ON THE RAMP
SAP unveils SAP HANA 2 for
digital transformation
S
AP
SE
has
announced
the
SAP HANA 2 platform,
the next generation of
SAP HANA optimized
for innovation and digital
transformation.
SAP HANA 2 includes
and extends the proven
technology from SAP’s
breakthrough in-memory
computing platform to
provide a new foundation
for digital transformation.
In addition, new SAP
HANA microservices are
available by subscription
through the SAP Hybrisas-a-Service (informally
referred to as “YaaS”)
marketplace to spur
developer innovation by
embedding richer insight
into modern applications.
“SAP pioneered inmemory computing with
the launch of SAP HANA
in 2010 and throughout
our journey we have
driven
breakthrough
innovation on a highly
stable core data platform
for our customers,” said
Bernd Leukert, Member
of the Executive Board,
Products and Innovation,
SAP.
Oracle launches new solution
to analyze profitability
O
racle
has
announced
a solution for finance
executives
and
organizational managers
to understand specifically
what drives profitability
and continually assess
how resources are being
consumed.
“In today’s competitive
global business climate,
it is essential that your
organization
focusses
resources and cash on the
right priorities. PCMCS
enables organizations to
easily identify their profit
winners and address
inefficiencies, ultimately
improving
business
agility and profitable
revenue growth, while
minimizing costs,” said
Hari Sankar, Group VP of
Enterprise Performance
Management, Oracle.
Konica Minolta forays into
Label Printing market
K
onica
Minolta
B u s i n e s s
Solutions has announced
its entry into new digital
solution for the label and
packaging industry. The
bizhub PRESS C71cf
will benefit businesses
as they transition to
digital technology. This
digital press is the first of
many new products that
supports its strategy in
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the packaging industry
market.
“bizhub
PRESS
C71cf stands apart with
its surprising ease-ofuse, coming as a perfect
printing machine for the
short-run requirements
of labels to complement
their offset process,” said
Yoshinori Koide, EGM
– PP & IP Marketing,
Konica Minolta India.
www.varindia.com
QNAP ties up
with Arduino
Q
NAP Systems
has announced
a
partnership
with
Arduino to give IoT
developers the ability to
enable secure processing
and storage of local
data
with
extended
connectivity by using a
wide range of Arduino
hardware with QNAP
NAS.
“This
partnership
is giving creative IoT
Makers the ability to
build or download thirdparty applications that
can be run on QNAP
their own personal IoT
cloud. IoT developers
need to be able to connect
to and store various
types of data; and with
a lack of agreed upon
ecosystem
standards,
and the fear of sending
everything to the cloud,
open source plus local
processing and storage
becomes critical,” said
Kathy
Giori,
VicePresident of Operations,
Arduino.
NetApp to secure
movement
of data
N
etApp
has
announced new
data fabr ic solutions and
services that maximize
control and improve
secure movement of data
across the hybrid cloud.
The company has also
introduced new versions
of NetApp AltaVault,
StorageGRID Webscale,
and
SnapCenter
technologies to help
customers extract value
of their data from
anywhere in the hybrid
cloud.
“Building a hybrid
cloud using NetApp’s
data fabric solutions and
services allows customers
to efficiently control
and secure their data
while capitalizing on
its value for maximum
business benefit,” said
Phil Brotherton, VicePresident, Cloud Business
Unit, NetApp.
Canon India Launches High
Speed-Enterprise Laser Printers
C
a n o n
India
has
launched new Single
Function
Laser
Printers LBP 351x,
LBP 352x and the
Multi-function MF
515x. These products
will address needs of
the
Government,
Large Enterprises,
BFSI and Healthcare
segment.
Kazutada Kobayashi,
President and CEO,
Canon India Pvt. Ltd.
said, “Enterprise Laser
segment is a significant
market for Canon and we
are dedicated to providing
them with outstanding
print technology and
innovations.
Canon’s
new lineup of Enterprise
Laser
printers
will
further
solidify
our
commitment to provide
best technologies to our
customers and constantly
delight them."
Symantec unveils SEP 14 to
secure endpoint technologies
S
ymantec
has
a n n o u n c e d
Symantec
Endpoint
Protection 14, the next
evolution in endpoint
innovation from the leader
in endpoint security. SEP
14 will fuse essential
endpoint
technologies
with advanced machine
learning and memory
exploit mitigation in a
single agent, delivering
a multilayered solution
able to stop advanced
threats and respond at
the endpoint regardless
of how the attack is
launched. SEP delivers
powerful protection in
a lightweight package,
building on low false
positives and a 70-per
cent reduced footprint
over
the
previous
generation through new
advanced cloud lookup
capabilities.
Western Digital broadens
SanDisk Memory Card Portfolio
W
estern Digital
has introduced
the 256GB SanDisk Ultra
microSDXC UHS-I card,
Premium Edition, its first
256GB card optimized for
mainstream consumers.
The
new
addition
delivers high capacity in
a fingernail-sized card,
giving smartphones the
capacity to capture full
HD videos and photos
without worrying about
running out of space on
their device. The product
will initially be available
exclusively on Amazon
from December 2016
onwards and subsequently
rolled out to other e-tailers
and retailers in a phased
manner.
According to a study
sponsored by Western
Digital, titled “Storage
needs of smartphone users
in India and challenges
faced by them with regard
to storage and transfer of
data from smartphones”,
around 60% of consumers
are not only capturing
content, but also storing
and
sharing
content
resulting in lack of
adequate
memory.
Consumers mostly end up
deleting content and apps.