VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Akamai Technologies has released its First Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds, broadband adoption across fixed and mobile networks, andIPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 implementation. Beginning this quarter, security-related content that was previously included in the State of the Internet Report, including data on attack traffic seen across the Akamai platform and insights into high-profile security vulnerabilities and attacks, is now published in a separate State of the Internet/Security Report. akamai logo1 Akamai releases First Quarter 2015 State of the Internet ReportData and graphics from the First Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet Report can be found on the Akamai State of the Internet site and through the Akamai State of the Internet app for iOS and Android devices. State of the Internet Report-related discussions are also takin...

Aiming to open up a new horizon of business opportunities for common people and salespeople, a unique online marketplace app “Spini” has been launched. The increasingly crowded Indian market with brands jostling for customer attention across various platforms is set to undergo a significant paradigm shift with the launch. The start-up operated by a strong technology-backed team spread across Chennai, Bangalore and Singapore aims to play a crucial role in connecting people with the right information at the right time. Established in Singapore in 2014, Chennai becomes the first city where Spini is being launched, in addition to a strong presence in Bangalore and Singapore. Being a marketplace, people can post information related to a customer planning for a purchase and salesperson bid for and buy those as leads. Spini offers users ways to make money on information they hold and the salesperson gains a qualified lead where his chances of closing the sale are much higher and his produc...

To speed up e-ticketing operations, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has imported five new servers from Singapore. The initiative to import five new servers from Singapore comes close on the heels of IRCTC introducing two new high-speed servers earlier this month that have doubled peak-time efficiency for booking Tatkal tickets in the morning hours. Dr A. K. Manocha IRCTC Chairman 150x150 IRCTC adds five new servers to improve e ticketing operationsDr A. K. Manocha, IRCTC Chairman & Managing Director, said, “The five new HP Itanium servers, to be installed shortly in the middle layer of the Passenger Reservation System (PRS), would considerably speed up the booking of e-tickets and streamline the Next-Generation E-Ticketing System (NGET).” “There are already five servers in the PRS at its middle layer. With the addition of five new servers from Singapore, their number would go up to ten,” he informed... See more  

Delta Electronics has announced the rollout of its new Ultron HPH 60/80/100/120kVA high-efficiency uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to join its existing 20/30/40kVA models for the Indian market. With the combination of maximum available power, energy efficiency, high availability and flexibility, HPH is an ideal choice for data centers as well as for industries involved in factory equipment, communication systems, computer network systems, medical systems, monitoring systems and more. Delta Ultron HPH Series UPS 300x300 Delta launches Ultron HPH Series UPS“Facilitating increased energy efficiency as well as ultimate availability, the Ultron HPH is an ideal solution for customers to achieve Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) optimization,” said Suhas Joshi, Vice-President, Delta Power Solutions (India) Private Ltd. With three-level IGBT topology, the Ultron HPH features 96% AC-AC efficiency and 99% efficiency in ECO mode. The Ultron HPH delivers fully rated power (output power fac...

Ericsson has appointed Paolo Colella as new Head of Region India.  In this new role, Paolo will also take a seat on Ericsson’s Global Leadership Team, reporting to the Chairman of Region India and Senior Vice-President Asia-Pacific, Mats H Olsson. Paolo succeeds Chris Houghton who will assume the role as Head of Region North-East Asia. President & CEO Hans Vestberg said, “Chris has successfully managed Ericsson’s operations in India during his two-year stint in the country and enabled the India operations to grow into the largest employee base for Ericsson in the world. Paolo takes charge from Chris at a time when Ericsson in India is well poised for growth and team in India is fully geared to leverage the new market opportunities and contribute to the growth of the Indian telecom sector.” Paolo Colella Ericsson India Head 300x300 Paolo Colella becomes Ericssons India HeadPaolo Colella said, “I look forward to joining the team in India and continue the work to build stro...

Fujitsu has completed the rollout of its PRIMEFLEX portfolio. With its comprehensive PRIMEFLEX lineup of Integrated Systems, Fujitsu is empowering organizations to accelerate digital transformation of their businesses, eliminate complexity and reduce risk. Integrated Systems are a combination of servers, storage, connectivity and software designed to address certain specific use cases. With its portfolio of PRIMEFLEX Integrated Systems, Fujitsu provides a wide range of purpose – or task-built solutions that enable the faster deployment of more powerful data center technology design, covering areas from Microsoft Exchange to High-Performance Computing (HPC) and from SAP HANA to private cloud. Ayman Abouseif vice president fujitsu 300x300 Fujitsu strengthens its PRIMEFLEX Lineup of Integrated SystemsAyman Abouseif, Vice-President – Product Marketing, Fujitsu Global Marketing, said, “Customers who want to quickly deploy new types of workload in their data centers are looking to lea...

Demonstrating its commitment to driving highly productive collaboration experiences, Polycom has announced three new solutions to its Polycom RealPresence platform. Polycom added advanced capabilities, extended benefits and cloud offers to the RealPresence Platform, making it today’s most complete, affordable and accessible method of building and harnessing the workplace of the future. polycom logo Polycom RealPresence Platform Revolutionizes Collaboration with new Solutions“Polycom is creating new experiences that enhance the way people work, without changing the way they are used to working,” said Ashan Willy, Polycom Senior Vice President of Worldwide Systems Engineering and Product Management. “Productivity is redefined when collaboration tools are easy to use and integrated into the daily workflow. Accessibility and integration matter. Experience matters. Productivity and efficiency matter. The market is changing, and today’s announcement is symbolic of our mission to meet th...

Sify Technologies Limited has announced that further to the recommendation of the Board of Directors for dividend payment of 10% on the Equity Shares and American Depository Shares for the year 2014-15, which was subject to the approval of the shareholders, the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on Thursday, June 18, 2015 have approved the same. Dividend will be paid earliest by Monday, June 22, 2015 to those shareholders whose names appear in the Register of Members of the Company (for India) and Citibank Depository Register (for ADRs) on the Record Date, May 18, 2015. sify img 6 Sify shareholders approve dividend payment of 10%Sify also announced the reappointment of Ananda Raju Vegesna as the Executive Director of the Company for a further period of five years, effective June 22, 2015... See more  

Palo Alto Networks has shared research that uncovers a series of potentially state-sponsored cyber attacks targeting government and military organizations in countries throughout Southeast Asia. Discovered by the Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 threat intelligence team and dubbed “Operation Lotus Blossom”, the attacks appear to be an attempt to gain inside information on the operation of nation-states throughout the region.  The campaign dates as far back as three years and involves targets in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia. paloalto logo Palo Alto Uncovers New Cyber attacks Targeting Government and Military NetworksOver 50 separate attacks have been identified in Operation Lotus Blossom. They all use a custom-built Trojan, named “Elise” to deliver highly targeted spear phishing emails and gain an initial foothold on targeted systems. Unit 42 believes the Elise malware was developed to specifically meet the unique needs of the operation, but also is bei...

Eka Software Solutions has announced that Tourmaline Oil Corp. has selected Eka’s InSight CM platform to manage trading, position, risk, scheduling, and settlement for its rapidly expanding crude oil and natural gas operations. Tourmaline Oil Corp. is a leading North American intermediate crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company focused on long-term growth through an aggressive exploration, development, production, and acquisition program. The company’s business strategy is to maximize shareholder value by increasing reserves, production, and cash flows through the development of a continually growing asset base. To support the company’s rapid growth, Tourmaline required an advanced, multi-commodity ETRM solution that was fully integrated across front, middle, and back office. They sought a solution that would provide real-time position, exposure, and risk management to efficiently run operations and meet all reporting and audit requirements. Only Eka offered...

If “a week is a long time in politics” then it must be worth an eon in world of enterprise IT. Another day and another ‘Anything-as-a-Service’ cloud offering popping up to provide a new competitive advantage for beleaguered CIOs. And while it’s easy for a lot to get lost in the noise of the on demand movement – we shouldn’t underestimate the impact this technology has had in readdressing the balance of power between new and established businesses. Josh Good Director of Product Marketing Qlik Is Big Data just for Big Businesses? Not Anymore How Data as a Service Levels the Playing Field Josh Good, Director of Product Marketing, Qlik Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) is the latest and greatest in a long line of these new IT models. While every business understands that data, and the insights that can be gleaned from it, are vital, it can be somewhat overwhelming for smallerorganizations trying to contend with large volumes of scattered and often unstructured information (better known as...

Juniper Networks has expanded its Converged Supercore architecture with the introduction of the PTX1000, the 3 Tbps fixed configuration core router. The new two-rack unit (RU) router leverages Juniper’s recently announced ExpressPlus chipset for performance and efficiency gains while also giving service providers a platform that is right-sized to support the evolving needs of distributed peering in order to speed access to cloud services on the network. “For telecom service and cloud content providers, the network is the lifeblood of their business. Juniper is always looking for new ways to ensure the network is a true competitive advantage for them. In developing the PTX1000, we recognized that these customers can increase performance while reducing operational complexity by distributing the load of serving up content across multiple peering points to deliver the high quality user experience that consumers expect,” said, Paul Obsitnik, vice president of service provider marketing...

There had been a lot of discussion on safety and security and lot of companies are making wearable and application about safety and security, health and fitness, etc. According to Gartner, there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020. But for this it is important that everyone should follow the same standards. In line with this, the Government of India under the initiative of Department of Telecommunication (DoT) and Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) has created the guidelines for M2M Communications. In the conference held in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, TEC with contribution from Smart24x7, introduced its report on M2M communications and claimed that this innovation would certainly change the way humans live. According to the report, DoT would contribute in policy making and setting up of safety standards in India. These guidelines are very much instrumental and are used in the smart cities where wearable and the others safety and security a...

Tata Communications’ branded Heathrow Express trains have rolled into service as part of a campaign that will see the company wrap Heathrow Express’s entire fleet of trains. Tata Communications will also be using on-board digital screens and TV-spots alongside digital airport panels and cross track advertising to raise awareness of its role as a global connector of businesses through its global network, cloud enablement and mobility solutions. Heathrow Express, London’s airport train service, carries 17,000 passengers a day between Paddington and Heathrow Airport. With a journey time of 15 minutes, it is the fastest way to get to central London from one of the world’s busiest air travel hubs. tata communications logo e1424342313560 Tata Communications rolls out new campaign with Heathrow ExpressBuilding on the theme “We are the connection”, the campaign will build on the shared role of Tata Communications and the Heathrow Express in connecting businesses and people around the wo...

LigoWave has revealed its plan to address the requirement of Indian wireless technology market. According to Steven Ho, Head Marketing – Asia Region of LigoWave, the company would be targeting the Indian ISPs with its new generation LigoDLB Point-to-Multipoint products dedicated for the last-mile and light backhaul applications. The software flexibility to operate as either an access point or client makes the DLB series suitable for a wide range of wireless applications to service providers, security firms with video surveillance, as well as enterprise customers. Being a partnership-focussed organization, LigoWave would offer technology and support to its Indian partners. He further added, “We are looking for partners to explore new market opportunities in India. We believe that Wireless is the future. We know that the relentless desire for data will prompt new and exciting applications, and that inspires our passion to lead the world in wireless innovation.” ligowave logo 300x3...

After the success of MOWA mobile app to simplifying the mobile payment process, iKaaz has launched “MOWA Wave”, the MOWA Tap and Pay terminal for merchants. Providing innovative Tap & Pay solutions, iKaaz presents this terminal to enable merchants to accept payments without the need to install any additional hardware or software. The biggest advantage of MOWA Wave is that consumers who have the MOWA app can start paying using their phone by simply tapping at these terminals. iKaaz is also constantly evolving and is pushing with introduction of an innovative protocol from iKaaz that can transform any smartphone into a proximity device, eliminating the need for the customers to buy any hardware like NFC card or NFC phone. The customers need to simply download the MOWA mobile app. ikaaz logo 300x180 iKaaz revolutionizes Mobile payments technology with MOWA WaveThe free mobile app, MOWA can be downloaded from the Android playstore. Currently, MOWA platform is clocking half a mil...

The Information Generation: Transforming The Future, a new study by EMC has explored the impact of a growing global community of digital citizens. These individuals are always connected and engaged online, and have the world’s information at their fingertips. Based on input from 3,600 Director-to-C-Suite business leaders across 18 countries, the study reveals new expectations of these individuals and identifies the fundamental business attributes critical for organizations to successfully compete and thrive in this new landscape. The Survey said that globally nearly 96 per cent business leaders believe new technologies have forever changed the rules of business. In addition, 93 per cent reported that recent technology advancements are resetting customer expectations, and nearly all say this will accelerate over the next decade. The top reported consumer expectations are faster access to services, 24/7 and “everywhere” access and connectivity, access on more devices, and a more uni...

Synopsys has announced that it has hosted its 16th annual Synopsys User’s Group (SNUG™) in India to help engineers better address the productivity challenges they face when designing today’s chips and electronic systems. The conference highlighted advancements in semiconductor design and verification that can be used to design even the most complex systems on chips (SoCs). More than 3,000 Synopsys tool, IP and software users attended the two-day conference in Bangalore, making it the largest SNUG India event to date. SNUG India 2015 featured 57 user papers with 41 presentations that discussed a wide range of technical topics relating to design exploration, low power implementation and verification, test, mixed-signal verification, emulation and FPGA prototyping. This user-driven event promotes strong engagement with other semiconductor professionals and provides a platform for sharing best practices and methodologies in the area of semiconductor design. SNUG aims to showcase user ...

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) and Intel Security will collaborate to help bolster protection of critical industrial infrastructure and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Intel Security’s McAfee technologies will be integrated with Honeywell’s Industrial Cyber Security Solutions, providing Honeywell customers with enhanced security software to protect their control systems from malware and misuse. Jeff Zindel, Global Business Leader for Honeywell’s Industrial Cyber Security Solutions group said, “Our collaboration with Intel Security will enable integrated, validated solutions for our industrial process customers to more rapidly deploy and better protect their investment. This approach is critical to enable the productivity potential of Honeywell automation solutions and the Industrial Internet of Things.” “Protecting our critical infrastructure and the emerging IIoT from cyber threats is a priority, and the collaboration of two industry leaders will go a long way towa...

Nokia Networks has showcased some of its futuristic and cutting edge global technologies in the mobile broadband segment on its India Innovation Day 2015 that it hosted. The technologies showcased are aimed at empowering operators in their journey of evolution in order to effectively manage and monetize the surging mobile broadband growth. Nokia’s real time live demos highlighted company’s innovations in Telco Cloud (VoLTE/ VoWiFi), 5G, Security solutions, Predictive marketing, etc. The experts at the event demonstrated how solutions like Ultra Dense Networks, Telco Cloud, Big Data Analytics and Smart Location Experiences can enable operators to serve huge data demands and optimize spectrum investments. Arno Koch, Head of Business Development, Mobile Broadband, Nokia Networks & Suresh Kalyanasundaram, Senior Specialist, Technology & Innovation Research, Nokia Networks were present at the event. They talked about how Nokia is bringing in cutting edge solutions in the netw...