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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sandvine has announced installation of more than 40 plug-and-play video optimization, parental control and content caching solutions with the leading vendors Mobixell, Netsweeper and PeerApp.  Sandvine has announced these partnerships over the past few years and has been engaged in deploying joint solutions in both fixed and mobile networks worldwide since that time.  Sandvine’s ecosystem offers a broad range of optimization solutions that enable communications service providers to scale cost-efficiently, realizing incremental value from their infrastructure investment.   Sandvine’s Policy Traffic Switch contains patented traffic classification and redirection technology that creates efficiencies by redirecting only relevant traffic, such as video or HTTP traffic to third-party optimizers. By reducing latency and improving the scalability of third-party solutions, Sandvine’s traffic redirection capabilities help operators effectively

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE CanvasM Technologies, in association with Bharti Airtel, has launched a job portal service –Saral Rozgar for the blue-collar workers. This service will enable skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled manual labourers in the country to register and apply themselves on the job portal through a voice call by dialling 54141 on their Airtel mobile number. Employers and job providers can access this data of registered workers by logging on to Saral Rozgar’s site or through voice call by dialling 54141 and easily connect with a worker who matches their requirements. Jagdish Mitra, CEO, CanvasM Technologies, said, “As part of CanvasM’s focus on minimizing the digital divide, we have developed India’s first platform combining the features of Internet and voice call to create the first-ever job marketplace for blue-collar workers. We are proud to partner with Bharti Airtel for the service and are confident that Airtel mobile customers will bene

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   It seems the networking company, Cisco Systems, is planning yet another acquisition. As per the latest update, Cisco has announced its intention to purchase SolveDirect, which is a Vienna-based privately-held company that focusses on cloud-delivered services management software and services. It is reportedly said that the SolveDirect team will join the Cisco Services team, under the leadership of Mala Anand, Senior Vice-President, Cisco Services Platforms Group. Mike Flannagan, Senior Director & General Manager, Integration Brokerage Technology Group, Cisco, said, "For the time being, the vast majority of interactions with external parties are manual. They are either making phone calls back and forth, or sending emails, or using each other's web presence to provide updates on support issues. An automated electronic exchange of information is a lot more efficient. And that is effectively what SolveDirect does. It is

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Analog Devices has introduced a MEMS microphone – ADMP801 which is developed, especially for hearing aid applications. ADMP801 measures 7.3 cubic millimetres, produces low equivalent input noise (EIN) at 27 dBA SPL (sound pressure level) and consumes 17 µA at 1Vsupply. Pat O’Doherty, Vice-President, Healthcare Group, Analog Devices, said, “Hearing aids represent an application ideally suited for the advantages MEMS microphones offer including small size, stability and very low-power consumption. However, MEMS microphones have not offered the EIN performance levels that meet stringent hearing aid standards until now. The ADMP801 MEMS microphone offers noise performance, package size, and phase and gain stability that is very desirable for advanced hearing aids that incorporate beam forming to facilitate sound or voice localization.” The ADMP801 is a low-power, analog output, bottom-ported, omnidirectional MEMS microphone.  The m

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Autodesk(NASDAQ:ADSK)  has launched its new brand identity globally. The new range of Autodesk design tools is accessible to teams of all sizes and budgets. Pradeep Nair, Managing Director, Autodesk India & SAARC , said, “Our user base is expanding – we have the opportunity to reach many more users while staying relevant to our existing users. Our new brand signals this transformation to the tens of millions of designers, engineers, architects, creative artists, students and hobbyists that use Autodesk software, cloud services and mobile apps to unlock their creativity, build better products and solve global challenges related to infrastructure, urbanization and sustainability. Our new visual identity, in fact, reflects the ‘new Autodesk’ that makes products which enable the design and creation of nearly everything around us.” Chris Bradshaw, CMO, Autodesk , stated, “The new Autodesk is not just a surface change, but a refl

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   AIMA has honoured Uninor with the Breakthrough Innovation in HR Practices Award. Uninor has received this award for its efforts to innovate and and substantiate the value add towards the success of HR in organizational structures. The award was presented during a convention that focussed on “Breakthrough Innovations”. Uninor  was presented this award by Vijay K. Thadani, Chief Executive Officer, NIIT Ltd, at the 4th Global Innovation Conference hosted by AIMA.   Sumit Sharma, Chief HR Officer, Uninor, said, “We started with an ambition to make Uninor stand out among peers in its work environment and people policies. We aimed at being more open, more transparent, more engaging and much flatter than others. We were tested in 2012 and I can attribute every success Uninor has seen in its response to a difficult business environment to the passion and committment from its people...... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Toshiba’s Canvio Slim external hard drive has been awarded with Red Dot Design Award stated as “Red Dot Award: Product Design 2013”.   The Canvio Slim offers users high-capacity storage of 500GB, with data protection to back up irreplaceable data. The Canvio Slim is designed with brushed aluminium, available in black or silver. The device is 107mm long, 75mm wide and only 9mm thick, ideal for storage on the go. This HDD constitutes 500GB of capacity. The Canvio Slim can store up to 142,000 digital photos or 131,000 digital music files or 410 downloaded digital movies. Peter Zec, Initiator & CEO, Red Dot, said, “The winners of the ‘Red Dot Award: Product Design 2013’ are the protagonists of a highly developed design culture and design industry. These days, it is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish between well-designed products. It is often only in the details that the special qualities become apparent.” Ra

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ASUS  has announced  HD7790-DCU2OC  graphics card , which uses an overclocked AMD Radeon HD 7790 GPU and dual-fan cooling for high-performance operation. The HD7790-DCU2OC graphics card offers DirectX 11.1 gaming and multimedia performance with power-efficient 28nm GPU technology, which supports the newest PC games in mid to high detail settings at full HD. Vinay Shetty, Country Head, Component Business, ASUS (India) , said, “The ASUS HD7790-DCU2 OC Graphics Card has dual-fan direct CUII thermal design that ensures 20% cooler and quieter performance. This upper mid-range graphics card also delivers good gaming and multimedia performance. ASUS once again presents a superb graphics card for all tech enthusiasts.” The ASUSHD7790-DCU2 OC delivers good gaming and multimedia performance with its 1075MHz AMD Radeon HD7790-DCU2 OC and 1GB GDDR5 video memory. GPU Tweak makes it easy to increase core and memory speeds, change voltages

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to a latest announcement made by  BlackBerry , BB 10 customers now have access to more than 100,000 applications for the  BlackBerry Z10 smartphone  on the BlackBerry World storefront. BlackBerry 10 customers have access to leading apps and games, including 8tracks, Angry Birds Star Wars, ATP World Tour Live, BBC Top Gear News, Bloomberg Anywhere, CBS Sports, Delta Air Lines, F1 2013 Timing App CP, Facebook, Foursquare, Jetpack Joyride, Keek, LinkedIn, Navita Translator, Need for Speed, NHL GameCenter, N.O.V.A. 3, The New York Times, PressReader, Slacker, Songza, Twitter, UFC, USA TODAY, Waze, WhatsApp, and Zara. “The response to the BlackBerry 10 platform and applications has been outstanding. Customers are thrilled with the applications already available, and the catalogue just keeps growing, now with more than 100,000 apps,” said Martyn Mallick, Vice-President, Global Alliances, BlackBerry.  In addition to a

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Fortinet(NASDAQ:FTNT)  has announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire  Coyote Point Systems Inc.  Founded in 1999, Coyote Point markets the Equalizer ADC product line. "This acquisition complements Fortinet’s Network Security strategy and allows the company and our channel partners to accelerate and further deliver on our vision of providing complete and comprehensive security into the enterprise," said  Ken Xie, Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Fortinet.  It is expected that the latest acquisition will generate synergy among existing Fortinet products, including ourFortiGate ,  FortiBalancer ,  FortiDDoS  and  FortiWeb platforms . Bill Kish, CEO & Founder of Coyote Point , said, “While Coyote Point has built a top-class ADC product portfolio and loyal customer base, there has always been a tradeoff around resources. We look forward to being a member of the For

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Mahindra Comviva  has announced that it has signed a mobile banking deal with  Kyrgyz Investment Credit Bank (KICB) .  With this, KICB becomes the first bank in the country to take an initiative in the mobile banking and payments space. The Bank is looking to partner with multiple remittance service providers to enable both inward and outward remittances in the region. As per the deal, Mahindra Comviva’s mobiquity mobile banking solution will empower KICB customers to conduct a range of financial and non-financial transactions such as domestic and international remittance, cash in-cash out at agent locations, airtime recharge (top-up), balance enquiry, bill and merchant payments, amongst others, thus allowing the Mobile Banking application to be leveraged as a complete self-service channel for various banking and payments related requirements. Srinivas Nidugondi, Head of Mobile Financial Solutions, Mahindra Comviva , said,

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) , in collaboration with the  Government of Maharashtra , has started  Windows AppFest  to build apps for social good. The initiative will encourage app developers to  create solutions that address social and civic issues . These apps will help civil authorities, seeking alternative methods of interactions with citizens. The top three apps will be selected for presentation at a conference hosted by the  Asian Development Bank . “App marketplaces are now proving to be viable platforms to host e-governance and socially relevant apps. Such apps can provide citizen-centric services in a secure manner, while ensuring increased transparency, reliability and efficiency in services. Cloud computing also enables e-governance solutions to be much more scalable and accessible. Microsoft, with its various initiatives including the Windows AppFest for social good in Pune, provides a good platform for app builders to ideate