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Apple climbs to Number 1 spot in EMEA tablet market : IDC : Apple has snatched the No 1 position from Samsung to lead the table in the EMEA tablet market that overall saw a decline of 10.9% shipping only 9.7 million units in the first quarter of 2019, an IDC report says. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Tech Mahindra and Cisco partner to drive digital revenue : Tech Mahindra has deployed Cisco Digital Network Architecture at its Hyderabad Campus, to make it one of the largest Software Defined Campus Networks with over 14,000 live users in India. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

India's GDP to grow at 7.1% in FY20, 7.2% In FY 21 : FICCI Survey : Industry association FICCI expects India's GDP will grow at 7.1% in FY2019-2020 and it will grow further to register 7.2% growth in the next fiscal year. The data was reported in FICCI's latest Economic Outlook Survey. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Alibaba Cloud inks strategic partnership with WeWork and SoftBank Telecom China : Alibaba Cloud has announced its strategic partnership with WeWork, the platform for creators that provides the space, community and services to help people make a life not just a living, and SoftBank Telecom China, the consultancy of enterprise-grade solutions. The partnership offers a one-stop platform from cloud-based technology solutions, enterprise services, flexible working space, events to business consulting – for business of all sizes looking to enter China or scale up their presence in the booming market. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

HPE enhances digital transformation for small businesses : Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced enhancements to the HPE Small Business Solutions that accelerate the digital transformation journey for small businesses looking to economically optimize their business, create differentiated customer experiences and overcome the challenges of limited IT resources. Building on the original HPE Small Business Solutions, launched in October 2018, the new updates combine HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers, HPE storage, Aruba networking, and Microsoft cloud capabilities to deliver a simplified deployment and management experience for small business customers. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Nokia to showcase technology for the 5G era hosting Innovation Days : Nokia is hosting a series of Innovation Days in India to showcase how the 5G technology can transform the way people live and work as well as enhance the industrial productivity in India. At the event, the company, as a global leader in 5G technology with its end-to-end portfolio, is presenting how this technology can immensely benefit telecom operators, enterprises and individuals. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Vodafone Idea inks partnership with CtrlS : Vodafone Idea Business Services (VIBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone Idea Limited has announced a strategic partnership with CtrlS. The collaboration is first-of-its-kind and will allow VIBS and CtrlS to bring together an enriched portfolio of innovative and differentiated products and services. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Infineon and AIC-Sangam to strengthen start-up growth in India : Infineon Technologies and Atal Innovation Mission’s AIC-Sangam have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to nurture technology start-ups with a focus on making lives easier, safer and greener. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Huawei appeals to U.S. govt. to adjust its approach to tackle cybersecurity effectively : Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgment as part of the process to challenge the constitutionality of Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (2019 NDAA). It also called on the U.S. government to halt its state-sanctioned campaign against Huawei because it will not deliver cybersecurity. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft speaking on collaboration with CITRIX : We working together to secue the modern workplace  enabling employees to securly access the application they need from anywhere or any device but integrated citirx services with EMS: Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft speaking on collaboration with CITRIX VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Erik Weihenmayer speaks in the super session in Synergy 2019 : 'Anything is possible', a person of fully blind, he is able to do the best in the world, I am sure you won't find a second person like in thisuniverse. Find next... VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

In line with its efforts to offer varied sports content,  UC Browser has announced a mega engagement campaign comprising of multiple in-app activities during the upcoming  ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 .  UC Browser, an Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group company, has roped in cricket veterans  Irfan Pathan ,  Michael Clarke  and  Kevin Pietersen  as part of its wide-ranging cricket coverage to the most awaited international championship of One Day International cricket.  Sports enthusiast and cricket lovers can now access world-class cricket content including short videos, GIFs and memes and more on UC Browser. In another step to benefit cricket fans, UC Browser is yet again offering its users a chance to earn prizes worth 1 crore rupees by participating in an exciting Quiz as well as Play & Win Game on the browser.  The three former cricketers will run through exciting interactive activities and will share...

Dell Technologies Powers Transformation and Innovation with New Storage Solutions : Dell Technologies announced new and enhanced storage solutions that directly affect an organization’s data capital. With these new offerings, Dell Technologies is empowering businesses on their digital transformation journey to preserve essential information and become more adaptive, competitive and innovative. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Keysight Technologies appoints Joanne Olsen to Board of Directors : Test and measurement firm Keysight Technologies has said that it has inducted Joanne Olsen into the Board of Directors.   “We are delighted to welcome Joanne to Keysight’s Board. She has a proven track record of execution in the technology industry. Joanne also shares our commitment to operational best practices and delivering greater value to our customers, shareholders, and employees,” stated Ron Nersesian, president and CEO of Keysight. “We look forward to integrating her perspective and her contributions into the successful execution of our strategic plan.” VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Trump-Pence Admin Announces Plan to Eliminate Important LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Protections in Healthcare : The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) - the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization - responded to the Trump-Pence administration’s latest attempt to undermine the rights and welfare of LGBTQ people and their families. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing a major change to the administrative rule interpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to remove explicit protections for LGBTQ people in healthcare programs and activities by excluding protections from discrimination based on sex stereotyping and gender identity. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Ericsson pays tribute to the power of 5G in a 90-second film : Ericsson joins forces with thought-leading tech profiles in a film that pays homage to connectivity and the innovation it sparks. To fit the theme of being seamlessly connected, the ambitious 90-second cinematic has been shot in a single fast-paced take. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Netplus to install Nokia GPON technology to meet customer ultra-broadband demand : Netplus will deploy Nokia’s Gigabit Passive Optical Networking (GPON) technology to meet growing demand for more capacity, faster speeds and superior quality of broadband services. Nokia’s GPON technology will be rolled out across the country with initial deployments starting in the states of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The upgraded network will allow Netplus subscribers to enjoy new ultra-broadband such as IPTV and quad-play services. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Microsoft - IDC joint study: AI will boost the rate of innovation in India by 2021 : Microsoft along with IDC Asia/Pacific releases a study - ‘Future Ready Business: Assessing Asia Pacific’s Growth Potential Through AI’ - surveyed 200 business leaders and 202 workers in India.By 2021, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will more than double the rate of innovation at organizations (x2.2 times) and employee productivity (x2.3 times) in India, according to the country’s business leaders. The findings are released by Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer, Microsoft India and Ranganath Sadasiva, Director, Enterprise, IDC, in the presence of Girish Nayak, Chief - Service, Operations & Technology, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Home Credit Offers Longest EMI Tenure On Nokia Smartphones : Home Credit India, an international consumer finance provider, has introduced the longest tenure financing scheme on Nokia smartphones. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cisco inducts Wesley Bush to the Board of Directors : Cisco has appointment Wesley G.  Bush, chairman of Northrop Grumman Corporation, to its board of directors. The appointment of Bush brings Cisco's board to ten members. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Citrix Synergy 2019 Opening Keynote : Citrix Synergy 2019 Opening Keynote VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

5th Smart Cities 2019 India expo Kick Starts ! : The 5th Smart Cities India expo 2019 was kick started on 22nd May, 2019 at the Pragati Maidan and was inaugurated by Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, The expo includes Transport India, Solar India, Buildings India and Water India. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Citrix discovers the future of application delivery at your fingertips in Synergy : CITRIX is the leading player in the end user computing services and they have been leaders from so many years. As we are directly working on the user experience and the user uses down technology side. Hence, we found Citrix is one of the best company which directly relate to the end user services, which is one of the biggest reason to attend Synergy 2019. Secondly, benefit is Citrix is there from last 20 plus year, they have been directly working on the end user side of the technologies, and synergy have been enhanced in terms of user experience. So we found synergy is one of the best reason to attend, which is not only giving the choices of end user devices, but also the location to network. Synergy always attracts to see how the specific technology, which can be really helpful for an end user directly and it is really wonderful. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Synergy 2019 brings newer technology and educate on new products : So from my perspective, the real value of being a synergy today, was hearing on how Citrix is now pivoting towards making it personal to end users. This is critically important for us, because this helps to map our conversation happen. HCL perhaps would allow users to be their best, using the correct technology and tools and insights that we could provide with them. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Citrix celebrates Windows Virtual Desktop Public Preview : Today in Amsterdam, Citrix joins Microsoft at Ignite | The Tour for the unveiling of the Windows Virtual Desktop public preview. Organizations can leverage Citrix Workspace, including Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service, to extend the benefits of Windows Virtual Desktop, adding robust management capabilities to this new platform. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Citrix Managed Desktop announcement comes into play : In an exclusive interaction with VARINDIA, Carisa Stringer, Sr. Director Product marketing-Citrix Workspaces discusses about Citrix solutions and its partnership with other vendors.   “When we talk about workspace, UI (User interface) as supporting services, brings a huge value to the it. The workspace services are all a bunch of different cloud services, depending on what you want the workspace to be for you. As far as Workspace UI is concerned, it is the aggregator of all those different resources; it brings virtual absence of desktop. The new intelligence that comes from the micro apps is able to pull some of the top tasks out, we're really trying to make it from the centralized location to get the work done. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Zendesk Unveils Next Generation of Conversational Messaging Experiences : Zendesk, Inc. (NYSE: ZEN) headquartered in San Francisco, and operates worldwide with 17 offices in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America, announces on the acquisition of Smooch Technologies Holdings ULC, the Montreal-based company behind Smooch, a platform connecting businesses with customers to power more personalized and human conversations. The acquisition marks Zendesk's next step in delivering the best omnichannel experiences by connecting conversations between businesses and customers on any messaging channel--from websites and mobile apps to the world's leading messaging apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Check Point and Microsoft Integration Delivers Comprehensive Protection Against Data Leaks and Losses : Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), today announced on it's integrated Check Point security appliances and the Check Point R80 SmartConsole security management console with Microsoft Azure Information Protection (AIP), to prevent damaging losses and leaks of sensitive business data. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

BenQ Launch 4K Home and Home Cinema projectors : BenQ, the Worldwide No.1 DLP Projector brand, announces the launch of two new 4K Home Projectors, W1700M, an upgrade of its home cinema projector BenQ W1700, and TK800M, an upgrade of TK800 sports projector. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Dassault Systemes to accelerate development of smart cities in India : Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), showcased its portfolio of industry solution experiences (ISEs) for smart cities at the 5th Smart Cities India 2019 Expo in New Delhi. Supporting tasks from planning for a new urban district to managing the ongoing operations of an existing infrastructure, the industry solution experiences based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform for the Construction, Cities & Territories industry brings together a wide range of territorial data with industry-leading analytical, modeling, simulation and lifecycle management capabilities. The company also showcased how 3DEXPERIENCE platform is enabling centralized project management for both the states and the cities in India. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Amazon Launching Flight Bookings in India : Amazon India announced the launch of domestic flight bookings through Amazon Pay page in the Amazon mobile app and on the website. The e-commerce giant has partnered with Mumbai-based online travel and leisure activities platform Cleartrip to offer domestic routes from Vistara UK, GoAir, SpiceJet and IndiGo, among other carriers. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Citrix is bridging people and technology : Citrix synergy 2019 witness on how the future works, to understand better on the power of transformation, thousands of technology leaders from across the globe gathered in Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA. The three day conference from May 21-23,2019 will witness on how Citrix is bridging people and technology. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Anantharaman Balakrishnan( Bala) to head Nutanix India : Sources reveled Anantharaman Balakrishnan( Bala) to head India operation in Nutanix. Balakrishnan was the head of enterprise business development at Amazon Internet Services (India). Before this Balakrishnan worked eight years with DELL EMC in different leadership role including country head for EMC Global Services and also vice president for sales . VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Nokia hosts its AGM, announces the winning of 37 5G commercial contracts globally : Rajeev Suri, President and CEO of Nokia Corporation, has spoken on environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters and provided an update on one of the most radical technology transitions ever as 4G begins to give way to 5G, at the Annual General Meeting. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Citrix Ushers in New Era of Employee Engagement and Productivity : Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) Today annocned it is making work smarter through next-generation intelligence capabilities that allow companies to deliver a unified and contextual experience across any device or network that engages employees and enables them to perform at their best. The enhancements were unveiled at Citrix Synergy, the premier digital work conference taking place in Atlanta this week. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Citrix to Launch Workspace for Google Cloud : The race to the cloud is on and it’s about to pick up speed. Citrix Systems, Inc. ®(NASDAQ:CTXS) today announced plans to extend Citrix® Workspace™ to Google Cloud, expanding the flexibility and choice companies have in transitioning to the cloud by enabling them to quickly and efficiently deliver apps to Google devices and operating systems and create a superior digital work experience that unleashes productivity and innovation. The news came during Citrix Synergy, the premier digital work conference taking place in Atlanta this week.This move has designed to provide companies with greater flexibility and choice in enabling superior digital work experience. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Huawei announces to invest 35 million Euros in Paris OpenLab : Huawei has announced to invest 35 million Euros in its Paris OpenLab over five years. Speaking at the VivaTech Conference in Paris, Huawei Deputy Chairman Ken Hu has said the investment showed confidence that France has been on the way to become a global innovation hub. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

China overtakes US in fast growing smart speaker market : Smart speaker market share data from Canalys shows China reached 10.6 million units by growing nearly 500% year-on-year in Q1 2019. Driven by festive promotions, smart speaker sell-in shipments in China bucked the global seasonality trend by growing 23% sequentially. This made China the largest smart speaker market, overtaking the US where 5.0 million smart speaker units were shipped during the quarter. The global smart speaker market has reached 20.7 million units, returning to triple digit growth of 131%. China alone takes up 51% of global smart speaker shipments, with US dropping to 24% in Q1 2019 from 44% of Q4 2018. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Dell Technologies Expands Data Protection and Management Capabilities : Dell Technologies announces new additions to their data protection portfolio that affect the organization’s data capital. With the all new PowerProtect Software Platform along with the PowerProtech X400 multi-dimensional appliance to deliver the next generation data management and data protection solutions to help customers modernize their ever-changing IT environments. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

iValue Gets $18Mn Investment from Creador : Sundara (Mauritius) Limited, an affiliate of Creador has invested $18Mn for a significant minority stake in iValue InfoSolutions Private Limited (iValue). Creador is excited to partner with iValue and support its ambitious growth plans and Creador will support iValue's continued expansion,both organically and through add-on acquisitions. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

NEC joins hand with CSC e-Governance Services to deliver innovative digital services for rural areas in India : NEC Technologies India (NECTI) and CSC e-Governance Services India (CSC SPV), has announced a strategic alliance to jointly develop and deliver new digital services to approximately 900 million citizens living in rural areas of India. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

EdiMax launches Edigreen Air Quality Detector : The Edimax - Edigreen Air Quality Detector is a Smart Air Quality Detector with PM2.5, temperature and Humidity Sensors. It comes with the Modular PM2.5 Sensor Design and is equipped with accurate monitoring of PM2.5, temperature and humidity that allows knowing the air users breathe. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Tenda brings in O2, the Outdoor CPE in India : Tenda has launched the Tenda O2, an Outdoor CPE in India. It has been launched with an affordable price tag offering value for money specifications. The O2 300Mbps 5GHz Long Range Outdoor CPE is designed to WISP CPE solutions and offers long distance wireless network solutions for video surveillance and data transmission.O2 CPE adopts of independent power amplifier and 12dBi directional antenna to provide an efficient way to pick up and maintain a stable signal for a wireless network up to 2km, priced at 6,000 INR. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Xiaomi  has announced a refresh to the bestselling  Redmi Note 7  lineup with the 48MP camera powered Redmi Note 7S. Besides capable Kryo processing thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 AIE, Redmi Note 7S brings a powerful 48MP camera for everyone after planned volumes of Redmi Note 7 sold out sooner than anticipated. Anuj Sharma, Chief Marketing Officer, Xiaomi India , says, “Xiaomi India has achieved major success in the Indian smartphone industry, and one of the key contributing factors is our Redmi Note series which is known to offer the best of innovative features with great quality at truly honest pricing. Our newly launched Redmi Note 7S continues this strong legacy with a powerful 48MP camera, offering our Mi Fans the opportunity to capture and enjoy excellent images in addition to its array of amazing features.” India’s favourite smartphone series, the Redmi Note series, saw a revamp earlier this year with the launch of the Redmi Note 7 series. With th...

Does AI Understand the EQ Over IQ? : The capability of expressing and understanding emotions is the only thing which separates us humans from machines. What if a machine becomes intelligent enough to match the level? Does it give you a frisson of terror? I am sure it does. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Piyush kumar, V. P Engineering, CRM Group, Capillary Technologies : Capillary running 400 brands, 300 million consumers and 35,000 stores running on AWS platform: Piyush kumar, V. P Engineering, CRM Group, Capillary Technologies VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Capillary is running 400 brands,300 million consumers and 35,000 stores running on AWS platform : Capillary Technologies is a software product company (ISV), provides cloud-based Omnichannel Customer Engagement, eCommerce platform and related services for retailers and brands. Since 2008, Capillary has been at the forefront of the constant evolution in consumer experiences. We have started as a product company where the first product was the loyalty product, which was built on cloud, Now Capillary has grown with an employee strength of 800 plus people, customers present in 30 plus countries, majorly in Asia. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

World Telecommunication Day  observes serious need for standardisation to accelerate the digital transformation journey of India.  Sumeet Walia, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Tata Communications  says, bridging the standardisation gap’, as the theme for World Telecommunication Day, creates an increased awareness on the importance of international standardisation. The priority for any business today is digitisation and we have certainly seen a transformation taking place in the country. However, the harsh reality is that the sector remains vulnerable in adopting new technologies and a quick response mechanism to address customer needs. A lack of standardisation and a clear road map of the digital journey continue to be the primary roadblocks for every enterprise. The investments in implementation to managing and upgrading key technologies like  Internet of Things (IoT) ,  Artificial Intelligence  and the roll out of 5G can dramatically come...

Amazon sells toilet seat covers with Hindu gods images : Once again Amazon has been caught in a controversy, this time over selling toilet seat covers and other items with images of Hindu gods on its marketplace platform. Seems the artificial intelligence (AI) is not performing in the portal. Expert says, as a technology company they should know what to sell and how to sell. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

CtrlS sees for doubling it's Data Center capacity in India : A recent report by Cushman and Wakefield has indicated that India will be a $4.5 billion data center market by 2018 and will reach $7 billion by 2020, The market growth is driven by a number of factors including a rise in digital data traffic, public cloud services, and a higher expected growth for IoT enabled devices. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

AWS India announces Winners of the 2019 : Amazon Web Services Partner Network (APN) India Partner award winners were announced, who has played the key role in helping customers drive innovation and build solutions on AWS Cloud.Recognizes five India APN partners as leaders in helping AWS customers drive innovation.AWS offers over 165 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and application development, deployment, and management from 65 Availability Zones (AZs) within 21 geographic regions, spanning the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Sweden, and the UK. Millions of customers including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies-trust AWS to pow...

Atos delivers world's highest-performing quantum simulator : Atos, leader in digital transformation, announced it has delivered its Atos Quantum Learning Machine, the world's highest-performing commercially available quantum simulator, to French multinational energy company Total. As part of an ambitious cross-functional research project, the Total group intends to use the Atos QLM to support all of its businesses. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Avalara ropes in Manjula Muthukrishnan as MD, India : Avalara has announced the appointment of Manjula Muthukrishnan as managing director of Avalara Technologies’s Indian subsidiary. Based in Pune, Muthukrishnan will oversee strategic operations across India with a special focus on strengthening the company’s end-to-end tax automation offerings to enable customers to navigate the complexities of the local Goods and Services Tax. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Tenable introduces Nessus Essentials - a vulnerability assessment solution : Tenable has announced Nessus Essentials, an enhanced free version of its market-defining vulnerability assessment solution (formerly Nessus Home). Nessus Essentials is designed to be used by students, professors and people who are starting their cybersecurity careers, helping the next generation to quickly and easily master vulnerability assessment and hone their skills. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Big data  is changing the way businesses compete and operate. As the technology is getting into much deeper side, it’s possible to analyze your data and get answers from it almost immediately – an effort that’s slower and less efficient with more traditional business intelligence solutions. Business has always wanted to derive insights from information in order to make better, smarter, real time, factbased decisions: it is this demand for depth of knowledge that has fueled the growth of big data tools and platforms. Those leading the change are now including big data from both within and outside the enterprise, including structured and unstructured data, machine data, and online and mobile data to supplement their organizational data and provide the basis for historical and forward-looking (statistical and predictive) views. More digitization brings more risk. Now many company is trying on how to control for minimizing the data usage. Seems it is not possib...

OnePlus brings in OnePlus 7 series, its latest premium flagship devices : OnePlus has announced its latest premium flagship devices - the OnePlus 7 series, redefining fast and smooth with the latest technology which pushes the boundaries of the smartphone experience. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Huawei faces hurdles as US declares national security risk : With the executive order signed by US President Donald Trump for barring U.S. companies from using telecom equipment made by firms posing a national security risk, paving the way for a ban on doing business with China’s Huawei. Huawei Technologies is facing two major U.S. hurdles - from two developments - that have the potential to block its business growth globally. The United States has been actively pushing other countries not to use Huawei’s equipment in next-generation 5G networks that it calls “untrustworthy.” VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Techniques : FRANCISCO — San Francisco, long at the heart of the technology revolution, took a stand against potential abuse on Tuesday by banning the use of facial recognition software by the police and other agencies. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Lessons Learned from the latest WhatsApp hack : We were once again reminded that mobile devices, the one thing most of us never leave home without, are vulnerable to attacks. And once again, private individuals were attacked. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Keep Calm and Update Whatsapp : WHAT HAS HAPPENED, and WHY IS IT A BIG DEAL?   NSO group, a secretive Israeli company has been marketing a vulnerability called a ‘Zero Click Zero Day’ vulnerability in Whatsapp for about a year to surveillance agencies and governments. This type of vulnerability is one where the maker of the app itself, in this case, Whatsapp itself was not aware that a vulnerability existed, and so a Zero Day. ‘Zero Click’ because the targeted user does not need to click on anything, or open anything, it happens silently in the background. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Amazon Web Services Continues Expansion in India : Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), announces with the expansion of services with the third Availability Zone in the AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region to support the rapid growth of the AWS customer base in India. The new Availability Zone provides customers with more choice, flexibility, reduced latency, the ability to replicate workloads across more Availability Zones, and even higher reliability. This launch continues AWS’s expansion of Availability Zones in India to match increasing customer demand, and comes three months after AWS announced the launch of additional Amazon CloudFront and AWS Direct Connect locations in the country. Currently, AWS provides 65 Availability Zones across 21 geographic regions globally with another 12 Availability Zones across four regions coming online in Bahrain, Indonesia, Italy, and South Africa. For more information on AWS’s global infrastructure, go to aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure. ...

Vodafone Idea selects HPE Solutions to manage its OSS platform for SNOC : Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced of its selection by Vodafone Idea to partner for its next generation operations support systems (OSS) platform for Vodafone’s Service & Network Operations Center (SNOC). VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Vodafone Idea is down with Rs 4881.9 Crore In Q4 : Vodafone Idea, India’s largest telecom operator posted a consolidated loss of Rs 4,881.9 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, in a tuff price tariff war to survive in India’s mobility market, which is very competitive with the emergence of Jio. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

HP inks agreement with Siemens to boost their additive manufacturing alliance : HP and Siemens have announced an expansion of their strategic alliance to help customers transform their businesses with industrial additive manufacturing (AM). Siemens and HP will expand their integrated additive manufacturing solution, incorporating new systems and software innovations including overall product lifecycle management (PLM), AM factory optimization, industrial 3D printing and data intelligence, manufacturing execution, and performance analytics. The integration of HP’s new Jet Fusion 5200 Series 3D printing solution with Siemens’ Digital Enterprise offerings enables industrial companies to bring 3D printed parts to market faster, more cost-effectively, more sustainably, and at higher volumes than ever before.The companies announced the expanded alliance at an event to celebrate the addition of a new Polymer Competency Center to the Siemens Additive Manufacturing Experience Center (AMEC) in E...

Citrix Systems to host Citrix Synergy 2019 to deliver the future of work : Citrix Systems is going to organize Citrix Synergy 2019, the premier digital work conference, to experience and learn how they can deliver it. The event will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center May 21-23. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Dell Technologies introduces a host of solutions for IT landscape : At Dell Technologies World 2019, Dell Technologies has revealed new, modern infrastructure solutions for the IT landscape, from the edge to core data centers to public and private clouds. These latest technologies can deliver the foundation customers need to create, process, transport, store, protect and consume data – wherever it lives. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Symantec, CEO has step down as company shares drops to 14% : Greg Clark, ceo, Symantec has step downed on Thursday and the shares price had went down more than 15% share has went down, he will be replaced by director Richard Hill on an interim basis. Hill was formerly CEO of semiconductor maker Novellus Systems, giving him experience in enterprise sales, an area where Symantec has faltered. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Nutanix Expands MultiCloud Solution Portfolio : Nutanix, Inc. a leader in enterprise cloud computing, today announced on its offerings across private and public clouds, further making multicloud computing a reality for its customers with its Xi Frame desktop-as-a-service solution from the public cloud to the private cloud, enabling the delivery of apps and desktops in a true hybrid cloud environment. In addition, the company is announcing new functionality and additional planned availability zones for its cloud-based disaster recovery (DR) service, Xi Leap. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

On-line shopping is most dangerous : A report unveils that hackers are standing right behind as you shop online in India. As per the report by John Shier, Senior Security Advisor, Sophos , organisations are struggling with phishing and other user-focused attacks in India. He explains how the company’s ransomware protection solutions, including Sophos Intercept X, can help you defend your organization without going through a steep learning curve. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Cashback in Paytm Mall raises eyebrow by the investors : The design of paytm mall has orchestrated in a such a way ,it could be easily handled by the junior to the mid-level with a third-party vendors by creating fake orders, where it has involved a certain set of vendors and customer profiles, to turn around the cashback offers.For this one has to better understand on how to play with the cash. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Alibaba observes its 15th Ali Day : Alibaba has celebrated Ali Day, an annual event honoring the tenacity and fighting spirit of their colleagues and their families during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome crisis in China 16 years ago. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Patanjali buys Ruchi Soya for Rs.4,350 cr. : Patanjali buys Ruchi Soya for Rs.4,350 cr. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Samsung launches #India Ready Action' digital campaign : Samsung has launched a nationwide digital campaign called ‘India ReadyAction’ for empowering Gen Z and millennials in India, by capturing and sharing videos of Real India through their smartphones. Under the month-long campaign, participants are required to capture and share 60-second videos of their vision of ‘Real India’ that will break any stereotypes that may exist about the country in the world. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma rejoins the U.N.’s panel of SDG Advocates : UN Secretary-General António Guterres has reappointed Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma to the U.N.’s panel of Sustainable Development Goals Advocates. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Google : What India Searches Online ... ??? : Did you know - Dating related searches in India are growing much faster than matrimony queries or that there has been a 75% increase in ‘Near Me’ queries and a 100% growth in queries for co-working spaces. These are some of the insights from Google’s annual Year in Search: Insights for Brands Report that was released today. The report is a deep dive into what Indian users are searching for online and the opportunities these trends can unlock for brands. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Sanjay D. Nath, Managing Partner - Blume Ventures : 'B2B is a greater portion of focus for our investments': Sanjay D. Nath, Managing Partner - Blume Ventures VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

We are seeing a strong growth in the multi cloud strategy : Speaking on the data center Infrastructure transformation concerns, Chris Kelly, Vice President - Infrastructure Solutions Group (Asia Pacific) - DELL TECHNOLOGIES says, “We are helping our customers and partners to develop a competitive advantage through the use of IT and moving forward with this panacea of the flexible, scalable architecture also giving them open architecture with industry standard choice.” VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

At Build 2019 Microsoft Announces : Windows 10 Set to Get Full Linux Kernel - The First Step towards Opensource Community ...!!! : Microsoft planned to Expand its openness towards the open-source community and attract non-Windows developers,and announced that it is set to bring a custom-built Linux kernel within Windows 10. The new change is planned to take place this summer and will be limited to Windows Insiders builds at the initial stage. This marks the first time that the Linux kernel will be included as a component in Windows. At the ongoing Build 2019 developer conference in Seattle, the Redmond company is showcasing the second-generation Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) that will debut next month. The in-house Linux kernel will empower WSL 2 to include features such as Docker container support and enable cgroups. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Singapore parliament passes latest controversial fake news bill …!!! : Singapore's parliament has become the latest to pass the controversial fake news bill, hoping to curb the spread of fake news. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Google Home Hub coming to India soon : As Nest Hub with Smart Assistant : At Google I/O 2019, the Google has announced that the  Google Home Hub smart assistant with a display and is now calling it Nest Hub, will be launched in India along with 11 other countries in English language only. The Google Home Hub smart display was launched last year in April during the launch of the Pixel 3 range of phones. The Nest Hub will cost $129 in the US but there is no official word as far as India pricing is concerned. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Huawei CFO to seek extradition stay citing, Trump comments : Huawei's chief financial officer (CFO) Meng Wanzhou, 47, the daughter of Huawei Technologies's billionaire founder, Ren Zhengfei, intends to seek a stay of extradition proceedings in part based on statements by President Donald Trump about the case, which her lawyers say disqualifies the United States from pursuing the matter in Canada. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Ajeya Motaganahalli, Leader-NetApp Excellerator, Senior Director Engineering Programs - NetApp : NetApp Excellerator program aims to foster Innovation in the Startup ecosystem: Ajeya Motaganahalli, Leader-NetApp Excellerator, Senior Director Engineering Programs - NetApp VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Pari Natarajan, CEO - Zinnov : Zinnov helps Startups to find right accelerator and help to work with corporate to make their technology robust: Pari Natarajan, CEO - Zinnov VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Amazon Announces Alexa Skills Blueprints program in India : Create and Share Your Personal skills for Alexa : Amazon has announced to lunch Alexa Skills Blueprints program in India, where it will allow users to create and share their custom skills for Alexa. Using the Alexa Skill Blueprints, users can use over 30 templates to create their own Alexa skill within minutes and get these published on Amazon. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

SETU announces open source Initiative D91 labs : For coders & designers building Fintech apps : SETU, a FINTECH based software production unity has launched D91 labs, an well equipped learning platform both for developers and designers – an open source initiative  by the company to understand and enhance the financial lives of Bharat that embrace financial inclusion at the grass root level. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Google's next-generation Assistant : Becoming 10 Times Faster, Duplex for Web, and More I/O Announcements : Google Assistant has enhanced its core technology to get consolidated up to the lives of its users, becoming 10 Times Faster, Duplex for Web and more. Google on Tuesday offered a preview of several upcoming Google Assistant features that will gradually make their way to Google Assistant-powered devices over the coming weeks and months. The company showcased the next-generation Google Assistant, Assistant driving mode, Assistant support in Waze, a more personal Assistant, and more. Additionally, Google also revealed that it is bringing Assistant's Duplex feature to the Web, thereby helping users complete even more mundane tasks online. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Ratan Tata invests in Ola Electric Mobility : Ola Electric Mobility (Ola Electric) announced that Ratan Tata,the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, has invested in the company as part of its Series A round of funding. This investment is in Ratan Tata’s personal capacity in the newly formed Electric Mobility company. Tata is also an early investor in ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd, Ola's parent company. Tata's investment in Ola Electric is a significant endorsement of the company's approach to developing an electric mobility ecosystem, including innovations in charging infrastructure, swapping models, and market-appropriate products. Ola Electric is currently running several pilots involving charging solutions, battery swapping stations, and deploying vehicles across two, three and four-wheeler segments. Investment details are still under wraps. It will aid the company’s ambitious to make electric mobility viable at scale. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Mozilla releasing fix for Firefox extensions bug : Mozilla has started releasing a fix for a bug that prevented existing and new add-ons from running or being installed on the Firefox browser late on Friday. “The fix will be automatically applied in the background within the next few hours. No active steps need to be taken to make add-ons work again,” the company said. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Again Sri Lanka blocks Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media platforms : Again Sri Lanka on Monday temporarily blocked Facebook, WhatsApp and some social media platforms as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of false information a day after clashes broke out between ethnic Sinhalese group and minority Muslims. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Microsoft’s Azure Speech Services Can Transcribe Multi-User Conversations in Real Time, Without Using Additional Hardware : As a part of the Azure Speech Services, an advanced speech-to-text offering called Conversation Transaction Service is announced by Microsoft at its annual Build developer conference on Monday.The new service is designed to not only recognise the voice but also correctly identify the speakers and transcribe their conversations in real time. Last year, Microsoft notably introduced a device prototype that had an array of microphones to identify attendees in meetings and enable real-time transcriptions. That hardware will be available as a reference through a Developer Device Kit. However, the new offering is touted to enable transcriptions in meetings without the use of any specific hardware. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

GoPro YouTube Channel speeds up to two billion views : GoPro has shared that its YouTube channel has surpassed two billion views, and the YouTube community has spent more than four billion minutes - or 7.8 thousand years - watching the content GoPro has shared. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Another type of Cyber Crime : Fraudsters Cheat Ambuja cement buyers using fake website : Another incident happend in Mumbai on Monday, for Ambuja Cements customers where fraudsters received orders for cement on the website ambujacement.ind.in, which is not used by the company. Soon after Ambuja Cements  has filed a complaint against the fake website created by fraudsters, which was being used to misappropriate funds from customers of the cement company by directing them to a benami bank account. Victims of the fraud lodged a complaint with the MIDC police station in Mumbai on Monday. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

In define newer opportunity,  Facebook  is trying the luck in it’s  marketplace ,  where the users in America can now pay for their purchases directly on the platform and then get their goods shipped to anywhere in the country. "People will soon be able to ship Marketplace items anywhere in the continental US and pay for their purchases directly on Facebook. For sellers this means reaching more buyers and getting paid securely, and for buyers this means shopping more items - near or far. Currently, Marketplace has a local classified focus, but the new payment and shipping option brings the service into competition with  Amazon  and  eBay marketplace . Buyers can browse the service and then make an offer and specify whether they want the item shipped. The seller has 24 hours to accept. If they do, the buyer can pay with their card or  PayPal  details stored with Facebook and get the item delivered. With a vast customer bas...