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VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per the latest study conducted by the  research firm IDC , companies are prone to spend three times more if they don't plan to migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7 or  Windows 8 . An estimate suggests that the cost of upgrading (assuming no enterprise licence agreement and three-year amortization period) will be US$95 vis-a-vis the cost of non-migrating which will be US$300 per seat/user, followed by almost a double the cost in the subsequent year. The vital point to note here is that the non-migration cost is only the documentable cost as this does not include costs related to business loss due to security and data breach threats, productivity loss and other similar factors. "Approx 50–60% installed PC base in the enterprises are still running Windows XP. This is an alarming situation as non-migration puts businesses at risk of security breaches and could potentially create a big dent to the company's brand image...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Designed collaboratively by  LG  and  Google collaboratively, Nexus 4 , the smartphone in the Nexus lineup from Google, has been announced for availability in India. "LG Electronics is pleased to partner Google on the release of the Nexus 4 in India. We added the best of our talent to our strength, and the result is a feature- packed smartphone that packs superb hardware under a slim hood. With LG Nexus 4, consumers would be delighted by the perfectly balanced combination of style, function and power. The smartphone encourages consumers to explore a world of possibilities and also helps them balance between business and entertainment," shared  Soon Kwon, Managing Director, LG Electronics India . Nexus 4 comes with a  Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor  to zip around the web, experience rich 3D graphics and gameplay, and effortlessly switch between multiple apps without ever missing a beat. Also...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD) has announced Canvio Connect, a portable external hard drive that offers high-capacity storage along with the ability to access and share files directly from the device, making it the first of its kind. "Toshiba's Canvio Connect represents the next evolution in external portable hard drives. With its remote access and file sharing capabilities, users can now share their digital content with friends, family and colleagues from anywhere at any time directly from their Canvio Connect-making it unlike any other portable hard drive on the market," said Maciek Brzeski, Vice- President of Product Marketing and Development, Branded Storage Products, Toshiba America Information Systems, Digital Products Division. Toshiba's Canvio Connect is a portable external hard drive that offers up to 2TB of storage in a new slim and compact form-factor and is available in several diffe...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Strengthening its Canvas series,  Micromax  has launched  Canvas Music A88 smartphone  in India. The new device marks Micromax's association with the leading headphones brand JBL offering users a free JBL Tempo headset with the Canvas Music A88. Packed with an 1800 mAh battery, the phone ensures a strong battery life supporting a talk-time of 5 hours. With a 4.5” full touchscreen display, the phone sports a 5.0-MP rear camera with Flash and a 0.3-MP front camera with an expandable storage capacity of up to 32GB. Ajay Sharma, Country Head, Smartphone Division, Micromax , said, "At Micromax, we are continuously channellizing our energies to innovate finest devices that are relevant to our customers. Canvas Music A88 coupled with JBL headset and unlimited songs download via MLive! Application serves as a perfect offering to the youth echoing our vision of providing a fulfilling entertainment experience to all...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Over 325 of Asia-Pacific channel partners have gathered at the annual Asia-Pacific  Intel Solutions Summit , held this year in Macau. The Summit, held over three days, provides Intel's partner community with the latest business insights to create effective solutions for businesses and consumers across the region. The  Intel Technology Partner (ITP)  programme saw considerable growth within across the Asia-Pacific region during the past year as Gold and Platinum membership number reached 9,279. "Having the largest partner ecosystem in the global Intel partner programme is extremely important to us, we have focussed on fostering partner relationships and providing real value for our partners in the region," said Suryanarayanan B, Director (South), Sales and Marketing Group, Intel, South Asia . ...... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Delhi Technological University (DTU)  and  Samsung India Electronics Private Ltd  have signed an MoU for collaborative projects, including the setting up of a Samsung Software Lab at DTU. The MoU was exchanged between Prof. P. B. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, DTU, and Stewart Hong, Managing Director, Samsung Software Engineering Lab - India, in the presence of Chief Guest for the occasion,  Dr Kiran Karnik, Former President, NASSCOM . Prof. Sharma remarked, "This is a momentous occasion for DTU. By signing this MoU with one of the most innovative companies, we are unleashing a new era of Industry-Academia partnership. This MoU will aid us in bridging the gap between graduating engineering and professional engineers as well as reduce the gap between lab level research and the research required by the industry in developing new technologies. The missing gaps in expertise at both the partners may be filled through this ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Virtusa Corporation has announced that it has been named as Platinum Partner of Pegasystems. Pegasystems chose Virtusa based on its success implementing large-scale, high-quality, complex BPM projects using Pegasystems’ BPM platform. Frank Palermo, Senior Vice-President, Global Technical Solutions Group, Virtusa, said, “Pegasystems is an important partner for Virtusa, and reaching this pinnacle within its partner programme reflects much hard work and many successes. Our relationship with Pegasystems reaches from the field to the executive level, and this deep connection is the reason for our long and successful partnership. We are committed to the continued growth of Pegasystems and we are excited to be at the forefront of new, innovative technologies it brings to market.” John Barone, Vice-President of Global Strategic Alliances, Pegasystems, said, “We are thrilled that Virtusa is now a Pegasystems Platinum Partner. Virtusa ha...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   PNY Technologies (PNY)  has announced addition of  new Power Bank 52A  (representing the 5200mAh battery capacity) battery to its products portfolio. Power Bank 52A features an external battery pack to provide extra power to one’s mobile devices and makes them run longer. Power 52A includes a high-quality FCC/CE certified 5200mAh Li-Polymer battery, SGS's full battery capacity confirmation and UN38.3 safety requirement compliant for transportation.This high-quality battery does not lose much of its charging capacity even after getting recharged for 300 times. It has an output voltage of 5 V and current of up to 1 A, thus enhancing the battery life of smartphones. Encased in a rugged polymer enclosure with its golden champagne colour, the battery comes with one standard USB port to charge various devices. It can be carried easily with its compact size. It also comprises a power button to switch it ON or OFF fo...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Intending to help customers to move their workloads of SAP solutions to next-generation private cloud infrastructures,  EMC  has announced new solutions. These new additions are expected to help and revolutionize IT organizations and operations by simplifying the design, planning and operation of on-premise cloud computing infrastructures. These new EMC Proven Solutions are managed for optimization of private cloud computing environments running SAP solutions. The solution may also facilitate high quality of service, optimization for performance, and ease of management, while helping to control costs through virtual infrastructure consolidation. Prasad Rampalli, Senior Vice-President, Solutions Group, EMC , said, "SAP and EMC embarked on a journey two years ago when we announced we would change the course of IT for our customers with game changing solutions and services and we did. Together, we are ushering in a new era...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   A new version of security solution named as  Kaspersky Tablet Security  for Android tablets has been launched by Kaspersky Lab. As per the lab reports, the updated product can scan the mobile system much faster than the previous version, while the new Alarm tool will help users find lost tablets. The key highlights of this tablet security solution include Antivirus protection against malware using cutting-edge technologies developed by Kaspersky Lab, including proactive and cloud based technologies which help to detect new and unknown threats in real time. It will also provide Web protection to the mobile internet users against malicious and phishing links. The anti-theft protection and Web management feature of this security solution will detect the whereabouts of a missing device based on data from the device's GPS module. Jagannath Patnaik, Director - Channel Sales, Kaspersky Lab, South Asia , said, "Androi...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Tech Mahindra  and  Comptel Corporation  have announced partnership to roll out an  end-to-end order fulfilment platform  at a Southeast African communications service provider (CSP).This rollout will help transform the operator's BSS/OSS into one that ensures a high customer experience and strong business growth by supporting operational excellence. This project of both the companies will be an initiative to extend the partnership between the companies to cover professional services, systems integration and a joint go-to-market plan. Pritam Parvatkar, Global Head, Alliances & Partnerships, Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam ,    said, "We are pleased to have further strengthened our partnership with Comptel. This collaboration will ensure that we support CSPs like this Southeast African operator through their business and operational transformation initiatives, to reach their strategic ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Ericsson  has announced that its manufacturing Supply Site in Kukas, Jaipur, has received the " Challengers Award - Large Business " at the Frost & Sullivan "Green Manufacturing Excellence Awards". Ericsson won this award after a stringent assessment done by the Frost & Sullivan representatives, who appreciated Ericsson's approach to reduce its own carbon footprint consistently and life cycle management solutions for products/solutions development. Daniel Sundelius, Head - Ericsson Supply Site , Jaipur, said, "We are delighted to have received this award from Frost & Sullivan. Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility (CR) have always been a priority at Ericsson and a natural part of our identity since our commencement. This award recognizes the effective deployment of Green Manufacturing Practices at Ericsson. We have been committed towards identifying and implementing sustainable manufac...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   With an aim to expand its market base,  Canon India  has announced the opening of its 101st Canon Image Square (CIS) in Trivandrum. This outlet launch of the town will be followed by the opening of the 102nd CIS outlet at the Lulu mall in Cochin by Canon India.  With the opening of these outlets, the company is aiming to reach revenues of Rs.2,125 crore by the end of 2013 from Rs.1,850 crore in 2012 which is 15% growth. Dr Alok Bharadwaj, Executive Vice-President, Canon India , said, “Photography industry in India is reconfiguring itself by manifesting in the form of growing interest in higher functionality in compacts and digital SLR. Keeping this in mind, markets like Kerala are extremely critical for Canon’s growth in India as Canon registered 26% growth in camera biz in Kerala. In fact, for DSLR biz, Kerala emerged as the third-biggest market in India after Maharashtra and Delhi with 53% positive growth...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   As per the latest announcement made by  D-Link , a wide range of Wireless 11ac Cloud Routers have been added to its product portfolio. These routers have been designed to accelerate the internet connectivity system. According to the company , IEEE 802.11ac (also known as Wireless AC or Fifth-Generation Wireless) wireless standard has been developed to meet the increasing needs from the ever-growing proliferation of Wi-Fi devices offers faster data speed by sending multiple simultaneous streams of data from access points to devices at up to one gigabit per second. This development leads to faster HD video streaming, speed downloading, faster gaming, lag-free Skype and Face time calls. Tushar Sighat, CEO, D-Link (India) , said, “We, at D-Link, have always been at the forefront in offering the latest of technology to our consumers. So now with recent introduction of Wireless AC standard, D-Link has introduced a lineup of devi...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   SanDisk Corporation(NASDAQ:SNDK)  has announced the appointment of  Rajesh Gupta  as the new Country Manager for SanDisk India with immediate effect. Previously, Gupta was the director of sales for SanDisk in India where he was a key part of the robust organization that made SanDisk one of the leading flash memory brands in India. Prior to his time at SanDisk, he worked for Intel Corporation for 15 years, last serving as the Director of Sales and Marketing for Intel Technology India. “Rajesh has more than two decades of proven sales and marketing success in the IT industry. We are pleased to appoint him as the new country manager of India to continue SanDisk’s growth in the region,” said  Gavin Wu, Vice President, Asia Pacific, SanDisk . Rajesh Gupta said, “I am glad to accept my new position to continue to drive further SanDisk achievements in India. The market for NAND flash in India is po...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Brocade(NASDAQ:BRCD)  has announced that its Gen 5 Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) solutions are integrated with the new EMC ViPR Software-Defined Storage Platform. With this approach, both the companies are aiming to reduce the cost of data center and complexity of creating modern storage architecture for future applications. The integration will enable immediate virtualization functionality for 50,000 joint EMC and Brocade SAN customers. They can also be benefited from the new EMC ViPR software-defined storage platform within highly virtualized cloud environments. Jason Nolet, Vice-President of Data Center Networking, Brocade , said, "We are really excited to collaborate with EMC to enable all Fibre Channel storage connected to Brocade switches and directors to be part of this revolutionary approach to storage automation and management. With ViPR, Brocade FC SAN customers can transform existing heterogeneous phy...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Netgear  and  Rashi Peripherals  have initiated a day-long training session for local partners to be updated about the latest technical and physical updates in the current products. This is a very good way to build vendor-partner interaction. Rashi Peripherals has a wide range of channel interaction with 60 branches across the country. Subhodeep Bhattacharya, Regional Director – India & SAARC , said, “NETGEAR has the widest range of product targeting Home, SOHO and SMB and is a global leader in innovation. The NETGEAR-Rashi training programmes are targeted at creating a community of sales and technical people who can advise consumers better and help them in choosing the right products.” Harish Agarwal, Product Manager, Rashi Peripherals Private Ltd , said, “It is our responsibility to keep our partners informed and educated about the developments in the market. This event aims to provide better solutions to t...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Schneider Electric IT Business  has announced the appointment of  Nikhil Pathak  as Country General Manager and Vice President, IT Business for India. Nikhil takes over from Shrinivas Chebbi, who has moved to a new role as the Vice President, Buildings Business, Schneider Electric India. In his new role Nikhil will be responsible for driving the growth of IT Business in India. Nikhil joined Schneider Electric India in 2010 as the Vice President for Building Business and was responsible for IBMS and Critical Security business. Nikhil carries with him more than 23 years of professional experience managing very diverse leadership role ranging from Sales and Distribution, Services business, Supply Chain and Business processes.   "Nikhil has successfully managed the Buildings Business for Schneider Electric India so far, and I am extremely pleased with his decision to move to the IT Business. Our IT Business h...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Kaspersky Lab  has conducted 9 training programmes for its retail partners, out of which 8 were technical trainings and the remaining one was a sales training. The format was a two-day training course with hands-on lab exercises. The training programmes took place in four different cities: Mumbai, Nasik, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Kicked off along with the launch of  Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business (KESB) , the trainings are part of the ongoing partner enablement undertaken by Kaspersky Lab for its B2B partners. Till now, more than 77 engineers got trained in the programme that was participated by over 49 partner organizations from across South Asia. "In order to sustain our growth momentum, partner enablement is one of our key imperatives in FY 2013. We have embarked aggressively on the B2B training front, and we believe partners will derive value from our programme as the unified nature of our new KESB solution...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   McAfee India  has announced new Summer Bonanza Scheme for its partners who have registered for the  McAfee Rakshak Retailer Programme . This Bonanza scheme will provide the registered Rakshak partners, an opportunity to earn exciting points and cash rewards on the purchase of McAfee's 2013 edition of consumer product range. This product range includes McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2013, McAfee Internet Security 2013 and McAfee Total Protection 2013. Lubna Markar, Sr. Marketing Manager India & South Asia, McAfee , said, "Being a channel- focussed company, partner growth and profitability forms the basis of our strategy. Summer Bonanza offer is one of the many such channel profitability schemes in line with this focus and we hope that our Rakshak partners maximize the opportunity. Currently, we cater to 1,200 partners for the McAfee Rakshak Retailer Programme and we are sure such regular incentive and loyalty schemes will help ...