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South Korean electronics giant Samsung on Tuesday launched 44 new TV models in India and introduced the new “Quantum Dot” display technology. Samsung, who is leading the TV manufacturing business with a 31 per cent share of the pie at around 48.2 million units in 2015, is eyeing 35 per cent market share this year. “We are targeting absolute dominant leadership position in the premium TV segment. We are targeting to outgrow the market and are looking at 35 per cent market share in the overall TV segment by the...

BlackBerry on Tuesday announced that it will no longer manufacture the Classic smartphone. The decision to end production of the Classic is one step further toward eliminating the BB10 operating system, which will now only be running on the Passport model. The move has raised further doubts about the future of the smartphone pioneer’s decreasing handset business as the company shifts its focus to software. BlackBerry launched the Classic less than two years ago, hoping it would resonate with customers yearning for a physical keyboard in a world of touchscreens. “Clearly the...

Revamping its global channel strategy, software giant Citrix Systems has announced a slew of new channel initiatives that aimed at driving an inclusive growth of its partners. The company recently announced the launch of Net New Partner Sourced program, specifically designed for Citrix Solutions Advisors (CSAs), SI and ISV partners to actively seek new mid-market opportunities. Citrix has also announced creation of new Strategic Development Fund for partners who bring new growth ideas to enable them financially and technically. Citrix Systems is back on the track with refocused and reorganized...

Cybercriminals always find new and innovative ways to sneak into computing devices. Mobility devices such as smartphones are now on the radar of the cyber crooks who are increasingly targeting the unpatched and unprotected smartphones. Smartphones can store a lot of data and valuable information, which, if fallen into the wrong hands, could make the owners pay a hefty price. Mobile trojan scams are on a rapid swift in recent days, however, despite of growing attacks on smartphones, users rely on free security tools which do not ensure full security...

India’s largest start-up incubator T-Hub, has signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding), with Aeries Technology Group, to work on solving technological issues, for the newly created enterprises. When smooth running of applications and software are the fundamental critical needs, Aeries will be providing the Sratus branded ‘Always On’ fault tolerant software and server technology platform, which would be critical to start-ups having their applications ready-to-go from an early stage, face minimum/ no downtime, and the software to be enterprise as well. The software is mainly known for highest levels of...

SUSE, has joined the Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Alliance as part of its ongoing strategy to enable customers to quickly respond to changing business needs. SUSE delivers cloud-based SUSE Linux Enterprise Server . including automated updates, to enterprise customers using the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. In addition, SUSE is now part of the Microsoft Test Drive program, so customers can easily and instantly evaluate SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for High Performance Computing via the Azure Marketplace for free. SUSE provides the only commercially supported Linux for HPC available via Microsoft Test...

Amazon.in has invested in six new Fulfilment Centres (FCs) to meet the growing needs of its fast-growing seller base in the country. New FCs will be set up in Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai further expanding the company’s presence in India and in preparation for the upcoming festive season. With the launch of these new FCs, Amazon.in continues to have the largest storage space for an e-commerce company in India with its FCs operational across 10 states covering a total area of close to 2.5 million square feet with a...

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to be flat in 2016, totaling $3.41 trillion, says Gartner. This is up from last quarter’s forecast of negative 0.5 percent growth. The change in the forecast is mainly due to currency fluctuations. “The current Gartner Worldwide IT Spending Forecast assumes that the U.K. would not exit the European Union. With the U.K.’s exit, there will likely be an erosion in business confidence and price increases which will impact U.K., Western Europe and worldwide IT spending,” said John-David Lovelock, research vice president at Gartner. While the U.K....

In a bid to create an ecosystem that encourages new startups in the country, the government has taken an initiative to offer fiscal incentives to software start-ups. The aim behind the move is to bring in and sustain 10,000 new start-ups, which are expected to create 3.5 million jobs, directly or indirectly. According to the news published in an online portal pc-tablet.co.in, with this particular initiative, the government aims at helping the sector account for $100 billion of India’s total GDP (around 1600 percent growth from the current $6.1 billion). The...

Oracle announced major new additions to the SPARC platform, that for the first time bring the advanced security, efficiency and simplicity of SPARC to the cloud. Built on the new SPARC S7 microprocessor, the latest additions to the SPARC platform include new cloud services, engineered systems and servers. While the business benefits of the public cloud are increasingly clear, many organizations have yet to move enterprise workloads to the cloud due to performance, security and management concerns. To help eliminate those concerns and enable organizations to confidently move enterprise workloads...