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Axis Communications has launched AXIS P56 Series, which consists of outdoor-ready AXIS P5635-E and AXIS P5624-E PTZ Dome Network Cameras for wide area video surveillance in indoor and outdoor environments.  “The introduction of AXIS P56 Series changes the price point and performance level of mid-range PTZ dome cameras in the security market,” says Erik Frännlid, Axis’ Director of Product Management. “AXIS P56 Series delivers all the major requirements for a PTZ camera at price levels that will be highly attractive for the majority of PTZ camera installations. ” AXIS P5635-E is ideal for demanding indoor and outdoor video surveillance applications such as city surveillance. It is an HDTV 1080p camera with 30x optical zoom, enabling fine details to be captured at a distance. It features a 360° continuous pan capability, with no mechanical stop, for fast camera repositioning and smooth, continuous tracking of an object...  See more

Fortinet is protecting customers at every entry point into the network with its expanded Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) framework, which extends from endpoint devices all the way to the data center. The company has announced enhancements to its FortiClient solution, which enables every device – local or remote, stationary or mobile – to be protected anytime, anywhere. In addition, Fortinet’s two new FortiGate 3000 series high-performance firewalls, ideally suited for top-of-rack applications, help protect internal traffic and prevent threats from moving laterally within an organizations’ network. This multi-layered security approach is critical for identifying and thwarting today’s highly-sophisticated attacks that find ways to circumvent perimeter defenses. Only Fortinet can offer such broad and integrated protection in a security platform that scales from the endpoint to the cloud, from megabit to terabit, and can be deployed across an organization from the smallest office to th

Cirrius PharmaCRM Digital Platform on Microsoft Azure has been adopted by the leading pharmaceutical companies such as Cipla, Ranbaxy and Biocon for enabling multi-channel digitization of medical engagements. The platform rides on three components, the base CRM platform, Closed Loop Marketing and the Phyzii engagement platform that fuels effective interactions between pharmaceutical companies and their network of medical reps, physicians, patients and the supply chain. The Cirrius PharmaCRM that digitally enables the pharma and life sciences companies runs on Azure in the Microsoft cloud and is available on Windows, iOS and Android mobile platforms. More than 50% of the large pharma and life sciences enterprises have created their digital lounges to engage, transact and service over 1,00,000 users consisting of medical reps, physicians and other elements of their ecosystem on the Cirrius Platform across 20 countries. Cirrius now features in the Gartner 2015 CRM Vendor List. “At C

Vodafone has announced to have invested Rs.250 crore for expanding its telecom network and distribution in Bihar and Jharkhand over the past twelve months. Vodafone has more than 415 retail outlets in Bihar and Jharkhand, with 6 Vodafone Stores, 121 Vodafone Mini Stores and 288 ADVMS (rural mini stores). In twelve months, Vodafone has added 3 VS and 19 VMS in the region. Vodafone has 3 Global Design Retail Stores in the region.  Since April 2014, India has added more than 1,250 new sites across the region. Vodafone reaches out to customers over 33,500 towns and villages. Vodafone has been expanding its retail and distribution network to get closer to customers in rural and urban areas. Now, Vodafone India has about 8,700 2G sites in Bihar and Jharkhand circle, covering over 79 per cent of the region’s population. Vodafone India has increased its data revenue about 70% and the data now contributes to 7% of the total services revenue in the circle... See more

Wipro has appointed Rishad Premji to its Board of Directors effective May 1, 2015. Rishad Premji joined Wipro in 2007 and has played a critical role in defining the company’s strategy and driving its mergers and acquisitions function.  In 2014, he spearheaded the setting up of Wipro Ventures, a $100-million fund focussed on investing in new-age start-ups building cutting-edge technologies. Rishad will continue to run Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions, in addition to his new responsibilities overseeing the Technology Office, Investor and Government Relations, and Wipro Ventures. Ashok S. Ganguly, Independent Director & Chairman, Board Governance and Nomination Committee, Wipro Ltd, said, “He brings a unique blend of exceptional strategic insights, understanding of the technology landscape and diverse business expertise. These past eight years have given Rishad an in-depth view of the organization and makes him well positioned to guide Wipro and carry the mantle of own

To accelerate enterprise adoption of cloud-native applications, VMware has announced two new open-source projects – Project Lightwave, an identity and access management project that will extend enterprise-scale and security to cloud-native applications, and Project Photon, a lightweight Linux operating system optimized for cloud-native applications. These new open-source projects will integrate into VMware’s unified platform for the hybrid cloud – creating a consistent environment across the private and public cloud to support cloud-native and traditional applications. By open-sourcing these projects, VMware will work with a broad ecosystem of partners and the developer community to drive common standards, security and interoperability within the cloud-native application market, leading to improved technology and greater customer’s choice. “Through these projects VMware will deliver on its promise of support for any application in the enterprise – including cloud-native applicat

UTStarcom has announced the appointment of Vikas Giridhar, increasing its employee strength in India.  Vikas comes on board as General Manager- Sales, wherein he will be leading business development and sales for UTStarcom’s North India operations. He will be reporting to Rahul Pandey, Director (S&M), UTStarcom India. With new appointment of Vikas, the company looks forward to advance its expansion plan and business operations in India. Prior to joining UTStarcom, Vikas served as the Sales Lead-Wi-Fi, SDN and Optical Business- Asia Pacific, Japan & China, with Cisco. William Wong, UTStarcom’s Chief Executive Officer, stated, “As government initiatives like ‘Make in India’, ‘Digital India’, NOFN, WI-FI deployment are driving the Indian Telecom Market upsurge, UTStarcom plans to expand it horizons in India and support such initiatives with  much enthusiasm. With new appointments, we are strengthening our business network in India and hiring across different levels to creat

To enhance its mobile security service portfolio, BlackBerry(NASDAQ:BBRY) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire WatchDox. WatchDox’s technology will be offered as a value-added service that complements BlackBerry’s Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) portfolio, and will be available with BES12, a multi-OS EMM solution. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. WatchDox is a data security company offering the most secure enterprise file-sync-and-share (EFSS) solutions that allow users to protect, share and work with their files on any device. WatchDox security travels with shared files on both mobile and desktop devices to give organizations full visibility and control over how files are edited, copied, printed or forwarded. The solution also allows end-users to revoke access or delete files remotely, enables secure mobile productivity for repositories both

BT has announced a new generation of cloud services that allow large organizations around the world to connect easily and securely to the applications and the data they need, independently of where they are hosted. They will empower customers to integrate and orchestrate the IT resources hosted on their own private clouds as well as on BT’s global cloud platform and on the platforms of other leading cloud providers. The new services take advantage of BT’s global network infrastructure and build on BT’s longstanding expertise in the delivery of enterprise-grade cloud services. They rely on innovative technology developed by BT and its partners in the fields of diversified infrastructure management, service management, global network optimization, application performance acceleration and security. Luis Alvarez, CEO, BT Global Services, said, “In the future digital age, no business will be successful unless it makes the most of the cloud. CIOs ask for choice and flexibility, truste

PNY Technologies has announced the release of their latest OTG flash drive –  DUO-LINK OU4 OTG USB 3.0 drive. It provides an alternate external storage solution for adding digital content and transferring it from a computer to your smartphone, tablets, iPads and more. The drive offers fast transfers of photos, videos, and music to any computer with a USB 3.0 port, making it easy to free up space on your Android device. The OU4 comes manufactured in durable metal casing and features a swivel design cap that can be rotated to the side to reveal the microUSB 2.0 placed underneath it. The swivel plastic cap is cleverly attached to the drive, which makes it convenient to slide it back when not in use and protect the port from dust and scratches. It features an integrated strip hole located at the cap, so it can be securely attached to your mobile straps, keychain, wallets or it can be looped around ... See more 

NxtGen has outperformed Amazon Web Services and Rackspace in the price-performance metric for cloud servers, according to an independent benchmarking report by Cloud Spectator, a leading US-based industry consultant in performance and pricing analysis for the IaaS marketplace. According to the latest Cloud Spectator report, NxtGen Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) has displayed strong price-performance metric, providing the most value across all five use cases examined in the study. For this study, Cloud Spectator evaluated performance by benchmarking the virtual machines (VM) using industry accepted tools: Geekbench 3, FIO and Iperf tests. The respective benchmarks measured vCPU & memory, storage, and internal network. The testing ensued over the course of a five-day period in March, for ensuring sustained performance requirements by the enterprises and pricing was examined in conjunction with the performance tests. A.S. Rajgopal, MD & CEO, NxtGen Datacenter & Cloud T

Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd has changed its corporate name from Prizm Payment Services Pvt. Ltd (“Prizm Payment Services”) to Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd (“Hitachi Payment Services”). “The new name reflects Hitachi’s commitment to business expansion in India, and to build a strong global financial payments offering leveraging the expertise of the Prizm Payment Services acquisition. Hitachi sees immediate potential to grow in the Asian subcontinent markets with the epicentre of growth being India, and migrate into other markets. Also, the name change will have no change on Prizm Payment Services’ operations,” said Loney Antony, Managing Director, Hitachi Payment Services. “Hitachi had acquired Prizm Payment Services with the aim of accelerating global development of IT services businesses targeting financial institutions, particularly in the fast-growing Asian region, and the company has been the gateway of entering into the services business in India for Hitachi. We

OPPO has announced the launch of OPPO Joy Plus in the Indian market. Inheriting the distinguishing design and features in an uber stylish frame, Joy Plus is targeted at the mid-range market. Commenting on the new launch, Tom Lu, CEO, OPPO Mobile India, said, “Our aim at OPPO India is to provide our customers with groundbreaking technology at affordable prices. The smartphone market in India is constantly evolving and we intend to reach across sections through our budget smartphone – Joy Plus. We are looking at aggressive market penetration this year and we are confident that Joy Plus, packed with the latest features, will provide our customers more personal and reliable mobile experience.” The smartphone offers a Dual-SIM card with 1,700 mAh Li-Ion removable battery and runs on Color OS 2.0 based on Android 4.4. The OPPO Joy Plus uses a 4-inch screen with a compact body that measures 124mm × 63mm x 9.9mm, weighs 125g and has 480*800 234PPI. Joy Plus has Sony Second-Generation

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