VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

2014 has been a good year for the Global Group, the Parent company of Global Infonet. Having grown 25% YoY, the Group last year has had a turnover of $ 1.15 billion. It has also made major investments worldwide; the most significant however will be its acquisition of a German brand I-onik that has a line-up of smartphone and tablet products. However, what is of interests is that the growth that Global is projecting is expected to come from India and Latin American markets in times to come. And this is evident very much when we talk of India – from 27 branches in 2013, Global has added 7 more branches making it 34 branches, added 10 new brands to its list of principals and most importantly grown its revenue from 1100 crore to 1230 crore. The youngest of all the top 10 Distributors in India, India contributed 21% to the overall revenue of the group in 2014, which is expected to go upto 27% this year. Prashant Prakash CEO Global Infonet Pvt Ltd 300x300 Global Infonet Bets High on I

Dell has been consistently delivering on its planned strategy for the consumer business focussed on product innovation, wider retail and distribution network and market communication. Signalling its commitment towards driving PC awareness and usage in India, Dell has also announced an expanded portfolio of award-winning devices featuring premium materials, stylish finishes and the latest technologies from its Inspiron, XPS and Alienware and Venue families. Recognizing that the demand for a PC is on the rise in emerging towns, Dell is intent on ensuring that technology is made available to consumers who lack access to computing devices. With focussed expansion in Tier-3 to Tier-5 markets, Dell today has a retail presence in over 1,000 cities across India and 475 Dell Exclusive Stores in over 300 cities. Dell plans to double these numbers by the end of 2015. To gain a better understanding of the unique needs of consumers across India, Dell has also commissioned a study with Greyho

Applicable from May 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015, the Partner Rewards Programme will recognize IRs under two categories – Biggest and Fastest Achievers – for their overall business performance in driving sales for the Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch Suite for SMB, engineered specifically for SMB customers in India. The OpenTouch Suite for SMB offers all-in-one, end-to-end converged solution for voice and data, with zero touch deployment. It is the perfect response to the social, mobile and visual forces currently driving the needs of the SMBs. The Biggest Achievers category is open to IRs registered under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Partner Program. The accredited IR who achieves minimum ALE business with at least 20-per cent growth during the program period, as against the earlier eight months, will compete in the Biggest Achievers category. The Fastest Achievers category is open for existing as well as new IRs. New IRs need to get accredited by November 30, 2015 to participate in

The acquisition of privately-held Grid-Tools will enable CA Technologies to expand its DevOps portfolio with an enhanced focus on quality acceleration. Time consuming, manual testing and data management have prevented enterprises from realizing the true potential of agile development and continuous delivery (CD). Grid-Tools’ solutions allow organizations to significantly accelerate their quality lifecycle by providing greater test coverage, faster test creation and repeatable test execution for software assets, while considerably reducing the time and resources required to bring products to market. ca technologies logo e1425889028205 CA Technologies Acquires Grid Tools“The global application economy requires our customers to deliver higher quality applications faster than ever before. Legacy testing tools and reliance on manual testing are not suited for the speed and number of changes necessary to achieve continuous delivery,” said Jacob Lamm, Executive Vice-President, Strategy a

Mahratta Chamber Of Commerce Industries & Agriculture (MCCIA) and Microsoft will help small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the state adopt information technology and cloud computing to connect better with suppliers, distributors, government agencies and reach out to more customers across India. Maharashtra is home to thousands of SMBs. Microsoft’s partners are gearing up to advise and guide SMBs in the state and help them through their cloud journeys. One Microsoft partner, Genie InfoTech Pvt. Ltd (GITPL), has registered a 150% growth in business in the last 12 months in the cloud computing area, especially Office 365. GITPL aims to extend this success to more SMBs in Maharashtra. Anant Sardeshmukh, Director General, Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries & Agriculture (MCCIA), said, “In a competitive environment, businesses of all sizes must embrace technology if they are to transform and scale at a minimum cost. We believe that technology will drive the next w