Defenx Offers 10 Percent Added Margins On Virtual Platform
The new business model reduces the logistics, delivery, financial and packaging costs to gain extra profit of up to 10 percent
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EMC To Acquire Security Software Provider Silver Tail Systems Upon closing, Silver Tail will operate as a part of the RSA security portfolio and is expected to extend the capabilities of RSAs Identity Protection and Verification (IPV) and other solutions across its enterprise security portfolio Read More ...
Intex Launches New Antivirus Solution Priced at Rs 499 and Rs 990 for the 1 and 3-user packs respectively, the solution is targeted at consumers who are active desktop and laptop users Read More ...
Kaspersky Increases Focus On Enterprises While the company targets domestic enterprise customers with less than 10,000 users, with new enterprise product to be launched by Q12013 it will focus on large MNC enterprises with more than 10,000 users Read More ...
Albion Enters Consumer Business The company recently launched an antivirus for consumers, and a cloud back-up and DR solution for home and SMBs and is scouting for partners to set up a distribution network Read More ...
Norton Plans Comeback With Mobile Security The company has recently appointed HCL Digilife as its distributor for mobile security to leverage on its partner network to reach 200 cities across India Read More ...
Norton Launches Hindi Language Support Center Norton customers in India can call 1800 102 6012 to access customer support in Hindi from 9 am 7 pm, Monday to Friday Read More ...
Unistal Launches 7-Star Festival Dhamaka The scheme offers 2 nights/ 3 days stay for a couple on the purchase of Unistal Protegent 360 Complete Security software and Unistal Protegent PRO, Total Security solution packs Read More ...
Nevales Launches Security Gateway Appliance Based on Intel Atom Processor E600 Series, Nevales SG comes with built-in support for wired line and wireless technologies; it can withstand temperature of up to 50 degrees Read More ...
Websense, Citrix Partner For SDN The partnership will integrate Websense Data Security Gateway with the NetScaler SDX platform for software defined networks (SDN) Read More ...
eScan To Launch Security Solutions For Android eScan security solutions for Android come with application control, Web protection and parental control and will facilitate content filtering of calls and text messages through its Whitelist and Blacklist features Read More ...
WatchGuard Charts Aggressive Strategy The company is looking at 25 percent growth in the current fiscal and aims to double the contribution from enterprises to 40 percent in the next year Read More ...
Blue Coat Launches Virtual Web Gateway Solution For Branches The virtual appliance offers the same on-premise threat protection and policies to branch offices that ProxySG appliance provides at the corporate gateway Read More ...
Cisco Launches Security Solutions For Cloud, Virtual Data Centers The offerings include software for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance; virtualized ASA for multitenant environments; data center-grade intrusion prevention system; and improvements to Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Read More ...
Trend Micro Announces Festival Bonanza Valid till September 30, 2012, the scheme allows users to win prizes like mobile phones, cameras, headphones, pen drives, mice, tablets, bikes and Hyundai Eon car Read More ...
Sophos Introduces Hosted Version Of Its MDM Platform The security features include endpoint, data, email, Web, server and mobile protection in one license, and the platform functions across the full range of mobile devices Read More ...
ESET Appoints Link Telecom As RD For East India The company has 8 regional distributors and more than 200 direct partners in paper license business. It is aiming to capture 10 percent of the antivirus market by 2014 Read More ...
Norton Appoints HCL Digilife As ND Digilife Distribution and Marketing Services, a 100 percent subsidiary of HCL Infosystems, will distribute Norton Mobile Security for Android devices across India Read More ...
Trend Micro Signs Nevales As MSSP In a bid to strengthen SMB focus through managed security services, Trend Micro will offer services around its endpoint DLP, encryption and Worry Free Business Security (WFBS) solutions to SMB customers Read More ...
Quick Heal Incorporates Web Browser Sandbox, Windows 8 In 2013 Series The security suite is Windows 8 ready with Web Browser Sandbox to protect the system against 0-day malware attacks and enhanced scan engine with new machine learning abilities Read More ...
Quantum, Quest Extend Solutions For Virtual Data Protection Quantum has certified Quest Softwares vRanger Pro software with the Quantum DXi V1000 virtual deduplication appliance for intelligent data protection in VMware environments Read More ...
McAfee Gets Aggressive For Comeback Besides developing a strong national team, the company is leveraging its acquisitions of Sentrigo and Nitro Security, preparing partners for deep-selling opportunities through DeepSafe, and introducing more partner incentives Read More ...
McAfee Appoints Anand Prahlad As MD, Operations Sridhar Jayanthi, who led McAfee India for the past ten years, will take a new role for global strategy on RD, mergers and acquisitions Read More ...
Fortinet Introduces Solutions For Branch Offices FortiManager-200D, FortiAnalyzer-200D and FortiMail-200D platforms support more devices and log processing for SMB and enterprise branch office customers Read More ...
ArrayShield Appoints Director Sales And Marketing The company has appointed Sandip Kumar Panda to drive sales and marketing strategies, lead channels and alliances and develop the sales team Read More ...
Sophos Releases New Version Of Mobile Device Management Mobile Control 2.5 has Web-based administrative console and offers easy integration with existing IT infrastructure by supporting the use of directories Read More ...
HP Launches Unified Information Protection Solution For Enterprise Powered by Autonomy Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), Data Protector 7 delivers a unified data protection platform for storage assets via federated de-duplication Read More ...
RSA Gets New Channel Head The security vendor has appointed Navin Sadhwani, former Product Lead, Core Security, Symantec as Head, Channel Commercial Business, India Saarc to replace Amitabh Jacob, who moved to Symantec Read More ...
Fortinet Appoints Redington As ND Redington will distribute Fortinet's FortiGate unified threat management (UTM) solutions, and help the vendor by expanding partner base and opportunities in tier-2 and -3 cities Read More ...
Allied Telesis Appoints Shani Peripherals As VAD Allied Telesis will leverage on Shani Peripherals SI partner association and focus on security and surveillance market to enter new markets and verticals Read More ...
Norton Moves Into Upcountry Markets Focused on tier-1 and tier-2 cities, the company kick-started its 40-city road show and targets to double its current 155 volume partners by June 2013 Read More ...
Cyberoam Ramps CCNSP Certification Drive The company has already concluded the drive in Delhi , Mumbai , Kolkata , Bangalore , Kochi , Ahmedabad , Udaipur and Hyderabad, and is now taking it to Jaipur, Chandigarh, Bubaneshwar, Chennai, Lucknow and Pune Read More ...
Oracle Updates Identity Management Capabilities The Privileged Account Manager offers automated password management capabilities that not only help to secure against unauthorized access, but also identifies authorized users accessing the data Read More ...
Interview: Sunil Sharma, VP, Sales, India Saarc, Elitecore Technologies Sunil Sharma, VP, Sales, India Saarc, Elitecore Technologies, spoke about the companys performance, increasing enterprise focus and initiatives like partner training, automated deal registration, Platinum Support Services and nationwide channel meet Read More ...
Trends And Opportunities In SIEM Due to regulatory compliance and increasingly complex threats to network security, the Indian security information and event management market is expected to grow by 20 percent in 2012 Read More ...
eScan Pens New Strategies The company has appointed Savex as its ND for the consumer segment; for the corporate segment, eScan has appointed special business heads for various verticals Read More ...
McAfee Rolls Out Global Profitability Program For Security Partners The McAfee Profitability Stack encompasses six building blocks that enables Elite, Premier and Select partners to earn additional frontend margin, backend rebates or sales incentives Read More ...
Bitdefender Launches Anti-Theft System The system locates, locks and triggers an alarm and wipes the data from the stolen PC and Android smartphones Read More ...
Kaspersky To Target Corporates In India the company has hired key account executives to tap corporate accounts, and increased the team strength by 600 percent over the last two years Read More ...
eScan Launches Solutions For Mac Users The eScan Antivirus Security for Mac software provides manual and automatic updates about suspicious behavior, and is powered by technology that uses lesser memory Read More ...
Trend Micro Starts 30 City Road Show The company has commenced its 30 city road show across tier-1 and tier-2 cities to educate partners about the Titanium range of antivirus products Read More ...
Iris Computers To Distribute Defenx Antivirus Solutions The company is offering 1-month free trial of Defenx SmartPhone Security and one year activation at special inaugural price of Rs 749 Read More ...
Trend Micro Eyeing Consumer Segment Banking on its Titanium Internet Security and Titanium Maximum Security, the company is targeting 20 percent market share in consumer antivirus by 2014 Read More ...
Check Point Rolls Out New Appliances To Fight DDoS Attacks Developed in conjunction with Radware, appliances defend against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks with multi-layered protection and up to 12 Gbps of performance Read More ...
HID Expands Access Control Portfolio The company is wooing IT partners for its secure issuance solutions, security card printers, access tokens and security management software Read More ...
eScan Appoints Savex as ND The company has appointed Savex exclusively for eScan Anti-Virus 4 - single user and eScan Internet Security Suite 4 - single user boxes Read More ...
Symantec Ups SMB Partner Opportunities Partners who have hosting solutions capabilities, a proven track record, and security backup and recovery in their portfolio will be the first choices for managed services Read More ...
Comguard To Focus On Smaller Cities The VAD will focus on tier-2 and tier-3 cities to identify partners with good understanding and penetration in the IT security market Read More ...
Acer Takes Diversified Approach To Partner Training The specialty of the training is that it was conducted not only by the product managers but by foot soldiers who are in direct touch with the consumers and the partners at the POS and have first hand experience of consumer needs and buying behaviors Read More ...
Quantum Pens Vertical Strategy Storage vendor Quantum is searching for vertical-specific opportunities in data protection and big data to promote its de-duplication, back-up and archival solutions in India Read More ...
Whats Up In UPS Projects which were deferred during the economic downturn are now taking off, generating demand for UPS solutions. We could be looking at an $828 million market by FY2017-18 Read More ...
Interview: Kalyan Sridhar, Country Manager, Business Partners, IBM Software Group Kalyan Sridhar, Country Manager, Business Partners, IBM Software Group, speaks about partner opportunities in aligning with Big Blues software business and outlines the new channel strategy Read More ...
F5 Intros Application Delivery Controller For Mid Market The device delivers 850,000 layer 7 requests per second and provides 9,000 SSL TPS for 2K Keys and 8 Gbps of bulk SSL throughput performance, up to 4x of the competition Read More ...
Lenovo Lures Consumers With New Diwali Scheme Valid till November 15, 2012, consumers will get free accessories worth Rs 2500 or an extended 2 year warranty worth Rs 5000 on purchase of select notebooks and AIO desktops Read More ...
CMDA Pune Talks Enterprise For Its IT Expo The Pune-based IT association is introducing separate zones for the enterprise visitors and is tying up with many associations to attract more CXOs for its IT Expo Read More ...
Opportunities In Home Safety, Physical Security Market With crime increasing at an alarming rate, the demand for home safety and security devices has also risen and the market is estimated to be worth Rs 300 crore in 2012 Read More ...
SanDisk Announces Diwali Campaign Applicable from October 15 to November 18, 2012, the scheme offers 35 digital cameras and 350 USB flash drives Read More ...
Lenovos Diwali Dhamaka CRN Exclusive Come Diwali, and Lenovo will launch its first smart phone in India; the company is also working toward garnering market share for tablets Read More ...
Partners Making Critical Difference Here we present the six awarding case studies on innovative end-to-end data center installations by six leading SIs Read More ...
Asus Appoints Compuage As Authorized Service Provider With addition of Compuage, Asus now has service centers at 60 locations across the country. The company already has Neoteric and Digicomp as ASPs Read More ...
Oracle Unveils Partner Driven Initiative For Mid-Market The company has launched new bundled offerings around its x86 servers, entry level SPARC servers and storage solutions for mid-sized organizations to adopt cloud computing Read More ...
Dell Partners Digilife To Distribute Enterprise Products Digilife will supply Dell enterprise services and products including servers, storage and networking products to mid-market customers beyond tier-1 cities Read More ...
Inspan Launches New Retail Company The Chennai-based distributor has ventured into IT retail with new company Ziptech and has opened a Lenovo Exclusive Store in Chennai Read More ...
MAIT Appoints Anwar Shirpurwala As Executive Director He takes over from Sabyasachi Patra, who has resigned from MAIT to pursue his passion of wildlife filming and conservation issues Read More ...
Veeras Infotek Veeras has signed up with Canada-based ACL for fraud management, and with Samsung for enterprise mobility; it has carved out a separate division for mobility Read More ...
Secant Technologies While gearing up to face any difficulty, Secant is increasing focus on students and offering consumers zero percent interest credit; it has reduced inventory to 20 days Read More ...
Our intention is not to flood the market with re-sellers simply to gain geographical coverage Anjan Thakur, Director, Global Channel Operations, Infor India in an interview speaks about IPN and the new channel strategies for India Read More ...
Lalani Infotech Lalani Infotech do not keep more than seven days of inventory, keeps pricing fixed and has engaged a third party firm for enhanced customer engagement experience at the store Read More ...
Futurenet Technologies Futurenet Technologies reorganized its teams and has added offerings on the cloud, focused on open source and VDI Read More ...
Smartlink Launches Cloud Based Security, Network Management The cloud based service will be available for Digisol's Azteca and Mustang family of managed range of switches through the Digisol cloud portal Read More ...
Role Model: Rajesh Kalra, MD CEO, Sterling Infoways Rajesh Kalra, MD CEO, Sterling Infoways started as an IT reseller has now built a successful integration and sub-distribution companies by following a single vendor policy Read More ...
Dev IT Ahmedabad-based Dev IT is partnering with national SIs, expanding presence in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Goa, Maharashtra and overseas markets, and is offering cloud-based ERP and IaaS on Microsoft Lync Read More ...
Cyberland Technologies Kochi-based networking specialist Cyberland Technologies is banking on its expansion plans in Sri Lanka and its focus on verticals that are expected to withstand recessionary trends Read More ...
Cisco Xchange To Drive Partner-Led Services Biz Cisco Services Xchange offers training, informal interactions, and point redemption schemes and has got 750 sales executives from 300 tier-1 and -2 partner organizations across India and Saarc Read More ...
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Compton Computers To counter the deficit from infrastructure projects, Compton has added new offerings such as software customization and back-up as a service (BaaS) Read More ...
Computer Gallery Computer Gallery has implemented strict 30-day payment cycle and does not pile up stock for more than four weeks; it is also offering incentives to its partners Read More ...
Rashi To Hold 10th Edition Of Champions Meet In Rishikesh Code named RCM X (Rashi Champions Meet), the event will be attended by about 250 sales champions from all across India Read More ...
Horizon Scouting For Partners The company has large enterprises in the Fortune 500 and Fortune 5000 companies as its customers, and is scouting opportunities in the large enterprise and the education segments in India Read More ...
Polycom Launches Slew Of Video Collaboration Solutions The company targets new opportunities in small and medium enterprises and through new OEM distribution models in a market it estimates to grow to nearly $12 billion in 2015 Read More ...
nVIDIA Unveils Cloud-Based GPU Touted as the industrys first cloud-based offering, the GPU enables designers and engineers to work anywhere on any device while accessing the performance of a workstation Read More ...
Axis Scouting For 350 New Partners The company aims to add 350 partners in tier-2 and -3 cities by 2013-end and will target top 500 SMB customers in Q12013 Read More ...
Intel Appoints Kumud Srinivasan As President She succeeds Praveen Vishakantaiah who is relocating to the US as General Manager, Client Solutions and Technology Group in the PC Client Group Read More ...
Gartner: Lenovo Dethrones HP, Becomes World's Largest PC Maker Lenovo has put an end to HP's six-year reign as the world's largest PC maker, according to latest Gartner report; however, HP considers IDC figures which put HP at top Read More ...
BenQ Wants A Larger Pie Of The Education Market The company is targeting 60 percent of its projector sales from education and wants to add 75 partners, of whom 30 will be education-focused, in Class C, D and E cities Read More ...
Envent Appoints Vtronix As RD Vtronix Infocom will distribute peripherals in Punjab, HP, UP and Uttaranchal Read More ...
Chinese Consortium Bags The Second Elcot Tender CRN Exclusive The second round of Elcot tender to supply 7.84 lakh notebooks has been bagged bya consortium based out of China called CMC Corporation for a bid price of Rs 17,107 Read More ...
Delhi High Court Clears Confusion On Parallel Imports Responding to a lawsuit between Samsung Electronics and Delhi-based distributor Champion Computers, a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has ruled that parallel import is authorized under the Indian trademark laws and does not infringe the trademark of the rights-holder Read More ...
Asus To Re-launch AIOs In Mid-October Based on Intel processors and prices starting at Rs 26,000 for the entry level and Rs 1.10 lakh for the 27-inch models Asus aims to sell 3,000 units in Q42012, and 9,000 units per quarter by Q12013 Read More ...
Panasonic Bets Big On B2B Business The System Sales Division of the company is targeting Rs 655 crore in FY2012-13 through its focus on product and channel expansion, and ongoing projects in government and hospitality segments Read More ...
HP May Have Tough Time Finding Buyer For EDS: Analyst HP will likely struggle to find a buyer for its EDS outsourcing business, one Wall Street analyst says Read More ...
Envent Takes On Retail Expansion With plans to penetrate in Class B, C and D cities, the company targets 1000+ partners by 2012-end and is taking the BTL route for direct touch with consumers Read More ...
Digilite Strengthens Motherboard Range The company plans to target DGSD / government segment with DL-H61MXP; SMB and BFSI segment with DL-H61M-PS3; and end consumers DL-H61M-VS3 Read More ...
HCL Unveils ME Series Ultrabook The ultrabook offers hybrid drives with combination of SSD and SATAII HDD, Intel HD 4000 graphics, 4 GB DDR3 RAM (upgradeable to 8 GB DDR3) and comes with 39-month warranty Read More ...
Seagate Launches Cloud Builder Alliance The new strategic partner category targets system builders and offers business and technology planning, sales and marketing resources, lead generation, training and certification, and system reference design development Read More ...
Envent Appoints i2 As Distributor For TN The appointment of i2 Distribution will help the company to further expand its reach in Tamil Nadu for its telecom products Read More ...
Oracle Intros Engineered BI System An open solution, Oracle Exalytics can access and analyze data from Oracle or third-party data sources including IBM DB2, Netezza, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP BW, Sybase ASE, and Teradata Warehouse Read More ...
HP Ready To Roll Out Business Tablet CRN Exclusive The company will re-enter tablet market with a business-focused tablet offering ability for partners to include vertical specific business solutions and to open the tablet to service it Read More ...
AMD Launches New Microserver The new server uses one-quarter the power, takes one-sixth the space and delivers 16-times the bandwidth of the best-in-class alternatives Read More ...
Sandisk Announces Daily Bonanza Promotion Valid till September 27, 2012, the promotion allows consumers to win over 45 smartphones on purchase of 4GB or higher-capacity USB flash drives Read More ...
Emerson Strengthens Avocent Universal Management Gateway Family The new models, Avocent Universal Management Gateway 4000 and 6000 add support for KVM and environmental sensors while expanding the support for serial consoles and embedded service processors Read More ...
GreenDust To Manage Lenovos Reverse Logistics The collaboration will provide a dedicated alternate sales channel for their refurbished products that will not cannibalize their new product sales channel Read More ...
Asus High On Ultrabooks The company has launched S-series ultrabooks, F-series thin and light notebook and appointed Global Infonet as ND; it targets to double sales from ultrabooks Read More ...
Oracle: We Will Continue Software Development For HP Itanium Servers Oracle software on HP's Itanium computers will be released on approximately the same schedule as Oracle software on IBM's Power systems Read More ...
HP Dominated Printer Market In Q22012:IDC HP continued to be the market leader in the overall printer market with a market share of 45.7 percent followed by Canon and Epson at second and third positions with a market share of 19.5 percent and 11.4 percent respectively Read More ...
Socomec Gets New MD One of the key goals for the new appointee is to grow the market for the company in tier-2 and -3 markets Read More ...
NEC Appoints Bharat Khanna As GM, Public Safety He will be responsible for establishing NEC India as the major public safety player in government, public sector and commercial enterprises Read More ...
Canon Promotes Jaspreet Singh As Marketing Manager, IMS Responsible for document scanners, his key domain will be customer relationship management program along with developing marketing strategy Read More ...
Digilite Extends Burnt Warranty On New Models The company has extended the burnt warranty to models including DL-960GM-GS3-FX, DL-E35LM1, DL-PV530A-ITX and DL-880GMLE-FX; it also covers PCB and component levels Read More ...
Intel: Ultrabooks Continue Gaining Momentum The company anticipates that the combination of Windows 8 with the ultrabook specifications will provide great synergy, yield crisper visuals, increase responsiveness and tight integration with applications Read More ...
Fujitsus Three-Pronged Strategy For WPS Business In a bid to promote its workplace solutions (WPS) business, the company will conduct a 10-city road show, launch new notebooks and add 500 partners by this year-end Read More ...
Lenovo Brings Its Windows 8 Game With New ThinkPad Tablet 2 The company will be one of the first out of the gate with a Windows 8-based device, with its new ThinkPad Tablet 2 launching this October Read More ...
Lenovos Strategy For Commercial Business Lenovo has also identified accounts for the relationship business and has aligned partners across these accounts Read More ...
NComputing Gets Aggressive In Enterprise Segment To target enterprises, the company has recently tied up with Citrix for its System on Chip (SoC) and has launched new products like N400 and N500 on Citrix SoC Read More ...
HPs Thin And Light Strategy The company expects 40 percent contribution from ultrabooks and sleekbooks to PC sales by 2014 and plans to expand retail network to 500 cities and add 50 new HP Worlds Read More ...
Acer Launches Accelerated Sellout Offer Applicable for Acer Mall, Acer Point channel partners and Master Resellers for Q32012, the program offers gifts like LCD TVs, Rado watches, cars and foreign trips Read More ...
HP Wins Itanium Court Case Against Oracle Oracle vows to appeal a California Superior Court Judge's ruling that it is contractually obligated to continue developing its software for HP Itanium servers Read More ...
Adata Revitalizes Business Strategy In India The company has appointed three RDs: Champion Computers for North, Aldous Glare for South and Creative Computers for West for its external hard drives and SSDs Read More ...
Lenovo, EMC Join Forces In Server Market The companies will create a server technology development program to boost adoption of Lenovos enterprise server offerings; Lenovo will resell EMCs networked storage solutions and jointly own the Iomega division Read More ...
Oracle Extends Virtualization Lineup With Xsigo Acquisition Xsigo's virtualization products help businesses manage multiple virtual machine connections across their data centers and reduce infrastructure complexity Read More ...
Microsoft CEO Emphasizes On Devices And Services In Letter To Shareholders Ballmer cites a coming significant shift in Microsoft's business and how the company views itself Read More ...
BUSY Launches BUSY 12 The licenses for standard single user, standard multi user, enterprise single user and enterprise multi user are priced at Rs 10,800, Rs 27,000, Rs 16,200 and Rs 40,500, respectively Read More ...
Interview: Umang Bedi, Managing Director, South Asia, Adobe Umang Bedi, Managing Director, South Asia, Adobe, spoke about the changes in the companys partner-led GTM strategy and future plans Read More ...
Here Are Oracles Seven New Cloud Services Currently in preview mode, the new cloud offerings address planning and budgeting, financial reporting, development and messaging Read More ...
CA Announces Support for IBM zEnterprise EC12 Next-generation mainframe management helps customers maximize the value of IBMs latest hybrid computing platform Read More ...
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Actuate Signs TechTreeIT and Aaum Analytics As Resellers TechTreeIT Systems and Aaum Research and Analytics will resell ActuateOne BI solution to the customers in finance, retail, government, travel, social media and entertainment verticals Read More ...
Dell Strengthens Solution Portfolio With Ramcos ERP On Cloud The solution comprises production planning, finance, procurement, HR, analytics and productized services Read More ...
Cisco Adds Features, Changes Licensing For UC Portfolio Starting this quarter, Cisco will offer software-only licensing for customers that want to buy Cisco UC but not physical phones; will make free to the channel Cisco's Enterprise Licensing Manager Read More ...
Red Hat Acquires BPM Technology From Polymita The deal accelerates Red Hats entry into the BPM software segment and augments its JBoss Enterprise Middleware integration software offerings Read More ...
Sify Achieves VMwares vCloud Certification Sifys services will now be supported by VMware vSphere and vCloud Director Read More ...
Tally Launches Project Humraahi In the initial round, Tally organized 14 events across 12 cities connecting with auditors and chartered accountants along with partners. It showcased the new Revised Schedule VI and audit checklist capability in Tally.ERP 9 Read More ...
HP To Spin Off WebOS Global Business The company is spinning off its entire WebOS Global Business Unit and Enyo division to form Gram, a new software- and solutions-focused company Read More ...
Infor Eases Sales Restrictions For Channel Partners New policy allows resellers to work with customers with up to $500 million in annual sales Read More ...
SAP Agrees To Pay Oracle $306M To Settle Download Lawsuit In addition to the $306 million settlement, SAP will have to pay Oracle's legal costs in the lawsuit for downloading copyrighted software and documents from Oracle support websites Read More ...
NEC Introduces Cloud Services For SMBs, Enterprises Univerge Cloud Services, a software-based UCC solution, includes a suite of voice, data and video services featuring a web-based end-user client that is deployable across any device, including PCs, smartphones and tablets Read More ...
HP Launches Automated Network Management Software The software automates change, configuration, compliance, cloud lifecycle and routine network administrative tasks; it delivers converged network security management by connecting network and security operations Read More ...
Avaya Enhances CEIM Portfolio Customer Experience Interaction Management solutions extend Avaya's next-generation contact center strategy by offering enhancements like Avaya Customer Connections Mobile, Social Media Manager, One Touch Video and Avaya Aura Call Center Elite Read More ...
Partners Can Now Bill Office 365 The Office 365 Open program allows the partners to create a single invoice for Office 365 and the services Read More ...
SAP Launches Cloud Solutions For Travel The SAP Travel OnDemand solution delivers add-ons for the SAP ERP application to the customers on-premise SAP system that automatically enables the integration from the cloud-based SAP solution Read More ...
Polycom Launches RealPresence Mobile 1.3 With availability on HTC One smart phones, Jetstream tablets and Apple iPad, the software application enables camera to be remotely controlled on the other end Read More ...
Microsofts Paper Licenses No More CRN Exclusive The software major has replaced all the paper licenses with electronic delivery; while partners have welcomed the transformation, a few have also pointed out problems that could arise Read More ...
K Raheja Deploys IBM ECM Solutions K Raheja, one of the leading real estate developers is deploying enterprise content management (ECM) solutions from IBM Read More ...
Polycom Brings All Partner Programs Under One Umbrella The new Polycom Partner Network will have seven categories, including a new ISV track Read More ...
ISODA Floats Declaration Form To Avoid Multi-Level TDS While multi-level TDS has been removed on software, several services like Internet-based services, warranty packs, etc will now attract TDS at multiple levels Read More ...
Team Computers Launches BI Institute The institute is focused on building solution experts on business intelligence platforms like QlikView and will incorporate other BI solutions like IBM Cognos later on Read More ...
Microsoft To Let Partners Handle Office 365 Subscription Billing Partners now will be able to buy Office 365 subscription keys from a price list, sell subscriptions to customers and bill them for the service Read More ...
Adobe Conducts Road Shows For Creative Suite 6 The company has conducted road shows in Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru, and will cover Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad in next three weeks Read More ...
Birla Sun Life Insurance Deploys IBM Cognos The life insurance company has streamlined its spreadsheet-based planning and budgeting process with IBM Cognos TM1 Read More ...
VMware Adds To Cloud Management Arsenal With DynamicOps Buy VMware's acquisition of cloud automation software will help vCloud Director and Horizon function better in diverse infrastructures Read More ...
Quest Acquisition Opens Door For Dell To Focus On Complete Solutions, Not Parts The Quest software will be at the center of Dell's strategy to provide customers complete, open solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments Read More ...
SAP Bets On HANA For Database In India, the company is scouting for opportunities in the government segment. It is also targeting opportunities in BI on top of HANA Read More ...
Nuance, Uniphore To Enable Voice Biometrics-Based Banking Under the partnership, Uniphore has developed a mobile voice banking application on Nuance speech recognition and voice biometric solutions for banking institutions in India Read More ...
HP Eases UC Deployment For Enterprises The company has introduced HP AppSystem for Microsoft Lync, a turnkey platform to expedite UC deployments, and HP and Polycom Rich Media Communications (RMC) solution for visual collaboration Read More ...
The New Finance Bill Will Impact The Software Business Significantly: TAIT Traders Association of IT (TAIT) has initiated an aggressive drive to address the anomalies in software taxation introduced by the recent Finance Bill 2012 that imposes withholding tax on imported software. KR Chaube, Director, TAIT and CEO, Techlink Infoware highlights how this new amendment will negatively impact the software reselling business Read More ...
Schneider Electric Launches New Version Of StruxureWare Data Center Operation The data center infrastructure management software optimizes the IT layer of the data center by focusing on actual IT power consumption and by reducing the power and cooling required Read More ...
Red Hat Launches JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 The cloud-centric solution drives Java workloads in Red Hat OpenShift and has an updated architecture that can be easily deployed in on-premise, private and public clouds Read More ...
Worldwide Spending On Enterprise Application Software To Increase: Gartner Key enterprise application software market segments include BI; content, communications and collaboration; CRM; digital content creation; ERP; office suites and personal productivity; project and portfolio management and supply chain management Read More ...
VMwares Serengeti To Manage Hadoop By decoupling Apache Hadoop nodes from the underlying physical infrastructure, VMware can bring the benefits of cloud infrastructure rapid deployment, high-availability, optimal resource utilization, elasticity, and secure multi-tenancy to the open source platform Read More ...
Adobe Launches Connect 9 The Web conferencing software for enterprises and government agencies enables them to produce Webinars, mobile-to-mobile collaboration and mobile learning Read More ...
ArrayShield Launches IDAS 2FA IDAS two factor authentication uses sequential pattern recognition and a translucent card to identify users and can be integrated with any cloud/SaaS applications using SAML protocol Read More ...
Report: Microsoft To Charge Manufacturers Up To $95 For Windows RT The comparatively high price could make Windows-based tablet computers less competitive against devices running Google's Android Read More ...
Symantec Intros Integrated Backup, De-Duplication Appliances Backup Exec and NetBackup appliances centralize backup for physical and virtual environments and offers end-to-end de-duplication Read More ...
Oracle OpenWorld: EMC Sees Big Data As Opportunity Of Decade Big data will drive a lot of change in the industry, even if many enterprises do not yet know it. Most companies focus on structured data today, when it has the ability to wrangle unstructured data—mine it, organize it, store it, analyze it—that provides enormous value Read More ...
HP Announces Get Virtual Guarantee Program As a part of the program, the company would provide customers deploying HP 3 PAR storage in VMware environment, two times increase in virtual server density by doubling the total virtual machine workload on existing physical servers Read More ...
Network Techlab Deploys EMC Storage Solution At Nirmal Bang The company replaced the existing cache-based disc solution with EMC Clariions CX4 120 offering fast cache function, which allows for easy scalability Read More ...
Quantum Cloud-Based Backup, DR For 1 Cent Quantums Q-Cloud provides backup of physical and virtual infrastructures for capacities from 1 TB to 1 PB of protected data for as little as 1 cent/GB/month Read More ...
Krithiwas Neelakantan To Head Channels At NetApp He replaces Surajit Sen who joined EMC as Country Manager, Backup Recovery Systems (BRS) Division, India Saarc in June 2012 Read More ...
HDS Emerges From The Sun Shadow While providing free training, expanding market coverage and working with partners to win deals, Hitachi Data Systems has adopted a three-pronged strategy of engagement, enablement and relevance Read More ...
Netgear Extends Enterprise-Class Unified Storage To SMBs Scalable up to 60 drives and 180 TB capacity, ReadyData unified storage family features native de-duplication, thin provisioning and unlimited snapshots, with support for SATA, SAS and SSD disk drives Read More ...
Fujitsu Extends Cloud Portfolio With Primergy CX400 Multi-Node Server By halving the size of a standard server node, the server packs four independent physical servers and up to 24 storage drives into a standard 2U height compact cabinet Read More ...
Microsoft Details Four Windows Server 2012 Editions, Pricing While the software major is retiring the Small Business Server Edition, a product that had been popular among small and midsize businesses and the solution providers that sell to them, the new Windows Server 2012 will be offered in Datacenter, Standard, Essentials and Foundation editions Read More ...
EMC Appoints Praveen Sahai As New VP, Channels He will be responsible for growing and driving EMCs partner strategy in the region. He will also spearhead EMCs distribution and systems integrators strategy Read More ...
Opportunities For Partners In Storage With enterprise data growing at 40-60 percent YoY, demand for storage solutions is growing exponentially. CRN presents 10 key trends in storage that IT channel must focus on Read More ...
HP Intros De-duplication Solutions For HP StoreOnce The new solutions deliver backup performance of up to 100 TB per hour and data recovery of up to 40 TB per hour in a single system Read More ...
Cisco, NetApp Launch FlexPod Premium Partner Framework The framework offers unique branding, listings in NetApp and Cisco partner locator tools, marketing and communications support, FlexPod help desk and so on Read More ...
NetApp Uses FAS2220 Appliance To Further Open The SMB Storage Market The company is using FAS2220 to further open the SMB storage market with the enterprise-class features, and to help VARs find ways to work with third-party cloud services providers Read More ...
Consolidated Growth In Servers With cutting-edge features, new form factors and better manageability, modern-day servers are now managing infrastructure elements like networking and storage, and creating opportunities for partners in the process Read More ...
Gartner: New Top Five Vendor In Server Shipments, Revenue While the rise of Fujitsu and Cisco knocked Oracle from the top five server vendor list, Cisco grabbed the last spot due to 70-plus percent YoY growth in server shipments Read More ...
EMC Bets On Big Data The company has unveiled its strategies to go after the potential big data market with the combination of its Greenplum database platform and its scale-out NAS boxes Isilon Read More ...
EMC Expands Cloud Opportunities For Partners EMC has introduced a slew of initiatives and products to enable partners to offer branded cloud solutions of their own Read More ...
Seagate To Acquire LaCie The transaction would bring a highly complementary set of capabilities to Seagate, significantly expand our consumer product offerings Read More ...
VCE Intros New Higher-End Vblock, Integrates EMC Data Protection VCE is now including EMC data protection technologies to give Vblocks backup, recovery, replication, business continuity and data mobility for virtualized environments. Applications include Avamar virtual server backup software, Data Domain backup and recovery software, and RecoverPoint replication software Read More ...
Iomega and McAfee Collaborate For Network Storage Security The collaboration represents an industry first for an enterprise-class endpoint protection product running natively on desktop and rack mount network storage products designed specifically for small and medium businesses, remote office/branch office installations, and distributed enterprises Read More ...
EMC Unveils VMAX Service Provider Platform The solution offers multi-tenancy and intelligence engine, RESTful APIs for automated provisioning, metering and reporting and pre-packaged service level options to deploy new cloud services Read More ...
Indian IT Infrastructure Market To Reach $2.05 Billion In 2012 According to Gartner, the market is expected to reach $3.01 billion by 2016 driven by ongoing data center modernization and new data center build outs Read More ...
EMC Announces Case Management Solution for Government And PSUs The solution addresses the need in government and PSUs to automate workflow processes to reduce process time, eliminate manual errors, and for transparency and compliance Read More ...
Customers Average $25 Billion in Annual Cost Savings with NetApp According to Gartner, organizations invest 63 percent of their IT budgets on projects to run their business, 21 percent to grow it and 16 percent to transform it Read More ...
EMC Launches VSPEX Available exclusively through EMC Velocity partners, VSPEX is a reference architecture designed in conjunction with Brocade, Cisco, Citrix, Intel, Microsoft, and VMware Read More ...
HP Promises Big Savings With ProLiant Gen 8 The new servers promise customers savings in excess of $50 million annually in energy and manpower costs and an ROI of less than five months Read More ...
Sources: EMCs New VSPEX Reference Architecture To Battle NetApp, VCE The VMAX advanced parallel processing technology opens the door for VSPEX to battle with Ciscos Unified Compute System server which is at the center of the VCE partnership between EMC, Cisco and VMware Read More ...
Ace Data Devices Launches Storage-As-A-Service Named as Backup Vault, the service manages agents, backup schedules and policies for daily backup for servers and data from desktops, laptops Read More ...
Dell Storage Trade-In Program Targets Old Friend EMC The trade-in program also helps customers who are not sure whether to upgrade their storage infrastructure now or later push that decision forward Read More ...
Bitdefender Launches One-Click Cloud Storage Safebox gives two Gigabytes of free cloud-based storage capacity and up to 60 Gigabytes for premium users Read More ...
Synology Launches DiskStation Manager 4.0 DSM 4.0 offers features like cloud backup services, surveillance support, enhanced management console and business backup features; it is free for users who own DiskStation x08 series and above Read More ...
WD Acquires HGST WD completed the acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for $3.9 billion in cash and 25 million shares of WDC common stock valued at approximately $0.9 billion Read More ...
WD To Focus On Personal Cloud Devices The company is targeting working professionals in the age group of 20-35 years who own a smartphone or tablet, and families in tier-1 and tier-2 cities Read More ...
Valluri To Head NetApp India CRN Exclusive Anil Valluri, who is tipped to join NetApp India as President has earlier worked with Sun Microsystems as India MD and Vice President Read More ...
IBM Launches Storage Specialty Program Around 40 partners have been roped in with a focus on the entry-level models DS 3000 and DS 5000, as well as the V7000 series Read More ...
External Storage Gears Up For Big Leap The capacities of external hard drives keep going up while their prices keep going down. The floods in Thailand interrupted this trend, but not for long Read More ...
HP Unveils Partner-Branded Storage Services, New Cloud Specialization The new model, dubbed ServiceONE Partner Support for HP Storage, will be available for select partners in March with a worldwide rollout slated for later this year Read More ...
EMC Launches Server Flash Caching Solution With flash-enabled storage systems, it improves application performance by leveraging on PCIe flash technology. De-duplication technology will also be added to the solution Read More ...
Cisco: Some UCS B440 Blades Could Overheat, Need Replacing The company is directly contacting the customers and will replace UCS B440 blade servers currently deployed at customer sites. Cisco is making UCS B440 blade server hardware modifications and has launched a hardware replacement program Read More ...
EMC Buys Stake In Redington Subsidiary As a part of this strategic relationship, Cadensworth will sell only EMCs solutions and may sell complementary and non-competing solutions and services Read More ...
QNAP To Organize Six City Reseller Meet The meetings will be organized in New Delhi on February 15, Mumbai on February 17, Pune on February 20, Hyderabad on February 22, Bengaluru on February 23 and Chennai on February 24 Read More ...
NTT Com To Acquire Majority Stake In Netmagic The alliance will help Netmagic to leverage NTT Com's global network and data center footprint for customers, while it will strengthen NTT Coms growth plans in the Indian sub-continent and globally Read More ...
HDD Shortage Shrinks White Box PC Market The impact is estimated to be in the range of 10-15 percent, and many assembled PC buyers are opting for branded desktops and laptops Read More ...
Dell Introduces De-dupe Appliance, Moves Compellent To 64-bit Software Dell now has a number of different technologies which it can start applying across its multiple storage lines Read More ...
Iomega Bullish On NAS With IP Surveillance Solutions The storage vendor would tap the opportunities opened up because of the central home ministrys guidelines to install CCTVs and store video footage to the management of malls, hotels, and public places Read More ...
Netgear Charts SMB Strategy The company is tapping opportunities in organizations with up to 1000 employees and recruiting 4-5 VARs and SIs in the top eight cities over the next 12 months Read More ...
F5 Launches Unity Partner Program In India The new program encourages partners to invest in deeper sales engagements, and promote the value that F5 solutions bring to data center environments Read More ...
Cisco Names Two Presidents On Heels Of CEO Succession Talk By appointing Rob Lloyd and Gary Moore as Presidents, the question of Cisco's succession plans and who will take over the CEO position from John Chambers seems much closer to being answered Read More ...
Riverbed, Juniper Announce Trade-In Program The program is aimed at customers who have purchased Juniper Networks WX/WXC series application acceleration platforms to migrate and upgrade to the Riverbed Steelhead product family Read More ...
Anil Bhasin to Lead Cisco Services Business Bhasin will oversee the build-up of momentum for Cisco Services, driving smart services adoption and helping customers and partners plan, build, and manage technologies and solutions Read More ...
Cisco Intros Remote ATM Connectivity Solution The solution features Cisco's integrated services routers with a 3G wireless and CDMA connectivity option based on the 3G wireless WAN high-speed interface card, suitable for both backup and primary applications Read More ...
Edimax Kickstarts RoadShows For Tier2, -3 Cities The company has trained more than 30 partners in Nashik and Ahmednagar on its products; it will conduct more road shows in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and other parts of Maharashtra Read More ...
Array Networks Eyes Government Opps In East India The company has opened a branch office in Kolkata to provide faster support and service to its partners and customers Read More ...
Cisco Sales Boss Calls On Sales Reps, Channel To Be Aggressive CRN Exclusive Rob Lloyd, Executive Vice President and Sales Leader, Cisco said the company will incent its salespeople as well as partners to double down on Cisco's biggest growth areas Read More ...
Cisco Ceasing Development Of Load-Balancer Products The companys ADN rivals, including F5 and A10 Networks, are pouncing on its decision to de-emphasize Layer 4-7 networking Read More ...
Smartlink Concludes Digisol Connect Partner Meet The meet gave a platform to the vendor and its partners a single roof to discuss pain points, feedback, marketing activities and future strategies Read More ...
Innovative Bags GPON, Safe City Projects The solutions provider has bagged two prestigious projects — one, a GPON-based optical fiber network at Gujarat Hira Bourses upcoming Gems and Jewelry SEZ; and the second, a homeland security system project for the citys police commissionerate—first ever large scale projects by a tier-2 partner Read More ...
Avaya To Target SMBs For ERS3500 Priced between $350 to $3,000, the switch integrates UC, video, and other applications Read More ...
Nexans Appoints New Regional Sales Manager For North India Vikrant Verma will help expand Nexans LAN systems business and manage the companys channel partners across North India Read More ...
Juniper Looking For Tier-2 Partners The company is scouting opportunities for campus and in branch networking, enterprise mobility, cloud and wireless; it is looking for partnerships for Junos, Junos Pulse and Junos Space Read More ...
WD Enters Wireless Home Networking The company has introduced My Net family of HD dual-band wireless N routers that offer FasTrack technology that detects and optimizes entertainment traffic on the network Read More ...
Enterprise To Contribute 45 Percent To Digisol Banking on large wins in the enterprise segment, the company is developing case studies and providing referrals of deployments to grab more deals Read More ...
Ten Networking Opportunities This year enterprise network predictions can be summed up in three words: mobility, cloud and video; in 2012, enterprises will invest $39.4 billion in network intelligence and network bandwidth upgrades Read More ...
VMware To Acquire Nicira The acquisition would expand VMwares networking portfolio to provide a full suite of software-defined networking capabilities and a comprehensive solution lineup for virtualizing the network Read More ...
Extreme To Refocus On India The high-end networking specialist will build a partner strategy around high-performance computing, virtualization and data center, and will announce a fresh partner program Read More ...
Juniper Puts Finishing Touches On Partner Advantage The three-phased introduction of Juniper Partner Advantage is now complete, says Emilio Umeoka, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Partners of the company Read More ...
Array Networks Launches Virtualized Application Delivery Appliances APV series virtualized appliances and vAPV soft-ADCs will provide enterprises and service provider's flexibility and improved economics for private and public cloud services Read More ...
Raritan Launches KVM-Over-IP Switch The Dominion KX II supports both analogue (VGA) and digital video (DVI, HDMI, and display port) through a single KVM-over-IP switch Read More ...
Emerson Introduces Double Bonanza Scheme Valid from June 15 to July 31, 2012, the scheme rewards partners with home theaters, microwaves, smartphones etc and a special prize on purchase of Knurr F Series Racks Read More ...
F5 To Launch Unity Partner Program In India The new program will enable certified partners to earn 1.5 - 2 times higher margins than those offered by other OEMs Read More ...
Array Networks Extends Total Value Channel Program The program educates on basics of application performance enhancement using ADC technologies, configuration of SLB for applications, performance optimization, WebWall security for applications, SSL acceleration and application high availability Read More ...
The Potential In Home Networking The increasing number of IT-related devices in the modern household has increased the need for better connectivity and opened the door for networking products Read More ...
Chambers: Mobility, Collaboration Key To Success Winning in business is all about collaborating, sharing information and answering customer needs, and mobility and video are making it easier to collaborate effectively Read More ...
Juniper Introduces QFX3000 For Mid-Sized Data Centers The new QFX3000-M occupies up to 63 percent less space, uses up to 74 percent fewer cables and consumes up to 57 percent less power Read More ...
RM Appoints New RDs With two appointments, the company plans to reach out to tier-2 and tier-3 cities of Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat regions Read More ...
Opportunities In WAN Optimization Virtualization, cloud computing and BYOD are fuelling the WAN optimization market, and present a significant opportunity for partners Read More ...
Allied Telesis Announces Where Eagles Dare Partner Program Valid till November 30, 2012, the program enables partners to win Honda Brio car, Apple iPad, Sony Internet TV, and trips to London, Bangkok Read More ...
AGC Networks Achieves Cisco Gold Certification In India The partner has achieved proficiency in all the 3 key Cisco architectures namely virtualization, cloud computing and unified communication, and in turn will have access to comprehensive sales, technical and lifecycle services training and support from the vendor Read More ...
Comstor Strengthens Partner Support for Cisco UCS B- and C-Series Servers The toolenables a Comstor account manager to provide the pricing and give the quote directly to partners based on the configuration submitted for UCS B- and C- series servers Read More ...
Cisco Enhances Collaboration Portfolio The company has extended Jabber to iPad and Windows, building on its Jabber portfolio for Android, iOS, Mac, BlackBerry and Cius tablets Read More ...
HP Improves PartnerONE and ExpertOne HP has announced improvements to the HP PartnerONE and HP ExpertONE programs, enabling networking partners to increase market competitiveness and revenue opportunities Read More ...
Digilink To Conduct Country-Wide Seminars To be conducted in 55 cities, the seminar series will provide Digilink partners a networking platform, boosting their confidence toward the brand and access to a wider portfolio of products Read More ...
Array Networks Launches Load Balancer For Lync Server 2010 The APV Series application delivery controllers are designed to ensure the availability of Lync services by optimizing resource utilization, maximizing throughput, minimizing response times, and ensuring a seamless user experience in the event that application servers become unavailable Read More ...
Netgear Launches IP Surveillance For SMBs ReadyNAS Surveillance is a comprehensive IP surveillance solution that incorporates surveillance software, storage, switching and network management Read More ...
Brocade Appoints New VP For Asia Pacific The company has replaced Deb Dutta with Charlie Foo who has been promoted from his earlier position as Senior Director, Partner Business Group, APAC Read More ...
HP Bets On OpenFlow The company has offered firmware upgrades on 16 switches; this will allow existing users to upgrade free of cost to the new manageability features around OpenFlow Read More ...
Netgear Appoints Regional Director Subhodeep Bhattacharyas last assignment was as Director, HP Networking Read More ...
Oracle Syncs Partner Strategy With T4 Servers The vendor, which had been reticent about its hardware strategy so far, said that tier-2 partners are now central to its plans, and is looking for new partners in Class B cities Read More ...
Juniper Makes Addition To Simply Connected Portfolio Besides adding security gateways, the additions allow to automatically enforce security and access policies across wired, wireless and mobile devices Read More ...
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