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D-Link has introduced a very exciting incentive programme for Partners christened 'Reward Yourself'. This will allow channel partners to decide on the Reward of their choice, based on their preference. Rajesh Sahore, Sales Head India & SAARC, D-Link, said, "Reward Yourself is a brand new incentive programme for our channel partners. The main objective of the programme is to reward partners for their relentless support given to us. The programme has been designed in such a manner that partners can decide the best reward for them and thus get what they want." Targeted at Tier-II partners and Resellers, 'Reward Yourself' comprises of four different slabs starting from Rs.50,000/- to Rs.5,00,000/-. And, the real bonus for resellers is that they can now mix and match slabs depending on their preference and convenience, thereby giving them maximum business flexibility. Moreover, under this scheme, partners can now get exciting freebies like Titan Vouchers, Tanis...

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Catalyzing the Indian Internet economy, Intel has made several announcements to connect more Indians to 21st century opportunities through technology. In order to make it a success, the event was joined by the leading industry representatives, in the presence of Intel Senior Vice-President & General Manager, Sales & Marketing Group, Thomas M Kilroy. Intel announced the Intel AppUp centre in India, which is an online software application store that aggregates, categorizes and validates applications that customers can shop, collect and install from one easy source. Retail giant Croma announced its intention for a co-branded affiliate store, powered by AppUp centre, expected to be launched by October 2010. The chip giant has also introduced a wide range of Intel Atom processor powered netbooks and tablets from Asus, Foxconn, Pegatron, Malata and CZc at the event. Gavin Dabreo, Vice-President, Meru Cabs, also took the opportunity to launch the first- ever Mobile digital Signage (MD...

Yahoo! has announced its annual "Top 5 Fastest Growing Businesses in Search Marketing" and "Top 10 Most Popular Search Keywords". The results showed that the most popular search keyword all across Asia was "travel". This signifies a booming Asian economy and tourism market in the first half of the year. The second most popular search keyword in Taiwan, Singapore and India for the first six months of 2010 was "gaming". Local online job portal Naukri.com is ranked No. 1, followed by Monster.com and Monster Jobs in the most popular search keyword list. Job portals turned out to be a major destination for Indian users and the search varies from different mediums. Trending well with the growth of the Indian economy and increasing telecom and broadband penetration is "Nokia Mobile" and "broadband providers", which also feature among the top keywords in India. Based on the "Top 5 Fastest Growing Businesses in Search Marketing...

AMD has appointed Donald Newell as Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Server. A distinguished engineer with more than 20 patents filed, Newell has previously served as a senior principal engineer leading the System-on-Chip (SoC) and datacenter networking architecture groups within Intel Labs before joining AMD to lead its server roadmap and platform design programs. "Don Newell brings a strong combination of leadership skills, engineering and design expertise, and strategic direction," said Bergman. "We are fortunate to have Don on board as we prepare for the delivery of the 'Bulldozer' core in our AMD Opteron processors, scheduled for launch in 2011."During his 16 years with Intel, Newell led development of both SoC and server platform architecture innovations for areas ranging from cloud computing to handheld devices. Newell also initiated and drove the I/O Acceleration Technologies (IOAT) from initial research to product inter...

Current developments in WiMax technologies are offering mobile personal broadband users to create whatever they want on a variety of devices from the laptop to cellphones making a huge difference to user experience. Revealing this at the WiMax India 2010 Conference, Dr. Hung Song, Vice-President of Samsung, displayed several tiny modems that could transform laptops, cellphones and other knowledge devices to wireless mode connecting to Internet through WiMax points. The recent WiMax spectrum auction has fetched the Government US$8.56 billion. Department of Telecom Secretary and Telecom Commission Chairman P. J. Thomas referred to the Government programme of connecting all the six hundred thousand villages in a bid to reach out to the rural people. Over two and a half lakh panchayats would have broadband connectivity and wireless broadband access would be the most effective and efficient means of achieving this. "The mobile revolution is now rolling and WiMax will ac...

In a move to focus on online security, chip giant Intel Corp. said on Thursday that it intends acquiring computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. for a sum of $7.68 billion. Explaining the rationale behind the deal, Intel said that security being a fundamental component of online computing, today's approach to security is not adequate for the growing availability of Internet connections on mobile phones, medical devices, ATMs, automobiles and elsewhere. According to Intel, the McAfee deal will help Intel create security software and hardware from a single company that better protects consumers, corporations and governments as billions of devices. Along with boosting Santa Clara-based Intel's security software chips and helping it grow beyond its traditional PC and server markets, the McAfee acquisition also fuels Intel's growing mobility strategy. "With the rapid expansion of growth across a vast array of Internet-connected devices, more and more of ...

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ASUS has launched the ASUS NX90 notebook. The new 18.4" ASUS NX90 is designed by David Lewis and is the result of collaboration of the ASUS Golden Ear team with the hallmark technology developer Bang and Olufsen ICEPower. Alex Huang, Country Head, System Business, ASUS (India), said, "With NX90, we hope to give notebooks the world over a new definition and place. While the sleek look makes it the perfect style statement, the quality ensures that you have fun no matter what you do." The notebook's audio quality is enhanced by the positioning of the speakers that are placed outside the chassis and alongside the screen ensuring that sound wraps around users and their surroundings. Dual touchpad enables a two-handed usability, creating a virtual mouse through the addition of a second prolonged touch surface, while the oversized palm rests make room for ample comfort. In addition to this, the Rotation Desktop Interface not only enhances the multimedia quality of this not...

VARINDIA-INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE: SEQUOIA CAPITAL INVESTS RS 60 CRORE IN QUICK HEAL ... : "Mumbai & Pune India - August 17, 2010: Sequoia Capital India today announced that it has invested INR 60 crore in Quick Heal Technologies, I..." VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Mumbai & Pune India - August 17, 2010: Sequoia Capital India today announced that it has invested INR 60 crore in Quick Heal Technologies, India's leading provider of computer security software products. This investment will help Quick Heal Technologies in growing its product portfolio, expanding its global distribution footprint and funding future acquisitions. Quick Heal Technologies has been growing at a CAGR of almost 100% for the last three years, making it the fastest growing software product company in the computer security space in India. The Company registered revenues of more than INR 100 crore in FY 09-10, all from its indigenously developed product portfolio. With this investment Sumir Chadha, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India will join the board of the company. Sumir Chadha, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India said, "Quick Heal is today the first choice computer security product for consumers and business owners. We are confident that the company ...

Lava Mobile has incorporated the Rupee Symbol in its mobile phone's keypad. Lava B5, the latest model from Lava, bears the rupee symbol in its keypad. "We took this as challenge to ensure that Indians can type " " symbol long before than the anticipated time. Around the occasion of Independence Day announcing the incorporation of " " symbol in the mobile keypad will be a tribute from Lava family to the entire nation. The currency symbol on the keypad of their mobiles will make millions of Indians proud. We are happy to be the catalysts of spreading this spirit," said S. N. Rai, Co-Founder & Director, Lava Mobile. This may not be a technological breakthrough for Lava, but this definitely is a testimony of the passion to provide value to the user by adopting new concepts. It also shows their commitments to adopt new design, technology and innovation in the shortest possible time.

Celebrating ten years in business, Array Networks has announced that it now serves over 5,000 enterprise customers. Array's secure application delivery and universal access solutions deliver hundreds of terabytes of secure data traffic daily to customers worldwide, across multiple industries. This rapid customer growth underscores Array's outstanding value proposition based on the company’s product lines and diversified business model. The solutions offer reliability, scalability and access for many enterprise applications and network infrastructure. Array's secure Application Delivery Controllers and Universal Access Controllers are deployed in a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, government, banking, healthcare, education and large enterprises. Michael Zhao, President and CEO, Array Networks said, "From our initial next-generation traffic manager launch ten years ago, to today's SpeedCore architecture and remote access iPad app, Array has co...

Moving into fusing technology with fashion, HP has introduced digital prints on clothes. HP, in association with WLC College India, organized a fashion show CHIMERA 2010 presenting a range of digitally printed apparels designed by the graduating students of the College. Digitally printed clothes, bags, shoes and accessories were printed on HP Latex L65500 printer. HP's latex printing technology is cost effective, fast speed and totally eco-friendly. Chinmudra communications, a Pune-based designing company took the initiative for printing these fabrics and accessories, from bags to shoes for the models to flaunt at the show on the HP L65500 printer. "Digital printing has not been with us for long but the growth in demand for all manner of digital print content is burgeoning, though, and will be ten times the 2010 figure in 2012 and HP is driving this paradigm shift in India. By coming together with WLC College to host this platform and showcasing our unique printing solutions...

Driving a digital shift, Hewlett-Packard will now create innovative and attractive packages and that too in an environment friendly and cost-effective way. HP further extends its offerings for the packaging industry along with Kris Flexipacks. Kris Flexipacks, together with HP India, hosted an event in Mumbai to emphasize on the rising importance of labels & packaging, the trends seen, the challenges faced by involved corporates and the solution Kris offers backed by HP digital printing expertise. The event was attended by leading corporates and print buyers. Puneet Chadha, Director - Graphic Solutions Business, Imaging & Printing Group, HP India, stated, "The market volume of the Indian packaging industry amounts to about Rs.77,570 crore and has constantly grown by approximately 15% year on year. It is estimated that the pace of growth will accelerate to between 20 and 25 per cent over the next five years. Today, everything around us comes packaged and keeping that in min...

Designed to help companies of all sizes easily administer and monitor employee access to information behind the firewall, SonicWALL has launched two new remote access SSL VPN security solutions. These solutions, SonicWALL ventail 10.5 represents a major software upgrade to existing enterprise-class solutions, while the SonicWALL SRA 1200 is a new appliance tailored to SMB customers. SonicWALL's new offerings provide enterprise customers a feature-rich solution and enhanced smart phone support and also bring affordable, powerful features and protection to the SMB market. The Aventail 10.5 solution provides secure access to corporate resources and supports thousands of concurrent users from a single appliance. It ties the unique mobile device ID to a specific user, confirms the user's identity and verifies the security status of the end-point. The new features include Active Sync support for the Apple iPhone, iPad, Google Android and Symbian mobile devices and provides secure e-m...

Nucleus Software has won a major order from Dhanlaxmi Bank. Nucleus will implement its award-winning FinnOne suite of products across the Bank's 271 branches to power its retail lending business. Muralidharan R, President, Information Technology & Operations, Dhanlaxmi Bank, said, "Retail lending will be the focus this year for the Bank and considering the high volume of loan transactions in retail assets business, the Bank required a robust end-to-end solution that facilitates quick turnaround time." Niraj Vedwa, COO, Nucleus Software Exports Ltd., said, "Choosing a next-generation solution such as FinnOne will give Dhanlaxmi Bank the technological edge in offering world-class products and services to their customers. We are confident that this partnership will enhance the Bank's productivity and build up value-added solutions for their customers." FinnOne will enable Dhanlaxmi Bank to efficiently manage all the stages of loan application process, right...

Intel has felicitated various schools, teachers and students who have demonstrated exceptional performance in ICT integration in school curriculum. Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal felicitated eight schools, eight teachers, twelve students and six regions across India to acknowledge innovative teaching-learning practices adopted by them. The winners spanned across cities like Lucknow, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Pune. The contest "Best Integration of Technology in Education" is aimed at strengthening ICT capacities across four categories, namely, student, teacher, school and region. The evaluation criterion followed a stringent screening schedule that involved internal evaluators from Intel perform the first stage of screening. The objective of Intel's association with KVS & NVS is to equip and empower the schoolteachers and students with techniques in developing 21st century skills to prepare them to face the challenges of tomorrow. Classm...

Dell India is incorporating some changes in its leadership team, primarily with new leaders for its Large Enterprise (LE) business unit. Sameer Garde, who has been the Dell India country head and led Dell's LE business for the last about 18 months since the company's reorganization into a customer-centric BU structure, will continue to lead as the country manager for Dell India, but his role gets extended as he takes on as the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) Director for Services Sales and Marketing. Bringing his experience from various leadership roles within Dell International Services and Dell India, Sameer Garde will play an important role in the go-to-market strategy for Dell Services in APJ. Vikas Bhonsle, who has completed a 10-year association with Dell, will be the new General Manager for India LE operations. In his current role-leading LE for the western region, he has successfully built a solid team to drive Dell’s evolution as a key a solutions provider in the Indian I...

NetApp has integrated its unified storage systems with Symantec's Thin Reclamation API to help SAN customers automatically reclaim storage space and improve overall storage efficiency. This solution gives customers the ability to manage, reduce and reclaim storage space throughout the entire data lifecycle so they can improve planning and reduce their overall IT footprint and management costs. NetApp unified storage helps customers store the maximum amount of data for the lowest possible cost by using several storage efficiency technologies inherent to the NetApp Data ONTAP operating system. These technologies help customers get more use out of the disk they have while improving manageability and performance. "Symantec offers the industry's leading cross-platform thin optimization solution, enabling organizations to benefit from the true cost and efficiency advantages of thin provisioning," said Don Angspatt, Vice-President of Product Management, Storage and Availabil...

Polycom has signed a multi-year, strategic global agreement with Microsoft Corp. to deliver integrated end-to-end unified communications (UC) and to improve customers' business productivity. Under the agreement, Polycom plans to develop market standards-based UC solutions that span the enterprise, small-to-medium business and government markets. "Polycom and Microsoft deliver a winning combination to our customers around the globe by delivering seamless, easy-to-use, high-definition communications at the click of a mouse," said Andrew Miller, Polycom president and CEO. "Polycom is 100 per cent committed to delivering best-in-breed, standards-based, fully interoperable UC solutions to market, and Microsoft is integral in helping us achieve this goal and meet the needs of our customers." Offering a broad portfolio of integrated solutions spanning voice, video and application integration for Microsoft UC, this agreement makes Polycom a member of Microsoft’s key str...

For managing and monitoring custom applications, VMware has launched SpringSource Hyperic 4.4 solution. In integration with VMware vCenter Server, Hyperic 4.4 maintains a continually updated inventory of VMware vSphere ESXi and ESX hosts, enabling IT Administrators to pinpoint, correct and prevent application performance problems occurring across physical, virtual and private cloud infrastructures. "Hyperic 4.4 delivers a completely new level of integration with VMware vCenter Server designed to streamline the task of managing virtualized applications," said Javier Soltero, CTO of Management Products for the SpringSource division of VMware. "Hyperic now provides system administrators complete, automatic visibility of virtual infrastructure resources as well as a completely new user interface built to enable analysis and correlation of every metric and event from VMware vSphere hosts up to the application." The Server integration enables application operators to ensu...

Belkin has taken steps for preparing a list of precautionary measures to enlighten Indian Wi-Fi users. To prevent the Wi-Fi connection to be misused and to protect it against the worm called Bluepill (originated in Australia), Belkin believes it is extremely important to take precautions against such kind of attacks. Some of these measures are changing the Default Password and choosing a difficult password and disabling remote administration, unless the user really needs this. Belkin also asks its users not to broadcast their SSID (Service Set IDentifier) as most WLAN access points and routers automatically broadcast the network's name or SSID, turning off which would make it invisible to the user’s neighbours and passers-by. Mohit Anand, Managing Director, India Sucontinent, Belkin India, said, “Belkin has always been proactive in making Wi-Fi connections secure. Keeping that in mind, our NetNext range has a preset security feature which gives a unique SSID and password to every ...

Motorola India has announced two new Android-powered smartphones in India - MILESTONE XT720 and BACKFLIP. While MILESTONE XT720 is said to be one of the world's slimmest 8- mega pixel Android smartphone and the first to come powered with a high-definition video experience and a Xenon Flash in India, the BACKTRACK is claimed to be the world's first reverse-flip design handset. MILESTONE XT720 is sleek (10.9mm), and is a capacitive touch Android 2.1-powered smartphone. It also features a high-definition (HD) video experience and enhanced media and mobile Internet capabilities for users who expect the latest in technology and a phenomenal smartphone experience. BACKFLIP with BACKTRACK unique reverse-flip design makes it easier to enjoy videos, music and photos while churning through emails, texts, news feeds, social network messages and more. It comes with a friction hinge that allows the QWERTY keyboard to flip underneath for working in tabletop mode. It automatically locks in ...