VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Stuart Hughes, British designer of exclusive gadgets, encrusted an iPad 2 with diamonds, gold and shards of real dinosaur bone and has put it up for sale on his website for five million pounds ($8 million). The gadget's rear section features two kilograms of 24-carat gold and the front frame is made from Ammolite. To make the gadget even more individual, sections of a 65-million-year-old T-Rex dinosaur thigh bone were splintered and shaved into the Ammolite. TheApple logo is encrusted with 53 flawless diamonds and a single 8.5-carat diamond decorates the "home" button. The gadget dubbed the "Gold History Edition" is of a limited edition of only two units to be made. Hughes, and his wife Katherine, create and sell exclusive iPhones, laptops, plasma TVs and other gadgets with mind-blowing price tags. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Huawei has released LTE TDD/UMTS/GSM/CDMA multi-mode data card E392 will be commercially available in the third quarter of 2011 to LTE TDD network operators worldwide. The Huawei E392 is a USB data card that supports LTE TDD technology. Streamlined in shape, the E392 incorporates LTE FDD technology while remaining compatible with UMTS / GSM / CDMA networks, automatically switching between different networks to ensure optimal internet connectivity. This is the world's first multi-mode data card that supports LTE TDD / FDD / UMTS / GSM / CDMA. The download speed of E392 is up to 100M, making it possible to download a 4GB, HD movie file in just a few minutes. This is 20 times faster than the data transmission speed of the existing 3G network, providing ultra-speed Internet surfing, high-definition video downloading and online viewing, video transmission and real-time 3D photo navigation. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Six Indian companies were among the 21 award winning companies who walked home with awards of excellence amidst enough fanfare at the Architecture Excellence Awards 2010 organized by iCMG. "The idea behind "Architecture Excellence Awards" is to honor architects & enterprises whose work demonstrates a combination of talent, vision & workmanship, which are creating successful and enduring systems & enterprises. The international awards are awarded each year to architects and organization for significant achievements, during the "iCMG Architecture World summit. This is the second year for the awards and the response and well as awards given away have been tremendous," said, Sunil Dutt Jha, Chief Architect & CEO, iCMG. John Zachman, Father of Enterprise Architecture said, "Though the idea of enterprise architecture was seeded nearly 30 years back, only recently we find that there is growing acceptance...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Vodafone's entry level Facebook phone, already launched in the UK market, is likely to be launched in India soon. The handset, named '555 Blue' presently costs US$100 (Rs. 4,500 approximately). According industry report, this new offing from Vodafone is designed to appeal people who love social networking and messaging friends. Facebook is built into the core of the device. In this phone, phone contacts are automatically synchronised with friends' Facebook profiles. 555 Blue has a 2.4-inch display and a QWERTY keyboard designed to make it easy to type chat, email, send texts and update your status. The phone has been designed for the developing markets, where this device will provide the internet access as well as social networking. Indian spokesperson of Vodafone confirmed to The Mobile Indian that the company is looking at bringing this phone to the Indian market. Indian consumers are also likely to be offered preferential d...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE West Bengal government is trying hard to impress the IT sector to divert its attention towards the state. The state government has invited Microsoft to set up a facility in West Bengal and promised necessary "support and infrastructure" to the company. Partha Chatterjee, the state IT Minister said, "We need to have you (Microsoft) in the State and we assure you that our Chief Minister will provide all the necessary support to help you set up a facility here." He was speaking in a seminar on IT organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce. Bhaskar Pramanik, Microsoft India chairman, was present on the occasion. Microsoft has a sales office in the city at present. The prominent IT players who have so far set up their facilities in the State include Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and IBM. According to a market report, Chatterjee has asked for a report from Microsoft seeking the feasibility of cloud ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Starting from 22th July, 2011, ECS welcomes all fans come back to ECS Facebook page to attend the newest lottery activity. Grab the chance to win ECS magic power motherboards, A75F-A and A75F-M which are known for outstanding graphics performance and APU supporting. All one have to do is to become a fan of ECS Facebook page and answer 3 questions of A75 series motherboards on ECS Facebook wall. ECS will draw the lucky fans to take the outstanding motherboard home for free. Most importantly, Fans of ECS Facebook and Twitter always have the chance to attend events taken place by ECS. ECS Black Deluxe A75F-A, A75F-M and A75F-M2 all support the latest AMD A series APU with AMD A75 chipset and AMD FM-1 socket. With native USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0Gb/s powered by AMD A75 chipset, ECS A75 series represents the official arrival of new age of high transmission speed, and that USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0Gb/s have also officially become the basic equipment for ever...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Data Systems Corporation has announced enhancements to its replication and data protection software suite, Hitachi Dynamic Replicator (HDR). The enhancements help large enterprises meet recovery time and recovery point objectives remotely and locally for data and applications, including Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server and Oracle, in physical and virtual environments. The new HDR also extends to large enterprises to minimize business disruption by continuously collecting data changes as they occur, all while they upgrade to the latest in Hitachi storage technologies like Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP). "Disaster recovery is a critical concern for organizations of all sizes as they strive to improve the data resilience of their operations. Specifically, large enterprises are dealing with rapid data growth that requires simplified and cost-effective data protection and replication solutions for disaster planning and operati...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Oracle has announced the availability of Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7) the first release of the Java platform under Oracle stewardship delivering language changes to help increase developer productivity and simplify common programming tasks. Java SE 7 features a multicore-ready API that enables developers to more easily decompose problems into tasks that can then be executed in parallel across arbitrary numbers of processor cores. A new networking and security featured Java SE 7 comes with comprehensive I/O interface for working with file systems that can access a wider array of file attributes and offer more information when errors occur. In addition to this, it also support for internationalization, including Unicode 6.0 support and updated versions of numerous libraries and for dynamic languages. "We're very excited about Java SE 7; this is a great release with strong technology updates. I'm pleased that the Ja...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SnapDeal.com has raised $40 million from global PE firm Bessemer Venture Partners and existing investors Nexus Venture Partner and IndoUS Venture Partners. This is Bessemer's first investment in the Internet Company, while Nexus Venture Partners and Indo US Venture Partners had earlier invested about $12 million into the company in January. "This investment will help us expand our products business, further strengthen the local and national merchant deals vertical and introduce various innovations to enhance consumer and merchant convenience," said Kunal Bahl, CEO of Snapdeal.com. The company plans to also expand its team from the current 500 to 800 by the year-end, recruiting largely sales and marketing professionals. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Karbonn Mobiles plans to launch its tablet PC, the Karbonn K-pad by October this year, which will be priced below Rs. 10,000. "The tablet which will be available in three sizes - 7 inch, 9 inch and 10 inch can also be used as a mobile phone. Karbonn hopes to sell about 40,000 tablets a month," Sudhir Hasija, Chairman, Karbonn Mobiles said. It has invested about Rs. 70 crore for this product and its Android-based Smartphone. The Karbonn A1 phone, based on the Android Froyo 2.2 OS is a 3G-enabled phone and has a 2.8 inch capacitive touch screen, a 3.2 mega pixel camera, 1100mAh battery and supports up to 32 GB expandable memory. The phone will be priced Rs. 6,900. Hasija further said, "The company has sought Private Equity funding of about $ 250 million from Indian and international investors, for all new launches in the pipeline. Karbonn Mobiles is looking at an IPO in 2-3 years. Karbonn proposes to take its new products to Afri...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Google has now reportedly purchased more than 1,000 technology patents from IBM with a target to shore up its defences against suits by other technology companies. The search giant tried to acquire patents from bankrupt phone equipment maker Nortel Networks in April but lost its bidding war with Apple, Microsoft and other rivals. With a new wave of patent battles raging between the likes of Apple and Samsung, Google appears to be shoring up its defenses to protect its intellectual property-particularly potential legal challenges to its Android mobile operating system that runs smartphones, tablets, and other handheld devices. The SEO by the Sea search engine optimization blog first reported Google's acquisition of 1,030 IBM patents and offers up a sampling of some of the search-related patents now in Google's list of properties. While Google's general consul Kent Walker this week bemoaned the rise of so called "patent trolli...