VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

As per the plan, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal may ink an MoU with Google during his 10-day visit to the United States and Canada. The Chief Minister told in a statement, before leaving, that they may ink an MoU with Google in the US to enhance operations in India. Though a lot will depend on what Google expects from them in terms of incentives or other support and what they will be able to offer them. Besides Google, Skywell is another company that has shown interest. He will be interacting with Indo-US and Indo-Canadian chambers as well... Read more

Telenor-owned Uninor has appointed Suresh Bagrodia as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Quazi Mohammad Shahed as its Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO). Both Bagrodia and Shahed will be based at Uninor’s corporate office in Gurgaon. Bagrodia comes with extensive experience of more than 30 years in financial management and business strategy with different companies. In his last role, Suresh worked as National Business Finance Officer of Vodafone India and had a long stint of 16 years in different capacities... Read more

Clover Infotech has entered into a strategic collaboration with USA-based Zreyas LLC. The companies share the vision of facilitating superior business experience to its clients and have come together to focus on niche areas such as Business Analytics, Oracle Fusion Financials, and GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) solutions among others. The companies have also decided to share knowledge, expertise and professional experience to create business value for its existing clients as well as prospects. Clover Infotech and Zreyas LLC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on these strategic areas. clover zreyas 300x300 Clover Infotech announces strategic collaboration with Zreyas LLCAfter signing the MoU on behalf of Clover Infotech, Kunal Nagarkatti, Director – Sales,.. Read more

Lenovo has launched the “Pitch to Her” campaign in association with YUWA on the eve of India’s 69th Independence Day. YUWA is a social development platform for girls based in Jharkhand that imparts training in football, provides free education and creates awareness about social evils like child marriage and domestic violence. As part of this initiative, Lenovo is calling the brightest minds in India to hack real-world issues with technology and propose interesting ideas of change.  Last year, Lenovo cheered for YUWA and brought their story to millions of Indians as the YUWA girls they took on the world’s best in the USA Cup – one of the most reputed international football tournaments ... Read more

Microsoft will be working with Andhra Pradesh on TV White Spaces Project, a technology that uses unused TV spectrum to deliver low-cost Internet connectivity to users. Anil Bhansali, Managing Director, Microsoft India R&D, and Prashant Shukla, National Technology Officer, and other executives called on Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to discuss the company’s initiatives. Anil Bhansali Prashant Shukla with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu 300x300 Microsoft will start pilot on White Spaces and Machine Learning Technology in Andhra PradeshIn a first-of-its-kind pilot, Microsoft, DOT, DEITY and ERNET are working with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to bring low-cost broadband internet connectivity to four educational institutions in the district of Srikakulam which had no internet connectivity earlier. With Z. P. High School at Voppangi as the base station, the other three campuses were receivers located at distances of 10 kilometres or more from the base station... Read

To make Kerala a “Digitally Empowered” society, the state government of Kerala has now set in motion an ambitious policy framework that aims to bridge the digital divide by 2020 and make it the country’s first “digitally literate” state. The key objectives of “Bridging the Digital Divide – Vision 2020” include transforming Kerala into a digital knowledge society to achieve sustainable economic growth, making accessible the digital infrastructure to all at affordable cost, attracting more investments and promoting IT exports of the state.  Another major objective of Vision 2020 is to ensure that the various e-services offered by the government are availed by the people and achieve social harmony and high quality of life for all, with inclusion of disadvantaged sections of society.... Read more