Brash Brands’ business in India and Brash Brands will represent Tata Elxsi’s portfolio of design services throughout its international offices such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Singapore. The relationship’s first combined service will be to set up joint operations in Bangalore to address brand development and consultancy services in India, and target product design, signage and way finding markets in the GCC and Asia. [ (R to L)  Mr. Madhukar Dev, MD & CEO, Tata Elxsi and Mr. John Brash, Founder & CEO, Brash Brands at the MOU signing ceremony to announce a strategic partnership to offer brand consultancy and integrated design service...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Sony has launched CP-F1L and CP-F2L USB chargers  which can charge a multitude of devices such as smartphones, tablets and portable devices. Providing customers a reliable source of emergency power back-up, Sony’s USB chargers ensures uninterrupted connectivity across a vast array of gadgets. CP-F1L is 9.4mm thin and 125g in weight and has a battery capacity of 3,500mAh. This charger, with an output of 1.5A, allows users to charge their smartphone 1.5 times. Weighing 198g, CP-F2L boasts a high charge of 7,000 mAh that is capable of charging smartphones by up to three times. It also possesses dual USB output power ports, giving consumers flexibility in recharging more than one portable device at a time.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Wipro Ltd has received the  “National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) – Shell Helen Keller Awards 2012” , in the category “Role Model Organizations”. The award was given away by the Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs, Sri Salman Khurshid, on December 2, 2012. Set up in in 1999, the NCPEDP-Shell Helen Keller awards have come to be recognized as the prestigious Indian benchmark for honouring people and organizations, which have been working towards promoting employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Each year, a total of 10 awards are given away - 3 each in the individual category and 4 for role model companies on the eve of World Disability Day.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hewlett-Packard (HP)  India has introduced HP Hotspot LaserJet Pro M1218nfs MFP, a 7-in-1 All-in-One printer with in-built wireless Internet hotspot. It is available at a price of Rs.18,306. Besides print, copy, scan and fax capabilities, the printer also comes with the mobile printing technologies, including HP wireless direct, HP ePrint and Apple AirPrint. This HP product can help a SOHO start-up or a small business set up and run a fully-functional office. Nitin Hiranandani, Director - Printing, PPS, HP India, said.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per Kaspersky, Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 for Windows came out on top in independent testing of business solutions conducted by AV-Test throughout September and October 2012.  The first category of tests saw the security solutions installed on a clean system running Windows 7 Ultimate with Service Pack 1. The AV-Test experts then emulated attacks on the computer by opening malicious attachments, visiting infected sites or copying malicious files from removable devices. The products were expected to detect and block all threats. The second group of tests was conducted on operating systems infected with 40 different malicious objects. Each participating product had to remove all active malware components and remediate any modifications to the system.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ArrayShield  has implemented their IDAS 2FA solution at Remote Werkplek in the Netherlands. This has been bundled with its more popular “Remote Workplace” offering which basically is a remote access solution over cloud. The IDAS 2FA provides strong authentication and secures the remote access through its world-class technology of providing dynamic passwords at every login time. This secures the information being publicly accessible by intruders. Remote Werkplek is based out of the Netherlands. They provide innovative secure remote workstation facilities for small and medium organizations, reducing the burden of maintenance, support and installation, etc. for the end-users. Remote Werkplek has launched a new Remote Workplace offering to provide remote workstation facilities with industry standard hardware and software solutions... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The National Fair finale of the  India Innovation Initiative (i3)  saw around 40 innovation entries battling it out for top honours. The finalists were shortlisted after participating and winning in the Regional Fairs organized at NOIDA, Mumbai, Bhubaneswar and Chennai. Overall, i3 2012 saw around 600 entries for innovation this year. i3 is the successful partnership between Agilent Technologies, Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to create and sustain an ecosystem of innovation and encourage innovators of all ages and backgrounds. A jury panel comprising eminent industry bodies, reputed incubator partners, scientists, business management experts and government representatives came together to evaluated each of the finalists’ entries.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   CA Technologies  has announced that it offers enhanced management and governance capabilities for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Enterprise customers rely on CA Technologies solutions - including CA Automation Suite for Clouds, CA Application Performance Management, CA Nimsoft Cloud Monitor and CA ARCserve - to manage, monitor and protect applications and services running on AWS.  “While enterprises are moving computing resources to third-party cloud service providers to give them increased flexibility, scalability and responsiveness in meeting rapidly-changing business demands, CIOs have been slower to consider cloud environments for their business-critical applications because of perceived concerns about the ability to manage or govern those resources,” said Roger Pilc, General Manager, Industries, Solutions & Alliances, CA Technologies.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Sony DADC has announced the appointment of Rajat Kakar  as Business Head of Home Entertainment Services (BHHES) by Sony DADC Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd. Almost two years ago, Sony DADC opened a major new state-of-the-art manufacturing, digital service and distribution facility.  In support of the vast and fast-moving Indian market, Sony DADC has, in addition, taken on the role of a local content licensee, to support the growth efforts of the major studios and content owners in this region. With this service, Sony DADC is laying the foundation for a professional and responsive, sales and distribution infrastructure in emerging markets such as India, expanding the range of options that content owners have to monetize the vast opportunities that exist in entering and sustaining these markets... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Microsoft has launched Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012  - an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that is purpose-built for five industries like manufacturing, distribution, retail, public sector and service industries and includes rich capabilities to support administrative business processes (core ERP functionality).   Dynamics AX 2012 is an adaptable and scalable product that delivers value by enabling enterprises to take advantage of business opportunities and reduces risk by easily modifying processes to cater to the new requirements of business. The new features and enhancements drive user involvement and innovation across core ERP and industry capabilities..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   LG Electronics has launched  LG Optimus L9 smartphone  in India. It is the addition in the L-Series smartphones from LG. With a 1 Ghz dual-core processor, a 4.7-inch IPS display and a 2150 mAh battery, this phone transcends the confines of a traditional smartphone to deliver the optimal smartphone experience.   Built with a sleek, chic frame of only 9.1mm metal streak, the Optimus L9 effortlessly follows the trail of its predecessors. Like the other popular L-series smartphones, such as the Optimus L5 and L7, the Optimus L9 too is designed around five primary elements... See More