VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

To understand the government’s perspectives on challenges and pain-points, as well as to highlight the emergence and widespread adoption of new technologies, including Cloud, Data Center and Mobility solutions, Dell has conducted a Government Connect Conference in Lucknow. The year-long series, themed “Future-ready IT, for Future-ready Government”, is a joint initiative with CMR, the ICT, ESDM and Lifesciences industry marketing services company. The Lucknow event aims to create a system where there is no physical interface between citizens and government offices and all services are delivered at the doorsteps. A survey “IT Pulse” was conducted before the conference, to understand the pain-points, issues and challenges stakeholders being faced in adopting technology. There was interest in discovering and learning more about solutions that could solve the existing problems and challenges with their IT departments. dell logo 150x150 Dell creates technological awareness through Gov...

ADATA Technology has tied up with Ingram Micro (IMIPL) for nationwide distribution of ADATA LED products. The entire range of ADATA LED products will be distributed by IMIPL through its vast channel partner base across the country. This tie-up with IMIPL will enhance the distribution and reach of ADATA LED products across India. It is the first time IMIPL is venturing into LED business with ADATA. IMIPL with its strong and vast channel network is assertive in increasing the reach and promotion of ADATA’s LED products. Richard Tan ADATA appoints Ingram Micro as its National DistributorRichard Tan, Managing Director, ADATA Technology, India, said, “We are extremely delighted to reveal our association with Ingram Micro India Limited (IMIL). IMIL will assist us by providing sales, marketing and logistics services for the ADATA Technology worldwide. With wide distributor network, Ingram Micro India Limited (IMIL), will contribute in ADATA LED products lineup in the market.” See more...

Axis Communications has showcased its latest range of products and solutions at the Axis Summit 2015. The summit focussed on some of its most cutting-edge technologies, including “Zipstream” – a revolutionary new technology optimized for video surveillance, its range of feature-packed high-performance cameras, and the successful AXIS modular miniature camera series with wide dynamic range for superb image detailing. With video surveillance going beyond monitoring to heat mapping, smart analytics, thermal imagery, selective motion detection and identification, among various others, Axis sees it driving growth across various industries and government applications. sudhindra Axis Technologies showcases Future ready TechnologiesSpeaking at the summit, Sudhindra Holla, Country Manager, Axis Communications India & SAARC, said, “With the growing need for sustainable and smart technologies, we see huge potential in various government and enterprise sectors. Rapid urbanization and in...

OPPO has announced the launch of its cost-effective model – Neo 5 (2015) in the Indian market. With aesthetic mirror appearance and dual metal skeleton body, this low-budget smartphone is aimed at the mid-range mobile market and is priced at MOP of Rs.9,990/- and will be available in India from June 15, 2015. OPPO Neo 5 offers a dual-SIM card featuring a 2000mAh Li-Polymer Battery (unremovable) with 180 hours of standby time. It offers a 1.3GHz Quad-Core Processor with 1 GB RAM. Neo 5(2015) sports 4.5-inch IPS display with 480X854 pixels. This smartphone runs on Color OS 2.0.1i based on Android 4.4 powered by MediaTek MT6582. The smartphone weighs 135gm and has 219 PPI. It has 8GB ROM which is expandable up to 32GB. oppo neo 5 smartphone 300x300 Oppo focusses on rural market, launches Neo 5Tom Lu, CEO, OPPO Mobiles India, said, “Apart from urban India, OPPO is focussing on rural markets as well as Indian market’s major population lies in rural areas which are a huge market in it...

JDA Software Group, Inc. and Google have collaborated to deliver JDA’s next generation cloud-based omni-channel and supply chain solutions via Google Cloud Platform. Through this collaboration, Google will provide a uniquely scalable and flexible technology platform via the cloud to support JDA’s future application development and delivery. Executive vice president and chief technology officer at JDA Software, Serge Massicotte said, “Google Cloud Platform offers the unparalleled speed, performance, scalability and reliability we need to launch truly differentiated solutions. After thoroughly evaluating potential Platform as a Service (PaaS) providers, JDA chose to work with Google due to its unsurpassed technology platform, investments and deep .” See more 

Built on the company’s Artificial Intelligence platform ‘Wipro HOLMES’, Wipro has launched an automation solution for global financial institutions, ‘enterprise-Know Your Customer (e-KYC).’ As a Business-Process-as-a-Service (BPaaS), the solution will address the requirements of banks, insurance companies, brokerage firms and non-banking financial institutions, in a ‘services and outcome based’ business model. wipro logo n 150x150 Wipro Business Process Services launches automation solution for financial institutionsKnow Your Customer (KYC) is a business process to verify the identity of customers. Evolving regulatory reforms require financial institutions to significantly strengthen their KYC and customer on-boarding processes and practices. As a result, the processes around the collation, validation, safeguarding and monitoring of potential customers’ identification and financial information have become crucial... See more  

The Apple iPhone makers, Foxconn Technology has gone for further meetings with the Indian government to set up an exclusive manufacturing plant for Apple iPhone. Foxconn Group President Calvin Chin and FIH Mobile Ltd Chairman Vincent Whtong met K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Chief Minister, Telangana, as the plant is being planned to set up in Hyderabad. foxconn first iphone plant Foxconn in talks with Telangana govt. to build first iPhone plant in IndiaAfter 2014, when Nokia shut down its manufacturing in India, the comeback of Foxconn in India with the iPhone plant project is surely a positive step towards ‘Make In India’ initiative. The comeback will generate employment opportunities in India and boost the industry. However, Foxconn hasn’t revealed much about the project due to commercial sensitivity issues, but it is speculated that 10-12 facilities will be created by 2020. The company aims to mass-produce iPhone, iPad and iPods for the domestic... See more

Gionee has introduced its new range, Elife E8 and a second Marathon M5 cell phone in Beijing and China. The Elife E8 has an astounding 24 megapixel back camera and can deliver photos up to 120 MP resolutions. It is the first Android cell phone to accompany “loss-less” zoom that will keep up picture quality regardless of the fact that the user keeps the zoom at 3X. It also has 8 megapixels of front camera. Other feature includes 6-inch WQHD Super AMOLED display (2560×1440 pixels resolution). It comprises of MediaTek MTK6795 Chipset which is an octa-center processor timed at 2.0 GHz. E8 accompanies 3GB RAM and 64GB ROM and runs on Android 5.1 with Gionee’s Amigo 3.1 UI on top. This is a double SIM, 4G cell phone with a 35000 mAh battery. Furthermore, Elife E8 has a unique mark recognition framework. On the other side, the Marathon M5 has a 5.5inch HD AMOLED screen, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage room. The back camera is 13 megapixels and front camera is 5 megapixels. It also runs on Androi...

The next generation of complete single-source authoring and multi-device publishing toolkit for technical writers, help and policy authors, and instructional designers, the Technical Communication Suite has been released for 2015 by Adobe. This release is the latest version of the industry-standard, end-to-end content development toolkit that streamlines the creation of standards-compliant, bidirectional technical content for global audiences. The new suite offers comprehensive support for authoring, enabling authors to help people find relevant content faster through advanced personalization and translating and publishing content in right-to-left languages, such as Arabic and Hebrew. It also expands content adoption by seamlessly delivering it across tablets, smartphones, e-readers, the Web, desktops and print through single-click publishing. Output formats include responsive HTML5, e-book and native mobile apps. Adobe11 150x150 Adobe Releases Adobe Technical Communication Suit...

In a bid to contribute to a major initiative towards the country, Celkon has declared that it is all set to launch its state-of-the–art manufacturing facility, which will come up in Medchal over the next week. The inauguration of the unit is expected to be done by Minister for IT KT Rama Rao (KTR).  Speaking on the unit set up, the Chairman and Managing Director, Celkon Mobiles, Y. Guru stated, “We are very pleased to be one of the first companies to unveil our plans in setting up the manufacturing unit, this unit will greatly boost our ability to meet the demand for our game changing products as well as contribute to the overall ‘Make in India’ revolution promoted by the government of India.” See more

TP-LINK has announced their latest sleek and stylish AC750 in a series of advanced 802.11ac wireless products in India – the Archer C20 AC750 Wireless Dual Band Router. The Router provides up to 750Mbps wireless connection with other wireless clients. The incredible speed makes it ideal for handling multiple data streams at the same time. The performance of this 802.11ac wireless router will give the unexpected networking experience at speed much faster than 802.11n. Featuring the latest generation Wi-Fi standard – IEEE802.11AC, offering total data transfer speeds achieving up to 750mbps, with 433mbps over the crystal clearer 5GHz channel, and 300Mbps over the 2.4GHz Channel, the router offers the flexibility of two dedicated networks and ensures amazing wireless performance. Simple tasks such as sending e-mails or web browsing can be handled by the 2.4GHz band while bandwidth intensive tasks like online gaming or HD video streaming can be processed by the 5GHz band – all at the sam...

The growing mobile internet sector has spawned an exciting app developer ecosystem, creating a community that is riding the wave of innovation not only for users in India, but across the world. Yahoo is organizing its Mobile Developer Meetup for the first time to India, after its launch in San Francisco. The event will be held in New Delhi on 24th June and in Bangalore on June 26th. Speaking on the event, VP of Analytics and Marketing, Flurry (owned by Yahoo), Jarah Euston explained, “India has a vibrant, rapidly growing app developer community. As a mobile-first company, we understand the need for app developers to have a strong mobile analytics and monetization engine. The Yahoo Mobile Developer Suite can help developers build their app businesses, monetize and create better experiences for their users, to stand out in today’s crowded app market.” Jarah Euston yahoo Yahoo Debuts its Mobile Developer Meetup in IndiaThe upcoming Yahoo Mobile Developer Meetup will give an oppor...

It is for the first time in India that an operator is allowing carry forward benefit on 3G data packs for the post-paid category, which is the highest data consuming category in the country. Idea Cellular has launched the new brand ‘3G Roll Over’ feature for its post-paid subscribers, strengthening data adoption by providing innovative offerings and services to its customers. With this revolutionary 3G roll over data pack, Idea post-paid subscribers can carry forward their unused 3G data balance to next month without any extra charges. The Roll Over 3G Data pack will enable subscribers to earn full value of money, by accessing uninterrupted 3G internet from previous month’s data balance by carrying it forward into the next billing cycle. idea logo 150x150 Idea Cellular launches its innovatory 3G Roll Over servicesSpeaking on the initiative, Chief Marketing Officer, Idea Cellular, Sashi Shankar explained, “Idea’s new ‘Roll Over 3G ’ feature is based on the insight that customer...

Wipro has announced that it will implement a next-generation customer helpdesk management solution, powered by its artificial intelligence (AI) platform – Wipro HOLMES for Nexenta, the global leader in Open Source-driven Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS). Wipro will also implement a Service Bot Workbench for Nexenta’s internal Technical Team. “Wipro has been a customer, go-to-market partner as well as a key provider of engineering services for Nexenta’s Software-Defined Storage product portfolio. We are confident that the Wipro HOLMES AI platform will transform and automate and enable high levels of productivity,” said Tarkan Maner, Chairman & CEO, Nexenta. Wipro’s solution will automate the creation of service tickets using Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies. It will auto categorize tickets using intelligent algorithms and help Nexenta resolve issues using intelligent virtual bots and scripts. This will enable faster resolution of service tickets, enhance the o...

The news that is making the rounds in the industry circle is that Sunil Lalvani, India Head of BlackBerry Ltd. is resigning after serving two years with the company. He took charge of the Canadian telecommunication’s India wing when it was fighting under challenges from telecom giants like Samsung Electronics Co. and native rivals like Micromax Informatics Ltd. BlackBerry has appointed Vice-president Matthew Tonkin as the interim head of India operations. Currently Lalvani is serving his notice period as confirmed by Varghese Thomas, Director – corporate communications and social media for BlackBerry India to the media. However his further career plans is still unknown. Sunil Lalvani Sunil Lalvani to quit BlackBerry Ltd.In the past one year, under Lalvani’s aegis, BlackBerry has undergone a strategic shift from being a closed platform that only provided services for BlackBerry devices to that of a software and services provider for devices across platforms, including Android a...

Good news for broadband users, as the long wait for high-speed internet is about to be over. On the occasion of the company’s 41st annual general meeting, the chairman & managing director of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani has announced that Reliance Jio Infocomm will commercially launch its much awaited high-speed broadband services 4G in this year, December. Speaking on the upcoming service, Ambani stated that Jio 4G will come with a mission to cover nearly 80 percent of Indian population by this year end and aims 100 percent coverage over the next three years. It will also connect a million homes through fibre in India’s top 50 cities. The entire bouquet of Reliance Jio services will be priced between Rs 300 and Rs 500. With Rs. 70,000 crore of investment, Jio is initiating an advance broadband infrastructure to control the immense data and voice using a technology standard for offering high-speed 4G services, called LTE or long term evolution. It has already investe...

To collaborate and explore opportunities in the areas of Safe and Smart City technologies and Cybersecurity, NEC and Keonics (Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The partnership aims to promote and drive economic growth in Karnataka as well as other parts of India through NEC-driven, innovative IT solutions, and capacity building training. In the area of cybersecurity, NEC and Keonics will collaborate to provide solutions that protect against cybercrime, as well as focus on talent development to enhance the security capabilities of Karnataka as well as the rest of India. “Keonics, together with NEC, is proud to be able to play a role in converting Indian cities into smart, safe and world-class security offerings. NEC is a global company with strong expertise in public safety solutions and we look forward to a successful partnership,” said U. B. Venkatesh, Chairman, Keonics. Koichiro Koide MD NEC India NE...

ZTE has unveiled its Blade range of smartphones in India with the announcement of Blade Qlux 4G. This dual-SIM, 4G, smartphone will be exclusively available to consumers across India through Amazon.in and will go on sale starting June 16, 2015. Commenting on the latest entrant from ZTE mobiles, Yuan Kang, CEO Terminal Sales South Asia, said, “The Indian consumer is getting ready for 4G and we want to make sure that not only compatible devices are available to the consumers, but are also available at an affordable price. We are extremely excited to introduce the ZTE Blade Qlux 4G to every Indian who wants to be tomorrow ready!” ZTE Blade Qlux 4G smartphone 300x300 ZTE launches 4G Smartphone Blade Qlux 4GWith an impressive 4.5” IPS display, the ZTE Blade Qlux 4G smartphone integrates Mediatek MTK6732M 1.3 GHz Quad-Core processor with a 1 GB RAM ensuring slick user experience. The ZTE Blade Qlux 4G supports 4G bands of 1,800 MHz (Band Class 3) and 2,300 MHz (Band Class 40) to offer...

Tech Mahindra has announced the launch of its next-generation Cloud Management Platform mPAC (managed Platform for Adaptive Computing) for Hybrid IT Management. It leverages technologies from HP suite of products. mPAC is the next-generation cloud management platform which simplifies IT by transforming legacy data centers into adaptive infrastructure enabling a Software Defined Data Center. It aims to improve agility by reducing service deployment time from months to minutes, thereby resulting in significant cost savings. tech mahindra logo Tech Mahindra rolls out mPAC for Hybrid IT ManagementPravin Bolar, Sr Vice-President, Infrastructure Management Services, Tech Mahindra, said, “The mPAC platform from Tech Mahindra provides the ability to effectively manage enterprise workloads running across legacy data centers, private cloud and other cloud service providers (for SaaS, PaaS and IaaS). mPAC provides a private cloud infrastructure and a hybrid cloud management platform with t...

HID Global has launched its HID Mobile Access solution in India 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. It will also introduce the company’s patented “Twist and Go” gesture technology which will make it possible for users to unlock doors and open gates from a distance. “HID Global’s mobile access solution will help organizations take advantage of the latest technology advances to improve security, convenience and user experience. We already see growing Indian enterprises adopting mobility and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Large enterprise CIOs and Chief Innovation Officers are keen to understand how personal devices like smartphones can be further empowered to boost employee’s productivity and ...