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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Infosys Ltd has announced the National winners of Aspirations2020, an online programming contest, organized by the company. The winning team (Nitish Chhangani, Mahak Rajvanshi, Nandkishore Agrawal) from Jodhpur Institute of Engineering and Technology, Jodhpur, Rajasthan received a certificate and a 64GB iPad for each team member, while the runners up (Timothy Tarun Andrew, Saurabh Meshram, Gajendra Singh KBN) from CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka received a certificate and a 32GB iPad for each team member. Aspirations2020 is a programming contest series organized by the Infosys Campus Connect Program, to enhance the problem solving skills for pre-final and final year engineering and MCA students. The objective of the contest is to encourage participants in the development of problem solving abilities through algorithmic thinking and logical reasoning, and then demonstrating the solution through programming and team work. Aspi...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE DIGILITE has introduced a new channel incentive scheme - "DIGILITE Karo Dil Se, 100000 Celebration" for its channel community. The scheme covers entire range of DIGILITE motherboards purchased from authorized channel partners. The scheme is valid from 1 October, 2011 till 31st December, 2011. DIGILITE is targeting to reach a whooping milestone of 1 Lac motherboards by this quarter. Under the scheme, on purchase of certain quantity of DIGILITE Motherboards, the partner is said to be entitled to win gold ranging from 1 gms to 10 gms. Rajan Sharma, AVP - Sales, DIGILITE said, "This year is proving to be a landmark year for DIGILITE. It is a great achievement for us that in such short span, we have reached great heights. Hence, to spread our happiness we have come with 'DIGILITE Karo Dil Se' scheme. The purpose of this scheme is to motivate our channel partners. This is an extension of our constant endeavor to Delight, Sati...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GETIT brings a new website for Diwali. The website said to be a shopping guide for all Diwali queries. It can be accessed through the link- www.diwaligetit.in. Users are able to upload their Diwali videos/photos or share blogs and even share a great Diwali recipe, the power house guide provides information about caterers, planners, gift shops, sweet shops and a lot more. GETIT Diwali website offers a full catalogue of activities that one can do during Diwali. Also it lists the various rituals and pujas and traditional recipes. It allows the retailer to place its offers and festive discounts to the customers across categories like cars, computers, electronics, furniture, jewellery, textiles, appliances, clothes, furniture etc. Sidharth Gupta, CEO, GETIT Infoservices Pvt. Ltd. said, "With the shopping mode in full swing during festivals, it's challenging for the marketers to convey the most beneficial deals and offers to the customers....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Vision Solutions Inc. has announced that agricultural biotechnology company Krishidhan Seeds has selected Double-Take RecoverNow for AIX for its high availability, security and data protection requirements. After evaluating numerous disaster recovery and data replication tools, Krishidhan Seeds chose Vision Solutions' Double-Take RecoverNow to meet the company's needs around 24/7 availability for its central applications that manage sales, delivery and collection while also providing support for better Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO). Working with Avnet Technologies and Trimax, Double-Take RecoverNow extends HACMP's existing HA benefits through off-site data replication and Continuous Data Protection (CDP). As a result, Krishidhan Seeds is significantly bolstering its ability to protect its critical workloads, reduce its RTO and considerably extend the company's business continuity capabiliti...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Augere has selected Ericsson's latest generation of radio base stations RBS6000, state-of-the- art evolved packet core (EPC) and microwave transmission. This will enable Augere, under the ZOOSH brand to offer broadband services to residential and business customers in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in Central India. LTE, the fourth generation of mobile communication technology, enhances the end-user experience and enables the fast transfer of large amounts of data. With increased speed and decreased latency, consumers can enjoy a wide range of applications. To ensure optimum performance of the network Ericsson will also be responsible for providing managed services with network operations for a period of 3 years along with spare parts management and annual maintenance services. Ericsson will plan, design, build, operate and maintain the 4G network for Augere. The contract includes Supply, Installation; Commissioning of the ...

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Microsoft has released the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 11 (SIRv11) that reveals, in India infection trends increased in the first half of 2011, in contrast to the generally improved security scenario worldwide. SIRv11 further revealed that user interaction, typically employing social-engineering techniques, is attributed to nearly half of all malware propagation in the first half of 2011. In addition, more than one-third of all malware is spread through cybercriminal abuse of Win32/Autorun, a feature that automatically starts programs when external media, such as a CD or USB, are inserted into a computer. "We encourage people to consider this information when prioritizing their security practices. SIRv11 provides techniques and guidance to mitigate common infection vectors, and its data helps remind us that we can't forget about the basics. Techniques such as exploiting old vulnerabilities, Win32/Autorun abuse, pas...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sony Corporation's Storage Media Division has signed an LTO-6 licence agreement with the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs) consisting of HP, IBM and Quantum. This agreement now allows Sony to start developing its own LTO-6 Ultrium media. The LTO-6 tape technology is aimed at supporting the ever-increasing storage capacity requirements of today's data rich storage environments. Each cartridge will be able to store up to an estimated 3.2TB native (8TB 2.5:1 compressed) data. This new generation of LTO Ultrium format will also deliver an impressive data transfer rate of up to 210MB/s native (525MB/s 2.5:1 compressed). Although LTO-6 tape technology is still in development and final specifications are not yet available, the TPCs have opened the opportunity for licensees to begin development. Sony is ready and eager to sign on and continue to support the LTO format. Not only will Sony start the development...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP and SAP AG have announced an agreement for HP Enterprise Services to provide cloud-based delivery of SAP applications that enable enterprises to deploy applications. This will increase the availability and speed of business information. The first SAP application to be delivered by HP Enterprise Services via its cloud platform is the SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) rapid-deployment solution. The SAP CRM rapid-deployment solution brings together software and services that provide CRM functionality. Clients are provided secure processing capacity with security and privacy policies that can rapidly adjust to meet each client's needs. Moreover, HP bundles the necessary infrastructure, platform and application services in an as-a-service model, enabling clients to pay on a per-seat basis for what they need to run the applications and processes. "Cloud delivery models are becoming a top priority for clients due to their q...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lenovo has launched its first family of tablets - the IdeaPad Tablet K1 - for consumers and the ThinkPad Tablet for business customers in India. These tablets features the Android 3.1 platform, NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core mobile processors that offer superior multitasking, faster web browsing with built-in Flash, console-quality gaming and low power consumption for improved battery life. While the 10" ThinkPad Tablet offers features which enhances productivity for professionals as well as security and manageability for IT Managers, the 10" IdeaPad K1 offers surreal entertaining and mobility. The soon to be introduced 7" Ideapad A1 will offer mobility and entertainment experience. The Android-powered Lenovo tablets come with over 40 preloaded apps customized to Indian users. Customers will also have access to tested apps for Lenovo devices in the Lenovo App Shop as well as to more than 250,000 apps in the Android market. Amar Babu...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Foxconn has launched their new A55 series motherboards which are built based on the AMD A55 chipset-A55M&A55A. With onboard graphics built in to the APU, the A55 series offers excellent graphics performance, especially when combined with a discrete GPU for Dual Graphics capabilities. The new A55 series motherboards support the latest AMD APU with Turbo Core technology 2.0. A55M motherboard ships with HDMI which can offer a realistic visual experience. DirectX 11 helps to deliver the best 3D gaming experience but with power similar to entry-level discrete graphics card solutions. The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 1866/1600/1333 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. Smart charger is another considerate creation provided by Foxconn engineers. Fox One help the users with their System monitoring, e.g. temperature, fan speed, voltag...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Antec Inc. has launched its Notebook Cooler Designer, its latest notebook pad, designed to meet the cooling and convenience demands of end users. Antec has refreshed its line of notebook coolers with the launch of three different models designed specifically for notebook users and professionals; the Notebook Cooler Designer, Notebook Cooler Mini and Notebook Cooler Basic. The unique features of the notebook coolers are- Lengthen the life of the notebook/laptop; brings convenience and flexibility during usage and improves the performance of the mobile device. Kevan Li, Regional Sales Manager, Antec said, "Worldwide recognized as a pioneer in the industry, Antec has been the market leader and international provider of efficient and innovative products. With the launch of our three different designed notebook coolers with distinctive features in India, we aim to consolidate the notebook market with cost-effective products for all kind of us...