VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Sonata has won the 2014 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for India. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Awards were presented in multiple categories, with winners chosen from a set of more than 2,800 entrants from 117 different countries worldwide. Sonata was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services, as well as demonstrating excellent subsidiary engagement in India. The Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Awards honour partners at the country level that have demonstrated business excellence in delivering Microsoft solutions to multiple customers over the past year. This award recognizes Sonata as succeeding in effective engagement with its local Microsoft office while showcasing innovation and business impact, driving customer satisfaction and winning new customers. On the occasion, Sujit Mohanty, Head- Te

Flytxt was recognized as a leader in Marketing Analytics category at the 2014 Frost & Sullivan India ICT Awards. Flytxt enables Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to increase revenue, reduce churn, enhance customer experience and generate new revenue streams through its integrated multi-dimensional analytics powered solutions.  Frost & Sullivan India ICT Awards, currently in its 12th year, acknowledges the exemplary companies and individuals who have pushed the boundaries of excellence –risen above competition and demonstrated outstanding performance in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector in India.  “We are delighted to receive this recognition from Frost & Sullivan for our advanced analytics platform and solutions. It validates our strategy to offer a total solution portfolio of technology platform, business applications and enabling services leveraging our proprietary integrated multi-dimensional analytics framework, to enable CSPs to generate

Christopher Formant, president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions, has promoted Francis Yip to group vice president of Verizon Asia Pacific. In his new role, Yip is responsible for delivering strategic cloud, security, mobility, network and connected machines solutions to Verizon’s multinational enterprise clients across the Asia-Pacific region. Based in Hong Kong, Yip was most recently Verizon’s managing director for North Asia, with responsibility for Verizon’s business in Hong Kong, China, Korea and Taiwan. Formant said, “Francis is an exceptional talent, and we believe he has the experience and expertise to continue to grow our business in Asia-Pacific. His leadership in North Asia in the past two years has earned him a first-class reputation for commercial acumen. His in-depth understanding of technology businesses in Asia, particularly in emerging markets, willbe instrumental in helping our customers move their businesses forward.” Prior to joining Verizon, Yip was responsible for

Warnings about the impending cyber-attack have gone unheeded and more must be done to tackle the threat of an infection, according to the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).Hugh Boyes, IET cyber security expert said, “Based on the latest statements from the National Crime Agency it would appear that their campaign to encourage computer users to scan for and remove GoZeus and CryptoLocker infections has been only partially successful. He further adds, “The IET believes that more could be done to tackle existing infections. Internet Service Providers (ISPs), for example, could restrict internet access to infected machines or Internet Protocol addresses by redirecting users to a page with information on infection removal. They could also provide telephone technical support to customers to help them to remove the malware.A joined-up approach of law enforcement working with the ISPs to reduce the number of infected computers would benefit everyone.” Useful tips from the IET in

A global fraud study of more than 6,100 consumers across 20 countries revealed that one in four consumers is a victim of card fraud in the last five years. The study, conducted by ACI Worldwide and Aite Group, also highlighted that 23 percent of consumers changed financial institutions due to dissatisfaction after experiencing fraud.  Card fraud is comprised of unauthorized activity on three types of payment cards—debit, credit and prepaid. Cardholders experience fraud at very different rates around the globe, and each type of card has unique fraud challenges. The U.A.E. has the highest rate of fraud overall at 44 percent, followed by China at 42 percent and India and the United States at 41 percent each.  “Given this latest data, financial institutions have their work cut out for them, both in terms of educational and preventative measures,” said Shirley Inscoe, senior analyst, Aite Group. “Consumers lack confidence in their bank’s ability to protect them from fraud, so banks must rem

element14 has announced the winners of ‘Rocking Raspberry Pi Challenge’, an initiative to provide an opportunity for young design enthusiasts to develop a consumer device on the very popularRaspberry Pi by creating the ultimate karaoke machine.  Shrenik Shikhare from Telangana is the Grand Prize winner chosen by a panel of judges and Srinivasan Kanni Udaiyar from Tamil Nadu is the runner up voted by the element14 Community. They have been chosen among the 15 shortlisted contestants who submitted unique versions of the karaoke machine. The contestants used the Raspberry Pi and itsaccessories to create a state-of-the-art karaoke experience. Contestants were judged on their creativity and the quality of engagement during the course of their projects through blog posts, videos and designs, including photos and diagrams. The Grand Prize winner received an Apple iPhone 5S and the runner up received a Sony PlayStation 4.  “At element14, we are committed to drive innovation among young develo

Internet Explorer has released Developer Channel, a fully functioning browser designed to give web developers a sneak peak at the web platform features. Developer Channel can run alongside and independently of IE11 and is available for developers using Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. It has all of the features from IE11 plus some new ones: support for WebDriver, support for the Gamepad API, updates to WebGL and enhancements to the F12 Developer Tools. IE Developer Channel comes with more improvements to the F12 developer tools, including - •    An enhanced debugging experience with event breakpoints that help you get to your event-driven bugs faster. •    Richer analysis capabilities throughout the Memory and UI Responsiveness profilers, which support further reduction of noise through multi-dimensional timeline filter, while further increasing the semantic value of the data being reported by lighting up performance. •    An improved navigation experience that provides more keyboard shortc

Netmagic has been named Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Provider of the year at the 2014 Frost & Sullivan India ICT Awards. Netmagic was felicitated with this award in recognition of its outstanding performance, market leadership, and new technologies application in cloud services. Its feature rich self-service, pay-as-you-use, project governance capabilities and end-user confidence delivered through public cloud grid at major cities in India has positioned Netmagic as a holistic cloud consulting partner and a value-for-money service provider who offers best in class cloud infrastructure and solutions that empower enterprises with fully automated access, control, security, and scalability. Sharad Sanghi, Managing Director and CEO, Netmagic , says, “It is a moment of honor and elation for us to have received this esteemed award. What makes us even happier is that we have been recognized by a jury consisting of some of India’s best analysts and leaders in the ICT industry,