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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Moser Baer has launched credit-card shaped USB flash drive called Moser Baer Zap. The pocket flash drive is akin to a credit card and fits easily in wallets, card holders, files and folders owing to its ultra-slim size and shape. Deepak Shetty, Sr. VP, Domestic Sales & Marketing, Moser Baer, said, "Most of the players in the flash memory segment have been experimenting with sizes and shapes. We have noted that an interesting shape may sometimes be inconvenient to the users when it is not traceable and gets lost easily. This holds quite true for the users who are always on-the go and need pen drives almost on a daily basis. Moser Baer Zap not only scores high on the convenience factor but also on the technology, making it a perfect offering in the 2 GB- above pen drive segment. It is a boon for the forgetful users saving them a lot of trouble." Moser Baer Zap pocket flash drive comes with 4 GB memory, measures 84.15 X 52.83 sq.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Altera Corporation has announced the single-chip, dual 100G transponder solution implemented in a 28-nm high-performance Stratix V FPGA. Altera's solution integrates two independent 100G transponders into a single FPGA, enabling optical equipment manufacturers to keep pace with network performance and bandwidth demands while lowering capital costs. A live hardware demonstration of Altera's dual 100G transponder solution will be shown in its booth at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2012 (OFC/NFOEC) in Los Angeles the week of March 5. Altera's single-chip, dual 100G transponder simplifies the move by carrier and service providers to higher-density 100G transport by providing a fully integrated standards-based solution. The solution leverages the enhanced performance of Stratix V FPGAs and industry-leading OTN IP to increase the density of 100G transport solutions be

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE In an effort to contribute to society, Unnayan- the CSR team of the Noida office of Sapient has handed over a prefab classroom to the visually impaired children of Saksham Daksh School, Noida. Prefab classrooms apart from studies provides the opportunity for vocational training for a special group of children in the field of as painting, music, beads sorting and production of earrings, necklace, bracelets, etc. The paramount part of this prefab cabin is that it can be dismantled and reset again at a different location therefore the effort in building a classroom is not wasted. Vinay Jhari, Director and Sapient Noida Office Lead said, "Sapient as an organization emphasizes on child education as a cause through its Corporate Social Responsibility program. And today through this prefab classroom we seek to empower physically challenged children in bringing out their creativity and maximizing their true potential." "Saksham has bee

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ADATA has announced the introduction of the DashDrive Durable HD710 portable hard drive. The DashDrive family is the newest addition to the company's impressive lineup of storage devices, signifying mobile, rapid, and dependable data access. The housing of the HD710 is comprised of a unique silicone material, and the drive incorporates military-grade shockproof and waterproof (IPX7) construction with an ultra-fast USB 3.0 interface. This latest Mil-Spec compliant drive is capable of handling the toughest conditions, and still delivers the blazing fast USB 3.0 transmission speed consumers have come to expect. The USB cable tucks into a wraparound exterior slot in the drive casing that matches the highly practical characteristics of the device. The DashDrive Durable HD710 is available in capacities of 500 GB, 750 GB, and 1 TB. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Warrantify.com has launched its app in the android market at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The app is readily available in the Android market and is free. "We understand that in today's fast paced life everything needs to be swift, accessible and at tip of your fingers, that's exactly where the concept of developing the new android app took shape. By launching this app, we have only taken a step further and shown our commitment towards making our customers life easier and comfortable. We have also revamped the look of our website with a new and slicker user interface design," said Haritash Tamvada CEO and Founder, Warrantify.com. This app features storing, saving and managing your warranties online. The mobile version uses your smart phones camera to scan the documents. One can not only scan, store and manage all your product warranties and receipts from anywhere but also extend warranties that are running ou

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE eTechies.in has launched its services for consumers and Small office segment residing in Bengaluru. Starting the 1st of March 2012, Consumers and Small Office users respectively will have end to end access to eTechies.in's national toll free number 1 800 102 3311 and the in-house state of the art technical repair. In Bengaluru, eTechies.in Technical Repair Centre (TRC) is conveniently located at # 91, 2nd Floor, J.C. Road, Bengaluru-560002.With this most recent launch in Bengaluru, eTechies.in is now present in full strength in Delhi/NCR and Bengaluru. "With remote support being provided to all our customers' pan-India, establishing a dedicated in-house technical repair centre appeared as a considerable value-add endeavor for consumers and small businesses in Bengaluru. With the launch of our services in Bengaluru, we intend to keep-up to our drive and commitment and offer the consumers & small businesses, with best of the b

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE A new "Global Study on Mobility Risks" reveals that corporate mobile devices and the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon are rapidly circumventing enterprise security and policies. Seventy-seven percent of more than 4,000 respondents in 12 countries agree that the use of mobile devices in the workplace is important to achieving business objectives. But 76 percent also believe that these devices put their organizations at risk and only 39 percent have the necessary security controls to address the risk. "IT has spent years working on desktop security and trying to prevent data loss over web and email channels but mobile devices are radically changing the game. Tablets and iOS devices are replacing corporate laptops as employees bring-their-own-devices to work and access corporate information. These devices open the door to unprecedented loss of sensitive data. IT needs to be concerned about the data that mobile devices acces

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Canon has launched their new PIXMA E500 printer in India. Canon PIXMA E500 is an affordable multi-function printer which uses affordable ink and is suitable for home and small office users who have large printing volume and desire a printer with low running cost per page with high quality printing. E500 comes with new high-capacity FINE11 Cartridge System (PG-88 Pigment Black / CL-98 Tri-color) and print speed of ESET: 5.0ipm (color) and ESET: 8.6ipm (B/W). Some of the other features of E500 are PC-less photo enhancement via the Auto Photo Fix II, filter effects and D.C.G. processing technology with which E500 delivers top quality photo prints. "Our latest PIXMA printers incorporate Canon's advanced technology at lower price points and PIXMA E500 is designed to meet our customers' need to deliver unparalleled print quality at affordable prices. Besides, with high capacity cartridge system the user will not have to replace cartri

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE STMicroelectronics has unveiled its Near Field Communications (NFC) controller IC, the ST21NFCA, supports all NFC use cases, and is able to coordinate multiple NFC secure apps stored in several secure locations, such as the SWP-SIM and SWP-microSD Card or Embedded Secure Element. "Our complete and diversified NFC portfolio now gives us the unique ability to provide a technical answer to all possible NFC business models. This will maximize freedom for customers to integrate their chosen selection of applications into a smartphone or any mobile device, and thereby deliver innovative contactless services quickly and easily for end-users," said Laurent Degauque, Embedded Security Business Line Manager, Secure Microcontrollers Division, STMicroelectronics. These Secure Element ICs can be used in all possible form factors, covering SWP-SIM, SWP-MicroSD, Embedded Secure Element, and an advanced System in Package solution that stacks the S

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE McAfee has announced its new McAfee Database Activity Monitoring solution offering reliable, real-time protection for business-critical databases. The solution enables organizations to achieve much greater security management efficiency through its incorporation into the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator centralized security management platform. The McAfee database security solution protects databases from external, internal and intra-database threats, requiring no architecture changes or costly downtime. The latest version of McAfee Database Activity Monitoring now supports MySQL and Teradata databases to ensure complete protection across the most popular database management systems. "Teradata worked closely with McAfee to enable their support of Teradata in the new release of McAfee Database Activity Monitoring. Companies using McAfee can now realize the power of Teradata while better monitoring user activity and enhancing the protection of

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SAP, in its two-day fifth annual Localization Forum, has announced three new products - File Lifecycle Management, Policy Management Framework and Address Data Cleansing. Over 500 customers from across the country participated in the summit. The event unfolded with a video message by Yueting Zhou, Senior Vice-President & Global Head of SAP Globalization Services, in which he reinstated the strategic importance of India both as a market and a development location. The keynote addresses were delivered by Alok Goyal, COO, SAP India; Navaneet Mishra, Vice-President, Globalization Services, SAP Labs India; and Sanjoy Sen, Divisional CIO, ITC India. Alok Goyal, COO, SAP India, said, "At SAP, we are committed to expanding our localization initiatives to meet industry requirements that will add immense value to our customers." Navaneet Mishra said, "The Localization Forum is an opportunity to bring forth SAP Labs' tremendous i

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ASUS Technology has unveiled its Eee Pad Transformer Prime, powered by NVIDIA Tegra 3. The Eee Pad Transformer Prime is available with 10.1" WXGA Glare (LED) along with only 8.3mm thin and 586g light. "The new offering distinguishes itself from the sea of tablets with its aggressive pricing and an optional accessory that easily transforms it into a notebook. The preface of ASUS Transformer Prime is a vivid proof of fundamental transformation that tablets are ushering in the personal computing space. It is packed with the security, responsiveness, and other exciting features, that deliver on the promise of being prime and to offer the most complete and satisfying computing experience," Alex Huang, Managing Director, Systems Business Group, ASUS Technology Pvt. Ltd. (India). "Powered to deliver a complete multimedia experience in the palm of your hands, the Asus Transformer Prime redefines mobile computing. Users of the ASU

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Avaya has introduced Communications Outsourcing Solutions (COS) that provides custom-built solutions and comprehensive management of a client's entire communications environment. COS serves as a client's communications arm, integrating directly with their IT processes and managing their overall communications functions. "At Bharti Airtel, the customer is at the core of everything we do. We constantly innovate and partner with the best to offer our customers a world-class service experience at every touch point. Our partnership with Avaya was in line with this philosophy and a game changer for our customer contact services and collaboration. Avaya Communications Outsourcing Solutions enhanced our service capabilities, and helped us deliver superior customer experiences across our operations in India," said Dr. Jai Menon, Director, Global Innovation & IT, Bharti Airtel and Group CIO of Bharti Enterprises "Avaya has i

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE In collaboration with Renesas Mobile, Ericsson is showcasing LTE Category 4, specified by 3GPP as providing downlink speeds of up to150Mbps, at Mobile World Congress 2012. Category 4 is the next step in the evolution of LTE. This demonstration is using Ericsson live infrastructure and the SP2531 LTE triple-mode modem from Renesas Mobile. Thomas Noren, Head of Product Area Radio, Business Unit Networks, Ericsson, said, "Driving peak-rate performance in this way is an example of successful collaboration between Ericsson and Renesas Mobile. Category 4 enables an improved end-user experience by providing downlink speeds of up to 150Mbps to the large number of LTE smartphones that are coming to the market." David McTernan, Director, Strategic Marketing and Communication, Renesas Mobile, said, "Battery life is a key determinant of the user experience when using mobile devices and the MP5232 enables smartphones to support Category 4

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE National Instruments has announced the Electronic Design Speciality for NI Alliance Partner Network members with specialized skills in custom electronics. The Electronic Design Speciality identifies trusted experts for customers looking to extend and customize NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) hardware products, including NI CompactRIO, NI Single-Board RIO and NI FlexRIO, to meet their application needs. For specific customer applications that require specialized I/O or a unique form factor, these partners build RIO Mezzanine Cards (RMC) for NI Single-Board RIO C Series modules using the CompactRIO Module Development Kit (MDK) and NI FlexRIO adapter modules. "NI RIO hardware and NI LabVIEW system design software give us an off-the-shelf platform for designing advanced embedded control and monitoring systems. With the openness of the NI embedded platform, as part of the Electronic Design Speciality, we can further customize NI RIO hardware whe