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The Chennai-based Socomec Innovative Power Solutions, 100% wholly owned subsidiary of the France-based €443 million Socomec Group, rolled out its first UPS product Delphys MP Elite from Gurgaon. Socomec invested €3.75 million in India so far and has set ambitious growth plans for upcoming years. It has a strategy to target markets such as industry, building, critical building, infrastructure, renewable energy and …

Hard Copy Peripherals  market in India declined by 0.1% year-on-year in CY2013 and stood at 3.2 Mn units. As the vendors start targeting new market segments they are starting to bring unique products like High-end Mono Inkjet printers, and Printers with integrated storage to facilitate business process enablement. These unique products along with customers willingness to engage in MPS (Managed …

Rapid strides in IT procurement and e-governance spearheads IT and ITes in West Bengal As a part of its endeavor to create a transparent, competitive and inclusive environment for public procurement in India, MAIT has taken-up the mandate to collaborate with various Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Government and to organize workshops and focus group discussions wherein industry representatives can …

Citrix and CA Technologies Sign Agreement to Integrate NetScaler and SiteMinder   Native Integration of CA SiteMinder with NetScaler SDX Will Deliver Unified, Multi-tenant Policy Control Point for Mobile and Cloud Services Citrix and CA Technologies recently announced an agreement to enable integration of the Citrix NetScaler® SDX™ service delivery networking platform with CA SiteMinder, a leading access management solution. …

HGST DEBUTS NEW STYLISH, COLORFUL TOURO™ S MOBILE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES New Family of USB 3.0 Touro S Mobile Drives with an Aluminum Enclosure and Colorful Metallic Finishes, Provide Local Backup for Added Data Protection and Online Cloud Storage for Access to Content from Anywhere Delivering solutions designed for an increasingly mobile and connected lifestyle, HGST, a Western Digital company …

For the first time, researchers at the University of Liverpool have shown how WiFi networks can be infected with a virus that can spread through densely populated areas, like the common cold spreads among humans. The research team designed and stimulated a viral attack called “Chameleon” and found that it could not only spread easily between homes and businesses but …

Brocade Appoints Avnet Technology Solutions to Expand Distribution Network in South East Asia  The Partnership Aims to Deepen Brocade’s Market Penetration across the Government, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Enterprise Sectors Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced the appointment of Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distributor and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), as a Brocade IP and …

Dell and NetSuite are expanding their relationship, where in Dell, the PC maker will be handed NetSuite’s cloud-based ERP system to sell as it expands its enterprise coverage away from the traditional low margin PC & server business. The deal works for both firms. NetSuite will benefit from having access to Dell’s huge global sales and services organizations, as well …

Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire BlueKai, the industry’s leading cloud-based big data platform that enables companies to personalize online, offline and mobile marketing campaigns with richer and more actionable information about targeted audiences. “Modern marketers require new ways of acquiring, centralizing, interpreting, and activating customer data across marketing channels so that they can enhance the customer experience and …

After the melodramatic split of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and Seemandhara, Rashi Peripherals was thepreviliged one to organize a Channel Business Forum in Seemandhara. Rashi has always been in the fore front of channel training and education. The ninth edition of Channel Business Forum organized by Rashi Peripherals ended at a very high note with success and unparalleled partner response. …