VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Xerox has roped in Sushant Dwivedy as the Director, Global Document Outsourcing, Xerox India. In his elevated role, Sushant would be leading the Document Management Services business in India that includes Xerox’s portfolio of Next-Generation Managed Print Services, Document Supply Chain Management Services, Communication & Marketing Services and Document Transaction and Processing Services. Sushant has replaced Vishal Awal. He would be responsible for leading teams to drive enterprise solution sales, development, delivery and support for solutions and services. He would play a pivotal role in implementing strategies for incubating and augmenting business in the document management services space across verticals, especially covering customers across BFSI, Telecom, Manufacturing and IT/ITeS... Read more

Lenovo has announced that it will begin shipping a wide selection of products preloaded with Windows 10 starting immediately. The company has worked with Microsoft to make the process of upgrading simple, for people with qualified Lenovo PC running Windows 7 SP1 or 8.1 to upgrade to Windows 10. Starting on July 29, the updates will roll out. Lenovo has an extensive list of products eligible for this upgrade, including popular models like the YOGA 3 Pro and YOGA 500. Lenovo customers can check here for their product’s eligibility. To give users consistent experiences across devices and operating systems, the preloads include a suite of Lenovo applications. The new Lenovo Companion 3.0 optimization tool keeps devices running at peak performance and can be used at any time to run a full-scale checkup and report back with specific actions to free up space and speed up the device.  As a “smart” device control hub, the new Lenovo Settings lets users easily adapt and modify the way t...

R.S. Sharma has been appointed by the Union Government as the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Sharma’s appointment has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. As per the government’s notification, he has been selected for the position for a period of three years or until further orders, whichever is the earliest. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre. He has played a major role in implementing Aadhaar project and designing a roadmap for the government’s Digital India programme. He is credited also to have designed key digital services, such as digital locker, digitize India and fast execution of schemes to push electronics manufacturing in the country... Read more

Ricoh has introduced Intelligent Barcode Solution (IBS) software that enables a wide range of Ricoh Multifunctional Products (MFPs) & Printers to print barcode and optical character recognition (OCR). Ricoh has launched IBS in order to meet the requirements of today’s customers and make the work environment more flexible and functional. Many businesses print barcode and OCR that are used to keep track of inventory and mission-critical documents with the help of a separate device or supplementary hardware. The user-friendly design enhances productivity for businesses operating in the SAP environment by automatically translating the Barcode language into the Ricoh print driver language without interrupting the workflow. IBS seamlessly integrates with Ricoh MFPs and Printers to expand functionality and also has built-in function that eliminates the need for programming modification, thus reducing the programmer’s workload... See more 

To see the stable outlook on the forthcoming domestic bonds issue, HUDCO has been rated as “AAA” by the India Rating and Research Private Ltd (Ind-Ra). It has upgraded HUDCO’s Long – Term Credit Rating to “IND AAA” and affirmed Short-Term Credit Rating at “IND A1+”. hudco logo 150x150 HUDCOs net profit rises to Rs.776 Crore in FY 2015The upgrade reflects Ind-Ra’s expectation of change in HUDCO’s role to a public policy institution from a public finance institution earlier. Ind-Ra expects GoI would continue to provide timely support to HUDCO as reflected by the recent GoI notification which has authorized HUDCO to issue tax-free bonds to the tune of INR50 billion in this fiscal. GoI has very well acknowledged the fact that HUDCO is a primary policy institution with a social mandate to meet the housing needs of the economically weaker section (EWS)/ low-income group (LIG) category. Hence, it has designated HUDCO as one of the central nodal agencies to channelize and monitor the prog...