VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

To speed the Cloud deployments of enterprises, HP has announced Helion Rack, a new pre-configured, pre-tuned and pre-tested private cloud solution, based on OpenStack and Cloud Foundry technologies integrated with HP server hardware. HP Helion Rack enables rapid infrastructure provisioning for development and production workloads, is optimized for hosting applications that require secure, compliant and performance tuned infrastructure, and provides a platform for developing, designing and deploying cloud native applications. HP Helion Rack provides a complete private cloud, with integrated Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities that support cloud native applications. The key features/benefits include: • Cloud economics for private cloud deployments – Integrated open-source cloud software and industry standard hardware accelerate private cloud implementations with a platform designed to provide and optimize towards the cloud economics en

For Enterprises, Panasonic and Reliance Communications (RCOM) have come up with Cloud Video Intelli-Surveillance – an end-to-end video surveillance solution with advanced analytics. Combining Panasonic’s global domain expertise in surveillance cameras and video analytics with Reliance’s countrywide network and data center infrastructure, Cloud Video Intelli-Surveillance is designed as an integrated solution to bring advanced surveillance within easy reach of Enterprises across the country. RCOM’s Enterprise Business arm will take this solution to the market, leveraging its deep relationship with over 39,000 businesses across the country. The solution will find its use in almost all verticals, particularly Hospitality, Education, Retail, Healthcare and BFSI (Banking, Financial Services & Insurance) sectors. Cloud Video Intelli-Surveillance is packed with a host of offerings, such as easy scheduling, managing IP cameras fully in the cloud and advanced cloud video analytics l

Oracle has announced that it is witnessing unprecedented demand for its cloud solutions in the country. Oracle’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business has seen the highest and fastest adoption rate till date, with Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) close behind. This can be attributed to the company’s best-of-breed SaaS applications which are integrated with social, mobile, and analytic capabilities to help companies deliver the experiences they expect, the talent to succeed, and the performance the market demands. Over the last few years, Oracle has acquired several hundred cloud customers in India, all using different Oracle Cloud solutions. Nearly 50 per cent of its SaaS customers are net new. The Oracle Customer Experience Cloud (Oracle CX Cloud), which includes Oracle Sales Cloud, Oracle Service Cloud, Oracle Marketing Cloud, and Oracle Social Cloud, had the highest uptake in customer adoption and accounts for more than 50 per cent of the company’s SaaS ... See more

Lenovo has announced the introduction of Deal Registration System (DRS) – DRS 2.0, an easy-to-use platform that builds a direct online connection between Lenovo and its commercial business partners. This initiative aims to equip the partners with updated information, provide exclusivity and reduce the turnaround time from client identification to the closure of business. DSR 2.0 is a free platform and can be accessed on any web browser and mobile handsets. The platform builds on the first version of the platform DSR 1.0 that was launched last year and adds several features that not only increase functionality, speed and transparency but also provide a lag-free engagement. Once registered on to the platform, a partner can avail a plethora of benefits from best deals on a prospective client, streamline the process by exclusively locking in the client with Lenovo and have free access to CRM solutions. Nitin Garg, Channel Head, Commercial Business Segment, Lenovo India, said, “We, a