VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Polycom has announced appointment of new reseller, Inspira Enterprise, to further strengthen the company’s market outreach for its collaboration solutions and services offerings in India. This appointment is a strategic move to boost uptake of collaboration solutions among business verticals, including government, banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services, extending Polycom’s reach to major cities and industrial belts in the country. Inspira will further bolster Polycom’s presence across public sector, enterprise and mid-market segments of India’s corporate world. “Inspira is very excited to be partnering with Polycom as the company has a solid track record of implementing the best collaboration solutions that specifically addresses customers’ requirements and business concerns. I am confident that our joint partnership will strongly address the growing technology needs of a rapidly-expanding video collaboration market,...

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has announced that its automation and security systems will help Freeport LNG Development, L.P. (Freeport LNG) expand its southeast Texas liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal into a world-class liquefaction and export operation. This expansion will give Freeport LNG 13.9 million tons a year of export capacity. Start-up is expected in 2018. Freeport LNG’s is one of 10 new or expanded import or export LNG terminals that have been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. honeywell logo Honeywell solutions chosen for expansion of major liquefied natural gas terminalHPS will be the integrated main automation contractor (I-MAC) for the expansion project. In this role, HPS will be responsible for designing, delivering and installing the automation, instrumentation, controls, and safety and security systems. The unified approach will be critical in helping the project meet operational and business readiness goals on day-one of start-up. “...

Swan Solutions has announced implementation of unified management solution at a leading manufacturing company. The US$2-billion engineering conglomerate is a pioneer in designing, manufacturing and marketing products related to power generation, transmission and distribution (T&D). With the new deployment, its management can now easily handle its network infrastructure spread across various countries and be assured of business continuity with a single-point network monitoring. The manufacturing company wanted to upgrade its network infrastructure to meet an increasing demand for scalability, performance and reliability. The previous solution didn’t allow a single-point network monitoring, and switches could not be remotely controlled. Its management required a unified management solution to handle its network infrastructure. It also desired higher network redundancy and business continuity. swan solution logo Swan Solutions Unified Management Solution implemented by manufact...

In the present financial year, Bharti Airtel is investing 1 billion dollars (Rs.6,400 crore) to extend its 3G services across the India, expanding the network in new and existing circles to deploy data spectrum. According to a source, Airtel will roll out 3G networks aggressively over the first six months of this financial year as it has acquired additional 3G airwaves in many circles to plug coverage gaps. The company will take a call on injecting additional funds in 3G network expansion after getting a fix on whether the targeted revenue growth has been generated. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call, Gopal Vittal, Managing Director & CEO for India & South Asia, Bharti Airtel, had stated that while rolling out 3G networks, the company “would look at up fronting this capex in the first half” itself. According to a report released by UBS brokerage, the proportion of the mobile phone operator’s 3G sites increased to 33.3% of the total in the quarter ended March...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that it will open an AWS infrastructure region in India for its cloud computing platform in 2016. Senior Vice President of AWS, Andy Jassy stated, “Tens of thousands of customers in India are using AWS from one of AWS’s eleven global infrastructure regions outside of India. Several of these customers, along with many prospective new customers, have asked us to locate infrastructure in India so they can enjoy even lower latency to their end users in India and satisfy any data sovereignty requirements they may have. We’re excited to share that Indian customers will be able to use the world’s leading cloud computing platform (AWS) in India in 2016 – and we believe India will be one of AWS’s largest regions over the long term.” amazon web services logo e1435660981788 Amazon Web Services to expand platforms in IndiaCustomers in India such as Hike, PayTM, ZEDO, Freshdesk, Inmobi, Capillary Technologies, HackerEarth, Getit, Ferns N Petals, redBu...

Nexian has launched an exclusive “Back to School” offer for students on its revolutionary Chromebook priced at Rs.12,999 available exclusively on Amazon.in. As a part of this exclusive offer, consumers will get a complimentary Strontium 64GB SD Card worth Rs.2,229 by using the promo code and complimentary access to 100 GB cloud storage on Google Drive for up to two years from the date of purchase. Additionally, consumers can also avail a buyback offer worth Rs.10,000/- off on their purchase in exchange for an old laptop and a discount of Rs.400/- on the purchase of a Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player along with the Nexian Chromebook. The Nexian Air Chromebook sports an 11.6-inch TFT display with a 1,366 x 768 pixel resolution and runs on Google’s popular Chrome OS. It is powered by a 1.8GHz Cortex A17 Quad-core processor coupled with a 2GB RAM. On the storage front, the Nexian Air Chromebook offers a built-in storage of 16 GB (up to 9.6 GB available for storage), expandable usi...

iBall has added a new product in the lineup of its Andi Series – “iBall Andi Avonte5”  with a rotating camera. iBall Andi Avonte 5, which is slim in design and extremely rich in looks, has 180-degree rotatable 8-megapixel Auto Focus camera with dual-LED flash. It could be used both as a selfie shooter and also for video recording. Its several pre-loaded camera features and image enhancements make it enjoyable and fun experience. iball Andi Avonte 5 300x300 iBall adds Andi Avonte 5 to its PortfolioIt is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and has a high bright 5-inch IPS FWVGA touch screen display that embodies excellent graphic quality and offers users images with dynamic contrast and colour. It comes with 1GB of RAM for multi taking and downloading apps and games and 8GB of internal storage which can be further added with up to 32GB on micro-SD card. The power packed smartphone also offers a 2,150mAh battery to meet the ever-increasing need of Indian consumers on the...

Lenovo has appointed Rahul Agarwal as Managing Director for Lenovo India. Rahul takes over from Amar Babu who will now take on a regional mandate as COO, Lenovo, Asia-Pacific and Chairman, Lenovo India. Rahul Agarwal takes charge at a time when Lenovo is gearing up for its next phase of growth, diversifying beyond PCs into the smart connected devices while maintaining a strong PC focus. rahul1 Lenovo appoints Rahul Agarwal as Managing Director, IndiaThe company is transforming into a global consumer technology brand differentiating itself on innovation and design. India plays a key role in this transformation and therefore is an extremely critical market for the company. Rahul’s extensive and multifunctional experience will help in India’s continued growth and increased contribution to Lenovo’s global success. “Rahul’s wealth of experience has been instrumental in driving Lenovo’s growth and making him the natural choice to take over from Amar Babu. India, under the stewardshi...

To help banks enhance support and service for their small and medium business enterprise (SME) customers, Infosys has launched Finacle SME Enable. The mobile-based financial and business management solution is exclusively designed to help SMEs not only experience banking services on the move, but also manage their business operations efficiently. SME Enable is a unified application for both banking and non-banking services aimed at helping SMEs run their businesses efficiently. It will provide a bank’s SME customers real-time access to their account information and relevant financial management tools to manage their day-to-day business operations in a self-service mode. Michael Reh infosys 300x300 Infosys Finacle brings SME Enable for Banks SME CustomersMichael Reh, Sr Vice-President & Global Head, Finacle, Infosys, said, “SMEs today constitute a significant share of gross domestic product (GDP). Convenient banking services as well as agile and cost-efficient operations are...

Dell affirms that Prestige Estates Projects has chosen an end-to-end solution comprising of SAP HANA ERP solution backed by Dell servers, storage and networking infrastructure. The company has chosen Dell as the preferred solution provider because of its expertise in SAP solutions and in providing end-to-end support to the company. Prestige Group was looking at the deployment of a foolproof ERP solution to support the growth and expansion of its business. Milan Khurana, CHRO, Prestige Constructions Ltd, said, “We were impressed by the flexibility and ease of deployment of Dell’s server, storage and networking architecture. Our requirement was holistic – we needed a compact, flexible and scalable SAP infrastructure coupled with a solution provider known for ‘Service Excellence’.  We chose Dell as our preferred hardware vendor and we are confident that we made the right decision.” manish gupat Dell Dell powers Prestige Group with SAP HANA ERP SolutionManish Gupta, Director,...

The GSM Association is all set to build a case for four new spectrum bands as part of its 2025 vision in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) forum. spectrum india India telecom industry may come up with new spectrum bands in Vision 2025Geneva-based ITU, which deals with spectrum management issues globally, is a multinational collective effort between governments and private companies to recommend new technologies and standards. At the ITU’s World Radio Communication Conference, the GSM Association is presenting a case for new bands that include sub-700 MHz frequencies (470-694MHz), L-Band (1350-1400MHz & 1427-1518MHz), 2.7-2.9 GHz band and the C-Band (3.4-4.2GHz). The sub-700 MHz band is mainly used for traditional free-to-air broadcast delivery, and the “L band” is delivered widespread mobile broadband services and currently supporting aeronautical telemetry as well as military and civilian radar systems. For civil and military radars located at airports, the 2...

Himanshu Khona, Director – Done Solutions in a chat with VARINDIA has discussed about the positioning of DONE, the adoption rate of his solutions in the country, the challenges that the company is facing at present besides its marketing strategy How is DONE doing in the Indian market? What kind of a market share are you looking at? The Indian market has welcomed us with open hands. We have served more than 2 lakh orders till date and our monthly orders have recently crossed the 30,000 mark. Our steady growth ascertains customers’ faith in us as our clientele is increasing by 28% average month over month. We are aiming to become a complete single package solution to run a restaurant. What kind of responses are you getting from your clients? Name some of your esteemed clients and what kind of services have they adopted? Endorsements from clients and being approached by many start-ups through word of mouth demonstrate a warm response to our services. We have empowered our clie...

Taking a step forward to “Make-in-India” initiative, Celkon has opened its manufacturing facility in Telangana’s Medchal industrial estate. Celkon has announced that it will be investing around Rs.200 crore in the next three months for this facility. celkon mobiles logo Celkon opens its manufacturing plant in IndiaStarting with four production lines with a capacity to manufacture 2 lakh handsets per month, the facility will eventually be increased to 12 production lines, which are expected to produce 5 lakh handsets a month. However, the company aims to reach a capacity of producing 10 lakh handsets a month in India. The consumers of Celkon will receive a 7–8% cost benefits on the handsets initially, with the production happening in India. In a statement, the company said that sixty per cent of the handsets manufactured in the factory will be feature phones, while the rest will be entry-level and mid-level smartphones. The facility is also generating a huge employment opportunit...

Vodafone has been certified as the Fastest 3G service provider in the circle by Ookla Speed Test. According to the Ookla Speed Test, a popular internet speed test analysis tool, Vodafone Haryana’s mobile internet is found to be the fastest in the circle for the month of May. The test results showcase that Vodafone subscribers in Haryana enjoy 22-per cent faster download and 130-per cent quicker upload speeds with minimum response time vis-a-vis other telecom networks in the circle. vodafone logo Vodafone certified as Fastest 3G Network Provider in HaryanaThe speed test also highlighted the fact that Vodafone’s mobile internet speed in Haryana is significantly faster than competition. Vodafone Haryana also has the minimum response time for data transmission as against other telecom service providers in the region. Commenting on the performance, Tejinder Khurana, Business Head, Haryana, Vodafone India, said, “With the rise in usage of social media in rural India, the consumption o...

Tech Mahindra has declared about its selection by Circle Health after a competitive procurement process to become their chosen technology partner for the next 10 years. The project will be delivered by its newly formed wholly owned subsidiary in United Kingdom, nth Dimension.  In response to the creation of the partnership, Circle will provide access to its hospitals, clinicians and experience of running healthcare, allowing Tech Mahindra to develop and adopt new technologies that will improve patient care, operational delivery and to reduce costs for all parties. The company will also develop new IT solutions for Circle’s hospitals and NHS management contracts – giving its facilities access to state-of-the-art technologies that it has deployed in other sectors such as the telecoms sector, supporting the adoption of mobile healthcare solutions. tech mahindra logo Tech Mahindra and Circle Health sign pact for better healthcareSteve Melton, Chief Executive of Circle, said, “...