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K L Lalani has been elected as the president of Confederation of Indian IT Associations (CIITA), an association which has representation in the eastern region. The association has recently conducted an annual general body meeting and decided the new office bearers. K.L. Lalani of COMPASS will be the president, Arun Rungta of BITA will be the VP, Sushil Kumar of JCTA will be the VP, Arun Kumar Dey of ITAO will be the Secretary, Arun Jalan of COMPASS will be the Treasurer, Amitabh Vidyarthy of JITA will be the Joint....

Delta Displays in collaboration with Alpha Digital has deployed an advanced video wall solution for India’s 1st Smart City Centre in Surat. The video wall will monitor over 30 different operations for city management. A fully redundant display solution is extremely vital for the effective operation of a Smart City Centre. Delta installed its 4×4 LED-lit 70” DLP Video Walls for this strategic centre. With the help of Delta’s Video Wall and Video Wall Controller, data feeds from various sources including transport, city planning, water supply, property tax, disease surveillance,...

Juniper Networks, an automated, scalable and secure networks, announced that it is part of Verizon Enterprise Solutions’ tech partner ecosystem. With Juniper’s Cloud CPE solution serving as a foundational engine for Verizon’s Virtual Network Services, enterprises will have greater choice in selecting the right solution for their needs. Read Also: Kodak Alaris Information Management Partnership Yatra Enters India “The announcement represents a continuation of digital transformation journey as the world of networking continues to evolve to a more automated, software-centric model. This model offers clients the ability to turn on and off new...

For people who grew up in the 80s and 90s, the VCR always was a nostalgic thing. However, by the late ‘90s arrival, CDs and DVDs came to replace the VCRs, and the turn of the millennia put the discs on every shelf, to replace the VHS tapes. One of the last members to keep faith in this four-decade old technology was Funai Electric that recently announced that the last batch shall be produced by July 30. Funai is based out of Japan, and having an obsessive relationship with obsolete...

Savera Digital India and ViewSonic recently organized channel meet in Siliguri, West Bengal. The event was focused to educate and influence partners on ViewSonic solutions for diverse business segments. The event attracted maximum channel partners in and around Siliguri which helped them to get a hands-on-experience of different technology solutions and innovations of ViewSonic like 4K monitors , Gaming Monitor, Touch Monitors. This has brought the confidence and knowledge for Siliguri partners about ViewSonic range of products under the leadership of Mr Pradeep Thanman, Country Manager, ViewSonic India. Gopal Pansari,...

Domestic smartphone vendor Karbonn Mobiles has set up a new manufacturing plant at Bawal, Haryana. This is the company’s second facility in India, the other being Noida. The new facility, as per the company, has been set up in 6 months and has 22 assembly lines. Karbonn Mobiles aims to manufacture around 30 million devices from this facility annually and employ around 4,000 people. The manufacturing unit for now is making 1.5 million units per month, which it aims to increase up to 2.5 million by the end of this...

Mumbai based Xpress Computers has become a Microsoft Authorized Education Partner (AEP), demonstrating its ability to meet Microsoft academic customers’ evolving needs in today’s dynamic business environment. Xpress has been serving numerous schools and colleges for many years now and have helped them setup a strong IT infrastructure for their institution. “This Microsoft AEP authorization shows our commitment and specialism in the academic IT marketplace and demonstrates our knowledge of Microsoft and its academic products,” said Chetan Shah, CEO . “We hope to accelerate our academic customers’ successes by serving...

Chicago-headquartered Cambium Networks is planning to make inroads into the tier II and III cities in India. Connectivity has become crucial part for everyone’s life, targeting this need, Cambium provides wireless broadband solutions that can be used in cities, as well as dense forests or mountains, leveraging WiFi and other technologies used by telcos to improve internet connectivity. Read Also: Data Consumption Decisive For 4G investments “There is demand for broadband services in these regions and we see triple digit revenue growth this year,” said Atul Bhatnagar, President and CEO, Cambium...

  The patent battle among tech gaints seems becoming worse. In what could be tit for tat move, Samsung Electronics has filed a lawsuit in China against Huawei Technologies Co., accusing the country’s largest smartphone maker of infringing on its mobile technology patents. The lawsuit comes just months after Huawei sued the Korean company in the U.S. and China. The pair had failed to strike a licensing deal over the use of technology fundamental to how mobile networks operate. “We have faithfully negotiated with other patent holders for the fair...

The development of smart cities and other urban development programs is changing the landscape of cities and towns across the country. With the 1.25 billion population, and the migration which takes from one city to other, coupled with the growth rate of the economy pegged at around 7 per cent annually, the market potential remains gigantic though certain shortfalls continue to plague the sector. One of the hindrances that the sector faces is the way business is carried out, especially with CRM process. The current model largely depends on agents...