VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Sophos  has reportedly released  Sophos Server Protection  - an easy-to-use and flexible server antivirus solution that defends data without sacrificing performance. It is the latest entry in a Sophos arsenal that provides simple, yet complete security for servers, the network and end-user devices. Increased migration to virtual servers and the ever-growing threat of attack on critical data are presenting new challenges to IT professionals, as they look to maintain high performance and density of servers, without compromising on security. Sophos Server Protection addresses these challenges by integrating agentless antivirus for vShield and full antivirus clients for Windows, Linux, Mac and UNIX into one centrally managed product. “Servers need the best protection against malware, but managing that protection while maintaining server performance across a diverse environment has inevitably increased complexity a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Distinguished members of  IEEE  believe that internet-enabled vehicles will play an instrumental role in improving the future of commuting. It is estimated that,  by 2025, 60 per cent of the cars on the road will be internet connected , which will promote advanced safety features, upgraded vehicle software protection and the continued adoption of autonomous vehicles. Internet-connected vehicles will also play a vital role in improving safety and convenience features. As technology supports the communication between people, we will also begin seeing a shift in how vehicles interact with each other, known as vehicle-to-vehicle communication.  “Through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, cars will be able to travel in closer proximity at faster speeds, as well as automatically reroute to avoid hazardous weather conditions or congested roadways,” said  Christoph Stiller, IEEE Member & Professor, Karlsruhe I...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   TRENDnet  is all set to kick-start their first set of road shows from September 3, 2013. The 3-city road show will be conducted in Delhi, Secunderabad and Cochin partnering with  Abacus Peripherals , national distributor for TRENDnet in India. Dealers, resellers and system integrators in and around the cities are invited. Atul Jain, Country Manager, TRENDnet India , said, "The idea behind these road shows is to let partners know how they can increase their product offerings to their customers by catering them some niche products and achieve better profitability. TRENDnet has a wide array of Cloud and IP Camera and the market has good awareness about the quality of the products as well. We would want our partners to communicate the same to the customers." TRENDnet has plans to educate the partners on the wide range of TRENDnet products catering to the needs of Home, SOHO and SMBs. TRENDnet would be displaying its produ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Intending to secure traffic traversing virtual networks at the hypervisor level,  Fortinet(NASDAQ:FTNT)  has announced a proof of concept. With this approach, the security enforcement point is no longer required to be directly in the flow of traffic on the physical network and allows for injecting security controls before the traffic traverses the virtual network layer. Specifically, the proof of concept will show secured traffic flow in a VMware virtualized network environment that highlights security policy enforcement of communication across and between physical and logical workloads. This proof of concept will debut at  VMworld 2013 in San Francisco , FROM August 25–29 in Fortinet’s booth (#642). “Historically, security controls were required to be directly in the path of affected communication flow. Our VMware integration allows for a much less intrusive design and enables dynamic policy control. Today’s dem...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Hewlett-Packard(NYSE:HPQ)  Printing and Personal Systems Group, India has further extended its commercial PC portfolio with the announcement of  HP EliteBook Revolve 810  and HP ProBook 430. EliteBook Revolve has the ability to transform with the flick of the wrist to deliver a convertible computing solution to match any need. It is designed for businesses that require both an ultrathin notebook and a touch-enabled tablet. Driven by the latest, third-generation Intel Core processors and optimized for Windows 8, the HP EliteBook Revolve 810 offers the incredible performance and visuals of a full-power notebook alongside the flexibility of quickly switching to a tablet with a touch-enabled high-definition (HD) display.  HP also introduced  ProBook 430 , a business notebook with the power and performance that perfectly suits its solid design and elegant finish. Made of aluminum, with a spill-resistant k...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Wipro Ltd  has announced the launch of a range of information technology (IT) products for the aviation industry. The aviation IT product portfolio comprises of two categories of solutions: enterprise and mobility solutions. Enterprise solutions include products for crew management, route profitability analysis, loyalty management, inflight catering, aircraft maintenance planning and crisis management. Mobility solutions include products for pilots, cabin crew and flight dispatchers. These solutions have played a key role in enhancing customer service and operational efficiency of  Qatar Airways . Now these already proven solutions can be brought to market and deployed in a variety of means such as licensing or Software as a Service, said Akbar Al Baker, CEO, Qatar Airways. Anand Sankaran, Senior Vice-President & Business Head, Global Infrastructure Services, Wipro Infotech , said, We are developing new IPs with Q...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Dell(NASDAQ:DELL)  has unveiled newest additions to its line of commercial PCs - the  Latitude 7000 Series Ultrabooks , Latitude 5000 Series and Latitude 3000 Series laptops. With this new suite, Dell balances sophisticated design, quality construction and uncompromised durability to offer businesses of all sizes a wide variety of solutions. The Latitude 7000, 5000 and 3000 Series are available with touch display options, leading the way for business touch devices that enable better interaction with customers, enhanced student engagement, improved patient care, and collaboration among knowledge workers. "These exciting new additions to the Latitude line provide our commercial customers what they have been asking for by bringing touch capability to the workspace at desirable price points," said  Kirk Schell, Vice-President, Commercial Computing Group, Dell . "The new Latitude 7000 Series builds on the success of t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT)  has made Office Mobile available on the Android phones in India and across 14 markets in APAC at no extra charge for  Office 365 subscribers  via Google Play. Any Office 365 subscription plan that includes the full Office 2013 desktop applications also includes Office Mobile.  Specifically, these plans are:  Office 365 Home Premium, Office 365 Small Business Premium, Office 365 Midsize Business, Office 365 Enterprise E3 and E4, Office 365 Education A3 and A4, Office 365 ProPlus, and Office 365 University. Similar to Office Mobile for Windows Phone and iPhone, Office Mobile for Android phones allows Office 365 subscribers to access, view, edit and share Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on the go from their Android phones......... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Kingston Technology Company  has announced the SSDNow E50, the company's  latest enterprise-class solid-state drive (SSD) .  SSDNow E50 enables performance-focussed organizations that do not have heavy endurance needs to obtain the same enterprise-level performance as Kingston's  SSDNow E100  but at a more cost-effective price point. "We found that there was demand within our customer base and partner community for an SSD that offers enterprise-strength reliability and superior features but with lower endurance capabilities and associated costs," said  Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director, APAC Region, Kingston . "Based on this feedback, we developed SSDNow E50 and are pleased to further expand Kingston's SSD family to support the evolving needs of our customers and partners." SSDNow E50 allows companies to take advantage of enterprise-level SSD performance for tasks such as data caching, frequentl...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NComputing  has announced the latest major release of its award-winning  vSpace Server software . Available immediately, the new release of vSpace Server software extends application and desktop virtualization capabilities to Windows Multipoint Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. The vSpace Server software is a core component of the vSpace Virtualization Platform, a fully integrated, end-to-end solution from NComputing, to deliver the true benefits of desktop and application virtualization to millions of users worldwide. Market pressures, budget constraints and a mobile workforce are increasingly driving organizations to  desktop virtualization  as a viable alternative to traditional PC computing. Through a unique combination of simplicity, performance and value, NComputing removes the barriers and accelerates the adoption of desktop virtualization for today’s high priority IT initiatives, including mo...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   CP PLUS GmbH & Co. KG , Germany has launched its "Bright Ideas" Campaign in India. The "Bright Ideas" Campaign defines constant innovations in surveillance technologies based on the needs of customers by the CP PLUS. Under the "Bright Ideas" Campaign, CP PLUS kicked off its first Technology Road Show in Delhi on 24th August, aiming to showcase its preview of upcoming security technologies. After Delhi and Mumbai, CP PLUS will roll out these road shows in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad on 3rd, 5th & 7th September, 2013, respectively. Commenting on the CP PLUS "Bright Ideas" Campaign,  W. E. Wroldson, Managing Director, CP PLUS GmbH & Co. KG , expressed, "India remains the important and potential market for us. Our engineers at CP PLUS TeknoLogix Lab are dedicatedly working to bring in effective and value-added solutions for security professionals." At the  CP PLUS Tec...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Brocade(NASDAQ:BRCD)  has reportedly collaborated with  VMware  to develop a new management pack that enables enterprises to proactively manage Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs) operating within highly virtualized environments to lower operational costs and increase application availability. Specifically, Brocade has collaborated with VMware to develop the  Brocade SAN Analytics Management Pack  for the VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite, which automatically sends real-time SAN health and performance metrics information from Brocade SAN fabrics into vCenter Operations Management Suite. The integration leverages the unique behavioural learning functionality in vCenter Operations Management Suite to provide useful baseline metrics and trending information for data traffic, as well as identifying SAN bottlenecks between servers and storage to enable more proactive application performance monitor...