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Adobe acquires Typekit

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE At its MAX 2011 technology conference, Adobe Systems Incorporated has acquired Typekit Inc. Available as a subscription-based cloud service, Typekit's vast font library claims to give designers and developers' creative license to deliver beautiful type that enhances the Web experience. Typekit fonts is said to be offered as a standalone service and over time as part of Adobe Creative Cloud. A major new initiative from the company, Adobe Creative Cloud was announced - along with six Adobe Touch Apps for Android and iOS tablet devices - by Kevin Lynch, chief technology officer of Adobe, during his keynote presentation at MAX this morning. Lea Hickman, VP, Product Management, Adobe said, "Typography is a fundamental design element and something that designers want to be more creative with on websites - especially as these websites now need to be viewed on mobile devices. Working closely with type foundries, the Typekit team has deli...

GlobalOutlook launches Worldwide Online Sales Portal

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GlobalOutlook has launched its new website and service offerings for Small & Medium Businesses (SMBs) and Enterprises. The new online sales portal is to facilitate worldwide customers to purchase the desired business communication and collaboration services with a single click. With this redefinition of corporate and marketing strategy, based on a thorough analysis of market needs, GlobalOutlook now enters into the direct sales market in addition to their existing partner model. GlobalOutlook's initial approach was of a partner based model wherein they provided Hosted Microsoft Communication, SaaS Business Communication and Collaboration Solutions to a range of corporate customers worldwide. To address the unique needs and high market demand of both SMBs and Enterprises, GlobalOutlook has now started the direct model, with newer service offerings which have been specifically designed to provide the benefits of enterprise-quality commu...

Rajesh Janey Joins EMC force again

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE EMC has appointment Rajesh Janey as the President for its India & SAARC operations. He is said to report to Steve Leonard, President, EMC Asia Pacific/Japan and takes over from Manoj Chugh, who is to now focus fully on driving aggressive expansion of EMC's Global Accounts Program across Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) as Regional President, Global Accounts, APJ. "It is good to be back at EMC," said Rajesh Janey, President, EMC India & SAARC. Rajesh is to lead EMC in India & SAARC and is said to be responsible for driving the company's growth and revenue in the region. He brings more than 27 years of leadership experience in IT sales, services and channels, and joins EMC from NetApp where he was President, India & SAARC Sales. Steve Leonard, President, EMC Asia Pacific/Japan said, "The Indian sub-continent is a hugely important and strategic market for EMC, both in terms of innovation and growth. Rajesh...

IBM, Nawanagar Co-op Bank to implement Core Banking Solutions on Cloud

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Nawanagar Cooperative Bank Ltd., Jamnagar has selected IBM to deploy core banking solutions on a hosted cloud services model. The bank claims to be automating its end-to-end operations on InfrasoftTech's OMNIEnterprise Core Banking Solution hosted at IBM's data center. With new regulations and corporatization affecting customer expectations from co-operative banks in India, The Nawanagar Coop. Bank Ltd. was aiming for increasing availability of risk management products like derivatives, IT adherence & alignment, to effectively compete against other private banks. By implementing this end-to-end core banking solution, the client is said to offer state-of-the art financial solution to their customers including internet banking, online money transfer, ATM, mobile banking, etc. As part of the agreement, IBM is believed to be remotely hosting and managing the IT and networking infrastructures of the bank while also implementing the...

AirTyme rolls TORRID 3G

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AirTyme has launched GTX75 TORRID - a 3G HSDPA phone for Indian consumers, which features a 2.8-inch QVGA resistive touch screen that slides open to reveal a spacious QWERTY keyboard for easy texting. "AirTyme is committed to creating the best user experience through the innovative features we bring to the market. We are proud to unveil the TORRID and have priced it competitively to ensure that this feature-rich phone is accessible to larger audiences," said Gaurav Narang, Director of Operations, AirTyme Communications Pvt. Ltd. The TORRID comes with a stereo Bluetooth option for a music experience without wires. Other profiles for Bluetooth include A2DP and DUN which allows users to tether the phone as a modem for their computer without cables. The phone can record 3GP video and play music and video in MP3, 3GP and MP4 formats. TORRID's multimedia features also include a 1.3 megapixel camera, which allow users to capture life...

Mahindra Satyam, iPipeline ties up

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has tied up with iPipeline. Mahindra Satyam is to position iPipelines customer relationship management (CRM) tools for financial services to banking and financial services clients in the Middle East, besides the Asia-Pacific and India markets as part of the partnership. Rohit Gandhi Sr. VP, APAC, India & MEA, Mahindra Satyam said, "Mahindra Satyam has a strong focus in the banking and financial services sector and we plan to actively position iPipeline CRM for financial services to our customers and prospects in Middle East and Asia, especially those focusing on wealth management" "iPipeline's solution supports the cultivation of lasting, profitable relationships between a company and its clients by integrating sales, marketing and front-line service within the organisation's daily workflow. This process eliminates many of the common business issues that lead to poor customer service and missed sales...

Enhance Technology brings Unified NAS Storage Systems

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Enhance Technology Inc. has introduced UltraShare NAS NS2080 / NS2120 / NS3160 series Unified NAS storage systems. This new generation of professional grade NAS unified storage solutions claim to bring affordable enterprise class features to SMB & midmarket customers who need the flexibility, performance and scalability of a simple yet robust data delivery architecture to meet their ever changing application and network infrastructure needs. The new UltraShare NS series offers simple management that is ideal for use in distributed enterprise environments, branch or remote offices, file sharing, data streaming, video surveillance, disk based backup and cloud storage applications. The UltraShare NAS NS Series offers dual mirrored Linux based embedded OS to guarantee system reliability. It is expandable for up to 112x disks and 336TB total raw capacity. It combines file level storage (SMB/CIFS and NFS) with native block level access options ...

SafeNet appoints its new Senior VP, Worldwide Sales

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SafeNet has appointed Steve Messick to the position of Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Messick is to serve as a strategic leader for SafeNet's global sales, and is said to serve as an integral part of SafeNet's senior leadership team. Chris Fedde, President & CEO, SafeNet said, "Steve's broad IT background, combined with his extensive experience in building and managing global sales teams, makes him the ideal choice to lead this crucial worldwide sales function. As a true industry veteran, and a customer-focused sales leader with a proven track record of execution, Steve understands how to leverage SafeNet's unique capabilities and successfully implement our strategy to take advantage of new market opportunities on a worldwide scale." In his new role leading SafeNet's worldwide sales team, Messick replaces Philip Saunders, who has recently been promoted to executive vice president and Chief Revenue ...

MENAFN sets up its Premium Research Center

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Middle East North Africa Financial Network Inc (MENAFN.com) has set up its online Premium Research Center, providing business professionals and decision makers in the region with needed market insight through first-class, specialized research and studies. MENAFN's Premium Research Center covers a wide variety of business sectors including Media, Business/Finance, Industry, Economy, Pharmaceuticals & Health, Real Estate & Construction and Telecommunication & Technology among others. Such extensive coverage of topics is possible through MENAFN's partnerships with leading international research institutions. Sawsan Dababneh, Co-Founder & CEO, MENAFN.com said, "We have been planning this for some time now" stated. We recognized the increasing necessity of professional research in the MENA region and the lack of channels to provide it, thus we have partnered with several specialized Arab World and Global resea...

First Global Network for M2M goes Online

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE m2mapps.com GmbH has launched its global network for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, where companies can register free of charge, easily create company profiles and upload product and service information. m2mapps serves as the central point of contact for companies around the world wishing to professionally market products and services from the M2M field. The platform also provides comprehensive insights into the M2M market. Additional market intelligence is provided in a blog from Beecham Research CEO & Analyst Robin Duke-Woolley. m2mapps now enables corporations to present themselves and their products free of charge in a dedicated and professional environment on a global scale. Any companies in the M2M field can register for free and benefit from the added visibility as m2m apps continues to actively promote the platform. "The M2M market has grown increasingly complex in the last few years. The aim of m2m apps is to provi...

Edimax introduces iQ Setup

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE EDIMAX Technology has introduced its router feature called iQ Setup. The smart iQ Setup is a new feature of Edimax routers that allows even the most inexperienced users to set up an Edimax router with iPhone or a computer quick and effortlessly. With iQ Setup, most of the setup process is done automatically. Little to no configuration is required on the user's part and no installation of CD is necessary. Edimax routers to be implemented with iQ Setup in Q4 2011 include BR-6228nS, BR-6228nC, BR-6258n, and BR-6428nS, respectively. iQ Setup is designed with smart technology that allows it to detect one's Internet connection type automatically and complete most of the required configuration for you. After the appropriate cable connections are made, all you need to do is to open your iPhone or computer's web browser and iQ Setup will start detecting your Internet connection type automatically. There is no need to log in the router...

Unistal releases new range of 2012 Products

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Unistal Systems has launched the new version of Protegent range of products for laptop and desktop users. Protegent works as parenting software tool by providing complete activity details. It also has laptop tracking feature for laptop users, it tracks the laptop location via Internet and if not connected to Internet, encrypts your important data, making it unreadable for others. The latest version of Protegent 360 and Protegent PC Software is now powered by Protegent Total Security which features File Transfer Log. Read Only USB Drive, White List USB Drive. Moreover, it also comes with Rescue mode. Its autopilot feature will make all the security-related decisions for you. Protegent Total Security can adjust to optimize operations and maintain maximum speed. Unistal Systems has also launched the news version of Bitdefender range of products. The company has released the three variant products - Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2012, Bitdefender...

HP rolls out New Services

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced new services that enable business and government clients to simplify the implementation and management of virtualization to accelerate the transition to an open, hybrid cloud computing environment. The services include VirtualStart Services for HP VirtualSystem, Consulting Services for Cloud and Virtualization, and a Converged Infrastructure Transformation Experience Workshop. New HP services are designed to speed deployment of HP VirtualSystem, an integrated solution that gives organizations a completely virtualized infrastructure. The services can be implemented quickly and provide a straightforward upgrade path to HP CloudSystem for open, hybrid cloud computing. As a result, clients immediately establish a scalable virtual environment with services that enhance productivity and flexibility, ultimately empowering them to better respond to changing enterprise requirements. Therefore, the HP VirtualStart Services are availab...