OnlySSD is first to Launch World’s First 3D Vertical NAND Flash Memory SSD Samsung SSD 850 PRO in India

Includes 3D V-NAND stacking to increase capacity and feature a wider bit line, effectively removing cell-to-cell interference to eliminate the patterning limitation. Provides 1.8 times faster performance with RAPID mode* and is backed with industry’s top level 10 years of limited warranty

MUMBAI, India – August 27, 2014 – ONLYSSD.com, the exclusive complete high-end SSD portal, today announced the launch of Samsung 850 PRO – World’s First 3D Vertical NAND flash memory enabled SSD. A new solid state drive (SSD) line-up featuring Samsung’s cutting-edge three-dimensional (3D) vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memory technology. This new SSD offers a new era of performance for solid state drives.

Samsung’s flash memory is fabricated using an innovative 3D V-NAND architecture, which stacks 32 cell layers on top of one another rather than trying to decrease the cells’ length and width to fit today’s shrinking form factors. Samsung’s V-NAND features a proprietary vertical cell structure and represents a breakthrough in overcoming the density limit currently facing planar NAND architecture used in conventional flash memory, yielding significant speed, endurance and energy efficiency improvements. When in Rapid Mode, user can enhance performance by processing data on a system level using free PC memory (DRAM) as a cache, providing 1.8 times faster performance in the RAPID mode*.

Mr Gulbir Bhatia, Managing Director at OnlySSD.com said, “Samsung SSD 850 Pro is the fastest and high performance consumer SATA SSD which user can buy in present market. Encompassed with the advanced V-NAND technology, remarkable after sale service offered and the massive 10 years of warranty which no other brand offers in consumer drive will make this SSD rule the market.”

With twice the endurance of 840 PRO, the 850 PRO will keep working as long as user wishes. Samsung’s V-NAND technology is built to handle 150 Terabytes Written (TBW) which equates to a 40GB daily read/write workload over a 10-year period along with the ten year limited warranty. The efficient, power management components in the 850 PRO enables the user to work longer and more productively. Boasting the lowest power consumption of any SSD when in full use, the 850 PRO expends less energy while maintaining industry-leading performance. The 850 PRO fully supports the sleep mode on the Ultrabook^™, consuming only 2 m watts of power.

* PCMark Vantage score (512 GB): 53K > 97K(in RAPID mode)

Price, Warranty and Availability

• Samsung 850 Pro-Series 128GB 2.5inch SATAIII Internal Center Bare – MRP of Rs. 12,705/-
• Samsung 850 Pro-Series 256GB 2.5inch SATAIII Internal Center Bare – MRP of Rs. 18,865/-
• Samsung 850 Pro-Series 512GB 2.5inch SATAIII Internal Center Bare – MRP of Rs. 39,600/-

 All the above models are available from second week of September with ONLYSSD.com and carry 10 years of warranty.

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 About ONLYSSD.com

The ever changing dynamic IT industry has brought us to a new era, the era of SSD (Solid State Drive). OnlySSD is backed by Prime ABGB, a company known for its technical expertise in the IT industry for last 20 years. OnlySSD brings you the whole bouquet of options to choose from laptop’s, desktop’s to server’s solid state drives. OnlySSD has the complete range of best international brands of SSDs at competitive price points and at a click. To know more, please visit www.onlyssd.com

[Press Release] Astrum Launches PB-25M1A – Powerbank for Smart Devices

Reliable, with intelligent Auto Shut Down feature and on-the-go power house for smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles and more

Mumbai, INDIA – August 27, 2014 – Astrum Holdings, the company dedicated in creating intelligent products for use with computers, tablets and mobiles, today announced the brand new addition to its peripheral range – PB-25M1A powerbank. This powerbank is ideal and reliable on-the-go power house for all the smart devices.

PB-25M1A is designed to give the freedom to the users who are always travelling and about more power to talk, play and browse. The slim, sleek and portable features fit into the palm, pocket and purse. With its 2500mAh power capacity, intelligent auto shut down design, polymer A-grade cell and acts as an ultra slim external power source available for any mobile and smart device.

 Mr Puneet Dhandaria, Country Manager – India Operations at Astrum, said “Most of the time we come across the situations when our phones drain out of battery and there is no any external source to charge. To address this, we have launched Astrum PB-25M1A portable powerbank – lifesaver at anytime and anywhere to our smart devices. During travel powerbank is a very essential accessory to be carried along. Astrum products are well accepted in the Indian market which has given us the confident to introduce more and more products to the consumers and our partners.”

Embedded with dual Micro USB ports of 5V – 1A input and output. It is built-in with a top quality 2500mAh polymer rechargeable battery that will charge the average smartphone up to 2 times. To add further, the intelligent circuit protects user’s devices from over charging, discharging and short circuit etc. It ensures safety operation and yet high efficient charging at the same time.

Price, Warranty and Availability

Astrum PB-25M1A comes with the MRP of Rs 900/- and the product is available ex-stock with 1 year carry – in warranty.

Key Features

• Small, slim and smart
• Intelligent LED battery indicator
• 2500mAh with intelligent auto shut down design & polymer A-grade cell
• Over charge / short circuit / over voltage / over current protection
• Equipped with Micro USB charger
• Charge mobiles, smart devices, GPS, game consoles, etc. 

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About Astrum

Founded in 2008, Astrum Holdings Limited is an energetic company with the combination of humanity and technology. Astrum is dedicated in creating intelligent range of products compatible with Computers, Tablets and Mobiles. Astrum products are enduring quality with support and service of their team. Know more about the company by visiting www.astrumltd.com

Astrum envisions itself as the undisputable and most reliable brand in providing innovative technology, designs and high quality products assuring to meet and satisfy the ever-changing market. Astrum has the vision to make technology affordable by providing latest products with best quality at affordable prices.

ESET warns on Car Hacking/Cyberjacking

ESET, a global pioneer in proactive protection for more than 25-years, alerts that the modern cars are computers on wheels and are increasingly connected and controlled by softwares which are prone to get hacked. In-car web browsers, RATs and IOTs could take control of the modern cars, hence showing a danger crossing the line from “proof of concept” to reality.

The researchers point out that, while hacking a car to give total control is extremely hard. But for an instance it is easier to attack individual systems such as communications or navigation, both of which could be lethal. Dependence on technology in vehicles has grown faster than effective means to secure it. Security researchers have demonstrated vulnerability to accidents and adversaries over more than a decade. Dependency and Increasing automation has led us to these problems and has grown faster than effective means to secure it.

Robert Lipovsky, Malware researcher at ESET says “Users should download not only our ESET Mobile Security but any application only from trustworthy sources, such as the official Google Play store. And even there, exercise caution by carefully examining the permissions requested by the app.”

Cyber jacking or Car Hacking: It’s a word and it’s happening (soon)

The open letter has ignited a spate of commentary, with Market Oracle describing the crime as “Cyberjacking/Car Hacking”, and pointing out that the average family car contains 100 million lines of computer code, and that software can account for up to 40% of the cost of the vehicle, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Hack against cars have been demonstrated before – but so far, have relied on attackers having physical access to the vehicles. At DefCon conference in 2013, two researchers showed how they could seize control of two car models from Toyota and Ford by plugging a laptop into a port usually used for diagnostics. This week’s hack against Tesla’s flagship could mark a new stage in Cyberjacking – where attackers could compromise a vehicle remotely, without accessing the car’s hardware.

With the increasing Internet of Things sophistication in motor vehicles, hacking automobiles has become a new challenge to the hackers. Bluetooth has become ubiquitous within the automotive spectrum, giving attackers a reliable entry point to test. Two researchers who had previously demonstrated hacks against cars declared a new threat this week – In-car web browsers. In an exhaustive analysis of top car brands, the researchers found that while it was possible to compromise systems, the results were limited. A Bluetooth hack, for instance, would not compromise the vehicle – but allow attackers to ‘pair’ devices.

Android versus RAT: Rodent wins

Android users in Russia were offered a bundle of free apps – with one catch. Each had been tweaked to hide a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) built to steal information. These RAT mostly found in PCs and Android devices allows an attacker access to many data like Android/Spy.Krysanec, GPS location, contacts lists, web history, contacts lists and more.

This backdoor Trojan which ESET detects as Android/Spy.Krysanec, was found as a malicious modification of MobileBank (a mobile banking app for Russian Sberbank), 3G Traffic Guard (an app for monitoring data usage). Naturally, it was distributed through several channels, including a typical file sharing think Warez site, a third-party app of Russian social networking third-party app stores (not Google play store) and many other social sites.

Wi-Fi security: A deadly weakness?

In Black Hat hacking conference, Ruben Santamarta, Principal Security Consultant at IOActive says that Aircraft communications equipment can be hacked via Wi-Fi security, in-flight entertainment systems, specially crafted message from one ship to another ship or by a simple SMS too. These vulnerabilities allow remote hackers get access to communications systems in Ships, Aircraft, Military personnel, Emergency services.

iValue InfoSolutions is a Finalist for the 2014 Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award

BANGALORE, India – August 27, 2014 – iValue InfoSolutions, the youngest and fastest growing VAD in the Digital Asset Protection & Data, Network and Application (DNA of every business), announced today it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring’s Top 100 Asia award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the Asian business region.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across Asia. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technological innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries. This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of company track records and standings, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list a valuable tool for discovering and advocating for the best business opportunities in the industry.

“Entrepreneurship in Asia has reached an inflexion point, and as a result, Red Herring Asia 2014 has shifted into a new phase,” said Mr Alex Vieux, Publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “A second generation of entrepreneurs is emerging and their execution skills and global ambitions are leading to great companies, solid growth and a global footprint. As importantly, we are seeing more companies from countries once absent from innovation circles. iValue InfoSolutions shows great promise and therefore deserves to be among the finalists. We know that 2014 will reward us for a long and continued effort scouting disruptive companies in Asia.”

iValue InfoSolutions‘ Founder and MD, Mr Sunil Pillai said, “We are delighted to be recognized by Red Herring at Asia level for our consistent investments on growth initiatives since inception.” He added, “During the last 12 months, we have added 30+ offerings in the Digital Asset Protection & Data, Network & Application management area and expanded market facing team by over 70%, strengthening vertical, customer, channel and solution focussed teams, across 10+ branches.”

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About iValue InfoSolutions

A premium technology enabler, iValue InfoSolutions drives Go To Market for Niche, Compelling and Complimentary offerings, in the Digital Asset Protection and Data, Network & Application (DNA) management areas, covering Networking, Security & Storage products, using Customer Life Cycle and Product Life Cycle Adoption frameworks.

With a mission to empower organizations to effectively manage their “Digital Assets,” which are critical business assets & differentiators for protecting & growing business profitably, iValue offers solutions & services that are aligned, customized & optimized for businesses, across all vertical & sizes, through its vendor, consultant & channel partnerships.

iValue has relationships with 22+ “Best of Breed” OEM’s and has done business with 6000+ Customers through 500+ unique partners. The company is the fastest growing VAD over the last five years, growing consistently at 5+ times market growth rates. The team at iValue has proven track record for creating robust and scalable delivery models for niche and compelling offering, through customer engagements, while continuing to provide scalable growth for popular offerings, through its focused partner engagements.

iValue has a direct presence across 10 cities in India, with channel, solution, vertical & customer focused teams, addressing pre-sales, sales & post sales technical needs of customer & partner. For more information, visit http://www.iValue.co.in or mail info@iValue.co.in.

Propalms is now Thinspace

Company adopts globally new brand name to coincide with its product offerings, market space and logical move in the forward direction

PUNE, India – August 25, 2014 – Propalms, a global provider of reliable, scalable and affordable application delivery, virtualization, and cloud client technology to public and private sector companies and organizations of all sizes, today announced that it will now operate around the world under the new brand name “Thinspace“. Thinspace will be the new brand at corporate level as well as all products will be rebranded under Thinspace brand.

Propalms has globally rebranded itself as a reflection of its product offerings, the market space it occupies and the direction in which the company is moving in. The move consolidates the company’s brand into a single cohesive global presence.

Thinspace, in US, has been successful in attracting the next round of funding, and is now a public entity in US (OTCBB: THNS). The benefit for partners and customers is that the company will be more transparent in its operations and the new investments will enable Thinspace to increase its engineering team, and focus on enhancing the existing portfolio. There is no other change in the team otherwise.

“This transformation from Propalms to Thinspace comes at a defining moment in our company’s history. Thinspace name is synonymous with the company and its products and this move is a logical step forward as the company launches its new product offerings for the future,” said Mr Vijender Yadav, CTO at Thinspace Technology Ltd.

Events preceding this change of the name were hectic and included Propalms acquiring two companies last year, adding hardware endpoints in its portfolio to supplement server-side infrastructure products, a reverse merger with Vanity Events Holdings in Dec 2013, and going public.

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About Thinspace Technology Ltd

Thinspace is a global provider of application delivery, desktop virtualization, and cloud client technology solutions. Our technology enables IT and service providers to manage and deploy secure application and desktop delivery solutions providing users instant access to applications on any device, over any network or cloud.

Delivering to public and private sector organizations of all sizes we offer secure, reliable and affordable solutions that simply work. Thinspace operate on the belief that application delivery and cloud computing solutions should be flexible, dynamic and above all, simple to use. Thinspace understands and is passionate about solving customer problems affordably in the most efficient and effective manner possible. With over 5,000 enterprise customers worldwide, Thinspace is recognized as leading player in application delivery, virtualization, and cloud technology markets.  To know more please visit www.thinspace.in or www.thinspace.com