VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

SAP has collaborated with Hope Foundation to create employable workforce in India by initiating a road show activity that leveraged cricket as a medium to excite youth to take up a career in technology. This initiative will create awareness on the adoption of technology via sports. SAP and Hope Foundation conduct workshops to equip the budding talent and generate employment opportunities for these students. SAP volunteers conducted six workshops for students of HOPE Foundation in Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune. The workshop’s focus is on demonstrations providing interesting insights on adoption of technology in sports along with an interesting coding and Lumira contest which saw an overwhelming participation of 650+ students ... See more

RCom has announced to provide 4G services across the country on the back of spectrum won by it in the recently spectrum auction. RCom has become India’s first only operator to launch state-of-the-art LTE nationwide on vastly-superior 800/850 MHz band in India. It made bids worth Rs.4,299 crore and is required to make an upfront payment of Rs.1,106 crore. RCom retained its 900 MHz holding in Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, besides acquiring 800 MHz spectrum afresh in Assam, North-East, Odisha and West Bengal where it lost 900 MHz band spectrum holding... See more 

Celkon Mobiles has launched the new Millennia Q450. With this, Celkon continues to deliver cutting-edge features packed smartphones accessible to all income groups under the budget range. Celkon’s new Millennia Q450 is set to be the most stylish and feature-loaded KitKat model sub 5K in the quad-core segment. Millennia Q450 is a dual-SIM model powered by 1.3 GHz Quad-Core processor. The KitKat model supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth A2DP and 3G video calling. The highlight of Millennia Q450 is its 4.5” Capacitive FWVGA, IPS Display which provides amazing clarity. The model is backed by a powerful 1800mAh Lithium Ion battery. The internal memory of 4GB expandable up to 32GB, with 512MB RAM enables seamless multitasking and provides adequate storage space. Ultra elegant and stylish in design it comes with a uniquely designed Back Cover with rich colour options – Gold, White and Grey. Besides packing in the delightful features, the WOW factor for Millennia Q450 is its ramped-up style quotien...

Fujitsu M10 servers running Oracle Solaris 11.2, a fully-integrated enterprise OpenStack distribution, are an ideal match for today’s IT requirements. The combination of the mission-critical strength of Oracle Solaris and its integration of OpenStack open-source cloud software enables IT leaders to build efficient, compliant, secure, open and affordable clouds and allows cloud and legacy applications to coexist on a single system, to easily transition data center infrastructures to on-premise/hybrid cloud models. According to Alex Lam, Vice-President of Enterprise Products Business  Fujitsu America, Inc., “Few datacenters in the U.S. are truly greenfield, meaning the majority of data centers are required to support mission-critical legacy workloads, while at the same time supporting the development and deployment of new applications for the cloud. Fujitsu M10 servers with Oracle Solaris offer a powerful solution to help IT leaders transition their datacenters to the cloud, wh...

HID Global has announced the Australian and New Zealand launch of its HID Mobile Access solution that delivers a more secure and convenient way to open doors and gates while introducing a simple secure identity management process.  The solution makes use of increasingly popular BYOD mobility environments, using Bluetooth Smart and NFC-enabled smartphones and other mobile devices as an alternative to keys and smart cards.  HID Mobile Access also makes it possible for users to unlock doors and open gates from a distance using the company’s patented “Twist and Go” gesture technology. HID Global has also created a unique and user-friendly HID Secure Identity Service portal. The portal is designed for administrators to conveniently and efficiently manage the portal by simply sending users an invitation to download and register an HID Mobile Access App directly to their Bluetooth- or NFC-enabled phones, so that Mobile IDs can be immediately issued, provisioned or revoked over ...

ASUS has organized a Dealers’ Meet themed on AIO across their target regions in India. These target regions comprised JBO (Jharkhand-Bihar-Odisha), Pune, Guwahati and Shillong. The Dealers’ Meet successfully engaged channel partners in orienting them with the new AIO products by ASUS and the areas of focus in the realm of sales. Peter Chang, Regional Head – South Asia & Country Manager – System Business Group, ASUS India, said, “These meets were held to acknowledge our partners and extended teams who have successfully assisted us to deliver quality services to our customers. It was also designed in a way to update the partners about the latest products and the growing number of consumers. Such educative sessions help our partners gain confidence and keep up with the new technologies that are continually emerging at ASUS... See more  

Lenovo has announced the launch of its latest Dolby-enhanced, pocket-sized TAB 2 A7-30, exclusively at Reliance Digital and Amazon.in. A unique form-factor from Lenovo in the 7-inch tablet category, the TAB 2 A7-30 is amazingly slim and incredibly light at only 8.9mm thin and weighs just 269 grams. This phablet-like 7-inch tablet offers the full functionality of a phone as it also has SIM card support, so you no longer need to carry two individual devices. It is priced at INR11,800 (3G, 16 GB). The 2G version of TAB 2 A-730 will be launched shortly. Rohit Midha, Director, Tablet Business Unit, Lenovo India, said, “Market research shows that Indian consumers like big screen devices that fit into the pocket or clutch. With the TAB 2 A7-30 we have managed to combine the big screen experience, added the Dolby audio entertainment with a powerful processor and still kept a form-factor that fits snugly into the pocket and can be carried 24×7... See more

Marking its first-ever Digital Marketing Forum in India, Adobe has announced the acquisition of new customers – HDFC Life, iYogi, Sterling Holidays, ShopClues, PayBack, among many more – demonstrating the high demand for Adobe Marketing Cloud in the country. In India, numerous customers ranging from media and entertainment, e-commerce, BFSI and government, have embraced Adobe Marketing Cloud, which integrates eight key offerings together or standalone – Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Social, Adobe Media Optimizer, Adobe Campaign, Adobe Experience Manager and the recently added Adobe Primetime and Adobe Audience Manager – which enable businesses to make, manage, measure and monetize their digital spends... See more  

Cisco has contributed a value of US$10 million to IMD, the top-ranked business school focussed on executive education, to become a destination for research, innovation and leadership to drive digital transformation to all aspects of enterprises, in every industry. Dominique Turpin, IMD President, said, “IMD has had an excellent relationship with Cisco and its top executives for many years. We are extremely grateful to Cisco for funding this new initiative so generously, and are excited about the research to come. See more 

Marking its first-ever Digital Marketing Forum in India, Adobe has announced the acquisition of new customers – HDFC Life, iYogi, Sterling Holidays, ShopClues, PayBack, among many more – demonstrating the high demand for Adobe Marketing Cloud in the country. In India, numerous customers ranging from media and entertainment, e-commerce, BFSI and government, have embraced Adobe Marketing Cloud, which integrates eight key offerings together or standalone – Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Social, Adobe Media Optimizer, Adobe Campaign, Adobe Experience Manager and the recently added Adobe Primetime and Adobe Audience Manager – which enable businesses to make, manage, measure and  .. . See more

Keeping midsized businesses in mind, HP has announced new storage offerings that give midsized companies the ability to cost-effectively increase performance while reducing risk. Midsized companies need to move fast, yet often lack the resources to take advantage of powerful storage technologies widely deployed in the enterprise. HP is helping bridge this gap with low-cost ways to accelerate applications, including the most affordable solid-state drive (SSD) read-caching solution from a major vendor with SSD options for HP MSA Storage starting at $1,599. For customers looking at hybrid flash storage, HP is now offering a new HP StoreVirtual Storage system which is 12 times faster than an equivalently priced spinning media array. Additionally, HP is now helping customers protect data with a more scalable HP StoreOnce Backup appliance and new HP StoreEasy Storage file serving appliances that include software for disaster recovery and cloud backup...   See more

Gavin Struthers has been appointed as President, Asia-Pacific for Intel Security. He replaced Andrew Littleproud. Formerly Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Channel Operations, Intel Security, Struthers will now be responsible for business operations across Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand. Struthers said, “I am thrilled to be returning to the APAC region where I have had significant experience. The region is rife with opportunities. Intel Security is well positioned to be the enterprise security company that helps customers implement an integrated architecture and offers end-to-end solutions to businesses and consumers. My goal is to help Intel Security become our customer’s #1 security partner... See more 

HP has announced updates to its channel partner programs designed to help partners capture immediate opportunities and position them for future growth. The HP Partner Navigator Program is designed to help HP partners through HP’s upcoming separation into two companies, while additional programs, including the Partner One Alliance, is designed to help partners drive positive business outcomes for their customers. “As HP continues its path toward becoming two new Fortune 50 companies, we remain laser-focussed on maintaining the same commitment to the channel that our partners have come to trust,” said Neelam Dhawan, Vice-President & General Manager, Enterprise Group and Country Managing Director, HP India. “HP is helping partners maintain business continuity and, at the same time, capture market opportunity through a services-centric, outcomes-driven approach... See more 

Fortinet and Spirent Communications have announced the results of performance tests conducted on the FortiGate-3810D, the latest Fortinet firewall appliance designed for large enterprises, Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and data center environments. Spirent’s test results validate the high performance and scalability delivered by the FortiGate-3810D. Testing with Spirent solutions showed that the FortiGate-3810D, which comes standard with six 100-Gigabit Ethernet ports, all-in-one compact 3U appliance form-factor, delivers a steady 292 Gbps Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) throughput and 317 Gbps User Datagram Protocol (UDP) throughput with zero packet loss at 512 bytes packet size. The appliance also achieves latency as low as 4.23 microseconds (µs) under 100% load, and tests confirmed there is no performance degradation between IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. Other test results unveil that the FortiGate-3810D supports more than 100 million concurrent sessions and a set-up rat...

Snapdeal has launched its new brand campaign “Dil Ki Deal”, featuring legendary actor Aamir Khan in the latest TVC. The main aim of the campaign is to highlight the fact that how with the range of products available on its paltform, it is not only making people’s lives simpler or better but is also a medium that they can use to express their love for their dear ones. Sandeep Komaravelly, Senior Vice-President – Marketing, Snapdeal, said, “Aamir Khan is, undoubtedly, one of India’s finest and most loved actors. However, his persona goes beyond his acting prowess. He cuts across audiences and appeals to every consumer. These are the attributes which enthused Snapdeal to associate with him. We truly believe in the power of emotions and are sure that, with Aamir Khan as the face of the ‘Dil Ki Deal’ campaign will receive a warm uptake amongst consumers... See more 

To recollect the old memories, people often look back at old photos and other memories which they have shared on Facebook. For this, Facebook updates its site by launching “On This Day” – a new way to look back at things which they have shared and posted on Facebook. Only users can see “On This Day” page. On This Day will show content in the past. For example, a user might see past status updates, photos, posts from friends and other things  shared or tagged in –one year ago, two years ago, and so on. To see On This Day page, users can click on the On This Day bookmark, search for “On This Day”, or visit www.facebook.com/onthisday. The product will be available to everyone globally in the coming days... See more 

To strengthen its product offering to its customers, Konica Minolta has conducted a Colour Management Seminar for its customers in their Bangalore office. It is an informative way of sharing the details with its customers on how the customers can maintain the consistency and reproduce right colour. The end-customers generally have a lot of queries from the file generations, file format to the printed output. The seminar helped customers to learn the best ways to achieve consistency from the monitors, creating profiles for the monitors to file creation and setting colour parameters in the files. “It is a series of seminars which Konica Minolta has been doing for the last two years with industry experts. Konica Minolta has been conducting seminars on topics like decoding colour, ICC Colour Conference, etc. Konica Minolta intends to carry on this activity at more and more places to share the knowledge and remove the misconceptions in the process of reproducing colour documents,” ...