VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has signed a partnership agreement with the Government of Karnataka (GoK) and the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIIT-B) to conduct a pilot project that will help organizations in Karnataka through a transition to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). "Expanding communication networks, limited availability of IPv4address space, coupled with growing demand for new IP addresses globally has necessitated the need to shift to IPv6 by March 2012. Partnerships such as this help spread awareness regarding this new mandate to all federal, state government ministries, public and private sector companies," said Shri M. N. Vidyashankar, Principal Secretary to the Government, Department of IT, BT, S&T and eGovernance, Goverenment of Karnataka. HP Network University has also unveiled the Unified Communication & Collaboration (UC&C) Innovation Centre at IIIT-B. The University will showcase, a complete...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced that companies in the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region are turning to HP for data center services and solutions as they outpace other regions in the race to cloud-based computing models. Many APJ organizations are believed to be still in the early stages of deploying IT environments, and without the restrictions of legacy environments, they can move directly to service-based, cloud-computing models. Organizations in more mature markets in APJ also are embracing the cloud to become more agile and to compete on a regional and, ultimately, global scale. There are unique requirements in moving to a cloud-based environment, whether managing legacy infrastructures or newer IT models. HP is said to enable a smooth transition for organizations with the expertise of HP Technology Services as well as the HP Converged Infrastructure solutions portfolio. Many HP clients, such as CloudSite, Hostworks and SingTel, are rapidly transfor...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has added new VMware-optimized solutions that channel partners can offer their clients to build a path to the cloud while better utilizing their virtualization investments. These solutions, along with new training and sales enablement tools, are designed to enhance channel partner business success by ensuring client satisfaction as they move to the cloud. HP is also introducing HP Virtualization Smart Bundles for VMware vSphere 5, predefined solutions based on HP Converged Infrastructure designed for channel partner delivery to SMBs. These bundled solutions, built on the same technologies used in the virtual data centers, are optimized for the range of applications most used by SMBs. They provide cost-effective, virtualized infrastructure that channel partners can customize to meet their clients' business needs. With HP Virtualization Smart Bundles, partners can offer clients optimized configurations that deliver predictable performanc...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP and SAP AG have announced an agreement for HP Enterprise Services to provide cloud-based delivery of SAP applications that enable enterprises to deploy applications. This will increase the availability and speed of business information. The first SAP application to be delivered by HP Enterprise Services via its cloud platform is the SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) rapid-deployment solution. The SAP CRM rapid-deployment solution brings together software and services that provide CRM functionality. Clients are provided secure processing capacity with security and privacy policies that can rapidly adjust to meet each client's needs. Moreover, HP bundles the necessary infrastructure, platform and application services in an as-a-service model, enabling clients to pay on a per-seat basis for what they need to run the applications and processes. "Cloud delivery models are becoming a top priority for clients due to their q...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced new services that enable business and government clients to simplify the implementation and management of virtualization to accelerate the transition to an open, hybrid cloud computing environment. The services include VirtualStart Services for HP VirtualSystem, Consulting Services for Cloud and Virtualization, and a Converged Infrastructure Transformation Experience Workshop. New HP services are designed to speed deployment of HP VirtualSystem, an integrated solution that gives organizations a completely virtualized infrastructure. The services can be implemented quickly and provide a straightforward upgrade path to HP CloudSystem for open, hybrid cloud computing. As a result, clients immediately establish a scalable virtual environment with services that enhance productivity and flexibility, ultimately empowering them to better respond to changing enterprise requirements. Therefore, the HP VirtualStart Services are availab...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP India has announced a strategic marketing agreement with MTS and Intel to launch a series of activities targeted at the Indian youth. The initiative encourages youngsters to make use of the capabilities of HP notebooks powered by Intel processors to create, connect and share content in a youth centric way using the MTS MBlaze accelerator kit. As part of an exclusive offer, an MTS dongle is now available with every new HP Pavilion laptop at a reduced market price of Rs.699. The campaign includes advertising campaigns, influencer programs and consumer outreach activities. By keeping the young audience at the centre of the campaign, the initiative provides insights into how technology enables cool new experiences for the Indian youth. Ranjivjit Singh, Chief Marketing Officer, Personal Systems Group, HP India Sales Pvt. Ltd. said, "The Indian youth segment is very expressive and turns to technology to create its own identity in the virtu...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced a new suite of products for automating and managing application security in the enterprise, including the only integrated application security testing solution available on-demand that scales to identify vulnerabilities in thousands of applications. The HP Fortify Software Security Center enables customers to automate their Software Security Assurance and proactively eliminate vulnerabilities in applications. Comprised of the Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solution formerly known as the HP Fortify 360 suite, and the Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) solution formerly known as HP Application Security Center, features of the new suite include- Elastic and scalable application security testing capability called CloudScan; Integrated static and dynamic application security testing in real time; and Ability to quickly scale application testing projects with HP Fortify on Demand. John True, COO, Fortify, HP s...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hewlett-Packard Co. has named former eBay Inc Chief Executive Meg Whitman as its new President and CEO, replacing Leo Apotheker. The move is effective immediately, as per the market buzz. Ray Lane, Executive Chairman, HP's board "We are at a critical moment and we need renewed leadership to successfully implement our strategy and take advantage of the market opportunities ahead. The job of the HP CEO now requires additional attributes." According to industry buzz, the board also plans to appoint an independent director. But the group was not preparing to make changes to its strategy. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP India has announced that it has set up an Express delivery program on the popular business notebooks for customers and partners. Under the "Speed" express delivery program, SMB customers and partners can order notebooks through any HP Business partner at special prices and get the product delivered within seven days. The offer is valid across the country. The notebooks on offer are fast-moving, popular and come with a maximum warranty of three years . The offer includes newly designed HP ProBooks and EliteBooks that embody the "FORGE" design framework. Ketan Patel, Country Manager, Mobility Business, HP PSG, said, "With the 'Speed' Express delivery program, we want to offer Small and Medium Business owners the ease to own the best notebooks and within a very short span of time. This initiative will help SMB owners take care of their technology needs in the least possible time and that too at special price...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has taken an initiative to organize the (PSP) meet across India in six cities - Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and New Delhi. The one-day workshop is being led by Puneet Chadha, Director, GSB, HP India, and Paresh Shetty, Business Unit Manager – Signage, HP India. They ran intensive sessions on newer printing streams in graphic solution business, upcoming trends in outdoor and signage industry. The program targets to educate the stakeholders with overall management trends related to customer expectations and customer service. "It is a great pleasure to meet our print partners and interact with them. The overall objective of this meet is to reinforce bonding with our existing customers and to guide them with newer profitable avenues in the printing industry. We look forward to continuously support our print partners and aim to nurture their talents and skills, which will in turn be progressive for HP`s existence. The f...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hewlett-Packard's Imaging and Printing Group has unveiled a slew of products and services to cater the need of home users and small-to-medium business segments. HP has rolled the laser-jet printer - HP TopShot LaserJet Pro M275, targeting the micro and small businesses. Its India launch is to take place early next year. Three new laser-jet printers - HP LaserJet Pro 100 Colour MFP M175nw is priced at $349; HP LaserJet Enterprise 600 M601, M602 and M603 printer series is priced at $699, $899, $1399, respectively; and HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 colour M551 series were also introduced and will be available from November. ScanJet Enterprise 8500fn1 Document Capture Workstation is priced at $3,199 has also been launched for workgroups with high-volume scanning needs. This will also made available in the market in November. HP Officejet Pro8600 Plus e-All-in-One and HP Officejet Pro 8100 ePrinter is priced at $299 and $149, respectively. Vyomes...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced enhancements to its life, health and annuity policy administration systems, enabling insurance providers to improve agility, mitigate risk and accelerate delivery of new products. The insurance industry continues to evolve and expand as a result of dynamic customer and regulatory demands. Rigid legacy infrastructures can hamper an enterprise's ability to keep pace with these demands, and to deliver always-on service to customers, partners and employees. HP has enhanced the RADIENCE Administration and INGENIUM systems to support the critical role agility plays in today's Instant-On Enterprise. In an age of "instant" expectations, businesses and governments need to have the ability to respond quickly and effectively to changing business and citizen needs. "Insurance providers are seeking competitive advantage both in mature markets and in new, developing markets. HP offers the hardware, software and se...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE For delivering cloud services, Hewlett-Packard is all geared up to set up a dedicated data centre in Bangalore. The company claimed that it is expected to put up the data centre by the end of this year. Sanjay Gupta, Country Sales Head, HP shared, "The data centre would be the first of its kind from HP in India and would host and manage systems for its customers in cloud computing services. It would deliver services including public and private cloud computing." According to Leo Apothekar, CEO, Hewlett Packard, "Cloud computing will be an integral part of the approach. The Company is betting on services as it has shifted focus from hardware and consumer business (PC, smartphone and tablets)." The businesses in India are adopting cloud faster than expected as there is said to be huge opportunity for the companies in the segment in the country. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has unveiled its collaboration with the Lavergne Group which now extends to Lavergne's new plastic compounding facility in Vietnam resulting in the manufacture of 1 billion Original HP Ink cartridges with "closed loop" recycled plastic. HP has unveiled its collaboration with the Lavergne Group which now extends to Lavergne's new plastic compounding facility in Vietnam resulting in the manufacture of 1 billion Original HP Ink cartridges with "closed loop" recycled plastic. The Lavergne Group's new plant in Vietnam will facilitate regional qualification efforts, enabling future growth in the volume of Original HP Ink cartridges that can be manufactured using the "closed loop" recycling process. The facility will be closer to the manufacturing sites for HP Original Ink cartridges in Asia Pacific and local sources of recycled materials, which will provide an estimated six per cent reduction in the p...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has expanded its Converged Storage portfolio with HP Peer Motion, new federated storage software which enables clients to transparently move application workloads between disk systems in virtualized and cloud computing environments. HP also introduced new HP P10000 3PAR Storage Systems with powerful features for the delivery of enterprise IT within public and private clouds, called IT-as-a-Service. These features include multitenancy for workload consolidation, expanded thin technologies for efficient capacity utilization and autonomic load rebalancing to drive enterprise agility. Prakash Krishnamoorthy, Country Head, HP Storage Division India, said, "Legacy storage systems architected 20 years ago were never designed for the dynamic IT-as-a-Service world, forcing organizations to use expensive and inefficient bolt-on virtualization approaches. The true peer-based storage federation in HP Converged Storage solutions can handle the ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced that the death of the TouchPad tablet and the uncertain future of WebOS can represent big issues for them, but partners may also be affected by the fallout. In its first major push into mobile in years, HP launched its TouchPad tablet in June. The tablet runs the Webos mobile operating system. Leo Apotheker, CEO, HP, said that the options for WebOS remained open. We were successful at launching software that was poised with a differentiated user experience. We know that many developers feel the operating system is elegantly designed and is a respected platform. Therefore, we are exploring options for how best to optimize the value of Webos software going forward. Cathie Lesjak, CFO, HP, in HP's fiscal third-quarter earnings call, said that HP has failed to reach its goal of turning WebOS into the number two player in the market behind Apple's iOS. Essentially, the TouchPad and our WebOS phone have not met our finan...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hewett-Packard (HP) has rolled its Compaq 8200 Elite All-in-one Business Desktop meant for corporate and public sector customers. The All-in-One Business PC starts at $999 and is available now in US. It comes with a standard three-year warranty for parts, labour and next-day, on-site service. It features an expansive 58.4-cm (23-inch) diagonal full high-definition LED monitor with an integrated webcam, microphone and speakers for streamlined remote face-to-face communication. It is provided with one-year HP Virtual Rooms licence. It supports the latest Intel processors and Intel Q67 Express chipset. It also utilises Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel Hyper-Threading Technology. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hewlett Packard has acquired Autonomy Corp., a developer of information management and infrastructure software for $10.3 billion. HP and Autonomy directors have both approved the deal, which requires shareholder approval. HP said it expects to close the deal by the end of calendar 2011. Autonomy's product portfolio has made it a major player in the market for cloud-based data management services. The company reported sales of $870 million for fiscal 2010 ended Dec. 31, up by 18 percent from $740 million in fiscal 2009. HP CEO, Leo Apotheker claimed that Autonomy presents an opportunity to accelerate our strategic vision to decisively and profitably lead a large and growing space. Autonomy has an attractive business model, including a strong cloud based solution set, which is aligned with HPs efforts to improve our portfolio mix. "Together with Autonomy, we plan to reinvent how both unstructured and structured data is processed, ana...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hewlett-Packard Co. is said to discontinue its tablet computer and smartphone products and may sell or spin off its PC division. It's believed to be one of extreme makeovers in the company's history and signals new CEO Leo Apotheker's most transparent move to date to make HP look more like longtime rival IBM Corp. The most credible result for consumers will be the end of HP's TouchPad tablet, a sales dud, and HP-branded smartphones, also-rans in a booming market crowded with the iPhone and devices based on Google's Android system. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP has announced a new service to help enterprises and governments gain control of multivendor service environments, improving overall IT performance and quality while optimizing costs. With HP as the single service integration and management layer, clients can focus their efforts on innovation and process improvement. As a single point of contact, the HP MSI Service drives effective supplier collaboration, rapid problem resolution and workflow process improvements. In the event of a service interruption, the MSI Service provides comprehensive diagnostics, accountability and timely restoration of services. "Clients are embracing hybrid delivery models that increase complexity with traditional and new 'as a service' offerings from multiple suppliers. The HP MSI Service provides the tools, processes and personnel to effectively manage multisupplier delivery and the governance to drive continuous service quality improvement,...