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ESS Distribution, the leading provider of IT security solutions in Indian market, has announced appointment of Rajiv Warrier as Country Head. He was previously working as National Sales Manager - Enterprise after joining the company earlier this year. As Country Head, Warrier will be responsible for leading overall operations of ESS Distribution offices and representatives across India, strengthening its presence in such segments as security, encryption and back-up software and business intelligence solutions. ESS Distribution is actively promoting ESET products and other software brands in India through a vast network...

Facebook tractioned 1Bn active users each month in its messenger, making it as big as Facebook’s other messaging app, WhatsApp, and the third Facebook product — along with the flagship Facebook app — to reach a billion active users as reported by recode net. It has been long back that Facebook has witnessed 1Bn regular user in its official page and now finally Facebook messenger app hits 1Bn regular users, which earlier did not get much traction because of the popularity of WhatsApp. Read Also:Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page hacked Messenger which...

Downward trends in tablet shipments, with Apple and Samsung YoY shipments falling from 62 per cent to 54 per cent as the market shrinks, are forcing PC brands to strategize survival tactics for their product portfolios, finds ABI Research. While Amazon and Huawei will focus on tablets despite the dwindling figures, not all vendors share this mentality. Dell and HP, for instance, made the decision to shy away from the tablet market and will instead concentrate on providing 2-in-1 systems based on Windows. Read Also: Amazon India To Set Up 6...

Teradata Corporation the big data analytics company today shared details as the opening day approaches for the Teradata partners Conference 2016 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Now in its 31st year, the annual event continues to be the leading data and analytics conference that is organized and led by customers, for customers. Conference activities begin September 10 and continue through September 15. This year’s program will feature more than 200 business and technical sessions, a general session program on Monday and Wednesday with illuminating keynote presentations, an exclusive C-suite...

EON Electric Ltd. (formerly Indo Asian Fusegear Ltd. incorporated over 5 decades back), today launched its ‘Energy Efficiency Yatra’ from its corporate office in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The campaign aims to create awareness about energy efficiency and the national need to minimise energy consumption through use of energy-efficient electrical lighting products. The initiative is in line with the Government’s vision to promote energy efficiency through use of efficient electrical products such as LED bulbs under the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP) as well as LED tubes and LED street lights....

Minhaj Zia ,the Managing Director of India & SAARC at Polycom has been elevated to a larger global role, as Vice-President – South East Asia, India & SAARC in less than three years. Zia, who will be based in Singapore, and will be responsible for sales and revenue growth, gaining market share in core and adjacent markets, establishing government relationships, building a strong leadership team, collaborating and supporting APAC-wide initiatives to deliver growth. Read Also: Mitel Acquires Polycom To Strengthen VC Business “In addition to India and SAARC, I will also...

STK Accessories, a mobile phone accessories company expands its travel range with the World Travel Charger ‘smart block’. The smarter solution allows you charge all your devices regardless of the location. Designed as a part of a travel range of accessories, smart block comes with several additional features, providing not only functionality but convenience as well. Indeed, its the key to stress free travel!​ The convenient and easy to use 3-part design is streamlined allowing you to quickly change to another plug without hassle. Since it can be broken down into three different pieces it’s highly portable....

As part of its global restructuring strategy, Intel Security has announced crucial changes in its India leadership. Jagdish Mahapatra, who was leading India and SAARC operations of the company, has been elevated to the role of APAC Channel head. Mahapatra will be reporting to Gavin Struthers, President, Asia Pacific for Intel Security Group. Intel Security has not yet revealed the name of the new India and SAARC head, but the company is expected to make an official announcement soon. In his new role, Mahapatra will lead the Channel and Alliances...

In a bid to foster curiosity, creativity and imagination among young innovators, Niti Aayog on Tuesday signed a two-year statement of intent (SOI) with tech giant Intel India to set up the first 10 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) in the country. Part of the government’s flagship Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the tie-up will lead to the creation of laboratories at schools aimed at teaching skills such as computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing and developing a design mindset among students between 12-18 years of age. Over a period of five...