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GSMA Favoring Chinese Phone Makes and Setting Aside Indian OEMS including Micromax, Lava & Vivo : Chinese OEMs have been dominating the Indian smartphone market ever since telecom providers started ramping up 4G service in the country.Companies such as Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Honor are amongst the top phone manufacturers in the country, and that trend doesn't appear to be changing anytime soon as well as India is also home to several smaller smartphone manufacturers such as Micromax, Lava, Maxx, and Karbonn. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

SUSE : Industry’s Largest Independent Open Source Company : With the creation of the largest independent open source company, portfolio expansion and successful execution in the marketplace, as a standalone business SUSE is now even better positioned to focus on the needs of customers and partners as a leading provider of enterprise-grade, open source software-defined infrastructure and application delivery solutions that enable customer workloads anywhere – on premise, hybrid and multi-cloud - with exceptional service, value and flexibility. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Infor Rebrands GT Nexus Digital Network as Infor Nexus : Infor, leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, announced that it is rebranding its GT Nexus supply chain network as Infor Nexus, as it digitally reinvents the way supply chains execute and use data and intelligence to be more customer-centric. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

A Mumbai boy Lands Rs 1.2 Crore Job At Google By online programming challenge : The Mumbai Boy named Abdullah Khan, a 21-year-old engineering student in Mumbai who took an online contest to kill time and ended up with a whopping Rs 1.2 crore package at Google's London office. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

PFC completes takeover of REC : Power Finance Corporation (PFC) said, it has completed the buyout of fellow PSU Rural Electrification Corporation (REC). The next step is to enable synergies and eventually merge the two, according to top company officials. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

PFC completes takeover of REC : Power Finance Corporation (PFC) said, it has completed the buyout of fellow PSU Rural Electrification Corporation (REC). The next step is to enable synergies and eventually merge the two, according to top company officials. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

What is Mission Shakti : India is the fourth country with an anti-satellite weapon : Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an announcement in a television address to the nation, On Wednesday, 27 March 2019, by saying India would only be the fourth country to have used such an anti-satellite weapon after the United States, Russia, and China. 'Some time ago, our scientists, shot down a live satellite 300 km away in space, in low-earth orbit,' Modi said, calling it a historic feat for the country. 'India has made an unprecedented achievement today. India registered its name as a space power.' VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

ON Semiconductor To Acquire Quantenna Communications : In a bid to enables entry into automotive and industrial low-power connectivity market with combined strengths of the two companies,with the combination of ON Semiconductor’s expertise in power management & Bluetooth technologies with Quantenna’s Wi-Fi & software capabilities. ON Semiconductor Corporation and Quantenna Communications announced , by entered into a definitive agreement for ON Semiconductor to acquire Quantenna for $24.50 per share in an all cash transaction. The acquisition consideration represents equity value of approximately $1.07 billion and enterprise value of approximately $936 million, after accounting for Quantenna’s net cash of approximately $136 million at the end of fourth quarter of 2018. The acquisition significantly enhances ON Semiconductor’s connectivity portfolio with the addition of Quantenna’s industry leading Wi-Fi technology and software capabilities. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT

Adobe and Drift Unveil Industry-First Conversational Account-Based Experience for Marketo Engage : Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Drift, the leading conversational marketing platform, today announced Conversational ABM™ for Marketo Engage, a first-ever conversational capability for account-based experiences (ABX) - a new way to identify, understand and engage B2B customer buying teams. Conversational ABM™ for Marketo Engage will be available to customers of Marketo Engage, part of Adobe Experience Cloud, enabling marketers to personalize every website visit from a target account with a personalized conversation in real-time. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Reliance to build India's own Alexa : It is really a good news for the companies into serious digital medium of advertising, Reliance Jio is acquiring chatbot maker, Haptik for over INR 200 Cr, to build its own conversational platform on the lines of Amazon’s Alexa and the transaction is expected to be completed this week. VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE