VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Bentley Systems  has announced that it has acquired the business of Engineering Systems. With this acquisition, Bentley further extends its market-leading portfolio of structural analysis and design software, which includes STAAD, RAM, ProStructures and SACS. Raoul Karp, Vice-President, Structural and BrIM Products, Bentley , said, As a result of this acquisition, we will be able to help the users of Microstran, MStower and Limcon to deliver broader ‘B/IM’ benefits, including through Bentley’s structural Cross-Discipline Coordination Services. This enhanced information mobility will enable these new Bentley users to perform structural modelling, analysis, design, documentation, and detailing within integrated and flexible workflows, empowering dynamic collaboration and increased data reuse among structural engineers, detailers, and fabricators. He continued, This acquisition also brings new talent to Bentley. On behalf of my...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To redefine the tablet experience,  Lenovo  has launched a game-changing  Yoga Tablet  in the country. True to its name, this multi-mode machine redefines what a Tablet stands for. Based on research which suggests that the usage of gadgets over an extended time period has an impact on our physical well-being, the Yoga Tablet has been designed to aid a longer and comfortable Tablet viewing experience. The tablet includes key features such as hold mode which will allow reading an e-book for hours or checking that recipe while cooking a breeze; stand mode to allow the tablet to stand on a flat surface, making movie-watching a pleasure. Finally, the tilt mode which will provide  a better viewing angle for easier typing, playing games and surfing the Internet. Shailendra Katyal, Director - Consumer Business, Lenovo India , said, Technology is a part of who we are. Therefore, it needs to transition constant...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In order to enable dedicated focus and customized strategic approach for different businesses,  HCL Infosystems  has introduced a new Scheme of arrangement with effect from 1st November, 2013. This will help the company to make distribution and services as key growth engines. Under the restructured organization, the Company’s businesses of Solutions, Services and Learning have been transferred to the wholly-owned subsidiaries  HCL Infotech Ltd, HCL Services Ltd and HCL Learning Ltd , respectively, while the Products Distribution business would be with the parent entity HCL Infosystems. Harsh Chitale, CEO & Managing Director, HCL Infosystems , said, This restructuring process was initiated with a clear objective of enabling each business to meet its individual requirements and build an organization customized to that business. Now there would be independence as well as accountability for each of the businesses. Th...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   K7 Computing  has announced an offer for all its channel partners for the quarter April '13 - June '13 (AMJ '13). The offer was thrown open to channel partners who do K7 business, wherein all that the partners had to do was to purchase stipulated business value for the period AMJ ’13. The offer included a trip to China, namely a visit to the People’s Square, Jade Buddha temple, experience the speed train to Beijing, discovering new places and a visit to one of the Seven Wonders of the World,  The Great Wall of China . Bepin Roy, Vice-President, Consumer Business, K7 Computing , said, We are extremely overwhelmed by the response given by our channel partners for all our trade schemes rolled out before and one such scheme is our Trip to China. With lot more positive feedbacks received from our previous foreign incentive trips and the one which concluded now, we are lined up with various foreign trip schemes for destinat...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To encourage creative experimentation in Web design,  Google  has announced that it has entered into partnership with  Monotype Imaging Holdings . A new, free public version of Monotype's Typecast application can now be accessed through Google Fonts, helping users to create better quality Web typography. With the new public version, Typecast users will be able to select any font on the  Google Fonts website  and then follow the link to the Typecast application. Users can create realistic compositions with floats, clears, margins, and padding controls, and a number of effects are available such as background colours, borders and text shadows. In this free version of the Typecast application, a user's work can be exported as production-ready HTML and CSS, or PNG files, to share with others or merge with comps. Filip Zembowicz, Product Manager, Google , said,Choosing a typeface in isolation, without the cont...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Wipro(NYSE:WIT)  has announced appointment of  Ulrich Meister as Senior Vice-President and Head of Continental Europe , effective November 2013. In his role, Ulrich would have the charter to define strategy for each of the markets within Continental Europe and grow the business exponentially over the coming years. He will continue to build on Wipro’s localization approach, drive marketing and brand investments in the geographies, and explore potential inorganic growth opportunities.   Ulrich joins Wipro from T-Systems, where he started in 2005, and in his last role was responsible for their global Euro 2 billion system integration business. Ulrich began his career with the financial services industry and spent the first 20 years in leadership positions with Deutsche Bank and Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen. Ulrich was also a Member on the Board of T-systems. Continental Europe currently represents a significant sh...