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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Stellar Phoenix launches robust tool to repair corrupt PDF files

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Stellar Data Recovery has launched Stellar Phoenix PDF Recovery v1 a robust tool to repair corrupt portable document format files. The convenient DIY Phoenix repair tool requires no technical skills and fixes files in 3 easy steps. Sunil Chandna, CEO, Stellar Data Recovery said, "We all work on PDF files day in and out and often come across situations when the file is corrupt or damaged. Stellar Phoenix is of great help in such cases. It uses non-destructive scanning algorithm to safely repair your PDF document along with all embedded objects and formatting." The PDF repair tool also offers selection to extract images from corrupt files. Stellar offers try before buy product with a transparent money back policy. Affected users can download free PDF recovery trial version that scans & repairs corrupt PDF files and displays recoverable records. Stellar Phoenix PDF Recovery supports nearly all the versions of PDF Files and Acroba

McAfee enhances Deal Registration Program in India

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE McAfee has announced enhancements to its Commercial and Enterprise deal registration program. This program rewards partners for securing incremental new business and is being enhanced based on a successful pilot where participating partners experienced increased margins and faster approvals. "This is the largest investment in partner profitability in the company's history, confirming our commitment to channel partner profitability. We continue to aggressively evolve our partner programs and incentives because the opportunity to secure the connected world with our partners and for our customers has never been greater. we are changing the game and setting a new standard in margin protection within the security industry," Alex Thurber, senior VP, worldwide channels, McAfee said. Anuj Gupta, Director, MIEL e-security said, "As a longtime McAfee partner, MIEL e-Security is excited to see these deal registration program enhance

Getit unveils local search App on BlackBerry

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Getit has unveiled its local search app on the BlackBerry. The app provides users with access to search information anytime and anywhere on BlackBerry. It can be directly downloaded completely free from either the BlackBerry store or from www.getit.in. The app auto detects the current location using GPS, provides quick links to top/popular categories, refines search based on attributes and location, shows interactive map with directions, helps call any business with a single click/tap, shares businesses via e-mail and SMS, and a lot more. Sidharth Gupta, CEO, Getit Infoservices said, "Getit is India's pioneer in local search and India's broadest information service. We want to be the pioneers to provide free local search to the exploding smartphone market in India as we have been for local search in India. Our local search app for iPhone has been well received by iPhone users and I am confident that more than one lakh users of

HCL reports drop in PBT on account of System Integration

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HCL has announced financial results for its quarter ending June 30th 2011 and financial year ending 2010- 2011. Revenue from Computer Systems business for the quarter was Rs. 854 crores, taking the revenue for the year to Rs. 3691 crores. Revenue from Telecommunication and Office Automation business for the quarter was Rs. 1768 crores, taking the revenue for year to Rs. 7805 crores. Strong free cash flow generation from operations of Rs. 131 crores in the quarter. Ajai Chowdhry, Founder HCL and Chairman, HCL Infosystems Ltd. said, "The economy at large has been going through a difficult phase with both enterprises & consumers being cautious in decision making and discretionary spends. Inflationary pressures leading to aggressive interest rate escalation has also played an integral role in slowing down the economy and the desired growth momentum. Led by a volatile environment in the country today, the capacity expansion in most sec

Netapp announces Q1 FY2012 results

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NetApp has reported results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, which ended July 29, 2011. Revenues for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 totaled $1.458 billion compared to revenues of $1.154 billion for the same period one year ago. For the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, GAAP net income was $139.5 million, or $0.34 per share1, compared to GAAP net income of $150.7 million, or $0.40 per share, for the same period a year ago. Non-GAAP net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 was $222.3 million, or $0.55 per share2, compared to non-GAAP net income of $190.9 million, or $0.51 per share, for the same period a year ago. "Despite the challenging macroeconomic environment modestly impacting our revenue growth, NetApp still produced earnings per share slightly above the midpoint of our targeted range. The company achieved record levels of FAS6000 systems sales, near record numbers of new enterprise customer wins, a

Epson Wins European Printer 2011-2012 award from EISA

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Epson has won the 'European Printer 2011-201' award for its Epson Stylus Photo R3000 from the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA). The EISA panel were impressed with the accessibility of the printer as well as the high-quality, low- cost prints, and said, "This is an ideal printer for both professional photographers and advanced amateurs." Samba Moorthy, Senior GM Sales & Marketing, Epson India said, "The Epson Stylus Photo R3000 was launched after listening to customers' feedback, and incorporated features such as high capacity ink cartridges and improved fine art paper feed as requested. This award is testimony to our success and expertise in producing high-quality professional products." For More Details See www.varindia.com

Hip Street appoints Regional Manager for Eastern region

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hip Street has appointed Mayukh Chatterjee as the Regional Manager East. Sandeep Ramani, Country Manager, India said, "Mayukh Chatterjee with nine years of work experience in IT business has a profound knowledge of the market and the industry. With his professional strengths and IT knowledge he is expected to be the key player in the expansion of the organization in the eastern region." "The experience I acquired all this years in channel business can best be utilized here and I look forward to further enhancing my skills here and have the benefit of a long term relation," Mayukh Chatterjee Regional Manager, East Hip Street India shared. For More Details See www.varindia.com

Inspan plans 2011' Q2 Road Show Series

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Inspan has planned its Q2 series of road shows continuing under the theme 'Inspan Insights -2011'. Under this series, Inspan will reach out to partners in tier 3 and tier 4 cities. This set for Q2 (JAS) financial year is slated in August and September. Inspan will go to Coimbatore, Pondicherry, Tirunelveli and Trichirapalli, to get connected with partners. With the success of Q1 road shows, vendors are very excited as they are sure to benefit a lot from these road shows. Vendors rarely get a chance to meet and interact personally with partners in these up country markets. Often one would focus on bigger markets like Cochin and Trivandrum. "It was an exciting moment to see the overwhelming response from partners in the Q1 2011 road shows conducted at Kannur, Mallapuram & Calicut. Our concept of getting in touch with partners of C class and D class cities has given us tremendous success. Partners feel very happy to interact w

ON Semiconductor rolls Current Mirror

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ON Semiconductor has rolled out CAT2300 current mirror with switch controller, which when combined with the company's NTMFS4833NS or NTMFS4854NS SENSEFET Power MOSFET devices, provides a compact, efficient solution for current monitoring. This combination of new devices allows system level power management in applications such as portable computers and networking equipment. Exact control and matching of the SENSEFET's SENSE output with the KELVIN voltage leads by the CAT2300 ensures accurate current monitoring over the SENSEFET's entire operating range. The NTMFS4833NS and NTMFS4854NS are 30 V, N-Channel SENSEFET MOSFETs that provide lossless current sensing with improved accuracy. They also combine low on-resistance, low capacitance, and low gate charge to minimize conduction, driver, and switching losses. The NTMFS4833NS and NTMFS4854NS are rated at 26 A and 24 A respectively. The CAT2300 is offered in a Pb-free, RoHS-complian

Spice Digital unveils SPICE GANG

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Spice Digital Limited has unveiled the next generation mobile portal, SPICE GANG. Spice Digital has been working on various applications for majority of the handsets vendors like Blackberry, Nokia, etc. through its subsidiary Spice Labs. Spice Gang empowers the user via his mobile phone to selectively subscribe and discover various infotainment & entertainment services. The services range from Jokes, Greeting cards, News, Songs Cricket scores and much more. Premium content is also available from Coke Studio, Hungama, and many more premium brands thus showcasing authenticated content. Spice Gang gives user the freedom to choose her favorite content from the provided options and customize the home screen. Saket Agarwal (Global CEO - Services) said, "With the mobile internet ramping up faster than the desktop internet we at Spice believe in the futuristic capabilities of the ecosystem which is the reflection of our mobile internet str

McAfee amongst leaders in Data Loss Prevention

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Research firm Gartner has placed McAfee in the leaders quadrant in its 'Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention.' According to Gartner, vendors who appear in the leaders quadrant "have demonstrated good understanding of client needs and offer comprehensive capabilities in all three functional areas, network, discovery and endpoint. In addition to strong management interfaces directly or through well established partnerships and tight integration They offer aggressive road maps, and they will need to execute on those road maps, fully incorporate enhanced features in development and address evolving market needs to remain in the Leaders quadrant." Marc Olesen, Senior VP &GM, Content & Cloud Security, McAfee said, "McAfee is uniquely positioned to continue driving data loss protection technology into and across corporate security infrastructure, including agents, web, mail, and cloud offerings to s

SP launches Touch 835 USB flash drive

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Silicon Power (SP) has launched the Touch 835 USB flash drive. The metallic appearance and starlight blue color gives a modernistic impression to the delicate product. SP has adopted a metal sandblasting technique for the coating of Touch 835, protecting the surface from scratches as well as adding a high quality finish to the product. It is dustproof, shockproof, waterproof, and it comes in a variety of capacities, spanning from 2GB to 16GB. "This Touch 835 is launched in response to users' voices of wanting a similar alternative to one of SP's most popular Touch model yet with a slight different twist to the color and design. The Touch 835 is slim, light and durable from its treated metal construction, its unique rugged features also enhances user's convenience in using the USB flash drive with maximum confidence in storing their valuable data," said, Kuldip Sengar, Country Head, Taiwan based SP. Touch 835 also comes

Banking Analytics' ADF Solution from Ramco

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ramco Systems has released its Banking Analytics product enables banks to automatically adhere to the RBI guideline for submission of returns without any manual Intervention. Reserve Bank of India had recently released an approach paper on Automated Data Flow from various transactional systems of the banks to RBI. The banks would be able to submit accurate and timely data without any manual intervention by adopting an automated process for submission of returns. This process would also enable the banks to improve upon their MIS and Decision Support Systems (DSS), etc. This will ensure uniformity in returns submission from the RBI standpoint. Ramco Banking Analytics helps banks to monitor their performance at various levels in the hierarchy under various Central Bank as well as Banks own internal performance parameters on near real time basis. It provides for paperless review system any time, from anywhere. It facilitates collaborative deci

SAP ink pact with J&K's Khyber Industries

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SAP India has signed a deal with Jammu and Kashmir customer- Khyber Industries Pvt Ltd with a sustained focus to deliver scalability and transparency for SMEs. Khyber Industries plans to deploy SAP ERP ECC 6.0 solution, aimed at generating faster business outcome and improve responsiveness. The Industry is to implement SAP software to increase efficiencies in business processes and further collaborate with key customers and suppliers. The company aims to optimize its financial, and improve process efficiency, real time reporting and optimal utilization of resources as part of its strategic growth plan. The transition better positions Khyber Industries to rapidly respond to the changing needs of its customer base. With over 3,740 customers in the SME segment across industries, SAP has established a good track record as a predominant provider of enterprise solutions, delivering a standard of excellence that promotes collaboration, adaptation

EastLink bundles with Ericsson for Mobile Broadband Network

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ericsson has signed a four-year agreement as the sole vendor for EastLink's core and radio access networks, using HSPA+ and next-generation technologies. Ericsson will deploy its multi-standard radio base station; RBS 6000, circuit switched and packet networks including Evolved Packet Core and Operation Support Systems, as well as providing professional services. Ericsson invested more than 350 million Canadian dollars in Canada in 2010 and ranks as one of the top R&D investors in the country. Approximately 85 per cent of all mobile calls in Canada are served by Ericsson. "We strive to provide our customers with the best communications and entertainment experience possible. With this network evolution, our customers will be able to work and communicate more reliably and faster than ever before," said Matthew MacLellan, President, EastLink Wireless. Ericsson is excited to work with EastLink as it enhances its communicati

Monster India brings 24X7 Job Platform

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MonsterIndia.com has launched Android applications for both employers and job-seekers to help them find candidates/ jobs on the move. These new applications provide consumers with a flexible, on-the-go, 24X7 platform to scout and apply for job opportunities at their convenience. Monster India has also launched a new employer/ recruiter interface on its WAP portal. Monster's Android application can be downloaded for free on the Google Android marketplace, making it easy to keep up with the latest job opportunities anytime, anywhere. The application has all the features and services which are present in Monsterindia.com, but gives users the choice to choose the way they want to search for their next job opportunity. Sanjay Modi, Managing Director, Monster.com (India/ Middle East/South East Asia), said, "Monster has always strived to innovate, keeping the consumer at the centre of every initiative. Our Android application and WAP por

IBM facilitates WinHire Technologies

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE To roll out their next-generation business model leveraging social media, WinHire Technologies has selected the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise solution. Making a choice over Amazon, Win Hire preferred the IBM solution as it allowed them to access a secure enterprise class shared private cloud computing infrastructure to drive higher efficiency, manage costs and increase speed-to-market. Akash Saxena, Vice-President, Offerings Management & Development, Global Technology Services, IBM, India/South Asia, said, "The IBM SmartCloud Enterprise offering is a very attractive to organization looking to expand quickly and has varying computing demands. Using the IBM SmartCloud, WinHire will be able to deploy their application globally much faster via automation and rapid provisioning to create a competitive edge." Prabhu, Chief Operating Officer, WinHire, said, "Our business model is very unique as the potential of social media in the

Buffalo expands its Retail Presence in Kolkata

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Buffalo has opened its second brand store in Kolkata. Located in the IT hub of the city, at 29, Windsor House, R. N. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, the new outlet showcases the entire range of the Buffalo products launched in India till date. "The customer of today is well informed and keen on making an educated choice by himself. Our retail outlets are designed to offer shopping convenience and enable our growing base of customers to get a first hand-feel of our products under a comfortable shopping environment," said, Susumu Kobayashi, Country Head, Buffalo Inc. India. For More Details See www.varindia.com