VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Microsoft has announced availability of Microsoft Azure services via local datacenter regions in India. As the first public cloud provider from India, Microsoft has opened three new regions – Central India in Pune, South India in Chennai and West India in Mumbai. Built on the foundational principles of security, privacy & control, compliance and transparency, Microsoft cloud services are designed to enable individuals and organizations to achieve more. In the words of Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India, “The Microsoft cloud in India will transform the way computing is done in the country.” Read more

NETGEAR has introduced a new modem router that supports blazing-fast dual-band WiFi speeds, better range, and more devices than typical modem routers in the equipment bundle from your Internet Service Provider. The NETGEAR Modem Router D3600 with 802.11n Dual- Band Gigabit is designed for  Faster Wi-Fi speed up to 600 Mbps. The NETGEAR Modem Router D3600 with dual-band technology provides Wi-Fi connectivity throughout your home for all your Internet-enabled devices. It also has GIGABIT wire, which makes it ideal for HD gaming and WAN for fibre connections and NETGEAR geniemanager for easy installation and home network management. You’ll enjoy its ultra-fast speed, reliability, secure wireless Internet connections and QoS technology that enable applications such as smoother HD video streaming and low-latency ... Read more

Lenovo has announced the launch of its “Start up with Lenovo” initiative to increase PC usage in Karnataka. This is part of the ongoing initiative by Lenovo to jumpstart India’s computer penetration, which is currently at 10% and is the lowest among developing countries like South Africa (18%), Turkey (49%) and Malaysia (64%). This program is a significant step by Lenovo tying in into the “Digital India” program of the current Government that aims to transform India into a digitally-empowered society. Through “Start up with Lenovo” campaign’s successful pilot phase in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Punjab and Maharashtra, Lenovo is now widening this initiative to benefit and empower the youth in tier-2 markets across India. Even though Bangalore is the silicon valley of India, Karnataka only has 13% computer penetration which is even lower than states likes Kerala (16%) and Chandigarh (33%). This offers a huge opportunity to increase the computer penetration in the state owin...

HP has brought in a new portfolio of HP PageWide XL Printers with the launch of HP PageWide XL 8000 Printer in India. It offers the fastest large-format production printing available in colour and black-and-white. HP PageWide XL Printers do the job of two printers in one single device, providing monochrome and colour prints at breakthrough speeds up to 60 per cent faster than the fastest monochrome light-emitting diode (LED) printer.  Included as part of the new portfolio, the HP PageWide XL Blueprinters are also designed to deliver more pages of translucent prints, black-and-white whiteprints and digital blueprints with superior... Read more

The Silicon Valley of India, Bengaluru witnessed a host of CEOs from various Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), including IT & ITeS, BFSI and manufacturing companies, IT associations and VARs from the ICT sector coming together to witness the Tech Summit, 6th edition of Southern India Information Technology Fair (SIITF) – 2015. Organized by VARINDIA, the event was themed around “Digitization opening up opportunities for SMBs”. The event was designed to discuss and showcase excellence in technology innovations and entrepreneurship, while being a unique platform for SMEs and VARs to understand the scope of digitization that will open up big opportunities for them in due course.... Read more  

RailYatri.in has launched country’s first GPS train tracking platform, “RailRadar GPS”, to track and display the real-time movement of nationwide trains on a Google map. With this release, the award-winning train travel app has taken the first concrete step towards the longstanding train tracking challenge using smart location technology implementation like never before. RailYatri’s “RailRadar GPS” enables users to track running trains on a Google map along with its on-time/delay status. This is the first-ever deployment of a true crowd-sourced location tracking. The previous attempts by the government to install GPS on trains as part of the SIMRAN project failed due to the high project costs. Real-time train tracking continued to be a challenge despite crores spent on the pilot project which was scrapped after being launched on about 40 premium trains... Read more

Canon has launched its sixth edition of Photomarathon in India. Organized at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, the event attracted a large number of photo enthusiasts, primarily DSLR users, hobbyist photographers as well as professionals. One-of-its-kind, the theme-based photo contest witnessed amateur and professional photographers playing their tricks and techniques with cameras to present exemplary imagery. The Canon Photomarathon 2015 was flagged off by Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, Canon India. The event has attracted over 500 entries. The judges included the Fashion and Wildlife Photographer, Akash Das; Travel Photographer, Ajay Sood; and Lifestyle Photographer, Ravi Dhingra... Read more

Konica Minolta Business Solutions has organized a one-day colour management Workshop, which was held at Konica Minolta’s Ahmedabad office. It was organized by a group of professional from Konica Minolta and Colour Mechanics (colour management consultant). The workshop was conducted to enhance the knowledge on the Colour Management on the Digital Devices. The program covered all the aspects from the designing, pre-press, printing and post printing process in terms of colour management. The aim of the program is to share how the customers can achieve the effective standardised colours on the Digital Printing Device, How the customers can achieve the consistency in their device etc... Read more

Virtusa Corporation has announced availability of its ADOPT (Accelerated Domain solutions for Pega Testing) framework. The comprehensive testing platform for Pega-based applications will help deliver cost optimization without compromising on overall quality. As burgeoning new technology is putting power into customers’ devices, it is also placing a tremendous amount of pressure on organizations to innovate and introduce new products and services at an unprecedented pace. As a result, enterprises are making huge investments in business process management (BPM). While companies digitize and transform their business with Pega, they are challenged to reduce cost of quality and deliver in an agile environment with defect-free, right-first-time applications... Read more

With the demand for 7-inch Tablet PCs growing steadily, iBall has launched its latest entrant in the lineup of its Performance Series Tablets – “iBall Slide Brillante” in association with Intel. With IPS HD screen providing stunningly beautiful display and with super responsive and smooth 7-inch full capacitive multi-touch display, iBall Brillante is powered by The Intel Atom x3-C3130 processor featuring a 64-bit dual-core Intel Atom CPU and an integrated 3G modem. This innovative device is slated to give an experience on the edge of excellence. The Intel Atom x3 processor series is Intel’s first integrated communication platform. Formerly code named “SoFIA”, Intel Atom x3 Processor Series is a cost competitive SoC with 64-bit Intel Atom processor cores and integrated cellular baseband modem. The new tablet delivers robust Android experiences with responsive wireless connectivity and fast, reliable global ... Read more

HP has announced general availability of its integrated enterprise cloud solution, HP Helion CloudSystem 9.0, and a new HP ConvergedSystem 700 platform, a workload optimized infrastructure purpose-built for HP Helion CloudSystem 9.0. HP Helion CloudSystem 9.0 incorporates HP Helion OpenStack and the HP Helion Development Platform, delivering an enterprise-ready integrated open-source infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering. It provides a modern development environment that can be integrated with customers’ existing IT investments to move their traditional applications to the cloud, as well as to develop and deploy cloud-native applications using multiple development languages... Read more

Array Networks is offering a customized solution to Cosmos Bank for enhancing their data replication process and safeguarding valuable customer data. Cosmos Bank required their database to be replicated whenever there was a database breakdown. During such breakdowns, Cosmos Bank could lose customer data and was unable to provide banking services. To overcome this problem, the bank deployed Array Networks’ WAN Optimization, which ensured zero data loss during data replication to the disaster site and helped the bank in recovering their customers’ data. Array Network’s aCelera turned out to be a solution which optimized storage data replication by 70% and crunched the data loss up to 65%... Read more  

Touted as the first-ever visit by an Indian Prime Minster to the Facebook Headquarters, Modi’s visit has raised quite an eyebrow. The fact that top tech bosses of the Silicon Valley are taking keen interest in meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussing about his Digital India initiative is something that is being talked about. The key Indian entrepreneurs and academicians from the USA cite several reasons as to why this sudden spotlight on Modi has garnered so much interest. One of the entrepreneurs warned that the Indian telecom companies might be staring at trouble if companies such as Google and Facebook succeed in their ambitious projects to provide Internet access all over the world, including India. The tech industry has learned from mistakes made by taxi-hailing company Uber and wants to make sure governments don’t turn in adversaries when traditional industries are disrupted, ... Read more

Qualcomm Incorporated has announced its intention to invest up to $150 million in Indian start-up companies across all stages as part of its commitment to India during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Digital Economy event in San Jose. Qualcomm Ventures will advise and direct Qualcomm’s activities with respect to these strategic investments. Qualcomm has been investing in promising Indian start-ups since 2007 and there are more than 20 Indian companies as part of its global portfolio. Sectors of investment vary across the mobile ecosystem and include hardware, software platforms, e-commerce, healthcare, location-based services and retail technology... Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his Silicon Valley visit, has invited Apple CEO to take part in his “Make-in-India” project by setting up its manufacturing unit in the country. As per the sources, Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded positively. Apple’s largest handset manufacturer, Foxconn has also decided to set up a manufacturing base in India. Cook has expressed his great desire to be a partner in the Prime Minister’s Digital India initiative, which, he thought, was a transformative initiative and could be a real game-changer in India. Modi has been mentioning that there is the public sector, there is the private sector and there is the personal sector. The personal sector he has been talking about are the people who can be self-made entrepreneurs... Read more

While addressing a gathering which was adorned by top Silicon Valley CEOs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced his plans to create more Wi-Fi hotspots. This plan includes 500 railway stations across India. It will be done in collaboration with Google. The Indian Railways brings more than 13 million riders a day to more than 7,000 stations spread across 67,000 miles (108,000 km) of track. And that the lifeline is about to get a small digital upgrade that should help keep people connected. While announcing the plan, Prime Minister Modi also said that schools and colleges will also be connected with broadband. To him, building I-ways are equally important as highways. He is also looking forward for an aggressive expansion of the National Optical-Fibre Network to take broadband to 600,000 villages... Read more

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, has announced that his company is planning to partner with the Indian Government to take low-cost broadband technology to around five lakh villages across the country. He also said that Microsoft believes that lost-cost broadband connectivity coupled with the scale of cloud computing intelligence can help drive creativity, efficiency and productivity across governments and businesses of all sizes. This, in turn, will drive more affordable products and services and access to opportunity to all of India. He has also announced that, at the end of next week, Microsoft would announce availability of its cloud services operating out ... Read more

ASUS has launched the ZenFone Go, a 3G- enabled smartphone for users in India. Starting today, users can purchase the model on Flipkart, ASUS exclusive stores and all leading retail outlets at Rs. 7,999/. Available in 5-inch (ZC500TG), ZenFone Go is currently, one of the most competitively priced 3G handsets in the market. It boasts of a stunning LCD display with an anti-fingerprint coating, a high resolution 1280 x 720 HD IPS display, sporting a pixel density of 294ppi for an impressive visual appearance with improved clarity, brightness and vivid colours. The device will be available in 3 colours- Black, White & Red, along with 8GB storage... Read more

Toreto has launched a mini size Triple USB power AC Adapter at an affordable price for the first time in India. The Triple USB Adapter allows charging of three devices one at a time. Triple USB Adapter comes in black colour and features an in-built smart LED light indicator. The LED light indicator keeps us aware of the charger is working. The 3 USB ports charger gives a total output of 5V, 2.1 Amps and allows charging of three devices simultaneously at a maximum speed. For an example you can charge your iphone, iPod and other USB devices one at a time at full speed. Commenting on the new launch of Triple USB Adapter, Director, Toreto, Vikas Swarnakar said, “Triple USB Adapter is one of the best among all the other multi USB... Read more

AXIS F34 Surveillance System is an easy-to-install, highly discreet four-camera surveillance system that is ideal for small stores and offices. The solution comes with all the necessary hardware and software for a complete and integrated remote video monitoring and management system. Axis Communications, the world leader in network video, today adds AXIS F34 Main Unit to its flexible and modular AXIS F Series. Together with previously launched products, the company is now able to introduce AXIS F34 Surveillance System, a complete hardware and software package that allows for easy setup of a highly discreet HDTV surveillance system covering four closely situated indoor areas... Read more

Panasonic India has announced its annual “Life Utsav” campaign to welcome the festival season in the country. The campaign offers mega-savings and extended warranty during Durga Puja, Dussehra and Diwali celebrations on consumer products. Running along the spell of celebrations across the country, this campaign running between 25th of September and 15th of November provides attractive offers on range of televisions, washing machines, refrigerators, microwave ovens, air conditioners, personal grooming products, air purifiers & water purifier segments. Panasonic’s flagship campaign has cemented its reputation as one of India’s choicest manufacturers of consumer electronics and home appliances. The special offers are available on Panasonic’s best-selling consumer product ranges such as XXL version of TVs, PM 2.5 ready Air Conditioners & Air Purifiers,  Zero-Oil convection microwave ovens, Active Foam washing machines and Bottom mounted refrigerators. The enthralling campa...

Accenture has come up with the Accenture Connected Analytics Experience, an immersive and collaborative analytics capability that makes data more accessible and engaging, helping insight-driven businesses make faster, more informed decisions. The Experience is designed to make analytics easier to understand and expand the range of business users who can undertake an integrated analytics journey – from C-suite to functional managers to data scientists. By transforming their relationships with data, users with a variety of skill sets can collaborate on a specific challenge in an analytics environment; more easily examine and interpret the insights via data visualizations, and innovate through data-driven exploration and decision-making.  Through an immersive environment, users can find the hidden value in their data, either live or remotely on their preferred devices, and pursue outcomes in real time... Read more

Highlighting the steady growth and rapid evolution of Indian BPM industry leading to key transformations for its customers, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has kick-started the two-day NASSCOM BPM Strategy Summit 2015 in Bengaluru. The summit served as a platform for delegates and industry leaders and experts to synergize their efforts to evolve the dynamic BPM landscape, enabling it to deal with ever- changing global business trends. NASSCOM has also launched the findings of its CEO Survey on Strategic Priorities for Indian BPM Leaders which focusses on how industry leaders are looking at the future. The survey highlights multiple strategies to stay ahead of the curve and move from being a service provider to strategic partner to their customers. The finding recommends leaders to be more customer-focussed and become solution experts driving digital transformations driving specific ... Read more

HCL Technologies (HCL) has announced the launch of a new Digital Service Exchange platform enabled by ServiceNow software. This platform provides Service Integration and Management (SIAM) capabilities to enterprises allowing them to request and receive business services efficiently across their organizations. The Digital Service Exchange platform is where service demands such as content requisitions from various departments will be generated and standard catalogue with defined service utility and warranty will be provided to business, and IT and users, which can then be consumed via multiple access channels... Read more

With the recent customer wins like Adidas, Aditya Birla Online Fashion, Hyundai and adoption by companies like Mercedes Benz, Jabong, Reliance Commercial Finance, MakeMyTrip.com and many more, Oracle has observed a strong momentum for its Customer Experience Solutions in India. The rapid growth of the Cloud Customer Experience business at Oracle is because companies want to differentiate, enhance and grow their CX experiences for better business results. Customer experience (CX) remains a huge priority for global organizations to not only meet consumer demands, but also to increase revenue. Customer choice in the marketplace is at an all-time high, and a company’s success is now directly correlated to meeting consumer demands and expectations with a simple, consistent and relevant experience that drives them to purchase and return again. Creating a great customer experience means delivering these qualities consistently over time across the entire customer lifecycle. Exceptional cu...

With a promise to be the best in basic services including voice and Internet for mass-market customers, Telenor India has introduced its new brand identity. The company has retained its prominent position as Sabse Sasta (most affordable) operator and has extended its commitment to deliver excellence through fair and easy services. With a brand new philosophy of delivering more value for money through a well-crafted campaign tag line “Ab life full paisa vasool”, Telenor builds on the promise to offer more for less in each transaction. The company has taken a strong customer-centric approach through industry-first initiatives like compensation for call... Read more

To transform their IT, enhance organizational collaboration, and provide better services to customers, several small and medium businesses (SMBs) across India have adopted IBM Cloud. SEL Group, Polytech Instruments and Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) will use IBM Connections Cloud, enabling them to significantly reduce operational costs and improve productivity. “Enterprises, small or large, are harnessing the benefits of cloud computing. They face challenges around reliability, standards, security, and control in truly extending the use of cloud beyond IT. IBM Connections Cloud provides easy-to-access integrated email, social business capabilities and third-party applications along with its enterprise-grade security and control. This will help these SMBs to overcome the challenge of optimizing workforce with minimal IT spend, with client delight in mind,” said Gaurav Sharma, Director,  Social Solutions, Smarter Workforce & Internet of Things, IBM India /SA... Read more

Dimension Data has signed a global partnership with fellow NTT Group company, Arkadin, to deliver Cisco’s WebEx Cloud Connected Audio (CCA-SP) platform. Dimension Data is the first global non-telco or conferencing service provider to offer this solution worldwide, further positioning Dimension Data as the global market leader in the conferencing space. “Cisco’s WebEx Cloud Connected Audio (CCA-SP) platform enables an optimal WebEx experience via quality of service connections to Cisco’s global WebEx Cloud. Many service providers protect their underlying investment bases, which stifles the organisation’s ability to unify the user experience, reduce cost and risk of delivery, and accelerate innovation. The partnership with Arkadin delivers another tool that the NTT group can deliver to enable our clients to embark on a transformation journey on their terms by bringing together their communications tower silos into a unified user strategy – and quickly,” explains Ian Heard, Dimension...

BT has announced global availability of three new cloud-based solutions that enable customers to easily integrate collaboration tools and services from disparate technology platforms and different vendors. Freedom of choice, security and great user experience deliver the promise of “Cloud of Clouds” to multi-vendor unified communications and collaboration environments. With One Cloud video, BT addresses the shift of video collaboration from the conference room to multi-vendor environments using office desktops, home laptops and mobile devices. To help customers prevent the traps of video islands that are unable to interconnect between them and to the wider world, BT is now making it easy to schedule and join a video conference across different platforms and different devices. One Cloud video is launched globally and allows user-friendly video conferencing either through MeetMe video for existing BT MeetMe, Microsoft and mixed video estate customers, or through Cisco Collaboration ...

NETIS SYSTEMS has expanded their business by appointing Rx Infotech P Ltd as their Authorized Distributor in India. Rx Infotech will distribute the complete range of NETIS SYSTEMS Security and Surveillance range of products. Rx will distribute the NETIS product all over India except eastern market, Gujarat and MP. Recently they organized dealer meet with product launch session in Ludhiana and New Delhi... Read more  

Maintaining his image of a People’s leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) has used Twitter’s platform for live, public conversations to effectively reach out to his audience in India and worldwide, including world leaders, corporate honchos, political colleagues and Indian citizens. He zoomed by the 15-million follower milestone on Twitter just days after his 65th birthday celebrations, a testimony to his strong engagement on the platform. PM Modi is known as India’s first and most digital-savvy leader, using Twitter to enhance digital diplomacy and digital governance in his administration. PM Modi has lit up Twitter with engaging milestones and moments. Since he was sworn in as Prime Minister last May 26, 2014, Modi has added 10.8 million followers, more than doubling his follower base before he won the Lok Sabha election... Read more

VeriSign has announced two million domain names were added to the Internet in the second quarter of 2015, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 296 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of June 30, 2015, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase of two million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 0.8 percent over the first quarter of 2015. Worldwide registrations have grown by 16.4 million, or 5.9 percent, year over year. The .com and .net TLDs experienced aggregate growth in the second quarter of 2015, reaching a combined total of approximately 133.5 million .com and .net domain names in the domain name base. This represents a 3.1 percent increase... Read more

HP has announced innovations for HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage to support the transformation to hybrid IT and all-flash data centers. It includes a new 8000 family featuring the industry’s most affordable all-flash array (AFA), twice the workload performance of previous generations and automated performance assurance with flash-optimized quality of service (QoS) controls. HP is accelerating customer transition to all-flash data centers with the new quad-controller HP 3PAR StoreServ 8000 Storage family as well as a new eight-controller HP 3PAR StoreServ 20800 AFA Starter Kit and software updates for the full HP 3PAR StoreServ family. Only HP 3PAR StoreServ is able to span from a $19K entry price to multi-petabyte systems reaching 3.2 million IOPs, with scale-out capabilities from 2 to 8 controllers, and proven tier-1 resiliency giving businesses a simple approach to meet virtually any workload requirement... Read more

Ingram Micro has participated in the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program in India. The program is designed to strengthen customer relationships and expand cloud sales by allowing channel partners to provision, bundle, invoice, manage and support Microsoft cloud offerings, including Microsoft Office 365, Windows Intune, Enterprise Mobility Suite, Azure, and CRM online subscriptions with greater ease and efficiency. “We are committed to providing our partners with top-tier cloud solutions that will transform their business and help them increase profitability in the cloud. Ingram Micro’s Microsoft CSP offering paired with our Cloud Marketplace platform delivers a seamless end-to-end customer experience, while providing flexible monthly billing options that stimulate and enhance partner profitability,” said Harish Laddha, Director – Cloud Sales, Ingram Micro India Pvt. Ltd... Read more

For the implementation of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project, IIT Roorkee (IITR) has announced a “kick-off meeting”. The project will be implemented in multiple phases and would cover the end-to-end life cycle management of the operations. The launch function was held on 21st  September, 2015 at the Multi Activity Centre Auditorium in the IITR Campus. The function was graced by the top managements of IITR and ... Read more

To collaborate on the development of 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, Ericsson and LG Uplus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The agreement will initially run until 2020. Ulf Ewaldsson, Chief Technology Officer, Ericsson, said, “By enabling essentially unlimited access to information anywhere and anytime, 5G can deliver enormous benefits to people, business and society. Realizing this transformative vision requires a strong industry ecosystem, and we are delighted to partner with LG Uplus to lead the development .” Read more

Exotel has announced its plans to triple their headcount by the end of year 2016. Currently with 70 employees, the company is looking forward to increase their headcount to over 200 people in the next 15 months, hiring across technology roles and sales positions. Shivakumar Ganesan, CEO, Exotel, said, “We see a huge growth potential across sectors, especially in the e-commerce and logistics start-ups in India. Over the past few months, we have seen good adoption, and demand, driving our growth and hiring plans.” “We, at Exotel, believe that we are an essential service for every start-up to scale up. Businesses are utilizing features of Exotel like IVR, Call Recordings and our powerful APIs to build telephony applications that power their businesses,” said Ishwar Sridharan, COO, .. Read more

Micromax, in partnership with Snapdeal, has launched the Canvas Spark 2. The launch is Micromax’s yet another attempt to break price barriers for driving smartphone adoption in India and empowering the average Indian consumer with smartphone and mobile Internet access. The Canvas Spark 2 will be available exclusively on Snapdeal at a disruptive price of Rs.3,999. Users can register on the Snapdeal website starting on 23rd September, 2015 to book their Canvas Spark 2. Commenting on the launch, Vineet Taneja, CEO, Micromax, said, “The Canvas Spark proved to be a huge success for Micromax, selling over half a million units in less than two months of its launch. With the Canvas Spark 2, we are yet again reaffirming our commitment to massify the smartphone and Internet usage in the country. With this launch, we are looking at adding a further impetus to this and drive the overall entry into ...” Read more

Bharti Airtel has declared that it will move all its prepaid mobile customers to the more affordable per second bill plan nationally. “Pay For What You Use” initiative as part of the company’s “Customer First” commitment, this will help ensure that customers pay only for the time they use the Airtel network. Ajai Puri, director – Market Operations, Bharti Airtel (India & South Asia) said “Our customers are the reason for us to be in business, we therefore constantly introduce innovative initiatives with a commitment to deliver a world class experience to them. While we continue to invest aggressively in our network quality and deploy new sites to further enhance our robust and wide network presence, as yet another token measure of our commitment we are today taking the lead to move our customers to the affordable per second plans ensuring that they pay only for what they use.” Read more

ICT Academy of Kerala has tied up with EMC to train and certify 3,000 graduating students with skills on third Platform Technologies like Cloud and Big Data during the next two years. As per MoU, the students will be trained on Information Storage and Management, Cloud Infrastructure and Services, Data Science and Big data Analytics. Tomorrow’s IT organization, as an IT as a Service organization, will present many challenges and opportunities. IT professionals will be responsible for more data than ever, derived from new sources and in new formats. New and greater demands are being made as to the core qualifications of individuals, as well as to their understanding and knowledge of the consequences of the introduction of information technology for the work and organization of a company. They will need to not only build and maintain technology assets, but also orchestrate services to enable the business to consume them effectively in its operations, decisions, and innovations. This...

HID Global has expanded its iCLASS SE platform with long-range ultra-high-frequency (UHF) solutions that provide new options for opening doors and parking gates from a distance. The addition of long-range  iCLASS SE readers and credentials enable organizations to combine parking gate and door access control on a single card. The convenient solution makes it possible to read credentials from inside a vehicle at distances of up to 16.4 feet (5 metres) from the reader. “HID Global now offers an easier way for our customers to add parking and gate control to their security infrastructure, with new long-range access options that enhance user convenience while improving the flow of people and vehicles to and from facilities,” said John Fenske, Vice- President of Product Marketing – Physical Access Control with HID Global. “Our new portfolio of readers and credentials significantly expands the capabilities of an organization’s access control systems across UHF and smart card technolo...

Rakesh Garg, Chairman, Telecom Commission & Secretary (Dept of Telecom), Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India, while addressing the CII Telecom Convergence Summit organized by CII in the national capital has shared that the Government has finalized the spectrum sharing guidelines and will notify the same in a few days while the spectrum trading rules, which are also in the last phase of finalization will be shared by the end of this month. “Our Government’s objective is to enable mobile operators to utilize / sell the excess available airwaves in a better way and to check the call drop issue. The guidelines have been finalized in such a way as to promote India as one of the most favoured destinations to do business in the telecom industry,”... Read more

The higher education system in India is facing an unprecedented transformation, driven by economic and demographic change. There is a pressing need for accelerated reform in the higher education ecosystem to equip India’s youth with skill sets that enhance their employability in a digital economy. To support this endeavour, Oracle has introduced three Cloud Platform Services for higher education institutes. The offerings – Oracle Document Cloud Service, Oracle Database Cloud Service, and Oracle Java Cloud Service are designed to meet the industry’s demand for a cloud-ready workforce. They will address the need of an always plugged-in generation of millennial wanting to access these services anytime, anywhere and on any-device. The solution will help students and faculty to collaborate on projects, across disparate campuses and geographies... Read more

Ricoh has announced the launch of fully automated real-time shop-floor productivity tracking and monitoring solution “RAMP”. The new solution from Ricoh will transform the shop floor/factory transaction reporting and will enable manufacturing companies achieve higher productivity by connecting shop floor to the top floor through real-time monitoring and reporting of machine performance, productivity, downtimes, production output, etc. The solution will bring a lot of relief to the manufacturing sector in India, where the most crucial part, i.e. the shop floor is still isolated from the rest of the IT network in the organization. Due to this, the most crucial shop floor data on production quantity and man-machine utilization, etc is manually collected and compiled, that is made available the next day, and is often inaccurate or doctored, resulting in poor decision-making. Most of the CXOs are unable to monitor progress of productivity initiatives and processes. The complexity incre...

WD, a Western Digital company, has introduced significant enhancements to WD’s family of My Cloud personal storage devices in India. These include a new, redesigned My Cloud OS 3 operating system, Software Developer Kit (SDK) to enable better app integration, and new My Cloud Mirror Gen 2 personal cloud storage device with faster processing capability than previous generations. WD’s My Cloud OS 3 features an intuitive user interface that delivers a rich content-sharing experience and backup and sync capabilities while retaining the privacy and control of personal cloud devices physically located in the home or office. “Availability of better infrastructure such as 4G and increased broadband speeds has made it compelling for our consumers to adopt personal cloud. They enjoy the peace of mind from backing up PCs, smart phones, and tablets to and centralizing personal content on their My Cloud systems. They tell us they are confident in the privacy, control and anywhere access we p...

Uniphore Software Systems has announced opening of new office in Bengaluru. Uniphore will add more than 100 people in the next 15 months to their Bengaluru operations. The Bengaluru Office will accommodate teams dedicated to research & development, business development, consumer technology and professional services. Sanjeev Gadre, Chief Marketing Officer & Sr. VP-HR, Uniphore Software Systems, will be leading the Bengaluru team. Commenting on the plans to expand footprint in India, Sanjeev Gadre, Chief Marketing Officer & Sr. VP-HR, Uniphore Software Systemssaid, “Coming to Bengaluru is a natural progression for a company that works on core technology. The people, the eco-system are very conducive to startup growth and young companies thrive in this Silicon Valley of the East.” “Uniphore is aggressively responding to the needs of our customers. Our success in solving complex business challenges through speech recognition has enabled this expansion,” ... Read more

GE and Pitney Bowes have announced that Pitney Bowes location intelligence and data quality solutions will be embedded in GE Predix, the cloud-based platform for creating innovative Industrial Internet applications that turn real-time operational data into insight for better and faster decision-making. Collaborating on the GE Predix platform enables business leaders to address mission-critical challenges across large-scale industrial environments. This level of intelligence spans physical and digital networks to speed operational decisions that deliver cost efficiencies, improve performance and increase revenues. Location intelligence and data quality are the two of the most critical aspects of data analytics for industrial enterprises. Pitney Bowes’ location intelligence capabilities cover 122 countries at point and street level, 240 countries and territories at postal and place levels, and provide the accuracy and precision necessary for industrial data processing needs. Multitu...

HyperX had announced the release of HyperX Savage DDR4 memory in India. It will be available in a range of capacity and frequency options, MRP for which would start at Rs. 3,850/-. With fast speeds and aggressive timings, the HyperX Savage DDR4 offers ultra-responsive multitasking and an overall faster system, making it perfect for advanced gamers, overclockers and power users. With speeds up to 3000MHz HyperX Savage DDR4 allows for faster video editing, 3D rendering and gaming. The built in XMP ready profiles are optimized for Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, as well Z170 on 100 Series and X99 chipsets enabling users to easily overclock just by selecting a memory profile without any adjustments in BIOS. Available in single modules and kits up to 64GB Savage DDR4 runs as low as 1.2V and at max 1.35V resulting in less power consumption than DDR3 and higher reliability.... Read more

Dimension Data and EMC announced the Catalyst Alliance, a strategic market development initiative designed to speed the adoption of hybrid cloud as a platform for transformation for the mid-size enterprise. They plan to deliver clients comprehensive solutions that span private cloud on or off premises, public and hybrid cloud including advanced managed services for storage. Catalyst Alliance solutions feature flexible consumption based pricing models on storage, cloud and managed services. To ensure client success, a dedicated team of sales, technical and marketing specialists from Dimension Data and EMC will align client workloads and applications to the best solutions... Read more

Broadcom Corporation has announced two new connectivity chips in its automotive portfolio. Broadcom’s automotive-grade wireless chips, featuring the latest in 5G WiFi and Bluetooth Smart technology, enable car makers and tier one integrators to keep pace with the speed and growth of consumer electronics and Internet of Things (IoT) industry. The new solutions deliver high-speed connectivity within and beyond the vehicle, providing Internet, cloud applications and entertainment content via telematics or hot spot connections. Broadcom is offering the industry’s first 5G WiFi/Bluetooth Smart 2X2 MIMO combo chip with Real Simultaneous Dual Band (RSDB) support as well as a stand-alone tri-mode Bluetooth Smart (version 4.2) system-on-a-chip (SoC). Optimized to meet the rigorous standards of the automotive industry, all products have been tested to AECQ100 automotive environmental stress requirements, are manufactured in TS16949 certified facilities and offer full production part approva...

ASUS has unveiled the Zen accessories for the Indian market. Recently launched accessories- Lolliflash and ZenEars will be available to the Indian users in ASUS exclusive stores and on leading ecommerce sites. A unique form factor from ASUS, Lolliflash is a Lollipop shaped dual-tone LED torch for smartphones. Available in 5 colours- White, Blue, Black, Red & Yellow, the Lolliflash acts as a separate ‘fill-in’ light, delivering true to life colours and a fun photography exercise. As part of the package, this portable device, equipped with three colour filter – White, Blue & Red, has three brightness level settings. Retailing from Rs. 899, it has a battery life of 3 hours with a capacity of 3.7 V 65 mAh... Read more

AMD has announced that Arka Mediaworks used AMD FirePro W8100 GPUs, AMD FirePro W9100 GPUs and other AMD technologies to bring the motion picture Baahubali to life. Directed by acclaimed film maker S.S. Rajamouli, Baahubali tells the tale of two brothers who find themselves at odds over a kingdom passed down from their father. The first of a two-part dramatic tale, the film features a series of visually exciting adventures brought to life by the power of AMD FirePro professional graphics, enabling artists to create real-time, seamless visual effects. The highest grossing film ever released by an Indian filmmaker, Baahubali appeared this past summer on 200 screens across the US and more than 3500 screens globally, and the international version is set to debut this fall at some of the world’s most prestigious film festivals.  On September 18, director S.S. Rajamouli, Raja Koduri of AMD and Pete Draper of MakutaFX will host a panel discussion on the making of Baahubali, which wil...

Su-Kam Power Systems Limited has installed a 100 kWp Grid-Tie Rooftop Solar PV power plant in the Clay Craft (India) Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur. The 100 kWp Grid-Tie Rooftop Solar PV power plant will generate approximately 1, 40,000 units of electricity, propelling a savings of nearly Rs. 9, 10,000 annually. Su-Kam has been given the overall responsibility of designing, supplying, testing and commissioning of the solar power plant. The entire system consists of two string inverters of 50 KW each and 400 solar PV panels of 250 watt each. The power generated from the solar system will meet part of Clay Craft’s energy requirements to run heavy machineries like furnaces, printers, air conditioners, computers etc. The surplus energy required will be fulfilled by the energy supplied through the utility. Looking at the benefits of a solar plant, Clay Craft has decided to install another 100 KWp at the same site. Work is already under progress to achieve this target... Read more

At Graph Expo 2015, HP has introduced the first HP PageWide Web Presses powered by High- Definition Nozzle Architecture (HDNA) and HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press enhancements, delivering improved image quality, higher productivity and more application options to print service providers (PSPs). The new HP PageWide Web Press portfolio, formerly branded HP Inkjet Web Presses, are built using proven HP PageWide Technology which enables new levels of performance across HP graphics, business and consumer printing platforms. Challenging the limitations of conventional high-volume printing, the two new 42-inch inkjet web presses, the HP PageWide Web Press T480 HD and T470 HD, feature HDNA technology and offer enhanced print quality with unparalleled dual-drop-weight architecture, 2,400 nozzles per inch and built-in nozzle redundancy... Read more