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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NVIDIA has reported revenue of $1.04 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2013 ended July 29, 2012.  The company highlighted the Revenue of $1.04 billion. GAAP net income was $119.0 million, or $0.19 per diluted share.  Non-GAAP net income was $170.4 million, or $0.27 per diluted share and GAAP gross margin was 51.8 per cent. Non-GAAP gross margin was 52.0 per cent. "Our investments in mobile computing and visual computing are both paying off. Tegra has achieved record sales as tablets come into their own. Our GPU business made strong gains in a weak market, boosted by our breakthrough Kepler architecture. Looking ahead, we are optimistic, as our investments position us right at the centre of the fastest-growing segments of computing," said Jen-Hsun Huang, President & Chief Executive Officer, NVIDIA. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Today, the citizens of the country stand united and show immense pride and fulfilment in receiving the achievers of the Olympic 2012. Acer celebrates this moment with all its supporters who registered at the Stand by Your Nation campaign launched two weeks ago. The company is said to have received tremendous support from more than thousands of Indians who passed on their best wishes and boosted the morale of the Indian Olympic contingent through recordings and video uploads of the national anthem on YouTube. Acer's nationwide campaign, Stand up for the Olympics by standing up for the National Anthem urged consumers to encourage athletes by creating a simple video where they are standing up for the national anthem. For every registration, Acer will make a significant contribution towards the welfare of the Indian Olympic contingent. Acer maintained the momentum of its campaign through multiple initiative rollouts in 90 citie...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Intel has recently announced the Winners of the Second "Intel-DST Asia-Pacific Challenge for 2012". Teams from India, Indonesia and the Philippines have won the Intel-DST Asia-Pacific Challenge for 2012 for their innovative projects.  The Contest reviewed technology innovations from 12 Asia-Pacific countries. The two winning teams will get a chance to participate in the "Intel Global Challenge at UC Berkeley" to be held from November 2012. A cash prize of US$15,000 was split amongst the winners. "We believe that advancement in technology is the real driver for economic and social development. With this initiative, Intel seeks to provide a platform to promote and accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship among the technology start-ups in the Asia-Pacific region. This platform provides them with the requisite skill, visibility and network to accelerate their venture," said Ashutosh Chadha, Director ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   STMicroelectronics (STM) has unveiled its smallest, lowest-power and highest-performance chip-scale gyroscope for advanced motion-sensing applications. 3 x 3mm and 1mm high, the new device is only 3 x 3mm and 1mm high and enables smaller sensing mechanisms in smart consumer electronics, including mobile phones and tablets, game consoles, digital cameras and industrial tools. In addition, the ultra-small dimensions of this gyroscope also allow experimental projects such as wearable electronics to move closer towards true practicality.  "Miniaturized, low-power sensors such as our new L3GD20H enable smart electronics to be used in ever-smaller and slimmer handheld devices, as well as in items such as clothes or sports equipment, creating opportunities for exciting new products and services. Both high-volume applications in smartphones and tablets and emerging applications such as prosthetics, medical instruments, goods track...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Kaspersky Lab has announced the discovery of  "Gauss", a new cyber-threat, targeting users in the Middle East. Gauss is a nation-state sponsored cyber-espionage toolkit designed to steal sensitive data. Gauss was discovered during the course of the ongoing effort initiated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), following the discovery of Flame. Kaspersky Lab's experts discovered Gauss by identifying commonalities the malicious program share with Flame. These include similar architectural platforms, module structures, code bases and means of communication with command & control (C&C) servers. The new malware was discovered by Kaspersky Lab's experts in June 2012. Its main module was named by the unknown creators after the German mathematician Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss.  Multiple modules of Gauss serve the purpose of collecting information from browsers, which include the history of vi...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Demonstrating the unique value of its core financial systems, SAP has announced that the Indian Navy has adapted SAP Solutions to manage the navy-wide Financial Information System (FIS). The FIS supported by SAP ERP Central Component, SAP Force Deployment for Defence & Security package and SAP BusinessObjects Access Control application will provide across-board visibility and probity in the areas of budgeting, procurement, financial planning and accounting to the organization. SAP FIS system will link four naval headquarters with material procurements, establishments for ships, naval stores and armament’s depots across different locations in the country. The project has enabled the Indian Navy with a comprehensive view into allocation and reallocation of funds, receipts and recoveries, expenditure and estimates that have to be processed and sent to and from the central database. "SAP is pleased to be part of the Indian...

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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HP has unveiled HP Data Protector 7, a software solution that empowers organizations to manage the explosive growth of data with advanced backup and recovery capabilities that work at an unprecedented scale. Powered by the Autonomy Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), HP Data Protector 7 delivers a unified platform for all storage assets via federated deduplication. The company also announced the release of HP StoreOnce data deduplication solution, the federated deduplication solution. Both solutions leverage technology from HP Labsand Autonomy, an HP Company, to enable clients to eliminate redundant data and identify the content most important for the business to protect. "Increased regulated industry compliance, distributed remote workforces and reduced IT budgets are hindering backup and recovery success for many organizations. HP Data Protector is the industry’s first unified data protection solution that utilizes ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   It has been recently announced that the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), in close cooperation with BSNL, has upgraded the First Rural Exchange Centre at Kittur from C-DOT RAX to MAX-NG for NGN services, while celebrating its 25 years of establishment on 7th August, 2012. The upgradation of MAX-NG would be implemented through the BSNL network across the country within 2-3 years, upgrading around 2.5 crore exchanges, both urban and rural.    Earlier on Tuesday, C-DOT celebrated the completion of 25 years of India's first C-DOT RAX at Kittur (Karnataka) and the function was held simultaneously at C-DOT Centres. Adviser to the Prime Minister on PIII in Delhi along with C-DOT's Executive Director Shri V. V. R. Sastry chaired the function in Delhi. Shri Vipin Tyagi, Director, C-DOT, and Shri P. Raghavan, CGM, BSNL, Karnataka, chaired the event at Bengaluru. The event at Kittur was chaired by Shri Jayant Bhatnagar, ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) has announced Check Point ThreatCloud - the first collaborative network to fight cybercrime that powers new Anti-Bot and Antivirus Software Blades by feeding threat updates directly to customers’ gateways providing customers with threat information and attack trends to enforce protection against bots, APTs and other sophisticated forms of malware  Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Regional Director - India & SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies said, “Check Point Threatcloud is based on a global collaboration to increase volume, quality and speed of threat intelligence, this enables customers to quickly respond to threats and apply the appropriate protections to their gateways before they spread to the rest of the system. With emerging forms of viruses being generated on a daily basis in India, the introduction of ThreatCloud helps bring about awareness on the significant information along w...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE CSC has recently reported first quarter 2013 diluted earnings of $0.26 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $1.17 per share in the first quarter of 2012 which included a one-time tax benefit of approximately $0.78 cents. Total revenue was $3.96 billion compared to $4.03 billion in the same period of last year. Mike Lawrie, President & CEO said, “Our first quarter performance reflects a first step in turning around CSC. While there is significant work ahead of us, I am pleased with our initial progress on operating margins and free cash flow.” “We have launched several action plans which will transform the company over the next several years and create value for our shareholders. As part of this transformation agenda, we are bringing a much needed focus to greater contract management discipline across the company. We are also simplifying our operating model to realize greater productivity and operational efficiency. We...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE ZOTAC has delivered a new ZBOX with NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M graphics processing which incorporates Intel Atom D2550 (1.86 GHz, dual-core), NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M w/512MB DDR3 along with DVI & HDMI outputs. Carsten Berger, Marketing Director, ZOTAC International said, “We’re pleased to inject the power of NVIDIA GeForce graphics to our award-winning ZOTAC ZBOX for users that demand energy-efficiency with a graphics kick. The new ZOTAC ZBOX with NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M graphics delivers phenomenal high-definition video playback capabilities to make it the perfect home theater PC as well.” The new ZOTAC ZBOX with NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M graphics is available as a barebones or with memory and hard drive preinstalled. Operating systems such as Windows 7 (x86 and x64) and OpenELEC are fully compatible with the new ZOTAC ZBOX with NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M graphics and features 2 x SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n WiFi ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Transcend has announced the arrival of two additions to their aXeRam Overclocking Memory Module product line. The new 8GB aXeRam DDR3-2400 and DDR3-2133 memory kits combine high capacity, high clock speed and exceptionally low voltage, to meet the requirements of 3D PC gaming and heavy-duty applications. Transcend's new aXeRam DDR3 DRAM modules allow both novice and advanced users to take advantage of instant overclocking on the third-generation Intel Core "Ivy Bridge" series of processors featuring built-in support for the latest Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) version 1.3. The kit also provides 8GB of total capacity (2 x 4GB), a clock frequency of 2400MHz (PC3-19200) and timings of 11-12-11-29 and contains two identically matched DDR3-2133 modules rated at a clock frequency of 2133 MHz (PC3-17000) with timings of 10-11-10-27 and lower than average operating voltage of 1.6V. For More Details See www.varindia...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Nokia India has launched two new members in its Nokia Asha family which include Nokia Asha 305 and Nokia Asha 311. The Asha 311 is a 3.5G capacitive touch screen phone, 3.2 MP camera, pre-installed Nokia maps and is powered by a 1GHz processor whereas, The Asha 305 is a dual SIM phone with 3-inch resistive touch screen and 2MP camera. Viral Oza, Director Marketing, Nokia India said, "The Nokia Asha family has received tremendous consumer response. With a variety of form factors across price points and innovations, Nokia Asha family has triggered data consumption habits in first time data users. With the launch of Nokia Asha touch range, we are strengthening our range of mobile Internet devices.” The newly launched devices are equipped with user interface (UI) and free download of 40 EA games along with Nokia browser 2.0 which will compress data by 85% using cloud acceleration technology resulting into faster internet access....

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE MRO-TEK LIMITED is believed to expand substantially over the next two years by launching new and enhanced carrier grade access technologies to help the burgeoning 3G and 4G traffic in India and by entering into new markets. The Company is physically present in India and has its solutions / products deployed in different parts worldwide. S Narayanan, Chairman & MD, MRO-TEK Limited said, “Our new suit of solutions incorporates some of the best efforts from us. Over the past few years, we have invested more resources and human power to develop these world-class solutions. We position ourselves as a global Solution Architects in the Carrier Grade Access Technologies.” Madhava M, Vice President - Technology, MRO-TEK Limited said, “Integrating Ethernet solutions over standard carrier networks is a simple way of handling a growing traffic effectively and manage network efficiently. This is crucial where Telcos and ISPs are deploying...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Samsung has announced the winners of Samsung Innovation Awards 2012. Instituted by Samsung India Electronics Ltd. and Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), the Samsung Innovation Awards in their inaugural year were open only to IIT Delhi students, this year, the Samsung Innovation Awards has been extended for student participation across the IITs in Delhi, Mumbai, Roorkee and Kanpur. The Samsung Innovation Awards invited innovative projects from IIT students in the areas of Web Technology, Human Machine Interface (HMI), Embedded & Hardware System Design, Graphics & Visualization, Audio/Visual Content Processing, Cloud Computing, Product Design and related aspects.  Dipesh Shah, Dy. MD, Samsung India Software Operations said, "Samsung as a brand believes in the power of innovation and we believe that this program will encourage the culture of innovation amongst the student community. We wou...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Honeywell has announced that Australia Pacific LNG has selected technology developed by Honeywell Process Solutions' (HPS) Advanced Solutions business to deliver a data consolidation and reporting technology framework.  Ian Brown, VP & GM, Honeywell Process Solutions' Advanced Solutions business, said, "The Coal Seam Gas industry in Australia is facing huge growth in a highly competitive environment. The challenge CSG operators face is to safely, reliably and efficiently increase production while balancing manned and unmanned local production with remote, centralised management of operations. Our integrated solution will assist Australia Pacific LNG by ensuring the right information gets to the right people at the right time to support decisions that will achieve the project's business priorities of scalability, efficiency, safety, and reliability while transforming its business." Honeywell's Intui...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE QlikTech has announced that Fritz Holter GmbH has deployed QlikView on iPad to improve customer interactions by giving field sales representative's self-service access and insight into critical customer data, anytime and anywhere. In addition, Holter is also tracking its key corporate performance indicators with QlikView, which include sales statistics, performance measurement, and customer profitability.  Reinhard Reder, Sales Manager, Fritz Holter GmbH said, "QlikView is indispensable for customer data analysis at our company. With QlikView’s Business Discovery platform, future strategic development opportunities can be simplified to facilitate decisions and optimize the control and management of the sales team. Based on the results we’ve already seen, the number of users and the future uses of QlikView will be continuously expanded and developed." "A big plus of QlikView is its flexibility. Within a short ti...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   After the success of 'I unlock Joy' campaign last year, Microsoft has launched the 'Phase II' of the campaign. I unlock Joy, Phase II is an Application Development and Submission Program, where Microsoft provides app developers, technology professionals & enthusiasts and students, an opportunity to develop applications and showcase creativity.  The Key focus on I Unlock Joy Phase II revolves around quality apps and is intend to reward the quality applications and thus contributing to ecosystem by adding valuable applications on the Windows Phone market place. For More Details See www.varindia.com

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   neoteric has rolled out two Onam-special schemes for Plustek in Cochin, Calicut and Trivandrum for channel partners and end-consumers.  Sanjay Kathuria, Group Business Manager-neoteric Infomatique ltd. said, "Through these festive schemes for Plustek, we seek to effectively enable our partners and end-consumers to avail of Plustek's superior- quality products. We have kick-started the year's festive season sales with a bang with this Onam-special offer." Jayesh Kurup, Sales Manager - Plustek INC, said, "neoteric's focused initiative comes as a first-of-its-kind opportunity for both partners and consumers in Kerala to avail of Plustek's premium -quality products. With these festive schemes, we are happy to set the ball rolling for Plustek's business plans this festive season and the year going forward." For More Details See www.varindia.com