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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Symantec's VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Access for Mobile credential for the iPad is now available on the App Store. The VIP Access for Mobile app adds a dynamic one-time-password (OTP) credential to the iPad that can be used in conjunction with a username and password to strengthen the security of online accounts protected by the VIP Authentication Service. iPad users can now benefit from the added layer of security provided by VIP Access for Mobile for iPad. "The rapid adoption of mobile devices like the revolutionary iPad has created a greater need for stronger online identity protection," said Suhas Prakashkumar, Director, Development, Symantec. "Our VIP Access for Mobile app for the iPad provides business and consumer users with a cost-effective way to strengthen their online experience by adding another layer of security to protect against identity thieves and fraudsters." The VIP Access for Mobile applica...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Kenexa has announced its strategic partnership with InspireOne. The partnership expands Kenexa's leadership development capabilities in the region. InspireOne's organizational training and HR consulting solutions range from leadership development to talent management, organizational change, Diversity and Inclusion, productivity enhancement and many others. "Kenexa's partnership with InspireOne further expands our expertise and leadership position in India," stated Phil Braybrooke, international business development director for Kenexa. "We have joined forces with some of the most experienced consultants and researchers to create an even stronger leadership development, management training and executive coaching team. Our newly combined solutions enhance our ability to offer our global clients a significantly broader range of leadership services." Using a wide range of methods and tools, Kenexa assesses a comp...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Panasonic has organized an exhibition on the life history of the founder of Panasonic Corporation, Konosuke Matsushita, from 25th -27th March at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai. This exhibition was aimed at displaying his path of success by propagating his ideologies and thoughts, which have been the fundamental principles of the Global Corporation since inception. "Panasonic has emulated the dictum of the great founder Matsushita san, to grow to a large global conglomerate. The exhibition is not just the story of one individual, but propounds a life philosophy that is necessary to the new way of doing business." said Arjun Balakrishnan, Director, Panasonic India. Konosuke Matsushita has specified 10 lessons on Corporate Management, those one should follow to become successful. These follow: Love your job if you wish to do it well; Do what common sense dictates; Follow the law of nature; A leader should have vision; Dreams should be sha...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE With the approval of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China (MIIT), Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has become one of the first telecommunications equipment vendors to participate in the large-scale TD-LTE trial with China Mobile. Nokia Siemens Networks will offer its commercial 2.3GHz/2.6GHz TD-LTE equipment, professional services and management software to conduct the major field trial in Hangzhou. Nokia Siemens Networks has already completed both 2.3 and 2.6GHz outdoor, and 2.3GHz indoor, single-system testing with TD-LTE. The company is one of the first global vendors to be selected for the large-scale TD-LTE field trials with China Mobile. "Nokia Siemens Networks has built a complete TD-LTE business in China, integrating procurement, production, testing and maintenance with its Hangzhou R&D Center at the center of this value chain," said Markus Borchert, head of Greater China ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Swiss cabling specialist R&M is putting the new distribution platform for street cabinets on the market under the name Street Cabinet SCM. The platform for the street cabinets of telecommunication companies supports the fast expansion of full-coverage fiber optic networks. It broadens the Single Circuit Management (SCM) family developed by R&M and can connect up to 1152 optic fibers in one street cabinet. With its splice and patch modules, the distribution platform fits into all conventional street cabinets and splitters on the market provided there is enough mounting space. R&M offers to adapt the mounting plates and to provide pre-terminated sets for upgrading. The UNI cabinets from the R&M range are ideal for first-time installations; all components can be assembled directly in the cabinet in next to no time. "This speeds up fiber-to-the-home projects", R&M point out. The replacement of copper cabling with fib...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fuelling the world cup fever further, Anil Kumble came as the surprise package at Microsoft's annual technology fair, Tech.Ed 2011. Adding to the tangible energy already pulsating at the Tech.Ed grounds, Kumble was here to deliver the closing keynote session on Friday 25, March 2011, addressing a 10,000 people audience (on-ground and online). While sharing notes on "Staying Ahead of the Game", Kumble wasn't talking purely cricket but reached out an enthusiastic community of young Indian techies largely consisting of developers and IT Pros and software architects. Addressing this enthusiastic audience, Kumble said, "It takes more than individual talent and skills to succeed. Being able to understand and manage the environment one operates in is as important. Also, consistency of performance without taking eyes off the ball is required. Just because you have had some good games, you cannot get complacent and take things f...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE In its 25th anniversary year, Antec has announced that it has set two new world records on 3DMark06 and 3DMark03, using Antec's renowned High Current Pro series HCP-1200 power supply to simultaneously power four high-end intensive graphics cards with a power consumption up to 1700 watts. The world record scores of 48,096 marks on 3DMark06 with four Radeon HD 5870 graphic cards in 4-way Crossfire, and a 3DMark03 score of 233,433 marks in 4-way SLI-configuration with GeForce GTX 580 cards were achieved by Nick Shih, current world-wide leading overclocker. Both scores represent the unrivaled overclocking capabilities of Antec's HCP-1200 PSU and how the unparalleled performance of Antec's HCP-1200 is engineered to satisfy the needs of PC enthusiasts and overclockers for high-performance, compatibility and stability. "The High Current Pro series is positioned as the premium power supply line that provides customers with outstandin...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HCL Infosystems has unveiled its new range of ME Tablets. With over 30 years of leadership in research and development and an in-depth understanding of the Indian market, the company today introduced the country's first Tablet with Localized Content and world's first Tablet with one-touch button for customer service. Powered by the Android OS, the ME Tablet is all set to unleash the world of global as well as special localized applications, enabling a converged solution for all mobile computing and entertainment needs. HCL ME Tablet, available in three variants, is a converged powerhouse that is truly light and portable - HCL ME AE7 for the economy users, HCL ME AM7 for the mainstream users and HCL ME AP10 for the performance-preferred users. The new range of HCL ME Tablets will be power-packed with Indian content and integrated service with HCL Touch enabling a 24X7 one- touch service facility. Speaking on the occasion, Harsh Chital...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The CPP Group has signed a multinational agreement with the security firm Panda Security, whereby customers and Identity Protection Alert CPP can be protected with new security suite, Panda Internet Security 2011. The security suite from the Spanish multinational provides real-time protection against all known and unknown malware, thanks to the protection provided by the cloud Collective Intelligence - the automatic system that detects, analyzes, classifies and disinfects. Practically in real time, more than 73,000 copies of new threats are created every day. "This is a problem in full swing. In the U.S., there are over 25 million people with some insurance against identity theft,"said Angel de Leon, Director General of the CPP, "and victims often find that they are when it is too late. Besides being costly to resolve in time and money, is a lot of headaches so prevention is the best ally to avoid these scams. In CPP, we prote...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IT veteran Arun Gupta has been appointed CEO of Initto India. Initto counts several European companies among its customers, including a leading bank from Denmark, and has offshore development centres in the New Delhi's National Capital Region and Ukraine. Announcing Gupta's appointment, Initto A/S Global CEO Rene Just said, "We have chalked out an aggressive growth plan for Initto to leverage our strengths in financial services and to capitalize on the opportunities in Europe and India. I am very pleased to have a leader like Arun on board, to help us drive our growth." Gupta, who has over two decades of experience with the leading IT multinationals, served as Director at CSC India before taking up this assignment. His experience spans diverse technologies and domains, having worked with companies such as TCS, NIIT Technologies and Syntel in the USA, Europe and Asia-Pacific. "My goal is to rapidly scale our world-class...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Brocade has announced a number of investments, including a $100-million evaluation programme designed to enable customers in the Asia-Pacific region to quickly deploy Ethernet fabrics as the foundation for highly virtualized data centers. Brocade believes that the IT trends driving transformation in this region make it prime to adopt this fundamental technology to migrate to private, public and hybrid cloud computing architectures. Ethernet fabric is a new category of networking technology that is purpose-built for virtualization and cloud-optimized data centers. Brocade's Ethernet fabric solution is powered by Brocade VCS technology and available through the Brocade VDX 6720 Data Center Switch. In December, Brocade was the industry's first company to deliver products to market. "Brocade intends to compete aggressively for the virtualization and cloud computing business in Asia-Pacific because this region is so important to our ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Om Nanotech has expanded its range of Memory Products with the launch of Dolgix products. Dolgix computer RAM range includes DDR1, DDR2 and DDR3 with capacities from 512 MB to 4GB. The Dolgix USB Pen Drives are available in a wide range varying from 2GB to 32GB, while the FLASH cards (Micro SD/SD cards etc.) offer a choice of four different capacities of 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16GB. With this brand-new product range, general users can easily reach greater performance with blazing fast data transfer rates, making it much easier and less time-consuming to get access to rich digital content. On this occasion, Atul Khosla, Director, Om Nanotech Pvt. Ltd., said, "Post the launch of Zipmem, our premium range of memory products, we are very pleased to announce the standard range of products under the brand name of Dolgix. The overwhelming response received by Zipmem encouraged us to come forward with Dolgix, which again brings offerings ranging fr...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fujitsu products are now available under DGS&D RC (Directorate General of Supply & Disposal, Rate Contract). The products that are available under DGS&D RC include select models from Lifebook Notebook series, Celsius Workstations and Eternus storage solutions. "We are happy to bring to your attention the availability of world class Fujitsu products under DGS&D RC. Through this initiative, we also intend to reinforce our commitment to offer the best-in-class devices at an unbeatable price-point," remarked Ramprasad Lakshminarayanan, GM, Channel Sales, Fujitsu India. The company stated that, building on more than two decades of Fujitsu's notebook firsts, the refreshed Lifebook portfolio is made up of a range of models. The notebooks that are available under DGS&D RC include LH530 for Rs. 39,000, LH530 for Rs 45,760, and AH530-HD for Rs. 61,860. All three products are covered under three-year onsite warranty. ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Simmtronics Semiconductors Ltd. has become the first company to launch the latest Intel Chipset based H61 motherboards SIMM- INT H61 (V1) globally . This Motherboard is manufactured at Simmtronics Roorkee Plant in India which is a state of the art manufacturing facility. The motherboard uses all high quality components and is tested indepth at Simmtronics quality standards. The Motherboard INT H61 (V1) is based on Intel LGA1155 CPU i3/i5/i7 CPU Series, consisting of Intel H61 Chipset, with memory support of DDR3 memory expandable up to 8 Gb. This motherboard has 6 Channel Audio features. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wipro's sustainability initiative has been evolving rapidly since its inception more than three years back and includes several dimensions, each of which is a separate programme in itself - Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, Water Efficiency, Waste Management, Biodiversity, Health and Safety, Diversity, Education, Community Care and Advocacy. An integral part of Wipro's sustainability programme is its commitment to reporting and disclosures. Wipro believes that extensive and transparent reporting acts as both a compass and a catalyst, by helping set the right direction to move in and by accelerating progress through a constant process of feedback and measurement. Anurag Behar, Chief Sustainability Officer, Wipro Ltd., said, "Act with Sensitivity' is a Wipro value practised for decades. It is the nucleus of Wipro's sustainability initiative and guides us as a responsible organization in engaging with some o...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE EMC has announced significant enhancements to the EMC Velocity Solution Provider Partner programme (VSPP) that provide new opportunities for EMC reselling partners of all sizes around the world to accelerate revenue, differentiate their business in the marketplace, provide more value to customers, and increase profitability. The enhanced Velocity programme will offer simplified programme entry, time-efficient training, easy access to EMC's broad, industry-leading portfolio of information infrastructure products and solutions, and new Speciality designations that can spur increased value-added services. With EMC Data Domain deduplication storage systems integrated into Velocity in January and RSA information security solutions coming July 1, 2011, partners will have simple access to the full portfolio of EMC storage, data backup and recovery, archiving, information security and information governance products. EMC will also simplify al...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP CEO Leo Apotheker has outlined a strategy for the company to continue delivering unparalleled value for customers and stockholders, while defining the future of IT. According to HP, the convergence of cloud computing and connectivity is fundamentally changing the paradigm of IT delivery. Powerful trends like consumerization, cloud computing and connectivity are redefining the way people live, businesses operate and the world works. The cloud is also combining with mobility to create ubiquitous connectivity. In HP's view, a hybrid environment that combines the best of traditional environments with private and public clouds will be the prevailing model for many large enterprises for a long time. With its leading services portfolio, HP is well positioned to be the trusted partner of customers as they move from the traditional to the hybrid world. Apotheker committed to continue enhancing HP's offerings across its broad hardware, soft...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT) hosted the ceremonial "labelling" of the energy-efficient label programme launched by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Ministry of Power. With this, BEE has formally set energy efficiency standards and labelling programme for computer notebooks and IT products in India. The models labelled during the launch were HP notebook 6440b, HP notebook Pavilion dv6-3208 tx and HCL Me series 54 laptop. Dell and Chirag Computers also announced their BEE- compliant laptops. HP and Canon also respectively announced that they would support the emerging BEE standard for OA and printers. In fact, HP 1025 LJ printer and Canon LJ LBP 7200cd on display were BEE compliant and would be the first set of printers to get the BEE label in the country. To make it a more remarkable one, MAIT hosted an industry-interactive programme "An Idea called India", which was...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Suncorp Group banks on NetApp to foster a culture of innovation, scale at the speed of thought, and create a future with infinitebusiness possibilities at the storage front. After a string of more than 50 business acquisitions and a major merger, Suncorp became a16,000-employee company with five different divisions, countless unique brands, and an IT infrastructure that was complex and provided a barrier to growth. Realizing the only way to move forward was to dramatically improve theway it did business and unlock the untapped human capital that laywithin, Suncorp made a strategic bet on storage to ignite itstransformation. "We looked to NetApp not only as a technology partner to help us achieve greater business flexibility and efficiency, but to help us materially change the way we do work," said Jeff Smith, CEO, Suncorp Business Services. "We have a strong belief that the companies we partner with are companies that we a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Qualcomm has reconfirmed that it will sell its Indian broadband wireless access (BWA) business to any company that assures long- erm evolution (LTE) technology in India. Talking on the sidelines of the CTIA Wireless conference, Qualcomm Senior Vice-President - Global Marketing Investor Relations, BillDavidson said that the company's strategy was to ensure LTE technology platform took off in the Indian market and to find the right partners for the same. Recently, Qualcomm has announced that it is in an advanced stage of talks with Bharti Airtel to sell its BWA licences in India. QualcommIndia, which took part in the BWA auction last year, got licences for four markets, including the lucrative Delhi and Mumbai, apart froKerala and Haryana. The company paid a total of Rs.4,912 crore and might seek a premium over this from Bharti. At present, Bharti has BWA licences for Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kolkata and Punjab. Qualcomm pioneered Code Divi...