VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Supporting its global expansion in the Enterprise market segment and goal to surpass $1-billion revenue mark in the next three years, Veeam Software has appointed Peter C. McKay as its President & Chief Operating Officer and promoted William H. Largent, currently Executive Vice- President as its new Chief Executive Officer. Veeam Co-Founders and Directors, Ratmir Timashev and Andrei Baronov, will remain strategic to the company, playing active roles focussing on market strategy and new product development.  The appointments will add further depth to an already accomplished executive lineup, and Veeam continues to enable enterprises to deliver 24.7.365 availability, expand into Enterprise market segments and continue double-digit revenue growth... Read More

With three datacenters located at Mumbai, Pune and Chennai, Microsoft is the first hyper-scale public cloud provider to offer services from local datacenters in India. The company announced the availability of its three datacenters in September 2015. Since then, Microsoft continues to witness a high rate of adoption of its cloud services across sectors like BFSI, healthcare, media & entertainment, telecom and government customers. With a complete portfolio of cloud services – Microsoft Azure , Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online , Microsoft continues to lead the market by offering “cloud-on-your-terms”. The company has invested heavily in four key areas to strengthen its cloud services through the local datacenters – Security, Privacy, Compliance and Transparency... Read More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has come up with OneView 3.0 to provide software-defined intelligence across HPE’s family of infrastructure solutions, including HPE ProLiant, HPE BladeSystem, HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Hyper Converged solutions, and HPE Synergy. “Organizations need tools that enable them to simplify IT operations, respond to business demands at cloud speed and increase productivity, ultimately freeing up IT resources required to deliver new and innovative services to their customers. Our mission is to make IT simple for customers. Whether they are managing and maintaining infrastructure, running traditional applications or developing new revenue-generating services on cloud native applications, HPE OneView is the infrastructure automation engine built to make that all possible,” said Vikram K, Director – Servers, Hewlett Packard Enterprise India . .. Read More

In its flash sale campaign on LeMall.com India and Flipkart, LeEco garnered Rs.78.6 crore by achieving sales orders of over 61,000 units of its next-generation Superphones – Le 2 and Le Max2. The total registration has reached over 6 lakh within eight days. Atul Jain, COO – Smart Electronics, LeEco India, said, “This time, we have introduced world’s first Digital Lossless audio standard (CDLA). This will bring an unparalleled audio experience to our superfans, thereby ushering in an era of lossless music in India and the globe. This is going to become the new industry standard. We promise to live up to our Superfans’ expectation by bringing more breakthrough technologies, stronger comprehensive ecosystem, and disruptive pricing.” Read More

BlackBerry has joined hands with PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk. (Emtek, IDX:EMTK) that will provide cross-platform BBM users with access to enriched content and services. This landmark partnership accelerates BlackBerry’s vision to advance BBM for the consumer market through a licensing agreement with the Emtek Group that enables the company to develop new BBM applications and services for Android, iOS and Windows Phones. “Emtek’s impressive background and pedigree in entertainment, content and technology makes them the perfect partner to maximize the potential of BlackBerry’s messaging platform while meeting our financial and operational goals. Our BBM users are passionate people that truly value BBM as the best way to share and connect with each other. We wanted to continue to offer our users even more with the most content-rich media and new services such as e-commerce, video, music and games,” said John Chen , Executive Chairman & CEO, BlackBerry... Read ...

BT and Oracle have decided to work together to help organizations across the world take advantage of performance, cost and innovation benefits of the cloud. Oracle customers will be able to leverage the high performance, reliability, and security features of the BT Cloud Connect environment to gain direct connectivity to the Oracle Cloud. Luis Alvarez, CEO – Global Services, BT , said, “Direct and reliable access to data and applications hosted in cloud environments has become critical to organizations as they embark on their digital transformation journeys. We are accelerating our drive to be the world’s leading cloud services integrator and I am proud that BT is becoming the first global network services provider to offer direct access to the Oracle Cloud.” Read More

LYF range of smartphone+ devices has showcased its latest device, Earth 2 at the Reliance Digital store in Mumbai. Earth 2 Smartphone+ is the second ultra-premium device from LYF. Earth 2 Smartphone+ has been designed to enhance the digital experience of discerning smartphone users with its superior specifications, aesthetics, and functionality. The newly produced TVC of LYF Earth 2 was also previewed at the event by renowned film director Punit Malhotra. The TVC, directed by Punit and produced by Dharma Production, features Bollywood’s top actor Priyanka Chopra in a lively engagement with Earth 2 and its features. Through Earth 2, LYF Smartphone+ brings a unique voice controlled camera that offers convenience and simplicity to the users. The feature can inspire a paradigm shift towards voice command controls in future smartphones... Read More

Western Digital has concluded its recently held Jaipur Partner meet with the promise to enhance the company’s network and facilitate better quality products and services to its customers throughout the region. The meet successfully enhanced the product knowledge and communicated the marketing strategies of Western Digital with all its dealers who attended this event in Jaipur. Senior Sales Manager of Western Digital India Pankaj Nagpal and Marketing Manager, South Asia, Western Digital played hosts and represented the organization at the event. The event witnessed participation of more than 45 partners from the region. Western Digital has always been a frontrunner in engaging with its partners and Jaipur partner meet in alliance with Techcom Technologies was another example of its commitment towards its partners. The stakeholder meet was not only focussed on market strategies but also had a well-planned product roadmap session jointly hosted by Western Digital an...

For mid-sized businesses in manufacturing, education, retail and government sectors, Axis Communications has come up with reliable video surveillance solutions AXIS Camera Station S20 Appliance Series featuring storage, VMS and managed Power over Ethernet (PoE) switch all in one box. It also includes support for 4K Ultra HD. The new AXIS S20 Series offers a complete tested and reliable video surveillance system up to 24 channels where only the cameras and monitor needs to be added. In addition, AXIS Camera Station S10 Recorder Series is updated to offer more storage capacity that also allows expansion for increased video retention time. The new S10 Series also offers flexibility of adding additional channels and support for 4K Ultra HD video... Read More

Eurotech Technologies has announced the launch of BestNet PoE Switches. These switches are designed to enhance network performance in a compact form-factor. The BestNet PoE switches support 10/100Mbps fast Ethernet and are standard compliant with IEEE 802.3af. Delivering data transmission up to 100 metres, the compact POE series also features anti-static and circuit isolation protection via anti-lighting chip design, LED indicators that show working status of LAN & power and support power up to 15.4W per port. The BN-PoE-5008P-V2 offers 8 fast Ethernet PoE ports and BN-PoE-1005P offers 4 fast Ethernet PoE ports. The switches are designed to easily connect and supply power to PoE-capable devices such as IP cameras, IP phones and wireless access points and an ideal solution for small Ethernet workgroups and applications requiring PoE and a great selection for expanding home or office network... Read More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled the Edgeline EL1000 and Edgeline EL4000 . These systems integrate data capture, control, compute and storage to deliver heavy-duty analytics and insights at the edge to enable real-time decision making. In addition, HPE has announced enhanced IoT security capabilities, new services and an industry-leading partner ecosystem to advance the adoption and impact of the Internet of Things. “Organizations that take advantage of the vast amount of data and run deep analytics at the edge can become digital disrupters within their industries. HPE has built machine learning and real-time analytics into its IoT platforms, and provides services that help customers understand how data can best be leveraged, enabling them to optimize maintenance management, improve operations efficiency and ultimately, drive significant cost savings,” said Vikram K, Director – Servers, Hewlett Packard Enterprise India . .. Read More

Oracle has announced two new models of its Oracle Database Appliance bringing all of the performance and reliability of Oracle’s Engineered Systems to small and mid-sized businesses for the first time. The new database appliances provide a bridge between on-premise systems and the cloud. In the future, organizations plan to connect their ODAs to the Oracle Public Cloud to seamlessly back up their data automatically. “We are excited to bring the power, simplicity and capabilities of Oracle’s Engineered Systems at a price point that allows every organization to save time and money. With the family of Database Appliances, Oracle offers built-in expertise for single instance database and high availability deployments, all while providing a bridge between on-premise systems and the cloud, enabling all of our customers to capitalize on their investment,” said Jim Gargan, Senior Vice-President of Oracle Converged Infrastructure... Read More

Nokia has appointed Sanjay Malik as Head of India market, effective August 1, 2016. In his new role, Sanjay will lead customer operations, drive the business growth strategy and superior customer engagement services for the India market. He will be based in Gurgaon. Ashish Chowdhary, Chief Customer Operations Officer, Nokia , said, “I welcome Sanjay Malik as Head of India and am confident that with his strong track record and proven management expertise, he will be able to drive the India market to the next level. Sanjay is well acquainted with the Indian telecommunication industry and is a dynamic business leader with a proven track record of leading growth, turnarounds, customer management, value selling, large multi-cultural organization development and delivering performance.” Read More

Western Digital has updated its prosumers solutions with WD My Cloud EX2 UItra , a high-performance, two-bay network attached storage (NAS) system. The WD My Cloud EX2 UItra NAS is designed from the ground up for creative professionals and prosumers that need to automatically sync content across computers, easily share files and folders and enjoy multiple backup options so they can create their own personalized digital library with ease. “We believe Indian creative professionals and prosumers are in need of ever greater storage options along with faster data processing and media streaming capabilities. They should also have easier ways to store, share and access all of their digital data regardless of location or device. The WD My Cloud EX2 UItra offers ultra-fast transfer rates for high-performance media streaming with built-in compatibility with Plex, the globally popular media centre software... Read More

India is a country which has a vibrant start-up ecosystem of over 5,000 active start-ups in technology and Microsoft is committed to fostering innovation among start-ups in India by providing resources, technology and mentoring to drive this innovation. It aims to provide the right tools, resources, connections, knowledge and expertise that start-ups need to leverage the full potential of the cloud and create innovative, SaaS solutions built on the cloud. Earlier this month, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was in Delhi where he urged Indian developers to use Microsoft platforms to innovate. He had said, “I want us to be the platform to foster the ingenuity of the people of India.” Read More

Adobe has launched major updates to its flagship Creative Cloud tools and services in India and around the world. The release includes dramatic new features in Adobe’s flagship applications, performance enhancements across Creative Cloud (CC), and exciting updates to Adobe Stock, including deeper integration within CC and the addition of an all-new premium collection of high- quality stock content. Spanning across virtually all of the Creative Cloud portfolio, updates in this new release target many of the pain points that designers, photographers and filmmakers face every day. “Aimed at helping our customers save time and jumpstart their creative engines, Adobe is constantly focussed on developing new product innovations that delight our customers. Today, we are excited to announce a host of advancements to our Creative Cloud portfolio, many of which have been built in our own R&D labs, such as Photoshop Match Font. We are confident that these powerful enhan...

Commvault has roped in Mark Velthuis as Vice-President of Indirect Business for Asia-Pacific and Japan. Leading the newly unified indirect overlay business for the region, Velthuis joins Commvault from EMC, bringing almost two decades of experience in the technology solutions industry. “Mark joins Commvault with an outstanding track record of building strategic partnerships and a strong channel partner network that will help us grow and provide opportunities across our ecosystem of partners. He will join an award-winning program deeply committed to differentiating our indirect offerings in the market, leading us to better serve our customers and partners. We are confident Mark’s leadership will deepen our engagement with our indirect business and will be a key part of our success as we continue to drive momentum in the market,” said Owen Taraniuk , Head of Commvault in Asia-Pacific and Japan... Read More

To accelerate internet adoption in the country, Idea Cellular has announced an “ Internet For All ” programme. This programme empowers all the Idea prepaid consumers and retailers to give one month of free Internet access to Internet non-users just by logging on to Idea Cellular website from their smartphones. They can gift free 100MB data for a month by entering the Idea mobile number of non-internet users. Sashi Shankar, Chief Marketing Officer, Idea Cellular , said, “Internet adoption today is being shaped predominantly through the use of mobile telephony. However, currently only 25% of India’s population are connected to the internet. Accelerating mobile internet adoption is a huge task and requires larger participation. Our ‘ Internet For All ’ initiative will encourage the uninitiated to learn more about the internet as a tool for education, banking, shopping, and entertainment, while gaining access to a world of opportunity that the internet opens for us al...

A technology focused equity partner Francisco Partners, along with Elliott Management Corporation (an American hedge fund management firm) has signed an agreement with Dell to acquire the Dell Software Group . The agreement enhances the business portfolios with the addition of Dell Software’s diverse combination of security, systems and information management and data analytics solutions. The transaction includes Dell’s Systems and Information Management (SIM), Security, and Advanced Analytics business units. The price of the deal is not disclosed yet. Hopefully, Dell will get a good price from this deal, estimated to be above $2 billion. Dell sells software group to finance EMC acquisition , Dell Software Group, which consists of Quest Software and SonicWALL, the software group provides services like mission-critical software to a large and loyal base of over 180,000 customers, it seems significant opportunity to build upon the company’s impressive technology and...

Barracuda Networks has strengthened its executive leadership team with the appointment of Hatem Naguib as Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Security Business, and Ezra Hookano as Vice President of Channels. “With the dynamic changes in the IT landscape, sophisticated security threats, and ongoing demands on IT professionals to affordably manage the ever-expanding network, our customers face enormous challenges. Hatem’s experience in building a fast growing security product line at a growing technology company, coupled with Ezra’s extensive knowledge of the channel, undoubtedly will give us the opportunity to continue to strengthen Barracuda’s position as the go-to provider of security and data protection,” said BJ Jenkins, President & CEO, Barracuda ... Read More

Looking forward to strengthening its hold in the budget mid-segment smartphone category and the budget Tablet category, Honor, Huawei’s Smartphone e-brand for digital natives, has launched the Honor 5C in India. The phone is powered with Kirin 650- 16nm processor, the fastest processor available in the segment. In line with its philosophy of “Dare to Perform” the Honor 5C promises enhanced performance, faster processing and optimum battery usage. Honor 5C will be available in three colours – gold, silver and grey. Pre-orders at the Honor store and Flipkart start from 15:00 hours today. The flash sale for Honor 5C will open on 30th June and again on the 7th July at 1400 hrs. Honor also debuted in the tablet category and showcased a new tablet- Honor T1 7.0. Honor T1 7.0 comes with a 4100 mAh battery for a sustained usability. Honor T1 7.0 will be available through open sale on Flipkart from today 1...

Raising the bar for the premium PC experience, HP India has come up with a stylish Notebook Spectre 13 . It is the thinnest laptop – as thin as an AAA-battery at just 10.4 millimetre, weighing only 1.1 kg. In symphony with the stylish new Spectre 13, HP has collaborated with celebrity designers Meera & Muzaffar Ali to launch the device in a uniquely choreographed fashion event showcasing an extraordinary collection inspired by the looks of HP Spectre 13 . Blending stunning looks with top-of-the-line performance, Spectre 13 is equipped with powerful Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, 8GB RAM and hyperbaric cooling technology that keeps the laptop cool and provides peak performance... Read More

Western Digital has announced a new software-defined, all-flash storage solution, with HPE ProLiant DL Rack Servers and VMware Virtual SAN running SQL Server 2016 workloads. Leveraging SanDisk’s enterprise-grade flash storage products, the virtualized storage and server infrastructure solution offers performance for SQL Server 2016 database, demonstrating online transaction processing (OLTP) performance results of 2.4 million New Orders Per Minute (NOPM). It helps customers significantly enhance the management of a variety of demanding workloads, including business-critical applications, virtual desktops, remote IT, disaster recovery, and more... Read More

SAP Labs will host the inaugural of SAP Startup Social event on June 23rd at the SAP Labs campus, Bengaluru.  The event will bring together early and mid-stage startups, unicorn startup founders, startup evangelists and the investor community to share experiences, connect startups with experts and drive thought leadership within the startup ecosystem. “On average, three to four new businesses come to life every day in India. Many of these have great ideas, products and people but need help to either get started or move to the next level. SAP Startup Social event will provide some of these startups with a single event where their biggest questions or challenges are addressed and I’m very excited about bringing our experts together with some of the most promising new businesses in our country,” said Dilipkumar Khandelwal, Managing Director, SAP Labs India . .. Read More

Fujitsu has introduced the PRIMERGY CX600 M1 system , purpose-built to meet the exacting demand for massive parallel computing power from today’s high-performance computing (HPC) applications in fields such as scientific research, product development and business intelligence. The new system comprises the PRIMERGY CX600 M1 chassis and PRIMERGY CX1640 M1 server nodes, which deliver ultra-dense clusters and a highly competitive price/performance ratio. The PRIMERGY CX600 M1 delivers extremely high density processing, with eight independent servers in a 2U chassis, and nine times the compute performance of a standard 1U dual-socket rack server. A standard rack will integrate up to 168 compute nodes, for an unprecedented total peak performance of more than 500 TFLOPS/DP... Read More

SUSE, along with Intel, will distribute SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for High-Performance Computing as an option for the recently-introduced Intel HPC Orchestrator , an Intel-supported HPC system software stack. It is the first commercially supported Linux to be included as an operating system option with Intel HPC Orchestrator system software stack, and the companies will offer joint support for the combined solution. As a result, enterprise customers can accelerate innovation with faster access to relevant, business-changing data. Intel HPC Orchestrator, powered by SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for HPC, reduces the burden of integrating and validating an HPC software stack. It greatly simplifies ongoing maintenance and support by aligning new components and optimizations driven by the OpenHPC community. “The SUSE and Intel collaboration on Intel HPC Orchestrator and OpenHPC puts this power within the reach of a whole new range of industries and enterprises that n...

Axis Communications has introduced IP cameras featuring i-CS lens. This latest lens technology is the result of a joint development between Axis Communications and the Japanese leading lens manufacturer Computar (CBC Group). The new intelligent i-CS lens directly exchange information such as its geometrical distortion and the exact position of its zoom, focus and iris opening. “In the past, CS-mount cameras had no information about what type of lens was mounted on them making it necessary to manually fine-tune lens and camera settings for optimal results. The new i-CS lens technology is based on an open protocol standard allowing lens and camera to exchange information. The installer can remotely both set the focal length and focus the camera. All in all, this makes installation quick, easy and time-saving,” says Andres Vigren , Global Product Manager, Axis Communications... Read More

LAVA International has appointed two senior executives in the organization. With a committed approach towards the “ Make in India ” and “ Digital India ” initiatives, Lava has appointed a Chief Technology Officer and a Design Head, in order to support its efforts towards making valuable technologies accessible in terms of availability, affordability and usability, which is in line with Lava’s brand values of trust and reliability. Hari Om Rai, Chairman & Managing Director, Lava International , said, “Handset market has completely evolved after the advent of smartphones. It is not just a communication device anymore.  Entertainment, agriculture, health, education, payment, commerce and banking have started to advance around mobile handset industry and it will take a big leap through Internet of Things, through billions of devices.  In this context, the appointment of Rahul and Ankit will help us further to cater to evolving needs of consumers effectivel...

Ziox Mobiles has launched over 10 best-in-class smartphones and 20 feature phones at its recently concluded annual retreat, Rubaru in Goa. The launch was attended by the senior management from Ziox Mobiles and over 200 top channel partners from across the country. With an already existing robust presence in Maharashtra, Gujarat, West Bengal, Karnataka, Delhi, Goa, Bihar and Jharkhand, Ziox Mobiles has now gone national with its announcement of pan-India team alignments with heads roped in for the North, South, East and West regions of the country and planned phase-wise launches of smartphone and feature phones. 3G and 4G supporting devices with configurations ranging from 3.5”, 4”, 4.5” and 5” devices with top quality hardware support, including 5,000mAh battery support, Iris support, GPS tracking, 16.0MP back camera, Gorilla and Dragontrail X scratch-resistant glass, and much more as part of the offering. Devices presented during the meet were Zi 5003, Zi 4003, Z...

Dell Boomi  and  Tech Mahindra  have forged an alliance to help organizations easily implement digital strategies and drive business transformation. As a “ Dell Boomi Certified System Integrator “, Tech Mahindra, a provider of innovative and customer-centric information technology services and solutions, is now able to offer its customers a platform that integrates any combination of cloud and on-premises applications without software, appliances or coding. “Tech Mahindra specializes in enabling digital transformations for customers across industries that include manufacturing, telecom, healthcare and retail,” said Pritam Parvatkar, Global Head of Alliances & Partnerships, Tech Mahindra . “Our Customer Experience group’s large portfolio of integration solutions plays a vital role in connecting on-premises and cloud applications to offer a seamless process experience for all stakeholders. Dell Boomi is the leader in the Integration Platform-as-a...

With its updated PRIMEFLEX Cluster-in-a-box solution, Fujitsu has opened the door to digital transformation for small to midsize firms, and large enterprises operating remote branch offices, by providing faster and more cost-effective ready-to-run IT systems. Fujitsu’s new “all-in-one” hyperconverged system enables small and midsize organizations to more easily adopt “Fast IT” solutions even when on-site IT support is rare, or nonexistent.  The entry-level PRIMEFLEX Cluster-in-a-box is simple to fix and configuration can power up to 60 virtual desktops – and is ideally suited to business-critical deployments such as hosting a web shop or running an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) database... Read More

LeEco has purchased 11% of Coolpad’s shares, making it the largest shareholder, according to a deal announced on June 17. It bought the 11% Coolpad shares from Data Dreamland , the former largest shareholder of Coolpad, with 1.047 billion HKD (US$135 million). After the transaction, LeEco holds a total 28.9% of Coolpad’s shares and becomes the largest shareholder of China’s top four domestic mobile brands. Before the deal, LeEco was Coolpad’s second-largest shareholder after it invested 2.74 billion HKD (US$353 million) in buying 18% of the latter’s shares last June 28... Read More

Tata Teleservices is now focussing on the upcoming start-ups in AP and Telangana to enable them offer a better delivery quotient to their customers. Tata DoCoMo has registered 11% year-on-year growth vis-a-vis 7% industry growth in the enterprise business of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for FY 2015. The double-digit growth has come with its superior “customer centricity” approach and enhanced capability to offer a wide range of business solutions to enterprises across industry segments. Avinash Gabriel , Vice-President – Operations, South & East India, Tata Teleservices, said, “ AP and  Telangana are a home to some of the largest IT/ITeS and pharmaceutical, healthcare companies, start-ups and SMBs. In fact, beating the global slowdown, Andhra Pradesh (including Hyderabad), despite being a new State achieved a growth rate of 11+% with plans to raise it to 14% to 15% in the next few years. Both the states are at the forefront of entrepreneurship. A numb...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has enhanced its HPE Helion cloud portfolio which includes: * HPE Helion Cloud Suite * HPE Helion CloudSystem 10 * HPE Helion Stackato 4.0 * HPE Cloudline 3100 Server * New HPE Technology Services offerings for IT transformation and workload migration “No enterprise has a one-size-fits-all approach to cloud – every customer wants solutions that help them drive their business faster and cut costs across their full spectrum of applications. Organizations require their own right mix of traditional IT, private, managed and public clouds and the flexibility to support applications spanning different technologies, architectures and delivery models. The HPE Helion portfolio gives customers a simple, powerful set of options, offering the breadth and coverage they need,” said Vikram K, Director – Servers, Hewlett Packard Enterprise India... Read More

NComputing has announced the launch of MX100, its new hybrid 3-user thin-client kit delivering a rich user experience at an affordable price. MX100 combines the best features of the company’s widely popular M-series and X-series which have over 2.5 million seats installation in Asia alone. Designed based on input from existing customers, MX100 is available in two models – MX100 Direct (MX100D) and MX100 Standard (MX100S). A single MX100 kit includes 3 access devices and multiple kits can be connected to a host computer. Available immediately worldwide from NComputing’s authorized distributors, MX100will be sold in India through company’s national distributor, Redington India and their 800+ channel partners across the country. Each access device of MX100 is competitively priced at Rs.5,000 in India... Read More

Cisco has outlined the next phase of its investment in India by expanding its Pune operations and launching the Cisco Global Delivery Centre. The opening of the Global Delivery Centre in Cisco’s 172,000-sq. ft. Pune office is a strategic move by the company to support customers globally and in India. With the new Pune centre, India will be the only country in the world where Cisco will have two global delivery centres. “The Global Delivery Centre in Pune reconfirms our commitment for a long-lasting partnership with our customers and the Maharashtra Government. This centre has been designed to provide the best experience as well as services and products along with local innovations to our customers. The Maharashtra Government has a powerful vision to be a digital state, create smart cities and transform the delivery of citizen services. With today’s announcement we are excited to play a role in enabling Maharashtra’s digitization, creating employment opportunities ...

Panasonic has unveiled its new high battery and lightweight smartphone – P75. Available at a best buy price of Rs.5,990, the new smartphone is power-packed with 5,000mAh battery and weighs 157 gm. It is a perfect companion for those who are always on the go with its features such as massive battery, GPS connectivity, smooth interface and expandable memory. Featuring a classy textured finish, the new Panasonic P75 comes in a 5-inch HD IPS Display for great readability and wider viewing angles. It is powered by Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS and a 1.3 GHz Quad-Core  processor, with 1GB RAM plus 8GB internal memory, expandable up to 32 GB. Moreover, it comes with Panasonic SAIL User Interface offering features such as batch arranging, file manager and gesture control. The device is also pre-set with the Theme Club which offers complimentary free themes for a refreshed new look every time it is used, and Special Effects ranging from innovative magic finger to attractiv...

To expand the channel and distribution network for BlackBerry enterprise software products and services in India, BlackBerry Limited has partnered with HCL Infosystems. The partnership will enhance the availability of BlackBerry’s enterprise mobility portfolio to business customers by leveraging HCL Infosystems’ extensive pan-India network of deeply specialized enterprise distribution partners. As well as sales support, customers will also have access to HCL Infosystems’ IT deployment support and integration capabilities that will help them to migrate seamlessly or consolidate their Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) investments... Read More

Expanding its portfolio of low-cost internet connectivity and web access device segment, DataWind has launched its first detachable devices – the new Droidsurfer Netbooks 7DC+ and 3G7+ in India. Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO, DataWind, commented, “The DroidSurfer Netbooks come with a sturdy detachable Bluetooth 2-in-1 keyboard. With its classy slim look and strong functionality. This affordably priced Droid Surfer will surely be a game-changer in the world of technology. These are the most affordable netbooks in the Indian market and they offer the extra benefit of acting both as a tablet and mini-laptop.” Read More

To celebrate Father’s Day, GreenDust is offering special discounts on Xiaomi Mi 4i 16 GB. One can shop between 16th and 19th June and gift a Mi 4i 16 GB, at just Rs.9,199. The phone sports dual-SIM connectivity, full HD 5-inch display, 13MP front and 5MP rear camera. Hitendra Chaturvedi, Founder & CEO, GreenDust, said, “We are glad to be giving our users and offer to do something special for their fathers instead. We are hopeful that our users will actively avail the offer and gift their fathers the high-quality refurbished Xiaomi Mi 4i, available at attractive prices.” Read More

In its continuous effort to pledge and educate about online intimidation to address rising cyber bullying levels in India, Telenor India and Telenor Group have reinforced their internet safety goals with support for Stop Cyber Bullying Day 2016, an international awareness day that aims to reduce cyber bullying globally. With an estimated half billion youth in Telenor Asia’s markets of Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand accessing the internet for the first time in the next five years, Telenor hopes to educate young users on the benefits of connectivity, as well as how to navigate online threats. With 92% of parents in India fearful that their children will be cyber bullying victims, education is becoming increasingly key to mitigate growing online abuses rates. Launched by Cyber Smile Foundation, Stop Cyber Bullying Day utilizes social media to spread an anti-cyber bullying message with the #SCD2016 hashtag. In 2015, the movement engaged 45...

Lenovo has launched Vibe K5 in India. It comes power-packed with a 64-Bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 Octacore CPU combined with a 12.7cm (5) high-definition display. The vibrant 12.7cm (5) HD display with 720×1280 pixel resolution, gives crisp content streaming and viewing experience. This display along with two high-performance stereo speakers produces the best multimedia experience in this price segment. The Dolby Atmos- enabled speakers help minimize noise and voice distortion when playing voice clips and songs, automatically fine-tuning any audio experience for listeners. With the beautiful display and power packed entertainment consumers can have an experience like never before... Read More

Fujitsu has launched its flagship PRIMERGY rack-optimized server which is an enabler for digital transformation, providing superior performance and reliability for business-critical backend data center services. The third-generation PRIMERGY RX4770 M31, a four-socket x86 server, delivers an impressive performance boost, thanks to the inclusion of the Intel Xeon processor E7 v4 product family and super-fast memory. The rackable PRIMERGY RX4770 M3 is optimized to run any organization’s most demanding, business-critical tasks. It is ideally suited to complex, data-intensive workloads such as in-memory databases including SAP HANA and system-intensive tasks such as real-time business analytics. At the same time, Fujitsu takes into account that organizations increasingly depend on their server infrastructure as backbone for their business, as they can’t afford any unplanned downtime which costs time and money. In the next-generation PRIMERGY model, robustness is maximi...

VMware has announced its intention to acquire Arkin Net, a software-defined data center security and operations company. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2016. “Arkin is a great fit for VMware and its customers as we look to accelerate our growth businesses including cloud management and network virtualization. With VMware NSX combined with Arkin and vRealize, VMware will deliver the security and operations management plane for the SDDC. Over time, Arkin will solidify vRealize Suite’s position as the industry’s most comprehensive Cloud Management Platform that delivers application-focussed operations, NSX micro-segmentation at scale and cross-domain visibility and context across physical and logical infrastructure,” said Ajay Singh, Senior Vice-President & General Manager, Cloud Management Business Unit, VMware... Read More

Bharti Airtel (Airtel) has announced a new initiative – Open Network – under Project Leap, its national network transformation initiative. Airtel has opened up its entire mobile network information to its customers through an interactive online interface. The new interface will display Airtel’s mobile network coverage/signal strength across India, in addition to network site deployment status... Read More

Panasonic has unveiled two new smartphones T44 and T30. The launch marks a big step forward towards the company’s vision to reach out to the Tier-II and Tier-III markets in India by offering affordable smartphones with the best features to price ratio. Delivering an unmatched experience through a combination of better performance, good battery life and optimal processing power T44 and T30 is equipped with Android 6.0 and Android 5.1, respectively. Both smartphones come along with 3G connectivity; the dual-SIM models are packed with 2,400mAH and 1,400mAh battery along with in-built features such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, FM Support... Read More

Kaspersky Lab has organized a CISO meet in Mumbai. The visiting Kaspersky Lab delegates included Vitaly Kamluk, Director, Global Research & Analysis Team, APAC; Alejandro Arango, Global Director, Corporate Communications, Kaspersky Lab; and Jesmond Chang, Head of Corporate Communications, APAC at Kaspersky Lab. Altaf Halde, Managing Director (South Asia), Kaspersky Lab, India, too was present on the occasion. The meet was graced by over 20 CISOs from corporates belonging to verticals, including BFSI, IT & ITeS, manufacturing, telecom, etc. At the CISO meet, Vitaly Kamluk , Director, Global Research & Analysis Team, APAC, spoke about the current threat landscape referring to targeted attacks. He said, “Our researchers have found India to be among the top five countries in the world to be attacked by Ransomware. India, in fact, takes the first spot in the list of countries that were attacked by Teslacrypt ransomware in March-May 2016 and ranked fourth in...

Fortinet has acquired AccelOps, a provider of network security monitoring and analytics solutions. The acquisition extends Fortinet’s recently announced Security Fabric strategy by enhancing network security visibility, security data analytics and threat intelligence across multi-vendor solutions. Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Fortinet , said, “With the acquisition of AccelOps, Fortinet extends its Security Fabric to address these challenges by combining security and compliance monitoring with advanced analytics for multi-vendor security solutions, enabling automated and actionable security intelligence from IoT to the cloud.” Read More

Microsoft shakes hand with LinkedIn Corp by signing a $26.2 billion acquisition deal. Despite of struggle by both the companies, it is expected to have a newer horizon for Microsoft’s Office suite as well as LinkedIn. Satya Nadella is optimistic about this deal as this is the biggest acquisition by Microsoft ever. It is nearly three times as large as the Skype acquisition deal five years ago. The acquisition will help Microsoft mark its presence in social media, which is dominated by Facebook and Google... Read More