VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HP has announced two consumer notebooks featuring multitouch displays, including a hybrid PC. The company claims these notebook PCs as their first HP products announced with Microsoft Windows 8. The HP ENVY x2 is an ultrathin hybrid PC that features detachable screen and becomes a full tablet when separated from the keyboard via a magnetic latch, whereas the HP ENVY TouchSmart Ultrabook 4 aims to bring the intuitive power of touch to ultramobile PCs and offers a 14-inch diagonal multitouch HD display along with the Intel processors and solid-state drive options.  Christoph Schell, COO & Vice-President, PPS APJ Personal Systems Category, HP, said... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Reliance Communications has bagged multiple orders from the Central and State Government of India. As part of this multiple orders, Reliance will also provide MPLS VPN Connectivity for Karnataka and Chhattisgarh DISCOM and will manage the complete IT infrastructure for BMC across Mumbai. In addition, the Department of Post has chosen Reliance for hosting their servers over a 3,000- sq. ft. space at Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City in Navi Mumbai.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT) has conducted  a Seminar on Green IT Best Practices in association with HIDA (Human Resources and Industry Development Association) of Japan, GIPC (Green IT Promotion Council), METI (Ministry of Economy Trade & Industry) and PCRA in Delhi. MAIT has entered into a MoU with HIDA and GIPC to spread the best green IT practices in the country. Dr. Ajay Mathur, Former Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency delivered the Inaugural Address... more for More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has released their newest advancement in motherboard durability and stability with the implementation of Hyper Alloy Choke.  It is said to be ideal for overclocking and incorporates 1.5x more stability due to ECS' choke technology.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Visa Inc. has introduced advanced fraud prevention technologies for the first time in India to step up security for India's banks and provide greater protection for Visa cardholders. The new self-learning solutions, Visa Advanced Authorization (VAA) and Visa Risk Manager (VRM), offer financial institutions unprecedented levels of real time protection and responses across Visa's entire global network. The move is believed to reinforce Visa's leadership in the market and is likely to sit well with the regulatory direction that recently stressed the need for all India's banks to adopt proactive real-time fraud detection, increase consumer protection, and proactively identify and deny fraudulent transactions. Uttam Nayak, Group Country Manager - India & South Asia, Visa said.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NIIT Technologies Ltd. will showcase its suite of Cloud Services available for the Manufacturing vertical that can transform business. Ramneek Prabhakar, General Secretary, Manufacturers Association Faridabad said, “NIIT Technologies Cloud solutions for the manufacturing segment are very relevant to the manufacturing companies of Faridabad. We are looking forward to knowing more about these products in this event and hope for a fruitful association with NIIT Technologies to improve the efficiency of our companies”. Arvind Mehrotra, President, Asia-Pacific, NIIT Technologies, said.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Riverbed Technology has announced the integration of Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager, its software and virtual application delivery controller (ADC), with VMware vFabric Application Director. This solution combines Stingray Traffic Manager software application acceleration capability with VMware vFabric Application Director automation to allow customers to create application blueprints. Ramin Sayar, VP & GM, Virtualization and Cloud Management, VMware said... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Emerson Network Power has introduced Energy Logic 2.0, a vendor-neutral roadmap of 10 strategies that can reduce a data center's energy use by up to 74 per cent. The company also launched the Energy Logic 2.0 Cascading Savings Calculator, an online tool that allows data center managers to calculate the approximate energy savings they would capture by employing strategies in the updated approach. Energy Logic 2.0 illustrates how the energy consumption of a 5,000 square-foot data center.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Team Computers has announced that it has become a Premier Enterprise Reseller of the Google Apps suite of communication and collaboration tools.  This new designation from Google enables customers to more easily assess a reseller’s expertise advising on and deploying Google products.  Team Computers offers Google apps products which complement the core suite to meet users' needs, with access to dozens more Google applications.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   It has been recently announced that NEC and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are to begin studies in support of "smart village" development in agricultural areas of India. The study seeks to improve living conditions for the most needy residents of rural areas as part of the JICA's "BOP Business Feasibility Study Assistance." Activities include the introduction of hydroponic agricultural practices to communities in a number of areas, such as the Maharashtra and Karnataka states, as well as testing of pesticide-free vegetable production.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Wipro Limited and the University of Massachusetts, Boston have jointly announced the launch of a 12-month fellowship program in the US to train 120 school teachers over three years, with the aim of fostering excellence in science education among students from disadvantaged areas of Boston and New York. "The US is the cradle of innovation. This program is part of Wipro.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   McAfee has announced the availability of a free public beta of McAfee Social Protection, a new app for Facebook that protects users' photos from being shared without their permission.  This app enables only friends who have been granted access can view photos, but even they are unable to share, copy, print, or take screenshots of them, whereas those that have not been granted access will not be able to view the photos at all... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Recently at VMworld 2012, Dell and VMware have announced the expansion of the companies' joint efforts to simplify the delivery of desktop virtualization solutions. As part of the companies' expanded strategic relationship, Dell and VMware will deliver new, turnkey virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) bundles based on VMware View. Tarkan Maner, Vice-President & General Manager, Cloud Client Computing, Dell, said..... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   It has been recently announced that HP is expanding its HP Converged Cloud portfolio with new solutions for VMware vCloud Suite 5.1, enabling clients to transform traditional virtualization deployments into open private and hybrid cloud environments with less risk and complexity... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Quantum Corp. has announced a new cloud-based backup and disaster recovery (DR) subscription service. Q-Cloud provides business-class data protection at a consumer cloud storage price. Enterprise customers can leverage Q-Cloud’s simple, secure and flexible approach for as little as 1 cent/GB/month. Incorporating Quantum’s patented deduplication technology... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Symantec Corp. has announced new solutions and technical integrations with VMware across its product portfolio to provide higher levels of protection for virtualized environments. Together, Symantec and VMware enable SMBs and enterprises to use the benefits of virtualization without compromising protection. Francis deSouza, Group President, Enterprise Products and Services, Symantec, said.. more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Fujitsu has upgraded its Ultrabooks to Business Class, with its new LIFEBOOK U772 model designed from the ground up for the needs of professionals. New Fujitsu Ultrabooks combine great value with no-compromise access to latest mobile computing technology - plus a stylish, eye-catching design and the power and connectivity to support all-day mobile working... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In an effort to understand partners' current business challenges, Dell has stepped out of their offices. A team of 10-20 people from Dell is going shop to shop, counter to counter which are selling Dell across the country to listen to their respective issues faced. Speaking to VARINDIA, Sanjay Yadav, Director, Dell India (P) Ltd., shares... more for More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ArrayShield has announced the countermeasure against all the advanced malware attacks through its IDAS Two Factor Authentication solution. Gartner's report titled "Where Strong Authentication Fails and What You Can Do About It" has researched about sophisticated Trojan/malware based attacks that compromise not only passwords but also OTP/Token based Authentication... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tata Consultancy Services has been recognized as one of the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in the United States. This annual award recognizes top employers that display leadership and innovation towards engaging their employees. The Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces award is judged by a panel of judges that evaluate each applicant based on the Eight Elements of Employee Engagement: Communication, Leadership, Culture, Rewards & Recognition, Professional & Personal Growth,  Accountability & Performance, Vision & Values and Corporate Social Responsibility. Razor Suleman, Founder & Chairman - Achievers said... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   International Data Corporation (IDC) has released a Cloud research report, India Cloud Market Overview, 2011-2016, which is said to provide a reality check and detailed understanding of the adoption in India, future potential and the major trends the market is witnessing.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Nokia India has launched its two unique and inspiring products to its already popular Nokia Asha family - Nokia Asha 305 and Nokia Asha 311 - keeping in sync with its strategy of connecting the next billion to the internet. The Asha family of phones with the cloud accelerated Nokia Browser are optimized for faster and cheaper browsing experience, apps, games and social networking offering smartphone experience to consumers at newer price points.  Viral Oza, Director - Marketing, Nokia India, said.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   WD has unveiled its first line of wireless home networking products in India, designed specifically to accelerate movies, video and gaming, delivering a premium high-definition entertainment experience. With the My Net family of powerful and easy-to-use home networking products, WD debuts its exclusive FasTrack technology that instantly detects entertainment traffic on the network and fast-forwards it to gaming consoles, media players, smart TVs, tablets, smartphones, computers and other Wi-Fi connected devices.   Khalid Wani, WD’s Sales Director for branded products, India, Middle East and Africa, said.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Trend Micro Incorporated has launched its Micro Mobile Security (TMMS) 8.0 to give customers the tools to enforce essential corporate security policies while still allowing with the rise of mobile usage continuing throughout the APAC region. This is particularly said to be relevant in the APAC region where mobile usage is a key part of daily life: in China, 38% of mobile users access the Internet via their mobile devices (Nielsen); Hong Kong mobile users.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Wipro Technologies has joined the Google Cloud Platform Partner Programme as a Services Partner.  Recognizing that almost every product or IT service will be either cloud resident or cloud attached, Wipro’s Integrated Cloud Solutions and R&D Services team is eager to leverage Google’s Cloud Platform for Wipro’s IT and R&D customers worldwide. Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice-President, Wipro Global IT Business, said... more for More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Dell Wyse has announced the release of its new Dell Wyse D class mid-range cloud client family, comprised of thin clients and cloud PCs, which blends superb system performance, excellent multimedia capabilities and energy efficiency in a compact desktop device.  The new offerings provide a comprehensive solution that suits the needs of demanding users, while providing systems administrators with ultimate control over their application environments.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hewlett-Packard has announced its go-to-market strategy for Graphic Solution Business with a focus on environment-friendly and innovative printing solutions in the commercial market. HP is also looking to spearhead the growth of new experiential markets in publishing, photography... more for More Details See www.varindia.com

Cisco Networking Academy congratulates Winners VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cisco Networking Academy has announced the SAARC winners of its prestigious networking technology competition, NetRiders 2012. The Cisco NetRiders National CCNA Competitions 2012 is designed to test students’ knowledge of networking technologies.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEEMA) has released the Q1 FY13 performance of the US$25 billion Indian electrical equipment industry. For the first time in 10 years, the Indian electrical equipment industry has seen a negative growth of 2.4% in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal (2012-13) compared to the corresponding period of Q1 FY12 (13.82 %) and sequential quarter Q4 FY12 (14.10%). Ramesh Chandak, President, IEEMA said, “Ironically in Q1 of FY13, there was over-achievement of the country’s power generation and transmission &sub-stations capacity addition targets. So, under ideal conditions, domestic manufacturers of power equipment should have correspondingly gained business, but reality is otherwise. In recent years, a surge in imports of cheap and inferior quality electrical equipment from abroad is significantly impacting the Indian electrical equipment industry with under-util

VARINDIA-INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE: Zebronics brings New HD Webcam VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Top Notch Infotronix under the brand ‘ZEBRONICS' has introduced its "Crisp HD" webcam that delivers crisp and clear HD 720p video calling or recording.  With Zebronics’s new Crisp HD webcam, it’s a snap to record and upload superior quality videos to Facebook or YouTube. Pradeep Doshi, Director Sales, Topnotch Infotronix said “Zebronics has always been the leader in product innovation. We have multiple awards in several categories. In our new launch Crisp HD webcam we have incorporated features after taking feedback from users and reviewers... For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Top Notch Infotronix under the brand ‘ZEBRONICS' has introduced its "Crisp HD" webcam that delivers crisp and clear HD 720p video calling or recording.  With Zebronics’s new Crisp HD webcam, it’s a snap to record and upload superior quality videos to Facebook or YouTube. Pradeep Doshi, Director Sales, Topnotch Infotronix said “Zebronics has always been the leader in product innovation. We have multiple awards in several categories. In our new launch Crisp HD webcam we have incorporated features after taking feedback... For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SAP Labs India has hosted Barcamp Bangalore, the flagship technology unconference, at their campus in Whitefield, Bangalore for the third consecutive time. The unconference witnessed a confluence of more than 500 techies who participated and conducted various workshops and sessions. The 12th edition of Barcamp saw an exchange of ideas, insights and knowledge.... For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Mindlance Inc. has shared its outstanding success in surpassing 350 customers-wins in last 2 years across India. 50% of its customer-wins come from the West, followed by strong showing in the rest of the regions. Increasing its direct presence in 13 cities across India and with innovative and solution centric approach, Mindlance achieved a client retention rate of 75%. Mindlance now has a client base ranging from small SMBs to fortune 500 companies. Mindlance's rapid customer growth is due to its outstanding value proposition based on the company's vast solution offerings and diversified business model. The solutions offer reliability and scalability for many SMBs and large enterprises. Mindlance believes in backing its claims with equally astounding results that they render to their clients. These results are powered by a work culture structured around efficiency, innovation, integrity and lightning-fast decision-making. K

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE F5 Networks Inc. has announced its intent to integrate its BIG-IP products using the new VMware Ready for Networking and Security Program. A jointly developed solution will help organizations seamlessly integrate services and efficiently support software defined data centers. Through the new VMware program and tight integration between F5 and VMware, customers will be able to continue utilizing their existing investments in networking and security products while realizing the efficiency and agility benefits of VMware cloud infrastructure with a validated joint solution. Anil Pochiraju, MD, F5 Networks India & SAARC said, “F5’s approach to managing application delivery in the enterprise extends well beyond its own management solutions. Through dedicated integration efforts, F5 technologies can augment the capabilities of VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud Director, enabling IT professionals to efficiently deploy and optimize applica

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Newgen Software has opened its wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore. On this occasion, the company is hosting a grand launch event on August 30, 2012 in Singapore. The event will be attended by industry stalwarts and CXOs of leading organizations in the region.  Diwakar Nigam, CEO & MD, Newgen Software said, “Asia Pacific is our focus growth market and the new setup in the heart of the region will drive our future innovations specific to the local market. Singapore will be a strategic hub for our operations in the region." Newgen Software has deployed its ECM, BPM, and CCM platform-based solutions in 50 countries across emerging and developed economies. Its Business Process Automation solutions are widely deployed across segments including Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Shared Services, IT/ITeS/BPO.... for More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Sanovi Technologies has introduced the Sanovi DRM for Banking, its specially designed IT DR solution for Banks. The new software complements the company’s comprehensive Sanovi DRM Suite, helping banks automate their Business Continuity and Disaster Preparedness plan and comply with the regulations and guidelines set out by the Reserve Bank of India. This launch comes in the wake of the approaching one-year deadline set by the RBI’s Working Group on Information Security, Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management and Cyber Frauds (also known as the Gopalakrishna Committee) for implementation of their recommendations on Business Continuity Planning (BCP) in Banks. In its role as regulator for banking operations in the country, the RBI had issued its policy guideline contained in the report of the Working Group under the Chairmanship of Shri G. Gopalakrishna, Executive Director, RBI. The Committee’s report extensively covered BCP/

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Drishti- Soft Solution and Matrix Comsec have jointly announced the successful interoperability testing and partnership alliance of Matrix VoIP Gateways with Drishti Call Centre Solutions.  The global customer base of Matrix VoIP solutions ranges from leading manufacturing enterprises, corporate and hotels to various size call centers. To further strengthen the position in the call center industry, Matrix Comsec recently tested and integrated the range of VoIP gateways with the contact center solutions from Drishti, India.  Sachin Bhatia, VP- Business Development, Drishti-Soft said.... For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ViewSonic Corp. has announced its lucrative monsoon scheme for the Channel Partners / Finch club members for Projector product category. The offer gives opportunity to the Finch club members for an oversea trip in order to reward their excellent achievement in projector sales.  Kuldeep Ramaiya, Country Manager, ViewSonic India said, “Today projectors are not only used as a Business unit but also an essential part of the Education system and a home entertainment and gaming solution. Projectors are used in India in a big way in the education sector for schools & professional institutes. ViewSonic has been aggressively focusing on Projector business in India. That’s why we are investing in channel friendly support programs. This scheme will reward the Finch Club members with highest points acquired by purchasing ViewSonic Projectors. The scheme will include overseas trip and lot more attractive prizes”. Sandeep Jain, MD - Aveco &a

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Synology Inc. has unveiled the new DiskStation DS213+, a high performance 2-bay NAS server that runs on DiskStation Manager 4.0 (DSM 4.0). “As the first 2013 model, the new DiskStation DS213+ shows that Synology has outdone itself once again. It delivers the fastest encrypted data transfer rate in the product sector, and yet it offers extreme power-savings at merely 2.64 watts of energy consumption during System Hibernation,” said Chad Chiang, product manager at Synology Inc.  Powered by a dual-core 1.067 GHz processor, the DS213+ features an average read speed at 110.36 MB/sec and write speed at 84.31 MB/sec under RAID 1 configuration in a Windows environment..... for More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HCL Infosystems has announced its financial results for its quarter and financial year ended June 30th 2012. The company reported Consolidated revenue at Rs. 2,726 crores for the quarter, taking the revenues for the year to Rs. 10,840 crores whereas, Consolidated profit before tax and foreign exchange fluctuation impact was Rs. 36 crores for the quarter, taking the profit before tax and foreign exchange fluctuation impact for the year to Rs. 150 crores. During the year, the Company has paid interim dividends aggregating to Rs. 3/- per fully paid equity share of Rs. 2/- each.  The HCL Infosystems and Nokia distribution partnership witnessed positive movement as there was an increase in market share in the quarter. Revenue from Telecommunication and Office Automation business for the quarter was Rs. 1,744 crores, taking the revenues for the year to Rs. 7,531..... For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Crime involving mobile devices is on the rise, with a 93 per cent increase in mobile vulnerabilities observed last year.  Addressing this, Norton by Symantec has announced a partnership with Digilife Distribution and Marketing Services, a subsidiary of HCL Infosystems Ltd. for distribution of Norton Mobile Security for Android devices across India. With this partnership, consumers can now purchase Norton Mobile Security at over 60,000 mobile retail outlets, apart from leading e-tailers. A recent Norton survey that sheds light on Indians’ mobile phone usage habits revealed that 73 percent of connected Indians believe that security software would have helped in their mobile data recovery. Ritesh Chopra, Country Sales Manager, India, Norton, said, “We are committed to expanding our product portfolio in the country, in line with changing digital lifestyles and are delighted to partner with Digilife. The partnership reinforces our com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Global Production agency, hub+, has successfully installed Acronis vmProtect to backup and protect its entire virtual environment. In doing so, it has cut the time taken to recover a failed virtual machine by over a fifth.    Crispin Green, IT manager, hub+, explained, “We initially picked Veeam but realised quite quickly that when we needed to add extra hosts and VMs the price went up considerably due to the extra licenses. We decided to have another look at the options and after carrying out numerous tests, we opted for Acronis’ fast and simple to use, Acronis vmProtect 7.” Acronis vmProtect has been engineered for VMware vSphere servers (v4.0, 4.1 or later) using ESX and ESXi hypervisors. It provides hub+ with a simple-to-deploy, easy-to-manage disaster recovery solution for agent-less back up and quick recovery of its VMware virtual environments. By deploying Acronis, hub+ can carry out scheduled daily incremental backups and

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Freescale is extending its Xtrinsic touch-sensing software (TSS) portfolio with a flexible solution that provides added microcontroller (MCU) functionality without increasing system cost. New features include water tolerance, noise detection and a touch-detection algorithm for reduced false touches under electrical noise. Building on the TSS library, TSS 3.0 offers a comprehensive solution with complementary licensed software and cost-effective development tools. In addition, TSS 3.0 works with Freescale’s touch-sensing input (TSI) module, which is embedded into several hardware platforms. The library provides commonly used touch-sensing decoding structures to allow upgrades from mechanical to touch-activated interfaces. “The latest release of our touch-sensing software comes with feature-rich updates that provide robust functionality for more of Freescale’s microcontrollers,” said Geoff Lees, Vice President and General Manager,

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HID Global has announced its new Crescendo C1150 smart card suite of credentials that provide a standards-based solution across a broad range of converged logical and physical access applications.  The smart cards come pre-loaded with a default configuration that has been tested across a range of logical access applications including Microsoft products as well as HID’s 4TRESS AAA authentication server.  The Crescendo C1150 smart cards work in stand-alone mode without card management system involvement for out-of-the-box deployment.  The cards provide broad support for Microsoft’s logical access products through interoperability with the Microsoft-approved smart card Minidriver specification, as well as third-party applications.  Helmut Dansachmueller, senior director, product marketing, HID Global, said, “This latest addition to the Crescendo smart card family reinforces our Genuine HID value proposition to continually support ou

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Samsung has announced the launch of its GALAXY Note 800, a new device that promises to re-define the tablet experience for consumers in the Indian market. The GALAXY Note 800 incorporates a 1.4GHz quad-core processor and 2GB of internal RAM. The device also includes 5-megapixel main camera and a 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera.  Combining the S Pen with a 10.1-inch large display, the device comes pre-loaded with Adobe’s Photoshop along with game changing Multi-screen feature, which allows users to actually operate two different apps side-by-side, simultaneously, on the same screen. Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Samsung Mobile & IT, said, “India is one of the first 10 markets in the world where the Galaxy Note 800 is being launched. With the Samsung Galaxy Note 800, Samsung provides a unique user experience that goes beyond passive content consumption to a new world of productivity, active creation and personalized communica

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Quantum Corp. (QTM) has certified Quest Software’s vRanger Pro software with the Quantum DXi V1000 virtual deduplication appliance for data protection in VMware environments. The integrated 100 percent virtual solution provides vRanger customers with enterprise-class backup and disaster recovery (DR) and is designed to maximize protection while minimizing costs. The DXi V1000 joins other DXi-Series physical deduplication appliances already certified with vRanger - including the DXi4500 (SMB), DXi6700 family (midrange and enterprise) and DXi8500 (enterprise) – extending the Quantum-Quest joint solutions. Both companies will be demonstrating their integrated offerings at VMworld 2012, August 26-30 in San Francisco. John Maxwell, Vice President, Product Management, Data Protection, Quest Software, said, “Quest and Quantum have been working together for three years to help solve customers’ challenges around protecting data in virtual