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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cognizant has announced the deployment of a comprehensive merchandise planning platform for the REDTAG Group. Built using the Oracle Retail Merchandise Financial Planning application, the platform provides merchandise financial planning solution with which REDTAG can create strategic and detailed financial business plans and manage reconciliation and approval processes. Providing both pre-season and in-season planning, the Oracle Retail application supports retailers' budgeting and open-to-buy or re-forecasting processes. Ernest. J. Hosking, CEO, REDTAG Group said, "The merchandise planning platform forms an important part of our efforts to adopt industry-leading solutions, technologies, and best practices that support and extend our business vision and strategy. We selected Cognizant for its consulting-led and innovative solutions approach, deep expertise of the global retail industry, and extensive analytics, program management, an

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Orange Business Services has accelerated its growth strategy Asia Pacific by focusing on key areas such as network enhancements, cloud computing, strategic partnerships and network-related IT services. As part of Orange's global strategy Conquests 2015, Orange Business Services aims to generate 1 billion Euro in revenues in emerging countries in 2015. To meet this challenge in Asia Pacific, Orange is adding customer-facing personnel to focus on opportunities, particularly in China, India and Asean. In 2011 alone, close to 200 new employees have strengthened Orange's customer-facing functions particularly in sales and customer support roles in the last six months. Vivek Badrinath, CEO, Orange Business Services said, "Orange Business Services offers a strong presence in Asia Pacific in terms of people, solutions and customer experience supported by industry-leading network coverage. We provide end-to-end support both to multination

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Next Mediaworks has launched 3 products for the digital space. The premium application is called "IndiaONE - The sounds of India"and is a sound garden of a multitude of Indian sounds specially designed for the ipad and iphone. The application streams out audio in high quality and consists of distinct channels that include Indian film music, a huge collection of various genres of Non film music like Ghazals, Religious, folk, Indipop, lounge, News in 3 languages, Live stream radio in Hindi and Tamil, a Mood player that shuffles music for you and a 1000 song karaoke channel (only on ipad version) that includes tracks from the 70s to the latest film songs. As a special launch feature the app also includes unplugged sessions of the best Indian musicians who have played at the Radio One studios and Bollywood stars who have presented their favourite songs in their own voices as played out in the Radio One stations across the country. Moreo

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE National Instruments (NI) has announced a new version of the NI CompactRIO Module Development Kit (MDK) and the introduction of the RIO Mezzanine Card (RMC) specification for NI Single-Board RIO. These additions expand the options for adding specialized or custom I/O to package and board-level embedded control and monitoring systems. With these technologies, system integrators and OEMs now can fully integrate custom electronics with the proven and reliable NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware systems and provide their users with the same experience that scientists and engineers expect from NI products. Wolfram Koerver, Program Manager, CompactRIO modules, S.E.A said, "The new CompactRIO Module Development Kit improves our ability to create complementary embedded modules to serve our customers and build our business. Datentechnik GmbH, a company that provides advanced products and solutions in the field of industrial automation and measur

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Polaris has announced that it was awarded the Best Independent Software Vendor (ISV) title in the Middleware segment at the Red Hat APAC Fiscal Year 2012 Partner and Technical Conference held in Macau . Polaris was the only winner in this category and one of two award winners from India. K Srinivasan, EVP & Geography Head, Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, and Africa (IMEA), Polaris Financial Technology Ltd. said, "We are delighted to receive the Red Hat Best ISV Award in the Middleware (JBoss) segment and be the only winner in this category. This is a testimony to our strong partnership with Red Hat, our deep domain knowledge and Polaris' ability to consistently deliver the highest quality of service to customers. This recognition will further fuel our growing presence in emerging markets and among tier-2 & tier-3 banks globally. With additional wins and recognition to our credit, Polaris is continually establishing its domi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ESET has appointed a new value-added distributor, K K Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd as its regional distributor for North India. This appointment comes as ESET aims to strengthen its position in the antivirus market in Northern India. Pankaj Jain, Director, ESS Distributions said, "We are very pleased to announce the appointment of K K Software as our regional distributor in North India; we are looking at getting more channel partners and increasing the availability of ESET solutions at every level in the Northern region. Having a strong market presence in North India is our main objective and by providing higher margins and better sales satisfaction to our partners, we at ESET see ample opportunity in North India in all segments be it corporate, SOHO or end user market. K K Software's vast partner network will definitely help to increase our market penetration in the long run. I' m confident with the success of this partnership&qu

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AirLive has introduced intelligent video surveillance recording software, AirLive CamPro professional, which is designed to meet most demands for professional installations. The Professional version greatly enhances the video analysis functions that can be applied to diverse surveillance scenarios. AirLive's CamPro professional provides intelligent video analytics which employs algorithms and vector partitioning to detect unexpected movement or unusual behaviour that may pose a threat to people, property and infrastructure. The software filters and interprets data captured by existing IP and CCTV cameras in circumstances where a human observer would struggle to assess developments as they arise. CamPro Professional bundled with CMS software, which supports not only AirLive IP camera, but also cameras from most of the main stream brands. The AirLive CamPro Professional is useful in applications where there is potential for vandalism. The

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wynncom has launched a range of six new low cost mobile phones - W401, W403, W257, W259, W352 and W355 Sonic. All these handsets features Bluetooth, Dual SIM, MP3/ MP4, High Battery Life, Video recording facility, and Mobile tracking facility. And, all these mobiles are available below Rs. 2600 each. Arvind Vohra, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Wynn Telecom said, "The feature packed W401, W403, W257, W259, W352 and W355 Sonic are designed to be the best sellers. Two of them, namely W401 & W403, are powered with the revolutionary 'Lithium Polymer battery' - which is safer, much smaller, light weight, and more power saving than lithium - Ion or any other battery. Though these are priced as entry level phones, they are packed with features such as High Battery Life, Big Display, 1.3 Mega pixel Camera, Dual SIM, and MP4 video players, making them excellent phones." Pitched as Lithium Polymer battery handsets, both Wyn

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tata Communications has won the Best Global Wholesale Offering Award, a third year in a row, at the 2011 Capacity Awards. The Capacity Award, presented at Capacity Europe in Amsterdam, recognises wholesale players who through applying effective techniques and strategies to their wholesale businesses have established themselves at the forefront of the wholesale telecoms industry. Michel Guyot, President, Global Voice Solutions, Tata Communications said, "On top of our core capabilities, we have continually focused on developing solutions that enable our customers to differentiate themselves and innovate to address today's industry challenges in mobile, data, signaling and voice. This award recognizes our commitment not only in delivering services that provide better quality, performance and reach for our service provider customers but also to our unique partnership approach for mutual growth." For More Details See www.varindia.co

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SOCOMEC UPS India has announced a channel incentive scheme "Grand Finale 2011", for its channel community across India. Socomec floated two schemes one to promote ITYS & NeTYS Single phase UPS range of products and other one to promote Masterys BC & Modulys Green Power Three phase UPS range of products purchased from authourized distributor Redington India. This offer is valid from 15th November till 31st December 2011. Under the Points scheme, in this offer, on purchase of products on the Socomec given price, the products will be entitled to some points which can be accumulated & redeemed in the form of rewards. The highest award, consist of a Trip to Singapore or Bangkok for 3days. Beside this there are many special rewards also to be won such as iPad, iPhone, Laptop and Gold coin and others. In addition to that SOCOMEC also announced turnover based scheme for its channel partners, where the partners can gain the fixe

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE BioEnable Technologies has announced that BioScan10, the UID Certified Ten. Fingerprint Scanner for UID Aadhar Project is getting widely accepted across the Country with different UID Enrollment Agencies for its high quality and ability to register citizens fast. BioScan10 has been certified by STQC (Certification Body for UID) for Fingerprint Registration for UID Project. As only STQC Certified Products can be used for Fingerprint Enrollments for issuing Aadhar UID Number, STQC follows a very strict procedure for certifying Fingerprint Scanners. As it require registering all the Ten Fingerprints of the person, Fingerprint Registration is the most important part of the process and requiring quality Fingerprint Scanner for fast and better registration. Manmohan Kumar, VP Marketing, BioEnable said, "With our 10 years of experience in working for Fingerprint Technology, BioScan10 was launched and certified by UID keeping the problems being

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wind River has announced that Fujitsu is using Wind River Framework for Automated Software Testing (FAST) to test its next-generation Android smartphones for software quality, performance and compliance. Wind River FAST for Android is a fully automated software testing solution for Android-based devices that facilitates lower testing costs and faster time-to-market for device manufacturers. "Delivering timely innovation and software quality are key differentiators for any Android device manufacturer. By automating the extensive testing process using our commercial-quality test solution, companies can deliver high-quality products in the shortest time frame while adhering to their budgets," said Jerry Ashford, Vice-President & General Manager of mobile solutions, Wind River. "Innovative design and features are essential for success, but the work is not done there. Consumers expect a consistently high level of software quali

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Symantec has unveiled its Managed Service Provider (MSP) strategy, designed to make it easier and more cost-effective for partners to deliver Symantec's market-leading backup and security solutions as managed services. Through new and expanded integration with remote monitoring and management (RMM) platforms and new cloud-based offerings, Symantec is helping partners deliver and manage multiple products and services while minimizing added overhead costs. Symantec's MSP strategy also includes the ExSP Licensing Programme, a pay-as-you-go subscription licensing model designed for service providers. "Symantec is committed to providing our partners with programmes designed to help them grow their business. With this announcement, we are empowering them to offer Symantec's trusted solutions though flexible deployment options. Our partners now can offer differentiated services to their customers, giving them the flexibility of cho

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lenovo and Qualcomm have announced that the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet will now offer Qualcomm's Gobi 3000 technology, making it the first Android tablet that gives enterprise customers a single mobile platform for use throughout the world. The new offering eliminates the need to change hardware to support different carriers or mobile connectivity standards from region to region. With Gobi 3000 technology, ThinkPad Tablet users can easily connect to any major US carrier and stay connected with global roaming support when business brings them overseas. "More and more business users rely upon mobile broadband connectivity to enhance their productivity. Qualcomm's Gobi 3000 option on our ThinkPad Tablet lets users easily connect to mobile networks regardless of their location or underlying wireless technology, making their wireless experience truly flexible," said Tom Butler, Director, ThinkPad Marketing, Lenovo. "Our Gobi 30

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Given the exceptionally easy-to-use interface, along with capabilities such as quick implementation and adaptability to localized requirements more and more customers are embracing Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM solutions to enhance their business operations, lower total cost of ownership and get a single view of their operations. This has resulted in Microsoft Dynamics crossing 2,000 customer milestone in a record-breaking timeframe of less than 5 years across various industry sectors in the SMB as well as enterprise segments in India. "Customer-focussed strategies require CRM solution to help acquire customers through various touch points and translate operational data into actionable insights for proactively serving customers. As a result, the company decided to opt for MS Dynamics CRM solution that would help it achieve competitive advantage. This solution creates an

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has opened three regional offices in Dehradun (North India), Guwahati (Eastern India) and Raipur (Central India) as part of the company's ongoing geographic expansion in the country. "We recognize the role of technology and innovation in driving economic and societal development. The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati is committed to developing a next generation of business and technology skills which are in line with business requirements. IBM has been closely working with IIT and other universities across the country to improve and evolve open standards-based IT skills and we look forward to increasing our partnership especially in emerging fields such as cloud computing and business analytics," said Dr Gautam Baruah, Director, IIT Guwahati, who inaugurated IBM's Guwahati branch office. "These are dynamic times for Indian regional development and there is tremendous market potential in these cities that we

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE To drive penetration of data services in the Country, Idea Cellular has launched a range of 3G smartphones starting at Rs. 5,850 onwards. Moreover, Idea is offering data services worth Rs. 3,500 with Rs. 259 pack with conditions applied, along with the new 3G smartphones. Hence, for the smartphone which is priced at Rs. 5,850, Idea 3G user gets it for a value of just Rs. 2,609. Likewise, the handset priced at Rs. 7,992 has a value of just Rs. 4,751 for Idea 3G users, thus making them the best buys in their respective segments. The Idea 3G Smartphones are based on 2.2 Android Operating System (OS) and also have a 3.2 MP Camera, Touchscreen (3.5" & 2.8" Screen size), GPS Navigator software, FM radio and MP3 Player, WiFi, Bluetooth, Social Media Apps besides a range of other high-end smartphone features and Idea TV. The handset devices can operate as mobile phone, minicomputer, and also acts as a Wi-Fi router. Himanshu Kapania, M

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Spice Digital Limited has introduced their Educational and Entertaining BlackBerry Apps for kids aged between 1 to 10 years. For both, Educational and Entertaining Apps, Spice Digital has partnered with BlackBerry. Saket Agarwal, Global CEO - Services said, "With the mobile internet ramping up faster than the desktop internet we at Spice believe that there is something to offer to every age group and hence Spice Labs introduced the BlackBerry Apps for kids, which enables every child to have fun while they learn. These applications were designed with complete dedication to assist youngsters in their educational and entertainment requirements." These Apps are available free of cost to the BlackBerry users. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tata Consultancy Services has launched iON - the information technology solution for Small and Medium Business (SMB) in Kerala. iON is believed to provide best-in-class, on-demand business solutions using the very latest in scalable cloud computing technology. It has been developed to deliver IT in the 3rd generation service model to SMBs. Using a pay-per-use business model, iON helps SMBs leverage world-class technology solutions as a key business differentiator. It removes the need for SMBs to invest in IT assets or retain scarce IT talent. iON addresses the entire spectrum of an SMB's technology needs which range from domain-based ERP solutions, business solutions like HR, finance, inventory, as well as basic applications such as email, document management and website services. iON is pre-configured with hardware, network and software bundled together and backed by business, technical and consulting services. To provide SMB customers w

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE VIA Technologies has launched VIA ARTiGO A1150 a sub-liter dual core DIY PC kit featuring 1.0GHz dual core VIA Eden X2 processor, HD video support, HDMI and VGA display connectivity, Gigabit networking, Wi-Fi Support and five USB ports, all into a palm-sized PC chassis. The VIA ARTiGO A1150 comes with a variety of applications in the home or office, including home server, media streaming and surveillance applications or great as a regular desktop PC, using only a fraction of the physical real estate. Epan Wu, Head, VIA Embedded Platform Division, VIA Technologies, Inc. said, "VIA redefines dual core low power compact computing, bringing all the features of a regular desktop PC into a form factor that needs to be seen to be believed. VIA has a long history in creating leading edge form factor systems, and the VIA ARTiGO A1150 pushes the bounds for ultra-compact desktop computing." The VIA Eden X2 processor is joined by the VIA VX900H

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lexmark has launched a range of All-In-One (AIO) inkjet printers, Prospect Pro209, Prevail Pro708, Impact S308 and Interpret S409 specifically designed to help small to medium-sized businesses and enterprises keep printing costs down. The Lexmark Prospect Pro209, Prevail Pro708 and Interpret S409 are compatible with Lexmark's 105XL high yield black ink cartridge, which is available for INR 277 and produces 510 standard pages, estimated in accordance with ISO IEC24711. This helps to keep the printing cost per page to just INR 0.54. The printers come with Lexmark's patented Vizix print technology, which includes separate ink cartridges, fast print speeds and high quality results. The new AIO-devices print up to 33 pages per minute in black and up to 30 pages per minute in colour. Shailendra Aragula, Country Manager, Lexmark India said, "Our research shows that printing costs are important to small businesses and enterprises looking

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Heidelberg and Ricoh have signed an agreement to enter the phased global rollout of the new Heidelberg and Ricoh strategic cooperation in India following the launch in Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong. The partnership enables Heidelberg to sell Ricoh's latest color digital presses - the RICOH Pro C901 Graphic Arts Edition Series and RICOH Pro C751 series, as part of Heidelberg's total print solution. In India, Heidelberg India will also sell the Ricoh monochrome production printing product portfolio. Klaus Nielsen, Managing Director of Heidelberg India said, "We have worked closely with the Ricoh Management in India and have agreed on the guidelines and cooperation to further enhance Ricoh's product positioning into the graphic arts market. I am impressed by the commitment and dedication of Ricoh India. Jointly, we want to take the digital printing business to a higher level in our industry." The collaboration with Ricoh

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Check Point has announced the acquisition of Dynasec Ltd. The acquisition extends Check Point 3D Security that enables companies to view security as a business process, focusing on policy, people and enforcement. The combined security and GRC solutions will enable customers to manage their entire 3D Security process from corporate objectives, to policies and security enforcement -maintaining a continuous holistic security and compliance picture. The acquisition of Dynasec will help organizations accelerate the path to 3D Security by enabling customers to easily translate compliance requirements into IT security policies that map to their overall business objectives. Amnon Bar-Lev, President, Check Point Software Technologies said, "By providing an easy way to define, manage and translate security policies into IT security controls, we are further enhancing the implementation of 3D Security for our customers. This acquisition makes it ver

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lenovo has announced the results of the 2011 Global Student Science and Technology Outlook, a multi-country survey that concluded students in emerging countries are prioritizing and pursuing science-related careers over students in developed countries, including Canada, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. While virtually all (89 percent) of the respondents agreed that science is cool, only slightly more than half overall are considering pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM). When asked if given the opportunity would they prefer to take a trip to the moon or anyplace on Earth, almost 43 percent in total chose the moon, out of which 62 percent of students in India polled said they would gear up for the ride, followed by 47 percent of those in the U.K. Shailendra Katyal, Director, Marketing, Lenovo India said, "It is heartening to see the spirit of Indian youth through this survey. The results are eye-opening in calli

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE All India Oracle Users Group (AIOUG), a non-profit organization started by Oracle technology enthusiasts to spread awareness about Oracle technologies and support the growing community of Oracle technology users, will host the third Oracle Users Conference "Sangam11" on December 9th and 10th 2011 in Electronic City, Bangalore. This two day event is packed with sessions from renowned speakers who have worked on Oracle technologies for decades. Speakers include: Arup Nanda, author, Oracle Magazine DBA of the year 2003 award winner, lead Database Administrator(DBA) at Starwood Hotels; Murali Subramanian, Group VP, Applications Product Development, Oracle; Murali Vallath, Founder President, AIOUG, Author, Oracle ACE Director and independent consultant; Harshad Oak, Author, Java Champion & Oracle ACE Director and Founder of IndicThreads; Mark Rittman, Author, Oracle ACE Director & BI Expert, Founder of Rittman Mead and Prabhaker

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Spirent Communications has added Spirent Avalanche's application performance and security testing capabilities to Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics mX 40/100G module, expanding the functionality of this high-speed Ethernet test module. This enhanced module addresses line rate 40Gbps layer 4-7 application performance on high-speed 40/100G Ethernet systems. The new capability allows test engineers to do more with their testing resources and enables the testing of highly realistic user and business workloads over 40G and 100G Ethernet interfaces. Ankur Chadda, Product Marketing Manager, Spirent said, "The introduction of these additional capabilities to the Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics mX module further demonstrates our continued leadership in providing the industry's most advanced high-speed testing equipment. With its design focused on providing realism with performance at scale, it is the first solution to validate stateful appl