VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2012, Ericsson has extended its suite of m-commerce solutions and services, designed to accelerate access and interconnection between the emerging m-commerce eco-system. Ericsson's two new services include Ericsson Converged Wallet and Ericsson Merchant Wallet. Adam Kerr, Head, M-commerce, Ericsson, said, "This is an exciting time for the m-commerce industry, which is expected to process over US$800 billion globally by 2016. At Ericsson M-commerce, we are in a unique position to work with strategic partners to kick-start the next wave of growth of the m-commerce eco-system." "Right now, we are very much focussed on providing services that give our partners across the eco-system a fast route to provide their consumers with more m-wallet and platform independent services and greater payments choice. Through our enhanced suit of services, we will enable partners to get closer to their customers...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mahindra Satyam has entered into a global services agreement with FuelQuest. Mahindra Satyam has agreed to provide implementation and support services to FuelQuest as it scales its operations across India, Brazil, China, Russia, USA and other target countries. Mahindra Satyam will augment FuelQuest's team to provide additional onsite or remote implementation and support services with regard to international customers. Furthermore, to scale appropriately with FuelQuest, Mahindra Satyam will establish the FuelQuest Service Centre within its Delivery centre in India staffed with experienced software professionals. C. P. Gurnani, CEO, Mahindra Satyam, said, "This agreement between Mahindra Satyam and FuelQuest marries two market leaders creating a global solution for energy companies to adopt and utilize FuelQuest fuel and tax automation software and services. This exclusive arrangement with Mahindra Satyam will support Fuel Quest...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fortinet has announced that the company's FortiOS 4.3 operating system has received certification for Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL) 4. The certification process provides a third-party evaluation service for determining the trustworthiness of information technology security products. Common Criteria evaluations involve formal rigorous analysis and testing to examine security aspects of a product or system. Extensive testing activities involve a broad and formally repeatable process, confirming that the security product functions as claimed by the manufacturer. Security weaknesses and potential vulnerabilities are specifically examined during an evaluation. FortiOS 4.3 introduced wireless controller extensions that support automatic provisioning of wireless access points, detection and suppression of rogue access points, multiple authentication methods and unified "single pane of glass" management of both w...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Research In Motion (RIM) has set up a "server" in Mumbai to provide a mechanism for lawful interception of its messenger services. "A team of officials from security agencies has inspected the server. Test runs are going on to check its effectiveness. Required permission for direct linkage for lawful interception of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) services is likely to be issued shortly," according to an official. By setting up the server in India, RIM has had to drop its reluctance to make an exception to its policy of securing communication from any real-time interception. The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has also asked Nokia to do what RIM has done so that its push mails can be legally tracked as and when required by security agencies. India has been pressing RIM to provide a mechanism to intercept its messenger and enterprise services as security agencies had pointed to the use of such means by terrorist groups. T...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Microsoft has unveiled that it was redesigning the logo of Windows software, making a fundamental change to the iconic four-colour Windows logo users have been used to for 20 years. According to market buzz, the new logo is said to be slightly-angled blue block with a thin white cross in the middle, meshing with the Metro design of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8. The new logo is designed by Paula Scher from the Pentagram Design Agency. Microsoft claimed in a blog post, "The Windows logo is a strong and widely recognized mark but when we stepped back and analyzed it, we realized an evolution of our logo would better reflect our Metro style design principles and we also felt there was an opportunity to reconnect with some of the powerful characteristics of previous incarnations." The Company said, "We did less of a re-design and more to return it to its original meaning and bringing Windows back to its roots reimagining the ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ciena Corporation has announced that the Dutch information and communications services provider UNET has selected Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Solutions (CES) for the expansion and upgrade of its metro and access network. Ciena joined forces with Telindus-ISIT to offer UNET a solution for rolling out scalable, cost-effective service provider services and expand its geographical reach in the Netherlands. The upgrade is said to allow additional customer growth for UNET and support its position as an alternative to traditional telecoms service providers. Ger Bakker MsEE, CTO, UNET said, "Service providers and enterprises in the Netherlands rely on reliable and cost-effective connectivity services to succeed. Ciena's Carrier Ethernet Solutions offer UNET the tools needed to support the ambitions of its growing customer base, including a low-touch approach for quickly delivering new services and guaranteed service quality agreements....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Lumenpulse Inc. has announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Singapore-based Technolite. The partnership, which will give Lumenpulse greater presence in the region, will be managed out of Lumenpulse's London, UK office. As exclusive partner, Technolite will supply Lumenpulse's range of LED lighting, and provide close support by managing sample requests, facilitating mock-ups, and offering technical and commercial assistance as needed. The move will ensure the Lumenpulse brand and portfolio is represented in the area and those architects, designers and engineers are actively supported. Gorm Teichert, Executive Vice President International Sales, Lumenpulse said, "Technolite is very active in the high-end architectural lighting market in Singapore. The company's outstanding reputation and experience in providing quality lighting solutions, combined with great technical ability and understanding of LED sys...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Audyssey has announced its partnership with 3P in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It's a pairing that will extend availability of Audyssey's new line of consumer audio products across an even wider European market. Jeff Handis, Sr. Director of Global Retail Sales said, "3P is an exciting partner that will dramatically increase our European reach. Germany and its surrounding markets have such a strong tradition embracing progressive engineering, and our breakthrough audio technologies are a perfect fit for these customers." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE AMD has announced today that John Byrne has been appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of Global Accounts. Byrne will be responsible for ensuring AMD's worldwide sales organization effectively addresses customer needs by exceeding the expectations of AMD's largest multinational partners. He will report to AMD President and Chief Executive Officer Rory Read, in his capacity as acting chief sales officer. Read said, "In this critical new role, John will be responsible for driving account management for our key global customers, reinforcing AMD's position as a trusted supplier. John has consistently demonstrated an ability to help customers win in the marketplace and understands that when our customers win, AMD wins. In his new position, John will have greater responsibility and ability to drive this understanding across our entire sales force by building deeper relationships with our multinational partners and en...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sage India has revealed the implementation of Sage CRM across the operations of Spectranet, a leading Internet Service Provider in India offering private network convergence services. The implementation has given Spectranet new found confidence to achieve a higher business growth rate; driven in by CRM advantages like improved lead generation and sales follow up. This has led to the creation of a stronger sales team and the development of a more strategic marketing campaign. Sunando Bhattacharya, Head - Marketing & Business Technology, Spectranet said, "When we were told about Sage CRM, we thought it was almost made for us. We realized that Sage CRM is basically a web technology platform, which provides certain standard functionalities of sales force automation, marketing and customer support as default while the rest can be customized or built on the platform. This is what gave us the confidence that we can now able to have a singl...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Worldwide smartphone sales to end users soared to 149 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 47.3 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. Total smartphone sales in 2011 reached 472 million units and accounted for 31 percent of all mobile devices sales, up 58 percent from 2010. Smartphone volumes during the quarter rose due to record sales of Apple iPhones. As a result, Apple became the third-largest mobile phone vendor in the world; overtaking LG. Apple also became the world's top smartphone vendor, with a market share of 23.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, and the top smartphone vendor for 2011 as a whole, with a 19 percent market share. Roberta Cozza, Principal Research Analyst, Gartner said, "Western Europe and North America led most of the smartphone growth for Apple during the fourth quarter of 2011. In Western Europe the spike in iPhone sales in the fourth quarter saved the...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE A project sponsored by the European Commission under Framework Programme 7 (FP7), and supported by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MCIT), Government of India, is believed to be an ambitious strategic initiative with the core objective to enhance the impact of the significantly progressing EU-India research policy dialogues in the Information Technology domain. In this framework, the project developed a 'Position Paper' containing EU-India joint ICT research priorities and policy recommendations, including specific research dimensions of the priorities shortlisted at the 6th EU-India ICT Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting held in March 2009 in Brussels. The Position Paper is the outcome of the discussions and deliberations of two Think Thank meetings held among high level EU-Indian ICT experts who are part of the Synchroniser Steering Committee (SSC). This valuable document is said to serve as an input for t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE KINGMAX has added another new product to its Nano Gaming Ram series: 8GB overclocking memory modules in one stick. This is believed to be the largest capacity in one stick and the only DDR3 memory modules which doesn't need heat sink for cooling. 8GB DDR3 memory modules with speed faster than 1600MHz also support Intel XMP - Extreme Memory Profiles. Further, 8GB DDR3 memory modules are compatible with Intel X79 platform, enabling quad channel memory setting and allowing memory upgrade up to 32GB. KINGMAX also announces standard desktop 8GB DDR3 modules. The KINGMAX 8GB DDR3 memory modules with surpassing capacity are designed to solve abovementioned difficulties and to help computer system work much more smoothly and faster. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Xerox India Limited, the local operating company of Xerox Corporation has named Rajat Jain as Managing Director. He will assume his Xerox role effective from 20 February. Rajat will be responsible for leading Xerox India's strategy implementation and business operations, including sales of products and services, marketing, brand recognition, and customer service operations for Xerox India Ltd. He will focus on expanding Xerox's channel presence and further strengthening Xerox's partner relationships across India. He also will intensify the drive to bring Xerox's services offers, including document outsourcing, to more companies in all key sectors of the Indian market. To deliver against these growth objectives, Rajat will oversee the development of Xerox India's talent pool. Hervé Tessler, President, Developing Markets Operations including India, Xerox Corporation said, "India is a country of vital importance to Xero...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sanovi Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has opened its subsidiary in U.A.E, Sanovi Technologies JLT. This new subsidiary with its office head-quartered in Dubai is believed to be responsible for active sales and marketing of Sanovi Disaster Recovery products in the Middle East and African regions. It also offers localized DR support to all its customers. The opening of Dubai office gives Sanovi Technologies a distinct advantage to tap on the potential market and advancing its business prospects in the region. Chandra Pulamarasetti, Founder & CEO, Sanovi Technologies said, "The opportunity for Sanovi DRM solution is very good in the Middle East region as medium to large enterprises have started deploying DR solutions. We are pretty confident to serve Middle East market with user friendly and cost effective DR solutions matching their Industry standards. We are going aggressive. We have also received good responses from Saudi Arabia, UAE ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Progress Software Corporation has announced that FFastFill has extended its existing partnership agreement with Progress Software to deliver Progress Apama FX Aggregation Solution Accelerator product to the capital markets industry as a fully-managed, cloud-based service. The Progress Apama FX Aggregation Solution Accelerator product combines FX integration adaptors with fully integrated trading dashboards providing a consolidated order book by price and available depth. The solution supports high-volume FX data streams from dealing banks and Electronic Crossing Networks (ECNs) without the increased latency associated with products typically available. With liquidity sources offering different strengths in terms of currency pairs (including crosses) and available liquidity, the Progress Apama FX Aggregation Solution Accelerator product captures prices and depth that span a range of liquidity pools and makes these pools accessible via a set of...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The cyber criminals broke into one of the government servers and hacked as many as 27 websites of various departments of Andhra Pradesh exposing the chinks in the state's cyber security. It is believed that the hackers did not deface the pages or steal the information but only added additional pages with their message. The websites which were hacked include those of departments of commercial taxes, general administration department, horticulture, factories, gazette notifications and government orders. Some Bangladeshi hacking groups are suspected to be behind the incident. Ponnala Lakshmaiah, State Information Technology Minister claimed, "There was no loss of data. One of the 50 government servers was hacked and 27 websites supported by the server were affected." The officials shared, "None of the websites had data relating to 2012-13 budget, which is to be presented in the state legislature Friday." Anam Ramnarayan ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE BT and Verizon Enterprise Solutions are extending the range of their telepresence immersive-video offerings to enable virtual face-to-face collaboration in more locations around the world to meet the growing demand of businesses for video communications. Under a new agreement, customers of Verizon and BT are now able to communicate with each other via Cisco TelePresence. This new capability expands the community, helps clients collaborate globally and improves productivity. Sandra O'Boyle, Service Director, Business Network and IT services, Current Analysis said, "This initiative between BT and Verizon opens up new opportunities for enterprises to collaborate across their premium video platforms and will help multinational customers make the most of their Cisco TelePresence System investments." Mike Palmer, VP of Product Strategy for Verizon Enterprise Solutions said, "This agreement makes video communications more widely ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Envent Worldwide Pvt. Ltd has selected Venktron Digital Systems Pvt. Ltd. as its distributor for Western India. The appointment of Venktron is said to help the company to further expand its reach in this part of the country. Sukhesh Madaan, CEO-Envent World Wide Pvt Ltd. said, "We are delighted to appoint Venktron as our distributor for western India for our IT, Telecom and lifestyle offerings. With offices across strategic cities of western India, this tie up would certainly help us to meet our objective. On the other hand, I am sure, Venktron would find enormous value in our innovative and technologically advanced products portfolio." Ajay Singhania, Chairman & Managing Director, Venktron Digital Systems Pvt Ltd. said, "We are looking forward to have a fruitful and long term relationship with Envent. I am sure; Envent's product line will add great value to our portfolio and to our channel partners as well." For...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ComGuard, a part of Spectrum Group, Dubai has entered into the Indian market. The Company is said to focus on enterprises and education markets and introduce global brands for networking and security products to cater to this market. Ajay Singh Chauhan, CEO, Spectrum Group said, "After having strong presence in Middle-East and African countries, we are focusing now on Indian IT security market. Indian IT security industry is moving strongly, and is expected to continue scoring solid growth in near future. With the robust growth of India's emerging SMB segment, the demand for IT security solutions will go a long way. We as a VAD will hand hold the partners to make a transition from their traditional business to the emerging business." George Jason, Vice President, ComGuard said, "India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and will be for the foreseeable future. Our objective for the Indian market would be to...