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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fujezone which comes under the brand Nakamichi Techno Pvt. Ltd. has expanded its product line in year 2012 by venturing into the Tablet PC market. Satyakk Kapur, VP, Fujezone, said, “We have witnessed demand and queries for Fujezone tablets from our customers and current market dynamics are also favoring the tablets market so for us it has become an obvious choice to cater to the market demand and to grab a share in the tablet market pie and our presence in 15 states & leading E-Commerce portals will help us to sell approx 50,000 units in the next quarter.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

Go Daddy India sees +ve growth outlook

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Go Daddy has announced that the company is seeing a significant surge in new Indian customers over the last year and in recent months. Comparing July (2011-2012), new Go Daddy India customers have nearly doubled, growing by 91 percent. Since January and through the first seven months of the year, data shows Go Daddy growing new Indian customers by a robust 52 percent. The news comes as Go Daddy India officially announces its customer care facility in Hyderabad, India, which has been in operation since June. Rajiv Sodhi, MD, India, Go Daddy, said, "What we are doing is helping people leverage the Internet to grow their businesses providing simple products at competitive prices and supporting them with industry-best customer service based here in India. It's a pretty straight-forward formula and it works. In this economy, everyone is looking for an edge. I think our timing has been exquisite and the results are playing o

Mindteck shares Q1 FY 2012-13 results

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Mindteck has reported its audited financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2012. The Company’s consolidated revenues for the quarter stood at Rs. 63.75 crore as against Rs. 52.50 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year ended June 30, 2011, registering a growth of 21.41% over the previous year’s quarter. In addition, Due to forex loss provisioning of Rs. 89.67 lakh, a net loss of Rs. 253.44 lakh for the quarter was recorded as against a net loss of Rs. 24.22 lakh in the corresponding quarter of last year. Wayne Berkowitz, CEO & MD, said, “Despite the unsatisfactory numbers this quarter, there are distinct signs of improvement. I'm focused on the future, and confident about producing results through several new organization-wide initiatives that have been undertaken to grow top-line revenue and reduce expenses. In order to grow the top-line, we are investing in sales, pre-sales, marketing, and

DashDrive HV610 rolled out

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ADATA has launched the DashDrive HV610 external hard drive, which combines a picture puzzle design concept with a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface. The exterior of the HV610 body comes in choice of two monochrome patterns, each with interlocking shiny and matte puzzle piece lines with an USB cable stored in its cover. Compared to USB 2.0 in file reads, writes, or data backups, performance of the ultra-high-speed USB 3.0 interface is improved by nearly three times, substantially reducing the required transmission time by as much as 70%. The HV610 external hard drive comes in capacities of 500GB, 750GB and 1TB, and a choice of black and white colors.  For More Details See www.varindia.com

''Har haath mein phone"

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The UPA Government is planning a Rs.7,000 crore scheme to provide one mobile phone for every Below Poverty Line (BPL) household in India. The scheme is named as 'Har haath mein phone" (phone in every hand), expected to be introduced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 15, will not only aim to give away mobiles to around six million BPL households, it would also provide 200 minutes of free local talktime. It is believed that, the cost per phone to the government would be around Rs.60-100 a month along with a one-time cost of around Rs.1,000 if the cheapest cell phone with basic interface is given. The Telecom Department's Universal Service Obligation (USO) funds is said to fund half the cost and the remaining would come from the bidder who claims to provide the service. for More Details See www.varindia.com

Puneet Gupta named Sr. VP - Cisco

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cisco India has appointed Puneet Gupta as Senior Vice President to drive strategy and sales for its public sector business. In this role, Gupta will primarily focus on driving growth in key segments that include e-governance, defense and homeland security, and strategic infrastructure projects in central and state governments. Based in Delhi, he will report to Janesh Moorjani, President, Enterprise and Public Sector, India & SAARC. Moorjani said, “Cisco has been the trusted partner for key national and state-wide projects in India and has a successful history of collaboration with central and state governments and public sector organisations. With its strong portfolio and deep sector expertise, Cisco can play a critical role to help citizens and governments connect, improve safety and security and enhance productivity within public sector organisations. We’re confident that Puneet, through his extensive experience and expertise

Aakash enters Alliance with Airtel Digital TV

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Aakash Educational Services Limited has entered into an alliance with DTH service provider, Bharti Airtel’s new iTV service - iExam, for providing the coaching services through Airtel digital TV. With Aakash TV Tutoring launch, Aakash has kick-started off by providing One year Test Series Course for Medical Entrance Exams - 2013, an initiative for a viable reach to the careerists, who can now avail the most coveted Aakash’s medical entrance examination coaching from their home. Aakash Chaudhry, Director, Aakash Educational Services Limited, said, “When DTH e-learning has avid acceptance amongst the audience, there could not have been a better time to launch Aakash TV Tutoring. It provides the right platform to the students who can now access our courses from the comfort of their home. Currently we have launched it with just one course and moving forward we intend to provide most of our courses available with us, to extend our reach

'Mobile Platform Adoption By Enterprises' unveiled

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMImobile have unveiled their joint study on “Mobile Platform Adoption by Enterprises”. The report benchmarks the present state of awareness, use and purpose of use of mobile platform by enterprises to engage with various stakeholders. The report consists of detailed sectoral analysis of the state of mobile adoption in India across various geographies. Dr. Subho Ray, President, IAMAI said, “Thus far, the mobile industry has focused on aggregating numbers for mobile usage. While MVAS provided consumers with information, entertainment and utility services and generated incremental revenues for operators, the time is now ripe to move beyond MVAS and focus on enterprise adoption of mobile technologies for greater business productivity.” Vishwanath Alluri, Founder & CEO, IMImobile said, “In the current scenario where there is considerable dearth of information, we felt the need

HID Global outlines Key Future Trends

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HID Global has provided its perspective on some of the key trends likely to impact government identity programmes over the next five years. The overarching drivers are the dramatic shift from traditional national identity documents to eIDs, and the growing requirement to defend against mass counterfeiting and tampering attempts.   Craig Sandness, Vice-President - Sales, HID Global Government ID Solutions, said, "Among the most important factors that will shape the industry as it moves to near-universal eID adoption are the twin imperatives for providers and partners to provide effective defenses against large-scale forgery attempts and adopt a holistic approach to projects." "The multifunctional credential is becoming the norm, which means that counterfeit and fraud prevention, end-to-end implementation and integration expertise are now at the forefront of government ID requirements. This is vital in order to eli

Alcatel partners Nimbuzz for 3G Dongle

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nimbuzz has announced its association with Alcatel One Touch for its upcoming 3G Dongle Speed 7.2 Mbps. In this strategic association, Nimbuzz will come preinstalled on the 3G Dongle, which provides Internet connectivity up to 7.2Mbps. Keshav Bajaj, Vice-President - Business Development, Nimbuzz, said, "Nimbuzz has a legacy in the business of instant communication and we are continuously innovating to keep our users engaged. It gives us immense pleasure to be associated with Alcatel One Touch as the One Touch Communication Partner for its upcoming One Touch X230E & X230S. We believe that communication needs to be instant and we are glad that our belief and Alcatel’s vision aligns in the similar direction. We wish Alcatel One Touch a great success for this upcoming dongle and Nimbuzz would be ecstatic to play an important role behind the success." Praveen Valecha, Country Head - Sales & Marketing, Alcatel One Tou

Quantum enhances DXi8500 Platform

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Quantum Corp. (QTM) has increased the storage density and power savings in its DXi8500 appliances, creating disk backup and deduplication solution for enterprise customers. The DXi8500 now incorporates 3TB disk drives to deliver 50-per cent greater storage density, 42-per cent more power savings and 25-per cent higher performance. In addition, Quantum has also announced that the new DXi8500 encrypts data at rest without impacting performance, just one of several data security enhancements.  "Our customers increasingly want to keep more data for longer periods, and they have to keep it secure and manage it at a lower cost throughout the data lifecycle. They need to accomplish this while meeting increasingly demanding SLAs. Our goal is to provide the tools customers need to adapt to this changing environment with certainty," said Robert Clark, Senior Vice- President, Data Protection Group, Quantum. For More Details

Samsung's new range of Printers

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Samsung has launched its new range of printers. The new launches cover the entire spectrum with models catering to entry-level single function, entry-level multifunction and midrange multifunction segments.    "Users are continuously looking for easier and cost-efficient printing solutions, without compromising on printing speeds or quality. Our new range of printers offer simple, eco-friendly and easy-to-use functionality to deliver high-quality, yet cost-effective printing solutions," stated Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Mobile & IT, Samsung India. ML-2161/XIPprinters are equipped with Samsung’s one-touch Print Screen button. While holding a standard 150-A4 sheet capacity with 20ppm printing speed, the ML-2161 laser printer series is 22% smaller than conventional 150-sheet A4 laser printers.  SCX-3401/XIP has been designed to be as economically sound. The One Touch Eco Button allows the MFP to operate in Eco m

Toshiba unveils New Business Initiatives

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Toshiba India has launched world's first Ultrabook featuring a 21:9 cinematic display - Satellite U840W. Further, reinforcing its commitment to the Indian subcontinent, the Company has also announced its foray in the All-in-One PC segment in India with the launch of its first all-in-one PC - Toshiba LX830.  Wu Tengguo, Director - DS Division, Toshiba India, said, "Toshiba has always been at the forefront of bringing new technologies and upping the industry benchmarks. With the launch of world’s first cinematic display Ultrabook and our foray in the All-in-One PC business, we are continuing our endeavour to push the envelope on innovation and give our customers faster, more powerful and smarter computing devices. The new launches are a testimony to Toshiba's engineering achievements and expert craftsmanship, which have resulted in a brilliant and highly thought-through innovation that delivers exceptional performance, b

Migration to Outlook becomes easier

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Stellar Data Recovery has launched its all-new Apple Mail to Outlook 2011 Converter tool that converts Apple mail to importable 'RGE' files, that can be imported in Outlook 2011 with ease. The software converts all messages along with included attachments without disturbing the original folder organization and email formatting.  "People create their email account on Apple mail that is pre-installed in Mac OS to carry their varied tasks. However, due to certain mail client functionality limitations, performance and scalability issues they tend to migrate from Apple mail to Outlook 2011. Stellar Apple Mail to Outlook 2011 has made Migration to Outlook easy and convenient for Apple Mail users," said Sunil Chandna, CEO, Stellar Data Recovery. For More Details See www.varindia.com

HP expands Converged Cloud Portfolio

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HP has expanded its Converged Cloud portfolio with new offerings that extend the power of the cloud across infrastructure, applications and information, enabling enterprises to accelerate innovation and enhance agility. Introduced in April, HP Converged Cloud is based on a single architecture that combines private, managed and public cloud, as well as traditional IT, with the aim to create an environment that can rapidly change based on organizational requirements. "Successful organizations need to be able to select the right delivery model for their technology needs whether it is in the cloud or on premise. HP's Converged Cloud approach provides enterprises choice in delivery model and platform with the confidence in the service delivered via market leading products, coupled with a consistent architecture and experience," said Amit Chatterjee, Country Director, HP Software India. For More Details see www.va