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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AVO Carbon has partnered with SYSTIME to implement Oracle Applications, namely JD Edwards Enterprise One 9.0. It is an integrated applications suite of comprehensive enterprise resource planning software. With this latest version of JD Edwards Enterprise One, AVO Carbon has gained a more secure system, thereby, reducing the risk of data manipulation. Rajendran Loganathan, Head - IT, AVO Carbon said, "Thanks to SYSTIME's expertise and methodology, our upgrade project was delivered to our exact requirements. We are proud to be a preferred supplier in our industry; customers value our level of service. With this upgrade to Oracle's JD Edwards 9.0, we have streamlined our processes even further. SYSTIME provided an excellent team infrastructure that secured a detailed design and implementation, from start to finish." George Varghese, Sr. Director, Applications, Oracle India said, "Oracle has one of the most comprehensive s

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Telit Wireless Solutions has selected Calixto Systems Pvt. Ltd. as its India Competence Center for India based on its expertise in designing GSM/GPRS/CDMA/GPS-based products and its proven capabilities in high-level system design, hardware design including PCB design, software and firmware development. As part of its core distribution strategy, Telit-designated Competence Centers is believed to play a critical role in offering M2M design, development and integration assistance to customers worldwide. The main objective of the Competence Center is to identify and execute a design for a specific customer application based on Telit's technologies. In conjunction with Telit's distribution network, the Competence Center is also said to work with customers to develop concepts and ideas to realize target solutions for GSM/GPRS/CDMA/GPS products. Together with Telit, Calixto Systems has already developed four solutions based on Telit's GL

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sophos has revealed that Facebook is phasing out its old look in next few weeks and making the new profile format mandatory for all users - known as 'Timeline' - which presents a scrapbook of all past status updates and photographs. Sophos research claims that more than 50 percent of internet users are concerned about the Facebook profile update. The online Sophos poll surveyed more than 4,100 global respondents on their opinion of the Facebook Timeline. Key findings from the research include- 51 percent are worried by the Facebook Timeline; Only 8 percent like the new Facebook Timeline; 8 percent say they will get used to it; and 32 percent still don't know why they are on Facebook. Graham Cluley, Sr. Technology Consultant, Sophos said, "The Facebook Timeline will be a wake-up call to some that they have shared too much in the past, too freely. In my case, the Timeline was the catalyst to reassess my relationship with Faceb

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GIGABYTE has completed two phases of a pan-India initiative to train its Value Partners, on the new Intel X79 chipset-based GIGABYTE motherboards that support the second-Generation Intel Core i7 processor family for high-end desktops. The training programme was jointly conducted by GIGABYTE and Intel personnel for the benefit of GIGABYTE Value Partners, comprising mostly System Integrators (SIs), at more than 30 venues across metro, Tier-2 and also Tier-3 locations. The programme focussed training on the GIGABYTE X79 series motherboards that feature new GIGABYTE 3D Power application, based on a 3-way Digital Power Engine for both the PWM and memory, and the new GIGABYTE UEFI Dual BIOS technology. While Intel conducted training sessions on the second-generation, Intel Core i7 processors bring a number of new enthusiast-class features to Intel's latest extreme platform. Featuring the new LGA 2011 socket and based on the latest updated micr

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Oracle has announced the unprecedented ability to process more than one billion records and generate 500,000 customer bills within an eight-hour nightly window using Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing, Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management and Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway - integrated using Oracle Application Integration Architecture and running on Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2. The test data was a subset extracted from 30 billion interval meter reads. The test, designed according to real business scenarios, processed data reported from 10 million smart meters, each reporting nearly 100 reads per day, which is representative of the daily processing needs for a typical utility service provider. The test used one month of historical meter data via Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management (30 billion meter readings) and a six-month billing history on Oracle Utilities Customer Care and B

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AMI has released India Channel Partner study that reveals that channel partners offering cloud solutions tend to be optimistic - they are expecting strong revenue growth driven by customer demand for hosted applications and vendor investments in this area. Quality of solutions and post-sales service are the major drivers to accelerate cloud adoption among SMB customers in India. Remotely managed IT services (RMITS) is the most common cloud service offered, as it requires less investment for partners, followed by software-as-a-service (SaaS). Other cloud services include infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and cloud consulting services. "There are three distinct forms of cloud solutions offered by channel partners I India. They are public, private and hybrid. Financial and professional business services are the top industries currently served by these partners and these businesses typically prefer a private solution as they are subject to

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fortinet has announced a major software release for its FortiDB product line that helps enable mid-to-large sized enterprises, cloud-based service providers and heavily regulated organizations to protect critically important database and application assets from internal and external threats. The new FortiDB 4.0 MR4 operating software features new analytics and reporting capabilities, audit and policy extensions and advanced data collection methods along with connection blocking and powerful usability improvements. FortiDB 4.0MR4 adds these new features to its database activity monitoring and advanced reporting that automatically document an organization's policy compliance with internally developed policies as well as government or industry regulations such as PCI-DSS, SOX, Basel II, GLBA and HIPAA. "Protecting sensitive database and application assets is among the most strategic security and compliance requirements organizations fa

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced the official opening of its Silicon Valley Customer Collaboration Center in Santa Clara, California. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the collaboration center is designed to provide an open and collaborative workspace. The center is said to serve as the worldwide headquarters of TCS' Mobility Solutions Unit, which aims to bring the benefits of emerging technologies like big data, analytics and mobility to enterprises across all industries. The center will serve as the base for TCS’ Solutions Unit, which applies the latest advances in software technology to real-world business problems that customers may face. This center features several innovative collaborative work place features designed to enable effective collaboration between TCS and its customers from around the world on leading-edge technologies. N. Chandrasekaran, CEO & MD, TCS said, "Silicon Valley is a perfect place

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Norway's projectiondesign has upgraded their entire range of single-chip DLP projectors including the F12, F22 and F32 series. Anders Lokke, Marketing Director said, "It's hard to improve on perfection, however we've done it with our newly revamped projectors. These boast increased brightness and colour performance across the range for even greater accuracy, exceptional colour reproduction processing and unrivalled performance. The upgrade ensures our customer base will be able to extend the lifetime of their product investment even further." Moreover, all projectors feature single-chip DLP technology from Texas Instruments and projector assets can be managed by using the proprietary ProNet asset management software. Examples of collaborative working, advanced visualization and command and control monitoring can be seen by visiting the projectiondesign stand 1M27 at Integrated Systems Europe 2012 taking place between 31J

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Port Indigo Inc. has launched its India operations under the name of Port Indigo Mobile Solutions Private Limited to cater to the Indian mobile user, with technology to help overcome and disregard usage barriers and unfamiliarity of the mobile phone. This is believed to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the US parent and has its registered office in Mumbai. Kall Ramanathan heads the company’s India operations as its Country Head. Port Indigo USA is an offshoot of Thaumaturgix, Inc., an 18 year old IT services company based in New York City. Moses Merchant, CEO, Port Indigo said, "India is an important and exciting market that is at the crossroads of mobile and internet communications. With our entry into this market, we are set to tap into this high potential by providing easy to use and yet affordable solutions." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Moser Baer has introduced a range of fragrant discs 'Expressions'- on the occasion of Valentine Day. It claims to have immense space, freedom and flexibility to capture a personalised repertoire of videos, songs and photos with 4.7 GB. It is said to enable people to showcase their feelings in myriad ways, capture special moments in a variety of manners and add glitz and deeper meaning to a simple gift. Deepak Shetty, Sr. Vice- President, Domestic Sales & Marketing, Moser Baer said, "Being a leader in the optical media storage space, Moser Baer strives to strengthen its presence in the lifestyle genre of storage media through Expressions DVDRs. Since Valentine Day is just around the corner, we are hopeful of a great response especially from the youth and the netizens. The product has been made available only on online shopping portals to strengthen end-consumer interface." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sigrity Inc. has opened multiple offices to support the company's ongoing growth worldwide. In southern California, Sigrity opened its fifth U.S. office; in China it opened a second and a third office to support users in Shenzhen and Beijing; and in Israel Sigrity established its first local sales and support operation in that region. This expansion is believed to reflect the accelerating global adoption of Sigrity's high-speed solutions for chip, package and board design teams. Dr. Jiayuan Fang, President & Founder, Sigrity said, "Sigrity achieved record bookings both in Q4 2011 and for the past year overall. This marks the 15th consecutive year of growth for the company. We are pleased to extend our local support capability for existing and future customers in these key locations." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AOC TV Business has appointed Seema T Bhatnagar as Director for India & SAARC countries. In her new role, Seema will be managing all aspects of sales, marketing & operations for AOC. Additionally, she will also be responsible for organizing AOC's business interest in India by providing strategic business direction to ensure continuous and dynamic growth of the brand. Along with her responsibility to supervise the entire operations of AOC TV in India and SAARC countries, Seema T Bhatnagar will oversee the startup operations of the company such as General Management, Sales, Marketing and Business Development as well as bring onboard a dedicated and experienced team that will help establish their dealer network across the region. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Stellar Data Recovery has announced the launch of Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery 5. The all-new version of Stellar Phoenix is updated with advanced scan engine that is said to be 30% faster and can recover original file names of recently deleted files. Sunil Chandna, CEO, Stellar Data Recovery said, "We feel privileged to be part of Macworld show again and this time we showcased our two mainline products at the show floor -Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery5 & Stellar Drive ToolBox2. Phoenix Data Recovery helps to recover back lost, missing or deleted files & folders from any scenario of Data Loss. Drive ToolBox 2 solves day to day system issues such as slower mac, optimizing performance, or data privacy concerns and helps to perform maintenance tasks at home saving your time and precious dollars." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wipro Technologies has announced that it has been granted a patent by USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) for its StORM (Statistics Operations Research Matrix) methodology. Wipro 'StORM' is a system and method for software test suite optimization, achieved by generating an Orthogonal Array (OA) for software testing using the mathematical principles for OA. This method is said to result in reducing the number of test cases many fold downwards and at the same time increases the effectiveness of the testing process, thus reducing the testing cycle and effort required. Wipro has reduced test cases by 75% from the original suite for a large telecom equipment vendor. The resulting efficiency has implied increased coverage and reduced effort. Arun Kumar Singh, VP, Wipro Testing Services said, "We are happy that Wipro's StORM methodology has received this recognition. It was also awarded the Software Testing Bes

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE India Semiconductor Association (ISA) has announced that the seventh edition of the flagship annual conference, ISA Vision Summit will be held in Bangalore on February 6 and 7, 2012 at the Hotel Taj West End. The Chief Guest for the event would be Shri. Kapil Sibal, Hon'ble Minister for HRD, Communications & IT, Government of India. The Inaugural Address would be given by Shri Sachin Pilot, Hon'ble Minister of State for Communications & IT, Government of India. During the Summit, winners from ISA's Technovation Awards 2011 would also be present. Dr. Pradip K Dutta, Chairman ISA & Corporate Vice-President & Managing Director, Synopsys India said "Semiconductors and electronics are at the heart of technology driven products that will drive the US $400 Billion Indian electronics market by 2020. ISA is committed to working with all the stake-holders from industry, academia and government to enable the eco-system

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Consilium and Orange Business Services have launched a paperless navigation solution that extends an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) over the world's largest MPLS-based network. This bundled, flat-rate solution named Current At Sea is said to enable shipping companies to move to a fully electronic platform for navigation and communications. Current At Sea is believed to be a future-proof, modular ECDIS and communication system that can include voyage optimization programs, fleet and ship management systems, and real-time monitoring applications. Orange is expected to bridge the ship and shore by integrating ECDIS with Orange's fully managed network (both terrestrial and satellite, including Inmarsat FleetBroadband connectivity). The Orange network is supposed to ensure accurate, precise data and provides value added enterprise communications such as Business Talk Global, IP Telephony, WAN optimization, M2M and

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SapientNitro India has announced The ABSOLUT INDIA project that reels users in deeper with a sound-based interactive experience. An arrangement of interestingly labeled bottles contains quintessential sounds that take one on an extraordinary Indian journey. The sounds are triggered when a person walks within range and literally eavesdrops onto a bottle. Sohini Pani, Director, Marketing Services, SapientNitro India said, "ABSOLUT Blank embodies brand ABSOLUT. What you make of it is up to you. Keeping this brief in mind, we created an idea that brings alive the different flavors of our country by taking people through an extraordinary journey of nostalgia and discovery." Bikram Basu, Vice President - Marketing, Pernod Ricard India added, "ABSOLUT's is a creative journey. We now venture to the uncharted, using unique Indian everyday sounds and visualize the 'unseen', and discover ourselves. Sapient Nitro bridges its wo

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Yorktel has selected IFS Applications for its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Yorktel has chosen IFS Applications and is said to implement IFS Business Performance, IFS Financials, IFS Distribution, IFS Manufacturing, IFS Engineering/Product Design, IFS Maintenance, IFS Sales and Support, and IFS Human Resources after the conclusion of a thorough ERP selection process. Ron Gaboury, Chief Executive Officer, Yorktel said, "IFS' project-based solution stood out for its ability to adapt to our changing business needs and market changes, right out of the box. We have experienced tremendous business growth over the past few years and we found our current business system wasn't agile enough to support such growth. So our number one priority is the migration of our current system to a next generation ERP solution like IFS Applications to support the future growth of Yorktel." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MTN has announced the extension of its managed services agreement with Ericsson for its Ghana operations. This announcement marks the extension of the first managed services contract between Ericsson and MTN, originally signed in 2009 in connection to the rollout of MTN's 3G network in Ghana. Under the extension, Ericsson is responsible for network operations, field maintenance and optimization. MTN is believed to retain full ownership of the network and responsibility for its strategic direction, while Ericsson will manage the network operations, optimization and field maintenance for MTN's 3Gsites. Jon Hoffmann, Chief Technical officer, MTN Ghana said, "Our first two years together achieved the results we were hoping for: we could focus on subscriber growth, and Ericsson delivered network reliability and efficiencies." Valter D`Avino, Head, Managed Services Ericsson said, "MTN and Ericsson collaborate in many areas ac

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tata DOCOMO has rolled out an exciting handset bundled offer for its new CDMA customers in Karnataka. Customers are expected to buy Huawei C2835 color FM handset at Rs. 1099 along with which they will get 500 minutes of free local calling under this offer. A P Sriram, COO, Karnataka, Tata Teleservices Limited said, "Launch of this handset is an extension of our commitment to offer affordability to our customers. At Tata DOCOMO, we have always strived to offer unparallel services with an assortment of handsets and now we have one more handset which comes bundled with the benefit of free 500 minutes of local talk-time keeping the differentiated usage patterns of our customers in mind. We are confident that this offer will be well received by our customers." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Applexus has rolled out its services in the SAP HANA platform. SAP HANA is an appliance that combines SAP in-memory technology with hardware, empowering organisations to analyse the data available and quickly react to rapidly changing business conditions. This platform is believed to empower organisations to hasten best business decisions based on real-time data access. Sam Mathew, MD, Applexus said, "HANA is seen as a game-changer in enterprise IT due to its ability to analyse large amount of data. Organisations can now run complex analyses such as simulations and pattern recognition in seconds, enabling sweeping innovations in the way they run their businesses." Applexus has claimed to offer end-to-end services in SAP-HANA including in strategic services, information management services, infrastructure services, and information access services. For More Details see www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Samsung has announced that it has shipped 35 Million Mobile Units last quarter thereby reporting sales of 47.3 trillion won ($42.14 billion) and an operating profit of 5.3 trillion won ($4.7 billion). The Mobile business of the Samsung has contributed roughly 40% of the total sales and half of its operating profit ($2.3 billion). Robert Yi, Sr. VP, Samsung said, "Despite intensified competition amid the global economic slowdown, our telecommunications businesses continued to post solid earnings with an enhanced line-up of high-end smartphones, resulting in higher average selling price." For More Details See www.varindia.com