K7 Computing has reached yet another milestone by acquiring 9 million customers world-wide. As part of the celebrations, K7 Computing offers all expenses paid trip to Bangkok and Pattaya for 4 days and 3 nights to its customers. To participate in the contest, one needs to purchase K7 TotalSecurity, register the purchase details online and write a slogan about the Product at www.k7computing.com/bnp. K7 TotalSecurity is available with retail & channel partners across the country. On a daily basis, one winner would be chosen based on the contest. The "Buy, Register and Fly Program" is valid for registrations from 20th May 2009 to 31st July 2009 only.

S.Srinivasan Sr. Vice President –Sales & Marketing of K7 Computing said, “Over and above the value for money our brand delivers, the chance to win fully paid holiday package to Bangkok & Pattaya is aimed at thanking our customers for their patronage.  Bangkok is a great destination, providing complete relaxation coupled with affordable shopping and we believe our customers will have a memorable time”, he added.

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CyberSource Ltd announced that its Decision Manager global fraud management portal as well as its performance monitoring service have been selected by Kingfisher Airlines. The Mumbai-based Kingfisher Airlines connects 70 cities and operates over 425 flights a day. A single connection to CyberSource links Kingfisher Airlines to the fraud portal.

As part of the performance monitoring service, CyberSource experts are helping Kingfisher Airlines design and configure its order screening strategies and processes. Following implementation, CyberSource fraud analysts will monitor business performance and work with Kingfisher Airlines to tune rules, systems, and processes to optimise results.

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Hughes Communications India Ltd. introduced its new Enterprise tariff plans for VPN Service under the HughesNet managed services portfolio. The newly introduced Service plans look to provide a one stop solution for all connectivity needs, better manageability and quality for the distributed enterprise.

Gauging the need for affordable, quality and reliable connectivity HughesNet released its suite of fully managed VPN services with high performance and reliable IP based connectivity at all locations through its satellite network. Hughes is the first to have Implemented DVBS2 ACM (Adaptive Code and Modulation) in their network which ensures very high uptime and high speed plans at affordable price points. These newly launched VPN Service plans are built on new generation satellite modems geared to provide MPLS grade (QOS), very high Uptime, with IPSEC implementation for security, SNMP Enabled, Integrated with FCAPS software and are available to the customers on both – the terrestrial as well as the satellite network with same performance metrics.

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How many times have you found yourself providing computer support for your family and friends? F-Secure Online Scanner will make that task a easier. The Online Scanner checks PCs thoroughly, detecting any viruses, spyware or other malware.

The Online Scanner, used by millions of people annually, has long been a popular feature of F-Secure’s website and has helped clean up hundreds of thousands of PCs from viruses. F-Secure’s statistics show that about 20% of the Online Scanner users do in fact have viruses, worms or other malware on their computer (not including tracking cookies). The Online Scanner is free to use for anyone concerned that their computer has been infected with a virus.

It is important to remember that the free Online Scanner gives a manual scan that checks and cleans the PC but does not provide automatic protection after that. To prevent a PC from being infected again, you should install a full security product with real-time protection.

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ESS Software Distribution Consulting (P) Ltd., ESET's Exclusive Distributor in India announced that Titan Industries Ltd; the worlds fifth largest and India's leading manufacturer of watches, is using total security solution ESET Smart Security for the protection of their network against evolving IT threats.

Headquartered in Bangalore, Titan Industries is the most admired brand of India. The company has manufactured more than a 100 million watches till date; and has a customer base of over 80 million. Titan focuses on acquiring, developing and exploring new market opportunities. Watches are sold through exclusive 'World of Titan' showrooms and at 12,000 outlets in more than 2,500 cities in India and internationally in over 30 countries. To select the right antivirus solution Titan evaluated almost all the popular antivirus solutions available in the market. All the antivirus solutions were evaluated by their IT professionals. After thorough evaluation and analysis of all the features offered by different antivirus solution, Titan Industries preferred ESET Smart Security. Consequently Titan Industries purchased 750 licenses of ESET Smart Security Business Edition.

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Mobile messaging volumes continue to shatter records, according to the latest quarterly index of mobile messaging statistics compiled by the Messaging and Mobile Media Division of VeriSign. Across Asia Pacific, VeriSign saw an approximate 30 percent increase in the total number of international mobile messages sent and received over its network in Q1 2009 from Q4 2008. The company also saw rapid growth in the volume of mobile messaging traffic in this region, especially in South Asia where the number of mobile messages delivered by VeriSign jumped almost tenfold that quarter.

The VeriSign Inter-Carrier MMS and PictureMail platforms also continue to experience rigorous growth in MMS traffic. Compared to the first quarter of 2008, MMS and PictureMail volumes jumped 130 percent and 84 percent respectively. In total, VeriSign delivered more than 1.1 billion MMS messages in Q1 2009.

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Kaspersky Lab CEO and co-founder Eugene Kaspersky has received the State Prize of the Russian Federation for Science and Technology (RFST). The official award ceremony took place on 12 June in the Kremlin where President Dmitry Medvedev presented Eugene Kaspersky with a diploma, a medal and 5 million rubles. The prize money will be forwarded to Eugene Kaspersky’s former school, the A.N. Kolmogorov School in Moscow that specializes in physics and mathematics. 

The State Prize of the Russian Federation has been awarded annually since 1992 by the President of the Russian Federation for contributions not only to science and technology but also literature and art and humanitarian work, and is the highest acknowledgement of services to society and the state. The prize for science and technology is conferred to individuals for outstanding work, discoveries and achievements that enrich both Russian and world science and make significant contributions to the advancement of science and technology.

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Kaspersky Lab announced that its cutting-edge antivirus technologies have been integrated into Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways and J Series Services Routers. The antivirus filter is an essential component of any network protection system. The decisive factors in the selection of Kaspersky Lab were the Company's unrivalled experience and reputation as a leading supplier of licensed antivirus technologies, an excellent service record, reliable protection and ease of integration.

The Kaspersky Lab antivirus technologies integrated into the SRX Series Services Gateways and J Series Services Routers provide an unsurpassed level of protection against all types of malware, such as viruses, Trojans, worms and rootkits. The embedded solution scans files of various formats, including those that pose the greatest ongoing threats. Implemented as a component of Juniper's Unified Threat Management (UTM) technology, the Kaspersky Lab antivirus solutions are available in two versions - Full AV (the full-fledged antivirus solution) and Juniper Networks ExpressAV (antivirus protection with SafeStream data-flow scanning technology, better suited for high-speed, low-latency networking devices).

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Fortinet announced the launch of an enhanced RMA program for customers in India supported by Indelox Services on the logistics front. Indolex is a company specializing in distribution, compliance and outsourced services. This new scheme forms the backbone of an improved after-sales support infrastructure in the country, allowing end-users the option to elect 24x7 Advance Replacement service over the existing 8x5 Return and Repair offering. All existing and new customers can now upgrade and/or opt for the premium 24x7 Advance Replacement, which allows customers to receive their replacement units directly from Fortinet before shipping out the defective unit. This provides a seamless security experience for all end users, including carriers and enterprises.

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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited announced a long term partnership with global technology leader Microsoft to launch BSNL Managed SaaS (Software as a Service) in India. This partnership will enable BSNL to offer hosted solutions on core Productivity, Collaboration and Line of Business Applications to business customers. BSNL also launched “BSNL Managed Business Mail” – the first offer resulting from this partnership.

Based on Microsoft Exchange platform, BSNL Managed Business Mail moves beyond conventional email options to empower businesses with tools to increase productivity, mobility and collaboration at an affordable monthly fee.  This will provide a range of services for businesses across enterprise, SMBs and Public Sector segments to enhance communication coordination by enabling them to share email messages, contacts, calendars, task lists and documents from any device (PC or mobile phone).

The partnership and launch marks BSNL’s foray into managed business solutions based on the SaaS model. Since this service will be delivered via the internet - users will save on upfront costs related to hardware, licenses and installation for their IT infrastructure.  Business owners will also be able to focus on their core business tasks – without any disruptions and distractions pertaining to IT headaches like security patches, software updates, monitoring and backups. In turn, this will eliminate need for in-house IT management manpower.

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Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd. announced the appointment of Supertron Electronics Ltd. (SEL) as its national distributor for Crash Proof + BitDefender Internet Security product combo.

According to Mr. Alok Gupta, Managing Director, Unistal Systems Pvt. Ltd., “This is in perfect accordance with our recent restructuring of product and channel strategy to further strengthen our business. Post our tie-up with BitDefender, world’s No. 1 brand of security solutions, our product portfolio has become even more formidable. We were looking for a national distributor of repute which has a wide footprint in terms of its own branch offices and a network of channel partners across every important market in the country. Our search came to an end with Supertron Electronics which specializes in distribution of several international IT product brands. We are delighted to ink this distribution deal, our largest so far, with them and hope to sell 5,00,000 combo units in the very first year itself.”

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HID Global announced its partnership with Lipi Data Systems Ltd. for local assembly and distribution of HID Global’s Fargo brand printers in India. The partnership reaffirms HID’s commitment and position in India that represents growth opportunity for secure issuance solutions.

“The partnership is a technical collaboration between Lipi and HID Global,” said Mukul Singhal, chairman and managing director of Lipi Data Systems Ltd. “We leveraged the manufacturing expertise of Lipi by adhering to the same manufacturing processes for HID Fargo brand printers in the USA, to provide the best of technology products to customers in India.”

Located at Udaipur, India, the new production and assembly plant for HID’s Fargo brand printers, began its operation as of June 2009, while the first lot of locally assembled printers is scheduled for delivery in early July. Production of different models of HID Fargo brand printers will be implemented in a progressive manner. Customers are encouraged to contact HID Global India’s Regional Sales representatives for updates on local availability.

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BT and Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) announced that they have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance the overall security of the computing environment in the country.

The MOU was signed by Sudhir Narang, BT India Managing Director, and Director, CERT-In, Dr. Gulshan Rai.  Commenting on the significance of the MOU with CERT-In, Mr. Narang , said, “BT is committed to help organizations around the world and in India secure their information which is their most critical asset. The MOU is a significant step forward in this direction. Both BT and Cert-In recognize that along with the benefits of increased computer connectivity, there are a host of new risks with computer hackers exploiting the vulnerabilities in the software and computer system.”

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McAfee announced that it has completed the acquisition of privately owned Solidcore Systems, Inc. for approximately $33 million in cash up front and with an earn-out of up to an additional $14 million if certain performance targets are met. McAfee can now offer the industry’s first end-to-end compliance solution that includes dynamic whitelisting and application trust technology, antivirus, antispyware, host intrusion prevention, policy auditing and firewall technologies.

As businesses seek to more easily mitigate the risks associated with vulnerable or malicious applications downloaded by employees, they will extend beyond signature-based anti-malware with the addition of dynamic whitelisting and application trust technology. The integration of Solidcore with McAfee will provide customers with a high level of system integrity and security across their physical and virtual environments, and allow customers to more quickly and easily meet compliance requirements.

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RSA announced that HDFC Bank has successfully implemented layered components of the RSA Identity Protection and Verification Suite to provide a comprehensive fraud prevention platform that has protected the bank and its customers from ever-advancing online threats. The bank's implementation of RSA Adaptive Authentication, RSA FraudAction service and participation in the RSA eFraudNetwork community has helped increase customer confidence, accelerate enhanced online banking features, and significantly reduce phishing attacks.

HDFC Bank has implemented RSA Adaptive Authentication that includes the visible component of site-to-user authentication to provide its customers with convenient online protection through the use of a personal security image and caption to verify the legitimacy of the bank's website. RSA Adaptive Authentication is designed to help provide HDFC Bank with behind-the-scenes security measures using risk indicators tracked by the RSA Risk Engine that include device identification, behavioral profiling and fraud data from the RSA eFraudNetwork community. In the case of high risk and potential fraud scenarios, HDFC Bank customers are authenticated with challenge questions and out-of-band phone calls to both confirm their transactions and help prevent malware from compromising transactions.

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Riverbed Technology announced a partnership with Check Point Software Technologies to provide enterprise customers a single solution that combines Riverbed award-winning WAN optimization technology with Check Point’s leading security software. The joint solution will help companies protect and safeguard networks at remote and branch offices through a unique virtualized environment.

The partnership takes advantage of the complementary capabilities of the two companies’ technologies. The Riverbed Services Platform (RSP), a virtualized, extensible data services platform, allows customers to deploy best-of-breed edge services. Check Point Security Gateway R70 provides customers a comprehensive set of centrally managed best-in-class security protections. Through Check Point’s unique Software Blade architecture, customers can select the exact security protections they need for an environment, including firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, antivirus, anti-spyware, URL filtering, Web security, anti-spam and policy management software blades. Customers can deploy virtual appliances, such as Security Gateway R70, directly on Riverbed Steelhead appliances to minimize complexity at the branch office and reduce costs and operational overhead.

Based on Check Point’s new Software Blade architecture, Check Point Security Gateway R70 provides businesses with flexible security. The Software Blade architecture empowers businesses with the ability to select the exact security applications or “software blades” they need from a library of over 20 software blades. New software blades can be added without deploying new hardware, reducing deployment times and operational costs.

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