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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE TCS BaNCS Securities Trading went operational with its mobile trading application with a leading financial services provider in November 2010. With this implementation, TCS BaNCS becomes one of the first IT solution providers to deploy its mobile trading solution in India, the bastion of the exchanges until now. Bharat Shah, Global Product Head, TCS BaNCS Securities Trading, said, "The availability of mobile devices with powerful processors, abundant memory and large screens such as smart phones has spurred exponential growth in mobile applications. The mobile trading platform is a step by TCS BαNCS to meet the requirements of the Gen-Y investors" Launched in international markets last year, TCS BaNCS Mobile Trading is a J2ME application supported on more than 220 mobile phone models, including the most popular iPhone, BlackBerry, Nokia, Samsung, Windows PDA and Palm PDA. Given the huge penetration of mobiles vis-a-vis Internet in...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Netmagic Solutions has entered into a formal alliance with vTECH Solutions to expand its presence in the Middle East market. Following this partnership, vTECH Solutions will represent and market the hosting and managed solutions from Netmagic Solutions in that region. "We firmly believe in the growth potential and increasing dynamism in the Middle East region. We see this market as a crucial building block in our expansion strategy to deliver to our global enterprise customers. Along with our strategic partner vTECH Solutions, we are confident of creating sustained mutual benefits and delivering proficient service to our customers," said Sunil Gupta, President & Chief Operating Officer, Netmagic Solutions. Speaking on this association, Imran Raoof of vTECH Solutions said, "We are delighted to partner with Netmagic Solutions. Their unique and industry leading services will complete our Managed Services portfolio in the ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Inspan Infotech has launched a series of Modular PSUs - Professional Series Corsair AX750, AX850 and AX1200 PSUs. These are 80 PLUS Gold Certified Fully-Modular Power Supplies. Corsair AX750, AX850 and AX1200 power supplies are one of the highest-quality mid-wattage power supplies for the enthusiast who wants uncompromising performance. With 90% efficiency at 50% load, These Corsair Professional Series Gold power supplies run quieter, generates minimal excess heat, and saves your money every month. It's earned the 80 Plus Gold seal of approval, your guarantee that you are making the right choice for smart, efficient power delivery. With fully modular cable set, and low-noise levels, these products have no rivals at its wattage. With the dimensions of 150mm(W) x 86mm(H) x 160mm(L) and MTBF of 100,000 hours, these PSUs support the latest ATX12V v2.31 and EPS 2.92 standards and are backward compatible with ATX12V 2.2 and ATX12V 2.01 systems...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Symphony Services has announced the addition of LRN, a company committed to helping enterprises cultivate ethical business practices and inspire principle performance to its large and growing client roster. Tasked with engineering and now managing LRN's comprehensive ethics, compliance, and environmental responsibility knowledge portals, it is Symphony Services' commitment to Engineering Outcome Certainty that ensures LRN's solutions are delivered to market with the highest level of innovation and quality. Looking to create further competitive separation for its flagship Alliance applications, LRN worked with Symphony Services to take an already strong solution to the next level with new features and functionalities such as a sleek and smooth user interface, increased user interactivity capabilities and a forward-thinking platform to align with LRN's long-term business priorities and mission. Specifically, Symphony managed th...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IT security and control firm Sophos has reminded computer users of properly protecting themselves while online after news broke that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had his Facebook page hacked. An unknown hacker broke into the 26-year-old internet celebrity's Facebook account and posted a bizarre message calling upon the firm to adopt a social cause. "Let the hacking begin: If Facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn't Facebook let its users invest in Facebook in a social way? Why not transform Facebook into a 'social business' the way Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus described it? [LINK] What do you think? #hackercup2011" More than 1,800 people "liked" the update before Facebook took down their CEO's page. Facebook has made no public statement about how the hack occurred, possibly to save their CEO from embarrassment. "Facebook users - famous or not - need to take better...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE WatchGuard Technologies has released an update to its award-winning XCS (extensible content security) line of email and web content security appliances. This latest software upgrade is available for free and includes new features that make stopping spam even easier, as well as new email encryption capabilities. "E-mail continues to be a significant threat vector for businesses around the world," said Mohit Puri, Country Manager India an SAARC, WatchGuard Technologies. "These latest enhancements to WatchGuard's XCS security appliances provide for even better spam blocking efficacy and the new encryption features give peace of mind to businesses that want to ensure that their sensitive data is handled securely." With this latest update, business users can utilize a new WatchGuard XCS add-in for Outlook. This new feature allows end users to easily mark any delivered messages that bypass the XCS spam filters as either ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Yahoo! India and the International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced the launch of the official ICC World Cup 2011 website -iccevents.yahoo.com. This website will be the official ICC World Cup online destination for cricket enthusiasts from around the world who are following the ICC Cricket World Cup frenzy. Cricket lovers can be a part of the World Cup celebrations on Yahoo! through live match updates, detailed match analysis, exclusive video content, engaging games and rewarding contests. The experience will feature more interactivity by choosing from a variety of cool World Cup themed avatars, the ability to buy game tickets and other ICC merchandise through the website. Prem Panicker, Managing Editor, Yahoo! India, said, "Cricket is the most passionately followed game in India and many countries around the world. Cricket fans can now catch all the excitement of the game on the ICC World Cup 2011 official website. Yahoo! Cricket w...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SanDisk Corporation has introduced SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC UHS-I card. The card features Ultra High Speed (UHS) technology from the newly released SD 3.0 specification and achieves up to 45MB/sec read and write performance with long-term reliability by distributing data rapidly and efficiently using SanDisk's proprietary Power Core Controller. Manisha Sood, Country Manager, India & SAARC, said, "This product is titled Extreme for the precise reason that it can withstand even the most extreme and enduring conditions making it ideal for professional and personal photography. By constantly pushing the boundaries of flash innovation, we, at SanDisk, are able to develop advanced products not found anywhere else. SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC card lets consumers take their skills to the next level by capturing high-resolution still images, fast-moving action shots and HD videos of the highest quality." SanDisk has also introduced its...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Microsoft India has been named leader in the India Application Development Software market in a report published by the leading independent market intelligence and advisory firm IDC (International Data Corporation). In the report titled "India Packaged Software Market Analysis and Forecast, 2010-2014", IDC considered the entire Application Development Software stack as per IDC's software taxonomy that includes tools providing functionality for Requirement Management, Design, Coding, Testing, Maintenance and Support. The IDC report also states that the growth in the India tools market is attributed to a number of factors such as shift in the billing pattern towards fixed cost billing. Outsourcing projects are more driven by service level agreements (SLAs) and demand for reduction in cycle time, demand for increase in productivity and efficiency. Most system integrators (SIs) are diversifying and providing end-to-end software dev...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Brocade has announced Ravi Saxena as Regional Director for its Service Provider business in Asia-Pacific (APAC). Saxena will be based in Singapore and will be responsible for driving the company's service provider growth and market-penetration strategies throughout the region. Saxena will work closely with the regional field leadership, marketing and product management teams to devise and execute on a go-to-market strategy for this business segment. Saxena was most recently Vice-President of Service Provider Business Development with Cisco Systems India, where he led a team of worldwide resources in addressing large opportunities across the mobility, video and managed services segments in the emerging markets, including India. Prior to this role, he served as Vice- President of SP at Cisco Systems India. "Brocade is already enjoying strong SAN footprint within tier one telecommunications data centers across APAC. Ravi and his team w...