VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SAP has launched Project Avsar - an initiative targeted at developing vocational SAP skills and placement assistance for the underprivileged youth. Project Avsar is a SAP vocational training program that will combine a class room and practical / fieldwork based approach to introduce the selected candidates to the business functions of a company and eventually provide them the necessary IT skill-sets to manage business processes using SAP software. Project Avsar is based on the premise that a short term, practical, skill-oriented vocational training program will provide a strong career foundation and open up several employment opportunities for the underprivileged youth to succeed in the digital era. It provides a basic course to introduce Enterprise Resource Planning - training on SAP Business One solution, covering relevant business processes, workflow navigation, data-entry and usage of management reports. The courses will be conducted a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Samsung has extended its 3D Video-On-Demand (VOD) service to India. The 3D content will include movie trailers, music videos, children's classics, as well as lifestyle videos and documentaries. The service will feature 3D movie trailers from How to train Your Dragon, Shrek4, Megamind and Kung Fu Panda 2 as well as music videos from popular bands - Girls Generation, Super Junior and BoA. Raj Kumar Rishi, VP - AV Business, Samsung India, said, "Samsung has explored a number of ways to allow consumers to enjoy 3D content at the touch of a button. This is why we have launched the 3D VOD service. In order to better meet the needs of our discerning consumers, we will continue to expand content provided through 3D VOD service. This serves to reinforce our commitment to our consumers, and by raising the bar, strengthens our global leadership in TV technology and competitiveness." Samsung's Free 3D VOD service is available on all 2...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE VIA Technologies has announced a dual core version of the low-power VIA VB8004 Mini-ITX board. Coupling the 1.6GHz VIA Nano X2 E-series processor with the VIA VX900 media system processor, the VIA VB8004 provides a high-performance and highly scalable solution for advanced digital signage and gaming systems. The VIA VB8004 Mini-ITX mainboard can be easily upgraded to support four displays using an additional VIA S3 5400E graphics module, providing developers the widest possible variety of multi-display configurations, including HDMI, LVDS and DVI technologies. "The VIA Nano X2 E-Series doubles the computing power of the VIA VB8004," said Epan Wu, Head of the VIA Embedded Platform Division, VIA Technologies, Inc. "As a result, it provides an even more scalable solution for digital signage applications." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has joined the GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association which drives the development and adoption of an open In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform. This will support vehicle infotainment applications such as music, news and multimedia, navigation and location services, telephony, internet services and more. "Mahindra Satyam's global business and information technology services expertise will be a welcome addition to GENIVI and will help us with our mission of delivering an open platform for the non-competitive portions of the IVI software," said Graham Smethurst, President, GENIVI. With this, Mahindra Satyam will adopt an open source In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform and drive development of globally competitive infotainment solutions. Mahindra Satyam will leverage GENIVI specifications and implementation guidelines to develop Infotainment solutions to...