VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HP has recently showcased the HP Designjet portfolio at the Media Expo held in New Delhi. At the Expo, HP demonstrated its Latex Technology with its series of flagship printers - HP Designjet L26500 and thermal inkjet technology with HP Designjet Z6200 with a view to familiarizing the print partners, brand managers and consumers with the eco-friendly technology and green credentials.  "HP Latex is the future of super wide printing and is going to provide explosive growth to the customers. Also, with organizations becoming more and more environment conscious and specifying on the use of HP Latex technologies, green printing is the new chant for the printing industry. A revolutionary technology like this is the need of the hour," said Dhirendra Khurana, Country Manager, Sign & Display, GSB, HP-PPS. Mahesh Kumar Soni, Country Business Manager (Design), GSB, HP India, said, "HP has always believed in innovations ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HCL Infosystems has announced the buyout of the remaining 40% stake held by the NTS Group in HCL Infosystems MEA. HCL Infosystems Ltd., through its wholly-owned subsidiary HCL Insys Pte. Ltd., Singapore, has bought the stake in HCL Infosystems MEA FZCo. Following the transfer of shares, the FZCo shall be converted into a FZE (free zone establishment) owned solely by HCL Insys Pte. Ltd., Singapore. HCL Infosystems MEA FZE now becomes a wholly- owned subsidiary of HCL Infosystems Ltd. Shivkumar Gopal, CEO, HCL Infosystems MEA, said, "HCL Infosystems MEA becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of our company is a significant step in our overall global emerging market strategy and also is a huge development for our operations in the Middle East. This buyout will put us in a stronger footing in the Middle East market and enable us to quickly expand our business in the region. We will now focus on enhancing our capabilities and offer m...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ECS has introduced mobile widget that aims to connect all existing electronic and computer gadgets to unlock new capabilities. The ECS Pocket Wi-Fi range includes three compact devices and can add Wi-Fi capability in almost any device, as long as it has a LAN network socket. Products in the Pocket Wi-Fi range can also provide an instant wireless network anywhere there is an internet connection. The ECS Pocket Speakerphone Series includes two models, eZ Bun and eZ Bun bt, that comes with built-in microphone with 360° audio pickup coverage zone. Both versions of the ECS Pocket Speakerphone Series have a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery that are portable for hassle-free use, and can be recharged easily by USB. The eZ Bun designed for office use featuring noise cancellation and a sensitive microphone with a 3-metre radius coverage range, whereas the eZ Bun bt is designed for everyday life incorporating Bluetooth connectiv...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NEC has announced the landmark customer win of PVR Cinemas, where NEC will provide its retail solutions, including the latest "TWINPOS G Series" - 3700G2, G5 and G7 models at 12 locations in India, including PVR's food courts, bowling alleys and multiplexes.  In line with the strategy to increase focus on entertainment, F&B and the gaming businesses, this implementation will help PVR streamline its retail functions at a radically low total cost of ownership (TCO) through its serviceability, reliability and power conservation.    Jitender Verma, Chief Information Officer, PVR Ltd., said, "It has been a strategic decision to appoint NEC as retail solution partner for PVR Ltd. With NEC's assistance, we strongly believe it will improve our service to customers and create a modern ambience to our properties. We chose NEC because of their reputation, expertise and experience in supporting retail chain store...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HP has announced enhancements to its Information Optimization Solutions portfolio, designed to help organizations capitalize on the explosion of information, including operational, application and machine data. HP has been investing in innovation to build out the comprehensive Information Optimization Solutions portfolio with unique intellectual property and technologies that solve customers' challenges with big data. Only HP enables organizations to manage, understand and act on 100 percent of information. This is made possible through new HP Converged Infrastructure solutions, as well as technology from Autonomy and Vertica, both HP companies, and HP data management services. "Big data presents big opportunities-and challenges-for organizations today. HP's powerful Information Optimization Solutions deliver the technologies and expertise required to help organizations succeed in this new era-by tackling any d...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   For the performance in the Q1 2012-13, Lenovo India conducted a partner meet in the capital. Their were total of 12 winners who had been recognised as best performers for selling Lenovo's range of products billed through the two exclusive regional distributors for Delhi. "Its important to appreciate your partners for their hard work and time invested in taking Lenovo to newer heights. We are trying to regularise this small felicitation get together in the metros and some major cities to begin with. Then we would take it to other cities too," informs Amit Dhar, GM - North, Lenovo India (P) Ltd. Lenovo India team also used the platform for introducing their new range to the dealers. Two new Laptops referred as "Color Range" were showcased to the dealers. Available in  Red color one was entry-level Dual Core and the other is latest i5 3rd Generation. According to Taposh Chatterjee, Director, Peripheral Solu...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's global investment organization has announced seven investments to drive continued innovation across the software ecosystem. The deals total over $24 million and include new investments in enterprise cloud automation software provider DynamicOps; building management software providerenLighted, real-time analytics provider Guavus; Platform-as-a-Service (Paas) for commerce company IP Commerce; and social games analytics service provider Swrve New Media. Intel Capital also recently closed follow-on investments in predictive analytics company Revolution Analytics and cloud-based media streaming service Gaikai.    "The best computing experiences unite leading-edge hardware with amazing software. These investments in best-of-breed software vendors play an integral part in Intel's software strategy by fueling the creation of compelling and unique user experiences across devices. T...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SAP has announced its plan to implement the SAP Startup Focus program in India. Through the program, SAP will help Indian startup companies scale their business through the adoption and development of new applications on SAP HANA. Offering startups the opportunity to create easy-to-access solutions to manage 'big data' in real-time with SAP HANA, the Startup Focus program aims to help unlock Indian entrepreneurs' potential to drive economic growth and job creation. "As the global economy recovers the future of innovation and promise of sustainable development largely relies on entrepreneurs and small businesses. We are excited to now cooperate and grow with Indian startups to leverage the breakthrough innovations of SAP HANA to tackle 'big data' challenges at the speed of light. The program is an exciting platform to not only support the development of startup businesses, but also, in turn, contribu...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Fujezone which comes under the brand Nakamichi Techno Pvt. Ltd. has expanded its product line in year 2012 by venturing into the Tablet PC market. Satyakk Kapur, VP, Fujezone, said, “We have witnessed demand and queries for Fujezone tablets from our customers and current market dynamics are also favoring the tablets market so for us it has become an obvious choice to cater to the market demand and to grab a share in the tablet market pie and our presence in 15 states & leading E-Commerce portals will help us to sell approx 50,000 units in the next quarter.” For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Go Daddy has announced that the company is seeing a significant surge in new Indian customers over the last year and in recent months. Comparing July (2011-2012), new Go Daddy India customers have nearly doubled, growing by 91 percent. Since January and through the first seven months of the year, data shows Go Daddy growing new Indian customers by a robust 52 percent. The news comes as Go Daddy India officially announces its customer care facility in Hyderabad, India, which has been in operation since June. Rajiv Sodhi, MD, India, Go Daddy, said, "What we are doing is helping people leverage the Internet to grow their businesses providing simple products at competitive prices and supporting them with industry-best customer service based here in India. It's a pretty straight-forward formula and it works. In this economy, everyone is looking for an edge. I think our timing has been exquisite and the results are playing o...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Mindteck has reported its audited financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2012. The Company’s consolidated revenues for the quarter stood at Rs. 63.75 crore as against Rs. 52.50 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year ended June 30, 2011, registering a growth of 21.41% over the previous year’s quarter. In addition, Due to forex loss provisioning of Rs. 89.67 lakh, a net loss of Rs. 253.44 lakh for the quarter was recorded as against a net loss of Rs. 24.22 lakh in the corresponding quarter of last year. Wayne Berkowitz, CEO & MD, said, “Despite the unsatisfactory numbers this quarter, there are distinct signs of improvement. I'm focused on the future, and confident about producing results through several new organization-wide initiatives that have been undertaken to grow top-line revenue and reduce expenses. In order to grow the top-line, we are investing in sales, pre-sales, marketing, and...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ADATA has launched the DashDrive HV610 external hard drive, which combines a picture puzzle design concept with a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface. The exterior of the HV610 body comes in choice of two monochrome patterns, each with interlocking shiny and matte puzzle piece lines with an USB cable stored in its cover. Compared to USB 2.0 in file reads, writes, or data backups, performance of the ultra-high-speed USB 3.0 interface is improved by nearly three times, substantially reducing the required transmission time by as much as 70%. The HV610 external hard drive comes in capacities of 500GB, 750GB and 1TB, and a choice of black and white colors.  For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The UPA Government is planning a Rs.7,000 crore scheme to provide one mobile phone for every Below Poverty Line (BPL) household in India. The scheme is named as 'Har haath mein phone" (phone in every hand), expected to be introduced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 15, will not only aim to give away mobiles to around six million BPL households, it would also provide 200 minutes of free local talktime. It is believed that, the cost per phone to the government would be around Rs.60-100 a month along with a one-time cost of around Rs.1,000 if the cheapest cell phone with basic interface is given. The Telecom Department's Universal Service Obligation (USO) funds is said to fund half the cost and the remaining would come from the bidder who claims to provide the service. for More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cisco India has appointed Puneet Gupta as Senior Vice President to drive strategy and sales for its public sector business. In this role, Gupta will primarily focus on driving growth in key segments that include e-governance, defense and homeland security, and strategic infrastructure projects in central and state governments. Based in Delhi, he will report to Janesh Moorjani, President, Enterprise and Public Sector, India & SAARC. Moorjani said, “Cisco has been the trusted partner for key national and state-wide projects in India and has a successful history of collaboration with central and state governments and public sector organisations. With its strong portfolio and deep sector expertise, Cisco can play a critical role to help citizens and governments connect, improve safety and security and enhance productivity within public sector organisations. We’re confident that Puneet, through his extensive experience and expertise...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Aakash Educational Services Limited has entered into an alliance with DTH service provider, Bharti Airtel’s new iTV service - iExam, for providing the coaching services through Airtel digital TV. With Aakash TV Tutoring launch, Aakash has kick-started off by providing One year Test Series Course for Medical Entrance Exams - 2013, an initiative for a viable reach to the careerists, who can now avail the most coveted Aakash’s medical entrance examination coaching from their home. Aakash Chaudhry, Director, Aakash Educational Services Limited, said, “When DTH e-learning has avid acceptance amongst the audience, there could not have been a better time to launch Aakash TV Tutoring. It provides the right platform to the students who can now access our courses from the comfort of their home. Currently we have launched it with just one course and moving forward we intend to provide most of our courses available with us, to extend our reach...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMImobile have unveiled their joint study on “Mobile Platform Adoption by Enterprises”. The report benchmarks the present state of awareness, use and purpose of use of mobile platform by enterprises to engage with various stakeholders. The report consists of detailed sectoral analysis of the state of mobile adoption in India across various geographies. Dr. Subho Ray, President, IAMAI said, “Thus far, the mobile industry has focused on aggregating numbers for mobile usage. While MVAS provided consumers with information, entertainment and utility services and generated incremental revenues for operators, the time is now ripe to move beyond MVAS and focus on enterprise adoption of mobile technologies for greater business productivity.” Vishwanath Alluri, Founder & CEO, IMImobile said, “In the current scenario where there is considerable dearth of information, we felt the need ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HID Global has provided its perspective on some of the key trends likely to impact government identity programmes over the next five years. The overarching drivers are the dramatic shift from traditional national identity documents to eIDs, and the growing requirement to defend against mass counterfeiting and tampering attempts.   Craig Sandness, Vice-President - Sales, HID Global Government ID Solutions, said, "Among the most important factors that will shape the industry as it moves to near-universal eID adoption are the twin imperatives for providers and partners to provide effective defenses against large-scale forgery attempts and adopt a holistic approach to projects." "The multifunctional credential is becoming the norm, which means that counterfeit and fraud prevention, end-to-end implementation and integration expertise are now at the forefront of government ID requirements. This is vital in order to eli...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nimbuzz has announced its association with Alcatel One Touch for its upcoming 3G Dongle Speed 7.2 Mbps. In this strategic association, Nimbuzz will come preinstalled on the 3G Dongle, which provides Internet connectivity up to 7.2Mbps. Keshav Bajaj, Vice-President - Business Development, Nimbuzz, said, "Nimbuzz has a legacy in the business of instant communication and we are continuously innovating to keep our users engaged. It gives us immense pleasure to be associated with Alcatel One Touch as the One Touch Communication Partner for its upcoming One Touch X230E & X230S. We believe that communication needs to be instant and we are glad that our belief and Alcatel’s vision aligns in the similar direction. We wish Alcatel One Touch a great success for this upcoming dongle and Nimbuzz would be ecstatic to play an important role behind the success." Praveen Valecha, Country Head - Sales & Marketing, Alcatel One Tou...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Quantum Corp. (QTM) has increased the storage density and power savings in its DXi8500 appliances, creating disk backup and deduplication solution for enterprise customers. The DXi8500 now incorporates 3TB disk drives to deliver 50-per cent greater storage density, 42-per cent more power savings and 25-per cent higher performance. In addition, Quantum has also announced that the new DXi8500 encrypts data at rest without impacting performance, just one of several data security enhancements.  "Our customers increasingly want to keep more data for longer periods, and they have to keep it secure and manage it at a lower cost throughout the data lifecycle. They need to accomplish this while meeting increasingly demanding SLAs. Our goal is to provide the tools customers need to adapt to this changing environment with certainty," said Robert Clark, Senior Vice- President, Data Protection Group, Quantum. For More Details ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Samsung has launched its new range of printers. The new launches cover the entire spectrum with models catering to entry-level single function, entry-level multifunction and midrange multifunction segments.    "Users are continuously looking for easier and cost-efficient printing solutions, without compromising on printing speeds or quality. Our new range of printers offer simple, eco-friendly and easy-to-use functionality to deliver high-quality, yet cost-effective printing solutions," stated Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Mobile & IT, Samsung India. ML-2161/XIPprinters are equipped with Samsung’s one-touch Print Screen button. While holding a standard 150-A4 sheet capacity with 20ppm printing speed, the ML-2161 laser printer series is 22% smaller than conventional 150-sheet A4 laser printers.  SCX-3401/XIP has been designed to be as economically sound. The One Touch Eco Button allows the MFP to operate in ...