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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Quikr ropes in Vineet Sehgal as CMO Quikr has announced appointment of Vineet Sehgal as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer. Vineet will be responsible for marketing strategy and plans across all the areas, including brand building, performance marketing, partnership and alliances at Quikr. Vineet brings to the company more than 18 years of experience in marketing and business strategy across diverse industries such as telecommunication, FMCG, banking and management consulting. He has helped scale several operations from start-up to maturity in some of the world’s leading organizations such as Nokia, Nestle, Accenture, Cadburys and HSBC. Pranay Chulet, Founder & CEO, Quikr, said, “We are delighted to welcome Vineet to Quikr. Quikr is made in India and for India, and Vineet has built his career scaling consumer businesses in the country so there was natural chemistry here. Vineet knows the Indian consumer and he knows the Indian co

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cisco initiates To help Government convert India into a Digital India, Cisco(NASDAQ:CSCO) has announced the "Cisco Smart City" as a blueprint for the future of smart and connected communities in India. The Cisco Smart City, unveiled along with the announcement of the next phase of the company's India site, symbolizes what the digitization of a country means for the future of work, education, healthcare and the electronic delivery of citizen services. As part of the inauguration, Cisco demonstrated the possibilities of the Government’s Digital India programme where infrastructure would be offered as a utility to every citizen, governance and services would be on demand and citizens would be digitally empowered. Using the Internet of Everything, Cisco showcased how connected education, connected healthcare, smart buildings, connected transport and smart parking can transform the way cities and communities are designed, bu

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP launches ProLiant Gen9 Servers to cope Data Center demands HP(NYSE:HPQ) has announced a new portfolio of HP ProLiant Generation 9 (Gen9) Servers that will help customers reduce cost and complexity, accelerate IT service delivery and enable business growth. With new technology features and workload-optimized design, the new server portfolio advances HP’s vision for compute, the future of data center technology. The new HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers are designed to address these challenges, delivering flexible, scalable computing resources that are aligned to companies’ business goals. The combination of HP ProLiant Gen9 Servers and HP Technology Services help customers capitalize on compute innovations while confidently moving their traditional infrastructure to the New Style of IT. "The rise of mobile, cloud, social and big data is driving the need for a new approach to the data center and its processing engine - the server - to enab

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Red Hat to buy FeedHenry Red Hat(NYSE:RHT) has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FeedHenry, a leading enterprise mobile application platform provider. FeedHenry expands Red Hat's broad portfolio of application development, integration, and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions, enabling Red Hat to support mobile application development in public and private environments. Aligned with Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud strategy, FeedHenry enables enterprises to accelerate their mobile app development and backend integration via private clouds, public clouds, and on-premises. FeedHenry is an important addition to Red Hat’s JBoss xPaaS for OpenShift strategy, providing a platform and services for mobile developers and applications. Red Hat has agreed to acquire FeedHenry, a privately-held company, for approximately 63.5 million Euros in cash, subject to certain adjustments at closing. The transaction is expec

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Brocade realigns its SDN Strategy with Vyatta Controller Brocade(NASDAQ:BRCD) has introduced the Brocade Vyatta Controller as a keystone product in its Software-Defined Networking (SDN) portfolio and the next step toward delivering on the customer benefits of its open networking platform strategy. Commercially supported by Brocade, this SDN controller is built continuously from the OpenDaylight Project, a community-led open-source initiative aimed at accelerating the adoption of SDN and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) in order to provide levels of agility and efficiency not possible in traditional IP networking. The increasing adoption of cloud, mobile and social technologies by consumers and businesses has brought user-centrism to the strategic front for both IT organizations and service providers. Along with required changes in how network services are deployed, such as NFV, this trend has also added significant management and

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To strengthen its position, D-Link has extended its Network Storage Business line. D-Link, at its recently concluded channel/ System Integrator meet in Mumbai, presented its business and distribution model for network storage. Additionally, D-Link also introduced a range of Network Storage devices for businesses and enterprises, that are engineered for performance, flexibility, improved productivity, mitigate risk, simplify management and lower overall cost of ownership. Sumith Satheesan, AVP – Security & Storage Business, D-Link (India) Ltd, said, “With growing emphasis on network infrastructure across various business verticals, and exponential rise in data has made Network Storage a top priority for most CTOs. Industry reports suggest Network storage market in India was at $346 million in 2013 and is estimated to reach $550 million by 2017. Hence, the business potential in th

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Google and DIT join hands over Digital India Initiatives With focus on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of a Digital India, Google has come up with some initiatives that will help realize this dream. Google will run a number of campaigns as part of the Government of India’s Digital India programme. The highlights are: ● MyGov, the citizen engagement platform of the Government and Google are collaborating to launch a nationwide contest to develop a mobile app for the PM's Office. The mobile app will bring the PMO to every citizen and the contest will showcase how Indians can build a world- class app. ● Google India will continue to build a vibrant language ecosystem online and help the Government transition into the increasingly “mobile” India. ● Programmes such as Helping Women get Online, getting Indian SMEs Online and showcasing India’s rich heritage and culture online will further promote the digital empowerment of citizens

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE McAfee reveals consumer outlook on future lifestyle, digital revolution McAfee, part of Intel Security has released the findings of its Safeguarding the Future of Digital India in 2025 which examines India’s thoughts and attitudes towards lifestyle and technology trends a decade from now. The study provides insight into how Indians believe technology will impact their homes, workplace, cars, wearables, mobile devices and the intersection of these technologies with online security and privacy. One of the key revelations of the study was how truly high-tech Indians believe their environment will be in 2025. 92% envision artificial intelligence and robotics helping them in their jobs. 87% believe the refrigerator will automatically add to the grocery list when items are running low and 90% are keen on a wearable device that let you scan the barcode of a particular product (grocery or otherwise) and automatically add it to the shopping ca

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE EMC, DTE, Government of Tamil Nadu and ICTACT join hands to train teachers EMC, DTE, Government of Tamil Nadu and ICTACT have announced that they will be training teachers from over 350 polytechnics in Tamil Nadu on the newly introduced Information storage management courses in Polytechnic institutes. The syllabus for Diploma in Computer Engineering, Computer Networking Engineering and Information Technology sees an inclusion of the new courses under the L Scheme Syllabus for Government, Government Aided and Self-financing polytechnic colleges. Thiru. Kumar Jayant, IAS, Commissioner, Directorate of Technical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, said, “With over 1,000 engineering and Polytechnic colleges and over four lakh engineering and polytechnic students, the state of Tamil Nadu is contributing towards creating ICT workforce in a big way. This initiative is a step further towards bridging the skill gap and providing a competitive