VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Rajesh Rudraradhya has joined the leadership team at Hike Messenger as the Vice- President and Head of Engineering. Rajesh will report to Founder & CEO, Kavin Bharti Mittal, and will be responsible for helping Hike scale its engineering team and streamlining product development. Rajesh spent the last 15+ years in the Silicon Valley, working for companies like Digital Equipment Corporation, HP, Google and Motorola. He joins Hike from Motorola where he was most recently the Director and Head of Wearables and Internet-of-Things software. Before that, he led Android Apps and Cloud engineering and was responsible for software experiences on Android’s best smartphones, the Moto X and Moto G ... Read more

Infor has announced Infor Supply Chain Execution (SCE), version 10.4, to deliver enhanced performance and efficiency. Building upon last year’s announcement of SCE in the Cloud, Infor has improved fulfilment performance, increase ease-of-use and achieve a faster return on investment. Infor SCE 10.4 provides a unique tool that is easily adapted to specific needs of the vertical, allowing for a more holistic approach for supply chain management. Infor SCE 10.4 combines warehouse management, transportation execution, 3PL billing and labour management in a single, unified solution. It is designed to help users optimize inventory, warehouse space and labour in the warehouse while streamlining the complex supply chain business processes. The solution is available to users as an on-premise or cloud deployment... Read more

Snapdeal has announced that  Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan , an investment vehicle advised by Iron Pillar and other investors have invested US$200 million in Snapdeal. Over the last two years, Snapdeal has made significant investments in technology and in complementary acquisitions in pursuit of its stated aim to build India’s most reliable and frictionless commerce ecosystem. Anup Vikal, CFO, Snapdeal , said, “We see these investments as a continuing endorsement of Snapdeal’s strategy to build India’s most reliable and frictionless commerce ecosystem. We continue to make targeted investments in building internal and external capabilities that will enable us to consistently deliver optimal experience for the millions of buyers and sellers who transact daily on Snapdeal.” Read more

ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand has conducted its annual Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Partner Day. The theme of the 2016 conference was “Own it!” that encouraged partners to consider how to deliver technology opportunities that the changing customer environment represents today. This year, there were eight regional and numerous local events held in close proximity to business partner locations. The eight regional events, hosted for 1-2 days between January 28 and February 4, drew over 600 enthusiastic and dedicated business partners to share their experiences with Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise business leaders. In Asia-Pacific (APAC), the 2016 Partner of the Year awards took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 4... Read more

XOLO has introduced XOLO Era 4K . Available at an attractive price of Rs.6,499 only, XOLO Era 4K will be exclusively available on Gadgets360.com . Registration for the device has started and it will go on flash sale on 22nd February, 2016. Era 4K is loaded with a massive battery of 4,000 mAh that offers 32 hours of non-stop talk- time and 624 hours of standby time. Also, charging the battery takes 31% lesser time, thanks to Texas Instrument IC. The device with 4G LTE connectivity offers super-fast download and upload with an amazing speed of up to 150 Mbps and 50 Mbps, respectively... Read more

HCL Infosystems has partnered with Symantec. Under this alliance, HCL Infosystems through its pan-India network of partners will distribute information security solutions from Symantec. “As the global leader in cybersecurity, Symantec is committed to helping companies secure their most important data. The partnership with HCL Infosystems is the key to our efforts to increase our coverage across India. We look forward to working with HCL Infosystems and leveraging their strong presence in the tier-I and tier-II cities to help customers solve their most complex information security challenges,” said Shrikant Shitole, Managing Director, India, Symantec... Read more

To help customers to readily address the most common use cases that have been identified by the company, VMware has revolutionized its cloud management platform with the introduction of VMware vRealize Suite 7 . It features new releases like VMware vRealize Operations and VMware vRealize Log Insight along with VMware vRealize Automation 7 and VMware vRealize Business for Cloud 7. “VMware is focussed on delivering an enterprise-ready hybrid cloud management platform to help our customers gain a major competitive edge as a digital business. VMware vRealize Suite 7 is designed to meet our customers’ strict requirements for day-one service provisioning and day-two operations of applications and infrastructure across multiple private and public cloud environments,” said Ajay Singh, Senior Vice-President & General Manager, Management Suites Business Unit, VMware ... See more :  http://www.varindia.com/vmware-enhances-its-cloud-management-platform/

With the aim to encourage people to adopt mobile internet in the country, Aircel has launched “ Be Online with Aircel ” initiative. Sunil Kuttam, Vice-President – Marketing, Aircel , said, “Aircel is taking lead in the mobile internet space with renewed energy and vigour with its ‘Be Online with Aircel’ initiative. Data consumption by Aircel customers has seen a dramatic rise. Our unmatched offerings helped Aircel record 60-per cent data revenue growth and 65-per cent consumption growth in 2015. In addition, we witnessed 104-per cent growth in 3G revenues and 167-per cent growth in 3G users last year. This initiative has also fuelled smartphone adoption in our base, which has grown by 61 per cent. With Aircel’s new, attractive mass campaign that appeals to all to ‘Be Online with Aircel’, we aim to continue driving a much sharper growth this year, which will help us take data to the next level of growth and acceptance in India.” Read more

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to make India the skill capital of the world, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) to develop and implement National Action Plan for Skill Development in the telecom sector, utilizing PSUs under DoT with a common objective of fulfilling skilled manpower requirement of the telecom sector and at the same time providing quality opportunities for employment / entrepreneurship. The MoU was signed by the Secretaries of the two Ministries, in the august presence of Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon’ble Minister of Communications and Information Technology, and Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Hon’ble Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs... Read more

mRUPEE has tied up with IRCTC. The Indian Railways carries more than 23 million passengers a day and the association will allow users one-tap payments for rail ticket bookings via mRUPEE wallet for a significant number of travellers. “Today, mobile services have fast evolved beyond telephone calls and voice messages to take centre stage in an increasingly connected world. Our partnership with IRCTC adds to the tremendous reach of mRUPEE’s market. We’re excited that these kinds of meaningful partnerships are helping to not only give our customers the ease of quick and convenient booking, but also give a thrust to the government’s mandate of enhancing wider adoption of digital money in India. Through this service, we aim at delivering future ready infrastructure that not merely meets today’s expectations, but those of tomorrow,” said Pradeep K Sampath, Chief Operating Officer, mRUPEE... Read more

TP LINK has made EAP Series of ceiling mount access points available in India. These products are designed to meet the needs of Hospitality, Education, BFSIs sectors and to provide a flexible, cost-effective wireless solution. In offices, these access points can be installed on ceiling to provide high-speed network and uninterrupted coverage for employees. “ EAP Series ceiling mount is compatible with 802.11 b/g/n products and has a load balance ensures large numbers of user have a smooth network experience in large business networks. Along with compact form-factors, this is specially designed to prevent dust from dropping onto the PCB through bypass louver, which ensures long-term unhindered operation. These solutions are ideal for service providers, venue owner or SMBs which are looking to deploy reliable outdoor as well as indoor Wi-Fi network environments. TP-LINK has tie-ups with various service providers and offers complete holistic solution to the busines...

NETGEAR has extended its 12 10-GBase-T copper ports (12-10 GBASE-T) switching solutions with the introduction of the ProSAFE 10-Gigabit Ethernet Smart Switches (XS712T). It is a Smart Switch with 2 Combo SFP+ for 10G Fiber links. It has been purposely designed as a cost-effective way to provide 10G connections to 10G-capable servers and NAS (Network Attached Storage). It can be used as a 10G access switch, uplink to 10G-Managed switch (XSM7224) while expanding the 10G connections down to the edge. “Our ProSAFE XS712T offers our channel partners a chance to ride the next wield in networking as it provides budding networks a migration path to latest technologies without sacrificing current hardware investments,” said Subhodeep Bhattacharya, Regional Director, India & SAARC, NETGEAR . .. Read more

Supporting India’s digital mission, Oracle has unveiled its expansion plans with the intent to strengthen India’s growth. Three major investments have been announced by Oracle CEO Safra Catz which include the setting up of Oracle Campus in Bengaluru, India; 9 Regional Software and Technology Incubation Centres and initiative to train more than 500,000 local students each year in the country. Announcing the same, CEO Safra Catz stated, “Oracle has been in India for over 25 years and during that time we’ve grown our investments tremendously. In fact, India now represents our second-largest employee base outside of the United States, with nearly 40,000 current employees and an additional 2,000 current job openings.  We are investing over US$400 million in Bengaluru, opening 9 incubation centres, and training half a million students each year during this expansion phase to support India’s tremendous growth.  We ‘ Make in India ’ ...” Read more

Veritas Technologies has advanced its  Enterprise Vault 12 and Data Insight 5.1 to enable businesses to gain critical visibility into their unstructured data and take action. The new innovations include advanced classification, support for Box, and automated remediation workflows. Both Enterprise Vault 12 and Data Insight 5.1 will help provide businesses with critical visibility into their unstructured data and empower informed decisions about what critical information to retain and what to delete for compliance, business value and discovery. Also, Veritas Data Genomics Index has been released today and revealed that 41% of data has not been modified in a typical corporation and is three or more years old... Read more

VMware has introduced redefined advancements in VMware Horizon to deliver unparalleled speed in delivering personalized virtual applications and desktops, while offering cloud economics and a new cloud-optimized display protocol. A new hybrid-mode capability will be available in VMware Horizon Air to simplify application and desktop delivery by combining the benefits of hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and Virtual SAN Ready Nodes with a single, cloud-based plane to manage on-premises and cloud deployments. With these advancements, VMware Horizon will offer the industry’s most comprehensive application and desktop virtualization portfolio with options for on-premises, off-premises or hybrid deployments... Read more

Wipro Limited has acquired  Wipro HealthPlan Services , one of the leading technology and Business Process-as-a-Service (BPaas) provider in the U.S. health insurance market. As part of the deal, Wipro will acquire 100% of HealthPlan Services’ shares for US$460 million. “The partnership with HealthPlan Services positions Wipro to participate in the shift of the US health insurance industry towards a consumer-centric business model.  HealthPlan Services strengthens Wipro’s position in the health insurance exchange market while offering synergies with Wipro’s presence in the Managed Medicare and Commercial Group Insurance markets .  The addition of HealthPlan Services’ capabilities complements Wipro’s strengths in claims processing and backoffice services. This is a strategic move for us, as it advances Wipro’s vision of leveraging unique insights into customer buying behaviour and applying this across the healthcare value chain....

Moving further with innovation and to boost and play monopoly,  HP introduces ink tank printers to lower printing cost . To meet its objective, it launched new HP DeskJet GT series printers to serve small businesses that tend to lower cost of printing. The HP DeskJet GT series prints up to 8,000 pages with a set of three HP spill-free colour bottles and up to 5,000 pages with the HP spill-free black pigment ink bottle. HP has labelled the ink bottles to ground low which holds MRP of 498 INR... For More Details

With the new launch of VMware Virtual SAN , the company has redefined its enterprise-proven, hyper-converged software portfolio. VMware is one of the most important players in hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) software with 3,000 customers in 21 months. The redefined software consists of VMware vSphere , Virtual SAN and vCenter Server transforms x86 servers and direct-attached storage into simple and robust HCI systems. It helps the organizations to reduce IT costs and management complexity while achieving breakthrough performance.  In conjunction with its expansive partner ecosystem, VMware offers its hyper-converged software on the broadest set of consumption options from turnkey HCI appliances developed jointly by VMware and EMC to certified platforms in the form of VMware Virtual SAN-Ready Nodes available from... For More Details

An initiative by EVC & TCOE (Telecom Centers of Excellence), the I-MADE program has been inaugurated by Mr J. S. Deepak, Secretary, DoT, Government of India, and Mr N. Sivasailam, Additional Secretary, Telecom, DoT, Government of India. Innovation in Mobile App Development Ecosystem (I-MADE) framework is a 5-year program, under which 11 institutions were selected to be part of Phase I. One hundred (100) institutes will be selected to be a part in Phase II of the program and Phase III will include up to 35,000 institutions. The goal of the program is to help Indian entrepreneurs build 1 million mobile app start-ups which can eventually become Indian unicorns... For More Details

With the aim of serving the rural and semi-urban customers in the state, Aircel, along with Gramin Healthcare, has launched Primary Care Health Helpline “Gramin Healthcare Line” for its customers in Odisha. It will empower customers with professional healthcare service. The services will people to meet their medical needs over the mobile phones. It will connect people with wide network of service providers in the healthcare segment... For More Details