VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cisco Systems Inc has bought Versly to develop its own collaboration software capabilities instantly available from within Microsoft Office documents.The Company did not disclose the financial terms of the acquisition.Versly consolidates with Word, Excel and PowerPoint, making it easy for groups to stay organized and on track. Murali Sitaram, Vice-President & General Manager, CSG, Cisco, said, "Collaboration is a top priority at Cisco. With this acquisition, we are enhancing our collaboration offerings and improving the user experience by integrating social technologies within the business applications individuals and teams use at work." The existing collaboration technology of Cisco consists of online meeting service WebEx. The Company admits to integrate Versly technology with its own products. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Epson has announced that it would launch sales of the Vision Guide, an image processing system for high-speed, high-precision detection of the shape, position, and alignment of work being processed by industrial robots in September. This new product enables labor shortages and the need for greater production efficiency and stable quality in emerging nations that volume-produce the vast majority of smartphones, electronic automotive components, and other small electronic gear. When using industrial robots for repetitive work, manufacturers often find it necessary to install a device that works in combination with the robot to ensure that work in progress in front-end processes has been accurately aligned. Hideo Hirao, responsible for Factory Automation Division, Epson shared, "Epson is the world's leading producers of SCARA robots. We developed the Vision Guide to answer customer needs for an option to optimize use of Epson's ro...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Dialogic has announced that the Dialogic I-Gate 4000 EDGE Media Gateway and I-Gate 4000 PRO Media Gateway have been deployed on microwave and satellite portions of Airtel's African GSM network. This optimization solution increases voice bandwidth capacity on the same network by eightfold, resulting in significant CAPEX and OPEX savings, while maintaining high quality voice services. Airtel is said to be satisfied with the performance of Dialogic's I-Gate 4000 Media Gateways and is also looking ahead, since as Airtel continues to invest in its network and increase its subscriber base, it is critical to have a voice optimization solution that is reliable, cost-effective and able to maintain exceptional voice quality. "We are excited to provide Airtel with a voice optimization solution that meets its operational needs. 3G networks are beginning to evolve in Africa, and the demand for mobile data will in turn increase bandwidth req...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Capgemini Norge AS, part of the Capgemini Group has been chosen as EnterCard's partner to support their rapid growth ambitions. Capgemini will be the main provider for application maintenance and development services supporting EnterCard to more rapidly deliver new innovative products to the market. The agreement runs for five years, at an estimated value of 30million. EnterCard is a Nordic company that issues credit cards on behalf of partners. Through the agreement, Capgemini is to provide end-to-end responsibility for application development and management including testing services. By using one provider as opposed to several, processes will be more efficient and this will free up time that can be used to develop innovative solutions for EnterCard's partners and customers. Tord Topsholm, Operations Director, EnterCard said, "EnterCard is growing rapidly and we are heavily focused on developing great propositions for our cus...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GIGABYTE has released the entire range of 6 series motherboards including the recently launched G1.Sniper 2 motherboard, 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 to provide maximum upgradeability to customers. 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 HCL Technologies has partnered with Basware Corporation for induction of purchase-to-pay solutions to help improve its own customer delivery processes and achieve cost reductions. The Company claimed that it is to provide Basware's invoice automation, procurement and connectivity solutions for process enhancement and increased cost reductions to help its clients improve productivity. This partnership is believed to strengthen HCL's purchase-to-pay (P2P) solution, enabling customers to substantially reduce invoice processing time and maximise straight-through processing with minimal manual intervention. HCL's P2P solution is to also provide significant improvement with respect to its clients' working capital requirements by improving Days Payable Outstanding (DPO), eliminating duplicate payments, avoiding interest charges on late payments and taking advantage of early payment discounts offered by suppliers through Basware...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Executive Chairman, Happiest Minds Technologies, Ashok Soota has announced the launch of Happiest Minds along with his founding team members, headed by CEO & MD Vikram Gulati. Other members of the founding team include Ramakanth Desai, Co-CEO, IT Services Business, Puneet Jetli, Co-CEO, IT Services Business, Salil Godika, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer and Industry Group Head, Dattatri Salagame, Chief Operating Officer - IT Services Business, Joseph Anantharaju, CEO, Software Products Engineering Business, Aurobinda Nanda, Chief Operating Officer, Software Products Engineering Business, Prasenjit Saha, CEO, Infrastructure Management Services and Security Business, Raja Shanmugam, Chief People Officer, Raja Sekher, Head, Engineering and Business Excellence, Venkatesan K., Finance Controller. Happiest Minds has appointed a Happiness Evangelist to nurture an atmosphere of vibrancy and creativity. The Core Values of Happiest Minds (...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Viewsonic has rolled out its ViewPad 7x, its first Honeycomb tablet. The tablet is said to be introduced at a competitive price in the Indian market this September, as per industry buzz. The tablet claims to pre-install with latest version of Android Honeycomb update version 3.2. It is believed to be powered by an Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core processor. The display will be 7 inch multi touch capacitive with native resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. The device is to feature front and rear cameras and 8 GB of internal memory along with a 32 GB expandable memory Micro SD slot. The device also has a custom user interface called ViewScene 3D. ViewPad 7x also has pre-installed GPS tuner software. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE PLAVEB aims to deliver client specific solutions, through in-depth research and an end-user centric approach. PLAVEB has created a solid reputation for developing custom web & mobile apps to avail the demand and necessity of their clients. The objective of introducing this brand new website (AppsDev.PLAVEB.com) is to signify this authenticity and quality to provide to those clients who have creative ideas and want these to be realized into a custom application that meets all their specifications. The website targets to press home the point that right from apps conceptualization to their implementation, PLAVEB can bring all ideas to life. The new website is said to offer an in-depth look into the expertise of the company in developing apps for web and mobile platforms. It also provides detailed information about the company's capability to build apps across diverse mobile platforms including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phon...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tata Teleservices Ltd. has entered into a deal with Vanu Inc. to supply radio access network solution for deployment in the Tata DoCoMo network. Dr. Vanu Bose, President & CEO, Vanu, Inc. said, "The introduction of our solution will enable Tata DOCOMO to provide a superior offering to their customers. Our focus is on providing solutions for areas which are not possible to cover cost-effectively with currently available technology. We use our software-radio technology to rapidly innovate solutions for these applications." The deployment of the Vanu's radio access network solution is said to raise coverage and capacity of the network and also upgrade the return on investment (ROI) of TTL. The solution is to approach the challenge of cost-effective enterprise, SME and hotspot in-building coverage requirements in the 1800 MHz frequency band. The commercial contract comprises supply, deployment and managed services of the netwo...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Kingston has announced its initiative to step up promotions for its range of Solid State Drive (SSD) products in India. Kingston's SSDNow line includes a wide variety of products, viz. SSDNow V100 Series, SSDNow V+100 Series and Kingston HyperX SSD. The company will be adding new, high-performance SSD products this year to its SSDNow product range. Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director, Kingston APAC, said, "With their increasing capacities and reduction in prices, people have begun to recognize the advantages of using SSDs. I believe that enterprises and prosumers no longer have reservations about using flash memory like they did a couple of years ago. Kingston has grown from strength to strength in the SSD market and we will continue to nurture this development." Kingston's SSDNow products carry three-year warranty and free technical support services. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NetApp and VMware have announced VMware cloud infrastructure and management on NetApp at VMworld 2011.The solution helps customers evolve from a virtualized environment to a secure private, hybrid or public cloud infrastructure using integrated technologies that automate and centrally manage cloud environments, resulting in increased productivity and optimized service levels. Gary Green, Vice-President, Global Strategic Alliances, VMware, said, "VMware and NetApp have built a strong relationship to deliver innovative solutions that help customers derive value from existing IT investments while preparing for the datacenter of the future. With this new solution, we are taking another step forward in helping joint customers virtualize more of the IT environment - including their most demanding business-critical applications - to continue building the foundation for cloud computing." The VMware and NetApp products that make up the VMwa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Epson has announced that it would commence sale of LS6 - a new addition to its LS series of SCARA robots for automated assembly and transfer processes in September. The new product comes equipped with a 600-mm arm that is 1.5 times the length that of the original LS3 model, and has a payload of 6 kg, twice that of the LS3. Epson created the new product in response to labour shortages and the need for greater production efficiency and stable quality in emerging nations that volume-produce the vast majority of smartphones, electronic automotive components, and other small electronic gear. "We added the LS6 to the series because of customer demands for a robot with a greater motion range and that was capable of handling greater payloads. This will enable customers to further automate assembly and transfer processes, and increase productivity by increasing the amount of materials that can be transported by characteristics of the LS6 SCARA...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Research In Motion (RIM) has launched BlackBerryTorch 9810 with the BlackBerry 7 Operating System (OS) in India at the price of Rs.29,999/-. Built on the design of the BlackBerry Torch 9800, the new BlackBerry Torch 9810 features a 3.2-inch high-resolution touch display and a distinctive BlackBerry keyboard that easily slides out to allow faster typing. The smartphone has 8GB of memory which is expandable up to 32GB with a micro SD card that helps users to take more pictures, capture more videos and download more apps. The 1.2GHz processor makes browsing faster. The smartphone is also loaded with a 5-mega pixel camera with a flash that helps capture still images of high-quality video like a pro with 720p HD video recording. With the BlackBerry 7 OS, the new BlackBerry Torch 9810 is powered with augmented reality that is enabled with the digital compass and accelerometer. With the Wikitude World Browser, it provides a new way to interact an...