E- Magazine November 2016 XVIII | Page 20

COOL BYTES BookMyShow migrates to New IP Networking from Brocade Brocade has announced that BookMyShow has successfully completed its migration to a New IP network optimized for application performance. The Brocade solution deployment has further enhanced the booking experience offered by BookMyShow by enabling it to better handle increasing peak demands and roll out new services on the fly. The solution also provides it with a flexible foundation to continue its rapid market penetration in India. BookMyShow also offers non-movie ticketing for plays, sports and live events, leading to a tremendous increase in its user base and the amount of data traffic across its platforms. To meet the growing scale of its operations, BookMyShow has been constantly upgrading its technologies and infrastructure at the backend to continue offering a seamless booking experience, especially during the release of blockbuster films and bookings for key nonmovie events. Former HCL Technologies CEO announces Rs.100-Crore Fund F ormer HCL Technologies CEO Anant Gupta has announced Rs.100crore fund along with two partners to support ventures developing cutting-edge technology products and services. Anant Gupta has formed TECHCELX, an integrated business acceleration and technology investment firm focussed on developing digital technology products and platforms for enterprises. “With TECHCELX, I am pursuing my long-term goals and passion towards promoting our country’s entrepreneurship and innovation potential in the technology space,” said Anant Gupta, Founder Chairman & CEO, TECHCELX. American Megatrends partners with Technobind A m e r i c a n Megatrends India (AMIPL) has announced new distribution partnership with Tehnobind Solutions Pvt. Ltd., for StorTrends range of data storage solutions across India. With the distribution partnership, AMI and Technobind intend to take StorTrends to newer heights in the Indian market especially with the StorTrends’ new product line up, which includes 20 November 2016 All Flash and Hybrid storage arrays. StorTrends is the data storage division of American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI) - a company with over 30 years of technological innovation and a product in over half the computers in the world. With thousands of SAN and NAS appliances installed worldwide, StorTrends has experience in Education, Finance, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Marketing, Retail, Legal, and Research industries, among others. www.varindia.com ESDS Software teams up with Red Hat E SDS Software Solution has joined hands with Red Hat to bring together the benefits of cloud solutions to legacy applications and enterprise databases. Piyush Somani, Founder, MD & CEO, ESDS, said, “Our patented eNlight cloud solution combined with Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform is our unique differentiator. All our products are based on open-source standards. We believe the Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider partner program will help us strengthen our position to serve the Indian market better. eNlight cloud virtual machines combined with Red Hat Enterprise Linux can help enterprises cut down disaster recovery hosting cost, thus giving them an added advantage." Savera Digital Becomes Premium Partner for Quick Heal S avera Digital India has been appointed as Premium Partner by Quick Heal in Rajasthan, MP, Jharkhand, Vidarbha. This partnership will bring together Savera's great distribution network to deliver Quick Heal's innovative and advanced IT security solutions. Stating this partnership, Gopal Pansari, Managing Director, Savera Digital India Pvt Ltd said, "We are glad to be associated with Quick Heal, the leading IT security solutions provider in the country. The company designs focused strategy for each distributor and equip them well enough to implement it." CAIT partners with Tally Solutions I n its bid to train and educate the trading community on GST compliance and its seamless adoption, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), in association with Tally Solutions will launch a nationwide campaign to help traders across the country understand the impact of GST on their business. CAIT National President B. C. Bhartia and Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said that the GST taxation system is entirely different from the current taxation system. It will lead to merger of Excise, Service Tax, VAT and other taxes under GST, coupled with its e-compliance in totality. CAIT will also impart technology knowledge in this joint initiative and intends to empower and equip the trading community. TSSC signs MoU with TiE and IESA T elecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) has signed an MoU with the Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA)to set up IoT Skill Centre (COE) in Bangalore. The IoT centre will provide IoT related vocational training courses. The MoU was signed between Lt Gen (Retd) Dr SP Kochhar, CEO, TSSC, Krishnamoorthy Krishnan, chairman, IESA and Naganand Doraswamy, president, TiE. This MoU would help compliment each other’s technical capabilities and industry reach, to achieve a common goal of skilling India in the IoT domain. TiE, IESA and TSSC training partners will synergize their efforts and conduct approved courses, resulting in improved proliferation of IoT courses in India. Avaya’s new Partner Program Empowers Resellers A vaya has announced a new streamlined channel program that gives partners the flexibility to meet their customers’ needs in today’s fast-paced digital marketplace, while providing greater rewards for those partners that deliver exceptional value. This new program—Avaya EdgeSM— will help drive mutual profitability and better equip partners with the skills needed to help customers achieve their Digital Transformation objectives. Key elements of the program include a simplified structure, greater benefits and flexibility. The new program is in effect as of October 1, 2016. To support the transition, existing authorized partners are evaluated under both the previous and new programs and awarded at the higher level for the first six months.