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CONTENT VOL - 08 ISSUE 15 07TH AUGUST 2017

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Lappy Corner

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DT Awards 2017

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Launch Pad

Acer Unveils ‘Nitro 5’ Gaming Laptop with Ultimate Features

7th Best Brand & Product Innovation Honour Concluded Successfully

Canon Launches Third Generation image RUNNER ADVANCE Series Devices

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News Brief

Kaspersky Lab Rolls out Campaign to Increase Awareness on Internet Safety

Telecom Today

LG Unveils Latest Q6 Smartphone with Surprising Features Ziox Mobiles Appoints ‘Sushant Singh Rajput’ as its Brand Ambassador

New Arrivals

Portronics BEEM 100 Multimedia Projector GIGABYTE AORUS Gaming Motherboard

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Acer Unveils ‘Nitro 5’ Gaming Laptop with Ultimate Features

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cer brings in another terrific performer to its gaming series by introducing the powerful Nitro 5 in India.

Packed with features you truly need in a gaming laptop, Nitro 5 delivers an astounding, affordable and portable gaming experience that deliver everyday usability with ultimate performance to play demanding games on a budget.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Chandrahas Panigrahi, CMO and Consumer Business Head said, “We are extremely excited to launch Acer Nitro 5 in India, the device is an unmatched combination of price and features. We thoroughly believe that every aspiring gamer deserves a great gaming device which lets them play advanced games while still be a great choice to do day-to-day tasks, hence, that’s where we thought to introduce Nitro 5 which is incredibly powerful with an unbeatable price”.

The Acer Nitro 5 will be available on Flipkart and Acer Stores for customer to buy starting from `75,990/-.

AGGRESSIVE DESIGN

The Nitro 5’s design features a matte black chassis with

Acer surprised gaming enthusiasts with its new Nitro5 gaming laptop that is immensely attractive and powerful packed with amazing features.

Acer Nitro 5 offers a vibrant 15.6inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS display, while Dolby Audio™ Premium and Acer TrueHarmony™ technology provides incredible sound. a hairline finish, while its smooth sleek red hinge runs along the back of the notebook, above the bold air grill vent. The keyboard features red backlighting, and the WASD keys and touchpad are also outlined in red to raise the gaming excitement and ease of use.

INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE

Powered by 7th Intel Core i7 or i5 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX

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1050/1050Ti graphics card with 4GB DDR5 RAM along with fast SSD and 16GB RAM, the laptop has oodles of power to breeze through demanding applications and games while handling day-to-day tasks without breaking a sweat.

IMMERSING IN GAMES

Acer Nitro 5 offers a vibrant 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS display, while Dolby Audio™ Premium and Acer TrueHarmony™ technology provides incredible sound depth, wider bass, surround sound and crystal clear clarity to provide immersive experiences for gaming or watching movies.

ABSOLUTE COOLING

Of course, no gaming system is complete without a thermal solution to manage heat and keep the system running optimally. The Nitro 5 is equipped with dual fans and Acer Coolboost™ technology, which cools the CPU and GPU by more than 11% and also allows users to manually control the cooling process when heavy use requires an added boost.

SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY

Ideal for accelerating boot-up time and shortening in-game loading times, the selected device models come equipped with fast 128GB SSD paired with 1TB HDD for storage. A Gigabit Ethernet port delivers fast and reliable wired connections, while the 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO wireless technology provides blazingfast wireless connectivity.

A comprehensive selection of ports includes one USB 3.1 Type-C (Gen 1) port, one USB 3.0 port with power-off charging, two USB 2.0 ports, and an HDMI 2.0 port1, which can support up to 90 Hz refresh rates.

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DT Awards 2017

th BEST BRAND & PRODUCT

Innovation Honour Concluded Successfully //////////////////////////////////////////////////

DT Awards is a well admired event where leading brands from Indian IT industry comes under one roof. This award night is one of the ideal platform for IT brands which honour the best in the industry.

DT Awards 2017 witnessed the success and celebration of IT communities for their great collaboration and partnership which assist the industry in going with great pace.

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DT Awards 2017

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igital Terminal successfully concluded the seventh edition of its annual flagship event, ‘DT Awards 2017’ at a glittering award night ceremony held at Hotel The Suryaa New Delhi. This event was not just an award night, but a landmark association for all the IT brands which recognized and honored ‘Best Product & Brand Innovation’ in Indian IT Industry.

DT Awards is the premier awards ceremony which is effectively designed every year to appreciate and reward

Innovation, Excellence and Achievements across all segments of the IT industry. The award night brought together than 250 industry leaders under one roof as a family while providing them a great networking opportunity. Government members, eminent personalities, association members, vendors, top distributors, dealers, and top performers across IT industry marketplace attended this prestigious event and celebrated the success of award winners.

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Category : Best AIO PC Brand 2017 Winner : Dell

Category : Best UTM Brand 2017 Winner : Sophos Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. NK Goyal, President CMAI giving award to Mr. Gunjan Arora, Retail, Marketing Manager, Dell

Mr. Mohit Puri, Director Sales Engineering-India & SAARC, Sophos Technologies receiving award from Mr. NK Goyal, President CMAI.

Category : Best Laptop Brand 2017 Winner : Dell

Category : Best ERP Solutions (SMEs) Brand 2017 Winner : Marg Compusoft Pvt. Ltd.

Category : Best Flash Drive Memory Brand 2017 Winner : SanDisk Mr. Parminder Singh, Sr. Manager-Sales, SanDisk receiving award from Mr. NK Goyal, President CMAI

Category : Best Smartphone Brand 2017 Winner : Intex Technologies India Ltd.

Mr. NK Goyal, President CMAI giving award to Mr. Gunjan Arora, Retail, Marketing Manager, Dell

Thakur Anoop Singh, CMD, Marg Compusoft & Mr. Sudhir Singh, MD, Marg Compusoft receiving award from Mr. NK Goyal, President CMAI

Category : Best Memory Module Brand 2017 Winner : Kingston Technology

Category : Best Motherboard Brand 2017 Winner : Gigabyte Technology (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Category : Best Internal Hard Drive Brand 2017 Winner : Seagate Technologies Pvt. Ltd

Category : Best UPS (Consumer) Brand 2017 Winner : Microtek International

Category : Best Inkjet Printer Brand 2017 Winner : Canon India Pvt. Ltd.

Category : Best Wireless Router Brand 2017 Winner : D-Link India Ltd.

Ms. Chandana Gupta, Associate Director-Consumer Sales, Acer India giving award to Mr. Vaibhav Kulkarni from Kingston.

Ms. Chandana Gupta, Associate Director-Consumer Sales, Acer India giving award to a representative on behalf of Microtek.

Ms. Indu Khokher from Gigabyte Technology receiving award from Ms. Chandana Gupta, Associate DirectorConsumer Sales, Acer India.

Ms. Chandana Gupta, Associate Director-Consumer Sales, Acer India giving award to Ms. Teena Roy, Category Manager-Inkjet Printers, Canon.

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Mr. NK Goyal, President CMAI giving award to Mr. S.P. Balasubhramanayam, Sales Head, Intex Technologies.

Mr. Rishi Prasad, Marketing Manager-India & SAARC, Seagate Technologies collects award from Ms. Chandana Gupta, Associate Director-Consumer Sales, Acer India.

Mr. Rajendra Mohanty, General Manager, D-Link India receiving award from Ms. Chandana Gupta, Associate Director-Consumer Sales, Acer India

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Category : Best External Drives Brand 2017 Winner : Seagate Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Thakur Anoop Singh, CMD, Marg Compusoft giving award to Mr. Mayank Singh, Regional ManagerConsumer Business, Seagate Technologies.

Category : Best Internet Security Brand 2017 Winner : Kaspersky Labs Mr. Jeet Kumar & Ajay Yadav from VR Infotech, National Distributor for Kaspersky collects award from Thakur Anoop Singh, CMD, Marg Compusoft.

Rajeev Ranjan, Publisher, Digital Terminal, says “We feel

Category : Best LED Monitor Brand 2017 Winner : Dell

Category : Best Multimedia Speaker Brand 2017 Winner : Intex Technologies India Ltd.

Thakur Anoop Singh, CMD, Marg Compusoft giving award to Mr. Gunjan Arora, Retail, Marketing Manager, Dell

Mr. Vinay Kapoor, Product Head, Intex Technologies collects award from Thakur Anoop Singh, CMD, Marg Compusoft

Category : Best Power Bank Brand 2017 Winner : Ambrane

Category : Best SSDs Brand 2017 Winner : WD

Category : Best MFP Printer Brand 2017 Winner : Konica Minolta

Category : Best Accounting Software Solutions Brand 2017 Winner : Tally Solutions

Thakur Anoop Singh, CMD, Marg Compusoft giving award to Mr. Amrit Tiwari, Corporate Sales Manager, Ambrane India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Rahul Joshi, AVP National Sales, eScan giving award to a representative on behalf of Konica Minolta.

Mr. Deepak Jain, Sr. Sales Manager, Western Digital receiving award from Thakur Anoop Singh, CMD, Marg Compusoft.

privileged to conclude this most prestigious annual award ceremony of the IT industry that witnessed the winners of 7th Best Brand and Product Innovation Honor. This year’s gala award night was another huge success as we are dedicated to making each year bigger and better.

I would like to thank all our readers and partners who voted in large numbers to decide the fate of all the nominees and finalize the results for DT Awards 2017.”

The award night witnessed the success and celebration of IT communities for their great collaboration and partnership which assist the industry in going with great pace. Apart from networking and entertainment, this night also extended product display platform for many vendors. The idea behind this was simply to acknowledge the importance of great partnership between the vendors and partners.

Category : Best Headphone Brand 2017 Winner : HyperX

Mr. Rahul Joshi, AVP National Sales, eScan giving award to Mr. Harish Rajput, Zonal Head-North, Tally Solutions.

Mr. Vaibhav Kulkarni from Kingston receiving award from Mr. Rahul Joshi, AVP National Sales (Retail & SMB), eScan.

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Category : Best Convertible Laptop Brand 2017 Winner : Acer-Spin 7

Category : Best POS Printer Brand 2017 Winner : ESYAclas PP7

Category : Best Quality Structured Cabling Brand

Category : Most Stylish & Powerful Gaming Notebook Winner : MSI GS63VR 7RF Stealth Pro

Category : Best Quality Portable Speakers Winner : Portronics

Category : Most Popular Motherboard Winner : ECS Z270 Lightsaber

Category : Best Indian Complete Security Solution

Category : Laptop of the Year Winner : Acer SWIFT 7

Category : Most Popular Indian Speaker Brand Winner : Zebronics

Ms. Chandana Gupta, Associate Director-Consumer Sales, Acer India collects award from Mr. Rahul Joshi, AVP National Sales (Retail & SMB), eScan.

Mr. Adish Jain, Product Manager, MSI collects award from Mr. Zakir Hussain Rangwala, Director, BD Software Distribution Pvt. Ltd.

Brand

Winner : eScan

Ms. Sanuja Sajeevan, Manager-Product Marketing, ESY India receiving award from Mr. Rahul Joshi, AVP National Sales (Retail & SMB), eScan.

Mr. Zakir Hussain Rangwala, Director, BD Software Distribution Pvt. Ltd. giving award to Mr. Vipin Kumar, Marketing Manager, Portronics .

Mr. Rahul Joshi, AVP National Sales (Retail & SMB), eScan receiving award from Mr. Amit Jha, Deputy Director, MAIT

Ms. Chandana Gupta, Associate Director, Consumer Sales, Acer India collects award from Mr. Amit Jha, Deputy Director, MAIT.

Category : Most Innovative Product of the Year Winner : Doel

Category : Most Advanced Wireless Router Winner : TP-Link

Mr. Amit Jha, Deputy Director, MAIT giving award to Mr. Sudip De, Director, Doel International Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Jagannath Patnaik, CEO, NNR IT Solutions giving award to Mr. Chandrakant, Branch Manager-Delhi, TPLink.

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Winner : Digisol

Mr. Zakir Hussain Rangwala, Director, BD Software Distribution Pvt. Ltd. giving the award to Mr. Akhil Lal, Regional Sales Head-North, Digisol.

Mr. Chirag Aggarwal, Branch Head, Rashi Peripherals, Distributor for ECS receiving award from Mr. Zakir Hussain Rangwala, Director, BD Software Distribution Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Amit Jha, Deputy Director, MAIT giving award to Mr. Sandeep Sawhney from Zebronics.

Category : Best Indian LED TV Brand Winner : Intex

Mr. Dhiraj Arora, Manager-Consumer Electronics, Intex Technologies collects award from Mr. Jagannath Patnaik, CEO, NNR IT Solutions

DT Awards 2017

Category : Best Smart Network Solution

Company

Winner : Sterlite

Jyoti Janda, Executive Editor, Digital Terminal says, “Continuing our mission to empower ICT industry and be the true catalyst for entire industry, DT announced winners of 7th Best Product & Innovation Honour at a recently concluded gala award night. ‘DT Awards 2017’ were presented in more than 55 different categories, based on brand value, market survey, channel feedback, partner’s strength and editor’s choice. In terms of support, we have gained much more support as compared to all our previous editions. We succeeded in winning the trust of many new brands who have come out and supported this grand event”.

Category : Best Barcode Scanner Winner : ESY POS

Mr. Jagannath Patnaik, CEO, NNR IT Solutions giving award to Mr. Samiksh Aggarwal, VP, for 24, Online and IP, Telephony Business, Sterlite.

Ms Sanuja Sajeevan from ESY receiving award from Mr. Arvind Raina, Head of Service, Intex Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.

Category : Best Value for Money PC Security Brand Winner : Netprotector

Category : Best Mini PC Brand Winner : LIVA Z

Mr. Arvind Raina, Head of Service, Intex Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. giving award to Mr. Surya from Netprotector.

Mr. Chirag Aggarwal, Branch Head, Rashi Peripherals, Distributor for ECS collecting award from Mr. Arvind Raina, Head of Service, Intex Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.

Category : Best Total Security Solution Winner : Bitdefender

Category : Best Mobile Accessories Brand Winner : Zebronics

Mr. Sudip De, Managing Director, Doel International Pvt. Ltd. giving award to Mr. Shamshul Siddiqui, Manager Retail Product-Delhi, Bitdefender.

Mr. Chandan Kumar from Zebronics collecting award from Mr. Arvind Raina, Head of Service, Intex Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.

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Category : Emerging PR Agency of the Year Winner : Millenium PR Mr. Aroop Gogoi, Founder, from Millenium PR receiving award from Mr. Arvind Raina, Head of Service, Intex Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.

Category : Most Trusted Brand of the Year Winner : Dell

Mr. N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI giving award to Mr. Gunjan Arora, Retail, Marketing Manager, Dell

Category : Emerging Endpoint Security Solution Vendor

Winner : Sophos Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Mohit Puri, Director Sales Engineering-India & SAARC, Sophos Technologies collecting award from Mr. N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI

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Category : Outstanding Contribution to Make in India Mission Winner : Ambrane India Pvt. Ltd.

Category : Best Indian Peripherals Brand Winner : Zebronics

Mr. Sumit Wadhwa, Asst. Manager-Marketing, Ambrane receiving award from Mr. N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI

Mr. Chandan Kumar from Zebronics receiving award from Mr. N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI

Category : Outstanding Customer Service & Support Award Winner : Intex Technologies India Ltd.

Category : Best Surveillance Hard Drive Brand Winner : Seagate SkyHawk

Mr. Arvind Raina, Head of Service collects award from Mr. N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI

Mr. Nitesh Patni, Business Development Manager, Enterprise & Surveillance Drives, Seagate receiving award from Mr. N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI

Category : Best Make in India Wireless Router

Brand

Winner :

Digisolz

Mr. N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI giving award to Mr. Akhil Lal, Regional Sales Head-North, Digisol.

Category : Best Channel Friendly Company Winner : Acer

Ms. Chandana Gupta, Associate Director, Consumer Sales, Acer India collects award from Mr. N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI

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Category : Best Distributor-North Winner : Graphline Computers Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Mohit Puri, Director, Sales Engineering, India & SAARC, Sophos giving award to Mr. DP Sinha, Managing Director, Graphline Computors.

Category : Best Value Added Distributor in Security Space Winner : BD Software Distributor Pvt. Ltd.

Ms. Rajani Thakur, Manager Enterprise Product-Delhi, BD Soft collects award from Mr. Mohit Puri, Director, Sales Engineering, India & SAARC, Sophos

Category : Best National Distributor Winner : Rashi Peripherals Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Chirag Aggarwal, Branch Head, Rashi Peripherals receiving award from Mr. Mohit Puri, Director, Sales Engineering, India & SAARC, Sophos

Category : Most Effective Consumer Security

Distributor

Winner : VR Infotech

Mr. Jeet Kumar & Ajay Yadav from VR Infotech receiving award from Mr. Mohit Puri, Director, Sales Engineering, India & SAARC, Sophos

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Category : Most Preferred National Distributor Winner : Supertron Electronics Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Pankaj from Supertron collects award from Mr. Mohit Puri, Director, Sales Engineering, India & SAARC, Sophos.

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Emerging National Distributor for Security Solution Winner : NNR IT Solutions

Mr. Jagannath Patnaik, CEO, NNR IT Solutions receiving award from Mr. Mohit Puri, Director, Sales Engineering, India & SAARC, Sophos

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Category : Most Visionary & Dynamic Women Leadership Award Winner : Nidhi Sardana Markanday, Director, Intex

Mr. N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI giving award to Mr. Vinay Kapoor, Product Head, Intex Technologies on Behalf of Ms Nidhi.

Category : Most Visionary & Dynamic Leadership Award Winner : Marg Compusoft Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Sudhir Singh, Managing Director, Marg Compusoft Pvt. Ltd. receiving award from Mr. N.K. Goyal, President, CMAI

Entertainment

As the gathering was gala award night so it has to be mix of all flavours. Like our all previous editions we planned this time as well. There were really some grand performances which thrilled the crowd. The guests really enjoyed the dances performed by the professional troupe. The audience liked the dances, music, costumes, stories, and props. Some of the audience traveled long distances from other cities to attend the gala award night and they all were amazed by the powerful dance performance.

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DT Awards 2017

Lucky Draw Winners

The event successfully got concluded with lucky draw sessions.

Mr. Shyam Modi, Chairman, ADCTA gave away four high performance Ambrane power bank to four lucky winners whereas second and third set of lucky draw was completed by Mr. SN Murthy and Mr. Anek Singh from ESY. The last set of lucky draw winners was completed by Ms. Chandana Gupta, Associate Director-Consumer Sales, Acer India.

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DT Awards 2017 DT Awards also announced Most Visionary & Dynamic Women Leadership Award which was given to Nidhi Sardana Markanday, Director, Intex Technologies (India) Ltd. for her excellent leadership quality. Whereas Most Visionary & Dynamic Leadership Award was given to Sudhir Singh, MD, Marg Compusoft Pvt. Ltd. for his extraordinary leadership skill. The event was supported by DELL, SOPHOS, ACER, INTEX, BITDEFENDER, MARG COMPUSOFT, AMBRANE, KONICA MILNOLTA, DIGISOL, ECS, MICROTEK, ESY India, ZEBRONICS, MSI, TPLINK, GIGABYTE, eScan, DOEL, NNR IT SOLUTIONS & SOUNDBOT. Millennium PR managed PR and Media activities while event was executed and managed by News Dot Media Private Limited.

Winners of DT Awards 2017 We thank each of IT leaders, channel partners and industry professionals who attended seventh DT Award Night. We can’t even think to held so grand and successful event with our own efforts. Publication is really thankful to all of partners who supported this event and contributed towards industry cause. The event has been supported by Dell, Intex, Acer, Sophos, Marg Compusoft, Bitdefender, Konica Minolta, Ambrane, Digisol, Doel, ESY India, ECS, MSI, TP-Link, Zebronics, Gigabyte, NNR IT, eScan and SoundBot. While event was managed by News Dot Media Pvt. Ltd.

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Launch Pad

Canon Launches Third Generation image RUNNER ADVANCE Series Devices

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xpanding its products outreach, Canon India Pvt. Ltd, introduces the third generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE series & a robust A3 color multi-function device (MFD) iRC3020 engineered to deliver outstanding business documents, superb usability and workplace productivity at an affordable price.

Canon recognizes the need of advanced printing solutions for seamless business execution. Targeted towards the emerging segment of start-up communities and SME’s in India the new range of multi-function devices deliver outstanding business documents, enhancing workplace productivity. The third generation Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE series is designed to enable businesses to boost productivity and security. The newly launched model under the next generation printers includethe iR-ADV C355i - A4 Color, iR-ADV C3500 series (3 variants), iR-

Mr. Hideki Ozawa, President & CEO, Canon Asia Marketing Group and Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, Canon India

total business and be a vital contributor to the overall growth of Canon.”

Speaking of the latest addition to the organizations’ product portfolio, Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, Canon India said, “Our legacy of two decades has further strengthened our commitment of providing enhanced

Canon brings the series of latest devices in India carrying third gen imageRUNNER ADVANCE series and a robust A3 color multi-function device iRC3020. This launch of the third generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE series will further strengthen the important position of Business Imaging Solutions within Canon India’s total business and be a vital contributor to the overall growth of Canon.

ADV 4500 series (4 variants) - A3 Mono, iR-ADV C5500i Series (4 variant) - A3 Color and iR C3020 - A3 Color.

Speaking about the latest launch, Mr. Ozawa, President and CEO, Canon Asia Marketing Group said, “I am happy to visit during this special year, which marks the 20th anniversary of Canon India. During those 20 years, Canon India has shown remarkable growth.

India plays an increasingly vital role in the growth of Canon in Asia. This launch of the third generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE series will further strengthen the important position of Business Imaging Solutions within Canon India’s

propositions in our products and service outreach.Continuing the victory of our endeavors, we are delighted to announce that we have attained a double digit growth of 14% in H1, 2017, over the same period in the previous year. With the continuous support of our customers, partners and employees, we have had a stupendous H1, 2017 and now, we are eagerly anticipating, a successful 2nd half

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of the year. We are confident that this launch will enable us in empowering small and medium business enterprises in the country, thereby providing our contribution to the emerging India.”

The year 2017 is devoted to commemorate completion of 20 years of Canon’s brand’s intervention in the country. With this launch, Canon India reinforces its focus on regional penetration empowering the jobbers and enterprise segment in the tier 2 and 3 cities. Canon is focused on augmenting the photography and imaging culture in the country and introducing technological advancements across its imaging solutions.

Mr. K Bhaskhar, Vice-President, Business Imaging Solutions, Canon India, said, “Keeping the changing needs of modern workgroups in mind, we are proud to introduce the new generation series featuring a high level of connectivity and innovative smart features such as ADVANCE Personalised and Intelligent Recovery. We are envisioning this color series to play an integral role in catering to a wide base of customers in the commercial, enterprise and government sector. We have always emphasized on offering unparalleled technology through our wide product portfolio and we are confident that the latest series will drive workforce productivity and enhance user experience to meet our customers’ evolving needs.”

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News Brief Western Digital Co-Hosted Community with Successful Event in Conference on the Need of Delhi HyperX, a high performance Gaming Surveillance with Smart Cities Council peripherals manufacturer and fervent Western Digital co-hosted a Roundtable Conference on “Technology Modernization for Safer and Smarter Cities” with Smart Cities Council at Mumbai on Friday. The conference primarily aimed at discussing initiatives to fuel the growth of surveillance security in India, the challenges faced, and methods to address them.

The discussions also focused around numerous initiatives that support and accelerate the vision of ‘Smart Cities’ and help urban planners understand the framework of a smart city and take steps for collective and progressive growth. The roundtable for 'Role of Video Surveillance Systems in making cities safer' was moderated by Satish Mathur, Director General, Maharashtra Police and featured esteemed panenlists: Arun Unhale, Director, State Disaster Management Authority; Keshava Sharma, Regional Executive Director, Airport Authority of India; Khwaja Saifuddin, Senior Sales Director - South Asia, Middle East and Africa, Western Digital; Amitesh Kumar, JT. C.P. (Traffic) Mumbai Police & D.R. Bhade, Senior Planner (NAINA), CIDCO.

iValue Hosted iStorm BFSI CXO Conclave at Udaipur

iValue InfoSolutions recently hosted iStorm BFSI 2017 conclave, in the lake and palace city of Udaipur, between 21st to 23rd July. This is the 4th edition of iStorm and the 1st exclusive conclave for CXOs of BFSI vertical. The previous editions of iStorm were held at Pattaya, Bali and Dubai. iStorm BFSI 2017 received an overwhelming response with participation of 70 delegates including leading Consultants, Industry experts, Regulatory body, OEM's with relevant and compelling offerings and Cyber Security experts.

The discussions highlighted Global and Indian trends in Business and Technology areas around Digital transformation, best-in-class industry practices to minimize risk and maximize opportunities in the DX journey, for the Banking, Finance and Insurance industry. The event concluded on a grand note, with a panel discussion around "Are we investing enough, with business increasingly turning digital, to stay ahead of ever evolving threats", amongst leading CIO/CTO/CISO's and subject matter experts.

participant in the gaming community, teamed up with Nodwin Gaming and ESL India to organize KO Fight Nights that struck the right chord among gaming community. KO Fight Nights was a 6 city tournament with one qualifying person from each city: New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Guwahati, Hyderabad and Chennai. Along with dedicated gaming cafés in each city, there was a collaboration with a well-known restaurant chains – Social & Mocha – to conduct city qualifiers and to promote the gaming experience to the audience.

The final match was between Delhi (Player was Bhagwant) and Chennai (Player was Bharat) wherein Delhi won.

The India Champion - Bhagwant - is from Delhi and will represent India at Brooklyn Beatdown tournament, New York in September 2017. People who played, either in the tournament or at the experience booth, got a chance to experience the HyperX Revolver gaming headsets. This highly anticipated event was attended by over 2000.

CLOUDSEC, the leading internet security conference in Asia Pacific and Europe, will hold its seventh annual event in Mumbai on September 13, 2017. This event leads up to a tour across APAC countries, including India, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia and the United Kingdom, before making the last stop in The Republic of Korea. Hosted by Trend Micro Incorporated , CLOUDSEC 2017 gathers together renowned experts, industry thought leaders, businesses and organizations from across the globe to re-evaluate and redefine their understanding of threats, risks and solutions in a rapidly evolving threat landscape. This empowers enterprises to step up their game and ‘Level Up’ to face the continuous barrage of nextgeneration threats.In the wake of a more digitally connected world, and with the rise in internet connected devices and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and where mobile and cloud first is the new norm, enterprises are seen grappling with security mechanisms to address their vulnerabilities, that lie exposed to the cybercriminals.

Kaspersky Lab Rolls out Campaign eScan Receives VB100 Comparative to Increase Awareness on Internet Safety Review Test Certificate eScan, Total Security has achieved Virus Bulletin's VB100's comparative review test certificate for its eScan Internet Security Suite. The test, in June 2017, was conducted on Windows 7 and 10 Professional. eScan Internet Security Suite proved its capability of providing advanced protection against malware listed by WildList Organization with the RAP score of 100%. Virus Bulletin is a world-renowned independent testing and certification body, in testing, reviewing and benchmarking security solutions for over 20 years. The VB100 certificate is given to the products that meet the quality standards of endpoint security products that are recognized as legitimate and strong anti-malware solution. During the recent test, eScan Internet Security Suite successfully blocked 100% of the malware samples that are listed as 'In the Wild' by the WildList Organization and generated no false positives while scanning. eScan scored best in the RAP tests, in addition to raising Zero False positives, while product's stability was rated 'solid' by the testing body.

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Kaspersky Lab has launched a campaign in Asia Pacific to educate the public and spread awareness on Internet safety. Known as the Goondus Awards,

the campaign is inviting submissions from the public on Internet mistakes and faux pas that have led to reputational, financial or property damage or loss for individuals. The Goondus Awards website which features the submissions anonymously, highlights real life incidents where a naïve or ill-informed Internet practice led to some form of misfortune. The Goondus Awards showcases a wide array of stories ranging from humorous occurrences to unintelligent acts and sad episodes involving monetary or reputational loss. The campaign acts as an initiative to raise cyber security awareness in an engaging form through the sharing of personal stories. It also serves to help web visitors foster positive and pleasant online experience.

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Telecom Today LG Unveils Latest Q6 Smartphone with Surprising Features

Ziox Mobiles Appoints ‘Sushant Singh Rajput’ as its Brand Ambassador

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G Electronics has launched its first smartphone under the new Q series called the LG Q6 in India. The unique 5.5inch FHD+ FullVision display in the LG Q6 with its 18:9 aspect ratio makes video browsing, gaming and multi-tasking more immersive. The Q6 features attractive curves with rounded corners of the body matching the corners of the display. The Q6 manages to be both lightweight and sturdy for a more durable day-to-day usage experience. LG’s proprietary Face Recognition feature allows owners to unlock the Q6 faster and with less hassle. LG Q6 carries on LG’s heritage of excellence in optics. The smartphone incorporates a 100-degree wide angle selfie camera that allows shutterbugs to include a large group of friends and family in the shot without effort. The camera’s improved LG UX 6.0 takes full advantage of the 18:9 aspect ratio of the FullVision display. Square Camera Mode makes it easy to “share your squares” or create photo collages using multiple square images. LG Q6 will be available exclusively on Amazon, priced at INR 14,990.

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Swipe Unveils VR with 5.5” Virtual Reality Smartphone

Lenovo Brings Latest Edition to Its K Note Series with Launch of K8 Note

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t the recently concluded 5th Anniversary gathering of Swipe, Founder & CEO Mr. Shripal Gandhi made the big announcement of Swipe 2.0. In his vision, Swipe 2.0 is synonymous with Vision 2022 where in Swipe will metamorphose from being a mobile gadgets company to a 21st Century personal electronics company. He said: “The Master plan is already in place and starting this week new categories and new products will roll out from the Swipe stable. Today, Swipe 2.0 kick starts with the launch of Swipe ELITE VR exclusively on ShopClues.” India’s most affordable 5.5” HD IPS display smartphone with VR – ELITE VR is truly Big on entertainment with VR lens and sports Big display and Big Battery.

ELITE VR is powered with 1.3 GHz quad core processor that helps in multitasking through 1GB RAM & 8GB ROM. Backed with powerful 3000 mAh battery, the device comes with VR lens and is 4G Volte enables. It has a 13MP rear camera and 5MP selfie camera and comes with SwiftKey Keyboard that enables Indian consumers to type freely in all their native languages. Great specs and design for all-round Entertainment at an astounding price of `. 4,499!

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n the light of its vigorous expansion, Ziox Mobiles under the aegis of Sun Air voice Pvt Ltd ropes in the very versatile, Sushant Singh Rajput, as its Brand endorser who truly lives up to the brand name. While Ziox mobiles is a preferred brand across the country through its outstanding innovation and quality, the other has won the hearts of a million Indians as he slips into any role with nonchalance. Both the brand and its ambassador ride on the precepts of resilience, hard work and steady growth. A rare blend of energy, perseverance, and popularity coupled with his ability to connect to people, Sushant Singh Rajput is a fine addition to the Ziox Mobiles family.

This association will further boost the legacy of Ziox Mobiles as the actor resonates to the brand promise: Quality that Speaks.

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enovo India has launched the latest edition of its K Note series, the K8 Note. The Lenovo K8 Note runs on Android 7.1.1 without any bloatware.

And will receive at least one OS upgrade. The K8 Note is its dual camera set-up, which comprises of a 13.0-megapixel primary and 5.0-megapixel secondary depth sensor for great quality pictures and enhanced depth of field. Powering the K8 Note is a 10-core processor that is designed for those seeking high-performance with no short cuts. A 64-bit processor, it comes with four power efficient cores clocked at up to 1.4 GHz, four powerful cores clocked at up to 1.85 GHz, and two high performance cores clocked at up to 2.3 GHz. The K8 Note comes with an option of 4GB or 3GB RAM along with 64GB or 32GB of storage*. The device comes with a dedicated microSD slot that supports up to 128 GB. There is a 4000 mAh battery under the hood with a 15W Turbo Charger(™). The K8 Note comes with a bright 13.97cm (5.5”) full HD display protected

by Gorilla Glass and with sunlight visibility, it gets a whole new dimension with TheaterMax and Dolby Atmos. The Lenovo K8 Note will be available starting INR 12,999/- for 3GB+32 GB variant and INR 13999/- for 4GB+64 GB variant.

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New Arrivals HTC Standalone VR Headset

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TC Corporation (“HTC”) announced at ChinaJoy 2017 the first Vive Standalone VR headset for the China market, which will utilize Viveport as its official content platform. The new headset is set to deliver an outstanding standalone VR experience, making it the best-in-class premium device for this segment in the China market. The Vive Standalone will offer broader audiences a more affordable, yet high-quality VR experience, and will expand the Vive family beyond its industry leading PC-based VR experiences. Without the requirement for an external PC or smartphone to operate, the Vive Standalone will utilize advanced features of the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 835 mobile VR platform designed to support built-in VR functionality and allow developers to more rapidly release compelling content. By building up a rich library of VR experiences for the standalone VR market, Vive is solidifying its leadership position in the China ecosystem, and reaffirming the premium brand it has established in the VR market over the last two years.

Portronics BEEM 100 Multimedia Projector

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ortronics has launched “Beem 100” – A 100-lumen, 130 inch screen-size, 800 X 480 resolution excellent picture quality portable LED projector. Beem 100 can seamlessly connect to your DVD player, Micro SD card, USB drive, RGB (AV) NTSC/ PAL devices and even with HDMI enabled devices like Laptops, Streaming Dongles. One can easily stream hi-definition videos from Youtube, Netflix, etc.If you are watching a video using Beem 100 through a USB stick or Micro SD card or a laptop, you can also feed audio out from Beem 100 into your home-theatre or sound system through AUX OUT.Diagonal Screen Size can go right from 34 inches from 1.5 meters upto 100 inches from 3.8 meters without blurring on edges. Through HDMI /MHL Port it can support highest resolution upto 800 X 480 and a contrast ratio of 1000:1. In-Built cooling fan keeps the temperature under control. The lifespan of LED is upto 20,000 hours.Beem 100 is available at a very striking pricepoint of INR 9999/-.

iBall LED Power Bank

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Ball announces its newest iBall PB-10026 Li-ion Power Bank, the prized possession that lets you carry power in fashion. With the 10,000mAh heavy duty power in your hand, carry extra juice in your pocket all the time. It has ‘dual USB output ports’, i.e., you can charge two devices at a time even while you are on-the-go.Raising the bar further, the iBall Power Bank PB-10026 has a powerful 10 LED Lamp that lets you enjoy your fun

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outings and trips, even when you’re camping under the starry sky. It works up to 50 hours under full charge. Fabricated with high quality Li-ion batteries, the iBall Power Bank PB-10026 equips a multitude of top-notch safety features – Short circuit protections, over charging, over discharge and over voltage protection that assures maximum user and device safety.The iBall Power Bank PB-10026 is compatible with various devices and is available at an MRP of INR 2,099/-

Kingston KC 1000NVMe PCIe SSD

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ingston launched its new KC1000NVMe PCIe SSD in India and will be available in select retail and etail stores in the country. This M.2 NVMe™ PCIe SSD is over 2x faster than SATA-based SSDs and over 40x faster than a 7200RPM harddisk drive. KC1000 is built for the power user, providing the ultimate, low-latency performance boost for resource-demanding applications including high-resolution video editing, data visualization, gaming and other data intensive workload environments where traditional storage solutions are unable to keep pace with data demand. This SSD will be available with a HHH adapter at MRPs of INR 16,000 for 240GB, INR 26,000 for 480GB and INR 51,000 for 960GB. KC1000 delivers up to 290,000 IOPS and will ship in midAugust in 240GB, 480GB and 960GB capacities. The highperformance SSD supports the PCIe Gen3 x4 interface and the latest NVMe protocol. KC1000 provides accelerated boot and load speeds and increases sequential read/write performance, as well as offering improved endurance and energy efficiency

GIGABYTE AORUS Gaming Motherboard

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IGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd presents the newest AMD X399 equipped motherboard, the X399 AORUS Gaming 7. The critically acclaimed AORUS series extends its focus to the AMD platform and the new X399 AORUS Gaming 7 comes with a plethora of impressive features. These features include high-end cooling solutions, digital lighting support, M.2 plug heat dissipation armor, 4-Way display output, a newly designed power source, GIGABYTE’s unique RGB Fusion and Smart Fan 5, which provide the user with a high quality, innovative and high performance motherboard. In addition, GIGABYTE has partnered with WTFast to provide the best networking connection to consumers and allows the user to experience AORUS motherboard’s strong and stable network performance.

Not only does it fulfill the user’s connection speed expectations, it complements the AMD RyzenTM ThreadripperTM‘s top notch processor capabilities.

GIGABYTE’s X399 AORUS Gaming 7 motherboard is designed for passionate gamers and enthusiasts.

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Channel Buzz Sophos Successfully Concluded its Annual Partner Conference

Sophos recently concluded its biggest ever annual partner conference held in the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region at Bangkok. The conference was attended by more than 350 channel partners from across the region, including more than 90 Sophos channel partners from India.At the conference, titled “This is Next-Gen,” Sophos presented how the company

was attended by over 120 exclusive partners from across North India. In its endeavor to recognize and reward the partners, who contributed towards the growth of eScan as a brand in their respective regions, Mementos and Trophies were awarded by Mr. Sunil Kripalani - Sr. Vice President Global Sales and Marketing, Mr. Rahul Joshi - AVP National Sales, and Mr. Kamlesh Jha - CEO KK Software. The winning partners were elated to receive the awards and pledged their allegiance to eScan.

Kaspersky Lab Rolls out new Attractive Partner Scheme

is reinforcing its 100 percent partner first and channel best business strategy, along with some key initiatives taken to strengthen its presence in APJ.Sophos also announced the launch of its Channel Influence Community, an initiative that will bring together the company and the larger channel ecosystem of distributors, consultants and service providers from around the world to share knowledge and experience.

The community will receive a host of other benefits like exclusive access to new product programs and services.

eScan Inaugurated its Vision 2020 Roadmap

eScan - Total Security Solution, inaugurated its Vision 2020 road map at New Delhi, amidst leading channel partners from north India with a pledge to achieve the leadership position in India by 2020.The event was held in association with KK Software, eScan's national distributor for its AV SKU product. This event was held at Radisson Blu, New Delhi on 22nd July, 2017. The event was inaugurated by lighting the lamp for an auspicious beginning of the Vision 2020 journey. Mr. Rahul Joshi - AVP National Sales (Retail and SMB products), shared his vision of driving eScan to be the top anti-virus brand in India by 2020. He also shared the strategic initiatives by eScan for channel partners for mutual growth and great business opportunity. The partner meet

Kaspersky Lab is a global leader in cyber security. Its runaway success in the diverse Indian market is largely due to its immensely solid partner network. Along with its national distributor, VR Infotech & partners, Kaspersky has woven a success story unlike any other cyber security brand.

Taking this partnership forward is an attractive new scheme for all of Kaspersky Lab’s partners that will see some of them holiday abroad!Under this new scheme, that began on July 1, 2017, well-performing partners will be rewarded with a trip to the world’s favorite holiday destination – Thailand!

Partners, who bill INR 300,000 in purchases from the designated associates, can avail of this incredible partner recognition scheme. This is a first scheme by Kaspersky Lab & VR Infotech after the launch of GST in the country.

Since the scheme kick started, partners have already begun working towards their goals.

Rashi Peripherals Organized GST Awareness Campaign for Partners

Rashi Peripherals recently concluded its unique GST PC campaign for Partners. The ‘R U GST Ready’ campaign

aimed at creating GST awareness among Partners and assisting them in smooth transition to the new tax regime.

Under the campaign, over 300 Champions of Rashi Peripherals spread across the country reached out to over 1000 outlets and assisted Partners in upgrading their existing IT hardware to comply with the GST norms. Champions also leveraged the platforms like Emailers, Whatsapp, Badges, Web banner, etc. to spread maximum knowledge on GST billing among its channel community. Rashi Peripherals was the only distributor to start GST billing from July 1. The distribution house made its GST PC available for partners and SMEs to start GST billing from July 1 itself. This helped them in liquidating the stocks without hampering business continuity.

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