VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Bharti Airtel has joined hands with Handygo Technologies Pvt. Ltd to launch ‘Behtar Zindagi’ - a mobile based service for farming and allied communities across Rajasthan. This service is believed to empower Airtel mobile customers (specifically across rural parts of the state) with the ability to use their mobile phones to receive comprehensive information and updates on a wide range of relevant topics including weather updates, mandi rates, live stocks, agriculture, fisheries, health, education and finance. The ‘Behtar Zindagi’ service is said to leverage the simple and easy-to-use Interactive Voice Response (IVR) medium to communicate key information to subscribers, thus allowing them to leverage their mobile phones to plan their businesses and lead better lives. Sudipto Chowdhury, CEO - Rajasthan, Bharti Airtel said, “With over 1.45 crore mobile customers - Bharti Airtel has the widest reach across Rajasthan, a large part of which

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sonata Software Limited has appointed Francis Thomas and Pradeep Malgireddy as Sales Directors for the US geography. In their roles as Sales Directors, both Francis and Pradeep will be focusing on new logo acquisition and revenue growth in the US East coast and US Midwest territories respectively. Srikar Reddy, CEO & MD, Sonata Software Limited said, “We are expanding in the strategic markets of the US and the UK which are vital to the sustainable growth of our business. Both Francis and Pradeep bring a wealth of sales and customer facing experiences to Sonata and will be critically important to the achievement of our growth aspirations in the US geography. We believe they will provide the necessary sales direction as we implement our growth strategy.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Geometric Limited and DIPRO (DIGITAL PROCESS LTD) has announced the formation of a Center of Excellence (CoE) to provide a suite of services to DIPRO’s Japanese customers. Under the agreement, the two companies would jointly offer PLM, CAD/CAM/CAE, and engineering services. To further strengthen the quality of services to customers, the companies have agreed upon an exchange of human resources, whereby Geometric’s employees will take technology expertise to Japan, while DIPRO’s employees will bring in automotive domain knowledge in context of Japanese culture to the offshore centre. Hideki Yuasa, MD & General Manager, DIPRO said, “Japanese manufacturers are being challenged with the need for a PLM backbone that can support the speedy availability of accurate product data across locations; and are increasingly looking at alternate countries like India for its know-how and for reducing cost of operations. With Geometric’s deep

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   India has been identified as a priority market for Go Daddy's Global expansion. To support its growth plans, Go Daddy has appointed Rajiv Sodhi as Managing Director of Go Daddy India. Sodhi is claimed to be the first-ever international executive appointed by Go Daddy and will be based near New Delhi. Sodhi will be responsible for overseeing Go Daddy's expansion into the India market and is already beginning the process of hiring a team. Warren Adelman, CEO, Go Daddy said, “We knew we needed an experienced technologist, with a deep understanding of India's culture and our Go Daddy brand of customer service. Rajiv’s 14 years of experience in the technology space brings all these qualities to our business, as well as his strategic view on how to help grow online businesses. Together, our vision is to expand our footprint in India, hire locally and serve customers in India with people who speak their language." Sod

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SanDisk has announced a suite of new retail products that includes four new USB flash drives and a memory card. SanDisk unveiled the new products in India to kick off a global launch. The suite of products includes SanDisk’s USB flash drives, as well as memory card for smartphones and tablets. The new USB drives aims to offer consumers the storage they need to carry libraries of digital content with them wherever they go, transfer their files quickly. The new SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I card is ideal for smartphone and tablet users who want to boost their device’s storage capacity while. Manisha Sood, Country Manager & Director, India and SAARC, SanDisk, said, “India is an important market for SanDisk, and serves as the global launch platform for our new USB flash drives and industry-leading memory card. Our new products offer compelling benefits to consumers, ranging from fast file transfers and large capacities to sty

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Acer India has announced an end customer offer on its new range of consumer desktops Aspire DTs. Designed for one-to-one eLearning, the DVDs offer a collaborative, fun, interactive and user-friendly tool for children, parents and students. This pack will cover over 45 titles in learning, reference, knowledge, health and lifestyle. Moreover, Acer has built in the content from prominent brands such as Britannica as well. S.Rajendran, Chief Marketing Officer, Acer India, said, “With changing trends, we can no longer ignore the role technology is playing in the education segment. With technology being used as an enabler to better the means of divulging edification, we foresee the benefits of e-learning to have a greater impact on teaching. Understanding the dynamics, Acer has launched this Golden Collection pack to offer e-learning solutions to make learning more exciting and fun. Through this, Acer will not only facilitate innovation

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Acronis has been included in the Gartner Enterprise Backup & Recovery Magic Quadrant for 2012. Acronis has been positioned in the Niche Players quadrant, with its’ unified platform that supports backup and recovery tasks for physical Windows or Linux machines, all major hypervisors (VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, and Red Hat,) and data within Cloud environments from one management console and one solution. Alex Pinchev, President & CEO, Acronis said, “There are three major challenges facing data management strategies today. The explosion of data creation, the wide spread adoption of virtual environments and the introduction of unstructured cloud storage options are driving new and very real complexity into the traditional backup and recovery market. With the maturity of disk imaging, snapshot and replication technology, the challenge is not within the backup, but the speed at which data can be found or machines restored with ne

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   BioEnable has announced recently that they are launching a FBI PIV certified scanner enBioScan-C1 -STQC Certified. The manufacturer of the device has made sure that this complies with ISO standards such as ISO 19794, ISO 19792, NIST and ANSI. Pradeep Bhatia, MD, BioEnable said, “This is combination of High quality & cost effectiveness, which will revolutionize the single finger scanner market. With World class algorithms & hardware, the scanner outperforms FRR /FAR requirements set by STQC / UIDAI.” Along with customization feature, this device will also feature extremely high quality image capturing. It is expected that this device will perfectly cater to the needs of the government or semi government projects as it is both customizable and is able to work seamlessly with UIDAI-Aadhaar Authentication server. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Sony India has appointed Kenichiro Hibi as its new Managing Director, overseeing Sony’s operations in the region with effect from July 1, 2012. Hibi will be responsible for spearheading the overall growth and profitability of the company within the region. Hibi will be replacing Masaru Tamagawa, the current Managing Director, Sony India, who will move on to the position of President, Sony Europe.  Haruyasu Nagata, SVP in charge of Global Sales and Marketing, Sony Corporation, said, “I am delighted to appoint Kenichiro Hibi as the new Managing Director for Sony India. He has already successfully contributed to Sony’s growth in the rapidly evolving Russia market, and we are confident that his experience and expertise will take our Indian operations to the next level. Tamagawa made an exceptional contribution in making Sony India a top ranking sales company contributing significantly to Sony’s global sales, and I am confident that Hib

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   IMImobile has revealed that it is behind Sky News Arabia iPad app that has achieved a 4*+ rating in just over a month. The bespoke app delivers Arabic-language breaking news videos and articles by geographical region or category. The custom built tablet interface displays a unique rotating photo wall carousel, allowing users to select live-streaming news videos in a 3D environment. News stories are automatically uploaded to the app via an open API to ensure users have seamless access on the move to breaking news as it happens. Thair Soukar, Head - Digital Strategy, Sky News Arabia said, “IMImobile had an exciting vision for the app that revealed not only a deep understanding of the rapidly changing media landscape in the Middle East and North Africa but also our business objectives. This, coupled with its outstanding reputation in the media sector, meant that after a stringent selection process IMImobile emerged as the clea

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SMART Technologies (SMT) has launched the Chennai chapter of its SMART Professional Development Program for Teachers. The program unveiled by Sanjiv Pande, MD- India & South Asia, SMART Technologies is focused at addressing the need for training teachers in the use of interactive educational technology tools. Under the SMART Professional Development Program for Teachers, SMART Technologies’ team of Education Consultants will conduct a series of workshops across 15 major cities in India in order to prepare teachers in the use of technology tools including the SMART Notebook collaborative learning software. Sanjiv Pande, MD- India & South Asia, SMART Technologies said, “Well trained teachers are integral for an effective education system and it is critical to equip them with 21st century educational tools as well as offer professional development to optimize the use of such products. Taking a significant step towards addres

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Microsoft has launched Wi-Fi services in its buses for employees. With this launch, Microsoft becomes one of the few companies in India to extend the facility. The service is said to available on all the buses and for all the 23 routes that they take. In keeping with Microsoft’s fast-paced, challenging and fun workplace, these buses will now allow employees to share ideas and collaborate off campus as well. Srinivas Prasad, HR Director Microsoft India (R&D) Private Ltd. said, “Our policies are employee-centric - we are always striving towards making life better for our employees. These Wi-Fi-enabled buses will add another dimension to Microsoft’s work culture. The Wi-Fi connection provided is completely secure and can be used only by the occupants of the bus. Employees will be able to connect to the secure network using a unique password. Nearly 700 plus employees avail themselves of the bus service every day and this new ser

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE neoteric infomatique ltd. has rolled out an exclusive scheme, ‘LaCie Summer Bonanza’ for all LaCie Channel Partners including Partners who are doing business in small quantity. The objective of this scheme is believed to boost bulk-quantity sale and augment the sale of LaCie products which are high-end and which have a run-rate SKU.LaCie1TB/ 2TB D2 Quadra Triple interface/ Thunder bolt and Raid drives (external) are the products which come under this scheme. These pertain to an extensive product range with high performance solutions and enhanced reliability for professionals. Partners who qualify for the scheme will be rewarded with iPad/ Galaxy Note/ iPhone 3Gs/ Blackberry Bold/ Samsung Galaxy Y/ Nikon Coolpix camera depending on which slab they qualify for; the slabs comprise Bundle Purchase of run rate Series, Thunderbolt Series and RAID Series. Abhijit Ghosh, GM, neoteric Infomatique ltd., said, “LaCie, as a product-line has gain

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Vodafone India has trimmed its 3G tariffs by up to 80 per cent. Vodafone 3G plans are now supposed to start from Rs. 25 for 25 MB data usage and go up to Rs. 1,599 for 12 GB data usage. Under the pay-as-you-go for pre-paid customers, the rate has been cut by 80 per cent to 2 paise per 10kb. With reduction in tariffs, Vodafone also announced there will be no additional charges for roaming on data usage. The Company has claimed that it will now allow its customers to use data from their bundle package while on-net roaming across any location in India without any additional charge. Sanjoy Mukerji, Chief Commercial Officer,  Vodafone India said, "With the introduction of these plans, we aim at establishing a foundation for providing a 3G data plan for everyone, making it affordable to the masses in the country.” for More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NEC Corporation has established NEC Corporation of Korea (NEC Korea) as part of strengthening its regional information and communications technology (ICT) business. The new company is scheduled to begin operations in July 2012. Korea’s IT and network environments are claimed to be the world’s most advanced, and as broadband and wireless connectivity continues to expand, service businesses such as cloud, big data and M2M services are also expected to rapidly develop. These changing conditions have lead NEC to reinforce its regional organization by shifting focus from its existing hardware-centered business to an emphasis on solutions and services that capitalize on NEC’s IT and network strengths. NEC aims to propose, build and provide enterprise systems that leverage its advanced biometric technologies, including fingerprint and face recognition services, as well as public safety solutions, carrier network solutions, cloud and M

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Bharti Softbank (“BSB”), a 50:50 JV between Bharti Enterprises and SOFTBANK CORP., and Yahoo Japan Corporation have announced a partnership for developing a mobile internet portal for the Indian mobile market. The Companies have formed a JV company BSY Pte. Ltd. for this purpose. BSB was launched in October 2011 to focus on mobile internet in India. BSY Pte. Ltd is a step forward in this partnership and aims to combine Bharti’s deep understanding on the Indian market with SOFTBANK group’s rich experience in the internet portal space. Kavin Bharti Mittal, Head, Strategy & New Product Development, BSB said, “We are delighted to partner Yahoo! JAPAN, who have a proven track record in this area.BSY, which is BSB’s second venture, will be an important piece in our strategy to drive the uptake of mobile internet and data services.” Madhu Nori, Head of Operations, BSB said, “As the Indian mobile market moves towards data led service

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Infinera has made its first shipments of the DTN-X platform to customers for deployment. Infinera continues to undertake multiple trials and has received purchase orders from new and existing customers. Infinera has announced plans to deploy the DTN-X platform with two new customers, Cable&Wireless Worldwide for its Europe Persia Express Gateway (EPEG) and DANTE for its GÉANT European Research and Education Network. Dave Welch, Co-founder, EVP & Chief Strategy Officer, Infinera said, “While our competitors talk about their roadmaps for metro 400 Gb/s super-channels, Infinera is delivering the industry’s first 500 Gb/s long haul FlexCoherent super-channels. With DTN-X, we are also bringing the largest capacity OTN switch to market and delivering the industry’s first deployable FlexCoherent capability. Infinera delivers on the capabilities that help service providers scale, simplify and make their networks more efficient to low

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Juniper Networks has announced that SK Telecom has become the first customer in Korea to deploy Juniper's virtualization security solution for private and public clouds. By leveraging Juniper Networks' vGW Virtual Gateway with Juniper Networks' SRX Series Services Gateways, SK Telecom has been able to deliver broad cloud security across its physical and virtual network environments, enabling a comprehensive, automated approach to cloud-based data center protection that supports dynamic service delivery. SungShik Won, Sr. VP & Head, Enterprise Consulting Office, SK Telecom said, "The combination of our 4G LTE network, the latest smartphones and highly-automated cloud data center operations opens up a universe of new and dynamic service opportunities. vGW, Juniper Networks' virtualization security solution, is a key element in enabling our service vision since it automatically maintains consistent security do

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Check Point has announced the results of a new survey revealing 65 per cent of organizations which experienced targeted attacks report the hacker's motivation was driven by financial fraud, and resulted in business disruption and the loss of sensitive information, including intellectual property and trade secrets. The report, The Impact of Cybercrime on Businesses, also showed companies reporting an average of 66 new security attack attempts per week, with successful incidents costing businesses anywhere from $100,000 to $300,000.  "In the increasingly connected business scenario in India, employees often use and respond to requests and information that come online from both inside and outside the organization. This connectivity enables cybercriminals to make approaches to the employees from the relative anonymity of the Internet. As we become more adept in personal technology, our expectations for how we can use it at w

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   DIGISOL has introduced two new IP Surveillance Cameras - DG-SC3800 & DG-SC3800P. Both are Pan/Tilt IP camera with 3-mega pixel image sensor. With its 3-mega pixel image resolution and H.264 compression, users can stream high-quality video at low bandwidth. These IP cameras sport a range of high-quality video formats like QXGA, 1080p, 960p, 720p, D1, VGA and frame rates up to 30fps. This gives flexibility for setting an appropriate resolution for video streaming/ recording purpose. DDNS allows viewing the IP camera over Internet with the help of a domain name. UPnP will allow Windows users to access the camera with the click of a mouse even if the IP address of the camera is not known. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Fujitsu has launched MBB95850/860/870 series MCU with new technology equipped with FLASH built-in capacitive touch interface. This series includes two 24-pin MB95856 series equipped with high-sensitivity capacitive touch interface, one 32-pin MB95866 series and two 48/52-pin MB95876 series.  Based on 8-bit microcontroller F2MC-New8FX Family, this series uses APIS (Adjacent Pattern Interference Suppression) and AIC (Configurable Automatic Impedance Calibration) touch technology, which enable touch MCU to accurately identify touch input at various temperatures and in humidity environment. Furthermore, this series employs dual channel FLASH technology and  integrates various timers with multiple channels and high versatility, 10-bit high resolution A/D convertor, oscillation circuit, low-voltage detection circuit, UART/SIO circuit, I2C circuit and built-in one-channel analog comparator. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Adobe has announced multi-city roadshows to reach out to the larger creative community with its recently launched Adobe Creative Suite 6. The first of the three roadshows was organized at the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre in Mumbai recently. The Mumbai roadshow witnessed participation from over 1200 creative professionals, including design and print digital imaging professionals, cross-media designers, web developers, videographers and VFX artists.The roadshow was addressed by evangelists from Adobe Systems- Paul Burnett, APAC Evangelist, Creative Solutions; Michael Stoddart, APAC Evangelist, Creative Solutions and Karl Soule, APAC Evangelist, Adobe Video Solutions- who showcased an armory of spectacular new features of Adobe Creative Suite 6 that helps re-define and transform the creative processes. "We are glad to kick-start the Adobe Creative Suite 6 roadshow in Mumbai, the commercial and entertainment capital of India and

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Western Digital has launched its WD Sentinel DX4000, a complete network storage solution designed specifically to meet the demands of today's small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs).  WD Sentinel DX4000 includes the Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials operating system software and the Intel D525 dual-core Atom CPU. The WD Sentinel DX4000 is centralized shared storage and automatic server-based backup and restores solution, for up to 25 devices (PC and Mac) in a network. It offers complete data protection with built-in hardware and software redundancy for all of the connected devices in the network. In addition, the WD Sentinel DX4000 small office storage server acts as the "on-premise cloud storage" for the SMB.  "The WD Sentinel is a one-stop solution for the storage, backup and secure remote access needs of any SMB. The ability to have on-premise, as well as secure remote access to a centralized stora

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Axis has introduced indoor fixed mini domes that offer HDTV surveillance solution for retail stores, hotels, schools, banks and offices. The dust-resistant AXIS M30 cameras come with 3-axis camera angle adjustment and sports Axis' Corridor Format for vertically oriented video streams that maximize coverage of vertical areas. AXIS M3004 and AXIS M3005 offer horizontal viewing angles of 80° and 118°, respectively.  "The new AXIS M30 Network Cameras are small, easy to install on either walls or ceilings and competitively priced with superb HDTV performance. Together with their support for the easy-to-use AXIS Camera Companion and a wide range of other video management software, the cameras provide price-sensitive market segments with an attractively priced HDTV surveillance solution," said Johan Åkesson, Director, Business Development Retail. The cameras can send multiple H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams simultane

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HCL Infosystems has launched the new Beanstalk range of AIO (All-in-One) PC and the Smart Series Laptop and also showcased its range of lifestyle technology products, including tablets and the soon-to-be-launched HCL Ultrabook and the Ultra Small PC - HCL Tiny Top.  Princy Bhatnagar, Vice-President & Head Consumer Computing, HCL Infosystems Ltd., said, "HCL Infosystems has a strong tradition in consumer computing products and today with the unveiling of the first set of Consumer Computing 2012 products we are taking another significant step as a manufacturer of computing devices. The all-new range is a perfect balance of technology and lifestyle backed with innovative and sleek features. The next-gen HCL devices are loaded with premium features but at the same time offers absolute value for money to our customers. With this launch, HCL Infosystems fortifies its space in the consumer computing space by redefining consumer e