VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

“The collaboration we have with our vendors, helps us deliver quality performance”:  In a chat with VARINDIA,   ABHISHEK RUNGTA, PROPRIETOR, COMPUTEK   discusses about the business model and the growth opportunities, differentiating factors from competitors, challenges faced post COVID and much more   Please give us a little brief about yourself and the company . Computek  started on a modest scale when the IT sector was evolving in Hyderabad. Today, the city has become ‘Cyberabad’- a hub for major hardware and software solutions. We have been associated with Lenovo for more than 12 years now. Started our journey with retail and today we provide complete end to end customized services & solutions. In order to cater to the growing needs of several prestigious enterprises in the city, the company has expanded the scale and agility of its business. As a leading service provider in this sector, we have been instrumental in the digital transformation of our clien...

Converging networking and security breaks down silos and encourages collaboration across the network:  The convergence of security and networking offers significant opportunities for partners to meet their customers’ demands for performance and protection.   RAJESH MAURYA, Regional Vice President, India & SAARC, Fortinet   in an interview with   VAR India   explains why partners should embrace security-driven networking.   How can partner secure customers networks that are fragmented and now include new unique edges? Establishing a flexible and adaptive network that connects in-person and remote workers is challenging. Similarly, managing security in a continuously evolving threat landscape becomes increasingly difficult, especially for organizations using legacy solutions and strategies.   Partners can help their customers address these issues by working with them to implement a security-driven networking strategy. Converging networking and securi...

Pegasus become a global headache targets thousands of people around the world :  Pegasus   is a spying software developed by   Israel's NSO . Reports claim that phones of over 40 Indian journalists were hacked. The Chairperson of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology,   Dr. Shashi Tharoor   has demanded an independent probe into the matter.   It is becoming clear that perhaps there is a need for an independent enquiry headed by a Supreme Court judge who would have the power not just to summon witnesses, but also to weigh the evidence in a judicial manner. The spyware is developed by the Israeli firm NSO Group and it can remotely track and perform complete data extraction without leaving any traces.   Any illegal malware, hacking of mobile and digital data of any individual is an infringement of an individual's privacy, which is guaranteed by the Constitution. It is under challenge and it is the duty of the government to order a...

No pressure from my family for marriage: Tanishaa:  Actress   Tanishaa Mukerji   has spoken about how her family reacts to her being unmarried at 43 years old. She said, there is no pressure from them on her family family for marriage.   "My family is amazing...I'm very blessed and I have an amazing life," she added. Earlier, she revealed that she froze her eggs at 39.   Tanishaa Mukerji is the daughter of veteran actor Tanuja and the younger sister of actor Kajol. Her father was late Bollywood filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee.   In a recent interview with a leading daily, Tanishaa spoke about getting her eggs frozen at 39. "At that time, when I went to my doctor (who finally froze my eggs now)… it is funny but she stopped me from doing so at that time.   While she told me it takes a toll on your body, she advised I should do it when I have no hope of conceiving a baby. It’s a personal choice. And today, it is perfectly ok to not have children. Adopt, there’s...

Raj Kundra arrested in pornography case:  In an adult film racket businessman   Raj Kundra   has been arrested. Raj Kundra is the husband of actor and businesswoman   Shilpa Shetty , was arrested by the   Mumbai Police   on Monday in connection with an adult film racket.   There were two aspects of the police probe. One was nabbing those who produced the porn shows and the other focused on those who broadcast the clips.   Sources said, Kundra had applied for anticipatory bail last month in connection with another case registered by the Maharashtra Cyber police last year.   On 4th February, the Mumbai police said they had arrested five people for allegedly forcing women into porn movies. They would promise these aspiring actresses, who came to Mumbai from various parts of the country, roles in web series. As reported by Indian Express.   However, on the day of the shoot, they would change the script and threaten the women to expose themse...

Zoom acquires intelligent cloud contact centre Five9 for $14.7bn:  Zoom Video Communications   has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire   Five9 , a leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact centre, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $14.7 billion in an all-stock deal, which is its first major acquisition.   The acquisition is set to help enhance Zoom’s presence with enterprise customers and allow it to accelerate its long-term growth opportunity by adding the $24 billion contact centre market.   Zoom says that combining Five9’s Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) solution with Zoom’s communications platform will transform how businesses connect with their customers, building the customer engagement platform of the future.   Five9 is a pioneer of cloud-based contact centre software and delivers a comprehensive suite of easy-to-use applications that allows management and optimisation of customer interactions across many diff...

Will provide food at 40% discount with only Rs 3,000 cr loss' says, Harsh Goenka:  RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka   took a swipe on the success of food ordering and delivery company Zomato's IPO, saying he is looking to start an app like   Zomato   or its competitor   Swiggy , and will provide food at 40% discount with a loss of "only" Rs 3,000 crore.   He further said on his Twitter handle if you think the loss is less, I will give a 60% discount. I will then list it at Rs 1 lakh cr." It Seems there is a great amount of fun in the loss making business.   Talking about the recent IPO of Zomato, in terms of financials, Zomato is a loss-making company. It incurred a loss of Rs 816.42 crore in fiscal 2021, Rs 2,385.60 crore in fiscal 2020, and Rs 1,010.51 crore in fiscal 2019.   Earlier on July 16, Zomato's IPO was subscribed 38.25 times on the final day of the bidding. The offer received bids for 2,751.25 equity shares against IPO size of 71....

Japan sets a world record with fastest internet speed set at 319 Tbps:  Innovations are the core of Japanese and the innovations have changed the world.   A New technology developed by  Japanese engineers  has broken all the record of data transmission speed of 319 terabits per second, the long-haul transfer of data took place over 3,001 kilometres (1,864 miles) long.   They used a combination of rare earth minerals, a new kind of  fiber optic cable , and a laser system. It's almost twice the 178 Tbps record set in 2020 by UCL engineers.   This speed is almost double of the last fastest recorded internet speed which is 178 Tbps, held by researchers from the  University College of London . In addition to this, researchers have also produced 957 petabits per second x kilometre, setting a world record for optical fibers.   That achievement used a coupled three-core optical fiber, a technology that channels data along three optical fiber tubes ra...