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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Samsung has expanded its GALAXY range by launching its GALAXY Ace Duos. It features 832MHz processor and HSDPA 7.2 mbps & WiFi b/g/n connectivity along with 5MP AF camera and a large 8.9cm HVGA screen. Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Samsung Mobile & IT said, “Keeping up with Galaxy Ace’s reputation of premium performance with advanced features, the GALAXY Ace Duos is conceptualized to enable the users to create an optimum work life balance. Based on the Android Gingerbread platform, the GALAXY Ace Duos, allows users to manage their work and personal calls with the Smart Dual SIM while availing the best pricing plans. Besides getting flexibility, the users also enjoy more expansive coverage especially when traveling. With the launch of the GALAXY Ace Duos, we have strengthened our innovative portfolio of Smart Dual SIM category.” Based on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and a 3GB internal memory, Samsung’s GALAXY Ace Duos fe...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   AMD has launched new graphics card in the FirePro professional range designed specifically for powering digital walls to make use of the company’s 28-nanometer architecture and Graphics Core Next — technology previously found on the Radeon HD 7000 series graphics products. Mark Papermaster, CTO, AMD  said, “The FirePro W600 is “the ideal solution for powering display walls designed to attract, inform and engage audiences or foster collaborative interaction and decision making’’. Matt Skynner, Corporate Vice-President & GM, AMD Graphics said, “Whether we are checking flight times at the airport or watching the latest ads on massive screens in city squares, digital signage has quickly become an important and ubiquitous part of our lives. To enable these displays, the digital signage industry demands technology that can be regularly refreshed with new, feature-rich content. With the launch of the AMD FirePro W600 professi...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Toshiba India has announced Supertron Electronics Ltd. as its National Distributor for the AMD processor powered Laptops and entire range of Netbooks. The appointment of Supertron Electronics is in line with the company's plans to aggressively expand its penetration in the country and further its reach to consumers in Tier II and Tier III towns. Pranab Mohanty, Vice President- Sales and Field Marketing, Toshiba India said, “We believe channel partners and distributors are a lifeline to our business structure. Through this tie up, we at Toshiba have taken another step to reach out to all our potential consumers in smaller cities and towns and provide them the opportunity to own the latest technology. We are pleased to join hands with Supertron Electronics Ltd. for a national distribution arrangement to market our entire range of AMD processor powered Laptops and entire range of Netbooks. Their over-two decade experience coupled ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Dell India has announced that the company will focus on mid-size markets for storage, servers and solutions business and growth rate for such businesses will be faster than that of personal computers. The company has claimed that the Mix of solutions (servers, storage and services) increased by four-five per cent last year and sales would continue to grow at a higher level in future. However, revenue wise, PC business would remain the largest and Dell India would focus on revenues. Unlike other companies, it would not look at volume growth, but revenue growth. Sameer Garde, President & MD, Dell India, said, “PC business contributes 70 per cent of our revenues, while 30 per cent is from storage, servers and services. We will continue to be committed towards PC business, but growth rate from solutions will be faster than it.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Microsoft has unveiled Surface, a tablet computer to compete with Apple’s iPad.  CEO Steve Ballmer has introduced the tablet, calling it part of a “whole new family of devices”. The device comes with a kickstand to hold it upright and a touch keyboard cover that snaps on using magnets. Steven Sinofsky, President, Windows division, Microsoft said, “The device is a “tablet that’s a great PC, PC that’s a great tablet.” The Company has claimed that it will work on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 Pro operating system. The pro version comes with a stylus that allows users to make handwritten notes on documents such as PDF files. Each tablet comes with a keyboard cover that is just 3 millimetres thick. The kickstand for both tablets was just 0.7 millimetres thick, slimmer than a credit card. For More details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Uninor has launched STV 205, a customer recharge program. Uninor customers are expected to win a variety of rewards including everyday prizes like Gold Coins, Mp3 player, Mobile phones, Pen drives, free local calling seconds and a bumper prize of a Bajaj Discover motorbike. Customers recharging with STV 205 are supposed to receive recharge benefits of 1,20,000 seconds Local Uninor to Uninor and 42,000 seconds to any local network in AP. Each customer recharging with the STV 205 until 27th of June becomes eligible for the daily lucky draws and the bumper prize. Satish Kumar Kannan, Business Head – AP Circle, Uninor said, “Choosing AP’s most affordable mobile service has always been a smart decision. Now you can get lucky too. On a simple recharge of STV 205, Uninor customers will stand a chance to win products that will help them enjoy the rains whether they are indoors or outdoors across Andhra Pradesh on a daily basis for the next...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced its U2020 X-series, the world’s fastest USB power sensors. These compact high-performance sensors are said to allow engineers to test devices faster and with greater efficiency and accuracy with the peak and average power measurement capabilities of a power meter. Ee Huei Sin, VP, Basic Instruments Division, Agilent said, “The Agilent U2020 X-series marks a significant breakthrough with the fastest measurement speed in a USB power sensor. These compact and high-performance USB sensors help users meet the growing test challenges they face each day while offering a cost-effective alternative to traditional bench solutions.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Array Networks Inc. is extending its Total Value Channel Program to tier II application vendors. The new comprehensive partner program enables select partners to drive new business opportunities and increased profits selling application, desktop and cloud service delivery products and solutions. Tier II partners including Tashee Infosystem, Conventus Technologies and Mediaware Infotech are among the first to benefit, having already gained more orders through the program. Shibu Paul, National Sales Manager – India, Array Networks said, "After successfully educating the partners in the west, we started to extend the Total Value Channel Program in few of our tier II cities. With the huge acceptance rate, we are now planning to extend the same in PAN India. In addition to providing a complete understanding of Array Networks' ADC solutions, the training program provides additional marketing and sales support. We are confident t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Qualcomm Inc. has acquired Summit Microelectronics. Qualcomm's power management roadmap will be significantly enhanced with the addition of Summit's expertise and products. Qualcomm will be able to offer a robust portfolio which will address a broader set of customers and complex design challenges as a result of the acquisition. All employees of Summit Microelectronics have joined Qualcomm's CDMA Technologies division. Steve Mollenkopf, President  & COO, Qualcomm said, "Summit Microelectronics brings key expertise, technology, products, and design wins in battery charging and DC-DC converters. This acquisition enhances the competitiveness of Qualcomm's chipset solutions and enables us to provide our customers with industry leading power management and charging performance." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that nationally operates its telecom services under the MTS brand has launched a range of competitive and value for money data plans for MTS MBlaze customers across Kolkata & West Bengal Circles. These tariffs will be available in 28 towns across the two circles. Keshhav Tiwary, COO, Kolkata & West Bengal circles, MTS India, said, “It gives me immense pleasure to announce the launch of new tariffs for our MBlaze customers. We have specially designed these tariffs to provide our data customers with a world class mobile internet experience at the most affordable price. MBlaze customers would now be able to enjoy up to 300% greater usage benefits through this initiative. MTS has always been at the forefront of innovation and I am sure our customers will find this latest initiative extremely appealing.” MTS has also introduced a range of special recharge options starting as low as Rs....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Stellar Data Recovery has launched its Phoenix Windows Data Recovery v5 that helps users to recover lost & deleted files, photos, emails and videos after all instances of data loss. Sunil Chandna, C.E.O Stellar Data Recovery said, “Our Commitment to successfully address data loss caused by human error or any other situation is evident in our products. Windows Data Recovery v5 is our latest tool that is simple yet powerful to handle any and every kind of data loss scenario. Our free trial version enables the user to scan and preview recoverable files before purchase.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Riverbed Technology has announced enhancements to its software and virtual application delivery controller (ADC) product family, Stingray. These enhancements allow enterprises and cloud operators to extend the benefits of the ADC with the integration of its Aptimizer web content optimization (WCO) solution. Stingray Traffic Manager 9.0 is also released. It is the industry’s only ADC with comprehensive WCO capability. Also, new Stingray Aptimizer models are released that can be deployed with any ADC to improve performance without changes to the application server or users’ browsers. Tim Maliyil, CEO, AlertBoot said, “Our entire business is online, so if we experience any type of downtime, it can be disastrous to our productivity, revenue, and overall user experience. We’ve used hardware load balancers for nearly 10 years, but when we moved to a fully-virtualized environment running in the public cloud, we deployed the Stingray Traff...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Facebook has acquired a startup specializing in software that lets computers recognize people's faces in digital images. Terms of the deal is not yet disclosed. Facebook claims that, "People who use Facebook enjoy sharing photos and memories with their friends and Face.com's technology has helped to provide the best photo experience. This transaction simply brings a world-class team and a long-time technology vendor in house." Face.com shared, “Like our friends at Facebook, we think that mobile is a critical part of people's lives as they both create and consume content, and share content with their social graph. By working with Facebook directly, and joining their team, we'll have more opportunities to build amazing products that will be employed by consumers." for More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Autodesk India has appointed Sunil Pandita as Head of its Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) business for the India & SAARC region. Sunil will be responsible for driving Autodesk India's strategy to foster growth in this fast growing and dynamic segment. Globally and in India too, AEC is amongst the fastest growing industry segments for Autodesk. Ajay Advani, Sales Director, Autodesk Asia Pte Ltd, said, "India is a must win market for us. Our clients are at the heart of the massive surge in infrastructure development here. They are constantly pushing the boundaries with our solutions and are demanding more from us. We are thrilled to have Sunil on board. He brings a wealth of expertise which will prove invaluable to serving our existing customers and helping us acquire new ones. " Pandita said, "Autodesk enjoys an incredible reputation in the AEC space. It's portfolio of products and cus...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Reliance has announced their partnership with BIGFLIX to provide premium full-length movies to all Reliance 3G subscribers at Rs.30/- per movie. This premium service is available with No DATA charges or HIDDEN Cost.    Kunal Ramtekke, Senior Vice-President & Head - Value Added Services (VAS), Reliance Communications Ltd., said, "We are thrilled to offer the first-of-its-kind full-length movie streaming service to our customers powered by BIGFLIX fulfilling the needs and desires of all the movie buffs on our superior Reliance 3G network with incredible affordability. Every movie lover will surely love to avail this service as we are now the home for full-length mobile movies and experience seamless video on demand streaming through our superior 3G network." Shreyash Sigtia, Business Head, Big Flicks Pvt. Ltd., said, "We are delighted to partner with Reliance 3G. This would enable millions of Reliance 3G users ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   KPIT Cummins has adopted Lync 2010 and Exchange 2010 for better collaboration among employees. This will lead to reduction of travel and communication cost by 15% and 35% annually, respectively.  KPIT Cummins integrated Microsoft Lync (Instant messenger, Live meeting, Group Chat), MS Exchange 2010, Outlook 2010 and IP Telephony running on CISCO Call Manager so that users can see presence and interact using single interface. KPIT employees can call from anywhere using their IM, take part in the Live meeting from anywhere using their laptop. With the federation services enabled, KPIT employees can interact with customers having Microsoft Lync and also do Instant Messaging with other third-party messengers using the same Lync client.  Mandar Marulkar, Head - IT infrastructure, KPIT Cummins, said, "For the future expansion plans of the company, we recognized that there was a need for a high-quality experience for communic...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ZTE has introduced the world's first 400G/1T dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) multi-application network device prototype at the 16th WDM & Optical Networking Forum in Monaco, France. The 400G/1T DWDM prototype provides equal high bandwidth efficiency along with multi-subcarrier Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 400G/1T solution for ultra-long-haul applications. It also is a 16 quadrature amplitude modulation solution for metro and local applications with an industry highest bandwidth utilization rate. Further, it is a Nyquist WDM solution for long-haul applications. ZTE's 100G DWDM/ optical transport network (OTN) system supports C-band 80-wavelength applications, standard PM-QPSK code pattern adjustment and coherent detection. It also uses soft decision forward error correction technology and provides the 100G transport capability. "ZTE is fully prepared to deploy solutions, products ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Novell has announced the availability of Novell Vibe 3.3, its team collaboration platform. This latest version features seamless integration with Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007. This release also features Novell Vibe Desktop, which gives users offline access and sync capabilities to files stored in Vibe.  Novell Vibe 3.3 is independent but works with any standard email system. It includes tight integrations with Novell GroupWise 2012, giving users access and interaction across Vibe and GroupWise content from one place, bridging the gap between personal and team productivity to make people more efficient throughout their work day.   "With Novell Vibe, we are focussed on making it easier for people to work together and easier for organizations to give their employees what they need to do so. This new version of Vibe is all about making a seamless flow from creating to sharing and managing content so teams can reach thei...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   At the International Supercomputing Conference, Intel announced that Intel Xeon Phiis the new brand name for all future Intel Many Integrated Core Architecture-based products. Available by the end of 2012, the first generation of Intel Xeon Phi product family (coprocessors codenamed "Knights Corner") will complement the existing Intel Xeon processor E5-2600/4600 product families. The future generations of Intel Xeon Phi products will address enterprise datacenters and workstations. "The Intel Xeon processor E5 family is powering exponential performance gains in high- performance computing and we are proud that it is having such a profound impact on the industry as demonstrated by its presence inside 44of the Top500 supercomputers. As we add Intel Xeon Phi products to our portfolio, scientists, engineers and IT professionals will experience breakthrough levels of performance to effectively address challenges ranging f...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HP has launched the new HP Z220 Workstations and HP EliteBook Mobile Workstations. The HP EliteBook w-series features next-generation Intel Core i7 quad-core or i7 or i5 dual-core processors and up to 32 GB of system memory. "The addition of the new HP Z220 and EliteBook Mobile Workstations strengthens our already-robust lineup of products. For design, animation and engineering customers, creativity can strike while out in the field or back at the office - we have designed HP Workstations to complement the needs of professionals who demand quality and reliability whereever they are,"  said Vinay Awasthi, Senior Director, Product Category, Printing and Personal Systems Group, HP India. HP Z220 Workstation models feature the latest Intel HD Graphics P4000 professional graphics option on selected Intel Xeon E3v2 processors, and a selection of entry, mid-range and high-end discrete graphics cards from NVIDIA and AMD, incl...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   VMware has announced a new open-source project, Serengeti, to enable enterprises to deploy, manage and scale Apache Hadoop in virtual and cloud environments. In addition, VMware is working with the Apache Hadoop community to contribute extensions that will make key components "virtualization-aware" to support elastic scaling and further improve Hadoop performance in virtual environments. "Apache Hadoop has the potential to transform business by allowing enterprises to harness very large amounts of data for competitive advantage. It represents one dimension of a sweeping change that is taking place in applications, and enterprises are looking for ways to incorporate these new technologies into their portfolios. VMware is working with the Apache Hadoop community to allow enterprise IT to deploy and manage Hadoop easily in their virtual and cloud environments," said Jerry Chen, Vice-President, Cloud and Application...