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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD) has announced Canvio Connect, a portable external hard drive that offers high-capacity storage along with the ability to access and share files directly from the device, making it the first of its kind. "Toshiba's Canvio Connect represents the next evolution in external portable hard drives. With its remote access and file sharing capabilities, users can now share their digital content with friends, family and colleagues from anywhere at any time directly from their Canvio Connect-making it unlike any other portable hard drive on the market," said Maciek Brzeski, Vice- President of Product Marketing and Development, Branded Storage Products, Toshiba America Information Systems, Digital Products Division. Toshiba's Canvio Connect is a portable external hard drive that offers up to 2TB of storage in a new slim and compact form-factor and is available in several diffe

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Strengthening its Canvas series,  Micromax  has launched  Canvas Music A88 smartphone  in India. The new device marks Micromax's association with the leading headphones brand JBL offering users a free JBL Tempo headset with the Canvas Music A88. Packed with an 1800 mAh battery, the phone ensures a strong battery life supporting a talk-time of 5 hours. With a 4.5” full touchscreen display, the phone sports a 5.0-MP rear camera with Flash and a 0.3-MP front camera with an expandable storage capacity of up to 32GB. Ajay Sharma, Country Head, Smartphone Division, Micromax , said, "At Micromax, we are continuously channellizing our energies to innovate finest devices that are relevant to our customers. Canvas Music A88 coupled with JBL headset and unlimited songs download via MLive! Application serves as a perfect offering to the youth echoing our vision of providing a fulfilling entertainment experience to all the music

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Over 325 of Asia-Pacific channel partners have gathered at the annual Asia-Pacific  Intel Solutions Summit , held this year in Macau. The Summit, held over three days, provides Intel's partner community with the latest business insights to create effective solutions for businesses and consumers across the region. The  Intel Technology Partner (ITP)  programme saw considerable growth within across the Asia-Pacific region during the past year as Gold and Platinum membership number reached 9,279. "Having the largest partner ecosystem in the global Intel partner programme is extremely important to us, we have focussed on fostering partner relationships and providing real value for our partners in the region," said Suryanarayanan B, Director (South), Sales and Marketing Group, Intel, South Asia . ...... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Delhi Technological University (DTU)  and  Samsung India Electronics Private Ltd  have signed an MoU for collaborative projects, including the setting up of a Samsung Software Lab at DTU. The MoU was exchanged between Prof. P. B. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, DTU, and Stewart Hong, Managing Director, Samsung Software Engineering Lab - India, in the presence of Chief Guest for the occasion,  Dr Kiran Karnik, Former President, NASSCOM . Prof. Sharma remarked, "This is a momentous occasion for DTU. By signing this MoU with one of the most innovative companies, we are unleashing a new era of Industry-Academia partnership. This MoU will aid us in bridging the gap between graduating engineering and professional engineers as well as reduce the gap between lab level research and the research required by the industry in developing new technologies. The missing gaps in expertise at both the partners may be filled through this collaboration.&

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Virtusa Corporation has announced that it has been named as Platinum Partner of Pegasystems. Pegasystems chose Virtusa based on its success implementing large-scale, high-quality, complex BPM projects using Pegasystems’ BPM platform. Frank Palermo, Senior Vice-President, Global Technical Solutions Group, Virtusa, said, “Pegasystems is an important partner for Virtusa, and reaching this pinnacle within its partner programme reflects much hard work and many successes. Our relationship with Pegasystems reaches from the field to the executive level, and this deep connection is the reason for our long and successful partnership. We are committed to the continued growth of Pegasystems and we are excited to be at the forefront of new, innovative technologies it brings to market.” John Barone, Vice-President of Global Strategic Alliances, Pegasystems, said, “We are thrilled that Virtusa is now a Pegasystems Platinum Partner. Virtusa ha