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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Iris ID Systems Inc. and HID Global have announced that the Iris Access platform iCAM7000 can be used with select NFC (Near Field Communications)-enabled BlackBerry 7 smartphones. The BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 smartphones activated with HID Global'siCLASS digital credentials will be compatible with the installed base of iCLASS readers that are embedded in the iCAM 7000 series for applications ranging from physical access systems in buildings to applications that track time and attendance, and other identity dependent applications. Using an NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphone, the Iris templates of a user are securely stored to an iCLASS digital credential on the phone. That credential can then be presented for authentication by simply holding the NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphone in front of an iCAM7000 series Iris camera. Charles Koo, President & CEO, Iris ID Systems Inc., said, "As a long-time HID Connect Premier Partner, we ar

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sony Music has commissioned global digital content services specialist Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) to deploy CLEAR – its Hybrid Cloud-based Multi-screen Content Operations platform. With the deployment of CLEAR, Sony Music India moves its entire video content operations to the cloud, creating an eco-system for the supply, preparation and delivery of content. In addition, PFT provides a full slate of services to Sony Music such as metadata creation, archival and digital delivery across multiple platforms delivered through CLEAR. Shridhar Subramaniam, President, Sony Music India, commented, "With the emergence of digital video platforms and increasing channels of music video discovery, video consumption continues to grow at an accelerated pace. We are glad to have partnered with PFT as their platform CLEAR will help us digitize our video content quickly, meet the ever-growing demand of our customers, and open up monetization opportunit

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has introduced a new category of "expert integrated systems". This new family is the first with built-in expertise based on IBM's experience of running IT operations. IBM's expert integrated systems family - PureSystems - is the result of $2 billion in R&D and acquisitions over four years. Moreover, the new systems family offers clients an alternative to today's enterprise computing model, where multiple and disparate systems require significant resources to set up and maintain. "With its new scale-in design and built-in expertise, PureSystems represents an important advance in the evolution of computing. By tightening the connections between hardware and software, and adding incomparable software expertise, PureSystems is designed to help clients in India and global to free up time and money to focus on innovation that many businesses are unable to address due to ever-rising costs and staffing needs in th

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP India has announced its collaboration with Dolby Laboratories (DLB), to offer world-class entertainment features in its new range of consumer notebooks. With the Dolby Advanced Audio v2 for cinematic surround sound, HP Folio 13 marks the latest in a series from HP, in order to connect with entertainment enthusiasts in the country. "According to a recent research report1, 23 per cent of Indian youth said they spent more time listening to music, whilst 83 per cent said music formed a very important part of their lives. The youth in our country, a very significant part of our target audience, are, therefore, looking for best-in-class music capabilities even when it comes to their PCs," said Ranjivjit Singh, Chief Marketing Officer, HP PSG India. As a part of this collaboration, HP has recently announced Folio 13 featuring up to 9.5 hours of battery life for enhanced listening time, strong security options and a solid-state hard dri

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE According to Gartner Inc., Worldwide media tablet sales to end users are forecast to total 118.9 million units in 2012, a 98 percent increase from 2011 sales of 60 million units. Apple's iOS continues to be the dominant media tablet operating system (OS), as it is projected to account for 61.4 percent of worldwide media tablet sales to end users in 2012. Despite the arrival of Microsoft-based devices to this market, and the expected international rollout of the Kindle Fire, Apple will continue to be the market leader through the forecast period. Carolina Milanesi, Research VP, Gartner said, "Despite PC vendors and phone manufacturers wanting a piece of the pie and launching themselves into the media tablet market, so far, we have seen very limited success outside of Apple with its iPad. As vendors struggled to compete on price and differentiate enough on either the hardware or ecosystem, inventories were built and only 60 million un

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE CapeNet LLC (CapeNet) has chosen Ciena Corporation and Integration Partners to provide coherent optical transport and Carrier Ethernet solutions for the 350-mile fiber optic OpenCape Network. The network is currently being constructed in southeastern Massachusetts and on Cape Cod. Ciena's coherent optical processing lays the foundation to increase network bandwidth from 10G to 100G and beyond. Shannon Silvus, CapeNet CTO & VP Operations said, "Demand for high-bandwidth services is increasing at exponential rates and the Cape region is no exception. CapeNet is building a fiber optic network which will serve the region's communication needs for decades to come. Ciena is a strategic supplier with proven leadership in optical transport technology. Ciena is the first company to develop coherent 40G and 100G solutions that are deployable in backbone networks across the globe. Ciena optical and Carrier Ethernet solutions will enable

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cisco and NetApp has announced plans to extend the FlexPod with a series of new pre-validated design architectures priced and sized for smaller workloads to help more customers accelerate their transition to the cloud. This new FlexPod series is built on a flexible, scalable, shared infrastructure that combines computing, networking and storage solutions from Cisco and NetApp. Additionally, to simplify and accelerate implementation of cloud automation capabilities, Cisco and NetApp have also validated several new management solutions from leading software management vendors for all FlexPod design architectures. Satinder Sethi, VP, Data Center Solutions, Data Center Group, Cisco said, "As customers balance their need to scale for their future growth with simplified solutions that can be rapidly deployed, Cisco is continuing to work with partners like NetApp to deliver cost-effective pre-tested cloud infrastructure solutions to address th

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE China Sourcing Fair HK is said to showcase a wide range of products in many different fields with the first show is the category of electronics & components held in April 12-15. Newmen is believed to bring many kinds of new products in this fair such as wireless power saving mouse whose battery life can reach up to 3 years, high-end gaming mouse, mini Bluetooth keyboard and illuminated gaming keyboard. Besides, Newmen has enriched product series for its international brand and several new headphones, speakers, USB hubs will be exhibited in this show as well. Some of these products are wireless mouse – Nightingale series with fashionable outlook and super power saving; special wireless mouse – MINI series for young people; desktop sets – high end wireless combo model R300; multi touch mouse and presenter series. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Honeywell has announced that Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX) will use Honeywell's Integrated Automation Systems (IAS) in five vessels commissioned by ship owners in Norway, Russia and the United States. The projects are valued at more than US$8 million. DSME and STX will use IAS in vessels under construction for the transportation of liquid natural gas (LNG). DSME is building the industry's largest advanced floating storage and regasification unit capable of delivering 20 million cubic meters per day of natural gas to south-eastern Brazil. The IAS solution uses Honeywell's Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS), and will manage the machinery and cargo areas of the vessels, including the cargo emergency shutdown system. Honeywell's solution enables the project teams to better manage and control operations and ensure that the vessels comply with strict global standa

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mohit Anand, Managing Director, Belkin India sub-continent was recently conferred upon with the prestigious title of the CEO of the year. He was awarded the title at the Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2012 hosted by Indian Affairs. This award is an acknowledgement of his role in building the scale and credibility of Belkin in India, in turn benefitting the IT industry, at large. Mohit Anand said, "It is an honor and my privilege to receive the CEO of the year title. It is always humbling when your work is noticed in the industry. My journey at Belkin has been one of great learning's and success. The entire Belkin team has successfully complimented my shared vision of making Belkin India a leading consumer electronics brand. This award is actually not mine alone but the entire team's for the unbelievable work they have done in getting Belkin to where it is India in such a short time frame." For More Details See ww

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ingersoll Rand (IR) has launched Trane Residential Solutions in India. Trane Residential Solutions in India will offer a range of premium Mini Split Air Conditioners from 3 to 5 * (star) in capacities ranging from 1, 1.5 and 2 Tons and an Electronic Main Door Mortise Lock. The products are interconnected, and can interact with each other through a new generation wireless technology. "I am proud to say that Ingersoll Rand has entered the Indian consumer market with products that have unique technologies and are setting benchmarks for home comfort and safety. We see tremendous opportunity in India for our customized suite of products and services that have a key focus on intelligent, sustainable and convergent solutions," said Michael W. Lamach, Chairman, President & CEO, Ingersoll Rand. "The future is convergence where technology and human intuitiveness get combined. Our products have been designed with this in mind and tod

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Synology Inc. has launched RackStation RS2212+ and RS2212RP+, the reliable 10-bay rack mount NAS servers designed with seamless scalability for small and medium businesses. Peter Chen, Product Manager, Synology Inc. said, "Synology RS2212+ and RS2212RP+, the newest addition to the Plus Series line-up, are a highly dependable and scalable solution for small and medium business owners. It delivers high system availability and storage capacity for mission-critical workloads, enabling clients to run business-critical applications with continual service uptime." The RackStation RS2212+/RS2212RP+ is powered by a 2.13 GHz dual-core processor, boasting high performance with read and write speeds at 200.73 MB/sec and 194.32 MB/sec respectively under RAID 5 configuration with Link Aggregation enabled. While running at this high performance, both NAS servers feature enhanced energy consumption with 31% reduction over its predecessor at 88 wat

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MSI has released its brand new Z77 Series mainboards. Continuing MSI's commitment to the product quality and stability, MSI's Z77 series mainboards are equipped with Military Class III components. Besides supporting the latest PCI Express Gen 3 standard, all MSI Z77 series mainboards are equipped with MSI's exclusive one second overclocking tool; OC Genie II and ClickBIOS II, world's first UEFI / Windows-based dual-graphical interface that allows one to easily establish high performance and enjoy a hassle-free experience. MSI has released a new event called "MSI Lucky7 Challenge" to reward the MSI Z77 fans. One can visit the event website and try to pass the mentioned questions about MSI Z77 series mainboard. This is said to enable the Lucky7 slot machine and will give a chance to win an MSI Z77 mainboard between of a value up to $280 Value. For More Details See www.varindia.com