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Sony's VRD-MC1 recorder

Features: Sony’s VRD-MC1 recorder has a two-inch colour LCD screen for previewing videos and images. It can burn up to 12 hours of hardware encoded MPEG-2 video on DVD+R DL double layer discs, or up to six hours of video or up to 2,000 photos onto supported standard single layer discs. It can also record digital still images directly from a memory stick, memory stick duo storage media, compact flash, secure digital, and xD cards to a DVD, creating a slideshow that can be played back on a DVD player, or simply used as a back-up DVD of the images for storage or printing. When recording digital images, the DV direct recorder keeps the JPEG files in their original high resolution format, and is capable of printing them directly from a photo DVD to a PictBridge-enabled printer.

Price: Rs 14,750
Contact: Navinder Singh Chauhan
Telephone: 22 6709 0810
E-mail: navinderc@rptechindia.com
Website: rptechindia.com

Seagate’s Barracuda ES

Features: Seagate’s Barracuda ES has SATA capacity up to 750 GB. With 7200 RPM, it has features such as Rotational Vibration Feed Forward technology to sustain performance when placed in closely packed multi-drive system environments. It is offered in a SATA 3Gb/s version that includes Native Command Queuing and 8/16 MB cache, and is available in capacities of 250, 400, 500 and 750 GB, and 2 Gb/s Fibre Channel version in capacities of 400 and 500 GB.

Price: Rs 25,357 for 750 GB
Contact: Manoj Gupta
Telephone: 011 2647 2491 / 2642 7627
E-mail: manoj@fortune-it.com
Website: seagate.com

D-Link’s IP PBX (DVX-1000)

Features: This product supports 25 simultaneous inbound/outbound calls, and multiple users across multiple sites. It sports two Intel IXP-425 533 MHz StrongARM processors, 64 MB SDRAM (Expandable to 256 MB), 1 GB of storage, and 10/100 MB Ethernet port. The product is compatible with BroadVoice, Gizmo Project, TelTel and Telasip. DVX-1000 comes with features such as integrated conference bridge, and IVR/Auto features such as music on hold, attendant override, customisable greetings and configurable IVR menu.

Price: Rs 38,500 (street price)
Contact: Sanjay Sehgal
Telephone: 22 2652 6696 / 3061 6666
E-mail: sales@dlink.co.in
Website: dlink.co.in

Netgear’s Skype Wi-Fi Phone

Features: Netgear’s Skype Wi-Fi Phone works wherever there is wireless Internet access through 802.11g (802.11b backwards compatible). Calls can be made to any phone worldwide without any monthly fees. It manages the contact list, and its on-screen menu allows you to see who is online and available to talk. Skype Voicemail takes your calls when you’re busy or offline. It uses Wireless Encryption Protocol to secure conversations.

Price: Rs 17,000
Contact: Navinder Singh Chauhan
Telephone: 022 6709 0810
E-mail: navinderc@rptechindia.com
Website: rptechindia.com

Dell’s Precision 690 workstation

Features: This workstation features up to two 64-bit Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5000 and 5100 series processors, up to 64GB of memory in four fully-buffered DIMM channels (with an optional memory riser card) and a wide range of high-performance OpenGL graphics cards. The special 1KW chassis supports optional dual-graphics, which support a quad-monitor display or NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology that weaves two video cards together so that they produce a single, high-performance output.

Price: Rs 1,16,320
Contact: Indrajit Belgundi
Telephone: 80 2535 7311
E-mail: belgundi_indrajit@dell.com
Website: dell.com

Epson’s EMP-S4 multimedia projector

Features: This portable projector is targeted at small business users. It uses 3LCD technology for clear and vivid visual reproductions. EMP-S4 also features E-TORL (Epson-Twin Optimise Reflection Lamp) technology for reducing light leakage and diffraction. The product has a four-second start-up time and instant-off functions. It has an A/V mute slide, which cuts out all lights and reduces fan noise when projector operations need to be suspended momentarily by the user. To activate this feature, users need to slide the shutter to cover the projector’s lens.

Price: Rs 52,500
Contact: Harish
Telephone: 80 3051 5032
E-mail: harish@eid.epson.co.in
Website: epson.co.in

Asus’ EN7950GX2/2PHT/1G graphics card

Features: This graphics card leverages two GeForce 7950 GPUs on a single graphics card to provide the horsepower needed to run the latest game titles. It has 512-bit memory, 1 GB DDR3 and resolutions up to 2560x1600. The card supports HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) that protects digital entertainment content across the DVI/HDMI interface. Other features include 500 MHz engine clock, 1.2 GHz (600 MHz DDR3) memory clock, 400 MHz RAMDAC and PCI-Express.

Price: Rs 49,500 + taxes
Contact: Vinay Shetty
Telephone: 98214 61345
E-mail: media_india@asus.com
Website: in.asus.com

PowerDsine’s PD 6524/AC/M/F

Features: Here’s a 24 port managed and secure Power over Ethernet (PoE) Midspan solution. It includes secure SNMP V3 power management modules, and supports remote Web-based management. It is inter-operable with all Ethernet switches and most terminals, and is compliant with the IEEE 802.3af PoE standard as well as Cisco Inline power. It helps in remote SNMPv3 and Web management, and ttakes up 1U rack space.

Price:  Rs 78,000 (end-user price)
Contact: Vikas Pinjarkar
Telephone: 22 6552 9031
E-mail: vikasp@powerdsine.com
Website: powerdsine.com

Novell’s Suse Linux Enterprise 10

Features: This includes Suse Linux Enterprise Server and Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop for enterprise computing from the desktop to the data centre. Suse Linux Enterprise Server provides an open foundation for server workloads including edge and infrastructure computing, enterprise database deployment, line-of-business applications, and software applications. Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop delivers Xgl graphics, real-time indexing, and integrated search capabilities throughout the entire desktop, and a compatible office productivity suite through the Novell edition of OpenOffice.org 2.0.

Price: Rs 2,650 per year
Contact: Prakash Advani
Telephone: 22 2834 2244
E-mail: padvani@novell.com
Website: novell.com

Atens’ KM0832 8-Console 32-Port Matrix KVM Switch

Features: This product, which is part of the Altusen line of enterprise KVM solutions from Aten, is an 8-Console, 32-Port KVM switch that allows eight users to directly manage up to 32 servers. The KM0832 features multi-platform support for servers and consoles. It allows a range of consoles to independently and simultaneously access and control servers with different platforms or operating systems. The KM0832 comes in a 1U rack mount form-factor, and features a detachable front panel which allows users to mount the body of the KVM near the rear of the rack for the ease of cable management. The KVM0832 also has an additional local console port on the front panel for easy system management. Some of the other features include RJ-45 and Auto Signal Compensation, multi-platform support, and customised modules to support PS/2, USB, Sun and Serial platforms. It allows cross-platform control and 3-level password security for super administrators, administrators and users.

Price: Rs 10 lakh
Contact: Nitin Naik
Tel: 20 2425 1594 / 95 / 96
E-mail: sales@cubixindia.com
Website: aten.com