VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Mobile Messaging service WhatsApp has now 900 million monthly regular and active users, announced chief executive Jan Koum revealed in a Facebook post. In February Last year, WhatsApp was acquired by social networking site Facebook. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg congratulating him on the milestone. Sheryl Sandberg, COO at facebook also congratulated jan koum in a post saying ” 900 million people who use WhatsApp now every month to stay in touch with family and friends around ... Read more

Intex Technologies has announced its association with Microsoft to become the first smartphone brand in India to pre-install and provide OneDrive cloud storage. Its customers will receive an additional 50 GB of storage for 2 years. This will allow users to easily access and share their important documents, photos, and other files from their Intex smartphone or any of their other devices. OneDrive will be available in Intex Smartphones with a memory configuration of 16GB ROM and 2GB RAM namely- Aqua Speed HD, Aqua Power Plus, Cloud Power Plus and Aqua Star II (16GB) and all future models matching the said configuration. Users will only need to sign in with their Microsoft account to access and share their files through the in-built OneDrive app. In addition to having OneDrive on their Intex smartphone, users can access their files from any device – such as their PC or Mac or other tablets or smartphones – simply by downloading the OneDrive app. They can also log in to OneDrive....

The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) along with Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) in a first of its kind initiative are organizing The Indo – Africa ICT Summit 2015 a two day conference and exhibition on September 28th and 29th, 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event is being supported by Department of Telecom and Department of Commerce, Government of India. The host and partner association in Kenya for the event is ICT Authority, Kenya and is supported by the Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology, Republic of Kenya to evangelize trade relations between India and African countries. Indo-Africa ICT Expo 2015 will present the latest technologies that help companies in Africa evolve and maintain a competitive edge in the communications and digital world. The expo will be a platform to build synergy among India & African Countries to showcase diversified products & services, bringing together thought l...

Wipro Limited has announced that it has been chosen by Chelsea Football Club as its official digital and IT partner. Chelsea FC, the reigning champions of the English Premier League, is one of the earliest adopters of digital to engage and differentiate themselves – both as a team and as a club. Wipro will support Chelsea FC in this transformation journey by bringing together strategy, design and technology. The partnership will help Chelsea FC re-imagine the digital and technology experience. As one of the world’s leading sports brands, Chelsea FC will work with Wipro to create experiences for millions of fans that span not only the in-stadium, game-day experience but also their digital experience, anytime and anywhere. Commenting on the partnership, Rajan Kohli, Senior Vice President and Global Head, Wipro Digital said, “Chelsea FC is renowned for its commitment to excellence and developing passionate fans across the world. Their confidence in Wipro Digital is a testament of...

Designed to help organizations leverage data and analytics to build new products and experiences, run more efficiently, and differentiate against the competition, HP has released a series of new products, services, and programs. The company announced -     A new release of HP Vertica, which will feature data streaming and advanced log file text search to power high-speed analytics on Internet of Things (IoT) data.     Extensive support for and contributions to open source technologies, including optimized Hadoop performance, integration with the Apache Kafka distributed messaging system, and advancements in Distributed R predictive analytics.     The HP Haven Startup Accelerator program, which provides early-stage companies with fast, affordable access to both HP Big Data and Application Delivery Management software and services. The announcements further accelerate HP’s differentiated big data strategy – around enabling organizations to harness ...

The EMC2 Federation has previewed updates to the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud Solution at VMworld and announced a new Federation End-User Computing solution. With integrated hardware, software and services from EMC Information Infrastructure (EMC II), VMware and VCE, the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud solution unites the strengths of private and public cloud and drives business agility by self-service provisioning of applications and resources to policy-driven service levels. Customers of the Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud are gaining efficiencies in traditional IT functions and workflows, with some projecting more than $50 million in IT savings over five years. With the new Federation End-User Computing solution, customers benefit from an integrated, validated solution aimed at driving the complexity out of deploying and maintaining Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). The Federation Enterprise Hybrid Cloud is a one-of-a-kind engineered solution, which can be dep...

HCL Services has significantly strengthened the leadership team through the induction of R. Dhamodharan – Business Head, Enterprise Technology Services (ETS); N. Ravichandar – Business Head of Enterprise Consulting Services (ECS) and Rajan Rahi – Business Head for the Channel Business. The new team, along with Biswanath Bhattacharya, Chief Executive – HCL Services, will drive the next level of business growth of the company and strengthen its leadership position in the industry. Speaking on the new leadership team, Biswanath Bhattacharya, Chief Executive, HCL Services Ltd, said, “I am delighted to welcome the new leaders on board. I am confident that with their extensive experience and leadership capabilities, HCL Services would further expand its portfolio across traditional and emerging sectors.” R.Dhamodharan will lead the Enterprise Go-To-Market (GTM) organization, focusing on driving synergies between different lines of Services offerings. He will also lead and guide the In...

To help operators deal with the multifaceted demands of protecting security and privacy in the smartphone and Internet of Things (IoT) era, Nokia Networks has extended its security portfolio with new protection capabilities complemented by expert professional services in assessment and deployment. The complexity of mobile network security increases with 3G/LTE and telco cloud/SDN, a centralized identity and access control system able to authenticate operator staff and provide secure, granular access to network elements is required. Potential vulnerabilities in the SS7 (Signaling System 7) protocol could open the door to advanced fraud, hijacking of subscriber communications or Denial-of-Service attacks. Giuseppe Targia, Vice President Security Business, Nokia Networks, said, “Security in network operations involves a number of critical aspects, and with these new launches we are addressing two of the most important ones. Firstly, multivendor and multitechnology deployments in mobi...

MSI has launched gaming notebooks of Intel’s latest 6th generation Intel Core i7 Skylake processors for hardcore gamers. The gaming notebooks launched are MSI GT72 and GS60. Skylake is codename of the brand new 14nm micro-architecture of Intel’s latest 6th generation processors. The Skylake platform requires lower power consumption but delivers better performance than before. Furthermore, GT72 with i7-6820HK supports overclocking up to 4GHz. MSI has not only introduced enhanced MSI exclusive technologies, but also launched several powerful and cool new gaming features on new gaming notebooks to fully unleash the revolutionary computing power of this new Intel skylake architecture platform. ESS SABRE HiFi Audio DAC is the next generation solution for authentic sound effects. After fulfilling gamers’ desires to see clearly during gameplays, MSI decides to work with ESS and to amaze gamers with pure and lossless audio quality... Read more