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VOLUME 08

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08 BigByte Indian PC Market Declined by 15.2% due to Lower Consumer Demand

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14 MWC Expo Innovations Displayed at Mobile World Congress 2017

In-focus

Smartphone Market Registers 5.2% Annual Growth in CY 2016

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Interview

We Aim to Emerge as True Market Leaders in the Area of Cloud

Content

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Interview

Bitdefender has Earned the trust of 500 million Users Worldwide with its Technology

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08 BigByte

Cloud Security

“Current Status of Cloud Adoption & Prime Concerns” with Cloud Services Shows ‘Building Trust in a Cloud Sky’

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Indian PC Market Declined by 15.2% due to Lower Consumer Demand

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Innovations Displayed at World’s Biggest Phone Show MWC 2017

Product Review

Zion Blaze DDR4 RAM

26 News Brief

Opinion

In-focus

Smartphone Market Registers 5.2% Annual Growth in CY 2016

14 MWC Expo

Telecom Today

Huawei Launches LampSite 3.0 Indoor Mobile Broadband

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28

Channel Buzz

Bruce Zhou, CEO, AXILSPOT How IoT and Internet Will Converge

22 New Arrivals

QNAP Showcased its NAS Solutions at BVE 2017

TP Link TL-WA820RE Wireless Range Extender

Digisol Honored its Partners with “Chalo Europe” Trip

Portronics Harmonics Talky Bluetooth Headphones

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Cloud Security

“Current Status of Cloud Adoption & Prime Concerns” with Cloud Services Shows ‘Building Trust in a Cloud Sky’ The world is seeing the dynamic growth in the usage of latest gadgets and devices. Every information is available on internet and it is available to everyone. Everybody is aware of its use and they daily store their confidential data on the internet accounts or on their devices. Many IT operations executed daily and cybercriminals affect these operations. So it is very important that their data should be secure because lots of cybercriminals are there to steal their highly confidential data.Big enterprises are very concerned about this issue because they have a fear of losing control over their important data.But the technology is evolving at a huge scale and now we have cloud computing. It can play significant role over our fear of data security. Although people are not very aware of this and still the adoption of Cloud services is very far from people’s approach. The most commondifficulty in the adoption of Cloud security is the lack of information about this technology. Itel has released a report on the ‘status of cloud adoption and its concerns’ that will signify the situation perfectly.

I

ntel

second

public clouds now outnumber those who

of IT, and unfortunately, visibility of these

annual cloud security report, “Building

Security

announced

its

distrust public clouds by more than 2-to-

Shadow IT services has dropped from

Trust in a Cloudy Sky.” The report outlines

1. Improved trust and perception, as well

about 50 percent last year to just under 47

the current state of cloud adoption, the

as increased understanding of the risks by

percent this year. As a result, 65 percent of

primary concerns with private and public

senior management, is encouraging more

IT professionals think this phenomenon is

cloud services, security implications, and

organizations to store sensitive data in the

interfering with their ability to keep the cloud

the evolving impact of Shadow IT of the

public cloud. Personal customer information

safe and secure. This is not surprising given

more than 2,000 IT professionals surveyed

is the most likely type of data to be stored

the amount of sensitive data now being

in public clouds, kept there by 62 percent of

stored in the public cloud and more than

those surveyed.

half (52 percent) of respondents reporting

Risks Also Rise: Shadow IT and the Cybersecurity Skill Shortage

they have definitively tracked malware from

“The ‘Cloud First’ strategy is now well and truly ensconced into the architecture of many organizations across the world,” said Raj Samani, EMEA chief technology officer, Intel Security. “The desire to move quickly toward cloud computing appears to be on the agenda for most organizations. This year, the average time before respondents thought their IT budgets would be 80 percent cloud-based was 15 months, indicating that Cloud First for many companies is progressing and remains the objective.”

Trust in the Cloud on the Rise The trust and perception of public cloud services continues to improve year over year.

Most organizations view cloud services as or

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The ongoing shortage of security skills is

Data Center Progression

continuing to affect cloud deployments.

The number of organizations using private

Almost half of the organizations surveyed

cloud only has dropped from 51 percent to

report the lack of cybersecurity skills has

24 percent over the past year, while hybrid

slowed adoption or usage of cloud services,

cloud use has increased from 19 percent to

possibly contributing to the increase in

57 percent. This move to a hybrid private/

Shadow IT activities. Another 36 percent

public cloud architecture requires the data

report they are experiencing a scarcity but

center to evolve to a highly virtualized,

are continuing with their cloud activities

cloud-based infrastructure. On average,

regardless.

those

52 percent of an organization’s data center

surveyed state they do not have a skills

servers are virtualized, 80 percent are using

shortage.

containers and most expect to have the

Only

15

percent

of

more secure than private clouds, and more

Due to the ease of procurement, almost

likely to deliver lower costs of ownership

40 percent of cloud services are now

and overall data visibility. Those who trust

commissioned

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a cloud SaaS application.

without

the

conversion to a fully software-defined data center completed within two years.

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Big Byte

Indian PC Market Declined by 15.2% due to Lower Consumer Demand

The year 2016 remain a very challenging year for PC market in India. We saw many events which hampered the growth of this market badly. This has been also confirmed in a recent report released by IDC. According to that report the overall India PC market for CY 2016 stood at 8.58 million units i.e. a year on year drops of 15.2 percent over CY 2015.Whereas HP has maintained its leadership position in the market followed by Dell and Lenovo. Check out the below detailed report:

A

ccording to International

The overall market declined

recorded 4.22 million units in CY

the Pay Commission award,

Data Corporation (IDC),

initially

reduced

2016, with a year on year decline

continued low commodity prices

the

PC

consumer demand and high

of 12.9 percent over CY 2015.

and measures announced in

market for CY 2016 stood at

inventory in H1 2016. However,

According

Yadav,

the Union Budget to transform

8.58 million units i.e. a year on

PC

starting

Associate Research Manager,

the rural sector created just the

year drops of 15.2 percent over

June owing to strong consumer

Client Devices, IDC India “With

right buzz for PC purchase in CY

CY

sentiment backed by seasonality

high

2016.�

and increase festive demand.

fiscal consolidation, consumer

2015.

overall

India

However,

outside

special projects the overall India PC market witnessed a year on year drop of 7.5 percent in CY 2016.

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owing

sales

to

recovered

Form Factor Highlight The

consumer

PC

market

to

inflation

Manish

and

ongoing

sentiment remained frail until H1 2016. However, with subsiding inflation

and

benefit

from

The

overall

commercial

PC

market recorded 4.35 million units in CY 2016, with a year on year drop of 17.4 percent over 01-15 MARCH 2017

Big Byte

Image Source : http://www.e-spirit.com CY 2015.

“Barring fulfilment

share of 23.3 percent in overall

education

India PC market in CY 2016

projects, the year witnessed

and took the second spot. The

muted investment and delayed

vendor continues its investment in

spending

government

expanding channel strength and

segment in H2 of CY 2016.

remained focused on addressing

Enterprises

of

limited

large

from

had

new opportunities in segments

been the mainstay in holding up

like government and education.

the aggregate demand during

Owing to which Dell gained

the same period.” said Yadav

around

consumption

Top 3 Vendor Highlights: HP Inc.

4.9

growth year on year to record 24.5 percent market share in CY 2016 against CY 2015.

of 28.4 percent in the overall India PC market in CY 2016, the vendor took the top spot with 3.0 percentage point growth over CY 2015. The vendor continues to dominate in the consumer PC business with 26.8 percent market share for the third year in a row; HP Inc. has recreated its brand in India PC market with strong product placement and aggressive marketing campaigns by

new

innovative

products like Spectre. The vendor also led the commercial category with the execution of special projects

and

strong

hold

in

enterprise vertical as well.

Dell Dell recorded an overall market 01-15 MARCH 2017

point

in the overall commercial category

HP Inc. recorded a market share

supported

percentage

innovative product line-up.

IDC India Forecast: On short term, positive consumer spending is leading to healthy sell out and expected to build a strong base for H1 CY 2017; unlike CY 2016 which was badly hit owing to sluggish consumer demand from start of the year.

“With increase adoption of digital transaction and affordable PCs; consumer PC market is setting up for a revival in CY 2017.” said Yadav Further the commercial

Lenovo

market is anticipated to observe

Lenovo held on to the third spot,

execution

with an overall market share

education

of 17.6 percent in CY 2016.

different states in CY 2017 and

The vendor declined by 5.8

the incremental spending from

percentage point in CY 2016

BFSI and government verticals

over CY 2015 in overall India PC

will further strengthen the overall

market. With changes around

category growth.

GTM strategies and internal structure, the vendor’s consumer business did observe a drop of 2.5 percentage points year on year in CY 2016, further the drop was aided owing to lack of special project execution against CY

2015.

believes

However,

market

Lenovo will

bounce

back in CY 2017 by leveraging its improved marketing strategies and channel strength backed by

of

state

projects

owned across

IDC India Q4 CY 2017 India PC shipment for Q4 CY 2016 stood at 1.92 million units, i.e. a quarter on quarter drop of 23.4 percent over Q3 CY 2016 and a year on year drop of 23.6 percent over Q4 CY 2015.

Outside strong festive demand, the quarter did observe impact of demonetisation and limited execution

of

large

projects

compared to Q4 CY 2015.

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In-Focus

Smartphone Market Registers 5.2% Annual Growth in CY 2016

A

ccording

to

the

a

to smartphone migration has

share of homegrown vendors

International

Data

seasonal decline after an all-

slowed down as prices of

further slipped to 19 percent.

Corporation's

(IDC)

time high festival quarter and

smartphones are still quite

“This is first time when none of

Quarterly

Mobile

is

mainly

due

to

Phone

demonetization in the month

high for a feature phone user.

the homegrown vendors were

Tracker, India registered 109.1

of November, which led to

Also, ease of use, long battery

able to make their position in

million units of smartphone

relatively lower consumer sales

life and durability of feature

top five,” says Jaipal Singh,

shipments with a marginal

in November and December.

phones continue to be relevant

Market Analyst, Client Devices,

for large numbers of users of

IDC India. “The decision of

this category,” adds Karthik.

sticking

5.2 percent annual growth in CY2016. In CY Q42016, smartphone shipments clocked 25.8 million units, registering similar volumes as that of CY Q42015 but declining sharply by

20.3

percent

previous quarter.

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India has the fastest growing smartphone market in the world.

Smartphones are the basic need of a human. It affects our life in many ways, mobiles are consistently making their spot in our life. Mobile subscription is hitting all previous records in India.

In the population of around 1.3 billion citizens, the subscription is spreading from urban areas to rural areas in India.

There are some other factors which have fueled its growth as well. To know more on the Indian smartphone market share and growth report, check out below story:

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over

the

“This than

is

relatively

expected

shipments to

for

sluggish

lower

smartphone India

first

owing

In the smartphone market, the

and

share of China-based vendors

half

demonetization at the end

touched

of

J,

percent in CY Q42016, as their

Senior Market Analyst, Client

shipments doubled over the

Devices, IDC. “Feature phone

same period last year, while the

year”

says

Karthik

a

whopping

46

with

a

3G-heavy

portfolio and prioritising the price

game

over

product

experience is working against the dominance of homegrown vendors,” adds Singh Also, the trouble is going to

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In-Focus

aggravate further for homegrown

the 2nd spot in the overall mobile

Feature

the

market remained at 31.2 percent

vendors as China-based vendors

phone market with aggressive

dominant category in the total

phones

remain

in CY Q42016 with Xiaomi and

have now entered the high volume

shipments of feature phones in

mobile phone market, with annual

Lenovo accounting for more than

feature phone market, which has

CY Q42016. Transsion is also

shipments of 136.1 million units.

half of the channel’s volume.

traditionally been dominated by

expected to launch few more

The category declined by only 9.4

Interestingly, in the marginally

the homegrown vendors. China's

brands in the later half the year

percent in CY2016 as compared

growing

Transsion Group which entered

within the same price bands

to 16.2 percent in CY2015.

online

the Indian market in CY Q22016

where homegrown vendors are

with their “itel” brand climbed to

competing.

Online sales in the smartphone

smartphone smartphone

market, shipments

volume grew over 10 percent annually in CY2016.

SMARTPHONE VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS:

the

also expanded its retail presence with

presence and aggressive marketing,

smartphone market by a large margin

the launch of an exclusive model for

OPPO has established itself as a key

with 25.1 percent share despite a

offline channels in CY Q42016.

player in the Indian smartphone market.

Samsung

continued

to

lead

13.1 percent sequential decline in CY Q42016. However, Samsung’s annual shipments grew 3.2 percent in 2016 driven majorly by the J-series. The J2 continues to be a key contributor for Samsung, accounting for almost half of vendor’s total shipments in CY Q42016.

Xiaomi climbed up to 2nd place with 10.7 percent share in CY Q42016 against 3.3 percent share in the same period last year. Year-on-year shipments grew threefold while sequential growth

to 3rd place as shipments declined 17.4 percent sequentially in CY Q42016

Also, the vendor’s recent inroads into online channels is likely to give an incremental push for the vendor.

and 14.5 percent over CY Q42015.

Vivo is yet another China-based vendor

Motorola’s E3 Power and Lenovo’s

making its debut in the Top 5. Vivo

K5 series accounted for almost half

dethroned Reliance Jio from 5th place

Lenovo’s shipments in CY Q42016.

by clocking in a healthy 50.8 percent

OPPO made it to the top 5 list in CY Q42016 with 8.6 percent share. OPPO has been growing at a steady rate all through 2016 with the year ending at a healthy 29.9 percent sequential growth in CY Q42016. With a strong retail

sequential growth in CY Q42016 with 7.6 percent vendor share.

Similar to

OPPO, vivo’s strength lies in its offline presence, and its extensive visibility has helped the vendor to grow more than 4 times in 2016 over the previous year.

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was 15.3 percent in CY Q42016. Xiaomi

Lenovo (including Motorola) slipped

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Telecom Today

Aircel Rolls out 2GB of 3G Data Offer @ Rs. 67 in Kolkata

Gionee Introduces A1 & A1 Plus Smartphone

Aircel

is

encouraging

its

said, “Aircel aims to delight

potential

its customers with exciting

customers to enjoy 1GB of

gamut of products that offer

3G data at just Rs.36 and

them benefits of affordable

2GB of 3G data at just Rs. 67

calling and unlimited data. We

with a validity of 3 days and

always strive to decipher the

4 days respectively. Aircel

needs of our customers and

also launched RC 61 which

understand the finer nuances

offers a host of benefits in

of their mobile experience and

voice calling with local Aircel

make their experience with

to Aircel calls @ 10p/min

Aircel enriching.RC36, 67 and

and Aircel to Others Local

RC61 are designed for a wide

and STD calls @ 30p/min.

spectrum of users, who want

The validity of the product is

to enjoy seamless calling

60 days and is available on

and

eTop. Anil Gupta, Regional

online at an affordable cost.”

existing Gionee announced its new lineup of a series smartphones

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A1 & A1 Plus at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017.

The brand new products carry on Gionee’s product DNA with a long-life battery, while also focusing on enhanced photo quality for selfies. The A-series featuring a 20 MP selfie camera and powerful 13MP+5MP rear dual cameras. The A1 Plus sports a 4550 mAh battery, while the A1 has 4010 mAh, providing enough power to get users through the day and beyond. Gionee provides

u l t r a f a s t charge and dual charging chips within the A series. The A1 Plus runs on a MTK Helio P25 processor, while the A1 runs on a Helio P10. Both devices are based on the upto-date Android 7.0. Featuring 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM, the A1 Plus can handle multitasking. A1 and A1 Plus will be available for sale at 349 Euros

and

Manager

–

East,

also

stay

connected

Aircel,

and 499 Euros starting March 2017 and April 2017 respectively.

Alcatel Unveils A3 Smartphone

ZOPO Mobile Launches Flash X Plus 4G Smartphone

Alcatel

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ZOPO Mobile sets up the stage

It is supported by a 3GB RAM

to capture a significant market

&

share with its new offering, the

expandable up to 128GB which

Flash X Plus.

It comes with a

ensures seamless multi-tasking

slim metal body weighting only

and snappy performance with

160g and is built on Android 6.0

amazing 3100 mAh Li-Polymer

Marshmallow. It showcases a

battery backup. It is available in

13MP Sony camera with a dual

4 different unique colors: Royale

LED Flash. The 8MP front camera

Gold, Charcoal Black, Space Grey

comes with a moonlight screen

and Orchid Rose. The phone

flash. This handset has fingerprint

will be available on all ZOPO

scanner with a response time of

counters across India and online

0.16s”. The Flash X Plus offers a

stores

5.5”full HD IPS, powered by a 64-

Snapdeal and Shopclues for the

bit Octa-core MT6753 processor.

far-fetched price of Rs. 13,999/-

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32GB

like

internal

Amazon,

storage,

Flipkart,

new

the lock screen. The Alcatel

A3 smartphone at Mobile

A3 features a 5MP front

World Congress. The new A3

camera with selfie flash and

delivers a great smartphone

a 13MP rear camera with

experience,

creative

LED flash. You can take

selfie tools for smart social

selfies with one touch of the

starters. The Alcatel A3 is

fingerprint sensor and. The

built around Alcatel’s enjoy.

5-inch HD display performs

Now promise. Alcatel helps

well in bright sunlight and is

people get the most out of life

ideal for viewing photos and

by enjoying every moment.

video. Your gaming and video

The

fingerprint

streaming experience will be

access for enhanced security,

smooth and seamless thanks

with Private Mode to protect

to fast 4G LTE connectivity and

your sensitive data. You can

a quad-core CPU. Alcatel A3

even program up to five

comes with a stylish metallic

fingerprints to launch your

frame and a textured back

favorite apps directly from

cover for a premium look.

A3

launched

with

offers

its

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Telecom Today

GSMA Rolls out “Embracing the Digital Revolution: Policies for Building the Digital Economy” Report The

GSMA

launched

a

has

examined

the

positive

new report that encourages

impact that mobile has on

governments to pursue policies

the worldwide economy. The

that

investment

mobile ecosystem generated

and promote development of

4.2 per cent of global GDP

digital

building

in 2015, a contribution of

future

more than US$3.1 trillion of

for their citizens. The report,

added economic value. BCG

“Embracing

research

an

incentivise

economies,

inclusive

digital the

Revolution:

Digital

Policies

in

six

countries

for

(Brazil, China, Germany, India,

Building the Digital Economy,”

South Korea and the United

developed

States) showed that mobile

in

collaboration

with Boston Consulting Group

technologies

(BCG), calls on policymakers

US$6.4

to

consumer

encourage

digital

have

trillion

created

of

annual

surplus,

which

advancement and prepare for

is more than the individual

the changes that lie ahead,

GDP of every country in the

while

risk

world, with the exception of

of inaction. GSMA research

China and the United States.

highlighting

the

Huawei Launches LampSite 3.0 Indoor Mobile Broadband

Huawei has released LampSite 3.0 for indoor mobile broadband (MBB) scenarios. This future proof solution supports a number of innovative technologies, including flexible multicarrier aggregation, distributed MIMO, and 256QAM, paving the way for evolution to 5G networks.

LampSite 3.0 supports full bandwidth and indoor network

sharing to reduce costs. Once an indoor network is built by one operator, it is available for lease by other operators for network and TCO sharing. A network shared among four operators reduces each operator’s TCO by as much as 70%. LampSite 3.0 features flexible multicarrier aggregation, distributed MIMO, and 256QAM. These revolutionary technologies enable a throughput of up to 2 Gbps and an excellent experience for mobile users. This solution also supports high bandwidth and dynamic capacity adjustment, allowing operators to easily cope with rapid traffic growth and network evolution simply by constructing a single network. The per-bit cost is reduced by 30% to 40% with LampSite 3.0 compared with existing indoor distributed networks.

Reliance Jio Rolls out Jio Prime Membership Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (“Jio”) announced that the Jio family of subscribers is a 100 million strong! Jio’s offering saw record additions of 7 new members per second, every single day for the last 170 days, enabling it to cross the 100 million mark within six months of commencement of services. As a token of its gratitude, the existing 100 Million plus Jio subscribers can avail of the special ‘Jio Prime Membership’ programme which comes with several special benefits. First, Jio Prime Members will be able to enjoy the unlimited benefits of the existing Jio Happy New Offer for another full year or till 31 March 2018 for a nominal, one-time enrolment fee of just Rs. 99/- and a rock-bottom introductory price of only Rs. 303/- per month or effectively at just Rs. 10/- per day! Second, the programme will enable Jio Prime Members to enjoy the full bouquet of Jio’s applications absolutely free till 31 March 2018. This translates to additional benefit worth over Rs. 10,000/- for the Jio Prime Members.

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MWC Expo

Innovations Displayed at Mobile World Congress 2017

Mobile World Congress is one of the world’s biggest phone trade shows. The show was held at Barcelona, Spain from 27th February to 2nd March 2017. MWC was a B2B event and a massive exhibition for entire mobile industry. Leading companies were there to showcas e their revolutionary innovations. Around 1 Lakh people attended the show. Over 2,300 companies partici pated in the exhibition, which covered nine halls and eleven outdoor spaces. Everything from connected cars, virtual reality, new hands ets and ingenious app ideas, to 3D printing, privacy protection and backend solutions were on display. Visitors also explored GSMA Innovation City and experienced immersive demonstrations of the most cutting-edge mobile enabled products and s ervices in the world. MWC was an incredible new destination to the show, featuring different pavilions dedicated to specific technologies and platforms such as VR/AR, robotics, drones, and artificial intelligence spaces. Industry awards were also given at the annual Global Mobile Awards. This was one of the platforms where we can look towards the future. DT connects you to some of the industry players who intended to pick-up some prais e with their innovations at the event.

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Huawei Introduced LampSite 3.0 Indoor MBB at MWC 2017

A

t this year’s Mobile World Congress, Huawei has released LampSite 3.0 for indoor mobile broadband (MBB) scenarios. By removing longstanding technical

bottlenecks, this futureproof solution enables full bandwidth on multi-frequency bands and extends digital network sharing among operators to indoor scenarios. It also supports a number of innovative technologies, including flexible multicarrier aggregation, distributed MIMO, and 256QAM, paving the way for evolution to 5G networks.

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MWC Expo

MBB is growing, and statistics indicate that

LampSite 3.0 supports full bandwidth and

network sharing attracts more investors,

80% of mobile data traffic is generated indoors.

indoor network sharing to reduce costs. Once

enterprises, proprietors, tower companies,

In most cases, indoor network deployment

an indoor network is built by one operator,

and other interested parties. All these

as requested by proprietors and regulators

it is available for lease by other operators

contributors increase capital, policy support,

needs to be completed with a single site visit,

for network and TCO sharing. A network

and property resources, facilitating network

especially in hotspot areas. Operators thus

shared among four operators reduces each

deployment. Operators can in turn lease

seek cost-effective solutions to site addition

operator’s TCO by as much as 70%. As well

their indoor networks to recoup deployment

and network construction.

as giving operators digital dividends, indoor

cost and share benefits.

Gionee Launched a Series Smartphones at MWC 2017 Gionee

new

manufacturer, we hope to set

product line for the first half of

bright, beautiful and natural-

lineup of A series smartphones

announced

its

up the evolution of the selfie

2017 and continue to focus on

looking selfies and photos in

A1 & A1 Plus at the Mobile

experience and provide the best

selfie performance. Featuring

any light.

World Congress (MWC) 2017.

portfolio at the best price.”

a 20 MP selfie camera and

a 4550 mAh battery, while the

powerful 13MP+5MP rear dual

A1 has 4010 mAh, providing

cameras, the A1 Plus allows

enough power to get users

users

through the day and beyond,

The brand new products carry on Gionee’s product DNA with a long-life battery, while also

The

A-series

Gionee’s

will core

remain

to

take

The A1 Plus sports

focusing on enhanced photo

even though video streaming,

quality for selfies.

graphic-intensive

William Lu, President of Gionee, said at the launch event: “We have noticed that more and more

people

are

between

hardware

and software allows A series devices to work quickly and

processor, while the A1 runs

themselves

and they tend to share their photos through various channels

interplay

runs on a MTK Helio P25

as an expression

social

or

save power. The A1 Plus

regarding selfies of

gaming

GPS navigation. The seamless

whenever

and wherever they are. As a

on a Helio P10. Both devices are based on the up-to-date Android 7.0. Featuring 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM.

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MWC Report

Alcatel Unveiled PLUS 12 4G Connected 2-in-1 Device at MWC 2017

Alcatel launched its new PLUS 12

Vice President at Alcatel. “With the

device at Mobile World Congress.

PLUS 12, Alcatel has created the

Powered by Windows 10, PLUS

perfect office on the go.”

12 is the perfect mobile office for the busy person who needs to get things done while enjoying the moment. It has a crisp 12inch full HD display, a sleek and modern design aesthetic, and all the features you need for maximum productivity wherever you are.

With its blazing fast 4G/Wi-Fi connectivity, PLUS 12 offers a complete mobile office experience.

You can use it to communicate and collaborate with colleagues, create documents, spreadsheets and presentations, read an e-book, browse the Web, and share a

“As a leading device manufacturer

presentation

for

are

quality on its 12-inch full HD

convinced that productive devices

display, wherever you are. For

will be more and more connected

high-quality videoconferencing, it

to cellular networks. Alcatel has

has a 5MP front camera, loud dual

developed the PLUS range, a series

speakers, and a digital microphone.

of

What’s more, PLUS 12’s innovative

connected

tablets,

high-performing

Windows

10

2-in-1s

we

connected with

4G

detachable

video

4G

in

LTE

amazing

keyboard

LTE inside, so you’ll always be

serves as a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to

connected and productive wherever

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you go. PLUS 12 is the latest addition to the PLUS family. With a larger screen, it delivers a great user experience. It’s also super lightweight and looks fantastic,” said Vittorio Di Mauro, Senior-

PLUS 12 makes full use of the new features of Windows 10. You can use Windows Hello fingerprint recognition for fast, password-free sign-in and the new Windows Ink note and annotation feature.

D-Link showcased numerous products from range of M2M and 4G LTE products at Mobile World Congress 2017 (MWC) in Barcelona.

Anny Wei, President of D-Link Corporation, said, “As the connected world continues to develop and expand, the

D-Link Demonstrates Extensive Range of M2M and 4G LTE Products at MWC 2017

demands for technology to support this new eco-system increase. At D-Link we’ve been leading the way in outdoor APs, small-cell coverage extension, in-vehicle LTE hotspots and direct machine connection for the last few years, and we’re looking forward to meeting with our partners and customers during Mobile World Congress to discuss how we can use our technical expertise in these areas to further support the journey to the connected future.”

The products that D-Link is demonstrated in Hall 2 on Stand 2D21MR include: Connectivity & Surveillance D-Link LTE hotspots and bridges provide connectivity that allows the community to effectively access information and entertainment sources, while surveillance cameras with smooth video streaming, such as the LTE Camera (DCS-2800LM), ensure that everyday life is safer and simple.

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Monitored Environment

CO2 emissions, and energy.

D-Link utilises LoRa technology,

Connected Vehicles

a low-power wide-area network, for monitoring the environment in facilities such as campuses, hospitals, factories, and farms.

LoRa products, such as D-Link’s IOT

Gateway

(DWM-312G),

provide better safety measures

Portable in-vehicle

Wi-Fi

devices

hotspots,

such

(DWM-321), provide on the go utilities whenever and wherever you need.

Superfast 4G+ LTE

with the ability to track, monitor,

Superfast

control

environmental

factors such as temperature,

as

D-Link’s in-vehicle LTE Hotspot

and efficient use of resources and

and

mobile

broadband

speeds – 4G+ LTE – is where D-Link

leads

once

more.

D-Link’s 4G+ LTE advanced

to give you even faster internet

solutions,

speeds.

including

the

LTE

CAT9 Mobile Hotspot (DWR937) and the LTE CAT9 IAD (DWR-976) support LTE CAT9 to CAT12 for high speed mobile Internet access.

Hybrid Solutions

Machine to Machine Machine to Machine technology is an integral part of the Internet of Things. Blazing fast 4G LTE speeds, such as those delivered by

D-Link’s

4G

LTE

M2M

Hybrid DSL+LTE routers, such

Router (DWM-312), give you the

as D-Link’s DSL+LTE Hybrid

reliable, always-on connectivity

Router (DWR-980), allow you to

you need for business in the

combine 4G LTE mobile internet

digital age.

with fixed line DSL broadband

Zyxel Debuted its LTE Indoor Gateway at MWC 2017 Zyxel Communications debuted

coverage, and supporting more

its LTE gateway LTE5366 –one

devices and applications.”

of the first LTE indoor gateways with 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi technology– at Mobile World Congress 2017.

With category 6 compliance, the LTE5366 delivers downlink data rates of up to 300Mbps – which is twice as fast as category 4

“Our new LTE5366 boosts indoor

models and even outperforms

connectivity

fixed-line

with

LTE

CAT6

Ethernet,

providing

compliance,” said Wayne Hwang,

users with lightning-fast Internet.

Vice President of Zyxel’s Service

Zyxel’s LTE5366 is compatible

Provider Strategic Business Unit.

with LTE, DC-HSPA+/HSPA/

“However, it is more challenging

UMTS and EDGE/GPRS/GSM,

to match Wi-Fi performance with

allowing users to connect to

LTE speeds and that is why we

a variety of mobile broadband

have adopted 802.11ac Wave

services

2 technology with 4x4 streams

Thanks to its sleek, modern and

for LTE5366. We are one of

elegant design, it blends naturally

the first solutions providers to

into any environment.

introduce the benefits of 11ac Wave2 technology, which include providing higher speeds, better

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all

over

the

world.

Zyxel’s LTE portfolio allows users to achieve the best mobility and

flexibility when connecting to the internet in various scenarios including at home, in the office, or on-the-move. LTE5366 is one of three new models that will be available to Zyxel customers this year, with the trendy “4G

compact

“LTE

CAT4

Indoor

Router” due to be released on the market during the second half of 2017. Demos of these products will also be available to view at Booth 5G10, Hall 5, at Mobile World Congress 2017.

LTE-A CAT9 HomeSpot-II” and

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Interview

Bitdefender Has Earned Trust of 500 Million Users Worldwide

Zakir Hussain Rangwala Director, BD Software Distribution Pvt. Ltd.

Bitdefender is a prominent player in Indian IT industry that supply advance level security solutions. DT spoke to Zakir Hussain Rangwala, Director, BD Software, Country Partner for Bitdefender in India about their business plans, distribution models.

Below are some excerpts: Q - What are the major security threats

which makes Bitdefender the first choice for

for PC users in today’s era?

both consumer and business customers.

Cloud computing security and mobile device

Q - How do you see the journey of your

security are believed to be among the top security priorities for both consumers and businesses in the nearest future. More and more people use smartphones and tablets for their basic daily needs as well as at work, making security of such devices a very important issue. On one hand, compromising a single device can harm personal life, on another, it can compromise the whole IT infrastructure of an organization where the person is employed. In India, the number of targeted attacks as well as attacks using ransomware family of malware is rapidly growing in India.

Q - How do you assure your users a

piece of mind against all kind of threats?

Bitdefender has earned the trust of 500 million users worldwide with its technology – from individual users and families to SMBs and world’s largest corporations. Bitdefender has consistently ranked among industry experts as the most secure and best performing security software on the market. With more than six patents pertaining to machine-learning algorithms for detecting malware and other online threats, deep learning and anomalybased detection techniques play a vital role in proactively fighting new and unknown threats

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distribution company so far?

In 2016, BD Software came out strong in its channel strategy to promote Bitdefender products across all regions of India. Along with our Retail Sub-Distributor for East, South and West regions Link Telecom, we announced series of incentive schemes targeting various types of partners, and all of them were incredibly successful that once again confirms the power of brand and reputation Bitdefender products have in Indian market.

Earlier

this month we have launched a pan-India incentive offer on Bitdefender flagship retail products which is valid on four flagship retail products, namely Bitdefender Total Security Multi Device (1Device/1Year), Bitdefender Antivirus Plus, Bitdefender Internet Security and Bitdefender Family Pack. The offer is valid from 15th February, 2017 to 15th May, 2017.

The partners qualified will get a chance to Visit Thailand. And there are many more such incentive campaigns to come during 2017 as we are determined continue forging strong collaboration

with

value-added

partners

and systems integrators in order to bring the awareness about Bitdefender’s awardwinning security technologies at the entirely new level in India.

Q - What are your upcoming channel

plans? How do take care of your partners growth & their margin while doing business with you?

As a Country Partner for Bitdefender in India, we would like to see Bitdefender among top5 players both in consumer and enterprise segments, and we believe this target is quite achievable. As we are committed to further extend and boost our channel network and increase Bitdefender’s presence in the country.

Able to maintain good practices and policies, but has also a very innovative approach to sales and great understanding of the product.

Having such a strong partner will definitely help to move Bitdefender’s revolutionary security products in the Indian market.

Q - What is the biggest challenge for your business currently?

While India’s IT security industry is slowly maturing, the country still needs better, higher computer literacy rates to cope up with the kind of development its economy is growing through. As India is turning digital, it needs to adopt IT security practices faster, especially at the consumer level. For this, the government,

businesses,

non–government

organizations should work more on providing free IT education to people, in the rural areas particularly.

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Product Review

Zion Blaze DDR4 RAM

Key Specifications Memory Type

:

DDR4

Capacity

:

8GB / 16GB

Tested Speed

:

2400 MHz

Latency

: 17-17-17

Registed / Unbuffered

:

Unbuffered

Error Checking

:

Non ECC

SPD Speed

:

2133 Mhz

SPD Voltage

:

1.2V

Heatsink

:

Aluminium Alloy

Warranty

:

3 Year + 2 Year Extension

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Z

ION has been always leader in the Indian market and has introduced many successful products for their customers. The company has gained excellent reputation by helping customers in selecting components for PCs according to their requirements. Recently company introduced Zion Blaze DDR4 which has been -designed for fiery speed and extreme gaming experience.

Blaze DDR4 has a clock speed of 2400 MHz which makes them on of the fastest RAMs available currently in the market. It has been launched in two variants, 8GB and 16 GB and are compatible with all the current AMD and Intel platforms. Zion BLAZE DDR4 is an ideal choice for gamers, overclockers and PC enthusiasts who are seeking a faster speed DRAM for their gaming machines. The Zion Blaze DDR4 provides smooth running of multiple application, greater FPS and usage of large files all at the same time. In addition to maximised productivity, the Zion BLAZE DDR4 provides superior durability and reduced power consumption. This product is really an excellent option for high end users as it also gives you three year + additional two years warranty. Total five year warranty is really a piece of mind for users. We recommend our readers to go for this product as it will really help you boost your PC performance. ZION modules are available through a network of over 4000 distributors, resellers and system integrators across the country. We give four star for Zion Blaze DDR4.

Excellent

: Five Star

Very Good

: Four Star

Good

: Three Star

Average

: Two Stars

Poor

: One Star

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Interview

We Aim to Emerge as True Market Leaders in the Area of Cloud Cloud computing has completely change the entire IT ecosystem in recent years. It has come as a rescue for large and even mid-size organizations to cut down the IT infra cost drastically. There are different modules which help us in enhancing overall performance. There are many companies who are offering best cloud solutions to Indian customers to optimize their growth with minimum investment. Mr. Punit Thakkar, CEO Shivaami Cloud Services, one of the leading players in the cloud services domain, shares his opinion with DT on overall cloud market and his future plans.

DT: How do you see the

revolution, which is generating

cloud computing market in

the

India?

corporate

Mr. Punit: At present, the cloud computing

market

is

rapidly

growing in India. Cloud based data storage services are getting more innovative by each passing day. It offers huge money saving advantages over conventional in-house frameworks for data storage.

According to a survey state of software-as-a-service

(SaaS)

market in India by Springboard Research,

SaaS

adoption

is

expected to grow over the next year.

The

selection

of

distributed

administrations

by SMEs as well as large enterprises

is

picking

fascination,

with

investment

anticipated

up

expanding that

would be seen from both private additionally

government

divisions.

DT:

What

are

the

major

factors which are fueling the growth of this market in India?

Mr.

Punit:

The

first

reason

will definitely be the mobile

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for

access

to

administrations

applications

from

any

place, any time. Mobile phone technologieshave

developed

quickly in the course of recent years. It permits organizations to have an unparalleled level of availability between providers, representatives,

and

Secondly,

organizations

are

the

moving

clients.

towards

cloud

computing to build efficiency and lessen their info cost. Cloud technology services, mimic as a substitute for conventional ERP arrangements to achieve operational

computing

and

interest

effectiveness

at

in

cutting and risk.

As the organizations need a

Hyderabad

Chennai

and

Kolkata.

large amount of storage, now

DT: What are the major

data can be pushed from inside

challenges for Shivaami in

the organizations and also from

Indian Solution Market?

Web platforms into cloud data

How do you plan to

ecosystems.

overcome such challenges?

These

are

two

of the major upcoming cloud solutions.

Mr.

Punit:

Today,

cloud

computing is changing the way

Shivaami has won the hearts of

people do business. Most of the

its users not just because of its

enterprises are making decisions

unparalleled

edge

to migrate their IT Infrastructure

but because we always put their

to cloud servers, but still there

needs first. We have worked with

are many IT security experts

a host of enterprises and have a

who often experience the most

base of 5000+ clients, helping

anxiety when moving to the

them achieve real results from

cloud.

different

technology

applications

and

Shivaami, being a cloud solution

reasonable cost.

platforms.

DT: How do you see

DT: What are your expansion

events to create awareness of

the adoption of cloud

plans for near future?

the cloud adoption and bust

solutions among Indian

Mr. Punit: In future, we will

establishment?

Mr.

Punit:

startups

are

continue to focus on services

Today,

not

adopting

only cloud,

but also the large enterprises in order to provide way better in-store totally in

customer

provider, conducts a lot of special

service

to

advantage

advances

manufacturing,

companies

from

even

most

and

change-refusal

traditional sectors

are adopting cloud as cloud technology leads to lesser cost

and solutions in the space of cloud computing. We aim to scale up and emerge as true market leaders in the area of ‘Cloud’. to

The

continue

company

aims

expanding

and

accelerating

growth

on

experience

its

core

based and

success with global partners and customers. We also look forward to extend our offices

the myths in cloud computing adoption. Shivaami is different because not only does it allow you to measure and quantify the benefits of cloud, but also helps in migrating to cloud hassle-free.

In addition, we not only offer cloud services but also have a young team of skilled engineers and freshers passionate about cloud. We believe in 3 mantras – Best Support, Easy Migration and Customer Success.

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New Arrivals

TP Link TL-WA820RE Wireless Range Extender

Portronics Harmonics Talky Bluetooth Headphones

Technology keeps advancing and as it advance we

Portronics launched “Harmonics Talky” – the smallest and virtually

see it is shrinking in size, from era where a

invisible Mini Bluetooth Earbud that can be used both for phone

computer would have consumed space of

calls and listening to music from paired mobile phones. It uses

a complete house to now where it slides in

latest Bluetooth 4.1 version. This headphone earbud has 8 mm

your backpack, Technology is getting Mini

strong magnetic speaker with Acoustic Echo Reduction technology.

but Mighty and TP-Link has done same in

It connects with devices within just

field of Wireless Range

0.3 second and upto a 33-feet

Extenders. This perfect

range.

Travel

connect

Companion

is

Harmonics with

Talky

two

can

devices

also suitable for homes

simultaneously

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The

headphone

are

suffering

from

wireless

ease.

Wi-Fi deadzones. 300Mbps USB

ensures that this Bluetooth

Wi-Fi Range Extender: TL-WA820RE

V4.1 earbuds stay in place

is No larger than a USB flash-drive, it has

while at workplace, driving,

a compact design that expands Wi-Fi coverage

running

throughout your abode, supporting speeds up to 300Mbps

any

other

sports

activity.

for all your Wi-Fi enabled devices. The TL-WA820RE is first-

Harmonics

Talky

provides

ever range extender that is powered by any USB port by

an

TP-Link. Just plug into a power adapter, power strip, power

play time with 70 hours of standby

bank or computer to extend Wi-Fi. More choices for ultimate

on a single charge. Harmonics Talky comes with 45mAh high

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GIGABYTE AORUS Gaming Motherboard GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd is proud to announce the rise of the AORUS Gaming Series Motherboards on the New AM4 Ryzen Platform from AMD. The AM4 Platform will host the X370, B350 and A320 Chipsets which will support the Ryzen CPUs. GIGABYTE will have all three chipsets available, each fully optimized for CPUs with 8-Cores and 16 Threads, for consumers who are interested in any segment of the platform. With user-centric features exclusive to GIGABYTE, consumers will find RGB Fusion, Smart Fan 5 and Dual Audio Chips that provides a solution like no other. With anticipation building for the new platform, GIGABYTE has made no compromises with its innovative technologies. The fully customizable RGB LEDs from RGB Fusion will allow users to customize their system exactly the way they want. Smart Fan 5, an intuitive user interface, works in tandem with hybrid fan headers for optimum cooling performance and system protection. With features like Pure Power, Precision Boost, Neural Net Prediction, Smart Prefect and an Extended Frequency Range, Ryzen is ready to address the needs and demands of gamers and enthusiasts.

INNO3D GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Graphic Card INNO3D introduces its new flagship INNO3D GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards. Designed on NVIDIA’s Pascal™ architecture, INNO3D GeForce GTX 1080 Ti iChiLL X3 and X4 simply own the concept of performance tops the previous flagship by no less than 35%. The new hero GPU comes packed with extreme gaming horsepower, utilizing next-gen 11 Gbps GDDR5X memory, and a massive 11GB frame buffer. The new GeForce GTX 1080 Ti iChiLL X3 and X4 GPUs also come equipped with INNO3D’s unmatched iChiLL cooling solution –awarded for better performance at lower noise levels- improves the overall active temperature control. The Herculez Armor back-plate protects the cards from outer damages as well and puts it way at the top of Ultra High End graphics cards in the world. The entire series of GeForce GTX 1080 Ti comes with extreme performance, and Inno3D has used the highest quality components worthy of such a product.

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Opinion

How IoT and Internet Will Converge

C

onnecting

devices,

applications. And all this within localized

sensors, and other things of daily

machines,

high cost nodes like desktops, notebooks,

use with an intelligent network

smartphones, tablets, amongst others.

and make sense out of them, has huge promises to change everyday life. As can be expected by taking in our entire world and attempting to change it one stroke and with one magic wand is unrealistic, challenging and cause for chaos in the short term.

For

business

technology

decision

providers,

makers

some

and

measure

of clarity and progress can be made by understanding the challenges of applying IoT to business. In this article we analyze two principal challenges in making this happen.

Technology protocols:

environment as it exists today, which is low cost, low power consuming, low computing

capacity,

and

distributed

computing nodes.

Networking architecture: When building an IoT network it is essential to plan and look ahead. It is also important to converse with all departments associated with the benefits and operations of the IoT network

and

applications.

When dealing with tens and hundreds of thousands of sensors and devices

Bruce Zhou, CEO, AXILSPOT

The challenges of IoT rest in the ability

in any IoT project, it is pivotal to have

to connect sensors and devices to the

a networking strategy to ensure the

Internet. To connect to the Internet any

end result is managed chaos instead of

device and application must use Internet

unmanaged chaos.

Protocol stacks. It is for this reason that devices called Internet Gateways have been created that connect to non IP devices and networks on one side and the Internet driven applications, devices and networks, on the other side. By doing so, Internet Gateways need to be tailored for the type of local networks and local applications that they manage on one side and how they connect to the Internet on the other side.

Industry consultants who have gone through such projects point out, IoT application and network designs need to be built looking at requirements five years from now. When in doubt the rule of thumb is design networks for a requirement that is 10X the number of devices that are connecting in now.

Another important consideration is to design the wireless environment thinking about what will happen in that specific

Over the years, countless Internet Protocol

industry over next five years. While

driven applications, software tools and

the benefits of such best practices are

diagnostic kits have been developed

self-evident, industry surveys show that

and exist, that can be applied to IoT

such discussions are not happening as

devices and sensors, with or without

much as they should. If all else fails, the

much adaptation. This will help to get

minimum rule of thumb to apply, think big

the IoT environment up and running in a

for IoT.

short period of time, relatively speaking.

That is provided they are in the same Internet Protocol environment. The basis for the development of Internet Protocol applications till now has been growing availability of large computing power and significant memory capacity to manage complexity of the Internet Protocol based

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Looking ahead into the requirements for IoT type of networks there is a significant change in the way devices will communicate. More often than not, communication signals will hop from device to device, to enter and leave the network of devices, connecting into and out of their mesh network.

Utilizing a number of hops between devices rather than the conventional hub to spoke jump will become the standard for most IoT applications and networks.

The key here is multiple and random paths between IoT devices, based on predefined algorithms, rather than a fixed point to point hop. This saves power, saves cost, builds scale, and builds redundancy.

These

networks

are

called

mesh

networks and the devices are called wireless nodes. Since connectivity within mesh networks rely on each other, their efficiency grows with an increase in the number of devices. Mesh networks become more efficient as the number of wireless nodes inside them increases.

This is the opposite of what happens with the hub and spoke, star network arrangement. As silicon technologies enhance the computing capabilities of IoT sensors, devices, machines and appliances, they will increasingly become more Internet compatible. At that stage the two worlds will come together in exponential fashion and the true power of IoT will become a reality.

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News Brief

Avaya Boosts Customer Support Service with “Line Customer Connect” Avaya announced it has enhanced integration with “LINE Customer Connect," the customer support service for businesses offered by LINE Corporation. The expanded relationship provides support for LINE free calls on Avaya Japan’s contact center system, enabling businesses to significantly reduce the cost of toll-free calling. LINE is the most popular messaging app in Japan, Thailand and Taiwan with about 218 million monthly active users.

The expanded partnership is another step toward enabling contact centers using Avaya Japan systems to provide true omnichannel support to end users. The expanded integration of different channels and added support for the LINE free calling function will enable end users to seamlessly move between chat and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) on the LINE app while receiving customer support from businesses.

Users can connect from a company’s customer support website without having to dial a telephone number, and can seamlessly integrate chat and phone functionality on the same LINE app, allowing them to choose their preferred method of support.

Kaspersky Lab Achieved Top Spot in TOP3 Metric for Internet Security

ViewSonic to Participate in WHAT HIFI Show 2017

Kaspersky Lab has continued to

the vendors are ranked according to

outperform the competition in its

the protection they provide against

TOP3 metric for Internet security,

known,

achieving

the

top

spot

and

advanced

the

threats. As its name suggests, the

fourth year in a row in independent

TOP3 metric recognizes the ranking

testing across the year. The TOP3

of the three top companies with the

rating, derived by Kaspersky Lab,

best score across the year. Each

is a regular annual assessment

vendor receives a score based on

of the performance of vendors in

the number of top three places it

a range of the IT security sector’s

received

independent

Consumer

relative to the number of tests it was

and corporate products that were

involved in. The testing process is

submitted for independent testing

rigorous and only transparent and

throughout

been

clear tests are considered towards

compared in the TOP3 metric, and

the overall ranking for each vendor.

tests.

the

year

for

unknown

have

in

independent

testing, ViewSonic Corp in association with MZ Distribution will be participating in WHAT HIFI Show 2017 which will be held in Mumbai from 3rd - 5th March 2017.

In the event, ViewSonic will be showcasing India’s first 4500 lumens UST Full HD Laser Projector and several other ranges of top notch quality projectors.

“We are pleased to be a part of such a biggest and

Sapient Appoints Sanjay Menon as Managing Director

longest running sound & vision show in the country.

We being a global leader in visual solutions will be exhibiting ‘India’s First 4500 Lumens UST Full HD

Sapient, a part of Publicis Groupe announced that Sanjay Menon has

assumed

Managing India,

the

Director

effective

position of

of

Sapient

immediately.

In

this role, Sanjay will drive the strategy, capability development, and growth of Sapient’s India presence and maintain its status as hub of the company’s globally

Sanjay Menon MD, Sapient India

distributed

delivery

network.

Sanjay, who will continue his responsibility of leading Delivery

out of India as Global Head of Service Lines for SapientRazorfish, takes on this new role from Rajdeep Endow. Rajdeep has taken on the role of Managing Director, Sapient Razorfish, Asia Pacific and is responsible

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Laser Projector’, an ideal solution for modern business & education environments,” said Eric Wei, Sales Director of ViewSonic Asia Pacific. “To experience first-hand what a difference our products can make in life as well as business, we invite you to be a part of a celebration of hi-end wide range of products that right-fits today’s requirements,” he added further. for leading strategy and growth for the region and helping clients reimagine their business through radical customer-centricity. A 16-year veteran, Sanjay has been instrumental in growing Sapient’s India operations since its inception. He has successfully served in various business and delivery roles including running key account P&Ls, managing global delivery for some of the business units as well as growing digital marketing services capability from India.

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News Brief

Oracle Announces Availability of Exadata Cloud Machine

Zoho Corp. Receives ISO/IEC 27001 : 2013 Certification

Oracle announced the expansion of the Oracle Cloud at Customer portfolio with the availability of Oracle Exadata Cloud Machine.

With

this news, Oracle is offering organizations the ultimate in choice and flexibility in where they deploy the world’s most advanced database cloud for mission-critical workloads. Organizations can now deploy Oracle Exadata in a number of ways, including as a cloud service inside their own datacenter, in the Oracle Cloud, and in a traditional on-premises environment. While organizations look forward to moving their enterprise workloads to the public cloud, many have been constrained by business, legislative, and regulatory requirements that have prevented them from moving their data and applications outside their own datacenter.

Oracle Exadata Cloud Machine delivers the full power of the Oracle Exadata Cloud Service that resides in Oracle’s public cloud to customers who require or prefer their databases to be located on-premises.

Zoho Corp. announced that it has been awarded the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certificate by the British Standard Institute (BSI) for its Information Security Management System. The certification also applies to Zoho.com, ManageEngine,

WebNMS

and

support

functions

provided by Zoho Corp. ISO/IEC 27001:2013 specifies the

requirements

maintaining

and

for

establishing,

improving

implementing,

information

security

management within an organization. It also takes into account risk assessment and risk treatment with regards to security of information. This certificate is awarded to organizations that comply with the high global standards. The ISO/IEC 27000-series incorporates information security standards that are published jointly

by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

Wipro Recognized as Best in Class Technology Provider for 2017 Wipro Ltd. announced that it has been

recorded their votes on the consumer

consumer is of utmost importance to us.

recognized

Class

goods industry’s preferred solutions and

We are continually innovating to offer

Technology Providers 2017 in the annual

service providers across 15 categories,

transformational

Readers’ Choice issue of Consumer Goods

which reflect the vast landscape of IT

consumer

Technology

published

investment opportunities available today.

marketing, and value chain optimization to

this February. Wipro has been recognized

Ashwin Bhatia, Vice President and Global

enable CG organizations to re-engineer the

in

Outsourcing/IT

Head – Consumer Goods Industries, Wipro

way they connect with their consumers. This

Integration, Consulting and TPM (Wipro

Ltd. said, “Helping our Consumer Goods

improves their overall consumer experience,

Promax Analytics Solutions). CGT’s readers

(CG) customers to best understand their

operational

the

among

(CGT)

categories

the

Best

magazine, of

in

capabilities

insights,

in

integrated

efficiency

and

digital, sales

&

profitability.”

QNAP Showcased its NAS Solutions at BVE 2017 QNAP® Systems, Inc. showcased its cutting-edge network-attached storage innovations at BVE 2017, the UK’s leading entertainment and media tech event, which runs from Feb. 28, 2017 to Mar. 2, 2017 at ExCeL London. Visitors to QNAP’s stand N18 at BVE 2017 will see a wide variety of NAS solutions designed to enhance multimedia workflows, including the industry-leading Thunderbolt™ 3 NAS, 10GbE-ready NAS and the other series for businesses. The TVS-882T Thunderbolt™ 2 NAS is a perfect match for Thunderbolt-equipped Mac users to boost 4K Video post production workflow, featuring up to 20Gb/s bandwidth to speed up video editing and enable simultaneous 4K video transfer and display. The TES-1885U delivers a well-rounded disaster recovery solution with multiple backup options including volume and LUN snapshots, RTRR, rsync and cloud storage backup, thus being capable of meeting the backup needs of media creators and creative professionals. Featuring advanced 8th-generation Intel® HD Graphics , the TS-453A also supports 4K hardware decoding and 4K (H.264) video transcoding, bringing a quality multimedia experience with its superior video playback ability.

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Channel Buzz

Digisol Honored its Partners with “Chalo Europe” Trip

eScan Rolls out “Special Incentive Program” for its Channel Partners

DIGISOL Systems Ltd., (100% Subsidiary of Smartlink night and 5 days trip to three countries in Europe. The trip was organized for all the partners to celebrate their achievements. The DIGISOL “Chalo Europe” was organized from 8th Feb to 12th Feb 2017 and had over 25 partners joining from South and East. The trip to Europe was packed with lots of exciting activities that included a visit to Prague – Czech Republic, Vienna – Austria, Budapest – Hungary. Plus drive through 4th Capital Bratislava – Slovakia. The trip included visit to Astronomical Clock in Old Town Square, Charles Bridge, Prague Castle, and the Church of St. Nicholas in Prague. Short city tour of Bratislava city with visit to charming squares, courtyards and narrow lanes of the Old Town includes the Main Square, Old Town Hall, Primate’s Palace, St. Michael’s Gate, Franciscan first

Hungarian

University

towards the brand. The incentives

Program’ for its channel partners and

are valid for both new purchase and

their sales team. The special incentive

renewals. Partner needs to sign up

program is designed to reward the

the ‘Partnership Agreement’ to qualify

channel partners and their sales

for the schemes. To qualify for the

persons for their contribution towards

incentives, partners in India need to

the growth of eScan products. The

purchase

rewards range from travel vouchers

from eScan authorized distributors

to various gifts. The offer is valid for

only in their respective states. The

all the sales made from 1st January

partners can claim the gifts upon

to 31st March 2017. The specially

submitting their purchase invoices

designed program is valid on purchase

from the respective authorized eScan

of eScan’s products for Business

Distributor or Sub Distributor any time

and Corporate/Enterprise segments.

during the offer period. However, two

eScan has been rewarding them for

claims cannot be made on the same

their dedication and consistent efforts

purchase invoice.

eScan

products

directly

Fox Mobiles Consolidated 12 Key Partners in South India

Network Systems Ltd.) rewarded its partners with 4

church,

eScan introduced ‘Special Incentive

Academy

Istropolitana, St. Martin’s Cathedral, the Opera House

Fox Mobiles, a company known

Hyderabad,

for manufacturing reliable, durable

Mysore, Gulbarga, Hospet, Kolar,

and purpose built feature phones,

Calicut,

has boosted its presence with the

Madurai,

appointment of 12 key partners

Mehboob

covering all the 5 southern states of

Coimbatore, etc. All 12 key partners

India. These partnerships are aimed

will be responsible for the promotion,

for increasing brand visibility and

distribution and servicing of Fox

ensuring availability of Fox Mobiles

Mobiles in South Indian market. As

wide range products across South

an expansion strategy, the company

India (Andra Pradesh, Karnataka,

will target more partners in tier2 and

Kerala,

and

tier3 cities to gauge more customers

Telangana). By this ally, Fox Mobiles

across the country and to establish a

extends its reach to major cities of

larger width of distribution.

Tamil

Naduand

Belgaum,

Bengaluru,

Ernakulam,

Trivandrum,

Nagercoil,

Hyderabad,

Nagar,

Chennai,

south India such as Vishakhapatnam,

and the other most significant historical sites.

D-Link Joins Hands with TeamF1 Network D-Link

Corp

and

specifically designed to suit the

the globe for more than seven

purpose

TeamF1 Networks (“TeamF1”)

operation and workflow models

years. TeamF1 has developed

management platform, mydlink

announced

of

(“SI”),

and licensed its holistic network

Business, to satisfy needs for

in delivering mydlink Business,

value-added resellers (“VAR”),

security software stack, TFOS™

secured network access and

a

device

and telcos/ISPs. D-Link has built

(pronounced as “t-force”), for

premises surveillance for global

management platform featuring

and operated one of the largest

enterprise and SMB leaders

chain stores, regional SI/VARs,

ease,

scalability

home

device

management

for the past fifteen years. In

and

for small and medium-sized

cloud

platform,

mydlink™,

the past two years, D-Link and

home, office, and city offerings.

businesses

The

which has managed millions

TeamF1 jointly developed an

is

of consumer devices across

innovative multi-tenant, multi-

their

partnership

cloud-based value,

business

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(“D-Link”)

and

(“SMB”). cloud

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platform

system

integrators

cloud-based

telco/ISP-based

device

smart

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Channel Buzz

Kaspersky Lab Associated with VR Infotech Kaspersky

Lab

partnered

with

its

Vertiv Brings “Bill More Gain More” Program for its Partners

national B2C distributor VR Infotech to conduct a ‘Mystery Shopper’ exercise to get a step closer to all its retailers. It’s an unprecedented move in the largely textbook marketing techniques that the cyber security companies in India follow. Mystery shopper is a popular tool to gauge the quality of service a customer receives when purchasing a brand’s products. Mr. Gaurav Punekar, a marketing executive at Kaspersky Lab, was the mystery shopper. Delhi’s popular IT markets, such as Nehru Place, District Centre Janakpuri and Lakshmi Nagar Market were picked for the exercise. Gaurav walked into shops that sell cyber security products. He posed as a customer who’s looking for advice to buy a cyber security product that’ll meet his requirements. After a detailed discussion, when Gaurav finally revealed his identity, the shop representatives were pleasantly surprised. Mr. Ajay Yadav from VR Infotech soon joined Gaurav and together, Kaspersky and VR Infotech rewarded them on-the-spot with a gift voucher worth INR 1,000 to show their appreciation.

Vertiv, formerly known as Emerson Network Power, announced a lucrative, ‘Bill More Gain More’ program for its Value Added Resellers (VARs) in India. This unique offer applicable to small and micro Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) solutions (up to 20 kVA) has been unveiled to reward channel partners for their continued commitment towards the company. This offer gives channel partners a chance to redeem payback points and avail payout options for all sales made within the quarter ending March 31, 2017. Vertiv’s association with Payback will allow channel partners the chance to claim reimbursements through Vertiv’s national distributors, Ingram Micro and Neoteric. The

BD Software Rolls out Special Offer on its Retail Products for Channel Partners

offer has been formulated keeping in mind the interests and benefits of partners as they are an integral part of Vertiv’s India growth strategy.

Software)

Antivirus Plus, Bitdefender Internet Security

strength in their respective regions and markets

has launched a pan-India incentive offer on

and Bitdefender Family Pack. The offer is valid

as they are playing critical role in promoting

Bitdefender flagship retail products targeted at

from 15th February, 2017 to 15th May, 2017.

Bitdefender brand in India, growing the customer

the channel partners with a view to strengthen

The partners qualified will get a chance to

base

and expand company’s channel business.

BD

Software

Distribution

(BD

and

driving

customer’s

satisfaction,”.

A

Visit Thailand in the coming July. Zakir Hussain

”Delivering extra value to all our distributors and

special offer is valid on four flagship retail

Rangwala, Director of BD Software said, “As our

channel partners is our basic strategy that have

products, namely Bitdefender Total Security

channel community is expanding fast, we need to

helped us establish Bitdefender brand in India

Multi

focus on scaling up out partners’ and distributors’

in a very short span of time.”, Rangwala added.

Device

(1Device/1Year),

Bitdefender

Cognizant Purchases Brilliant Services Cognizant announced the acquisition of Brilliant

2004, Brilliant Service helps organizations build

who are seeking to create engaging customer

Service Co. Ltd., an intelligent products and

connected businesses by leveraging innovative

experiences. As part of the acquisition, a team of

solutions company headquartered in Osaka,

smart device solutions. The company provides

70 professionals with extensive digital solutions

Japan, specializing in digital strategy, product

end-to-end Android/iOS applications, embedded

experience and insights in the Japanese market

design and engineering, the Internet of Things

software, user experience design and online-to-

will join Cognizant. The terms of the transaction

(IoT), and enterprise mobility.

offline services to major corporations in Japan,

were not disclosed.

Founded in

Coursera Collaborates with Google technology

Coursera is launching the first course in the Data

cloud technology is often limited not by cost,

company, is announcing collaboration with

Engineering on Google Cloud Specialization, “Big

complexity, or security, but by the shortage of

Google to offer Google Cloud Training courses

Data and Machine Learning.” This course will

trained professionals available to fill open roles in

on its platform. Developed and taught by

be the first in a 5-course Specialization. With

cloud systems administration, data engineering,

Google experts, these courses will be available

companies rapidly shifting their infrastructure

application development, and more.

on-demand for any current or aspiring IT

to the cloud, the demand for cloud computing

professionals and data engineers. This week,

experts is enormous. In fact, adoption of

Coursera,

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