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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Riverbed Technology has announced that it has been awarded IDG's InfoWorld 2013 Technology of the Year Award for Best WAN Accelerator for Steelhead wide area network (WAN) appliance running Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS) 7.0. Selected for the seventh consecutive time, the Riverbed WAN optimization solution enables businesses to run faster and more efficiently, delivering consistent service levels to end users and cutting the costs of IT infrastructure. In the review, Steelhead appliances running RiOS 7.0 were specifically recognized for their added support for UDP, Citrix ICA, IPv6, end-to-end Kerberos and video stream splitting. Additionally, RiOS 7.0 was given the distinction of Editor’s Choice and a high score of 9.1 out of 10 in the WAN Accelerator category. “We are thrilled to receive this recognition by InfoWorld for best WAN accelerator for the seventh consecutive time. Hypercovergence and new data center architectu

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SAP AG (NYSE:SAP)  has announced the appointment of  Suprakash Chaudhuri as Managing Director, SAP India & Subcontinent . Suprakash will be responsible for all market-facing activities across the field organization, overseeing customer operations as well as general management like sales, consulting, partner ecosystem expansion and marketing. “The SAP leadership team expressed great appreciation for the business and market leadership Suprakash  provided as the acting MD for SAP India since 3Q’12,” said Steve Watts, President, SAP Asia-Pacific Japan. A veteran with 18 years of industry experience, Suprakash has been associated with SAP for six years. He has been a key leader at SAP India since 2008, leading Enterprise Sales business units and in 2012 became the Head of SAP’s Database and Technology business for India. Under his leadership, the team brought a solution-centric go-to-market approach to drive revenue and build mu

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   California-based  Swipe Telecom  has strengthened its presence in the Fablet segment, with the launch of Swipe Fablet F2- 2G Dual SIM Smartphone Fablet and Swipe Fablet F3 -A Fablet with 4.1 Jelly Bean OS.   The Fablet F3 supports a RAM of 512MB DDRIII and is powered by a 1GHz Dual Core Processor. The Fablet stacks a 4GB built-in memory which is expandable up to 32GB. The Fablet F3 performance is boosted with a 2200 mAH battery. Weighing only 260 gms, the Fablet F3 has a 5-inch display with 5-Point Multi Touch Screen helps in providing clearer pictures, superior sound quality, and a wider viewing screen. The Dual Camera which has 0.3MP front facing camera and a 5MP rear camera that lets users capture the fun moments of life.    Fablet F3 comes with Bluetooth connectivity and Wi-Fi Module 802.11 b/g/n. Other features include USB 2.0 slot and an FM Radio. Swipe Fablet F2 comes powered with Android Ginger Bread 2.3.6 OS

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Asian School of Cyber Laws (ASCL)  has recently conducted a Survey on Cyber Attitude of School Children across schools in India. The survey covered 13,050 school students (7th, 8th, 9th and 10th standards) spread across Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Patiala, Bhatinda and Nellore. The survey was conducted in physical form with printed questionnaires being handed over to the students in class during regular school hours. Participants were gifted specially designed bookmarks based on the theme of "Cyber Security". The survey disclosed interesting statistics on how school children perceive social networking sites. These sites have claimed an important place in their habitual lifestyle. Despite being underage (social networking sites require one to be 18 or above according to policies on their web sites), countless school students were found to be active with multiple accounts on social networking sites. According

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   EMC Corporation  has announced results of the EMC-sponsored  IDC Digital Universe study , " Big Data , Bigger Digital Shadows, and Biggest Growth in the Far East - India", which revealed that the digital universe in India will grow 23-fold between 2012 and 2020. The digital bits captured or created each year in India are expected to grow from 127 EB to 2.9 ZB between 2012 and 2020. India’s digital information explosion is being driven by proliferation of devices such as PCs and smartphones worldwide, increased Internet access within emerging markets and the boost in data from machines such as surveillance cameras or smart meters. Other contributing factors include increasing machine-to-machine communication (M2M), falling cost of technology, and digitization of TV, among others. Over time, the distribution of the bits within the digital universe by the country of origin will more and more closely mirror the distribution o

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ)  has rolled out an overhaul of its  PartnerOne channel programme  backed up by a partner recruitment effort that could add more than 3,000 new solution providers to the fold. The new PartnerOne initiatives were unveiled at the company's Global Partner Conference in Las Vegas this week where 2,000 of the $120 billion company's partners - representing more than $35 billion in sales - will gather to gauge HP's channel commitment. At the heart of the channel charge is what HP is calling a simplified "pay for performance" PartnerOne programme backed up by a recruitment initiative. HP, in fact, is looking to add 2,500 new partners in its Enterprise Group, 500 new partners in its Software Group and 200 new  cloud service providers . Doug Oathout, Vice-President, Channel and Alliance Marketing, for the Enterprise Group , said, “We are out there trying to get value-added partners in s