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The Canvas 5 by Micromax has successfully been the most powerful smartphone launched this year, and an “All-Rounder” in Micromax’s diverse portfolio. The fifth iteration of its Canvas flagship smartphone comes with 4G LTE, reaffirming the company’s growing focus on its 4G devices for the Indian market. Moreover, the Canvas 5 has specifically focussed on powerful performance and its sleek and stylishdesign. It is powered by 1.3 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 processor with 3GB RAM, allowing users to multitask effectively. One can quickly navigate through various functions and apps, without any lags. This allows effective, smooth and powerful performance. Building on its multitasking features in the Canvas series, the Canvas 5 has the added Video Pop-Out feature which allows users to “pop-out” the video from the video player in a separate window, and move it around. To top it all, the smartphone comes with theSmart Wake Gestures which are primarily designed for convenience and qu...

While his visit to Hyderabad, Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft, has promised to open a Centre of Excellence in Visakhapatnam and also vowed to work with the Telangana government’s start-up incubator T-Hub.As per the news source, Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh government for deployment and use of information and communications technologies. This will help the company to offer better services to the citizens.... See More

Cyber Security market currently at $1 billion, is expected to grow to $35 billion by 2025. The demand for skilled professionals in the space is very high. To create a trained talent pool of Cyber Security professionals in India , PwC India and NIIT University (NU) have entered into a strategic partnership. Towards this end, academic experts from NU and senior professionals from PwC India have co-created a two-year work-integrated specialized Master’s Programme in Cyber Security. Rajendra S. Pawar, Chairman, NIIT Group and Founder – NU, said, “ Technology has changed the way businesses are run and has brought along with it unique challenges and threats. In today’s digitized environment securing our cyber space has become a priority for businesses and citizens across the world. This calls for a team of trained professionals who are equipped to combat the challenges that are posed by hackers every day. Our partnership with PwC India is a step in that direction.” NIIT University...

Spirent Communications has unveiled the world’s first 50Gb/s higher speed Ethernet test solution, that will enable its customers to meet the growing needs of the   cloud   service provider (CSP) space. Spirent has successfully completed the industry’s first 50GbE interoperability test with a global leader in cloud services and infrastructure.... See More

Schneider Electric (SE) is seeking to leverage its Internet of Things (IoT)-driven competencies to bring about process efficiency across businesses in India. IoT is an emerging industry in India and is expected to cross $15 billion by 2020. To support this industry, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology   ( DeitY ) has come out with a draft IoT policy that aims at building an entire ecosystem around IoT and to incentivize the players in the ecosystem. Home and building, manufacturing, consumer electronics, retail,   power , transportation and healthcare are some of the key sectors which are likely to see major spendings on IoT.... See More

To mark the 83rd birthday of Dhirubhai Ambani and also to deliver hi-speed connectivity and 4G broadband services in every nook and corner of   India , RIL has launched Jio. It is a digital initiatives designed to provide high speed connectivity to its 1 lakh-plus employees and their families. The participants, all of whom where RIL and Jio’s employees hailed from varied cultural backgrounds located in diverse geographies. The motto – One India. One RIL. One Jio. One for all and all for one – resounded at the venue..... See More

Tejinder Oberoi, Founder Director, m1-Order For bricks-and-mortar stores, the steady growth of online sales is breathing new life into the physical stores of some retailers. These companies understand that as e-commerce thrives, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish an online sale from an offline one. Local retailers can use m-commerce as part of marketing strategy to interact with potential customers. Mobile commerce (m-commerce) allows consumers to make use of Smartphone to complete online transactions. With the steady increase in mobile tech developments in recent years, many local retailers have made mobile commerce, or m-commerce, a priority. Whether it’s using a tablet in a brick-and-mortar store or enabling sales through a mobile website, businesses across a wide range of industries are seeking solutions to help them adapt to a mobile-obsessed world...... See More

NIIT Technologies Limited has announced the appointment of Amit Kumar Garg as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company. He will be leading the global finance function for NIIT Technologies and takes over from Amit Roy who was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in the interim. Amit Garg brings over 20 years of extensive experience having worked as Director – Finance in Fidelity International and American Express Financial Centre in India. He started his professional career in India with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Audit & Business Advisory Services. Prior to taking up the appointment with NIIT Technologies, he was the Regional Finance Director and CFO at Intertek India, the South Asian arm of the leading international provider of quality and safety services, and served on the board of the entity.... See More

Nutanix has announced its second act in the country with the addition of Sunil Mahale as Vice-President – Business, India. Sunil will complement Namit Jain, Head of India R&D, who also announced a Center of Excellence at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. “I am excited to be a part of a disruptive story in enterprise cloud computing,”’ said Sunil Mahale. “Web-scale hyperconvergence provides an immense opportunity for computing in India to leapfrog the legacy era, no different than what the mobile revolution did, bypassing landlines,” he added. Sunil has an extensive background in scaling high-growth enterprise IT companies, with memorable tenures in world-class brands such as EMC, NetApp, and Hitachi Data Systems...... See More

At “Google for   India ”, CEO Sundar Pichai discussed about providing more access to the Internet, making Google tools work for more people, and empowering Indians to build the Internet they need. He has also announced RailTel   Wi-Fi   launch date of January 2016, an expanded Hyderabad campus, and training of two million new Android developers over the next three years that make it easier for Indian developers to build solutions to local problems. “Mobile has proven to be a great equalizer, giving access to computing to a billion more people and counting , with an idea open Internet for everyone,” Pichai laid out Google’s three-step approach   to promoting the Internet in India, and his team, many of them visiting from the U.S, talked to the concrete steps Google has taken to help solve the current challenges. First, Google aims to give people in India and other developing countries better access to the full Internet through better connectivity and high-...

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A Strong Vision for Future Cities   Lux Rao, Country Leader – HP Future Cities & CTO – Technology Services HP’s vision for Future Cities is one that is a self-sustaining ecosystem that allows efficient and effective utilization and management of resources like energy and water. HP’s vision focuses around a citizen and community centric approach that calls for open and collaborative systems allowing transparency and public access to data. Eventually, leading to citizen empowerment, effective e-governance and economic growth. HP will be focusing on: Health, Education, Citizen Services, e-governance, Security, Transportation and Utilities Infrastructure. External research as well as our experience in working with cities indicates that cities must address six areas that are very closely interrelated. These six components of a Future City form a tightly integrated whole, and all six must be considered when designing the next generation of services. They are – •...

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Shri. Rajesh Janey, President, EMC-India & SAARC at 14th Star Nite Awards 2015

Zebronics has extended its Monster sound range and this time it is the Tyson Tower Speakers. It is all thanks to the combination of “front-loaded down firing transmission line technology” and Spatial disperser that makes Tyson a longtime hit, undoubtedly the Best of Sound with audiophiles! Power packed with 40 watts RMS of power, this supersonic speaker produces sound with loudness and clarity. Its 3-inch midrange driver delivers vocals with extreme fidelity paired with 360-degree acoustic dispersion from all four sides bringing in 360 surround sound experience. Furthermore, its 4-inch built-in subwoofer with the latest technology – front-loaded down firing transmission line brings in power bass and low frequency..... See More

NetApp has announced a special offer for buyers of select NetApp all-flash systems, with a guaranteed 3X increase in enterprise database performance compared to that of traditional, non-flash disk-based systems. “Speed is now a clear differentiator for businesses of all types. Customers can add NetApp all-flash systems as a low-risk means to dramatically accelerate performance, with payback on their investment in as little as six months. Our 3X Performance Guarantee is appealing to enterprises with competitive systems coming off warranty or those doing data center consolidation to prepare for hybrid cloud,” said Lee Caswell, Vice-President, Product, Solutions and Services Marketing, NetApp..... See More

Intel Security Group (ISecG) has roped in Venkat Krishnapur as Head of Operations for its India Engineering Centre. In his new role, Venkat will lead R&D and innovation effort in India, by leading a team of over 1,000 R&D engineers as well as continue to maintain his role as Head of Consumer Engineering at ISecG India. He replaces Anand Prahlad who has moved on from Intel Security to pursue other career interests. Venkat possesses over three decades of work experience in the field of technology and has been associated with McAfee’s India Engineering Center for more than 12 years now. He joined McAfee (now Intel Security) in 2003 and since then has been at the forefront of building both Consumer and Enterprise teams. He has also been instrumental in driving innovation in Consumer and mobile security business units supporting projects and process initiatives both locally and globally. Additionally, Venkat also led the Intel Education Digital Wellness Program as...

Big Data Gaining Prominence with rise of e-Commerce Business K V Jagannath CEO & MD – Choice Solutions “Information technology is just made an enabler with Social media driving better customer engagement in all aspects of business and it has become paramount importance in B to C business which has high brand value and commercial worthiness. This has added to existing challenges which were there during conventional or traditional style of conducting business of B to B. With e-commerce getting its due importance in the corporate and among consumers, as part a consumer strategy many organization patterns are being evolved on a minute by minute basis with millions of choices and big data getting paramount importance, as every customer is looking for his share of personal interest being addressed. Only a handful of organizations with deep pockets and IT as a strategy are able to invest to ensure to meet customer needs. The next big challenge is the skill in the mark...

Creative Peripherals has rolled out its own brand “Smart” and announced its first 3G tablet – SMART SQ718 3G. This voice calling tablet is empowered with Quad Core processor and Android 4.4 with sleek and lightweight design at a very attractive price. Ketan C. Patel, CEO, Creative Peripherals, said, “We are very excited at the launch of Smart tablets. We are launching ‘Smart’ to address the young generation, who are our largest constituent of digital age today. We are very confident that Smart will impress everyone with its superior quality and innovation. Creative Peripherals has been chosen to take Smart across all key 15 tier-I and -II markets across India. The growing aspirational class of young India will find the product within their reach – geographically as well as economically!”… See MOre

Sony has unveiled its flagship Xperia Z5 and its super-flagship Xperia Z5 Premium. Both are the latest additions to the Xperia family, which gives a different camera experience with 23MP and 0.03 autofocus. The super-flagship Z5 premium redefines mobile entertainment with the world’s first 4K UHD smartphone display and 4K Ultra HD upscaling technology.... See More

Dell has announced a new, full range of security solutions that enable customers to implement a comprehensive enterprise security strategy to protect their organization from evolving threats while strengthening business agility. Dell’s approach to security is based on simplicity, efficiency and compliance connectivity that tie together the siloed aspects of IT security into a modular and integrated solution capable of sharing insights and control across the organization. It also makes security simpler, so that business users can manage the rules and policies, and end-users can easily comply. Dell delivers on this promise with new and updated offerings to the Dell Security portfolio announced today..... See More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Celkon Mobile Manufacturing unit along with three other manufacturing units by laying the foundation stone in Tirupati. Celkon Mobile Chairman and Managing Director Y. Guru had an interaction with the Prime Minister and told that they kept a target to start production from this plant within six months from now and tablet PCs are going to be the first products to be made in this facility. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Celkon Mobiles and three other brands for the initiative and Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu wished Celkon to grow its footprints in international markets too and bring laurels to the state as a homegrown Make in India and Made in Andhra brand..... See MOre

Through the partnership, Wi-Fi services will be made available to passengers free of charge in the transit and lounge areas of the airport for 30 minutes, after which time passengers can continue to avail the service by paying for it online. Tata DoCoMo has tied up with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to deliver high-speed public Wi-Fi services at Dabolim International Airport, Goa.  The service, which was officially unveiled by Sri Laxmikant Parsekar, Hon’ble Chief Minister, validates the growing reliance of Internet services among travellers.... See More

Konica Minolta has introduced the bizhub PRESS C71hc to provide enhanced printing services based on the advanced colour reproduction capabilities of the manufacturer’s proprietary high-chroma toner. “The colour production printing market is steadily growing and there can be no doubt that RGB data and the high-chroma technology will continue to increase in importance in the future. In this context, Konica Minolta is proud to introduce the third generation of high-chroma products with the new bizhub PRESS C71hc,” explains Yuji Nakata, Managing Director, Konica Minolta India .......See More

Pegasystems to innovate device solutions for “Internet of Things” clients With an increasing number of manufacturers looking at Internet of Things (IoT) for maintenance and services, Pegasystems is increasingly working on solutions in the sector. The US-based company is devising solutions for its clients such as Philips as a part of its suite in customer services business. Alan Trefler, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Pegasystems, said that customer support services contribute to around half their revenue in one form or the other...... See MOre

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Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, has announced that his company is planning to partner with the Indian Government to take low-cost broadband technology to around five lakh villages across the country. He also said that Microsoft believes that lost-cost broadband connectivity coupled with the scale of cloud computing intelligence can help drive creativity, efficiency and productivity across governments and businesses of all sizes. This, in turn, will drive more affordable products and services and access to opportunity to all of India.. .See More

While addressing a gathering which was adorned by top Silicon Valley CEOs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced his plans to create more Wi-Fi hotspots. This plan includes 500 railway stations across India. It will be done in collaboration with Google. The Indian Railways brings more than 13 million riders a day to more than 7,000 stations spread across 67,000 miles (108,000 km) of track. And that the lifeline is about to get a small digital upgrade that should help keep people connected.... See More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his Silicon Valley visit, has invited Apple CEO to take part in his “Make-in-India” project by setting up its manufacturing unit in the country. As per the sources, Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded positively. Apple’s largest handset manufacturer, Foxconn has also decided to set up a manufacturing base in India. Cook has expressed his great desire to be a partner in the Prime Minister’s Digital India initiative, which, he thought, was a transformative initiative and could be a real game-changer in India.... See More