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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The rapid transition that is taking place in the world of technology is fast revolutionizing and changing the world that we are living in. Gone are those days when people used to go gaga over a particular technology. Now is the age where people just don't stick themselves to a single technology and go craving for more in pursuit of newer innovations and better technologies. 2011 is predicted to give rise to a handful of new technologies, powering modern gadgets and devices. It is going to be a year when older technologies will make way for the newer ones and this will be made possible by the recent innovations and breakthrough. The tryst with cloud has been a success for quite some time. It is time now to simplify it further. An OS in the cloud is what everyone is eyeing at this year. Google's Chrome promises users an instant access to the web, emails and social networking that they use. It aims at freeing them of desktops, enabling

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Atempo has now achieved another feather in its cap. Daikin air-conditioning was having a unique problem of their machines missing emails, losing important files or completely crashed hard drives. With plant locations and sales depot across the country and no IT manpower intervention at remote sites, the corporate IT team of Daikin India had a daunting task to manage remote backups of desktops and roaming laptop users. The main objective of Daikin was to imply a backup policy covering key PC users at HQs as well as at remote location with effective de-duplication for saving storage cost and planning Disk to disk architect for backups. Now more than a year after implementing the solution, Naveen Verma, Assistant Manager - IT, Daikin, said, "Atempo's Live Backup has given the Daikin IT team a moral boosting confidence by averting data loss by recovering data for critical user during any disaster and 100% compliance of backup policies

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Acronis has launched the industry's first Global Disaster Recovery Index, a barometer which measures IT managers' confidence in their backup and recovery operations. The survey of over 3,000 small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) conducted by the Ponemon Institute revealed that while attitudes towards backup and recovery differ widely around the world, businesses everywhere want a single backup and recovery solution for physical, virtual and cloud environments. The vast majority (68%) of IT managers agree that their greatest challenge in a hybrid environment is moving data between the three environments, yet the average business currently uses at least two or three separate backup solutions, making disaster recovery (DR) more complicated. The survey also highlighted that many IT managers are failing to back up their virtual environments as often as their physical counterparts. Despite an expected 50% global increase in the deploym

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Marvell has announced the Marvell mPrint, a printing platform that demonstrates how Marvell's technologies can be integrated into a single platform, enabling wireless printing, scanning and document management for business users and consumers - a need that is becoming increasingly important in today's mobile world. "As a leading supplier to the printing industry, we are very proud to bring new, cutting-edge capabilities for the global population of end-users who want to be able to seamlessly print high-quality photos, documents or images from all of their devices anywhere and at any time," said Weili Dai, Co-Founder of Marvell. "Marvell mPrint platform makes printing and scanning much more dynamic. I believe this truly meets the needs of a global population for whom life is mobile." The Marvell mPrint mobile printing platform supports up to four users simultaneously. Individuals may work with the Marvell mPrint

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Juniper Networks has announced a new training and education programme designed to enhance the expertise of Juniper partners in the key areas of cloud networking, security, switching, routing and mobility. As a new offering in the Juniper Learning Academy curriculum, the new Continuing Education Programme empowers sales and system engineers with valuable knowledge and skills through a variety of on-demand formats, including online testing, webcasts, videos, and virtual demonstrations. Available at no cost to Juniper partners, the Continuing Education Programme features a flexible training structure that encourages partners to select courses appealing to their business model and technology interests. In turn, Juniper partners are awarded for their achievements with specialized accreditations of expertise that can be easily marketed to end-user customers and prospects to help win opportunities. Data Center and Switching accreditations are avail

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Juniper Networks has announced a new training and education programme designed to enhance the expertise of Juniper partners in the key areas of cloud networking, security, switching, routing and mobility. As a new offering in the Juniper Learning Academy curriculum, the new Continuing Education Programme empowers sales and system engineers with valuable knowledge and skills through a variety of on-demand formats, including online testing, webcasts, videos, and virtual demonstrations. Available at no cost to Juniper partners, the Continuing Education Programme features a flexible training structure that encourages partners to select courses appealing to their business model and technology interests. In turn, Juniper partners are awarded for their achievements with specialized accreditations of expertise that can be easily marketed to end-user customers and prospects to help win opportunities. Data Center and Switching accreditations are avail

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Newgen Software Technologies has announced that Craig Le Clair - Principal Analyst, Forrester Research will join Ashish Deshmukh, Director, Business Development at Newgen Software, in a webinar on "Better Customer Experience Demands Smart Communications". New-generation customers demand more personalized, contextual communications, delivered in real time, through their preferred channel. Customer Communication Management provides a platform to deliver smart communication, maximizing the effectiveness of all communication touch points while complying with regulatory mandates and branding guidelines. An integrated CCM with enterprise content & BPM framework provides organizations an agile process for creation, review and distribution of personalized communication across multiple channels consistently. The webinar will provide insights and best practices how to achieve personalized customer communication for upselling, cross-selli

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Dell leaders met a cross-section of media to update how the company is aggressively transforming itself to becoming a leading technology solutions provider to Indian customers - companies as well as home users - in a way that helps them leverage technology to grow and thrive. Ganesh Lakshminarayanan, President, Dell India, emphasized, "Our leadership in the hardware PC business offers us a great opportunity to engage in close conversations with our customers across different segments to understand their needs and provide them with the right kind of technology solutions. With revamped product lines, we continue to cater to the specific requirements for each segment - corporate, small businesses, mobile professionals, GenY, gamers and more. At the same time, we have acquired new global capabilities in services and solutions to focus on emerging technology trends such as cloud and mobile computing with special focus on growth markets such

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Microsoft India has launched Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, the cloud version of the new Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 release that delivers new levels of productivity to sales, service and marketing organizations. Specifically to meet the requirements of the local customers in India, "Hindi" version of the application has also been introduced. The on-premises and partner-hosted versions of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 will be globally available on Feb. 28, 2011. Informed Subhomoy Sengupta, Group Director, Microsoft Dynamics India, "Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is focussed on delivering the 'Power of Productivity' through familiar, intelligent and connected experiences for people inside and outside an organization. I am confident that this offering will add immense value to businesses across functions like sales, services and marketing by providing simplicity and enabling innovation for customers." More than 11,500

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ASUS has announced a range of motherboards featuring full support for Intel's "Sandy Bridge" second-generation Intel Core processors. The new P8P67 and P8H67 Series motherboards are based on the new Intel P67 and H67 chipsets. The class leading P67-based motherboards incorporate the future of motherboard technology with the introduction of DIGI+ VRM. This exclusive ASUS architecture offers revolutionary digital CPU voltage regulation for improved reliability, stability and performance not available with yesterday's analog technology. The new motherboards also feature Dual Intelligent Processors 2 technology, which consists of twin embedded co-processors that ensure optimized energy consumption and enhanced performance controls not available in other motherboards. "The new ASUS motherboards based on the P67 and H67 chipsets employ several new features like DIGI+VRM, DIP2, EFI BIOS and BT GO!, to give users increased fu

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sophos is advising users of Facebook to remove their addresses and phone numbers from the site, after the social network plunged itself into controversy by announcing to developers that users' off-site contact details will now be accessible programmatically. "This change isn't as drastic as it might first appear, because users will need to give permission for third-party Facebook applications to access this data," explained Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant, Sophos. "But it still sounds like a recipe for disaster, given the prevalence of rogue scam applications already on Facebook, all of which benefit from apparently being blessed by the Facebook name and brand." Facebook is already plagued by rogue applications that post spam links to users' walls, point users to survey scams that earn them commission - and sometimes even trick users into handing over their cell phone numbers to sign them up for a