VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Infosys, which has announced $100 million investment in China, is aiming to triple revenues from the country from the current $80 million -in about three years. Currently, Infosys has 3,300 people working for it in China of whom only 150 are Indians and most of the rest, Chinese. Infosys entered China in 2004 and has so far invested $25 million. "But the number will go up fast. The headcount in China would go up to 10,000 over the next 2-3 years. The company is building a campus in Shanghai. The $100 million would be spent (mostly on the campus) over the next 2-3 years. Infosys looked at China from two angles - as a market for its services and as a source of talent," said Rangarajan Vellamore, Chief Executive Officer, Infosys Technologies (China) Co. Ltd. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Research In Motion plans to cut about 11 percent of its workforce as it struggles to keep pace with Apple and Google in the mobile market it once dominated. The Canadian company's shares sunk 3 percent after the announcement of 2,000 job cuts; a month after RIM said would reduce headcount for the first time in almost a decade. The company, which described the cost reduction as "a prudent and necessary step" for its long-term success, said it would inform employees who will lose their jobs this week. The job cuts, which were slightly deeper than some had expected, raised questions about whether lower costs alone would go very far in addressing RIM's lackluster financial performance or the steady erosion of its market share. RIM also announced changes among its top executives. It said one of its three chief operating officers, Don Morrison, would retire and the other two, Thorsten Heins and Jim Rowan, would take on additional ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Airtel is now offering their customers a new Facebook mobile application for Java-based feature phones. The company is also sponsoring the launch by enabling their customers to download and use this application for the first three months (starting from 25 July 2011) without incurring any data charges. The Facebook for Every Phone application is said to provide a better and faster Facebook experience for feature phones than other similar applications and mobile sites. It brings Facebook's most popular features and user experience to a wide range of Java handsets, and is optimised for speed and performance on Airtel's network. The application is optimised to use minimal data while providing people with a fast and engaging user experience on feature phones. The application uses less data than other Java applications or mobile sites, enabling it to be much more affordable for people to use when the trial period end. Users can download the...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE More than two million people across the globe religiously follow Dalai Lama on microblogging site Twitter, giving Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama an unprecedented reach. The Dalai Lama has outstripped the following of many icons of cinema and sports, as he disseminates his teachings, speaks on various issues concerning his people and even reaches out to the Chinese people. "To control negative physical and verbal actions, it is necessary to get at their root, the mind, and tame it," is a spiritual lesson from him on Twitter. According to a post on the Dalai Lama's official website, he began tweeting soon after his meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House (in February last year). During his US visit, the Tibetan spiritual leader met Twitter founder Evan Williams, who suggested he use the medium too. Most of the Dalai Lama's tweets link to webcasts on his official website where he talks about the life ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Amazon. com is set to enter India, riding on the second wave of ecommerce boom in India. Amazon is in discussions with leading Indian e-commerce players like Flipkart.com, LetsBuy.com and Exclusively .in, among others and may enter the market as early as the first quarter of next year. Acquiring Indian players has been the dominant theme for foreign majors looking to enter Indian market with eBay acquiring Baazee.com and Groupon picking up SoSasta.com to enter the market. According to industrial source Amazon is looking to set up operations on its own as its discussions with many players on acquisition front haven't seemed to work out. Indian players see the huge potential in the e-commerce segment here and so have so far been resistant to being bought out easily. Amazon is likely to ramp up through inorganic ways later, depending on market growth and their performance relative to competition. Hiring is currently in Hyderabad, Bangalore ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Edimax has launched BR-6258n 150Mbps Wireless Broadband Nano Router. It is a miniature, energy-efficient, and space-saving wireless broadband router designed for anyone who needs to share an Internet connection in a hotel room, a conference room, or any place where there is only one Internet cable. Its compactness and versatility make it a handy network companion for users who are constantly on the go. The BR-6258n is the traveller's new travel essential. With both a WAN port and a LAN port, the BR-6258n gives users the flexibility of using it as either a router or a wireless adapter. The BR-6258n also supports power over USB and comes with a USB cable and a separate USB power adapter. Such a design enables users to power the BR-6258n with either a wall socket, or a computer's USB port when a power outlet is not available. The built-in WPS button also allows users to build a secure connection with a wireless network client with a sim...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Epson has launched its latest professional photographic printers -Epson Stylus Pro 7890 (24-inch wide) and Epson Stylus Pro 9890 (44-inch wide) large format printers, which incorporate the precision of Epson's proprietary Micro Piezo Thin Film Piezo (TFP) print head and the eight-colour Epson UltraChrome K3 ink with Vivid Magenta to achieve class-leading print quality and speed. The Epson Stylus Pro 7890 / 9890 is using the re-engineered Micro Piezo TFP print head that is approximately twice as fast as their predecessor models (the Epson Stylus Pro 7880 / 9880). In addition, the new printers feature auto-switching of photo black and matte black ink depending on the media selected, which helps to save time and reduce ink and media wastage. Therefore, the Epson Stylus Pro 7890 / 9890 is installed with an optional in line colour to facilitate professional colour management workflow by performing colour calibration automatically. "The E...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lenovo has launched All-in-One (AiO) Multi Touch 3D Entertainment PC IdeaCentre B520. A 23-inch AiO combines a frameless screen with multi-touch and 3D vision. The Lenovo IdeaCentre B520 is a compact, space-saving PC and is integrated with 5.0 channel speakers supporting SRS premium sound, equipped with the optional 3-in-1 mouse and the second-generation Intel Core i7 processor. Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows 7, with optional RapidDrive SSD technology, lets you boot Windows7 in as little as 20.5 seconds which will allow the user to start applications 2x quicker. It has NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 1GB graphics, 4GB DDR3 memory, up to 2TB HDD, USB2.0, USB3.01 connectors and 5-in-1 card reader, Integrated DVD reader/writer. Lenovo HD High-Sense Webcam offers a better resolution and improved video chat with facial tracking and image effects. Lenovo Eye Distance System alerts the user when they are close to the screen. Offering an unmatche...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced new software solutions that improve collaboration among application delivery teams, enabling organizations to accelerate business innovation and lower operational costs. The new HP software solutions are key components to the HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) suite, which accelerates application delivery with a single platform, while enhancing collaboration among application delivery teams. The HP solutions provide business analysts, developers and testers with visibility across the lifecycle and new levels of automation to streamline the delivery process. "With business processes increasing the complexity of applications, enterprises are challenged to be nimble and keep pace with changing business demands that lead to innovation breakthrough. The new HP ALM solutions help organizations increase their responsiveness to change and accelerate the time to application value," said Kamal Dutta, Director, Asia-Pa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced new software solutions that improve collaboration among application delivery teams, enabling organizations to accelerate business innovation and lower operational costs. The new HP software solutions are key components to the HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) suite, which accelerates application delivery with a single platform, while enhancing collaboration among application delivery teams. The HP solutions provide business analysts, developers and testers with visibility across the lifecycle and new levels of automation to streamline the delivery process. "With business processes increasing the complexity of applications, enterprises are challenged to be nimble and keep pace with changing business demands that lead to innovation breakthrough. The new HP ALM solutions help organizations increase their responsiveness to change and accelerate the time to application value," said Kamal Dutta, Director, Asia-Pa...