VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Now, Seagate officially owns Samsung's hard drive business. As per the latest information,  Seagate Technology  has announced a private share redemption transaction with  Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd  by way of 32.7 million ordinary shares, representing approximately 9% of Seagate’s shares outstanding as of the end of the fiscal first quarter 2014. “We are pleased that Samsung intends to continue to be a long-term strategic shareholder and valued business partner with Seagate. Our success with the Samsung hard disk drive products that we acquired has exceeded our expectations and we are very encouraged with our joint product development for enterprise solid-state drives. We look forward to continuing to benefit from Dr Jeong’s counsel and guidance as part of our Board of Directors and we are very optimistic about the future of our flash technology partnership,” said  Steve Luczo, Seagate Chairman, President & Chief Executi

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   With the aim of consolidating its leadership in the DR space and to focus on strategic growth areas and new businesses in the India/SAARC region,  Sanovi Technologies has effected few changes at its senior managerial levels. In the first of these promotions,  Amarjeet S. Gill  has taken on the role of Vice-President, Sales for India and SAARC. Amar will drive sales initiatives for the India and SAARC region for the company and will drive all product revenue from these regions. In another change,  Sankara Krishnan  has assumed the position of Vice-President, Alliances and New Initiatives for India and SAARC region.  In addition to his Alliances role, Sankara will drive revenue and customer value through Cloud-based "Recovery as Service" offering and new product bundles with technology partners.   Ashis Guha, President - Global Sales, Sanovi Technologies , said, "We are moving into the next phase of

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   With the clock ticking toward the end of Windows XP support in April 2014, and in response to customer need,  Dell(NASDAQ:DELL)  Services has announced the addition of  Windows Migration Fast Forward Service  to its set of migration services. This, in addition to migration solutions from Dell Software, provides for a cost-effective migration to enable users to benefit more quickly from state-of-the-art feature rich application suites. Dell's Windows Migration Fast Forward Service  offers pre-packaged modules to address all stages in the Windows migration process for up to 5,000 PCs including image engineering, inventory and rationalization of applications, application compatibility testing, application packaging, deployment planning, process automation and field deployment. This gives customers the flexibility to choose the package of services that best fits their needs while streamlining the process to save time and money

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To manage its network and enhance its customer support services,  Zain Bahrain has signed a four-year managed services agreement with  Ericsson. The new partnership will see Ericsson managing the day-to-day operations of Zain's network across the country, enabling operational excellence. In parallel, Zain will be able to allocate more resources towards higher-end services and offerings allowing subscribers to ultimately benefit from an increased network quality and stability. "At Zain, providing customers with advanced technologies that enhance their mobile experience is of paramount importance. With that ultimate aim in mind, we selected Ericsson to manage our network operations,"said Mohammed Zainalabedin, General Manager, Zain Bahrain. Ray Hassan, Executive Vice-President & Head of the Global Customer Unit Zain, Ericsson , said, "As we transition towards the Networked Society, when everything that

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Tech-savvy small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have created more new jobs and drove more revenue gains over the past three years than SMEs using little technology, according to new research commissioned by  Microsoft Corp.(NASDAQ:MSFT)  and independently conducted by The  Boston Consulting Group (BCG) . "SMEs are a critical growth engine for jobs and economies today. There is tremendous opportunity for economic growth. Our objective is to help more SMEs transition to, and benefit from, modern IT. For customers, it means providing product training and helping SMEs understand the full range of available devices and services, but it also means community and industry investments such as skills training," said  Karan Bajwa, Managing Director, Microsoft India . BCG's research found that over the past three years, IT-enabled SMEs, which BCG refers to as "technology leaders", grew revenues 15-perce

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To enable a new era of hyper-realistic ultra resolution gaming,  AMD(NYSE:AMD)  has launched  AMD Radeon R9 270X and AMD Radeon R9 280X GPUs .  AMD Radeon R9 Series graphics cards are designed for enthusiast gamers who demand high-performance hardware that shatters the boundaries of realism and performance. Based on AMD's award-winning Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, the AMD Radeon R9 Series graphics cards receive a boost from Mantle, an industry-acclaimed technology developed by AMD to enable today’s top game developers to harness the GCN-powered cores of both PCs and consoles.  Mantle delivers a streamlined development process and games enabled with Mantle will be able to speak the native language of the GCN architecture, benefiting from hardware optimization that unlocks revolutionary performance and image quality. "With GCN architecture and now Mantle, fully unlocked graphics performance and unrivalle

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Amazon.in  has announced the launch of “Light up a Child’s Diwali” to enable Amazon.in customers to select and send Diwali gifts to underprivileged children across the country.  To NGOs Pratham and Naandi Foundation have created and put up on Amazon.in wish-lists, a selection of products like educational toys & puzzles, books, comics, dictionaries, encyclopedias that are needed by children under their care across the country.  Customers can browse the wish-list and select products they want to gift and Amazon.in delivers them to the NGOs.  Amazon.in will also donate the fees it makes from these transactions to the two NGOs.  The festive season is about joy and celebration, and also an opportunity to share happiness.  The Light up a Child's Diwali will help customers conveniently select useful and needed gifts by the NGOs. By spending a few minutes in this section, customers can make a significant difference to a child's

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT)  has launched the official  Krrish 3 game exclusively available on Windows smartphones, tablets and laptops. The game developed by  Hungama Digital Media Entertainment  and  Gameshastra  is likely to provide a real taste of all the Krrish 3 action with multiple characters, numerous weapons and graphics. On Windows tablets and PCs, the game will be available by the end of the week and can be downloaded from the Windows Store. Amrish Goyal, General Manager, Windows Business Group, Microsoft India , said, Krrish meets gaming meets Windows - a truly unbeatable combination! We are delighted to announce the  Krrish 3 game  exclusively for Windows smartphones, tablets and laptops. With the amazing game play, graphics, characters and weapons, the Krrish 3 game is a must-have for all Windows users. Over the next few months, Windows users can look forward to many more such exclusive and exciting experiences.