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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Rashi Peripherals has announced the launch of Channel Business ForumVII, a program to reach 51 cities in India with affordable solutions, personal computing and digital technology products. During November and December this year it is said to host imformative, interactive and entertaining sessions. The previous year concept of Audience Poll system was claimed to be a huge success, but this year it is believed to be much bigger and better experience with Rachi Tambola @ CBFVII. CBF- VII is the seventh edition of Channel Business Forum - Rashi's most awaited annual event for its partners across the country. CBF-7 is themed 'Possibilities Unlimited' this year and is said to cover 51 cities in a span of 46 days. CBF-7 kicks off from Jalandar in Punjab and culminates on December 24, 2011 at Raipur in Chhattisgarh. In these 46 days, CBF-7 will cover 51 B; C and D cities across all corners of the country, and in the course traverse 41,0

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ciena Corporation has announced its selection as vendor for BT's 21st Century Network (21CN), reinforcing Ciena's position as a strategic supplier for one of the world's leading communications services companies. The resilient, adaptable and scalable architecture from Ciena will underpin BT's next generation broadband and Ethernet efforts, which include an expanded portfolio of high-bandwidth technology applications to homes and businesses, and will also enable the company to utilise 40G and 100G technology in the core of its network. Neil J. McRae, Chief Network Architect, BT said, "Our long-standing relationship with Ciena has enabled us to bring targeted innovation to market ahead of our competition. This deployment underpins BT's product range and in particular supports growth in Wholesale Broadband Connect and Managed Ethernet Access Service. Ciena's leading technology and unique approach to customer partners

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE DIGILITE has launched two new motherboards G41MX3-LT & A76ML-K with Parallel & IDE Port to beat SATA HDD shortage. Shortage of HDD due to climatic conditions in Thailand is expected to continue into 2012, and the industry and SI partners are finding the going tough, however DIGILITE have immediately come to rescue to the channel partners and have added IDE port in their brand new model G41MX3-LT and DIGILITE AMD model A76ML-K. Rajan Sharma, VP- Sales Marketing said, "Since SATA prices have gone up due to the stortage in the market and will remain high in the coming new year as well, at DIGILITE we have come up with India specific product with in-build IDE port, in our new models G41MX3-LT & A76ML-K. As, we manufacture our motherboards in India. it gives us tremendous advantage in terms of economy of scale & helps serve our customers on priority. It is only because of this, we are able to react promptly & on priority t

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE InfrasoftTech has released OMNIEnterprise Compliance & Financial Crime Surveillance Solution. The upgraded version provides capability to financial institutions to build stronger Financial Crime Surveillance in addition to managing their Money Laundering Prevention program. The new solution provides 360 Degree view of all relationships a financial institution has with its beneficiaries, customers, depositors, employees and agents through an enhanced set of rules, alerts and triggers. The solution will also enable real time monitoring and generation of alerts to reduce the financial crime risk through integrated automated processes & controls. The new version offers features that enable systematic detection of financial crimes, sophisticated risk categorization and advanced functionality in suspicious activity monitoring social network analysis to uncover previously hidden linkages and group behavior. In OMNIEnterprise, banks can no

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SonicWALL has announced that its Mobile Connect App is now available on the App Store for download to Apple devices. For users of SonicWALL's SSL VPN and Next-Generation Firewall product lines, the new SonicWALL Mobile App is said to enable anytime, anywhere secure remote access and connectivity from Apple devices to all network resources. A single unified SSL VPN client, Mobile Connect is supported across all current SonicWALL Secure Remote Access (SRA) and SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SRA, as well as SonicWALL TZ,Network Security Appliance (NSA), E-Class NSA and SuperMassive E10000 Series firewalls. Mobile Connect runs on iOS 4.2 and higher. Patrick Sweeney, VP, Product Management & Corporate Marketing, SonicWALL said, "iPads and iPhones have become the overwhelming choice for employees who demand anytime anywhere productivity. Our Mobile Connect App lets companies extend their security policy to meet the stringent needs of enter

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Agilent Technologies Inc. and Accelicon Technologies have signed a definitive acquisition agreement. Financial details are not disclosed. The acquisition is believed to further enhance Agilent's leadership in semiconductor device modeling. Accurate, verified device models are critical to reduce R&D design cycles as higher frequencies, smaller technology nodes, new materials and device layouts call for more accurate process design kits. As the electronics industry advances, market-leading companies look for cost and productivity improvements, facing at the same time, greater simulation accuracy challenges due to chip complexity, fabrication constraints and process variations. To help with this, semiconductor foundries are constantly looking for new ways to improve and streamline their design processes and provide standard design kits with accurate models. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al-Maktoum has awarded the US$14.4-billion Mahindra Group with an Appreciation Award during a special ceremony titled "40 Years of Achievements", which was recently held at the Atlantis Hotel as part of the ongoing celebrations commemorating the 40th founding anniversary of the UAE. The award was received by C. P. Gurnani, CEO, Mahindra Satyam, and was given in recognition of the Mahindra Group's contribution to the continued growth and development of the UAE. The citation complements the Mahindra Group's implementation of a strategic initiative called "M-Cube", which aims to merge the strengths of Mahindra Satyam, a leading global consulting and IT services provider, and Tech Mahindra, a global systems integrator and business transformation consulting organization, focussed on the communications industry, in a move to empower local industries and businesses in the UAE and

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE National Instruments has introduced six new PXI products including a real-time embedded controller, PXI Express system expansion modules and high-speed data storage products for streaming data to and from disk. These announcements follow the introduction of more than 40 other NI PXI products this year and further extend the possibilities of PXI across diverse industries. The new high-value NI PXIe-8100 RT embedded controller incorporates the Intel Atom D410 processor and is designed for deploying embedded real-time measurement and control applications. By using the new controller with NI LabVIEW system design software, engineers can gain efficiency in a variety of test, measurement and control applications. NI also announces upgraded NI redundant array of independent drives (RAID) products for high-speed record and playback, RF test and high-channel-count data acquisition, including the new 24 TB option for the NI HDD-8265 high-speed data st

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has organized the two-day NASSCOM Diversity & Inclusion Summit 2011 in Bengaluru. With 'Diversity & Inclusion Actions in the Workplace' as the core theme, the summit witnessed key thought leaders, CEOs, policy makers, HR heads, corporate planners, and entrepreneurs, sharing insights into the global Inclusivity best practices used world over for achieving high levels of success. NASSCOM, in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as knowledge partners, also announced the winners of the NASSCOM Corporate Awards for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion to recognize and honor companies that have adopted and implemented policies and practices to promote inclusion as well as enabled employees to contribute towards the success of their enterprise across all levels. The Awards recognized that the "culture of inclusion" has become a business imperative

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fujitsu has announced the development of three second-generation transcoders with built-in memory, the MB86M01, MB86M02, and MB86M03. The new products, which are bi-directional H.264/MPEG-2 transcoders, can convert both video and audio data, and can also perform full HD (1920 x 1080) conversions. Even with built-in memory, they deliver very low-power consumption, consuming only 1.2W. Sample shipments of the new products will begin towards the end of March 2012. Fujitsu Semiconductor has responded to these needs by enhancing the functionality of its first generation transcoders, which were widely used in hard disk PVRs and other equipments as well as mobile products. The company developed second-generation transcoders with built-in memory, the MB86M01, MB86M02, and MB86M03, which can convert H.264 video data into even higher-compression H.264 video data (the H.264 transrating function), and are packaged in an even smaller form-factor, so that

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Intel India has hosted "Intel Cloud Summit 2011" in Mumbai, bringing together customers from across the Banking, Telecom, IT/ITeS and Public sectors. The common platform was aimed at highlighting the importance of Cloud and Intel Cloud Builder(s) Programme, the Intel - Open Data Center Initiative and Intel Cloud 2015 vision. The Summit featured a keynote by Kimberly S. Stevenson, Vice-President - IT, GM IT Global Operations and Services, Intel Corporation. The Summit highlighted how Intelligent Connections are emerging through cloud, and the opening session IT "Operating the Cloud" opened a platform to discuss the future trends in Cloud Computing. The Summit also focussed on how the industry is working towards creating benefits of cloud computing to enterprises across the region. The Programme showcased Intel Cloud Builder(s)' reference architecture and had various demonstrations from the leading companies such as Mi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nokia India has announced two new dual SIM phones - Nokia Asha 200 and Nokia X2-02. While Nokia 200, a stylish qwerty dual SIM phone, was announced at the recently concluded Nokia World 2011, Nokia X2-02 was unveiled globally for the first time in India. With these two products, Nokia further strengthened its dual SIM portfolio taking the range to seven devices across price points and form factors. Additionally, incorporated in the devices are the Nokia Browser and Web apps for a superior Internet experience and expandable memory capabilities of up to 32GB. The two mobile phones also offer smarter multiple SIM management that allow the user to personalize up to five SIM cards and an Easy Swap option that lets users change SIM cards in seconds without having to turn off the phone or remove the battery. Nokia Asha 200 and Nokia X2-02 come at great price points and address the consumer need for a Nokia multimedia phone with Dual SIM functionali

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE VIA Technologies has released "Small is Beautiful: 10 Years of Mini-ITX", an eBook celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the achievements and innovations inspired by the Mini-ITX form factor. Richard Brown, VP, Marketing, VIA Technologies Inc said, "Small is Beautiful is above all a celebration of the tremendous creative spirit shown by the modders and enthusiasts who got their hands on a Mini-ITX board and made their visions realities. It was they who demonstrated that PCs no longer needed to be big, beige and boring, rather they could be small, stylish and silent instead." The "Small is Beautiful: 10 Years of Mini-ITX" eBook is available for download in either PDF or eBook friendly tablet/Smartphone reader formats. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE TechZone has announced that it has exclusive rights of Music Tracks, Videos, Ringtones, Caller Ring Back Tones and other Digital Entertainment formats for "Why this Kolaveri Di" song from the Movie "3" has surpass all previous benchmarks and has become the most popularized Tanglish song in a very short span of time. It has grabbed the attention of not only the south audience but also all over the nation. TechZone is elated with the kind of response they have received for mobile downloads in a span of less than 5 days was well received on Wap with Downloads 22,000. TechZone has deployed this content through its entire distribution network which includes all telecom operators in all the regions. Naveen Bhandari, Director, TechZone said, "We are glad that we at TechZone are associated with SONY Music and KOLAVERI as a mega successful project. To value add their endeavour and to make this song a super success across ever

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ZyXEL Communications has announced its PLA4200 Series 500Mbps HD Powerline Product Family for home users, which can activate high-speed internet connections and high-definition media streaming at homes, simply by plugging the products into existing electrical power outlets. This all-in-one kit, with three designs of the powerline product series, is said to offer flexibility and convenience to home users. Instead of wiring the house with network cables for intra-connection among several networking devices, Powerline products enable an instant Internet availability through expanded usage from an already existing electrical power grid. By simply plugging in the powerline product where there is a power outlet, the pervasive electrical power system will be instantaneously turned into a dual-power system with Internet connectivity on top of electrical power. Users can then connect computing devices to the powerline product to begin their fascinatin

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lenovo has launched two powerful AIOs -ThinkCentre Edge 71z and ThinkCentre Edge 91z. The new range has been designed specifically keeping in mind the entrepreneurs and small businesses. Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 71z AIO is powered with Intel Core i5 power efficient processors and up to 8GB RAM. The Edge 71z enables greater energy savings along with 20" widescreen display for high-resolution visuals and standard digital display port for Dual Independent Display, whereas ThinkCentre Edge 91z AIO brings with it VESA mount (a device used to mount conveniently on a wall) with multiple mounting options and can be fitted anywhere in your workplace. The 21.5" full HD 1080p LED Infinity Screen and the optional 1GB AMD Radeon discrete graphics card provides superior multimedia capabilities. The Edge 91z cuts the clutter and space that a traditional desktop demands. Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 71z and 91z will be available at all Lenovo Exclusive

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Top Notch Infotronix has launched its latest 2.1 multimedia speaker set, the Zeb-SW4100RUC dubbed the Sound Monster. The new model features a bass reflex wooden 5-inch ported subwoofer and 4-inch magnetically shielded satellites, adding to Zebronics's extensive lineup of speakers. The ZEB-SW4100RUC speaker set features front-mounted volume and bass level controls on the subwoofer and a 3.5mm input for any MP3 player or cell phones. With its high-gloss, black-satin finish complementing the smart contemporary styling, Zebronics' latest offering in the consumer electronics segment is a vibrant and smart 2.1 multimedia speaker system. The ZEB-SW4100RUC offers a friendly user interface coupled with a fully functional remote control for ease of operation. The bass/volume controls adds to the clarity and crispness of the music output. It also comes with SD/USB input facility which enables direct playback of music from memory cards and data

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE McAfee has released the McAfee Threats Report: Third Quarter 2011, which showed that the Android mobile operating system solidified its lead and the primary target for new mobile malware. The amount of malware targeted at Android devices jumped nearly 37 per cent since last quarter, and puts 2011 on track to be the busiest in mobile and general malware history. Nearly all new mobile malware in Q3 was targeted at Android. "This has been a very steady quarter in terms of threats, as both general and mobile malware are more prevalent than ever. So far this year, we have seen many interesting yet challenging trends that are affecting the threat landscape, including heightened levels of sophistication and high-profile hacktivist attacks," said Vincent Weafer, Senior Vice-President, McAfee Labs. Malware authors are capitalizing on the popularity of Android devices, as demonstrated by the fact that the Android platform was the only mobil