VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Sonata Software has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire through its US subsidiary, a 100% stake in the enterprise mobility enablement technology provider Halosys. Based in Santa Clara, California, Halosys provides a single Unified Enterprise Mobile Enablement platform that enables businesses build, secure, manage and deploy an enterprise wide mobile applications portfolio. This is achieved by building critical features of multiple hitherto discrete mobility systems such as mBaaS (Mobile Back-end-as-a-Service), MADP (Mobile Application Development Platform), MAM (Mobile Application Management) and API (Application Programming Interface) in a unified platform with consistent workflows and enhanced user interfaces. Speaking on the occasion, Srikar Reddy, CEO, Sonata Software, said, “This is in continuation of our strategy of investing in IP to drive our services growth and differentiating ourselves. Mobility has been one of the focus areas of investment for

Palo Alto Networks and Tanium have formed a strategic alliance which will transform the effectiveness, accuracy and speed by which large, distributed organizations prevent, detect, and respond to today’s cyber threats. palo alto Palo Alto Networks and Tanium come togetherTanium and Palo Alto Networks have entered into an exclusive agreement to provide an integrated offering that automates and accelerates the otherwise manual and time-consuming process of threat detection and incident response with unmatched effectiveness, accuracy and speed... See more  

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY has announced its new 100 series motherboards based on the Intel Z170 chipset with support for Intel’s new 6th-Generation Core processor. This updated platform marks a new era for the desktop PC with the continued support of DDR4, introduction of USB 3.1 over the new Type-C connector as well as an array of onboard features and technologies that lets the user unleash the full power of their PC. “We are very excited to launch our new 100 series motherboards based on Intel’s new Z170 chipset here at Gamescom in Germany,” commented Henry Kao, Vice-President of GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit. “We know everyone has been eagerly waiting for this, so we made sure our 100 series motherboards are packed with features which will make them stand out and provide the best possible experience from the latest 6th Gen. Core CPU from Intel.” Read more

Emerson Network Power has launched the Avocent Thunder programme to incentivize partners. This programme is valid for the sale of Emerson’s Avocent range of products for Emerson’s Value-Added Resellers (VARs) and Network Solution Partners (NSPs) in India. Partners can significantly enhance their earning potential from sales of the Avocent product portfolio with the option to win exciting prizes such as motorbikes, laptops, DSLR cameras and other exciting products or redeem PAYBACK points worth up to INR5,00,000 for sales in excess of INR1,00,00,000 for the Avocent portfolio of products. The Avocent Thunder programme is valid for a period of three months from July 1 to September 31, 2015. The programme has been designed to offer partners multiple slabs between INR3,000 and INR5,00,000. The products included under this programme are from the Avocent portfolio with software and accessories, as well as all Liebert brand power distribution units (PDUs), Liebert brand rack data units (R

EMC Corporation’s VSPEX BLUE, its hyper-converged infrastructure appliance (HCIA), is now available in the Indian market. It is a next-generation converged infrastructure product that redefines simplicity by delivering virtualization, compute, and storage in an agile, scalable, easy-to-manage, HCIA. Available as a single, all-inclusive product for easy ordering, the hyper-converged infrastructure accelerates time-to-market by enabling customers to go from power-on to virtual machine creation within 15 minutes. Designed for simplicity, fully orchestrated installation, management, patching, and upgrading, EMC VSPEX BLUE provides linear scaling capability that grows based on business needs. A single point of hardware and software support by EMC assures customers of 24×7 support and repair service at their fingertips. It offers midmarket and enterprise customers the fastest, lowest-risk path to the private/hybrid cloud. Its architecture is a distributed system consisting of common mod

WiTCOM has deployed ADVA Optical Networking’s ADVA FSP 3000 with reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) technology throughout the Hessen region of Germany. The German telecommunications carrier is utilizing ADVA Optical Networking’s ROADM capabilities to transform its previously fixed network into a flexible and dynamic infrastructure. Adva2 WiTCOM installs ADVA FSP 3000 for Dynamic InfrastructureWiTCOM supplies residential and enterprise customers in the greater Frankfurt area with secure data center interconnect and telecommunication services. It selected the ADVA FSP 3000 for its ability to radically enhance the performance, flexibility and scalability of its metro network. The new system ensures WiTCOM can rapidly respond to the growing demands of customers by provisioning new services and bandwidth at the touch of a button. The network was designed and tested with ADVA Optical Networking’s long-term partner, dacoso, specialists in connectivity solutions and data

WizRocket has announced that it has raised $8M in new funding from Sequoia India and Accel Partners. “WizRocket’s intelligent platform helps marketers make sense of user behaviour on their app. They can apply this knowledge to customize the user experience. We’re honoured to have Sequoia and Accel as partners in our quest to build a world class mobile marketing platform.” said Anand Jain, Co-Founder of WizRocket. wizrocket logo 300x95 WizRocket gets new funding of $8 millionThe company will use this funding to grow the industry’s first prescriptive engagement platform and a ‘naked API’ that offers developers unprecedented, code-level access to customizing user experiences. The platform enables developers to build one mobile app that creates multiple dynamic experiences for users and supports brands with smart campaigns right out of the box. In addition to this advanced functionality, WizRocket has the industry’s largest free messaging tier. Mohit Bhatnagar, Managing Director a