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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Kineto Wireless has announced that it has added new capabilities to its Smart Wi-Fi Application, an application provided by mobile operators to their subscribers that enables all mobile services (e.g. voice, SMS, MMS, RCS, etc.) to be delivered over existing Wi-Fi networks to enhance the end user service experience when connected to public Wi-Fi networks, or hotspots. In response to this demand, Kineto has added capabilities that improve the Smart Wi-Fi user experience when subscribers connect to public Wi-Fi networks. These new features include: Smart Connect; and Smart Offload. To address these differences, Kineto has added Smart Offload capabilities that enable selective service offloading to specific Wi-Fi networks based on operator policy and subscriber preference. Smart Wi-Fi is available from leading mobile operators around the world, and the Smart Wi-Fi application is available for Android-based smartphones from leading handset manufa

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SES has signed an agreement with Rustyice Solutions Ltd. for the distribution of SES' satellite-based broadband service ASTRA2Connect. The service is said to be marketed with packages of up to 10 Mbps by the company's subsidiary, Apogee Internet UK, and will be available throughout the United Kingdom. With the new strategic partnership, Rustyice Solutions is expanding its offer to a new business area by providing broadband internet access via satellite to customers who may have no access to line-based broadband services. Ferdinand Kayser, Chief Commercial Officer, SES said, "We are pleased to cooperate with a partner for ASTRA2Connect who can draw on many years of experience in providing high-quality network solutions in the UK. The cooperation with Rustyice Solutions is a further step in the development of our satellite broadband business in Western Europe." Paula Livingstone, MD, Rustyice Solutions, said, "We are extr

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Bluesky has launched its 4G services in Samoa and American Samoa. Both fourth generation HSPA+ networks are believed to be capable of meeting the future increasing mobile broadband demands of Bluesky's current and future customers. With the new 4G HSPA+ networks, both postpaid and prepaid customers are said to get access to broadband, with speeds of up to 21 Mbps for download and 5.6 Mbps for upload. Adolfo Montenegro, CEO & President, Bluesky said, "We are excited about being the first company to bring 4G services in our markets. Launching these 4G networks is our first step in delivering on our commitment to our customers to make broadband available to everyone in Samoa and American Samoa. Bluesky's ambitious 4G HSPA+ initiative is aligned with our vision of a world in which technology plays a critical and seamless part in our people's daily life, in the way they interact, and in enabling positive changes that bring abo

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Smartlink Network has rolled out phase II of its seminar series 'nexTech 2011' for its dealer and reseller community. In the first phase of the series, the event had visited 42 cities & in second phase will ultimately cover more than 120 cities across India. The Phase- I of one-day seminar which started from 17th August in Gurgaon and entered into the second phase from 6th December 2011, explores the journey of active networking industry for the future. "nexTech 2011" is aimed to promote DIGISOL & DIGILITE range of products & solutions and will also create awareness on latest trends and technologies existing in the market. This seminar series is said to help the dealers & reseller community to understand these technologies and to promote it. K. R Naik, Executive Chairman, Smartlink Network Systems Ltd said, "Partner community plays a very crucial role in Smartlink Network's ecosystem. 'nexTech 2

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has launch Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS), which leverages technology from Citrix Systems, Microsoft and Liquidware Labs. WaaS provides user profiling and assessment methodology for analyzing the various roles within an organization and their suitability to adopt workspace virtualization. This methodology is based on industry proven framework, data from Liquidware Lab's tools and Mahindra Satyam workspace transformation toolkit. WaaS provides services such as on-demand application delivery, automated workflow-based provisioning, usage-based metering and charge back, along with the freedom to choose your own workspace from a service catalog. The entire service enables freedom from desktop management overhead while ensuring the boundaries of data security. Sudhir Nair, Senior VP, Infrastructure Management Services , Mahindra Satyam, said, "We are excited to be working with Citrix, Microsoft and Liquidware Labs and evolv

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Milagrow TabTops has appointed Anku Sharma as the new Product Marketing Manager. In her new role she will be responsible for ensuring product launches, channel strategy, marketing strategy, technical training and development. Anku Sharma said, "I am delighted to be part of the Milagrow family. With our strong customer base, wide range of offerings, and strategic alliances, I believe that we are optimally positioned to take advantage of the emerging opportunities in the Indian market. At Milagrow, we are at an inflection point from where we can only move forward and my immediate goal would be to position all our divisions equally and help them realize their fullest potential as the company moves to the next level." Rajeev Karwal added, "In the four years that we have worked together, I have become closely acquainted with Anku's exceptional managerial talents, and I know that Milagrow is in capable hands. We wish Anku the

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hu Yoshida, Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi Data Systems has revealed his predictions for developments in the data storage industry for 2012. Yoshida publishes his forecasts and insights on key trends at the end of every year. His annual predictions have earned widespread respect in the industry as he often accurately foresees upcoming challenges with sound analysis. According to a recent IDC survey that against a backdrop of natural disasters, political upheaval and financial instability creating economic turmoil in 2011, uncertainty is creating challenges for IT professionals to tackle storage issues such as big data with limited budgets in 2012. Moreover, business needs for deeper analysis outpaces the ability of their systems to ensure the data they have is relevant, timely and useful. Yoshida's predictions address these issues by providing in-depth discussions of storage strategies and technologies, enabling IT professionals to tu

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Synology has announced that its XS Series NAS servers are certified VMware Ready with full support for vSphere 5.With the newly introduced Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) technology in vSphere 5, Synology XS Series NAS servers offer a perfect solution for on-going load balancing automation, resource aggregation and automated initial placement which improves efficiency and I/O bottlenecks. Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) 5 improves scalability and performance for virtual machines, simplifying virtual machine provisioning and administration. Storage vMotion for a virtual machine can now be used with snapshot, which greatly increases flexibility.Wayne An, Product Manager, Synology Inc. said, "We are proud to be among the first to deliver data storage solutions optimized for VMware vSphere 5. With guaranteed compatibility between vSphere 5 and XS Series NAS servers, joint customers will benefit from increased simplicity, agil

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Educational Testing Service (ETS) has teamed up with Speaking Pal Ltd. to offer SpeakingPal Plus, a mobile learning product that helps users build English speaking skills. SpeakingPal Plus! features content from ETS and is believed to be available as a free trial through the Apple App store, the Android Market, and selected ETS products distributors worldwide. The new product, SpeakingPal Plus! is supposed to be a subscription-based English-language learning system that offers a range of interactive speaking exercises, role playing, language activities and authentic TOEIC exercises from ETS. Eyal Eshed, President, SpeakingPal Ltd. said, "The need is greater than ever to speak English. Using a new language for the first time can be a challenging task. SpeakingPal Plus! gives you more confidence because it's friendly, personalized, private, and offers hours of practice. The lessons are also media rich, highly interactive and entertain

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Digital River Inc. has announced an enhanced business-to-business (B2B) offering that enables companies - large and small - to create online purchase experiences for their business buyers. The global cloud-based solution is said to enable physical and digital goods merchants to sell directly to new or underserved groups of business buyers by tailoring their e-commerce services and using authenticated portals, segmented pricing, preferred payment methods, private reseller networks, and more. Digital River's B2B solution is believed to be built on the backbone of its Global Commerce enterprise system, which supports tens of thousands of online businesses around the world, including some of the Internet's biggest software publishing and consumer electronics brands. The B2B solution offers online merchants the ability to: Streamline system integrations; Reach new global markets; Launch channel-specific sites; Streamline the transaction p

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE D-Link has made plans, to establish itself as a prominent player in IP Surveillance domain with the view that the current technology trend in Surveillance space & some of the recent market reports suggest that, IP video surveillance equipment market globally was estimated to be at over $800 million in 2010-11 & over $45 million in India alone. As per industry estimates the market is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 30.2% approximately over the next five years and is likely to be worth over $3 billion by 2015 globally. Tushar Sighat, CEO, D-Link (India) Limited said, "IP video surveillance is a key business tool for ensuring smooth operations, general security, preventing loss & controls mischievous activity. It is steadily emerging as one of the most compelling investment areas, creating a whole new market for networking resellers and integrators. However at present a very small number of the Networking partners in India are

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Research In Motion (RIM) has launched BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone in Pure White for India. The 10.5mm BlackBerry Bold 9900 features keyboard and touch display integrated within the BlackBerry Bold design along built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications). BlackBerry 7, the operating system that powers the BlackBerry Bold 9900, introduces a next generation BlackBerry browser. Combining the dramatically improved performance of the advanced WebKit browser engine together with powerful hardware enhancements, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone delivers browsing results that are up to 40% faster than BlackBerry 6 based smartphones and up to 100% faster than BlackBerry 5 based smartphones. Additional enhancements to the browser include optimized zooming and panning for smoother web navigation and optimized HTML5 performance. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ESDS has launched the Cloud Computing Platform- eNlight. It was formally launched by former captain of the Indian cricket team and Current Chairman of the Selection Committee, Kris Srikkanth. Srikkanth in his speech said that the only way to success, in any field today, is through innovation and for a business' growth and more importantly, our country's growth, we must modernize and come up with unique ideas and products, without which, long term success is not possible. In the field of Information & Technology, Innovating constantly is the only option. And ESDS, with its eNlight Cloud Computing Platform, has not only given a path breaking innovation to India, but also to the entire world which will transform computing experience. ESDS' CEO Piyush Somani explained the benefits of eNlight, with the first and foremost being the huge hardware costs it saves. With automation having taken over almost all the industries, an organiz

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has announced that it is expanding its Academic Initiative for business analytics with new programs in India, China, Ireland and Scotland, helping students keep pace with today's competitive job market by gaining skills in this fast-growing field of technology. To address a growing market demand for analytics savvy graduates, IBM is working with universities around the world to bring advanced analytics training directly into the classroom. In India, IBM is working with faculty members from 500 universities to help more than 30,000 students develop skills in predictive analytics. As part of the program, IBM will conduct a series of training programs with business school faculty concentrating on predictive and business analytics, in 15 major cities throughout the country of India. The faculty members will complete a certification process in analytics at the end of the program. Once certified they will begin to teach students about how

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE According to IDC's "Worldwide Endpoint Security 2011-2015 Forecast and 2010 Vendor" report Trend Micro maintains its lead in the corporate endpoint server security market with an estimated 23.7 percent market share. The current overall IDC estimate for the server security market is $439.2 million, with a growth rate of 6.1 percent, and expected to reach $694.4 million by 2015. IDC noted in the report that the growth of mobile devices within the workplace, and the intersection of mobile and virtualization helped fuel the need in server security. Cloud adoption is also driving the upward trajectory of the server security market as enterprises seek to secure their cloud environments. "This is further validation that worldwide, enterprises are looking to Trend Micro for their sever security needs. We are one of a few companies that provide a server security platform that spans physical, virtual and cloud environments. Our int