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ESS Distribution, the national distributor for Eset has reportedly suspended the distribution of Eset products in India. The company has informed its partners, distributors and resellers across India that both retail and enterprise products under Eset brand will not be sold by ESS Distribution or any other companies affiliated with it. After the suspension of the distribution-ship, all commercial and support inquiries will now to be addressed directly to Eset company. ESS Distribution have been involved in marketing and distributing of Eset products in India since 2007. Over the years, the company...

MediaTek India has announced the availability of two new System on Chips (SoCs) specifically targeted towards the emerging connected home market in the country. The MT7687 and MT7697 chipsets feature a range of innovative architecture designs and function, and will be made available across Internet of Things (IoT) devices. End products on these SoCs are likely to be available in India by Q4 2016. These SoCs are expected to be used for home gateway solutions and smart electronics like smart washing machine, refrigerators, air-conditioners and other home appliances. The key...

In a move to make its Pages feature valuable for small businesses online, Facebook on Thursday announced the launch of two new Page sections - Services and Shop - for emerging markets including in India where 57 percent of people utilize Facebook platform for their business. The Shop section provides businesses with a new way to prominently display the products they are selling on their Page. It allows people to easily discover, browse and make offers to purchase products through messaging from the businesses they care about, Facebook said in...

The government of India has taken a very serious note of the growing incidence of cyber attacks on various institutions in recent months. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiran Rijiju said that the government was taking several policy measures to curb cyber criminals and was ready to meet the threat. “At a time when cyber-attacks are growing and cyber criminals are targeting organizations, we must not compromise when it comes to security, Kiran Rijiju said on Friday on the occasion of inauguration of the ninth annual summit on...

In a crucial step towards promoting local content in order to connect maximum number of people to the world of internet, the government is in talks with the tech giants such as Google, Microsoft and Rediff.in to seek their cooperation in supporting email addresses in local languages. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology recently held a meeting with representatives of Google, Microsoft and Rediff in an effort to get technology corporations to support email addresses in local languages, starting with Hindi. The meeting was called by Rajiv Bansal, joint...

After witnessing a de-growth for two successive months, the net subscriber base of six major telecom operators grew by 3.5 million, to reach 776.97 million users in June 2016. “Total number of GSM subscribers as of June 2016 reached 776.97 million” and “the GSM subscribers increased by 3.50 million in June 2016,” PTI report published in Economic Times quoted industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) as saying. The COAI shared data of six telecom operators, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Aircel, Telenor and MTNL, which jointly account for about 70 per cent...

With its vision to help make India a global hub of high-quality mobile developers, Google today launched the Android Skilling program in India that will aim to train two million mobile developers by unveiling a slew of initiatives to skill up, educate, and certify millions of students and developers in Android Development. Recognizing the need to provide an in-person training course targeted at students in universities, Google announced the launch of a specially designed instructor led training program on Android Fundamentals. This will be made available across public and private universities and...

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...

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...