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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has unveiled the creation of the Services Innovation Lab (SIL), a new global lab that will initially comprise about 200 technology experts hand-picked from around the company. The lab will accelerate the expansion of real-time analytics and software automation in both IBM's technology services offerings and its global services delivery capabilities. The SIL will operate out of IBM Research’s Labs worldwide, including New York, California, China, Israel, India, Japan, Switzerland and Brazil. The SIL significantly expands IBM's nearly 10-year-old services research program by bringing together services, research, software developers and industry experts from around the company to focus initially on the creation of services software applications for cloud computing, analytics and mobility. IBM invests more than $6 billion annually on research and development and employs about 3,000 researchers worldwide, with about a third of them fo...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ocean Optics has opened the submissions period for its second annual Photo and Video Challenge (www.oceanphotochallenge.com) for users of the company's equipment and systems. The challenge is open to all owners of Ocean Optics spectrometers and systems - customers, distributors and business partners are all eligible. The submission period runs through November 15, 2011. Winning entries, chosen for their innovation, entertainment and educational value, will be announced December 1, 2011. Cash prizes will be awarded for best overall photograph (US$2,000) and best overall video (US$3,500). Second place prizes of US$1,000 in both categories will be given, as well as three US$500 runner-up prizes in each category. The company hopes to encourage entrants to show off how they use Ocean Optics spectrometers and systems to make the world a better place through optical sensing. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nasscom announced the annual rankings of top 20 IT-BPO employers in India for 2010-11. The rankings reveal a surge in hiring, with almost one third of the industry aiming to grow by 25 per cent, and a little over two-third of the industry planning to increase their employee base by 10 per cent in the coming year. The total percentage of women hiring reached more than 40 per cent in the last three years. Tata Consultancy Services has emerged as the largest recruiter over the last year, followed by Infosys and Wipro Technologies. However, the cost of hiring has declined over the last three years for almost half of the industry, as a result of increased referrals, campus placements and internal job postings. Hiring from tier-III cities has also increased over the last year. The latest survey findings reveal that 90 per cent reported an increase in employee referrals; 75 per cent reported increase in campus hiring and internal job postings. Offer...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Board of Directors of Capgemini S.A, chaired by Serge Kampf, was convened in Paris on July 27, 2011 to review and authorize for issuing the accounts of Capgemini Group for the first half of 2011. The Group reports growth in published revenues (i.e. at current Group structure and exchange rates) in the first half of 2010 of 12.9%. Like-for-like growth (i.e. at constant Group structure and exchange rates) is 7.4% (6.4% in the first quarter and 8.4% in the second quarter). Bookings in the first half of the year totalled euro5,205 million, roughly in line with the first half of 2010 (euro5,368 million) which was marked by the renewal or extension of several major outsourcing contracts. For the businesses most sensitive to the economic environment (Consulting Services, Technology Services and Local Professional Services), the book-to-bill ratio was 1.18 (1.27 for North America alone). Aruna Jayanthi, CEO, Capgemini India, said, "With ove...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE VIA Labs has announced its latest USB 3.0 device controller, the VIA Labs VL751 SuperSpeed USB to NAND flash controller. The VIA Labs VL751 has been certified by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) for SuperSpeed operation, ensuring high-quality, seamless interoperability, and backwards compatibility. The VIA Labs VL751 features a four-channel NAND interface, doubling or even quadrupling maximum throughput over single or dual-channel designs. The VIA Labs VL751 offers improved parallelization and higher efficiency through integrated pre-read and pre-write buffers, support for flash memories, and a pipelined ECC engine. Cumulatively, these enhancements translate into a nearly 100% performance boost over the VIA Labs VL750 with no increase in power consumption. "With USB 3.0 functionality being integrated into next-generation chipsets, virtually all new desktops and laptops will have USB 3.0 by early next year. The VIA Labs VL751 will be ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS, Pilani) has announced that it has begun the implementation of open standards-based Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications to automate its academic and administrative functions. With this software solution, the university will be able to offer a robust and scalable online, self-service interface for its 30,000 students, faculty members and administrative staff. BITS, Pilani will integrate operations of all its campuses in India and abroad (Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Dubai) and will enable the university to integrate its student lifecycle academic, HR and finance functions of its existing legacy systems to the new-generation PeopleSoft applications. BITS, Pilani offers 50 programmes across its four campuses. Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise applications, including PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, PeopleSoft Financials, PeopleSoft HCM and PeopleSoft Global Payroll 9.1 will cover the...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced that hosting services provider Core Services has chosen HP BladeSystem technology as part of an HP Converged Infrastructure to support increased service-level commitments for its global customers. Based in the U.S. with locations in China and India, Core Services delivers third-party business operations solutions, information systems and support to clients worldwide. A major shift in the managed hosting landscape meant the company needed an infrastructure that could handle new customer demands for cost-effective and energy-saving solutions. Core Services partnered with The Ergonomic Group (EGI), an HP Elite Business Partner, for infrastructure recommendations to improve application performance and deliver better services. After an evaluation, EGI concluded that Core Services' current Oracle/Sun infrastructure was unable to meet its customer needs. EGI assisted the company in designing the new infrastructure based on an H...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Neoteric has added USB Flash Drives to its product portfolio further strengthening the relationship with Kingston Technology. The neoteric-Kingston association that began with Memory Modules got stronger with the addition of SSDNow and Secure Pen Drives products in January 2011. "This tie-up with Kingston Technology on the USB Pen Drives would help us achieve better penetration for Kingston range of products. With the current competitive market scenario, the introduction of USB Pen Drives will serve as an entry point to extend our reach further to newer partners and cities. "Mehul Kagalwala, DGM PC Components Group, neoteric info matique ltd said. "The Pen Drive market is an exponentially growing & competitive market and to ensure better market share we are banking on neoteric to leverage their reach. Neoteric continued the commendable job they did on the DRAM business line to the SSDNow and Secure Pend Drive Business and w...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Superbrands hosted a Tribute Evening to honour for their achievements and excellence in branding India's leading brands at New Delhi. Amongst the gathering of corporate honchos, brand superpowers and marketing excellence, Superbrands also unveiled the 2011 Superbrands book featuring the story of 50 of India's strongest brands. Hundreds of leading Indian brands were evaluated first by a very knowledgeable group of brand-savvy citizens and then by the Superbrands Council which comprised some of the country's marketing minds. Only brands that achieved a very high level of recognition were invited to participate in the Business Superbrands book. This compendium traces the history and achievements of each of the brands. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, CEO, Superbrands Worldwide Limited said, "As economies grow the role that brands discharge becomes very profound. We are witnessing the arrival of not just powerful brands but those which tr...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Qualcomm has integrated an advanced dual-core application processor with an HSPA modem in one unit with the MSM8260, deployed in the HTC Sensation phone. ABI Research has conducted an in-depth teardown of the MSM8260. ABI Research VP of engineering James Mielke said, "Very few manufacturers can integrate a top end dual-core application processor with a leading-edge modem. With the MSM8260 Qualcomm is showing real muscle by being the first in the world to do so. Nvidia's acquisition of ICERA earlier this year may show that it too believes the modem is has vital role to play in selling high end application processors in the current market." This teardown report reveals how efficient, from a cost and power perspective, a fully integrated solution can be. ABI Research's 'HTC Sensation Teardown' includes all of the components in the MSM8260 chipset, the electrical bill of materials, measured performance numbers, and more...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Qualcomm has integrated an advanced dual-core application processor with an HSPA modem in one unit with the MSM8260, deployed in the HTC Sensation phone. ABI Research has conducted an in-depth teardown of the MSM8260. ABI Research VP of engineering James Mielke said, "Very few manufacturers can integrate a top end dual-core application processor with a leading-edge modem. With the MSM8260 Qualcomm is showing real muscle by being the first in the world to do so. Nvidia's acquisition of ICERA earlier this year may show that it too believes the modem is has vital role to play in selling high end application processors in the current market." This teardown report reveals how efficient, from a cost and power perspective, a fully integrated solution can be. ABI Research's 'HTC Sensation Teardown' includes all of the components in the MSM8260 chipset, the electrical bill of materials, measured performance numbers, and more...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Bengal Engineering and Science University - Shipper (BESU) has joined hands with Kolkata-based software firm Metallurgic Systems for research work in the field of mobile phone interface enabled healthcare. This will make healthcare services affordable to rural population. Metallurgic Systems is one of the first private firms to come forward and fund collaborative research projects with BESU. With this research, BESU looks at exploring the possibilities of using a portable mobile phone interfaced devices. The device will transmit medical data and images to doctors to determine the course of future treatment and at reduced costs. It will help reduce ultrasonography costs for rural populace at 2-3 per cent of existing costs. Metalogic-BESU Software Innovation and Design Centre will be set up on the BESU campus. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam partnered Microsoft Corporation to offer modern tools and solutions for the Child Support Systems to improve the productivity of workers. The solution is based on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 technology and other enabling products from Microsoft, Mahindra Satyam claimed. The solution can also integrate with systems to extract relevant data and generate and keep track of the numerous letters, notices and other correspondence that are needed to administer a Child Support programme. "Our partnership with Microsoft has enabled us to develop these solutions in a very flexible and rapid manner," Mahindra Satyam Strategic Accounts Senior Vice-President Arvind Malhotra said. For More Details See www.varindia.com