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SAP has collaborated with Hope Foundation to create employable workforce in India by initiating a road show activity that leveraged cricket as a medium to excite youth to take up a career in technology. This initiative will create awareness on the adoption of technology via sports. SAP and Hope Foundation conduct workshops to equip the budding talent and generate employment opportunities for these students. SAP volunteers conducted six workshops for students of HOPE Foundation in Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune. The workshop’s focus is on demonstrations providing interesting insights on adoption of technology in sports along with an interesting coding and Lumira contest which saw an overwhelming participation of 650+ students ... See more

RCom has announced to provide 4G services across the country on the back of spectrum won by it in the recently spectrum auction. RCom has become India’s first only operator to launch state-of-the-art LTE nationwide on vastly-superior 800/850 MHz band in India. It made bids worth Rs.4,299 crore and is required to make an upfront payment of Rs.1,106 crore. RCom retained its 900 MHz holding in Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, besides acquiring 800 MHz spectrum afresh in Assam, North-East, Odisha and West Bengal where it lost 900 MHz band spectrum holding... See more 

Celkon Mobiles has launched the new Millennia Q450. With this, Celkon continues to deliver cutting-edge features packed smartphones accessible to all income groups under the budget range. Celkon’s new Millennia Q450 is set to be the most stylish and feature-loaded KitKat model sub 5K in the quad-core segment. Millennia Q450 is a dual-SIM model powered by 1.3 GHz Quad-Core processor. The KitKat model supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth A2DP and 3G video calling. The highlight of Millennia Q450 is its 4.5” Capacitive FWVGA, IPS Display which provides amazing clarity. The model is backed by a powerful 1800mAh Lithium Ion battery. The internal memory of 4GB expandable up to 32GB, with 512MB RAM enables seamless multitasking and provides adequate storage space. Ultra elegant and stylish in design it comes with a uniquely designed Back Cover with rich colour options – Gold, White and Grey. Besides packing in the delightful features, the WOW factor for Millennia Q450 is its ramped-up style quotien...

Fujitsu M10 servers running Oracle Solaris 11.2, a fully-integrated enterprise OpenStack distribution, are an ideal match for today’s IT requirements. The combination of the mission-critical strength of Oracle Solaris and its integration of OpenStack open-source cloud software enables IT leaders to build efficient, compliant, secure, open and affordable clouds and allows cloud and legacy applications to coexist on a single system, to easily transition data center infrastructures to on-premise/hybrid cloud models. According to Alex Lam, Vice-President of Enterprise Products Business  Fujitsu America, Inc., “Few datacenters in the U.S. are truly greenfield, meaning the majority of data centers are required to support mission-critical legacy workloads, while at the same time supporting the development and deployment of new applications for the cloud. Fujitsu M10 servers with Oracle Solaris offer a powerful solution to help IT leaders transition their datacenters to the cloud, wh...

HID Global has announced the Australian and New Zealand launch of its HID Mobile Access solution that delivers a more secure and convenient way to open doors and gates while introducing a simple secure identity management process.  The solution makes use of increasingly popular BYOD mobility environments, using Bluetooth Smart and NFC-enabled smartphones and other mobile devices as an alternative to keys and smart cards.  HID Mobile Access also makes it possible for users to unlock doors and open gates from a distance using the company’s patented “Twist and Go” gesture technology. HID Global has also created a unique and user-friendly HID Secure Identity Service portal. The portal is designed for administrators to conveniently and efficiently manage the portal by simply sending users an invitation to download and register an HID Mobile Access App directly to their Bluetooth- or NFC-enabled phones, so that Mobile IDs can be immediately issued, provisioned or revoked over ...

ASUS has organized a Dealers’ Meet themed on AIO across their target regions in India. These target regions comprised JBO (Jharkhand-Bihar-Odisha), Pune, Guwahati and Shillong. The Dealers’ Meet successfully engaged channel partners in orienting them with the new AIO products by ASUS and the areas of focus in the realm of sales. Peter Chang, Regional Head – South Asia & Country Manager – System Business Group, ASUS India, said, “These meets were held to acknowledge our partners and extended teams who have successfully assisted us to deliver quality services to our customers. It was also designed in a way to update the partners about the latest products and the growing number of consumers. Such educative sessions help our partners gain confidence and keep up with the new technologies that are continually emerging at ASUS... See more  

Lenovo has announced the launch of its latest Dolby-enhanced, pocket-sized TAB 2 A7-30, exclusively at Reliance Digital and Amazon.in. A unique form-factor from Lenovo in the 7-inch tablet category, the TAB 2 A7-30 is amazingly slim and incredibly light at only 8.9mm thin and weighs just 269 grams. This phablet-like 7-inch tablet offers the full functionality of a phone as it also has SIM card support, so you no longer need to carry two individual devices. It is priced at INR11,800 (3G, 16 GB). The 2G version of TAB 2 A-730 will be launched shortly. Rohit Midha, Director, Tablet Business Unit, Lenovo India, said, “Market research shows that Indian consumers like big screen devices that fit into the pocket or clutch. With the TAB 2 A7-30 we have managed to combine the big screen experience, added the Dolby audio entertainment with a powerful processor and still kept a form-factor that fits snugly into the pocket and can be carried 24×7... See more

Marking its first-ever Digital Marketing Forum in India, Adobe has announced the acquisition of new customers – HDFC Life, iYogi, Sterling Holidays, ShopClues, PayBack, among many more – demonstrating the high demand for Adobe Marketing Cloud in the country. In India, numerous customers ranging from media and entertainment, e-commerce, BFSI and government, have embraced Adobe Marketing Cloud, which integrates eight key offerings together or standalone – Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Social, Adobe Media Optimizer, Adobe Campaign, Adobe Experience Manager and the recently added Adobe Primetime and Adobe Audience Manager – which enable businesses to make, manage, measure and monetize their digital spends... See more  

Cisco has contributed a value of US$10 million to IMD, the top-ranked business school focussed on executive education, to become a destination for research, innovation and leadership to drive digital transformation to all aspects of enterprises, in every industry. Dominique Turpin, IMD President, said, “IMD has had an excellent relationship with Cisco and its top executives for many years. We are extremely grateful to Cisco for funding this new initiative so generously, and are excited about the research to come. See more 

Marking its first-ever Digital Marketing Forum in India, Adobe has announced the acquisition of new customers – HDFC Life, iYogi, Sterling Holidays, ShopClues, PayBack, among many more – demonstrating the high demand for Adobe Marketing Cloud in the country. In India, numerous customers ranging from media and entertainment, e-commerce, BFSI and government, have embraced Adobe Marketing Cloud, which integrates eight key offerings together or standalone – Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Social, Adobe Media Optimizer, Adobe Campaign, Adobe Experience Manager and the recently added Adobe Primetime and Adobe Audience Manager – which enable businesses to make, manage, measure and  .. . See more

Keeping midsized businesses in mind, HP has announced new storage offerings that give midsized companies the ability to cost-effectively increase performance while reducing risk. Midsized companies need to move fast, yet often lack the resources to take advantage of powerful storage technologies widely deployed in the enterprise. HP is helping bridge this gap with low-cost ways to accelerate applications, including the most affordable solid-state drive (SSD) read-caching solution from a major vendor with SSD options for HP MSA Storage starting at $1,599. For customers looking at hybrid flash storage, HP is now offering a new HP StoreVirtual Storage system which is 12 times faster than an equivalently priced spinning media array. Additionally, HP is now helping customers protect data with a more scalable HP StoreOnce Backup appliance and new HP StoreEasy Storage file serving appliances that include software for disaster recovery and cloud backup...   See more

Gavin Struthers has been appointed as President, Asia-Pacific for Intel Security. He replaced Andrew Littleproud. Formerly Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Channel Operations, Intel Security, Struthers will now be responsible for business operations across Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand. Struthers said, “I am thrilled to be returning to the APAC region where I have had significant experience. The region is rife with opportunities. Intel Security is well positioned to be the enterprise security company that helps customers implement an integrated architecture and offers end-to-end solutions to businesses and consumers. My goal is to help Intel Security become our customer’s #1 security partner... See more 

HP has announced updates to its channel partner programs designed to help partners capture immediate opportunities and position them for future growth. The HP Partner Navigator Program is designed to help HP partners through HP’s upcoming separation into two companies, while additional programs, including the Partner One Alliance, is designed to help partners drive positive business outcomes for their customers. “As HP continues its path toward becoming two new Fortune 50 companies, we remain laser-focussed on maintaining the same commitment to the channel that our partners have come to trust,” said Neelam Dhawan, Vice-President & General Manager, Enterprise Group and Country Managing Director, HP India. “HP is helping partners maintain business continuity and, at the same time, capture market opportunity through a services-centric, outcomes-driven approach... See more 

Fortinet and Spirent Communications have announced the results of performance tests conducted on the FortiGate-3810D, the latest Fortinet firewall appliance designed for large enterprises, Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and data center environments. Spirent’s test results validate the high performance and scalability delivered by the FortiGate-3810D. Testing with Spirent solutions showed that the FortiGate-3810D, which comes standard with six 100-Gigabit Ethernet ports, all-in-one compact 3U appliance form-factor, delivers a steady 292 Gbps Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) throughput and 317 Gbps User Datagram Protocol (UDP) throughput with zero packet loss at 512 bytes packet size. The appliance also achieves latency as low as 4.23 microseconds (µs) under 100% load, and tests confirmed there is no performance degradation between IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. Other test results unveil that the FortiGate-3810D supports more than 100 million concurrent sessions and a set-up rat...

Snapdeal has launched its new brand campaign “Dil Ki Deal”, featuring legendary actor Aamir Khan in the latest TVC. The main aim of the campaign is to highlight the fact that how with the range of products available on its paltform, it is not only making people’s lives simpler or better but is also a medium that they can use to express their love for their dear ones. Sandeep Komaravelly, Senior Vice-President – Marketing, Snapdeal, said, “Aamir Khan is, undoubtedly, one of India’s finest and most loved actors. However, his persona goes beyond his acting prowess. He cuts across audiences and appeals to every consumer. These are the attributes which enthused Snapdeal to associate with him. We truly believe in the power of emotions and are sure that, with Aamir Khan as the face of the ‘Dil Ki Deal’ campaign will receive a warm uptake amongst consumers... See more 

To recollect the old memories, people often look back at old photos and other memories which they have shared on Facebook. For this, Facebook updates its site by launching “On This Day” – a new way to look back at things which they have shared and posted on Facebook. Only users can see “On This Day” page. On This Day will show content in the past. For example, a user might see past status updates, photos, posts from friends and other things  shared or tagged in –one year ago, two years ago, and so on. To see On This Day page, users can click on the On This Day bookmark, search for “On This Day”, or visit www.facebook.com/onthisday. The product will be available to everyone globally in the coming days... See more 

To strengthen its product offering to its customers, Konica Minolta has conducted a Colour Management Seminar for its customers in their Bangalore office. It is an informative way of sharing the details with its customers on how the customers can maintain the consistency and reproduce right colour. The end-customers generally have a lot of queries from the file generations, file format to the printed output. The seminar helped customers to learn the best ways to achieve consistency from the monitors, creating profiles for the monitors to file creation and setting colour parameters in the files. “It is a series of seminars which Konica Minolta has been doing for the last two years with industry experts. Konica Minolta has been conducting seminars on topics like decoding colour, ICC Colour Conference, etc. Konica Minolta intends to carry on this activity at more and more places to share the knowledge and remove the misconceptions in the process of reproducing colour documents,” ...

Topnotch Infotronix, under the brand “ZEBRONICS”, has launched its latest 3G tablet PC – Zebpad 7t500. Zebronics with its Zebpad 7t500 plans to revolutionize the Indian tablet market. Equipped with an array of rich features and performance, the Android tablet Zebpad 7t500 is assertively priced at Rs.7,490/-. Pradeep Doshi, Director, Topnotch Infotronix India Pvt. Ltd (Zebronics), said, “Zebronics has been offering innovative yet affordable products across various categories for over a decade and our loyal customer base is a living testimonial to our claim. Empowering and delighting our customers through technology has been at the core of all our offerings. This makes us consistently innovative and diversifying into newer portfolios enabling customers to harness the power of computing technology. The Zebpad will surely offer an engaging, entertaining and enriching experience for our customers.” Zebpad 7t500 3G has a glossy/metallic brushed body personified in a sleek frame. Ap...

To boost the e-governance plans, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) took another step in his Digital India initiative by launching “Twitter Samvad”. It is aimed at helping government bodies and leaders to communicate directly with citizens on a daily basis via Tweets and SMS on their mobile devices. Through Twitter Samvad, every day a set of curated Tweets will be delivered from the government and leaders’ accounts to mobile users across the country as SMS. Updates on government services, policies and activities can be delivered to any user with a mobile device signed up for the service with each of the 16 launch partners. Anyone with a mobile phone, with or without a data plan, can register for the service by giving a missed call to a unique number for each of the partners. Twitter Samvad can also be used during the time of emergency with the ability to deliver live updates by government bodies including time-sensitive information like law and order situations...

Aiming to promote local manufacturing, SME Chapter of MAIT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency (BIIPA) last week in Bengaluru. The MoU aims to bring together Indian and Korean SMEs to uphold local manufacturing by regular exchange of information on technology know-how, software development, talent exchange with a strong focus on industrial development in both the countries. The MoU was signed by Rahul Gupta, Chairman, SME Chapter of MAIT, and Seo Tae Geon, CEO, Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency, in the presence of SMEs from MAIT and Korea. The event was attended by nine Korean SMEs, covering the entire spectrum of the IT industry from marine electronics to video translation and global promotion on internet services. This MoU has imparted further forward momentum to encourage local manufacturing of products in India and set agendas for regular engagement by expanding the scope of doing business on mutually agreed terms. R...

HCL Infosystems has signed a strategic partnership with Strontium. Under this alliance, HCL will distribute a wide range of external flash-based memory devices from Strontium Technology across India. The partnership is poised to spur growth across markets through various channels. Vivian Singh, President & CEO, Strontium Technologies Pte Ltd, said, “We are excited to partner with HCL Infosystems for the distribution of a wide range of external flash-based memory devices, as we bring together our collective strengths to serve a broader range of customers with industry-leading storage products. We look forward to a fruitful and long-lasting association with HCL Infosystems.” Through this alliance, Strontium will further grow their existing portfolio of memory-based devices, which include regular series, nitro series and nitro plus series. The company constitutes businesses with strong sales, marketing, implementation and support capabilities along with door-to-door replacemen...

The Dell Consumer and Small Business Group in India, led by P. Krishnakumar (KK), who has been recently promoted as Vice-President, Consumer & Small Business India, has seen phenomenal growth and share gain, consistently for the last eight quarters. As Vice-President, KK will continue to focus on driving strong customer growth and revenue performance for Consumer and Small Business in India, with the core emphasis on enhancing consumer experience. Under his leadership, Dell has grown rapidly in the Indian market, going from 50 to 400 Dell Exclusive Stores in 20 months and channel presence in over 1,100 cities across India. With its widespread network of exclusive stores and a few thousand multi-brand and large format stores and resellers espousing its cause to take PC penetration in the country to the next level, Dell is firmly committed to growing its personal computing business... See more

Intex has expanded its speaker portfolio with IT-Crunch SUF. These are a 2.0 channel which integrates fundamental functions and compatibility selections to benchmark the stirring control of sound. Users can relish their chosen music by input options of USB, SD card slot, Aux and MMC. The IT Crunch also comes with a Digital FM feature. The 2.0 multimedia speaker has an output power of 15W + 15W. Its full function remote control lets the user lay back and revel in an alluring experience. IT-Crunch SUF comes with a built-in Bluetooth feature and is available in black colour... See more

To offer private network solutions for enterprise customers across the globe using Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bharti Airtel has joined AWS Partner Network (APN). “Today, we are seeing more and more organizations embrace the benefits of hybrid network architectures and on-premise environments across the globe. In line with this market adoption, we are excited to strengthen Airtel’s cloud services portfolio by adding AWS to our growing list of cloud services providers. We are confident that this will help our global customers truly leverage the benefits of cloud, and further Airtel’s long-term commitment towards delivering the best technological capabilities for its customers,” said Ajay Chitkara, CEO – Global Business, Bharti Airtel. This will help Airtel’s enterprise customers across the globe leverage the power of AWS Direct Connect to establish a dedicated network connection between customers’ premises and Amazon’s data centers, thus helping them reduce network costs, increase...

ViewSonic has introduced the PJD7822HDL Full HD 3200 lumens home entertainment projector. With Dual HDMI inputs and a USB charging port, the PJD7822HDL offers flexible connectivity to high-definition devices, as well as compatibility with wireless HDMI dongles such as Google Chromecast. The PJD7822HDL also includes 3D compatibility, an integrated speaker, and SuperColor technology for a wider colour range and true-to-life image projection. Equipped with 3,200 ANSI lumens and a 15,000:1 contrast ratio, this projector displays clear, bright images even in rooms with high ambient light. In addition, a short throw lens with 1.3x optical zoom offers flexible setup options for smaller rooms. Max Hsu, PM Director, ViewSonic Asia-Pacific, said, “It is perfect for watching all types of high- definition content, including movies, videos, sports, games, and TV, without any distortion or scaling of the original video format. The PJD7822HDL offers a 1080p experience on a super large screen ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Tech Mahindra has signed a strategic agreement with Gao Feng Advisory Company (“Gao Feng”), a global management consultancy with roots in China.  Both firms will seek to join forces to deliver a unique and comprehensive set of services to their clients in China and worldwide.Several driving forces are creating a greater than US$3.0 trillion IoT market in Greater China. “Tech Mahindra continues to invest strategically in Enterprise Business and to support our clients we always look for synergistic relationships. Gao Feng Advisory Company has deep expertise and vast experience in the Greater China market and we look forward to working with Dr Edward Tse and his team to provide a unique value proposition to our clients in Greater China and beyond,” said Rohit Gandhi, Head – Asia-Pacific, India, Middle East  Africa (Enterprise), Tech Mahindra. “Gao Feng is a pre-eminent strategy and management consulting firm. The agreement with Tech Mahindra allows Gao Feng to offer our ...

Aiming to highlight the benefits of making education engaging through intuitive technology solutions, Dell has announced the beginning of its “Back to School” season for 2015. Kicking off towards the end of March, the Back to School season continues through to June, 2015. As students get ready for the new academic year at school, Dell reiterates its theme “Learning meets Doing” to establish the need to do away with mundane, routine methods of acquiring knowledge, by demonstrating how education can be fun and has real world application. Through the campaign, Dell challenges today’s education system, by illustrating how the stress of learning without understanding affects students. The interactive campaign explores various ways technology can make learning engaging and fun, so children can actually understand what they are studying and are able to apply it. “Back to School for Dell India has evolved into a high engagement and high return activity. Every year, our programme is buil...

To offer private network solutions for enterprise customers across the globe using Amazon Web Services (AWS), Bharti Airtel has joined AWS Partner Network (APN). “Today, we are seeing more and more organizations embrace the benefits of hybrid network architectures and on-premise environments across the globe. In line with this market adoption, we are excited to strengthen Airtel’s cloud services portfolio by adding AWS to our growing list of cloud services providers. We are confident that this will help our global customers truly leverage the benefits of cloud, and further Airtel’s long-term commitment towards delivering the best technological capabilities for its customers,” said Ajay Chitkara, CEO – Global Business, Bharti Airtel. This will help Airtel’s enterprise customers across the globe leverage the power of AWS Direct Connect to establish a dedicated network connection between customers’ premises and Amazon’s data centers, thus helping them reduce network costs, increase...

Intel has announced a special campaign for the network of Intel Technology Providers in India. Through this campaign, Intel will train its Intel Technology Providers on the latest roadmaps and organize a series of e-street activations as well as launch a targeted digital campaign. Intel has launched its channel membership program called the Genuine Intel Dealer program in 1995 and, over the past nineteen years, the program now known as Intel Technology Provider program, has evolved to keep up with the changing channel dynamics with over 20,000 technology providers registered across India. Rajiv Bhalla, Director – Sales & Marketing, Intel South Asia, said, “Intel remains committed to the growing desktop enthusiast community and Intel Technology Providers have been a strong channel in driving technology transitions and delivering form-factor innovations in the form of NUCs, custom-built PCs and AIOs.  They have been the true champions of Make-in-India philosophy by offer...

Juniper Networks and Mirantis have announced an expanded engineering partnership that provides customers with a reliable, open-source software-defined networking (SDN) fabric to deploy OpenStack clouds at scale. Mirantis OpenStack, an OpenStack distribution that is easy to install and operate at scale, will now support and interoperate with Juniper Contrail Networking, a standards-based SDN solution for enterprise and service provider customers. Mirantis OpenStack also supports and interoperates with OpenContrail, an open-source SDN solution. “Mirantis is the go-to vendor for building an OpenStack cloud. Integration of Mirantis OpenStack with Juniper Contrail Networking gives the enterprise-grade support that customers expect for large-scale open-source cloud deployments,” said Ankur Singla, Corporate Vice-President & General Manager, Cloud Software, Juniper Networks. “By providing developers, partners and customers a proven, open-source reference architecture, together Mirant...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

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Driving revolution into its products, LG has showcased its futuristic technology at the third edition of annual technology convention – the LG India Tech Show 2015. Besides revolutionary Consumer Appliances, LG has launched the LG G Flex 2 smartphone. In an approach to maximize the value offered to Indian customers and based on the theme of ‘Innovation for Better Life’, LG displayed over 200 innovative products across categories representing the company’s futuristic product line up for 2015 in India. Soon Kwon- Managing Director, LG Electronics India said, “LG Tech Show is all about reinforcing our commitment towards making life good and easy for our consumers. Thriving on Innovation for Better Life, the third edition of LG India Tech Show will bring path-breaking products driven by the concept of Internet of Things. From most promising G-Flex 2 to visual masterpiece 105 5K TV and much anticipated Smart Inverter 2.0 Refrigerator, these products will surely reinstate our technolo...

GoDaddy has announced that Vishal FinCap, a financial services firm in Gujarat, has improved collaboration and enhanced productivity among employees by using Microsoft Office 365 from GoDaddy. The entire suite of services, which includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, One Note and Publisher, is available starting at just INR149/month with annual purchase. Users also have access to GoDaddy’s world-class 24/7 customer care and a simple, one step process for connecting their domain to their Office 365 account. “As a proprietary trading and wealth management firm, we needed to ensure that critical client data was stored safely and that I could access it from anywhere. I also wanted to improve collaboration with my team members. Office 365 from GoDaddy redefined flexibility for me. I can create a spreadsheet on my laptop, edit it on my tablet and share it from my smart phone. GoDaddy provides the convenience of having an entire suite of services in one place at an affordable price...

LAVA International has announced appointment of Solomon Wheeler as its Vice-President and Head – Marketing & Communication. Solomon would be leading all marketing & communication efforts for the Lava brand across India and global markets. Hari Om Rai, Chairman & Managing Director, LAVA International Limited, said, “We are pleased to welcome Solomon into the organization. Solomon is a seasoned marketing professional with deep domain experience in different roles and capacities. We are confident that his expertise and enthusiasm will bring great value going forward as brand Lava aims to take a giant leap in the coming FY.” Solomon Wheeler expressed, “The Indian mobile handset industry is very dynamic and is undergoing a transformation. LAVA International Limited has played a key role in this change so far and I am extremely excited to be a part of the brand at an important juncture... See more 

RSA has announced Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Dr. Ramzan is responsible for leading the development of the company’s technology strategy and will focus on bringing to market the innovations that help protect RSA customers from the growing number of advanced threats. Prior to joining RSA, Dr. Ramzan served as CTO of Elastica, where he leveraged machine learning technologies and natural language processing to enable customers to more securely access and use cloud services. Before Elastica, Dr. Ramzan respectively served as Chief Scientist of both Sourcefire, acquired by Cisco in October 2013 and malware analytics company Immunet, acquired by Sourcefire in 2010. Dr. Ramzan previously served as the Technical Director of Symantec’s Security Technology and Response division where he was the architect for the company’s reputation-based malware detection technology... See more 

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To fulfill the major promise made during the Delhi Elections to provide free Wi-Fi in Delhi, AAP has now framed a set of 10 questions to get suggestions from the public before going ahead in the implementation the project. The government has asked people of Delhi to send their suggestions to define public Wi-Fi with a set of case studies from across the world, a 200-word feedback through a WhatsApp helpline number, +919643327265, or through an email. The Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC), an advisory body of AAP government chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, has set the questions and has asked the respondents to consider the feasibility of the project and the technological challenges involved. The commission has also asked people about the essential services that a government should provide through public Wi-Fi, the kind of model that makes public Wi-Fi viable, sustainable and scalable in terms of usage, technology and financials, and if the same can be made financially sel...

Blue Coat Systems has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by funds advised by Bain Capital, one of the world’s foremost private investment firms. The company is being acquired from Thoma Bravo, LLC in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion. Over the past three years, Blue Coat has experienced a significant increase in its market share across the globe, where 80 per cent of the Fortune 500 are its customers. In India, Blue Coat has realized a year-on-year growth rate of 45 per cent and has a customer portfolio of more than 400 companies. Globally, the company has also made several successful strategic acquisitions extending their solutions to the advanced threat defence, security analytics and encrypted traffic management spaces. Blue Coat offers an integrated portfolio of products that lead the industry in effectiveness in stopping today’s threats. “The world’s most-trusted brands use Blue Coat, and the acquisition ...

wipro2 e1425293879127 Wipro join forces with Acquia to deliver better digital experienceTo provide better digital experience to its clients globally, Wipro has partnered with Acquia, the digital experience company. Wipro leverages the Acquia Platform on critical client projects that require an open and agile framework to integrate content, community and commerce. With the Acquia Platform, Wipro brings together the open-source drupal web content management framework and a suite of digital engagement services. The platform can connect a broad range of applications that optimize digital experiences for greater relevance and impact. Andrew Aitken, GM & Global Open Source Practice Leader, Wipro, said, “Through this joint approach, we are providing solutions to help our clients create amazing experiences for their customers. We are helping global brands focus on the insights, interactions, integrations, and innovations that make extraordinary things happen for brands, businesses...

To enhance home security, Panasonic has announced the launch of its new range of Wireless Video Intercom models – VL-SW251BX and VL-SF70BX – priced at Rs.29,900 and Rs.18,500,respectively. The VL-SW251BX comes with a 5-inch wide screen to deliver crisp and clear images with the ability of recording up to 400 pictures at a time. [50 separate sessions: 1 session consists of 8 shots]. Its special voice-changing function enables answering unwanted visitors by changing one’s voice. The intercom call feature enables the main monitor station and the sub-monitor station to transfer a door call using the same operation. Furthermore, the door station is equipped with LED lights [illumination lamp]. It enables the colour display of visitors at a distance of about 50cm at night. The VL-SF70BX comes with a 7-inch wide monitor – great for enhancing family security, this model can be easily installed anywhere at home. The picture recording function allows up to 50 images to be recorded at a t...

To strengthen its presence in the promising telecom market of the Maharashtra region, UTStarcom has roped in Aanand Bankar as General Manager – Sales, Mumbai. Aanand will be leading sales & operations development for UTStarcom to bring potential business growth in existing markets, and capturing emerging markets in the western region. The company is expanding its footprints in India and aggressively hiring industry experts across different levels to increase its market share in the fastest-growing Indian telecom sector. Prior to joining UTStarcom, Aanand Bankar served as the Head – Key Account Management (India & SAARC), ECI Telecom, Mumbai, where he played a vital role in supervising and controlling a team of Pre-Sales Managers, leading commercial negotiations, conflict resolution with customers and new account acquisition. William Wong, UTStarcom’s Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We are delighted to welcome Aanand Bankar on board, as he will be offering his expertise...

To accelerate service delivery for cloud providers, Cisco has extended its cloud and data center relationship with Microsoft to include a new technology platform. Aziz Benmalek, General Manager, Hosting Service Providers, Microsoft, said, “Today, we are expanding collaboration with a solution that will allow our mutual partners to deliver services quickly and grow revenue faster with a cloud-enabled platform. The work we have done to integrate Cisco ACI with Windows Azure Pack will allow cloud providers to dramatically accelerate time-to-market, while decreasing costs. Together, Cisco and Microsoft are helping our partners evolve with the current market demand and rapidly-shifting customer needs.” The Cisco Cloud Architecture for the Microsoft Cloud Platform will provide the building blocks for cloud providers to evolve beyond traditional Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings to create combined IaaS, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions tha...

To help customers quickly identify and address software vulnerabilities, HP has announced that SAP will resell HP Fortify application security software as part of its quality assurance solutions portfolio. SAP is now offering the solution under the name SAP Fortify software by HP. As an expansion to a longstanding reseller relationship, SAP Fortify by HP helps address this need by enabling SAP customers to identify, triage and fix vulnerabilities in production applications, while also helping reduce risk by enabling security to be built in during software development. “With SAP Fortify by HP, SAP customers can now enhance the management of their software security risk by enabling proactive security testing throughout the entire software development lifecycle,” said Jyoti Prakash, Country Director, India and SAARC countries, HP Enterprise Security Products (ESP). Application security helps strengthen SAP’s quality assurance portfolio of solutions, allowing users to identify vul...

To fulfill the promises made before the Delhi polls, the Aam Aadmi government has decided to hold consultations with various stakeholders to provide free Wi-Fi connection in the capital. Invitations are invited from interested persons, organizations, stakeholders to send their suggestions on business models, technologies, implementation strategies and any other aspects on email – delhiwidewifi@gmail.com till March 23. Aiming to help in bridging the digital divide and provide an impetus to education, entrepreneurship, business etc., the AAP government is taking steps to make Wi-Fi connectivity freely available in public spaces across the national capital. The consultation meet with the stakeholder is scheduled to be held from 24th to 26th March at Delhi Secretariat. The present government ensures active involvement of various stakeholders from industry associations, internet service providers, telecom service providers, value added service (VAS) /Over The Top (OTT) players, tel...

To secure business workdforce and meet compliance requirements, Dell has announced a new endpoint security suite. The Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Security Suite (DDP | ESS) delivers threat protection, authentication and data encryption with a single management console in an integrated, easy-to-deploy solution. DDP | ESS is compatible with Dell and non-Dell systems, making Dell the first Tier-1 vendor to develop endpoint security software which can be used on all workplace devices. “At Dell, we have listened to customer feedback and developed a solution that makes it easier for all businesses, even those with smaller and less specialized IT teams, to protect their end- users. It is part of our commitment to be the most secure, manageable and reliable end-to-end IT solutions provider in the industry,” said Brett Hansen, Executive Director of end-user Computing Software and Mobility, Dell. DDP | ESS is available as a standalone software offering for both Dell and non-Dell hardw...

After trials of parts of the network that threw up technical glitch around connecting one point with another, Reliance Jio Infocomm is in a hurry to launch its 4G data and voice services before government’s mandated timeline. In Mumbai and Gandhinagar the company may be close to its launch but the company is testing 3,700 sites for its network in Delhi.   As per report, the company is facing challenges like securing sites and laying more optic fibre. Reliance Jio had announced its plans to introduce high-speed data and voice services in 2015 but has never given a specific date. According to rules of Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the company must roll out its services by second half of 2015, five years from the time it was allotted 4G airwaves in the 2300 MHz band... See more  

In one of its largest tranche of investments in India since it entered the country in 2013,  online retail giant, Amazon plans to invest Rs. 1,155 crore to build its presence in India. The company had earlier raised Rs 610 crores. Amazon had announced a $2 billion (about Rs 12,500 crore) investment in the country without giving a time frame, last year and has invested Rs 2,500 crore since then, including the latest fund infusion. Amazon India, which entered India a year ago, had a net loss of Rs 321 crore in the year ended March 2014. Last year, Amazon launched over two dozen new stores on its portal, increasing its selection to more than 19 million products with a seller base of more than 16,000 vendors. The e-commerce sites have an intense competition which is driven by offering heavy discounts, sale and freebies. Online retail market in India is expected to take a fourfold increase to $60-70 billion (about Rs 3.72-4.34 lakh crore) in the coming next five years... See...