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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Norton by Symantec has released the 2012 beta versions of the award-winning Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security, which are now available for free download from the Norton beta website. The Norton 2012 betas improve on performance and protection in what are already the industry's fastest and lightest security products. They include key security enhancements, including the ability to assess the safety and stability of an application before installation. "As we've proven year after year, we are committed to arming consumers against cybercrime with the strongest protection possible, without slowing down their computers," said Jens Meggers, vice president of engineering, for Norton products. "For the Norton 2012 release, our aim is to continue to raise the bar for both protection and performance." With the 2012 betas, Norton continues to deliver the strongest core protection technologies, without sacrificin...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Belkin India is all set to "Knock Out" this season with rewards that makes its partners winners of all times. Bowling to a cool "Knock-out", this unique Channel Promotion brings in a Chance to bring home rewards as per your innings. Every purchase brings channel partners closer to exciting rewards like mobile phones, DVD Players, AC's, LED TV's and many more. "This offer has been structured in such a manner that it benefits all our channel members. We wish they participate in this attractive offer so they earn great rewards and enjoy the flavors of this cricketing season", said Mohit Anand, Managing Director, India Sub Continent, Belkin India. This Promotion shall benefit both small and large resellers in the upcountry locations as they only have to achieve relatively smaller targets and a chance to win exciting gifts in order to encourage business for Belkin. This is a simple value based offer that pro...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Intex Technologies has launched INTEX VISION, a mobile phone especially designed for visually impaired. The phone was unveiled by National Association for the Blind (NAB) amongst its students and faculty. NAB is the largest non-government, voluntary organization in India. Developed at Intex's Centre for Design & Development, the Dual SIM phone (GSM+GSM) has a large Braile keypad to facilitate recognition of digits. People, who are not conversant with Braile, could switch on the 'Talking Keypad' feature which speaks out in English the number they have pressed. Keeping in mind communication needs in emergency, the phone has a unique SOS feature which allows you to save four emergency numbers. By pressing the SOS button, the call gets automatically directed to the first emergency number. Commenting on the launch, Shailendra Jha, DGM-Telecom, Intex Technologies said, "Intex believes that simple and affordable technology can ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has joined the GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association which drives the development and adoption of an open In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform. This will support vehicle infotainment applications such as music, news and multimedia, navigation and location services, telephony, internet services and more. "Mahindra Satyam's global business and information technology services expertise will be a welcome addition to GENIVI and will help us with our mission of delivering an open platform for the non-competitive portions of the IVI software," said Graham Smethurst, President, GENIVI. With this, Mahindra Satyam will adopt an open source In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform and drive development of globally competitive infotainment solutions. Mahindra Satyam will leverage GENIVI specifications and implementation guidelines to develop Infotainment solutions to...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Data loss through cyber attacks decreased sharply in 2010, but the total number of breaches was higher than ever, according to the "Verizon 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report". These findings continue to demonstrate that businesses and consumers must remain vigilant in implementing and maintaining security practices. The number of compromised records involved in data breaches investigated by Verizon and the U.S. Secret Service dropped from 144 million in 2009 to only 4 million in 2010, representing the lowest volume of data loss since the report's launch in 2008. Yet, this year's report covers approximately 760 data breaches, the largest caseload to date. According to the report, the seeming contradiction between the low data loss and the high number of breaches likely stems from a significant decline in large-scale breaches, caused by a change in tactics by cybercriminals. They are engaging in small, opportunistic at...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE 1. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT No more sharing of information without your express agreement (OPT-IN). Whenever Facebook adds a new feature to share additional information about you, Facebook should not assume that you want this feature turned on. 2. VETTED APP DEVELOPERS Only vetted and approved third-party developers should be allowed to publish applications on the Facebook platform. With over one million application developers already registered on the Facebook platform, it is hardly surprising that Facebook's service is riddled with rogue applications and viral scams. 3. HTTPS FOR EVERYTHING In a welcome first step, Facebook recently introduced an HTTPS option, but left it turned off by default. Worse, Facebook only commits to provide a secure connection "whenever possible". Facebook should enforce a secure connection all the time, by default. Without this protection, users are at risk of losing personal information to hack...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sophos's Naked Security Site has written an open letter to Facebook, calling upon the social networking giant to address three security issues. Sophos urges Facebook to create a safer environment for its 500+ million users and show its commitment to improve privacy and safety on the Internet. In the open letter, Sophos proposes the following three-point security plan and asks Facebook to commit publically to a timetable for its implementation. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) is expanding its family of external storage and backup solutions with its new line of Hitachi Touro Pro desktop and mobile external hard drives. Delivering two levels of protection, local backup and cloud storage, the Touro Pro line is an all-in-one solution to help protect, transport and store your photos, music, videos and documents for easy access from anywhere. In addition to providing simple local backup, the Touro Pro family's online storage option ensures your data is always protected and accessible in the cloud. With Hitachi's intelligent storage solutions, you can access and share files from any web browser, tablet or Smartphone - even from an iPhone and iPad using our apps. When using the cloud service, all content is stored in its natural format (no proprietary formatting), so files are easy to view, download and share from any web browser, anywhere. You can even share your...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Inspan Infotech has now formally announced the tie-up with MSI, Internationally renowned mainboard and graphics card manufacturer. Inspan will be distributing the entire range of MSI notebooks. The notebooks well known for MSI Turbo Drive Engine+ (TDE+) Technology can increase CPU, memory and graphics frequency. The TDE+ technology brings more calculating speed to enhance the system performance. It benefits the video decoding/encoding, 3D gaming and art work designing. MSI TDE+ Technology gives the experience of faster response time and efficient real-time data processing. "We are delighted to partner with MSI, one of the renowned leaders in this segment," says S. Sudhir, Managing Director, Inspan Infotech. "Inspan being one of the most effective and successful distributors in India, partnering with MSI adds the amazing range of notebooks in its distribution list," said Sudhir. "This move will help us further streng...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP Enterprise Services has announced an enhanced service to help enterprises drive innovation by assessing, transforming and optimizing their applications portfolios. HP Applications Rationalization services help enterprises fully understand their applications portfolio and create an applications transformation roadmap along with its supporting business case. The services build a complete applications inventory and identify duplicate and redundant capabilities. In addition, they also define each application's strategic value to the enterprise, its operational impact and its total cost. These services have been enhanced to include new HP Application Portfolio Management (APM) software, initially available only through this service. APM is designed to track and manage the dispersed applications data found in complex technology environments. With APM, enterprises can manage their applications initiatives, track the performance and efficien...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Canon India has launched 29 consumer digital imaging products to widen its product portfolio in India. With this launch, the company has introduced an array of digital compact cameras, camcorders, lenses and inkjet all-in-one printers to strengthen its portfolio for deepening and widening its technology reach. The highlight of the event was the introduction of seven new entry-level digital cameras variants in the sub-Rs.10,000 category, especially for the Indian market. Canon also unveiled six compact cameras from the PowerShot range, three lifestyle cameras from its IXUS range, six HDCamcorder, two Digital SLR from the EOS range, one Selphy photo printer and four next-generation lenses. It also launched four new inkjet all-in-one and one Single function inkjet printers from the PIXMA series. In the printing category, Canon brings a technological edge with its Full HD Movie Print that allows consumers to capture and print favourite moments ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Saviance Technologies has appointed Kaushik Bellani as the CEO of Saviance Technologies, with effect from April 11, 2011. With over 18 years of vast industry experience, Kaushik will be responsible for spearheading the entire business operations for Saviance in APAC, UK and the US region. Rohit Mahajan, Founder & MD, Saviance Technologies, said, "I am delighted to have Kaushik joining our strong team. He is a great leader and brings incredible experiences across the full spectrum of IT. His leadership and experiences will be very valuable for our customers as they streamline their applications and take advantage of the incredible benefits of the virtual era." Speaking on his new responsibility, Kaushik Bellani said, "I am very happy and excited to join Saviance Technologies and help lead the company to the next level of growth and leadership. We would expand our existing partner ecosystem globally and leverage the same to ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Seagate Technology and Samsung Electronics have entered into a definitive agreement under which Seagate and Samsung will significantly expand and strengthen their strategic relationship by further aligning their respective ownership, investments and key technologies. The combined value of these transactions and agreements is approximately US$1.375 billion, which will be paid by Seagate to Samsung in the form of 50% stock and 50% cash. These transactions and related strategic agreements will enable both companies to better align their current and future product development efforts and roadmaps, accelerate time-to-market for new products and position the companies to better address rapidly-evolving opportunities in markets "We are pleased to strengthen our strategic relationship with Samsung in a way that better aligns both companies around technologies and products," said Steve Luczo, Seagate Chairman, President & CEO. "W...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Microsoft has announced the public beta of Microsoft Office 365, the company's next-generation cloud productivity service for businesses of all sizes in India. Office 365 was introduced in limited beta last year, bringing together Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online in an always-up-to-date cloud service. The public beta allows millions of people in India and across the world to try Office 365 for the first time. Globally, more than 70% of the organizations that signed up for the limited beta were small businesses with fewer than 25 employees. "The early adoption trends show how well Office 365 resonates with small businesses that want full-featured professional technology, delivered in a way that makes sense for their company by offering them streamlined communication with high availability, comprehensive security and simplified IT management," said Sanjay Manchanda, Director, Microsoft Business...