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Dubai police has arrested an Indian citizen for engaging in an ill-motivated social media campaign against Malabar Gold & Diamonds using forged images. The arrested person is identified as Bineesh Ponankal Arumoghan, an ex-employee of the company, hailing from Thrissur in Kerala. Malabar Gold & Diamonds had filed a complaint with Dubai Police regarding a forged image of a cake cutting ceremony on the day of Pakistan Independence Day being circulated in social media. KshethraBhumi SamrakshanaVedhi Bharat also known as KBSV Bharat, an organization based in Kerala filed a criminal...

PC shipments in India declined 2.2 per cent to 2.14 million units in the April-June quarter this year, research firm IDC said. The sales stood at 2.19 million units in the second quarter of last year. However, on a sequential basis, the shipments grew 7.2 per cent over the January-March quarter this year. “Consumer spending throughout the quarter remained lukewarm. However, owing to seasonality, the quarter ended up with a positive momentum,” PTI report published in NDTV quoted IDC India Senior Market Analyst Client Devices Manish Yadav as saying. The Indian PC...

Fortinet, a global network security solutions company, is very bullish over its India operations. The company is aggressive on channel and business expansion and about foraying in new growth verticals. Fortinet is also betting big on some of the crucial government projects and has created a separate domain specialist for the government business. In a bid to educate its partners on the latest security offerings and align them with the growth journey, Fortinet recently organized “Fortinet Synergy” event in Ahmadabad. The event was focused on tapping the right business opportunities...

Micromax and Panasonic have partnered with telecom services firm Reliance Jio to provide free voice and data services for 90 days to smartphone buyers. Reliance Jio, which is expected to roll out commercial services in the coming months, has similar offers running in partnerships with Samsung and LG. “Under the terms of the Jio Preview Offer, consumers who purchase Micromax 4G smart devices will get Reliance Jio 4G SIM to get complementary access to unlimited HD Voice, Video calling, unlimited SMS, unlimited High-Speed Data services, and access to Jio Apps,” PTI...

Sophos a global network and endpoint security provider, today announced that Sophos Email is now available in its cloud-based Sophos Central management platform. Customers and partners can now manage their email protection solution alongside Sophos endpoint, mobile, web and wireless security products from a unified, simple to use console. Sophos Email boosts security for cloud-based business email applications from leading providers, including Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Exchange 2013 and Google Apps for Work. According to a recent survey conducted by Sophos, businesses are shifting to cloud-based email for both infrastructure...

HP Inc. continues to face challenges during its first year as an independent company. The company on Wednesday reported a drop in profit for the third quarter hurt largely by a 4 percent drop in revenues as the company continues to struggle with weak demand for printers. Shares of the computer and printer maker slipped 5 percent in extended session after it detailed a weak fourth quarter outlook, Nasdaq.com reports HP’s third-quarter profit dropped to $783 million or $0.45 per share from $854 million or $0.47 per share last year. Excluding...

HP Inc. continues to face challenges during its first year as an independent company. The company on Wednesday reported a drop in profit for the third quarter hurt largely by a 4 percent drop in revenues as the company continues to struggle with weak demand for printers. Shares of the computer and printer maker slipped 5 percent in extended session after it detailed a weak fourth quarter outlook, Nasdaq.com reports HP’s third-quarter profit dropped to $783 million or $0.45 per share from $854 million or $0.47 per share last year. Excluding...

Cyber criminals always use innovative techniques to breach the security wall of organizations. Telecom vendors are the top target of cybercriminals and they often use insiders as part of their malicious ‘toolset’, to attack Telecos. According to the latest report by end point security vendor, Kaspersky, Cyber crooks are recruiting disaffected employees through underground channels or blackmailing staff, using compromising information gathered from open sources. New research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International reveals that 28 percent of all cyber-attacks, and 38 percent of targeted attacks now involve malicious activity by insiders....

Competition Commission has approved the proposed merger deal of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) with enterprise services segment of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The partnership deal will emerge as a pure play IT services companies. According to the deal, announced in May, CSC would merge with Everett Spinco - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) that holds the enterprise service business. In a tweet, Competition Commission of India (CCI) said it has approved the “demerger of Enterprise Service Business of HPE into Everett Spinco; the latter to become subsidiary of CSC”. Post...