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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ESET warns Indian companies against the practice of asking job interviewers and current employees to share Facebook or other online credentials. It may harm company's reputation and open it up to serious liability, both corporate and individual. Recently Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan has announced that Facebook had seen an increase in reports of employers or others seeking to gain access to people's Facebook and that can lead to "initiating legal action" against employers that demand Facebook passwords from the social networking company. "India has second largest number of facebook and LinkedIn users in the world, after US. However Indian cyber privacy laws are not as developed as in some other countries, so despite Facebook's and even some US lawmakers concern about this issue, which is a good trend in whole, in India the scenario can be worse. Considering the poor cyber security awareness among m...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Edimax has launched IC-3015Wn 1.3Mpx Wireless Network Camera, a highly cost-effective network camera designed for easy home monitoring. The Edimax IC-3015Wn is built with a wide 1.7mm (28mm equiv.) lens that covers a viewing angle of 74.8 degrees, making it suitable for capturing video footage of a wide area with a single network camera. With a 1.3-mega pixel CMOS sensor. this network camera is able to capture SXVGA (1280 x 960) videos at 30 frames per second. The IC-3015Wn is designed with multi-area motion detection system. When motion is detected in the specified areas, the network camera will immediately take a snapshot of the detected motion and send the snapshot to the user via email or FTP. The multi-area motion detection function also works with the network camera's recording feature. When motion is detected, the IC-3015Wn is able to produce video footage of the monitored area up to 60 seconds in length. The Edimax IC-3015Wn also...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HID Global has announced the expansion of its Genuine HID card printer and encoder portfolio with the launch of its new FARGO DTC1000M Monochrome Printer/Encoder. The DTC1000M provides organizations with a solution that is cost-effective to own and operate and offers a low total cost of ownership. "The new DTC1000M enables more customers to step up to FARGO quality. From the affordable and convenient DTC1000M, to the high duty performance HDP8500 Industrial Card Printer/Encoder, HID Global offers the broadest range of card personalization systems. With the release of this entry-level printer, HID is uniquely positioned to meet the complete set of customer card issuance needs with a vast range of cost-effective card printer/encoder options, including card issuance supplies and intuitive ID card issuance software solutions," said Dan DeFore, Director, Product Marketing for Secure Issuance, HID Global. The DTC1000M prints a single-col...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Emerson Network Power has released a list of 10 common surprises for data center and IT managers and offered tips on how to be prepared for them. The list includes information on a surprising cause of data center downtime, what data center managers might not know about that next server refresh, and the growing trend sneaking up on virtually every IT manager. "When you are a data center or IT manager, very few things are more unsettling than the unexpected. We hope this list helps IT professionals better anticipate these issues and prepares them with the appropriate technologies, solutions and best practices," said Peter Panfil, Vice- President of Global Power, Emerson Network Power. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sony India has expanded its Walkman MP3 player family with the new NWZ- B170 series (NWZ-B172 and NWZ-B173), believed to deliver the favourite beats in a flashy new design and enhancing the audio experience by simply pressing the BASS Boost button, which is said to assure rich and pumping low-ends. The new models NWZ-B172 and NWZ-B173 have built-in lithium-ion battery, which is expected to deliver up to 18 hours of music playback and the Quick Charge function delivers 90 minutes of music with just a mere three-minute charge. The NWZ-B170 Series also claimed to exude fashion chic with four colour choices and a new colour-matching power illuminator, which flashes in sync with the rhythm of the music. With the NWZ-B170, one does not have to spend hours trying to manage the music, the sleek and simple USB-dongle design - plug it into the Windows PC1, drag and drop the tracks one want, and one is ready to go. Searching through the hundreds of son...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE LifeSize, a division of Logitech, has announced that LifeSize ClearSea now supports iOS 5.1 and is ready for the new iPad. With the addition of the new iPad to its list of supported devices. LifeSize continues to enable video calling on the broadest range of smartphones and tablets in the industry. LifeSize ClearSea also enables users to be connected via multiple devices simultaneously and reached with a single number, an exclusive capability that only LifeSize currently provides. "Demand for extending video conferencing to mobile devices is exploding. Mobility is enabling companies to get closer to their customers, partners and employees, and LifeSize is helping them connect through enterprise-class visual communication. Mobility is a critical trend in visual communication, and LifeSize continues to lead the way through relentless innovation and the broadest support of mobile devices in the industry," said Colin Buechler, CEO, Li...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Adobe has announced the findings from its second Adobe Digital Index report, which provides marketing, e-commerce, and retail executives with critical digital marketing insights. The study evaluated how marketers measure the impact of website traffic from major social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Blogger, YouTube, and Yelp. Adobe analyzed more than 1.7 billion visits to more than 225 U.S. companies' websites in the retail, travel and media industries, concluding that marketers significantly underestimate the value of social traffic. Key Report Findings included: The use of last-click attribution, the most common attribution model used by marketers, may cause marketers to undervalue social media's website impact by up to 94 per cent; First-click attribution models more accurately capture the benefits of social media in engaging customers earlier in the buying process and significant differences in the ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Zippo has launched a playful range of Windproof Lighters this spring season with natural colors including lemon, orange and rainbow satin chrome. Alongside the cult designs already in the range, one may also choose their special colorful lighter from www.zippoindia.com or via select retail outlets selling the Zippo range. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wacom has launched its graphics tablet- Intuos5, for creative professionals in India on the 16th of March, 2012. Neoteric Infomatique Ltd. would be the sole distributor for it in India. Intuos5 features multi-touch gesture support for intuitive input, an Express View display to facilitate an efficient workflow and wireless capabilities for convenience and comfort. Shigeki Komiyama, Director and Executive Director, Japan-Asia Pacific Region, Wacom Co. Ltd strongly believes that touch and pen could replace mouse and keyboard in future. He clearly points out the success of Samsung's Galaxy Note. With touch functionality being adopted in all fields, the multi-touch capabilities of the Intuos5 support gestures, like zooming, scrolling, panning and rotating the image. It offers compatibility with Windows and Macs. He maintains that the tablet is for professional artists and look forward to further tie-ups with art institutions in India. Moreove...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE SAP has launched Project Avsar - an initiative targeted at developing vocational SAP skills and placement assistance for the underprivileged youth. Project Avsar is a SAP vocational training program that will combine a class room and practical / fieldwork based approach to introduce the selected candidates to the business functions of a company and eventually provide them the necessary IT skill-sets to manage business processes using SAP software. Project Avsar is based on the premise that a short term, practical, skill-oriented vocational training program will provide a strong career foundation and open up several employment opportunities for the underprivileged youth to succeed in the digital era. It provides a basic course to introduce Enterprise Resource Planning - training on SAP Business One solution, covering relevant business processes, workflow navigation, data-entry and usage of management reports. The courses will be conducted a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Micro Focus has announced Caliber 10.1, the latest from the company's Borland testing and management product portfolio. The update to the Caliber product line provides even deeper integration between requirements definition and management (RDM) to help organizations increase collaboration between teams, improve the reaction time to changing requirements and reduce costs of producing quality software. New capabilities in Caliber 10.1 include integration between Caliber RM and Caliber RDM. The synergy between visual and text-based requirements provides better shared goals for all stakeholders, giving the software development and business analyst teams the tools needed to establish implementation consensus early on and then maintain a common vision. Using Caliber 10.1, requirements changes and traceability can be managed from inception to production. "Caliber is about managing ideas and making sure inspiration captured on a whiteboar...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Compuware has published a new whitepaper titled: "How End-User Experience Affects Your Bottom Line." The paper explores the business impact of application performance and explains why end-user experience is the ultimate measure of an application's success that can affect an organization's bottom line. This whitepaper outlines: why applications often perform poorly and need to operate at peak performance; how successful companies manage their applications; and how organizations can ensure optimal application performance by using an application performance management solution that monitors the entire application delivery chain. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has opened a branch office in Ludhiana, Punjab as part of the company's continued geographic expansion across India. This branch is IBM's seventh new office to be opened in India in the past 12 months. "We are seeing strong demand for our solutions and services in Ludhiana as businesses in the city turn to IT to increase efficiencies and improve customer service. Crucial to Ludhiana's economic development are small to medium sized enterprises which spur innovation in the region and are at the center of a thriving export market in the city," said Vivek Malhotra, VP and Territory Executive – North and East, IBM India & South Asia. Inaugurating new office Jugdiep Singh, MD, SPS Apollo said, "As one of the largest cities in Punjab, with strong economic and population growth, companies and organisations in Ludhiana are coming under increasing pressure to transform. By working with IBM we are able to leverage the...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Genius has presented a new set of portable stereo gaming speakers, SP-i250G for the GX Gaming line. It has two omni directional stereo speakers. The advanced 40mm neodymium speakers provide deep low notes in a small portable cabinet. Also one can just use one speaker with any audio device. SP-i250G uses a special mechanism to turn the power on/off and adjust the volume by twisting the middle cover. As an added feature an LED ring in the middle of the speaker will change different colors when music is playing. The Gold plated plug makes sound signal transmission smoother and decreases noise. Moreover, it also comes with pouch for each speaker and charging is easy by using a USB port. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Wishtel has launched the world’s first tablet computer to feature support for native Indian languages. The tablets come with a rich set of personal productivity, social media, communications, and entertainment apps. These include eBook reader app that will allow users to enjoy eBooks in Hindi and other Indian languages on their device, as well as a growing range of course content for ICSE, CBSE and state boards plus engineering, medical, and other higher education offerings. Designed and manufactured in India, Wishtel "IRA" and "IRA Thing" have been tailored to meet the specific needs of the Indian user and combine advanced multimedia, connectivity, and computing capabilities with a rich feature powered by VIA WonderMedia PRIZM WM8650 ARM SoC. Milind Shah, CEO, Wishtel, said, "This launch is the first step in our long-term vision of bringing people closer to technology by creating gadgets that truly touch their live...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NEC has announced a plan to establish an NEC Mobile Network Excellence Center (NMEC) for the offshore development of mobile communication systems in Chennai, India in April this year. The NMEC is the first mobile communication system development center that the NEC Group will establish in India. The center will design and develop hardware and software for the PASOLINK series of ultra-compact microwave communication systems, widely accepted as key products for mobile backhaul in the global market. Initially, the NMEC will be located in the NEC India office in Chennai. The center is expected to relocate to a new office in Chennai by the end of this year. "NEC will recruit local talent and work closely with Indian development partners in order to create a global development system. NEC had previously decided to produce PASOLINK systems in the Special Economic Zone near Chennai, India and will begin shipping products from June this year. Th...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GreenField Software (GFS) has been awarded a contract by Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited (IDFC) for GFS Crane DC, Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software. Shekhar Dasgupta, Founder & CEO, GreenField Software, said, "IDFC is India's leading integrated infrastructure player in India and having them as one of the first adopters of our software in the country is a matter of great pride for us. We are extremely confident that IDFC will see ample value of this implementation by improving their operational and energy efficiency, reducing energy costs and managing and reporting their sustainability performance with respect to power consumption,e-waste and emission in their Data Center." Kumanan Vetrivel, Senior Director - IT, IDFC, said, "We are very happy to collaborate with GreenField Software for GFS Crane DC. Being India's leading financial services institution with sustainability manag...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GE has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Advanced Systek. The transaction will enhance GE's ability to offer solutions to customers in regions such as South Asia and the Middle East. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. By combining Advanced Systek's capabilities with GE technology and world-class product suite of flow meters, control valves, UPS, controllers and instrumentation, this transaction enables the GE Oil & Gas business to broaden its offerings for the industry and deepen its relationship with customers seeking solutions. Under the terms of the transaction, the senior management team of Advanced Systek will continue to serve as directors and will work with GE to utilize their industry expertise to help the business grow. John L. Flannery, President & CEO, GE India, said, "GE and Advanced Systek complement each other very well. Advanced Systek's capabilities and its established track record in...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE VASCO Data Security International (VDSI) has announced the next step in its DIGIPASS as a Service strategy with a new free services program for web application providers/web site owners. The new program is open for everyone who owns a website with password protected content. Web application owners can integrate a button on their website at no cost, allowing their users to activate and use one-time password technology to log-on. Online application providers will, thus, be able to eliminate all support and back-office costs related to password management for their customer base, while protecting the content of their site with one-time passwords that are more secure than any static user name or PIN code. "The launch of this program for web application providers is the next big step in our DIGIPASS as a Service offering. The services program offers every application provider with an easy to integrate solution that helps to reduce costs whil...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Affle and Samsung have launched 'The Cricket Hub' - a massive mobile marketing campaign for Samsung's new Omnia W phone. As part of this campaign, Affle has created a branded mobile cricket destination (m.thecrickethub.com) on which cricket fans can access unprecedented and unique cricket content delivered within an innovative Samsung Omnia W Windows Phone experience. The key highlights of this content campaign are the content and the user experience. The content is being created exclusively by Affle and its partners and includes various off-the-field facts, trivia, news bites, live score and exciting contests. The user experience is designed such that users when accessing "The Cricket Hub" will experience it in Samsung Windows interface highlighting key product features of the Windows style design, which includes User Interface being built on the "Live Tiles" concept. Sankalp Mehrotra, Regional Director, Busi...