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Featuring IPS and Zero Air Gap technologies that provide a sharp display with enhanced clarity and Increasing use of the internet coupled with the proliferation of the web applications has increased the demand for tablet PCs in the country. To address this growing demand, Acer India has unveiled their new 20.32cm (8-inch) ICONIA W4 tablet for the Indian consumers. Brightness, the Iconia W4 is also equipped with Windows 8.1 and the fourth-Generation Intel Atom processor that offers faster tablet performance as well as battery life up to 10 hours for web browsing and up to 8 hours for video playback. Compact enough to hold in one hand yet spacious enough for comfortable viewing, the Iconia W4 brings mobile productivity and media consumption to the next level. Weighing only 415 grams and measuring 10.75mm (0.42 inches) thin, the ICONIA W4 is slim and lightweight, making it the perfect portable companion. "Modern consumers want an all-pervasive computing experi...

With an aim to  help the existing 2G users to upgrade to 3G technology,  LAVA International has launched its Lava 3G 402+ Android smartphone with enhanced performance backed by significant hardware and software upgrades. This upgrade to the phone is designed to bring the fastest internet access to the masses. Lava 3G 402+ smartphone is powered by a fast 1.2GHz dual-core processor along with 512MB of RAM, an upgrade from 256MB in 3G 402 along with a 4GB ROM increased from 512MB. It features a 3-mega pixel camera and a VGA front camera for video calling. The phone runs on Android v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system and comes with a 10.2cm (4.0 inch) WVGA screen. It is packed with a large Li-Ion battery with 1500 mAh capacity for extended battery backup on 3G usage. It has GPS/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connectivity options. The smartphone's intuitive applications such as "Shake to Connect” or "Keyboard Magnifier", promise to make the user's experience...

Kingston has announced a version of its SSDNow KC300 that allows corporations and organizations the ability to manage the drive. The custom Kingston KC300 SSD is compliant with the Opal specification of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). The TCG Opal 1.0 compliant KC300 is developed  for companies implementing centralized management software to manage security policies, password recovery, compliance logging, automatic updates and user creation/deletion. The self-encrypting drive provides organizations with strong, easy-to-use and high performance built-in security. The custom KC300 SSD is designed to work with popular enterprise management applications including WinMagic SecureDoc, Wave Embassy and McAfee Endpoint Encryption for PC (EEPC). “As SSDs become more common in businesses and organizations, many of our enterprise customers are now looking into managing these drives in the workforce. We are proud to offer a version of our top-selling KC3...

BenQ has announced the official launch of their Eye Care Series of monitors. BenQ has introduced its EW40 series MHL monitors: the 24” EW2440 and the 27” EW2740 with Low Blue Light and Flicker Free Technologies. With this launch, BenQ has eliminated flicker from their monitors and has included different modes which cut glare and significantly reduce blue LED light emissions which have shown to be detrimental to the eye.   The key feature of the new EW series monitors is the MHL connection, which ensures streaming of digital content from any MHL-equipped Android smart device. This allows users to browse websites, watch videos, play games and review documents on a full 24” or 27” screen without the need of a personal computer or laptop. These new monitors are free of flickering backlight regardless of brightness levels, effectively relieving eye fatigue and headaches. ...

Nokia has introduced its first 6-inch Lumia smartphone - Nokia Lumia 1520 - in India. The Nokia Lumia 1520 comes with a 1080p Full HD screen, a 20MP PureView camera with optical image stabilization, oversampling technology and zooming capabilities, enabling people to easily capture and edit high-quality pictures and tell better stories. The Nokia Lumia 1520 brings personal stories to life with Nokia's new Nokia Storyteller and Nokia Camera. The bigger screen also makes it easy-to-use Microsoft Office on the go. P. Balaji, Managing Director, Nokia India, said, "With the Nokia Lumia 1520, the first 6-inch Lumia smartphone, we are significantly expanding our Lumia portfolio applying our industry leading design. With our latest imaging innovations and the best from Microsoft brought to a new form-factor, we are helping people to capture the world around them and do more on the go." Nokia Lumia 1520 comes with a 20MP PureView camera with op...

Most Trusted Company for the year 2013 in the Category of Spreading LTE : Alcatel Lucent

Most Trusted Company for the year 2013 in the Category of Network Infrastructure & Enterprise Application : AGC Networks

Most Trusted Company for the year 2013 in the Category of Wireless & Networking Solutions : Allied Telesis

Most Trusted Company for the year 2013 in the Category of Pre-boot application, Storage and Mobility : American Megatrends India

BenQ has announced the official launch of their Eye Care Series of monitors. BenQ has introduced its EW40 series MHL monitors: the 24” EW2440 and the 27” EW2740 with Low Blue Light and Flicker Free Technologies. With this launch, BenQ has eliminated flicker from their monitors and has included different modes which cut glare and significantly reduce blue LED light emissions which have shown to be detrimental to the eye.   The key feature of the new EW series monitors is the MHL connection, which ensures streaming of digital content from any MHL-equipped Android smart device. This allows users to browse websites, watch videos, play games and review documents on a full 24” or 27” screen without the need of a personal computer or laptop. These new monitors are free of flickering backlight regardless of brightness levels, effectively relieving eye fatigue and headaches. ...

Cynthia Gokhale Marketing Head, Zicom  Take the name of Zicom and Electronic Security comes easily flashing to the mind. Incorporated in 1994, Zicom is a pioneer and leader in this field in India. The company has also several milestones to its name that includes many of the partnerships and alliances it has forged to bring out many innovations in the market. In 1996, the company installed the Country’s First Central Monitoring Station and also became the first company to indigenously manufacture Access Controller and Fire Alarm Panel with Inhouse Software Capabilities. Zicom later expanded the 24x7 Online Alerts Network to other cities and, in 2000, the company forged a tie-up with Motorola and Schlumberger for Smart Card Business. It took the first step in the overseas market by setting up a joint venture in UAE to cater to the Gulf market. In 2007, it acquired UNISAFE Fire Protection Speci...

Lenovo has introduced ThinkPad S1 Yoga , an industry-leading convertible Ultrabook, and a new range of ThinkPad Ultrabooks, all of them powered by Intel’s fourth-generation “Haswell” Core processors. In addition to ThinkPad S1 Yoga, this range includes Lenovo ThinkPad T440, Lenovo ThinkPad T440s and Lenovo ThinkPad X240s Ultrabook, all focussed on the enterprise segment in India. This new range promises superior performance, and better mobility coupled with the legendary reliability and durability of ThinkPads. Rahul Agarwal, Executive Director, Commercial Business Segment, Lenovo India , said, “ThinkPads are known for their reliability and pioneering innovation, and over the years the Think range of products have come to be highly revered by enterprise users. The new models of Ultrabooks meet and exceed the requirements of today’s workforce that needs portable, yet powerful computing devices. As we continue to grow in this PC+ era, multimedia dev...

ASUS has announced availability of the Transformer Book Trio, which is a new breed of ultraportable device with a two-part dockable design that can be used by one person as a laptop, or by two people as a separate tablet and desktop PC. With the ability to switch between Windows 8 and Android at the press of a button, Transformer Book Trio offers unmatched three-in-one flexibility for users who want the best of all mobile worlds. "Our 'Design Thinking' starts with people and extends beyond product design and development; illustrating the passion for the incredible in all aspects of our endeavours. Bringing you the 3-in-1 brilliance, ASUS Transformer Book Trio will further redefine the limits of our brand promise and will assist you further with ultimate user experience. With this 11.6-inch unique ultraportable device, users will encounter with the best of technological excellence as it combines a detachable Android tablet with a k...

With an aim to cater to the needs of youth population of India, Spice Retail Limited has launched the "Smart Flo Mettle 5X- Mi 504" smartphone . Two more models in the Mettle series  the Mettle 4X and Mettle 3.5X  will be launched later this month. This dual-SIM (2G+2G) smartphone runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1.3GHz Dual-Core Processor. Mettle 5X has a 4GB ROM and 512MB RAM which is expandable up to 32GB through a micro SD card. The 1800mAh battery gives a talk-time of more than 4 hours and up to 150 hours standby. T. M. Ramakrishnan, CEO  Devices, Spice Retail Ltd , said, "Smart Flo Mettle 5X provides an ideal choice for urban youth and customers who are looking to up their style quotient. This product series has been conceptualised following a deep understanding of consumers’ need for premium look even in the middle/affordable range. This latest offering by Spice is a perfect amalgamation of functionality, styl...

Dell(NASDAQ:DELL) has launched the thinnest and lightest 15-inch true mobile workstation, the Dell Precision M3800 , adding to its family of powerful mobile workstations. Merging beautiful design in an ultra-thin form-factor with workstation-class performance, Dell has delivered an uncompromising system for digital content creators and engineers looking for portability, power and stylish design to match their image and environment. At just 18 mm in thickness and starting at 1.88 kg, dual-cooling to allow maximum performance at all times, and up to 10 hours and six minutes² of battery life with NVIDIA Optimus technology that maximizes battery life for extended productivity, the M3800 enables editing video at a shoot, presenting CAD ideas to customers in style or rendering 3D animation and modelling on the road. The M3800 is equipped with the NVIDIA Quadro K1100M GPU with 2GB of GDDR5 dedicated memory, for a rich visual experience with graphic-in...

Avinash Vashistha Avinash Vashistha is Chairman and Geography Managing Director for Accenture in India. Before joining Accenture in January 2011, Avinash was chairman and CEO of Tholons. Earlier in his career, he founded neoIT, an offshore advisory firm, and prior to that, led Nortel’s pioneering outsourcing efforts in India, UK and US. He started his career with AT&T Bell Labs, USA, is a known thought leader in the industry and co-authored the book “The Offshore Nation”. Avinash is also an Executive Council member of NASSCOM. Avinash holds an engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, a master’s in Computer Science from the University of Alberta and an MBA from Arizona.

R K Upadhyay Rakesh Kumar Upadhyay joined BSNL as Chairman and MD on 30th April 2011. His career began in DOT in 1975 after his selection by UPSC for Indian Telecom Service. In dot, he gained experience in areas of planning, installation and commissioning, commercial administration and operations. In October 1996, he proceeded on deputation to TCIL, where he remained till august 1999. During his deputation, he successfully worked as Project Director in the foreign projects at Sana and as GM in Yemen. He took over the charge of Director (Projects), TCIL in November 2005 and was subsequently selected as Chairman and MD of TCIL. He remained at the helms of TCIL from March 2007 to April 2011. He has to his credit the turning around of TCIL as its CMD.

Kingston Technology has announced the launch of its new Solid-State Drive, the SSDNow UV100 for India, in two variants - 60GB and 120GB. Kingston introduces the new SSDs for business class users who need better computing and which fits their budget. This SSD is cost-effective and improves performance of the system by providing a 10x overall system boost when working with multiple applications simultaneously. Kingston’s SSDNow UV100 solid-state drive (SSD) is a high-performance replacement for the hard drives, by dramatically improving the responsiveness of the system. The company introduces this new high-speed memory product with a competitive pricing to cater to the growing needs of the Indian market. With the UV100 SSD, users can easily upgrade their PCs at a much lower cost without having to spend on buying a whole new system. Not only does this product save time when migrating data to a new system but also helps in reducing the amount of e-wa...

HTC has announced the launch of 5.9” smartphone - HTC One max . The phone is enhanced with features such as fingerprint Scan, BlinkFeed, Zoe and BoomSound combined with the new HTC Sense 5.5. The addition of the HTC One max means that we now have an HTC One phone for everyone. The family has been built on quality and game-changing innovations and the HTC One max is certainly no exception. The upgrade to HTC Sense 5.5 will provide our most amazing mobile experience yet, with the HTC One max delivering the size and power required to do everything you want, and more, without compromise, said Faisal Siddiqui, Country Head, HTC India . The HTC One max also features full HD1080p display, 2.1MP front-facing camera and quad-core 1.7 GHz CPU enabling jaw-dropping performance, ultra-vivid videos and booming sound. The 16GB or 32GB onboard memory can be expanded with the microSD card slot. Additionally, 50GB of additional free Google Drive online stor...

Vivek Chandel Executive Director - Marketing Xerox India Today Xerox India is at the forefront of redefining Business Process & Document Management across businesses – from SMBs to large global enterprises. Recently, Xerox transformed itself into a Services-led technology- driven company, i.e. from being a leader in the printer and photocopier technology to a leader in business processes and IT outsourcing. The strategy is working well for the company and today more than half of the Xerox global revenue comes from its services businesses. The company’s innovation and well-known services make it a cut above the rest. Unique Quotient World’s leading enterprise for Business Process & Document Management, Xerox has the most comprehensive product portfolio ranging from desktop printers and multifunctional devices for SME and enterprises to high-end digital presses Graphic Communications ind...

Raghavendra Prakash S GM & Business Head Wipro Systems & Technology When it comes to making its presence vigorously felt in an industry, Wipro, a progressive global IT player of Indian origin, is the name that comes to mind. Wipro and the emergence of India as an economic powerhouse in the 21st century are as identical as the Siamese twins. The company has scaled many new heights and explored uncharted territories since its inception.  It can be said with certainty that over the past three decades Wipro has emerged in the IT firmament as an organization which has the potential of enabling IT transformation, Solutions & Services and also setting up reliable IT infrastructure for the customers. Unique Quotient Wipro as an organization has great brand salience. Its emergence as a powerful brand is the result of the efforts of its customers, employees, business partners and the soc...

Seagate Technology(NASDAQ:STX) has announced that its Samsung HDD division is shipping the new 2.5-inch 2TB hard drive, Spinpoint M9T . Offered in capacities of 1.5TB and 2TB, the Spinpoint M9T mobile drive can provide OEMs, channel system integrators and consumers a high-capacity storage solution ideal for external storage, notebook integration and upgrades, desktop, and gaming system applications. Dave Frankovich, Senior Product Line Manager, Samsung HDD , said, The M9T combines the highest areal density shipping in a single storage device with an innovative design that fits into mainstream notebook applications. While other 2TB are solutions on the market are 15mm thick, the vast majority of mobile devices are designed to use a 9.5mm drive. With the M9T, those devices can now have 2TB of storage, enabling a richer computing experience. Samsung HDD with the new Spinpoint M9T continues to lead the effort in aerial density in a small form factor ...

Kobian has announced the launch of Mercury 3G Mifi Router with inbuilt power bank. Using this mobile Wi-Fi router, users can create instant Wi-Fi hotspot by inserting a 3G SIM card. It will also support connectivity through 3G dongle or LAN wire. Packed with internal 3000mAh battery, this pocket-sized router is designed for people on the move. Users can work or play for up to 10-long hours or even use to charge other smart phones. With the multifunction features, 3G mobile router with power bank supports micro SD card up to 32GB storage and can also be used as USB memory stick. Sushmita Das, Country Manager  India, Kobian Pte Ltd , said, We always try to design and build intelligent products which can be used for more than one purpose. One such device is the Mercury 3G mobile router with inbuilt power bank. It acts as a router in connecting close-to 10 devices instantly to the internet and also acts as a power bank to the mobile device. We...

Khwaja Saifuddin, WD’s Sr. Sales director for South Asia, Middle East and Africa    Unique Quotient WD Corp. (WD) is a global provider of products and services that empower people to create, manage, experience and preserve digital content. WD has made a positive connection with the people around with its quality and range of its products. WD has consistently brought the world’s most advanced and innovative products in storage technology to its customers. It has a global user-base and also attracts and employs world-class employees. The brand opens doors for them when developing business partnerships and also affords them a level of trust when dealing with communities around the world. Competitive Advantage Achieving stable, continuous growth is only possible when one is able to consistently offer products and solutions that are relevant to the global ma...