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Kaspersky Lab has appointed Peter Hewett to the position of Managing Director for Asia Pacific. In his new role Peter will be responsible for the company’s overall business operations in the Asia Pacific region, including sales, marketing and business development functions. Peter brings a range of expertise in development of regional business strategies to the role, and is helping to build …

AMD has appointed Dr. Lisa Su as President and Chief Executive Officer and Member of the board of directors, effective immediately. Dr. Su succeeds Rory Read as part of a transition plan. Read will support the transition in an advisory role, remaining with the company through the end of 2014. “Leadership succession planning has been a joint effort between Rory …

S (Kris) Gopalakrishnan bid adieu to Infosys, the last among the group of extraordinary founders to leave the company. At the farewell function, Infosys celebrated the contributions and achievements of the founding team. N.R. Narayana Murthy, K. Dinesh, Nandan M. Nilekani, S.D. Shibulal, Kris Gopalakrishnan and N.S. Raghavan were present at the ceremony. With Kris’ retirement, the last of the …

Hewlett-Packard is splitting into two companies, using a breakup to become nimbler after failing to keep up with the shift away from the printing and personal-computing businesses it pioneered. Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman will lead Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, a new company focusing on corporate hardware and services, while Dion Weisler, the vice president in charge of personal-computer and printer operations, …

Axis conducted its solution seminars for 2014 at Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. The seminar witnessed over 120 partners. The core objective of the seminar was to re-connect with the partners and educate them on the recent developments in the company and update them on the security surveillance trends witnessed in the market. Through this, the company is expecting to reach out …

Lenovo has launched three smart connected devices (SCD) stores in Delhi-NCR. Following the success of first SCD store in Pune, the three additional stores are an integral part of Lenovo’s strategy to win in the PC+ era. The stores serve as a one stop destination to cater to the technology needs of all users, through new and exciting form factors …

Dell has announced Preetham Upadhy and his son Pradhyumna Upadhya from Sharada Vidyalaya, Manglore to win the title of Dell Champs 2014 school program. The first runner up for Dell Champs is Tarun and his son Kabir from New Public School, Chandigarh. The 2nd runner up is Soumen Roy and his son Anish Roy from Little Flower School Jamshedpur and …

Alcatel One Touch and Mozilla have unveiled Fire C2G smartphone with Firefox OS in the entry level smartphone category. The organizations collaborate to bring to market more device options that match the smartphone users’ expectation from Alcatel One Touch with the flexibility and customization of Firefox OS. Available exclusively through Flipkart, the phone is priced at INR 1,990. Praveen Valecha, …

COMPASS (Computer Association of Eastern India) will be organising the technology fair COMPASS 14-15 in February at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata. The four day mega fair starting from 13 October-16 October has shifted the venue from Milan Mela Grounds as per the demand by the participants, members and the public. The decision to shift the venue to Netaji Indoor Stadium …

Polycoms RealPresence One solution, which is used in industries like manufacturing, healthcare, education, government, financial services and various other verticals, is now available across all the cities in India. The company launched RealPresence One along with other video solutions a couple of months ago at TEAM Polycom 2014, the company’s largest partner event of the year. RealPresence One is a …