VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Xerox office technology, software and apps continue to achieve industry recognition, most recently from IDC and Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI), while customers realize the benefits of Managed Print Services (MPS) facilitated by these offerings. For the third consecutive year, Xerox was positioned as a leader in the IDC MarketScape U.S. Smart Multifunction Peripheral 2014-2015 Vendor Assessment, while BLI selected Xerox as the Document Imaging Solutions Line of the Year winner for the second year in a row. According to the IDC MarketScape, Xerox’s ConnectKey technology is the core of its smart MFP strategy and has helped secure the company’s leadership standing. ConnectKey upgrades are now available on a full suite of secure, cloud-ready MFPs and provide mobile and office workers more ways to be productive, from remote printing to creating apps that simplify the ... See more

NComputing has achieved a significant milestone of deploying over 1.4 million seats in India. Customer wins, backed by a unique value-driven proposition and growing relevance in the market for its products across varied sectors like education, small and medium businesses, enterprises, and government and non-government organizations, have been the key factors behind achieving this momentous milestone. Currently, NComputing has captured more than half of the Indian enterprise client device market (with a market share of 53.2%). In 2014, NComputing maintained its No. 1 position in the desktop virtualization market space for the fifth consecutive year in a row. Manish Sharma, Vice-President, Asia-Pacific, NComputing, Inc., said, “The milestone achieved by NComputing in India is a small step towards achieving 100% computer enablement in the country for the youth and knowledge workers, especially for those located in the tier-2 and tier-3 cities/towns, and the rural and remote areas.

Facebook has introduced the Internet.org Platform, an open program for developers to easily create services that integrate with Internet.org. It is also giving people more choice over the free basic services they can use. This is a move, according to Facebook, would boost efforts to get people online in low-income and rural areas in emerging markets. The move comes amid growing debate in India, home to the world’s third-largest population of internet users, over free access and net neutrality in the country. “Our goal with Internet.org is to work with as many developers and entrepreneurs as possible to extend the benefits of connectivity to diverse, local communities. To do this, we are going to offer services through Internet.org in a way that is more transparent and inclusive,” commented Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook. At the core of its efforts with Internet.org are non-exclusive partnerships with mobile operators to offer free basic internet services to people through Inte

Citrix has announced the CloudBridge Virtual WAN Edition, which reduces the cost of delivering applications, documents and IT services to branch offices by up to 80 per cent, while ensuring nearly 100 per cent application availability. The new CloudBridge Virtual WAN solution provides businesses with the flexibility to employ multiple cost-effective WAN technologies, offering the ability to scale WAN bandwidth at dramatically lower cost than traditional approaches. The new CloudBridge Virtual WAN solution extends the CloudBridge platform and its integration with the company’s HDX and application acceleration technologies, to offer the most cost-effective and highest-performance solutions for securely delivering mobile workspaces with the applications, documents and IT services people need to work better in remote and branch offices. Chalan Aras, Vice-President & General Manager, CloudBridge Product Group, said, “Businesses need a revolutionary solution to deliver ‘always-on’ a

ZTE has selected Modi InfoSol as an authorized distribution partner for their surveillance solutions.  The agreement includes distribution of ZTE surveillance solutions across India with Modi InfoSol acting as open channel business partner. This strategic partnership with Modi Info Solutions will allow ZTE to establish pan-India presence. Himanshu Gupta, Head Corporate Affairs & Business Development, said, “ZTE is very happy to announce Modi InfoSol as our distributors and we are confident that this partnership will help us delve deeper into the Indian market. The partnership will also help us expand our footprints pan India.” Anuj Modi from Modi InfoSol said, “It is a proud moment for us to announce the partnership with ZTE. This partnership will allow us to cement our business reputation further. We are confident that this partnership will be mutually beneficial.” ZTE offers diversified HD IP cameras which are based on IP open standard, so the customer can observe remo

Panasonic has introduced a new smartphone series “ELUGA” in the Indian market. ELUGA smartphone series is known for its design, superior build quality and unique user interface for single-hand operation. Manish Sharma, Managing Director, Panasonic India, said, “Panasonic India has now signalled a big leap in its product portfolio by bringing better specifications and features in the newly- launched Eluga L which not only caters to the fast-developing technological needs in the market, but is also priced reasonably. With the company’s recent success in the smartphones category and the mobility landscape rapidly evolving today, the new device will surely match the needs of our fast-evolving consumers in the country.” ELUGA L has been designed which features a 6.1mm sleek, light-weighted and a lustrous finish design. Its sleek design and size is perfect for comfortable usage and its light weight makes handling the phone even more effortless. Fitted with Corning Gorilla Glass (Front

Infosys has announced details of the Infosys Information Platform (IIP), including new pre-packaged solutions from Infosys BPO and Infosys Finacle. IIP is an open-source data analytics platform that enables businesses to operationalize their data assets and uncover new opportunities for rapid innovation and growth. IIP leverages the power of open source to address big data adoption challenges for enterprises, such as inadequate accessibility of easy-to-use development tools, a fragmented approach to building data pipelines, and lack of an enterprise-ready version of open-source big data analytics platform that can support all forms of data – structured, semi-structured and unstructured. IIP is a key part of the Infosys strategy to help clients renew existing landscapes and bring new innovation to clients that enables them to grow and transform. IIP is already being used by Infosys Finacle and BPO to deliver new capabilities to the clients. Infosys Finacle is using IIP to power

Transcend is proud to announce the launch of the new EMC210 e.MMC (embedded Multi-Media Card) storage solution. The MLC-based EMC210 features simplified interface design, enhanced storage capacities, upgraded performance and a set of comprehensive functions. The small factor e.MMC is an embedded storage ideal for mobile devices, embedded devices and industrial applications, and is compliant with JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council) version 4.51 standards. The e.MMC is comprised of the NAND Flash and the Flash Memory Controller in a 153-ball BGA package. By integrating the controller into the flash memory package, the e.MMC supports the MMC interface and streamlines the development of new products that comply with a simpler set of industry-standard specifications for memory management. Compliant with JEDEC e.MMC Specification Version 4.51, Transcend’s EMC210 offers speeds that are faster than standard SD/microSD cards with fast read-and-write speeds of up to 140MB an

In line with the TRAI’s Telecom Tariff (60th Amendment) Order, Videocon Telecom has slashed the National Roaming rates effective 1st May, 2015, as per the TRAI’s guidelines. The drop in tariff is to the extent of 75% on Local and National SMS; 40% on Incoming calls; and 23% & 20% on STD & Local calls, respectively while roaming. For outgoing local voice call while on national roaming, the telco has slashed the price to Re.0.80 per minute from the previous Re.1.00 per minute. Videocon Telecom subscribers can now make Outgoing long-distance (inter-circle) voice call while on national roaming at Rs.1.15 per minute with a 23% price drop from earlier Rs.1.50 per minute charge. The price of Outgoing long-distance (inter-circle) Short Message Services (SMS) while on national roaming has been slashed to Re.0.38 per SMS from the earlier price of Rs.1.50 per SMS... See more

Satcom Infotech has announced availability of Sophos Mobile Control 5(SMC 5) to further simplify mobile device management with user-based data protection and cloud-based management. The re-designed self-service portal SMC 5 makes compliance with corporate security policy simpler for both administrator and end-user across all three mobile platforms – iOS 8, Windows Phone 8.1 and Android. The new management options enable an administrator to easily achieve the separation and encryption of personal and corporate information, as well as configure access and security settings through automated tasks, reducing management time and costs. Satcom Infotech forms close and mutually beneficial partnerships with the IT security companies to bring its customers the most advanced and flexible technology solutions. Satcom distributes a range of Sophos security solutions including Sophos Endpoint Protection, Sophos UTM, Sophos Email Protection and Sophos Encryption. These products help keep organi