VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Rhino has appointed Micro Village Communications as its distributor for the South Asia markets of India, Srilanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, and Mauritius. Under the agreement, Micro Village Communications will distribute the entire range of Rhino products to address market demand for enterprise and service provider solutions for Asterisk based IP Telephony and standard VoIP applications. The agreement with Micro Village is a major step in Rhino's South Asia growth strategy to expand sales channels for IP Telephony environments. Micro Village serves all key segments of the regional enterprise market: large enterprises, the mid-market including call centers, and the SMB (small and medium business) office and mobility markets. “After the early success we have seen within the South Asia region, we believe that partnering with a distributor like Micro Village can further grow Rhino's support and presence to local partners an

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE TRAI had announced the new rules regarding Do-Not-Call (DNC) last year under which telemarketers who call customers registered with DNC would face fines of Rs.75,000 for the first violation and up to Rs.2.5 lakh for the sixth offence, after which they would be blacklisted for a period of two years, but this had not been implemented so far. After a long wait, rules aimed to bring relief to millions of customers from pesky telemarketers and unwanted commercial text messages may be implemented from August 2011, finally. Close-to 100 million mobile phone users, or one in eight cellphone subscribers, had signed up under the old DNC introduced in 2007, but the regulator was forced to act after rampant complaints from users of its ineffectiveness. Earlier, the penalties were only between Rs.500 and Rs.1,000. As per the new rules, mobile users will have a choice of blocking only telemarketing voice calls while choosing to receive SMSes. Even when rec

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 GPU, ASUS has unveiled the ROG MATRIX GTX Series. It combines a dual-fan DirectCU II thermal design and 19-phase Super Alloy Power components with instant hardware overclocking tools like TweakIt, ProbeIt and an innovative Safe Mode button. "The ROG MATRIX GTX 580 is a high-performance graphics card for enthusiasts and gamers who demand the very best with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 GPU," said Vinay Shetty, Country Head - Component Business, ASUS (India). "The 19-Phase Super Alloy Power technology provides greater overclocking headroom with enhanced power efficiency and component durability." The ROG MATRIX GTX 580 series is clocked at 816MHz and features 1.5GB of 4.8GHz GDDR5 memory. The new GPU Tweak overclocking tool has integrated the GPU-Z with TechPowerUp to provide accurate information about the graphics card, real-time clock frequency, voltage, fan speed and profile adjustments for u

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AirStation High Power N150 Wireless Modem Broadband Router in India has been announced by Buffalo Technology. This wired and wireless solution comes with a 5dBi detachable antenna that provides increased range, better performance and an easy and hassle-free install. It includes features like low-energy consumption and Buffalo's AirStation One-Touch Secure System. This modem is a combination of speed, security, and automatic channel support for their wireless network. "Today, people are connecting a variety of devices at their home and office networks. These wireless routers are not just a way to share a broadband connection but an essential tool to deliver new social, business and entertainment," said Susumu Kobayashi, Country Head, Buffalo India. "Buffalo broadband and wireless routers are synonymous with high-performance, increased range, low-failure rates, robust security and easy set-up. This latest addition to our wid

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Samsung Electronics has announced its provision of LTE solutions to KDDI, a Japan-based telecom operator. KDDI and Samsung plan to launch a commercial LTE service in 2012. During the past ten years with the close business relationship based on shared values, KDDI and Samsung have established the goal to provide a high-quality of product and service. On the same lines, KDDI and Samsung intend to provide differentiated LTE service to consumers as well. Samsung aims to introduce the industry's first and the most optimized LTE solution for hotspots in extremely dense user areas that require higher capacity mobile broadband, whilst simultaneously improving service quality in weak-signal areas. In India, Samsung is in talks with service providers to provide its LTE Solutions so that the Indian consumers can be provided with the complete experience of 4G services once the implementation schedules are worked out by the Indian service providers.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Dell has announced the Dell Empower program, a two-fold incentive programme for the channel partners. This one-of-a-kind channel program is aimed to provide differentiated experience to the customers and helps create opportunities for enhancing benefits to channel partners. As part of the Empower Program, the channel partner whether from Dell's retail or reseller network will add value to the customer experience by providing a complete demonstration of the product, highlighting and explaining key product features and also make an accurate and complete record of the end-customers' information, as provided by the customers. This data is then thoroughly verified and fed into the Dell systems to update the warranty in the name of the end-customer. The Empower Program recognizes the effort of the Dell channel partner in collating valid customer information, through a fixed incentive for every completed document uploaded by the channel par