VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Virtusa Corporation has been certified by the Corporate Research Foundation (CRF) Institute for the second year in a row as one of Britain's Top Employers for 2012. The company scored exceptionally well in the categories of Secondary Benefits & Working Conditions, Training and Development, and Career Development. Kris Canekeratne, Chairman & CEO, Virtusa said, "It is an honor to be named as one of Britain's Top Employers. We are committed to providing a work environment that is inspiring and conducive for innovation which provides a unique opportunity for continuous learning and career growth. This, combined with unrelenting focus on service excellence, allows Virtusa to consistently create and deliver solutions which enable our clients to accelerate their business outcomes and gain competitive advantage." Sundararajan Narayanan, Sr. Director, HR, US/Europe, Virtusa said, "We are delighted to receive this recog...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that its universal financial services platform, TCS BaNCS has been selected by AmBank to replace its core banking engine. This integrated banking suite, spanning conventional and Islamic banking, will support both retail banking and lending functionalities. Cheah Tek Kuang, Group Managing Director, AmBank Group said, "To grow our business and support customers across both conventional and Islamic finance, it was critical to have a technically robust and functionally rich core banking system. Among the many criteria that were evaluated were TCS' implementation experience across multiple markets; the high satisfaction levels of TCS BaNCS customers; and TCS BaNCS' commitment to relevant product development and extensive support. It was only natural that TCS BaNCS would be our preferred solution of choice." N Ganapathy Subramaniam, President, TCS Financial Solutions said, "Our ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IndiaOne is now available as a free download for Blackberry. The decision to offer a lighter version FREE is believed to ensure that the large base of Blackberry users in India who constantly seek Indian entertainment will now be satisfied. The application can be downloaded from the BB store or from http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/73318/ or just sms BB to 53650. The application which streams out audio in high quality and consists of distinct channels that include New Hindi and Tamil music, Retro Music, Hindi and Tamil streaming, Hindi Film Karaoke and a Mood player will bring alive a Blackberry with Indian entertainment. It is best used in the Wi-Fi / 3G mode. Vineet Singh Hukmani, MD, Radio ONE Ltd. said, "As a company we have been constantly pushing the envelope in the digital space as a means to create a viable parallel revenue stream. RIM in India is a great co–marketing partner to work with and we are glad to launch...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Minister of State for Railways, K. H. Muniyappa has informed the Parliament of India about their planning to provide Internet facility in three rakes (group of coaches or wagons) of Howrah Rajdhani Express on a pilot basis. According to him, this facility is said to work on a satellite based system and the connection will be shared across railway coaches through Wi-Fi. The service is expected to be rolled out by September 25, 2012 and is estimated to cost Rs. 6.30 crore for the Railway department. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has announced that total 22769 subscribers have been disconnected for making pesky calls or messages through individual numbers. It is strictly enforcing the regulations from Unsolicited Commercial calls and SMSs. The regulator has also imposed penalty on 94 telemarketing companies for violating the rules on commercial calls and SMS. Four telemarketing firms have been blacklisted. According to TRAI, "As per the regulations, if unsolicited commercial calls and SMSs are sent from individual numbers, notice will be served to the customer and his number will be disconnected on second violation." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Red Hat has announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 29, 2012. Total revenue for the quarter was US$297.0 million, an increase of 21% from the year ago quarter. Subscription revenue for the quarter was US$255.2 million, up 22% year-over-year. For the full fiscal year 2012, total revenue was US$1.13 billion, an increase of 25% over the prior year, and subscription revenue was US$965.6 million, up 25% year-over-year. "The strength of our fourth quarter was a fitting conclusion to a remarkably strong year for our business. Our investments to expand our geographic sales footprint and add sales people with targeted industry and product knowledge has accelerated our growth. Red Hat is the first pure-play, open-source company, and one of only a select few software companies, to have achieved the billion dollar revenue milestone. The open-source technologies which we provide are being selected by...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE QlikTech has announced that its QlikView Business Discovery platform is helping organizations around the globe to overcome the limitations of spreadsheets. As a result of the limitations of traditional BI tools, many business users have adopted spreadsheets due to their wide availability. However, these general productivity tools were not specifically designed to facilitate interactivity, collaboration, aggregation, or analysis of data for decision making. "One of the reasons spreadsheets have remained popular is their ease of use and flexibility, allowing users to create their own analysis without waiting for IT. QlikView delivers not only the agility business users require, but also the security, manageability, and consistency lacking in desktop spreadsheets. QlikView is an achievable step-up to user-driven BI, especially for small and midsize companies which are outgrowing the time and productivity drains of consolidating multiple v...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cisco is playing host to the first Cable Summit in India. The two-day event is being attended by over 30 CXOs from the leading multiservice operators (MSOs), content providers and industry stakeholders. Delivering the keynote address, Cisco Chairman & CEO John Chambers highlighted how video is the most compelling way to engage with people and content today. On stage, Edzard Overbeek, Cisco Senior Vice-President, Asia-Pacific, Japan and China, unveiled two new set-top boxes - an entry-level SD digital terminal adapter (DTA), and a HD Zapper, localized and priced competitively for India and emerging markets. These additions complement Cisco's set-top box portfolio and offer customers a wider "mass-to-class" choice. While the entry-level SD set-top box will transition mass market consumers from analog to digital, the feature-rich HD set-top box makes television viewing a personal, social and immersive experience. Sanjay Roha...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Blue Coat has achieved certification for EAL4+level security under the Canadian Communications Security Establishment's (CSE) Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCS) for its SGOS 6.1 operating system on its Blue Coat ProxySG 600, 900 and 9000-10 and 9000-20 appliances. "The EAL4+ certification reflects Blue Coat's strong commitment to security and the strength and quality of our products. By meeting or exceeding the most stringent government and military requirements, we provide every customer with the confidence of knowing they have the industry's leading Web security," said Steve Daheb, Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice- President, Corporate and Business Development, Blue Coat Systems. In order to facilitate completion of the Common Criteria certification, Blue Coat contracted with Corsec Security, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in assisting commercial vendors through the complex proces...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ASUS is further increasing its presence with the opening of its retail outlet in Siliguri, West Bengal. "In view of the three existing stores in West Bengal and the constructive responses we have received from this region, we were categorical about placing another retail facility here. Our store in Siliguri being our fourth store in West Bengal will certainly prove out to be an assenting move for us as well as for our existing and prospective customers' constantly increasing expectations. Our value and volume strategy with the augmented reach in West Bengal will further lift our assistance for our customers in order to provide them access to all the notable upcoming technology," said Unaez Quraishi - Sales & Distribution Director - System Business Group, Asus (India). The store will have the company's entire range of Entertainment, Classic, Versatile and Elite series Notebooks/Netbooks. End-users can look forward to the...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HCL has strategically aligned with Cisco to open a South Africa Glocal Centre of Excellence (GCoE) in Johannesburg as part of its commitment to build a socially responsible business. The Johannesburg GCoE will serve as a local support centre for HCL and Cisco's South African clients. It will also train local engineers on advanced Cisco technologies to support clients across Africa and specifically South Africa. Ashish Gupta, Senior Vice-President & Head - EMEA, HCL Infrastructure Services Division, HCL Technologies, said, "As more and more companies in the west look for new avenues of growth, we are increasingly seeing a large demand for leading-edge IT solutions coming in from the emerging markets like Africa. The Johannesburg Glocal Centre of Excellence is an important part of our strategy in the way we plan to serve our customers and partners throughout Africa and underlines our core philosophy of creating talent pools in the...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Qualcomm, through its Wireless Reach initiative, Nan Chiau Primary School and Microsoft have launched the WE Learn mobile education project, which uses 3G smartphones to create a 21st- century classroom experience for Singaporean students. The project will demonstrate how the latest wireless technology can be used to transform learning from a traditional, teacher-centric model to a student-centric, inquiry-oriented and collaborative framework where 24/7 access to resources in and out of the classroom allows students to acquire and practise 21st-century competencies. "With 3G smartphones and connectivity, our students have 24/7 access to educational content, web-based resources and collaborative learning tools. These tools give students the means to take responsibility for their own learning and enable teachers to provide individualized mentoring," said Tan, Principal, Nan Chiau Primary School. "Microsoft partners with educatio...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Western Digital has unveiled the next generation of its top-selling My Passport line of portable hard drives, the first-ever 2 TB capacity in a portable drive. Available in five popular colors: white, black, silver, blue, and red, with a range of capacities beginning from 500 GB, the new sleeker My Passport portable drives offer digital consumers an appealing array of storage options that reflect their personal style. Additionally, the new My Passport drives offer WD SmartWare automatic backup software and WD Security for password protection and hardware encryption. The new My Passport external drives feature ultra-fast USB 3.0 connectivity; USB 2.0 compatibility; continuous, automatic backup software; and password protection with hardware encryption. The included software offers the flexibility to customize the drive to a user's storage preferences: installing all features, just the components needed, or using the drive without the soft...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE KINGMAX has launched its ultra speed SDXC Pro/SDXC ProMax memory cards. These two memory cards adhere to the latest SD 3.0 standard and boast a read speed up to 55MB/s and a write speed up to 30MB/s; a technological breakthrough from the conventional Class10 specification. The 64GB SDXC ProMax series offer enhanced reliability and faster transferring speed. Such specification ensures high quality images during high-speed continuous shooting and is the most suitable memory card for HD still images, high-speed motion as well as Full HD 1080P videos. With maximum twice or triple as fast write speed than the previous Class10 memory cards, the new SDXC Pro is equipped with a write speed up to 20MB/s and the SDXC ProMax exhibits write speed up to 30MB/s. SDXC ProMax also comes with the mega capacity of 64GB. The water-proof product line offers a full range of capacities from 8GB to 64GB. The SDXC Pro and ProMax are fully compatible with Windows 7,...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE DIGISOL has introduced its new 802.11n 150 Mbps Wireless ADSL 2/2+ Broadband Router DG-BG4011N. DG-BG4011N is said to be a high-performance ADSL router providing downstream speed of up to 24Mbps and upstream speed up to 1Mbps. The DG-BG4011N is claimed to be an ideal wireless broadband CPE solution for both home and small offices. It provides one RJ11 telephone interface for ADSL connection, four RJ45 Ethernet interfaces for connecting to notebook/ desktop computer or other network devices. The DG-BG4011N has Web-based graphic user interface (GUI). It supports static IP address, dynamic IP address, and PPPoE connection. DG-BG4011N supports Quality of Service (QoS), which can enhance the performance by applying QoS for certain network applications like audio/video streaming, VoIP and others. The Quick Connect Utility provided with DG-BG4011N wireless broadband router enables users to configure the router for wireless setting and internet acce...