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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HID Global has announced its iCLASS SIO technology-enabled (SE) platform has been selected as a finalist in the CARTES 2011 SESAME award competition. The platform is based on the company's new Secure Identity Object (SIO) model and introduces technology-independent digital credentials that can be deployed for use on smart phones, microprocessor-based cards, contactless smart cards and related devices. Based on 317 submissions received from leading manufacturers, integrators and developers in the card industry worldwide, the company's iCLASS SE platform has been recognized as one of only three finalists in both the Identification/ID Card and Trusted Internet/Authentication SESAME award categories. Anthony Ball, Sr. Vice President, Identity Access Management, HID Global said, "By enabling Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled mobile phones and other devices to carry digital credentials, iCLASS SE transforms how secure identity is

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Avaya has announced survey results from channel partners attending the annual Avaya Connect Asia Pacific Channel Partner Conference to kick off the company's 2012 Financial Year. The survey has asked delegates prior to their arrival at the event in Bangkok to comment on the general business environment and trends they see across the Asia Pacific region for the communications and collaboration industry. In an overwhelmingly positive response, 90% are expecting business growth for themselves to continue in 2012 on the back of a strong 2011. More than half of those predicting growth said it would be in the 'high single digit or even double digit range' in the year ahead. Over 200 selected individuals representing Avaya's most strategic channel partner and distributor organizations from 15 countries and territories across the Asia Pacific region attended the event. Under the banner "Accelerating Growth: The Power of We"

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fujitsu Semiconductor has launched the third wave of products in its FM3 Family of new 32-bit RISC microcontrollers based on the ARM CortexTM-M3processor core. In total, Fujitsu Semiconductor is releasing 64 new products, which incrementally is said to be made available in sample quantities. The new products are divided into two groups: a High Performance Group with a total of 54 products that include theB9B610/510/410/310/210/110Series, the MB9BF618TPMC, and other products; and an Ultra Low Leak Group with a total of 10 products that includes the MB9A130 Series, the MB9AF132LPMC, and other products. The MB9B610/510/410/310/210/110 Series in the High Performance Group are designed for processor-intensive system controllers and communications-oriented systems, with CAN and USB2.0 functionality, as well as the industry's first2-channel Ethernet-MAC support. Meanwhile, the MB9A130 Series in the Ultra Low Leak Group is optimized for a broad

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The World Photography Organization (WPO) has announced the Honorary Jury for the Sony World Photography Awards 2012. It comprises of experts from across the world of photography to judge the Professional Competition which invites entries from the world's leading photographers and serious enthusiasts. Chaired by esteemed writer and photo critic, Susan Bright, the jury includes the Director of Photography for the Sunday Times Magazine and the Photography Director of Wallpaper as well as leaders in photography and curators from some of the world's leading photography institutions. All jury members are selected from the World Photographic Academy. Following the category selection, the judges come together under Susan Bright's direction, to select one overall winner, who will be named L'Iris d'Or/ Sony World Photography Awards Professional Photographer of the Year at a ceremony in London on 26th April, 2012. "Judging artw

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Oracle has introduced its Financial Services Enterprise Case Management to help financial services institutions more effectively and efficiently manage financial crime investigations and compliance across their enterprises. The new solution, which is powered by the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications infrastructure, is said to provide financial services organizations with a single, enterprise-wide case management platform to meet the diverse demands of their business-specific investigation functions. In addition to gaining increased visibility into investigations across the enterprise, Oracle Financial Services Enterprise Case Management is believed to help banks reduce operational costs associated with managing compliance and financial crime. With the enterprise-wide case management platform, they can consolidate technology costs from multiple financial crime and compliance programmes and leverage technology expertise and reso

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced that companies in the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region are turning to HP for data center services and solutions as they outpace other regions in the race to cloud-based computing models. Many APJ organizations are believed to be still in the early stages of deploying IT environments, and without the restrictions of legacy environments, they can move directly to service-based, cloud-computing models. Organizations in more mature markets in APJ also are embracing the cloud to become more agile and to compete on a regional and, ultimately, global scale. There are unique requirements in moving to a cloud-based environment, whether managing legacy infrastructures or newer IT models. HP is said to enable a smooth transition for organizations with the expertise of HP Technology Services as well as the HP Converged Infrastructure solutions portfolio. Many HP clients, such as CloudSite, Hostworks and SingTel, are rapidly transfor

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Corsair has released 8GB DDR3 memory modules to its Vengeance and Value Select product lines. The new 8GB Vengeance DDR3 memory operates at 1.5V for compatibility with the new 2nd generation Intel Core processor family and is said to guaranteed to operate at 1600MHz. Providing 8GB of rigorously-screened DRAM on a single module allows gamers and performance enthusiasts to build systems with 32GB of high-performance memory. Giovanni Sena, Director, Memory Products, Corsair said, "Vengeance DDR3 memory is the premier choice for reliable, overclockable DRAM for system builders on a budget. Our kits based on 8GB modules give builders, system integrators, and gaming enthusiasts the power to break the 16GB barrier." The new Corsair Vengeance memory upgrade kits are available immediately from Corsair's worldwide network of resellers and distributors. "Otherwise-powerful laptop PCs are often underequipped when it comes to memory, wh

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE projectiondesign is sponsoring the upcoming IberSim 2011 event in Madrid. Visitors to the show is said to see projectiondesign's award winning products, including F35 wqxga DLP projector for simulation and training alongside their patented FR12 Remote Light Source projectors and WB-series image processors. The company is said to host a whisper suite for invited guests only to see new technology advances for highly realistic Night Vision Goggle (NVG) stimulation. Mercedes Sainz, Business Development Manager, Spain and Portugal, projectiondesign said, "This year's lineup of technologies and our support of underlines our commitment to partners in the Spanish region." For More Details see www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NEC New Zealand Ltd has collaborated as a Research Sponsor with the New Zealand ICT Innovation Institute (NZi3) based at the University of Canterbury. Initial collaboration between the two institutes is believed to focus on energy and ecology solutions to help rebuild the City of Christchurch after the massive earthquakes, as well as human interaction solutions such as biometrics and robotics. This collaboration aims to unite world-class researchers and research students from the University of Canterbury with industry experts from NEC, to co-develop new and innovative technologies and solutions and transform these ideas into relevant applications for the market. As part of this collaboration, NEC New Zealand is said to provide a sponsorship of NZ$90,000 over three years, in addition to the equipment and other in-kind support worth more than NZ$30,000 during the same period. This sponsorship also includes the funding of two full-time postgrad

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Canon India Pvt. Limited has rolled out its flagship DSLR EOS-1D X aimed at professionals. Accompanying the EOS-1D X are two new accessories to further expand the professional EOS System: the WFT-E6 wireless file transmitter and GP-E1 GPS receiver. EOS-1D X is to be available for sale in April 2012. The EOS-1D X features a newly developed 18.1MP Full Frame CMOS sensor with greater per-pixel quality than before and a standard ISO range of 100 to 51200. The brand new 61-point High Density Reticular Auto Focus (AF) system and wider frame coverage is another highlight adding a dimension in flexibility to the focusing system. The new 100,000-pixel RGB Metering Sensor, leads to greater accuracy. The EOS-1D X is lightning fast, with dual DIGIC 5+ processors providing the power to process full-resolution images at up to 14 frames per second (mirror lockup shooting), while also performing more operations on the images than was previously possible. Dr.