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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Quikr is to showcase its capabilities at Nokia World 2011 global industry event being held in London. Pranay Chulet, CEO, Quikr is believed to take part in "The Rise of the planet of the Apps", a power packed panel discussion on the burgeoning app economy and the opportunity it offers to developers across the globe. Quikr also showcased its app at Nokia World. Quikr offers a web and mobile-based classifieds platform that addresses a wide variety of local commerce needs. More than 18 million consumers across India visit Quikr every month to sell, buy, rent or find things ranging from laptops to mobile phones to cars to real estate to jobs and everything in between. Over the last two years, the company has successfully transformed itself from an online to online & mobile leader by building Quikr Mobile, its platform that spans across mobile browsers, apps and text messaging. D Shivakumar,VP & Managing Director, Nokia India sa

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 smartphones are the first SIM-based NFC smartphones to be certified by MasterCard Worldwide as PayPass-approved devices. The certification was granted on the basis of the BlackBerry smartphones meeting the functionality, interoperability and security requirements of MasterCard. With this certification, any MasterCard PayPass-issuing bank globally will be able to deploy MasterCard PayPass-enabled accounts to the SIM card of these smartphones. France Telecom - Orange believes that mobile NFC has the potential to enable a new revolution in mobile by further connecting people's mobile digital world with the physical world around them. France Telecom - Orange is the first operator worldwide to have commercial NFC launches in two countries, UK and France, with trials in several European markets. "We are happy to offer the BlackBerry Bold 9900 an

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ChatON is the free global communication service from Samsung that enables content and conversation to be shared between all major mobile devices- smartphone and feature phone platforms. Regardless of device platform ChatON lets users to join and grow their social communities, socializing instantly and flexibly, interact with friends and family anywhere in the world- share text, images, hand-written notes and videos instantly. Samsung ChatOn can be downloaded from the Android Market and is compatible with Froyo 2.2 and Gingerbread 2.3.3. It offers features like Interaction Rank, Animation Message and Trunk. With the Interaction Rank feature, consumes can check the frequency of communication with all their friends and comment on their profile pages. On the other hand, the Animation Message service allows doodling on an image or adding audio to it, which can then be shared with buddies. Trunk acts like an auto-generated content sharing box where

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ASUS offers a diversified 9-Series motherboard lineup to support the 32nm AMD FX Series CPUs, which features up to eight cores on a single chip. Also onboard are NVIDIA Quad-GPU SLI technology, providing more choice for users who wish to use a multi-GPU system and the popular Dual Intelligent Processors 2 (DIP2) feature. Along with DIP2, ASUS has adopted DIGI+ VRM, UEFI BIOS and USB 3.0 Boost technology, providing users with complete UAS Protocol Support to instantly boost USB drive speed by up to 170%. ASUS M5A99/97 Series motherboards offer the most compatible AMD AM3+ solutions available. Onboard the M5A99/97 core series motherboards is the DIGI+ VRM technology, which acts as a digital controller to perfectly match digital power signal (SVID) requests from the CPU. This eliminates digital-to-analog conversion lag, optimizing system performance and stability as well as greater power efficiency. The ROG ThunderBolt is a LAN/Audio combo card

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Raffles Institution (RI) has engaged NEC Asia Pacific (NEC APAC) to deploy real-time energy monitoring solution throughout its entire campus, as part of its bigger plan to improve energy efficiency and to achieve cost savings. This initiative is part of RI's continuous efforts towards creating a more environmentally-friendly campus. In August this year, RI was named the first recipient of the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Green Mark GoldPlus Award, the second highest Green Mark rating under the BCA Green Mark for Existing Schools, which places stronger emphasis on raising the awareness among students and educating our future generation on the importance of environmental sustainability and conservation. RI is said to be the first school in Singapore to deploy the NEC Starlight Energy Monitoring Solution across its entire campus. This implementation is expected to help RI monitor its energy usage across its entire campus in real

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE North American Video (NAV) has upgraded the video surveillance recording system at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, California from VHS format to a digital system that encompasses the Casino's point-of-sale (POS) transactions. The new integrated system provides Casino management with increased search functionality, enabling quicker and more proactive response to incidents. Jim Kasko, Director, Surveillance, Commerce Casino said, "Everything about the new digital recording system is easier and more efficient as compared to the previous analog system. NAV really understood our needs because the new system is a game changer in helping us tackle the specific security and surveillance issues in a gaming facility of this kind." Building on a decade-long relationship, NAV personnel worked together with Billy Dunn, Commerce Casino's Assistant Director of Surveillance, to develop a system that would fulfill the Casino's techni

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE As we herald the festive season with Diwali, Id and Christmas that are fast-approaching, the scammers are out in full force scheming to lure innocent victims in cyberspace. The best way for consumers to protect themselves is to stay educated about the criminal's tricks, so they can avoid them. On must check out the following tips to ensure a safe and happy festive season: Only download apps from official app stores, such as iTunes and the Android Market, and read other users' reviews before downloading them. Use products like the McAfee Mobile Suite on your smart phones to protect yourself from malware, data loss and device theft. Consider using a safe search tool such as McAfee SiteAdvisor software, which tells you if a site are safe to click on right in your search results. Ensure that you shop from a "certified secure" mark on the websites that you shop from. This mark is a reliable indicator of a website's security.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HCL Technologies has been named a 2011 Diamond Award winner in the "Driving Business with Thought Leadership" category by the IT Services Marketing Association (ITSMA). Evaluated by a panel of renowned industry experts, organizations are believed to be judged upon innovation, execution and business results-three critical aspects to marketing success. HCL won the award based on its Customer Advisory Council (CAC)-a global, collaborative forum where 80 of HCL's Fortune 500 C-level customers and thought leaders convene on a regular basis to advise HCL on industry trends, changing business priorities, and its strategic direction (including brand positioning, M&A validation and Go-to-Market strategies). HCL then translates the advice into actionable plans to transform business requirements and technology needs, creating more value for HCL's customers. The CAC also serves as an exceptional platform for HCL's customers an

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NEC Corporation has begun the shipments of the new iPASOLINK series of compact microwave communications systems to Mobile TeleSystems OJSC. In order to expand and modernize MTS' communications systems, NEC will deliver 15,000 iPASOLINK transmitters to MTS in 2011. iPASOLINK is to allow MTS to increase the bandwidth capability of channels and the total capacity networks on internal communication lines. New iPASOLINK equipment is being installed in all of MTS' service regions, which will facilitate their transition to fully functional IP-based networks. One of the key components of the iPASOLINK platform is a powerful embedded switch, which provides traffic optimization, support for key functions and protocol signal transferring. The usage of a high-level modulation and a cross-polarization system (XPIC) ensures that MTS clients will have an Internet carrying capacity of up to 920 Mb/sec. NEC will also deliver ePASOLINK, a digital micr

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE RIM has unveiled BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365. It is a new RIM-hosted online service for midsized businesses and enterprises that extends Microsoft Exchange Online to BlackBerry smartphones, and allows organizations to self-manage their BlackBerry deployments in the cloud. An open beta for the service is getting launched in over 30 countries. "BlackBerry Business Cloud Services is an easy and cost-effective way for businesses and government agencies to extend Microsoft Office 365 to BlackBerry smartphones and manage the deployment in the cloud," said Alan Panezic, Vice President, Research In Motion. "We have been working together with Microsoft and select customers through an early access program and we are pleased to now launch an open beta for the service." "BlackBerry Business Cloud Services will help accelerate how BlackBerry customers can realize the full benefits of the best produ

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE At Workday Rising 2011, Wipro Technologies has entered into an alliance with Workday. Wipro is to provide Consulting and IT Services to clients deploying Workday solutions. Wipro has identified Cloud Computing to be the driver of a new wave of innovation. Wipro has helped customers adopt and integrate cloud services into their enterprise systems with an integrated solutions approach and managed IT as a service. Wipro's Human Capital Management Services helps customers build a "people plan" based model using solutions that range from deploying new technology or creating a shared services center to outsourcing and best-shoring. Wipro is Diamond sponsor at Workday Rising 2011. Wipro will showcase its unique HCM offerings that help customers accelerate business value with Workday, including Wipro's Cloud & Beyond for HRO. Cloud & Beyond for HRO is an innovative BPO solution that will integrate Workday with Wipro's

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP India has inaugurated its exclusive HP World store in Bangalore. This store will showcase the entire portfolio of HP consumer products including laptops, desktops, All-in-Ones, printers and accessories, with special product demonstrations. The store will display HP's strong product portfolio including the entire range of desktop PCs including Touchsmart, HP Omni, Compaq 1000 Domino, Compaq 3600 Series and HP Pavilion series. It is being launched in association with Keerthi Infosystems, a valued HP World Partner since 2009. Rajiv Srivastava, Vice President and General Manager, Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard India Sales Pvt. Ltd, said, "We are delighted to announce the opening of this exclusive HP showroom in Bangalore. We are the market leader in Karnataka and this store reiterates our commitment to offer the best products and services to our customers and we aim to launch more such state-of-the-art stores in the coming y