VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE At the 45th Annual IT Convention, Computer Society of India (CSI) presented the CSI 2010 awards for Excellence in IT to HDFC Bank in the BFSI category. The CSI Awards for Excellence are given to technological projects and innovation in various sectors like BFSI, Product Manufacturing, Service Sector, Non-profit organizations and Quality Assurance. The six CSI criteria for selecting the winners of IT Excellence Awards were criticality of IT usage, improvement of customer service, innovation, return on investment, quality of management, and impact of the project (on organization/society/industry). The evaluation process included two rounds of scrutiny and elimination, followed by presentations by 10 finalists before the jury. "Sanovi has partnered with HDFC Bank in to ensure that HDFC bank's IT has a disaster recovery plan that works and meets business needs. The goal was to ensure recovery within set time objectives and provide seaml

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Omnitech InfoSolutions has strengthened its global position in Business Continuity Management (BCM). The Business Continuity Institute (BCI-UK), the world's largest and most respected BCM institute, has recognized Amit Abhyankar, Associate Vice-President - Business Continuity Services, as a certified Business Continuity practitioner. Abhyankar has been accredited as a Member of the Business Continuity Institute (MBCI) by BCI-UK. He joins an elite group of only 30 Indian members to hold this prestigious qualification. Commenting on the accreditation received, Atul Hemani, Managing Director, Omnitech InfoSolutions, said, "We are proud to have Amit as a statutory professional member of BCI, UK. This would definitely add a star to our credibility, thereby helping us to demonstrate knowledge and experience in the field of Business Continuity. Further, the strategies and practices recommended by Omnitech would be at par with the global s

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lenovo India has completed two successful years (and is counting) in the fast-growing All-in-One PC segment. To commemorate this milestone, Lenovo India has announced a New Year special offer for all customers. Lenovo's AIOs have been a smashing hit with consumers. Alex Li, Vice-President, HSB (Home and SMB), Lenovo India, said, "We wish our consumers a very happy Christmas and New Year festive season. Even as we celebrate two successful years of AIO leadership in India, we aspire to sustain and further enhance our leadership in this segment by launching innovative, energy-efficient, feature-rich AIOs from time to time. This New Year special bundle offer helps strengthen our value proposition among consumers and reiterates our commitment to channel partners and regional distributors to help increase our overall sales." On purchasing a Lenovo IdeaCenter B300, customers will get a printer worth Rs.2,399/- for just Rs.699/-, with

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Juniper Networks has announced plans to expand the India Excellence Center (IEC), its research and development center in Bangalore, India. With 1,800 Juniper staff and 300 development partners working at its existing campus, the company plans to add another 750 seats and 450 equipment racks at a new site in Bangalore over the next two years. This initiative is designed to provide Juniper Networks with the capacity to continue growing the IEC's pool of engineering talent and better service its customers. The new office will be located at Bangalore's new Prestige Exora Business Park and is being developed in two phases. "This expansion reflects our ongoing commitment to increasing the depth of experience and expertise in the India region, which is becoming increasingly important not just as a source of engineering talent but also as a fast-growing market for Juniper Networks," said Sridhar Sarathy, Managing Director of IEC at

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GIGABYTE Technology has announced the winners of its Q3 2010 GIGABYTE Value Partner Program (GVPP). Effective from July 1 to September 30, 2010, the online scheme, named the 5 million Salebration Program (to highlight GIGABYTE India reaching 5 million installed base of its motherboards in India), proved to be a huge success with the registration of over 2,000 resellers. Of these, over 1,000 have won attractive prizes, such as gold coins, laptop bags, trendy jackets, and movie tickets, depending on the points redeemed by them. GIGABYTE also randomly selected from the entries, 6 participants as winners of bumper prizes. The Q3 2010 GVPP received an overwhelming response from the channel community with the number of registered Value Partners tripling over the figures achieved in Q2 2010. The GVPP not only ensured wider geographical penetration for GIGABYTE motherboards, but also ensured the graduation of a large number of resellers from Value

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Toshiba has announced the availability of Canvio 3.0 Portable Hard Drive product line in India through its distributor, Rashi Peripherals. Toshiba Canvio 3.0 products have been designed and manufactured in accordance with Toshiba's high-quality product standards, incorporating the latest technology and user-interface, while ensuring best-in-class performance, quality and workmanship. Each Canvio 3.0 Portable Hard Drive includes an internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology to help keep the drive safe. The Computer backup is made fast and simple with the pre-loaded software. The Canvio 3.0 HDD includes NTI Backup Now EZ software which scans the system and recommends the best coverage for computer. The restore button can help recover a file or folder and also if users chose to boot to Canvio 3.0 Portable Hard Drive, it will restore all the files saved on the computer. The Canvio 3.0 HDD comes with a utility which helps to burn a boo

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NetApp India has partnered with HCL Infosystems to provide flexible, scalable and easy-to-manage secure multi-tenant storage environment for HCL Infosystems' O'zone Cloud Services. The partnership will help deliver IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) and provide OPEX-based options for IT infrastructure to end-customers. "Exemplifying its commitment to the progressive changes in technology, HCL Infosystems is dedicated towards offering the best-in-class industry practices to the customers. Our association with NetApp will help us build a robust cloud infrastructure with efficient storage platform and ease of management, well integrated with various technology partners," said George Paul, Executive Vice-President, HCL Infosystems. "HCL Infosystems' decision to leverage NetApp solutions to deliver an easy-to-manage, secure and scalable cloud solution that delivers unparalleled value to customers is the result of our strategic inv