VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to the latest report, Barcode printer maker  Zebra Technologies is all set to acquire Motorola Solutions' enterprise business. Going by the reports, the latest deal will close for $3.45 billion in cash. The deal will help Zebra to tap the opportunity presented by the profusion of devices, ranging from cars to smoke alarms, connected to the Internet. After the acquisition, about 4,500 Motorola Solutions' employees will join Zebra. According to the official statement by Anders Gustafsson, CEO, Zebra Technologies, the company has entered into an agreement to acquire the Enterprise business of Motorola Solutions. Zebra’s acquisition of the Enterprise business will combine the complementary offerings of two industry leaders in asset tracking solutions to create a market leader in enterprise asset intelligence for the Connected Age. Motorola Solutions’ mobile platform captures real-time data about physical assets, peo

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In a bid to help customers take advantage of  Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) ,  Master Data Management (MDM)  and Big Data, Dell Services and Informatica have  announced a relationship to provide technology and business solutions. "At Dell Services, we are focussed on our customers' future and how IT can help them get to where they need to go to achieve their business goals, as well as actively listening to understand our customers' needs and business environment," said  Suresh Vaswani, President of Services, Dell. Brad Kern, Senior Vice-President, Worldwide Alliances , Informatica, said, "This collaboration will help uncover the many synergistic opportunities that exist between the two companies and ultimately benefit customers by helping them gain a competitive advantage in today's global information economy." Dell and Informatica will leverage each other's capabilities to deliver a

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In the wake of a large number of scams that have surfaced in the defence off late, the government has taken a step to adopt an e-procurement platform. On June 6 the Defence Ministry issued an order that purchases above Rs 10 lakh will be sourced only through this platform. The limit will be made even tighter at Rs 5 lakh from April 1, 2015. Orders for high-value items including armaments will also move to this platform, which in turn will be visible to all potential suppliers. The order said that necessary instructions in this regard may kindly be issued for strict compliance of e-procurement by all organisations\offices under the  Ministry of Defence . As per the report,  Savitur Prasad, Principal Integrated Financial Adviser  in the ministry said that till now departments were required to only put up their tender notices on the portal. But from now, tendering for any item required by the ministry will have to be processed