VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Wipro Limited has announced the appointment of TK Kurien as the Executive Vice-Chairman and Abidali Z. Neemuchwala as the Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of the company. Both these appointments are effective February 1, 2016. “Over the past five years, Wipro has been transforming into a next-generation technology and consulting company with defining differentiators in the marketplace. As Executive Vice-Chairman, TK will enable Abid by leveraging his deep relationships with customers and chart out a new technology roadmap for Wipro. In his nine months as the Group President and Chief Operating Officer, Abid has effortlessly assimilated into the culture and ethos of Wipro. The new structure will ensure smooth succession and will build on the solid foundation we have developed to drive superior growth and profitability. I wish both TK and Abid every success in their new roles,” said Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Limited... Read more

ZOTAC International has signed a distribution tie-up with Supertron Electronics in India. As per the agreement, Supertron will focus on the distribution and promotion of ZOTAC’s innovative products across the country through their 35 branches and 9 satellite offices with strong channel network. “India has always been an important market for ZOTAC and over the last few years we have managed to position as top brand of graphics card, increased our brand visibility and market share significantly in this region.  With our expanding portfolio of products, we now want to strengthen our position deeply in India and expand our reach in this highly competitive and rapidly-evolving market further. Hence, we decided to partner with Supertron as they are well-established and one of the most valued and reputed distributors across this region,” said Deepak Gupta, Country Manager, ZOTAC India... Read more

Tech support scams have suddenly starting plaguing Americans, with 3 million people in the U.S. falling prey to such malicious rip-offs and causing a loss of more than $1 billion a year. There are hundreds of companies ( Small and big companies) engaged into the business of Tech support in India,which seems to be the easy way of doing business with high return in terms of revenue. Not to be surprised if you just own 5 computers in a business center with good net connectivity , you can easily earn upto Rs. 5 lakh ... Read more

XOLO has launched XOLO One HD – for perfect pictures even in low-light conditions. It is exclusively available for purchase on Amazon.in at Rs.4,777. XOLO One HD comes with an amazing 8MP rear camera with an enhanced pixel size of 1.4µm for capturing pictures come alive on your screen. A bigger pixel size with OmniBSI-2 Sensor maximizes the amount of light received, thus producing amazing clicks even in low light. Also, the 5P lens removes distortion delivering best-in-that class image quality... Read more

Manthan has brought ease of adoption, scale and high performance to its customers with its continued focus on innovative cloud technologies. Leveraging AWS, Manthan has evolved a comprehensive cloud strategy that includes optimized data warehouses, enhanced data management and algorithms, real-time analytics and enhanced data security... Read more

Sify Technologies has announced the setting up a Global Delivery Center at Hyderabad. This will be the Company’s largest delivery center in India and will help drive its global ambitions. K.T. Rama Rao, Minster of IT and Panchayat Raj, said, “We are happy to welcome India’s ICT pioneers, Sify Technologies, Global Delivery Center in Hyderabad. We are determined to position Telangana as the preferred destination for IT companies in India and are continuously streamlining measures so that it is EASY to do business here.” Read more

Ricoh India is partnering with the Department of Post for implementing and operating integrated Rural Hardware solution for around 1,30,000 post offices across India. It includes handheld devices with camera, biometric facility and also includes a set of solar panels at the EDO level and network connectivity. During the celebration of Good Governance Week, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communication and IT, kicked off “Rural Information and Communication Technology” Project by handing over the first lot of “Solar Powered”, Biometric-enabled Handheld Devices to Branch Postmasters of three pilot states... Read  more

With the help of enterprise-grade cloud technology from Microsoft, In2IT Technologies, a Gold Partner of Microsoft, is enabling businesses in Odisha. The company provides a wide array of Microsoft cloud services, including Office 365, Azure and CRM Online, to its customers from different industry sectors – government, education, BFSI, utility and enterprise. These services can help businesses in Odisha grow and become more profitable and productive. Rudra Shankar Shatapathy, Managing Director, In2IT Technologies Pvt. Ltd, said, “The world today is driven by technology and it is important for businesses of all sizes and sectors to adopt the latest technology if they want to stay ahead of the curve. Our association with Microsoft is a major step in this direction and we will continue to work towards enabling the digital transformation of businesses across various sectors.” Read more

HOOQ has roped in Salil Kapoor, former COO at Dish TV India Ltd, as the Managing Director of its India operations. As the country manager, he will further push the company’s goals of getting India HOOQ’d by revolutionizing video-on-demand service landscape in India. HOOQ, a joint venture by Singtel, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros, delivers over 30,000 hours of Hollywood and Bollywood blockbusters along with popular regional and local programmes to customers anytime, anywhere... Read more

A research conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International shows that when it comes to Internet security, consumer’s concern and awareness are both on the increase. However, despite a growing recognition of the need to protect devices, many consumers are struggling to identify, install and use security software. The study, which questioned 11,819 people from over 27 countries, assessed cybersecurity trends amongst consumers in today’s rapidly-evolving, multi-device, connected world. It found that consumers are using more connected devices than ever before, with the average household now owning 8 connected devices. The research shows that mobile devices have replaced desktops as the main device for going online and tablets are also losing out to smartphones. In fact, 57% now use a smartphone to mainly access the Internet in 2015, an increase from 45% in 2012... Read more

SP/ Silicon Power has announced the launch of its advanced encrypted USB 3.0 flash drive – Secure G50, with three layers of defence to enhance data security. Firstly, Secure G50 is armed with AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption technology. Secondly, the password protection function enables auto lockdown and formatting after several times of failed login attempts. And thirdly, SP Silicon Power provides proprietary data management software – SP Widget, featuring file encryption, cloud storage, backups and restores to secure files even if the drive is lost or destroyed. With a user-friendly interface, Secure G50 offers comprehensive protection for your sensitive data.... Read more

Cyber Security market currently at $1 billion, is expected to grow to $35 billion by 2025. The demand for skilled professionals in the space is very high. To create a trained talent pool of Cyber Security professionals in India, PwC India and NIIT University (NU) have entered into a strategic partnership. Towards this end, academic experts from NU and senior professionals from PwC India have co-created a two-year work-integrated specialized Master’s Programme in Cyber Security. Rajendra S. Pawar, Chairman, NIIT Group and Founder – NU, said, “Technology has changed the way businesses are run and has brought along with it unique challenges and threats. In today’s digitized environment securing our cyber space has become a priority for businesses and citizens across the world. This calls for a team of trained professionals who are equipped to combat the challenges that are posed by hackers every day.  Our partnership with PwC India is a step in that direction.”... Re...

The Canvas 5 by Micromax has successfully been the most powerful smartphone launched this year, and an “All-Rounder” in Micromax’s diverse portfolio. The fifth iteration of its Canvas flagship smartphone comes with 4G LTE, reaffirming the company’s growing focus on its 4G devices for the Indian market. Moreover, the Canvas 5 has specifically focussed on powerful performance and its sleek and stylish design. It is powered by 1.3 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 processor with 3GB RAM, allowing users to multitask effectively. One can quickly navigate through various functions and apps, without any lags. This allows effective, smooth and powerful performance. Building on its multitasking features in the Canvas series, the Canvas 5 has the added Video Pop-Out feature which allows users to “pop-out” the video from the video player in a separate window, and move it around. To top it all, the smartphone comes with the Smart Wake Gestures which are primarily designed for con...

ADATA Technology has partnered with Compuage Infocom pertaining to the complete ADATA power bank portfolio. The move extends ADATA distribution range by adding Compuage as a product provider, offering Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certified mobile power banks to customers across India. Chris Chang, MD, ADATA Technology India Pvt. Ltd, said, “As part of our growth strategy and expansion drive for 2016, we have partnered with Compuage Infocom, leveraging excellent reach across India and best business practice implementation to help ADATA gain larger market share in the power bank segment. Our partnership with Compuage in DRAM modules has been very successful for the last couple of years and the addition of power banks will further strengthen our relationship. We believe our BIS-certified high-capacity power banks can reach every part of India to provide more users total quality, ease-of-use and convenience”... Read more

While his visit to Hyderabad, Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft, has promised to open a Centre of Excellence in Visakhapatnam and also vowed to work with the Telangana government’s start-up incubator T-Hub. As per the news source, Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh government for deployment and use of information and communications technologies. This will help the company to offer better services to the citizens... Read more

To mark the 83rd birthday of Dhirubhai Ambani and also to deliver hi-speed connectivity and 4G broadband services in every nook and corner of India, RIL has launched Jio. It is a digital initiatives designed to provide high speed connectivity to its 1 lakh-plus employees and their families. The participants, all of whom where RIL and Jio’s employees hailed from varied cultural backgrounds located in diverse geographies. The motto – One India. One RIL. One Jio. One for all and all for one – resounded at the venue. RIL launch event was reflective of a miniature India, with people from all walks of life, from various backgrounds engaged simultaneously. With this employee launch, Jio became the one common strand that runs through every single employee, entwining them together... Read more

Spirent Communications has unveiled the world’s first 50Gb/s higher speed Ethernet test solution, that will enable its customers to meet the growing needs of the cloud service provider (CSP) space. Spirent has successfully completed the industry’s first 50GbE interoperability test with a global leader in cloud services and infrastructure. The 50GbE Boost test system used in the interoperability test, provided full wire-rate packet generation and analysis at 50Gb/s. The 50GbE Boost tests layer 1 to layer 3 quality and highlights error-free performance with different combinations of streams, frame lengths and rates by delivering per-port and per-stream statistics such as latency, frames out of sequence, frame counts and rates, L1 PRBS capability and layer 1 statistics to help debug physical link problems. By demonstrating this ability during the interoperability test, Spirent continues to build on its leadership in high-speed Ethernet, showcased in its upcoming QUIN...

Schneider Electric (SE) is seeking to leverage its Internet of Things (IoT)-driven competencies to bring about process efficiency across businesses in India. IoT is an emerging industry in India and is expected to cross $15 billion by 2020. To support this industry, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has come out with a draft IoT policy that aims at building an entire ecosystem around IoT and to incentivize the players in the ecosystem. Home and building, manufacturing, consumer electronics, retail, power, transportation and healthcare are some of the key sectors which are likely to see major spendings on IoT. SE has developed operator training simulators (OTS) that leverage IoT technologies so that knowledge can be transferred and skills developed in months – not years. OTS allows workers to experience and respond to simulated high-risk control room situations in a risk-free virtual-reality environment. Similar to how airline pilots ...

The creation and sale of counterfeit and illegal aftermarket printer supplies continues to be a problem. In fact, The Imaging Supplies Coalition estimates about $3.5 billion are lost to counterfeit products worldwide in the imaging supplies industry. In response, Xerox has conducted a string of raids, product seizures and trademark enforcement actions to protect customers from the hazards of counterfeit supplies. “Fake cartridges are known to fail at a very high rate, causing poor image quality and costly damage to vital printer components. While this will remain a very active and aggressive field of play, we will continue to fight back to protect our customers and stop the spread of counterfeit and illegal aftermarket supplies,” said Kevin Weaver, Vice-President, Brand Protection Group, Xerox Supplies Business Group... Read more