VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MSI is offering a special Diwali scheme for its consumers. Under this scheme, consumers buying MSI Motherboards and Graphic Cards will stand an opportunity to win attractive prizes like Digital cameras, Mobile phones, Silverware, Gaming bags & Pen drives. All purchases done in the offer period are liable to get some points depending on the product they buy, and on reimbursement of those points, they would be granted exciting gifts from MSI. This promotional campaign would be done through all authorized distributors and regional dealers of MSI all over India and to make the scheme more accessible for the consumers, it has also been run at MSI's Facebook page & official website. Eric Kuo, Managing Director, MSI India points out that "Considering, that our earlier festive schemes were well received by our consumers, we have initiated this new scheme. Also we wanted to make our consumers, a part of our Diwali celebrations". ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Blue Coat WebPulse collaborative defense has proactively protected its 75 million users from the latest attack launched by Shnakule, the largest malware network (malnet) on the Internet. Blue Coat Security Labs has been tracking the Shnakule infrastructure, which enabled WebPulse to dynamically identify the new threat. This same technique can proactively block future attacks from Shnakule and other malnets. In the attack, first reported by Armorize Technologies, MySQL.com, was hacked and serving malicious JavaScript that created an invisible iframe. The iframe enabled a drive-by download attack that was hosted on servers external to the MySQL.com site. The attack utilized not only sites that are known to be part of the Shnakule malnet but new exploit and payload servers as well. The attack host was one of many malicious sites on a server that WebPulse had already categorized and blocked as a malware host, proactively protecting users ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Trend Micro Incorporated has released the findings of its Global Consumer Technology Use and Security Study. The survey asked parents on how their kids access the Internet and the steps they take to protect and educate them about staying safe online. Overall, the survey revealed that even though parents around the world are concerned about technology's impact on their children, they welcome what this new paradigm can offer, allowing their kids the privileges of owning smartphones and using social networks at early ages. Understanding the risks, parents surveyed say they are taking an active role in providing guidance and oversight of their children's technology and Internet use. 56 Percent of Indian Kids surveyed have a presence on any of the Social Networking Websites.The majority (73 percent) of parents whose children have an account with social networking sites indicated their children's online privacy on social networking site...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Monster India has launched BeKnown, a professional networking app designed to allow Facebook users to establish a professional network on the popular social platform in the Indian market. Sanjay Modi, Managing Director, Monster.com (India/ Middle East/ South East Asia) said, "As a leader and innovator in the e-recruitment space, Monster.com has always strived to empower both job seekers and employers with what they need to succeed. The launch of BeKnown is another extension of our commitment to meet the evolving needs of job seekers and employers by adding professional networking to their online recruitment, job search, and career management toolkit. Monster India provides Facebook users a powerful professional networking experience through a platform that showcases their professional brand, features career updates and advances their career goals while keeping personal and work-related content and interactions completely separate." ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Alcatel-Lucent has selected Spirent Communications solution to test the performance of its new FP3 400G network processor in advance of its commercial introduction. The Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics mX 40/100G provided Alcatel-Lucent with the ability to test its FP3-based Service Router modules under high-scale services and traffic. "Our innovative FP3 processor delivers a four-fold increase in performance over today's leading-edge NPU silicon. To ensure we are able to address the needs of tomorrow's IP networks, it is critical to validate how our solutions will perform in the real world as our service provider customers enhance their offerings and deploy 100GE technology. We look for test products that can match our leading-edge capabilities to ensure we deliver to our customers the reliability and quality they need. As we validated our high-density 100GE modules, Spirent was able to provide the robust testing we looked for t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has announced its 3.5-inch Fibre Channel Ultrastar SLC -based (single level cell) SSDs are now shipping in HP 3PAR F-Class, T-Class and the new P10000 V-Class storage systems for enterprise and cloud datacenters, as well as for small-to-medium sized businesses. Developed in conjunction with Intel, the Hitachi Ultrastar SSD400S SSD family provides unique value to OEM customers who are increasingly looking for high-performance, high-endurance enterprise-class SSDs for simple, scalable and flexible integration into new or existing enterprise storage systems or designs. HP 3PAR systems are designed for agility and efficiency in virtual and cloud data centers. HP 3PAR reduces acquisition and related operational costs by up to 50 percent and increases administrative efficiency up to tenfold. "Hitachi understands tiered storage needs - from controllers and firmware, to BIOS and operating syst...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Oracle has named Wipro as its Diamond level partner, the highest ranking available, in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized program. By achieving Diamond level, Wipro has demonstrated the breadth and depth of its expertise in Oracle products and offerings and dedication to leveraging Oracle technologies to provide business value to joint customers around the world. In addition, Wipro has made significant investments in new innovative solutions with Oracle, including co-development efforts around Oracle Fusion Applications and end-to-end industry process solutions. Wipro and Oracle have also launched the innovative solutions lab, OZONE, at Wipro's Electronic City facility in Bangalore. Services provided at OZONE help joint Wipro and Oracle customers define their IT roadmap and provide customers with the opportunity to test Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Applications. "Wipro's dedication and commitment to Oracle is unden...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Belkin India has announced that the company has extended its operations and established presence in Sri Lanka. To make Belkin accessories available, its recently launched eco-friendly product range, Belkin appointed Trident Corporation Private Limited as its distributor for Sri Lanka. Belkin's product range is already available to customers in Sri Lanka, through distributor Brown and Company PLC. "This move will enable us to develop a stronger foothold in Sri Lankan and realize the immense opportunity and untapped customer base of this market. Belkin products will now be widely and easily available through our channel partners that form the backbone of our business," said Mohit Anand, MD, India Sub Continent, Belkin Inc. Manish Fitkariwala, Country Manager - Sri Lanka, Maldives Thakral One said, "We at Trident Corporation Ltd., a flagship company of the Thakral Group are pleased to partner Belkin for distribution of its ex...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE With the F1 season around the corner, BlackBerry in collaboration with Formula1 has launched the official F1 app for its BlackBerry smartphone. Formula1.com 2011 app is for all F1 fans as it streams data directly from Formula One Management's Technical Centre at the racetrack. It displays the same information supplied to the teams from every session this weekend. This app sends you push notifications and keeps you updated even if the app is closed. Moreover this app also features Timetables, Calendars and Circuit data. The Maxis F1 2011 is the application for BlackBerry PlayBook. The app sends out information for all the races with live commentary, top stories, results, schedule, standings, drivers, teams, circuit info, stats, news and much more. This app is valid for the entire F1 season. Both apps are free and can be found on BlackBerry app world. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Samsung has launched Samsung Omnia W (GT-18350), its first Smartphone based on the Microsoft's Windows Phone, code-named Mango. The company also launched its first bada 2.0 device Wave III (GT-S8600) and its Android based entry smartphone at younger audience the Galaxy Y (GT-S5360) "We are very proud and delighted to be announcing the launch of India's first smartphone based on the Windows 7.5 platform. The potential of Windows based phone and the possibilities it opens for Samsung customers are endless. The launch of our WAVE III phone on the bada 2.0 platform along with Galaxy Y, our Android based entry smartphone only adds to the excitement," said Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Mobile and IT, Samsung India. Mango's intuitive user interface lays out applications in mosaic 'Live Tiles' which flow and move on the screen in response to the users touch. The interface provides the benefits of a user environment usuall...