VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2012, Ericsson has extended its suite of m-commerce solutions and services, designed to accelerate access and interconnection between the emerging m-commerce eco-system. Ericsson's two new services include Ericsson Converged Wallet and Ericsson Merchant Wallet. Adam Kerr, Head, M-commerce, Ericsson, said, "This is an exciting time for the m-commerce industry, which is expected to process over US$800 billion globally by 2016. At Ericsson M-commerce, we are in a unique position to work with strategic partners to kick-start the next wave of growth of the m-commerce eco-system." "Right now, we are very much focussed on providing services that give our partners across the eco-system a fast route to provide their consumers with more m-wallet and platform independent services and greater payments choice. Through our enhanced suit of services, we will enable partners to get closer to their customers...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has entered into a global services agreement with FuelQuest. Mahindra Satyam has agreed to provide implementation and support services to FuelQuest as it scales its operations across India, Brazil, China, Russia, USA and other target countries. Mahindra Satyam will augment FuelQuest's team to provide additional onsite or remote implementation and support services with regard to international customers. Furthermore, to scale appropriately with FuelQuest, Mahindra Satyam will establish the FuelQuest Service Centre within its Delivery centre in India staffed with experienced software professionals. C. P. Gurnani, CEO, Mahindra Satyam, said, "This agreement between Mahindra Satyam and FuelQuest marries two market leaders creating a global solution for energy companies to adopt and utilize FuelQuest fuel and tax automation software and services. This exclusive arrangement with Mahindra Satyam will support Fuel Quest...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fortinet has announced that the company's FortiOS 4.3 operating system has received certification for Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL) 4. The certification process provides a third-party evaluation service for determining the trustworthiness of information technology security products. Common Criteria evaluations involve formal rigorous analysis and testing to examine security aspects of a product or system. Extensive testing activities involve a broad and formally repeatable process, confirming that the security product functions as claimed by the manufacturer. Security weaknesses and potential vulnerabilities are specifically examined during an evaluation. FortiOS 4.3 introduced wireless controller extensions that support automatic provisioning of wireless access points, detection and suppression of rogue access points, multiple authentication methods and unified "single pane of glass" management of both w...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Research In Motion (RIM) has set up a "server" in Mumbai to provide a mechanism for lawful interception of its messenger services. "A team of officials from security agencies has inspected the server. Test runs are going on to check its effectiveness. Required permission for direct linkage for lawful interception of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) services is likely to be issued shortly," according to an official. By setting up the server in India, RIM has had to drop its reluctance to make an exception to its policy of securing communication from any real-time interception. The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has also asked Nokia to do what RIM has done so that its push mails can be legally tracked as and when required by security agencies. India has been pressing RIM to provide a mechanism to intercept its messenger and enterprise services as security agencies had pointed to the use of such means by terrorist groups. T...