VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

With the help of enterprise-grade cloud technology from Microsoft, In2IT Technologies, a Gold Partner of Microsoft, is enabling businesses in Odisha. The company provides a wide array of Microsoft cloud services, including Office 365, Azure and CRM Online, to its customers from different industry sectors – government, education, BFSI, utility and enterprise. These services can help businesses in Odisha grow and become more profitable and productive. Rudra Shankar Shatapathy, Managing Director, In2IT Technologies Pvt. Ltd, said, “The world today is driven by technology and it is important for businesses of all sizes and sectors to adopt the latest technology if they want to stay ahead of the curve. Our association with Microsoft is a major step in this direction and we will continue to work towards enabling the digital transformation of businesses across various sectors.” Read more

HOOQ has roped in Salil Kapoor, former COO at Dish TV India Ltd, as the Managing Director of its India operations. As the country manager, he will further push the company’s goals of getting India HOOQ’d by revolutionizing video-on-demand service landscape in India. HOOQ, a joint venture by Singtel, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros, delivers over 30,000 hours of Hollywood and Bollywood blockbusters along with popular regional and local programmes to customers anytime, anywhere... Read more

A research conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International shows that when it comes to Internet security, consumer’s concern and awareness are both on the increase. However, despite a growing recognition of the need to protect devices, many consumers are struggling to identify, install and use security software. The study, which questioned 11,819 people from over 27 countries, assessed cybersecurity trends amongst consumers in today’s rapidly-evolving, multi-device, connected world. It found that consumers are using more connected devices than ever before, with the average household now owning 8 connected devices. The research shows that mobile devices have replaced desktops as the main device for going online and tablets are also losing out to smartphones. In fact, 57% now use a smartphone to mainly access the Internet in 2015, an increase from 45% in 2012... Read more

SP/ Silicon Power has announced the launch of its advanced encrypted USB 3.0 flash drive – Secure G50, with three layers of defence to enhance data security. Firstly, Secure G50 is armed with AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption technology. Secondly, the password protection function enables auto lockdown and formatting after several times of failed login attempts. And thirdly, SP Silicon Power provides proprietary data management software – SP Widget, featuring file encryption, cloud storage, backups and restores to secure files even if the drive is lost or destroyed. With a user-friendly interface, Secure G50 offers comprehensive protection for your sensitive data.... Read more

Cyber Security market currently at $1 billion, is expected to grow to $35 billion by 2025. The demand for skilled professionals in the space is very high. To create a trained talent pool of Cyber Security professionals in India, PwC India and NIIT University (NU) have entered into a strategic partnership. Towards this end, academic experts from NU and senior professionals from PwC India have co-created a two-year work-integrated specialized Master’s Programme in Cyber Security. Rajendra S. Pawar, Chairman, NIIT Group and Founder – NU, said, “Technology has changed the way businesses are run and has brought along with it unique challenges and threats. In today’s digitized environment securing our cyber space has become a priority for businesses and citizens across the world. This calls for a team of trained professionals who are equipped to combat the challenges that are posed by hackers every day.  Our partnership with PwC India is a step in that direction.”... Read m

The Canvas 5 by Micromax has successfully been the most powerful smartphone launched this year, and an “All-Rounder” in Micromax’s diverse portfolio. The fifth iteration of its Canvas flagship smartphone comes with 4G LTE, reaffirming the company’s growing focus on its 4G devices for the Indian market. Moreover, the Canvas 5 has specifically focussed on powerful performance and its sleek and stylish design. It is powered by 1.3 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 processor with 3GB RAM, allowing users to multitask effectively. One can quickly navigate through various functions and apps, without any lags. This allows effective, smooth and powerful performance. Building on its multitasking features in the Canvas series, the Canvas 5 has the added Video Pop-Out feature which allows users to “pop-out” the video from the video player in a separate window, and move it around. To top it all, the smartphone comes with the Smart Wake Gestures which are primarily designed for con

ADATA Technology has partnered with Compuage Infocom pertaining to the complete ADATA power bank portfolio. The move extends ADATA distribution range by adding Compuage as a product provider, offering Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certified mobile power banks to customers across India. Chris Chang, MD, ADATA Technology India Pvt. Ltd, said, “As part of our growth strategy and expansion drive for 2016, we have partnered with Compuage Infocom, leveraging excellent reach across India and best business practice implementation to help ADATA gain larger market share in the power bank segment. Our partnership with Compuage in DRAM modules has been very successful for the last couple of years and the addition of power banks will further strengthen our relationship. We believe our BIS-certified high-capacity power banks can reach every part of India to provide more users total quality, ease-of-use and convenience”... Read more

While his visit to Hyderabad, Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft, has promised to open a Centre of Excellence in Visakhapatnam and also vowed to work with the Telangana government’s start-up incubator T-Hub. As per the news source, Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh government for deployment and use of information and communications technologies. This will help the company to offer better services to the citizens... Read more

To mark the 83rd birthday of Dhirubhai Ambani and also to deliver hi-speed connectivity and 4G broadband services in every nook and corner of India, RIL has launched Jio. It is a digital initiatives designed to provide high speed connectivity to its 1 lakh-plus employees and their families. The participants, all of whom where RIL and Jio’s employees hailed from varied cultural backgrounds located in diverse geographies. The motto – One India. One RIL. One Jio. One for all and all for one – resounded at the venue. RIL launch event was reflective of a miniature India, with people from all walks of life, from various backgrounds engaged simultaneously. With this employee launch, Jio became the one common strand that runs through every single employee, entwining them together... Read more

Spirent Communications has unveiled the world’s first 50Gb/s higher speed Ethernet test solution, that will enable its customers to meet the growing needs of the cloud service provider (CSP) space. Spirent has successfully completed the industry’s first 50GbE interoperability test with a global leader in cloud services and infrastructure. The 50GbE Boost test system used in the interoperability test, provided full wire-rate packet generation and analysis at 50Gb/s. The 50GbE Boost tests layer 1 to layer 3 quality and highlights error-free performance with different combinations of streams, frame lengths and rates by delivering per-port and per-stream statistics such as latency, frames out of sequence, frame counts and rates, L1 PRBS capability and layer 1 statistics to help debug physical link problems. By demonstrating this ability during the interoperability test, Spirent continues to build on its leadership in high-speed Ethernet, showcased in its upcoming QUIN

Schneider Electric (SE) is seeking to leverage its Internet of Things (IoT)-driven competencies to bring about process efficiency across businesses in India. IoT is an emerging industry in India and is expected to cross $15 billion by 2020. To support this industry, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has come out with a draft IoT policy that aims at building an entire ecosystem around IoT and to incentivize the players in the ecosystem. Home and building, manufacturing, consumer electronics, retail, power, transportation and healthcare are some of the key sectors which are likely to see major spendings on IoT. SE has developed operator training simulators (OTS) that leverage IoT technologies so that knowledge can be transferred and skills developed in months – not years. OTS allows workers to experience and respond to simulated high-risk control room situations in a risk-free virtual-reality environment. Similar to how airline pilots

The creation and sale of counterfeit and illegal aftermarket printer supplies continues to be a problem. In fact, The Imaging Supplies Coalition estimates about $3.5 billion are lost to counterfeit products worldwide in the imaging supplies industry. In response, Xerox has conducted a string of raids, product seizures and trademark enforcement actions to protect customers from the hazards of counterfeit supplies. “Fake cartridges are known to fail at a very high rate, causing poor image quality and costly damage to vital printer components. While this will remain a very active and aggressive field of play, we will continue to fight back to protect our customers and stop the spread of counterfeit and illegal aftermarket supplies,” said Kevin Weaver, Vice-President, Brand Protection Group, Xerox Supplies Business Group... Read more

Genpact and Arria NLG, a world leader in artificial intelligence and natural language generation, have tied up to help banks, financial services companies, and other enterprises dramatically transform how they leverage automation and run complex business reporting processes. “Through this relationship with Genpact, Arria NLG’s Platform reaches a far wider, global audience than can be achieved through our own direct sales process,” said Stuart Rogers, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Arria NLG. “Our investment in expanding our development and technical teams to support the projects coming from Genpact is a core part of our strategy, and we also look forward to partnering together in Genpact’s Silicon Valley innovation lab.” Read more

Wipro has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Viteos Group, a BPaaS provider for the Alternative Investment Management Industry for a purchase consideration of US$130 million. “We welcome Viteos employees to the Wipro family. We are excited to join hands with Viteos and expand our Capital markets portfolio in fund accounting services and enhance our Business Process Services capabilities. Viteos brings with it experienced leadership, domain expertise and unique BPaaS capability. We believe we will be able to leverage synergies to offer platform-based transformational services to our customers and continue to dominate the Capital markets outsourcing space,” said Nagendra Bandaru, Senior Vice-President & Head – Business Process Services, Wipro Limited... Read more

Avaya has strengthened its commitment to India’s digital transformation goals through the Avaya University Outreach Programme, a series of initiatives with leading educational institutes in Pune. Avaya is working with four colleges to help develop training in key technologies and help deliver the skilled workforce India requires. More than 70 graduating engineers attended the first elective course at the Cummins College of Engineering for Women, one of four colleges with which Avaya is collaborating on the programme. The Avaya curriculum is a one-semester elective course, developed by Avaya in collaboration with the Colleges of Engineering. The course covers key trends in emerging technologies and telecommunication, including digital and IP telephony, VoIP protocols, unified communications and contact centre applications and provides new engineers with the skills to develop their careers and further India’s digital transformation efforts. Avaya plans to make the course available

Snapdeal along with Microsoft has organized a two-day Hackathon. The collaboration saw engineers from both Snapdeal and Microsoft jointly develop technology concepts and solutions aiming to provide an enhanced seller experience on the online marketplace. The Hackathon focussed on identifying real-life business needs and developing in-house solutions to address these requirements. Two days of continuous coding from the participating Snapdeal and Microsoft engineers led to the development of winning ideas like dynamic machine-based personal assistant for sellers and message-based listing modifiers to ease the online selling process... Read more

Dell has announced that its seventh annual Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network Summit for female entrepreneurs globally, will be convened on June 27 & 28, 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Summit will bring together more than 150 of the top female entrepreneurs, business leaders, media and Dell partners around the theme of “Innovating for a Future-Ready World”. “The role women play in driving the global economy is becoming more and more foundational to the health and well-being of our world. Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network is all about fostering relationships and providing gateways to the resources women founders need to succeed. There is no better place than South Africa, a burgeoning centre of entrepreneurship, to have these important conversations,” said Karen Quintos, Chief Marketing Officer, Dell... Read more

Intex Aqua Star 4G by Intex Technologies will sport a new iData Saver feature. This feature is able to reduce data consumption by up to 50% on images, webpages and streaming, especially with image-heavy audio and video apps, such as Instagram, YouTube, Gaana and Saavn. Intex is the first Indian brand to integrate Opera Max’s functionality into its operating system for the 4G-enabled device. The iData Saver is powered by Opera Max, a data-management and data-saving app developed by Opera. Once the iData Saver feature is switched on, the new Aqua Star 4G will automatically start compressing the data consumed by most apps. Users will be able to save data by controlling those apps that consume mobile data, allowing them to get more from their data plans. With Opera Max, users can easily track the data consumed by individual apps, giving them better insight about – and control of – their data usage... Read more

Surat Diamond Association (SDA) and Microsoft have come together to enable 20,000 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMBs) in Gujarat with Cloud technology. With support from Microhard IT Solutions, one of Microsoft’s leading partners, SMBs can adopt modern technologies easily to expand the reach of their business and make it more profitable and productive. When modern technologies like Cloud, businesses will be able to connect better with suppliers, distributors, government agencies and grow their business. With an expansive network of 10,000+ partners, Microsoft understands the needs and challenges of SMBs and is working closely with them to support them in their Cloud journey. MicroHard IT Solutions, well known as Trusted IT Solution Provider, has registered a 30-per cent year-on-year growth in its business, riding on high adoption of Microsoft Office 365, Azure and CRM amongst its customers. It aims to extend this success to more SMBs in the state... Read more

Dell has announced the successful implementation of Dell Vostro laptops, projectors and tablets for Edutel Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a satellite education company that aims to create a knowledge community of students. This deployment has helped Edutel provide a cost-effective educational interface to rural India and deliver Satellite and Advanced Multimedia Education in 1,000 rural government and aided schools across Karnataka. With its programme, Edutel helps create interactive classes for supplementing classroom instruction, where students not only get to watch and listen to their mentors, but also clarify questions in the real time... Read more

Truecaller has announced a partnership with Intex Technologies to replace the native phone dialer with the Truecaller experience. The new Intex Aqua Young devices will now incorporate the Truecaller and Truedialer applications bringing smarter, safer and more relevant communications to Intex users. Priced at INR5,090, the handsets are already available across the country. “Over the years at Truecaller, innovation has been a key priority, and developing the best products to solve a global problem has enabled us to focus on growth and building strategic partnerships with key ecosystem owners who share our vision,” said Nami Zarringhalam, Co-Founder & Chief Strategic Officer, Truecaller. “This partnership demonstrates how innovative products and solutions can change the face of an industry, and we’re excited to work together to bring this product to .” Read more

Sparsh has unveiled its next generation of indigenously designed and developed product and solutions at an event in Delhi for its Key Strategic Partners. The brand  introduced  innovative and breakthrough products like a personal tracker device aimed at ensuring the safety of the elderly and children called “TRAXSTAR”, ANPR Solution (Automatic Number Plate Reader) meant for Law Enforcement, Tolling, Car Park Management and video monitoring and audio announcements solution “iMAS” (Intelligent Monitoring and Announcement System). Sparsh is presently the country’s only indigenous manufacturer of CCTV cameras and other advanced electronic security ... Read more

Dell India has once again reiterated its belief that the Personal Computer can be a foundation device to equip the workforce of the future with skill and learning as well as the potential to excel in a knowledge economy like India. Dell believes the PC is the hub of creation, and is the ideal companion device in holistic growth for an individual. This declaration comes in the background of Dell’s PC Literacy Days campaign in commemoration of the annual World Computer Literacy Day on December 2, and is an initiative by the company to enhance knowledge across the country around PC adoption and the optimal use of PC technology. It strives to aid awareness around security, reliability and productivity as the key parts of incorporating PC technology into everyday life... Read more

MapR Technologies has announced the opening of its new R&D Centre in Hyderabad signalling the company’s larger plans for the Indian market and an increased presence in the country. The new R&D Centre comes as a consequence of proven demand for MapR products and solutions in India, where companies are investing in Hadoop technology to increase engagement and customer loyalty. The R&D Centre is an 11,000-sq. ft. facility. Along with increased presence in the country, MapR expects 100% growth in employees in a year’s time. The company will add laboratories, professional services and account teams as they continue to expand... Read more

YU Televentures has announced the launch of its first flagship smartphone YUTOPIA, which is being positioned as the world’s most powerful smartphone, and also made its foray into software services with the launch of its ambitious project “Around YU” – a suite services rolled into one discovery window for the users. Packed with the hardware might of a 5.2″ Sharp WQHD IPS Display, Snapdragon 810 processor, 21MP rear camera, 4GB DDR4 RAM, fingerprint scanner, Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 and Cyanogen OS 12.1, this phone will also be the “FIRST” to be integrated with a host of services to help the users organize most aspects of their daily life, making it the most innovative and powerful smartphone ever. The launch of the new flagship smartphone and the suite of new services will provide a differentiated and coherent experience to the consumers by ensuring that the hardware and the software work together on their devices... Read more

Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic has bolstered its leadership ranks with the appointment of Rajan Bhandari as its President – Sales. Rajan has been previously associated with the leading global enterprises such as HP and Oracle, and brings over 18 years of in-depth industry proficiency to the organization. He will be responsible for managing the Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic’s regional business in the North and the East as well as the Country Government Sales division in his role. Holding a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Bharti Vidyapeeth, Pune, and an MBA from Singhad Institute of Business Administration and Research, Rajan has held various leadership roles in his professional tenure. He started his career with Hewlett-Packard India Sales Pvt. Ltd, rising to the position of Country Manager before joining Oracle as its Director – Technology Sales... Read more

CEO Sundar Pichai  discusses providing more access to the Internet, making Google tools work for more people, and empowering Indians to build the Internet they need announcements include Railtel WiFi launch date of January 2016, an expanded Hyderabad campus, and training two million new Android developers  over the next three years that make it easier for Indian developers to build solutions to local problems. “Mobile has proven to be a great equalizer, giving access to computing to a billion more people and counting , with an idea open Internet for everyone,” Pichai laid out Google’s three-step approach  to promoting the Internet in India, and his team, many of them visiting from the U.S, talked to the concrete steps Google has taken to help solve the current ... Read more

Nixu Corporation and Nokia Networks have signed a pact to collaborate on developing and delivering cybersecurity services for Nokia’s clients worldwide. For cybersecurity company Nixu widening international market reach is a strategic way of reaching growth targets. “The new partnership with Nixu, a company with strong security service knowledge in areas like operators and Cloud, will complement Nokia’s expertise to deliver outstanding security services for operators all over the world. The security consultants from Nixu enrich our service offerings with products and vendor-agnostic expertise, which many of our customers appreciate,” states Nils Ahrlich from the Nokia Networks Security business area... Read more

After successfully setting up start-up warehouse in Bengaluru, the National Association of Software & Services (NASSCOM) has announced the inauguration of its second warehouse in the city in the presence of Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah, Hon’ble Minister for Bengaluru Development and Town Planning K. J. George, NASSCOM President R. Chandrashekhar, and NASSCOM 10,000 Start-ups Vice-President Rajat Tandon. Over the years, Bengaluru has developed as the start-up capital of India. The city has nearly 3,100 to 4,900 dynamic tech start-ups and has attained the second-highest growth rate for exit volume and VC investment among the top 20. The warehouse currently has 20 start-ups and with the new space, the warehouse will consist of 100 start-ups. There will be five seats allotted to one start-up. The start-ups will operate for six months. The selection would be finalized by a selection committee comprising of stakeholders from the government as well as the industr

Pitney Bowes has opened a 6,331-sq. ft. office in the Time Tower Building in Gurgaon, India. President and Chief Executive Officer Marc Lautenbach and a team of Pitney Bowes employees officially opened the doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. “Collaboration on open platforms with our clients and partners has greatly increased our ability to bring physical and digital solutions to the market. This will be our eighth office in India and these investments will help us provide more client value and client-focussed innovation to key markets,” said Manish Choudhary, Senior Vice-President of Global Engineering & Managing Director, Pitney Bowes India Operations... Read more

Sangita Singh, CEO, Wipro healthcare and life sciences has quit the largest Indian IT services firm after spending 23 years with the company. She is one of the senior most indian women IT leaders, who set out at ambitious mission to make healthcare and lifesciences a $1 billion business within wipro by 2016, has resigned. Jeffery Heenan-Jalil, Senior vice president, who is currently the global head of wipro analytics will take over as the global head of healthcare and lifesciences with immediate ... Read more

Kaspersky Lab has bagged the Directorate General Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D) rate contract agreement to address the needs of IT security for government organizations. The contract will be operational till 31st October, 2016. On this new development, Ajaykumar Joshi, Director – Channel Sales, Kaspersky Lab South Asia, said, “Kaspersky Lab is one of the fourth-biggest IT security vendors in the world, according to IDC rating, and is detecting 325,000 new malicious files every day. With such expertise, we are confident to support and contribute to the government’s initiative.” Read more

In addition to improved brightness and contrast ratio specifications, the EH-TW5300 is the entry-level full-HD projector in the Epson’s range to introduce several advanced features that used to be found only in Epson’s high-end home theatre models. These include frame interpolation, image enhancement and 2D to 3D conversion. The EH-TW5300 also has 3D projection features that have made Epson renowned for its 3D-image quality. These include its 3LCD technology and an active, 480Hz 3D drive system that is twice as fast as competitors – together, these render 3D images with high colour brightness. It also employs an active 3D glasses system that uses Bluetooth instead of infrared signals to synchronize the 3D frames being projected with the blackout phases of the active 3D glasses... Read more

Arista Networks has entered into a strategic partnership with Pi DATACENTERS, based in the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. Pi is focussed on delivering futuristic datacenter cloud solutions through its Strategic Software-Defined (SDDC) architecture for customers across India and globally. Under this MOU, Arista and Pi would collaborate to leverage each other in delivering advance software-defined high-performance compute to customers in the Indian market... Read more

Cognizant has signed a strategic pact with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, to drive digital transformation across the airline and its equity partners. Under the three-year, multi-million dollar deal, Cognizant will help Etihad Airways define its digital strategy and reimagine the guest experience along a guest’s travel journey across the group. Robert Webb, Etihad Airways’ Chief Information and Technology Officer, said, “This partnership is core to our technology and innovation strategy, which will empower us and our equity partners to redefine an exceptional digital guest experience that matches our remarkable inflight and on-ground experience. We chose Cognizant because of its leadership in digital transformation programmes, deep travel and hospitality industry experience, and long-term partnerships with digital technology leaders.” Read more

ASUS has announced the launch of a new variant of ZenPad C 7.0 that comes equipped with a MediaTek MT8382V/W Quad-core processor. With a display size of 17.7 centimetres, the ZenPad C 7.0 has an internal memory of 8GB with MicroSD card support up to 64GB. The device has a 5 MP main camera with PixelMaster to capture brighter photos as well as videos. Powered by Android OS Lollipop, the ZenPad includes the ASUS ZenUI 2.0 with over 1,000 software enhancements, 10 finger multi-touch and Zen Motion support touch gesture. All these features and more make the ZenPad C 7.0 the perfect gift for your loved ones this festive season. The ZenPad will be available exclusively on Snapdeal from today and will retail at Rs.7,999. The device comes in two variants – Obsidian Black and Pearl... Read more

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Digital disruption is transforming every industry – from healthcare to education, banking and financial institutions and more. According to Digital Vortex: How Digital Disruption is redefining Industries, a report by Cisco and the International Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, forty per cent of market leaders globally will be displaced or eliminated by digital disruptors in the next five years. To enable the success of companies in their digital transformation, Cisco has unveiled three products to celebrate its 20th anniversary in India.  These new products will enable service providers and large web companies to reinvent the way in which services are built and delivered... Read more

AMD has achieved a number-one market share position for thin clients based on its thin-client shipments. According to its unit sales to thin-client customers last year, AMD has more than half of that market, with 53-per cent market share. AMD thin-client solutions continue to gain market adoption because of the move to cloud-based computing. Increasingly, thin clients are also being used for more complex and high- performance tasks. This is especially true for devices incorporating x86 CPUs and sophisticated graphics. The surge of innovation in the desktop virtualization market has created new opportunities for powerful thin clients that are now capable of executing demanding tasks including computer-aided design and 3D modelling. Customers are also using AMD thin-client solutions in financial and government services, call centers, kiosks, and hospitals, “smart” monitors and other multi-user, virtualized installations... Read more

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has celebrated the success of its key channel partners at its annual Channel Partner Conference for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, held in tandem with the 2015 Honeywell Users Group EMEA Conference. De Gidts & Feldman, of the Netherlands, was named Channel Partner of the Year, while six other distributors and system integrators were given awards for customer service, innovation and excellence in supplying and integrating Honeywell products and solutions. “We’re proud of the exceptional standards of service and support provided by our distribution partners across the EMEA region. Our service bar has never been set higher. These awards recognize partners from across the region that go above and beyond to deliver a highly personal customer experience,” said Andrew D’Amelio, Vice-President, Global Channels, HPS... Read more

Fujifilm India has tied up with Flipkart for the exclusive retailing of its newly-launched Instax mini range products and the smartphone Printer. Introducing for the first time in India and the only innovation of its own kind, the product range includes Instax Mini 70, Instax mini HELLO KITTY along with the very first instant Smartphone printer – Instax SHARE. Creating a strategic trail, alliance with Flipkart is only the beginning towards the revenue target of Rs.120 crore for the next financial year. Yasunobu Nishiyama, Managing Director, Fujifilm India Pvt. Ltd, said, “We are highly enthusiastic about our partnership with Flipkart, and are expecting strategic benefits in terms of developing extensive reach and creating more value proposition to our patrons. Since the newly-launched Instax mini range products are unique to the Indian market and Fujifilm being the trendsetter, we are keen to capture the required eyes balls of our consumers through .” Read more

NTT Communications Corporation has announced that it has been licensed to launch domestic network services in India through NTT Communications India Network Services, a newly- established Indian subsidiary. The launch will include IP-VPNand other reliable, high-quality connectivity services, that are required by businesses in India today, viz. the growing demands of companies such as automobile dealers and retailers with distributed sites across India. Customers will be able to use multiple local carriers for carrier-redundant access, one of the many ways NTT Com aims to provide secure, cost-efficient networks backed by strong service-level agreements for the mission-critical systems of its enterprise customers... Read more

Wipro Digital has announced the opening of its new London pod, furthering its commitment to offer enhanced digital transformation services at close proximity to its UK and European customers. Wipro Digital also intends to continue its hiring in the UK to support business growth and expand its range of offerings. Over the past twelve months, Wipro Ltd has hired over 600 employees and today employs over 4,000 people in the United Kingdom. T.K. Kurien, Chief Executive Officer & Member of the Board, Wipro Ltd, said, “Wipro has shared a longstanding and synergistic relationship with the leading UK businesses over the past two decades. Our intimate knowledge of the local market, combined with our global experience and operational excellence allow us to help our clients achieve their desired outcomes. Wipro is deeply committed to job creation in the UK and has an abiding interest in engaging closely with the local communities.” Read more

Micromax Informatics has expanded its product portfolio with Canvas Mega series to propel the growth of the phablet category. The two new smartphones under the Mega series – Canvas Mega E353 and Canvas Mega 4G Q417 – will address the productivity and entertainment needs of young and evolved consumers. The launch of the new smartphones is aimed at reinforcing the company’s leadership position in the phablet market with more than 20-per cent market share and will further act as a category driver by offering a perfect confluence of style and substance. In an attempt to rule out the inconvenience associated with carrying a big device on the go, Micromax brings the best-in-class innovations in the new smartphones by increasing the screen-to-body ratio and bringing slim bezel to the Canvas Mega series... Read more

BT has announced that as part of its Cloud of Clouds vision it will deploy virtual Riverbed SteelHead application acceleration technology in the core of its global network, providing superior application performance for customers accessing BT’s own cloud services as well as other leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Keith Langridge, Vice-President, Network Services, BT Global Services, said, “Our Cloud of Clouds vision is rapidly coming to fruition. By including Riverbed-as-a-Service in our offering, we address one of the key issues faced by our customers:  the performance and reliability of applications hosted in the cloud. The new service builds on the direct network connectivity we already provide to major cloud providers by bringing better speed, performance and control to applications hosted with these cloud providers. This joint offering with Riverbed is a milestone on the journey to software-defined networks, and creates an additional differentia

At Pamex 2015, HP has showcased its flagship HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press along with other printers and presses from its Indigo, Latex and DesignJet portfolio. The company has also planned a slew of activities to engage and educate the Print service providers (PSPs) involved in general commercial printing and labels and packaging helping them explore the immense possibilities with HP’s digital print technology and provide increased value to their end-customers through unique application and improved automation. The latest enhancements for the HP Indigo 10000 include additional ElectroInk inks, including white, light cyan, light magenta and spot colours, and HP Indigo Enhanced Productivity Mode (EPM), which eliminates black via three-colour printing and enables an increase in colour printing output by 33 per cent. About 25 per cent of pages printed on HP Indigo 10000 presses are now said to be done by using EPM... Read more

Canon has expanded its professional printing portfolio with the launch of imagePRESS C10000VP and Oce PlotWave 500 at PAMEX 2015. With customers exploring new business avenues across visual communication, interior decoration, textile, industrial printing, packaging, the demand for the commercial printers market is growing rapidly. The Professional Printing Products business unit in Canon has crossed more than 100 crore in 2014, and the division has been growing at the rate of 25% for the last two years. Puneet Datta, Director of Professional Printing Products (PPP) Group, Canon India, said, “The professional printing  industry is evolving at a fast pace and technological innovations are the key driving factors to run parallel with the market demands and trends. Keeping pace with our customers’ evolving preferences, we continuously innovate and bring in versatility to our product offerings. The professional printing segment has seen a tremendous growth in India and to further tap

Symantec has announced plans to beef up its Cyber Security Services business globally with an investment of more than US$50 million. A portion of this investment has been leveraged to build a new dedicated Security Operations Center (SOC) in Singapore, doubling Symantec’s Cyber Security Services expertise in the Asia-Pacific region. With the launch of the SOC in Singapore, businesses will have access to intelligence, accurate threat detection and proactive notification of emerging threats to ensure their most sensitive data is protected. The new SOC will also enable businesses to shorten the time between detection and response, reduce operational costs and proactively counter emerging threats... Read more

Verizon is offering its customers a secure and direct connection to the IBM Cloud. With Verizon’s Secure Cloud Interconnect services, users can connect directly to IBM Cloud services through a secure, flexible private link that enables workloads to move seamlessly between clouds. It also gives enterprises the freedom to store data in a variety of settings, including a traditional IT environment, a dedicated on- or off-premises cloud and a shared off-premises cloud, making it easier to scale and meet business requirements. Verizon’s Secure Cloud Interconnect enables users to take advantage of Software Defined Networking (SDN) capabilities allowing for more control and agility over their connectivity to cloud environments. Capabilities include consumption-based bandwidth, pre-provisioned on-demand resources, controlled application performance and varying classes of service... Read more

Gartner has estimated that 1.6 billion connected things will be used by smart cities in 2016, an increase of 39 per cent from 2015. “Smart commercial buildings will be the highest user of Internet of Things (IoT) until 2017, after which smart homes will take the lead with just over 1 billion connected things in 2018,” said Bettina Tratz-Ryan, Research Vice-President, Gartner. “Commercial real estate benefits greatly from IoT implementation. IoT creates a unified view of facilities management as well as advanced service operations through the collection of data and insights from a multitude of sensors. Especially in large sites, such as industrial zones, office parks, shopping malls, airports or seaports, IoT can help reduce the cost of energy, spatial management and building maintenance by up to 30 per cent,” added Tratz-Ryan... Read more

Adobe has appointed Marta DeBellis as the new Vice-President – Marketing for the company’s Asia-Pacific operations, stepping into the position recently vacated by Hisamichi Kinomoto, who has resumed a full-time focus on the company’s important market in Japan. DeBellis will report to Adobe CMO Ann Lewnes, and work alongside Paul Robson, APAC President. Over the last two years, Marta has led global campaign planning for Adobe’s Digital Marketing business as well as driven co-marketing strategies worldwide with Adobe’s Digital Marketing partners including large global agencies and system integrators from her home country, the United States. This appointment marks her return to the APAC region... Read more