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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fortinet has announced a major firmware release for its FortiWeb web application firewall family. FortiWeb appliances provide enterprises, application service providers, Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) customers with significantly expanded security capabilities designed to harden and simplify protection of critical web-based applications containing regulated and confidential data. FortiWeb 4.0 MR2 firmware features a broad range of substantial enhancements that include expanded attack protection schemes to help organizations more easily achieve and maintain compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS 6.6) and help prevent identity theft, financial fraud and corporate espionage associated with strategic web applications. The FortiWeb family of integrated web application and XML firewall appliances deliver this specialized, layered application threat protection. These applian

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sony India has consolidated its No. 1 position in the Flat Panel TV segment with a target of 40-per cent market share during the Cricket World Cup season from January to March. While India is about to witness the incredible game in HD for the first time, Sony is proud to be associated with ESPN Star Sports as the "On-air Broadcast Sponsor". Sports broadcasting in HD will be a game changer and Sony has set itself a target to sell 2.5 lakh units of BRAVIA HD TV during this period. Towards this end, Sony has plans for a Rs.100-crore multimedia campaign with the new Brand Ambassador, Dhoni. This campaign would cover various media formats such as TVC, Print, Web, PR, shop-front and outdoor to maximize visibility. Elaborating on Sony India's plans, Masaru Tamagawa, Managing Director, Sony India, said, "Sony has chosen cricket to promote High Definition as it is the most popular sport in India and makes for a perfect platform to

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Epson's first-ever annual nSolution Conclave targeting System Integrators / Corporate Resellers and Office Automation Partners was successfully concluded in Goa. This event was attended by 150 System Integrators (SIs) from across India with active participation from both ends. Held at the Park Hyatt in Goa, the full-day event started with Epson's Senior Management presenting the road map and plans for the company. Thereafter, Epson's Businesss Managers presented interesting perspectives on their own industries and the Epson go-to-market strategies. The forum was then opened for discussion where participants provided valued feedback to the management on Epson's business strategies and current product offering for the year. The Conclave was followed by a fantastic walk through exhibition where the entire range of Epson products was displayed. The exhibition was an eye-opener for the SIs and corporate resellers on the vast range

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE DIGISOL has introduced its high-performance Layer 2 Managed Switch DG-FS4526 for workgroup environment. This switch brings high level of availability, enhanced security and advanced QoS to the network edge, while maintaining simplicity of management at an affordable price. It comes with 8.8 Gbps switching capacity, 24 10/100 ports and 2 Combo Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45/SFP ports. Four Egress Queues per port enable differentiated management of up to four traffic types. Traffic is prioritized according to 802.1p, DSCP, IP precedence and TCP/UDP port number, giving optimal performance to real-time applications such as Voice and Video. Asymmetric bidirectional rate-limiting preserves network bandwidth allowing maximum control of network resources. IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol provides a loop-free network and redundant links to the core network with rapid convergence, to ensure faster recovery from failed links, enhancing overall network

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AMD has launched the AMD Fusion Family of Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), a single-die design that combines the multi-core CPU (x86) technology with the powerful DirectX 11-capable graphics and a parallel processing engine. The APU also includes a dedicated high-definition video acceleration block and a high-speed bus that speeds data across the differing types of processor cores within the same design. Over 11 AMD Fusion-based systems will be launched in India in the first half of 2011 from the leading manufacturers, including Sony, HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, MSI and Toshiba, which will deliver AMD Fusion APU-based systems at very compelling value and mainstream price points. A 90-member team from AMD's Research and Development Team in Hyderabad played a significant role in the design and development of the microprocessors, Fusion SoCs (System on Chips), graphics and media solutions. "AMD Fusion marks a monumental shift in comput

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE eScan has rewarded its channel partners with amusing rewards. Channel Partners associated with eScan the world's leading anti- virus solutions provider have had an amazing time enjoying the sights around Singapore. Satyawan Sharma, Scomio Systems, Ghaziabad, one of eScan's Channel Partners who was a part of the team shares his exhilarating experience by quoting that his trip by SOTC sponsored by eScan in Singapore was really fantastic, enjoyable and an ultimate trip where all the arrangements given by eScan management to its channel partners were beyond expectation. In a 3 days' 2 nights' trip to Singapore which included sight- seeing of major tourist attractions like Sentosa Island, City Tour and the famous Merlion, eScan's 106 partners enjoyed a fully expense paid trip that included gala dinner parties as well. Anil Gupta, Head National Sales, eScan said, "Our partners and associates have always been very importan

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Kingston has appointed neoteric infomatique ltd. as National Distributors to capitalise on its reach to be available in the B, C and D Class Cities and to penetrate in their SI partner base focusing on the enterprise segment. "neoteric has always strived to bring the next-gen technologies to its partners and customers and SSD is one of them and with Kingston's complete range of SSD's for Servers, Workstations, Desktops & Laptops, catering to the needs of System builders, Non-PC OEM Applications, Consumers, Enterprises & SMB's we look forward to take to newer heights." said Mehul Kagalwala, neoteric infomatique ltd. "Being the pioneers to introduce SSD as the next gen technology, we are aiming to garner growth and achieve the leadership position in Indian markets by reaching out to the masses. neoteric has done a commendable job for our DRAM business line and we look forward to doing the same to the SSDNow b

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE WatchGuard Technologies has attained a record-breaking 2010 fourth quarter for revenue. This quarter stands out as the top-grossing quarter ever earned in the company's history. Additionally, the company notes double-digit sequential growth from Q4 over Q3, and that 2010 marked another year of consecutive annual growth since going private in 2006. "WatchGuard is the leading security solutions provider for SMB and mid-market enterprises," said Joe Wang, CEO, WatchGuard Technologies. "Today's businesses all have a common need – having affordable and effective security solutions stop a myriad of threats, such as spam, viruses, malware, spyware, as well as protect against rogue applications, hackers and identity thieves. As evidenced by the company's aggressive growth, WatchGuard continues to innovate and offer businesses with unbeatable network, application and data protection." For this calendar quarter ending D

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Aditya Infotech has recently organized Nvidia 3D vision campaign on 29th & 30th January, 2011 at Garuda Mall in Bengaluru, to connect deeper with end-consumers and gave them an opportunity to feel the 3D technology at the experiential zones which created on a large set-sup. This event is a part of the awareness campaign, which was initiated by Aditya Infotech Ltd. last year, aiming to create awareness on 3D technology and to build an ecosystem for end-users to use the technology at the best value. To tap the market, Aditya Infotech Ltd. kicked its third campaign at the city after Delhi and Mumbai. Commenting on the campaign, Sanjay Gogia, Country Manager, Aditya Infotech, said, "The 3D Market is really picking up in India. We have received overwhelming response from consumers for Nvidia 3D vision technology. Hence, we are adopting this marketing strategy of organizing series of campaigns where consumers can touch and feel and their

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE With the announcement of submarine cable SEA-ME-WE4's upgrade to 40 Gbps, Verizon customers doing business in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East will be able to immediately meet their needs for more capacity and take advantage of improved performance and better scalability. "SEA-ME-WE4 is a major link connecting Southeast Asia to Europe through the Middle East - critical regions to our multinational customers," said Ihab Tarazi, Vice-President of Global Network Planning for Verizon. "With the phenomenal growth we are seeing in these areas, SEA-ME-WE4 will provide the much-needed capacity without the time and cost of laying new cable." SEA-ME-WE4 is the fourth project in the SEA-ME-WE (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe) series and links Southeast Asia to Europe through the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East. The system was launched in 2005 and uses DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) to c

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Celina Jaitly has been appointed brand ambassador to XAGE Mobile which is all set to storm the Indian market. A high blitz advertising campaign has been conceptualized and ideated by Katha Mediatix India Ltd., the creative agency for the brand. It features Celina Jaitly and choreographed by Longines Fernandes gets under way on 21st & 22nd January, 2011 in an exciting shoot at the Future Studios, Goregaon. This campaign is directed by Pabitra Roy, Chief Creative Officer, Katha Mediatix India Ltd., who brings on the table a rich experience of more than 30 years in the advertising industry. Krishnendu Sen, Chairman, Katha Group, says that the group is on a rapid expansion spree having bagged XAGE Mobile and Jawed Habib Accounts recently amongst various others. With this highly creative campaign, XAGE Mobile offers itself as the first choice for discerning consumer cutting across age group and income profiles. In the highly clutt

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Extending its leadership in the enterprise storage market, Oracle has announced the StorageTek T10000C tape drive, which provides the highest performance, lowest total cost of ownership at one-third to one-fifth the floor space of any tiered storage, archive or backup solution. Oracle's StorageTek tiered storage solutions incorporate the advantages of both disk and tape, and deliver the most scalable, cost-efficient and energy-efficient storage solutions for heterogeneous data protection, consolidation, archiving and cloud environments. Compared to disk-only solutions from EMC, Oracle's StorageTek solution scales to 30x the capacity, and 50x the performance, while requiring 99-per cent less power and cooling. The capacity and throughput increase helps customers drastically reduce the cost of enterprise storage, while providing the fastest backup and archive solutions. "The release of the StorageTek T10000C tape drive reaffirms

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE According to industry analyst firm Ovum, the prepaid segment in the U.S. wireless market grew 17 per cent in 4Q09 to 54.4 million subscribers, and - by 2014 - 24 per cent of all U.S. wireless connections is expected to be prepaid. As more North American communications service providers (CSPs) offer prepaid products, Telcordia's advanced Service Delivery and Charging solutions will play a key role by providing them with integrated applications that handle real-time session control, real-time policy, real time charging, and converged and interactive services, and will help them increase prepaid market share and brand reach. According to Mike Wojcik, President, Service Delivery Solutions, Telcordia, the company's solutions enable communication service providers like Sprint to target specific audiences with highly personalized bundles and services without compromising its premium brands. A key implementation of these solutions is payLo

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Foxconn Electronics has shipped five million own-brand motherboards in 2010, in addition to OEM shipments of over 40 million, according to a company representative. Although Foxconn continues to sell its branded motherboards worldwide, the key markets in 2010 were mainly emerging ones such as Peru, Turkey and Vietnam where Foxconn is one of the top three brands. Foxconn was once poised to become one of the top three motherboard brands worldwide (after Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology), but in late 2009 announced it would scale back its branded operations shifting the majority of staff to its OEM division, and focussing any remaining sales and marketing largely on the emerging markets. Nevertheless, Foxconn still expects to eventually become a top three brand supplier, thanks to fast growth in the emerging markets. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IFFCO has announced that it has selected KPIT Cummins to strengthen its supply chain execution using Oracle Transportation Management (OTM). As part of this strategic engagement, KPIT Cummins will build a comprehensive transportation management platform to integrate IFFCO group's supply chain processes as well as those of its external carriers. This is one of the largest OTM implementations in the Middle East and will be completed in 14 months. The scope of this multidimensional transformational project includes streamlining of all logistics and transportation - domestic and international - across IFFCO's entire supply chain from inbound raw and packing materials to finished goods distribution. Commenting on the announcement, Anamitra Roy, Group Director - Information Technology, IFFCO, said, "OTM will be a very critical implementation in IFFCO as we have sharpened our focus on supply chain execution to give us cost and service

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE VeriSign will host an event of Internet policy-makers and industry leaders to celebrate the economic, social and cultural impact of the Internet. The invitation-only event will be held on 11th February, 2011 at the Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi. The event will feature Verisign's leadership team including Rusty Lewis, Executive Vice- President, Strategic Development; Patrick Kane, Senior Vice-President & General Manager, Naming Services; and Hillarie Flood, Vice-President, Value Added Services and International Product Marketing, among others. N. Ravi Shanker, Joint Secretary & CEO of NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Department of IT, Government of India, will be the keynote speaker at this event. Patrick Kane and N. Ravi Shanker will also unveil a book on the impact of the Internet in India that is being published by the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF). Commerci