VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability  has conferred the  Best Governed Company Award  on,  HCL Technologies  at the Asia Business Responsibility Summit 2014 in Mumbai. Anant Gupta, CEO, HCL Technologies , said, “It is an honour and a privilege for HCL to be recognized as a well-governed enterprise by a renowned non-profit institution like the ACCGS and its global evaluation panel. It is heartening to be rewarded for our relentless pursuit of corporate excellence through transparency and corporate governance, focus on customer relationships and grassroots-led innovation.” Among other recognitions, HCL won the  Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI)  award for excellence in Corporate Governance for the Year 2012. The award was conferred on HCL Technologies for its proactive and contributive capabilities, internal excellence, innovation....... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Oplus  has announced the launch of  7" Tablet XonPad7 with 3G Calling . The event also saw the cementing of a new partnership between Oplus and Snapdeal.com which will make Oplus products available online as a part of this association. The XonPad7 is powered with a Quad Core 1.2GHZ (28NM) processor and a 1GB DDR3 RAM. The configuration allows for easy multi-tasking. It features a 7-inch, 1280 by 800 multi-touch IPS display, a 5-mega pixel back camera with auto-focus capability and a 2-mega pixel front camera. It also features connectivity options such as 3G Calling, Wi-Fi, WCDMA, Bluetooth HSPA+, GSM, GPRS, EDGE and Micro USB. Ranadip Kundu, Sales Director, Oplus , said, “We are very positive about the demand for the XonPad7 which offers our patrons a Tablet experience second to none. It is a great opportunity for us to tie up with India’s largest marketplace, Snapdeal.com. The exclusive partnership is sure to be on...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Bharti Airtel has announced appointment of Manish Prakash as Director for Enterprise & Government and he will be reporting to Gopal Vittal, Jt. MD & CEO (India), Bharti Airtel. In his new role, Manish will be responsible for overall strategy and leadership for the company’s business-to-business (B2B) in India. His focus will be to consolidate Airtel’s Enterprise and Government business, devise and execute growth strategies, lead product innovation and inject world-class process and service capabilities within the organization. He will also be a part of the Airtel Management Board (AMB). He joined Airtel from Accenture where he was the Managing Director – Infrastructure Managed Services (IMS) for Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ). Prior to Accenture, Manish was also associated with SK C&C, the affiliate company of SK Telecom in Korea as the Chief Executive Officer of the international business division and served on the Boa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Kingston has announced the launch of the DataTraveler Locker+ G3 (DTLPG3) USB 3.0 Flash drive for personal security during the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Kingston will also showcase other new products and technologies coming this year and hold the live final competition for Kingston Dota 2 and HyperX OC Takeover contest during CES 2014. Kingston’s DataTraveler Locker+ G3 password protects and hardware encrypts data giving consumers the best in personal security with USB 3.0 speed. The DTLPG3 boasts higher speeds than the previous generation DataTraveler Locker+ G2, with read speeds up to 135MB/s and write speeds up to 40MB/s. Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director, APAC Region, Kingston, stated, “We are excited to offer a USB 3.0 drive for personal security where consumers can keep their data safe. This is a great product for someone looking to store their sensitive personal documents on a sa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Based on an education-based initiative powered by Dell Youth Learning (Dell’s signature programme to give underserved students access to technology-based learning), Agastya International Foundation has won the 2013 Manthan Award South Asia & Asia-Pacific for its i-Mobile Lab. At the Manthan Awards, Agastya International Foundation was recognized for its unique contribution towards fostering digital empowerment in e-education, learning and employment. Dell’s strong partnership with Agastya International Foundation has helped bring about an improvement in digital literacy skills and science learning outcomes of over 600 children through the use of the i-Mobile Lab. Rajeev Kapoor, Executive Director – Finance and India Champion, Dell Giving Initiatives, Dell India, stated, “We are delighted that Agastya International Foundation is the proud recipient of the prestigious Manthan award. The award is a true validation of the success...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Acronis Technologies has announced a few predictions for 2014 which is related to the security demands needed to drive innovation in Cloud storage. According to the Director of Product Management at Acronis, Sergey Kandaurov, first and foremost, customers will increasingly change how they choose what to store and where to store it. Additionally, smaller service providers will emphasize their proximity and personal service to woo customers and differentiate themselves from larger, more dominant Cloud service providers. Despite Dropbox's high prospects and valuation, companies will start to block access to services like Dropbox and shift from public clouds toward private, more secure clouds hosted on their premises, allowing data to remain under their own control. As more and more people choose to store their business-critical workload in the Cloud, issues of business continuity will become front and center. With larger volumes...