VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Wipro have signed a new global go-to-market agreement to provide joint customers with on-premises IT infrastructure at flexible consumption-based pricing. This collaboration will leverage HPE’s Flexible Capacity and Wipro’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service offerings to address the increasing customer demand for consumption-based IT.  IT organizations are under pressure not only to ensure that day-to-day operations run smoothly, but also to deliver new applications, processes and services that allow businesses to innovate. Some enterprises have turned to the public cloud to fulfil these new demands, attracted by the IT-as-a-Service model that allows customers to pay as they go only for the technology resources that they use. While some workloads may be right for the public cloud, others – which may require higher security, compliance and service levels – are best kept on-premises. Through the new HPE and Wipro partnership, customers can take a...

Union urban development secretary Rajiv Gauba will be the next home secretary of the country. The appointments committee of the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday cleared his appointment. Gauba, a 1982-batch Jharkhand cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, will take over on August 30 when the current home secretary, Rajiv Mehrishi, superannuates after a fixed tenure of two years.... Read More

The state government of Kerala has signed an MoU with the India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) to attract high-value investments from South-East Asia and also offer unprecedented access to lucrative markets in that region, known as Asia’s tech hub. This will give a major fillip to the state’s information technology and electronics sector.  The Secretary to Government of Kerala for Electronics and Information Technology, Shri M. Sivasankar IAS, and IESA President Shri M.N. Vidyashankar signed the MoU at the state Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram in the presence of Chief Minister of Kerala Shri Pinarayi Vijayan.  Under the agreement, Kerala will partner with IESA – the country’s premier industry body for electronics, semiconductor and embedded systems – to set up a liaison agency in Taiwan to promote the investment potential of the state’s electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM) sector.  In addition to the host nation, the other t...

MSME (Micro small and medium enterprises) share a major presence in the Indian economy with a contribution of 37.54% to its GDP. Also, it has been continuing to maintain a strong foothold in the market contributing to nation building. The role of MSME role is very crucial with regard to job creation, employment generation, increase in income of people and the overall economic growth.  The Ministry of MSME with a total budget of Rs. 85.705Cr, including Government of India’s contribution of Rs. 58.105Cr during 2017- 18 to 2019-20 has decided to implement Digital MSME scheme for promotion of information communication technology in the MSME sector. Through this the government envisions to make MSME digital, and plan to promote ICT in MSME industry along with the implementation of the scheme.  The GST regime holds an enormous opportunity for various sectors of the economy and is expected to herald a new era of indirect tax regime. By replacing various indirect taxes, GS...

Ziox Mobiles, under the aegis of Sun Airvoice, is extending its Astra series with the launch of “Astra Titan 4G Smartphone”. The phone comes with a bright HD IPS display and 2.5D curved glass at a price of Rs.6,599/-. Astra Titan is Fingerprint Scanner enabled. Apps can also be protected with Fingerprint App Lock feature and you can unlock your world just with a touch. If this is not enough, you can unlock your phone securely with just a look, as this smartphone has turned smarter with the Facial recognition feature. Do a lot more with just your fingertip like Switch your music, click picture, answer calls, control recorder and alarm – all with a touch on fingerprint sensor.... Read More

BookMyShow has partnered with ClearTax to enable and empower its valued partners to make a seamless transition to the new GST regime. ClearTax will offer 360-degree support to BookMyShow’s partners with its bouquet of services, including its bespoke ClearTax GST software solution.  A dedicated ClearTax GST helpline handled by trained experts has been set up to provide GST-related information and clarify doubts. ClearTax will also help BookMyShow partners with convenient registration services, simplified filing and reconciling tax returns in accordance with the upcoming GST rollout, and assist them to become GST-compliant through its dedicated managed services. ClearTax will also educate BookMyShow’s partners, including cinemas and event organizers, and help them get introduced to GST, its impact on the overall business and offerings to them.... Read More

In collaboration with Microsoft, Excellon Software has announced its Exact GSP solution that will help ensure compliance for enterprise businesses to the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The Exact GSP Solution is a government-mandated GST Suvidha provider that ensures smooth and easy transition to the new GST tax. The Exact GSP solution is a cloud-based solution, hosted on Microsoft Azure and offers a one-stop GST automation and compliance platform with a comprehensive set of support services.  The Exact GSP solution creates an interface with the company’s existing OEM ERP and helps streamline processes such as registration, tax payment, returns filing and other information exchange with the core GST system. The major benefits for any company on EXACT are minimum time and effort for tax filing, easy uploading of invoice data, matching of its purchase data and most importantly getting a single-stop shop for all GST-related services. Running on Microsoft Azure, the Exact GSP sol...

Reliance Jio Infocomm has launched the Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1) submarine cable system. AAE-1, the longest 100Gbps technology-based submarine system will stretch over 25,000 km from Marseille, France to Hong Kong, with 21 cable landings across Asia and Europe. This large scale project is the combined work of leading telecom service providers from Europe, the Middle East and Asia. With diversified Points of Presence (PoP) in Asia (Hong Kong and Singapore) and three onward connectivity options in Europe (via France, Italy and Greece), AAE-1 will provide the requisite flexibility and diversity for carriers and their customers.  AAE-1 will pass through the critical hubs, serving the increasing demand for video-centric data bandwidth supporting all types of communications, applications, and content within India and beyond. AAE-1 links seamlessly with other cable systems and fiber networks to deliver direct access to all global markets.... Read More

Transsion Holdings has signed a joint venture agreement with Spice Mobility to strengthen its foothold in the mobile market. The joint venture (JV) was inked in the presence of Lin Qin, Vice-President, Transsion Holdings and Dilip Modi, Executive Chairman, Spice Mobility.  The company marks the entry of its new brand in India, reinforcing its commitment to the India market, with an enhanced portfolio. This partnership aims to revitalize the ‘Spice brand’ by cross leveraging both organisations’ strengths to offer a simple and rich digital experience to the young generation of India. Spice Brand has unveiled its new brand identity and philosophy – “Make Sharing Better” with Spice. Spice Brand will enable the users’ to create and nurture the social connections by sharing content that is enjoyable for them. The new Spice is all about enhancing the experience of joyful, carefree, energetic youth population who believe in sharing moments and individuality. In this connected world...

Gaurav Agarwal who used to work as the Director, Operations & Sales, Public Sector – CISCO Systems. The Government and Service Provider (Telco) verticals are among the top drivers of revenue growth for Cisco as it looks to net revenue targets of $2 billion in FY 2018 and $5 billion in FY 2020. Gaurav brings a highest level of experience inoperations and Sales in all Central and State Govt Business for Cisco for India. Lead a team of 50 Sales and Tech Sales People as a Second Line Manager to achieve objectives of a 130 M USD plus business with Govt of India.... Read More

Lava International announced its entry into the notebook segment with the launch of Helium 14. The Notebook, Helium 14, for which the company has collaborated with Microsoft and Intel, is designed to offer productive, simplified and user-friendly experience. Created to meet the needs of small business, Gen-Y, Lava Helium 14 has been launched online exclusively on Flipkart and will soon be available at select retail stores and other multi-brand outlets across Delhi NCR, Coimbatore, Hyderabad and Bangalore from the first week of July in its first phase of launch. Lava Helium 14 is priced at Rs 14,999. Commenting on the launch, Gaurav Nigam, Product Head, Lava International said, “The launch of Helium 14 is an important milestone in the journey of Lava as a major Indian smartphone brand. It reiterates our commitment to continued innovation and is a testimony to the fact that we understand consumer needs. It is a handy device for smart business owners, young professionals a...

The Retailers’ Association of India (RAI) has collaborated with Reliance JIO-GST for introducing a GST-compliance solution for implementation of GST by retailers. Reliance JIO is one of the GST Suvidha Providers (GSPs) and JIO-GST solution will assist retailers to maintain records, file GST returns and comply with the provisions of GST law. “GST is a giant step forward for India to create uniformity of taxes across the country. We know that its implementation is a complex process and all of us, in the industry, have to play our part for successful implementation of the Act. We, at RAI, believe that this welcome change has to be supported with an easy technological access for compliance. We are sure that JioGST will be able to support millions of retailers across the country to ensure hassle- free compliance,” said Kumar Rajagopalan, Chief Executive Officer, RAI..... Read More

Fortinet has announced an expanded technology alliance with Microsoft through its Fabric Ready Partner Program and new integrations for cloud security services. Microsoft has joined the Fortinet Fabric Ready Partner Program, further integrating Fortinet Security Fabric threat information, intrusion prevention, and management capabilities into Microsoft Azure Security Center (ASC) to better protect cloud workloads. FortiWeb virtualized Web Application Firewalls (WAF) are now available on Azure Security Center for multi-layered application threat protection. FortiGate Enterprise Firewalls are now available on-demand in the Azure Marketplace.  Through the expansion of the Fortinet and Microsoft technology alliance, enterprise customers benefit from integrated cybersecurity that can share intelligence in real time and ensure automated protection across on-premises and cloud workloads. As a Fabric-Ready Partner, Microsoft Azure customers benefit from the broad and automated capa...

Amazon.in has announced the setting up of 16 “GST Cafes” across 11 cities to help sellers understand the nuances of GST and transition seamlessly through the entire process and these cafés, available from June 26, 2017 will be available for a duration of two weeks to train and empower sellers on the implications of the new GST tax. These support centres, which are being set up at various Amazon Service Provider and Amazon partner sites across the country, will help sellers address their queries on GST compliance and stay relevant for the upcoming GST regime.  Under this program, sellers will be able to walk into the cafe and get training and guidance from trained resources and experts for navigating their accounts and getting their queries resolved. The “GST Cafes” in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore will specifically have an experienced Charted Accountant to assist sellers in updating their GSTIN on Seller Central and get GST related concerns resolved on the spot. The cafés...

Finova Capital has been aggressively augmenting its senior leadership positions. In the same effect, the MSME lender has announced on-boarding two veterans in the field of Banking & Finance, Rahul Sahney and Anurag Agrawal. While Rahul Sahney has joined the team as the Chief Operation Officer, Anurag Agrawal will be heading Credit & Operations at Finova Capital.  Rahul Sahney has rich experience of over 13 years in the Financial Services industry. In his previous undertaking, Rahul was associated with institutes like Axis bank, Reliance Consumer Finance, AU Financiers, and the Standard Chartered Bank. Rahul is credited with scaling up construction finance business in AU financiers.  Mohit Sahney, MD & CEO, Finova Capital, said, “I am excited to announce that Rahul Sahney, previously associated with Axis Bank and Reliance Consumer Finance, etc, will be joining Finova Capital as the COO. He brings on board an enriching industry experience and hands-on kno...

A proposal presented by the COAI carrying the vision of Connecting Rural India with High-Speed Mobile Broadband has been approved by the WP-5D of the ITU. In a boost for rural connectivity, the COAI initiative will ensure that the 5G system will now satisfy the Indian rural requirements. At the recently concluded meeting of the ITU-R terrestrial radio systems (WP5D) in Canada, the Indian delegation consisting of members from the Telecom Engineering Center (TEC), the Research Wing of DoT, COAI, TSDSI, industry and academia championed the mandatory evaluation of a configuration called Low Mobility Large Cell (LMLC). This configuration is specifically designed with rural India in mind, and is likely to become a game changer. In the 2017 Annual Budget, Shri Arun Jaitley, the Hon. Finance Minister of India, propagated the extension of high-speed internet connectivity to 1,50,000 villages across the nation.... Read More

Vodafone India has partnered with HMD Global for their newly-launched Nokia Android smartphones. Vodafone has invited all customers buying the recently launched a range of smartphones – Nokia 6, Nokia 5, and Nokia 3 to experience its Data strong network with its exciting offers.  Customers buying Nokia 5 and Nokia 3 smartphones will enjoy 5GB data (4GB additional data) on a purchase of 1GB Data for 3 months (or 3 recharges, whichever comes first) for just Rs.142. In addition, all customers buying Nokia 6 smartphones (available exclusively on Amazon) will enjoy 10GB data (9GB additional data) on purchase of 1GB data for 3 months, at just Rs.251. Vodafone postpaid customers can also avail a total of 5GB/10GB of 4G or 3G data per month for 3 consecutive billing cycles if they have a minimum of 1GB pack activated on their monthly rental .... Read More

Greater Visakhapatnam Smart City Corporation Limited (GVSCCL) has announced a three-year partnership with IL&FS Education and Technology Services to provide holistic education solutions including hardware, software, training and certification to schools in the city of Visakhapatnam. To start with, 31 schools are being enabled with this solution. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the India Foundation Day for Smart Cities Mission held in Visakhapatnam.  Google’s education offering enables students to learn using open web technologies including apps and interactive content. The future classroom lab setup blends the needs of a digital classroom through the use of K-Yan, an integrated computer projector and personalized learning through the use of Chromebooks for each student. Under the partnership, the schools will be provided Chromebooks with GSuite for Education. The content on the Chromebooks will be available in both English and Telugu. The devices come with...

HCL Infosystems has entered into a strategic partnership with Parablu. Under the partnership, HCL Infosystems will offer Parablu’s products and solutions, including BluVault that protects on-premise data by backing it up to the Cloud. This technology enables enterprises to store business assets in the cloud while maintaining privacy, security and confidentiality of data.  This partnership is in line with HCL Infosystems’ focus on the Enterprise space and strengthening competencies in digital technologies such as Cloud, IoT and Analytics, to help its clients attain competitive advantage in today’s dynamic business landscape. BluVault lets enterprises maximize utilization of their Microsoft OneDrive for Business subscriptions while providing complete scalability across geographies and locations. BluVault, offers a great defence against ransomware and other malicious attacks. BluVault works in tandem with Parablu’s Privacy Gateway solution - BluKrypt - which fully obfuscates t...

Lenovo has started rolling out the Android 7.0 (Nougat) software update to its popular K6 Power and K6 Note. Both K6 Power and K6 Note provide blazing-fast speeds made possible by Qualcomm Snapdragon Octa-core processor, 4G LTE connectivity and comes with a vibrant Full HD display. Along with Flipkart, K6 Power is now available in the leading retail outlets now at Rs.9,999 for the 3GB variant and Rs.10,999 for the 4GB variant. Lenovo K6 Note is available across the leading retail stores at Rs.13,999. K6 Power features a 12.7cm (5) Full High-Definition display with the 441 ppi resolution and Dolby Atmos sound delivered via stereo speakers. Whereas the Lenovo K6 Note, offers a refined entertainment ecosystem with advanced Theatermax providing an enhanced stellar immersive audio-visual experience, a long battery life, and a 13.97cm (5.5”) Full HD display. Combination of Full HD display and refined audio output makes the K6 Power and K6 Note the undisputed multimedia superstar, del...