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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ashok Soota of Happiest Minds has announced the shortlisted logos and commenced the voting process. The first crowd sourced exercise to create a corporate logo in India, the logo contest attracted over 1,000 entries from individuals, artists and professional design firms. In the first phase, 150 entries have been shortlisted. The shortlisted logos will be showcased on www.happiestminds.com for the public to vote for the design they feel most accurately captures the vision of Happiest Minds. The jury will then examine the most popular logos and select the one that best meets the criteria of relevance, uniqueness, and memorability. The Happiest Minds jury comprises of eminent members like R. Sridhar, Founder, IdeasRS; Geetha Narayanan, Founder-Director, Srishti School of Art Design and Technology; Rukmini Krishnaswamy, Director, Spastic Society; and Jessie Paul, CEO, Paul Writer. Ashok Soota will chair the jury. The winner of this prestigious ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE BSNL is reportedly tieing up with private telecom players with an aim to revive seven of its manufacturing facilities. The factories in question are located at Jabalpur, Richhai, Bhilai, Kolkata, Gopalpur, Kharagpur and Mumbai. The State-owned company manufactures a range of telecom products at these units. These include SIM cards, telecom towers, telecom poles, modems, pay phones and accessories. BSNL registered a net loss of Rs.1,823 crore on revenue of Rs.32,046 crore in 2009-2010. The company, in all likelihood, will post losses again for the financial year ended 31st March, 2011. The company recorded a net profit of over Rs.10,000 crore in 2005-06. Failing to compete with private players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Tata, the company has been relegated to the fifth position from second just a few years ago in terms of mobile subscribers. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal recently announced his plans to adopt a "carrot-and-stick...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Apple's iPhone has jumped Research In Motion's BlackBerry to grab fourth place among handset manufacturers in the United States. The iPhone's share of US mobile subscribers rose to 8.7 per cent in the three months ending in May from 7.5 per cent three months earlier, while RIM's share fell to 8.1 per cent from 8.6 per cent. Samsung was the top handset manufacturer overall with a 24.8-per cent share of US mobile subscribers, unchanged from three months earlier. LG was next with a 21.1-per cent share of mobile subscribers, up from 20.9 per cent, followed by Motorola, which fell to 15.1 per cent from 16.1 per cent. Google's Android operating system was the top smartphone platform with a 38.1 per cent share of US smartphone subscribers in the three months to May, up from 33.0 per cent in February. Apple was next with a 26.6-per cent share, up from 25.2 per cent, followed by RIM with 24.7 per cent, down from 28.9 per cent, Micr...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Macmillan Group is set to sell its Indian technology solutions and BPO firm MPS. Macmillan holds 61% stake in MPS. The company employs around 1,000 people and undertakes publishing services work for the UK-based parent as well as third-party clients. Ernst & Young has been mandated to find a suitor for MPS. The deal-making has faced valuation challenges due to Macmillan's expectations and its depressed stock price. The underperforming stocks of the mid-sized and small IT services firms have been a major hurdle for some of these firms looking to sell stake or raise funds. Potential suitors would also seek long-term outsourcing work from Macmillan, which the publishing group has been cagey about in the past, sources added. MPS stock moved up 3.63% closing at Rs.37.15 on BSE. Macmillan was looking at offloading shares at nearly 40% premium, factoring in the real-estate assets in Bangalore. This could peg the deal valuation at around $30 ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Four persons, including a woman, were arrested for allegedly duping at least 37 job seekers to the tune of Rs.1.80 lakh on the pretext of providing them employment at a leading IT firm. The accused were identified as Rajiv Ranjan (30) from Bihar, Mohammed Azar (25) a native of Andhra Pradesh, Sathya Priya (25) a resident of Tamil Nadu and M. N. Naryanana (29) hailing from Kerala, as per Bangalore Police Commissioner B. G. Jyothiprakash Mirji. B. G. Jyothiprakash Mirji said, "Priya would lure job seekers and collect documents and original certificates from them with a promise to get them employed in Wipro in Bangalore. The accused would then accompany them to the Wipro campus, where she would arrange for a meeting with her accomplices, posing as Wipro personnel. The accused would then arrange for an "interview" with a person posing as an employee of the HRD division of the company. The accused managed to gain entry into the Wipr...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Intex has launched a triple SIM phone, Intex Tri.Do. It is a bar style, GPRS enabled, Java based phone that can hold 3 SIM cards (GSM+ GSM+CDMA) with long battery life & 32 GB expandable memory. Rajendra Gupta, GM- Telecom, Intex Technologies said, "The multi-SIM segment is increasingly grabbing a major pie of the total market reflecting a huge demand and utility. Having sensed this quite early, Intex was the first one to introduce a Triple-SIM phone and now it aims to build on the concept by expanding the product-assortment with thoughtfully designed products offering convenience and utility at a highly affordable price." While receiving /making a call on one of the GSM connections, the CDMA connection remains active (and vice versa), hence the user can easily make a shift between the two numbers. Its video player is capable of playing even MP4 and 3GP files and the audio player are compatible with all formats including MP3, AM...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE BT has announced an update to its investment plan in India and the broader Asia Pacific region at the opening of its New Delhi Technology showcase. The new facility is part of BT's ongoing investment plan in Asia Pacific, aimed at delivering enhanced service delivery capabilities as customers invest throughout the region. These enhancements help multinational companies succeed in their business opportunities in India and the rest of the region, and help Indian corporations operate in other parts of the world. At the event, BT announced it is creating more than 60 new critical roles in India as part of the previously announced Asia Pacific expansion plan. The new jobs will be in sales enablement, delivery and implementation of services for customers. Kevin Taylor, President, BT Global Services Asia Pacific, said, "India is a critical component to BT's success and vision and is a key location to a large number of global companies....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Canon is planning to launch a mirrorless camera model. Many of the rival companies are already working on such cameras. This mirrorless model from Canon is likely to feature many of the capabilities of an upmarket single-lens reflex camera in a more compact body. Sony, Canon's arch-rival, already has such a mirrorless camera in their pipeline. Masaya Maeda, Head of the company's camera division, said, "An increase in capacity in Taiwan would bring the firm's production capacity for single-lens reflex cameras to 10 million units per year." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Indian Railways is all set to roll out its own e-ticketing service, which will have no room for travel agents and will be reserved for individual users. Travel agents in the IRCTC service have been accused of blocking tickets to sell them at a premium. Public resentment has also led the Railways to bar travel agents from booking tatkal tickets during peak hours on the IRCTC portal. Under the new railway e-ticketing service, individual customers would need to register themselves for the first time for availing the services. The registration will be free of charge. A maximum of eight transactions per user ID per month will be allowed in the beginning, the official said, adding the service charges levied will be Rs.5 per ticket for sleeper class and Rs.10 per ticket for all other classes. IRCTS charges Rs.10 per ticket for sleeper class and Rs.20 per ticket for all other classes. The new service will be available on its web portal www.indianrai...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Google India has launched a "The Web Is What You Make of It" campaign - Google's global online and offline campaign celebrating everyday people in India and around the world who are pairing their passion and creativity with the power of the web to do amazing things. Capturing the best moments in life, the campaign showcases the emotional and personal connection that people have with the web today. Through a series of short videos, Google wants to share how the web has affected the lives of millions of people and helped them achieve their dreams. It includes a variety of stories from celebrities to everyday consumers to small businessmen. The first video, "Letters from Dad", debuted on June 19, 2011 across national TV channels, was inspired by a collection of true stories about parents taking advantage of technology and web services to capture and document the lives of their children. The second video, "Archana...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Jabra from GN Netcom has announced the launch and availability of voice system with the new Jabra STONE2 Bluetooth headset in India. The headset enables users to talk to (give voice commands) and one that talks to the user (voice guidance) offering a new level of style and usability. Ann Goh, Regional Sales Manager, GN Netcom, responsible for mobile products business in South East Asia, said, "The look and design is so different and unique that it would appeal to all types of users. We are building on the success of predecessor Jabra STONE. The wireless 'earvolution' continues and Jabra STONE2 takes it one step further with an innovative voice systems, multimedia capabilities and optimization with a wide variety of voice-enabled applications." With Jabra STONE2, users can make, answer, end, redial, ignore and reject a call (even call back) via their voice. They just have to say the right function-related word like "Cal...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE LAVA Mobiles has introduced its latest offering - M30. It is designed to bring rich and exhilarating sound experience. The handset stands apart from other music phones because of its unmatched surround sound quality and best-in-class audio clarity through SRS WOW HD Technology and Yamaha PA speakers. The handset supports music formats like MP3, MIDI, AMR, WAV and AAC and comes with a 3.5mm headset audio connection. Sunil Raina, CMO, LAVA International Ltd., said, "We realized that consumers wanted to have improved audio clarity with reduced background noise to effectively maximize speaker output. We are, thus, thrilled to bring SRS WOW HD to the M Series mobile phones to deliver an unparalleled multimedia experience that is both impressive and natural." M30 can be used as a modem for the PC and can also be used as a webcam. The phone also comes with an accessory of a sharing hub, wherein two earphones can be used simultaneously. Du...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Epson Solutions has launched five new models in the Epson EB-G5000 series multimedia projectors - Epson EB-G5600 / EB-G5650W / EB-G5950 / EB-G5450WU / EB-G5750WU. The new Epson EB-G5000 series is suitable for corporate users, higher education and government sector as it offers brightness ratings of 4,000 lumens (lm) to 5,200 lumens, which enables installation in large auditoriums or lecture halls. With high-definition resolution of up to WUXGA (1900 X 1200), the projectors are able to display clear image quality enabling applications in simulations, museums, galleries, cinemas as well as medical environments. Samba Moorthy, Senior General Manager - Sales & Marketing, Epson India, comments, "This range is available in a variety of resolutions, including WXGA (1280x800) and WUXGA (1920x1200). Our corporate and education markets value high-quality projection with enhanced features like the split screen function and multi PC projection ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Synology has launched DiskStation DS2411+, a 12-bay business-class NAS server designed for SMB users. The DS2411+ is built upon the company's heritage of delivering cost-effective NAS servers with high scalability in storage capacity and high performance. "The DS2411+ prepares SMBs for tomorrow's data growth and demanding workloads, allowing them to tap into additional resources as needed," said Chad Chiang, Product Manager, Synology Inc. When paired with Synology DX1211, its expansion unit, the DS2411+ is expandable to 24 bays to accommodate businesses' staggering data. Data throughput can be ensured with an InfiniBand cable that carries 12Gb/sec SATA signal when bridging a connection. The DS2411+ comes with 2 LAN with failover and link aggregation support, delivering 167 MB/sec writing and 202 MB/sec reading speeds under RAID 5 configuration. Businesses can upgrade its 1GB RAM to 3GB to achieve efficient data sharing i...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tradus.in brings a special offer for its customers who will buy iPhone 3GS worth Rs.19,990/- before 10th July, 2011. The offer will include a free Motorola WX 260 Mobile Phone worth Rs.2,190/-. The iPhone 3GS includes features such as 3-mega pixel sensor, three band UMTS/HSDPA, Four band GSM/EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 3.5-inch widescreen multitouch display with fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating, It has a magnetometer, voice control, Nike + support built in. At 135g, the handset measures 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches. iPhone 3GS is available on the site for Rs.19,990/- with an offer of free Motorola phone worth Rs.2,190 + Free Shipping till 10th July, 2011, inclusive of all taxes. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE TAKE Solutions, in partnership with Give Life, an NGO which undertakes various initiatives for the welfare of underprivileged children in Tamil Nadu, organized the "TAKE Solutions Scholarship Distribution Day". Through this initiative, TAKE provides educational sponsorship (uniforms, books, bags, stationery and school fees) to 500 children annually. Employees of TAKE participated by distributing these to the children at the Government High School, Tambaram. TAKE Solutions, in association with Give Life, has been undertaking these activities for the last three years. This year, as part of the community interaction initiative, employees at TAKE took the lead to visit schools in and around Tamil Nadu to share their experiences with young students. They planned several sessions over a span of 4 months where every session had a theme, e.g. Career exploration or Effective use of Mass Media, to bring more focus and interest. "For o...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Newgen Software has announced the success of its process automation solutions (PAS) for achieving "operational excellence". Speaking on the 6th CII Banking Tech Summit 2011 held on June 28th in Mumbai, Hareish Gur, Vice-President (India & Asia-Pacific), said, "Our world-class solutions have helped banks and financial services organizations in 40 countries to continuously improve their business cycle times, productivity standards and compliance. The inherent capability of our product suite to achieve excellence (or kaizen) in operations has added to the core competence of our customers." Newgen Software has helped banks to automate processes like Loans Management, Account Opening and KYC (Know Your Customer), Fund Transfers & Remittance, Inward & Outward Clearing, Trade Finance (LC, LG, BG), Audit & Compliance, Credit Cards, ForEx Operations, Wealth Management, PDC Management, and so on. The 6th CII Banking...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Array Networks has announced that Oxigen Services has selected Array Networks APV Series application delivery controllers to ensure application availability and a premium end-user experience for its media, telecommunications, transportation, entertainment, billing, Internet and cash card services. Deployed in high-availability pairs at Oxigen's hosted data centers located in Tulip, Mumbai, Array APV Series appliances load balance and process transaction requests from points-of-sale across India, mitigating application performance issues related to burst and uneven traffic patterns to ensure a seamless customer experience. Moreover, the APV appliances eliminate the need for Oxigen to manually reassign IP addresses in the event of application failure, enable server maintenance without application disruption and provide application-level security without impacting application performance. In selecting Array to ensure business services were...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS) has announced that its strategy of enabling data centre transformation through IT solutions that are virtualized, automated, cloud-ready and sustainable continues to generate customer success around the globe. Customers including Infosys (India), StarHub (Singapore) and TSYS (United States) are proof that the HDS vision and product strategy for cost-effectively re-architecting the data center and optimizing existing IT assets to support various cloud delivery models is what customers need. These customers are saving the equivalent of millions of dollars in storage costs and are experiencing data center reliability and availability benefits that far surpass competitive offerings. As the data center evolves through virtualization and cloud strategies, the physical boundaries of IT systems are diminishing. This notion that "Data Has No Center" conveys that data is ubiquitous and that the ability ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Vodafone has warned it faces a doubling of the $2.5-billion tax bill it is contesting in the Indian Supreme Court in July. Andy Halford, Vodafone's Chief Financial Officer, said on Wednesday night that the Indian authorities had threatened to impose penalties for non-payment that could raise its outstanding tax liability to $5 billion. The Indian authorities are pursuing Vodafone for tax that they maintain is due on its 2007 acquisition of Hutchison Essar, a fast-growing Indian mobile operator, for $10.9 billion. A controversy over untaxed capital flows out of India has gripped the Indian Parliament in recent months as the country's leaders battle a series of high-profile corruption scandals, including allegations of a $39-billion telecom licensing scam. "It has put us in an invidious position," said Halford. "(The bill) is either $2.5 billion or it could be double that if we take extreme (scenarios). We have done a lo...