VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In order to further strengthen the services of MetLife,  iGATE  has announced that it has bagged a new five-year contract valued at over $100 million for providing global infrastructure services to MetLife. iGATE also celebrated the completion of 10 years of partnership in providing services globally to MetLife across North America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.  With this multimillion-dollar deal, iGATE will assist MetLife in building out an Innovative Infrastructure model to manage its IT systems towards greater efficiency and flexibility, in order to drive lower costs and increase business agility. Sanjay Tugnait, EVP, Head of Sales – North America and Global Head of Alliances, iGATE , said, “This win is a strong validation of iGATE’s domain and technology expertise in the insurance industry. Our 10-year-long relationship with MetLife has given us deep understanding of the company's global businesses and will enable us to achie

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To provide Airtel mobile customers access to mobile web search and feature-phone-friendly versions of Gmail and Google+ in India,  Bharti Airtel  and  Google  have jointly announced the launch of Free Zone. The first page of a website linked from search results is provided at no data cost. Free Zone aims to make the web accessible and affordable to all mobile users. Free Zone will enable users to share photos and messages with social groupings of family, friends and business or work associates. Rajan Anandan, VP & MD, Google India , said, “Working with Airtel on mobile Internet user base means that we can offer Internet services at no cost to anyone with a phone. This gives people easier access to information in a way that benefits everyone, whether it is an individual or a small business that wants to reach more people on the web.” “Our association with Google to bring Free Zone to India will encourage millions of users to

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Intending to reduce the cost for hybrid cloud environments as well as accelerate time to market for private cloud implementations, new innovations by  HP(NYSE:HPQ)  have been introduced to its  Converged Cloud portfolio . For the private, managed and public cloud offerings, HP has delivered the next phase of a common OpenStack-based architecture. In addition, HP delivers OpenStack-based common architecture for HP Converged Cloud such as HP Cloud OS, HP CloudSystem and HP CloudSystem Enterprise Starter Suite. These offerings offers customers with greater choice in deployment options and provides a cost-effective way for organizations to get started with application-rich cloud services. V. Ramachandran, Country Manager, Converged Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cloud Systems, HP India , said, “In order for enterprises to deliver the new style of IT, they need control over their data, as well as flexibility in service levels

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To enable new services for end-users and innovative new enterprise networking solutions, Cisco(NASDAQ:CSCO)  has introduced updated Catalyst switching and integrated services router products. These products are part of the new Cisco Enterprise Networks Architecture, which enables applications to get the networking information they need to offer more innovative services to end-users with less hands-on administration from IT professionals. The architecture expands the scope of  Cisco’s Open Network Environment (ONE) , a portfolio wide strategy that applies software programmability to ASICs, operating systems, networking functions, and services across the data center, WAN and LAN. With these innovations, Cisco is helping IT organizations make an impact on the business by quickly enabling new business models and accelerating service deployment. Cisco is also helping  IT organizations  better  take advantage of technology transition

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Focussing to provide a complete new experience to users,  Kobian  has launched an ultra-slim, 2G calling phablet - mTAB Lite which is 12mm thick, weighs 320gms and supports 2G connectivity. Mercury mTAB Lite comes with a 7" capacitive five-point touchscreen and runs on Android 4.0 platform to provide faster data access of all the applications. Powered with 1GHz Vimicro Cortex A8 fast-speed processor, the phablets features 512MB DDRM, 4GB storage and supports 32GB extendable memory through Micro SD card. The phablet includes in-built Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, Adobe Flash 11.1 and 0.3-mega pixel front and rear camera. mTAB Lite comes with the battery capacity of 3.7V 2700mah. The built-in speaker with full HD, 3 Axis – G sensor, Bluetooth of BT 3.0 and multiple I/O ports of 1 SIM slot, TF card slot, Micro USB 2.0, 3.5mm stereo port and DC Jack makes the phablet to be the bridge the gap between the smartphone and desktop P