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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Wipro Technologies(NYSE:WIT)  and the  Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) , in a joint research report titled “Future Thought of Business (FTOB): MVAS”, has predicted that the Indian MVAS market will grow at a CAGR of 25% between 2012 and 2015 to reach US$9.5 billion in 2015, from an estimated US$4.9 billion in 2012. Wipro and IAMAI conducted an evaluation of over 450 consumers and providers of MVAS in India to identify the major drivers and barriers of the Indian MVAS market and provide insights that will help to grow this market. The research focussed on the mEducation, mEntertainment, mFinance and mHealth application areas and found that there is pent-up market demand from consumers for sophisticated mobile services in India that have the potential to improve the overall quality of living. “Basic informational mobile services are set to decline in India. We have found that India’s consumers will increasingly pu

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Kaspersky Lab  has agreed to work closely with the  INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) . This was announced after a meeting between Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and Co-Founder of Kaspersky Lab, Ronald Noble, INTERPOL Secretary General, and Noboru Nakatani, IGCI Executive Director.  Kaspersky Lab has also agreed to help with the IGCI's capacity building efforts to increase the ability of law-enforcement agencies worldwide to deal with cyberthreats in general. Eugene Kaspersky, Chairman & CEO, Kaspersky Lab , said, “I am most pleased with the outcome of this meeting. I have been pushing for the creation of what I used to call an ‘Internet-INTERPOL’ for over a decade now, and at last it has finally come to pass. It should come as no surprise that we wholeheartedly support this initiative, testified by our plans to second some of our top analysts over to the IGCI in Singapore. Soon cybercriminals will have nowhere to hi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As part of its Asia-Pacific-wide study titled “State of Creativity in Education”,  Adobe Systems(NASDAQ:ADBE)  has unveiled the key findings for India. 460 educators from across India participated in the study, between 20th February and 10th March, 2013. The educators represented organizations offering primary, secondary, senior secondary and higher education as well as vocational courses. 58% respondents from India were teachers or faculty, while another 14% were variously administrators, heads of institutions and consultants.  The key findings of the study were announced at the 5th Annual Adobe Education Leadership Forum which took place in Phuket, Thailand from 20th-22nd March, 2013. The Adobe State of Creativity in Education study found that in India, 71% of educators strongly felt that they should be creative regardless of the subjects they teach. On the other hand, 46% strongly felt fostering creativity is educators’

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Canon India(NYSE:CAJ)  has announced the availability of new PIXMA range of printers:  PIXMA MG6370  and  PIXMA MG3170 . The Company believes that these printers will strengthen its home segment with fun, creative, affordable and eco-friendly features. The canon PIXMA MG6370 is available with lab-quality photo printing and wireless connectivity. It includes all the features of print, copy and scan. It offers a print speed of 10.0 ipm colour and 15.0ipm B/W. There are double front paper cassette trays embedded in the printer which allow users to load two different sizes of paper at the same time. The other printer Canon PIXMA MG3170 available in wine red, pristine white and piano black colours has a print speed of 9.2ipm mono / 5.0ipm colour for A4 printers. The Air Print technology in the PIXMA MG3170 allows users to print remotely from anywhere in the world...... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cisco(NASDAQ:CSCO)  has announced that  Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) , Pilani , along with BITSAA International, has successfully deployed the immersive, high-definition  Cisco TelePresence  videoconferencing  and  Cisco WebEx technologies as part of a cross-campus technology initiative named BITSConnect 2.0. This initiative is set to transform the learning experience through campus-connectivity by connecting classrooms through a MPLS-based data network. It will benefit over 11,000 students and 700 teachers and provide them with access to business leaders and guest lecturers located around the globe, enabling collaborative research and interactive learning a routine part of their lives.  Bijendra Nath Jain , Vice-Chancellor, BITS–Pilani, said, “BITSConnect 2.0, which is built on Cisco technology, comes at a time when the Institute is on its way to become a top research-led university in Asia. This joint Universi