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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...

Freshdesk, a leading cloud-based customer engagement software provider, has announced the launch of Freshsales, a customer relationship management (CRM) solution and sales system designed for corporate sales team.These sales teams require multiple integrated systems to do their jobs effectively: lead, deal, and account management; email and phone integration; user behavior tracking; lead scoring; a visual sales pipeline; and reporting. Freshsales is the only CRM on the market to offer all of these key capabilities with the ease of use that Freshdesk customers have come to expect. The San Francisco and...

In fit of security businesses spend billion dollars in a quarter to protect their data from any kind of malicious cyber-attacks. Despite that these companies are facing internal data theft by their own employees. That’s one of the findings in a survey published by management consultant Accenture and HfS Research. Read Also:Quick Heal Launches Seqrite Services “Our research paints a sobering picture. Security leaders believe threats are not going away, in fact they expect them to increase and hinder their ability to safeguard critical data and establish digital trust,” said...

According to the report by The Economic Times, the Nokia factory based in Chennai has fresh troubles. The biggest hurdle ahead is the humongous tax dispute. Government officials had earlier approached Foxconn Founder Terry Gou. The Government hopes to revive the plant and is said to have discussed the proposed sale of the Nokia factory in Chennai. An official is said to have told ET that “We can say we have broken the ice with Foxconn. Now, the next task at hand is to ensure the aspirations of Foxconn and...