VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Akamai Technologies  has released its  Fourth Quarter, 2013 State of the Internet Report . Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as network connectivity and connection speeds, attack traffic, broadband trends and availability, and IPv6 adoption. It also includes measurements of page load times using Akamai’s real user monitoring (RUM) capabilities, and provides insights on Akamai traffic activity related to Internet disruptions in Syria, Suriname, Guyana, Libya and Cuba. The global average connection speed continued to improve, with a quarterly increase of 5.5%, reaching 3.8 Mbps. Despite this improvement, half of the countries/regions listed among the top 10 in global average connection speeds - including the top four countries/regions - actually saw nominal declines quarter-over-quarter, ranging from a loss of 0.7% in the Netherlands to a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Pitney(NYSE:PBI)  has entered into a multi-year partnership with  INRIX  to deliver advanced Location Intelligence solutions through the company's traffic intelligence platform. By integrating location capabilities with traffic analysis,  INRIX and Pitney Bowes will enhance the driving experience  of today’s connected drivers. By delivering this information through INRIX’s mobile app, users are empowered to make better location-based decisions in real time. "Pitney Bowes’ location intelligence solutions can add compelling new capabilities to the existing products of mobile-oriented companies such as INRIX. Our products help unearth non-obvious relationships between specific locations to improve the customer experience and drive loyalty," said  James Buckley, Senior Vice-President & General Manager, Location Intelligence, Pitney Bowes . Pitney Bowes Location Intelligence solutions merge organi...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Dell(NASDAQ:DELL)  has made an official announcement regarding its partnership with Redington for the distribution of its enterprise products. The partnership will aim at strengthening Dell’s distribution business strategy launched last month in the Indian market. The Dell-Redington partnership is established on national distribution framework and will enable smooth availability of Dell enterprise solutions in 33 Indian cities. The enterprise solutions available through Redington are Dell’s server and storage products.  S. Sridhar, Director & General Manager, Enterprise Solutions Group, Dell India , commented, "Our Enterprise solutions have been well received by our customers because of the evident value of open architecture and flexibility of Dell solutions. In order to meet the demand for our solutions, we need to ensure they are available anytime, anywhere for our customers. Dell has been working very closely wi...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Bringing new functionality and improvements to its Asha range of devices,  Nokia  has rolled out a new software update, platform 1.4, for its Asha touchscreen phones. The new firmware offers several improved features such as MixRadio (an enhanced music application), a better camera, OneDrive access and a more social and updated Fastlane. The update is available for  Asha 230 , Asha 500,  Asha 501 , Asha 502 and Asha 503. The latest Asha software update brings Nokia's MixRadio, the free and personalized music streaming service. For those without access to data connection on the move, Nokia MixRadio will even allow users to listen to music offline. Nokia MixRadio is available on Asha 500, Asha 502 and Asha 503 devices. Nokia is also offering 7GB of free storage on Microsoft’s OneDrive and it is possible to automatically or manually transfer digital content to the cloud directly from the phone. The software updat...