VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Rajesh Rudraradhya has joined the leadership team at Hike Messenger as the Vice- President and Head of Engineering. Rajesh will report to Founder & CEO, Kavin Bharti Mittal, and will be responsible for helping Hike scale its engineering team and streamlining product development. Rajesh spent the last 15+ years in the Silicon Valley, working for companies like Digital Equipment Corporation, HP, Google and Motorola. He joins Hike from Motorola where he was most recently the Director and Head of Wearables and Internet-of-Things software. Before that, he led Android Apps and Cloud engineering and was responsible for software experiences on Android’s best smartphones, the Moto X and Moto G ... Read more

Infor has announced Infor Supply Chain Execution (SCE), version 10.4, to deliver enhanced performance and efficiency. Building upon last year’s announcement of SCE in the Cloud, Infor has improved fulfilment performance, increase ease-of-use and achieve a faster return on investment. Infor SCE 10.4 provides a unique tool that is easily adapted to specific needs of the vertical, allowing for a more holistic approach for supply chain management. Infor SCE 10.4 combines warehouse management, transportation execution, 3PL billing and labour management in a single, unified solution. It is designed to help users optimize inventory, warehouse space and labour in the warehouse while streamlining the complex supply chain business processes. The solution is available to users as an on-premise or cloud deployment... Read more

Snapdeal has announced that  Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan , an investment vehicle advised by Iron Pillar and other investors have invested US$200 million in Snapdeal. Over the last two years, Snapdeal has made significant investments in technology and in complementary acquisitions in pursuit of its stated aim to build India’s most reliable and frictionless commerce ecosystem. Anup Vikal, CFO, Snapdeal , said, “We see these investments as a continuing endorsement of Snapdeal’s strategy to build India’s most reliable and frictionless commerce ecosystem. We continue to make targeted investments in building internal and external capabilities that will enable us to consistently deliver optimal experience for the millions of buyers and sellers who transact daily on Snapdeal.” Read more

ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand has conducted its annual Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Partner Day. The theme of the 2016 conference was “Own it!” that encouraged partners to consider how to deliver technology opportunities that the changing customer environment represents today. This year, there were eight regional and numerous local events held in close proximity to business partner locations. The eight regional events, hosted for 1-2 days between January 28 and February 4, drew over 600 enthusiastic and dedicated business partners to share their experiences with Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise business leaders. In Asia-Pacific (APAC), the 2016 Partner of the Year awards took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 4... Read more

XOLO has introduced XOLO Era 4K . Available at an attractive price of Rs.6,499 only, XOLO Era 4K will be exclusively available on Gadgets360.com . Registration for the device has started and it will go on flash sale on 22nd February, 2016. Era 4K is loaded with a massive battery of 4,000 mAh that offers 32 hours of non-stop talk- time and 624 hours of standby time. Also, charging the battery takes 31% lesser time, thanks to Texas Instrument IC. The device with 4G LTE connectivity offers super-fast download and upload with an amazing speed of up to 150 Mbps and 50 Mbps, respectively... Read more

HCL Infosystems has partnered with Symantec. Under this alliance, HCL Infosystems through its pan-India network of partners will distribute information security solutions from Symantec. “As the global leader in cybersecurity, Symantec is committed to helping companies secure their most important data. The partnership with HCL Infosystems is the key to our efforts to increase our coverage across India. We look forward to working with HCL Infosystems and leveraging their strong presence in the tier-I and tier-II cities to help customers solve their most complex information security challenges,” said Shrikant Shitole, Managing Director, India, Symantec... Read more

To help customers to readily address the most common use cases that have been identified by the company, VMware has revolutionized its cloud management platform with the introduction of VMware vRealize Suite 7 . It features new releases like VMware vRealize Operations and VMware vRealize Log Insight along with VMware vRealize Automation 7 and VMware vRealize Business for Cloud 7. “VMware is focussed on delivering an enterprise-ready hybrid cloud management platform to help our customers gain a major competitive edge as a digital business. VMware vRealize Suite 7 is designed to meet our customers’ strict requirements for day-one service provisioning and day-two operations of applications and infrastructure across multiple private and public cloud environments,” said Ajay Singh, Senior Vice-President & General Manager, Management Suites Business Unit, VMware ... See more :  http://www.varindia.com/vmware-enhances-its-cloud-management-platform/

With the aim to encourage people to adopt mobile internet in the country, Aircel has launched “ Be Online with Aircel ” initiative. Sunil Kuttam, Vice-President – Marketing, Aircel , said, “Aircel is taking lead in the mobile internet space with renewed energy and vigour with its ‘Be Online with Aircel’ initiative. Data consumption by Aircel customers has seen a dramatic rise. Our unmatched offerings helped Aircel record 60-per cent data revenue growth and 65-per cent consumption growth in 2015. In addition, we witnessed 104-per cent growth in 3G revenues and 167-per cent growth in 3G users last year. This initiative has also fuelled smartphone adoption in our base, which has grown by 61 per cent. With Aircel’s new, attractive mass campaign that appeals to all to ‘Be Online with Aircel’, we aim to continue driving a much sharper growth this year, which will help us take data to the next level of growth and acceptance in India.” Read more

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to make India the skill capital of the world, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) to develop and implement National Action Plan for Skill Development in the telecom sector, utilizing PSUs under DoT with a common objective of fulfilling skilled manpower requirement of the telecom sector and at the same time providing quality opportunities for employment / entrepreneurship. The MoU was signed by the Secretaries of the two Ministries, in the august presence of Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon’ble Minister of Communications and Information Technology, and Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Hon’ble Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs... Read more

mRUPEE has tied up with IRCTC. The Indian Railways carries more than 23 million passengers a day and the association will allow users one-tap payments for rail ticket bookings via mRUPEE wallet for a significant number of travellers. “Today, mobile services have fast evolved beyond telephone calls and voice messages to take centre stage in an increasingly connected world. Our partnership with IRCTC adds to the tremendous reach of mRUPEE’s market. We’re excited that these kinds of meaningful partnerships are helping to not only give our customers the ease of quick and convenient booking, but also give a thrust to the government’s mandate of enhancing wider adoption of digital money in India. Through this service, we aim at delivering future ready infrastructure that not merely meets today’s expectations, but those of tomorrow,” said Pradeep K Sampath, Chief Operating Officer, mRUPEE... Read more