VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Apple  will always be Apple, but the question is who is eating the market share of Apple as a result of its sliding business. It is said that the company has lost its appetite for self-cannibalization that was the highlight of the  Steve Jobs  era, and that it is now paying the price. The tech world is indeed witnessing a turning point. Apple saw the first decline in its sales and profits  in 13 years , triggering a selloff in the financial market that wiped out $43 billion of the company’s market value. Such is the rough-and-tumble play of the high-tech world... Read more

Lava International has announced the launch of two 4G smartphones – Lava A72 and A76, allowing customers to have upgrade to 4G technology for enjoying superfast internet connectivity and faster downloads at an affordable price range.  A72, A76 and A89 are competitively priced at Rs.6,499/-, Rs.5,699/- and Rs.5,999/-, respectively. A third 4G smartphone in the same series, Lava A89 is expected to be available to consumers in the coming weeks. Lava is all set to distinguish itself with six highly reliable 4G smartphones in its portfolio now, giving the extremely cluttered 4G mobile handset segment in India a tough competition... Read more

Giving manufacturers the scope to design for a broad range of desktop PCs and laptops, SanDisk has announced the SanDisk Z410 SSD . A cost-competitive, half-terabyte solid-tate drive (SSD), the 15-nanometer, three-bits-per-cell based Z410 SSD delivers the performance, capacities and form-factor ideal for mainstream computing platforms. “SSDs are being rapidly adopted as the preferred storage option across the entire spectrum of the PC marketplace,” said Tarun Loomba, Vice-President & General Manager of Client Platform Solutions, SanDisk . “In addition to the performance and durability benefits that SSDs provide, the SanDisk Z410 SSD delivers storage that is ample for most consumers and the right-size for typical corporate users. The Z410 is an important addition to our overall SSD portfolio, as our customers require a complete range of storage options, from home/office PCs to the latest high-performance, ultra-thin laptops.” Read more

Dell Networking(NASDAQ:DELL) has enhanced its campus and data center environments with the launch of new cloud-managed wired and wireless solutions powered by Dell and Aerohive, Operating System 10 milestones and in-rack platforms for the data center. “Rapid increase in the adoption of virtualization, cloud and big data analysis is presenting new workload challenges for organizations. To address these emerging workload demands, it is important for organizations to grow and transform their networks with future-ready solutions. With our advanced campus and data center networking solutions, customers will have access to solutions that are secure and easy to manage. These solutions are built to scale based on customers’ needs, delivering wired and wireless convergence, public and private cloud-based management with industry-leading support and the capability to handle emerging workload demands,” said Amandeep Singh, Country Manager, Dell Networking . .. Read more

In an effort to safeguard customers from fraudulent products, HP(NYSE:HPQ) has confiscated counterfeit print cartridges and components worth Rs.34 crore in 38 cities across 19 states in India. HP has collaborated with local law-enforcement authorities to make this action possible. The local authorities raided and took legal actions against manufacturers and sellers in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Manipur. In total, they seized close-to 5 lakh counterfeit toner cartridges, ink cartridges as well as counterfeit components between November 2015 and April 2016... Read more