VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Microsoft has unveiled that it was redesigning the logo of Windows software, making a fundamental change to the iconic four-colour Windows logo users have been used to for 20 years. According to market buzz, the new logo is said to be slightly-angled blue block with a thin white cross in the middle, meshing with the Metro design of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8. The new logo is designed by Paula Scher from the Pentagram Design Agency. Microsoft claimed in a blog post, "The Windows logo is a strong and widely recognized mark but when we stepped back and analyzed it, we realized an evolution of our logo would better reflect our Metro style design principles and we also felt there was an opportunity to reconnect with some of the powerful characteristics of previous incarnations." The Company said, "We did less of a re-design and more to return it to its original meaning and bringing Windows back to its roots reimagining the

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ciena Corporation has announced that the Dutch information and communications services provider UNET has selected Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Solutions (CES) for the expansion and upgrade of its metro and access network. Ciena joined forces with Telindus-ISIT to offer UNET a solution for rolling out scalable, cost-effective service provider services and expand its geographical reach in the Netherlands. The upgrade is said to allow additional customer growth for UNET and support its position as an alternative to traditional telecoms service providers. Ger Bakker MsEE, CTO, UNET said, "Service providers and enterprises in the Netherlands rely on reliable and cost-effective connectivity services to succeed. Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Solutions offer UNET the tools needed to support the ambitions of its growing customer base, including a low-touch approach for quickly delivering new services and guaranteed service quality agreements."

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lumenpulse Inc. has announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Singapore-based Technolite. The partnership, which will give Lumenpulse greater presence in the region, will be managed out of Lumenpulse's London, UK office. As exclusive partner, Technolite will supply Lumenpulse's range of LED lighting, and provide close support by managing sample requests, facilitating mock-ups, and offering technical and commercial assistance as needed. The move will ensure the Lumenpulse brand and portfolio is represented in the area and those architects, designers and engineers are actively supported. Gorm Teichert, Executive Vice President International Sales, Lumenpulse said, "Technolite is very active in the high-end architectural lighting market in Singapore. The company's outstanding reputation and experience in providing quality lighting solutions, combined with great technical ability and understanding of LED sys

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Audyssey has announced its partnership with 3P in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It's a pairing that will extend availability of Audyssey's new line of consumer audio products across an even wider European market. Jeff Handis, Sr. Director of Global Retail Sales said, "3P is an exciting partner that will dramatically increase our European reach. Germany and its surrounding markets have such a strong tradition embracing progressive engineering, and our breakthrough audio technologies are a perfect fit for these customers." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AMD has announced today that John Byrne has been appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of Global Accounts. Byrne will be responsible for ensuring AMD's worldwide sales organization effectively addresses customer needs by exceeding the expectations of AMD's largest multinational partners. He will report to AMD President and Chief Executive Officer Rory Read, in his capacity as acting chief sales officer. Read said, "In this critical new role, John will be responsible for driving account management for our key global customers, reinforcing AMD's position as a trusted supplier. John has consistently demonstrated an ability to help customers win in the marketplace and understands that when our customers win, AMD wins. In his new position, John will have greater responsibility and ability to drive this understanding across our entire sales force by building deeper relationships with our multinational partners and en

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sage India has revealed the implementation of Sage CRM across the operations of Spectranet, a leading Internet Service Provider in India offering private network convergence services. The implementation has given Spectranet new found confidence to achieve a higher business growth rate; driven in by CRM advantages like improved lead generation and sales follow up. This has led to the creation of a stronger sales team and the development of a more strategic marketing campaign. Sunando Bhattacharya, Head - Marketing & Business Technology, Spectranet said, "When we were told about Sage CRM, we thought it was almost made for us. We realized that Sage CRM is basically a web technology platform, which provides certain standard functionalities of sales force automation, marketing and customer support as default while the rest can be customized or built on the platform. This is what gave us the confidence that we can now able to have a singl

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Worldwide smartphone sales to end users soared to 149 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 47.3 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. Total smartphone sales in 2011 reached 472 million units and accounted for 31 percent of all mobile devices sales, up 58 percent from 2010. Smartphone volumes during the quarter rose due to record sales of Apple iPhones. As a result, Apple became the third-largest mobile phone vendor in the world; overtaking LG. Apple also became the world's top smartphone vendor, with a market share of 23.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, and the top smartphone vendor for 2011 as a whole, with a 19 percent market share. Roberta Cozza, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner said, "Western Europe and North America led most of the smartphone growth for Apple during the fourth quarter of 2011. In Western Europe the spike in iPhone sales in the fourth quarter saved the

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE A project sponsored by the European Commission under Framework Programme 7 (FP7), and supported by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MCIT), Government of India, is believed to be an ambitious strategic initiative with the core objective to enhance the impact of the significantly progressing EU-India research policy dialogues in the Information Technology domain. In this framework, the project developed a 'Position Paper' containing EU-India joint ICT research priorities and policy recommendations, including specific research dimensions of the priorities shortlisted at the 6th EU-India ICT Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting held in March 2009 in Brussels. The Position Paper is the outcome of the discussions and deliberations of two Think Thank meetings held among high level EU-Indian ICT experts who are part of the Synchroniser Steering Committee (SSC). This valuable document is said to serve as an input for t

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE KINGMAX has added another new product to its Nano Gaming Ram series: 8GB overclocking memory modules in one stick. This is believed to be the largest capacity in one stick and the only DDR3 memory modules which doesn't need heat sink for cooling. 8GB DDR3 memory modules with speed faster than 1600MHz also support Intel XMP - Extreme Memory Profiles. Further, 8GB DDR3 memory modules are compatible with Intel X79 platform, enabling quad channel memory setting and allowing memory upgrade up to 32GB. KINGMAX also announces standard desktop 8GB DDR3 modules. The KINGMAX 8GB DDR3 memory modules with surpassing capacity are designed to solve abovementioned difficulties and to help computer system work much more smoothly and faster. For More Details See www.varindia.com