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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Iris ID Systems Inc. and HID Global have announced that the Iris Access platform iCAM7000 can be used with select NFC (Near Field Communications)-enabled BlackBerry 7 smartphones. The BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 smartphones activated with HID Global'siCLASS digital credentials will be compatible with the installed base of iCLASS readers that are embedded in the iCAM 7000 series for applications ranging from physical access systems in buildings to applications that track time and attendance, and other identity dependent applications. Using an NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphone, the Iris templates of a user are securely stored to an iCLASS digital credential on the phone. That credential can then be presented for authentication by simply holding the NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphone in front of an iCAM7000 series Iris camera. Charles Koo, President & CEO, Iris ID Systems Inc., said, "As a long-time HID Connect Premier Partner, we ar...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Sony Music has commissioned global digital content services specialist Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) to deploy CLEAR – its Hybrid Cloud-based Multi-screen Content Operations platform. With the deployment of CLEAR, Sony Music India moves its entire video content operations to the cloud, creating an eco-system for the supply, preparation and delivery of content. In addition, PFT provides a full slate of services to Sony Music such as metadata creation, archival and digital delivery across multiple platforms delivered through CLEAR. Shridhar Subramaniam, President, Sony Music India, commented, "With the emergence of digital video platforms and increasing channels of music video discovery, video consumption continues to grow at an accelerated pace. We are glad to have partnered with PFT as their platform CLEAR will help us digitize our video content quickly, meet the ever-growing demand of our customers, and open up monetization opportunit...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE IBM has introduced a new category of "expert integrated systems". This new family is the first with built-in expertise based on IBM's experience of running IT operations. IBM's expert integrated systems family - PureSystems - is the result of $2 billion in R&D and acquisitions over four years. Moreover, the new systems family offers clients an alternative to today's enterprise computing model, where multiple and disparate systems require significant resources to set up and maintain. "With its new scale-in design and built-in expertise, PureSystems represents an important advance in the evolution of computing. By tightening the connections between hardware and software, and adding incomparable software expertise, PureSystems is designed to help clients in India and global to free up time and money to focus on innovation that many businesses are unable to address due to ever-rising costs and staffing needs in th...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE HP India has announced its collaboration with Dolby Laboratories (DLB), to offer world-class entertainment features in its new range of consumer notebooks. With the Dolby Advanced Audio v2 for cinematic surround sound, HP Folio 13 marks the latest in a series from HP, in order to connect with entertainment enthusiasts in the country. "According to a recent research report1, 23 per cent of Indian youth said they spent more time listening to music, whilst 83 per cent said music formed a very important part of their lives. The youth in our country, a very significant part of our target audience, are, therefore, looking for best-in-class music capabilities even when it comes to their PCs," said Ranjivjit Singh, Chief Marketing Officer, HP PSG India. As a part of this collaboration, HP has recently announced Folio 13 featuring up to 9.5 hours of battery life for enhanced listening time, strong security options and a solid-state hard dri...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE According to Gartner Inc., Worldwide media tablet sales to end users are forecast to total 118.9 million units in 2012, a 98 percent increase from 2011 sales of 60 million units. Apple's iOS continues to be the dominant media tablet operating system (OS), as it is projected to account for 61.4 percent of worldwide media tablet sales to end users in 2012. Despite the arrival of Microsoft-based devices to this market, and the expected international rollout of the Kindle Fire, Apple will continue to be the market leader through the forecast period. Carolina Milanesi, Research VP, Gartner said, "Despite PC vendors and phone manufacturers wanting a piece of the pie and launching themselves into the media tablet market, so far, we have seen very limited success outside of Apple with its iPad. As vendors struggled to compete on price and differentiate enough on either the hardware or ecosystem, inventories were built and only 60 million un...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE CapeNet LLC (CapeNet) has chosen Ciena Corporation and Integration Partners to provide coherent optical transport and Carrier Ethernet solutions for the 350-mile fiber optic OpenCape Network. The network is currently being constructed in southeastern Massachusetts and on Cape Cod. Ciena's coherent optical processing lays the foundation to increase network bandwidth from 10G to 100G and beyond. Shannon Silvus, CapeNet CTO & VP Operations said, "Demand for high-bandwidth services is increasing at exponential rates and the Cape region is no exception. CapeNet is building a fiber optic network which will serve the region's communication needs for decades to come. Ciena is a strategic supplier with proven leadership in optical transport technology. Ciena is the first company to develop coherent 40G and 100G solutions that are deployable in backbone networks across the globe. Ciena optical and Carrier Ethernet solutions will enable...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cisco and NetApp has announced plans to extend the FlexPod with a series of new pre-validated design architectures priced and sized for smaller workloads to help more customers accelerate their transition to the cloud. This new FlexPod series is built on a flexible, scalable, shared infrastructure that combines computing, networking and storage solutions from Cisco and NetApp. Additionally, to simplify and accelerate implementation of cloud automation capabilities, Cisco and NetApp have also validated several new management solutions from leading software management vendors for all FlexPod design architectures. Satinder Sethi, VP, Data Center Solutions, Data Center Group, Cisco said, "As customers balance their need to scale for their future growth with simplified solutions that can be rapidly deployed, Cisco is continuing to work with partners like NetApp to deliver cost-effective pre-tested cloud infrastructure solutions to address th...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE China Sourcing Fair HK is said to showcase a wide range of products in many different fields with the first show is the category of electronics & components held in April 12-15. Newmen is believed to bring many kinds of new products in this fair such as wireless power saving mouse whose battery life can reach up to 3 years, high-end gaming mouse, mini Bluetooth keyboard and illuminated gaming keyboard. Besides, Newmen has enriched product series for its international brand and several new headphones, speakers, USB hubs will be exhibited in this show as well. Some of these products are wireless mouse – Nightingale series with fashionable outlook and super power saving; special wireless mouse – MINI series for young people; desktop sets – high end wireless combo model R300; multi touch mouse and presenter series. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Honeywell has announced that Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX) will use Honeywell's Integrated Automation Systems (IAS) in five vessels commissioned by ship owners in Norway, Russia and the United States. The projects are valued at more than US$8 million. DSME and STX will use IAS in vessels under construction for the transportation of liquid natural gas (LNG). DSME is building the industry's largest advanced floating storage and regasification unit capable of delivering 20 million cubic meters per day of natural gas to south-eastern Brazil. The IAS solution uses Honeywell's Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS), and will manage the machinery and cargo areas of the vessels, including the cargo emergency shutdown system. Honeywell's solution enables the project teams to better manage and control operations and ensure that the vessels comply with strict global standa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Mohit Anand, Managing Director, Belkin India sub-continent was recently conferred upon with the prestigious title of the CEO of the year. He was awarded the title at the Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2012 hosted by Indian Affairs. This award is an acknowledgement of his role in building the scale and credibility of Belkin in India, in turn benefitting the IT industry, at large. Mohit Anand said, "It is an honor and my privilege to receive the CEO of the year title. It is always humbling when your work is noticed in the industry. My journey at Belkin has been one of great learning's and success. The entire Belkin team has successfully complimented my shared vision of making Belkin India a leading consumer electronics brand. This award is actually not mine alone but the entire team's for the unbelievable work they have done in getting Belkin to where it is India in such a short time frame." For More Details See ww...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Ingersoll Rand (IR) has launched Trane Residential Solutions in India. Trane Residential Solutions in India will offer a range of premium Mini Split Air Conditioners from 3 to 5 * (star) in capacities ranging from 1, 1.5 and 2 Tons and an Electronic Main Door Mortise Lock. The products are interconnected, and can interact with each other through a new generation wireless technology. "I am proud to say that Ingersoll Rand has entered the Indian consumer market with products that have unique technologies and are setting benchmarks for home comfort and safety. We see tremendous opportunity in India for our customized suite of products and services that have a key focus on intelligent, sustainable and convergent solutions," said Michael W. Lamach, Chairman, President & CEO, Ingersoll Rand. "The future is convergence where technology and human intuitiveness get combined. Our products have been designed with this in mind and tod...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Synology Inc. has launched RackStation RS2212+ and RS2212RP+, the reliable 10-bay rack mount NAS servers designed with seamless scalability for small and medium businesses. Peter Chen, Product Manager, Synology Inc. said, "Synology RS2212+ and RS2212RP+, the newest addition to the Plus Series line-up, are a highly dependable and scalable solution for small and medium business owners. It delivers high system availability and storage capacity for mission-critical workloads, enabling clients to run business-critical applications with continual service uptime." The RackStation RS2212+/RS2212RP+ is powered by a 2.13 GHz dual-core processor, boasting high performance with read and write speeds at 200.73 MB/sec and 194.32 MB/sec respectively under RAID 5 configuration with Link Aggregation enabled. While running at this high performance, both NAS servers feature enhanced energy consumption with 31% reduction over its predecessor at 88 wat...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MSI has released its brand new Z77 Series mainboards. Continuing MSI's commitment to the product quality and stability, MSI's Z77 series mainboards are equipped with Military Class III components. Besides supporting the latest PCI Express Gen 3 standard, all MSI Z77 series mainboards are equipped with MSI's exclusive one second overclocking tool; OC Genie II and ClickBIOS II, world's first UEFI / Windows-based dual-graphical interface that allows one to easily establish high performance and enjoy a hassle-free experience. MSI has released a new event called "MSI Lucky7 Challenge" to reward the MSI Z77 fans. One can visit the event website and try to pass the mentioned questions about MSI Z77 series mainboard. This is said to enable the Lucky7 slot machine and will give a chance to win an MSI Z77 mainboard between of a value up to $280 Value. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE DIGILITE motherboard brand of Smartlink Network Systems Ltd has launched its new motherboard DL-AHD1S-K. The AHD1S-K is based on the AMD Hudson D1 A45 chipset with an advanced DirectX 11 graphics engine with AMD UVD 3.0 technology. The AHD1S offers enhanced connectivity and entertainment capability, backed-up by high-performance features and components. This product is suitable for AIO, digital signage, diskless nodes, cloud computing applications. AHD1S-K offers UVD supports Blue-Ray and HD-DVD content, whilst offloading power and processor-intensive video decoding from the CPU to the graphics core. S AHD1S-K support AMD the Zacate APU processors with UMI technology, and supports Single DDR3 1066MHz memory for better overall system performance. This unique Dual Core on board CPU @ 1.6GHz means users can enjoy higher frame rates on the latest gaming titles, utilizing the processing power of both discrete and onboard graphics processors. For ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Google has announced a partnership with two institutions under the Ministry of Culture - National Museum and National Gallery of Modern Art, to bring its path breaking Art Project, to India. Google's art project is believed to be a unique online platform for museums from across the world to showcase their artworks. It will enable art lovers to discover and view more than a thousand artworks of Indian and global artists in both the museums, online. The initiative was inaugurated by Smt. Kumari Selja, Hon'ble Minister of Culture and Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. Dr. Vijay Madan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture was also present on the occasion. Smt. Kumari Selja said "In recent times, unfortunately, art has become somewhat inaccessible for a variety of reasons. Fortunately, technology has come to our aid and it has now become possible to access art, and information related to it, with relative ease and li...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE The first phase of StarHub's LTE network is expected to go live by the end of 2012, covering key business areas. As part of the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will also modernize StarHub's GSM network, helping the operator reduce power consumption generated by network equipment by up to 50%. "We are constantly looking at ways to provide our subscribers the greatest mobile broadband experience, and Nokia Siemens Networks has the best solutions for it. With the launch of LTE, we will be able to increase our data capacity and offer improved speeds. We have also been looking to modernize our GSM network for some time and with the Nokia Siemens Networks Single RAN platform, we'll be able to do that efficiently while building the LTE network," said Neil Montefiore, Chief Executive Officer, StarHub. "With spectrum being a scarce resource, it needs to be optimally utilized. The increasing use of smartphones and data hung...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Qualcomm and Xi'an Kingtone Information, in collaboration with China Children and Teenagers' Fund, have launched the Mobile Vision Project. The project utilizes a 3G-enabled mobile application developed by Xi'an Kingtone Information, smartphones powered by Qualcomm chipsets and 3G wireless connectivity to assist doctors in collecting and archiving information related to the screening and treatment of children with amblyopia in underserved communities in China. Wireless Reach, Xi'an Kingtone Information and China Children and Teenagers' Fund collaborated to implement the Mobile Vision Project to address these challenges. The project, which is being implemented at Hengshui City Maternal and Child Care Service Centre (MCCSC) and other public health centres in Hebei Province, utilizes a custom mobile application that enables data collection and analysis, as well as helps with patient screening and diagnosis, to provide more a...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ZOTAC International has announced its Intel 7-series powered mainboards for the latest Third- Generation Intel Core family processors. The new ZOTAC Z77-ITX WiFi and H77-ITX WiFi mainboards pack support for Intel LGA1155 processors into a mini-ITX form-factor without sacrificing expansion capabilities. "ZOTAC is the global innovator when it comes to mini-ITX mainboards. We continue to push the performance envelope with mini-ITX to rival much larger systems. The latest Intel Ivy Bridge processors paired with our ZOTAC Intel 7-series mini-ITX mainboards offer an unbeatable performance combination without sacrificing energy efficiency," said Carsten Berger, Marketing Director, ZOTAC International. Expansion capabilities are plentiful with the ZOTAC Intel 7-series mini-ITX platforms and include PCI Express x16, capable of PCI Express 3.0 speeds with Third-Generation Intel Core family processors, dedicated mSATA slot for lightning-fast ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE National Instruments has rolled out NI LabVIEW software- and NI hardware-compatible mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices, helping engineers integrate the latest mobile technology into their applications. By combining the portability, ease-of-use, faster start-up time and longer battery longevity of mobile devices with the power of LabVIEW, engineers can more productively access measurement data from data acquisition and embedded monitoring systems. Ray Almgren, Vice-President, Product Marketing Core Platforms, NI, said, "Smartphones and tablets are game-changers for the test and measurement industry. These new apps combine portability of mobile devices with the power of LabVIEW, helping engineers increase their productivity and meet the latest application challenges." For More Details See www.varindia.com