VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

As part of enabling Brazil’s digital agenda, Ericsson has announced that it would support Brazil in the realization of its digital agenda. Ericsson together with America Movil will bring the first 5G test system to Brazil during 2016. Hans Vestberg, President & CEO, Ericsson, said, “ICT can support the transformation of virtually all sectors of society as well as all industries. I am convinced the next generation of mobile broadband and the Internet of Things, enabled by 5G, will further accelerate the opportunities to advance in areas such as health care, education, energy services and agriculture, and within new industry applications.” Read more

ZipDial has become the first Indian technology product startup to be brought by Twitter.  This is the third such deal led by a global corporation following the acquisitions by Facebook and Yahoo last year. announced in an official tweet  on Tuesday  morning is expected to cost Twitter $34-35 million. The Bengaluru based startup, co-founded by Valerie Wagoner has built a thriving business round the “missed call”. This feature is expected to help Twitter reach people who will come online for the first time in countries such as Brazil, India and Indonesia, mostly using a mobile device. Twitter’s purchase has spurred anticipation in India’s exit-starved technology product sector. According to a study by iSpirt and investment bank Signal Hill, India recorded just 141 deals, compared with 4,728 in the US during 2010 and 2013.   See more

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Mahindra Satyam  has announced acquisition of a majority stake in Complex IT , one of the largest SAP consulting providers in Brazil. This acquisition will focus on developing solutions for the rapidly-expanding Enterprise Solutions market within Brazil. Mahindra Satyam and Complex IT will be going to market with proprietary solutions for large manufacturing, financial and consumer services companies in the market. This initiative marks another important milestone in offering Mahindra Satyam’s customers a global delivery capability in Latin America. “This combination of Complex IT and Mahindra Satyam strengthens our commitment to the Brazilian market, which is one of the fastest-growing Enterprise solutions markets. We look forward to expanding our market presence and offer global delivery capabilities to our customers,” said  Arvind Malhotra, Global Head, Latin America & Strategic Accounts, Mahindra Satyam. ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS) has launched its new South America (Sao Paulo) Region, the eighth geographic Region worldwide in which the company has deployed its global cloud computing platform. South American-based businesses and global companies with customers in South America can now leverage the AWS suite of infrastructure web services to build their businesses and run their applications in the cloud. The newly launched South America (Sao Paulo) Region is believed to be the first Region in South America for AWS, and is now available for any business or software developer to sign up. Over the past years, AWS has changed the way that businesses think about technology infrastructure--incur no up-front expenses or long-term commitments, turn capital expense into variable operating expense, scale seamlessly by adding or shedding resources as quickly as you wish, free up scarce engineering resources from the undifferentiated heavy lifting of ru...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Micromax Informatics Limited has spread its footprint in Brazil. The company is all set to take on its Brazilian competitors with initial investments of around BRL 20 million. Present in many countries across the globe, the Indian mobile manufacturer brings models targeting the youth, focusing on key features such as dual SIM, multimedia and 12 days marathon battery products. Micromax has planned to roll 3 models in Brazil which are to be available at major retails stores across the North-East markets of the country. The products will be distributed by CIMEL and will be available in the Northeast markets. Four new models are to arrive in the next few months as the company spreads its business in the Brazilian territory. Pratik Seal, Head Marketing, Micromax Informatics Limited said, "We aim to sell around 1 million units in the first 12 months of our commencement of business in Brazil, with our goal being to establish ourselves as a to...