VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Beam has launched its payment service to book IPL tickets and Movie tickets at anytime, from anywhere, right from the mobile phones. The application is facilitate with the Bookmyshow services. The long waiting in the queues for, fear of not getting the tickets, wastage of time and physical effort are all over now. With BEAM anyone can book the tickets of their favorite movie shows, IPL via Beam's website or Bookmyshow's WAP site and mobile application. "BEAM is all about enabling, empowering and enriching its customers with varied services across the sectors." Said, Anad Shrivastav, CMD, BEAM. "We have been serving various services ranging from mobile recharges, travel tickets to utility bills payments and now with this new venture BEAM enters into the entertainment segment. WE are already getting sound response from all our existing customers and hope this will interest more and more people towards BEAM services" ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Array Networks has announced the Array Total Value partner programme designed to drive new business opportunities and increased profits for value-added resellers, solution providers and systems integrators selling application delivery, application acceleration, SSL VPN and secure access products. Providing a comprehensive suite of products, services, resources and incentives, Array Total Value helps partners uncover opportunities, deploy profitable solutions and develop expertise necessary for capitalizing on growing momentum in high-margin markets, including secure application delivery, data center virtualization and cloud services. Arriving on the heels of Array's recent APV 600 Series application delivery controller launch, Array Total Value is ideal for partners serving small to large enterprise customers with a focus on banking, financial services & insurances (BFSI), service providers, government, healthcare, manufacturing and ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE With China's wireless networks deploying 3G technologies, CommScope is opening a new state-of-the-art base station antenna testing facility in Suzhou to ensure the superior performance of its Andrew Solutions antenna portfolio in all types of wireless network conditions. "The performance and reliability of base station antenna technology becomes even more important to the customer experience in 3G, 4G and the next generations of wireless networks," said Ray Butler, Vice-President, Base Station Antenna Products and Development, CommScope. "The new CommScope Antenna Performance Assurance Center offers our Chinese customers advanced testing services for ensuring the superior performance of their networks today and into the future." CommScope hosted a grand opening event for the CommScope Antenna Performance Assurance Center in Suzhou on April 26 & 27, which was attended by company executives, customers, and governmen...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE BenQ India has appointed Global Infonet Distribution Pvt. Ltd. as national distributor for digital camera business. With the appointment of Global, BenQ will expand its presence across India and also reach out to consumers in the metros, tier-II and tier-III towns with its latest range of digital cameras. Global, with its focus on distribution of consumer electronics, PC systems, peripherals and IT components and a nationwide network of 30+ branch locations, has ensured that it encompasses all the requirements needed for providing quick response and efficient turnaround time which is required for a fast-paced business like digital camera in India. BenQ aims to leverage the strengths of Global as it plans to introduce the entire lineup of Digital Still Camera and Digital Camcorder in the near future. "Effective identification and superlative service to the channel is one of our focus areas for the current year and we are keen to work w...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE LG Electronics India Private Limited (LGEIL) has announced price hike in its monitors owing to the constant escalation of input costs. Due to increase in price of LCD & LED panels in the international market, LG intends to hike its monitor prices in the India market. Commenting on the same, Dr Y.V.Verma, COO, LGEIL said, "We have always believed in providing our customers with products at best prices. Now, due to continuous increase in panel prices internationally, it has become imperative for us to consider the price hike in India. Though we have been absorbing the panel cost which contributes approximately 70% of a finish set cost for the past three months but it will become difficult to avoid this change in the market prices. The new prices will be applicable from 1st May 2011 onwards. We hope that our partners & patrons will cooperate with us in this situation." Considering the current scenario, the panel price increase...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE After a month long turbulence that swept the company through many speculations, the Board of Directors of Infosys has announced N. R. Narayana Murthy as the Chairman Emeritus, K. V. Kamath as the Chairman of the Board, S. Gopalakrishnan as the Co-Chairman of the Board and S. D. Shibulal as the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director. The appointments are effective from August 21, 2011. The decision of the Board is based on the recommendations of the Nominations Committee. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Jeffrey S. Lehman, Chairman of the Nominations Committee, said, "This is a great moment for Infosys. These three leaders meld an extraordinary range of talents and experiences with a united commitment to drive the company to unprecedented levels of accomplishment while remaining true to its historic values. We could not be in better hands." Kundapur Vaman Kamath is currently an Independent Director on the Board of Infosys....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE R.K. Upadhyay has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL). Upadhyay is a 1975 batch officer of Indian Telecom Services and currently heads Telecom Consultants India Ltd. He holds a B.Tech (Electronics) Degree from Banaras Hindu University and MBA (Marketing Management) Degree from the Indira Gandhi Open University. Upadhyay is to join office from today, according to sources close to DoT. However, no decision regarding the appointment of a new chief for MTNL has been discussed so far. For More Details See www.varindia.com