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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Kaspersky Lab has announced the completion of 'Meet the Master' offer that began on 1st April 2012 and concluded on 31st May 2012. Kaspersky lab had launched Meet the Master offer in association with Sakri IT solutions, National Distributor- Kaspersky Consumer Products. Meet the Master offered Kaspersky users with an opportunity to meet Sachin Tendulkar. Out of thousands of registrations - 8 lucky winners got a chance to meet Sachin Tendulkar. Jagannath Patnaik, Director - Channel Sales, Kaspersky Lab - South Asia said, "Meet the Master offer turned out to be a key engagement tool not only for the end user segment but also in the channel partner segment.  We are glad that the offer was well accepted in both the segment. We were able to, attract, engage new customers and motivate the channel partners. A special Thanks to our Channel partners who have helped in aggressive promotion of Meet the Master in the end user segm...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Dascom manufactures and markets full range of Serial Impact matrix printers in the brand name of TallyDascom and Dascom across the globe. Dascom Asia Pacific has its Headquarters located in Singapore. This HQ in Singapore supports sales, marketing and technical operations in Asia Pacific. Dascom India has three sales operation points in Chennai (South), New Delhi (North) and Kolkata (East and North East). Among the full range of dot matrix printers Dascom has specially provided printing solutions to almost all verticals by introducing Flatbed for transactional printing. These Flatbed printers are designed to print forms, label, stickers and cheques. Dascom Flatbed Printers are applicable for Retail, Local Authorities, Hospitals and Banks. The full range of printers are well matched with Microsoft Windows applications and highly compatible with other host operation environments including Legacy systems such as UNIX, IBM Main...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Samsung and Apple together make up for 50 percent of the global smartphone market and are dominating the smartphone market, according to AIB Research. Although smartphone shipments grew 41 percent year-over-year to 144.6 million, as on the quarter ending March 2012, many smartphone OEMs are not enjoying the benefits of a rapidly expanding market. Samsung and Apple captured 55 percent of global smartphone shipments in Q1 2012 and over 90 percent of the market's profits. Here's a breakdown of the global vendor shipments for Q1, 2012. All values are in 'Millions of units'. Of the top ten smartphone OEMs, only Samsung and Sony experienced sequential growth in shipments over Q4 2011. Nokia witnessed a 40% sequential decline in shipments and may soon be passed by ailing RIM in shipments despite the BlackBerry maker's 20% sequential decline in shipments.  Michael Morgan, Sr. Analyst, Devices, Applications &...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE YASH Technologies has expanded its footprint by inaugurating a brand new offshore development centre spread over 1,25,000 square feet at the Raheja Mindspace IT Park at Hi-Tech City in Hyderabad. The new, state-of-the-art delivery center is said to be specifically planned according to global design trends and has world class IT infrastructure, including advanced connectivity infrastructure and energy saving hardware. Apart from well-planned work stations and best of class computing & communication infrastructure, the facility also includes training and recreation facilities. The move to this new office aligns with the company's commitment to focus its investment in the Indian market. Kirti Baheti, MD, YASH Technologies said, "I'm delighted to witness the inauguration of YASH Technologies' largest ODC in the country; this clearly reflects the well-earned success and growth we have achieved over the years....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE NetDragon Websoft has developed Conquer Online 3, which is a follow-up on their famous free-to-play game, Conquer Online. Conquer Online 3 is said to be a fresh take on the oriental style of free-to-play online games, while holding true to Conquer Online's successful elements, including simple gameplay, multiple classes, Chinese Kungfu, intensive PvP, as well as the special Rebirth system.  While in the process of developing Conquer Online 3, NetDragon Websoft focuses on the main concept of "We Listen, We Care", with the hopes of creating a free-to-play game that is really "for the players".  For More Details  See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Aegis has launched a new centre in Lima, Peru. The global consulting company is said to hire over 800 employees in the first year and aims to reach a headcount of 2,000 in the second year. Aparup Sengupta, MD & Global CEO, Aegis said, "We chose to grow in Peru for its ease of doing business, skilled labour market and economic and political stability." For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE McCamish Systems, LLC, an Infosys company has announced a strategic business alliance with Resonant Software. This partnering of two best-of-breed companies is said to offer enhanced capabilities to the life insurance BPO and SaaS market spaces. VPAS Life, McCamish's robust life and annuity policy administration platform used in both BPO and SaaS service models, combines with Resonant Software's state-of-the-art Integrated Life Underwriting Suite (ILUS) to bring a significant value proposition, providing superior efficiency and flexibility for life insurance carriers.  Gordon Beckham, President & CEO, McCamish said, "For our clients and prospects who are writing new business, our alliance with Resonant provides a significant extension of our service solution. As we sought a best-of-breed partner in this space, we conducted a thorough market study and were convinced that Resonant's product offered us the robust ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ZTE has launched a series of HD videoconferencing solutions at InfoComm 2012 held in Las Vegas, NV. The new products include desktop terminal T100, flagship HD terminal T800, cutting-edge version HD terminal ZXV10 T700 and enterprise-level video conferencing product M900.    Chen Xinyu, GM, Service Product Line, ZTE said, "The growth of mobile bandwidth yields large-scale development opportunities for video communication. Customers are searching for a combination of HD picture quality and easy-to-use technologies that are offered at a competitive price. Having recently launched a host of multimedia products in recent years, including video conference, digital family, and IPTV solutions, video monitoring systems and integrated solutions for industries and enterprises, ZTE aims to build relationships with multimedia service distributors and become a leader in the global videoconferencing space." For More Details See w...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Jabra has launched Jabra CLIPPER with new summer colors of Tangerine Tango, Turquoise, New Pink and White. This Bluetooth headset comes with built-in microphone attaches and Multiuse technology that enables user to connect via Bluetooth to a smart phone and a tablet simultaneously. Ann Goh, Head of Sales, South Asia Region, GN Netcom (S) Pte Ltd, said, “As mobile music becomes more popular across Southeast Asia markets in tandem with increasing adoption of smart phones, tablets and MP3 players, trend-savvy music lovers look for hands-free audio solutions that match their personal preferences of color, fashion and audio style. Jabra CLIPPER in classic black has been a stand-out hit with busy professionals and executives from day one. With latest range of vivid and luxe shades, Jabra CLIPPER now offers users a choice of colors to enhance their music experience, individual style and hands-free communications.” Jabra CLIPPER is c...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cisco has introduced Cisco Open Network Environment (Cisco ONE). It is delivered through a set of platform APIs, agents & controllers, and overlay network technologies. The company announced One Platform Kit (onePK) with the aims to provide application programming interfaces (API) for developers across Cisco operating systems: IOS, IOS-XR, and NX-OS. In addition, Cisco also announced proof-of-concept controller software and proof-of-concept OpenFlow agent for Software Defined Networking (SDN) research.  Padmasree Warrior, Cisco CTO, SVP Engineering, GM Enterprise Business said, “The Cisco Open Networking Environment is key to our vision of an intelligent network that is more open, programmable, and application-aware—a vision in which the network is transformed into a more effective business enabler. With Cisco’s Open Networking Environment, customers get a comprehensive and robust set of capabilities to address emerging en...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   UC Browser has launched Windows phone application 2.2 for India. UC Browser is said to be the first browser with built-in SkyDrive around the world. In addition to downloading with multi-thread as usual, users of UC Browser 2.2 for WP can upload their downloads in cloud to SkyDrive in seconds. Once users sign in SkyDrive, they can manage their downloads on any platforms and devices. In addition to SkyDrive Support, UC Browser has optimized some other functions basing on Cloud Computing such as Thunder Mode, reanalyzing webpage content through cloud server, saves traffic and offers faster speed. Bookmarks Sync, save bookmarks in cloud, enables one to visit the bookmarks on any-phone at anytime. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Idea Cellular has launched a new Dual Sim ‘Idea ID-918’ smart phone under its 3G portfolio. As a special introductory offer, Idea is offering data services worth Rs. 2300 with Rs. 259 pack, along with the new 3G smartphones. Sashi Shankar, Chief Marketing Officer, Idea Cellular, said, “Idea has always innovated to support the telecom services penetration in the country. In line with this commitment, we have introduced yet another affordable and fully loaded 3G Smartphone ‘ID-918’. Our first 2 smartphones ‘Blade’ and ‘ID-280’ saw higher uptake due to their multitasking capabilities and vast range of preloaded application. We have noticed good response and rapid uptake of our 3G services due to Idea smartphones. The dual-SIM market is fast evolving and we are glad to bring this innovative, feature-rich and stylish smartphone and a powerful bundle offer to our subscribers.”  The new Dual SIM Idea smartphone ‘ID-918’ is based ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Yahoo! India has launched ‘Justified view’ feature for Groups on Flickr. It also introduced ‘API Methods’ and direct upload of photographs on the Groups through Uploadr. The new ‘Justified’ layout to Flickr Groups is said to eliminate the white space for a more visually stunning arrangement of photos. A new side bar claims to provide information on the Group, including the latest discussion topics. In addition, people will now be able to add photos to Groups from the new Uploadr. For More  Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nokia is believed to cut 10,000 jobs globally by the end of 2013 but its Indian operations are unlikely to see any "significant impact". The Company also announced closure of its facilities in Ulm in Germany and Burnaby in Canada as part of its planned measures to rescale the company by making additional reductions in devices and services. As per spokesperson, Nokia India, "Today's planned changes will impact Nokia employees throughout our operations globally. While we anticipate impact at other sites, we don't see significant impact on India operations. We have no specifics to provide at this stage.” Stephen Elop, President & CEO, Nokia said, "These planned reductions are a difficult consequence of the intended actions we believe we must take to ensure Nokia's long-term competitive strength. The company will provide support to those employees who are at risk of losing their jobs. As a company ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Infosys has entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The State of Israel. This MoU is believed to be a part of the ‘Global Enterprise Collaboration Program’ developed by the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel to accelerate innovation through a global ecosystem. The MoU is supposed to create a framework for industrial cooperation between Infosys and Israeli corporations in cloud computing, information security, analytics and other areas. Subu Goparaju, Sr. VP & Head, Infosys Labs, said, “This collaboration aligns with our vision to bring together different innovation networks from around the world and make them relevant to our clients.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to a new survey of North American cloud service providers (CSPs) unveiled by CA Technologies, more than half reported that their customers are opting for the private cloud services model, while 32 percent are choosing public cloud services. Moreover, these CSPs expect to grow their businesses by 30 percent in 2012. Adam Famularo, Sr. VP, Cloud Solutions & Service Providers, CA Technologies said, "Cloud service providers are critical players in the cloud computing ecosystem and important drivers in this new cloud economy. Third party providers come from a range of backgrounds - managed services, software development, value-added resellers, even IT consulting and technology outsourcing - and they're leveraging the cloud to transform their businesses and those of their end customers." Famularo continues, "The survey results mirror many of the conversations we've had with our service provider pa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Adobe has announced that it will recently launch Adobe Creative Suite 6 in Mumbai.  This launch will showcase new features in Creative Suite 6. The roadshow invites professionals from the fields of design and print digital imaging, cross-media designers, web developers and VFX artists or videographers.  In-depth interactive sessions will be conducted by senior product evangelists from the Asia-Pacific region Paul Burnett, Michael Stoddart and Karl Soule.   Apart from outlining new features, the Adobe Creative Suite 6 Roadshow will provide a comprehensive view on new mobile workflows and advanced publishing capabilities that further ensure the delivery of high-impact content and apps. The performance and workflow enhancements in Adobe Photoshop CS6, InDesign CS6 and Illustrator CS6 have been designed to help save time for print, web and mobile projects.  With the latest release Adobe InDesign CS6 offers suppo...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Philips has announced commencement of operations at its first Greenfield manufacturing facility for imaging systems in the country. The facility will focus on diagnostic and interventional imaging solutions, initially developed for the Indian market and then for global markets. These solutions will primarily target cardiology and radiology applications. The first products to be manufactured in the facility will be diagnostic X-Ray systems and the Allura FC.  "This plant is an example of how Philips can combine its technology strengths and market knowledge to manufacture products for a healthier India. The Pune facility is producing X-ray and cath-lab equipment backed by Philips quality that is affordable for tier-II and tier-III towns and rural markets," said Rajeev Chopra, Managing Director & Vice-Chairman, Philips India.  "India and other growth geographies have unique needs. We must meet the criteria that ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Zicom Electronic Security Systems Limited along with its Singapore based wholly owned subsidiary viz. Unisafe Fire Protection Specialists Singapore Pte. Ltd. has acquired 49% stake in fire security solutions provider Phoenix International WLL for $15 million.  Phoenix International is one of the leading fire security solutions providers in Qatar. Phoenix International offers turn keys solutions in fire protection and suppression projects and petrochemical sector.  According a filing in the Bombay Stock Exchange, Zicom has acquired 5% stake while Unisafe Singapore has acquired 44% stake in Phoenix International.  This will be help security solutions firm expanding footprint in GCC countries. "With acquisition of Phoenix International in Qatar, Zicom has expanded its footprints in GCC Countries and has become a major player in providing Fire Prevention and Protection products and services in Middle East region....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Capgemini has been awarded a five-year contract with Cargotec. The contract is for Capgemini to work as a Finance and Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) service provider. The implementation of Finance and Accounting shared services is part of Cargotec's "ONE Programme" - a strategic transformation programme to improve transparency, lower costs and increase efficiencies through one common solution. The contract is the first part of a multi-phase programme, with the potential to extend by a further two years. EevaSipila, Chief Financial Officer, Cargotec, said, "We chose Capgemini because of their good reputation but also their strategic and deliverable plan to achieve cost savings. Capgemini is an ideal partner to support us throughout the different phases of the transformation programme due to their wide set of capabilities. Throughout the negotiations, they demonstrated their collaborative and advisory approach and we...