VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ASUS  has announced the  GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU Mini , a compact graphics card designed primarily for small form-factor PCs with mini ITX motherboards. The dual-slot card measures 17cm and features the  NVIDIA GTX 670 GPU  for DirectX 11.1-compatible gaming. The reference GTX 670 measures 24.13cm, for comparison. Vinay Shetty, Country Head - Component Business, ASUS (India) , said, "The ASUS GTX670-DCMOC-2GD5 measures just 17cm in length. It also has copper vapor chamber placed directly on top of the GPU for faster heat spreading and dispersal with 20%  (or 7.5∘C) lower temperatures than reference GTX 670making it the perfect choice for compact gaming PCs." The ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU Mini is designed to maximize the potential offered by mini ITX motherboards by delivering high-performance graphics. It uses an exclusive DirectCU thermal design..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Phishers are increasingly eyeing at the Indian Media and Entertainment industry, which was identified as the sixteenth most targeted website category by phishers, according to Symantec Intelligence earlier . The perfect illustration of the finding is a recent phishing incident where phishers used a popular song from the Telugu movie "Brindavanam" as an attempt to steal critical information from users. According to Symantec February Intelligence Report 2013, one in every 466.3 emails globally was identified as compromised due to phishing attack. "Phishers’ strategy of redirecting to a legitimate Web page reinforces the validity of the fake login for duped users. Once the users fell victim by entering their login credentials, they can easily steal users information for identity theft purposes," said  Abhijit Limaye, Director, Development, Security Response, Symantec . Affected site displays an option of viewing ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   *astTECS  has announced that the company is expanding the reach of its product range and has opened up *astTECS offices in Noida (Sector 10) to address and support New Delhi and Gurgaon customers, Chennai (Velachery), Hyderabad (S R Nagar) and Mumbai (Sewri East) to provide sales and support for *astTECS range of telecom solutions. The *astTECS centres in these locations would offer complete *astTECS product range, technical assistance, customer support to fulfil warranty and provide hands on training to customers for better handling of Asterisk applications. "Our dedicated centres would help customers identify ways to increase productivity, offer them a wide range of cost-effective, highly flexible and versatile communication system to suit their need and a one-stop shop that meets all the telecom solution requirements, along with full spectrum of support," said  Levis Wilson, COO, *astTECS . It is found the adoption...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HP(NYSE:HPQ)  has announced a new thin client that provides simple and reliable access to business critical data, in a flexible design developed specifically for enterprises in Asia. Designed for growing markets in Asia including China, India, and the Southeast Asian countries, the  HP t505  Thin Client comes with connectivity options to support both legacy as well as future peripherals in enterprise environments. With four serial ports and four USB ports, businesses are able to continue using their legacy devices while adapting to new computing technologies. They can, therefore, deploy thin clients easily without having to worry about device compatibility issues. "Businesses in the growing Asian markets are using thin clients for virtual PC computing to gain increased agility and cost control, but many struggle to find one that is legacy-friendly yet future-ready," said  Paul Broyles, Director of R&D, HP Th...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Canon India Private Ltd(NYSE:CAJ)  has outlined its roadmap for their Office Imaging Solution Division (OIS) for 2013. Canon's OIS division focusses on offering unparalleled document management solutions to the large enterprise, SME and government sectors. The division witnessed a year-on-year growth of 22% in 2012. Canon’s managed document services (MDS) represent approximately 25% of the OIS division’s business returns. As part of its strategy, Canon's OIS division aims to increase its market share to almost 29% in 2013 from 25%. The division will focus more on the SME, Pharmaceutical, BFSI, Automobile, Logistics sectors as they are poised to increasingly embrace MDS to help their growing business. Canon's OIS division will identify these organizations’ document management needs and provide customized, holistic solutions to optimize efficiency and cost reduction. K. Bhaskhar, Senior Director, Office Imaging Soluti...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Kobian has set the road map on Mercury tablets for the year 2013-14. They are going to release 7+ tablets in the market during the quarter AMJ 2013 which will have all the competing features and much more to deliver the increasing needs of customers. They have been designed tablets to meet the growing demands of students and business executives who are shifting their interest from traditional PCs and laptops to tablets. The new mercury tablets will be compact in size with new designs that will deliver the style quotient. With advanced technologies, the tablets are being developed to speed up the working experience. They would be aggressively priced to target the students and business employees who would prefer to purchase highly reliable, portable and easy-to-use tablets. They would also release attractive tablet leather cases in their accessory segment. Sushmita Das, Vice-President, Business at Kobian Pvt. Ltd, said, “We had launc...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Vodafone India has launched "M-Pesa" - a mobile money transfer and payment service. "M-Pesa" is the trademark of Vodafone. The service was launched in Kolkata by Marten Pieters, MD & CEO, Vodafone India Ltd, and Rajiv Sabharwal, Executive Director, ICICI Bank. “M-Pesa”, which is being launched initially in the eastern parts of the country, effectively leverages the combined strengths of Vodafone’s global expertise in the domain of mobile payments and significant distribution reach in India plus the security of financial transactions provided by ICICI Bank. It is initially being offered in West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand through over 8,300 specially trained authorized agents and will soon be rolled out across the country in a phased manner. The innovative use of mobile technology makes it possible for customers to enjoy a fast, simple and secure way to transfer money and make payments. Vodafone India...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   With an initiative to increase internet usage among mobile users, Aircel has launched a data plan, Pocket Internet 24 (PI-24). This plan will provide a higher validity of 30 days at Rs.24. This offer will enable customers to experience and experiment internet on their mobile phones at an economical price of less than Re.1 per day. Pocket Internet 24 plan will offer adequate data to help familiarize with popular search engine and social networking websites. The customers will be able to download applications, surf net and stay connected with family and friends. Murthy Chaganti, Circle Business Head, Aircel, said, “India has the third-largest internet users in the world and is rapidly adding 70 million mobile internet users a year. It is ironic that despite this exponential growth a majority of the Indian population has never experienced internet on their mobile phones. These customers have used internet in cyber cafes and deskto...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   For the developers and designers to easily deploy Linux workloads on demand in Windows Azure ,  SUSE  has announced the worldwide general availability of Basic Support and Priority Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Windows Azure. In addition, openSUSE 12.3 is also being offered on Windows Azure.  These offerings will expand the strategic relationship between SUSE and Microsoft by enabling developers and organizations to benefit from the Linux distribution on Windows Azure. With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Microsoft customers can run a wide range of certified applications while receiving streamlined support from Microsoft and SUSE. Michael Croney, Open Solutions Group lead, Microsoft , said, “SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Windows Azure represents the latest development in the pioneering collaboration between Microsoft and SUSE. Customers will be able to access enterprise-class support services for bo...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   HCL Technologies  has announced its third-quarter fiscal report. As per the financial results, during the 12 months' period ended 31st March, 2013, the company  revenues have increased by 27% YoY (INR),  while the earnings per share have grown 74% YoY (INR). The company has achieved a net income of Rs.1,040 crore which is up by 72.6% YoY. The revenue received is up by 23.2 %, i.e. Rs.6,425 crore, along with the dividend achievement of 2.0 per share. The GAAP EPS (Diluted) is at US$1.07 which has gone up 60.4% YoY. Shiv Nadar, Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer, HCL Technologies , said, “HCL’s sustained growth momentum has been possible because of our uncompromising focus on some strong value fundamentals. Our corporate governance practices are one such foundation which has enabled us to generate long-term value for all of our stakeholders. Empowered by the principles of integrity and transparency, these practi...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   GIGABYTE  has launched  GA-X79S-UP5-WI-FI motherboard  for “Do it Yourself” (DIY) PC users to ensure them to benefit from enterprise-class hardware to build their own high-end workstation. The wireless motherboard supports up to 300 Mbps. It  employs the Ultra Durable 5 technology that includes high current capable components for the CPU power zone, including IR3550 PowIRstage ICs from International Rectifier, 2X Copper PCB and high current Ferrite Core Chokes rated up to 60A, which together are able to deliver up to 60°C cooler temperatures. It supports both Intel Xeon E5 and Core i7 processors and constitutes Z77 Express Chipsets. The other key features of the motherboard include dual GB LAN ports, memory support up to 2,400mhz, 64GB of ECC DDR3 memory, 8 SAS connectors support, PCI Express Gen 3.0 support, GIGABYTE Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi Card, 4 Channel Memory Architecture with 8 DIMM slots and high-qual...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   That India stands high in Cisco's scheme of things was once again demonstrated when Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers, on a two-day visit to India, declared the company’s intention of increasing its commitment to India. John Chambers, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Ministers of IT and Commerce, said, company looks forward to working with the government to find technology solutions to India’s challenges in education and healthcare. “With broadband and cloud, we can change the school system, have many more children learning from good teachers remotely. Every village can have a healthcare facility with a fast network connection, where the health data of a person can be captured and a doctor in a remote location can take a look at it,” said Chambers who took over as Cisco’s CEO in January 1995. Over the past decade, the $46-billion Cisco has invested immensely in India and runs a number of pilot projects i...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT)  has announced general availability of  Windows Azure Infrastructure  Services as well as Windows Azure Virtual Networks which will enable customers to move existing apps to the cloud to save time and money.  These services will also help customers to meet the changing business needs by providing on-demand, scalable infrastructure along with the extension of data centers and workloads into the cloud. The availability of these infrastructure services will help extend data into cloud Virtual Machines as a robust infrastructure for Microsoft SQL Server software. They will also allow customers to integrate full-trust code to run rich apps and provide Internet-facing collaboration sites. Microsoft  has made some changes and reduction in price for Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Cloud Services such as their general availability has been reduced by 21% for standard instances. Linux Vi...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   New partner training and certification programmes have been announced by Allied Telesis  for their partners and system integrators to enhance their knowledge on IP networks. This programme will help the partner engineers to receive  in-depth knowledge – on how to implement a comprehensive network, including installations, process involved in configuring the network, troubleshooting and addressing Allied Telesis' products running on AlliedWare Plus operating system.    Subhasish Gupta, Country Manager India & SAARC, Allied Telesis , said, "Allied Telesis has launched its worldwide campus network programme in the country last quarter. Being in the Indian market for close-to a decade, we have always taken a strong consultative approach with our partners and customers, and we have customized and plugged in certain important concepts and tutorials into our certification programmes, apt and relevant for the In...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Mahindra Satyam  and  Tech Mahindra  have announced the launch of its ambitious innovative programme of “Young CEO” showcasing the agility of a start-up and the experience of a behemoth. The  “Young CEO”  Programme is designed to nurture Young Leaders to take on significant roles with “end-to-end” responsibility in the areas of M&A, new business initiatives, platforms, or developing a new geography. The “Young CEOs” will be fully empowered to run the Sales, Delivery and the Domain arenas. These Leaders will be given development inputs throughout and will have Mentors and Coaches to guide them to perform this task. The programme will also foster innovation by encouraging a start-up mindset while providing early leadership opportunities to the associates. “I would like to focus on the creation of our CEO FORCE – a model of distributed leadership comprising home-grown leaders and young talent within th...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Simmtronics Semiconductors  has joined hands with  HCL’s Digilife Distribution  and Marketing Services (DDMS). Under this arrangement,  DDMS  will distribute Simmtronics tablets in South and East India, thereby reaching the distribution beyond tier-I cities. Digilife will be responsible for distribution of the Simmtronics tablets to all LFRs, Regional Organized Trade accounts, Teleshopping Channels  and Chain Stores across India. Orders from the government will also be targeted and addressed. Through this tie-up, Simmtronics is aiming at an additional turnover of Rs.300 crore and 6 lakh tablets in the year 2013. Indrajit Sabharwal, Managing Director, Simmtronics Semiconductors , said, “India is the focus market for Simmtronics and this tie-up with Digilife will help us in expanding strong distribution networks along with broadened products and solutions that will further our presence in the citi...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   NEC Asia Pacific  has announced that  Toshiya Matsuki  has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer. Toshiya Matsuki has over 30 years of overseas business experience since he joined  NEC Corporation of Japan  in 1983 and has held both executive and sales management positions during his career. His work experience spans from serving at the Jakarta Representative Office as Chief Representative for two years and NEC Europe Ltd as Deputy General Manager for four years. Matsuki later returned to NEC Corporation to assume position as the Deputy General Manager of Americas and EMEA Sales Division in 2010 and became the Vice-President of the International Sales and Operations Business Unit in 2011. Prior to his appointment as the new CEO of NEC Asia Pacific, he is also the Associate Senior Vice-President of NEC Corporation since the beginning of April 2013. With his new appointment and responsibilities,...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   BIGFLIX has announced its association with Nokia to launch the BIGFLIX App on Nokia Lumia smartphones – 520, 620 and 720. Buyers of this Lumia series of phones will be offered an exclusive three-month subscription to BIGFLIX services that would give consumers access to a catalogue of more than 1,500 films in more than six Indian languages on their Nokia Lumia smartphones as well as  their laptops, desktops and tablets. Shreyash Sigtia, Business Head, BIGFLIX, said, “It brings us immense pleasure to associate with NOKIA, India’s leading mobile brand for its newly launched Lumia 520, 620 and 720 Windows 8 smartphones in a bid to augment our reach amongst the large user-base of Nokia, thereby offering the experience of movie entertainment at one’s convenience of time and space.” Vipul Mehrotra, Director – Smart Devices, India, Middle East & Africa, Nokia, said, “For the new generation of the Lumia range, we wanted to comb...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Fujifilm India  has added another dimension to its category of "superzoom" bridge cameras with the launch of  FinePix HS50EXR .  With a high-precision manual zoom of a massive 42x that translates into a focal length range of 24mm - 1,000 mm, the new FinePix HS50EXR is an all-in-one high-speed performer with an ability to capture images with good quality. It offers focal lengths which would require several different lenses on a DSLR. Rohit Pandit, EVP - Sales & Marketing, Fujifilm India , commented, "This year, the focus will be on enhancing the lineup of Bridge and X series. Even the Bridge series will feature many powerful cameras between 40x optical zoom to already launched 50x zoom SL1000." Coupled with its optical manual zoom is its astonishingly fast autofocus speed of just 0.05 seconds that makes FinePix HS50EXR , a quick fire shooter. The inclusion of Phase Detection pixels on the sensor helped ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Allied Telesis  has signed up with  RajiVihaan Consultants Pvt. Ltd  as its Authorized Service Provider for India. RajiVihaan in its second year of operation was founded by industry veterans with decades of experience in the IP domain. As an ASP to Allied Telesis, RajiVihaan brings to the customers the strength of a highly skilled team of trained and certified engineers in IP networking based on Open Standards. RajiVihaan will be able to offer a suite of services to the customers of Allied Telesis that include on-site deployment services, Remote Infrastructure Management, network optimization, and training services especially on transition to IPv6, and surveillance. RajiVihaan also offers products and services on “transformative technologies” in the areas of IT, telecom and sustainable green solutions. "We are pleased to announce RajiVihaan as our partner for services delivery in the region. I am confi...