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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE In its 25th anniversary year, Antec has announced the Six Hundred V2, the latest addition to Antec's line of gaming cases. The Six Hundred V2 occupies the mid-range space, both in terms of price point and performance attributes, and is designed for gaming purists looking for simple gaming design. The Six Hundred V2 is equipped with several new features, including a front-loaded 2.5" hot swap hard drive caddy (SSD compatible) which allows users to access and swap their drives quickly and easily from the front panel. The Six Hundred V2 also sports a CPU cutout for installation of after-market coolers, a cable management compartment for tidier routing and a windowed top panel for unique "moonroof' visibility. "The Six Hundred V2 is a pure, simple gaming case at its finest," said Scott Richards, Senior Vice-President, Antec. "With this case, we are broadening our line of gaming cases to address the space between

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Agilent Technologies and A2 Technologies have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire specific assets of A2 Technologies. The acquisition includes substantially all of A2 Technologies' intellectual property, technology, employees and its spectroscopy product portfolio. Subject to customary closing conditions, the transaction is expected to be final in mid-February. Financial details were not disclosed. "A2 Technologies' products, technology and people are a great fit with Agilent," said Mike McMullen, president of Agilent's Chemical Analysis Group. "We set out to grow our spectroscopy business, which we acquired this past year when Varian joined us, so we can offer customers an even wider range of the industry's best solutions. Adding A2 Technologies’ cutting-edge, patented technology and top talent is a major move in this direction." "We are very excited about joining the Agilent team

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cognizant has been selected by Eli Lilly, one the world’s leading innovation-driven pharmaceutical companies, to deliver an end-to-end set of services to help Lilly's U.S. sales and marketing operations be more effective, efficient, and innovative. Under the multiyear contract, Cognizant will deliver a tightly bundled range of solutions spanning commercial analytics, sales force planning, sales incentive compensation, customer relationship management, business reporting, data warehousing, and state compliance reporting using a consumption-based service delivery model called Business Process as a Service (BPaaS). "This expansion of our relationship with Cognizant is another step in our mission to become the most customer-focused pharmaceutical company in the U.S. market," said David Ricks, President, Lilly USA. "By collaborating with the industry leader in commercial operations service delivery, we will sharpen our own foc

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Panasonic Corporation has announced a strategic alliance with Modicare. The agreement signed between Daizo Ito, President, Panasonic and Amrish Roy Anand, CEO, Modicare will further strengthen Panasonic distribution network and reach in India. As part of the agreement, initially, select Panasonic personal care products will be sold through the vast Modicare network of 40 centres spread across 2700 cities. The current tie-up will have a few products from the beauty care and home appliances range. Speaking about the alliance with Modicare, Ito said "We are glad to partner one of the Ieading direct selling companies in India. It is our constant endeavor to bring solutions to Indian families that enhance and improve their quality of life, by offering best in class products through a strong distribution network. Alliance with Modicare is another step in this direction." K.K.Modi, Chairman, Modi Group of Companies, shares that "We l

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Stelae Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with Newgen Software Technologies The Newgen product suite combined with Stelae's Khemeia enables transformation of unstructured content from multiple input formats (PDF, Word, HTML, QuarkXPress,…) to multiple output formats (XML, HTML, NITF, NewsML, S1000D, XBRL,…) Content sets processed by Newgen OmniFlow and OmniDocs integrated with Khemeia include newspapers, magazines, jurisprudence, government statutes, regulatory documents, technical documentation and financial accounts. The initial focus for solution sales will be on the India market where most of the BPOs, KPOs LPOs and government organizations are currently working on digitization projects for archiving and re-use of information on portals. The integrated solution offered by Newgen and Stelae significantly reduces conversion costs and efforts and enables rapid turnaround times even for huge content volumes. The entire En

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Quest Software has announced the completion of its acquisition of BakBone Software Incorporated. The acquisition gives Quest additional technologies to offer data protection across heterogeneous physical, virtual and application-level environments, enabling organizations to support expanding data protection needs while simplifying data protection processes. BakBone shareholders received $0.33 per common share and $1.29 per preferred share. "Continuous data protection is a major challenge for all organizations, as the sheer volume of data being generated continues to grow,"said Doug Garn, CEO and president of Quest Software. "Adding BakBone technologies to our existing portfolio of data protection products enables Quest to deliver an integrated, best-of-breed set of solutions appropriate for all organizations." The acquisition was conducted by way of a statutory plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Ac

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HCL has announced the awarding of a multi-crore rupee deal from Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (AMTRON) to provide 7,200 units of HCL ME laptops. This initiative by AMTRON is an integral part of the existing "Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme" by the Government of Assam set out to honour meritorious students of the state. HCL Infosystems will be partnering with the State Government and will be providing best-in-class HCL ME Laptops designed for Indian conditions and supported by one of the largest HCL service and support network in the country today. J. V. Ramamurthy, President & COO, HCL Infosystems, said, " Today, computers have become one of the most essential requirements of daily life and especially in student life where it can play a pivotal role. India, being a growing economy, needs to propel PC penetration and truly democratize access to broadband to realize its potential as a knowledge economy. We co

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HCL has announced the awarding of a multi-crore rupee deal from Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (AMTRON) to provide 7,200 units of HCL ME laptops. This initiative by AMTRON is an integral part of the existing "Anundoram Borooah Award Scheme" by the Government of Assam set out to honour meritorious students of the state. HCL Infosystems will be partnering with the State Government and will be providing best-in-class HCL ME Laptops designed for Indian conditions and supported by one of the largest HCL service and support network in the country today. J. V. Ramamurthy, President & COO, HCL Infosystems, said, " Today, computers have become one of the most essential requirements of daily life and especially in student life where it can play a pivotal role. India, being a growing economy, needs to propel PC penetration and truly democratize access to broadband to realize its potential as a knowledge economy. We co

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Due to the global fervour of smartphones, the surging needs of mobile storage are inevitable. Silicon Power-the world's leading manufacturer in the flash memory industry - has released its super-large capacity of 32GB microSDHC Class4 memory cards to fulfil all the needs of worldwide consumers. Aimed at the needs of entertainment for mobile users, the super-large 32GB microSDHC memory card is perfect for your content-rich devices. Silicon Power has broken the limits of technology by increasing the capacity to 32GB, adding more convenience for the user. While smaller than a finger nail, this micro SDHC memory card has an extremely high data storage capacity, it can store over 9,000 photos, nearly 500 minutes of full HD videos, more than 6,000 songs and thousands of files. For end-users who seek versatility, in addition to microSDHC single pack, Silicon Power provides two more choices: SD Adapter pack and SD & miniSD Adapters pack. The

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Seagate Technology has reported financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2010. The company shipped 48.9 million disk drives and on a GAAP basis and reported a revenue of $2.7 billion, gross margin of 19.5%, net income of $150 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.31. On a non-GAAP basis, which excludes the net impact of purchased intangibles amortization and restructuring, Seagate reported net income of $159 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.33 for the quarter ended December 31, 2010. For the six months ended December 31, 2010, the company reported,on a GAAP basis, a revenue of $5.4 billion, gross margin of 19.9%, net income of $299 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.61. On a non-GAAP basis, which excludes the impact of purchased intangibles amortization and restructuring, Seagate reported a net income of $339 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.70. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Seagate Technology has reported financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2010. The company shipped 48.9 million disk drives and on a GAAP basis and reported a revenue of $2.7 billion, gross margin of 19.5%, net income of $150 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.31. On a non-GAAP basis, which excludes the net impact of purchased intangibles amortization and restructuring, Seagate reported net income of $159 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.33 for the quarter ended December 31, 2010. For the six months ended December 31, 2010, the company reported,on a GAAP basis, a revenue of $5.4 billion, gross margin of 19.9%, net income of $299 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.61. On a non-GAAP basis, which excludes the impact of purchased intangibles amortization and restructuring, Seagate reported a net income of $339 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.70. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Zebronics has introduced their latest media player - the Zebmate Cinema Portable Wide 4.3 Touchscreen Media Player - the most recent addition to their lineup of premium portable media players. The game-changing feature of the new player is the ultra-lightweight - just 128 grams for its screen size, a full 4.3-inch touch-screen, 260K resolution (480x272 pixel widescreen format). The high-resolution screen displays brilliant colour depth to bring your videos and pictures to life vividly. The player itself is designed as a lifestyle accessory for the style conscious generation - it comes in an elegant smoked-black colour body with a sturdy build and quality feel to it. In keeping with the Zebmate lineup of players, known for good sound quality, premium design and features, the Zebmate Cinema Portable 4.3 has 8GB capacity inbuilt as standard while a micro-SD card slot takes care of expandability. The TV-out function and inbuilt speakers lets you

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Yahoo! India R&D has announced the schedule of its Big Thinkers Series for 2011. A much-awaited quarterly event, Big Thinkers Series is an important calendar event for the research and tech community. Started in 2007, the Yahoo! Big Thinkers India Series is a well-established quarterly lecture on topics ranging from science, technology and the Internet. The speakers are globally acclaimed subject-matter experts from the Yahoo! Research team. They bring with them the expertise and global perspective of the constantly changing world of technology, online products and communities in the overall Internet space. The speakers focus on Internet trends, data driven analysis, high quality research, algorithms and economic models. This year's series will start with Ravi Kumar, Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research, who will deliver a lecture on "Online Social Interactions". This talk will be held on Friday, January 28 betwee

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP and Microsoft have announced a portfolio of four new converged application appliances that fuse applications, infrastructure and productivity tools into a single system. These solutions help organizations optimize employee productivity and decision-making, while simplifying the delivery of applications for IT. The HP Business Decision Appliance is available now to run business intelligence services, and the HP E5000 Messaging System for Microsoft Exchange Server is planned to be available in 45 days to run messaging services. Two other appliances are expected to be available later this year. Delivering on the companies' extended partnership announced a year ago, the new converged application appliances from HP and Microsoft are systems designed for IT as well as end-users. They deliver application services such as business intelligence, data warehousing, online transaction processing and messaging. "Customers are looking to signi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP and Microsoft have announced a portfolio of four new converged application appliances that fuse applications, infrastructure and productivity tools into a single system. These solutions help organizations optimize employee productivity and decision-making, while simplifying the delivery of applications for IT. The HP Business Decision Appliance is available now to run business intelligence services, and the HP E5000 Messaging System for Microsoft Exchange Server is planned to be available in 45 days to run messaging services. Two other appliances are expected to be available later this year. Delivering on the companies' extended partnership announced a year ago, the new converged application appliances from HP and Microsoft are systems designed for IT as well as end-users. They deliver application services such as business intelligence, data warehousing, online transaction processing and messaging. "Customers are looking to signi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE EMC executives, including Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci, has kicked off a three continent, multi-day series of press, analyst, customer and partner events that highlight record-breaking new innovations and technological achievements As part of these events, attendees will witness daredevils and others attempt to break several Guinness World Records - all with a storage twist. More than 40 new storage technologies and products being introduced by the storage vendor are part of this event, reinforcing EMC's leadership in one of the hottest sectors of the technology industry and powerfully positioning it at the intersection the major trends driving information growth including cloud computing and Big Data applications . The new EMC VNXe systems are the most simple, efficient and affordable unified storage systems available and are designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses. The EMC VNX family of unified storage systems cons

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE EMC executives, including Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci, has kicked off a three continent, multi-day series of press, analyst, customer and partner events that highlight record-breaking new innovations and technological achievements As part of these events, attendees will witness daredevils and others attempt to break several Guinness World Records - all with a storage twist. More than 40 new storage technologies and products being introduced by the storage vendor are part of this event, reinforcing EMC's leadership in one of the hottest sectors of the technology industry and powerfully positioning it at the intersection the major trends driving information growth including cloud computing and Big Data applications . The new EMC VNXe systems are the most simple, efficient and affordable unified storage systems available and are designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses. The EMC VNX family of unified storage systems cons