VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   AMD has launched its next-generation  AMD A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs)  for desktop, small form-factor and home-theatre PCs in India.  These new APUs target do-it-yourself (DIY) PC builders, mainstream gamers and value-added resellers who want to upgrade their PC infrastructure with affordable performance, discrete-level graphics, multiple cores and fast processing for outstanding responsiveness. The next-generation desktop AMD A-Series APU is available at prices ranging from INR3,000 – 8,000. Compared to similarly priced competitive offerings, the new APUs offer more cores and more speed, best-in-class entertainment experiences and an easy upgrade path based on a stable socket infrastructure.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Corsair has announced the addition of four new  AX series 80 PLUS Platinum  rated modular power supply units (PSUs) – the AX860i and AX760i digital PSUs, and the AX860 and AX760 analog PSUs. The digitally-controlled power circuitry of the PSUs provide stable voltages, and low ripple and noise. The digital design also contributes to the 80 PLUS Platinum certification and incredibly high energy-efficiency of up to 92%. The high efficiency also results in reduced heat, allowing the AX860i and AX760i to operate in a silent zero-RPM mode until the PSU load reaches 30% of the maximum power rating.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Inspan Infotech has launched HS-500X Headband Headset from Genius. Genius headband headset, HS-500X, is designed to have comfortable conversation on the Internet.  HS-500X is a stylish and handy product for chatting on MSN, Skype and other Internet chat programs. Its full size ear pads provide an extremely comfortable feel for long-time listening. The microphone is adjustable and one can move it out of the way when you are listening to music or watching a movie. "The feeling of comfy and quality can be delightfully enjoyed with HS-500X headset at low cost. It has been designed with right features to give quality output," said Sudhir S, Managing Director, Inspan Infotech. "Partners have always liked Genius products for the innovation and quality designs they come up with," added Sudhir.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd.  has announced that their dual Thunderbolt series of motherboards support 4K resolution monitors in configurations derived from two Mini DisplayPort connectors, each capable of 2K resolution output. Testing was successfully carried out at GIGABYTE’s regional facility in Tokyo, Japan with the EIZO FDH3601 high resolution color monitor that is designed for air traffic control and geophysical services.  “Desktop PC motherboards are all about cutting edge features, performance, and upgradeability, and this is why GIGABYTE was the first motherboard company to adopt dual Thunderbolt ports instead of the single port option,” commented Tim Handley, Deputy Director of Motherboard Marketing at GIGABYTE. “When combined with other innovative products, such as EIZO’s 4K resolution FDH3601 monitor, GIGABYTE Thunderbolt motherboard users can enjoy next generation display options with their existing platform, wit...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Sony India has unveiled the next generation of  Hybrid Ultrabook PC- VAIO Duo 11 , which also turns into a touchscreen tablet. With its Surf Slider design, the Duo 11 switches smoothly between Tablet to PC modes wherever you are and whatever you’re doing.     One can slide out the keyboard and maximise the productivity with a fully-featured PC powered by latest-generation Intel Core processor. VAIO Duo 11 puts touch and handwriting with Windows 8 computing experience. Write and interact with media and applications on the responsive, touch capable, super-bright Full HD OptiContrast Panel. It gives the satisfying, expressive feel of handwriting directly on the touchscreen, with the touch of your finger. Smart text recognition even lets one quickly convert handwritten notes to text for easy archiving and searches... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Today fortune 500 companies are overwhelmingly modernising their server infrastructure from legacy UNIX/RISC to Intel Xeon processor-based servers running Linux. Organisations are realising benefits such as lower cost of maintaining and upgrading their mission critical environments and technological and security advancements. Data from industry analysts shows a distinct trend emerging as organisations migrate their expensive legacy UNIX/RISC infrastructures to the lower cost commodity Intel Xeon based servers. IDC data from 2002 and 2010 shows a decline in server revenue for RISC mainframes from US$30 billion in 2002 to US$15 billion in 2010 and a corresponding increase in Intel x86 sever revenue from US$19.2 billion in 2002 to US$30.5 billion in 2010.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HCL Infosystems Ltd. has partnered with Intec  for distribution of its Speciality Printing Systems across the country. The partnership will provide commercial printers with heavy stock and specialist printing capabilities. The Intec Specialist Printing Machine with printing above 300 GSM is beyond the capabilities of the currently available systems in India. Moreover this will be backed with a robust and trained HCL team which will help customers with effective technical support to make the most out of the machine. Service support will be provided by the Premium HCL Service under HCL Care, HCL Infosystems’ Service and Support Division... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In a move to enhance business productivity and keep place with the growth plans, Visaka Industries deployed  Microsoft Office 365  across its India offices. The second largest cement sheet manufacturer in India selected Office 365 over Google Apps to improve employee productivity, boost team communication and collaboration, and save money. Microsoft’s productivity and collaboration solution - Office 365 aptly resolved the issues of Visaka Industries. Moreover, just when the company was about to invest in a multi-party video conference solution, they found the right solution in Microsoft Lync.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cyberoam  has announced the culmination of its Cyberoam Channel Convention 2012. Befitting Cyberoam’s partner centric Channel Approach, it was a get together of the top 50 Cyberoam partners from across India and the SAARC region. The high points were the announcement of several award categories for partners based on performance evaluation and an open session by key Cyberoam executives. The award ceremony in the meet bestowed partners with many honours. Technoware Director Naveen Arora was awarded ‘Best Enterprise Partner’ from North while Leading Minds Director Lakshmi Das won ‘Best Sub distributor from AP’. Managing Partner Rohit Krishna and Support Head Rajesh of 4Ways won the award for the ‘Best Emerging Commercial Segment Partner’. Micropro owner Meher Pophali was declared ‘Best Partner’ from ROM. From SAARC region, RoseWare Cop Pvt. Ltd. owners Ahmed Faisal and Mohammed Shams of Maldives were announced ‘Best Regional Pa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In partnership with CMO Council, Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced a new study of  APAC Digital Marketing Performance Dashboard . The study benchmarked the levels of adoption, traction and success of digital marketing in Australia, China, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and India. The study highlights some very interesting contrasts that exist in India with regard to the adoption and execution of digital marketing strategies.  According to the survey, Indian marketers indicated the key drivers of digital marketing adoption in the country to be Size and demography of Internet-connected population - 70%; Greater ability to better engage audiences - 65%; Social networking and gaming - 63%, Proliferation of mobile devices - 54%..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To develop smartphone-based connected-car solutions,  Wipro Technologies has joined the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) . The Consortium is a body dedicated to developing cross-industry collaboration global standards and solutions for smartphone and in-vehicle connectivity. MirrorLink a technology standard created by the consortium, ensures seamless communication between compliant smartphones and in-car systems like steering wheels, dashboard buttons and screens.  “Membership in the Car Connectivity Consortium is the logical next step in our endeavor to create the best driving experience for consumers. We’ve been working on similar technology for more than two years and have built solutions for interfacing with Terminal Mode and Non-Terminal Mode mobile devices. Our membership in CCC will further enable us to provide MirrorLink certified well tested and up to date solutions quickly to our customers.” said John Slosa...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE For easy and intuitive navigation of Windows 8, Logitech has announced new lineup of products. The company has launched Logitech Wireless Rechargeable Touchpad T650, Logitech Touch Mouse T620, Logitech Zone Touch Mouse T400, Logitech Bluetooth Illuminated Keyboard K810 and Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400R rare each specifically designed to work with the Windows 8 touch interface. The Zone Touch Mouse T400 delivers simple, easy-touch navigation with familiar point and click action with quick gestures on the full, smooth touch surface of the Touch Mouse T620. While Logitech’s exciting new touch devices offer an ideal Windows 8 experience, the other mice and keyboards will continue to deliver performance and reliability in Windows 8. Subrotah Biswas, Country Manager, Logitech India and South West Asia, said, “Logitech believes in providing improved consumer experience, aimed towards assisting efficiency an...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Dell SonicWALL  has surveyed about the anticipated impact to business as a result of Cyber Monday, the largest online shopping day of the year. The survey found that most employees are not able to recognize online threats against the corporate network and companies are most concerned that online shopping could open the network to potential new threat vectors. Dell SonicWALL solutions help companies drive employee productivity and network efficiency by eliminating the non-business-critical use of bandwidth and applications and by protecting the corporate network against threats..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Kobian has announced the launch of its new series of 2.1 Channel Mega Watt (MW) subwoofers –  MW4240, MW4540 and MW4840. The speakers are designed to provide unmatched quality and surreal sound experience. The wooden subwoofers are designed to reduce the distortion and increase the quality of music. The aesthetically designed systems stand differentiated in the market as system packed with features and aesthetic design. The wooden subwoofer power is a true 10Watt RMS and each of the shielded satellite delivers 5Watt RMS each. The access of the controls along with SD Card and USB is designed in the front for the ease in usage. The sleek black and red tweeter adds details to the high-end frequencies while acoustic guitars and pianos gain warmth and character due to full spectrum audio from two way design speaker. The piano finish body adds to the sleek and style of the user... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   CommScope has announced appointment of  Alamuri Sitaramaiah (Sita)  as its director of channel sales for India and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries.  Sita will lead CommScope’s ongoing efforts in developing a high-quality partner community that ultimately drives superior service and support for customers. Sita will report directly to Stephen Kowal, Vice-President, Global Partner Organization.  Commenting on Sita’s appointment, Kowal said, “We are extremely happy to have Sita on board with us. His dedication, track record and expertise will benefit our partners and enable us to strengthen our position in the structured cabling and infrastructure market. Sita’s focus on CommScope’s PartnerPRO Network will ensure we have the most comprehensive and professional network of partners to support our customers’ complex network needs.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Genius has introduced the  Genius GILA MMO/RTS  professional gaming mouse. It is the next-generation MMO/RTS professional gaming laser mouse for the GX Gaming series.  Comfortable to use with either hand or step-up twelve buttons design, Gila can be customized to conquer any gaming challenge and improve combat performance.  Gila has a built-in overclocking SG Core II engine with a dpi range from 200 to 280 so gamers can easily shift around in the battlefield. A full speed MCU with 32KB built – in memory prevents macro settings from game block and gives gamers 1-ms (8X quicker) response time. The Braided cable and gold-plated USB connector provide a stable and smooth signal connection during battle combat.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   EDIMAX Technology has introduced  Edimax 3G-6408n N300 wireless 3G iQ router .  Equipped with 300Mbps wireless speeds, automatic failover capabilities, green WLAN technology, and Edimax's iQoS for easy QoS set-up, the 3G-6408n is a clean, simple and effective solution for 3G wireless connectivity. The product is equipped with both a USB port and an Ethernet WAN port, and supports both 3G/3.75G and cable/xDSL modems. It can easily share an Internet connection with multiple devices. Additionally, should 3G/3.75G access become unavailable, the device's automatic failover feature ensures it will automatically switch to cable/xDSL seamlessly.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   WD has launched its highest performance, highest capacity desktop hard drive, the  WD Black 4TB, 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM drive . Shipping immediately, the fast performance and ultimate capacity of the award-winning WD Black drives make them perfect for gaming, high-performance desktop systems and workstations.  WD Black hard drives combine 7200 RPM spin speed, 64MB cache, dual stage actuator technology, SATA 6 gigabits per second (Gb/s) interface, and an integrated dual processor to deliver ultimate performance in a maximum-capacity drive... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Dell has announced the acquisition of  Gale Technologies , a leading provider of infrastructure automation software that allows organizations to streamline the deployment of on-premise and hybrid clouds for self-service access to infrastructure.  Dell also announced the formation of its Enterprise Systems & Solutions organization focussed on the delivery of converged and enterprise workload topologies and solutions in alignment with Dell’s Enterprise vision.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In a development that has stunned the business and technology world, Intel Corporation has announced that the company’s  President & CEO, Paul Otellini , has decided to retire as an officer and director at the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting in May, starting an orderly leadership transition over the next six months.  Otellini’s decision to retire will bring to a close a remarkable career of nearly 40 years of continuous service to the company and its stockholders.... See More