VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Sangita Singh, CEO, Wipro healthcare and life sciences has quit the largest Indian IT services firm after spending 23 years with the company. She is one of the senior most indian women IT leaders, who set out at ambitious mission to make healthcare and lifesciences a $1 billion business within wipro by 2016, has resigned. Jeffery Heenan-Jalil, Senior vice president, who is currently the global head of wipro analytics will take over as the global head of healthcare and lifesciences with immediate ... Read more

Kaspersky Lab has bagged the Directorate General Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D) rate contract agreement to address the needs of IT security for government organizations. The contract will be operational till 31st October, 2016. On this new development, Ajaykumar Joshi, Director – Channel Sales, Kaspersky Lab South Asia, said, “Kaspersky Lab is one of the fourth-biggest IT security vendors in the world, according to IDC rating, and is detecting 325,000 new malicious files every day. With such expertise, we are confident to support and contribute to the government’s initiative.” Read more

In addition to improved brightness and contrast ratio specifications, the EH-TW5300 is the entry-level full-HD projector in the Epson’s range to introduce several advanced features that used to be found only in Epson’s high-end home theatre models. These include frame interpolation, image enhancement and 2D to 3D conversion. The EH-TW5300 also has 3D projection features that have made Epson renowned for its 3D-image quality. These include its 3LCD technology and an active, 480Hz 3D drive system that is twice as fast as competitors – together, these render 3D images with high colour brightness. It also employs an active 3D glasses system that uses Bluetooth instead of infrared signals to synchronize the 3D frames being projected with the blackout phases of the active 3D glasses... Read more

Arista Networks has entered into a strategic partnership with Pi DATACENTERS, based in the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati. Pi is focussed on delivering futuristic datacenter cloud solutions through its Strategic Software-Defined (SDDC) architecture for customers across India and globally. Under this MOU, Arista and Pi would collaborate to leverage each other in delivering advance software-defined high-performance compute to customers in the Indian market... Read more

Cognizant has signed a strategic pact with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, to drive digital transformation across the airline and its equity partners. Under the three-year, multi-million dollar deal, Cognizant will help Etihad Airways define its digital strategy and reimagine the guest experience along a guest’s travel journey across the group. Robert Webb, Etihad Airways’ Chief Information and Technology Officer, said, “This partnership is core to our technology and innovation strategy, which will empower us and our equity partners to redefine an exceptional digital guest experience that matches our remarkable inflight and on-ground experience. We chose Cognizant because of its leadership in digital transformation programmes, deep travel and hospitality industry experience, and long-term partnerships with digital technology leaders.” Read more

ASUS has announced the launch of a new variant of ZenPad C 7.0 that comes equipped with a MediaTek MT8382V/W Quad-core processor. With a display size of 17.7 centimetres, the ZenPad C 7.0 has an internal memory of 8GB with MicroSD card support up to 64GB. The device has a 5 MP main camera with PixelMaster to capture brighter photos as well as videos. Powered by Android OS Lollipop, the ZenPad includes the ASUS ZenUI 2.0 with over 1,000 software enhancements, 10 finger multi-touch and Zen Motion support touch gesture. All these features and more make the ZenPad C 7.0 the perfect gift for your loved ones this festive season. The ZenPad will be available exclusively on Snapdeal from today and will retail at Rs.7,999. The device comes in two variants – Obsidian Black and Pearl... Read more