VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Cyrus Mistry, Chairman of Tata Group, addressing the session, expressed his views, “I congratulate PM for setting up Digital India to provide governance in real time and digitally- empowering citizens.” Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) planned to hire 60,000 IT professionals this year, and has partnered with the Government for various projects like Passport Seva and income tax e-filing, as well ... See more

Anil Ambani of Reliance Group said in his visionary speech, “The company will invest Rs.10, 000 crore in tech projects as part of Digital India. The company’s investment in data centers will continue and upcoming five fully operational Cloud Xchange points that will help government departments access 240 times the amount of compute power currently available in government data centers, and over six times the high-speed storage currently available in India.”   See more  

Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumarmangalam Birla said, “During the launch of Digital India, the company has invested over US$15 billion in the telecom industry, wherein we have laid 1 lakh kms of fibre,to further improve this digital infrastructure. We plan to invest an additional US$7 billion over the next five years in areas such as network rollout, broadband and Wi-Fi deployment. Idea plans to invest US$2 billion in the next five years in projects falling within the ambit of Digital India initiative such as electronics manufacturing, energy, Internet of Things .” See more

Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises, said, “Digital India has power to transform the country in the shortest time, also digitally friendly. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the right man to lead the drive and he understands the power of technology and how it can transform the nation, connect the nation in the shortest time frame and Airtel will invest $16 billion to build deeper IT infrastructure to offer telecom services to Indian citizens in rural and urban parts of the country and will bring 4G for the masses.” See more  

Azim Premji, Wipro Chairman, said, “Digital India initiative will democratize the nation and “break down the digital divide in India and it is the first step towards empowering citizens with technology.” He added that the level of skills of India’s people will have to be significantly improved in order to make full use of the new initiative. Premji said India Today + Information Technology = India Tomorrowhas become a staple mantra of IT firms... See more

Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries, said, “With Digital India, the Government has moved faster than the industry. He added that Reliance Jio Infocomm will invest Rs.2, 50,000 crore as part of Digital India programme. The company will also roll out a best-in-class internet network.”   See more

XOLO has announced the launch of XOLO Cube 5.0, which offers rich viewing experience, crafted in a stunning ID to make a style statement right out of the box. The display on Cube 5.0 is a pure delight that comes alive with 85% NTSC display technology. The high NTSC colour support ensures that the image colour on-screen is accurate and closer to the infinite colour gamut that human eyes can capture. This device, therefore, displays even those shades of Red, Green and Blue that are beyond the capabilities of a normal display. XOLO launches Cube 5.0 XOLO launches Cube 5.0 for pure viewing experienceCube 5.0 is defined with straight lines and sharp edges, offering a breath of fresh air from the curve and rounded designs available in this segment. The device stands for purity of design and offers the most comfortable and convenient grip for a single-handed operation. Stylish and compact, Cube 5.0 is only 6.9 mm thin and is teamed with a 5-inch HD IPS display with One Glass solution tec...

Tata DoCoMo, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), has launched National Mobile Number Portability (MNP).  This will now allow customers to retain their mobile number while shifting from one circle to another anywhere across India. This can be done by simply initiating a UPC code from their home circle or new circle. . How to port your mobile number Step 1 – SMS PORT to 1900 and will get the UPC code. One can generate UPC code in the home circle or while roaming in the new circle. Step 2 – Get a new Tata DoCoMo SIM and fill an application form. Enter the UPC code in this application form. Submit a passport size photograph, a copy of a valid address and identity proof. Step 3 – Tata DoCoMo will send an SMS with date and time of MNP activation. Just insert the new Tata DoCoMo SIM on the mentioned day and call 59059 to get started. Gurinder Singh Sandhu Head Marketing Tata Teleservices 300x300 Tata DoCoMo starts National Mobile Number Portability ...

Western Digital has introduced the new, redesigned My Passport Ultra portable hard drives in India. The My Passport Ultra-portable hard drives are now available in four stylish colours –Classic Black, Brilliant White, Wild Berry and Noble Blue. Khalid Wani Director WD 300x300 WD comes up with redesigned My Passport Ultra portable hard drives in India Khalid Wani, Director, Content Solutions Business for Western Digital “With more data being stored than ever before, it is critical to have a reliable external storage solution that you can carry everywhere. The latest generation My Passport Ultra drives deliver an easier automatic back-up experience and hardware-based encryption for security,” said Khalid Wani, Director, Content Solutions Business for WD in India, Middle East, and Africa. My Passport Ultra-portable drives come in 2 TB and 1 TB capacities and feature 256-bit AES hardware encryption [1] – delivering a high level of security with no impact to write-speed or CPU ac...

The trade body representing the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) industry, IESA (India Electronics and Semiconductor Association) has extended full support to the Government of India towards the launch of “Digital India” campaign. The trade and industry body has applauded Hon’ble Minister of Communications & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad’s agenda to promote electronics manufacturing in a big way and invitation to entrepreneurs to “Make in India”. “We appreciate the Government of India’s Digital India programme and its huge thrust on the Electronics Development Fund which will give impetus towards inclusive growth in the areas of electronic services, products, manufacturing and job opportunities and call to reduce dependence on imports. The defined focus on ‘Design in India’ is well aligned to IESA’s ‘Innovation Led Design and Design Led Manufacturing’ vision to achieve India’s manufacturing reality. The three-point agenda around Electronics...

Infibeam Incorporation Limited has filed a Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) with SEBI for an initial public offering (IPO) of Equity Shares of Rs.10 each for cash, including a share premium on per Equity basis aggregating up to Rs.4,500 million. The Equity Shares offered through the issue are proposed to be listed on the BSE and the NSE. infibeam logo Infibeam files Draft Red Herring Prospectus with SEBIThe Global Coordinators to the issue are SBI Capital Markets Limited, ICICI Securities Limited and Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited and the Book Running Lead Manager to the issue is Elara Capital (India) Private Limited... See more

Bluemeric Technologies, an India-based start-up with focus on DevOps solution and services, has announced the launch of its cutting-edge SDLC 3.0 platform – goPaddle. bluemeric logo Indian Start up Bluemeric launches goPaddleCloud computing has started making a profound impact on the application development. Mobile and web-based application development companies have significantly benefited by developing and rolling out their applications on clouds. But application downtimes and development process can delay the lab to market cycle. 80% of downtime of mission-critical applications is caused by miscommunications about the release change. Similarly, 45 to 65 per cent of the issues are introduced during the requirements and design phase of the software development. goPaddle addresses these two problems through improved collaboration between the teams and helps to identify issues early in the release cycle through container-based shift left approach. Due to platform neutrality, goPadd...

NxtGen Datacentre & Cloud Technologies, the IT infrastructure services company, headquartered in Bengaluru, has raised $13.5 million from International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group; international investment firm, Axon Partners Group; and Intel Corporation’s global investment organization, Intel Capital; as part of series B funding for expansion activities. The financing will be used to complete a high-density data centre facility in Bangalore and increase further investments into cloud infrastructure. NxtGen currently has two data centers in India – in Mumbai and Bengaluru – and has offices in four major metros – Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. It has 105 employees and 200+ channel partners taking its services to market. nxtgen logo NxtGen raises $13.5 Million from IFC, Axon Partners Group and Intel Capital“This second round of funding will enable us to further strengthen our growth plans in India and initiate our international strategy. ...

Brocade has announced a new OEM partnership with Dawning Information Industry Co Ltd (“Sugon”) formed under the purview of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The partnership is focused on incorporating Brocade VCS Fabric technology with Sugon’s data center solutions, specifically for the Chinese market. The partnership aims to address the growing demand for software networking solutions in China while helping both companies gain market share. Sugon will integrate Brocade VDX 6740 Switches, featuring VCS Fabric technology, with its flagship blade server product line – TC6600, as a 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)/16 Gbps Fibre Channel converged network switch module. The embedded switch module in the TC6600 will be named VDX 2741, and is capable of supporting 10 and 40 GbE requirements for cloud computing, Big Data analysis, and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), as well as supporting 16 Gbps Fibre Channel requirements for the deployment of high-performance data center networking soluti...

WD is expanding its apps offerings by introducing Plex, an entertainment app that can now be downloaded to and deployed on the My Cloud NAS series. Plex organizes video, music and photos from personal media libraries and streams them to smart TVs, streaming boxes and mobile devices. “WD is committed to a robust application ecosystem for our customers and Plex is a key example of our vision,” said Khalid Wani, Director, Content Solutions Business, India, Middle East, and Africa for WD. “With today’s addition of the Plex app, the My Cloud NAS series will now be a one-stop shop to not only store and protect your most precious content, but to organize and stream that content to all your devices as well.” See more

Fujitsu has extended by a further 350 percent the capacity of its petabyte-scale expandable edition of the ETERNUS LT tape library, and adds additional security enhancements. First launched in November 2014, the FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260 combines the flexible scalability and excellent automated and remote management capabilities that mid-sized companies and large data centers need for highly efficient handling of fast-growing backup and archive volumes. This also makes it the first choice as a storage backend solution to Fujitsu’s ETERNUS CS8000 Unified Data Protection Appliance. fujitsu Fujitsu expands capacity of its ETERNUS LT260 Tape LibraryTape continues to provide the industry’s best economics for long-term data retention and archiving, and in line with Fujitsu’s vision of providing customers with business-centric data center technologies, the ETERNUS LT260 tape library is designed to provide additional backup and archiving headroom for organizations using LTO tape-based...

Dell has announced its commitment to the emerging digital paradigm at Dell World last year. Since then, Digital Business Services, a unit of Dell Services, has helped customers assess their needs, develop digital plans and timelines, and implement digital solutions that meet their business goals. Dell-commissioned research shows that companies are adopting digital approaches, but often focus their efforts narrowly, limiting the true potential of digital transformation. To reach its full potential, digital transformation needs to be aimed at increasing revenue, not just increasing efficiencies. According to the Dell research, 78 percent of those in business roles called new revenue a key digital transformation driver however; only 58 percent of those in IT roles did – and this is where the bulk of the digital work is happening today. Dell has also transformed business and digital environments for Staples, the American Red Cross and University of Kentucky among others... See more ...

Drivers and commuters in India can see traffic information for 12 new cities in India- Kolkata, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Indore, Ludhiana, Visakhapatnam, Nagpur, Kochi, Madurai, Bhopal- right on Google Maps. This traffic feature, available on both mobile and desktop versions of Google Maps, gives you a way to see real time traffic conditions across a total of 34 cities in India. This latest update to Google Maps makes traffic information available for all national highways and expressways in India. Once the Traffic layer is turned on in Google Maps, commuters can see routes mapped out in different colors, indicating the different speed of traffic on those roads. Green means there are no traffic delays on the road, orange indicates a medium amount of traffic and red means heavier traffic congestion. google logo new New ways to beat traffic with Google MapsBeing able to see what local traffic is typically like at any given day and time can help making planni...