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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NEC Corporation is enhancing its lineup of cloud services for telecommunications carriers by adopting the IBM SmartCloud for Social Business service to help its small and mid-sized clients improve internal communication. Services are scheduled to begin in the EMEA, LATAM and APAC regions in the first half of the 2012 fiscal year. Bethann Cregg, VP, IBM Social Business Cloud said, "Small and mid-sized businesses have a lot to gain from social collaboration in the cloud. The combination of highly reliable business applications with the flexibility of cloud delivery models makes it easy to work seamlessly with people inside and outside of the organization." Ken Sugata, GM, Carrier Cloud Division, NEC said, "NEC's carrier cloud services have pioneered the provision of customized SaaS, Desktop as a Service (DaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms for leading carriers all over the world. We expect th

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wish Tel has announced Go App for viewing London Olympics 2012. This app will be available on all WishTel tablets. Designed and developed by WishTel, the Olympics on Go App will enable users to watch 3,500 hours of sports, coverage every event in every game, games schedule and also update users on the results and important announcements that are made at the Olympics. The app will keep users and game lovers updated on all the events and happenings of the Olympics 2012 where they are. Whether travelling or at work, the Go App that will let you not miss any moment of the year’s biggest sports event. Milind Shah, Chief Executive Officer, WishTel, said, “Olympics 2012 is the biggest event of this year and people need to be updated with the information related to the various competitions in different sports. Go App is developed with the aim to help our consumers stay well-informed on all the information of events in any categories. Thi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Milagrow has launched TabTop / Domestic Robot in the name of Olympic winner Vijay Kumar. Milagrow has also decided to honour the athlete by giving five per cent of the sales proceeds from special edition product to the medal winner. Rajeev Karwal, Founder & CEO, Milagrow Business & Knowledge Solutions, said, “We are very delighted that Vijay Kumar won the silver medal and the second medal for India, making us proud yet again. As Milagrow has announced, we will launch the special edition products in the name of Vijay Kumar very soon. He and those who are yet to win more medals will also get a chance to win more than Rs.50 lakh over a one-year period.” Milagrow expects to easily sell more than 10,000 Tab Tops / Domestic Robots named after both Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar at a price of at least Rs.10,000. Milagrow will launch the special edition products after consultation with the winners about the specifications and pac

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Bitdefender has teamed up with Acunetix to protect users of WebsiteDefender by having their website scanned by Bitdefender's malware detection technology. "Our partnership with Bitdefender will allow us to offer a complete malware scanning solution within WebsiteDefender, an industry first. Coupled with its innovative backup feature, WebsiteDefender provides malware detection and easy removal. WebsiteDefender further establishes itself as the leading website security monitoring service, allowing users to secure their web presence against malware and hackers without the need for advanced security know-how," said Nick Galea, CEO, Acunetix. "We are confident that a multiple award-winning technology with a long-standing tradition in leading the way in terms of proactive data protection is a strong asset for any WebsiteDefender user. This partnership is an excellent addition to the Bitdefender OEM portfolio that c

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Following their press releases issued on May 23, 2012 and June 14, 2012, Seagate  and LaCie S.A. have announced the completion of the purchase by Seagate of all of the shares of Philippe Spruch and his affiliate, representing 64.5% of the outstanding shares of LaCie for a provisional price of €4.05 per share. The price payable to Philippe Spruch and his affiliate may be increased by 3%, to €4.17 per share, in the event that within six months following today's date. The completion of the transaction follows the required clearances from the French Ministry of Finance and the US and German Antitrust Authorities. Furthermore, as a result of the completion of the transaction, Seagate intends to file in the coming weeks with the French Autorité des marches financiers an all-cash simplified tender offer on the remaining LaCie shares. As previously announced, Ricol Lasteyrie & Associés has been appointed as independent expert b

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE As the London 2012 Olympics opening event draws near, Trend Micro Researchers have spotted some spammed messages using the 2012 Olympics as bait, one involved an email that says "winning notification", another message asks for personal details in exchange for a prize, and another that asks users to notify a specific contact person. Users who fall for any of these traps are at risk of having their information stolen or their machines infected with malware. Some spam may even lead to monetary loss. Amit Nath, Country Manager - India and SAARC, Trend Micro, said, "Attackers are still using these because these scams are still giving them successful margins. Social engineering has worked for years and there are little signs of that changing. So long as users are still falling for this trap, scammers will continue to create new spam runs using events like the London Olympics to make a quick buck." Trend Micro Resear

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   It has been recently announced that HP has issued the following statement in response to today's proposed ruling in the ongoing litigation with Oracle relating to the Intel Itanium platform: "Today's proposed ruling is a tremendous win for HP and its customers. The Superior Court of the State of California, Santa Clara County, has confirmed the existence of a contract between HP and Oracle that requires Oracle to port its software products to HP's Itanium-based servers. We expect Oracle to comply with its contractual obligation as ordered by the Court." In this action for declaratory relief, the Court finds in favour of HP and against Oracle on both the breach of contract and promissory estoppel causes of action brought by HP. The Settlement and Release Agreement entered into by HP, Oracle and Hurd on September 20, 2010, requires Oracle to continue to offer its product suite on HP’s Itanium-based server pl

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Gemalto has announced the official go-live of NFC services management in Singapore, powered by its Allynis Trusted Services Manager (TSM) solution, hosted in Gemalto's local TSM data center. Supported by the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of the nation, the project to bring NFC to Singapore consumers lines up a consortium of local partners including mobile operators, banks and service providers. This is the first time that the mobile operators and a range of other service providers join forces to launch nation-wide NFC services to the general public using a unified, comprehensive TSM solution. Ronnie Tay, CEO, National Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore said, "As part of IDA's iN2015 Masterplan, the Next Generation e-Payments Programme promotes technology adoption that realizes the vision of Singapore as a leading e-payments nation. The open access model for NFC infrastructure allows businesses to deploy