VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Jasper, the parent company of SnapDeal.com, which is already among the top 35 websites of India, in terms of traffic, has raised $12 million from the leading investors in the Indian digital space, Nexus Venture Partners and Indo-US Venture Partners. According to Kunal Bahl, CEO of Jasper, "The investment will help us to enhance our 300-person strong team by attracting world-class talent and to further increase our reach within and outside India. It will also help us in inorganic expansion in the domain of marketing platforms for SMEs and well-established brands." Snapdeal.com which is Jasper's consumer facing business is a unique offering started in February 2010, which offers average savings of 50% - 90% at popular restaurants, spas, salons and movie theatres, among other leading categories. Consumers can log on to the site and purchase attractive deals at popular destinations across their city. In the short s...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Inspan Infotech has launched the EZ TV TUNER CARD (DM345), the feature-rich Full LCD HD TV Box from Mercury, the premium brand in PC components. Mercury EZ TV Tuner Card automatically shuts down to self-protect and save energy. Comparing to other solutions, it can save more than 30% power. It supports AUDIO IN and VIDEO OUT function with a built-in speaker. This high-definition card supports 13 kinds of output resolution with 4:3, 16:9, 16:10 display modes. This will help preview all programs in 4, 9 or 16 pictures. Picture in picture (PIP) function, display the picture of TV program on the status of PC. With full channel scan option, it supports PAL BG/DK/I/M/N or NTSC or SECAM BG/DK TV system of cable TV and air TV. The Video or S-Video port will help connect with camera, VCD or TV game console and VIDEO output function will connect to the monitor or DVR. "Mercury TV Tuner Cards are well accepted in the market because of their high qu...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Brocade has introduced several significant enhancements to the Brocade Alliance Partner Network (APN) programme and Global Education offerings to help channel partners capitalize on Ethernet fabric-based technology opportunities. These partner investments include the introduction of the Virtualized Fabric Partner Specialization and the new Brocade Certified Ethernet Fabric Engineer (BCEFE) Certification designed to support partners in the delivery of Ethernet fabric technologies, including the award-winning Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switch. The Virtualized Fabric Partner Specialization is a technology-centric designation for partners who possess a deep understanding of design, implementation and maintenance of Ethernet fabric architectures. To receive this specialization, partners must be an Elite partner within the APN programme and satisfy a specific set of requirements, one of which is having BCEFE-certified personnel on staff. As with...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Micro Star International (MSI) has forayed into the Tablet computer market, with the announcement of its first offering in the segment. The WindPad 100W Tablet PC features the Intel mobile platform processor, 10.1-inch multipoint touchscreen as well as cutting-edge hardware, a G-Sensor gravity detecting device and an ALS light sensor. With external dimensions of 274x173x18.5 mm, it still packs in a complete array of I/O ports, including an SD card reader, USB 2.0 slots and a mini HDMI port. Weighing just 800g, it is the ideal mobile data center for today's on-the-go generation. MSI's WindPad 100W offers advanced hardware devices like screen rotate, light sensor detect, G-sensor, dual cameras with the front camera capturing videos and photos so that the user stays connected either for fun or business and the rear camera capturing pictures and videos for conference meetings and editing etc. "With MSI becoming an increasingly popu...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Samsung India Electronics has launched Wave II (S8530) on the bada platform. bada is Samsung's own proprietary OS and with its WAVE series of mobiles based on the bada platform, the Company is seeking to provide users with an enhanced integrated, immersive and intuitive Smartphone experience. Announcing the launch of Wave II in India, Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Samsung Mobile & IT, stated, "The 'bada' platform has been designed as a fully integrated platform which supports cutting-edge applications and services. The launch of Wave II represents our efforts to grow this platform further. The new Wave II enhances the consumers' smartphone experience with advanced entertainment, communication, push e-mail, display and superior usability." Designed to deliver a superfast performance, the new Samsung Wave II is equipped with a 1GHz processor that enables superior Multimedia, Multitasking and Application experience a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Xerox Corporation has announced that Lawrence A. Zimmerman, Vice-Chairman & Chief Financial Officer, will retire as CFO next month. Luca Maestri, current CFO of Nokia Siemens Networks, will succeed Zimmerman as Xerox's chief financial officer and executive vice-president of the corporation. Zimmerman will continue with the company as vice-chairman until April 1. Maestri joins the company on February 16. "Larry Zimmerman retires at the very top of his game - a smart and strategic advisor and a highly skilled financial manager who has helped significantly transform our company into the successful technology and services enterprise we are today," said Ursula Burns, Xerox Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. "He is respected not only for his exceptional financial management but also as a trusted business partner." Zimmerman, 68, joined Xerox as CFO in 2002 following a 31-year career with International Business ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Once again, Kalinga Digital Media successfully organized Orissa Information Technology Fair - 2011 (OITF) on 28th January, 2011 in Bhubaneswar. Bhubaneswar witnessed coming together of the Government PSUs, large institutions and SMBs under one roof to understand the trends and progress of Information Technology in the State. Shri Pradeep Kumar Jena, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of IT, Government of Orissa, and Shri P. Krishna Mohan, IFS, Director, Biotechnology-cum-Additional Secretary to the Government of Orissa, inaugurated the Fair by lighting the ceremonial lamp. Other dignitaries who graced the occasion included M. Chakraborty, Director, IIT, Bhubaneswar; Ashwini Aggarwal, Executive Director, MAIT; Manu Vinod, Country Category Manager, StorageWorks Division, HP India Sales Pvt. Ltd.; Angelo Barboza, Product Manager, IT Infrastructure, Rittal India Pvt. Ltd.; Rajan Verma, Sales Director, Alvarion; Gagandeep Nagra, Business...