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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Google is changing the way our brains remember information, According to a new study that says, "readily available information online makes people easily forget facts since computers become their external memory ". Researchers from Harvard University and Columbia University said, "Google and databases such as Amazon.com, IMDb.com serve as an external memory, where information is stored collectively outside us." People are more likely to remember things they think they will not be able to find online and will have a harder time recalling information which they know they can easily access online, the study added. Since the advent of search engines, we are re-organising the way we remember things. Our brains rely on the Internet for memory in much the same way they rely on the memory of a friend, family member or co-worker. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Companies such as TCS, Cognizant, ITC Infotech and HCL are hiring non-engineer graduates. Although Wipro was ahead of the curve, several companies now have started differentiating the job of a software engineer into several roles like testing, technical support and even coding and programming that can easily be performed by non-engineers. TCS announced hiring of science and commerce graduates from this year, ITC Infotech says 20 per cent of its tech hires will be non-engineers, and Wipro will have about 35-40 per cent of the new hires from the non-engineering stream. A HCL spokesperson commented, "There has been a marginal increase in their hiring of BSc and BCA graduates. The criterion for hiring is not only academic excellence, but based on computer-based test covering logical, quantitative and verbal skills and also direct interviews." "About 90 per cent of the jobs in the top five software companies in the country can easil...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE According to the latest court filing from Oracle Corp wants to question Google's CEO Larry Page over the issue of patent litigation between the two companies. Oracle sued Google last year, claiming that its Android mobile operating technology infringes upon Oracle's Java patents. Oracle bought the Java programming language through its acquisition of Sun Microsystems in January 2010. In the court filing, Oracle requested the court's permission to take Page's deposition, saying he made the decision to acquire Android, Inc. Oracle mentioned in the court filing, "Page also participated in negotiations that took place between Sun and Google regarding a Java licence for Android and in subsequent communications with Oracle's CEO, Larry Ellison." Google has sent a notice that it wants Ellison in a deposition to answer questions under oath, Oracle wrote. Google called Oracle's request a "harassing demand...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Gluster has announced that Rob Bearden has joined the company's board of directors. He is currently President and Chief Operating Officer of Hortonworks. Previously, he served as President & Chief Operating Officer of SpringSource until its acquisition by VMware, as COO of JBOSS through its acquisition by RedHat, and as chairman of the board of Pentaho. Bearden will support Gluster's continued growth and will provide guidance to help further develop its open source community. "Rob is a terrific addition to Gluster's board of directors and is already bringing his expertise to bear as we grow our open source community and expand our commercial solutions. Gluster is committed to providing innovative storage solutions for the data centre and cloud environments to the enterprise, and Rob's insight will help us to accelerate the growth of our open source community," Ben Golub, President & CEO, Gluster said. For M...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Birlasoft has appointed William B. Aimetti as the Strategic Advisor to the Birlasoft Americas Advisory Board. Bill Aimetti was formerly the President, Chief Operating Officer and Board Member of Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and is an acknowledged leader in the Banking & Financial Services (BFS) industry as well as in Capital Markets. In his capacity as Strategic Advisor, he will guide and assist in the formulation and implementation of Birlasoft's overall BFS and Capital Markets' strategy. Speaking on the occasion, William B Aimetti said, "Capital Market firms are wrestling with significant challenges, regulatory reforms and sweeping changes, while meeting aggressive expectations of customers and shareholders. Our Industry is looking for solutions that deliver customer centricity, manage risk and compliance as well as offer efficiencies (both Business and IT). In this milieu, Birlasoft offers market-lea...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg continues to be the most popular person on Google's recently launched social-networking site Google+. The founder of Facebook has been in the news for his activities on Google+. According to the reports, Zuckerberg has apparently changed his privacy settings so that they no longer display how many people follow him or how many people he has placed in circles on the new social network. Circles are groups of friends on Google+. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin reportedly too seem to have hit the privacy button, hiding how many friends and followers they have on Google+. The trio have since then fallen off a ranking of the 100 most popular people on the new social network. The unofficial top 100 list is compiled by an Amsterdam-based team of programmers on a site called Google+ Statistics. The same group is also said to be tracking user popularity on Twitter through Twitter Counter. For More Details See ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Department of Telecom will soon get powers to take back spectrum from operators who are not using it. Under the proposed Spectrum Act, the DoT will get authority to crack down on service providers squatting on airwaves. At present, operators can keep spectrum as long as they meet roll out obligation stipulated under the licence conditions irrespective of whether they have active subscribers or not. This requires them to simply set up towers and show coverage. A number of new players, which got spectrum in 2008, have managed to keep the spectrum despite the fact they have not launched services. They have been able to do so because under the current rules they are required to show proof of coverage in terms of geography. But the new Spectrum Act being drafted by the DoT aims to make operators accountable for efficient usage of airwaves. The proposed Act will also lay down rules for spectrum re-farming and relocation from existing users. For...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE According to market buzz, Google has begun rolling out a new social-networking photo service, Photovine. Photovine, the service appears to let consumers take snaps from their phones and upload them in a stream in the same way tweets flow into Twitter. The service, though, is not yet live. There is only the opportunity to request an invitation on Photovine's website, with no indication of when the service will launch. Google has offered few details about Photovine and said little in response and stated, “Photovine is a photo-sharing service. It's a fun way to learn more about your friends, meet new people and share your world with others.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tata Consultancy Services has posted a 28-percent rise in quarterly net profit and beat analysts' forecasts amid increased demand from western clients. TCS has claimed that fiscal first-quarter net profit rose to 23.8 billion rupees ($535 million) in accordance with international financial reporting standards. The company reported its results as per IFRS rules for the first time, moving away from US accounting standards. Shares in TCS, valued at about $50 billion, closed down 2.2 per cent at 1,123.70 rupees ahead of the earnings announcement, in a positive Mumbai market. Also, the company plans to hire about 60,000 people in the ongoing financial year (2011-12). During the quarter ended June 30, the company made a gross addition of 11,988 employees, while 8,412 left the organisation. The net remaining with the organisation stood at 3,576 headcounts, taking total headcount to 2,02,190. "The company during second quarter is expected t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fortinet has released its latest Threat Landscape report, which details data breaches and attacks such as Sony Europe being hit by another SQL injection attack, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suffering a critical data breach, hacktivism group LulzSec's continued attack on the U.S. government and the rise of spam despite a three-month decline. The most prominent virus FortiGuard Labs detected during the month of June was, once again, Fraudload.OR, though it also has the ability to download other Trojans and malware to an infected user's system. Fraudload.OR has been very active for nearly two months, no doubt fuelled by the success FakeAV loaders like Fraudload.OR have realized. Recently, bank accounts belonging to a FakeAV operator were frozen by the U.S. District Attorney. Nearly US$15 million was in those accounts highlighting the wealth such operators can achieve using a scam that is now well over three years old. "We ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Micro Focus has announced that the company has accepted the 2011 Microsoft Technology Partner of the Year Award in the Technology Innovation category recognizing the company's Visual COBOL R3 solution. Held at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, the award was given to Micro Focus for its contribution of application modernization and application quality testing tools that enable the migration and reuse of mainframe applications on the Microsoft Application Platform, including Microsoft Azure. Visual COBOL R3 is the first solution to translate the COBOL language directly to the Java Virtual Machine, giving developers the freedom to extend COBOL to the latest platforms using a variety of application environments. With over 220 billion lines of COBOL being used within today's enterprise, rewriting these COBOL applications to incorporate new technologies and platforms prove to be a costly and risky proposition. Microsoft's col...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has announced the second edition of "Mahindra Satyam Young Engineer Award". This announcement is in line with its persistent endeavour to identify, recognize and promote innovation and solution capabilities among engineering students in India. During the one-day Mechatronics workshop organized by Mahindra Satyam, which saw an active participation of industry experts and academia, it announced that the second edition of the award will consider Mechatronics as new category in addition to continuing last year's aerospace engineering category. Mechatronics finds its application in products across a wide range of industries. It makes the products more intelligent, efficient, safer and cost-effective. This is an opportunity for students to explore new technology domains and demonstrate their talent. The first edition in 2010 saw more than 300 students contest for the top slot in the "Aerospace Engineering" ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Telit Communications SPA has announced the starting of its India operations by opening an office in New Delhi. This move marks the reinforcement of Telit's commitment to the Indian M2M market, which holds the potential for its products and solutions. Telit, which was present in the country through its distributors, is keen to develop the Indian market by offering solutions that will benefit customers and end-consumers. Telit sells its products through a network of value-added resellers to more than 3,000 communications solution providers and system integrators in more than 60 countries around the world and was present in India since 2009 through its distributors' Arrow Electronics and Nest Connectivity Solutions. With the launch of its India operations, the company is resolute to bring its advanced and abundant experiences that will significantly benefit customers in sectors like Utilities, Retail, Financial, Transportation, Consumer...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sony India has announced its strategy to double VAIO sales in India by selling 5 lakh laptop units in FY11. VAIO S, C, E & Y series caters to the demands of business executives, style-conscious youth, students or even PC beginners. Masaru Tamagawa, Managing Director, Sony India, said, "VAIO contributes 20% to the total sales revenue of Sony India and hence a very important part of our business. This year, our objective is to ensure that we offer a VAIO to meet the lifestyle requirements of every customer. We have an exciting product lineup of 62 models, a robust distribution network of 1,500 outlets and heavy marketing investment of Rs.50 crore to reach our business target of 5 lakh units in FY11. Talking about the new brand campaign, he said, " 'More Colour.More Style' campaign is all about making a lifestyle statement and with Kareena Kapoor as the face of this campaign, we hope it will resonate well with our customer...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MSI has launched the Z68A-GD80 (G3), large bandwidth PCI Express Gen 3 mainboard, and the latest UEFI technology: Click BIOS II which features a homogenous interface both under Windows and the UEFI interface. Conforming to Intel's latest design standard, the MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) with PCI Express Gen 3 provides a data transfer rate that is 200% faster than PCI Express Gen 2, enhancing the performance of graphics cards without bandwidth limitations. Click BIOS II allows simple and intuitive system adjustments in both Windows and the UEFI interface. In addition, Z68A-GD80 (G3) utilizes MIL-810STD Certified Military Class II components and are equipped with OC Genie II technology which increases the performance of hard drive up to 457%. The MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) enables next-generation superior performance with PCI Express Gen 3 and OC Genie II, ultimate stability with certified Military Class II components and an extreme user-friendly Click BIOS...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Avnet Technology Solutions has announced that it has signed a new agreement with Juniper Networks to offer a premier line of diverse networking and security products. This partnership will offer customers a comprehensive networking portfolio with high-performance, reliable network routing, Ethernet switch platforms and optimized application delivery. "The distribution agreement enables Avnet and its partners to accelerate the delivery of high value and converged applications in Vietnam. Avnet is already distributing Juniper solutions in India and the UK, and this extended relationship of Juniper in Vietnam allows us to combine our knowledge of the local market and intelligence to accelerate efforts to support both business partners and their customers," said Nguyen Nhu Cuong, Country General Manager, Avnet Technology Solutions, Vietnam.Kenneth Koh, Director, Avnet Technology Solutions, ASEAN, commented, "Juniper Networks' ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE EMC Corporation has announced full technology support, services and the industry's most comprehensive integration with the new VMware cloud infrastructure suite, including VMware vSphere 5, VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5, and VMware vCloudR Director 1.5 at general availability. This pervasive and immediate support further validates EMC as the industry-leading storage vendor in VMware virtual and cloud environments and highlights EMC's commitment to its shared vision with VMware to help accelerate customers' journey to the cloud and extend their technology investments. Customers will be able to more easily and quickly enjoy the availability, ease-of-management, performance, security, and cost-reduction benefits of virtualization in their mission-critical application environments. RSA, the security division of EMC, has also announced collaboration with VMware vShield 5 to deliver, for the first time, embedded data loss pr...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE In India, there is a growing market demand for Unified Communications (UC) - and companies are finding it increasingly important to be able to rely on open, standards-based architectures to support collaboration between partner organizations, and between customers and suppliers. Underlining the growing convergence of IT and telecommunications, Fujitsu India and Siemens Enterprise Communications, India are partnering to provide Indian customers with Unified IT & Communications solution. As a result of the new alliance, the two companies intend to jointly offer IT & Communications solutions leveraging Fujitsu's IT competence and Siemens Enterprise Communications' UC expertise. Mark Wilson, Senior Vice-President, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, said, "Together, we expect to redefine innovations and raise the bar in terms of customer offerings. We are certain that this relationship will broaden our scope, increase market cover...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Just login to Google's Transit or Google Maps on your mobile to make your travel in the city much easier and save time. Using a variety of search queries, one can have a graphic idea of roads and bus routes to get to. Users can also key in queries using 'from'and 'to' to get a map, a nearest bus-stop to get there. Google has added Chennai and Hyderabad on to the Transit and maps, allowing people and visitors in these cities to quickly check and use bus and train routes. Google already tagged Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Services (AMTS). Google maps cover bus and local train/Metro routes for Mumbai and Delhi, bus routes for Pune, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Besides, it has local train, metro routes for Kolkata and Chennai. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTL) has written to the Department of Telecom to release start up spectrum for its GSM services in 39 districts across the country. The company, which had got 2G licences in 2008, had not got start up spectrum of 4.4 MHz in Delhi and 39 other districts. Recently, the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) upheld an appeal by the company and ordered DoT to allocate GSM spectrum to Tata Teleservices in Delhi. Buoyed by the TDSAT order, Tata Teleservices has written to the DoT claiming spectrum in other regions as well. DoT had put TTL's application under the new operator's category. This category was behind the existing operator's category in terms of spectrum allocation. TDSAT upheld TTL's argument that it was an existing operator and, therefore, entitled to spectrum along with other dual technology players. The company has sought spectrum in 4 districts in Uttar Pradesh (west) including Ag...