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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE JK Shin, Head of its Telecommunications Business has shared that Samsung Electronics Co. is expecting a cumulative sales of its Galaxy S III to top 10 million units during July. Samsung launched its Galaxy S III on May 29 in Europe and is now expanding global roll-outs. The phone is said to feature a 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. It has an 8 megapixel rear camera with flash and zero shutter lag and a 1.9 megapixel front camera. The Samsung Galaxy S III runs Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, operating system. Available in two colours - Pebble Blue and Marble White, its connectivity options include connectivity options include WiFi a/b/g/n, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0(LE). The phone is engineered with a 2100 mAh battery. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The organisation that oversees Internet domain names has appointed a new Chief Executive, who will have to take on some of the major challenges facing the non-profit body, including controversy over expansion of its services. Fadi Chehade will start his new job at ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in October. Chehade said, “I would pursue consensus-building among all the stakeholders involved in affairs affecting the internet. Multi-stakeholder models require patience but I believe this process is nearly sacred.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE A joint team of Railways and IIT-Kanpur has developed - the real-time train running information system - a technology which is said to enable a mobile user to access information about the exact location of a train.   Railway Ministry Official shared, "One has to type the train number and SMS it to 09415139139 or 09664139139 for knowing the exact location of a train on real-time basis. The service is currently available for 36 pairs of premier trains, including Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto. Not all premier trains are covered yet. Some of the trains covered under the project included Mumbai Rajdhani, Howrah Rajdhani, Dibrugarh Rajdhani, Sealdah Duronto and Shatabdi trains for Bhopal, Kanpur and Amritsar. The facility would be extended to all major trains in the next 18 months and the railways has allocated Rs 121 crore for the project." The Official said, "It will cost about Rs 50,000 to install a receiver on t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Bharti Airtel has launched a reality show, Airtel Super Singer 7- the spicy series, aimed to entertain music lovers of Andhra Pradesh. The launch took place in the presence of Sharlin Thayil, CEO - Bharti Airtel, Andhra Pradesh along with the jury members of the show, the singers, Sunitha, and Kouslaya along with lyricist Chandra Bose. Sharlin Thayli, CEO - Bharti Airtel, Andhra Pradesh said, “Airtel has always taken the lead in associating with events, shows and initiatives that showcases the talent of today's youth. It gives us immense pleasure to be associated with this youthful and entertaining show that will unleash the talent of Andhra Pradesh. We would like to wish the participants all the very best for a fantastic show.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE R&M has provided the cabling solutions the Narodowy National Stadium in Warsaw at where data is being transferred securely helping all the football fans enjoy the game in the stadium and around the world. The modular R&Mfreenet cabling system was chosen as the solution. The backbone of the National Stadium is based on 72-fiber single mode optic cables, category OS2. The redundant cabling is led through separate routes to minimize the risk of failure. The FO rings link four data centers in which the entire IT infrastructure is also provided as a redundant replica. Cat. 6 Real10 cable was used below 100 meters. It supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Applications located further away such as cameras, screens, some access points and control systems are connected via FO duplex connections with SCRJ/APC connectors. These connectors are characterized not only by top performance but are also able to ensure environmental protection up to IP...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   MSI has announced today that their Intel 6/7 series mainboards have acquired Windows 8 certification from Microsoft. MSI has lead the Windows 8 market by displaying several mainboards that meet the Windows 8 certification requirements and showing off various new Windows 8 features live for the exhibition audience during the Computex exhibition this year. MSI mainboards are believed to be currently the only leading mainboard brand that runs 3DMark for Windows 8 successfully on their certified mainboards, which proves that MSI is fully ready for Windows 8 in terms of both software and hardware, safeguarding the Windows 8 system’s stability and compatibility for consumers and providing the best user experience. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ON Semiconductor has introduced NCN49597, a new power line carrier (PLC) modem system-on-chip (SoC) for use in applications such as e-metering, home automation, solar energy and lighting control. The first device in a new family of PLC modems, the NCN49597 combines a low- power 32-bit ARM Cortex M0 processor with a high-precision analogue front-end and is based on a dual 4800-baud S-FSK (Spread Frequency Shift Keying) channel technology.  The NCN49597 is fully compliant with the IEC61334-5-1 standard and supports customized implementation of the building automation standard. The new device features field re-programmability, smart synchronization and automatic half baud rate detection along with the Programmable carrier frequencies in the CENELEC A to D bands and the ability to operate on both AC voltage, at either 50 hertz (Hz) or 60 Hz, and DC voltage.  The NCS5650 is a 2 ampere (A) high efficiency class A/B power li...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Corsair has announced the Neutron Series solid-state drives (SSDs), to feature the LM87800 6Gb/s SSD controller from Link_A_Media Devices (LAMD). All Neutron Series models incorporate LAMD's on-the-fly error correction and NAND management technologies. The Neutron Series GTX drives also include adaptive DSP technology. Available in capacities of 120GB, 240GB and 480GB, Neutron Series GTX SSDs are designed with toggle NAND flash memory to deliver up to a super-high 90,000 random read and write IOPs (input/output operations per second), which speeds up data-intensive tasks like video and image editing. These drives provide superior sequential speeds of up to 555 MB/s read and 500 MB/s write. Thi La, Vice-President, Memory Products, Corsair, said, "The Neutron Series SSDs, a strategic collaboration between Corsair and LAMD, reflects the shared commitment to performance, quality, and reliability ingrained in our companies....

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SafeNet has announced enhancements to its Sentinel software monetization solution, Sentinel Cloud that enables independent software vendors (ISVs) to easily license and monetize their on-premise, hybrid and cloud-based solutions. SafeNet’s Sentinel technology aims to provide a dynamic "live" licensing back-end entitlement management system that maintains and reports licensing states. Jake Fox, Vice-President, Product Management, SafeNet, commented, "This enhancement to the Sentinel portfolio was specifically designed for ISVs that are reaching for the cloud but not quite ready to make the full transition away from on-premise software. We know there are a lot of reasons why vendors can’t fully transition their software to the cloud - from legacy customers to legacy back-end systems and licensing models. We get that, and we have enhanced the Cross-Locking of our Sentinel portfolio specifically to help them seamlessly m...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   WatchGuard has announced that its Q1 billings have once again returned double-digit, year- over-year growth.  "The first quarter of 2012 was a record first quarter for WatchGuard, following up on a record year in 2011. Hackers continue to push the security envelope, which means businesses are constantly hardening their networks, applications and data. Additionally, regulatory pressures around the globe continue to push businesses to take stronger positions against data loss, all of which bodes well for WatchGuard and our channel partners," said Mohit Puri, Country Manager, India & SAARC, WatchGuard Technologies. In particular, the company notes five consecutive quarters of double-digit growth (averaging 15 per cent) from the company's core UTM business, high customer retention rates, and 39-per cent year-over-year billings growth for its enterprise class, multifunction firewalls, which includes the XTM 8 s...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Trend Micro has announced that Trend Micro Deep Security and OfficeScan Intrusion Defense Firewall provide the vulnerability shielding required to protect Windows environments from zero-day threat as. This is further to the announcement made by Microsoft about zero-day threat. Trend Micro Deep Security and OfficeScan Intrusion Defense Firewall effectively aims to protect Users against Active Exploits on Latest Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities. The new rule was provided by Trend Micro within two hours of the vulnerability announcement and can be pushed out automatically and without disruption to all vulnerable systems. "Vulnerabilities provide opportunities for Trend Micro to increase the security of our customers through virtual patching, especially in cases where there are active exploits. Microsoft's recent announcement offers a particularly rich conversation starter for a Deep Security or OfficeScan IDF discussion....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NEC has partnered with SpiderCloud Wireless. As part of the partnership, NEC will provide SpiderCloud'sSmartCloud(TM) system to its existing and new customers as part of its end-to-end Small Cell solution offering, which also includes Small Cell products for the residential and small enterprise market segments.   "The scalability, reliability and ease of deployment of the SpiderCloudSmartCloud system are ideally suited for NEC's needs. With NEC's Small Cell footprint covering more than 20 carriers worldwide, we can accelerate the deployment of E-RANs to help our customers serve their client base with a premium mobile services platform that is free from the capacity, time to market and cost limitations of DAS," said Anil Kohli, General Manager, NEC Europe Ltd. Mike Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer, SpiderCloud, said, "NEC has an impressive track record with Small Cell technology developments and ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Kaspersky Lab has uncovered a set of malicious Android applications posing as security software. The malware is linked to the infamous Zeus Trojan, a common tool used in the theft of banking credentials. The phony security applications were first observed earlier this month, and newer versions have continued to appear, according to Kaspersky. "On the 4th of June, 2012, we found 3 APK files of ~207 kb in size each heuristically detected by our engine as HEUR:Trojan-Spy.AndroidOS.Zitmo.a. All these applications are malicious and were created to steal incoming SMS messages from infected devices. SMS messages will be uploaded to a remote server whose URL is encrypted and stored inside the body of the Trojan," blogged Denis Maslennikov, Researcher, Kaspersky. Joji Hamada, threat analyst, Symantec Security Response, blogged, "While there are countless numbers of sites aimed at scamming computer users, there have only b...