VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and market research leader IMRB has released a report titled Mobile Internet in India. According to the report- India currently has 35 million mobile internet users, out of which- 26.3 million users are grouped as active users. The number of mobile internet users in India is expected to touch 46 million in September 2011. The report also highlights that Mobile internet usage has been observing a 15 per cent growth quarter on quarter. Online activities are mostly accessed followed by e-mail, chat and social networking sites. 5.4 mn active users access Mobile Apps. Only 1.96 million people use e-banking through mobile internet and 90 per cent of mobile internet users have pre-paid connection. The report also claimed that the average handset cost for internet phone is Rs. 6,700 while average mobile phone bill for active mobile internet user is Rs. 389. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has unveiled its collaboration with the Lavergne Group which now extends to Lavergne's new plastic compounding facility in Vietnam resulting in the manufacture of 1 billion Original HP Ink cartridges with "closed loop" recycled plastic. HP has unveiled its collaboration with the Lavergne Group which now extends to Lavergne's new plastic compounding facility in Vietnam resulting in the manufacture of 1 billion Original HP Ink cartridges with "closed loop" recycled plastic. The Lavergne Group's new plant in Vietnam will facilitate regional qualification efforts, enabling future growth in the volume of Original HP Ink cartridges that can be manufactured using the "closed loop" recycling process. The facility will be closer to the manufacturing sites for HP Original Ink cartridges in Asia Pacific and local sources of recycled materials, which will provide an estimated six per cent reduction in the p...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Keeping in line with the companies unwavering R&D focus and multiple successful test runs, Luminous Power Technologies has introduced its new range of traction batteries. Luminous Traction Batteries come with High performance, High reliability and High energy density and 100% Tank formation for uniform plate quality. The robust structure and positive plates specially designed for long cycle life and negative plates containing highly durable long life expander make it a better choice for heavy duty application. Battery characteristics comply with IEC-60254 -1 & 2. Manish Pant, MD, Luminous Power Technologies said, "The launch of the new range of traction batteries yet again reinforces Luminous Power's technological edge, market oriented approach and its position as the dominant player in the Indian power back up solutions market." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NIIT has showcased cutting-edge Learning Solutions for Corporates at the third edition CLO Summit India, held in Mumbai from 25-26 August 2011. Shri Rajendra Darda, Cabinet Minister of Education, Govt. of Maharashtra inaugurated the summit and delivered the key note address. The summit is organized by LeapVault. It is supported by the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Govt of India. The mega highlight this year is 'Unlearning Expo India'. Manish Mohan, Senior VP, Enterprise Solutions said, "NIIT's Learning Solutions are comprehensive ranging from Technology, to Soft skills to Management, and are offered through Instructor Led, e-Learning and Synchronous Learning modes. NIIT's partnerships with technology OEMs like Microsoft, VMware, Symantec, Citrix, Informatica, Salesforce.com and CISCO to name a few, provides a distinct advantage to enterprise to deliver authorized training to their employees. NII...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AppLabs is presenting a webinar on 'Leveraging TaaS for Quality Assurance'. It is hosted by Raja Neravati, Senior Vice President of AppLabs. The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 11:00 AM / 4:00 PM BST / 8:30 PM IST. Raja Neravati is to provide an overview of TaaS, its key benefits, the current market expectations and trends, and why it is essential for enterprises to consider TaaS in this live webinar. Testing-as-a-Service (TaaS) is fast evolving to be a financially and technically viable alternative to owning testing infrastructure and tools. Most enterprises now recognize TaaS as a sure-shot way to reduce cost and infrastructure spend while offering assurance of purpose readiness. TaaS solution facilitates multitenant use of computing resources, optimizes expense and capital outlays, and offer businesses flexibility by allowing rapid provisioning and de-provisioning in a pay-per-use model. For More Details...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has announced the deployment of Oracle Exadata Database Machine to support its immediate business requirements. The database machine is used to support the future expansion plans of the company and integration of Mahindra Satyam and Tech Mahindra in the coming months. It handles increased IT processing workloads and enables Mahindra Satyam to develop implementation and consultative competencies on Oracle Exadata to boost its revenues through new services engagements related to Oracle Exadata in India and abroad. "Oracle Exadata's manageability, scalability and performance are well founded. In addition to bringing us savings in capital expenditure, Mahindra Satyam stands to build implementation capabilities to address customer requirements. This is a major step in our IT transformation journey within Mahindra Satyam to deliver enhanced value to our customers," said Sriram Papani, Head of Enterprise Business Solu...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sterlite has received two new contracts from Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) for manufacture and supply of power conductors. These contracts valued at about Rs.225 crore, are part of a total bank of new orders valued at about Rs.450 crore that Sterlite has received since July 1, 2011. The First contract is for Sterlite power conductors, that would be used in the 765KV double circuit Champa-Raipur Pooling Station Transmission Line in the Indian State of Chhattisgarh and the second contract is for Sterlite power conductors that would be used in the 400KV Kishnganj-Patna Line. This transmission system is intended to evacuate power from hydroelectric generation projects in Sikkim, to the Northern and Western regions of India. This project complements the Ministry of Power's focus on green energy, generated from renewable natural resources. "A nation's infrastructure development is a fundamental facet in its economic growth....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AMD has rolled out its "Future is Me" campaign targeted at the youth. This campaign is said to feature a four month long contest with the objective of anticipating the future in four categories- music, entertainment, digital and fashion. This initiative is believed to be a platform to highlight personal supercomputing and high-definition experiences powered by AMD technology as well with a large portion of the population in India under the age of 24 i.e youth. As part of the multi-city campaign, technology enthusiasts across the country is to be invited to use their imagination and creative prowess to come up with interesting futuristic ideas. The best entry in each of the four categories would be awarded with a cash prize worth Rs. 1 lakh and a brand new laptop. For More Details see www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Capgemini Consulting has announced figures from the latest edition of its Global Trade Flow Index, revealing a significant decline in global trade flows. Driven largely by the impact of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the resulting effect on trade with major economies, Capgemini Consulting's analysis shows that levels of global trade continued to fall in Q2 2011, by a further one per cent quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q), leading to an eight per cent decline in global trade volumes overall in the first six months of 2011. The report also highlights the impact of the recent E. coli outbreak in Europe on global trade levels. The analysis reveals that while heavily impacted by Japan's reduction in industrial production and a rise in commodity prices, the US retains its position as global leader in overall trade volumes, despite a reduction in total trade of two per cent in Q2 2011 q-o-q. "We have seen a marked reduction in globa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NDS has announced that it is strengthening its commitment to and presence in China with the expansion of its R&D, engineering and customer support capabilities with a new facility in Shenzhen. As part of the move, a new, larger office will focus on the development of advanced set-top box software, enhanced UIs and customised electronic programme guides (EPGs), innovative interactive solutions and end-to-end solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of the Chinese pay-TV market. To support the government's Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB) and three network convergence initiatives, the new Shenzhen facility will support development and integration projects dedicated to creating revenue-enhancing, services and applications such as customised interactive services, games and user interfaces, with a short time to market. "NDS first started working in China in 1998 and it is an increasingly important market for us. With ongoing ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nokia has rolled out a host of applications available on the OviStore for the holy month of Ramadan and Eid Ul Fitr. The various Ramadan applications offered are Zakat Calculator, Qibla direction, Prayer Times providing prayer timing and also alerts the user before each prayer. And Eid application offered is Idul Fitr. The Ramadan and Eid applications on Ovi Store are compatible with a wide range of Nokia devices including Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia C7, Nokia C3 and Nokia X2-01. These are just a few of the many applications available on the Ovi Store. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has placed 300 fresher taken from campuses in early 2011. According to industry sources, The Company is said to honour all the offer letters. They will be taken in batches in the next few months. Already a few hundred are inducted earlier this financial year. The company is believed to put off new inductions to reduce personnel costs and minimize the bench strength. The Company has not yet disclosed the fresh dates for joining, those received offer letters are wondering what to do and making calls and sending E-mails to the Human Resources Department of the company. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HCL Technologies plans to establish a BPO delivery facility in the Philippines by June 2012. HCL BPO presently has overseas delivery expansion in the UK, Northern Ireland, US and Poland. The BPO services business has posted revenue of about $48 million during the June quarter, up 4.7 per cent year-on-year and down 4.4 per cent on sequential basis. The EBITDA losses for the BPO business narrowed to $0.9 million from $5.2 million in the year-ago period. At the EBIT level again, the losses came down to about $4 million against $6.5 million in the June quarter 2010, and $4.5 million in March quarter 2011. Vineet Nayar, HCL Tech VC & CEO said, "We had predicted $7-million loss every quarter till December. But we are demonstrating lower losses…We are on track, and January-March 2012 will be the breakeven quarter for BPO business." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Oracle has released Oracle VM 3.0, its latest release of server virtualization and management solution. Oracle VM 3.0 is said to be suitable for all datacenter workloads and features new policy-based management capabilities, advanced storage management via the Oracle VM Storage Connect plug-in API; centralized network configuration management, improved ease-of-use and Open Virtualization Format (OVF) support. Oracle VM 3.0 claims to allow administrators to streamline and automate end-to-end virtual machine provisioning for a significant reduction in time and overhead, simplifying IT processes and helping to reduce costs with the centralization of storage management alongside of logical network configuration and management. It helps customers deploy enterprise software in a rapid, repeatable and error-free manner with immediate availability of over 90 Oracle VM Templates for Oracle applications, middleware and databases. Oracle VM 3.0 is bel...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Micromax Informatics Limited has spread its footprint in Brazil. The company is all set to take on its Brazilian competitors with initial investments of around BRL 20 million. Present in many countries across the globe, the Indian mobile manufacturer brings models targeting the youth, focusing on key features such as dual SIM, multimedia and 12 days marathon battery products. Micromax has planned to roll 3 models in Brazil which are to be available at major retails stores across the North-East markets of the country. The products will be distributed by CIMEL and will be available in the Northeast markets. Four new models are to arrive in the next few months as the company spreads its business in the Brazilian territory. Pratik Seal, Head Marketing, Micromax Informatics Limited said, "We aim to sell around 1 million units in the first 12 months of our commencement of business in Brazil, with our goal being to establish ourselves as a to...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Apple's Board of Directors have announced that Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board has named Tim Cook, previously Apple's Chief Operating Officer, as the company's new CEO. Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board and Cook will join the Board. It is believed that Jobs has submitted his resignation to the Board and recommended Tim Cook as CEO. Cook was previously responsible for all of the company's worldwide sales and operations, including end-to-end management of Apple's supply chain, sales activities, and service and support in all markets and countries as COO. He has headed Apple's Macintosh division and played a key role in the continued development of strategic reseller and supplier relationships, ensuring flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace. Art Levinson, Chairman, Genentech on behalf of Apple's Board said, "The Board has complete confidenc...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SP has launched the D05 external portable hard drive. D05 adopts the super-speed USB3.0 interface and provides an ultra-high capacity of 1TB. With the up-to-date SP Widget backup and security tool, customers can enjoy safer and more efficient data mobility. D05 is equipped with new USB 3.0 interface and 1TB storage capacity. It takes only 70 seconds to transfer and store a 25GB Blu-ray DVD and the massive 1TB storage capacity can store up to 200 full-length DVD movies. Regardless of the file size, its transmission rate and capacity will satisfy every customer's needs. D05 has a built-in LED status indicator for users to instantly identify power supply and activity status. It is also a green product as it has a hibernation mode to save power. In addition, D05 also comes with the SP Widget free download software, providing 7 major backup and security tools as well as a 60-day free trial of Norton Anti-Virus 2011. Diamond D05 is available...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Freescale Semiconductor has kicked off the 7th edition of the annual Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) India at The Leela Palace in Bengaluru with more than 1,400 attendees. The annual two-day event is a platform for innovation for the embedded computing executive community. It provides an opportunity for the design community to meet and explore the latest innovations in embedded design and exchange ideas with industry experts from around the world. The theme for this year's FTF is "Powering Innovation". FTF showcases not only the comprehensive, market-focussed spectrum of enablement solutions but also the ecosystem of partnerships needed to help developers innovate and accelerate their time to market. The event drew record participation this year and the venue sold out. "The essence of what Freescale brings to the industry is innovative embedded processing solutions. While a good strategy is important and critical, the a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lenovo India has introduced a power-packed ThinkPad X220. The ultraportable ThinkPad X220 comes equipped with the second-generation IntelCore i7 processors that are 20% faster than the previous generations with 2x graphics performance. The Lenovo ThinkPad X220 is 3lbs MIL-SPEC tested ultraportable notebook for mobility. It features 23-hour battery life with a slim external battery pack.10x faster data transfer with USB 3.0. Microphone and speaker mute buttons with LED indicators so that you know for sure that the microphone is muted during a conference call. Along with Intel HD Graphics which provides better performance on applications such as Internet Explorer 9, FireFox 4 and Adobe Flash 10.1 ThinkPad X220 comes with Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0 for Windows 7 which further enhances the user experience with industry's boot up times. Therefore, the ThinkPad X220 is available for Rs.71,920/-. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has expanded its Converged Storage portfolio with HP Peer Motion, new federated storage software which enables clients to transparently move application workloads between disk systems in virtualized and cloud computing environments. HP also introduced new HP P10000 3PAR Storage Systems with powerful features for the delivery of enterprise IT within public and private clouds, called IT-as-a-Service. These features include multitenancy for workload consolidation, expanded thin technologies for efficient capacity utilization and autonomic load rebalancing to drive enterprise agility. Prakash Krishnamoorthy, Country Head, HP Storage Division India, said, "Legacy storage systems architected 20 years ago were never designed for the dynamic IT-as-a-Service world, forcing organizations to use expensive and inefficient bolt-on virtualization approaches. The true peer-based storage federation in HP Converged Storage solutions can handle the ...