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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE John Romanowich, President & CEO of SightLogix Inc., will moderate a panel discussion on critical infrastructure protection at the 2011 Government Summit presented by the Security Industry Association (SIA). Romanowich, also the Chairman of SIA's Working Group on Chemical Security, will lead the panel discussion titled "Emerging Threats and Infrastructure Protection Mandates". The panel will include representatives of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), and the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). "Threats to various elements of the nation's critical infrastructure continue to emerge, and our approaches and mandates must be directed to mitigate those threats," said, Romanowich. "The panellists at the Government Summit are at the centre of the conversation and will bring their unique insights and expert perspectives." The SIA Government Summit, to be

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Riverbed Technology has announced its number one Asia-Pacific market share ranking for 2010 based on revenue, as listed in the recently released Asia-Pacific WAN Optimization Controller Market CY2010 report by Frost & Sullivan. "Riverbed remained the dominant player in the APAC WAN optimization market in 2010, extending its market share lead in the WAN acceleration category significantly over the other market players," said Cathy Huang, industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "Riverbed continued to raise the bar in the technology segment - be it from a technology play perspective, or their go-to-market strategy. On the technology front, Riverbed remained highly sought-after for multi-site WAN optimization deployments, thanks to the plug-and-play capabilities associated with its Steelhead appliances. Moreover, the best-in-class application acceleration capabilities associated with Riverbed's technology meant that it w

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Kingston Technology has launched a new advertising campaign called "Get the Kingston Edgeperience" campaign. The campaign will debut this month and aims to position Kingston as a brand with an edge and which inspires trust. The idea is a flawless fit for Kingston, the world leader in memory products, who has gained a sizeable market share in India in 2010 and aims to further its success in 2011. The central theme of the campaign is "trust" and "edge over competition". Kingston has been inspiring its trust in the world of technology for the past two decades. With more than 200 state-of-the-art products and religiously followed stringent quality check, Kingston Technology gives its consumers the ultimate edgeperience of enhanced computing. Kingston products offer optimized performance and increased productivity to its users, giving them the winning advantage over competitors. Vishal Parekh, Marketing Director, Kin

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Essar Group has ended its alliance with British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin group for its retail format, "The Mobile Store". The company had tied up with Virgin Group for mobile retaling in 2007. The arrangement was due for renewal on 30th April this year. "We have had a happy partnership. But we have mutually decided to not renew the agreement," said Alok Gupta, CEO, Essar Retail. Essar Retail paid Virgin a fixed fee for the usage of its brand and consultation services. Essar had tied up with Virgin to use the latter's expertise in mobile retailing. Virgin runs over 5,000 stores in UK and Essar believed that the Telco's expertise would help them make forays into the competitive mobile retail market. But sources say that the partnership had run its course and Virgin as a partner was not adding significant value to the retail format. However, the company is aggressive about its expansion plans. Essar ha

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Expanding its Utility Solutions into Smart Grid, Mahindra Satyam has inaugurated a Smart Grid Customer Demonstration Centre (CDC) at the 120-acre Mahindra Satyam Technology Centre campus in Hyderabad. The CDC will help customers understand the next-generation technology in real time and evaluate various technologies underlying the smart grid ecosystem. The CDC has been developed in collaboration with Schneider Electric India, using components of Schneider Electric, and will also function as a platform to develop innovative solutions such as Cloud-based Analytics, Smart Grid Security & Interoperability, and Real-time Demand Response. Vijayanand Vadrevu, Chief Strategy Officer, Mahindra Satyam, said, "The centre will showcase the benefits of the ongoing smart grid technological revolution and will allow customers to test various components in real-life environment." Arvind Kasturirangan, Head, Alliances & Acquisitions, Schnei

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has conducted the world's first pre-commercial call, exploiting its Orthogonal Sub-Channel Dual Full Rate (OSC-DFR) software feature for GSM networks. With this feature, GSM operators can enjoy the twin benefits of up to 100% increase in voice capacity and significantly enhanced speech quality. GSM is by far the most widespread mobile technology with over 4 billion subscriptions worldwide. Kimmo Virkki, Head of GSM product management, Nokia Siemens Networks, said, "OSC-DFR can reduce capital and operations expenditure for operators as it requires fewer carrier units and base station sites as well as less transport capacity. Moreover, the OSC-DFR feature allows operators to accommodate more voice and data traffic into the existing spectrum, thus facilitating the reuse or reframing of 3G/LTE services in GSM frequency bands." Operators who have deployed the commonly used Adaptive Multi Rate-Full Rate (

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Atempo has appointed highly qualified and experienced personnel Manoj Dawra as Regional Head for Western India. Manoj Dawra brings in a total experience of over 20 years in India and Dubai. His successful track record includes working in organizations like Ascent Networks Pvt. Ltd., Team Computers, Pentagon Systems & Services Pvt. Ltd., Microclinic India Pvt. Ltd., etc. which included challenging and responsible roles of combining Sales Management, People Management, Project Management and Customer Management. Manoj Dawra's main responsibility at Atempo is Profitability of operation, along with business expansion in the region, resulting in leaving every stake holder with profits and peace of mind. He will also play a pivotal role for leading the Sales and Business development operations for Western India. Kamal Gulati, Head - India Operations, Atempo, said, "With this appointment, we look forward to multiplying Atempo's cus

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE To get freedom form wires, ZEBRONICS has unveiled Wireless Companion 2 - a keyboard-and-mouse combination. The new compact keyboard-and-mouse based on 2.4 GHz wireless technology has a long-range (up to 9 metres distance) and ultra-reliable wireless connectivity that virtually eliminates delays, dropouts, and interference. The keyboard is multimedia type with 13 multimedia function keys on top. The mouse of the set has an 800DPI high-precision optical sensor and mouse works with 2-AAA batteries, while keyboard requires 1-AAA battery. The single receiver for both devices connects to the USB port, and is small enough to plug-and-forget. Smart Power Management integrated into both keyboard and mouse helps increase the battery life. The Wireless Companion 2 keyboard-mouse combo is priced at Rs.825/- that includes a replacement warranty of one year, and is available at all leading IT stores in India. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IDC has named SAP to be the leader in the worldwide business intelligence (BI) tools market based on software licence and maintenance revenue (including subscription revenue). IDC also reported that SAP has grown faster than the worldwide market for financial performance and strategy management (FPSM) applications for the fifth consecutive year. The two IDC analyses - "Worldwide Business Intelligence Tools 2010 Vendor Shares"1 and "Worldwide Financial Performance and Strategy Management Applications 2010 Vendor Shares" 2 - found that SAP leads the worldwide BI market with revenues of $1,866.4 million and a 21-per cent market share, while revenue for FPSM was $629 million, constituting a 24.9-per cent market share. From 2009 to 2010, SAP outperformed the worldwide market growth in each category: for BI tools SAP grew by 19.9 per cent compared to the total market growth of 11.4 per cent, and for FPSM applications it grew by

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Air2Web has launched AirCodez, a 2D barcode service that allows clients to use 2D QR barcodes in their promotions and campaigns. AirCodez targeted at enterprises across all verticals will enable them to connect offline information to the digital world seamlessly. The new solution promises to open a whole new world for brands to engage with customers in a more personal manner. "AirCodez will change the way brands communicate with people," said Jay Sheth, President & CEO, Air2Web India Pvt. Ltd. "The possibilities for a brand to what it can offer its customers are immense. The regular barcodes that we see on products today can support only about 14 to 17 characters of information. 2D barcodes have the ability to embed up to 7,000+ characters which allows the marketer to give instant access to information, websites, videos, reviews.2D barcodes are widely used in Japan today and are gaining momentum in Europe and USA, and I am

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE According to a Sophos report, Facebook has enabled facial recognition for photo tags for many users. The report is encouraging Facebook users to review their privacy settings. Facebook had plans of introducing facial recognition technology to encourage users to tag each other in photographs, but the functionality was initially only available in North America and was disabled elsewhere. In the last few days, Facebook users around the world have reported that the option has been enabled without any notice by the website. To the annoyance of many Facebook users, the site provides no way for users to pre-approve photos they are tagged in. Instead, users must untag themselves manually after they have been tagged. Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant, Sophos, said, "Most Facebook users still don't know how to set their privacy options safely, finding the whole system confusing. It's even harder though to keep control when Fac

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Array Networks has achieved certification by the RSA Secured Partner Programme for interoperability between the Array SPX Series universal access controllers (UACs) and the RSA enVision platform from RSA. This certification signifies that a technical partnership has been established to increase security for joint customers. Sunil Cherian, Vice-President, Product Marketing, Array Networks, said, "Array's solution provides identity-based access to applications, cloud services, data and resources and creates a record of all user activity. With RSA enVision integration and certification, businesses can now export Array logs for the purposes of demonstrable adherence to industry regulations and government compliance standards including PCI, HIPAA and Sarbanes Oxley." "The integration between Array Networks SPX Series UAC appliance and RSA enVision is designed to benefit customers by enabling secure and compliant access to their

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Brocade has spent the last decade deriving and sharing best practices by rolling out IPv6-ready cloud-optimized networking solutions to deliver a pragmatic migration path to IPv6. These solutions have been widely adopted by many forward-thinking customers, including Hurricane Electric, Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) and Brocade's own publically facing website. IPv6 offers other inherent benefits that enable organizations to simplify network management, increase innovation through enhanced collaboration, improve interoperability and mobility, and strengthen security capabilities. These improvements, along with trillions of new IP addresses now available, will help organizations evolve their network infrastructures to more agile models, including cloud computing. "IPv6 should be the single most important thing on network operators' minds today. If they are relying on the global Internet, then they need to understand why IPv

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Vodafone has introduced free roaming facility for its prepaid customers in West Bengal travelling to Assam and other parts of the North-Eastern region, according to a company release. The service will be pre-activated. It was so far available only to post-paid customers, the release added. For More Details See www.varindia.com