VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE F5 Networks Inc. has launched UNITY Partner Program in Asia Pacific. Building on the previous success of program components in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, the UNITY partner program creates an openness in the F5 value-added partner community by establishing clear success criteria to reward partner investment, and ultimately to facilitate an outstanding customer experience. Dean Darwin, VP, Worldwide Channels at F5 said, "We made a firm commitment to develop a global partner program focused on illustrating the value of F5 solutions to effectively address the application delivery needs of customers. Since introduced, the UNITY program has been extremely well received and has quickly gained momentum throughout North America, EMEA, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, helping partner communities see dramatic increases in both pipeline and profitability. We are excited about the launch in Asia Pacific, which will extend assist...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE neoteric technology solutions (NTS) has participated again in INTEROP with its complete gamut of solutions and services and launching two new sub-divisions Converged Technology Solutions (CTS) and Technology Enabled Services (TES). Anup Nair, Head NTS, neoteric said, "With NTS, neoteric leverages its unique vision, enviable reach, Go-To-Market strategy, performance driven innovative initiatives to ensure a distinctive experience, a feeling that is truly neoteric, into the enterprise sector. The Value Added approach that neoteric consistently strives to deliver, is the objective that NTS wishes to execute by supporting, training and enabling the partner to understand and satisfy the needs of their customer's end-to-end." He further added "INTEROP is the leading and most comprehensive business technology event worldwide that addresses the opportunities and challenges that companies face when putting technology into practice a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Adobe Systems Incorporated has released Adobe Flash Player 11 and Adobe AIR 3 software to enable the next generation of immersive application experiences across devices and platforms including Android, Apple iOS (via AIR), BlackBerry Tablet OS, Mac OS, Windows, connected TVs and other platforms. As the game console for the Web, Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 allow game publishers to instantly deliver console-quality 2D and 3D games over the Internet to nearly all PCs and many other devices. Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 claim to provide a cross-device entertainment platform, enabling the best in online gaming and premium video while helping content publishers to reach the broadest possible audience with highly-leveraged development investments. The new features in Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 allow developers to deliver a new class of gaming and premium video experiences, as well as sophisticated, data-driven applications with back-end systems integratio...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Stellar Data Recovery has released its Phoenix EDB to PST converter; DIY software that converts MS Exchange database (EDB) files to Outlook Data files (PST) in offline and online mode. Sunil Chandna, CEO, Stellar Data Recovery said, "Stellar Phoenix EDB to PST converter is must have tool for every MS Exchange administrator. Exchange server administrators are inundated with requests from users, top management, legal, corporate investigation and law enforcement agencies. The requests vary from data access to user mailbox, folder or specific email. Conventional means make this task tedious as well as time consuming. Stellar Phoenix EDB converter helps to extract emails, mail folder or entire mailboxes as PST Files." Additionally this tool can be used while shifting of EDB data from one Server to another server, without shutting down the services of a running Exchange Server, OST file corruption, Exchange server maintenance, migration o...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Pitney Bowes Inc. has launched the RivalT Productivity Series inserting system (RPS) in India along with other global markets. This product is to provide mid-volume transactional mailers, a powerful and cost-efficient solution, which is said to enable and facilitate high-value customer communications. The compact, ergonomic design of the system is built with the high-end technology similar to Pitney Bowes Productivity Series mail finishing platform to help deliver increased flexibility and reliability across a wide range of applications in for low investment and high output inserting solution. The Rival inserting system is believed to deliver consistent productivity during peak mail cycles while processing variable page documents at speeds up to 12,000 cycles per hour. To help optimize productivity, the Rival system includes features that deliver simple and efficient processing. An automated fold capability is said to ensure accurate fold set...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has taken an initiative to organize the (PSP) meet across India in six cities - Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and New Delhi. The one-day workshop is being led by Puneet Chadha, Director, GSB, HP India, and Paresh Shetty, Business Unit Manager – Signage, HP India. They ran intensive sessions on newer printing streams in graphic solution business, upcoming trends in outdoor and signage industry. The program targets to educate the stakeholders with overall management trends related to customer expectations and customer service. "It is a great pleasure to meet our print partners and interact with them. The overall objective of this meet is to reinforce bonding with our existing customers and to guide them with newer profitable avenues in the printing industry. We look forward to continuously support our print partners and aim to nurture their talents and skills, which will in turn be progressive for HP`s existence. The f...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MindTree Limited has launched SecureMind Surveillance Manager Application on Iomega StorCenter network storage devices. The integrated offerings is said to provide users with advanced IP network-based video surveillance and storage solutions that are believed to be easy to install, manage and monitor. The SecureMind Surveillance Manager is said to enable users to connect and configure USB and fixed/PTZ IP cameras from multiple vendors to the Iomega StorCenter, and monitor video remotely from anywhere in the world through a simple Web interface running on a PC or an Android-based tablet. Through seamless integration with the new devices, the SecureMind Surveillance manager claims to simplify installation by reducing servers needed for video storage/analytics and, hence, reduces the overall infrastructure management overhead, making it ideal for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs), distributed enterprises and remote offices. For More Details See ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sterlite Technologies Limited has bagged a contract from BSNL to deploy central office broadband system in the telecom service provider's pan India telecom circles. This contract, valued at about Rs. 114 crores, is said to be a part of a total bank of new orders valued at about Rs. 560 crores that Sterlite has received since July 1, 2011. Sterlite claimed that the company is to install and commission the system within FY13 and manage this network for seven years thereafter. The system, once completed, is believed to be capable of handling about 1.6 million broadband connections. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Meralco has chosen Tejas Networks' high end optical transport (MSPP) solution to run their network backbone across Manila, to provide telecom services. All of the Meralco's traffic - data and voice, is to run on Tejas MSPP equipment. Sanjay Nayak, CEO & MD, Tejas Networks said, "We are delighted with the opportunity to partner with Meralco, one of the Top Filipino companies. Over the last decade, we have made significant contributions to the telecom revolution in India and over 50 countries around the world. We are among the Top-10 global players in the optical MSPP market. Our expertise, honed in India, is extremely relevant to telecom markets around the world, particularly, the South East Asian telecom market. We have provided solutions to over 30 customers across the region and have offices in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. We look forward to providing scalable and future ready solutions to Meralco in the Philip...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Odyssey India has launched a new range of UPS - Odyssey Neo 700 RB. With a capacity of 600VA, the Neo 700 RB has a protection of over 120% in 4 seconds and an AC output voltage of 220 VAC. It has a battery type of 12V, sealed maintenance-free SMF battery. The battery's typical recharge time is 6 hours for recharge of 90% of full capacity and it boasts of a life for one year. The UPS has a dimension of 143x101x301 mm (l x w x d) and a weight of approximately 4.6 kg. It has audible alarm indicators for various conditions such as backup mode, battery low, overload and fault. The UPS can tolerate a non-condensing relative humidity of up to 95%. The Odyssey Neo 700 RB UPS is priced at Rs.2,899/- and is available ex-stock. The product comes with 2 years warranty for the UPS and 1 year warranty on the battery. Moreover, the product has service support across India and has onsite service support in city limits. Sales are routed through a channel ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Inspan has announced the availability of Performance Series Corsair HX1050 PSU. The Corsair Professional Series HX1050 PSU utilizes DC-to-DC circuitry, and exceeds the requirement for 80 PLUS Silver certification standards, for up to 88% energy-efficiency. Corsair Professional Series power supplies are built using industrial grade electrical components. The HX1050 is tested to deliver its rated specifications at a temperature of 50 degree C. The dimensions of Corsair HX1050 are 150mm (W) x 86mm (H) x 180mm (L) and they deliver a power of 1050 watts. It has an ATX Connector, 2 EPS Connectors, 6 PCI-E Connectors, 12; 4 Pin Peripheral Connector, 12 SATA Connector and 2 Floppy Connectors. It has an MTBF of 100,000 hours. The active Power Factor Correction (PFC) is 0.99(with PF value). It supports ATX12V 2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 standards. It is backward compatible with ATX12V 2.01 and has auto switching circuitry for universal AC input from 90-264V. ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Research In Motion (RIM) has launched the new BlackBerry Torch 9860 smartphone in India, featuring the new BlackBerry 7 operating system and an all-touch handset design. With a 3.7" display, the new all-touch BlackBerry Torch 9860 smartphone is optimized for displaying web pages, photos and videos, as well as delivering gaming experiences. Frenny Bawa, Managing Director, India, Research In Motion, said, "We are very excited to build on the success of the BlackBerry solution in India with the introduction of the new BlackBerry Torch 9860. This powerful new smartphone features many new enhancements, including the next-generation BlackBerry 7 operating system, and we think customers will be particularly thrilled by the faster performance, enhanced browsing and richer multimedia." The BlackBerry Browser combines the performance of the WebKit browser engine together with the hardware enhancements found in the new BlackBerry Torch 9...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE TAKE Solutions has received a 'leader' rating in IDC Health Insights' MarketScape: Worldwide Life Sciences R&D IT Outsourcing Report 2011 Vendor Assessment. The "leader" category is the report's highest ranking. Alan S. Louie, PhD, Research Director, IDC Health Insights' Clinical Development, Strategy and Technology research service said, "The life science R&D IT outsourcing market is growing rapidly as Companies seek to improve operational efficiencies and more tightly define those activities that are considered core competencies. As a result, leading service providers in this space are experiencing double-digit annual growth, with significant near- and long-term opportunities arising from the increasing number and variety of tasks being outsourced." Kishore Rachapudi, President & COO, TAKE Solutions said, "TAKE has been providing expert advice, solutions and services to life sciences ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE At SIBOS 2011, Toronto Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced Nedbank Investor Services in South Africa has implemented TCS BaNCS Securities Processing to harness a series of benefits around Compliance, Transaction processing and Operational efficiency. TCS BaNCS Securities Processing is now the central solution platform for performing all the services across different product sets like equity, bonds, money market issuance and settlement. As a result of this implementation, Nedbank now has increased compliance capability with rules and regulations across markets, enhanced Straight-Through-Processing across all functional areas and markets with minimal user intervention, and achieved economies of scale through reduced system and operational costs. Louise Currie, GM, Nedbank Investor Services said, "We were expecting quantum benefits through this replacement of our legacy solutions and TCS BaNCS has delivered, on time and within bud...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE McAfee has unveiled McAfee DeepSAFE. The new technology, which will help fundamentally change and reshape the security industry. With the announcement of this new DeepSAFE technology, McAfee and Intel are combining the power of hardware and software to create much more sophisticated ways to prevent attacks. "This is a tremendous shift for McAfee and one of the biggest innovations in the security industry's history. McAfee DeepSAFE uses hardware features already in the Intel processors to provide security beyond the OS. From this unique vantage point, DeepSAFE can apply new techniques to deliver a whole new generation of protection in real time to prevent malicious activity and not just detect infections," said Todd Gebhart, Co-President, McAfee. McAfee DeepSAFE enables innovative new protection technologies including proactively detecting and preventing stealthy advanced persistent threats (APTs) and malware. Many APTs includ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NICE Systems has reached an agreement to acquire Fizzback, introducing the complete Customer Experience Management (CEM) with the integration of revolutionary, real-timeVoice of the Customer (VoC) solution. Zeevi Bregman, President & CEO, NICE said, "The adoption of and demand for CEM solutions, at all levels of the organization, including Marketing, Finance and Operations, is on the rise. With the addition of Fizzback, NICE is expanding the scope of its capabilities of Impacting Every Customer Interaction by introducing a Customer Experience Management solution with the most complete Voice of the Customer offering. This enables our customers to more effectively capture, understand and leverage VoCas the foundation to a cross-enterprise CEMstrategy." Rob Keve, CEO, Fizzback said, "Our unique solution has been enabling our customers to achieve exceptionally high response rates from their customers, and to receive feedback in...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nokia Siemens Networks has launched Liquid Net. It allows an operator to set up its network to self-adapt to meet capacity and coverage requirements based on demand. With Liquid Net, operators can unleash the full potential of their existing business assets and create new revenue sources. "Capacity in today's conventional networks is typically frozen in separate places; at individual base station sites, in parts of the core network that manage voice and data services, or in the optical and IP transport networks. Each is a potential bottleneck to someone getting the broadband service they want at a particular moment. Fluctuating, unpredictable demand in one part of the network means huge chunks of capacity can be left idle elsewhere, making poor use of existing investments. For example, as much as 50% of a conventional core network's capacity can be dormant. Instead, Liquid Net unleashes frozen network capacity into a reservoir o...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Acer has launched its travel series, ultra-light mobile projectors, the Acer C110 and Acer K330. Both the projectors are created and built for multi-purpose usage. The C110 pico-projector weighs as less as 175 grams and measures just 110 x 85 x 25 mm. The projector is designed to work on a single USB cable. It only needs a single USB cable to connect to the user's laptop and power the projector. This projector comes with 1000:1 contrast, the WVGA (854×480) resolution and native 16:9 format, a swift boot time within 15 seconds of instant on, a powerful but eco-efficient LED lamp, and the inclusion of ColorSafe and DLP picture technology, 20,000 hours of LED lamp life minimizes light-source replacement cost. Along with this Acer offers an optional 25” foldable wrinkle free screen. S Rajendran, Chief Marketing Officer, Acer India said "People today are always on the move. Gone are the days when you can expect to conduct your business ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Actis Technologies is introducing comprehensive Unified Communications to India. Actis will be incorporating Unified Communication Solutions with platforms like Microsoft Lync - an integration of Voice, IM, Presence, Video and Email, into its Enterprise Collaboration Solutions. Abhimanyu Gupta, Director, Actis Technologies said, "Research shows that the value of the premises-based integrated UC market is set to reach $2.3 billion by 2016. In 2010, the market registered 22 percent year-on-year growth to reach $674.4 million. Our UC offering will enable higher-quality audio and video collaboration with much more versatility and flexibility because of the presence of specialized hardware, as existing solutions are limited to software platforms." The offering is to enable the integration of meeting and conferencing facilities to hardware platforms like Cisco and Polycom, thus preventing the obsolescence of the legacy hardware systems. U...