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Kaspersky Makes Business Ready for Future
PC SHIPMENTS IN INDIA TO GROW 17% IN 2012
Kaspersky Lab has released its latest security technology to ensure businesses will ‘Be Ready for What’s Next’. Kaspersky Security for Virtualization – built from the ground-up by Kaspersky Lab’s internal team of security experts – is focused on protecting evolving corporate IT infrastructures from malware and cyber criminals. Kaspersky Security for Virtualization is delivered as a virtual security appliance that integrates with VMware vShield Endpoint to provide agentless, anti-malware security based upon Kaspersky Lab’s advanced anti-malware engine. In addition to plug-and-play compatibility with Kaspersky Lab’s own endpoint security offerings, Kaspersky Security for virtualization seamlessly integrates with VMware vShield Endpoint Security, providing straightforward protection for virtual data centers, virtualized servers and desktops. Using VMware vShield Endpoint, the centrally managed Kaspersky Security for Virtualization automatically detects every virtual machine on the network, delivering files to the Kaspersky Lab client for real-time anti-malware scans.
India PC shipments are expected to reach 12.5 million units in 2012, a 17 percent increase from 2011, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. As per the consulting house, the PC industry is benefiting from the Tamilnadu state government deal, wherein the government aims to give away laptops to the students of state-aided colleges and high schools to fulfill the pre-election pledge made by the chief minister. This will add approximately 920,000 units to total shipments in 2012 and will be a major contributor for an estimated double-digit growth. Without considering this particular deal PC market is expected to grow 8.4 percent in 2012. “High inflation, increased cost of living and smartphone penetration are forcing consumers to extend the life of their computing devices,” said Vishal Tripathi, Principal Research Analyst at Gartner. “Consumers are not very enthusiastic about investing in new and advanced features and form factors which comes at a premium price,” he added. The new form factor Ultrabook has its advantage in terms of looks, style, light weight and battery life. However, at the current price point it’s not going to be a persuasive device for consumers in the Indian market, which are primarily driven by price points more than technology innovations. It remains to be seen whether Windows 8 and Ultrabook will create the compelling offering that will get the early adopter of devices excited about PCs again. Media tablets might see higher adoption as compared to 2011, but they are not going to have any major impact on the PCs as they are still the second or third devices for consumers. Although some enterprise sectors, such as the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sectors, are opting for tablets for front end sales force atomization.
INDIA PRINTER COPIER AND MFP MARKET DECLINES 5.9% IN Q4 ‘11 THE COMBINED SERIAL INKJET AND PAGE PRINTER, COPIER AND MFP MARKET IN INDIA TOTALED 641,274 UNITS IN THE Q4 OF 2011, A 5.9 PERCENT DECLINE COMPARED TO THE Q4 OF 2010, ACCORDING TO GARTNER, INC. AND, HP HAS RETAINED ITS LEADERSHIP POSITION. INDIA PRINTER, COPIER AND MFP UNIT SHIPMENT ESTIMATES, 4Q11 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS)
HP
Canon Q3 2010
Epson
14.3%
Samsung Q3 2011
48.1
42.7
50.4
12.6% 44.1
62.6
32.7% 47.2
140.1
167.9
-16.6%
Others Growth
Note: Totals may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. Source: Gartner (March 2012)
340
379.2
-10.3%
EXECUTIVE MOVEMENT
WatchGuard has appointed Scott Robertson from Country Manager, Australia/New Zealand to VP, Asia Pacific Sales. CA has appointed industry veteran Sunil Manglore as VP, India. Sunil will report to Lionel Lim, President and GM of Asia Pacific, CA Technologies. Venkatesh Swaminathan is the new Country Head for the India operations of Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell and SUSE, business units of the Attachmate Group. Smartlink has appointed Bimal Raj as CEO (Products and Services). Sandeep Ramani, Cofounder, Envent, assumes the role of COO.
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