VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Every year, VARINDIA conducts Tech Summit in Bengaluru (Silicon Valley of India) by the name Southern India Information Technology Fair 201 6, held on 23rd September 2016 at The Hotel Chancery Pavilion, Bengaluru. The Summit discussed on various emerging technologies to hit the Industry. The theme for the summit this year was “ Innovative Platform to support Digital India ” and a special team was invited to deliberate on the topic of Impact of GST on the ICT Industry, which was attended by experts from the Finance and Taxation domain, Consultant, CIO, VARs and the Industry leaders. Finally there was the award function that felicitated the business partners from Southern India in addition to the technology showcase that displayed the stellar leadership and outstanding IT implementations. VARs are the pillar of success in their respective regions representing the most innovative IT leaders in Southern India. The event was focused on digital disruptions surrounding...

The government has finalised provisional empanelment of Cloud Service Offerings of Cloud Service providers (CSPs) coined as MeghRaj today but Amazon Web Services (AWS) name is missing from the list. With reference to the RFP dated 30th December 2015, MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) has successfully concluded the evaluation process of provisionally empaneling the Cloud Service Offerings of Cloud Service Providers. The letter of empanelment has been awarded to the following cloud service providers for two years, subject to the written acceptance of terms and conditions within 15 days.... Read More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced plans for a spin-off and merger of its non-core software assets with Micro Focus in a transaction valued at approximately $8.8 billion. The combination of these software assets which includes HPE’s Application Delivery Management, Big Data, Enterprise Security, Information Management & Governance and IT Operations Management businesses and Micro Focus’ highly complementary portfolio will create one of the world’s largest pure-play software companies. The move enables Hewlett Packard Enterprise to realize its vision of being the industry’s leading provider of hybrid IT, built on the secure, next-generation, software-defined infrastructure that will run customers’ data centers today, bridge them to multi-cloud environments tomorrow, and enable the emerging intelligent edge that will power campus, branch and IoT applications for decades to come.... Read More

PayU , the global online payment service provider has acquired Citrus Pay , a leading Indian payments technology player for $130 million. PayU’s $130 million transaction is the largest ever M&A cash deal in Indian fintech, demonstrating its payments and financial services expansion strategy. The deal will grow PayU India customers to more than 30 million, processing a forecasted 150 million transactions in 2016 worth a combined $4.2 billion, growing at 50 per cent YoY. The agreement also enables PayU to quickly bring additional innovative financial services to market for its business and consumer customers. Amrish Rau , currently Citrus Pay managing director, will become CEO of PayU in India. Reporting to PayU Global CEO, Laurent le Moal , he will lead a talented entrepreneurial management team across PayU and Citrus Pay.... Read More

SAP announced that it is the first MNC technology company to be awarded the worldwide Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE) certificate, recognizing its global commitments in achieving gender diversity and equality in the workplace. The EDGE Certification is the premier standard and methodology for evaluating a corporate commitment to gender equality. SAP’s worldwide certification process began in March 2016 — after it became the first tech company in the United States to achieve EDGE Certification earlier this year. Global certification, which requires that countries that comprise 80 per cent of an organization be included, was awarded after a third-party review of company data, gender practices and employment policies, and employee survey results in an additional 12 countries – Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom.... Read More

Amdocs, the leading provider of customer experience solutions, announced Amdocs Optima, a new digital customer management and commerce platform for mid-sized enterprises. Designed for mid-sized communication businesses and digital enterprises of all sizes to monetize any product or service, Amdocs Optima supports the entire business lifecycle, from order to cash, and can be deployed on premise or in the cloud. Amdocs Optima allows service providers to quickly enter a new vertical, line of business or geography, offering sophisticated revenue management capabilities to support pre- and post-paid customers and any B2B model, across all channels. The new platform consolidates and expands on Amdocs’ offerings for mid-sized communication businesses, mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and digital enterprises, including acquired products, and introduces a unifying business integration layer and a sophisticated user interface with a common, cloud-based arc...

Around 70 companies have applied for Virtual Network Operators license to Department of Telecommunications (DoT) , government of India. According to industry insiders, the list of 70 companies does not include any large corporates but majority of VNO applicants are interested in starting ISP services. On the operator front, BSNL has shown active interest in joining hands with VNOs as it will help in extending its network to new customers and also help in increased capacity utilization of its mobile network. Initially Datawind and Oxigen had shown interest for virtual network operators license but VARINDIA could not confirm whether they applied for VNO license.... Read More

Snapdeal , India’s largest online marketplace has announced the launch of its new brand identity, “ Unbox Zindagi ” campaign. The new brand identity repositions Snapdeal as the platform that believes in the potential and dreams of its consumers and partners them in their journey to a better life. The new brand identity focuses on the lives, dreams and aspirations of the consumers and is the culmination of an intense effort involving deep research and involvement of top creative agencies from India and outside.... Read More

The Education Department under the Government of Rajasthan has announced a unique initiative to promote digital learning across the state using virtual digital rooms through Cisco’s Connected Learning solution. This initiative aims to enhance the quality of education through digital learning for academia to connect, collaborate, create, and share content across 12 centres of State Institute for Education Management And Training (SIEMAT) in the state. The initiative was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, in an interaction with educators and students across all 12 SIEMAT facilities live – via the Connected Learning setup.   With this collaboration Cisco, along with the Government of Rajasthan, strengthens the foundation of next generation education to empower teachers as well as students through innovative approaches to pedagogy and learning, supports the teachers’ professional development, and prov...

Jio has intimated the Department of Telecommunications (“DOT”), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) and the security agencies regarding the commencement of its  wireless telecommunication services in all 22 service areas from 5 September 2016. The Company has also filed the tariff plans for wireless services with TRAI. With these steps, the Company has fulfilled all the requirements of Unified License for commencement of services. Jio’s tariff plans transparently convey that all subscribers under the ‘Jio Welcome Offer’ will be entitled to certain special benefits. These benefits comprise of access to unlimited LTE data and national voice, video and messaging services, including national roaming, along with the full bouquet of Jio applications and content, completely free up to 31 December 2016... Read More

Minister of railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated IP based video surveillance system for 17 stations and central control room at Madgaon. Railway stations that comes under CCTV surveillance are Kolad (KOL), Mangaon (MNI), Khed (KHED), Chiplun (CHI), Ratnagiri (RN), Kankawali (KKW), Kudal (KUDL), Sindhudurg (SNDD) and Sawantwadi (SWV) in Ratnagiri region. Pernem (PERN), Karmali (KRMI), Cancona (CNO), Karwar (KAWR), Gokarna (GOK), Bhatkal (BTJL), Udupi (UD) and Surathkal (SL) in Karwar region. Each station is fitted with 12 to 16 nos of Fixed Dome type and Fixed Box type cameras with Network Video Recorder having a recording facility for 30 days are provided at each station to cover the station entrance, lobby, platforms, ticket booking counters etc. One 21” LED monitor is provided in station master’s room at these stations for monitoring of cleanliness. An additional 21” LED monitor is provided at 9 Railway Protection Force outposts for security monito...

To make 4G accessible to the ever-growing base of digital consumers, Intex Technologies has announced its partnership with Reliance Jio. With this collaboration, Intex consumers will be able to access an exclusive preview of the Reliance Jio 4G services for a period of 90 days, absolutely free. Under the terms of the Jio Preview Offer, consumers who purchase Intex 4G smartphones will get a Reliance Jio 4G SIM with complementary access to unlimited HD Voice & Video calling, unlimited SMS, unlimited High-Speed Data services, and access to Jio Apps.  Gurbinder Sodhi, Head LFR and Operator business, Intex Technologies, said, “Intex Technologies has led from the front in democratizing smartphones in India by making them accessible to consumers across the country. With the advent of the 4G revolution, Intex has one of the largest 4G portfolio of devices with compelling features and great prices. Through this partnership with Reliance Jio, we aim to bring to our...

mjunction services, a joint venture between steel behemoths Tata Steel and SAIL will be conducting the biggest spectrum auction starting October 1, 2016. Towards achieving this, the mjunction platform shall keep the identity of all participating bidders, masked through algorithms which shall only reveal the winner details after closure of the final round. As bidders globally participate in the process, it has been designed to throw up the increased Licensed Service Area (LSA) prices for the next clock round without any manual intervention whatsoever. To enforce security during the bidding process, the bidders will only be allowed to log in through three tiers of security.... Read More

MAIT has partnered with Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D) to facilitate training of its member-companies on Government e-Marketplace (GeM). DGS&D is the organization responsible for approving rate contracts at which government entities may make purchases from private organizations. Going forward, the portal GeM.Gov.in  has been created for completing transactions online. In this context, it is for the first time that the Government of India is training industry on usage of the online GeM e-procurement platform. With the launch of GeM, a new era of public procurement has been ushered in the country.... Read More

Reliance Jio today launched Jio Welcome Offer starting at Rs 19 and Rs 149. Mukesh Ambani, CMD, RIL said, “Domestic voice calls to any network across the country would be free for Jio subscribers even beyond the Jio Welcome Offer. Domestic roaming services would also not be charged separately. Average data prices would be around Rs 50/GB, which would be amongst the lowest in the world.” Jio Welcome Offer starting at Rs 19 plan is valid for a day and offers 300 MB data, all local and STD voice calls free in home and national roaming and free local and national SMS. On the other hand Rs 149 plan is valid for a month and offers 300 MB data and free local call and national SMS... Read More

Bharti Airtel , India’s largest telecom operator has welcomed Reliance Jio’s entry to the digital world and wish them the very best. “We welcome Reliance Jio’s entry to the digital world and wish them the very best. We also welcome Jio’s call to leading operators to work together. As a responsible operator we will fulfill all our regulatory obligations as we have always done,” said Bharti statement. “Over the last 20 years, Airtel has been contributing towards building a digitally enabled India and remains fully committed to and take leadership in supporting the Government’s Digital India vision. We will continue to innovate and deliver best-in-class products and services to our customers,” added Bharti.... Read More

Reliance Jio  has announced its tariff whereby it will offer free voice pan-India, free app worth Rs 15,000 till December 31, 2017 and data will be charged at Rs 50 per GB. Speaking at the company’s AGM, Mukesh D Ambani, CMD of RIL said, “Jio will put an end to voice call charges that are domestic and data must be affordable.” “Data will be charged at Rs 50 per GB and it is the highest quality and lowest data rate anywhere in the world,” added Ambani. “Reliance Jio has announced Jio welcome offer from September 5 whereas voice, data and video is free till December 31. The commercial launch will happen on December 31, 2017,” commented Ambani... Read More