VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE British have announced that they are increasingly open to use their mobile phones for banking, with iPhone owners the most curious ones to manage money through their handsets, according to market buzz. 21% of Brits would pay their bills through a mobile phone if they had the choice, 25% would transfer funds, 36% check their balances, 17% pay other people and 13% make contactless payments. The buzz also unveils that men are more likely to use mobile money than women and respondents from the south of England are inquisitive with those from the Midlands least convinced. Overall, young respondents are most interested in mobile services, with over half of the 18-24 year olds quizzed wanting to check their balances using their phone, compared to just 21% of those over 55. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Stellar Data Recovery has rolled out its Phoenix PDF Recovery v1to repair corrupt portable document format files. The D-I-Y Phoenix repair tool is said to require no technical skills and fixes files in 3 easy steps. The PDF repair tool is to offer selection to extract images from corrupt files as well. 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 Acrobat Reader. "We all work on PDF files 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," Sunil Chandra, CEO, Stellar Data Recovery shared. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sify Technologies Limited has introduced 'Stockwatch' on its finance portal www.sify.com/finance. Stockwatch is to enable visitors to the financial section of Sify.com monitor the Indian stock market with great ease, speed and efficiency. Stockwatch is said to be an experiential tool that helps users monitor stock performances, analyze market trends and track their individual stocks. The distinguished features of Stockwatch are- My Watchlist, My Ticker, Stockometer, Market indices, Latest market news and Stocks to watch out for. Stockwatch has been launched in two versions- Stockwatch Lite and Stockwatch Advanced. One can go through Stockwatch at www.sify.com/stockwatch. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE DIGISOL has again rolled out its seminar series "nextech 2011" for its dealer and reseller community. "nexTech 2011" will cover more than 120 cities across the country. This one-day seminar, which started from 17th August at Gurgaon and will continue till the year end, explores the journey of active networking industry for the future. "nexTech 2011" is aimed at promoting DIGISOL range of products in class A, B, C & D market and will also create awareness on the latest trends and technologies existing in the market. This seminar series will help the dealers and resellers to understand these technologies and promote them. Debraj Dam, Vice-President - Strategic Sales, DIGISOL, said, "Our company's philosophy is to grow along our partners by providing better products, service and profitability, thereby empowering them with knowledge and expertise on all networki...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hughes Communication has announced an order to connect 2,500 locations in the North-East, J&K, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand through broadband Internet under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). The contract has been awarded to them by CSC-SPV (CSC e-Governance Services India Limited), on behalf of DIT (Department of Information Technology), through a tender process. The main objective of this project is to make available broadband access to Internet and other digital services available to the un-served users over satellite using latest standards and technologies like DVB S2 with ACM. Pranav Roach, President, Hughes Network Systems India, said, "Improving broadband connectivity is the prime focus and it is reflected by the increased investments in the expansion of the broadband infrastructure in this country. Today, several thousand CSCs have already been deployed across the country. Using satellite technology, Hughes provides...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Blue Coat Systems has announced that Gregory S. Clark has been named president, CEO and a member of the board of directors, effective upon the commencement of his employment with Blue Coat by September 15, 2011. Clark will succeed Michael J. Borman who has departed as president and CEO and as a director. "Greg is a proven leader with a track record of driving growth and shareholder value. Greg has the right combination of technical depth, market insight and managerial skills to enable Blue Coat to capitalize on its strong franchise in Web security and WAN optimization," said David W. Hanna, Chairman of the Board, Blue Coat. Greg Clark said, "I am looking forward to joining Blue Coat and leading the team to expand Blue Coat's market leadership. It is a great company with a long heritage of innovation, a terrific portfolio of assets and an impressive customer base." The Blue Coat board has named board member Carol G. ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Announcing the opening of its nearshore delivery centre in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Vineet Nayyar, Chairman, Mahindra Satyam, officially inaugurated the centre on August 18, 2011. The inauguration ceremony was also graced by the Mayor of Eindhoven, Rob van Gijzel. Vineet Nayyar said, "Mahindra Satyam has always been respected for its customer centricity and that means offering services deploying various models - offshore, near-shore and onsite. Proximity to customers is an aspect that underscores our commitment to superior service standards and shortened decision-making cycles. We are, indeed, quite proud to reinstate our commitment to our businesses in the all-important Benelux market." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced that the death of the TouchPad tablet and the uncertain future of WebOS can represent big issues for them, but partners may also be affected by the fallout. In its first major push into mobile in years, HP launched its TouchPad tablet in June. The tablet runs the Webos mobile operating system. Leo Apotheker, CEO, HP, said that the options for WebOS remained open. We were successful at launching software that was poised with a differentiated user experience. We know that many developers feel the operating system is elegantly designed and is a respected platform. Therefore, we are exploring options for how best to optimize the value of Webos software going forward. Cathie Lesjak, CFO, HP, in HP's fiscal third-quarter earnings call, said that HP has failed to reach its goal of turning WebOS into the number two player in the market behind Apple's iOS. Essentially, the TouchPad and our WebOS phone have not met our finan...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE During a recently conducted meeting, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy announced that the awaited Smart City ITproject will begin September-end. The road map for the mega project, which is expected to come up on a 250-acre plot in Kochi, is expected to provide close-to 100,000 jobs. Chandy informed that the things were moving fast and the work would begin next month according to their timetable drawn up since the time they took over. "All the hitches are over and it is going to be on the fast track," said Chandy. Incidentally, it was Chandy who had first finalized the proposed mega IT project in his previous tenure. The succeeding Left Democratic Front, headed by V. S. Achuthanandan, laid the foundation stone for the project, but nothing else happened during his rule. The road map that has been prepared indicates that the first phase would be commissioned before October 31, 2012. The Dubai meeting also gave directions for the n...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE North American Video (NAV) has announced the acquisition of Nexus Technologies Group. Jason Oakley, President &CEO, NAV said, "The acquisition of Nexus brings a talented engineering and operational team to NAV, adding this capability to our team is critical to NAV's continued success as we expand our technology offerings and continue to grow in new vertical markets. Nexus has built a high quality repeat customer portfolio across the tri-state area. Combining Nexus with NAV's established integration business in the northeast region dramatically increases our engineering, project management, and other technical resources. We are also excited about the growth prospects for the combined service portfolio. Both businesses have earned service contracts with marquee clients in the corporate, financial, gaming, government, higher education and retail markets, and we believe we can share best practices to continue to improve and exp...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE After three decades of American dominance in an industry pioneered by Apple Inc and International Business Machines Corp., US personal-computer market is overtaken by China last quarter. PC shipments in China rose 14 per cent to 18.5 million units during Q2, the first time they surpassed the number in the US, where they fell 4.8 per cent to 17.7 million, as per industry buzz. China will likely pass the US in 2012 on a full-year basis. The estimates highlight the growing importance of China, which passed the US in 2009 in the car market, as the world's consumer. The value of computer shipments in China in the second quarter was $11.9 billion, compared with $11.7 billion for the US. China is said to have 22 per cent of the global PC market by shipments, compared with 21 per cent for the US. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hewett-Packard (HP) has rolled its Compaq 8200 Elite All-in-one Business Desktop meant for corporate and public sector customers. The All-in-One Business PC starts at $999 and is available now in US. It comes with a standard three-year warranty for parts, labour and next-day, on-site service. It features an expansive 58.4-cm (23-inch) diagonal full high-definition LED monitor with an integrated webcam, microphone and speakers for streamlined remote face-to-face communication. It is provided with one-year HP Virtual Rooms licence. It supports the latest Intel processors and Intel Q67 Express chipset. It also utilises Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel Hyper-Threading Technology. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Yahoo Japan has recently unveiled a new smartphone for the market. This is said to be an Android powered device which is a rebranded version of a Sharp manufactured smartphone. Yahoo Japan has entered into a partnership with SoftBank who is to ship the Yahoo Phone maybe in the end of September. The device comes with some additional Yahoo integration. Yahoo services like Yahoo Japan Home, Yahoo Loco, Yahoo Japan Auctions, etc are bundled in it. It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, has a 4-inch qHD display, an 8 megapixel camera, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, digital TV tuner, e-wallet functionality, infrared communication and a microSDHC card slot. Two years of free Yahoo Japan premium membership is said to be offered on the purchase of the phone. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE According to market buzz, Microsoft Corp and Chinese firm- China Standard Software have signed a partnership deal to develop and market cloud-computing products in China. This is believed to be the first time Microsoft has formed a partnership in an emerging market to sell cloud-computing products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Four Soft (4S) has signed a new deal with Hankyu Hanshin Express India for the implementation of its freight forwarding application 4S eTrans on software-as-a-service model. 4S eTrans is Four Soft's web centric freight management system capable of handling air, sea, road and multi modal services. Four Soft has been offering its suite of advanced and integrated solutions on SaaS model. Narender Singh, Hankyu Hanshin Express India said, "We are very pleased to announce our association with Four Soft. Hankyu's vison has always been to be the global logistics player. This is being achieved through considerable value creation and active market leadership. We are sure that 4s' Freight Management solution will now play an important role in supporting our operational goals." For More Details See www.varindia.com