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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In its commitment to offer innovative products and services to youth,  Aircel , one of India’s leading telecom players, has launched an exciting and innovative service “Pocket Music International” for the young music lovers of international music. Aircel subscribers can now download and enjoy full tracks from a vast catalogue consisting of international music provided by top two global music recording giants –  Sony  and Universal . The catalogue includes top international artists like  Justin Bieber ,  Rihanna ,  Beyonce ,  Michael Jackson ,  Enrique Iglesias ,  Bryan Adams ,  Pitbull ,  Black Eyed Peas ,  Jennifer Lopez  and many more. This is the “first-of-its-kind” service exclusively offering international music genres. Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer ,  Aircel , said, “As a brand, Aircel has always understood the pulse of the youth and introduced in...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The  Quick Heal Annual Windows  and Mobile Malware Report, 2012, released by Quick Heal Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a leading player in India’s antivirus segment with about 35% market share, clearly reveals that India is under the grip of cyberattacks. The Quick Heal Research shows rapid increase of almost 90% in Windows malware and a mind-boggling increase of 170% in its modifications. The bad guys are also winning the war in the Mobile platform and have swarmed India. Virus attacks in the Mobile space have also started soaring at a rapid pace with 30% growth registered in 2012 and a phenomenal 80% increase in its modifications. The Mobile device malware has also reached a new stage of evolution, the Quick Heal Report said.  The findings from Quick Heal’s  Annual Malware Report  show that, though PC is still the prevalent target for malware authors today, there is an obvious peak in the growth of malware and th...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Swipe Telecom  has announced the launch of their  F1 Fablet . It is in addition to the line of products already launched by Swipe Telecom in the country. The Swipe design team has coupled design with the advanced technologies, by leveraging their expertise from the design of their previous tablets. F1 Fablet supports Dual SIM and is compatible with 1 GHz, MTK 6575 processor and 512MB RAM. F1 Fablet comes with enhanced GPS features with voice navigation which enables an easy experience for users. The F1 Fablet runs on Android 4.0 (ICS) operating system and has a 5-inch capacitive touchSwipe forays tablet mkt in India; launches F1 Fablet Swipe Telecom has announced the launch of their F1 Fablet. It is the addition to the line of products launched by Swipe Telecom in the country. The Swipe design team has coupled design with the advanced technologies, by leveraging their expertise from the design of their previous Ta...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to the latest update,  IBM(NYSE)  has announced appointment of  Vanitha Narayanan as Managing Director of IBM India Pvt. Ltd.  She takes over from Shanker Annaswamy who will continue to remain in IBM as the Senior Adviser to the corporation on India Enterprise. Both Ms Narayanan and Annaswamy will report to Jim Bramante, Senior Vice-President,  IBM Growth Markets Unit . The appointments are effective immediately. Ms Narayanan will be responsible for all of IBM's Sales, Marketing, Services and Global Delivery Operations in the India/South Asia (ISA) region, including operations in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Vanitha has over 25 years of experience working for IBM with multiple client sets and in several countries. Since 2009, she has been a part of the IBM ISA business.... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The Redmond giant has notched yet another acquisition. According to the latest update, Microsoft Corp  has bought a new start-up id8 Group R2 Studios Inc. The latest acquisition will help Microsoft to expand further in technology focussed on the home and entertainment. Started in 2011, id8 Group R2 Studios is founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Blake Krikorian. Recently, Krikorian launched a Google Android application which is likely to facilitate users to control home heating and lighting systems from smartphones.  It is worth noticing here that Krikorian is an ex-amazon.com. Inc. employee. He resigned from Amazon.com Inc.'s board in late December after serving the organization for about a year and a half as a Director..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to  Mr. Kyle Adams, Chief Software Architect for Mykonos at Juniper Networks , the Most Interesting Developments in the threat landscape that emerged in 2012 are, Simple attack methods on web applications remain effective - Many of the large public companies this year fell victim to web application vulnerabilities like SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting. These types of attacks have been known about for several years and remain a popular hacking method because of the relatively low level of sophistication needed and the potential difficulty in preventing them. Mobile malware  and application-centric threats continue to pose a risk to enterprise data - With the continued adoption of Bring Your Own Device policies in the workplace, the risk of mobile malware and invasive applications infiltrating critical corporate data continues to be a top concern...... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Array Networks Inc .  has appointed  Kaizen Infoserve , engineering services provider, as their RMA service provider. Kaizen's focussed and neutral RMA services across pan India will fuel Array Networks' long-awaited plan of offering gold class support to its customers, while expanding support services across India. Array Networks will now be able to offer 4 hour/standard NBD replacement service to customers with gold level support agreements. This new partnership aligns with  Array Networks' strategy to provide  customized and localized their customer support offerings. Kaizen Infoserve will provide support and services for the entire line of Array Networks' products. With the strong support coming in from Kaizen, Array Networks bolsters its future plans of penetrating deeper into tier-II and -III Indian markets..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Internet users, who are accessing the web through mobile devices including smartphones and tablets and dongles in India, are continuously increasing. According to the latest report generated by IAMAI, mobile Internet users in India are expected to reach to a benchmark of  165 million by March 2014. The report generated by  Internet and Mobile Association of India  (IAMAI) further revealed that the number of mobile Internet users is expected to reach a milestone of 87 million by December 2012 from 78.7 million users in October 2012.  Further, it is said that the number is expected to reach 92.9 million by March 2013, 130.6 million by March 2014 and 164.8 million by March 2015...... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to the latest announcement,  Ericsson signed a new agreement with Etisalat Egypt  to transform the telecom operator’s radio network to enable a full range of converged information and telecom services that will bring improved quality and speed of services to its subscribers. As part of the deployment,  Ericsson  will provide  Etisalat Egypt  with its latest RBS 6000 radio base station technology. This will enable energy-efficient and cost-effective operations while allowing the operator to meet the demands of its growing subscriber base with better and faster mobile Internet connectivity and quality mobile coverage throughout the country. What is more, it will enable Etisalat Egypt to prepare the network for LTE (4G). Saeed ElHamly, CEO, Etisalat Egypt, said, “Demand for voice and data services is constantly increasing. This is why we are always striving to cater to our subscribers’ needs...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Simmtronics Semiconductors Ltd  has signed a tie-up for Wi-Fi service across the country. As a result,  Simmtronics XPAD  users will be able to enjoy free Wi-Fi services at over 5,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in all across the country.  Indrajit Sabharwal, Managing Director, Simmtronics , said, “Simmtronics XPAD, after major success in the Middle East and GCC, has recently been launched in the Indian retail market. Keeping in mind consumer’s need to stay connected everywhere and all the time, we have exclusively tied up for these services. They need to access content and participate in social and commercial interactions on the go. We have made this facility only for our XPAD users by providing Public Wi-Fi service which is available at all major outlets..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to the latest update,  Genius  announces that it has been named an International  CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Awards  Honoree for the Gila GX Gaming Series MMO/RTS Professional Gaming Laser Mouse. Products entered in this award programme are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the media to honour outstanding design and engineering in cutting-edge consumer electronics products across 29 product categories. Gila is a twelve button professional gaming laser mouse with a dpi range from 200 to 8,200 that allows gamers to not only make quick yet controlled movements and turns in the battlefield..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In this New Year,  Rashi Peripherals  has brought SIs (System Integrators) special offers. Through this offer, SIs are encouraged to power their PCs with Asus MB, Asus-Nvidia GPU, Toshiba HDD, Logitech KB/Mouse, AMD CPU, LG Monitor, APC UPS and Adata RAM. This offer provides the best to the system integrators and is valid from 1st to 31st January, 2013. This is one-of-its kind offers, where a distributor has taken this initiative to merge various popular brands into one special offer which can benefit the many SIs. Rashi’s Special offer has already started to create a buzz in the market. Rohit Sangle, an SI from Rohtas, said, “Time when everyone is talking of branded laptops and tablets. This initiative from Rashi is appreciated by us. We hope to get best advantage out of this offer – made for us only.”  Rajesh Goenka, Vice-President – Sales & Marketing, Rashi Peripherals Pvt. Ltd , said...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In association with  Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) ,  Sparsh  has launched  “Made in India”  series of DVRs at the Security Exhibition held in Beijing, China. TI is the technology partner of Sparsh.  Sparsh has also received a lot of appreciation from the visitors which has launched 4, 8 and 16 channels designed and developed DVRs based on TI’s DaVinci DM8107. Sanjeev Sehgal, Managing Director, Sparsh , said, We are very excited about our relationship with TI and getting the next-generation video surveillance products to the market. We believe the flexibility and scalability..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In order to manage, understand and work with big data,  HP(NYSE)  Enterprise Services has reportedly introduced  new telco big data and analytics solutions  for  communications service providers (CSPs). HP’s new portfolios of offerings include HP Smart Profile Server and HP Actionable Experience Management system.  HP Smart Profile Server  will reportedly facilitate evaluation of vast amounts of data collected daily by networks and will use its insight to deliver new targeted offerings for subscribers. Besides this, it will also lay the analytics foundation for HP Actionable Experience Management and HP Ad Personalization...... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   To entice music lovers in India,  Envent World Wide Pvt. Ltd  has introduced  MusiMe , a new headphone for your music. Now you can enjoy easy listening to your favourite music with the ear-sensitive and crystal clear audio quality of MusiMe!             "Envent’s MusiMe targets those music lovers who like to carry their entertainment source wherever they go. The youth today spends a significant amount of time playing music at work, while travelling or at play. MusiMe offers long hours of fun for music junkies and addicts,” says  Sandeep Ramani, COO, Envent . .... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   IBM(NYSE)  has reportedly unveiled new software and services that bring the  power of big data analytics  into the hands of today's social savvy workforce anytime, anywhere. Now, organizations can apply analytics to their social business initiatives, allowing them to gain actionable insight on information generated on networks and put it to work in real-time. As part of today's news,  IBM  is announcing the availability of its industry-leading social software platform, IBM Connections. IBM Connections incorporates sophisticated analytics capabilities, real-time data monitoring, and faster collaborative networks both inside and outside the organization, whether on premise, in the  IBM SmartCloud  or using the broadest range of mobile devices. View the demo today..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   In a surprising move, the  Japanese electronics giant Sony  has stopped producing its PlayStation 2  consoles in Japan.  According to Sony Computer Entertainment Inc’s Japan website, shipments have already been "completed" for the hardware of PS2. It is worth noticing here that Sony has sold more than 150 million units worldwide since PlayStation 2 (PS2)’s launch in 2000 . The amazing sales record made PS2 the selling console of all time..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Tablets have surely become the latest buzzword in the Indian electronics market. We can witness the launch of new tablets almost every day. Latest in the lead is  Karbonn , which has introduced a new tablet  Velox Tab 8  as a New Year gift to its users. Karbonn’s new tablet Velox Tab8 gives user a wide screen of 8-inch with resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. Powered by  Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system , this new tablet has a 1.5 GHz dual core CPU..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   After partnering with  BlackBerry ,  Getit  has now announced its association with  Yahoo  wherein Getit will power results under Yahoo Local. This will mean that Getit’s entire databases of over 3 million business listings will be accessible to Yahoo users on Yahoo Local. Any search conducted on Yahoo Local will automatically land on a co-branded section which will be powered by Getit. Yahoo with 40 million unique users is the number one portal in India and has an engagement rate of over 100%. Yahoo Front Page averages 5.6 million unique users every day. This association will help to create further brand awareness and popularity of GETIT among masses. Further, for searches conducted on Yahoo! web search which correspond to a local need, Yahoo! users will have the benefit of the listings powered by Getit, depending upon relevance, location and keywords...... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per the latest update, the software giant  Red Hat has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ManageIQ .It is worth noticing here that ManageIQ is a leading provider of enterprise cloud management and automation solutions specifically designed to enable organizations to deploy, manage and optimize private clouds, virtualised infrastructures as well as virtual desktops. Paul Cormier, President, Products and Technologies, Red Hat , has shared his views. He said, “Industry’s and customer’s response to Red Hat's vision for the open hybrid cloud has been overwhelmingly positive because it offers the best of both worlds: the ability to tap into the public cloud when and where it makes sense, while leveraging existing investments for cloud infrastructure. For enterprise cloud initiatives, effective cloud management is critical. ManageIQ offers robust features, including orchestration, policy, workflow, monitoring and charg...