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ASUS today, announced the opening of India’s second exclusive ‘Republic of Gamers’ (ROG) store (Subham Infotech) in Bhubaneshwar. With an area of about 50 square meters, the gamers can visit the store to experience the latest devices, game titles and accessories. The store is equipped with a ‘Battle Ground’ where a total of 6 gamers can compete against each other and experience LAN gaming at its best. The store is also furnished with a product demo zone and experience centre where the users can test the new hardware. Elaborating further...

The increasing adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and rising concerns for data security over mobility devices are fueling the growth of mobile anti-malware industry globally. According to the latest report of Research and Markets, the global mobile anti-malware market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.36 percent during the period 2016-2020. The “Global Mobile Anti-Malware Market 2016-2020” report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global mobile anti-malware market for the period 2016-2020. According to the report, organizations and end-users are considering adopting...

A running recap of top 10 happening in the IT Channel Industry 1. Hopes Alive For Come Back Of Nokia And BlackBerry Nokia And BlackBerry, the two handset legacies of its times are struggling hard for their survival in the highly contested smartphone market. The hopes of come back of these two technology giants are still alive. The leader of the market once upon a time, both the tech giants needs to understand the market dynamics and changing business equations in the smartphone business to make its grand entry in the...

HCL Infosystems has enabled the design, development and deployment of Defence Communication Network (DCN) - the first tri-service communication and IT network of the Armed Forces. The network has been fully designed and developed in India. The DCN was today dedicated to the nation by Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar. Speaking on the occasion, Premkumar Seshadri, Executive Vice-chairman and Managing Director, HCL Infosystems Ltd. said, “This is a moment of great honour for us. HCL Infosystems is proud to design, develop and deploy the first ever converged tri-service communication and IT...

Worldwide IT leader Cisco unveiled LaunchPad in order to mentor and empower the innovation eco-system in the country. The LaunchPad is designed to bring together Cisco, their channel partners, developers and their start-up enterprises and jointly look at solving issues to addressing new markets, and build on digital businesses. Mentorship will come from Cisco’s finest own talent who will be connecting the start-up talent with potential investors and guide them on creation of solutions and scaling of businesses. The LaunchPad will also bring other enablers like certified service providers and...

Microsoft Thursday named Gavriella Schuster as its new global channel chief. Schuster , a 21-year Microsoft veteran takes over Microsoft’s channel at a time of major transition and transformation. In her new role Schuster is tasked with guiding tens of thousands of partners as they transition to a cloud solutions business model and tackle the massive Windows 10 upgrade cycle. Schuster, who has been Microsoft’s interim channel chief since Phil Sorgen stepped out of the role in May, was formally named corporate vice president for the Worldwide Partner Group for...

Intense Technologies, a global enterprise software products company, has inked a multiyear, managed services contract with a leading communications services provider that enjoys a customer base of 100 million in India. The engagement marks a transformative landmark deal for the company in terms of size, scale and duration. Under this agreement, the company will be working with the client to streamline business processes of customer onboarding, customer communications and data monetization opportunities across all their physical and digital channels, thereby promoting the non-network customer experience processes. Today’s announcement augments the...

NASSCOM is working both with both Washington and Indian authorities to ensure call centre impostor frauds originating from India do not impact the long-term health of the Indian BPO industry. US government official called out Indian call centres as a source of various importer frauds that have targeted Americans, thus NASSCOM in response took such initiative. Read Also:Tata Comm Partners Anam To Curb SMS Fraud “Another area of international concern involves Indian call centres, which like their Jamaican counterparts, continue to be the source of various imposter frauds that have...

India’s largest software exporter TCS said it was recognized the Employee Engagement Project of the Year and Social Responsibility Project of the Year at the North American Employee Engagement Awards ceremony in Chicago. Tata Consultancy Services was highlighted as the top firm in two of 16 categories and possible winners on June 22. Read Also:TCS Wins SAP’s Partner Of The Year Award It won the Employee Engagement Project of the Year - for large public enterprise - due to its culture of promoting high impact employee engagement, senior management connections...

Computers & Media Dealer’s Association (CMDA), Pune has rolled out several crucial projects for its members to generate business for channel partners. The association has developed a mobile app which intends to enhance networking among the CMDA members and non members. The association recently announced the new managing committee for the year 2016-2017. Sanjeev Pathare, owner of Computer Shoppee has been elected as a president and Vivek Ashturkar, owner of Prominent System Solutions has been elected as a secretary for the current fiscal year. Speaking to Channel Times, Pathare said that...