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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Trend Micro has announced a whole range of special offers with Titanium Internet Security. Titanium Internet Security is powered by the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network, Trend Micro’s cloud-based security infrastructure. On purchase of the Titanium Internet Security, channel partners will now get exciting gifts. The gifts range from an 8 GB Pen Drive for purchase worth Rs. 2500, 16 GB Pen Drive for purchase worth RS. 5000, a branded Backpack or Mobile Phone for purchase of Rs. 15000 and an astounding 1 GM Gold for purchase worth Rs. 30000. Amit Nath, Country Manager, India & SAARC, Trend Micro said, “Titanium Internet Security is a state-of-the-art security solution. Our additional offers form a great value addition for the channel partners. The Titanium range of products use Trend Micro’s no 1 cloud technology - Smart Protection Network which does not slow down the PC or Laptop. Secondly Titanium Internet security is o

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE McAfee and 2e2 have entered into a partnership to deliver McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) to service providers and large enterprises as a cloud-based managed service globally. Partnering with 2e2, McAfee is supposed to be delivering cloud-based access to highly-scalable, customizable mobile device management and security solutions to large and small commercial customers through Telcos and Service Providers. Chris Kenworthy Sr. VP, McAfee said, “Threats to smartphones are becoming more common and the need to secure mobile devices has never been more important. IT security operations want to adopt new technologies and support new mobile platforms, operating systems and architectures, while maintaining corporate security and compliance. We now have a comprehensive cloud-based managed service offering for Service Providers and corporate customers who can’t or don’t want to build out their own mobile management and security infra

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE “Bucket plans” are beginning to gain traction around the world. Telefonica, Rogers Wireless, CSL, and Telenor are just some of the growing number of operators that offer data bucket plans. Bucket plans claim to provide operators with significant cost savings as they do not have to acquire and manage two separate subscriptions for a single customer. A combined account also makes it far easier for operators to find out what a customer is using their device for and when. This information makes upsell opportunities clearer and easier to implement, and enables the possibility of providing the data to third-party applications and advertisers. Nicole McCormick, Ovum Senior Analyst, Telco Strategy said, “Operators will also have to ensure that bucket plan users are provided with adequate data monitoring tools to prevent excess usage charges if big-screen devices unknowingly consume a high proportion of the bucket. As the vast majority of con

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Dansk Supermarked A/S has engaged Infosys as its strategic partner to transform its cross-channel commerce program. Through this engagement, Dansk Supermarked A/S which has over 1,300 stores across Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Poland will provide its consumers a seamless and convenient cross-channel shopping experience. This transformation program will start with Bilka.dk, one of Dansk Supermarked’s store chains and is expected to help increase Bilka.dk’s sales to 2.4 Billion Danish kroner by 2016. Dansk Supermarked A/S and Infosys will bring together their complimentary domain and technology expertise in the retail industry to co-create a cross-channel commerce solution that can be reused by both for similar business opportunities. Alan Jensen, IT Director, Dansk Supermarked A/S, “This cross-channel commerce program is a key enabler for our business growth strategy and we are partnering with Infosys to leverage its strong digital co

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE FUJIFILM India is all set to explore the social media platform with well accomplished presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest keeping pace with the digital and socially driven society.    With an online contest, “Summer Break Toh Bantaa Hai”, on Facebook, FUJIFILM India gained the much waited breakthrough on the social media platform. The contest was designed to recognize the best summer holiday pictures, taken by the fans on the facebook page of FUJIFILM India. The participants shared more than 1000 pictures on the page. They uploaded their personal Summer Holidays pictures under five categories - Wow Location, Cute Couple, Awesome Friends, Best Family and Naughty Kid. Sriwant Wariz, National Marketing Manager FUJIFILM India said, “Social Media is a direct and fastest way to communicate with audience for a consumer focused company like us. We plan to take the digital medium and connect with our audience in a more ag

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Protecode has launched the hosted version of its popular System 4 open source scanning and license management solution. ProtecodeCloud is a Software as a Service (SaaS) code scanning tool that allows organizations to manage open source licenses and obligations in the cloud, without having to invest in infrastructure and costly upgrades. Eric Kitchen, CEO, Toushay Inc. said, "It is important for us to have an understanding of the different licenses in our code base, and since we are moving more of our development into the cloud, it made sense to manage our licenses there too. ProtecodeCloud provides a quick and accurate way for us to uncover license obligations in our code base." ProtecodeCloud and QuickAudit are part of Protecode's overall drive to make open source compliance more accessible to organizations of all sizes worldwide. For organizations looking to implement a complete open source adoption and manage

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE LynuxWorks, Inc. will be demonstrating the latest version of the LynxSecure hypervisor for key security specialists at the annual Security & Risk Management Summit hosted by Gartner.  The demonstration of LynxSecure is the first public exposure to the latest version, LynxSecure 5.1, which offers key new features for customers who are either building secure embedded systems or looking for additional security for endpoints or data centers. The latest LynxSecure version will be demonstrated at the Gartner Security summit on one of the latest generation of endpoints, a Dell XPS13 Ultrabook, and will show new key features such as focus-based processor optimization, a new secure console for user interaction with the secure platform, and new virtual network support for increased inter-virtual machine communication. LynxSecure 5.1 is also the first version of LynxSecure that supports the 3rd Generation Intel Core processor fami

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ADATA Technology has launched a new Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) and Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC) Ultra High Speed I (UHS-I) U1 memory cards. ADATA's new Premier Pro SDHC and SDXC cards make the most of the UHS-I specification, providing read/write speeds up to 95/45MB per second for the 16, 32 & 64 gigabyte capacity cards. This remarkable transfer performance is combined with data protection features required by expert users, including: X-ray proof construction, resistance to extreme temperatures, error correcting code (ECC) and write-switch protection functions. Ray Chu, Product Manager, ADATA said, "The faster transfer speeds of these Premier Pro cards will optimize performance for photography professionals, especially in continuous burst mode shooting and high dynamic range (HDR) imaging capture. Furthermore, they are designed and engineered to ensure reliability and durability of captured image

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE R&M has expanded its reach with the appointment of two new regional distributors for the markets of Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat.  R&M has appointed Gateway Networking Solutions (GNS) as the regional distributor for entire Kerala region. Ultima Infotech has been appointed as regional distributor for Maharashtra & Gujarat. Mehul Badiyani, Managing Director at Ultima Infotech and his dedicated team will oversee the entire operations in both these states through Ultima Infotech's offices in Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Pune. Gaurav Ahluwalia, MD, R&M India said, "As per our plan we have appointed regional distributors for the Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat regions. We have immense confidence in our regional distributors; they will certainly facilitate R&M's growth and will help us in reaching the tier II and tier III cities of their respective states. Our main focus lies on the quality of the product and

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NXP Semiconductors N.V. has introduced the SSL21101 - the first in a new family of GreenChip LED driver ICs featuring Smart Digital Control (SDC) technology.  Incorporating intelligent digital control within a compact analog design, the SSL21101 is said to deliver better, more accurate system performance while reducing the bill of materials, providing an ideal solution for non-dimmable, high-performance LED applications up to 15 W.  NXP is featuring the SSL21101 at Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE KeyPoint Technologies has released Adaptxt Beta Version 0.9, powered by Predictive Text2.0 that is designed to adapt to the users writing style and allows the user to write more with minimal keystrokes. It provides highly accurate and relevant text prediction, error-correction & auto-correction inputs by combining the best of artificial intelligence and computing technology. The latest Adaptxt Beta 0.9 Version has been developed to cater to a global and multilingual audience by supporting a notable collection of 50+ languages and various industry specific dictionaries. Sumit Goswami - CEO, KeyPoint Technologies India said, "Necessity led us to research and research led us to innovation. Adaptxt has been a true example of our will and determination to explore and introduce an ideal predictive text input technology to cater a global audience. We have seen an increasing appetite for text input solutions for Android based smar

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Recently, it was announced that Global customers are experiencing the results of a new sales-effectiveness approach with a cloud solution from SAP AG. Since the launch of the SAP Sales OnDemand, a growing number of companies have embraced the new rules of selling to today’s savvy and socially connected buyer by empowering their salespeople.  Furthermore, 3M, aSAP customer, recently went live on SAP Sales OnDemand with a pilot project involving 25 users. "We wanted a system that our salespeople would actually want to use, not something they are forced to use. SAP Sales OnDemand gives us a friendly interface that lets our sales teams collaborate easily, as they are used to doing on social media sites like Facebook. Ultimately, this collaboration and contextual insight, integrated with our on-premise CRM, will shorten our sales cycles, which will ultimately help 3M's bottom line," said John Kieffer, Director, Business Tr

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Polycom has collaborated with the Education Commission of Beijing Xicheng District for the establishment of the first remote and international exchange education system in Beijing using PolycomRealPresence video solutions with the aim to connect hundreds of video classrooms into a seamless video collaboration network, so that all authorized users can easily and securely collaborate via video regardless if they are in a classroom, remote or mobile. "In the past, the education institutions under the Xicheng District Education Commission - consisting of elementary and secondary schools, private schools, supplementary education providers and private education institutions - functioned relatively independently of one another. There was also the obvious distance barrier when attempting to implement exchange programmes with education providers overseas. The implementation of Polycom video collaboration solutions is enabling us to not

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Capgemini has announced the findings of a global survey into the use of Big Data in corporate decision-making. The Economist Intelligence Unit report "The Deciding Factor: Big Data & Decision making", commissioned by Capgemini, reveals that nine out of ten business leaders believe that data is now the fourth factor of production, as fundamental to business as land, labour and capital. The study among over 600 C-level executives and senior management and IT leaders worldwide indicates that the use of Big Data has improved businesses' performance, on average, by 26 per cent and that the impact will grow to 41 per cent over the next three years. The majority of companies (58 per cent) claim that they will make a bigger investment in Big Data over the next three years.  Two-thirds of executives consider their organizations are “data-driven”, reporting that data collection and analysis underpins their firm's busine

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Honeywell has launched its Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS). In addition to these advancements, Honeywell has also announced that the Experion platform is the first distributed control system to achieve ISA99 certification, which assures manufacturers that Experion PKS Orion meets the industry's most-rigorous cyber security standards. "Honeywell has a long history of technology leadership in industrial automation, and Experion PKS Orion is a major leap in innovation, system flexibility and cyber security. Universal Channel Technology simplifies engineering and configuration during the design stage of a project, which can save up to 33 per cent of the installation costs. It provides the industry’s most complete portfolio of turnkey virtualization solutions for improved open systems management and reliability in the industrial domain, leading to significant reductions in the total cost of ownership," said Jason U

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Toshiba has launched its 2012 range of new fully-equipped and sophisticated Satellite Series laptops - C Series (C840 & C850), L Series (L850), M Series (M840) and the new Ultrabook Satellite U840. Sivakumar N., Vice-President - Strategic Marketing, Product Management and Services - DS Division, Toshiba India Pvt. Ltd., said, "Speed, Style, Performance, Superior Sound and HD integration are some of the features that are on top of the purchase consideration parameters for the young laptop consumer today. Our new range of laptops offers a perfect amalgamation of these cutting-edge features with exquisite form factor. With thinner and lighter profile and high-quality durable design, the new Satellite series is a testimony to our strong heritage of leading innovation. The new range offers faster, more powerful and smarter laptops, powered by the latest Third-Generation Intel Core processors, and is perfect for youthful consume

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Freescale has revealed its first RF power amplifier product built using gallium nitride (GaN) technology. Freescale’s first GaN product, the AFG25HW355S device, is the latest addition to the portfolio of power amplifier solutions.  The current Freescale RF power offerings include 12V, 28V and 50V silicon LDMOS products, 5V GaAs HBT, 5V and 12V GaAs pHEMT solutions, and high-frequency SiGe technology featuring operation up to 100 GHz and beyond.  "Freescale's GaN RF power solutions underscore our technology-agnostic approach to the RF power market. Working with GaN in development since the mid-2000s, we have established an ideal blend of cost-efficiency, performance and reliability, and the time is now right to add GaN-based products to our broad array of RF power amplifier solutions," said Ritu Favre, Vice-President & General Manager,  Freescale's RF Division. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HP has announced new deduplication solutions for the HP StoreOnce Backup family. The new solutions are the first to deliver backup performance of up to 100 terabytes (TB) per hour and data recovery of up to 40TB per hour in a single system, which is up to three times and five times faster, respectively, than the closest competitive offering. Based on HP Converged Infrastructure, these solutions enable organizations to shift resources from managing and integrating traditional, inflexible technology silos to an IT infrastructure that supports process innovation and strategic initiatives. "Clients are struggling with complex, incompatible storage solutions that are costly, hard to manage, underutilized and built for the past. HP is transforming the storage industry with simplified and converged solutions that span from the midrange to the high end of the enterprise, enabling organizations to maximize the value from their info