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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE D-Link has introduced KVM-222 - a 2 port KVM (Keyboard, Video & Mouse) switch that allows a user to control two PCs from a single keyboard, mouse, and VGA monitor console. Hence if a user has 2 PC's he need not worry about buying an additional set of Keyboard & mice, as he can now easily perform all his task/ job with this wonder device. Additionally D-Link KVM-222 comes with a audio support feature that allows the two connected PCs to share a set of speakers via. a standard 3.5 mm stereo jack. Therefore D-Link KVM-222 not only allows user to keep his precious desk space free, but also helps save additional cost. D-Link KVM-222 utilizes advanced microprocessor emulation that allows user to boot two computer systems simultaneously without faults or keyboard errors. Auto scan, audible feedback, and hot key features make the KVM-222 extremely simple to use and manage. A convenient wired remote control button simplifies the switching...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Madhwesh Kulkarni joins Aricent as the Vice-President of Engineering and Offer Management in the Carrier Services and Solutions (CSS) SBU. At Aricent, he will be responsible for building a global team of strategists, consultants and engineers to deliver innovative solutions and services to carriers across the globe. Madhwesh Kulkarni joins Aricent from Wipro where he most recently served as General Manager - APAC, Communications and Media Business and Head of Communications consulting practices. With more than 19 years of experience in the IT/telecom industry, he has worked closely with more than 40 telecom service providers globally. As one of the founder members of Telecom Service Provider Business Unit of Wipro, he provided strategic inputs to leading Telecom Operators across USA, Europe, Middle East and Japan. He was also associated with all major OSS-BSS ISVs and telecom equipment vendors in various roles and capacities. During his Wipr...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Snapdeal.com has achieved yet another milestone. The e-commerce portal has sold 30,000 deals in a single day on April 25, 2011, probably one of the highest numbers of transactions on any e-commerce site in a single day in India. Over a short span of just one year, Snapdeal has grown exponentially and has become a household name with over 4 million subscribers. The e-commerce portal, which has also become synonymous with great deals, enjoys unrivalled reach and penetration. Snapdeal.com sold prepaid recharge of Rs.100 for Rs.50 at an amazing discount of 50% for leading telecom service providers like Aircel, Vodafone, Tata Indicom, Idea, Virgin Mobile, etc. At one point of time during the day, Snapdeal.com was selling 100 deals in one single minute. "It feels great to achieve a milestone of this magnitude and I will ensure that we keep coming up with more innovative deals for our customers,” said Kunal Bahl, Founder & CEO, Snapdeal.co...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ericsson has added a new assembly line at its Supply Site in Kukas, Jaipur for the production of its multi-standard Radio Base Station (RBS) 6000 modules locally. This additional assembly line will enhance production capacity resulting in faster and better services to Ericsson's customers in India. Hon'ble Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Shri Sachin Pilot, inaugurated the new assembly line. Hon'ble Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Sachin Pilot, on this occasion, said, "The telecom industry is playing a very significant role in the growth of the Indian economy. We recognize the long-standing contribution of Ericsson in the growth of telecom infrastructure in India. The enhancement of local manufacturing capabilities will boost this sector by reducing the time to market and will also result in quicker uptake of new technologies." P. Balaji, Vice-President - ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Netxcell Limited has launched the Single IVR (Interactive Voice Response). The Single IVR system is an advanced technology platform that enables corporates, telecom subsrcibers and anyone using the system to do away with multiple IVR platforms. By using the Single IVR platform customer can now configure all their IVR requirements on this platform - they need not have separate IVR systems for Customer Service, Song Downloads, CRBT (Caller Ringback Tone), and other Value added services. According to global report on the Speech Technology Market has revealed the IVR market will reach a forecasted $20.9 billion by 2015. Generally, IVR systems are extensively used by small, medium and large companies to re-direct calls to relevant customer service agents to enable them to better serve their customers. IVR systems in themselves help companies manage cost by eliminating the need for setting up call centers and managing it. Commenting on the launch,...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE iValue InfoSolutions has signed up with Kaspersky Lab. Kaspersky Lab is one of the fastest-growing IT security companies founded 14 years ago. The company's corporate client-base exceeds 200,000 companies located around the globe, ranging from small and medium-sized businesses, all the way up to large governmental and commercial organizations. Kaspersky Lab product range covers all of the main information security requirements that businesses and large state organizations have to adhere to, including: excellent protection levels, adaptability to changing circumstances, scalability, compatibility with different platforms, high performance, high fault tolerance, ease of use and high value. Every workstation, laptop, file server, mail server, Internet gateway or Smartphone is fully protected, giving the customer complete confidence that the network is secure, whether employees are working in the office, remotely or at home. iValue, with it...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sophos is advising users of Sony's PlayStation Network that they are at risk of identity theft after hackers broke into the system and accessed the personal data of videogame players. The implications of the hack, which resulted in the service being offline since the last week, are only now becoming clear as Sony has confirmed that the hackers, who broke into the system between 17th & 19th April, were able to access the online gamers' personal information. According to computer security firm Sophos, users should take immediate action to ensure that their online identities are secure, and that fraudsters cannot take advantage of stolen credit card information. "If you are a user of Sony's PlayStation Network, now is not the time to sit back on your sofa and do nothing. The fraudsters won't wait around - for them this is a treasure trove ripe for exploiting. You need to act now to minimize the chances that your ident...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Riverbed Technology has announced that Riverbed Steelhead appliances have been optimized for Microsoft RemoteFX, a new set of graphic capabilities delivered in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Support for RemoteFX delivers the full benefits of an enhanced virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) user experience over a Wide Area Network (WAN). For customers with distributed infrastructures and mobile workers, Riverbed offers a solution for VDI environments that enables organizations to overcome WAN performance issues when they deploy VDI solutions over the WAN. Microsoft RemoteFX introduces a new set of end-user experience enhancements to the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). These enhancements enable a rich, local-like desktop environment over the network. With RemoteFX, users can work remotely in a Windows Aero desktop environment, watch full-motion video, enjoy Silverlight animations, run 3D applications, and use USB peripherals, just as the...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cisco has introduced, in India, Linksys E4200, the latest and most advanced member of the Linksys E-series family offering network speeds of up to 450Mbps and a new innovative design. It is ideal for home entertainment - delivering the power you need for HD video streaming and connects all network devices in the home, including laptops, smartphones, iPads, Internet-enabled TVs, Blu-ray players and game consoles. E4200 is available in over 2,000 stores across India, including in large format retailers like Reliance Digital, Croma, Staples and Hypercity. The Linksys E4200 is equipped with industry-leading 3 x 3 antenna technology delivering up to 450Mbps on the 5GHz radio band, SpeedBoost amplifiers that are designed to provide additional range and MIMO technology that uses walls to amplify the signal. The Linksys E4200 blends seamlessly into the living room next to the home entertainment system. Designed by the Cisco Consumer design team ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Samsung Electronics has launched the much-awaited Nexus S smartphone in the Indian market. Developed in partnership with Google, Nexus S is powered by Gingerbread (Android 2.3). It is the first handset from Samsung Mobile with a 4" Super clear Curved LCD screen and Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. With the launch of Nexus S and 5 new Galaxy Smartphones based on the Android 2.2 platform - Galaxy Pro, Ace, Fit, Pop, Galaxy Pop CDMA, Samsung today offers the largest range of Android-powered smartphones in the country. Announcing the new launches, Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Samsung Mobile and IT, said, "The slew of launches on the Android platform represent our commitment to deliver a 'smarter', simpler and more intuitive smartphone experience to our consumers. Our entire smartphone strategy hinges on providing consumers with a seamlessly connected experience while at work, home or on the go." Designed with an e...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Yahoo! Cricket has won the hearts of millions by becoming the most-visited website during the 44-day ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. The Yahoo! cricket website witnessed a staggering 9.3 million unique visitors between February and March 2011. The total time spent on the website witnessed an increase of a whopping 309% and the Page Views also grew by 238%. 72% of the audience who visited the website was in the age group 15-34 years. Women were not far behind when it came to keeping themselves updated as women audience on Yahoo! Cricket saw an increase by 221%. Not only did users visit the official ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 website to check live scores and updates in huge numbers, they also enjoyed a wide range of exciting games and content available on the website. Online users stayed abreast with latest updates through detailed match analysis and tanked up on entertainment during match breaks by viewing a rich bank of exclusive photographs a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Rashi Peripherals has been awarded as the "Highest Contributing Distributor for 2010 - INDIA" and "Partner in Excellence for India" by Logitech India at a recently held function at Hotel Marco Polo, Deira, Dubai. The "Highest Contributing Distributor Award for India" was presented by Martin Geh, Regional Director, Logitech, Asia-Pacific and Japan, to Kapal Pansari, Director, Rashi Peripherals. Andre Suzan, Human Resources Director for Logitech EMEA, gave away the "Partner in Excellence - India Trophy" to Kapal Pansari and Puneet Dhandharia, Business Manager - Logitech, Rashi Peripherals. Commenting on the occasion, an ecstatic, Kapal Pansari, Director, Rashi Peripherals, said, "This is a big achievement for Rashi Peripherals and we are extremely delighted to receive this double recognition from Logitech. It has been a great journey with Logitech and we look forward to further expanding and consist...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE WatchGuard Technologies has released new enhancements to its extensible threat management (XTM) family of multifunction firewalls. In this latest release of the XTM operating system, administrators gain the ability to manage search capabilities, as well as gain additional Application Control features to manage the explosive-growth landscape of web applications. With the new WatchGuard Safe Search feature, administrators can manage and enforce search engine filtering settings to ensure users, and in particular children, do not see adult content in their search results. By setting this option at the XTM firewall gateway, administrators override whatever preference users set in their web browser. WatchGuard Safe Search works with leading search engines, including Google, Bing, Yahoo, and Ask.com. Additionally, the safe search feature enforces "safety mode" on YouTube to filter out and remove objectionable content or comments. This is ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Digital media players have been one of the hottest new segments in the Indian IT channel in the recent past. The device enables users to take digital-media content from their PCs and play it on their televisions. It has shifted entertainment from one's PC to the living room and is an emerging segment in the consumer electronics industry today that is showing promise of strong growth and demand. Internet penetration and increase in accessibility of digital content together with hassle-free connectivity for transferring files, photos and watching movies, videos has made digital-media players one of the favourite consumer electronics goods. Its ease-of-use for consumers who are not familiar with operating conventional PCs has further lead to its demand as the perfect entertainment device to complement home theatre set-ups and living room entertainment gadgets. Commenting on the present scenario, Vinay Shetty, Country Head, Component Busines...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Kingston Digital has announced its association with Fox Star Studio to present Special-Edition DataTraveler Mini Fun 4GB in India. This special edition USB drive will hit the shelves with unique "Dum Maaro Dum" themed packaging and will come preloaded with exclusive "Dum Maaro Dum" contents! This is a strategic partnership with Fox Star Studio, who has just released the much- anticipated Abhisek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Prateik Babbar and Rana Daggubati starrer blockbuster on April 22, 2011 in cinemas worldwide. Kingston's Special-Edition DataTraveler Mini Fun 4GB will give consumers the chance to get their hands on the exclusive preloaded contents, such as plot summary, trailers, character sketch, wallpapers and ringtones all wrapped up in a specially designed DataTraveler Mini Fun USB drive. Movie fans are sure to fall for this special edition USB drive, which will be sold exclusively through one of Kingston's ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Stellar Information Systems has announced the brand transition of RSE Data Recovery into Stellar Data Recovery. The acquisition of RSE Data Recovery on April 8, 2009 was a strategic move of Stellar to extend its years of expertise of data recovery services and solution in Asia and the USA to Europe. RSE has a good infrastructure and an expert talent pool conducive to recover data from physically damaged desktops, laptops, RAID servers, SAN or NAS storage boxes, external storage media, such as pen drives, iPods, external hard drives, etc. Since its acquisition, Stellar has continuously transferred its proprietary technology, tools, and the vast knowledge repository to RSE to provide more efficient, better, and faster data recovery solutions to its customers in many European countries, such as Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Hungary and Luxembourg, along with the Netherlands. RSE now branded as Stellar shares the ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Atempo's Time Navigator and Live Backup Solution secures DSC wide network and to restore individual files in their computers. Moreover, being easy to use even in a complex scenario, it provides exhaustive support even in remote locations. Now more than a year after implementing the solution, Pritam Dutt, General Manager, ICT DSC Limited, said, "This solution from Atempo and Momentum Infocare has made backup simple for the complex HP-UX environment.' He added, 'With the latest technologies built into its backup architecture, Atempo Time Navigator makes it possible to restore individual files from any point in time and in any storage media." DSC Limited is the flagship company within the DSC Group delivering excellence in the Indian infrastructure space. The main objective of DSC Limited was to imply a backup policy covering key PC users at headquarters as well as at remote location with effective de-duplication for saving...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has successfully deployed SAP ERP ECC 6.0 at Raheja Universal Limited, a real-estate developer in India. The deployment will also help Raheja Universal get better access and control over information flow within the organization and develop an enhanced decision support mechanism to manage business requirements and market challenges. The company wanted to set up better tracking mechanisms for payments from various projects and create a synergy across the organization. Raheja Universal also aimed to build an efficient reporting process and integrate their legacy systems seamlessly. A project called UNITE was undertaken at Raheja Universal to analyse, give insights, and establish a road map. As per recommendations, IBM has deployed SAP ECC 6.0 as the key driver for all their mission-critical areas like material utilization control, RA billing, joint ventures, and project revenue sharing, among others. The key departments covered in this proj...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE EMC has now expanded its customer support services to cover 100 cities across India, a significant milestone for the company that has rapidly grown its customer base for its information infrastructure products. Thiruvallur in Tamil Nadu will become the 100th city to offer EMC customer support services as part of the company's commitment to local customers who will now receive support in a timely manner, as and when needed. EMC's on-location support services in 100 cities in India include installation, implementation, maintaining uptime and troubleshooting. All of EMC's products are architected and designed and implemented with dial-home functionality, enabling EMC's support team to address any potential hardware or software faults without impacting functionality and ensuring business continuity. Manoj Chugh, President, EMC India and SAARC, said, "The information storage industry has seen a three-fold growth in India in t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP Enterprise Services has announced a new service to help clients improve their customer experience by deploying their customer relationship management (CRM) application via a secure, virtual private cloud. The initial time needed to deploy a CRM solution can be significant, impacting both return on investment and the time to benefit. Additionally, managing an existing CRM installation can be complex and expensive, when it includes the cost of provisioning, supporting, upgrading and growing the underlying infrastructure. A comprehensive, easy-to-use CRM application in the cloud provides a flexible, cost-effective alternative to an on-premises implementation on client infrastructure or hosting it in a secure HP commercial data center. The new HP Enterprise Cloud Services for Microsoft Dynamics CRM offers Microsoft's leading CRM software suite, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, as a cloud service. With this service, enterprises can use a virtual ...