VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The rapidly-increasing pace of adoption of Open-Source software and methodologies led by advancements in analytics, cloud computing and the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) have propelled Open Source into a core strategic technology asset for enterprises across the globe. For that,  Wipro(NYSE:WIT)  has announced that it will make significant investments in Open-Source technologies, methodologies and services. The company has set up an Open Source Practice under its Business Application Services division to address this rising demand. This practice will channelize the earmarked investments towards driving growth and building industry leadership in this area. This practice will help our customers build Open-Source platforms that enable online services on a massive scale, big data platforms for batch as well as real-time streaming data, and integrated management fabrics, at beneficial price points. In addition, it will focus on Appl

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SanDisk has recently marked the 25-year anniversary of flash memory, the transformational technology used by billions of consumers and countless businesses in smartphones, tablets, ultra-thin laptops, data centers and other electronic devices.    “We started SanDisk in 1988 with the belief that flash memory would enable entire industries and enrich the lives of billions of people. Demand for flash is greater than ever, and it’s an exciting time to lead an industry that holds such tremendous potential for the future,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, president, chief executive officer and co-founder, SanDisk.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Trend Micro Incorporated has launched its Micro Mobile Security (TMMS) 8.0 to give customers the tools to enforce essential corporate security policies while still allowing with the rise of mobile usage continuing throughout the APAC region. This is particularly said to be relevant in the APAC region where mobile usage is a key part of daily life: in China, 38% of mobile users access the Internet via their mobile devices (Nielsen); Hong Kong mobile users.... more For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Gemalto has announced its new Coesys Applications Portfolio of end-to-end solutions  and related services specifically designed for government agencies implementing complex secure national identity programs. The new offer builds on the company most advanced identification and authentication software providing security and convenience to citizens for applications such as online tax management and payment, efficient benefits distribution and fraud reduction through electronic documents and administration.  Coesys Applications Portfolio also enables electronic verification of patient's entitlement (eVerification) and of electronic claims on medical expenses (eClaim), electronic voting and others. In particular, the portfolio fully integrates the mobile eID dimension, including smartphones and tablets, delivers ease-of-use with zero-footprint middleware and swift implementation.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Wipro Limited has announced the appointment of Vyomesh Joshi , a well-respected information technology industry veteran and influencer, to its Board of Directors with immediate effect. Vyomesh Joshi will serve as an independent member on the Board and will bring to Wipro a wealth of experience, having spent over three decades in the industry. He was until recently the Executive Vice-President of Hewlett-Packard's US$25.8-billion Imaging and Printing Group. 

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SpringPeople Software Pvt. Ltd., a VMware authorized Training Partner and a leader in Corporate IT Training on high-end and emerging technologies, has announced, that the company is expanding its  Technical Training Portfolio  and has added trainings on Agile, Scrum, Oracle, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Databases.  With this initiative of SpringPeople, Enterprises and IT professionals will now have the option of choosing effective, high-quality; industry-oriented courses by the industry veterans & subject matter experts. 

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Lenovo has announced its foray into the smartphone market in India by launching five smartphones that include  K860, S880, S560, P700i and A60+ . This move strongly stems from Lenovo’s 4 screen strategy in the PC + era, of which smartphones is a key component. The four screens comprise of PCs, tablets, smartphones and smart TVs.  With this launch, a full range of Android-based Lenovo smartphones will be available in the market, starting from the fully featured and affordable Lenovo A60+ to the premium quad-core Lenovo K860. 

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Lenovo has announced its foray into the smartphone market in India by launching five smartphones that include  K860, S880, S560, P700i and A60+ . This move strongly stems from Lenovo’s 4 screen strategy in the PC + era, of which smartphones is a key component. The four screens comprise of PCs, tablets, smartphones and smart TVs.  With this launch, a full range of Android-based Lenovo smartphones will be available in the market, starting from the fully featured and affordable Lenovo A60+ to the premium quad-core Lenovo K860...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Vdopia  has announced the appointment of Shivam Srivastava as Director Business Development - APAC Operations. He has experience of Sales & Marketing with significant exposure to different markets geographically. With his cross functional exposure across brands, he is poised to blend seamlessly in to his new role.Preetesh Chouhan, VP & Sales Head for APAC said, “Vdopia has established itself as the fastest growing company in video advertising and now it’s time to broaden our horizon and target emerging markets in SEA and MENA. We are confident that Mr. Srivastava as Director will help us take this vision forward and add value to advertising in these areas.”

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ASUS has launched 4 All-in-One PC models  in India, which include the ET2012IUKS, ET2210INKS and touchscreen models ET2012IGTS and ET2411INTI. The various models launched feature stylish and ergonomic, space-saving designs and are wall-mountable.  These models also feature ASUS SonicMaster Technology for improved audio clarity, louder volume and more detailed audio, Full HD video and DTS stereo sound, USB 3.0 for high- speed data transfers, integrated graphics and HDMI-output for cinematic multimedia experience. 

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   AirLive has introduced a  new IP camera FE-200CU (fisheye lens)  with extra wide angle view. This camera AirLive FE-200CU has a wide-angle lens (fisheye lens), allowing panoramic viewing angle of 360° (ceiling mounted), but where it really shines is wall mount with 180° viewing angle, which makes it ideal for installation in large spaces such as halls, large offices, public garages, etc.  One AirLive FE-200CU can replace three conventional IP cameras. It is intended for indoor use and ready to mount on the wall as well as on the ceiling, which makes its use very flexible.

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Gigabyte Technolgy  has announced the record highest clock speed 7.86GHz on AMD’s A10 5800K APU using the GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4 motherboard.  Attending an AMD Extreme OC show on 20th November in Taipei (Taiwan), Gigabyte’s overclocking team, The Killers (featuring HiCookie, S.Dougal and John Lam), took part in an overclocking demonstration achieving two new records on AMD’s new Vishera and Trinity platforms. The GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4 motherboard was able to push the AMD 5800K to an incredible 7.86GHz, more than twice the 3.8GHz stock clock. The AMD FX8350 processor was pushed to 8.47GHz using a GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 board... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE According to  Kaspersky Lab  data, the share of spam in  email traffic decreased steadily throughout 2012 to hit a five-year low . The average for the year stood at 72.1 - 8.2 percentage points less than in 2011. Such a prolonged and substantial decrease in spam levels is unprecedented. The main reason behind the decrease in the spam volume is the overall heightened level of anti-spam protection. Spam filters are now in place on just about every email system, even free ones. Also, many email providers have introduced mandatory DKIM signature policies (digital signatures that verify the domain from which emails are sent). Another factor behind the falling levels of spam is inexpensive advertising on legal platforms.  With the emergence of Web 2.0, advertising opportunities on the Internet have skyrocketed: banners, context-based advertising, and ads on social networks and blogs. The report also revealed that the larg

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In a surprising revelation, thirty Indian software product companies have come together to form a new association. If reports are to be believed, this is the first major break from the omnibus IT industry body  NASSCOM  which could reflect the growing confidence and maturity of the software product community. As a result of the breakaway from NASSCOM, a new association will be formed, which will be named the Indian Software Product Industry Round Table (iSpirt). The founding members expect the basic building blocks to develop an improved software industry. The association is planning to share its expertise and collective experiences with members, and create a larger awareness in the society and government about the critical role of the software industry. According to a latest update, the new trade body will be led by  Bharat Goenka, co-founder of Tally Solutions , and aided by start-up mentor and founder of Brand Sigma, Sharad

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   After the successful launch of  "XPAD" X-720  and "XPAD" X-801 Simmtronics ties -up with  Tata Docomo . Under this alliance, Simmtronics XPAD customers with get a Tata Photon Plus Dongle at just for Rs. 850. The offer entitles customers having Simmtronics XPAD to a Tata Photon Plus Dongle connection at discount of Rs. 449. XPAD user will also enjoy the downloading of 3GB additional data (1GB/month) of usage worth Rs. 750 absolutely free. This offer also gives the customer a 100 percent money back option. Through this partnership, customers will enjoy Simmtronics XPAD with DOCOMO's connectivity via the Photon Plus device, ensuring an unmatched browsing experience. Indrajit Sabharwal, Managing Director, Simmtronics  said,“Now a days, consumers want to access content & participate in social and commercial interactions anytime from anywhere. We constantly strive to come up with innovative offerings to enha

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To address the growing demand for mobile broadband services,  Nokia Siemens Networks has announced to extend its partnership with  Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)  by deploying Frequency Division Duplex Long-Term Evolution (FDD LTE) in Moscow and Central Russia regions during the third quarter of 2013. As per the alliance, Nokia Siemens Networks will be the sole supplier of FDD LTE radio access, IP core network equipment and services. Andrey Ushatskiy, VP & CTO, MTS Group , said, "As a leading telecommunications group in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), we have been at the forefront of technology and innovation. By adding FDD LTE, we will be able to take full advantage of our spectrum allocation, provide higher capacity, and deliver the superior data experience that our subscribers deserve. Nokia Siemens Networks was our obvious choice for the project, given our relationship of trust and its sound expertis

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   With over 1,000 customers in India and comprising the support of Certified Partners and Sales, Pre-Sales Certified Partners across the Star, Platinum, Gold and Silver categories, NetApp(NASDAQ:NTAP)  has announced to strengthen its focus and partnership with the channel base in Pune. With this declaration, NetApp is focussed on providing more tightly integrated and automated storage and data management solutions to their customer base. By leveraging each other’s expertise, NetApp will work with the partner base in Pune to enable customers to derive greater value and efficiencies from their dynamic infrastructures as well as reach across market segments. Krithiwas Neelakantan, Director, Channel & Alliances, India & SAARC, NetApp , said, “The idea behind redefining this approach is to expand NetApp’s reach to all parts of the country. Given the strengthened and enhanced relationships that we share with our channel partner

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Tech Mahindra  has announced that it has completed the process of allocating shares of Tech Mahindra Ltd to the shareholders of erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd. This also means that the issued capital of the company has gone up from earlier 129 million shares to 232 million shares.  Subsequent to the Scheme of Amalgamation between  Mahindra Satyam and Tech Mahindra  becoming effective, the Board of Directors fixed July 5, 2013 as the Record Date for Mahindra Satyam shareholders.  The shares swap has since been completed and the Stock Exchanges have accorded their approval for trading the new shares effective July 12, 2013.  Jayaraman G, Company Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer, Tech Mahindra , said, “This is a very important milestone for Tech Mahindra, as we move ahead in our new journey. The quick completion of share swap indicates our commitment to create value for our shareholders.” Earlier, the Scheme of Amalg

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The India Ratings and Research firm (Ind-Ra)  has released a report on the Indian IT services industry revealing that the outlook of  IT companies is expected to remain stable in H213 . The research firm expects revenue growth of select IT companies to exceed 10% YoY in H213 on 6%-7% rupee deterioration in Q213 as against 8% YoY revenue growth in the last four quarters. Ind-Ra also believes the US dollar appreciation will ease the expected pressure on EBITDA margins due to wage inflation for companies with a higher proportion of (India-based) offshore revenue. The weak rupee will help revenue growth, as the effect of translation increases the ability of IT companies to price better than global rivals. It will also make  India-based IT service companies  competitive and increase their chances of winning new and renewal contracts. While the current forex rate trend is positive for the IT sector, managing forex risk will remain

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per a recent update by  International Data Corporation’s (IDC)  AP Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker survey, it has been noticed that the Indian  smartphone market has almost tripled its shipments year over year (YoY) in the second quarter of 2013 Q2 (2Q13). The survey found that vendors shipped a total of 9.3 million smartphones in 2Q13 compared to 3.5 million units in the same period of 2012. 2Q13 grew by more than 50% over the units shipped in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13). The 5.0-inch- 6.99-inch screen size smartphones, or phablets, grew 17 times YoY and the phablet share has steadily risen to 30% of the smartphone market in 2Q13. Manasi Yadav, Senior Market Analyst, IDC India , stated, "The growth in the Indian smartphone market is driven by consistent performance by local vendors who accounted for more than half of the total smartphone market in 2Q13. These vendors have been scaling up operations owing to rising mi