VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Zinnov has released its latest study titled 'Indian SMB ICT Adoption Insights' highlighting the current state of IT adoption in the SMB segment in India, and predicting the likely trends going forward. The study provides a detailed analysis of the different opportunities, challenges and scope related to IT spending and technology adoption in the sector that may result in SMBs contributing to over one third of the total domestic IT spend by2015. The study reveals that today five lakh SMBs in India have websites and two million SMBs are accessing the Internet. Increased adoption of PCs by SMBs is also another significant factor that will fuel the growth of this sector. Four million SMBs in the country are using PCs which is expected to grow at thirty percent from 2011 to 2015, resulting in doubling the base of SMBs with PC, reveals Zinnov. Further splitting the SMB market in India, the study finds that Retail is the single largest vert...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE A survey has been conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) which revealed that nearly 30 per cent of Indian urban youth have believed to deactivate or deleted their accounts and profiles from these websites and it is no longer a craze among them. DS Rawat, Secretary General, ASSOCHAM shared, "Tech overload is apparent among youth and their fixation with social media seems to be eroding as they have started focusing on more important things than grooming their digital identities." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has announced that three of India's top universities focusing on IT education - the Anna University, Chennai, Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai and the RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata are conducting training on IBM System Mainframe as part of their curriculum. The program is believed to equip the next generation of Mainframe experts. Sreenath Chary, VP, Mainframe Platform, India South Asia, IBM said, "With a growing need for enterprise computing and Mainframes, the timing of this initiative is perfect. Our effort to take IBM System z Mainframe technology training to students has received a great response so far. With three of the top technology institutions in India adopting this as part of their curriculum, IBM is contributing to the Mainframe ecosystem with a good pipeline of top talent." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Open Group and the Interactive Technology Software and Media Association (ITSMA) have announced that they have partnered with a consortium of leading European and Indian research and technology developers to identify future areas for coordination of government funded IT research. Supported by the European Commission, the Fostering Cooperation in Computing Systems for EU and India (EU-INCOOP) project is investing over 460,000 EURO (US$630,000) to bring together leading researchers from India and Europe to identify priorities and develop a joint research roadmap that is said to increase cooperation and address future technology needs in each region. The roadmap and recommendations is claimed to be used to identify areas of common interests and foster closer links between Governments’ funded research projects in Europe and India. A Rajashree Iyer, Director, ITSMA said, "With computing technologies being an important driver behind India...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Market Xcel Data Matrix Pvt. Ltd. has announced the appointment of Rajaram Senapaty as Vice President, India. Rajaram Senapaty will play a critical role in identifying growth opportunities for Market Xcel to strengthen its position as one of India's leading market research firms as well as making the company the employer of choice for high-delivery. Vishal Oberoi (CEO), Market Xcel Data Matrix Pvt. Ltd. said, "We are delighted to welcome Rajaram Senapaty on board to accelerate the growth of the organization to a next level. This is an important and strategic appointment for Market Xcel and we believe that Senapaty will play a crucial role in providing thought leadership to business plans by monitoring business performance, and creating successful positioning strategies to deliver excellence for the firm." Rajaram said, "I am honoured to become a part of Market Xcel and its team at a time when India is one of the most rapid...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Strontium Technology has announced that it has taken 30% share of the Indian PC memory module market in year 2011 at its sales conference held in Bangkok. Ajay Kogta, India Country Manager, Strontium Technology said "We have established ourselves as a leading memory module manufacturer. Presently we are enjoying around 30 per cent market share for memory modules in India. For us achieving leadership position is to continue to have this 30 per cent market share this year and for the years to come. Our strength has been our channel and our service standard and moving forward we will give all the support we can to our channel with marketing and schemes. We will continue to engage our channel and consumers by keeping competitive and honest prices." "In 2012 we will continue our focus on NAND Flash products like microSD cards, USB drives and SSD markets which have the potential for strong growth of around 20 per cent year-on-year....