VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Genpact has announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2011. Revenues were $429.6 million, up 33.6% from $321.6 million in the third quarter of 2010. Revenues from Global Clients were up 53.6% and business process management revenues from Global Clients were up 22.9%. Net income attributable to Genpact Limited shareholders was $48.0 million, up 19.7% from $40.1 million in the third quarter of 2010; net income margin for the third quarter of 2011 was 11.2%, compared to 12.5% in the third quarter of 2010. Diluted earnings per common share were $0.21, up 18.7% from $0.18 in the third quarter of 2010. Adjusted diluted earnings per share were $0.26, up 25.9% from $0.20 in the third quarter of 2010. N.V. 'Tiger' Tyagarajan, Genpact's president and CEO said, "Genpact delivered another great quarter in Q3, with strong growth in revenues, adjusted operating income, earnings per share and cash flows. Overall...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MSI has released the Afterburner App for the iOS platform. iPhone and iPad devices can now are said to download and install the Afterburner app from the App Store to wirelessly monitor and overclock graphics cards over a Wi-Fi network. Until December 3, one can share his experience and photos from using the Afterburner app on his blog and the person is said to get a chance to win a Lightning series graphics card or MSI tablet. By porting MSI's exclusive Afterburner overclocking utility to handheld devices, users are believed to monitor the core temperature, frequency, memory clock speed, and fan speed of their desktop graphics card over a WiFi connection. The Afterburner app can adjust a graphics card's core and memory frequencies, fan speed, and even the proprietary Triple Overvoltage function. After launch the Afterburner overclocking utility on the PC, one is said to take a photo of the handheld device and computer screen both runn...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Altair has released the HyperWorks 11.0 Student Edition, a personal academic version of the popular suite of computer-aided engineering (CAE) software used by manufacturers around the world. The Student Edition is said to offer affordable opportunities for engineering and design students to gain experience in computer simulation with the same software that engineering professionals use to design and develop everything from aircraft and automobiles to computer chips and golf clubs. As part of the program's global roll-out, the first 200 students in each country to register at the Altair Online Store will receive the HyperWorks 11.0 Student Edition for free. Dr. Matthias Goelke, Business Development, Director, Academic Markets, Altair Engineering said, "Simulation is the fastest-growing market sector in the PLM market, from the earliest phases of conceptual design through to manufacturing the product, and demand is high for graduates ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Telefonica has announced that it has signed a strategic partnership with Quantenna Communications. The partnership is believed to observe Telefonica making a strategic equity investment in Quantenna which gives it access to the latest Quantenna technology for the deployment of high performance video services to the home. Quantenna has the networking expertise to bridge this capability gap and allow high quality video to be deployed wirelessly to multiple devices around the home. Quantenna's family of Full-11n 5GHz chipsets uses the company's cost-optimized, third-generation 4x4 MIMO technology to deliver up to 600 Mbps of bandwidth. The chipsets enable manufacturers to build products for delivering IPTV and other video streaming and data distribution services throughout the home over an ultra-reliable, high-performance Wi-Fi connection. Matthew Key, Chairman & CEO, Telefonica Digital said, "Investing in up-and-coming technolo...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ESET has launched its flagship products ESET Smart Security 5 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5 in Indian market. The new version of ESET products for home and SOHO users is now available in retail stores across India as well as online on ESET India website. The upgrade from all previous versions to the new 5th version is absolutely free for current users. ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5 and ESET Smart Security 5 offer various improved features, including ESET Live Grid, cloud-based reputation and protection technology, new Removable Media Control, with more granular control of external devices, Parental Control (only in ESET Smart Security 5), Advanced Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) and Gamer Mode that switches to silent mode and disables pop ups to conserve system resources and enhance the gaming experience. Fifth generations of ESET Products is furnished with ESET Unilicense which allows users to extend protection to all operating systems ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Milagrow has launched its TabTop PC. The Milagrow TabTop PC claims to come armed with built-in 3G module, compatible with most Indian 5 device wifi modem capability, 1080 Full HD, Adobe flash 11, mult-touch-A+ grade-LED backlit-Capacitive-4:3 screen, WiFi-Bluetooth-LAN capability, multi task and 10+ hours of battery life (5000 mAh). "Milagrow TabTop PC redefines what the tablet experience should be. Extensive research for more than 18 months went into making this tablet far superior to even the more premium priced tablet players. These TabTops is the perfect alternative to a desktop, laptop or other tablets for all your computing, information, networking and entertainment need." said Rajeev Karwal, Founder & CEO, Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions. Milagrow TabTops PC is said to deliver fast performance with its 1.2 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM and has 16/32 GB of internal...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced that DreamWorks Animation SKG selected HP technology to produce the technically advanced film to date, "Puss in Boots", launching in theatres soon. For "Puss in Boots", HP ProLiant BL460 blade technology, geographically dispersed in five server render farms across the United States and India, provided peak compute power at crucial stages of production. The blade servers powered an unprecedented 117 terabytes of data and more than 60 million render hours. "As with all of our films, "Puss in Boots" required powerful systems to support the digital demands of our creative teams. Knowing that we have the support of our partners at HP allows us to free our artists from technical limitations, letting them focus on creating the most powerful 3-D CG experiences," said Ed Leonard, Chief Technology Officer, DreamWorks Animation SKG. "Our decade-long collaboration with DreamWorks has challeng...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has rolled out the first solar-power array designed specifically to run high-voltage data centers, integrating AC- and DC-based servers, water-cooled computing systems and related electronics. The new array is spread over more than 6,000 square feet of rooftop. The solar array is capable of providing a 50-kilowatt supply of electricity for up to 330 days a year, for an average of five hours a day. IBM plans for the Bangalore solar-power system to connect directly into the data center's water-cooling and high-voltage DC systems. The integrated solution can provide a compute power of 25 to 30 teraflops using a POWER 775 system on a 50kW solar power supply. This solar deployment, currently powering almost 20 per cent of our own data center energy requirements, is the latest in the investments made at the India lab to design an efficient and smarter data center. Ready access to renewable energy in emerging markets presents significant op...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HCL Infosystems has announced financial results for its first quarter ending September 30, 2011. During this quarter, the SI business has been impacted by continued slowdown in projects and customer decision cycles. The BFSI vertical bagged various orders from the leading banks to undertake Financial Inclusion mandates including banking for the unbanked. Several banks and financial institutions like Dena Bank, State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of India, Mahindra Finance, etc. had solutions deployed by the company. Harsh Chitale, CEO, HCL Infosystems Ltd., said, "The quarter recorded strong positive movements in the B2C Computing, led by turnaround in consumer computing on the strength of a reinvigorated product mix. Our distribution business performed extremely well with better traction of new models of a leading telecom brand in the portfolio. Overall System Integration business continued to be severely impacted by slowdown in proje...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Blue Coat has announced that its Blue Coat MACH5 WAN Optimization appliance has won the Computerworld Singapore Readers' Choice Award 2011 in the WAN Accelerator category. The Readers' Choice Awards are conferred on IT vendors selected by professionals in the IT community based on price, performance, functionality and ease of use. "This third consecutive win of the Computerworld award affirms the value and uniqueness of our next-generation approach to WAN optimization by solving a broader set of challenges facing IT. The Readers' Choice Award signals that the industry is expecting WAN optimization solutions to work harder at solving wider business challenges particularly given the swift growth of video and Cloud- or Web-based applications," said Steve Daheb, Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice- President, Blue Coat Systems. "WAN optimization requirements are evolving in ways never seen before, as IT seeks to ...