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SearchBlox Software, a global provider of enterprise search, sentiment analysis and text analytics, has forayed into the Indian market. SearchBlox which intends to replace Google Search Appliance (GSA) in India has introduced its capabilities in 37 languages, highest relevant number of languages for any country. This capability can be a huge boon to India as we top the international Linguistic Diversity Index (LDI). Timo Selvaraj, Co-Founder and VP Product Management at SearchBlox Software, said, “While businesses are heading towards a new age of analytics, we are pleased to officially introduce...

Aiming to take digital signatures mainstream, Adobe announced the Cloud Signature Consortium - a group comprised of industry and academic organizations committed to building a new open standard for cloud-based digital signatures across mobile and web. Adobe believes that the world’s most secure form of signing is the electronic signing. Around 7 billion mobile devices around the globe can digitally sign documents from anywhere. Read Also: Digital India: All About Connected Lives “With more than six billion digital and electronic signature transactions processed each year through Adobe Sign and Adobe...

To help business owners connect with their potential customers and fans, Twitter has announced the launch of yet another standalone application: Twitter Dashboard. Dashboard is aimed at SME businesses that want to use Twitter to connect with their customers and streamline engagement for business accounts. The app offers a suite of tools, including customized feeds of tweets, tools for scheduling posts, access to tips on what to tweet, analytics and more. Similar to Twitter Engage, the idea with Dashboard is effectively to serve as a more personalized, custom destination and app for...

Telecommunication leader Tata Communication has sold its South African telecom arm Neotel to Liquid Telecom and Royal Bafokeng Holdings at an enterprise value of 6.55 billion rand ($428 million or INR 2,904 crore). The company had been trying to sell its holding in Neotel since 2013. It had earlier initiated discussions with a Vodafone subsidiary in Africa, but the talks were called off earlier this year. Read Also: With CLiQ, Tata Group Enters E-Commerce Business The transaction with Liquid Telecom, when concluded, will create the largest pan-African broadband network and...

Microsoft today announced the appointment of Crayon Software Experts India Pvt Ltd (Crayon) as a Cloud Distribution Partner under its Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Program in India. As part of this program, Crayon will help its customers (both - SMBs & Enterprise) in India to adopt Microsoft’s cloud based technology solutions like Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Office 365, Windows Intune and Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) subscriptions. Crayon will also work with Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecommunications Providers (Telcos) and Web Hosting firms to deliver these solutions to customers in India. Cloud...

D-Link India and Moxa have joined hands as a cohesive group to provide technology solutions for Smart City projects a mega Initiative by the Indian government under “Smart Cities Mission.” The collaboration aims to develop entire urban eco-system, represented by the four pillars of comprehensive development-institutional, physical, social and economic infrastructure. D-Link and Moxa are well-established organizations with industry experience and technology expertise in their respective domains to offer networking and industrial solutions. Jointly, companies aim to address to the opportunities in this smart city projects and are strongly placed...

Ingram Micro has recently signed up as a distribution partner for Commvault, the data protection and information management solution provider company to expand their offerings to customers and meet the growing data management needs of organizations in India. With their joint expertise, Commvault and Ingram Micro will address a burgeoning opportunity to scale up their presence in the Government, Defence and Smart City sectors. “Commvault has experienced strong growth in India and SAARC markets. This partnership will allow us to continue to build on this momentum and open up new...

Micromax expands its Unite range with the launch of the Unite 4 and Unite 4 Pro smartphones with an aim to support a variety of Indian languages at the system level. When it was first launched, the target consumers were from smaller towns and semi-urban areas. The domestic handset maker wants to target the untapped non-English speaking consumers with its latest Unite series smartphones. Shubhajit Sen, Chief Marketing Officer, Micromax Informatics, highlights company’s interest to cater the untapped vernacular smartphone market, and Micromax’s partnership with Indus OS. Sen revealed that...

The Maharashtra government is contemplating to collaborate with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to make Pune a startup hub of India. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the government was keen to associate with AWS to build an ecosystem of startups in Pune. “Pune has the capacity to become a start-up hub of India. The domain expertise of AWS and government endeavor, we can create wonders of world in Pune”, said Fadnavis addressing the audience at AWS summit in Mumbai held on Monday. The state government would provide all help necessary...

iValue InfoSolutions has announced a distribution agreement with Stratus Technologies for their industry leading solutions in fault tolerant computer servers and software. Vikramjeet Bhatti, Managing Director, India & SAARC at Stratus said, “We found iValue to be the right partner with an evolved GTM with customer and partner relationships to jumpstart our India foray. Stratus is committed to invest and grow India business along with iValue.” Application availability and performance over the years have become critical need for most business. Telecom firms lose revenue if billing software goes down, eCommerce...