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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   GIGABYTE Technology  is offering a range of its 8 Series motherboards at an attractive price range. Priced between Rs.6,000 and Rs.10,000, these select motherboards offer significant improvements in performance and power consumption with the latest fourth-generation Intel Core processors and Intel B85, H87 and Z87 chipsets. These motherboards, namely  GA-B85M-D3H, GA-H87M-D3H and GA-Z87M-D3H , come with a wide range of new technologies. GA-B85M-D3H has notable features like 4th Generation Intel Core processors, Ultra Durable 4 Plus Technology, Hybrid digital power engine, UEFI DualBIOS, Multi-GPU Support, GIGABYTE 333 Onboard Acceleration (USB 3.0, SATA 3.0 & 3x USB Power), GIGABYTE On/Off Charge for USB devices, LAN with high ESD Protection, HDMI 1.4, DVI, D-SUB, Intel Small Business Advantage.It is priced at Rs.6,500/- (approximately). GA-H87M-D3H supports 4th Generation Intel Core processors, Ultra Durable 4 Pl...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to the  International Data Corporation (IDC)  in 2013 the smartphone market surpassed 44 million units shipped, up from 16.2 million in 2012.  This surge has been mainly powered by homegrown vendors which have shown a tremendous and consistent growth over the past four quarters of 2013. The overall phone market stood at close-to 257 million units in CY 2013 - an 18% increase from 218 million units in CY2012. The India smartphone market grew by 181% year over year (YoY) in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13).  According to International Data Corporation's (IDC)  APEJ Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker , vendors shipped a total of 15.06 million smartphones in 4Q13 compared to 5.35 million units in the same period of 2012. 4Q13 grew by almost 18% Quarter-on-Quarter. The fourth quarter of 2013 witnessed a spike in the smartphone shipments by smaller homegrown vendors like LAVA, Intex  which...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   IBM(NYSE:IBM)  has announced that the  Union Bank of India (UBI)  has selected IBM’s data center management services to enhance productivity and improve business operations. The service will enable the bank to enhance reliability and efficiency of critical infrastructure as well as significantly improve data management across multiple locations. Data-sensitive industries like the financial sector require a robust IT infrastructure to ensure enhanced performance across multiple workloads, while at the same time reducing the overall cost. It is, therefore, critical for financial services companies to ensure that their data centers are highly efficient and optimally utilized. “Data centers are the backbone of our business. We needed to ensure that they are equipped with the latest technology and optimally utilized. We chose to engage IBM because of their global expertise in designing and building innovative, energy ef...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Designed to transform digital marketing programmes in the country,  Adobe  and Razorfish  have outlined a joint initiative for the Indian market. Leveraging their global partnership, the two companies will develop solutions focussed on digital personalization for marketers in India. Industry reports have positioned Razorfish as a leading global digital agency and Adobe Marketing Cloud  as a leader across various digital marketing categories. Adobe Marketing Cloud customers globally include all top five media companies,  all top five automotive brands, 90% of the world’s top fifty telecom brands and 80% of the top twenty internet retailers. This partnership brings extensive combined expertise and value of global leaders to marketers in India. “India is seeing a massive change in terms of digitization that is sweeping across the country, creating new opportunities and challenges for marketers. Today, custom...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Bentley  has reportedly acquired the  eB services  business of  DocQnet Systems International , a Woodmead, South Africa-based services organization focussed on project and asset information management solutions. It also announced that 10 of DocQnet’s highly skilled and experienced consultants have joined Bentley’s extensive Global Professional Services team dedicated to meeting the demands of Bentley users employing eB-based products and solutions worldwide. With its acquisition and staff addition, Bentley has increased its capacity to provide professional services to its eB users in South Africa and elsewhere. eB is a pervasive enabler for information mobility across Bentley’s AssetWise infrastructure asset management software  and services and ProjectWise system of collaboration servers and services for infrastructure projects. Al Gray, Bentley Vice-President, As...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SUSE has announced general availability of SUSE Cloud 3 , the next version of the original enterprise-ready OpenStack distribution for building Infrastructure-as-a-Service private clouds. SUSE Cloud 3 provides customers with greater flexibility to cost-effectively deploy private clouds with existing virtualized data centers by delivering full support for VMware vSphere through integration with VMware vCenter Server. “A top 10 contributor to the OpenStack project and a platinum member of the OpenStack Foundation, SUSE has proven its commitment to driving the rapid innovation and stability of the OpenStack community,” said Nils Brauckmann, President & General Manager, SUSE . SUSE is focussed on making it easier for the enterprise user to adopt an OpenStack-based private cloud solution, delivering a rock-solid OpenStack distribution in SUSE Cloud 3 that is easy to set up and use in any enterprise production environ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Leading technology distributors from across India have come together to launch "The Technology Distribution Association of India"(TDAI). The Association's motto is, "we can only build when we know how to sustain". A first-of-its-kind non-profit organization in Asia-Pacific and India, TDAI’s objective is to build a transparent and organized distribution services sector in India through risk mitigated best practices. While maintaining a strategic and healthy channel through good governance and appropriate compliancestandards, from the manufacturer to the end-user, TDAI will support the industry’s development and expansion while ensuring business hygiene. TDAI will provide all industry stakeholders a common ground for deliberating on regulatory issues that impact them, with a view to take those up with relevant authorities for resolution. It will act as a platform through which they could c...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mphasis has announced its strategic partnership with Delta Power Solutions to bring sustainable innovation across the ATM industry. The partnership for the ATM Security Solutions will enable Mphasis offer the most comprehensive single-window solution for e-surveillance & integrated power efficient solutions to service the ATM businesses in India. In the area of e-surveillance of ATM sites and path-breaking innovation in power optimization solutions, the alliance with Delta Power Solutions will help Mphasis develop an intelligent solution that can provide a single user interface for a 360-degree view of an ATM and ATM site. It will also help Mphasis address a suite of customer-centric offerings for safety and security that include theft prevention, theft deterrent, real-time alarms in criminal tracking, reduction in overall energy cost spend at ATM sites and proactive maintenance to ensure higher uptime. “Through...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     Vodafone India has joined hands with Delhi Traffic Police to associate with the Delhi Police Week to launch its Safe Mobility Campaign in the city today. Through this campaign, Vodafone India is encouraging consumers - "TO NOT USE THEIR PHONE, WHILE DRIVING". 500 children from various NGOs and more than 800 Vodafone employees participated in the safety march which was flagged off from Rajpath and culminated at Shastri Bhawan to promote Safe Mobility. It is a distinctive endeavour from Vodafone, to promote responsible mobility and connect with customers highlighting a strong social message. The safety march was jointly flagged off by Subrat Padhi, Business Head – Delhi, Vodafone India , and A nil Shukla, Addl. C.P, Delhi Traffic Police. Speaking about the initiative, Subrat Padhi, Business Head – Delhi, Vodafone India, said, “Vodafone India, as a value-based organization, is passionate about peo...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Star Nite Awards-2013 : Welcoming Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of IT, MOC & IT- GOI

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Star Nite Awards-2013 : Welcoming Sri. N Ravi Shanker,IAS, Addl. Secy DOT & Adminstrator USOF, MC& IT, GOI

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lamp Lighting ceremony at 12th Star Nite Award 2013

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Innaugural session ( From Left to Right) Mr. Suresh Reddy, Vice President- Enterprise- Huawei Telecommunications,Mr. Laxmi Narayan Rao, CTO - Technology Services – HP India

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE At 12 th  VARINDIA Star Nite Award, Microsoft Corporation receives award for providing the Best Operating system(Window 8) and Best Cloud Services. Dr. Govind, CEO- NIXI presents the award. 

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Seagate Technology receives award as the Best Hard Disk Drive from Mr.Yanghua – President, South East Asia, Enterprise Business Group, HUAWEI Telecommunications.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sandisk Corporation receives award as the Best Flash Drive from Mr.Yanghua – President, South East Asia, Enterprise Business Group, HUAWEI Telecommunications at VARINDIA Star Nite Award 2013. ar Nite Award 2013.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Intel bags award for designing best Processor at 12th Star Nite award Intel Technology receives award as the Best Processor at VARINDIA Star Nite Award 2013. Mr. Vipin Tyagi,Director, C- Dot-GOI presents the award.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Smartlink offers Best Post sales services; gets recognition at Star Nite Award 2013 Smartlink Networks wins award as the Best Post sales services- Digicare and Fastest Growing Indian IT Company from Mr. Vipin Tyagi, Director, C- Dot-GOI at VARINDIA Star Nite Award 2013 . 

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   With a view to promoting photography culture in India,  Canon(NYSE:CAJ)  has participated in photography event -  India Kliks . With the theme - BLISS, over 5,000-odd entries competed and the best 100 were handpicked by a celebrated jury of photographers and photo-critics from India and abroad. These 100 images are curated and have found place in photo expositions in Agra and New Delhi. Canon India was the proud award sponsor for this contest held in September 2013 and had given away a  Canon 700D camera  to the winner of the contest. The mega event will go on till February 16, 2014. Dr Alok Bharadwaj, Executive Vice-President, Canon India , said, “India is gradually becoming one of the prime markets for photo enthusiasts. With the rapid growth in the technology space and interest of people growing towards photography, Digital SLRs are fast becoming one of the ‘must-haves’ for today’s generation....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Star Nite Awards-2013 : Welcoming Sri. N Ravi Shanker,IAS, Addl. Secy DOT & Adminstrator USOF, MC& IT, GOI   Star Nite Awards-2013 : Welcoming Sri. N Ravi Shanker,IAS, Addl. Secy DOT & Adminstrator USOF, MC& IT, GOI

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Star Nite Awards-2013 : Welcoming Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of IT, MOC & IT- GOI Star Nite Awards-2013 : Welcoming Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of IT, MOC & IT- GOI

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lamp Lighting ceremony at 12th Star Nite Award 2013 Lamp Lighting ceremony at 12th Star Nite Award 2013

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Inaugural Session of 12th Star Nite Awards 2013 Innaugural session ( From Left to Right) Mr. Suresh Reddy, Vice President- Enterprise- Huawei Telecommunications,Mr. Laxmi Narayan Rao, CTO - Technology Services – HP India

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mr Deepak Kumar Sahu, Publisher, VARINDIA at Star Nite Award-2013 http://www.varindia.com/Star-Nite-Awards-2013-speaker-Deepak-sahu.html Mr. Deepak Sahu, Publisher-VARINDIA, welcoming the guest.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE 1.        Panel Discussion : Kshitij M. Kotak, President ASIRT http://varindia.com/Star-Nite-Awards-2013-Panel-Discussion-Kshitij-M.html

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Subrotah Biswas , Director , SW Asia , Logitech India http://varindia.com/Star-Nite-Awards-2013-Panel-Discussion-Subrotah-Biswas.html Subrotah Biswas , Director , SW Asia , Logitech India http://varindia.com/Star-Nite-Awards-2013-Panel-Discussion-Subrotah-Biswas.html

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Siva Kumar N, Vice President - PC - Business, Toshiba India : Panel Discussion 1.        http://varindia.com/12th-Star-Nite-Awards-2013-Panel-Discussion-Sivakumar-N.html

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ramesh Natranjan,V.P., Redington India Ltd : Panel Discussion http://varindia.com/12th-Star-Nite-Awards-2013-Panel-Discussion-Ramesh-Natranjan.html

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ms. S Mohini Ratna, Editor, VARINDIA at Star Nite Award-2013 http://www.varindia.com/Star-Nite-Awards-2013-speaker-Mohini-Ratna.html Ms. S Mohini Ratna, Editor, VARINDIA at Star Nite Award-2013

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