VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

AMD has announced its 6th-Generation A-Series Processor, a high-performance Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) in a System-on-Chip (SoC) design. Previously codenamed “Carrizo”, the 6th-Generation AMD A-Series Processor takes advantage of extensive AMD processor and graphics IP enabling exceptional computing experiences not possible before. The 6th- Generation AMD A-Series Processor is the most versatile notebook processor ever produced, built to excel at today’s and tomorrow’s consumer and business applications, delivering premium streaming entertainment, unmatched smooth online gaming, and innovative computing experiences, with all day unplugged performance. The high-performance Accelerated Processing Unit in a SoC design marks a number of technology firsts: the world’s first High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) hardware decode support for notebooks, the first Heterogeneous Systems Architecture (HSA) 1.0-compliant design, and the first ARM TrustZone – capable high-performance APU.

F-Secure has acquired nSense – a privately-held Danish company providing security consultations, vulnerability assessment services and related products to large enterprises. The acquisition strengthens F-Secure’s position as a prominent security vendor in Europe, and lays a foundation for the company’s growth as a cybersecurity leader in the region. “Information security threats are becoming more stealthy, sophisticated and complex, and we need to be able to provide services that help our customers prevent potential threats from becoming security incidents,” said Fredrikson. “nSense’s cybersecurity products and services help us expand into new industry segments and strengthen our capabilities to address the attack detection and prevention needs of enterprises. Adding their expertise to our own will allow us to develop new cybersecurity products, and we look forward to providing these to our customers to address their current and future security needs.” “Becoming a part of F-Secu

Ericsson has signed an agreement with Sterlite Technologies to work together in driving Smart Sustainable City initiatives in India in line with the Government’s vision of Digital India. Under the agreement, Ericsson will collaborate with Sterlite to design a roadmap and deploy solutions and services required to create a fully functioning knowledge-based society.The alliance will design, deploy, integrate and manage solutions in areas such as communications, public safety, intelligent transport and smart grid solutions, which will enable the establishment of sustainable smart cities in India. Dr Anand Agarwal, CEO, Sterlite Technologies, said, “Sterlite is working closely with the Government to drive smart sustainable city initiatives and supports Digital India programme. We acknowledge Ericsson’s leadership in enabling the Networked Society across the world and are collaborating with Ericsson to implement the Programme.” Chris Houghton Head of Region India Ericsson 300x300 Eric

D-Link (India) Limited has appointed neoteric infomatique as its value-added distributor in a bid to expand its distribution network and enhance focus on futuristic networking. Neoteric will act as the promoter and facilitator of D-Link’s futuristic networking range across the length and breadth of the country. In recent times, D-Link has introduced a gamut of futuristic networking range that aims to benefit the new-age digital consumer lifestyle. D-Link’s range of futuristic products includes Wireless AC Series of Router, mydlink- Enabled Camera, Baby Camera, Media Streamer, Range Extender, IoT Range of products. neoteric as a value-added distributor will work towards propagating D-Link futuristic networking range and create a strong customer pull in the market. Commenting on the strategic development Tushar Sighat, Executive Director & CEO, D-Link (India) Ltd, said, “D-Link as an enabler of connectivity solution has products that are exclusively designed for today’s tech-s