VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Ericsson  has announced that its manufacturing Supply Site in Kukas, Jaipur, has received the " Challengers Award - Large Business " at the Frost & Sullivan "Green Manufacturing Excellence Awards". Ericsson won this award after a stringent assessment done by the Frost & Sullivan representatives, who appreciated Ericsson's approach to reduce its own carbon footprint consistently and life cycle management solutions for products/solutions development. Daniel Sundelius, Head - Ericsson Supply Site , Jaipur, said, "We are delighted to have received this award from Frost & Sullivan. Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility (CR) have always been a priority at Ericsson and a natural part of our identity since our commencement. This award recognizes the effective deployment of Green Manufacturing Practices at Ericsson. We have been committed towards identifying and implementing sustainable manufac

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   With an aim to expand its market base,  Canon India  has announced the opening of its 101st Canon Image Square (CIS) in Trivandrum. This outlet launch of the town will be followed by the opening of the 102nd CIS outlet at the Lulu mall in Cochin by Canon India.  With the opening of these outlets, the company is aiming to reach revenues of Rs.2,125 crore by the end of 2013 from Rs.1,850 crore in 2012 which is 15% growth. Dr Alok Bharadwaj, Executive Vice-President, Canon India , said, “Photography industry in India is reconfiguring itself by manifesting in the form of growing interest in higher functionality in compacts and digital SLR. Keeping this in mind, markets like Kerala are extremely critical for Canon’s growth in India as Canon registered 26% growth in camera biz in Kerala. In fact, for DSLR biz, Kerala emerged as the third-biggest market in India after Maharashtra and Delhi with 53% positive growth. Canon has set

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per the latest announcement made by  D-Link , a wide range of Wireless 11ac Cloud Routers have been added to its product portfolio. These routers have been designed to accelerate the internet connectivity system. According to the company , IEEE 802.11ac (also known as Wireless AC or Fifth-Generation Wireless) wireless standard has been developed to meet the increasing needs from the ever-growing proliferation of Wi-Fi devices offers faster data speed by sending multiple simultaneous streams of data from access points to devices at up to one gigabit per second. This development leads to faster HD video streaming, speed downloading, faster gaming, lag-free Skype and Face time calls. Tushar Sighat, CEO, D-Link (India) , said, “We, at D-Link, have always been at the forefront in offering the latest of technology to our consumers. So now with recent introduction of Wireless AC standard, D-Link has introduced a lineup of devices t

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SanDisk Corporation(NASDAQ:SNDK)  has announced the appointment of  Rajesh Gupta  as the new Country Manager for SanDisk India with immediate effect. Previously, Gupta was the director of sales for SanDisk in India where he was a key part of the robust organization that made SanDisk one of the leading flash memory brands in India. Prior to his time at SanDisk, he worked for Intel Corporation for 15 years, last serving as the Director of Sales and Marketing for Intel Technology India. “Rajesh has more than two decades of proven sales and marketing success in the IT industry. We are pleased to appoint him as the new country manager of India to continue SanDisk’s growth in the region,” said  Gavin Wu, Vice President, Asia Pacific, SanDisk . Rajesh Gupta said, “I am glad to accept my new position to continue to drive further SanDisk achievements in India. The market for NAND flash in India is poised for growth and

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Brocade(NASDAQ:BRCD)  has announced that its Gen 5 Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) solutions are integrated with the new EMC ViPR Software-Defined Storage Platform. With this approach, both the companies are aiming to reduce the cost of data center and complexity of creating modern storage architecture for future applications. The integration will enable immediate virtualization functionality for 50,000 joint EMC and Brocade SAN customers. They can also be benefited from the new EMC ViPR software-defined storage platform within highly virtualized cloud environments. Jason Nolet, Vice-President of Data Center Networking, Brocade , said, "We are really excited to collaborate with EMC to enable all Fibre Channel storage connected to Brocade switches and directors to be part of this revolutionary approach to storage automation and management. With ViPR, Brocade FC SAN customers can transform existing heterogeneous phy

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Netgear  and  Rashi Peripherals  have initiated a day-long training session for local partners to be updated about the latest technical and physical updates in the current products. This is a very good way to build vendor-partner interaction. Rashi Peripherals has a wide range of channel interaction with 60 branches across the country. Subhodeep Bhattacharya, Regional Director – India & SAARC , said, “NETGEAR has the widest range of product targeting Home, SOHO and SMB and is a global leader in innovation. The NETGEAR-Rashi training programmes are targeted at creating a community of sales and technical people who can advise consumers better and help them in choosing the right products.” Harish Agarwal, Product Manager, Rashi Peripherals Private Ltd , said, “It is our responsibility to keep our partners informed and educated about the developments in the market. This event aims to provide better solutions to the partners whi