CHANNEL NEWS

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. announced the completion of its previously reported acquisition by funds advised by Bain Capital ​. Bain Capital acquired Blue Coat from Thoma Bravo, LLC, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion. “Blue Coat is a leader in the enterprise security market with its innovative product portfolio and 80 percent of the Fortune 500 as …

Altem Technologies, one of the pioneers of bringing 3D printing technology to India, stepped up its presence in simulation solution by becoming the authorized reseller of MSC Software in India. With this agreement, Altem expands its product portfolio to include enterprise simulation solutions including simulation software and services. MSC Software’s products, which is used by leading Automotive OEMS, Aerospace & …

The Xerox Rialto 900™ Inkjet Press, the new launch announced by Xerox,is the world’s only fully-integrated roll-to-cut sheet, narrow web inkjet press, the company said in a press release. It is designed for print providers who produce 1.5 to 5 million impressions per month and has the smallest footprintof any inkjet press on the market – 11.9 x 5.1 feet/3.58 …

Cyberoam has launched CR10wiNG, UTM appliance with built-in Wi-Fi capabilities for the SOHO/ROBO markets.​ The CR10wiNG wireless appliance supports 802.11 n/b/g standards and up to eight virtual access points. It delivers UTM security features over WLAN to offer enterprise-level security and meet the requirement of mobility in this segment. Cyberoam CR10wiNG offers high performance with firewall throughput of 400Mbps and …

ASUS today announced its lineup of SuperSpeed+USB 3.1 solutions, includingmotherboards with built-in USB 3.1 andtwo ASUS USB 3.1 Cards. The latter are thenew PCI Express® (PCIe®) expansion card with either dual Type-A sockets or reversible Type-C. The motherboards with built-in USB 3.1 as well as the USB 3.1 cards deliver next-generation 10Gbit/s data-transfer speeds that are up to twice (2X) …

At the recently concluded Intel Distributor Leader Summit held on the 10- 11 May; at the Sheraton Macao, Macau. Team Rashi won the “Top Distributor Award” in the desktop CPU category, for emerging markets category in Asia Pacific and the Japanese Region. Said Rajesh Goenka, Vice President for Sales and Marketing, at Rashi Peripherals, “Glad to see the first recognition …

 Brocade announced the appointment of Srikanth Natarajan to the position of director of Channels and Alliances for India and SAARC (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). In this newly created role, Natarajan is responsible for building Brocade’s channel market strategy, establishing channel engagement operations, driving partner enablement and partner recruitment, and achieving business success for Brocade and its …

International Data Corporation’s (IDC ) analysis of worldwide outsourcing deals during the 2012-2014 time period reveals that India-based outsourcers captured nearly a quarter of the top 100 outsourcing deals in 2014.The analysis also shows that the top five vendors in 2014 captured more than 50% of the total contract value (TCV) of top 100 outsourcing deals in 2014. This is up …

Offering a robust line-up of cloud camera solutionsthat supporteasydirect access via your smartphoneor tablet,through the use oftheirtpCamera® App, TP-LINK aims to make wireless home surveillance a trouble free experience for all. TP-LINK®, a global provider of consumer and SMB networking products, todayannounced the release of their NC200 Cloud Camera,supporting speeds of up to 300Mbps Wi-Fi. Cloud based technology is fast …

VXL Instruments, a company dealing with thin clients and server-based computing technologiesannounced the launch of the new Itona TC6700 series, designed with rich multimedia capabilities and advanced features to provide improvements in performance and reliability. The latest edition to VXL’s Itona series is a flexible and expandable high performance thin client that supports multiple operating systems including Windows and Linux. …