VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

CenturyLink has joined hands with Orchestrate to enhance its cloud platform with new Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) capabilities. It is a provider of managed database service for application development. In this partnership, CenturyLink will add Orchestrate’s data services team to its product development and technology organization. It enables CenturyLink to address the demand of its enterprise customers to meet the performance, scalability and agile development needs of large-scale big data analytics. Orchestrate gives managed NoSQL databases to save organizations the headache of running their own instances. It also provides full text search, time series, graph and key-value storage through a single, API which combines the developer-friendliness of NoSQL databases with the reliability of distributed databases... See more

Google has introduced its new US wireless service project “Fi”. It is a first project in the wireless industry, which will work only on the company’s Nexus 6 phones. It switches between Wi-Fi and cellular networks to curb data rules and keep the phone bills low. It will cost $20 a month plus $10 per gigabyte of data used and user will get money back of unused data. Google’s service could pressure wireless providers to further lower prices and better adapt to the rise of tablets and wearable devices. Some carriers like T-Mobile and AT&T allow unused data to roll over. Most mobile plans require customers to pay for a set amount of data each month... See more

Tata Power Solar and Manipal Institute of Technology have rolled out SERVe (Solar Electric Road Vehicle). It is the first time when a university is exploring commercial viability of a solar-powered vehicle. It has been designed by 27 students of the solar mobile team with the aim for commercial usage. The vehicle is custom-fit with bespoke solar panels designed by Tata Power Solar. SERVe is the perfect showcase of an industry academia effort which helps in increasing the role of solar innovation in green mobility. Its objective is proliferation of eco-vehicles. It is a four-wheeled prototype which runs solely on solar energy. Weighing 590 kgs, this two-seater solar car can reach up to 60 kmph with a cruising speed of 30 kmph. Dr P. Giridhar Kini, Associate Director, Manipal University, said, “We are extremely happy to see how our students have combined their passion for green energy, through the launch of SERVe. Industry-academia collaboration is the key to foster innovation a

Healthgenie.in has announced the launch of a new mobileapp for Android platform users. It is a first mobile app for online retail of healthcare and fitness products. It comes with unique features like voice search and one-touch call for a more user-friendly experience. It is a free app which can be easily downloaded from Healthgenie.in website and google playstore for all versions of Android 4.0. User can easily shop from a wide range of healthcare, wellness and fitness products. Manu Grover, Founder, Healthgenie.in, said, “The Healthgenie.in app will change the way consumers search and buy healthcare products. We have designed the app keeping in mind our consumers’ usability and ease. This app allows our customers to shop on the go through a seamless interface, whereby they will feel no difference between their desktop website interface and the mobile app. Any bookmarks, offers, reviews on the website will get automatically updated on the app to ensure a real-time shopping expe

HP has partnered with Microsoft to deliver solutions for the automotive, public sector and financial services industries to help organizations quickly deliver differentiated products and create new revenue through mobile, web and social channels. HP Business Process-as-a-Service (BPaaS) solutions for Microsoft Dynamics provide organizations with rapid, industry-tailored solutions that allow them to deliver digital, mobile and social interactions with the customers and citizens they serve. HP and Microsoft are building an extensive portfolio of business process accelerators to address industries’ most challenging business processes and are delivering them as Business Process-as-a-Service solutions. Customers and citizens expect their interaction with businesses and government entities to be easy, personal and fast. HP helps to deliver these experiences by allowing organizations to rapidly modernize their legacy applications, get to market quickly and increase their competitive

UST Global will help Madhya Pradesh Government to digitize its 377 urban local bodies. The company has inked a deal of 7 years with the MP Government, worth $30 million. As part of the deal, UST Global will help these bodies provide facilities such as electronic bill payments and online filing of grievances to its citizens. Overall, it will support the state’s projects in water, electricity, public health and transportation outlined in the Chief Minister’s infrastructure development manifesto, Vision 2018. Sajan Pillai CEO of UST Global and MS Dhoni Captain of the CSK team UST Global inks deal with MP Government to digitize urban local bodies Sajan Pillai – CEO of UST Global and MS Dhoni Captain of the CSK team The company has also announced its “Impact India” programme, under which it will train and hire 10,000 differently-abled individuals across the country over three years. This is apart from the 5,000 people that it plans to hire for expansion during the same period.

Avaya has announced an addition to the company’s SDN Fx architecture to help bring businesses one step closer to enabling Unified Access and the Internet of Things – minus the disruption found in many major technology transitions. This launch will enable Avaya to uniquely positioned to accommodate Government’s Digital India initiative. The sense of digitization and “Smart City” initiatives is driving Avaya for its new line of next-generation, premium stackable Ethernet switches, the ERS 5900 series, optimized for Avaya Fabric Connect, allows companies to support new and emerging technologies as well as existing ones. “Avaya has a significant role in the Digital India initiative, SDN Fx is our core technology that delivers effortless networking infrastructure. The clock is ticking for businesses that want a competitive edge through greater network agility. By some estimates, it is expected that nearly 25 billion devices will be connected to the network in just four short years. Tha