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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Symantec's VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Access for Mobile credential for the iPad is now available on the App Store. The VIP Access for Mobile app adds a dynamic one-time-password (OTP) credential to the iPad that can be used in conjunction with a username and password to strengthen the security of online accounts protected by the VIP Authentication Service. iPad users can now benefit from the added layer of security provided by VIP Access for Mobile for iPad. "The rapid adoption of mobile devices like the revolutionary iPad has created a greater need for stronger online identity protection," said Suhas Prakashkumar, Director, Development, Symantec. "Our VIP Access for Mobile app for the iPad provides business and consumer users with a cost-effective way to strengthen their online experience by adding another layer of security to protect against identity thieves and fraudsters." The VIP Access for Mobile applica

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Kenexa has announced its strategic partnership with InspireOne. The partnership expands Kenexa's leadership development capabilities in the region. InspireOne's organizational training and HR consulting solutions range from leadership development to talent management, organizational change, Diversity and Inclusion, productivity enhancement and many others. "Kenexa's partnership with InspireOne further expands our expertise and leadership position in India," stated Phil Braybrooke, international business development director for Kenexa. "We have joined forces with some of the most experienced consultants and researchers to create an even stronger leadership development, management training and executive coaching team. Our newly combined solutions enhance our ability to offer our global clients a significantly broader range of leadership services." Using a wide range of methods and tools, Kenexa assesses a comp

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Panasonic has organized an exhibition on the life history of the founder of Panasonic Corporation, Konosuke Matsushita, from 25th -27th March at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai. This exhibition was aimed at displaying his path of success by propagating his ideologies and thoughts, which have been the fundamental principles of the Global Corporation since inception. "Panasonic has emulated the dictum of the great founder Matsushita san, to grow to a large global conglomerate. The exhibition is not just the story of one individual, but propounds a life philosophy that is necessary to the new way of doing business." said Arjun Balakrishnan, Director, Panasonic India. Konosuke Matsushita has specified 10 lessons on Corporate Management, those one should follow to become successful. These follow: Love your job if you wish to do it well; Do what common sense dictates; Follow the law of nature; A leader should have vision; Dreams should be sha

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE With the approval of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China (MIIT), Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has become one of the first telecommunications equipment vendors to participate in the large-scale TD-LTE trial with China Mobile. Nokia Siemens Networks will offer its commercial 2.3GHz/2.6GHz TD-LTE equipment, professional services and management software to conduct the major field trial in Hangzhou. Nokia Siemens Networks has already completed both 2.3 and 2.6GHz outdoor, and 2.3GHz indoor, single-system testing with TD-LTE. The company is one of the first global vendors to be selected for the large-scale TD-LTE field trials with China Mobile. "Nokia Siemens Networks has built a complete TD-LTE business in China, integrating procurement, production, testing and maintenance with its Hangzhou R&D Center at the center of this value chain," said Markus Borchert, head of Greater China

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Swiss cabling specialist R&M is putting the new distribution platform for street cabinets on the market under the name Street Cabinet SCM. The platform for the street cabinets of telecommunication companies supports the fast expansion of full-coverage fiber optic networks. It broadens the Single Circuit Management (SCM) family developed by R&M and can connect up to 1152 optic fibers in one street cabinet. With its splice and patch modules, the distribution platform fits into all conventional street cabinets and splitters on the market provided there is enough mounting space. R&M offers to adapt the mounting plates and to provide pre-terminated sets for upgrading. The UNI cabinets from the R&M range are ideal for first-time installations; all components can be assembled directly in the cabinet in next to no time. "This speeds up fiber-to-the-home projects", R&M point out. The replacement of copper cabling with fib

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fuelling the world cup fever further, Anil Kumble came as the surprise package at Microsoft's annual technology fair, Tech.Ed 2011. Adding to the tangible energy already pulsating at the Tech.Ed grounds, Kumble was here to deliver the closing keynote session on Friday 25, March 2011, addressing a 10,000 people audience (on-ground and online). While sharing notes on "Staying Ahead of the Game", Kumble wasn't talking purely cricket but reached out an enthusiastic community of young Indian techies largely consisting of developers and IT Pros and software architects. Addressing this enthusiastic audience, Kumble said, "It takes more than individual talent and skills to succeed. Being able to understand and manage the environment one operates in is as important. Also, consistency of performance without taking eyes off the ball is required. Just because you have had some good games, you cannot get complacent and take things f

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE In its 25th anniversary year, Antec has announced that it has set two new world records on 3DMark06 and 3DMark03, using Antec's renowned High Current Pro series HCP-1200 power supply to simultaneously power four high-end intensive graphics cards with a power consumption up to 1700 watts. The world record scores of 48,096 marks on 3DMark06 with four Radeon HD 5870 graphic cards in 4-way Crossfire, and a 3DMark03 score of 233,433 marks in 4-way SLI-configuration with GeForce GTX 580 cards were achieved by Nick Shih, current world-wide leading overclocker. Both scores represent the unrivaled overclocking capabilities of Antec's HCP-1200 PSU and how the unparalleled performance of Antec's HCP-1200 is engineered to satisfy the needs of PC enthusiasts and overclockers for high-performance, compatibility and stability. "The High Current Pro series is positioned as the premium power supply line that provides customers with outstandin

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HCL Infosystems has unveiled its new range of ME Tablets. With over 30 years of leadership in research and development and an in-depth understanding of the Indian market, the company today introduced the country's first Tablet with Localized Content and world's first Tablet with one-touch button for customer service. Powered by the Android OS, the ME Tablet is all set to unleash the world of global as well as special localized applications, enabling a converged solution for all mobile computing and entertainment needs. HCL ME Tablet, available in three variants, is a converged powerhouse that is truly light and portable - HCL ME AE7 for the economy users, HCL ME AM7 for the mainstream users and HCL ME AP10 for the performance-preferred users. The new range of HCL ME Tablets will be power-packed with Indian content and integrated service with HCL Touch enabling a 24X7 one- touch service facility. Speaking on the occasion, Harsh Chital

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The CPP Group has signed a multinational agreement with the security firm Panda Security, whereby customers and Identity Protection Alert CPP can be protected with new security suite, Panda Internet Security 2011. The security suite from the Spanish multinational provides real-time protection against all known and unknown malware, thanks to the protection provided by the cloud Collective Intelligence - the automatic system that detects, analyzes, classifies and disinfects. Practically in real time, more than 73,000 copies of new threats are created every day. "This is a problem in full swing. In the U.S., there are over 25 million people with some insurance against identity theft,"said Angel de Leon, Director General of the CPP, "and victims often find that they are when it is too late. Besides being costly to resolve in time and money, is a lot of headaches so prevention is the best ally to avoid these scams. In CPP, we prote

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IT veteran Arun Gupta has been appointed CEO of Initto India. Initto counts several European companies among its customers, including a leading bank from Denmark, and has offshore development centres in the New Delhi's National Capital Region and Ukraine. Announcing Gupta's appointment, Initto A/S Global CEO Rene Just said, "We have chalked out an aggressive growth plan for Initto to leverage our strengths in financial services and to capitalize on the opportunities in Europe and India. I am very pleased to have a leader like Arun on board, to help us drive our growth." Gupta, who has over two decades of experience with the leading IT multinationals, served as Director at CSC India before taking up this assignment. His experience spans diverse technologies and domains, having worked with companies such as TCS, NIIT Technologies and Syntel in the USA, Europe and Asia-Pacific. "My goal is to rapidly scale our world-class

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Brocade has announced a number of investments, including a $100-million evaluation programme designed to enable customers in the Asia-Pacific region to quickly deploy Ethernet fabrics as the foundation for highly virtualized data centers. Brocade believes that the IT trends driving transformation in this region make it prime to adopt this fundamental technology to migrate to private, public and hybrid cloud computing architectures. Ethernet fabric is a new category of networking technology that is purpose-built for virtualization and cloud-optimized data centers. Brocade's Ethernet fabric solution is powered by Brocade VCS technology and available through the Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switch. In December, Brocade was the industry's first company to deliver products to market. "Brocade intends to compete aggressively for the virtualization and cloud computing business in Asia-Pacific because this region is so important to our

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Om Nanotech has expanded its range of Memory Products with the launch of Dolgix products. Dolgix computer RAM range includes DDR1, DDR2 and DDR3 with capacities from 512 MB to 4GB. The Dolgix USB Pen Drives are available in a wide range varying from 2GB to 32GB, while the FLASH cards (Micro SD/SD cards etc.) offer a choice of four different capacities of 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16GB. With this brand-new product range, general users can easily reach greater performance with blazing fast data transfer rates, making it much easier and less time-consuming to get access to rich digital content. On this occasion, Atul Khosla, Director, Om Nanotech Pvt. Ltd., said, "Post the launch of Zipmem, our premium range of memory products, we are very pleased to announce the standard range of products under the brand name of Dolgix. The overwhelming response received by Zipmem encouraged us to come forward with Dolgix, which again brings offerings ranging fr

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fujitsu products are now available under DGS&D RC (Directorate General of Supply & Disposal, Rate Contract). The products that are available under DGS&D RC include select models from Lifebook Notebook series, Celsius Workstations and Eternus storage solutions. "We are happy to bring to your attention the availability of world class Fujitsu products under DGS&D RC. Through this initiative, we also intend to reinforce our commitment to offer the best-in-class devices at an unbeatable price-point," remarked Ramprasad Lakshminarayanan, GM, Channel Sales, Fujitsu India. The company stated that, building on more than two decades of Fujitsu's notebook firsts, the refreshed Lifebook portfolio is made up of a range of models. The notebooks that are available under DGS&D RC include LH530 for Rs. 39,000, LH530 for Rs 45,760, and AH530-HD for Rs. 61,860. All three products are covered under three-year onsite warranty.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Simmtronics Semiconductors Ltd. has become the first company to launch the latest Intel Chipset based H61 motherboards SIMM- INT H61 (V1) globally . This Motherboard is manufactured at Simmtronics Roorkee Plant in India which is a state of the art manufacturing facility. The motherboard uses all high quality components and is tested indepth at Simmtronics quality standards. The Motherboard INT H61 (V1) is based on Intel LGA1155 CPU i3/i5/i7 CPU Series, consisting of Intel H61 Chipset, with memory support of DDR3 memory expandable up to 8 Gb. This motherboard has 6 Channel Audio features. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wipro's sustainability initiative has been evolving rapidly since its inception more than three years back and includes several dimensions, each of which is a separate programme in itself - Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, Water Efficiency, Waste Management, Biodiversity, Health and Safety, Diversity, Education, Community Care and Advocacy. An integral part of Wipro's sustainability programme is its commitment to reporting and disclosures. Wipro believes that extensive and transparent reporting acts as both a compass and a catalyst, by helping set the right direction to move in and by accelerating progress through a constant process of feedback and measurement. Anurag Behar, Chief Sustainability Officer, Wipro Ltd., said, "Act with Sensitivity' is a Wipro value practised for decades. It is the nucleus of Wipro's sustainability initiative and guides us as a responsible organization in engaging with some o

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE EMC has announced significant enhancements to the EMC Velocity Solution Provider Partner programme (VSPP) that provide new opportunities for EMC reselling partners of all sizes around the world to accelerate revenue, differentiate their business in the marketplace, provide more value to customers, and increase profitability. The enhanced Velocity programme will offer simplified programme entry, time-efficient training, easy access to EMC's broad, industry-leading portfolio of information infrastructure products and solutions, and new Speciality designations that can spur increased value-added services. With EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems integrated into Velocity in January and RSA information security solutions coming July 1, 2011, partners will have simple access to the full portfolio of EMC storage, data backup and recovery, archiving, information security and information governance products. EMC will also simplify al

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP CEO Leo Apotheker has outlined a strategy for the company to continue delivering unparalleled value for customers and stockholders, while defining the future of IT. According to HP, the convergence of cloud computing and connectivity is fundamentally changing the paradigm of IT delivery. Powerful trends like consumerization, cloud computing and connectivity are redefining the way people live, businesses operate and the world works. The cloud is also combining with mobility to create ubiquitous connectivity. In HP's view, a hybrid environment that combines the best of traditional environments with private and public clouds will be the prevailing model for many large enterprises for a long time. With its leading services portfolio, HP is well positioned to be the trusted partner of customers as they move from the traditional to the hybrid world. Apotheker committed to continue enhancing HP's offerings across its broad hardware, soft

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT) hosted the ceremonial "labelling" of the energy-efficient label programme launched by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Ministry of Power. With this, BEE has formally set energy efficiency standards and labelling programme for computer notebooks and IT products in India. The models labelled during the launch were HP notebook 6440b, HP notebook Pavilion dv6-3208 tx and HCL Me series 54 laptop. Dell and Chirag Computers also announced their BEE- compliant laptops. HP and Canon also respectively announced that they would support the emerging BEE standard for OA and printers. In fact, HP 1025 LJ printer and Canon LJ LBP 7200cd on display were BEE compliant and would be the first set of printers to get the BEE label in the country. To make it a more remarkable one, MAIT hosted an industry-interactive programme "An Idea called India", which was

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Suncorp Group banks on NetApp to foster a culture of innovation, scale at the speed of thought, and create a future with infinitebusiness possibilities at the storage front. After a string of more than 50 business acquisitions and a major merger, Suncorp became a16,000-employee company with five different divisions, countless unique brands, and an IT infrastructure that was complex and provided a barrier to growth. Realizing the only way to move forward was to dramatically improve theway it did business and unlock the untapped human capital that laywithin, Suncorp made a strategic bet on storage to ignite itstransformation. "We looked to NetApp not only as a technology partner to help us achieve greater business flexibility and efficiency, but to help us materially change the way we do work," said Jeff Smith, CEO, Suncorp Business Services. "We have a strong belief that the companies we partner with are companies that we a

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Qualcomm has reconfirmed that it will sell its Indian broadband wireless access (BWA) business to any company that assures long- erm evolution (LTE) technology in India. Talking on the sidelines of the CTIA Wireless conference, Qualcomm Senior Vice-President - Global Marketing Investor Relations, BillDavidson said that the company's strategy was to ensure LTE technology platform took off in the Indian market and to find the right partners for the same. Recently, Qualcomm has announced that it is in an advanced stage of talks with Bharti Airtel to sell its BWA licences in India. QualcommIndia, which took part in the BWA auction last year, got licences for four markets, including the lucrative Delhi and Mumbai, apart froKerala and Haryana. The company paid a total of Rs.4,912 crore and might seek a premium over this from Bharti. At present, Bharti has BWA licences for Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kolkata and Punjab. Qualcomm pioneered Code Divi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Brocade has announced a number of investments including a $100-million evaluation program designed to enable customers in the Asia-Pacific region to quickly deploy Ethernet fabrics as the foundation for highly virtualized data centers. Brocade believes that the IT trends driving transformation in this region make it prime to adopt this fundamental technology to migrate to private, public and hybrid cloud computing architectures. Ethernet fabric is a new category of networking technology that is purpose-built for virtualization and cloud-optimized data centers. Brocade's Ethernet fabric solution is powered by Brocade VCS technology and available through the Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switch. "Brocade intends to compete aggressively for the virtualization and cloud computing business in Asia-Pacific because this region is so important to our company's long-term growth strategy," said Mike Klayko, CEO, Brocade. "We beli

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Spice Mobility now brings cinema in your pocket with Spice POPKORN, a projector phone that can make movie watching, live TV experience and document viewing possible anytime, anywhere and on any surface. Ab sara sansar movie hai! Spice POPKORN comes with an inbuilt projector that can enable the handset to function like a projector while keeping all other key multimedia features intact. This, clubbed with free accessories like Tripod stand to dock the phone and sleek external speaker, enhances the movie watching experience with a theatre-like feel. The handset offers Analog TV that allows the users to watch live TV even while they are on the move. The handset comes in a Popcorn bag inspired packaging with a laser pointer, tripod stand and a sleek speaker to provide the users convenience while using the projector function. The FM and audio player with exceptional sound quality is a treat for the music lovers. The handset comes with a QVGA scree

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mr Kapil Sibal, Hon'ble Minister of Communications & Information Technology, inaugurated the model Rural Service Centre (RSC) of Viom Networks. Based on the vision of the Hon'ble IT Minister, the Rural Service Centre, set up at village Badshahpur in Gurgaon, is an innovative concept of "Power of Tower", developed by Viom Networks for leveraging its existing infrastructure through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model to achieve the Government's vision of providing universal education, financial inclusion, telecom services, healthcare, e-governance facilities and other related services to the rural population, thus ushering in the second round of telecom revolution - Telecom Revolution 2.0 - in the country. Mr Kapil Sibal said, "I strongly believe that the telecom infrastructure sector offers a tremendous untapped potential that can be leveraged to enhance various government programmes and initiatives in ru

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Microsoft has appointed Bhaskar Pramanik as chairman for its India operations. Prior to the current role, Pramanik served as Managing Director of Oracle India and Sun Microsystems. Pramanik will lead all Microsoft operations in India, which include 5,300 employees spread across two centres in Gurgaon and Hyderabad, and 13 marketing offices. As chairman, Pramanik will oversee Microsoft's sales, marketing and services subsidiary, provide overall leadership on all Microsoft assets in India. "I am excited to be part of a company that has such a wide play across industries, segments, products and services. I look forward to partnering with the business leaders and the entire Microsoft team to grow our business in India and enable the success of all our stakeholders," Pramanik said. Pramanik will report to Jean-Philippe Courtois, President of Microsoft International.Jean-Philippe Courtois said, "Pramanik comes to Microsoft with

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE D-Link DIR-632 is a multifunctional router as it acts as a Router + 8Port Switch + 11N Wireless AP + Print Server. This high-speed router is based on Wireless N technology that gives an option of extended coverage and works with previous-generation wireless devices. Just connect the DIR-632 to cable or DSL modem to share broadband Internet connection with multiple computers, game consoles, or media players, thus making it an ideal device for Cyber café, SOHO and SMB usage With Shareport Technology, D-Link DIR-632 can connect a USB printer or multifunction-printer (MFP) and share it with computers on the network. It can also share a USB storage device among multiple computers for access to files such as video, music, photos and documents. Plus with the latest wireless security features, it prevents unauthorized access, be it from over a Wi-Fi network or from the Internet. D-Link DIR-632 supports WPA/WPA2 standards to ensure data security over

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Gigabyte has officially announced availability of the 3TB+ Unlock Utility that allows GIGABYTE motherboards without Hybrid EFI Technology to recognize and use unallocated space on new 3TB and larger hard disc drives (HDDs). GIGABYTE 3TB+ Unlock optimizes HDD storage space by allowing the user to create a virtual drive with space that exceeds 2048GB, the maximum amount of storage recognized by 32bit versions of operating systems such as Windows XP. The virtual drives are limited to 2048GB, and the user can create up to 128 partitions, as long as there is additional unallocated space on the HDD. 3TB+ Unlock supports both GPT (GUID Partition Table) and MBR (Master Boot Record) partition styles, However, with MBR, the numbers of partitions are limited to 8. 3TB+ Unlock currently supports new high-end motherboard models based on the Intel X58, Intel 6 series and AMD 8 series chipsets, and is in the process of being ported to older chipset models

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Gigabyte has officially announced availability of the 3TB+ Unlock Utility that allows GIGABYTE motherboards without Hybrid EFI Technology to recognize and use unallocated space on new 3TB and larger hard disc drives (HDDs). GIGABYTE 3TB+ Unlock optimizes HDD storage space by allowing the user to create a virtual drive with space that exceeds 2048GB, the maximum amount of storage recognized by 32bit versions of operating systems such as Windows XP. The virtual drives are limited to 2048GB, and the user can create up to 128 partitions, as long as there is additional unallocated space on the HDD. 3TB+ Unlock supports both GPT (GUID Partition Table) and MBR (Master Boot Record) partition styles, However, with MBR, the numbers of partitions are limited to 8. 3TB+ Unlock currently supports new high-end motherboard models based on the Intel X58, Intel 6 series and AMD 8 series chipsets, and is in the process of being ported to older chipset models

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI) has announced that it would double its channel presence in India. PBBI currently has 100 partners across levels here. It is looking at adding large System Integrators, value added resellers and partners across regions and verticals. The company made this announcement at the Partner & System Integrators (SI) Event, where the executive management of the company presented about PBBI, plans in India, roadmap for its products to a group of partners, enterprise customers and select invitees. According to John O’Hara, President, Pitney Bowes Business Insight, "The technology leap that India has made over the past decade makes it a truly exciting, important market of the future for Pitney Bowes Business Insight. The channel partner expansion is aimed at capturing more customers across regions and verticals for our cutting edge suite of new products and solutions. An important focus would be the public se

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Longtel Communication Technology has bought a revolution in the mobile handset industry with their long lasting Battery phones, Music phones, Internet phones, Business phones and Entry level phones with superior quality. All models of Longtel come with great features & looks at an affordable price range. With the good response in market, they have launched two new handsets M11 & X50. M11 New Fully loaded movie house handset has come up with MP4 player to play seamlessly all media formats and hot key feature for FM, Music Player and FM recording function. It also has Dual Sim and Dual Standby (G+G) feature with 1.8' High Resolution Display, Audio Player with 3.5MM Jack with 3D sound effect, Mobile Tracker, video recording, Bluetooth, Torch light, MSN, Yahoo, Facebook with Multi Languages. X50 a phone for youth is a power house handset with 1600 (mah) with standby of 30 days. One can carry on the conversation for 8 hours Non Stop.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE 'ZEBRONICS' has unveiled its latest addition to its wide line-up of notebook accessories - the Zeb-NC3000 Premium Laptop Cooling Pad, a cool recliner for notebook computers. The Zeb-NC3000 has been engineered keeping in mind convenience of use, functionality and portability. The retractable USB cord enables you to stow it away neatly and there are no other cables or power adapter required. Moreover, it is angled for comfort of use, which also provides enough clearance for the wide-sweep, 80-mm fan to create an airflow volume of nearly 19 cubic-ft per minute at a speed of 2000 RPM. With its smart flowing lines and choice of two elegant colours - matt black and electric red - the Zeb-NC3000 cooling pad is an ideal accessory, helping to prolong the life of your notebook computer by decrease its working temperature while isolating your lap when using it on-the-go. It is even more useful if the notebook is your main computer sitting on

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Matrix has recently inaugurated its new Research and Development (R&D) centre in Vadodara. The new facility is in line with Matrix's plan of being a world-class Products and Solutions company operating all-over the world. The new R&D centre shall house more than 500 design and development engineers. The centre is designed using the latest technologies. It shall be the nucleus of the company's activities to connect its design, development and manufacturing activities with its global sales and marketing operations. The other factors considered at the setup of the R&D centre was the vibrant and burgeoning Global Electronics markets as well as the target of catering to the need of the international market. Speaking on the occasion, Ganesh Jivani, the Managing Director of Matrix Comsec said, "Matrix is among the few Indian companies which indigenously manufactures and markets both Telecom and Security products. Research a

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NVIDIA has introduced the GeForce GTX 590, which is the fastest dual graphics card available and also the quietest too. Powered by dual NVIDIA Fermi-class GPUs on a single card, the GTX 590 is designed for uber-enthusiasts and those looking to build the ultimate PC gaming rig. With a combined 1024 NVIDIA CUDA architecture cores, 3GB of GDDR5 memory, 6 billion transistors and over 2200 individual components all packed into an 11 inch dual slot card, the GTX 590 delivers a staggering 32 tessellation engines that can power today's cutting edge DX11 games at resolutions of 2560x1600 and higher. With four separate video outputs on each card, consumers can configure their PC with four independent displays, or they can span their gaming across 3 3D displays, at a resolution up to 5760x1080 for an intense, immersive, stereoscopic gaming experience utilizing NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround technology. Like all NVIDIA "DX11 Done Right" GPUs,

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Evolv, a new range of desktops from Wipro, comes loaded with features like iron cage, Dyna-matrix design and green leaf. It is available in Intel Core2 Duo Processor E7XXX series and Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor E5XXX series. With a G41chipset, it supports memory of 512MB up to 4 GB Dual-Channel DDR III SDRAM. It has 512MB Up to 4 GB Dual-Channel DDR III SDRAM The Wipro Active Console, a pro-active systems management software that is embedded in the PC provides IT professionals predictive failure alerting, real-time status and remote access both in-band and out-of-band to the Windows and Linux platforms. It also provides the user with Wipro 5-in-1 Data Care Utility (Crash Proof, Bit Defender, Antivirus, Port Locker, Data Wipe and PC Reporter). For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Through VARIndia, Kalinga Digital Media Pvt. Ltd. has been a catalyst for many fruitful industry interactions & seminars since 1999. WIITF 2011 was yet another step towards bringing the ICT industry together in the western zone of the country. Pramoud Rao, National President, FSAI and M.D. Zicom India and Paras Shah, CEO, Neoteric Informatique and Dushyant Mehta, Chairman, Mediaman Group of Companies were amongst the Guest of honors. As per the custom, the evening started with lighting of the lamp. This moment was graced by Vishal Chandane, Product Manager- CI (Converged Infrastructure) Solutions HP India Sales Pvt. Ltd., Ananth Padmanabha, Head-Strategic Business, Datacraft India Ltd., Cherian Varghese - Sr. Director for Alliances & Channel- Oracle India, Sunil Gafar, Security Consultant, Bluecoat India, H. T Fatabhoy, Director, CELLOP India, Soumitra Agarwal, Chief Sales Officer,- Allied Digital Services Ltd. Shri. Tarun Lalwani,

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Polycom has announced the acquisition of Accordent Technologies for approximately $50 million. Polycom expects this acquisition to be neutral to earnings in 2011 and slightly accretive to earnings in 2012. "Polycom is committed to delivering an innovative, flexible and world-class video communications solution to customers over the entire content lifecycle - from real-time to capture, to management, to delivery," said, Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Polycom Chief Development Officer. "We believe Accordent has the most elegant video content management solution on the market and by leveraging customer, channel, partner and product synergies with Polycom, this transaction positions Polycom at the forefront of end-to-end video and content management We welcome Accordent's customers and employees to the Polycom team." The Accordent solution provides capture solutions for all major video use cases, whether delivering highly scal

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP will continue the development and innovation of Itanium-based Integrity server platforms with its HP-UX operating system using a roadmap that extends more than 10 years. In addition, HP will continue to support customers running existing versions of Oracle software on Itanium-based Integrity servers, both existing and future platforms, during the same timeframe. "Oracle continues to show a pattern of anti-customer behavior as they move to shore up their failing Sun server business," said Dave Donatelli, executive vice president and general manager, Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking, HP. "HP believes in fair and honest competition. Competition is good for customers, innovation and the marketplace. We are shocked that Oracle would put enterprises and governments at risk while costing them hundreds of millions of dollars in lost productivity in a shameless gambit to limit fair competition." Poulson is Intel'

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Acer India has appointment of Cyberstar as its National Distributor for Acer's Server Products. With this partnership, Acer will focus on extending its presence across India and address the growing server needs of SME and SMB's. Acer will utilize the extensive partner network of Cyberstar to reach out its wide range of customers more efficiently and effectively. In an effort to create top-of-mind recall for Acer's Server Products amongst SME and SMB's, Cyberstar will initially appoint 40 dedicated Acer Partners in 8 cities and then gradually extend this program all over India. As part of this program, Cyberstar will aim to educate SME and SMB's on how Acer's Server Products offer the best solution to meet a growing company's technology requirement. To support this initiative, Acer and Cyberstar will partner on customer engagement programs including direct mailers, multi-city partner road shows, end customer road