VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Nokia India , in collaboration with  AppCampus (Finland)  and members of  Harvard Business School Alumni Angels  (India Chapter) , has announced their initiative, "Appcelerate-India", to boost mobile app development on Nokia Lumia and Windows platform. As a part of this unique initiative, AppCampus and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels India will invest in excess of $500,000 in "Appcelerate-India" and provide a combination of grants, seed funding, mentoring, incubation resources to discover disruptive applications and nurture talented Indian mobile start-ups. Gerard Rego, Director – Developer Experience, Nokia India , said, "At Nokia, our aim is to support Indian app developers to drive path-breaking innovation on our platform. We believe that this will open up countless opportunities to shape the app ecosystem, giving developers the chance to give new and innovative experiences to consumers."

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SAP Labs India  has hosted Barcamp in Delhi. The 9th edition of Barcamp Delhi was attended by over a hundred techies participating in various workshops and discussing some of the latest technology and trends. The event provided a great platform for techies to exchange ideas, share insights and knowledge on a variety of technology topics. The format of Barcamp allows participants to post the topic of their choice on the Barcamp website, and the topic with the most number of user votes are given a stage to conduct their workshops.  "HANA" , "Creating Hybrid Applications", "Design Thinking", "HTML5", “EnterpriseGamification”, and "SQL Server" were some of the topics covered during the conference. Akash Kumar, Barcamp Organizer & employee of SAP Labs India , "Barcamp is great platform to connect with the like-minded people and engage in intense conversations not only a

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to a latest announcement made by  NEC India , the company has appointed Partho Dasgupta, as the first Managing Director from India. He will undertake the leadership of NEC’s business operations in the local market and report to Toshiya Matsuki, regional CEO at NEC Asia Pacific based in Singapore. Dasgupta will be responsible for fostering the growth of NEC India and integration of Computers and Communication (C&C) technologies to build an information friendly society. He will also work to empower societies through CSR initiatives. In addition to advancing NEC’s commitment to the Indian market, Dasgupta will also focus on building NEC as a global leader in the IT and telecom space, as well as to deliver cutting edge technology in the fields of Public Safety, Unified Communications, and Cloud Services.   Dasgupta is a veteran in the IT industry, with more than 25 years of experience. He has held key manag