VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Nokia Networks’ Chennai factory has achieved a major milestone. After having been in  operation for nearly seven years, this announcement was made during an event which was attended by Shri Amitabh Kant, Secretary for Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India, government officials, European delegates and customers. Nokia Networks’ Chennai factory is the largest manufacturing facility in the Indian telecommunications equipment manufacturing sector, and a strategic hub for Nokia’s global operations. The company has invested approximately INR500 crore since 2008 in the 140,000-square metre facility, which produces and distributes mobile broadband products for advanced technologies such as LTE in the domestic and global markets... See more  

Google has announced to invest Rs.1,000 crore to build the largest campus outside the US in Hyderabad. Google and the Government of Telangana have inked an Mou to this effect, Telangana Minister K. T. Rama Rao has tweeted. The Google campus in Hyderabad is expected to have a headcount of 13,000 in the next four years. David Radcliffe, Vice-President, Real Estate & Workplaces, Google, and Telangana IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan signed the MoU at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.   See more at: http://www.varindia.com/google-invests-rs-1000-crore-to-build-biggest-campus-in-hyderabad /

A10 Networks has appointed Song Tang Yih as Vice-President of Asia-Pacific (AP) Sales. Song will utilize his extensive sales and executive leadership experience to further expand A10’s global sales operations, including channel and regional divisions. He will also be responsible for developing new and existing C-level customer relationships and will report directly to Ray Smets, Vice-President of Worldwide Sales. “We are pleased to welcome Song to the A10 Networks team. He has a great reputation as a sales leader, building strong customer connections and enabling internal teams to reach new goals and attain maximum results,” said Ray Smets, Vice-President of Worldwide Sales of A10 Networks. “A10 Networks has an exceptional technology portfolio as well as a strong management team comprised of notable industry veterans. I am very pleased to be joining the A10 Networks team and look forward to all that we will accomplish together,” said Song Tang Yih, Vice-President Asia-Pacific Sa...

VMware has recently held its Partner Summit 2015 in Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai. Held over a day in each city, the events brought together over 400 members from VMware’s partner ecosystem to discuss the future of the industry. Partners were able to gain valuable insight on how to leverage new technologies to deliver next-generation enterprise hybrid cloud solutions to customers. The day’s agenda included sales and technical sessions, and an executive breakout session as well. “Today, as companies face new challenges in this liquid business environment, there are exciting new opportunities being created for our partners. The Partner Summit provided us an opportunity to acknowledge and recognize the contributions our partners are making in the market. Our partners are vital to our success in enabling our customers’ transition to a new model of IT that is fluid, instant and secure. We look forward to continued collaboration and success in India,” said Sundar Balasubramanian, Seni...

To offer customers integrated, “one-click” access to CDN services, Rackspace has announced the launch of Rackspace Content Delivery Network (CDN).  This new service is powered by Akamai Technologies. To offer this new service, Rackspace and Akamai have expanded their longstanding relationship. 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. Our relationship with Akamai is an example of our commitment to provide Fanatical Support with industr...

Polycom has introduced two new Polycom RealPresence Group Series video collaboration solutions that transform small workspaces into high-powered collaboration hubs. Polycom RealPresence Group Convene video collaboration solution is right-sized for any small workspace – from huddle rooms and personal workspaces to open office environments. Designed to work with Polycom RealPresence Group Series solutions and Polycom EagleEye Acoustic camera, Polycom RealPresence Group Convene delivers rich 1080p60 video and content collaboration, crisp audio and an easy-to-use interface. Its sleek and compact design is customizable, with a single or dual-screen display and tabletop stand or wall mount, allowing anyone to create a productive work environment tailored to their needs and space. The complete system is easy to set up and also integrates natively with Microsoft Lync 2013. Ashan Willy, Polycom Senior Vice-President, Worldwide Systems Engineering and Product Management, said, “Organiza...

Skillsoft has announced completion of acquisition of Vodeclic SAS. Vodeclic Solutions helps companies, universities and professionals to improve their skills proficiency with the growing number of digital productivity applications used daily on the job, and on mobile devices. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Vodeclic delivers its library of more than 25,000 short, highly engaging video tutorials via a purpose-built and easy-to-navigate cloud-based platform. Vodeclic’s content covers a broad range of highly sought-after subjects for today’s digital professionals, ranging from Office 365, Excel, Prezi, and Photoshop, to Evernote, Salesforce, and Google Apps, and features an optimized production model that enables rapid release of new video courses to keep users current with the ever-evolving landscape of productivity applications. Skillsoft CEO Chuck Moran said, “Vodeclic is a natural complement to our existing portfolio of proven learning solutions as organization...