VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Trend Micro has appointed Redington India as its Value Added Distributor. Under the agreement, Redington will help Trend Micro appoint, enable and drive business through its Value Added Partners across the Tier 1 cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and Kolkata. The distribution agreement will also enable Redington engage their sales and presales resources across offices in these cities, who would work as an extended arm for Trend Micro's range of enterprise and SMB products. With a significant hold in India, Middle East and Africa, Redington has successfully positioned itself as a focused supply chain solutions player. This tie up is intended to help Trend Micro reach out customers across geographies. "With extensive domain knowledge, nationwide distribution structure and a team of experienced professionals, Redington is expected to fetch in right value for our distribution and channel objectives. We are

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY has launched 'The Right Choice" campaign, which helps users to choose the right motherboard based on their computing needs. While different motherboards offer their own unique feature sets, GIGABYTE believes there are certain features that all motherboards should have, regardless of the price of the motherboard. So, in 2011, GIGABYTE has standardized these features across our entire range of motherboards, enabling our customers to experience a much richer computing experience, and at the same time, getting more value out of their motherboard purchase. Boards featuring the "2011 Select Motherboard" logo based on the Intel H61, P41 and G41 Express Chipsets, as well as NVIDIA M52 and M68 chipsets for the AMD platform come equipped with additional features which help set them apart from other motherboards. Key GIGABYTE technologies featured on these motherboards include class-leading 4 phase power design, n

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Atempo has announced the appointment of a new executive in the operations domain. With the notion to achieve higher targets than those in 2010, Atempo has appointed Sudhanshu Sharma as General Manager - Operations at its New Delhi head office. Based on a successful track record, Sudhanshu Sharma has a total experience of over 25 years. Sudhanshu Sharma has also served in TCS as Senior Consultant and in CSC as General Manager. His background includes challenging roles of combining people management, project management and customer management. Kamal Gulati, Head - India Operations, Atempo, said, "The appointment stems from Atempo's continued growth as the economy rebounds and hiring in the information technology sectors advances. Atempo is extremely confident that Sudhanshu Sharma's expertise will prove to be a boon to the company and create value by delivering innovative and sustainable solutions for business penetrations." H

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wynncom Mobiles has launched its Y36. With its stylish looks and unique features, the phone comes with a dynamic wireless speaker, which can work with a range of 3-5 metres to provide immense pleasure to music lovers. With Y-36, one can enjoy music/songs without the traditional style of listening via earphones. Now listen to your favourite songs with crystal-clear surround sound experience. Speaking on the launch occasion, Naveen Kapoor, AVP - Sales Operations, Wynn Telecom, said, "This feature-packed Y36 is designed with all qualities to make it a bestseller. These days, music is one of the main attractions and with wireless speaker we have tried to make this phone trendy and highly user friendly for the youth." Y36 has an excellent camera with flash as well as a torch feature. The phone is tracked with security functional technology of SMS Mobile tracking to its users. With language support of Hindi also, the phone has made easie

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HCL Infosystems has bagged an order from Indian Air Force, worth Rs.300 crore (approx US$66 million), to deploy the Wideband CDMA-based portable wireless network covering many Air Force stations across India. Indian Air Force has finalized the contract for establishing a captive 3G mobile network for its air warriors offering latest value-added services using state-of-the-art mobile communication technology. "This being one of the key wins under our Defence System Integration Practice, it further highlights the company's vast understanding in various industry verticals. Adopting a solution- based approach with System Integration, the company is today consistently winning various prestigious projects that are going to play an integral role in architecting the future of the country," remarked Rothin Bhattacharyya, EVP, HCL Infosystems. The WCDMA network will be integrated with the Air Force Network (AFNET) and would ensure video

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE In line with its commitment to streamline innovation in the Asia Pacific region and target new verticals in the Indian market, Polycom has inaugurated its state-of-the-art Solutions Briefing Centre in Gurgaon. The SBC was inaugurated by Andy Miller, President and CEO of Polycom, Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Vice-Chairman and MD, Bharti Enterprises and Chairman, Beetel Teletech and officiated by Neeraj Gill, Polycom MD for India and SAARC. "The opening of the SBC in Gurgaon signifies Polycom's ongoing commitment to deliver best-of-breed UC solutions to enhance customer's productivity and reflects the continued trend towards innovation in the Asia Pacific region," said Andy Miller, President and CEO of Polycom. "Opening this Solutions Briefing Centre in India is a very important step for Polycom. India is an important center of innovation within Asia Pacific and uniquely positioned to accelerate the penetration of telepresence

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GeForce has introduced GTX 550 Ti graphics processor unit (GPU), to make PC gaming a lot more fun. It is the latest in NVIDIA's Fermi line of consumer GPUs, designed to deliver stunning DirectX 11 performance. It brings a new level of price/performance to mainstream PC gaming, while maintaining exceptionally quiet acoustics and requiring minimal power. With NVIDIA SLI technology, gamers will be able to increase their PC's gaming performance by adding a second GeForce GTX 550 Ti. "The GTX 550 Ti paired with our 3D Vision technology provides gamers with an amazing low-cost platform that delivers an awesome immersive experience," said Drew Henry, General Manager, GeForce GPU business, NVIDIA. "As the leader in PC gaming hardware, we are excited about the future of PC gaming and how we can make those experiences as immersive as possible. With an estimated selling e-tail price starting at Rs.9,490 (including VAT), the GTX 55

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, in collaboration with the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad and the Institute of Information Technology, Bombay, will host WWW 2011, the 20th International World Wide Web Conference at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), from 28th March to 1st April, 2011. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web Conference Director and inventor of the Web, will deliver a visionary keynote on "Designing the Web for an Open Society". WWW 2011 will be the meeting ground for the brightest minds and the broadest thinkers to discuss, debate and help set the future direction of the World Wide Web. All WWW 2011 participants will focus on the regional and global impact of expanding Open Web Platform for application development. The theme for WWW 2011 is "Web for All" to promote the all-inclusive aspects of the web. This year's theme ai

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Shenzhen Tenda Technology, in partnership with Salora International, is foraying into the Indian market. Shenzhen Tenda Technology is planning to launch 19 products, including wireless broadband routers, LAN adapters, modem routers, fast Ethernet switches, Web Smart Gigabit Ethernet Switches and Media Converters in India. Allen Wu, Market Manager, International Business, Shenzhen Tenda Technology, said, "India is a very significant market for us and presents a huge opportunity to tap. We are very glad to partner with Salora International Ltd. as this association will provide strong inroads for our world-class products in the booming Indian market. Salora brings to the table a deep reach across the country through its 28 branches and extensive product knowledge. We are pretty confident that with the support of a strong marketing and distribution partner like Salora, we will soon be able to establish our strong presence across India."

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Avnet Technology Solutions has expanded its relationship with F5 Networks (F5) in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. With the agreement, Avnet Technology Solutions will offer application delivery solutions developed by F5 that provide high availability, security and performance for business-critical servers and applications in complex IT environments. "We are now able to offer our VARs and business partners solutions for high network and application availability, performance and security," said William Chu, Vice-President, Avnet Technology Solutions, ASEAN. "Driven by the steadily increasing number of Internet users and services, this strategic partnership provides an ideal addition to our networking portfolio in the application optimization area, serving existing and new business partners and their customers. "The continuing growth of Internet protocol services means enterprises and service providers alike have to ensure

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sanovi Technologies India has launched Sanovi DRM 4.0 product suite, based on Agent-less technology and state-of-the-art UI technologies. The upgraded software aims to make business continuity processes easier for organizations and supports "Agent-less" protocols, enhanced CIO dashboards and advanced automation. The software upgrade delivers advanced applications and services for the datacenter, leverages virtualization to simplify business continuity planning and testing, and reduces the risk and complexity associated with executing disaster recovery workflows. "With the Agent-less technology, it will transform customer DR infrastructure into reliable DR services non-disruptively. This is huge, considering that enterprise customers do not have to plan for downtime of their critical infrastructure. It will empower the DR Managers and IT decision-makers more effectively in DR SLA management," said Lakshman Narayanaswamy, C

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Kingston Technology, Gigabyte Technology and Razer are sponsoring an "ASSEMBLE YOUR OWN GAMING MACHINE"campus tour across five major cities in India. This tour encourages a "DO IT YOURSELF (DIY)" spirit amongst students, to help them better understand and differentiate between multiple gaming PC components, and to have a "hands-on" experience in the art of gaming PC assembly. To be held between 18th & 25th March and at two leading engineering colleges each in Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi, respectively, this programme will touch over 11,000 students. "Technically qualified and digital lifestyle sensitive students demand extreme performance from their digital lifestyle assets including gaming platforms," said M. Dayanand, Programme Director, "ASSEMBLE YOUR OWN GAMING MACHINE", "Through this programme, we seek to encourage students to not only build their own high-pe