VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Tech Mahindra has announced inauguration of the new IT block in the city, adding to the existing block that houses 500 associates. The total capacity of the Bhubaneswar facility with the addition of new building will be 1,111 seats. Shri Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha, inaugurated the facility at a glittering function in the presence of various cabinet ministers and dignitaries from the state and leadership team from Tech Mahindra. The new building is based on modern architecture completely controlled through Integrated Building Management System. Hon’ble Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said, “I hope Tech Mahindra will continue to expand its growth and employment contribution from Bhubaneswar in future. I congratulate the management of Tech Mahindra and wish them all success in this endeavour.” “Tech Mahindra has been present in Odisha since 1997, and we are overwhe...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Mahindra Comviva has announced appointment of Reyad Hasnain as the new Country Manager for Bangladesh. The appointment has been announced at a strategic time when Mahindra Comviva is aggressively focussing on extending its footprint in the Bangladesh market with its innovative offerings in Mobile Financial, Content, Data and Managed VAS services. Reyad will be responsible for driving sales, business development and strategic relationships with telecom operators, services providers and banks in the Bangladesh market. Mahindra Comviva leads the electronic recharge market in Bangladesh with five deployments of PreTUPS with all the leading telecom service providers in the country, which powers recharge for over 109 million prepaid subscribers (97% of prepaid mobile connection’s recharge) in Bangladesh. Its mobiquity mobile money and banking solution is deployed by two leading operators and a leading bank in Banglades...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Mahindra Comviva  has announced its partnership with  Gondwana-City Productions (GCP) . This tie-up with GCP will further strengthen Mahindra Comviva’s digital content portfolio, across video, voice and text, in the continent. With this partnership, GCP will provide the most popular content from Francophone artists like Mamane, Digbeu Cravate, Adama Dahico, Yodé & Siro and many more local artists. Atul Madan, Head of Digital Services, Mahindra Comviva , said, "We are excited about this partnership as Gondwana-City Productions works closely with a number of both local and international artists to source an extensive selection of digital music and infotainment content that cater to the diverse tastes of consumers in the Francophone region." "The combination of partnering with GCP together with our proven expertise in deploying and managing music services for operators across multiple growth markets, will furthe...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Funambol  and  Mahindra Comviva  have announced a partnership to help mobile service providers get to market quickly with personal cloud services. Through this association, Funambol will provide its award-winning solution that enables service providers to deploy a self-branded digital lifestyle personal cloud. Mahindra Comviva will leverage its wide product portfolio and extensive geographic presence to create and deliver personal cloud solutions, leveraging Funambol technology that meets the unique needs of customers in its markets. It has been estimated that the global personal cloud market will grow from $6.6 billion in 2013 to $43.5 billion in 2018, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45.61% from 2013 to 2018. "The increase in Mobile Internet users in the emerging markets and consumption of digital content, but without a similar growth in PC and computer infrastructure, has accelerated the need f...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has announced that M.Rajyalakshmi Rao has been co-opted as an additional director on the Board of the Company. She will be functioning as an independent director. "I am indeed very happy with the appointment of M. Rajyalakshmi Rao to our Board and am confident that with her rich experience, she would be able to offer valuable guidance to the affairs of the Company moving forward. This appointment also reinforces company's commitment to build a diversified work culture," said Vineet Nayyar, Chairman, Mahindra Satyam. M. Rajyalakshmi Rao said, "I'm happy to be joining Mahindra Satyam, which is now on a success path. I wish to contribute to the company's development and expansion plans in the near future." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has entered into a global services agreement with FuelQuest. Mahindra Satyam has agreed to provide implementation and support services to FuelQuest as it scales its operations across India, Brazil, China, Russia, USA and other target countries. Mahindra Satyam will augment FuelQuest's team to provide additional onsite or remote implementation and support services with regard to international customers. Furthermore, to scale appropriately with FuelQuest, Mahindra Satyam will establish the FuelQuest Service Centre within its Delivery centre in India staffed with experienced software professionals. C. P. Gurnani, CEO, Mahindra Satyam, said, "This agreement between Mahindra Satyam and FuelQuest marries two market leaders creating a global solution for energy companies to adopt and utilize FuelQuest fuel and tax automation software and services. This exclusive arrangement with Mahindra Satyam will support Fuel Quest...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has won EMC 2012 Partner Innovation Award for its outstanding Industry Solution for Financial Services - ProFinA. Mahindra Satyam was presented this award at the EMC Partner Conference at Momentum Berlin on October 31, 2011. ProFinA is Mahindra Satyam's innovative solution to manage the multitude of complexities involved in Project Finance Approvals. "EMC is pleased to recognize Mahindra Satyam for its innovation and excellence in developing an end-to-end solution based on EMC Documentum xCP. The ProFinA (Project Finance Approval) solution combines case management and capture technologies from EMC with Mahindra Satyam's domain expertise in banking to deliver a solution that can reduce turnaround times for approval processes by 60%," said Chris McLaughlin, Vice President, Worldwide Channel Sales & Alliances, Information Intelligence Group, EMC. "Mahindra Satyam has developed a new solution for managin...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra has got into a Memorandum of Understandings with Eurocopter to contribute to the growth of the Indian aeronautical industry and civil aircraft market. Mahindra claims this MoU as a significant step forward for both companies as well as the domestic aviation industry. Anand Mahindra, VC & MD, Mahindra Group said, "We are delighted that Mahindra Aerospace has entered into an understanding with the world's leading helicopter manufacturer - Eurocopter. Eurocopter's long term vision and expertise, coupled with our knowledge of the Indian market will contribute in large measure to the growth of the civil aviation industry in India." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. has appointed S. P. Shukla as President - Special Group Projects. He was also inducted as a Member of the Group Executive Board. Shukla is an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, where he received the Mahindra Industrial Scholarship for academic excellence in Marketing and Finance. He is also a B.Tech from the IIT BHU, Varanasi. He has over 30 years of rich and varied experience in managing large projects and operations. Shukla is a veteran top professional in the fields of automotive tyres and telecom in India. His earlier stints were with Dunlop India, Swisscom Essar (now Vodafone Essar). Shukla is acknowledged as a pioneer in mobile telephony and has many industry-firsts to his credit in the areas of strategy, technology and marketing. Before joining Mahindra, Shukla served as the President & CEO, Reliance Infratel Ltd. (RITL), with sizeable investments in telecom towers and optic fi...