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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Targus has introduced Targus Laser Presentation Remote (AMP13AP), a wireless multimedia laser presenter with KeyLock technology that prevents accidental pressing of buttons during a presentation. It also features a simplistic button layout along with integrated laser pointer. Moreover, the device is compatible with Microsoft Windows and Mac systems. Arun Goenka, Senior Manager, Business Development, Targus India Pvt. Ltd, said, "Targus strongly believes in constant innovation. We are confident that KeyLock Technology and other intuitive features we've added will provide the user an experience that only Targus can offer. The superior functionality of Targus Laser Presentation remote will help business executives and students alike, get their point across with confidence and be in complete charge of their presentations. No embarrassing moments of a wrong slide going up by accident. Ever." Targus Laser Presentation Remote is avail...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Indian Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA) in a communication to the Honorable Prime Minister, Government of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Honorable Minster of Home Affairs Shri P Chidambaram raised the issue of susceptibility of the Indian telecommunication network to collapse at any critical juncture due to lack of initiative on the part of the UPA Government. "The United States of America too has similar concerns as India's. They have taken the issue of large scale use of foreign made equipments in their telecom networks seriously. We are in a much worse condition, as almost all the critical sub systems of our nationwide telecom network have foreign equipment in it and we are not taking any concrete step in mitigating this potential threat which exists by promoting the use of indigenous equipments into the network, " said Ashok K. Aggarwal, Honorary Director General, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The Global Distribution Group has announced that it has infused immediate cash and credit facilities to support the Indian operations. With these new infusions, the Company is actively involved in engaging new Vendors in various segments of the IT distribution. The Company is planning to increase its manpower by 30% all over India. The Company is also planning to increase its Upcountry presence by enhancing in country logistics, credit availability and its Partner reach. "We are a Global Company with a LOCAL MIND. I am quite excited to take over as Managing Director of our Indian subsidiary. We will bring our International experience in IT arena into India, also our Financial resources which combined with our Local expertise will definitely help us to achieve our Mission statement by 2013. As a Group we are also actively pursuing to acquire more IT Companies within India to increase our overall Portfolio," said V.M. Chandra Sekar, ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NetApp has strengthened its entry product and solutions portfolio for midsize businesses to deliver greater value to both customers and partners. As part of the announcement, NetApp is offering new lower pricing options for both the FAS2040 and FAS2240. Tom Georgens, President and Chief Executive Officer, NetApp, said, "Midsize businesses are facing unique challenges as a result of increasing business demands and the need to do more with fewer resources. We understand that customers should not be forced to make a tradeoff between affordability and 'good enough' technology. With solutions that are priced and packaged to address this growing market, NetApp is uniquely positioned to help our customers succeed and build a solid foundation that can expand and adapt as their business and priorities change." Simon Green, Vice President and General Manager, NetApp Asia Pacific, said, "India's mid-market and midsize enterpr...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NEC Corporation is displaying its range of public safety and security solutions focusing on the concept of "safer cities" at IFSEC 2011 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. The three day ebvent ends today. Themed "We Make Cities Safer", the NEC exhibits showcase how governments and businesses can use technologies to safeguard lives and property. NEC's proven track record in public safety, leveraging on its comprehensive suite of integrated security solutions empower and enable public institutions to take preventive and protective measures to enhance public safety and minimize damage to property. These solutions assist public institutions in the management of people movements across and within borders, enforcement of law and order within a territory, protection of public facilities and vital installations, and ensuring order in the virtual world. Tan Boon Chin, Managing Director at NEC Asia Pacific's Regional Competency...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Microsoft has announced the expansion of its global consulting and enterprise services operations out of India: a new state-of-the-art Global Delivery centre, situated in the heart of Bangalore's business district. The Bangalore team will, in addition to the team in Hyderabad, support Microsoft Services in powering business-critical and mission-critical applications for some of the world's largest corporations in over 65 countries. Microsoft's Global Delivery has had a presence in India since 2005, when the first team began its operations in Hyderabad. Kristin Johnsen, General Manager, Microsoft Consulting Services Business and Amit Sircar, General Manager, Microsoft Services Global Delivery, were present for the inauguration of the new centre. Kristin, commenting on the expansion of Microsoft's presence in India, said, "Microsoft Services brings the deepest expertise on Microsoft technologies to help customers plan, d...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Tata Communications has announced its support of iAccelerator, a start-up incubation program that provides Indian technology entrepreneurs access to mentoring, infrastructure and investment support to kick start their businesses. iAccelerator is the flagship program of the Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIM, Ahmedabad. Tata Communications' senior executives will mentor the entrepreneurs to launch their ideas. In addition, Accelerator participants will also have access to the company's leading cloud, connectivity and collaboration tools necessary to succeed in a global business community. Pranay Gupta, Joint CEO, Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), said, "In today's globally connected environment, it was important to support our finalists with reliable and sophisticated cloud, global connectivity and collaboration tools which is why there was no question in our mind t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE National Instruments has announced that its NI Calibration Services Austin headquarters has been accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) to provide calibration for ISO/IEC 17025:2005. For companies subject to government regulation including OEMs that develop medical devices, transportation products and electronics as well as multinational corporations looking for a single quality benchmark, ISO 17025 provides the most highly recognized global standard for calibration. The ISO 17025 accredited calibration service, which also complies with the ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994 standard, helps any organization that needs its PXI instrumentation certified for compliance with rigorous quality standards. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NEC Corporation has announced that Telefonica has launched "APLICATECA" in Argentina, cloud services using NEC's cloud platform. In February 2011, Telefonica selected NEC as a strategic partner to promote cloud computing in Latin America. As a result, Telefonica is now approaching its customers with a new option based on the SaaS business system (Software as a Service), designed to facilitate access to a variety of digital applications and services where the customer only pays for the number of licences that are used. This project allows Telefonica to boost its services in Latin America by using more efficient model that reduces time-to-market. Looking forward, NEC's deployment of platforms for cloud services in Argentina can be applied to a wide variety of areas. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE KINGMAX has announced its latest model UI-03 in the urban series featuring "paper-clip" design hook, making the UI-03 a storage drive and also a handy USB drive that can also be used to attach pieces of paper together. It can even be attached to your collar as a discrete pendant. UI-03 is also incorporated with three main elements of minimalism, lightweight, and user-friendliness, making it fresh and elegant at first glance. The UI-03 comes with orange and blue, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB or 32GB storage capacity. The new KINGMAX UI-03 flash drive meets RoHS regulations (Restriction of Hazardous Substances in electronic and electrical and electronic equipment), and is certified by Microsoft Windows 7, CE and FCC. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Following the launch of a complete range of ASUS X79-based motherboards, the brand has scored another accolade in the form of its first Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) certified Socket LGA 2011 board, the P9X79 DELUXE, which features 2400MHz RAM. The ROG Rampage IV Extreme also hosts the current X79 RAM speed record at 2700MHz, made possible, thanks to exhaustive development and testing, as well as focussed investment in exclusive power delivery and overclocking technologies. "Kingston is very excited that the ASUS P9X79 DELUXE is the first X79 board certified XMP by Intel, which was achieved using Kingston HyperX quad-channel kits. We are very happy to partner with Intel and ASUS again to bring this new high-performance solution to market," said Ann Bai, Kingston DRAM Memory Sales Director - APAC Region, when speaking on the P9X79 DELUXE. With its support for faster memory speeds and more stable overclocking, the Rampage IV Extr...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE OnMobile has embarked on a program to revamp its management framework, by adopting and considering a number of additional corporate governance measures as part of a new "OnMobile 2020" strategy. In keeping with the global best practices, OnMobile has announced that as a part of the new governance framework, it is demarcating the role of the CEO and Chairman, pursuant to which Arvind Rao, the current CEO, stepped down as Chairman and was replaced by H. H. Haight as the new Chairman. Haight has been a non-executive director on the Board of the Company since 2006 and has over 25 years of experience in leadership and growth of various enterprise companies. Haight, Chairman, said, "As part of OnMobile's future growth plans" and expansion strategies that are proposed to be rolled out, the Board thought it important that the Company moves towards adopting greater governance standards and global best practices as we grow inter...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has announced that EmployWise will deliver its services on a cloud computing infrastructure using the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering. This agreement will help EmployWise have better focus on continued innovation and rapid on-demand expansion, while IBM manages the back-end operations like installing, upgrading and maintaining the company's valuable high-end infrastructure. "Using the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise pay-as-you-go IaaS model, EmployWise will be able to develop and test their applications much faster via automation and rapid provisioning to create the required competitive edge. This next-generation IT consumption model based on IBM's leading cloud computing technology and services will help position EmployWise a league ahead of their competition,"said G. Dharanibalan, Vice-President, Offerings Management & Development, Global Technology Services, IBM, India/South Asia. ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Genpact Limited has entered into an agreement with PreCash, a rapidly-growing provider of expedited payment systems and other payment services. Through this engagement, Genpact will enable PreCash to respond to its increasing volume of payment processing transactions. Leveraging Genpact's ability to scale and drive end-to-end process excellence encapsulated in its proprietary Smart Enterprise Processes (SEP) framework, PreCash will now be able to accelerate its growth with existing customers and onboard new customers at a much faster rate. Additionally, PreCash will utilize Genpact's extensive data analytics to help broaden the breadth of products and services that it delivers to the market. "Genpact's expertise in payment processing, financial services operations and customer service, along with a scientific approach to process and operational rigour, is already helping PreCash manage and drive growth. Our payment volume is ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Technomad has introduced completely weatherproof, all-in-one (portable audio) PA system for the commercial pro audio market at ISE2012 (January 31-February 2, RAI Exhibition Center, Hall 3, Booth #3D144), marking its international debut. The DragonFly, adapted from Technomad's rugged military technology, is for mobile pro audio and staging events that require audio quality, lightweight portability, quick set-up, ease of operation and durable construction for outdoor events. The DragonFly offers a small form factor for a fully functioning PA unit, sized at 14-1/2"x8-1/4"x14" and weighing 28 pounds. It contains two Technomad loudspeakers (expandable to four) and a 200-watt amplifier, and is one of the only portable PA systems to offer an integrated four-input mixer with individual controls. Collectively, the professional audio features provide a powerful output with broad dispersion, projecting intelligible speech and high-q...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MSI has announced that MSI Afterburner, the globally acclaimed graphics card overclocking utility, not only includes comprehensive overclocking functions, but also offers gamers the popular Predator video capture function. By programming a simple hot key, gamers can save in-game videos that can then be shared with other players over social media. From now until December 31, gamers can use MSI Predator to express their endless creativity by recording a video and then uploading it to YouTube. Gamers who share their video link on MSI's event page on Facebook will be eligible for the chance to win the MSI WindPad 100W tablet PC and the N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II Gold Limited Edition graphics card. Weekly drawings for the Z68A-GD65 (G3) motherboard and other great prizes will also be held! Hit the hot key now to record your own creative video clips! For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Samsung has announced that J S Shin, President & Chief Executive Officer, South West Asia, has been awarded the "Man of Electronics Award 2011" by the Consumer Electronics and Appliance Manufacturers' Association (CEAMA) at CEAMA's 32nd Annual Function. The Award was handed over to J S Shin by Shri Rajeev Shukla, Hon'ble Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, at the function held in New Delhi. As per the CEAMA citation read out on the occasion, Shin has been conferred this Award "for his exceptional all-round contribution to the Indian Electronics and Appliances Industry". markets, with a strong product line-up and marketing activities that met consumers needs. J S Shin, President & CEO, Samsung South-West Asia, said, 'I would like to accept this Award with much humility. At Samsung, it has been our continuous endeavour to grow this industry by taking the lead in terms of introducing our late...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HID Global has announced that it is delivering innovative products and solutions from 8th to 10th December at IFSEC India 2011. The company will showcase its new readers and credentials as part of HID's iCLASS SIO-Enabled (SE) access control platform that is based on the company's new, portable identity model for advanced security and increased mobility. The new, portable identity model revolutionizes the implementation of high security readers and credentials enabling the use of digital credentials on mobile devices. HID Global will also showcase a variety of solutions for physical access, logical access and secure issuance at Hall 18, booth #A160 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. During the seminar sessions of IFSEC 2011, HID Global will present "Next Generation of Access Control Platform - Embedding Identities on NFC-enabled Smartphones". Ranjit Nambiar, Director - Sales, South Asia with HID Global, will illustrate the compa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE OnSSI has appointed David Throckmorton as South East Regional Sales Manager. Throckmorton, who will be located in a regional office in the greater Miami area, will apply his extensive sales and technology experience to manage OnSSI's business activities in the region, and to ensure the company's continued growth in the Southeastern United States. "The Southeast is an important and rapidly-expanding region for OnSSI's Ocularis video security and surveillance platform. Integrators and end-users servicing a wide range of vertical markets continue to embrace the outstanding performance and added value that Ocularis provides, and we welcome the addition of David to help us communicate the broad functionality and overall benefits Ocularis provides to new and existing customers throughout the Southeast," said Gadi Piran, President & Chief Technology Officer, OnSSI. "Working for an integrator enabled me to fully apprec...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Autonomy, an HP company, has announced availability of three new HP Autonomy Appliances designed to provide organizations with simplified, reliable and turnkey solutions for specific applications. Powered by the Autonomy Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), the new appliances provide organizations with cost-effective solutions for archiving, eDiscovery, and enterprise search. These appliances are optimized architectures based on Autonomy IDOL and HP Converged Infrastructure, including HP ProLiant servers and HP Storage. The HP Autonomy Appliances allow organizations to tap into the power of Autonomy IDOL, Autonomy's private cloud, and HP Converged Infrastructure. Autonomy IDOL automatically indexes all relevant information, forming an understanding of all conceptually related content and topics within both unstructured and structured information. Additionally, the appliances also leverage Autonomy's private cloud, Autonomy Dig...