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Truecaller has announced a partnership with Intex Technologies to replace the native phone dialer with the Truecaller experience. The new Intex Aqua Young devices will now incorporate the Truecaller and Truedialer applications bringing smarter, safer and more relevant communications to Intex users. Priced at INR5,090, the handsets are already available across the country. “Over the years at Truecaller, innovation has been a key priority, and developing the best products to solve a global problem has enabled us to focus on growth and building strategic partnerships with key ecosystem owners who share our vision,” said Nami Zarringhalam, Co-Founder & Chief Strategic Officer, Truecaller. “This partnership demonstrates how innovative products and solutions can change the face of an industry, and we’re excited to work together to bring this product to .” Read more

CA Technologies has extended its identity-centric security portfolio that protects and enables the hybrid enterprise, from cloud, distributed and mobile to mainframe. A new release of CA Privileged Access Manager helps control privileged user access to dynamic VMware NSX environments. Updates to CA Identity Suite help simplify identity governance for all users, and a new product, CA Data Content Discovery, helps address compliance demands by discovering and classifying mainframe data. With these new capabilities, CA is improving how businesses protect against security breaches, while helping them to more confidently implement the digital systems and applications that power the application economy. Combining the built-in security capabilities of VMware NSX with the security capabilities of CA Privileged Access Manager helps secure system access for VMware NSX administrators and helps improve operational efficiencies... Read more

Following its separation from Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise debuts as an enterprise technology leader with $53 billion in annual revenue, a comprehensive product portfolio in the industry and a unique vision for the future of technology and its benefits for enterprise customers. To mark this milestone, Hewlett Packard Enterprise representatives including President and Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman, as well as partners and customers will come together to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, where the company will begin to trade under the ticker “HPE”. “The winners in today’s market will be those who apply the power of technology to fuel the power of ideas, and the new Hewlett Packard Enterprise is built to accelerate this journey for customers,” said Whitman. “Hewlett Packard Enterprise has the vision, financial resources and flexibility to help customers win while generating growth and long-term value for our shareholders.”... Read more...

Juniper Networks has announced advanced anti-malware with zero-day threat protection from the cloud, redesigned security management and the latest firewalls for enterprise campus and branch networks, as part of its new Juniper Networks Unite architecture. The latest security solutions include Juniper Networks Sky Advanced Threat Prevention, Junos Space Security Director and Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways to provide customers with the sophisticated threat protection, security management, automation and scale needed to defend against threats at any point in the network without hindering network performance. These advancements will deliver better visibility to the network through a simplified, intuitive management platform, as well as ensure pervasive, dynamic threat protection with intelligence from the cloud that is automatically distributed across SRX firewalls within the enterprise... Read more

AMD has introduced its most powerful line of AMD PRO A-Series mobile and desktop processors (formerly codenamed “Carrizo PRO” and “Godavari PRO”) to deliver exceptional value and performance for today’s challenging workloads. The new line of AMD PRO A-Series processors offer enhanced performance, reliability and opportunity to business users and IT decision-makers and are designed for the future with Microsoft Windows 10. With its AMD PRO mobile processors, AMD powers some of the first-to-market Windows 10-enabled commercial notebook systems for those looking to upgrade. “The innovative architecture of new AMD PRO processors delivers compelling performance to stay ahead of the evolving demands of business today. Going PRO with AMD means unmatched dependability with platform stability, processor longevity and an opportunity for richer system configurations. AMD gives its customers choice and affordability to meet specific business needs, without compromising the ability to manage a...

Motorola has launched the Moto X Play smartphone in India. The smartphone will be available exclusively in Flipkart, Motorola’s exclusive online retail partner, priced at Rs.18,499 for the 16GB variant, and Rs.19,999 for the 32GB variant. The company has also announced a galore of launch offers with its latest smartphone launch. The company has launched the dual-SIM variants of the handset in India, supporting Nano SIM cards. Featuring 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) display with a 403pppi pixel density, the smartphone runs by Android  5.1.1 Lollipop. It also features Corning Gorilla Glass protection. The smartphone is powered by a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor coupled with Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of RAM. It comes with 16GB and 32GB internal memory, which can be expanded up to 128GB externally. The highlight of the phone is its 21-mega pixel rear camera which comes with f/2.0 aperture and CCT (Colour Correlated Temperature) ... Read more

To strengthen its cloud portfolio, IBM has announced the acquisition of StrongLoop, a provider of popular application development software.The acquisition will help developers connect enterprise applications to mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) and web applications in the cloud. As data becomes increasingly critical in cloud environments, developers are using APIs to create protocols and routines that specify how one application can interact with another application. For example, developers can create new information assets by combining data and services shared by other organizations, ranging from start-ups to global enterprises, to deliver new innovation and business value. IBM intends to integrate Node.js capabilities from StrongLoop with its software portfolio, which already includes MobileFirst and WebSphere, to help clients better use enterprise data and conduct transactions whether in the cloud or on-premises... Read more

As per CA Technologies’ global study, Enterprise Big Data strategies are delivering key benefits to organizations despite noted challenges in implementation. Most notably, nine out of 10 organizations are experiencing or anticipate seeing, more effective targeted marketing and selling campaigns. Additionally, 88 per cent see or anticipate increased revenue. These benefits are impressive despite 92 per cent of respondents citing obstacles to their Big Data projects. The study, titled The State of Big Data Infrastructure: Benchmarking Global Big Data Users to Drive Future Performance, revealed the top five major obstacles to overcome for successful big data project implementation. These include: insufficient existing infrastructure (32 per cent), organizational complexity (27 per cent), security/compliance concerns (26 per cent), lack of budget/resources (25 per cent), and a lack of visibility into information and processes (25 per cent). ca technologies logo e1425889028205 Big Da...

Dell has announced new mobile security and network security updates and solutions designed to help businesses thrive and innovate while reducing risk. Murli Mohan Director dell software 300x300 Dells new security solutions help businesses thrive and innovate with risk reduction“Threat landscape and advancements in IT infrastructure is growing relentlessly which is compelling organizations to reconsider their overall security strategy. Also, the number of entry points that cybercriminals use to penetrate corporate networks is increasing rapidly. Therefore, it is recommended that companies deploy a stringent and multi-layered security solution that will give them an inside-out network protection. Dell SonicWALL’s line of security appliances and solutions incorporates the broadest level of protection which helps organizations protect their network against both malicious and non-malicious threats,” said Murli Mohan, Director & General Manager, Dell Software Group. The Dell Secur...

Emerson Network Power has announced significant enhancements across its portfolio, ensuring best?in?class security capabilities for government, multimedia, broadcast, financial and IT operation centre environments. Available in North America, Europe, Australia, India and Japan, all of the enhanced solutions address two critical customer concerns: enhanced security and increased remote monitoring and management. “New security threats emerge every day, and we must remain vigilant in ensuring our systems are delivering the best possible protection for our customers and their networks. We must do this while continuing to meet the increasing need for holistic network visibility and control anytime, from anywhere. All of today’s enhancements are designed specifically to deliver secure, intelligent environments without compromising access or usability,” said Jay Wirts, General Manager, Avocent Core Products, Emerson Network Power. The new enhancements include a firmware upgrade to E...

Emerson Network Power has announced significant enhancements across its portfolio, ensuring best?in?class security capabilities for government, multimedia, broadcast, financial and IT operation centre environments. Available in North America, Europe, Australia, India and Japan, all of the enhanced solutions address two critical customer concerns: enhanced security and increased remote monitoring and management. “New security threats emerge every day, and we must remain vigilant in ensuring our systems are delivering the best possible protection for our customers and their networks. We must do this while continuing to meet the increasing need for holistic network visibility and control anytime, from anywhere. All of today’s enhancements are designed specifically to deliver secure, intelligent environments without compromising access or usability,” said Jay Wirts, General Manager, Avocent Core Products, Emerson Network Power. The new enhancements include a firmware upgrade to Emer...

SAP SE and IBM have announced cloud-to-cloud integrations of the two companies’ human resources (HR) software and services. The product integrations are expected to help customers improve their business processes and make fact-based decisions more smoothly and simply about how they recruit and manage their workforces. With availability planned for mid-2015, the first offering from this alliance includes a planned integration between the SuccessFactors Employee Central solution and IBM Kenexa’s cloud-based HR Software Talent Acquisition Suite. This integration is expected to enable IBM customers to move their HR information systems (HRIS) to the cloud with the leading core HR solution from SuccessFactors, an SAP company, while helping to protect their recruiting investments, and provide customers of SuccessFactors Employee Central with a broader set of options for recruiting, assessment and onboarding of candidates. This offering is planned to provide speedier integration with comm...

Dell has expanded its thirteenth-generation PowerEdge servers that include PowerEdge R930, specifically designed for the most demanding enterprise applications such as in-memory databases, customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Once the domain of UNIX systems, these enterprise applications are increasingly shifting to x86 platforms for increased innovation, additional capabilities and lower total cost of ownership. Ashley Gorakhpurwalla, General Manager & Vice President, Dell Server Solutions, said, “The PowerEdge R930, our powerhouse server, and our entire four-socket server portfolio are the latest examples of how we are providing our customers with the technology they need to address the business needs of today and tomorrow.” The PowerEdge R930 rack server can flexibly scale to optimize transactions and operations while reducing latency. It enables customers to:     Maximize application performance with 22-per cent better...

Facebook and IBM Commerce have come together to provide the brands with tailored marketing capabilities that reach the right people at the right time with the right message. IBM’s marketing cloud clients can now utilize Facebook’s powerful ad capabilities such as Custom Audiences, along with IBM’s deep analytics and design features, to create meaningful experiences for their customers across applications, devices and time. Using IBM’s new Journey Designer, brands can create personalized customer experiences across all engagement touch points and then use Journey Analytics to gain an understanding, at an aggregate level, of how customers responded. “Our partnership with IBM will help top brands achieve personalization at scale by using IBM’s marketing cloud to find and engage their target audiences on Facebook, as well as solve their vexing challenges by consulting with IBM Commerce THINKLab. We will also be working closely with IBM Commerce THINKLab to help deliver people-based ...

Infosys has announced an extension to its partnership with Microsoft Corp. As part of this collaboration, the Finacle suite of solutions will be available on Microsoft Azure. This offering will allow banks to utilize Finacle’s award-winning solutions, along with the robust capabilities of Azure, enabling them to operate at lower costs and with greater agility. Michael Reh infosys 150x150 Infosys and Microsoft together to offer Finacle on AzureMichael Reh, Senior Vice-President & Global Head, Finacle, Infosys, said, “The adoption of cloud in the banking sector has been relatively slow due to rising concerns about security, reliability and compliance. Banks are seeking opportunities to flexibly design their cloud deployment strategies so that they can cater to the increasing load of transactions from digital natives, while reducing technology management costs. Finacle on Azure will offer significant flexibility to banks to design their cloud approach. With Azure running on a net...

HP has partnered with Microsoft to deliver solutions for the automotive, public sector and financial services industries to help organizations quickly deliver differentiated products and create new revenue through mobile, web and social channels. HP Business Process-as-a-Service (BPaaS) solutions for Microsoft Dynamics provide organizations with rapid, industry-tailored solutions that allow them to deliver digital, mobile and social interactions with the customers and citizens they serve. HP and Microsoft are building an extensive portfolio of business process accelerators to address industries’ most challenging business processes and are delivering them as Business Process-as-a-Service solutions. Customers and citizens expect their interaction with businesses and government entities to be easy, personal and fast. HP helps to deliver these experiences by allowing organizations to rapidly modernize their legacy applications, get to market quickly and increase their competitive ...

A new report, Tackling Attack Detection and Incident Response, from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), commissioned by Intel Security, examines organizations’ security strategies, cyber-attack environment, incident response challenges and needs. The survey found that security professionals are inundated with security incidents, averaging 78 investigations per organization in the last year, with 28 per cent of those incidents involving targeted attacks – one of the most dangerous and potentially damaging forms of cyber-attacks. According to the IT and security professionals  surveyed, better detection tools, better analysis tools, and more training on how to deal with incident response issues are the top ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the information security staff. “When it comes to incident detection and response, time has an ominous correlation to potential damage. The longer it takes an organization to identify, investigate, and respond to a cyber-attack,...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To enable organizations to build, manage and consume workloads in hybrid IT environments, HP(NYSE:HPQ) has introduced HP Helion - a portfolio of cloud products and services.  HP Helion incorporates existing HP cloud offerings, new OpenStack technology-based products and professional and support services under a unified portfolio to help meet customers’ specific business requirements. HP also is extending its commitment to OpenStack technology and hybrid IT delivery - spanning traditional IT, public, private and managed clouds. HP plans to invest more than $1 billion over the next two years on cloud-related product and engineering initiatives, professional services and expanding HP Helion’s global reach. "Customer challenges today extend beyond cloud. They include how to manage, control and scale applications in a hybrid environment that spans multiple technology approaches. HP Helion provides the solutions...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Big data initiatives, enabled by new analytics tools and strengthening ties between business and IT leaders, are helping midsize organizations achieve the improved product quality and decision-making once reserved for large enterprises. To find out what drives midmarket adoption of big data projects,  Dell Software  commissioned Competitive Edge Research Reports to conduct a global survey Competitive Edge Research Reports,  "Roadblocks Crumbling: Midmarket Companies See Early Success with Big Data" , April 2014 of midmarket executives. Focussed exclusively on midmarket organizations, the survey indicates that big data projects have made a significant shift from their enterprise roots, and have become a critical decision-making factor for midmarket companies across the globe. The survey findings also show midmarket organizations today overwhelmingly believe in the potential of big data projects to help them solve tang...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Tech Mahindra Ltd. has announced their partnership to help develop the spring customer care update of Microsoft Dynamics CRM . Tech Mahindra's expert engineers helped Microsoft to develop key features which include - Mobile device support, cross browser support and enhanced user experience. Tech Mahindra is a Global SI and Consulting organization with strategic partnership with Microsoft. This collaboration with Microsoft Dynamics Product Development team leverages our experience and Microsoft's product strengths to offer significant value to customers. Tech Mahindra was a Microsoft partner on Polaris and Orion as well, the last two product releases of Dynamics CRM. "Tech Mahindra has contributed to the spring customer care update release of Dynamics CRM. Tech Mahindra’s practice capabilities will enable its customers to experience cutting edge solutions on Dynamics CRM for competitive adv...