May 14, 2013, India : Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled nearly 426 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a slight increase of 0.7 percent from the same period last year, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide smartphone sales totaled 210 million units in the first quarter of 2013, up 42.9 percent from the first quarter of 2012. The Asia/Pacific region was the only region to show growth in mobile phone sales this quarter, with a 6.4 percent increase year-on-year.

“The Chinese and local manufacturers have been exemplary at addressing the demands of buyers by offering affordable devices with optimum features such as 2.5G (EDGE) instead of 3G in a smartphone. In the smartphone market, local and Chinese manufacturers are making faster inroads as they account for 29 percent share in the first quarter of 2013, up from 13.2 percent a year ago.”

In the first quarter of 2013, sales of mobile phones in the EMEA region declined 3.6 percent. The North America and Latin America’s mobile phone market fell 9.5 and 3.8 percent, respectively, while Japan saw its mobile phone sales drop 7.3 percent.

Mobile Phone Vendor Perspective

Samsung: Samsung remained in the No. 1 position, growing 13 percent in the first quarter of 2013 (see Table 1). Its share of smartphones reached 30.8 percent, up 3.2 percentage points from the first quarter of 2012 (see Table 2). “We expect the new Galaxy S4 to be very popular despite being more of an evolution than a truly revolutionary device compared to the S3,” said Mr. Gupta.

Nokia: Its mobile phone share dropped 4.9 percentage points in the first quarter of 2013 mainly due to a steep decline in feature phone sales. Although Nokia’s Windows Phone sales have sequentially improved reaching a volume of 5.1 million units, Nokia is yet to see high growth in the smartphone segment. Nokia’s position in the smartphone market dropped to No. 10 in the first quarter of 2013, from No. 8 in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Apple: Sales to end users reached 38.3 million units in the first quarter of 2013 as Apple was able to burn some of the inventory built at the end of 2012 as iPhone 5 was rolling out in more markets, and as the company prepared for Chinese New Year. China is a key contributor to overall sales for Apple, and Gartner analysts saw evidence of this in the first quarter of 2013, when sales reached close to 7 million units in mainland China alone thanks to the lower price of the iPhone 4. “Apple is faced with the challenge of being increasingly dependent on the replacement market as its addressable market is capped. The next two quarters will also be challenging, as there are no new products are expected to be coming before the third quarter of 2013,” said Mr. Gupta.

LG electronics moved in front of ZTE in the first quarter of 2013 for the No. 4 position. ZTE had a weak performance, failing to grow its smartphone sales, selling 7.9 million smartphones in the first quarter of 2013, a 5.1 percent decline year-on-year.

Table 1

Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales to End Users by Vendor in 1Q13 (Thousands of Units)

In the first quarter of 2013, smartphones accounted for 49.3 percent of sales of mobile phones worldwide. This is up from 34.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012, and 44 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012. On the other hand, sales of feature phones contracted 21.8 percent in the first quarter of 2013.

“Feature phones users across the world are either finding their existing phones good enough or are waiting for smartphones prices to drop further, either way the prospect of longer replacement cycles is certainly not a good news for both vendors and carriers looking to move users forward,” said Mr. Gupta.

Table 2

Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Vendor in 1Q13 (Thousands of Units)

In the smartphone operating system (OS) market (see Table 3), Android continued to increase its lead, with nearly 50 percent more Android smartphones in the market than a year ago. “There are two clear leaders in the OS market and Android’s dominance in the OS market is unshakable,” Mr. Anshul said. “With new OSs coming to market such as Tizen, Firefox and Jolla we expect some market share to be eroded but not enough to question Android’s volume leadership.

Table 3

Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System in 1Q13 (Thousands of Units)

Additional information is in the Gartner report "Market Share Analysis: Mobile Phones, Worldwide, 1Q13." The report is available on Gartner's website at www.gartner.com/document/2482415?ref=QuickSearch&sthkw=G00252860.

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May 14, 2013, New Delhi, India : Portronics, one of the emerging pioneers in innovative, portable and digital devices is thrilled to announce the launch of Androview, its latest advancement towards making the existing projectors smarter than ever. Androview is an extremely small smart Pico Projector with Android that fits in the palm of your hand. It has integrated batteries which reflect a perfect combination of the high end Android Tablet and a Pico projector.

It supports 1080p videos and uses LCOS with RGB LED technology for a wonderful colour reception. Androview has an in-built Wi-Fi , Internal memory of 8GB expandable to 32GB , Android Operating System, Google Play for installing different apps, Integration to wireless keyboard, wireless mouse and a lot more; unlike most other Pico projectors that come with just media players, integrated batteries and compact sizes.

Androview features dual USB ports which allow you to connect a variety of devices. You can use your own keyboard; connect a flash drive to expand memory or even a USB hard drive. Its Built-in rechargeable battery helps 90 minutes of play duration.

Androview being a wireless projector helps you to watch all latest movies, play favourite games, apps and music anywhere, anytime without the need of any computing device. It works great with video games and can also be used on the professional front for presenting your business presentations. This is a perfect companion for corporate executives as it allows one to directly open and edit Microsoft office suite including PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

Features :

1. Experience your Android Apps projected in HD quality. Supports 1080p videos.
2. LCOS with RGB LED technology provides wonderful colour reception, Brightness
3. 50 lumens - Project large widescreen images of up to 80” diagonal.
4. Power supply: AC 100-240V~ 50Hz/60Hz; DC 9V 3.0A , External battery: 1450mAh 7.4V, Power consumption: 20W (normal), 10W (battery)
5. Operating System: Android, Microprocessor: Rockchip RK2918, ARM Cortex-A8 processor , 1GHz
6. Supported memory capacity: Maximum 32G USB (8G internal memory)
7. Standard accessories: Power adapter, USB to mini USB cable, pouch, user manual, Optional accessories: Wireless mouse, wireless keyboard, AV cable, external battery bank
8. Able to interface with Smart Phones, Tablets and Set-top boxes for watching live television.
9. Built-in rechargeable battery with more 90 minutes of play duration.
10. Built-in Wi-Fi to access the internet directly through a wireless keyboard; without the need of a computer.
11. Built-in 8 GB internal memory.

Specifications:

1. Model No.: POR 316
2. DDR: DDR3 512M Byte
3. FLASH: 8G Byte
4. Resolution: 1024*600
5. Aspect ratio: 16:9 (4:3 compatible)
6. Displayable colors: 100% NTSC
7. Conformity: 80%
8. Contrast ratio: 500: 1
9. LED life: RGB LED
10. Speaker: 2W * 1
11. I/O connector: AV, HDMI, USB, mini OTG USB, earphone. Wireless mouse input supported

Pricing and Availability:

Priced at Rs. 28999/- Portronics POR 316 Androview is available across the country.

The projector has no maintenance cost.

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May 13, 2013, New Delhi, India : - The Indian IT infrastructure market, comprising of server, storage and networking equipment, will total $2.1 billion in 2013, growing 9.7 percent compared to 2012, according to Gartner, Inc.

Gartner analysts are providing the latest outlook on the Indian data center market during the Gartner Infrastructure, Operations and Data Center Summit, which is taking place here through May 14th.

“Despite global economic challenges, India provides strong growth opportunities across segments including infrastructure. Infrastructure alone is expected to surpass $2.9 billion in 2017,” said Naveen Mishra, research director at Gartner.”The Nexus of Forces- big data, cloud, social and mobility- are finding real-time business driven use cases which is bringing a paradigm shift in the way IT is delivering business impact and hence, changing the role of an Indian CIO.”

The Indian IT infrastructure market is driven by hardware refresh, optimization and consolidation efforts. New data centre build out, primarily driven by service providers, is providing added impetus to this market. The server market accounts for the biggest chunk of the market totaling 753 million in 2013 and forecast to total $962.3 million in 2017 (see Table 1). Increased uptake of x86 based technologies, coupled with continued investment in virtualization, will drive server growth. Virtualization is extending beyond servers and is setting the stage for private cloud adoption in many of the leading organizations.

Table 1: Indian IT Infrastructure Revenue By Technology (Millions of U.S. Dollars)

External controller-based storage is the fastest growing segment with revenue growing from $374.2 million in 2013 to $702.3 million in 2017. While managing the storage demands is one of the biggest problems faced by Indian users, approaches such as tiered storage are helping to optimize storage needs. Integrating software driven intelligence in the storage market is another phenomenon which is gaining traction in India.

“New data center implementations to meet server consolidation and virtualization needs, combined with campus upgrades, and growing adoption of multimedia applications and mobility, are driving the networking market. Future demand and dynamics of the market will also be heavily influenced by these trends as they intensify, and other disruptive technologies like cloud, social and big data take center stage,” said Naresh Singh, principal research analyst at Gartner.

Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations and Data Center Summit 2013,

The latest trends in managing data center, mobile and big data impact, cloud and virtualization best practices, security, next generation server, storage and networking technologies, IT Operations will be addressed at the Gartner Infrastructure, Operations and Data Centre Summit, 13-14 May, at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai.

For further information about the Gartner IODC summit, please visit: gartner.com/in/datacenter.

Journalists can register by contacting Sony Shetty, Gartner PR on +91 98209 00036 or sony.shetty@gartner.com

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May 13, 2013, New Delhi, India : - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, has announced the appointment of Rajesh Gupta as the new country manager for SanDisk India with immediate effect.

Previously, Gupta was the director of sales for SanDisk in India where he was a key part of the robust organization that made SanDisk the No. 1 flash memory brand in India1. Prior to his time at SanDisk, he worked for Intel Corporation for 15 years, last serving as the director of sales and marketing for Intel Technology India.

"Rajesh has more than two decades of proven sales and marketing success in the IT industry. We are pleased to appoint him as the new country manager of India to continue SanDisk's growth in the region," said Gavin Wu, vice president, Asia Pacific, SanDisk.

Speaking of his new responsibilities, Rajesh Gupta said, "I am glad to accept my new position to continue to drive further SanDisk achievements in India. The market for NAND flash in India is poised for growth and I see a significant potential to expand our presence. I look forward to enabling SanDisk's success in these new innings."

Gupta will focus on continuing to strengthen the company's presence in the country and is tasked with taking its growth to the next level. He will oversee the retail sales and marketing of memory cards, USB and SSD products through leveraged distribution channels that cover major cities and markets across India. He will also continue to champion SanDisk as the consumer brand for flash memory storage solutions and enhance the sales and marketing infrastructure within India.

NAND flash memory is increasingly being used in a broad array of consumer and enterprise products, and SanDisk is focused on delivering high-quality products that enrich consumer's lives. SanDisk's strategy in India is to provide consumers with high-quality products that help consumers do more with their digital devices.

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May 13, 2013, Delhi, India : - Worldwide project and portfolio management (PPM) software revenue totaled $1.65 billion in 2012, up 11 percent from $1.48 billion in 2011, according to final results from Gartner, Inc.

"In 2012, the PPM software market had strong growth for the third consecutive year despite, or perhaps because of, slow economic growth, tight IT budgets, and merger and acquisition activity," said Laurie Wurster, research director at Gartner. "Turbulent or uncertain IT requirements perpetuated by a stagnant economy are driving changes in IT solutions and delivery models. Key vendors continue to expand product portfolios, buy companies where appropriate, and expand their reach into emerging markets. 2012 represented continued resiliency, where the total PPM market expanded in terms of both revenue dollars and worldwide markets."

Vendor movement has been characterized by partnering and acquisition, some new sales emphasis beyond North America, and improved packaging and delivery options (most notably, software as a service [SaaS]), as well as by new product releases. Through 2011, PPM product development was generally focused more on integration. However, in 2012, it showed signs of resiliency and innovation as some vendors transformed themselves to support changing user requirements and expanded their reach into additional PPM domains (such as PPM for professional services), or into domains outside PPM (such as greater reach with SaaS offerings and into technologies such as application life cycle management [ALM]).

The top five PPM vendors accounted for nearly 50 percent of PPM software revenue in 2012, and there was no change in their ranking (see Table 1). Oracle maintained its No. 1 position, with revenue of $381 million, as the company moved to broaden its PPM "sweet spot" into the midmarket with the November 2012 acquisition of cloud-based Instantis. Second-placed Microsoft also grew revenue by 10 percent to reach $252 million, while, in third place, CA Technologies grew revenue by 7 percent to reach $157 billion.

Table 1

PPM Software Spending by Vendor, Total Software Revenue Worldwide, 2012 (Millions of Dollars)

"Without major acquisitions, the top three vendors will not easily change positions. With roughly between $100 million and $150 million spread among the top three, it would take six to 10 years to organically grow that much revenue," said Ms. Wurster. "The vendors to watch in terms of dynamics will be those with revenue ranging from $30 million to $60 million. Strategies on business models, as well as partnering programs to obtain reach into regions outside North America and Western Europe, will be key to growth"

The market for PPM software at the regional level remains, as in previous years, with North America and Western Europe the prime consumers. Nearly 90 percent of this revenue is concentrated in developed markets, suggesting that, on the IT adoption curve, PPM is a relatively late technology to adopt and is targeted by relatively mature companies.

Nonetheless, not all regions experienced the high-double-digit growth of Eastern Europe, Greater China, emerging Asia/Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa. The areas with slowest growth were Western Europe and North America, with 6.3 percent and 10 percent growth, respectively, but with a significantly larger revenue base; the amount of gain in revenue was substantially higher than in the faster-growing regions.

Many organizations, in both emerging and mature regions, still lack the appropriate tools and/or the skills to manage and optimize project resources. There are more first-time buyers of PPM software in emerging regions than there are in more mature economies. In mature economies, users are either updating or changing software. Because the economy remained weak, especially in Western Europe, organizations operating with tighter budgets required better capabilities for using resources. In general, for the same reasons, economic recovery (if, when and where this occurs) will continue to drive new spending in this software market.

More detailed analysis is available in the report "Market Share Analysis: Project and Portfolio Management Software, Worldwide, 2012." The report is available on Gartner's website at www.gartner.com/resId=2458316.

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May 10, 2013, New Delhi, India : - India has the potential to lead the world in the adoption of the Nexus of Forces, which is the convergence and mutual reinforcement of social interaction, mobility, cloud and information, however for this to happen a number technological and socioeconomic shifts must happen, according to Gartner, Inc.

The manner in which IT is used, developed and managed will change significantly, because of the Nexus of Forces, and the technologies that sit behind them. These pivotal technologies include the explosive use of media tablets, mobile applications, context-aware computing, the Internet of things, next-generation analytics and in-memory computing (IMC).

"However, for this to occur, new infrastructure will have to replace the old; new types of servers, networks and even data centers will have to be rolled out, " said Rakesh Kumar, research vice president at Gartner. "A cash rich consumer base is required that is able to demand and take advantage of social, mobile and context-aware applications. Furthermore, established ways of behaving in education, shopping, banking, etc., will have to morph to take advantage of new technologies."

Transformation of this nature is expensive and time-consuming. The economic, demographic and social outlook for western economies suggests that, for the next few years, such changes will be difficult to achieve. At first glance, India seems to be well-placed to embrace these changes — it has virtually no legacy systems, billions of dollars are being spent on developing new infrastructure, a wealthy, a well-educated middle class hungry for change, and the country is pivotal in the digital supply chain. Therefore, Gartner analysts said the question of whether India will be the first place to see the emergence of this new computing scenario is important.

"Based on current forecasts, India will become one of the world's biggest consumer economies during the next five years. By 2014, India will have more than 1 billion mobile subscribers. India will see a significant rollout of new IT infrastructure during the next five years in both the public and private sectors," said Mr. Kumar.

Given the economic and demographic statistics, the improving levels of literacy and the large consumer base, India should be ideally positioned to take advantage of the Nexus of Forces. Entrepreneurs in region, such as Bangalore and Mumbai, should be able to create products that link these technologies together.

"While there are significant opportunities in India to lead in the Nexus of Forces, contrary forces are also at play. The uptake of social media remains quite low. There is a degree of ambivalence toward the use of social media for marketing by Indian retailers," said Mr. Kumar. "Although it's easy to see how social media could grow rapidly during the next few years, privacy concerns and the cultural fabric of the country may suggest otherwise. Indians are, by nature, private people, focusing more family than on other, large social groups. If the use of social media does not reach a substantial proportion of that young, affluent consumer base, then the benefits of the Nexus of Forces may not fully materialize."

A second factor is the skepticism toward the cloud. Indian IT users feel that the public cloud remains immature for enterprise use. The major concerns reflect the ones that Gartner sees worldwide, namely, security, data retention and the maturity of the offerings. One specific issue is the belief that the underlying financial constructs of public cloud services do not add up.

"Many people feel that it would be difficult for public cloud operators to provide enterprise services that are lower than their internal costs. This view reflects the fact that most people still view the public cloud as a software as a service (SaaS) model, rather than infrastructure as a service (IaaS) or the platform as a service (PaaS) model. This carries complex financial and technical permutations in areas such as patch compatibility, testing of new applications and contract management," Mr. Kumar said.

Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations and Data Center Summit 2013,

The latest trends in managing data center, mobile and big data, cloud and virtualization best practices, next generation server, storage and networking technologies, will be addressed at the Gartner Infrastructure, Operations and Data Centre Summit, 13-14 May, at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. For further information about the summit, please visit: gartner.com/in/datacenter.

Journalists can register by contacting Sony Shetty, Gartner PR on +91 98209 00036 or sony.shetty@gartner.com

Additional information from the event will be shared on Twitter at twitter.com/Gartner_inc and using #GartnerDC

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May 9, 2013, New Delhi, India : - GlacialPower, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to announce two new GlacialPower LED drivers for variable voltage LED lights – GP-LD10-30C and GP-LD15-24C.

The GP-LD10-30C and GP-LD15-24C are multi-use scenario LED drivers fit for a wide range of implementations. They can be used on vessels or vehicles and with power sources with fluctuating voltage. They have been designed to work well with solar panels for LED luminance. Included are many power and environmental ruggedness features to ensure maximum safety.

Both drivers have been designed built-in constant current design with buck-boost topology, and a variety of safety cut off features to withstand the harshest ripple in the supplied power. An integral component is the low voltage protector. If the input voltage is lower than the UVLO protection point, below the operational value, the device will shut down automatically thus saving the connected lights. Standard Short-Circuit Protection and Over Voltage Protection are also included.

They both have auto input voltage detectors. This ensures driver safety as it can detect 12 or 24V input. Reverse Protection is included to prevent accidentally connecting the power lines in reverse from damaging the driver by automatically disconnecting the current. The highly secure and rugged IP65 design exterior insures no ingress of dust and water as well as complete protection against contact. It also ruggedly operates at a wide variation in temperature, from -20 to 40°C.

Features

• Universal DC input 11-15 V DC and 22-30V DC.
• Built-in constant current design..
• Operation temperature from -20°C ~40°C at full load..
• High power conversion efficiency >84% at 12/24V DC..
• IP65 Approved..
• Protections:
  • Short-Circuit Protection (SCP).
  • Over Voltage Protection (OVP
  • Undervoltage-Lockout (UVLO)
  • Reverse Voltage Protection

Read more about this new product in GlacialPower's website: www.glacialpower.com/products/led-driver-DC.htm

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May 8, 2013, New Delhi, India : - Transcend Information, Inc., a leading manufacturer of industrial-grade products, will be displaying its comprehensive industrial solutions at the 16th Embedded Systems Expo (ESEC) 2013. The trade show will take place at Tokyo International Exhibition Center (Tokyo Big Sight), Japan, May 8-10, 2013. Transcend's booth will be located at West 12-73.

Hero Product: Transcend Solid State Drives
Participating at ESEC again this year, Transcend is proud to display a more advanced industrial grade product portfolio, including the latest SATA III 6Gb/s, SLC, mSATA and half-slim SSDs, eMMCs, flash modules, flash cards, and memory modules. Engineered for long life and maximum durability, Transcend's industrial products undergo extensive reliability testing and offer extended temperature solutions to ensure peak operation under harsh environmental conditions.

Live Demo: Advanced Power Shield & SSD Scope Pro Software
Aside from its extensive product displays, Transcend will be conducting an on-site demonstration of Advanced Power Shield technology using its CF200I Industrial Compact Flash Card. The demonstration will display the ultimate reliability and stability of Transcend's Industrial grade CF card by testing their ability to endure sudden power fluctuations and blackouts. Transcend will also demonstrate SSD Scope Pro - an advanced new software application that makes it easier than ever to maintain a healthy and efficient SSD. SSD Scope Pro brings together the latest technology for determining the condition and optimizing performance of a Transcend SSD, including S.M.A.R.T. and TRIM support, into a single user-friendly tool.

Live Demo: Copy protection card
Furthermore, Transcend will set up a demonstration of its Copy Protection Memory Cards to highlight the guaranteed reliable data protection of this exclusive Transcend customized service. By recording data similar to a CDROM, Copy Protection SD/microSD cards ensure the safety of valuable intellectual property against unauthorized copy, modification, and deletion.

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May 8, 2013, India : - SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in data protection, today announced results from a survey conducted by SafeNet of 257 Asia-Pacific security professionals, revealing that time and costs are the biggest pains for implementing a typical enterprise data protection project, but that an agile, centralized data protection solution could alleviate those pains.

The survey found "37% of the participants affirmed that a typical enterprise data protection project takes 6-8 months, and out of the remaining participants 28% affirmed that it takes even longer than a year."

According to findings, organizations often must invest significant time, effort and planning to create a security system that protects it's most valuable assets. Large scale implementations must be able to identify, classify and protect data owned and managed by multiple stakeholders, departments, and applications. Most respondents identified a need for a data protection solution that will minimize costs, time and effort while maintaining security that encryption offers.

Making Enterprise Data Protection Agile

SafeNet's Data Encryption and Control solutions allow an enterprise to centrally and uniformly deploy encryption for data protection that sprawls the entire enterprise information infrastructure and does so in an agile, incremental and scalable fashion.

As a result, an enterprise need not invest cycles on planning and execution of a multi-phase data protection project at a holistic level. SafeNet's centralized encryption solution allows an enterprise to start by focusing only on one of its most sensitive business applications, and encrypt sensitive data only in that application by putting it under the coverage of the encryption engine. As the enterprise evolves in its identification of sensitive data, applications and processes, this data protection framework evolves with it. The enterprise can incrementally add-on new applications or processes to the existing centralized encryption framework.

66% of the participants perceived SafeNet's Agile Data Protection Strategy to take less than 4 weeks to 2-4 months to execute," cutting implementation time to as little as 8.3% of what it takes organizations right now. That translates into significant cost savings.

SafeNet encryption solutions deliver unified coverage-securing databases, applications, personal identifiable information (PII), and storage in the physical and virtual datacenter and the cloud.

An organization can save substantial costs by creating an enterprise data protection framework that is agile and grows continuously, incrementally and synchronously along with the enterprise without requiring significant reinvestments.

Supporting Resources:

• Follow SafeNet on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn
• Webinar Demystifying Enterprise Data Protection - Is it really complicated

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May 7, 2013, New Delhi, India : - Demand index recorded a 1% growth in April'13 over March'13, marking a positive beginning of the Q2 of 2013, highlights RecruiteX, TimesJobs.com Recruitment Index. On year-on-year comparison, the demand index rose by 4 points in April'13 (94 points) over April'12 (91 points), registering an annual growth of 4.3%.

"The Indian job market is still restrained. However, the positive beginning of Q2 hints towards signs of revival. We are hopeful of a sustainable growth trend across industries in coming months," said Amit Jain, Senior Vice President & Business Head, TimesJobs.com.

In April'13, IT/Telecom industry exhibited the strongest demand, with a 12% growth on month-over-month basis, among top 10 industries. Healthcare/ Biotechnology/ Pharmaceutical (5%) and Entertainment/ Media (5%) sector also performed well during the month, by registering single-digit growth in demand. Whereas, high-demand sectors such as ITeS, Consumer Durables/ FMCG, Projects/ Infrastructure, Construction/ Cement, Projects & Infrastructure and BFSI recorded dip in demand in April 2013 over March 2013.

Similar to industry-wise analysis, demand for talent was highest for IT/ Telecom (17%) professionals in April 2013. Demand for professionals in Marketing & Advertising, Entertainment/Media and Sales/ Business Development domain moved up by 10%, 8% and 6% respectively during the month. Whereas, functional areas such as Customer Service/Tele Calling (0%), Front Office/Administration (-1%) and Accounting/Finance (1%) witnessed zero to negative movement in hiring activity in April'13.

Amongst metros, Hyderabad (10%) recorded maximum rise in hiring activity during the month, followed by Pune (7%) and Mumbai (2%). in April'13, top performing locations of March'13 such as Bangalore (-1%) and Delhi NCR (-2%) reported dull to negative demand scenario. In state-wise analysis, Rest of Gujarat (except Ahemdabad and Vadodra) (31%) and Rest of Maharashtra (except Mumbai and Pune) (19%) region reported double-digit growth in hiring activity.

Job-seekers with 0-2 years of experience (5%) and 2-5 years experience (1%) were most in-demand in the experience category in April'13. In experience-wise analysis, candidates with 5-10 years of experience (-4%), 10-20 years of experience (-3%) and over 20 years of experience (-10%) reported decline in demand index during the period.

Similar to the demand pattern, the supply index moved up from 200 points in March'13 to 216 points in April'13, indicating increase in job-seeking activity post-appraisal season.

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May 6, 2013, New Delhi, India : - The public cloud services market in India is forecast to grow 36 percent in 2013 to total $443 million, up from $326 million in 2012, according to Gartner, Inc. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), including cloud compute, storage and print services, continues as the fastest-growing segment of the market in India, growing 22.7 percent in 2012 to $43.1 million, and it is expected to grow 39.6 percent in 2013 to $60.2 million.

Software as a service (SaaS) continues to be the largest segment of the cloud services market in India, comprising 36 percent of the total market in 2012. Gartner predicts that from 2013 through 2017, $4.2 billion will be spent on cloud services in India, $1.6 billion of which will be spent on SaaS.

"The continued growth of the cloud services market will result from the adoption of cloud services for production systems and workloads, in addition to the development and testing scenarios that have led as the most prominent use case for public cloud services to date," said Ed Anderson, research director at Gartner. "Evidence of this growth is found in the increasing demand for cloud services from end-user organizations, met by an increased supply of cloud services from suppliers."

Although there is wide variation between cloud services market sub segments, strong demand is anticipated for all types of cloud services offerings. The cloud business process services segment (BPaaS) is the second-largest market segment after SaaS, comprising 23 percent of the total market in 2012 in India, followed by cloud infrastructure services (infrastructure as a service [SaaS]) at 13 percent, cloud advertising services at 12 percent, cloud management and security services at 11 percent, and cloud application infrastructure services (platform as a service [PaaS]) at 5 percent.

Market dynamics vary substantially when considering the cloud services market size and market growth across the different regions of the world. In general, the emerging markets in Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa show the highest growth rates, while representing the smallest overall markets. China is the exception, being both a large and growing market. Likewise, the mature markets of North America, Western Europe, Japan and the mature Asia/Pacific countries constitute the larger, but slower-growth, markets.

"IT services providers, particularly those focused on delivering cloud services offerings or related services, must consider these disproportionately large mature markets if they want to play a leading role in cloud services growth worldwide," Mr. Anderson said. "Similarly, markets in Emerging Asia/Pacific, Greater China and Latin America should also be important considerations for IT services providers that want to capitalize on the high growth of these regions, particularly Latin America and Greater China."

Additional information is available in the report "Forecast Overview: Public Cloud Services, Worldwide, 2011-2016, 4Q12 Update." The report is available on Gartner's website at www.gartner.com/resId=2332215.

Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations and Data Center Summit 2013,

The latest trends in managing data center, mobile and big data impact, cloud and virtualization best practices, next generation server, storage and networking technologies, will be addressed at the Gartner Infrastructure, Operations and Data Centre Summit, 13-14 May, at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai.

For further information about the Gartner IODC summit, please visit: gartner.com/in/datacenter.

Journalists can register by contacting Sony Shetty, Gartner PR on +91 98209 00036 or sony.shetty@gartner.com

Additional information from the event will be shared on Twitter at twitter.com/Gartner_inc and using #GartnerDC

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May 6, 2013, New Delhi, India : - Transcend Information, Inc. (TranscendDescription: Description: Description: cid:image003.gif@01CE4754.1E8DD680), a worldwide leader in storage and multimedia products, is proud to showcase the extraordinary performance capabilities of its next generation 1000x CompactFlash card designed specifically to meet the rigorous demands of professional photographers and creative DSLR filmmakers. When used with today's high-end digital SLR cameras and camcorders, including the Nikon D4, the Sony Alpha 700, the Olympus E-5, and the Canon EOS C500 and EOS-1D C Cinema EOS series DSLR cameras, Transcend's 1000x CompactFlash cards are perfect for capturing extremely high-resolution image data and recording up to 4k Ultra High Definition video content.

There is growing interest from independent filmmakers in using midrange to professional-series DSLR cameras for shooting movies due to their excellent recording capabilities, compact size, straightforward operation, and affordability. These top quality digital devices usually feature a powerful image processor, which requires a high-speed memory card to optimize shooting performance.

Transcend's "Ultimate" series 1000x CompactFlash cards implement the CompactFlash revision 6.0 specification and operate in Ultra DMA (UDMA) transfer mode 7, the fastest interface speed available for CF cards. Fully compliant with the Video Performance Guarantee (VPG-20) and boasting blazing fast read/write transfer rates of up to 160MB/120MB per second, these cards are ideal for fast-action burst mode shooting and professional-quality video capture.

In addition to fast transfer rates, the 1000x CompactFlash cards are available up to an enormous 128GB, eliminating the need to pause and switch memory cards during extended video recording sessions. To assure robust, long-life durability and guaranteed performance, Transcend's 1000x CF cards are manufactured using premium quality toggle mode NAND Flash memory chips. Moreover, each card contains built-in BCH ECC (Error Correction Code) technology with read-retry for detecting and correcting errors during data transfer.

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May 6, 2013, New Delhi, India : - Singapore based Strontium Technology sees continued strong demand for NAND Flash and DRAM well into 2014. Strontium participated as the main sponsor in the recently conducted member's meet of Association for Information Technology, Bengaluru.

Strontium shared the trends that are shaping up memory market across globe as well as in India. Supply side consolidation and strong demand from smartphones and tablets will keep memory demand healthy and provide support to prices.

Strontium presented plans and product roadmap for Southern India at the AIT meet. They showed new products and reiterated their aim to grow substantially in newer segments in the coming year.

Ajay Kogta, General Manager, Indian subcontinent, Strontium, said "booming smartphones and tablets market will continue to drive demand for secondary storage like MicroSD cards, and partners who realign their businesses to include hardware around these new computing devices will stand to gain the most. AIT provided us a great platform to connect with channel partners."

Nalin R. Patel, President, AIT, said, "Bangalore partners were very excited in understanding the market dynamics of memory industry and it was very useful information for all AIT members. It is for the first time that Strontium has launched 24 carat gold and silver plated USB drives for corporate gifting. And all AITians will extend whole hearted support to Strontium products, added Mr. Nalin."

About AIT:
Association for Information Technology, Bengaluru (AIT), was formed in 1997, to bring together Dealers, Distributors, Manufacturers and Ancillary Units registered under Karnataka Sales Tax Act, to foster cooperation amongst members towards a healthy growth of the IT Industry.

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