VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Symantec has announced plans to beef up its Cyber Security Services business globally with an investment of more than US$50 million. A portion of this investment has been leveraged to build a new dedicated Security Operations Center (SOC) in Singapore, doubling Symantec’s Cyber Security Services expertise in the Asia-Pacific region. With the launch of the SOC in Singapore, businesses will have access to intelligence, accurate threat detection and proactive notification of emerging threats to ensure their most sensitive data is protected. The new SOC will also enable businesses to shorten the time between detection and response, reduce operational costs and proactively counter emerging threats... Read more

Verizon is offering its customers a secure and direct connection to the IBM Cloud. With Verizon’s Secure Cloud Interconnect services, users can connect directly to IBM Cloud services through a secure, flexible private link that enables workloads to move seamlessly between clouds. It also gives enterprises the freedom to store data in a variety of settings, including a traditional IT environment, a dedicated on- or off-premises cloud and a shared off-premises cloud, making it easier to scale and meet business requirements. Verizon’s Secure Cloud Interconnect enables users to take advantage of Software Defined Networking (SDN) capabilities allowing for more control and agility over their connectivity to cloud environments. Capabilities include consumption-based bandwidth, pre-provisioned on-demand resources, controlled application performance and varying classes of service... Read more

Gartner has estimated that 1.6 billion connected things will be used by smart cities in 2016, an increase of 39 per cent from 2015. “Smart commercial buildings will be the highest user of Internet of Things (IoT) until 2017, after which smart homes will take the lead with just over 1 billion connected things in 2018,” said Bettina Tratz-Ryan, Research Vice-President, Gartner. “Commercial real estate benefits greatly from IoT implementation. IoT creates a unified view of facilities management as well as advanced service operations through the collection of data and insights from a multitude of sensors. Especially in large sites, such as industrial zones, office parks, shopping malls, airports or seaports, IoT can help reduce the cost of energy, spatial management and building maintenance by up to 30 per cent,” added Tratz-Ryan... Read more

Adobe has appointed Marta DeBellis as the new Vice-President – Marketing for the company’s Asia-Pacific operations, stepping into the position recently vacated by Hisamichi Kinomoto, who has resumed a full-time focus on the company’s important market in Japan. DeBellis will report to Adobe CMO Ann Lewnes, and work alongside Paul Robson, APAC President. Over the last two years, Marta has led global campaign planning for Adobe’s Digital Marketing business as well as driven co-marketing strategies worldwide with Adobe’s Digital Marketing partners including large global agencies and system integrators from her home country, the United States. This appointment marks her return to the APAC region... Read more

Accenture is teaming up with Code.org to support global participation in Hour of Code, one of the world’s largest educational events, designed to prove anyone can learn the basics of coding, have fun doing it, then continue learning beyond one hour.  Thousands of Accenture employees around the world have pledged to complete nearly 8,000 hours of Code during the Computer Science Education Week (December 7-13).  This number is expected to grow as Accenture employees commit to an Hour of Code and volunteer to work with teachers and Code.org to help students learn the basics of computer science at local schools and events through fun, game-like online lessons. Organized by Code.org, the Hour of Code brings together more than 350 partner organizations and tens of millions of students in every country around the world. The campaign culminates with a massive coding event in the week of December 7-13, with 191,000 registered events. The goal of the grassroots movement is

Virtusa Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Volvo Group Treasury to provide global incident management support for the Wallstreet Suite financial system. As per the agreement, the system support will be available 24 hours a day, five days a week, for Volvo’s operations across the globe. Virtusa’s support services will enable Volvo to effectively meet increased demand for advanced treasury system support with faster response time. Volvo Group Treasury is a global organization with operations in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Virtusa AB, formerly TradeTech Consulting Scandinavia AB, implemented the Wallstreet Suite support for Volvo Group Treasury in 2009. Since then, it has been providing Volvo with Wallstreet Suite incident management support from Sweden. As a result of the new agreement, Virtusa will now provide advanced support to Volvo at a global level and across time zones. The partnership will help Volvo to streamline its global t