VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Fortinet has announced that Muthoot Fincorp has deployed its FortiGate network security platform, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer centralized management and reporting appliances to secure its data center and network of over 3,800 branches. Prior to the Fortinet deployment, Muthoot Fincorp’s branches were linked to its head office over unsecured broadband connections. There was no fallback or assurance on quality of service. The company wanted to upgrade its IT infrastructure to provide secure and fail-proof connectivity to its branches, many of which are located in tier-II and -III cities and remote villages. “Our experience with Fortinet’s solutions and support has been very reassuring. The deployment is not yet complete, but we are already seeing clear RoI from reduced phone bills due to VoIP use, reduced bandwidth cost on data cards, reduced server and PC downtime in branches, and reduced branch connectivity downtime due to redundant MPLS connectivity. On top of these, we are

Emerson Network Power has launched the Avocent Avengers programme to incentivize partners. This programme is valid for sales of Emerson’s Avocent range of products for its Value-Added Resellers (VARs) and Network Solution Partners (NSPs) in India. Partners can significantly enhance their earning potential for Avocent products with the option to win a car or redeem PAYBACK points worth Rs.5,00,000 for sales in excess of Rs.1,00,00,000 for the Avocent portfolio of products. The programme will be valid for a period of three months from April 1 to June 31, 2015. The programme has been designed to offer multiple slabs to offer PAYBACK points from 1,00,000 to 1,00,00,000 and thus partners have the unique opportunity to boost their earnings and redeem rewards from a repertoire of PAYBACK partner brands. The products included under this programme are from the Avocent portfolio with software and accessories, as well as all Liebert branded power distribution units (PDUs), Liebert branded ra

PNY Technologies has officially released the durable and stylish HP x715w USB 3.0 flash drive for storing and sharing digital files. This thumb-sized drive is extremely lightweight and compact. Equipped with USB 3.0 hardware, one can transfer HD movies, images and documents in seconds. The x715w comes encased in a shock-resistant and dustproof durable metallic casing. Its high-quality mirror finishing with electronic plating after printing technical features the HP logo engraved on the drive. HP x715w USB 3.0 Flash Drive PNY rolls out HP x715w USB 3.0 Flash DriveIts petite size weighs at 5.3g and its dimensions measure at H 4.5 mm x W 12mm x L 30.1mm. It comes in a handy cap-less design for convenient use. The drive also features a strip hole that can be looped around mobile straps, wallets or backpacks. A fashionable HP logo charm comes attached along with the drive adding extra points for style... See more

Samsung has unveiled the Samsung Portable SSD T1, an external portable solid-state drive (SSD) that represents a new standard of storage for today’s digital life. Designed for speed and security, the Portable SSD T1 is ideal for business travellers, creative professionals and content creators with a need for secure local storage they can take on-the-go and use to quickly transfer large amounts of data. The benefit of the new Portable SSD T1 over regular hard drives is the amount of time that users save in copying or accessing their data. The T1 gives speeds between three times to seven times as fast as an external hard drive (HDD). The write speed is as responsive as an internal SSD and up to 100 times faster than an external hard disk drive. For users of heavy files like video, this can help in increasing productivity significantly. The new portable SSDs would enrich the lives of consumers as well as enterprises from different walks of life, including gamers, media, movie product

Rackspace has announced the launch of Rackspace Content Delivery Network (CDN) service, which is powered by Akamai Technologies. With the launch of the Rackspace CDN offering, Rackspace and Akamai are expanding their longstanding relationship to offer customers integrated, “one-click” access to Akamai’s CDN services via the Rackspace portal. Rackspace CDN will help customers more easily and efficiently deliver entire websites or web applications with global scale and reliability through on-demand access to the Akamai Intelligent Platform. “The integration of Akamai’s CDN into our cloud platform allows us to create an on-demand, utility-based, content delivery solution, which expands the Rackspace managed cloud portfolio. As more of our customers focus on the performance of their digital platform, our new CDN solution will give them a faster, more reliable way to deliver website content to their customers across the world,” said Steve Crusenberry, Senior Vice-President, Infrastruct

EMC has extended its product portfolio with XtremIO version 4.0, a non-disruptive free software upgrade to XtremIO v3.X arrays. It now supports new larger all-flash array configurations, expands on-demand capabilities and consolidates workloads at unprecedented levels of performance and availability. Nicknamed “The Beast” by customers, XtremIO 4.0 leverages XtremIO’s breakthrough scale-out architecture, more than doubling previous density with 40TBs per X-Brick and by offering configurations of up to eight 40TB X-Bricks, with non-disruptive performance and capacity expansions that automatically rebalances data to maintain consistent and predictable sub-millisecond performance.     Enhanced Data Protection – XtremIO supports powerful scale-out replication based on EMC RecoverPoint software. Data on XtremIO arrays can be replicated to other XtremIO arrays or any array supported by RecoverPoint. XtremIO replication delivers up to one-minute Recovery Point Objectives (RPO), even when

iValue InfoSolutions has been appointed as a Value-Added Distributor for HP Enterprise Security offerings, across India. iValue focus has been to help business identify, protect, comply and manage “Digital Assets” which are “Business Differentiators”, to ensure profitable growth. HP Enterprise Security offerings are compelling and complementing to iValue’s portfolio and enable its partners address business and IT challenges of customers around Data, Network and Application areas. Subodh Anchan ivalue HP Security & Software Solutions appoints iValue as National VAD Subodh Anchan, Director Vendor & Channel Alliances, iValue InfoSolutions, Subodh Anchan, Director Vendor & Channel Alliances, iValue InfoSolutions, said, “We see high synergy in HP Enterprise offerings, adding value to our approach to help business protect data, network, application along with meeting evolving compliance needs, through this partnership.” HP Enterprise Security offering includes:  Ar

The Confederation of Indian Industry has announced the launch of a new online business gateway for its members. The e-commerce platform will enable Indian businesses to promote their products and services, expand their boundaries and trade online, within India, across the region, and globally. The marketplace is powered by the secure technology platform from cloudBuy, the global e-commerce solution provider. T.T. Ashok, Chairman, CII National SME Council, said, “We are pleased to be able to bring this e-commerce gateway to global supply chains to CII members. They are invited to list their company, products and services and trade securely online. We have made sure that the marketplace has low transaction costs and delivers fast payments direct to sellers’ bank accounts. We believe the initiative is a simple way to increase visibility. It will provide Indian businesses with a new gateway to the world.” Companies of all sizes can take advantage of a free listing on the CII e-comme

In line with Amazon’s mission of transforming the way India sells Amazon Seller Services has announced the launch of the Amazon Service Providers Network (ASPN). ASPN is a network of empanelled third-party service providers who will help bridge seller capability gaps in the new digital economy. ASPN complements and is in addition to the Seller University and Amazon Trained Ecommerce Specialist (ATES) network that Amazon has put in place to enable millions of sellers in the country to take advantage of the fast-growing e-commerce industry. All three aim to empower sellers who are not online savvy or constrained by time and expertise to start or manage their online sales channel and succeed on Amazon platforms. While ATES enrolls trained freelancers, SPN is aimed at professionals and small to large companies who specialize in services such as imaging and transportation and seller university is a formal coaching and training programme structured for self-learning through online video

SIGFOX and Texas Instruments (TI) have announced that the two companies are working together to increase IoT deployments using the Sub-1 GHz spectrum. Customers can use the SIGFOX network with TI’s Sub-1 GHz RF transceivers to deploy wireless sensor nodes that are lower cost and lower power than 3G/cellular connected nodes, while providing long-range connectivity to the IoT. SIGFOX and TI collaborate to deliver cost-effective, long-range, low-power Internet of Things connectivity. Targeting a wide variety of end-user applications, including environmental sensors, smart meters, agriculture and livestock sensors, asset tracking and smart cities, the SIGFOX and TI collaboration maximizes the many benefits of narrowband radio technology and reduces barriers to entry for manufacturers wanting to connect their products to the cloud. Using the SIGFOX infrastructure reduces the cost and effort to get sensor data to the cloud and TI’s Sub-1 GHz technology provides years of battery life f

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has launched the first digital dashboard designed to proactively monitor, measure and manage cybersecurity risk for control systems for refineries, power plants and other automated production sites throughout the world that are at increasing risk of cyber attacks. The Honeywell Industrial Cyber Security Risk Manager is designed to simplify the task of identifying areas of cybersecurity risk, providing real-time visibility, understanding and decision support required for action. It monitors and measures cybersecurity risk in multi-vendor industrial environments. “Industrial processors are increasingly challenged to understand their cybersecurity risks. And many times, they don’t know what to do with the data they are provided or what to do if an incident occurs. Risk Manager changes that. It gives guidance on the potential impact of threats and vulnerabilities as well as possible resolutions, making it easier to manage cybersecurity risks,” said

neoteric infomatique ltd has entered into a strategic partnership with Prime ABGB. As per the agreement, Prime ABGB will move its operations under neoteric and the company’s Founder Gulbirr Bhatia will join neoteric as Director, PC Components Business Unit and Emerging Technologies. “neoteric and Prime ABGB have always shared a common vision and passion for introducing unique and latest technology products in the Indian market. Our new partnership underscores our common goals and aligns our future growth,” said Paras Shah, CEO, neoteric informatique ltd . “More importantly, we are delighted to have Gulbirr Bhatia on-board to drive neoteric’s PC Components Business Unit. Gulbirr’s role will be that of an intrapreneur, identifying new technologies, strategizing partner engagement and managing the business in order to provide a major growth boost.” With 35 branches and 10,000+ channel partners across 750+ locations, neoteric will drive the distribution of Prime ABGB’s vendor portfo