VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE TAKE Solutions and QlikTech have extended their partnership to India. Both TAKE and QlikTech have been working towards identifying opportunities to drive efficiencies for its clients' businesses. Now this alliance, which began in 2009 in the USA, is expected to expand to other countries where TAKE Solutions have their operations. "In partnership with QlikTech, we offer to our customers the flagship QlikView product that delivers instant business answers, enabling users to easily explore their data without limits. We are very excited to bring the industry leading analytical solutions provider to our customers in India. QlikTech's innovative technology and TAKE's deep domain expertise would greatly benefit our customers in India by solving a variety of business problems," said, Kishore Rachapudi, President & COO, TAKE Solutions. Peter McQuade, VP ,Global Alliances, QlikTech said, "The alliance with TAKE is a si

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GIGABYTE has announced their entire range of 6 series motherboards are ready to support the next generation Intel 22nm CPUs (LGA1155 Socket) as well as offer native support for PCI Express Gen. 3 technology, delivering maximum data bandwidth for future discrete graphics cards. GIGABYTE has enabled native support for PCI Express Gen. 3 across the entire range of GIGABYTE 6 series motherboards, including the recently launched G1.Sniper 2 motherboard, when paired with Intel's next generation 22nm CPUs. By installing the latest BIOS for their 6 series motherboards today, users can be assured they are ready to take advantage of all the performance enhancements tomorrow's technologies have to offer. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Infosys Technologies has unveiled TalentEdge, a comprehensive talent management platform that helps to reduce the operational costs of companies. Infosys TalentEdge addresses the entire Human Resource (HR) lifecycle, helping companies streamline their HR processes and reduce operational costs, the firm claimed. Infosys TalentEdge deepens employee interaction through rich social engagement and interactive self-service capabilities. The social collaboration features of the platform help companies improve access to organisation-wide expertise, generate ideas and accelerate innovation. The platform also allows employees to access HR functionalities "on-the-go" through mobile and smart devices, thereby enabling an always-connected workforce. This frees up significant capital expenditure typically locked into HR technology and process investments, allowing the HR function to be a strategic enabler of an organisation's business objec

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Baidu Inc is to shut down its Twitter-like microblogging platform, Shuoba, on Aug 22. Kaiser Kuo, a Baidu spokesman, declined to give a reason for the closure but industry experts chalked up Shuoba's stringent real name verification features as the reason the service failed to gain much traction with China's netizens. Shuoba competes with Sina's highly popular microblogging service Weibo which has over 140 million users. The firm posted a notice on Shuoba's website claiming that due to business adjustments, Shuoba was shutting down and urged users to back up their personal data. Although Twitter and Facebook are inaccessible in China, Chinese Internet companies have filled the void with similar microblogging and social networking products. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Vudu has unveiled video-streaming service on Apple Inc's iPad, but it doesn't come with the type of app that's common on the best-selling tablet computer. Wal-Mart said iPad users can now go to vudu.com to buy or rent 20,000 movies and TV episodes to watch instantly. Once bought or rented, the videos can be viewed online or through more than 300 devices including Internet-capable HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc players and the Sony's PlayStation 3. Vudu icon can be put on the iPad home screen, but when users touch it, they will be taken to Vudu's website to buy content, Wal-Mart claimed. Such services often come with an app that lets iPad users access content directly from the tablet's home screen. Apple introduced new terms and conditions recently that required publishers to give the company 30 percent of the price of any content they sell through apps. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Facebook has introduced a mobile messaging application for Apple's iPhone and Android devices. Facebook Engineer Lucy Zhang claims Facebook Messenger can be used to exchange messages with Facebook friends but also with other people in a user's telephone contact list. Facebook said Messenger also has location- and photo-sharing features. Messenger integrates text messages, instant messages and emails. Zhang said, "When you're on the go, coordinating a bunch of people can be tricky, especially if plans change at the last minute. With Messenger, you can quickly start a group conversation and message everyone at once. If you choose to add your location, the people you're messaging with can easily find each other on the map. You can also attach photos, so everyone else can see and comment on what you're looking at." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Gaana.com is said to be the first music site in India to build an iPad version using HTML5. The ipad version will allow users to enjoy the complete Gaana.com collection - all free of cost. By launching this advanced version, Gaana.com intends to take advantage of the multiple facets of interactivity that the iPad provides. It is garnering 1.4 million unique visitors and 11.7 million song plays within the first month of its launch. The high level of engagement on the portal can be gauged from the fact that on an average a user spends over 9 minutes per visit. Gaana.com provides free and licensed music to its listeners through a unique "media player" interface. Besides a simple to use navigation and ease of content discovery, the key features include song recommendations, radio gaana and social features. The song recommendation engine generates a list of tracks based on a user's liking, while radio gaana on the other hand create

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE PayPal is to offer a further 200 jobs in Dublin in a new wave of recruitment that follows the addition of 150 new roles at the Blanchardstown facility earlier this year. The firm says the new roles will support its fast growing European business which contributed to PayPal achieving its first ever $1 billion revenue quarter in Q2 2011. The company is opening permanent positions in customer service, risk operations, financial operations, sales and account management for individuals fluent in English and a second European language. Louise Phelan, VP for global customer services & Emea merchant services, PayPal European operations, said, "PayPal has grown substantially in Ireland since it began here in 2003 and this is the second new jobs announcement we've had this year alone." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has announced new software that helps organizations collaborate throughout the entire software and systems development process at the INNOVATE 2011 Bangalore. The new software allows developer teams to quickly access resources and work across global boundaries through an open, collaborative development environment. According to the IBM CEO Study, a survey of more than 1,500 CEO from 60 countries and 33 industries worldwide, two-thirds of global organizations manage software development teams working in multiple locations. Additionally, the study found there is a growing unpredictability in getting software through development and into its full application within an organization. More than 62% of development projects fail to meet the intended schedule and 30% of project costs are due to rework and poor execution of requirements. The new software helps organizations align their software investments with business process and operations

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Samsung has unveiled "Samsung Innovation Quotient" , a platform that will showcase and give recognition to the innovative minds across the nation which will be held in New Delhi on August 11, 2011. This Quotient aims to recognize innovators from all parts of India who, after prodigious attempts, have succeeded in crafting an extraordinary product or solution that decodes unique ways to fulfil mass needs in a comprehensive manner. CNBC-TV18 and Samsung launched a nationwide hunt to identify individuals who have set new benchmarks and brought a lot of credence to their work and business with innovations benefiting society. Samsung Innovation Quotient received over 300 entries explaining views and ideas of innovators and social entrepreneurs from various parts of the country. The second round involved a preliminary discussion between the qualifiers and mentors and visual experts who provided inputs and insights on their innovation

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has announced Shared University Research (SUR) awards for different projects in collaboration with five leading educational institutes of India - IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, College of Engineering Pune (CoEP), Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) and PSG Tech, Coimbatore. The award, totalling US$250,000, will include technical collaboration with IBM experts, access to IBM software and computing required for the successful completion of projects related to healthcare and education. Bhooshan Kelkar, Country Manager, University Relations, IBM India, said, "The Shared University Research programme is a very competitive, worldwide programme that promotes academia-corporate partnership to address some challenging problems faced by society. We hope that the collaboration between IBM experts and some of the brightest minds from academia will help provide innovative technology solutions that will bring healthcare and education

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced the change in the warranty for HP LaserJet P1007 and HP LaserJet 1020 Plus, priced at Rs.5,999 and Rs.6,999, respectively. Now, these printers come with one-year "Onsite Warranty" with effect from August 1, 2011. Nitin Hiranandani, Director, Enterprise Solutions, HP-IPG, said, "The newly introduced one-year 'Onsite Warranty' on HP's highly popular LaserJet printers, P1007 and 1020 Plus will bring unprecedented convenience and peace of mind to our customers. In addition to the onsite warranty, the HP LaserJet range is also backed by HP's unmatched after sales & service network, superior reliability and supplies availability, which has undoubtedly made us the Number One choice of smart business in India." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lenovo has unveiled an entire range of laptops, desktops and all-in-ones, keeping in mind the requirements of the segment. Aptly named EDGE, which is part of the "Think" family, is coupled with features of style and entertainment that an SMB seeks. The new range of over 10 products include ThinkCentre Edge 91z, ThinkCentre Edge 71z, ThinkCentre Edge 71, ThinkPad T420, ThinkPad X220, ThinkPad Edge E420s(SSD), ThinkPad Edge E420, ThinkPad Edge E420s (HDD) and Lenovo B570. All the products are equipped with Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows 7. Rajiv Rao, Director, SMB, Lenovo India, said, "We are offering PCs that can withstand the vagaries of an SMBs' growth journey by offering unmatched performance blended with attractive design and affordable pricing. Our Edge range of PCs offer worry-free computing, enabling users to accomplish their business goals and balance their personal lives. The Edge range is carefully designed