VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

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