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Dell Goes Private

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As demand for personal computers is showing signs of slump, the world’s third-largest PC maker Dell has agreed to be taken private for $24.4 billion. World’s largest software maker Microsoft Corp has agreed to provide $2 billion to Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake to help finance their move to take PC maker Dell Inc private. Microsoft has said that this has been done as part of the company’s support for maintaining a healthy PC ecosystem. “Microsoft has provided a $2 billion loan to the group that has proposed to take Dell private. Microsoft is committed to the long term success of the entire PC ecosystem and invests heavily in a variety of ways to build that ecosystem for the future..... See More

Zync to debut new tablets in India

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Zync  has announced that the company would be launching five new tablets this month. Zync will unveil five dual-core and quad-core tablets in 7 inch, 8 inch, 9.7 inch and 10.1 inch screen within the sub 15K range. The 8 inch tablet will be India’s first quad-core tablet to hit the market. The 10.1 inch tablet will be India’s first quad-core tablet to be available in the market this month. Some of these tablets will be using the apple iPad 3 screen, powered by a 1.6GHz processor, 32GB inbuilt memory, a dual camera and other additional features which are going to definitely a value add to consumers. On this occasion,  Ashish Garg, Director, Zync Global , said, “All these five tablets which will be launched end of this month will have a unique USP which no other player has in the market in terms of features and price...... See More

IBM Simplifies Big Data, Cloud Computing Adoption

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Making it easier for organizations to quickly adopt and deploy big data and cloud computing solutions,  IBM (NYSE:IBM)  today announced major advances to its  PureSystems  family of expert integrated systems. Now, organizations challenged by limited IT skills and resources can quickly comb through massive volumes of data and uncover critical trends that can dramatically impact their business. The new PureSystems models also help to remove the complexity of developing cloud-based services by making it easier to provision, deploy and manage a secure  cloud environment . Together, these moves by IBM further extend its leadership in  big data  and next generation computing environments such as cloud computing, while opening up new opportunities within growth markets and with organizations such as managed service providers (MSPs). Across all industries and geographies, organizations of various sizes are being challenged to find simp

HCL launches its latest range of HCL ME Tabs in India

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HCL Infosystems Ltd  has announced  Unmukt Chand  as the brand ambassador for its  HCL ME Tab range . Unmukt unveiled the latest range of HCL ME tablets which are available at very competitive prices with unbeatable features - HCL ME U2 - INR 5,999, HCL ME V1 - INR 7,999 and HCL ME Y3 – INR 11,999.  Unmukt as a part of this engagement will endorse HCLI’s Mobility products across various platforms and will also feature in upcoming multimedia ad campaigns. The new HCL ME tablets unveiled by Unmukt have been designed keeping students and young professionals in mind.    Gautam Advani, Global Head, Mobility Business Unit, HCL Infosystems Ltd.  said, “We’re very delighted to have Unmukt Chand as our brand ambassador for our ME Tablet brand. Unmukt’s exuberance and passion to excel is an apt personification of our brand. Like Unmukt, the ME Tab brand is young, focussed and raring to go. Our tablets have created a substantial space of

Cisco unveils Open Networking “Fabric” for Data Centers, Clouds

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cisco (NYSE:CSCO)  introduced a  wave of product innovation  that covers a vast spectrum of needs within data center and cloud environments – from the  Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches , the industry’s highest density 40 Gigabit Layer2/Layer 3 fixed switch, to seamless, secure and simple hybrid cloud functionality of  Cisco Nexus 1000V InterCloud for connecting private enterprise and service provider clouds, to the availability  of the industry’s most extensible network- programmable controller as part of the expanded  Cisco Open Network Environment (ONE) portfolio. With these innovations,  Cisco  continues to execute its  Unified Data Center  strategy to bring more infrastructure agility, operational simplicity and application-awareness for data center and multi-cloud environments. Complementing this, Cisco is also delivering on its  Cisco ONE  strategy, addressing emerging trends around open networking, programmability and  so