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Giving customers a reason to cheer this festive season, Microsoft has introduced Smart Buyback on Microsoft Lumia 535 making the device available to customers at an amazing price of INR 5,999. Designed to impress with its great camera capabilities, the Microsoft Lumia 535 brings the best Microsoft services to affordable price levels, making it a fantastic buy for smartphone users. microsoft lumia 535 Celebrate this festive season with buyback offer on Microsoft Lumia 535With its 5x5x5 innovation, the Microsoft Lumia 535 features five free, integrated Microsoft experiences, a spacious 5-inch Gorilla Glass 3 display and a 5 MP front facing wide angle camera. Just right for young Indian smartphone users, the Microsoft Lumia 535 boasts the latest quad-core smartphone, allowing users to enjoy Microsoft in-build experiences like Skype, Office suite, Xbox and OneDrive. The incredible wide-angle, 5 megapixel front facing camera clicks great selfies, fitting in more people and memorable ba...

The 15th of August is just around the corner and India gears up to celebrate its 69th anniversary of Independence Day. Independence Day in India is celebrated with a lot of zeal and enthusiasm. The preparation for the celebrations of the Indian Independence day starts months in advance. You can feel the patriotic air all around. The feeling of hanging a flag in front of your house, wearing a lapel pin on your coat, or putting on tricolored clothes to show your patriotic spirit is beyond expressing in words But have you ever wondered if you can celebrate Independence Day with just a tap on your screen?  Yes! You definitely can. Here are Independence Day-related apps for you to enjoy on your favorite Lumia... Read more

Trend Micro has launched the Trend Micro Partner Program for Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). The new program enables partners with consumption-based pricing, to take advantage of Trend Micro’s market-leading Deep Security solution, that is integrated with cloud offerings from AWS, Microsoft Azure, VMware vCloud Air, IBM Cloud, or a CSP’s own public cloud. “This program enables partners to more quickly and fully capitalize on the growing demand for cloud security with pricing that supports the ‘instant-on’ nature of the cloud, and a broad range of business models,” said Partha Panda, Vice-President, Global Channels and Strategic Alliances, Trend Micro. “Regardless of which cloud their customers are using, Trend Micro provides CSPs with comprehensive security as part of the provider’s stack in an integrated sales motion that is easy to deploy, manage and bill, ensuring the right policies are automatically applied to each instance the moment it is activated.” Read more

Juniper Networks in its study commissioned with IDC has found that a majority of large enterprises in India are planning to deploy Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies as part of their network architecture by 2016. In recent times, SDN has become the buzzword in the networking industry and is widely tipped to be the next game-changer. The Juniper Networks commissioned study by IDC entitled “Understanding SDN is the key to transformation”, surveyed 171 IT decision-makers from over 151 organizations across various industries, to find out more on their plans to deploy SDN in their networks. “The Juniper Networks-commissioned study by IDC clearly indicates the areas in which SDN solutions need to perform well if it wishes to establish itself as the new norm in networking. The need of the hour then becomes educating and creating awareness in the industry on the benefits of SDN. To further this cause, Juniper has initiated SDN training programs that have created awareness am...

ELITE maker Swipe is all set to launch its first smartphone exclusively on Flipkart from 19th August, 2015. ELITE is competitively priced at Rs.5,999 and existing Swipe customers can register themselves on www.justswipe.com to avail the latest updates. Interestingly, Swipe ELITE will compete with the likes of Xiaomi, Lenovo and InFocus, as stated by the phone maker. Interestingly, Swipe is coming up with Android-based OS “Freedom OS”, which will be launched along with ELITE. On the launch of ELITE, Shripal Gandhi, Founder & CEO, Swipe Technologies, said, “We are thrilled to announce our newest ONLINE ONLY offering ELITE that far surpasses all competition in terms of build, design, functionality, specifications and price. We have got an overwhelming response from the online space and now it is time to launch ELITE exclusively on Flipkart. We look forward to push sales in both the budget as well as premium segment and intend to disrupt the market with similar innovations in th...

HCL Technologies has been appointed as the strategic IT partner to SAI Global. Under the terms of the five-year partner agreement, HCL Technologies will provide SAI Global with IT Managed Application Services and Projects. HCL Technologies was awarded the contract following a competitive tender evaluation to assist the company in delivering its newly-integrated Global Sales and Marketing capability and the organization’s Strategic Future Projects. The contract is expected to save SAI Global around $27 million... Read more

iREVO Multimedia, founded in Silicon Valley and now firmly focussed on the Indian market, has announced the appointment of Redington (India) Limited for National Distributorship. This follows the company’s announcement of pan-India presence and availability of its Smart devices range, namely Smart TV and Smart PC in India. Rajan Sharma, Vice-President – Sales, iREVO, said, “We are pleased to announce the partnership with Redington (India) Limited as our National Distributor. This partnership will give us an opportunity to quickly expand our market reach across all geographies and all verticals. We are confident that Redington is a perfect partner for us to reach out to this fast-growing smart device segment, together with their sales and distribution expertise and our innovative products. It will be a win-win for channel and partners.” Read more

Zebronics has launched its latest Metal series of earphones ZEB-EM1 and ZEB-EM2. With professional sound and superb noise cancelling properties in a compact and lightweight design ZEB EM1 and ZEB EM2 is designed for supreme comfort with a seamless sound transmission advantage, delivering an unparalleled experience of audio fidelity and supreme comfort. Priced at Rs.699/-, the high-fidelity metal earphones are ergonomically engineered which allows the audio drivers to do what they are designed to do. Its distinctive precision machined metal allows the sound to be crisper, tighter and punchier with strong bass and great detail, prevents from tainting your listening experience... Read more

A new version of F-Secure’s Freedome VPN that adds Apple Watch support is now available. People running Freedome on their iPhone can now use an Apple Watch to control and monitor the VPN, giving them the freedom to enjoy using their Apple Watch without exposing their data to unwanted risks. Smart watches and wearables capable of running third-party apps are expected to become significantly more popular in the next couple of years. IDC projects that “smart wearable” device shipments will experience 683% year-over-year growth in 2015, with 33.1 million units expected to ship by the end of the year. According to Janne Pirttilahti, F-Secure Director, Next Gen Security, allowing people to use Freedome on an Apple Watch will make protecting their privacy easy as they experiment with these new devices... Read more

Avnet Technology Solutions has recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of its business alliance with Juniper Networks. For a decade, the companies have collaborated to help educate and enable partners to enhance the connectivity of their customers’ IT infrastructures with security, switching, and routing solutions in seven countries: Australia, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Netherlands, and the U.K. “Big data and analytics, cloud computing and mobility are driving an exponential increase in connectivity and security demands, and these trends are expected to define the technology industry for the next decade,” said Patrick Zammit, President, Avnet Technology Solutions, Global. “As a result, security and networking presents one of the greatest growth opportunities for our partners. Avnet’s 10-year relationship with Juniper Networks has given our partners a solid foundation in this market. With Juniper Networks, we will continue to look for new opportunities to build upon our mutu...

Kingston has announced the addition of a 512GB capacity to its line of Class 10 UHS-I SDHC/SDXC cards. The higher capacity card is ideal for DSLR cameras and HD camcorders as it allows users to record more video and shoot more high-density image files without running out of space. kingston Kingston releases 512GB Capacity Addition to its Class 10 UHS I SDHC/SDXC Card FamilyIn addition to storing thousands of photos and hours of video, the card provides speeds of 90MB/s read and 45MB/s write. These high speeds support photography in continuous and burst modes, and reduces stutter to ensure video integrity. Class 10 UHS-I SDHC/SDXC cards also allow users to shoot full 1080p HD video and 3D video as well as transfer files faster. In addition to the new 512GB capacity, ... Read more

Cognizant has announced that the New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN) has selected Cognizant and its subsidiary TriZetto to digitally transform and manage its technology infrastructure to foster seamless collaboration across member organizations, optimize costs, and improve efficiency and patient care. As part of a multi-year agreement, Cognizant will combine its consulting, IT and business process as-a-service capabilities with TriZetto’s technology products to enable NEHEN’s health information exchange to process more than 8 million transactions every month. By simplifying technology deployment and adoption and implementing Cognizant and TriZetto’s innovative solutions, NEHEN will be able to accelerate its mission of helping members streamline operations and change the way healthcare is delivered and reimbursed... Read more

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