VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

GOQii has named former Google executive Amit Singhal to its Board of Directors, his first role since leaving his position as Head of Google Search. Amit brings more than 20 years of invaluable consumer and business expertise to GOQii and will help guide its expansion into new global markets, the first of which will be the U.S. Amit is widely respected in the tech industry for the groundbreaking advancements he made during his time at Google and other companies. “It’s an exciting time to be at GOQii and we are thrilled to have Amit join our Board Of Directors,” said GOQii CEO Vishal Gondal. “Amit’s expertise is unparalleled and will be invaluable as we execute on our vision of helping millions of people shift to a healthier and sustainable .” Read more

DataWind has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of its new Tablet PC i3G7 priced at INR5,999. In addition to regular voice calling functionality, this 1.2 GHz Intel Quad-Core X3 64-bit processor tablet incorporates DataWind’s Internet-delivery platform covered by 18 U.S. and international patents allowing the devices to deliver the fastest mobile web experience on regular GSM-EDGE-based (or 2G) networks. This unique technology reduces bandwidth consumption by up to 97%, allowing the delivery of web pages across even congested 2G networks in 5 to 7 seconds – with even faster speeds on 3G and 4G networks... Read more

Avaya met with Telangana IT Minister Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao , where a number of initiatives were discussed to support the state’s ambitious plan to become India’s leading state for technology innovation. IT Minister Rama Rao presented to Avaya’s CEO Kevin Kennedy the pillars of Digital Telangana initiative , a grand plan to build and deliver connectivity to more than 8.5 million households with more than 32 million people living in rural areas and other parts across the Telangana state. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2018. IT Minister Rama Rao explained to the Avaya leaderships that investing in the state of Telangana cannot be matched anywhere in the world. “Our self-certification system enables any investor to self-certify quickly and easily, recent legislation that makes our bureaucrats accountable, the abundant, and strategically located land and our human resources that are being trained to offer investors skilled resources from T...

In line with Oracle’s expansion in India and support of Digital India initiatives, the company has announced that its first incubation centre will be launched in India. The centre named as “ Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator “, will open in Bangalore and will be inaugurated by Oracle’s President of Product Development Thomas Kurian. Several more centres are slated to be launched later in Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Noida, Pune, Trivandrum and Vijayawada. Oracle’s Sanket Atal, Group Vice-President of Development, will be leading the initiative. Thomas Kurian said, “Through the Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator and the growing popularity of cloud as an alternate computing model, we want to be the catalyst for new business ideas. We are committed to furthering the government of India’s ‘ Startup India ‘ initiative. It matches our agenda of fostering entrepreneurship and promoting innovation by creating the right ecosystem for growth and development.” Read...

Dell has introduced Dell PowerEdge 13th generation servers . “The acceptance of industry trends around Social, Mobility, Cloud and Analytics will witness significant investment in compute-centric technology, especially in the verticals such as BFSI, manufacturing, education, government and telecom. Dell PowerEdge 13th generation servers feature customer-inspired, future-ready technology that is our most advanced server lineup to date. From rack, tower and server infrastructure platforms to simplified management, these next-generation servers will accelerate workloads and unburden IT with peak performance, versatile configurations and intelligent, embedded management,” said Manish Gupta, Director, Enterprise Solutions Group, Dell India ... Read more

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