VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Intex Technologies, one of the leading mobile handset player has unveiled 2,450 mAh battery smartphone Aqua S3.  The device is powered with high capacity charger that charges the 2,m450mAh battery at much lesser time to ensure endless entertainment and a running device at an affordable price of Rs. 5,777.  The 4G-VoLTE smartphone comes with a 5-inch HD IPS display. Powered with a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and 2 GB RAM, the device ensures smooth performance, multi-tasking and boasts of the latest Android Nougat 7.0 OS.  Running on the latest Android 7.0 Nougat, introduces notable changes to the operating system and its development platform, including the ability to display multiple apps on-screen at once in a split-screen view, support for inline replies to notifications, and an expanded "Doze" power-saving mode that restricts device functionality once the screen has been off for a period of time.... Read More

Dassault Systemes today announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Outscale, a global leader in enterprise-class cloud services.  Founded in France in 2010, Outscale is an ISO/IEC 27001:2013 security certified company that provides enterprise-class cloud computing infrastructure services (IaaS) to customers through its ten data centers in Europe, North America and Asia. The company has developed its own secure cloud operating system, TINA OS, which orchestrates and automates cloud resources including calculations, storage and networks, thus helping organizations to easily deploy, manage and increase the availability of their cloud platform, including in the most complex environments.  Dassault Systemes was an initial investor in Outscale and relies on its services to manage its cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform and portfolio of industry solution experiences – the largest cloud offering for 3D design, simulation and digital manufacturing across 12 industries...

In continuance with its endeavor to promote entrepreneurship and startups in India, PayU India, a leading online payment service provider, organized the first edition of UpStart Pitch.  Organized along with KStart and Matrix Partners in search for the next big startup, the event witnessed the presence of 10 startups who pitched their ideas to the judges. KStart (the acceleration wing of Kalaari Capital) and Matrix Partners are the investment partners in this edition of UpStart Pitch.  The winning pitch Entropik technologies, aims to build emotional interactivity and works in the space of emotion technology.  Ranjan Kumar, co-founder, Entropic Technologies said, “UpStart Pitch has been a great experience to pitch our product Affectlab.io and hear feedback from seasoned entrepreneurs like Vani. While on one hand winning the competition reaffirms our strategy and approach, it's also a great platform to get access to VCs like Kalaari and Matrix.” Read More

iBall has launched “iBall CompBook Marvel 6” laptop. It offers enough power for the entry- and mid-level executives to work efficiently of big and be lightweight when on the move (just 1.41kg) on a big 35.46cm (14) HD display.  Equipped with pre-Installed Windows10 and latest Intel Celeron N3350 Processor, Marvel 6 gives the user an umpteen access to high operational speeds, bringing faster start-up and an enhanced productivity. It also brings the colossal possibility for multitasking and switching between apps and tabs with a processing speed up to 2.4 GHz and 3GB DDR3 RAM. It is also optionally available with Windows 10 Pro at just Rs.17,799 which will be perhaps the best offer in the Indian market with Microsoft Windows Professional version for the corporates.  iBall CompBook Marvel 6 comes with in-built Dual Band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth – a promise of hassle-free access to the Internet and data sharing. The CompBook provides the user with lightning fast performance...

Gionee has launched the Virat’s Signature Edition Gionee A1 exclusively on Amazon. In order to build advanced consumer connect and celebrate its first flagship of the year with the end-consumer, the company has decided to launch this exclusive edition that would be inscribed with Gionee’s brand ambassador and Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s signature at the back. The device will be exclusively available on Amazon starting 12 PM on 27th June and can be pre-booked on the website. Customers who pre-order the device will get Sennheiser headphones and can avail other exciting offers. The A1 is equipped with a stunning 16MP front camera, a 4,010mAh battery and ultrafast charging capability. The device runs on the latest Android 7.0 Nougat with Amigo 4.0 offering the best Android experience. Arvind R. Vohra, Country CEO & MD, Gionee India, said, “We have always been committed to reach out to every Hindustani and empower them with better selfies and bigger batteries in our world o...

Vodafone has announced a revolutionary new product, Vodafone SuperNight for prepaid customers, enabling truly unlimited 3G/4G data usage and download for five hours, at just Rs. 29 beginning June 19. The pack can be activated any time of the day but will be applicable only during the subsequent five hours between 1 am to 6 am. Further, customers can make every night a SuperNight with unlimited repeat purchase of the Vodafone SuperNight and enjoy data at just Rs 6/hour.  Announcing the launch of this innovative product, Sandeep Kataria, Chief Commercial Officer, Vodafone India said, “We are delighted to bring Vodafone SuperNight to our customers under our ‘Super’ umbrella. Like all other ‘Super’ products, it breaks all price barriers that concern customers in their use of internet. These SuperNight packs will enable them to download as much data as they want for five hours at a fixed, nominal price. It will help our customers to enjoy the SuperNet experience in a worry f...

Telangana State Government has launched the ‘Hyderabad City Wi-Fi Project’ also known as Hy-Fi, with over 1000 hot-spots across the state capital which was Inaugurated by theHon’ble Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Shri Bonthu Rammohan, the project will cover 3000 hotspot locations within the city. The launch ceremony was attended by many senior state government officials and dignitaries including Shri Jayesh Ranjan (IAS), Principal Secretary, ITE&C Department, Govt. of Telangana and Shri. B. Janardhan Reddy (IAS), Commissioner, GHMC. COAI is the technical advisor to the Government of Telangana in this ambitious project, was represented by Shri Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, COAI on the panel. Shri Mathews was joined by several leaders from the telecom industry including Shri Venkatesh Vijayraghavan, Circle CEO – Bharti Airtel, Shri Bala Malladi, CEO – ACT Fibernet and Shri Sujit Sen, Circle CEO – Indus Towers. In June 2015, under the ‘Digital Telang...

HCL Technologies today announced its Next Generation Research Platform (NGRP), a pre-competitive drug-discovery ecosystem built with open standards.  This Platform will provide research scientists with a collaborative ecosystem, greater computational resources, and the ability to mine research data to make more informed scientific decisions, while improving productivity by automating and eliminating manual administrative tasks. By helping to reduce the expenses associated with legacy systems, the NGRP will free up time and budgetary resources for implementing new capabilities. The NGRP also leverages a design thinking process and journey mapping to simplify a day in the life of a scientist. The Platform allows increased collaboration, the leveraging of innovative technology, improved access to research data, and an increase in the scientist’s productivity.... Read More

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has announced a generation of High Performance Computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) systems, software and services to accelerate scientific, engineering and business innovation. The HPE Apollo 6000 Gen10, HPE SGI 8600 and HPE Apollo 10 Series systems are workload-optimized to deliver faster, more efficient insights while reducing vulnerability to cyber-attacks and improving economic control.  HPE is announcing the following: HPE SGI 8600 System – The HPE SGI 8600 is a liquid cooled petascale system, based on the legacy SGI ICE XA architecture, purpose-built to solve the most complex scientific, engineering and national security challenges and: * Delivers industry’s fastest parallel processing performance * Scales to more than 10,000 nodes without additional switches using integrated switches and hypercube technology * Offers more choice and flexibility based on industry standards HPE Apollo 6000 Gen1...

Ziox Mobiles has extended its Astra series yet again and launched “Astra Young 4G smartphone” priced at Rs.4,795/-. The Dual-SIM smartphone has been designed exclusive to the millennial generation, with superfast 4G connectivity and bigger display that makes sure, whatever you do, you do it supersized!  Ziox has introduced this smartphone with 5” with DT glass. The smartphone comes with 4G VoLTE and ViLTE,1.3GHz quad-core processor with 512GB RAM +8GB ROM, VGA front camera and 2MP with Flash rear camera, 2,200mAh battery and Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system.  This smartphone has various other features like 21-language support, Gravity, proximity, and light Sensor. Deepak Kabu, CEO, Ziox Mobiles, said, “Our Astra series is one of the most outstanding smartphone series in the market. And for the millennial consuming generation Astra Young 4G smartphone is the most ideal choice and brings a distinguished experience for our consumer’s active lifestyle.”...

Xiaomi has launched a range of accessories in India, including Mi Wi-Fi Repeater 2, Mi Bluetooth Speaker Mini, 10,000mAh Mi Power Bank 2, and 20,000mAh Mi Power Bank 2.  Mi Wi-Fi Repeater 2 delivers fast, stable connections for up to 16 devices, and has two built-in high-performance PCB antennas to expand router signal range and boost download speeds. That can be easily adjusted at a 180° rotation, Mi Wi-Fi Repeater 2 takes up minimal space, while eliminating Wi-Fi dead zones. The Mi Home app identifies, analyzes and resolves Wi-Fi issues easily. The USB connector on Mi Wi-Fi Repeater 2 gives multiple power possibilities. Simply plug-and-play with power sockets, power strips, power banks, or laptops to power up.  Mi Wi-Fi Repeater 2 is compatible with most popular router brands, and will be available exclusively on Mi.com and Mi Home at Rs.999 from June 20, 2017.  The Mi Bluetooth Speaker Mini is small in size, but big on sound. The smooth metal housing ha...

Atos has won a contract with GENCI (Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif) to deliver one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, planned for the end of 2017. A successor of the Curie system installed at the TGCC (Tres Grand Centre de Calcul of the CEA in Bruyeres-Le-Chatel), the Bull Sequana supercomputer has an overall power of 9 petaflops and can carry out 9 million billion operations per second. It will be used for research purposes in France and Europe.  Specifications of the supercomputer:  *  All of the computing nodes consist of 9 Sequana cells and are equipped with the latest generation of Intel Xeon Skylake-EP processors and Intel Xeon Phi KNL manycore processors for a total of over 124,700 cores; * The peak computing power is in the range of 8.9 petaflops (6.86 petaflops in x86_64 technology and 2.08 petaflops in accelerator technology); * The distributed memory capacity is in the range of 400 Tb; * The patented direct l...

Samsung India has announced the launch of Samsung Galaxy J7 Max and Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro. The duo is the latest addition to Samsung’s smartphone J series and now comes with features like the revolutionary Samsung Pay and all-new Social Camera with f1.7 lens. Sumit Walia, Director, Mobile Business, Samsung India, said, “Samsung J series holds leadership position in the mass-mid segment smartphone market and continues to witness a healthy demand from Indian customers. At Samsung, we listen to our consumers and bring out meaningful innovations that help enhance people’s lives. Considering the increasing market demand in the mid segment, we have launched two new models, Galaxy J7 Max and Galaxy J7 Pro. The superior specifications along with disruptive innovations of Samsung Pay and Social Camera on these devices will further consolidate our leadership position.” Both the smartphones sport a 13MP front camera with an f1.9 lens and back camera (flat back in Galaxy J7 Pro) with an f1....

RCOM’s India Enterprise Business unit took the honors at the Frost & Sullivan India Digital Transformation Award 2017 for its pioneering SIP Trunking service in the ‘New Products and Services’ category. “It is indeed a great honor to be acknowledged for product innovation and services. IP Voice is dramatically changing the contours of voice communications and enterprises are looking at newer ways of minimizing Capex, while seeking better return on investment. Reliance SIP Trunk is one of early game-changers in the transformative journey towards the IP voice ecosystem,” said Bill Barney, Co-CEO, Reliance Communications, and Chairman and CEO of Global Cloud Xchange. Launched in 2016 by RCOM’s India Enterprise Business, Reliance SIP Trunk is India’s first Enterprise SIP Trunking service to be powered by the IP Multimedia System (IMS). It is a highly scalable IP voice service designed for enterprise use for internal as well as external communications. Unlike traditional tel...

A high level meeting was organised in the national capital to understand on how to achieve a US $1 trillion digital economy within four years by creating affordable technology and an inclusive environment. Besides the Union Minister of Law and Justice of India, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad and Union Minister of State, Ministry of Law and Justice, Shri P P Choudhary, the meeting on building India's digital economy saw the presence of Indian technology giants and leaders.  There were industry experts like R Chandrashekhar President – Nasscom; Rajan Anandan, VP & Managing Director - Google India; Rishad Premji, Chief Strategy Officer – Wipro; C P Gurnani, MD and CEO- Tech Mahindra; A P Hota, Managing Director & CEO of National Payments Corporation of India; Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman & Co-Founder - NIIT Group, Subho Ray, President - Internet and Mobile Association of India and Kavin Bharti Mittal, CEO - Hike Messenger, among others. The minister spoke on how the go...

Mytrah Energy has announced its full-year results for the year ended 31 December, 2016. The company reported full year revenues of US$362.23 million, an increase of 385% over the last year’s revenue of US$74.72 million. The company reached 1 GW of wind power generation capacity by adding 417 MW wind projects in just one year.  Mytrah Energy entered into power purchase agreements for 140 MW of solar power capacity, bringing the total to 422 MW AC in Telangana, Punjab and Karnataka and moved its new solar business into the construction phase by initiating the construction of solar projects in Telangana and Punjab and has secured close-to $1 billion of financing during the year.  Ravi Kailas, Chairman, Mytrah, said, "The results clearly reflect the growth Mytrah has seen in a span of six years. In 2016, we commissioned more wind capacity than ever before, underlining both the capability of our team and the depth of our pipeline. This additional capacity helped drive o...

Belkin will be launching a month-long campaign, #LiveBelkin. This campaign will go live across 11 countries (Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, India, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam) from 19 June – 17 July, 2017. Participants are required to post their photo entry on either Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Three weekly winners from India will be chosen based on their creativity. They will win CEA award-winning Valet Charger Power Pack worth Rs.7,000. All national winners will enter the grand finale to compete with winners from other 10 countries. The participants will have to garner support from their social network and will stand a chance to win based on the aesthetics of their photos featuring Belkin products. The top three most-voted photos will win the iPhone – Red edition, Samsung Galaxy S8 and Apple Watch Series 2. All prizes will be accompanied by complementing Belkin accessories that will enable winners to stay charged, save time and make...

Alcatel has introduced the A3 10’’ tablet for Rs.9,999 in India. The A3 10 is a 4G LTE- supported device and will be now available exclusively at Flipkart from 15th June. Praveen Valecha, Regional Director, Alcatel India, said, “The new A310 was designed to provide our users with a complete immersive experience. The tablet comes with an array of features that are unprecedented at this price and shall change the shape of this segment entirely.” Bipul Kumar, Category Head, Flipkart, added, "The new tablet from Alcatel looks like a potential game-changer. We have had fruitful association with Alcatel in the past, with their innovative products and our wide reach making it an ideal partnership. I believe the new A3 10 is a fantastic offering for our consumers." Read More

Huawei has announced its partnership with Jaunt, the leader in cinematic virtual reality experiences to provide high-quality VR content and technology for its upcoming device Honor 8 Pro.  Honor 8 Pro, which is scheduled to be launched, comes with a cardboard viewer and the pre-installed Jaunt VR app containing a wealth of video content that makes virtual reality accessible anytime. It enhances the VR experience by harnessing the powerful computing capability of the Kirin 960 chipset and the high precision sensor allowing for more accurate head-tracking.  Conveying his thoughts on the partnership, Allen Wang, Director, Product Center, Huawei India Consumer Business Group said, “We aim to innovate and provide premium quality products based on customer needs. We believe that our partnerships will help us bring in more innovation and customization and hope to explore our possibilities further.” Read More

Intex Technologies has announced the launch of its new 4G VoLTE smartphone Intex ELYT e7. The 4G VoLTE smartphone comes with an elegant sleek look with a 2.5D curved glass with 3 GB RAM, fingerprint sensor, Android Nougat and big battery. All these high-tech features in one smartphone is exclusively available on amazon.in at a competitive price of Rs 7,999. The 4G-enabled Elyt e7 comes with 5.2-inch HD IPS display supported with 1.25 GHz and 64-bit Quad Core Mediatek processor, ensuring smooth performance while playing high end games or watching videos and multitasking. The smartphone is equipped with latest biometric security fingerprint sensor at the back panel. The scanner will scan and verify authority, making the smartphone completely secure. The smartphone runs on the latest Android 7.0 OS Nougat. Commenting on the launch of ELYT e7, Nidhi Markanday, Director & Business Head, Intex Technologies said, “With ELYT e7, Intex has unveiled its latest tech marvel for year...