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FBI is likely to suspend internet connectivity on Monday

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Monday, 9th of July, at 06:00 (MEZ) the temporary DNS-servers setup by FBI will be shut down. But still there are still thousands of infected machines - one can wonder, what will happen to them, since malware which was constantly being used by cyber criminals to access confidential data from throughout the world.  Computers in the internet have their own address - the IP-address. There are two versions:  IPv4 which is a 32-bit address e.g. 195.122.169.23 and IPv6 which is a 128-bit address e.g. 2001:db8:85a3:8d3:1319:8a2e:370:7347 In order to combat the DNS Changer and associated viruses from affecting more people/computers, the FBI has brought out a mechanism through which you can identify whether your computer system is affected by the DNS changer or not. There is also a deadline set by the FBI that is July 9 2012. By this date, computers infected with the DNS Changer will be denied internet access as the FBI might shut down
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Amarendra Khatua,appointed Ambassador of India to Argentina,Uruguay, Paraguay

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Dr. Amarendra Khatua appointed as Ambassador to Argentina.He is likely to join in new assignment from 21st July 2012. Recently government of India appointed Dr. Khatua as special envoy to South Sudan and Sudan to broker peace between the two nations. He is currently working as an additional secretary in the Ministry of External  Affairs.By his appointment Government of India expects the Trade among both countries will double to 5 Billion in a period of Two years. Dr. Amarendra Khatua is a carrier diplomat. He did his graduation from Delhi University in 1978. He is a poet and has written several poems in Odia. Dr. Amarendra Khatua joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1981. He has worked as a Commercial Counsellor in Trade & Economic Positions in Spain, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Mexico and USA. He has served as India's Ambassador to Cote D'Ivoire and concurrently as Ambassador to Guinea and Liberia and as High Com

CA ecoGovernance 3.0 announced

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   CA Technologies has announced CA ecoGovernance 3.0, a key offering in the CA ecoSoftware suite that is designed to help customers with corporate energy and sustainability management. It features project planning and management, scenario planning, portfolio management and supply chain management capabilities that help enable corporate energy and sustainability transformation. Terrence Clark, GM, Energy & Sustainability Solutions, CA Technologies said, "Energy and sustainability are growing corporate concerns with increasing implications for bottom-line corporate performance. CA Technologies continues to work with many of the world's leading companies to provide advanced software that uniquely supports excellence and innovation in these increasingly critical disciplines." For More Details See www.varindia.com
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MoneyWare BARS launched

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Miles has launched its MoneyWare Business Analytics and Reporting Services (BARS). Powered by the latest business intelligence tools from SAP BusinessObjects, the solution will bring reporting and superior data analysis to customers. Moreover, the company also launched a trade execution platform for portfolio based trading and Managed Services - Portfolio and Wealth Management Operations Outsourcing. "The launch of BARS is a part of our continued thrust to provide platforms and products to empower our clients to capitalize on evolving business opportunities,” said, Milan Ganatra, CEO, Miles Software. "MoneyWare BARS gives truly a 'BI in a box' experience with productized features, low cost of ownership, faster implementation cycles and high quality of BI data. The solution will automate manual based data consolidation and will introduce user-friendly "drag & drop" reporting access to fulfill client
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Zon Multimedia Selects Ericsson for IT Managed Services

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE To provide its consumers with the best user experience, ZON Multimédia has selected Ericsson as consulting, systems integration and managed services partner to operate and maintain its data centers. Under the two-year contract, Ericsson is responsible to optimize the operational performance of ZON's information systems and information technologies (IS/IT). Luus Lopes, Chief Operating Officer, ZON Multimédia, said, "We have chosen Ericsson due to its global experience and local competence in managing complex projects. Ericsson has proven to have the required capability to deliver IT services and I am confident that this deal will allow us to become more efficient in our operations and more competitive in the market." Valter D'Avino, Vice President and head of Managed Services, Ericsson, said, "Operators are facing an increasingly complex IT landscape and need to find ways to simplify their IT operations. By
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CanvasM earns GCF recognition

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE CanvasM, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tech Mahindra is now certified by Global Certification Forum as a "GCF Recognized Test Organization (RTO)" in the areas of Conformance Testing & Field Trials testing. This makes CanvasM first company in India to get certified by GCF. Sirisha Voruganti, CTO and Head of Consumer Experience & Device Testing Group, CanvasM said, "We have come a long way in the Global Test Lab space in a very short time. This recognition from the honorary GCF is a standing example of our commitment and growing traction with our ODM customers. We continue to address the complex test needs posed by today’s networks and the interoperable issues with growing set of terminals and at the same time support their fast time-to-market needs." For More Details See www.varindia.com

Gravic's Remark Office OMR unveiled

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE OMR India Outsources has recently introduced Gravic's Remark Office OMR, a software solution, which gives user full freedom to create and print their own forms and collect data using regular scanners. Remark Office OMR, is aimed for collecting and analyzing data from plain paper OMR (optical mark recognition) forms. It doesn't require any special forms and scanners to identify the data. It can recognize optical marks, machine generated text (OCR), and barcodes and reviews duplicate entries and gives options to keep the selected entries and delete the rest.  "With over 50,000 licenses in all corners of the world, Remark products remain the most powerful and popular solutions for collecting data from your surveys, tests, assessments, evaluations and other forms. Remark Office OMR offers a very convenient way of collecting and analyzing the assessment data. With this advanced software the user can easily link to an exte
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SMB Education Seminar Series launched

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nevales Networks has rolled out an education series aimed at SMB owners from different verticals like manufacturing, education, retail, healthcare, ITES, CA / LAW / Consulting firms etc. Beginning on Tuesday, July 9, Nevales Networks will host weekly Tuesday seminars designed to introduce and educate business owners about secure cloud computing. The session would cover threats, countermeasures, case studies and best practices. Ravishankar, CEO & CO-Founder, Nevales Networks said, “What we see with SMBs today is either they are not aware how they can leverage secure cloud computing to solve their business problems and focus on their core business or have some basic security and feel that they are adequately protected, and both situations are dangerous. With continuous Internet connectivity becoming the lifeline of any business entity, the exposure to blended threats is a reality. We want to educate SMBs that with secure cloud comp

Loginworks brings "Never Miss Out" campaign

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Loginworks has positioned TaskTrek as the most-sought-after solution for communication management in its upcoming campaign “Never Miss out” starting mid-July. The campaign aims to highlight the need and importance for communication management.    Dheeraj Juneja, Founder & CEO, Loginworks Softwares, said, “In light of this campaign, we are also happy to announce the launch of three significant reports in TaskTrek that will make communications far more powerful, decision making easier and, always ensure that you never miss out. The first report will be out in mid-July and the consequent reports are slated for launch next month.” For More Details See www.varindia.com
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Tata DOCOMO offers affordable 3G Data Packs

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Tata DOCOMO has introduced a new and attractive 3G data prepaid packs at delightfully affordable prices and a reduction of almost 89% in prices for customers in Karnataka. Tata DOCOMO’s lowest data pack now costs Rs 5/- that offers 50MB of data download for browsing high speed internet. It now offers more MB on data packs, for instance on a recharge of Rs 22, prepay customers will now get 150 MB of data download as against their earlier entitlement of 25MB. A P Sriram, Chief Operating Officer, Tata DOCOMO, Karnataka circle, said, “We have ensured that 3G is now available to all consumers with the newly launched 3G Data pack priced at Rs. 5 for 50 MB. This simple change has effectively removed the artificial price barriers to 3G and truly, 3G is now available at 2G prices. Keeping the focus on the user experience Tata DOCOMO’s new 3G data prepaid plans are affordable, simple and cater to the various needs of our customers.”

Telit opens New Office in Melbourne

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Telit Wireless Solutions has opened a new office in Melbourne, Victoria to serve the growing M2M markets in Australia, New Zealand and the Oceanic region which includes Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The office will be managed by Marcos Kinzkowski, Telit’s Vice President of Sales for the region. Kinzkowski previously served as Telit's Latin America vice president of sales where he led a team that firmly established the company’s presence in Brazil over the past several years. Kinzkowski said, “Australia´s M2M market is similar in size to Brazil’s but a key difference is Australia has more integrators and developers creating products for the global market. Many of these M2M companies are delivering products for the high-growth U.S. and European markets and we want to make sure they are aware of Telit’s premier wireless module technology and value-added services.” Dominikus Hierl, Chief Marketing Officer, Telit Wireless S
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Acer India to offer free Cloud space

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Acer India has partnered with Vaulten to offer free cloud space with Acer’s desktop and notebooks. Acer is said to provide 2GB of free cloud space on a private cloud network. The cloud services offered by Acer is believed to give the company an opportunity to address the requirements of its modern age consumers who are tech savvy and require that extra storage space. Consumers can protect data from computers running on multiple platforms spread across offices and other geographies through this Vaulten account. The cloud account comes with a built-in automatic sync feature for file synchronisation across systems. This offer is supposed to be valid on the Veriton, TravelMate, Gateway and Aspire range of commercial and consumer desktops and laptops. For More Details See www.varindia.com

Symphony Teleca @ Zinnov Globalization Summit

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Symphony Teleca Corporation has announced that it will showcase its software solutions at Zinnov Globalization Summit in Bangalore, India. Furthermore, at the Summit, Symphony Teleca executives will engage with ISVs and captives on the importance of developing new functionality, software products and modernization that impacts revenue growth, TCO or non-core activities. For More Details See www.varindia.com

ZEB-SW2350 2.1 unveiled

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Top Notch Infotronix has launched new 2.1 multimedia speaker ZEB-SW2350 which includes two satellite speakers and one subwoofer. The subwoofer has the driver on the bottom and port on the front along with the volume controller with blue LED ring comes on the right side of the subwoofer. Pradeep Doshi, Director - Sales, Topnotch Infotronix, said, " ZEB-SW2350  is the latest addition to the sound monster range from Zebronics. This speaker is incredibly loud for its size and yet produces very clear and crisp sound. The design of the speaker is very neatly done which looks very stylish and modern." For More Details See www.varindia.com

SAP positioned in Leaders Quadrant for ERP

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SAP AG has announced that the SAP Business All-in-One solution has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Single-Instance ERP for Product-Centric Midmarket Companies" report.  The positioning is based on evaluation of ERP systems that support a single-instance strategy for multientity midmarket and upper midmarket companies. Moreover, SAP Business All-in-One solutions are ERP solutions available to midsize or quickly growing small companies. The solutions help drive business growth, build and maintain operational excellence, and optimize financial performance.  For More Details See www.varindia.com
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Zebronics expands its reach

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Top Notch Infotronix has announced opening of a new branch at Jammu in order to offer its customers greatly increased levels of sales, technical support and faster service. This branch has been added to provide better support to its partners in Jammu and Srinagar district. Apart from sales, Zebronics will also provide after sales service and support at the new branch.  Pradeep Doshi said, "Jammu branch has been added after a lot of public demand. Many partners from Jammu and Srinagar have requested for the branch and to help and support them in terms of service and products availability. We are glad to expand our reach by opening the Jammu branch just after the inauguration of new office in Trivandrum. Earlier our partners used to buy the products from other northern states and availability of complete range of Zebronics products was a concern. We now have our presence from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and hope to bring many more op