VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nexans has opened an office in Mumbai to service the growing demand from customers and partners for its market-leading solutions. This office will expand Nexans ability to offer local advice, consultation and support to its fast-growing base of business partners and their customers in this dynamic country. Apart from Nexans setting up an office in Mumbai, it operates in Gujarat and Delhi. Nexans has a structured cabling team in Mumbai and Bangalore and they are also planning to hire more people in Delhi and Gujarat. "Nexans is significantly investing in strategic expansion across high potential tier-I cities. It will be the engine of our growth and will help us optimally address the requirements of consumers in such markets. 2012 will be focussed towards products which include training customer representative on Nexans products and installation, create 30 authorized System Integrators in this year which as of is 8 on the list and targ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Modular Data Protection Services (DPS) has announced a new and innovative programme for IT Service Providers looking for new methods to address growing customer demand for cloud data protection services. Through an alliance with the Intel Hybrid Cloud group, 6fusion Inc. and MSP excellence, Modular DPS has built the Modular 360° Partner Programme, a comprehensive programme which enables managed service provider (MSP) partners to deliver a complete data protection strategy to their SMB/SME clients by leveraging the respective offerings and expertise of the programme's alliance members. "Today's market is reaching the tipping point towards mass adoption of cloud data protection. This presents exponential growth potential for IT Service Providers that are ready with turnkey solutions that can drive valued business outcomes with a short time to market, low risk solution that is both flexible and cost effective. With the creation of...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Well-known IT professional, entrepreneur and FOSS advocate, Satish Babu, took over as the President of the Computer Society of India (CSI), at a function held in the Mumbai headquarters of CSI. Satish had been previously elected the Vice-President and President-elect. Dr. S. V. Raghavan, Scientific Secretary at the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, joined the incoming team as the Vice-President and President-elect of CSI at the same function. Satish Babu will also be one of the representatives of India in the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP), the apex organization of national societies in IT. "As an eminent institution in a strategically important sector, CSI needs to further support nation-building through leveraging its strengths in areas such as technical education, capacity enhancement, and social and development areas such as computing for the disabled and disaster manag...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SMART Technologies has announced its support for Microsoft Lync 2010 through its SMART Meeting Pro software and SMART Board interactive whiteboards and displays. SMART's visual collaboration solutions include interactive whiteboards and displays, intuitive collaboration software, services and remote collaboration tools and can be combined with a variety of industry-specific applications. The combination of SMART's visual collaboration solutions and Microsoft Lync 2010 will transform any meeting into an active, collaborative work session. "SMART recognizes that unified communication products along with SMART's visual collaboration solutions are key to meeting the needs of many business customers. SMART products combined with Microsoft Lync 2010 will allow for real-time data sharing and visual collaboration in any meeting location," said Linda Thomas, Vice-President, Products, SMART Technologies. For More Details See www....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fujitsu has announced that Fujitsu Forum 2012 will be held May 17-18 at the Tokyo International Forum in Japan. The theme of this year's Fujitsu Forum will be "Reshaping ICT - Reshaping Business." The Fujitsu Group claims to pursue the continuous "reshaping" of today's information and communication technologies (ICT) with the goal of helping transform society and our customers' businesses, while also aiming to achieve further growth for the Fujitsu Group and its customers. Fujitsu Forum 2012 will feature seminars and exhibitions demonstrating Fujitsu's latest cutting-edge products, services and technologies. This includes the company's initiatives to build safe, secure and sustainable cities; its approach to leveraging ICT to give customers a competitive edge, as well as the cloud and big data analysis technologies that make this possible; and the world's fastest supercomputer. For More Details See...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AT&T is said to turn on its 4G LTE network in Bloomington, Muncie, Bryan-College Station bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology on April 8. Brian Ducharme, VP & GM, AT&T Indiana and Michigan said, "We continue to see demand for mobile Internet skyrocket, and our 4G LTE network in Bloomington and Muncie responds to what customers want from their mobile experience - more, faster, on the best devices." "We continue to see demand for mobile Internet skyrocket, and our 4G LTE network in Bryan-College Station responds to what customers want from their mobile experience - more, faster, on the best devices," said Christopher Penrose, VP & GM, AT&T, South Texas. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Honeywell has introduced its new Attune Advisory Services, a suite of professional services that combines cloud-based tools and analytics with a global network of operations centers, and energy and facility experts to provide enhancements that can reduce utility bills and operating expenses up to 20 percent. Attune Advisory Services help building owners wherever they are on the energy- and operational-efficiency spectrum, providing technology and support to gain baseline awareness of building performance, make improvements to reduce energy and operations costs, and define an ongoing strategy to manage and optimise a facility. Paul Orzeske, President, Honeywell Building Solutions said, "The performance of building systems and equipment can degrade by as much as 5 percent every year, which translates to energy and operating costs that continually escalate. Companies are starting to realise the significant impact this can have, as well as ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal has now announced that the launch of Aakash version II might get delayed by a month in May instead of April. Kapil Sibal said, "We are in the testing stage and the commercial production of Aakash 2 has not yet commenced. Aakash version II will be tested and it is only when we feel that the quality is superior and the children can accept it, that we will launch it commercially." The allocation for Aakash has been made under the National Mission for Education through ICT of Ministry of Human Resource and Development. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Board of Directors of Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS) has announced that it has appointed O. P. Bhatt, Former Chairman of SBI Group and Cyrus Mistry, Deputy Chairman of Tata Sons to the Board of Directors of the Company. The total Board strength of the Company is believed to increase to fourteen Directors which include seven Independent Directors with the addition of these two directors. For More Details See www.varindia.com