VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

PNY Technologies has announced the release of the new and compact HP v150w. The HP x150w offers an easy and extremely convenient way to transfer, share and store all your digital media files like images, music, videos and more. Whether you want to grab and move with your digital files, the v150w is the ideal solution for you. Its slim and streamlined appearance makes it lightweight and portable enough to be carried around, stashed with all files of all shapes and sizes like your homework, or business projects. The drive comes in a sturdy plastic housing with a striking colour pattern of black and blue. It is resilient to dust and scratches and is completely waterproof. This stylish drive not only looks good on the outside but performs high-speed transfer of files in mere seconds. USB 2.0 specification makes it compatible with other USB 2.0 configured desktops and notebooks available in the market... See more

Socomec has extended its product portfolio with three new UPS solutions – MODULYS GP, ITYS PRO and ITYS E – for the Indian market. The new product ranges will add in to existing wide range of products and targets data center, IT, service sector, infrastructure, healthcare, light industrial applications. Sushil Virmani, Managing Director, Socomec Innovative Power Solutions, said, “As we know today world where the pace of business constantly accelerates, the customers are looking for dynamic infrastructure that aligns business and IT asset to support overall business goals. They would need scalable, flexible, cost-effective, lesser footprint, efficient and reliable solutions. The equipment installers require solutions that are easy to order and operate with minimal effort and time. As our specialists are in constant touch with the customers to sense their demand evolution, we are able to bring the solutions with the effort of our R&D team that meets our customer’s requirements. ...

LAVA has unveiled its Flair series of entry-level smartphones which are targeted at first-time smartphone users who aspire to own a good looking phone which offers the best of features of a basic smartphone at a pocket-friendly price. Flair P1 will offer a very strong proposition with the Android KitKat v4.4, 4-inch WVGA display and 3G connectivity coupled with stylish looks. Three more smartphones are expected to be launched under this series in the coming months. It comes with 1 GHz processor and 3G connectivity providing its consumers a smoother viewing and browsing experience along with faster downloads. Furthermore, the smartphone comes with a stunning 4 Inch WVGA TFT display with a 480×800 pixels resolution supporting 16 million colours through which users will be able to experience an amazing colour output display. The smartphone also has rich capacitive touch interface with an advanced Android OS v4.4 KitKat. LAVA Flair P1 is powered by 2GB ROM which is expandable up t...

To support flexible, enterprise-class clouds, HP has announced that it has made multiple contributions to the OpenStack Kilo release, including new converged storage management automation and new flash storage technologies. Drivers such as data growth, software-defined data center technologies, and the Internet of Things continue to fuel cloud adoption. Enterprises are deploying OpenStack technology to overcome private and public cloud challenges, including costly vendor lock-in, lack of control or customizability, and inability to scale applications for the cloud. “Enterprises today struggle with the ‘all-in-one’ cloud model because they don’t use a single operating system or database software or management tool. HP’s approach is to support a flexible hybrid cloud infrastructure with open-source technologies as its core DNA, and this includes a commitment to supporting OpenStack technology at the storage layer,” said Narayanan Chellappan, Country Director, Cloud Division, HP In...

According to the 10th annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast, annual Internet Protocol (IP) traffic will quadruple between 2014 and 2019. Factors expected to drive traffic growth include increase in consumption of mobile data, proliferation in number of networked devices (from 1.1 billion in 2014 to 1.6 billion in 2019), faster broadband speeds (average fixed broadband speed to increase from 4 Mbps in 2014 to 12 Mbps by 2019) and the increased consumption of video. Collectively, these variables are expected to help IP traffic in India to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33 percent – as against a corresponding global CAGR of 23 percent. Sanjay Kaul, Managing Director, Global Service Provider Business, Cisco India & SAARC said, “It took 32 years – from 1984 to 2016 – to generate 1 zettabyte of IP Traffic annually. According to this year’s Visual Networking Index, we will generate 2 zettabytes of IP Traffic annually just three years later, in 2019. In ...

COAI, in its Annual  General  Body  Meeting has announced  the  election  of  its  new leadership  for  the  term  2015-16. Himanshu Kapania, Managing Director, Idea Cellular Ltd. has been elected as the Chairman and Gopal Vittal, Joint Managing Director and CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel Limited, has been elected as the Vice-Chairman. COAI also designated its Executive Council for the new term at the meeting. Himanshu Kapania has been the Managing Director of Idea Cellular since April 2011. He has rich experience of over two decades. He spearheaded Idea Cellular Ltd. to be one of top 3 telecom players and also serves on the board of Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt. Ltd. (ABMCPL), the strategic advisory unit of the US$ 40 billion Aditya Birla Group. He is an alumnus of Birla Institute of Technology (Mesra), and the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Gopal Vittal, Joint Managing Director and CEO...

Kaspersky Lab has recently discovered a new business-oriented cyber-spying campaign called Grabit that was able to steal about 10,000 files from small/medium-sized organizations based mostly in India, Thailand and the US. The list of target sectors includes chemicals, nanotechnology, education, agriculture, media, construction and more. Companies based in India and Thailand had the largest percentage of infected machines. By looking at the stolen credentials, it is very clear that employees sent the malware to one another, as stolen host names and internal applications are the same. Other countries affected are the UAE, Germany, Israel, Canada, France, Austria, Sri Lanka, Chile and Belgium. Kaspersky Lab documentation points out that the campaign started somewhere in late February 2015 and ended in mid-March. As the development phase supposedly ended, malware started spreading from India, the United States and Israel to other countries around the globe.  “We see a lot of s...

Matrix has been awarded with ‘Excellent Innovation in Telecom Technology and Products’ by TEMA. This award has been conferred upon Matrix for its exceptional efforts in bringing about technological innovations and quality engineering in its products. In a function at BSNL headquarter in Bangalore the award was presented by TEMA and CMAI Association of India in association with BSNL QA in Bangalore. Telecom Equipment Manufacturers’ Association of India (TEMA) is recognized by the Government of India as the National Apex body to represent telecom Technology Providers, Global and Indian, Private and Government owned companies. This award, instituted by TEMA, acknowledges the most outstanding technological innovation that has brought prestige to India. It is awarded to technology that is developed in the country by Indian innovators and meets the highest global standards. Technologies leading to commercially successful products, processes and services, which give India a sustainable...