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Accenture is teaming up with Code.org to support global participation in Hour of Code, one of the world’s largest educational events, designed to prove anyone can learn the basics of coding, have fun doing it, then continue learning beyond one hour.  Thousands of Accenture employees around the world have pledged to complete nearly 8,000 hours of Code during the Computer Science Education Week (December 7-13).  This number is expected to grow as Accenture employees commit to an Hour of Code and volunteer to work with teachers and Code.org to help students learn the basics of computer science at local schools and events through fun, game-like online lessons. Organized by Code.org, the Hour of Code brings together more than 350 partner organizations and tens of millions of students in every country around the world. The campaign culminates with a massive coding event in the week of Dec...

Virtusa Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Volvo Group Treasury to provide global incident management support for the Wallstreet Suite financial system. As per the agreement, the system support will be available 24 hours a day, five days a week, for Volvo’s operations across the globe. Virtusa’s support services will enable Volvo to effectively meet increased demand for advanced treasury system support with faster response time. Volvo Group Treasury is a global organization with operations in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Virtusa AB, formerly TradeTech Consulting Scandinavia AB, implemented the Wallstreet Suite support for Volvo Group Treasury in 2009. Since then, it has been providing Volvo with Wallstreet Suite incident management support from Sweden. As a result of the new agreement, Virtusa will now provide advanced support to Volvo at a global level and across time zones. The partnership will help Volvo to streamline its global t...

WD has announced an exciting limited-period ‘DilwaleSavedOnWD’ offer for its consumers. This offer takes forward WD’s agreement with Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. for their upcoming film, ‘Dilwale’. The offer will give twelve (12) lucky winners an opportunity to meet the star cast of the upcoming movie. Additionally, consumers will also stand a chance to win four (04) My Cloud 3TB, four (04) My Passport Wireless 1TB, four (04)  iPhone 6s 16GB, four (04) travel vouchers worth INR 25000, four (04) Kindle Paperwhite 3G among other prizes. The contest will end on 28th December 2015. “Our products give people the freedom to create everlasting memories without having to consider the option of deleting or limiting them,” said Khalid Wani, Director, Content Solutions Business, India, Middle East and Africa, WD. “Dilwale saved on WD offer will encourage consumers to create and save new exciting moments on the WD products and at the same time gives them a chance to meet their fa...

Idea Cellular has commercially launched its 3G network in Delhi NCR today, claims that its super highway 3G network is build on the most efficient 900 MHz spectrum band which has high calibre transmission and propagation capabilities. It will provide a jam free network, high speed internet and indoor internet coverage. Ambrish Jain, Deputy managing director, Idea Cellular said “Mobile users in Delhi NCR are the most evolved consumers in the country with high usage of both data and voice services.The high traffic on jammed networks has left consumers unhappy and looking for a new network which offers superior connectivity both the roads as well as indoors. Due to this problem Idea has invested heavily in acquiring spectrum in the most efficient 900 MHz band and setting a modernized network to cater to the growing demand of mobile users in the region... Read more

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Microsoft have come up with a new innovation in Hybrid Cloud Computing through Microsoft Azure, HPE infrastructure and services, and new program offerings. The extended partnership appoints Microsoft Azure as a preferred public cloud partner for HPE customers, while HPE will serve as a preferred partner in providing infrastructure and services for Microsoft’s hybrid cloud offerings. “Hewlett Packard Enterprise is committed to helping businesses transform to hybrid cloud environments in order to drive growth and value. Public cloud services, like Azure provides, are an important aspect of a hybrid cloud strategy and Microsoft Azure blends perfectly with HPE solutions to deliver what our customers need most,” said Meg Whitman, President & CEO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise... Read more

Aiming to acquire a market share of 15% in India, Toshiba has unveiled two new models of the innovative and Toshiba’s smallest A3 monochrome Multi-Function Printers (MFPs). The e-STUDIO2802A and e-STUDIO2802AM (e-STUDIO2802AM series) are set to bring greater convenience and cost-efficiency to smaller businesses and workgroups. Isao Sugehara, Chief Marketing Executive, Toshiba TEC Corporation, said, “We have deeply studied the potential and hidden needs for customers in India and designed together with our R&D center, Toshiba Software India Pvt. Ltd. We are very confident that these products will be well accepted by the Indian market. By launching such innovative products, we want to obtain 15% market share in the India market by 2017.”.. Read more

Ingram Micro has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets from Parallels Holdings (“Parallels”), a provider of commercial cloud management platform technologies, connectors, billing systems and professional services. Under the terms of the transaction, Ingram Micro will acquire the Parallels Odin Service Automation platform along with associated cloud management technologies, intellectual property and the Odin brand. In addition, approximately 500 Odin employees, many of whom are software engineers with cloud expertise, are expected to join Ingram Micro. As a part of the Ingram Micro Cloud division led by Executive Vice-President Nimesh Dave, “These employees will continue to drive further innovation and development of the Odin automation platform and Ingram’s cloud service offerings as members of the Ingram Micro Cloud division.” This transaction solidifies Ingram Micro’s position as a leading masterCloud Services Provider (mCSP), with a comprehensive offering designed...

Cisco has announced a new software release for its Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI) to enhance its comprehensive SDN portfolio built on open APIs, open standards and a broad ecosystem for customer choice and flexibility. New software capabilities enhance ACI with micro segmentation for both physical (bare metal) applications and multivendor virtualized applications (VMware VDS, Microsoft Hyper-V) and extend ACI across multi-site environments to deliver policy-driven automation across multiple data centers. “Customers tell me that only five to ten per cent of their networks are automated today. They are eager to adopt comprehensive automation for their networks and network services through a single pane of management, while improving security for east-west traffic, multi-cloud traffic and bare metal applications in a consistent manner. Policy-based automation, consistent network security and central compliance support are critical for IT efficiency, business agility, and co...

In line with the commitment made by Dr Paul E. Jacobs, Executive Chairman, Qualcomm Incorporated, when he called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Digital Economy event which was held in September 2015 in San Jose, USA. Qualcomm Incorporated has announced the launch of the Qualcomm Design in India Challenge. Dr Jacobs has also announced Qualcomm’s support for the Government of India’s Digital India and Make in India vision and is committed to introduce a Design in India Initiative to encourage the creation of a local product design ecosystem. In association with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Qualcomm Design in India challenge aims to catalyze the creation of a product and hardware design ecosystem in India in the domains of smartphones, tablets and Internet of Everything (IoT) products for healthcare, education, banking, agriculture, automotive, wearables and smartcities... Read more

Wipro has announced that it has signed an agreement with Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW) to acquire cellent AG for Euros73.5 million. cellent AG is a leading IT consulting and software services company and has been offering holistic innovative IT solutions and services to its customers in the DACH region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the past 14 years. cellent AG serves the DACH market region with a team of more than 800 consultants who will now become part of Wipro. The DACH market is a strategic growth and investment region for Wipro. This acquisition will provide Wipro with significant scale and prime customer relationships, especially in the manufacturing and automotive domains, which are the key industry sectors in the DACH region... Read more

Trend Micro Incorporated has announced the integration of Trend Micro Deep Security into the Microsoft Azure Security Center. Customers will now have access to a single view of all Azure subscriptions, live workload monitoring capabilities, and suggested remedial steps to address security issues. Trend Micro Deep Security has been recommended by Microsoft Corp. to help address vulnerabilities, enabling customers to deploy directly from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. “As customers embrace Azure, they need easy-to-manage security solutions to protect workloads from malware and network attacks, as well as achieve compliance,” said Bill McGee, Senior Vice-President, Cloud & Data Center Security, Trend Micro. “With the Azure Security Center, it has never been easier to benefit from Deep Security, the industry’s No. 1 server security solution that scales in virtual and cloud environments without compromising performance and efficiency. It also automates provisioning of workload-aw...

AMD has unveiled the AMD FirePro W4300 for the best Computer-Aided Design (CAD) performance that fits both small form-factor (SFF) and tower workstations at Autodesk University 2015.  The AMD FirePro W4300 card expertly integrates a powerful GPU and 4GB of GDDR5 memory within a low-profile design for installation in SFF as well as full-sized systems. Organizations can now confidently simplify their IT management by standardizing on a single, capable professional graphics solution throughout their workstation deployment. “We designed the AMD FirePro W4300 specifically for CAD. CAD users rely on AMD FirePro graphics cards to enable their application features to best visualize their designs, and now can continue to do so without having to compromise by using the latest energy-efficient, small form-factor workstations,” said Sean Burke, Corporate Vice-President & General Manager, Radeon Technologies Group, AMD... Read more

With India becoming growing start-up ecosystem country, the numbers are telling – from 3,100 start-ups in 2014 to a projection of more than 11,500 by 2020. This is certainly not a passing trend. Venture capital investments in India reached INR15,600 crore (US$2,363) till June 2015, surpassing the total INR14,850 crore (US$2,250) invested in the entire 2014, setting the stage for another record year as interest in local technology start-ups peak. In order to highlight the specific areas of growth opportunities and challenges being faced in and by the incubation ecosystem, Incubation India 2015, a Conference on Business Labs comprising the Investor, Incubator startups ecosystem was organized in Delhi today... Read more

Flipkart has acquired a strategic minority stake in MapmyIndia (CE Info Systems Pvt. Ltd), the two companies announced. Flipkart’s strategy to transform supply chain through technology is bolstered by this business partnership to license map data and location technologies from MapmyIndia. This will extend a new layer of capability to Flipkart’s existing supply chain and logistics operations, making customer experience timely and hassle free. Speaking on the occasion, Binny Bansal, COO & Co-Founder, Flipkart, said, “With this strategic investment, we are taking another concrete step toward transforming the supply chain ecosystem in India, making technology and information the driver of our supply chain and logistics solutions. The integration of comprehensive and accurate location data will allow us to deliver an even more personalized and delightful experience to our customers. This partnership is a strategic fit that gives us a sustainable competitive advantage. We maintain...

Blue Coat Systems has announced it has signed a worldwide agreement with Dimension Data   to deliver its global managed cloud web security service. Dimension Data plans to roll out this new offering worldwide beginning in the first quarter of 2016. Combining Blue Coat’s award-winning Cloud Generation Web Gateway with Dimension Data’s global managed security services portfolio provides customers with real-time threat protection – all without the need for on-site equipment. This new offering also helps organizations deploy new secure, cost-effective cloud service and web applications. In addition, customers are able to enforce consistent global security policies across wired, roaming, and mobile environments... Read more

The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), an apex organization of industry, trade and service sectors in Karnataka, and Microsoft have come together to help more than 2,00,000 SMBs across Karnataka to adopt technology with Cloud Computing. This will not only open more avenues for SMBs but also help them connect better with their existing customers and reach out to the potential customers across India. India’s SMB segment is playing a significant role in India’s economy.  According to the NASSCOM and Frost & Sullivan report – India SMB Market – Monetizing Emerging Opportunities (2014), it employs approximately 40 per cent of India’s workforce, contributes more than 17% to the national GDP, has close-to 45-per cent share in manufacturing output and accounts for about 40 per cent of India’s total exports... Read more

Motorola has launched the new Moto 360 (2nd-Gen) Collection. It comes with more styles, more features and more battery. In India, Motorola will introduce five variants of Moto 360, three metal variants and two leather ones. And for the first time, the company is introducing two variants exclusively for women: a distinctive rose gold with blush leather and natural metal, while the men’s variants will be available in cognac, black leather and black metal. The collection will be available only on Flipkart and Myntra, starting at INR19,999. The original Moto 360 was the first smartwatch that actually looked like a watch. With the second generation, Motorola has refined the classic and timeless design and created a collection specifically designed for men, women and fitness enthusiasts. Taking further inspiration from the traditional watch world, Moto 360’s case design now features lugs specifically tailored for men and women, and polished bezels in new styles. Wrists come in different...

To serve citizens in a much better way, the Delhi Police has taken a proactive step to join Twitter. Joining the digital brand wagon, with three Twitter accounts, one for the Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) and two accounts of the Commissioner of Police Bhim Sain Bassi (@BhimBassi) and @CPDelhi, Delhi Police is paving the path for a digitally-enabled and safer city. Through the platform, Delhi Police aims to connect real time with people to give them speedy updates and actions. Transparent, quick and real-time conversations on Twitter have motivated governments and authorities to actively engage on the platform... Read more

In line with the commitment made by Dr Paul E. Jacobs, Executive Chairman, Qualcomm Incorporated, when he called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Digital Economy event which was held in September 2015 in San Jose, USA. Qualcomm Incorporated has announced the launch of the Qualcomm Design in India Challenge. Dr Jacobs has also announced Qualcomm’s support for the Government of India’s Digital India and Make in India vision and is committed to introduce a Design in India Initiative to encourage the creation of a local product design ecosystem. In association with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Qualcomm Design in India challenge aims to catalyze the creation of a product and hardware design ecosystem in India in the domains of smartphones, tablets and Internet of Everything (IoT) products for healthcare, education, banking, agriculture, automotive, wearables and smartcities... Read more

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