VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Brocade has announced Brocade Workflow Composer that enables enterprises and Cloud service providers to improve their IT operations and drive greater business agility through Network Automation Platform. Brocade Workflow Composer provides DevOps-style Network Automation for provisioning, validation, troubleshooting and remediation of multivendor networks – while integrating with workflows across multiple IT domains for end-to-end automation. This New IP architecture enables the network to become a platform for innovation and for developing, delivering and securing new applications. “Embarking on the digital transformation journey can be overwhelming for most organizations requiring changes to the network infrastructure, organizational and operational models and new skill sets. However, when broken down into digestible and evolutionary steps, organizations can navigate the journey at their own pace,” said Jason Nolet, Senior Vice-President, Switching, Routing a...

Wipro has launched the Total Customer Centricity (TCC), a Master Data Management solution for the manufacturing sector which will be powered by the Informatica Master Data Management (MDM) suite of solutions. Total Customer Centricity (TCC) will enable global manufacturers to transition from a product-centric to a customer-centric approach. TCC will also provide visibility into the relationships between devices, locations and customers. The solution will allow manufacturers across the globe capture a comprehensive, single view of each of their customers and products... Read More

Dell has kicked off its “Back to College” campaign for 2016 with a tagline of “Aim High for Success with the Dell Advantage”. The programme was conceptualized using insights on what drives the youth of today. Dell celebrates the dedication of India’s youth to aim high and explore their limits, by providing the right technology tools to help them expand their potential to grow and succeed. The Back to College campaign also aims to provide avenues for the youth to pursue their passions and discover new-age skills that could help them to chart their own path. Dell believes technology plays a crucial role in shaping the overall development of an individual and is intent on being a constant companion throughout this journey of self-discovery. Alongside the seasonal Back to College purchase offers and vouchers, the integrated 360-degree campaign aims to build a deeper connect with the youth across offline and online platforms, to help them become “future ready” by equip...

LAVA International has announced the launch of Lava A79 smartphone. With a 5.5” large screen, Lava A79 is an impeccable device for an immersive multimedia experience.  It is ergonomically designed to meet the ever evolving needs of the consumers combining entertainment and work productivity on the go – as even with its large screen size, it provides ease and comfort to carry. The device will be available across all multi-retail outlets in India. Lava A79, with its technological excellence in product design and performance, aims to strengthen Lava’s core value proposition of reliability and trust... Read More

A surprise announcement made on Tuesday saw Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) spinning off its technology services division by merging it off with Computer Sciences Corp (CSC), an American company. The outsourcing and management services deal that follows the split of Hewlett-Packard Co. last October will have HPE owning half of the new company. HPE CEO Meg Whitman will be on the new company’s board, and HPE and CSC will each nominate half of the board members. CSC’s current CEO, Mike Lawrie, will become CEO of the new company. HP got into the IT services business by acquiring EDS for $14 billion in 2008... Read More

With the aim to bridge the business as well as IT Divide, Informatica and Tableau Software have entered into partnership. Together, Tableau’s self-service analytics and Informatica’s clean, trusted data and metadata enable business users to make even faster and smarter decisions. Both the companies will provide the industry’s end-to-end architecture and framework for agile business intelligence. Business users and IT alike are frustrated with data that results from traditional waterfall processes and lengthy cycles. Business users are further aggravated by lack of easy access to key data sources and the inability to easily combine data across sources. Meanwhile, IT is naturally concerned over the use and proliferation of potentially poor quality data... Read More

QNAP Systems has released the 8-bay business NAS TS-831X that features two built-in 10GbE SFP+ ports to fully support 10GbE high-speed networks as a cost-effective NAS solution. The TS-831X further supports VJBOD (Virtual JBOD) to introduce an economical way to utilize unused NAS storage space for expanding the storage capacity of other QNAP NAS. Taking advantage of TS-831X’s native support of Container Station, organizations can rapidly develop and deploy Internet of Things (IoT) apps to create more business opportunities.   The TS-831X uses an Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 quad-core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A15 processor, and features 8GB/16GB DDR3 RAM (upgradable to 16GB), RAID 5/6 support, hardware-accelerated encryption and an SSD cache. It is 10GbE-ready with two built-in 10GbE SFP+ ports, and allows users to install a third 10GbE port via the extra PCIe slot for flexible high-speed network deployment... Read More  

Targeting the entry-level smartphone users and selfie enthusiasts, Micromax has launched two new selfie smartphones – Bolt Selfie and Canvas Selfie 4. Shubhajit Sen, Chief Marketing Officer, Micromax, said, “Our Bolt Selfie has been designed to keep the new and young smartphone users especially women in the tier-II & -III cities which have limited options and avenues to shop, are very price-conscious and yet desire a perfect selfie experience. While with the Canvas Selfie 4 and its tap sensor, we are upgrading the selfie experience of our young hyper-social youngsters who are looking for a perfect integration of innovation, style and performance with an excellent selfie experience.” Read More

To help accelerate the industry shift to modern, flash-based storage architectures, Dell has announced Storage Center Operating System 7. Neeraj Matiyani, Director, Storage Solutions, Dell India, said, “We, at Dell, are customer-focussed in our product innovation and SCOS 7 marks Dell’s most groundbreaking storage software release, to date. It offers a revolutionary approach and economics for all-flash and hybrid flash arrays with deeper intelligence and efficiency. SCOS 7 also delivers industry-leading deduplication, greater flexibility, virtualization and control with enhanced support for VMware, cloud and multi-tenancy environments. With this new OS release, customers will now have access to better technologies that will enable them in addressing workload demands and significant business benefits.” Read More

Coolpad has unveiled its flagship product ‘Coolpad Max’ – a phone with its Dual In One technology.  Coolpad Max comes with a unique dual-system, an external open system as well as an internal security system which allows for encryption of the phone user’s calls and texts. The secure internal system can be used to download ‘fully secure’ apps in a way that the users’ privacy and security aren’t compromised. The high- performance and premium design smartphone is priced at Rs 24,999. Coolpad has launched a power packed innovative smartphone at such a price point. The phone will be available exclusively on Amazon.in and in two color variations, Royal Gold and Rose Gold... Read More

To safeguard businesses from evolving cyber threats, Radware has expanded its portfolio of Cloud Security Services to ensure optimal service level for applications in virtual, cloud and software-defined data centers. This new Cloud Security Service offering is an adaptive solution that combines cloud DDoS, volumetric, and application firewall attack protection into a configuration that is unique to the client’s needs, whether that is an always-on, on-demand, or hybrid solution. Radware’s new suite of Always-On Cloud Security Services will automatically detect and mitigate a wide range of attack vectors, including DDoS, burst attacks, complex volumetric attacks, SSL-based attacks, zero-day attacks, SQL injections, and more. In fact, it is the only cloud-based solution available today that can mitigate SSL-based attacks while maintaining user data confidentiality. This means that the organization can remain focussed on business operations, while Radware address...

Cisco has announced the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan to be the first Smart+Connected Community “Lighthouse City” in South Asia. Cisco Lighthouse City status credential is assigned to a select list of cities all over the world. With this development, Jaipur will gain access to Cisco’s huge global network and channel programme capabilities; and the city will also benefit from the economic and social transformation set to occur as the country embarks on the next phase of the Digital India programme. The Lighthouse City engagement will be enabled through a joint working group, which will focus on deploying next-generation technologies to impact citizens and society. With this announcement, Jaipur joins the league of Cisco Lighthouse Cities globally such as Hamburg (Germany), Barcelona (Spain) and Adelaide (Australia)... Read More

Tableau Software has announced new partnerships which include Lynda.com, a LinkedIn company, Pluralsight, Udacity and General Assembly (GA). In these partnerships, Lynda.com would be developing Tableau training materials targeted for data science practitioners as well as for those entering the field, especially in transition from other IT career. Pluralsight will teach in-demand skills from industry experts with real-world experience in data analytics... Read More

LEADTEK , the authorized channel partner of NVIDIA® professional graphics card in the Asia-Pacific region, Leadtek releases NVIDIA® Quadro® M2000 featuring an NVIDIA Maxwell™-based GPU, 4 GB of ultra-fast on-board memory, and the power to drive four 4K displays natively. It provides industry-leading performance in the mid-range segment, giving designers the performance and features they need to realize their designs. The Leadtek NVIDIA Quadro M2000 has 768 CUDA cores, powered by the latest NVIDIA Maxwell™ architecture and 4GB of DDR5 GPU memory with fast bandwidth up to 106GB/s that delivers up to 2x the visualization performance of the previous-generation product. This makes it an excellent choice for artists, animators, and editors to accelerate product development and content creation workflows that demand fluid interactivity with complex models and scenes... Read More

In line with technology solutions, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has expanded its portfolio of products and services to help customers transform to a hybrid infrastructure. Technology innovations include solutions that deliver agility, performance advantages and overcome business complexity enabling customers transform their IT departments using SAP HANA . “Customers today need to respond quickly to critical demands in this rapidly-evolving business environment. The latest products and solutions from HPE and SAP will provide customers access to tightly integrated, full-stack solutions that will give them real-time business analytics and applications, managed in a secure, scalable, cost-effective cloud environment,” said Vikram K, Director – Servers, Hewlett Packard Enterprise India . .. Read More

Dell Cloud Client Computing has extended its security solution portfolio with two new additions to provide organizations with advanced threat prevention that spans from the endpoints to the data center for Windows-based thin clients and virtual desktops. Leveraging IP from its Dell Data Protection portfolio of security solutions, the company is applying its endpoint security expertise beyond the PC to the thin client and virtual machines, to give customers an industry-leading approach to comprehensively securing their data. “While other vendors depend on a ‘ detect and remediate ‘ approach that alerts IT staff to an attack after the damage has been done. Dell employs a ‘ prevent and protect ‘ approach that prevents these attacks from succeeding, and has been shown to be 99-per cent effective against even zero-day and polymorphic malware attacks, well above the catch rate of traditional antivirus products based on malware signature recognition,” said Jeff McNaught,...

EMC has announced EMC Unity , a new family of storage systems that helps simplify and modernize the data center. Unity is the latest member of EMC’s all-flash portfolio delivering highly affordable file and block storage for small- and medium-sized IT departments. Unity joins EMC’s portfolio of all-flash storage arrays – XtremIO, VMAX All-Flash and DSSD D5 – to ensure that, no matter what a customer needs, EMC has a purpose-built solution to fit virtually any data center use case. EMC Unity offers cloud-like proactive management and monitoring through a modern HTML5 task-oriented interface that leads the user through daily operations and integrates with VMware and Microsoft ecosystems for easy third-party management. It features new Proactive Assist capabilities designed to give IT control, visibility and automated management of Unity storage systems. Unity service data can also be viewed within EMC MyService360, a new online service providing customers with real-...

IBM has set up Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) to enhance efficiency of critical infrastructure and utilities at Presidential Estate. Rashtrapati Bhavan has been transformed into a smart township with the deployment of IBM Smart City Solutions  for the digital transformation. Spread across 330 acres of land and home to over 5,000 residents, the self-sustained Presidential Estate is adopting IBM’s technology and solutions to become future ready. The Intelligent Operations Center addresses challenges that are inherent to townships – water supply, security, electrical infrastructure and solid waste management. The partnership to reimagine the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the Digital age was announced at an event graced by the President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee . The occasion also saw the presence of the Union Minister of Urban Development, Shri Venkaiah Naidu; Union Minister of Communications & IT, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad; Secretary to the President, Madam Om...

Canon Expo opened its floors in Shanghai for its showcase of innovative imaging and printing solutions.  Fujio Mitarai, Chairman & CEO of Canon Inc . , inaugurated the Canon Expo and greeted all the guests with a keynote speech. Canon’s reach goes far beyond the realm of photography, with imaging products. Canon’s super creative printing with 8k ride experience gives a world-class look, where one can take 360 degrees imaging and sound... Read More

Nokia has planned to bring Nokia brand back to the mobile phone and tablet markets on a global basis. The company has signed a strategic brand and intellectual property licensing agreement enabling HMD to create Nokia-branded mobile phones and tablets for the next ten years. Under the agreement, Nokia Technologies will receive royalty payments from HMD for sales of Nokia-branded mobile products, covering both brand and intellectual property rights. HMD has been founded to provide a focussed, independent home for a full range of Nokia-branded feature phones, smartphones and tablets. Also, HMD has conditionally agreed to acquire rights from Microsoft to use the Nokia brand on feature phones, and certain related design rights. The Microsoft transaction is expected to close in H2 2016. Together, these agreements would make HMD the sole global licensee for all types of Nokia-branded mobile phones and tablets. HMD intends to invest over US$500 million over the next thr...