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Airtel launches 4G services

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Bharti Airtel launched its 4G LTE (long term evolution) network. The service was launched by Sh. Kapil Sibal, the Union Telecom and IT Minister. The new technology is believed to allow high speed internet services that include high definition video streaming and instant photo and video downloads. It will also facilitate quicker uploads. 4G allows download speeds of "upto 100 mbps" (nearly 5 times higher than 3G). 2G networks have much a slower speed of 144 kbps (kilo bytes per second). Airtel has launched the service on TD-LTE technology to offer high speed broadband services. There are three tariff plans starting at Rs. 999 a month for 6GB of data. The dongle is steeply priced at Rs. 7,999. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & MD, Bharti Airtel said, "Today's launch is a major milestone for India and Airtel. Over the past 15 years, Airtel has been at the forefront of India's telecom revolution and has set the technolog...

DOCOMO interTouch announces its Strategic Alliance

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE DOCOMO interTouch has introduced "FREEDOM Check In", whereby travellers can use their mobile hand phone to bypass the hotel front desk and securely open their room doors. The new FREEDOM Check In service is being offered in partnership with OpenWays. DOCOMO interTouch will provide "FREEDOM Check In powered by OpenWays" hosting services and support to its hospitality customers with a focus in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Latin America regions. Equally important, FREEDOM Check In integrates within the DOCOMO interTouch FREEDOM platform, offering product and service synergies to hotels. Charles Reed, CEO, DOCOMO interTouch, said, "Offering FREEDOM Check in across the DOCOMO interTouch Wi-Fi network will be highly compelling to our customers. Partnering with OpenWays is part of our vision to be the most comprehensive supplier of WiFi-enabled solutions to the hospitality industry." "We are honoured to be in...

Array Networks expands in Sri Lanka

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Array Networks has launched its operations in Sri Lanka. Array Networks has appointed V S Information Systems (VSIS) as their premium partner in Sri Lanka. VSIS will carry Array Networks complete line of application delivery networking products and solutions in the Sri Lankan markets. Shibu Paul, National Sales Manager - India, Array Networks, said, "We have immense confidence in VSIS. They are one of the -leading distributors in the Sri Lanka market and their reputation is very good. Their understanding about new technologies was another plus point on why they were selected. The Sri Lankan markets are very mature to accept Array's technology rich products and solutions." Priyanga Gunasekera, CEO, VSIS, commented, "It is delightful to be part of the Array Networks family. We understand the Sri Lankan market and we are confident to pick up the challenge of distributing Array's wonderful products and solutions in our ma...

"DIGILITE Karo Dil Se… Scratch & Win"

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE DIGILITE has launched its channel incentive scheme - "DIGILITE Karo Dil Se.. Scratch & Win" for its dealers and reseller community. The scheme is said to cover the entire range of DIGILITE motherboards purchased from authorized distributors and DIGILITE PLATINUM partners and is valid from 1st April tol 30th June, 2012. Rajan Sharma, Vice-President - Sales, DIGILITE, said, "The scheme is designed entirely on the feedback taken from our channel partners. Under this scheme, we bring to our partners a unique offer to help them realize the tangible benefits on an immediate basis. DIGILITE recognizes the need to reward its performing partners and is confident that schemes like this will go a long way in motivating partners to perform even better." For More Details See www.varindia.com

ECS Z77 Black Extreme Series unveiled

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has introduced their Z77 Black Extreme Series - Golden Limited Edition, which is now available in two models - Z77H2-AX and Z77H2-A2X. The ECS Z77 Black Extreme Series - Golden Limited Edition – features triple-thickness gold- plated connectors and has passed the strictest quality tests. The individually-numbered, handcrafted motherboards are outfitted in cool black with gold-plated key components. Other features include: ATI CrossFireX and NVIDIA SLI graphics support with next-generation PCI Express 3.0, QoolTech IV visible temperature technology to protect your valuable PC components, and support for the fastest third-generation Intel Core processors. For More Details See www.varindia.com

Fujitsu achieves Virtualization World Record

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fujitsu has reaffirmed that its PRIMERGY BX Blade Servers provide a faster, simpler and lower-cost way to build and run an IT infrastructure in medium-sized companies, branch offices or large data centers. The latest in a long-running series of Fujitsu PRIMERGY firsts is the achievement of a new world record for dual-socket servers in VMware VMmark 2.1.1, where the system achieved a result of 10.94@10 tiles 1. Fujitsu PRIMERGY Blade Servers enable customers to consolidate the number of servers, components and simultaneously reduce investment costs. Fewer servers are also easier, faster and cheaper to run and manage, reducing operating costs. Business agility is supported through simple, modular design and useful features that help reduce deployment time to hours or minutes. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VMware reveals findings of its Survey

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE VMware has announced the findings of a survey conducted amongst channel partners across Asia-Pacific, exploring business outlooks and technology priorities for 2012. The results show that a majority (63 per cent) of the channel partners surveyed in India expect business growth and expansion in 2012, compared to a regional average of 45 per cent. Ganesan Arumugam, Director - Channels & Alliances, VMware India, said, "The survey results show that our partners anticipate growth and expansion in 2012 and that their customers' investments in technology will enable them to advance on their journey to their cloud in the year ahead. We share this optimism as we see a new cloud economy emerge around our virtualization and cloud infrastructure, with our partners playing a central role in delivering these technologies. Our partner community has played a strategic role in educating and enabling customers on the immediate opportunity of the...

TVS Motors adopts IBM's Software Solution

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has announced that TVS Motors has selected its software solutions to optimize its transport planning and assets utilization, TVS Motors has selected IBM's ILOG Transportation Analyst solution to map the most cost-effective trucking routes for timely delivery to its various dealerships. "We were looking to improve on the timelines of the delivery of our products to the dealerships. We are confident that IBM's solution will help us arrive at faster delivery times through better truck route planning. We have chosen to deploy the solution as it will also help us bring greater cost efficiencies in transportation and logistics processes," said TVS Motors Co. Spokesperson. Dulles Krishnan, Director, IBM Commerce Solutions, said, "IBM"s industry-leading transportation analytics solutions have helped many organizations drive greater efficiencies from their transportation assets. We believe that our ILOG Transportation ...