VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Beetel Teletech has rolled out its tablet device - Beetel Magiq, priced at Rs. 9,999. The device is Android-based. It comes with a 7 inch screen, 2 mega pixel front as well as rear camera and 8 Gigabyte (GB) internal memory, which can be expanded up to 32 GB. The device supports wi-fi and 3G and has a 1 GHz processor. "The Beetel Magiq has been designed looking at the technology needs of the extremely demanding Indian customers. Our tablet is not only about Director & CEO, Vinod Sawhny stated affordability but also about aspirational features which were previously available in the high-end devices," Beteel Telech Executive. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IRDA has announced that Mahindra Satyam has been selected as an implementing agency for the development and implementation of Integrated Surveyor Licence Management System (ISLMS). The regulator claimed that the selection was made following a detailed scrutiny of the commercial proposals submitted by shortlisted IT firms and further evaluation. Tata Consultancy Services, CMC, NSE IT, NIIT Technology, R Systems International and L&T Infotech are the other shortlisted firms. IRDA intends to create ISLMS to facilitate the surveyor to register online and see their licence issuance and renewal status in order to have an effective licence generation, renewal and monitoring mechanism. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IDEA Cellular has launched a mega Monsoon offer- 'Rim Jhim Mein Idea ke saath manao- Har Din Diwali' for its prepaid subscribers in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh giving them an opportunity to win exciting prizes like a Bike, Laptop, Refrigerator, mobile phone, Idea 3G data cards, DVD players etc, in addition to assured Full Talktime on their recharges. Idea subscribers have to dial Idea lucky recharge No 50505 (toll free) from their idea prepaid no to know their full Talktime lucky recharge, and on recharging with lucky recharge they will not only get full Talktime but also will become eligible to win exciting gifts in the lucky draw. The monsoon offer will be available till 30th September 2011 and winners will be announced at the end of the offer period. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE With immediate effective, Sony has brought down the price of PlayStation 3. The Company has trim $50 from the price of each of its model. The base model is now worth $250 and the other system with twice the storage will now cost $300. Sony reduced the prices of PlayStation 3 in 2009 when it had released its slimmer version. It rolled out the cuts a week after sales for new games suffered their lowest month in nearly five years, according to industry buzz. Sony will be lowering prices on the eve of Gamescom, Europe's largest video games show. The price tag on the 160 GB version of PlayStation 3 is now $249, down from $299. In Europe and Japan, the console's price also has been cut to 249 Euros and 24,980 yen from 299 Euros and 29,980 yen, respectively. And the larger-storage 320 GB version of the PlayStation console now available for $299 in the United States versus $349 originally. Outside the US, the 320 GB version now costs 299 Eu...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Asset, Reliability and Maintenance Management (ARMM) forum has organised the national conference on the state of ARMM in India on 15th & 16th September, 2011 in Lavasa at Hotel Mercure, International Convention Centre. ARMM Forum will also be unveiling an exclusive whitepaper on 'State of ARMM in India', based on a pan India survey conducted amongst maintenance professionals as well as the 'C' class executives in association with IMRB. ARMM Conference is aimed at creating awareness about the need for organizations across sectors and geographies to adhere to the best practices of asset reliability and maintenance management. The themes for the conference will be downtime optimization, life cycle cost analysis; condition based maintenance, preventive & predictive maintenance and industrial case studies. Sunil Kamerkar, Founder & Chairman, ARMM Forum said, "The Indian industry is currently losing crores of rupe...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Dell's investment in differentiated enterprise solutions and services continued to drive substantial gains in the company's profitability in the fiscal second quarter as operating income rose significantly on a 1 percent revenue increase. The Revenue in the quarter was $15.7 billion, up 1 percent over last year and 4 percent sequentially. GAAP earning per share was 48 cents, up 71 percent, non-GAAP EPS was 54 cents, up 69 percent. Vendor settlements resulted in approximately $70 million in benefit in the quarter that increased non-GAAP gross margins 50 basis points and non-GAAP earnings per share by 4cents.GAAP operating income was $1.1 billion, or 7.3 percent of revenue. Non-GAAP operating income was $1.3 billion, or 8.5 percent of revenue. Cash flow from operations was $2.4 billion for the quarter and $5.2 billion over the last four quarters. Dell ended the quarter with a record high $16.2 billion in cash and investments and repu...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Synology has launched DiskStation DS411, a 4-bay NAS server that offers high performance with flexible and secure file sharing and backup solution for office and workgroup environment. Tested under RAID 5 configuration in a Windows environment, the DS411 delivers an average read and write speed at 105 MB/sec and 47 MB/sec respectively. When operating under load, the DS411 consumes power at an energy efficiency rate of 29.7 watts. Energy is reduced to 11.0 watts when hard drives enter hibernation mode to further lowering users' energy bills. The DS411 is equipped with data security mechanisms, including comprehensive Window ACL support, shared folder privilege; HTTPS secure connection, FTP over SSL, etc. The DS411 is also secured by firewall, IP auto-block, and enforced password strength to prevent hacking. "We have been providing users with the utmost value for their investment and the DS411 is no exception," Darren Lin, Prod...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE WNS Global Services is planning to set up its first delivery centre in the US this fiscal. The company already has 3-4 customers who are willing to be serviced out of the US once it sets shop in the country. "Quite a few customers have work which they are not comfortable in offshoring and want it to be delivered near them. Moreover, as a global company we need to create jobs onsite given that unemployment is a major theme in some of these countries. The company is currently evaluating several low-cost locations in the US. It is also open to the option of taking over its clients' employees onto its rolls. Going forward, the company also intends to strengthen presence in Australia in addition to establishing a beach head in South Africa," Keshav Murugesh, CEO said. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Touchstone Semiconductor is to provide free demo boards to potential customers. The offer includes all demo boards in Touchstone's growing portfolio of high-performance analog products, including the groundbreaking 0.8V, 0.6muA TS1001 operational amplifier, and the new TS9001-1 and TS9001-2 ultra low-power voltage monitor ICs. Engineers can register for their free demo boards at http://www.touchstonesemi.com/freedemoboards.html. The free demo boards will be available until Sept. 30. A valid corporate email address is required. "Our customers are finding our demo boards really simplify their evaluation process. We decided to make it even easier for our customers by providing our demo boards free of charge," Adolfo Garcia, VP, Applications & Marketing, Touchstone Semiconductor said. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Virtusa has been selected as a finalist for the 2011 Global Awards for Excellence in Adaptive Case Management. Co-sponsored by the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) and KMWorld magazine, these awards recognize user organizations that have demonstrably excelled in implementing innovative adaptive case management (ACM) solutions. "This was a complex initiative to provide a consistent standard of service globally for the bank's Treasury clients. The solution provides the bank with the ability to handle client inquiries and exceptions globally without regard to what currency or global region the payment is initiated from. The solution provides global case management and tracking and has improved the customer experience, while also increasing productivity. Our client operates globally and has few thousand users across different geographies. We had to first determine what each location required and then we created one solid, centra...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Samsung is focusing on research and development in India and is planning to bring localised solutions for the Indian market. According to market buzz, Samsung aims to tap growing demand for smartphones and tablets with the roll out of 3G services. The launch of 3G services gives India R&D a good opportunity to provide differentiated solutions on smartphones and tablets. "The India R&D has a strategic role to play as we move towards enhancing our software workforce and competence. As the Indian market grows, the India R&D is developing localised solutions customised for the Indian market. the Bengaluru R&D centre has designed solutions for local mobile market that include the Mobile Tracker, Religious Apps, J2ME App Store, T9 Hinglish prediction among others," J S Shin, President & CEO, Samsung South West Asia said. Samsung's R&D centre at Bengaluru has the largest software workforce next to Korea. Sams...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE LinkedIn has released an app which is faster, more visual and more social than its predecessors. It also tries to distance the network from competitors like Facebook and Twitter. As per sources, the application is said to be much faster, its navigation is simplified, and it's more visual and simplified than the earlier versions and has new features to help one find contacts. Some of the new mobile features on LinkedIn are- Groups- which let people talk about shared business interests; "People you may know" feature- to help you find contacts; New navigation around four simplified topics- Updates, You, Inbox and Groups; Speed- The new app is 10 times faster; and the company released an HTML 5 mobile website. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE YOU Broadband & Cable India Limited has associated with Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited. Through this association, YOU Broadband customers will get access to Zapak Plus; the recently launched subscription based gaming service by Zapak. The service includes two plans - 3 month Gold Pack at Rs 297 and 1 month Gold Pack at Rs 99.As an introductory offer YOU Broadband customers will get the 3 month Gold Pack at a special price of Rs 249/- only. This offer is valid till August 31, 2011. E.V.S. Chakravarthy, CEO & MD, YOU Broadband & Cable India Limited said, "Broadband will herald the next big revolution in the country. With rising broadband adoption, the challenge for service providers is to make the user experience exciting. Games along with other value added services allow users to explore the exciting world of broadband. Our association with Zapak is a step in this journey of exploration, which we believe our customers w...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NDS will showcase solutions at IBC 2011 September 9th-13th that enhance the value of content. At the show, NDS will demonstrate how its technologies enrich the viewing experience and increase revenue potential by providing consumers with added choice, quality and convenience. Dave Habiger, CEO, NDS Group Ltd. said, "As the industry expands and we see new technologies driving change, quality content remains the cornerstone of the pay-TV platform. Our solutions provide an adaptable framework to enable the ultimate viewing experience by adding value to content for both the consumer and the platform operator. To be able to provide future-proof solutions that continue to support our customers' needs, it is essential that we are abreast of the requirements, opportunities and challenges facing the industry. Therefore, at IBC this year we are providing a live platform for our customers, partners and industry colleagues to share their persp...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Datamatics Global Solutions has acquired a 72 per cent stake in Cignex Global Holding Corporation for Rs. 120 crore. This acquisition is to further strengthen Datamatics' tentacles in the enterprise content management and enterprise document management space. Once when the deal goes through, the enterprise content management and document management space would contribute around 45 per cent to its revenues from 30 per cent currently. This acquisition will also benefit Datamatics in increasing its footprint both globally and in India. Datamatics had formed a joint venture with Cignex last year. Rahul Kanodia, VC & CEO said, "We will take a call on the joint venture soon. We believe in the existing promoter group and we want them to stay put as there is an upside for all parties involved." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Convergys Corp. is expected to increase 1,000 jobs in India by December. The Company is already said to have increased 1,500 jobs (net additions) in India so far this year. The Company presently has a headcount of about 12,000 in India. Three of its customer management centres are in Gurgaon and one each in Pune, Thane and Bangalore. Convergys also has an information management centre in Hyderabad. Hanumant Talwar, MD & Country Manager - India, Convergys said, "We are seeing demand from clients and a lot of that is concentrated toward India at this point. We grow in markets where our clients want us to be. It was too early to predict the impact of the US debt crisis on demand for BPO services, but it could have a positive spin-off for outsourcing. Organisations may have to bring down their costs and so they may tend to outsource more. Our main thrust right now is Gurgaon and Bangalore. In the next six months, the key drivers (for h...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Birlasoft has announced its Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) strategy designed to help businesses become more agile, gain greater visibility into their data, and balance business risk and responsiveness. "Impending regulations, client and internal pressures are driving securities firms to enhance and restructure their compliance and regulatory infrastructure. This will remain a top priority for securities firms for the next few years and drive investments in areas such as OTC Derivatives, market surveillance and risk management," said Dushyant Shahrawat, CFA, Senior Research Director, TowerGroup. "At Birlasoft, we have developed a comprehensive and flexible framework to respond to both market dynamics as well as individual organization's requirements. We can work with our clients to transform risk management challenges into a value changing capability. The right level of risk management capability can position the co...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cisco has invested in its major partner incentive programs, including juicier rebates for its long-running Value Incentive Program (VIP) and sweeteners for several other programs. Among the major changes are that Cisco's existing partner development funds (PDF) program which offers incentive payments for partners on certain types of deals to small business or midmarket customers has been renamed VIP Express. Ricardo Moreno, Senior Director, Strategy, Planning & Programs, Worldwide Channels, Cisco said that Cisco partners participating in VIP Express will still receive quarterly payments, as they did under PDF, but Cisco sought to align the PDF program with the VIP program and streamline the process for participating. The VIP Express piece is primarily for Cisco small business specialist, select and premier partners. Cisco partners that were invited into the Cisco Telepresence Video Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) program pri...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Epson's annual nSolution partner engagement programme targeting System Integrators / Corporate Resellers and Office Automation Partners was held in Mumbai. The event was attended by a large number of System Integrators (SIs) and a few of Epson's key corporate clients as well. The full-day walk-in event included Epson's Senior Management, presenting the background and plans for the company. The highlight of the event was a walk through the exhibition where the entire range of Epson's products was displayed. S. M. Ram Prasad, Deputy GM, Consumer Products, Epson India, said, "We have been actively engaging with the System Integrator community for some time now and this programme will now take that engagement to the next level. The programme today has hopefully given these partners an enlarged vision on Epson and its product portfolio and its go-to-market strategies." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced a new service to help enterprises and governments gain control of multivendor service environments, improving overall IT performance and quality while optimizing costs. With HP as the single service integration and management layer, clients can focus their efforts on innovation and process improvement. As a single point of contact, the HP MSI Service drives effective supplier collaboration, rapid problem resolution and workflow process improvements. In the event of a service interruption, the MSI Service provides comprehensive diagnostics, accountability and timely restoration of services. "Clients are embracing hybrid delivery models that increase complexity with traditional and new 'as a service' offerings from multiple suppliers. The HP MSI Service provides the tools, processes and personnel to effectively manage multisupplier delivery and the governance to drive continuous service quality improvement,...