VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

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