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Wipro Eyes M2M Solutions Wipro and Axeda Corporation have announced that Wipro, an Axeda Platinum Partner, has made an investment in Axeda. With this investment, Wipro and Axeda will accelerate services and end-to-end solutions designed to help organizations connect with any asset, leverage real-time machine data to enhance business processes, and develop new innovative enterprise applications. The partnership gives Wipro and Axeda’s customers the ability to benefit from
Axeda’s rapid M2M application development and Wipro’s big data analytics capabilities to make more informed decisions that foster better business outcomes. Anurag Srivastava, CTO, Wipro, said, “Wipro’s investment in Axeda is driven by growing demand and interest for M2M solutions across verticals from global customers and partners alike. We find that customers prefer to work with mature partners like Wipro and Axeda who have the capability
and experience to plan, build and integrate M2M solutions that are able to demonstrate quick business results.” Todd DeSisto, President, Axeda, said, “Our strategic partnership is built on our history of combined innovation and the strong relationship between our two organizations that reaches from the field to the executive level. We are committed to the continued growth of our joint customer base, and the result of this investment will be a faster.”
WEB CLIPS SYNTEL TO SPONSOR ENACTUS INDIA NATIONAL COMPETITION Syntel, a global information technology services and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) firm, is presenting sponsor for the Enactus India National Competition to be held at the Taj Lands’ End Hotel in Mumbai, India on June 18 and 19, 2013. Enactus, formerly known as Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), is a global non-profit organization operating in 38 countries.
PROPALMS ADOPTS PANO-LOGIC ASSETS Propalms has acquired the rights to provide sales and support to Pano Logic’s channel partner and customer base. Pano logic is a provider of zero client desktop
SOPHOS HOLDS GLOBAL PARTNER CONFERENCES Sophos recently concluded its annual global partner conferences, held across the Americas, Asia/Pacific and EMEA regions. In all, the company welcomed 800 partners to hear about the latest in complete security innovations. Additionally, the company recognized select partners worldwide for their growth, commitment and success with Sophos solutions over the recent fiscal year announced the official statement. “As a channel-first company, our partners are our customers and we work tirelessly to ensure their success,” said Mike Valentine, Senior VP (Worldwide Sales and Channel), Sophos. “Our global partner conferences are a great way for us to not only educate partners on our vision, roadmap and messaging, but to thank them for their ongoing contributions and efforts. ”
computing and has an innovative desktop virtualization (VDI) hardware and software solution called the Pano System, which redefines the delivery and management of end user computing by centralizing desktop management announced the company.
TECH MAHINDRA SIGNS MOU WITH NIS Tech Mahindra has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with “Navigation Information Systems” (JSC “NIS”) GLONASS, company that offers dual-system GLONASS/GPS chipsetbased navigation equipment to the Indian market. As per the agreement, both the parties will jointly identify and develop potential opportunities, while agreeing to explore the emerging markets
MOVEMENTS Dell named ALOK OHRIE as the President and Managing Director, Dell India. In this role, Alok will be responsible for driving growth for Dell’s India market. Fujitsu Consulting India has appointed JASWINDER SOHAL as their new CEO F5 Networks has appointed PARAG KHURANA as the Managing Director for India. ANKOOR SARKAR has joined Viking Technology as director sales, South Asia. Citrix has appointed YATIN KAVISHWAR as the head of government & defense business for India region.
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with strong focus on solutions such as Fleet Management Solution, Intelligent Transport Solution, Vehicle Security, Geo-fencing, and Precision Positioning Services among others.
ACCENTURE RATED ‘STRONG POSITIVE’ Accenture was rated “Strong Positive”, the highest possible rating given, in Gartner’s latest “MarketScope for Business Intelligence and Information Management Services, North America” and “MarketScope for Business Intelligence and Information Management Services, Western Europe.” Narendra Mulani, senior managing director, Accenture Analytics, said, “Accenture Analytics helps governments and businesses navigate the analytics journey to return on investment (ROI) from data and analytics to insights and actions. We believe our ‘Strong Positive’ rating is proof that our clients view Accenture as a strategic and valued partner.”
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