VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Karbonn Mobiles has introduced a budget tablet (Karbonn Smart Tab 1) running on the revolutionary Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ platform. Karbonn Mobiles claims to become the first company to bring in the latest innovation from the Android world to the Indian technological shores which is touted to be the fastest and smoothest version of Android yet. Pradeep Jain, MD, Karbonn Mobiles said, “Karbonn Mobiles is forever committed to bring revolutionary technology to the Indian technological eco-sphere. Herein through our technological  collaboration with MIPS Technologies and product alliance with Ingenic Semiconductor, we are proud to present the world’s first Smart Tab loaded with the revolutionary Android ‘Jelly Bean’ technology which is an industry-first in itself.” “Committed towards massifying technology and bringing in new-age technical innovations coupled with value-for-money product range aimed towards complete consumer...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HTC in partnership with TATA DOCOMO has unveiled its latest addition to the popular HTC Desire family of smartphones – HTC Desire VC. With a brilliant 4 inch screen and the latest HTC Sense 4.0 integrated with Android 4.0, HTC Desire VC (CDMA EV-DO and GSM) is believed to be one of the most affordable 4 inch smartphones in the market. This dual-sim smartphone offers one of the best-in-class interface that let users switch easily between personal and work mobile phone numbers and accounts, allowing for greater freedom and cost management. Faisal Siddiqui, Country Manager, HTC India said, “The new HTC Desire VC is an excellent amalgamation of style and technology. Its innovative design and dual-sim capability allows users to maximize their network connections while smartly managing data usage – making it the perfect lifestyle smartphone choice.” Sunil Tandon, Head Non Voice Services, TATA DOCOMO, said, “As a well received dual-te...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   GEAR4 has launched Renew SleepClock, a life-changing contact-free device that enables one to track and manage the sleep with iPod, iPhone or iPad. Renew Sleep Clock is claimed to be the first non-contact home sleep monitor that gives real-time sleep statistics and recommendations creating a new way to your evaluate sleep, improve your habits and wake up feeling more rested than ever before. Renowned Sleep Expert Dr. Michael Breus said, “The GEAR4 Renew SleepClock is the easiest way to evaluate your level of deep sleep. Unlike other products on the market, there is nothing you need to wear or plug-in, you just turn it on, dock your device, and wake up the next day to a better understanding of your physically restorative sleep.” Gear4 has been fetched to India by Brandeyes Distributors Pvt. Ltd., a multi-brand digital lifestyle distribution company and the sole distributor of GEAR4 in India. For More Details See www.varin...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Geojit BNP Paribas in 2010 has launched its new version for Android OS. Geojit BNP Paribas' customers with an Android Operating System in their Mobiles / Tablets can download the Flip Me Android application to obtain multiple market watch views with real-time updates, configure and place orders for all Cash and Derivative segments of the stock exchanges and view the order book and trade book in an optimum security environment. It also offers portfolio information with real time updates and dynamic real time charts. An offline order facility is also available through Flip Me, enabling investors to place orders outside market hours. A. Balakrishnan, CTO of Geojit BNP Paribas said, “The new application provides our clients with an efficient, convenient and enriching user experience with easy access to their trading account and offers them the flexibility to trade any time anywhere. The initial feedback of the new application is exce...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Coca-Cola bottling plant in Faizabad, UP has become the country’s first FMCG to install the highest capacity UPS of 500 KVA for uninterrupted process continuity of their plant. This 500 KVA UPS has been manufactured by Uniline. SK Pandey Chief Engineer, Coca-Cola, Faizabad said, “Since we are focusing on Process Continuity and had previously installed a 150 KVA Uniline UPS at our Hatras bottling plant that got us better results. Due to poor power condition, our production line gets held up and we lose about 4 lac bottles each time it halts, a tremendous wastage of value & downtime, secondly some electronic component of the line also fails due to fluctuations. The water treatment & the air compressing units are also being made in the similar way.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Aircel has launched a new product ‘Campus Special’ at Rs. 149 in Delhi/NCR region. The product is aimed at students, who are taking College/University admissions in the city as the new session begins. ‘Campus Special’ allows the youth to experience the tailor made blend of ‘talk, text and surf’. With this plan, Aircel focuses on youth as it is the most competitive offering in the segment. By launching this product Aircel also extends its strong focus on data as it combines data benefits with voice and text services. Anil Gupta, Circle Head - New Delhi & Haryana, Aircel said, “Aircel’s new ‘Campus Special’ plan allows the youth to savour the irresistible platter of services – talk, text and surf. Staying connected is the foremost need of today’s youth and this plan caters to just that.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ZengaTV has announced its winning the exclusive mobile rights for India-Srilanka series has roped in Parle Wafers as the title sponsor for the series. Shabir Momin, MD & CTO, ZengaTV said, “this is a very exciting moment for us as we not only bagged the rights to telecast the 5 One day International’s and 1 T20 International match of the ongoing India - Srilanka series but we also have got Parle Wafers to be the title sponsor of the series. Under the deal Parle Wafers will advertise in between over’s as pure FCT and also on Action Replay and Super 4’s mirroring the traditional TV model of advertising and this alternate platform gives a choice to the brands to consider while they strategize their marketing and advertising plan. Abhishek Joshi, CEO, ZengaTV, said “this tie-up with Parle Wafers is an important addition to our already existing advertiser bouquet and we strongly feel is that there is enough space for every brand t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) has won a project to provide UNE with an MF821 LTE Dongle and MF821+MF20 LTE Wireless Uifi set. The MF821 LTE wireless network card supports LTE FDD: DL/UL 100/50Mbps, has a Micro SD slot up for storage of up to 32 GB, and supports all major operating systems. The MF20 is a new datacard adapter product. Its main function is to change datacard access for Wifi coverage. It is portable; battery powered and can also be used as a wired router. Hua Rusong, President, ZTE Colombia said, "ZTE’s sound relationship with UNE made this partnership possible. In the future, we aim to partner with the operator on 4G handsets, Uifi, tablets as well as system projects." JuanIgnacio Palaci, UNE Global Marketing Vice President said, ”ZTE is a valuable partner in Colombia. We are honored to work with them to bring these products to our customers.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sophos is reminding internet users the importance of choosing different passwords across their online accounts, following reports of a password breach at popular cloud storage provider Dropbox. Dropbox has discovered that usernames and passwords stolen from other websites were successfully used to sign in to Dropbox accounts, suggesting that those users affected were using the same sign-in credentials for multiple online accounts.  One compromised account belonged to a Dropbox employee, and contained a document containing the email addresses of Dropbox users. Graham Cluley, Sr. Technology Consultant, Sophos said, "The Dropbox incident underlines the necessity of having different passwords for every website. As people pile more confidential information onto the web, hackers are being given a greater incentive to penetrate accounts.  The frequency and severity of these data breaches is proving time and time again that users must m...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has introduced new offerings that improve visibility into the relationship between software and physical, virtual and cloud IT infrastructure, enabling organizations to reduce complexity and take control of their IT processes and services. The new HP Configuration Management System (CMS) 10 includes new HP Universal Discovery software, which offers automated discovery capabilities to support the deployment and management of physical, virtual and cloud projects. Automated discovery capabilities enable clients to reduce costs and risks associated with service disruptions, as well as decrease the time spent on manual discovery by more than 50 percent. In addition, HP CMS clients have recently seen an increase in speed of projects completed. W. Scott Hite, Director, Technology, Global IT Asset Management, Equifax, Inc. said, “Clients have trusted Equifax for more than a century to deliver innovative, high-quality solutions-and our IT ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SAP is believed to pay Oracle $306 million in damages to settle the companies' long-running copyright infringement suit. As per the terms of the settlement, in addition to the $306 million settlement, SAP is said to pay Oracle's legal costs in the lawsuit. Dorian Daley, General Counsel, Oracle said, “SAP, which admitted infringement before the 2010 trial and pled guilty to a number of criminal charges brought by the U.S. Department of Justice after trial, must pay us a minimum of $426 million, including attorneys’ fees.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MatrikonOPC has expanded the functionality of its OPC Excel Reporter software by adding support for Microsoft Office 2010. Engineers, operators, and analysts are now believed to easily work with live and archived data to create reports directly within Excel – regardless of the MS Office 2010 version or OPC connectors used. It is now easier than ever to create powerful, professional looking day-to-day reports without leaving the Excel environment. OPC Excel Reporter can access live data from RTUs, PLCs, and other OPC-enabled data sources and makes it directly accessible in Excel.  With native support for all real-time OPC DA specifications - OPC Excel Reporter users can easily access all their real time OPC data regardless of what OPC DA server it arrives from. Jeff Gould, GM, MatrikonOPC said, "Getting the right information to people at the right time and in a format that helps them make better decisions is important for bus...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ExlService Holdings Inc. has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2012. Rohit Kapoor, VC & CEO, said, "In the second quarter, EXL generated rapid growth year-over-year as well as sequentially. As expected, our transformation practice accelerated, and achieved record quarterly revenues and gross profits. Growth was driven by strong demand for decision analytics services, particularly in the insurance and banking verticals. I am pleased to announce that we have won a new strategic account with a global bank for transformation services. The role of analytics in our organization is increasing, and differentiating us as a company.” Vishal Chhibbar, CFO, commented, "In the second quarter, EXL achieved revenues of $108.0 million, up 27% year-over-year, or 33% on a constant currency basis. Sequentially, revenues grew by 6% on a constant currency basis. During the quarter, margins expanded year-over-year...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Genpact Limited has announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012.  Genpact also announced that it expects to pay a special cash dividend to all shareholders of $2.24 per common share, or approximately $500 million in total. Revenues were $467.6 million, up 17.6% from $397.6 million in the second quarter of 2011, primarily driven by growth in revenues from Global Clients. Business process management and technology services revenues from Global Clients were up 19.8% and 38.4% respectively. Net income attributable to Genpact Limited shareholders was $61.1million, up 56.6% from $39.0 million in the second quarter of 2011; net income margin for the second quarter of 2012 was 13.1%, up from 9.8% in the second quarter of 2011. Diluted earnings per common share were $0.27, up 55.4% from $0.17 in the second quarter of 2011. Adjusted income from operations was $77.8 million, up 19.2% from $65.3 million in the ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Mahindra Satyam has announced its unaudited consolidated financial results under Indian GAAP for the first quarter ended June 30, 2012. Consolidated Revenues is at Rs. 1880 crore, up 31% YoY. EBITDA is at Rs. 408 crore, margins at 21.7%, up by 417 bps QoQ. PAT at Rs. 352 crore, as compared to Rs. 225 crore in the previous year. EPS was Rs 2.99 per share in Q1. Vineet Nayyar, Chairman, Mahindra Satyam, said, “With this quarter, we have successfully ended our 3-year transformational journey, recording progress on the back of strong fundamentals, focus and investments. Global business realities continue to be unpredictable. However we are confident of taking forward our momentum.” CP Gurnani, CEO, Mahindra Satyam, said, “We compete in the marketplace today with investments in services, markets and our differentiators. Our plans to convert some of these bullets into cannonballs are a reflection of our performance this quarter....