Showing posts with label CNR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CNR. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

IT News Head Lines (CNR) 12/31/2014





“We Are Betting Big On Smart Cities, ACI and IoT”
“We Are Betting Big On Smart Cities, ACI and IoT”
Could you share the performance highlights of Cisco in the last 1-2 years? The Indian market continues to be an important center for growth, talent and innovation for Cisco, and we are commited to this...



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Axis Strengthens SMB Sales Push
Axis Strengthens SMB Sales Push
IP surveillance provider Axis Communications is increasing its push for its small and medium system sales through IT solution providers. While the company already has Ingram Micro focusing on small and...



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Axis Launches New Network Camera
Axis Launches New Network Camera
Axis Communications has launched its first corner-mount, fixed network camera targeted at small areas in premises such as correctional facilities, interview rooms, psychiatric wards, medical observation...



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Friday, December 26, 2014

IT News Head Lines (CNR) 27/12/2014





Alcatel Seeks SMB Channel Partners
Alcatel Seeks SMB Channel Partners
Alcatel Lucent Enterprise (ALE), which recently enhanced its Open Touch Suite For SMB portfolio, is eying opportunities in the SMB and mid-market segments in India. New features in the enhanced version...



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“Price Wars Will Continue For Two Years”
“Price Wars Will Continue For Two Years”
What has been the impact of online retail on traditional retail? Till 3-4 years back the online sales of digital products used to be less than 5 percent of the overall sales of the respective product...



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Dell Claims x86 Server Market Crown
Dell Claims x86 Server Market Crown
Dell has laid claim on the x86 server market leadership in the country, albeit HP leading it on absolute numbers in Q32014 IDC APEJ Server Tracker. While HP lead the numbers with 33 percent market share...



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BenQ Launches New Gaming Monitor
BenQ Launches New Gaming Monitor
BenQ has launched a new monitor, the RL2240HE, targeted at professional gamers. This 21.5-inch LED backlight monitor is packed with features such as gaming-comfort flicker-free technology, HDMI and 12M:1...



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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

IT News Head Lines (CNR) 12/25/2014





Netgear Gigabit Wi-Fi Router
Netgear Gigabit Wi-Fi Router
Netgear has launched its JR6150 dual-band gigabit Wi-Fi router that runs 2.4 and 5 GHz bands concurrently and supports speeds up to 300-450 Mbps+ with fast Ethernet wired connections.
The router offers...



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Lenovo ThinkStation P300: Hard To Beat
Lenovo ThinkStation P300: Hard To Beat
Lenovo is making a name for itself in the high-end PC workstation market. The company recently added three models to its ThinkStation P series, supplementing the entry-level ThinkStation P300 released...



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Asus Introduces Transformer Books
Asus Introduces Transformer Books
Asus has launched its Transformer Flip Book TP550 and Transformer Book T200. The TP550 is a 15.6-inch Windows 8.1 notebook featuring a 1,366x768 touch-screen. Powered by Intel Core i3 and i5 processors...



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“E-Tail Has Impacted Tax Collections”
“E-Tail Has Impacted Tax Collections”
We hear that online retail has resulted in losses of Rs 300 crore for the Kerala government. We have not estimated any specific figure, but we have appointed a committee led by experts from the Gulati...



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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

IT News Head Lines (CNR) 12/24/2014





Huawei Organizes First Annual Enterprise Summit
Huawei Organizes First Annual Enterprise Summit
Huawei organized its first Annual Enterprise Summit 2014 for the Huawei Enterprise Business Group in Bengaluru on December 18, 2014. The three day event saw over 300 partners from all over the country....



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WatchGuard Announces NGFW, UTM For Hospitality
WatchGuard Announces NGFW, UTM  For Hospitality
WatchGuard Technologies has announced that its next generation firewall (NGFW) and unified threat management (UTM) appliances now offer enhanced guest network access features to allow hospitality organizations...



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Brother Seeks 25 Percent Share
Brother Seeks 25 Percent Share
Brother is adopting a three-pronged strategy to grow its market share in the A4 mono-laser, single-function and MFP space. The company is launching innovative products, developing the channel and increasing...



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Patience Will Be Key For Survival Of IT Retail: Greyhound Research
Patience Will Be Key For Survival Of IT Retail: Greyhound Research
While there is no doubt that certain well-funded e-commerce power-houses have eaten into the domestic IT channel market, we have reasons to believe that the channels need not be unduly worried.
A few...



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Saturday, December 20, 2014

IT News Head Lines (CNR) 21/12/2014





The Future Of Data Center
The Future Of Data Center
According to Gartner, by 2015, India will be the second-largest market for data center (DC) infrastructure and the second-fastest growing market in Asia Pacific. By 2017, the Indian DC infrastructure market...



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ISODA Announces Fifth Tech Summit
ISODA Announces Fifth Tech Summit
Infotech Software Dealers Association (ISODA) has announced that it will hold the fifth Tech Summit in Colombo, Sri Lanka from February 5-7, 2015. The theme for this year is Transform and Evolve, informed...



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HCL Infosystems Partners With MongoDB
HCL Infosystems Partners With MongoDB
MongoDB and HCL Infosystems have announced a global partnership which will allow HCL Infosystems to broaden its solution offerings in the emerging big data segment by developing services around MongoDB....



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BlackBerry: Partners Will Be Involved In Samsung Pact
BlackBerry: Partners Will Be Involved In Samsung Pact
In the past four months, BlackBerry has made a number of moves aimed at turning around its declining market share. This includes launching two enterprise-focused smart phones, releasing a flurry of business-focused...



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“We’ll Ensure Level-Playing Field For Partners”
“We’ll Ensure Level-Playing Field For Partners”
Have you issued an advisory warning partners not to sell below MOP? Yes. We have done that to assure partners that we completely back their cause and will do everything in our capacity to help them. Some...



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Resurgent Dell
Resurgent Dell
Michael Dell, Chairman & CEO, Dell, began Dell World 2014 in Austin, Texas, US, by talking about the achievements of the company after going private. He also emphasized the success of its channel-led GTM....



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Cisco Upgrades Partner Plus Program
Cisco Upgrades Partner Plus Program
Cisco has enhanced its Partner Plus program.
The enhancement is in lieu of multiplying opportunities for partners in newer technologies such as social, mobile, cloud, business analytics, data analytics,...



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Quadrasystems Takes Pricol To Cloud
Quadrasystems Takes Pricol To Cloud
Bengaluru-based Quadrasystems, a Microsoft Gold Competency partner, has migrated R&D IP for Pricol, an auto component manufacturer, on Office365. The deployment ensures that the design and specifications...



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Palo Alto Overtakes Fortinet In Network Security Market
Palo Alto Overtakes Fortinet In Network Security Market
Palo Alto Networks overtook Fortinet in the network security market, taking third place in IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker. The IDC data is based on revenue and unit shipments and...



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HGST Acquires Skyera, Plans Enterprise Flash Solutions
HGST Acquires Skyera, Plans Enterprise Flash Solutions
Western Digital said its HGST flash storage business acquired Skyera, a developer of all-flash storage arrays. The acquisition, the terms of which were not revealed, brings Western Digital a step closer...



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AirTight Conducts Xpress Yatra
AirTight Conducts Xpress Yatra
Partner panelists in Bengaluru: Ashok Prabhu, CEO, Valuepoint Techsol; Jayessh Mehta, MD, Future Businesstech; Jayachandran Naidu, Director, eSecurity Audit; Sachin Rao, CEO, Archon Consulting Systems...



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“Online Retail Will Lead To Major Consolidation”
“Online Retail Will Lead To Major Consolidation”
What’s your view on the recent protests by channels against the predatory pricing policies of online retailers? First of all let me state that for distributors such as Rashi, channel partners are our...



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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

IT News Head Lines (CNR) 12/18/2014





The DCIM Option
The DCIM Option
Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) is an emerging trend. The India market estimated at $5 million in 2013; is pegged at $30 million by 2016.
“With the rising cost of labor, CIOs are realizing...



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FAIITA’s Saket Kapur: “We Will Not Budge Until We See Results On The Ground”
FAIITA’s Saket Kapur: “We Will Not Budge Until We See Results On The Ground”
FAIITA had a series of meetings with vendors where assurances were given to control predatory pricing. Since then, many vendors have issued advisories to their partners to maintain MoP. So why has FAIITA...



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India Sees Highest Use Of Connected Devices
India Sees Highest Use Of Connected Devices
A Global Bandwidth Index Report commissioned by Juniper Networks and conducted by Wakefield Research, has found that India is the most gratified country in terms of connectivity satisfaction. The study...



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Riverbed To Be Acquired For $3.6 Billion
 Riverbed To Be Acquired For $3.6 Billion
Riverbed Technology is set to be acquired for $3.6 billion in cash by two private equity firms—Thoma Bravo and Teachers' Private Capital.
The deal, which will be the largest acquisition ever for enterprise-tech-focused...



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Sunday, December 14, 2014

IT News Head Lines (CNR) 12/15/2014





Lenovo Announces December Do Challenge For Tier-3 Partners
Lenovo Announces December Do Challenge For Tier-3 Partners
Lenovo has launched a reward-based scheme for tier-3 channel partners across India, The December Do Challenge.
Valid for purchases from December 1-31, 2014 (both days included) from Lenovo authorized...



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Cisco Jumps Into Big Data Software
Cisco Jumps Into Big Data Software
Cisco has unveiled its Cisco Connected Analytics for the Internet of Everything portfolio, a set of eight "easy-to-deploy software packages" aimed at helping customers use data from the Internet Of Things...



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RiT Technologies Scouting For Partners
RiT Technologies Scouting For Partners
RiT Technologies is strengthening its India operations with the recent launch of its passive cabling solutions. The company expects to increase its India revenue from the current $2 million to more than...



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Energy Efficiency Becomes Primary Focus In Data Centers
Energy Efficiency Becomes Primary Focus In Data Centers
While in the past 2-3 years CIOs were focused on building and designing DCs, and squeezing more in less space, now they focus more on energy- and cost-efficiency.
According to Shrirang Deshpande, Country...



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Zebronics Launches UPS For Low Power Equipment
Zebronics Launches UPS For Low Power Equipment
Top Notch Infotronix, a supplier of products and accessories under the brand Zebronics, has introduced its Zeb-MLS750 UPS system with micro-load sense (MLS) technology targeted at small-load equipments...



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The Positive Thinker
The Positive Thinker
Three young engineers, all alumni of IIM Calcutta, decided to set up an enterprise of their own. Twenty five years down the line, they end up creating three companies, each carving a niche within its segment...



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Lenovo To Make Service Provider Push
Lenovo To Make Service Provider Push
Lenovo is getting ready to introduce a new service provider program to its channel partners to help them capitalize on Lenovo's recently-concluded acquisition of IBM's x86-based server business. Alan...



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Dell Launches Latitude Rugged Extreme Devices
Dell Launches Latitude Rugged Extreme Devices
Dell has launched its Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme notebook and Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme convertible notebook targeted at ruggedized work environments.
The Dell Latitude Rugged Extreme devices are...



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Google App Engine Contains Serious Flaws, Researchers Warn
Google App Engine Contains Serious Flaws, Researchers Warn
The Google App Engine, the development platform that enables customers to run web applications on the company’s massive cloud infrastructure, contains critical vulnerabilities, including weaknesses that...



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Global Microsoft Partner Softline Enters India
Global Microsoft Partner Softline Enters India
Softline Services, a subsidiary of Softline Group, a global Russian IT service and solution provider has announced its foray into the Indian market. With a decade of experience in cloud technologies,...



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Blue Coat Names Michael Fey As New President, COO
Blue Coat Names Michael Fey As New President, COO
Blue Coat Systems has appointed Michael Fey as President and Chief Operating Officer effective immediately. He will report to Greg Clark, CEO, Blue Coat. Fey assumes his new role from David Murphy, who...



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Proactive Builds Strong Data Center Practice
Proactive Builds Strong Data Center Practice
Delhi-based Proactive Data Systems has seen success in its data center (DC) practice over the last two years. According to Rajiv Kumar, CEO, Proactive, the focus on the DC business started in 2012, gave...



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Google Cloud Delivers Microsoft-Friendly Functionality
Google Cloud Delivers Microsoft-Friendly Functionality
Google delivered an early Christmas gift to many of its business customers on Monday, as well as the solution providers who serve them, by introducing to its cloud three new capabilities for accommodating...



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HP Makes Partner Authorization Mandatory To Sell Online
HP Makes Partner Authorization Mandatory To Sell Online
HP India has issued an advisory cum notice to the IT channel making partner authorization mandatory for selling online on sites like Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon. It has also warned of stringent action...



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Ganesan Arumugam Quits VMware
Ganesan Arumugam Quits VMware
VMware India’s Senior Director of Partner and SMB Sales, Ganesan Arumugam has quit.   Confirming the development, a VMware India spokesperson told CRN, “Ganesan Arumugam has decided to move on from VMware...



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Premkumar Seshadri Replaces Harsh Chitale As HCL Infosystems' MD
Premkumar Seshadri Replaces Harsh Chitale As HCL Infosystems' MD
HCL Infosystems has appointed Premkumar Seshadri as Managing Director. He replaces Harsh Chitale, who has decide to take a role outside the company. The HCL Infosystems' Board has accepted Chitale's...



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