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Regional IT distribution company Savera Marketing has now re-branded as ‘Savera Digital India’. With the re-branding, Savera has now entered into the software and solutions space with adding Enterprise IT solutions to its portfolio. Expanding its reach in the southern India the distribution house has opened a new branch in Hyderabad. Savera has been recognized as the fastest growing distributor in India. It is expanding its team and adding more IT verticals to portfolio. Enterprise IT solutions business is Savera’ next big move. Southern India reach has been strengthened by...

The Vidarbha Computer Media Dealer’s Welfare Association (VCMDWA) was established in 1993 with an objective to promote ethical trade practices in the IT trade business. With a strong membership of 110 IT dealers and service providers, VCMDWA today has emerged as a strong voice of the IT channel fraternity in the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra. With a motto to protect the business interests of its members, VCMDWA primarily works on three major dimensions. First, to safeguard the business interests of its members while promoting healthy trade practice. Second, to serve...

Approximately 23 years ago, in the year 1993, an Assembly of about 12 IT dealers of Kolkata discussed the need of forming an association ofIT dealers who can look after the interests of the members and the Industry as well. In the year 1994, an assembly of 19 IT dealers meet and COMPASS was conceived that day and the lead was been given to K.L Lalani, which was safely delivered on 9th June 1994 and COMPASS got registration under the Company Act. IT entrepreneurs felt it necessary to set up...

E Commerce giant Flipkart has reportedly tied up with Chinese bulk sellers, through whom sellers on Flipkart’s platform can access and source products. With the move, the company is looking at China to source cheaper products to get price advantage. According to the Times of India report, Flipkart is tapping China for categories such as electronics, apparel and household items. The company started the service about five-six months ago. For now, it is restricted to select sellers on its platform. It will implement the program on a larger scale in another few...

With India’s mobile application testing market being estimated at around $60 million, there is definitely hope that the future holds brighter and more competitive days for developers and testers alike. In the midst of a seemingly rapid-growing industry is this new venture called pCloudy, the nation’s first cloud based mobile app testing services provider, formed under the aegis of Smart Software Testing Solutions, founded in 2015. A recent round-table gathering shed some light on their flagship offering, and how they just might disrupt the market. It is a known fact...

Canadian mobile company, BlackBerry has posted ts biggest loss a $670 million in over two years. Although much of the loss was down to restructuring charges, sales also fell to $400 million, down 39 per cent on a year earlier. The company sold just 5 lakh phones globally in the first fiscal quarter - down from six lakh in the previous quarter, IANS report published in Economic Times said. BlackBerry has said it will decide whether to stop making phones for good by September. “The device business must be profitable, because we...

In India, the high-end smartphone market is expected to grow by 19 per cent this year. The sudden growth is because of customers’ shift in interest in premium brands like Samsung and Apple, research firm CMR said today. The high-end smartphones, which are priced INR 20,000 and above in the country, have accounted to 7 per cent of the total smartphones sold last year and grew at 15 per cent in 2015. “Out of a total of 163 smartphone brands, only 19 brands shipped smartphones in the high-end price band...

The Statup India program specifically envisages technology business incubators and research parks. To boost such programs, Microsoft is working in conjugation with TCS to create a co-innovation platform which will help startups to develop products the two companies’ customers are seeking. “Microsoft Accelerator and TCS co-innovation network will create a platform to spur the Indian start-up system through an open framework,” the IT majors said at ‘Think Next Summer 2016′, a Microsoft Accelerator flagship forum here for thought leaders intended to drive transformation through innovation. “The progress India has made...

TRAI today issued a consultation paper to explore framework for facility of making calls using internet application on mobile and landline numbers. At present, internet service providers (ISPs) can provide internet telephony from personal computer to personal computer. With advancement in technology, mobile phones are facilitating voice calling through apps like Whatsapp, Skype, etc. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said that internet telephony has now become similar to conventional telephony and these providers compete directly with the existing technology used for making phone calls by landline or mobile...

Commvault today announced the appointment of Mark Velthuis as Vice President of Indirect Business for Asia Pacific and Japan. Leading the newly unified indirect overlay business for the region, Velthuis joins Commvault from EMC, bringing almost two decades of experience in the technology solutions industry. “Mark joins Commvault with an outstanding track record of building strategic partnerships and a strong channel partner network that will help us grow and provide opportunities across our ecosystem of partners,” said Owen Taraniuk, Head of Commvault in Asia Pacific and Japan. “He will join...