WD bets big on security surveillance mkt in India

Storage solutions provider Western Digital (WD) is confident of registering double-digit growth in the Indian market, bouyed by increasing demand from verticals like security survelliance and consumer buying.
"There is very strong growth that we are seeing in segments like survelliance. Survelliance requires good storage solutions and our portfolio is well positioned to address the needs of the segment," WD Senior Sales Director (South Asia, Middle East and Africa) Khwaja Saifuddin said.
He added that the consumer segment is also growing well for the firm, which products across multiple price points.
According to industry experts, over a million drives are sold every quarter across form factors and capacities to consumer and enterprise buyers.

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Infosys helps UCAS connect over 4 lakh students for higher edu * Software services firm Infosys today said it has worked with UCAS on its busiest day of the year to place a record number of 40,000 students at universities and colleges in the UK.

Infosys was appointed to support the technology system of UCAS earlier in 2014. A joint UCAS and Infosys team worked over a number of months to ensure the systems could handle the massive workload required on August 14, A-level results day.
"Five million exam results were successfully uploaded to UCAS systems from over 130 files supplied by 36 awarding bodies. Around one million student logins were received from countries across the globe on multiple different channels and devices and the highest load recorded was a peak of 239 logins per second," Infosys said in a statement.

Months of advanced planning with Infosys enabled UCAS to deliver A-level results day Confirmation and Clearing service, meaning hundreds of thousands of students were able to log in that morning to see if they had secured their place at university or college, UCAS Director IT James Munson said.
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Bharti Retail deploys SAP solutions
* Bharti Retail, one of India's leading multi-brand retailers, has implemented solutions from enterprise software provider SAP to strengthen its supply chain, store operations and improve customer experience.
The range of retail solutions from SAP will be used to manage retail processes in addition to improve planning, accurate merchandising and thereby enhance operational efficiencies, SAP said in a statement.

Bharti Retail has over 210 stores across 11 states.
"With SAP, we aim to add power to our cart and thereby redefine the overall retail experience for any customer who walks in to our store," Bharti Retail CEO Raj Jain said.
Bharti Retail will also leverage OEM SAP Max Attention services to lower the risks, safeguard the BRL IT initiatives and deliver extreme value to its business.