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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Allied Telesis has announced that Microscan has selected Allied Telesis' award-winning SBx908 platform for their datacenter infrastructure. The solution will be deployed by Allied Telesis for Microscan's next-generation datacenter. Led by Allied Telesis, the selected VC-Stack technology supports Microscan requirements for a datacenter with the flexibility to scale and meet aggressive growth requirements and business agility to rapidly roll out new services. The unique capability of virtualization of network rollout to unite, compute, network and virtualize resources into a single cohesive system also helps Microscan to substantially improve the energy efficiency of its datacenter. Sandeep Donde, Managing Director, Microscan, said, "We are pleased to have Allied Telesis as our strategic supplier and technology partner for our datacenter, a foundation that will underpin the operation of Microscan, plus the ability to extend new Eth

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IMImobile has announced that it has joined the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) as an associate member. Under the terms of membership, IMImobile will provide input to WAC working groups and the WAC advisory council. With DaVinci Evolved Service Platform (ESP), IMImobile will help WAC members and operator clients shape application development and seeding. The DaVinci Evolved Service Platform builds the foundation in the development of a WAC-compliant application development and deployment platform environment and is being used by multiple customers in multiple territories. With applications now at the heart of the mobile experience, WAC represents a unification of the global mobile community to create an open, standards-based application market. IMImobile shares the vision of an "open mobile marketplace" where mobile operators globally can leverage their core subscriber and content assets to improve the user experience and ope

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE InterGlobe Technologies (IGT) has announced its successful re-certification of COPC-2000 CSP Standard. With this move, IGT has become the first BPO in the Asia-Pacific region to receive COPC 4.4 version certification. Announcing the prestigious COPC re-certification, Vipul Doshi Chief Executive Officer InterGlobe Technologies said, "It is a matter of great pride for IGT to become the first travel-focussed BPO organization to receive this coveted industry certification in Asia- Pacific. This showcases our constant endeavour towards the high standards of delivering business excellence to our customers. We understand the fact that our success is inextricably related to customer satisfaction, and we intend to lead the way in the travel outsourcing industry by eliminating inefficiencies and improving performances through our COPC certified practices." "It is a matter of immense pleasure to announce IGT as the first COPC 4.4 certif

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sify Technologies has partnered with Radio City 91.1 FM by integrating PlanetRadiocity's Web Radio to launch Radio on Sify. This tie-up will enable visitors to Sify.com to enjoy Bollywood, Indi-Pop and other genres of music 24x7. The content broadcast on Radio on Sify will be different from the terrestrial programming of Radio City 91.1 FM. Some of the special features of Radio on Sify are uninterrupted streaming, popular RJs and Facebook apps. Speaking on the launch, Natesh Mani, President, Consumer Infrastructure Services, Sify Technologies, said, "We believe, Radio on Sify is a complete 'fun and masti' offering for young professionals and next-generation listeners. We are delighted to partner Radio City and integrate an Indian Internet Radio channel with Sify.com. After the successful launch of Silverlight cricket scorecard, and HTML image gallery for movie fans, the launch of radio will help us offer uninterrupted music

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SAP AG has felicitated 8 winners with the SAP Partner Award. The award recognized the best partners in India for having supported high business value for businesses of all sizes and in every major vertical segment. It was handed over in a glittering ceremony at the SAP Partner Summit 2011 held in Goa, India. SAP India also re-confirmed its strategy of further accelerating and strengthening the ecosystem by combining channel, services and all other partner types in one organization. This move allows streamlining strategies, leverage synergies in enablement across all partner types to eventually create greater value for customers. SAP has a strong existing partner ecosystem of over 200 companies with proven expertise in delivering, enhancing and deploying the SAP solution portfolio. "A diverse, thriving ecosystem is critical to ensure fast time-to-value for customers. Partners have played a key role as a force multiplier for the SAP busin

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE McAfee has announced the McAfee Cloud Security Platform, an innovative new approach to helping organizations safely and efficiently take advantage of Cloud computing. The new platform achieves this by securing all content and data traffic - including email, web and identity traffic - moving between an organization and the Cloud. "Once you move data or applications to the Cloud, you essentially lose most - if not all - of your security visibility, which most organizations find unacceptable," said, Marc Olesen, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Content and Cloud Security at McAfee. "By securing the data and traffic before it travels to or through the Cloud, we help businesses extend their security practices and policies into the Cloud." Another key aspect of ensuring Cloud security is making sure organizations identify data that should or should not be moved to the Cloud. Using McAfee's Data Loss Prevention

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sophos has entered into an agreement to acquire Astaro. Businesses today face unprecedented challenges in protecting users and IT infrastructure from escalating complex security threats, especially those brought on by more mobile, roaming users, new application protocols, and distributed networks. There is a widening security gap for companies given the new rules by which users, businesses and IT operate and this acquisition answers unmet customer needs for better security coordination and effectiveness between users, applications and IT infrastructure. "The combination of Astaro's comprehensive portfolio of network security solutions alongside our endpoint, mobile, and email and web threat and data protection capabilities will enable us to continue to deliver on our vision of providing complete security without complexity wherever the user and company data resides," stated, Steve Munford, Chief Executive Officer, Sophos. The m

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced FlexNetwork architecture, the industry's only unified architecture for the data center, campus and branch, which enables enterprises to fully harness the power of media-rich content, virtualization, mobility and cloud computing. The new architecture increases the flexibility of IT infrastructure by enabling clients to deploy solutions based on modular building blocks and open industry standards to focus on business innovation and avoid vendor lock-in. The architecture unifies networks in the data center, campus and branch to ensure consistency, security and performance. HP also announced several new solutions based on the HP FlexNetwork architecture. "To ensure success and a competitive advantage, enterprises need to shift resources from maintenance of complex legacy networks to innovation," said Subhodeep Bhattacharya, Director - India, HP Networking. "With the HP FlexNetwork architecture, we deliver stan

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Microsoft agreed to buy Skype Technologies, the popular web-calling service, for $8.5 billion and thus expand its Internet presence. According to a statement released, Microsoft will acquire Skype, with 170 million active users, from an investor group led by Silver Lake. The agreement was approved by the boards of directors of both companies. The takeover may help Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer attract web users and narrow Google's lead in Web advertising. Microsoft will connect Skype to its Outlook e-mail, Xbox game console, Windows mobile phones and corporate-phone software. The acquisition is Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft's largest, surpassing the purchase of AQuantive for about $6 billion in 2007. Skype CEO Tony Bates will be President of the Microsoft Skype Division, reporting to Ballmer.Skype services could be an added selling point for Windows Phone, the mobile operating system Microsoft is promoting as

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fujitsu and NVIDIA have announced a special bundle for customers, as part of their recent roadshow in Hyderabad, Bangalore & Kochi. These two companies offer a Personal Supercomputer Bundle at less than USD 3000 Fujitsu, the fourth largest IT company in the world, with a presence in over 70 countries, is making rapid strides in the Indian market. NVIDIA, the world leader in computer graphics, holds more than 1,800 patents worldwide, including ones covering designs and insights that are essential to modern computing. The two companies have jointly announced a special personal supercomputer bundle with the unbeatable CELSIUS M470 on NVIDIA Tesla C2050 Computing-Processor at the never-before price point of USD 2998. This bundle targets mid-size and growing businesses across industries that demand power-packed high performance computing, bringing great value at a very affordable price-point for customers. For More Details See www.varindia.co

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NetApp has announced a portfolio of products and solutions built on the NetApp E-Series Platform to enable customers and partners to effectively tackle these new and growing storage requirements. The E-Series Platform leverages technology gained from NetApp's completed purchase of the Engenio external storage systems business from LSI Corporation and enables NetApp to enter emerging markets. The NetApp E5400 storage system, which is available for OEMs, is a sixth-generation storage system that delivers high-class performance optimal for big-bandwidth applications, extreme storage density, and exceptional uptime. This unique combination makes the E5400 an ideal solution for high-performance environments with massive amounts of critical data and computing demands that require enterprise-class scalability and reliability. "NetApp is a storage-focused company, which enables us to make R&D investments in advanced storage technologie

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IndiaMART.com has announced that more than 4,000 of its employees, located across 75 offices within the country, have recently started using Google Apps for Business as their primary messaging and collaboration suite. Google Apps for Business is a web-based suite of messaging and collaboration applications, that includes Gmail, Google Calendar, and integrated IM, as well as Google Docs and Google Sites, Google's word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and website creation tools. Dinesh Agarwal, CEO, IndiaMART.com, said, "At IndiaMART.com, we have always been proactive in adopting new technologies for seamless business operations. It is this outlook that prompted us to utilize Google Apps, which promises better infrastructure and management than what is ordinarily possible with on-premise solutions, while serving millions of users simultaneously. Google has created a wonderful suite of applications that tend to help organizations s

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HID Global has announced that the company's network access control and biometric reader solutions have been selected by the Dental Council of India (DCI) to streamline their time and attendance management system. The new, centralized identification system with biometrics also increased overall security by eliminating the potential unauthorized use of access cards. The DCI deployed SmartID and EDGEPlus E400 IP-based access controllers in over 290 dental colleges across the country, and the new solution enables the DCI to both monitor their database in real-time and centrally record faculty attendance, resulting in a 50% savings in operational costs and fewer human errors. HID Global and OEM partner Rasilant Technologies provided a standardized central identification system that authenticates cardholders' identities using biometric technology that ultimately eliminated inaccurate accounting of attendance and also reduced errors in