Press release from Business Wire India
Source: WIPRO
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 05:52 PM IST (12:22 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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Wipro Announces Legacy Migration Initiative Based on Oracle® Tuxedo
New Capabilities Simplify Legacy Migration Initiatives; Help Reduce Cost, Risks and Accelerates Migration
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced the launch of consulting and re-hosting implementation service offerings for migration of applications running on legacy environments to Oracle's Tuxedo platform. These new services leverage the Oracle Tuxedo product portfolio to accelerate and simplify legacy migrations.
Legacy modernization is an important customer priority, given the large investment customers have in business-critical legacy applications. In an environment of constrained IT budgets, companies can no longer afford to spend majority of their IT budgets on maintaining legacy infrastructure, which crowds out investments in new business priorities. Re-hosting legacy applications - moving them intact from the legacy environment and migrating them to open systems without impacting business logic or data is an attractive migration approach. It can significantly reduce the cost, time and risk of migration and can enable customers to begin realizing savings within 12-18 months.
These new offerings enable customers to benefit from Wipro's strong abilities to deliver migration projects on the Oracle stack using industrialized methodology and automated tooling for predictable, on-time, and on-budget delivery. Wipro's specialized Centre of Excellence for Legacy Migration provides skilled resources, best migration practices and reusable rehosting and modernization frameworks to accelerate legacy migration and modernization initiatives. Oracle proven technology gives customers the confidence to migrate mission-critical applications.
Oracle Tuxedo Application Re-hosting Workbench 11g and Oracle Tuxedo Application Runtime for CICS and Batch 11g can help dramatically reduce migration cost, risk, project length and complexity with most legacy applications re-hosted on open systems 'as-is'. Customers can confidently migrate their applications to enable significant reductions in the cost of running online and batch applications while protecting their investment in business logic and data, and improving scalability and business continuity.
"Wipro is excited to work with Oracle to provide service offerings for migration of legacy applications to Oracle's robust and proven stack," said K R Sanjiv, Senior Vice President, Business Technology Services, Wipro Technologies. "The new solution will help reduce the change involved in the migration process, allowing us to deliver more effective migration services. Hence, our customers can now see migration results more quickly, realize savings, and leverage these savings towards additional modernization initiatives."
"Oracle Tuxedo Application Re-hosting Workbench 11g and Oracle Tuxedo Application Runtime for CICS and Batch 11g can dramatically streamline the migration process by providing an automated re-hosting toolset that enables more effective migration services with greater predictability, lower risk, and faster ROI," said Frank Xiong, Vice President of software development, Oracle. "Wipro can now help deliver migration projects faster and more effectively to our joint customers. This helps customers quickly achieve significant cost reductions, improved performance, flexibility, reliability, and scalability of Oracle Tuxedo and related product offerings."
About Wipro
Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application management, and datacenter managed services to corporations globally.
In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India, offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services.
Wipro also has a profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro's ADS' are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange.
For more information, please visit our website at www.wipro.com
About Oracle
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit http://www.oracle.com
Trademarks
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.
Media Contacts:
Wipro Technologies
India:
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Wipro Technologies
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radhika.mahadevan@wipro.com
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Gutenberg Communications
+91 9686446789
mangala@gutenbergpr.com
US:
Eric Belove
Wipro Technologies
+ 1 (732).216.6242
eric.belove@wipro.com
Lavanya DJ
Gutenberg Communications
+ 212).239.8740
lavanya@gutenbergpr.com
UK:
Rahul Kadavakolu
Wipro Technologies
+44 792 020 5496
rahul.kadavakolu@wipro.com
Shalini Siromani
Gutenberg Communications
+44.79.6066.3200
shalini@gutenbergpr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY, WIPRO.BO, WIPRO.NS
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
BWI: LG Electronics Announces a Nationwide Hunt for Mallika-E-Kitchen Cooking Contest
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: LG
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 04:55 PM IST (11:25 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Lifestyle; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Electronic appliances & components, Household & personal care products & services, Information technology
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LG Electronics Announces a Nationwide Hunt for Mallika-E-Kitchen Cooking Contest
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- . The Mallika-E-Kitchen cooking contest will be organized in around 100 cities in India
. 18 finalists selected in the second round to compete at the Grand Finale in New Delhi
. The winner will get a chance to participate in the International contest organized by LG in September 2010
LG Electronics, the world's leading brand in consumer durables, has announced a nationwide hunt for its unique cooking contest, Mallika-E-Kitchen. The contest has been organized, for women in the age group of 18 years and above, to take their cooking skills to an international platform.
Mallika-E-Kitchen is a three stage cooking contest which will be organised nationwide over a period of three months. The contest will be organized in around 100 cities starting from July till mid September. It will offer a unique opportunity to the women across the country to exhibit their talent and get a chance to demonstrate their skills on a global platform.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rajiv Jain, Business Head, Home Appliances, LG Electronics India said, "Mallika-e-Kitchen is an endeavor to showcase LG's commitment towards the Indian Consumer by promoting the spirit of tasty and healthy cooking.
The response from all parts of the country has been tremendous. After a huge success of this contest last year, we at LG look forward to establish ourselves as the masters of Indian kitchens & cuisines through this unique initiative year on year and emerge as pioneers in the field of Healthy Cooking. Being the market leader it becomes our responsibility to expand the awareness of healthy cooking in Microwave across the country and help increase its penetration in the interiors of the country. And this is one way of doing it. We will continue our efforts in future as well."
With such a unique concept, LG Electronics is bullish to further strengthen its presence in the Home Appliances segment. Mallika-E-Kitchen is an innovative concept with contests run countrywide to find out the best cooking talent. It will provide an opportunity to the winner to participate in the International contest organized by LG in September 2010.
The Mallika-e-kitchen winner of 2009 Ms. Taru Peshawariya from Amritsar was rewarded with a LG Side by side refrigerator by LG. The first and second runner-ups Ms Shweta Thakuriya (Jodhpur) & Ms Uma Vijaykumar (Hyderabad) was rewarded with a Front and Top Loading Washing Machine respectively.
About Mallika-e-Kitchen contest:
To participate, one needs to fill up and submit a registration form available at select LG Dealers, LG Branch Offices. The form is also available on LG India website. Short listed candidates will be contacted by LG representative for the confirmation of venue and date for Round 1. On the contest date, the participant needs to bring her microwave cooked dish along with the recipe. If the recipe is selected by panel of judges on set parameters, then the person qualifies for the Regional level.
The first round is going to be held in around 100 cities procuring participation from around 3000 participants. The winners of the first round will be taken to the second round at the 9 regional centres (Maharashtra+Goa, Gujrat, MP+ Chatisgarh, Delhi+Rajasthan, UP+Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu+Kerela, Andhra Pradesh+Karnataka, Punjab+Haryana & Eastern India). Finally the 18 winners from 9 zones will compete against each other in grand finale in New Delhi in September. The journey to becoming Cooking Queen doesn't end here. The National Winner may get a chance to participate in the Global contest in South Korea by LG in September 2010.
About LG's New Microwave Range:
LG Electronics the pioneers of healthy cooking across the Globe has introduced the concept to India with the launch of India's first convection microwave oven with 101 Auto Cook Menu Options. LG is the first one in India to offer highest no. of Auto cook Menus -101.This is the foremost convection microwave oven range which simplifies Indian cooking process. With a wide range of Indian Auto Cook Menu, now you can relish all types of regional dishes by just a touch of a button. An array of menu options makes the Microwave oven a must have for present day modern buyer who craves for style and functionality in everything he procures. Acknowledging the health conscious attribute of the consumers the MWO offers the unique Nutricare Menu which helps them 'steam cook' food which is low on calorie or opt for the exclusive health plus menu, soups and continental food options. Thus, a wholesome bargain for the fitness freaks. The MWO comes with the idiosyncratic "Indian Rasoi' - the Indian Specific platter with auto cook options for scrumptious Indian cuisine. The new range of microwaves comes with added new features of yogurt formation in 25 to 30 min., dehumidification, and next step guide.
The whole new range is coming with new design of floral patterns and more colour choice with 7 colours such as white, silver, red, pink, stainless steel, mirror finish etc. The new range is also coming in higher capacities of 34 and 38 litre.LG is introducing 8 new models of grill and convection exclusively for the festive season.
The Solo Microwave Ovens is priced from Rs. 3990 to Rs. 5490
The Grill Microwave Ovens is priced from Rs. 5490 to Rs. 9590
The Convection Microwave Ovens is priced from Rs. 9090 to Rs. 27990
About LG Electronics India
LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics, South Korea was established in January 1997 in India. It is one of the most formidable brands in Consumer Electronics, Home Appliances, IT hardware and Mobile Communications space. In India for a decade, LG has earned a premium brand positioning and is the acknowledged trendsetter for the industry.
LGEIL has achieved a turnover of Rs 13,089 crores in 2009. LGEIL's manufacturing unit at Greater Noida is one of the most eco-friendly units among all LG manufacturing plants in the world. The second Greenfield facility is located at Ranjangaon; Pune has the capacity to manufacture LCD TV,GSM Phones, Washing machines, Refrigerators, Air Conditioners, Optical Disc Drives and Colour Televisions. This is India's first mobile phone manufacturing unit and also Asia's largest Optical Disc Drive manufacturing plant.
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CONTACT DETAILS
Anuradha Karthik, LG, +91 9818788920, anuradha.kartik@lg-one.com
Parul Gaur, LG, +91 9990940473, parul.gaur@lg-one.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, LIFESTYLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, ELECTRONICS, HOUSEHOLD, IT
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Source: LG
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 04:55 PM IST (11:25 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Lifestyle; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Electronic appliances & components, Household & personal care products & services, Information technology
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LG Electronics Announces a Nationwide Hunt for Mallika-E-Kitchen Cooking Contest
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- . The Mallika-E-Kitchen cooking contest will be organized in around 100 cities in India
. 18 finalists selected in the second round to compete at the Grand Finale in New Delhi
. The winner will get a chance to participate in the International contest organized by LG in September 2010
LG Electronics, the world's leading brand in consumer durables, has announced a nationwide hunt for its unique cooking contest, Mallika-E-Kitchen. The contest has been organized, for women in the age group of 18 years and above, to take their cooking skills to an international platform.
Mallika-E-Kitchen is a three stage cooking contest which will be organised nationwide over a period of three months. The contest will be organized in around 100 cities starting from July till mid September. It will offer a unique opportunity to the women across the country to exhibit their talent and get a chance to demonstrate their skills on a global platform.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rajiv Jain, Business Head, Home Appliances, LG Electronics India said, "Mallika-e-Kitchen is an endeavor to showcase LG's commitment towards the Indian Consumer by promoting the spirit of tasty and healthy cooking.
The response from all parts of the country has been tremendous. After a huge success of this contest last year, we at LG look forward to establish ourselves as the masters of Indian kitchens & cuisines through this unique initiative year on year and emerge as pioneers in the field of Healthy Cooking. Being the market leader it becomes our responsibility to expand the awareness of healthy cooking in Microwave across the country and help increase its penetration in the interiors of the country. And this is one way of doing it. We will continue our efforts in future as well."
With such a unique concept, LG Electronics is bullish to further strengthen its presence in the Home Appliances segment. Mallika-E-Kitchen is an innovative concept with contests run countrywide to find out the best cooking talent. It will provide an opportunity to the winner to participate in the International contest organized by LG in September 2010.
The Mallika-e-kitchen winner of 2009 Ms. Taru Peshawariya from Amritsar was rewarded with a LG Side by side refrigerator by LG. The first and second runner-ups Ms Shweta Thakuriya (Jodhpur) & Ms Uma Vijaykumar (Hyderabad) was rewarded with a Front and Top Loading Washing Machine respectively.
About Mallika-e-Kitchen contest:
To participate, one needs to fill up and submit a registration form available at select LG Dealers, LG Branch Offices. The form is also available on LG India website. Short listed candidates will be contacted by LG representative for the confirmation of venue and date for Round 1. On the contest date, the participant needs to bring her microwave cooked dish along with the recipe. If the recipe is selected by panel of judges on set parameters, then the person qualifies for the Regional level.
The first round is going to be held in around 100 cities procuring participation from around 3000 participants. The winners of the first round will be taken to the second round at the 9 regional centres (Maharashtra+Goa, Gujrat, MP+ Chatisgarh, Delhi+Rajasthan, UP+Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu+Kerela, Andhra Pradesh+Karnataka, Punjab+Haryana & Eastern India). Finally the 18 winners from 9 zones will compete against each other in grand finale in New Delhi in September. The journey to becoming Cooking Queen doesn't end here. The National Winner may get a chance to participate in the Global contest in South Korea by LG in September 2010.
About LG's New Microwave Range:
LG Electronics the pioneers of healthy cooking across the Globe has introduced the concept to India with the launch of India's first convection microwave oven with 101 Auto Cook Menu Options. LG is the first one in India to offer highest no. of Auto cook Menus -101.This is the foremost convection microwave oven range which simplifies Indian cooking process. With a wide range of Indian Auto Cook Menu, now you can relish all types of regional dishes by just a touch of a button. An array of menu options makes the Microwave oven a must have for present day modern buyer who craves for style and functionality in everything he procures. Acknowledging the health conscious attribute of the consumers the MWO offers the unique Nutricare Menu which helps them 'steam cook' food which is low on calorie or opt for the exclusive health plus menu, soups and continental food options. Thus, a wholesome bargain for the fitness freaks. The MWO comes with the idiosyncratic "Indian Rasoi' - the Indian Specific platter with auto cook options for scrumptious Indian cuisine. The new range of microwaves comes with added new features of yogurt formation in 25 to 30 min., dehumidification, and next step guide.
The whole new range is coming with new design of floral patterns and more colour choice with 7 colours such as white, silver, red, pink, stainless steel, mirror finish etc. The new range is also coming in higher capacities of 34 and 38 litre.LG is introducing 8 new models of grill and convection exclusively for the festive season.
The Solo Microwave Ovens is priced from Rs. 3990 to Rs. 5490
The Grill Microwave Ovens is priced from Rs. 5490 to Rs. 9590
The Convection Microwave Ovens is priced from Rs. 9090 to Rs. 27990
About LG Electronics India
LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics, South Korea was established in January 1997 in India. It is one of the most formidable brands in Consumer Electronics, Home Appliances, IT hardware and Mobile Communications space. In India for a decade, LG has earned a premium brand positioning and is the acknowledged trendsetter for the industry.
LGEIL has achieved a turnover of Rs 13,089 crores in 2009. LGEIL's manufacturing unit at Greater Noida is one of the most eco-friendly units among all LG manufacturing plants in the world. The second Greenfield facility is located at Ranjangaon; Pune has the capacity to manufacture LCD TV,GSM Phones, Washing machines, Refrigerators, Air Conditioners, Optical Disc Drives and Colour Televisions. This is India's first mobile phone manufacturing unit and also Asia's largest Optical Disc Drive manufacturing plant.
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CONTACT DETAILS
Anuradha Karthik, LG, +91 9818788920, anuradha.kartik@lg-one.com
Parul Gaur, LG, +91 9990940473, parul.gaur@lg-one.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, LIFESTYLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, ELECTRONICS, HOUSEHOLD, IT
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BWI: Kinetic Events Partners with Business Wire India for IT Leaders India Summit 2010-06-16
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Business Wire India
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 03:03 PM IST (09:33 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Kinetic Events Partners with Business Wire India for IT Leaders India Summit 2010-06-16
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Business Wire India and Kinetic Events have come partnered for the forthcoming IT Leaders India Summit 2010. The event is to be held from 25th to 26th November in Mumbai at the Hyatt Regency. The event aims to bring together the CIOs of the Indian industry to discuss the evolving role of the Information Leader, especially within the current knowledge economy. Business Wire India aims at connecting relevant audiences, in Indian as well as International communities, to the event. All the releases and other communication related to the event will be wired through Business Wire India. Apart from receiving the news feeds for the event through e-mails and RSS feeds, the press releases can also be viewed on Business Wire India website www.businesswireindia.com. Audiences can also follow the news feeds on Business Wire India's twitter page @ BWIndia.
IT Leaders India Summit 2010 is part of the global IT Leaders Series hosted in strategic locations around the world including Johannesburg, Brussels and Abu Dhabi. The conference has relevance specially keeping in mind the evolved role of CIOs within the organisations. Over the years, their role has expanded beyond the tactical focus on technology stewardship. Consequently, the new responsibilities pose fresh set of challenges including the right talent pool, managing the IT needs across the boundaries, as well as Business Intelligence. On the other hand, technology has been developing at never before speed and with that brings the challenge of providing razor sharp solutions the moment they are required, keeping in mind the cultural as well as economic factors. The new age CIO is responsible for giving the IT / information advantage to company and nurture the organisation within global competitive environment.
The event will also focus on Cloud Computing, Virtualisation and driving innovative IT within India. Industry professionals will discuss the challenges in the adoption of the Cloud in India, while a CIO head-hunters panel will feature on the second day of the summit and discuss what encompasses a world class CIO. The Series has already attracted the support of top international brands including IBM, Kofax, Adobe, Mahindra Satyam, Huawei Symantec, MTN Business and Compass Technologies. Among the guest speakers are Group CIOs and heads of IT from Shoppers Stop, Bharti Enterprises, ICICI, The State Bank of India, NTPC and Spencer Stuart. The event will also feature one on one business meeting's, workshops as well as a conference agenda.
For further information please visit www.itleadersindia.com
About Kinetic Events:
Kinetic Events specialises in building business platforms in the form of Summits and Conferences. Our world class events host only the most senior executives from leading industry organisations, thus ensuring that our attendees and clients are meeting with the true decision makers.
About Business Wire India:
Business Wire India is the definitive platform for corporate news dissemination. Business Wire India is the exclusive Indian affiliate of Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company (Fortune 12). Business Wire India disseminates full-text corporate news to media and financial community, including national and international news agencies, managers of corporate information databases, and information portals. It is also effectively positioned on popular search engines, ensuring that the information is easily accessible to a wider range of information seekers, on a real-time basis. In recent years, Business Wire India has also actively forayed into news dissemination in the financial markets, transposing Business Wire's global experience to India. Business Wire India strongly advocates greater freedom for the financial markets and need for greater transparency through open channels of communication, in the corporate sector.
CONTACT DETAILS
Archana Kachru, Business Wire India, +91 9873232136, archana.kachru@businesswireindia.com
Shannon Mackrill, Kinetic Events, +27 21 555 0086, shannon.mackrill@kineticevents .net
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: Business Wire India
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 03:03 PM IST (09:33 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment; Technology
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Kinetic Events Partners with Business Wire India for IT Leaders India Summit 2010-06-16
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Business Wire India and Kinetic Events have come partnered for the forthcoming IT Leaders India Summit 2010. The event is to be held from 25th to 26th November in Mumbai at the Hyatt Regency. The event aims to bring together the CIOs of the Indian industry to discuss the evolving role of the Information Leader, especially within the current knowledge economy. Business Wire India aims at connecting relevant audiences, in Indian as well as International communities, to the event. All the releases and other communication related to the event will be wired through Business Wire India. Apart from receiving the news feeds for the event through e-mails and RSS feeds, the press releases can also be viewed on Business Wire India website www.businesswireindia.com. Audiences can also follow the news feeds on Business Wire India's twitter page @ BWIndia.
IT Leaders India Summit 2010 is part of the global IT Leaders Series hosted in strategic locations around the world including Johannesburg, Brussels and Abu Dhabi. The conference has relevance specially keeping in mind the evolved role of CIOs within the organisations. Over the years, their role has expanded beyond the tactical focus on technology stewardship. Consequently, the new responsibilities pose fresh set of challenges including the right talent pool, managing the IT needs across the boundaries, as well as Business Intelligence. On the other hand, technology has been developing at never before speed and with that brings the challenge of providing razor sharp solutions the moment they are required, keeping in mind the cultural as well as economic factors. The new age CIO is responsible for giving the IT / information advantage to company and nurture the organisation within global competitive environment.
The event will also focus on Cloud Computing, Virtualisation and driving innovative IT within India. Industry professionals will discuss the challenges in the adoption of the Cloud in India, while a CIO head-hunters panel will feature on the second day of the summit and discuss what encompasses a world class CIO. The Series has already attracted the support of top international brands including IBM, Kofax, Adobe, Mahindra Satyam, Huawei Symantec, MTN Business and Compass Technologies. Among the guest speakers are Group CIOs and heads of IT from Shoppers Stop, Bharti Enterprises, ICICI, The State Bank of India, NTPC and Spencer Stuart. The event will also feature one on one business meeting's, workshops as well as a conference agenda.
For further information please visit www.itleadersindia.com
About Kinetic Events:
Kinetic Events specialises in building business platforms in the form of Summits and Conferences. Our world class events host only the most senior executives from leading industry organisations, thus ensuring that our attendees and clients are meeting with the true decision makers.
About Business Wire India:
Business Wire India is the definitive platform for corporate news dissemination. Business Wire India is the exclusive Indian affiliate of Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company (Fortune 12). Business Wire India disseminates full-text corporate news to media and financial community, including national and international news agencies, managers of corporate information databases, and information portals. It is also effectively positioned on popular search engines, ensuring that the information is easily accessible to a wider range of information seekers, on a real-time basis. In recent years, Business Wire India has also actively forayed into news dissemination in the financial markets, transposing Business Wire's global experience to India. Business Wire India strongly advocates greater freedom for the financial markets and need for greater transparency through open channels of communication, in the corporate sector.
CONTACT DETAILS
Archana Kachru, Business Wire India, +91 9873232136, archana.kachru@businesswireindia.com
Shannon Mackrill, Kinetic Events, +27 21 555 0086, shannon.mackrill@kineticevents .net
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY
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BWI: Give me a Reason to Shower - Launch of the Worldwide GROHE Shower Campaign
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Grohe India Pvt. Ltd. (GIPL)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:30 PM IST (07:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Lifestyle; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Household & personal care products & services; Technology
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Give me a Reason to Shower - Launch of the Worldwide GROHE Shower Campaign
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- The time has come for Grohe to take its worldwide shower campaign to the next level. Following its international recruitment of 2,000 Shower Ambassadors on Facebook, the company is now launching www.showerreasons.com. 'Give me a reason to Shower' is a unique Grohe online campaign is reaching out to audience globally. This website answers the question why people suddenly dive into mud holes or start dancing in puddles of water. They all have the same thing on their mind - a refreshing shower with Grohe. There are weekly & monthly prizes to win for the best rated entry by the viewers. The campaign began recently and will continue for atleast 3 months or more depending on the audience's response. In its campaign to recruit Shower Ambassador on Facebook, Grohe reached out to 20,000 people across the globe of which over 3,500 fans were from India. This campaign marked the appointment of real life ambassadors for Grohe chosen on the basis of their passion for the Brand.
With the onset of this campaign, Mathew Job, Vice President & Managing Director, Grohe India Pvt. Ltd said, "India is an important market for Grohe. The online campaign "Give me a reason to Shower" is our unique way of reaching out to our customers. The Social media landscape has evolved from being just a mode to connect to a platform to express, suggest comment and interact. With the increasing internet penetration in India, consumers are waking up to the power of social media by actively participating in online discussions. This campaign by Grohe is also witnessing increased participation from Indian users. Grohe has reached out to real people with this campaign and made them the ambassadors of the fantastic products and the reliable quality that we boast of. We believe the social media is a great tool to spread the word about our products. We are happy to see more and more people participating in this contest from India and we hope to see further involvement."
The new campaign entitled "Give me a reason to shower" aims at reaching out to shower fans around the globe, the new campaign is designed to strengthen awareness of the brand and maximise users' experience with their showers. To achieve this, it takes a modern and attention-grabbing approach and makes effective use of today's digital channels. As a result, Grohe showers are the topic of countless postings on boards and forums as well as on Twitter. The Grohe shower campaign is ubiquitous on social networks - whether it's Facebook, Twitter or YouTube - Grohe has gone online in a big way!
True shower aficionados are invited to upload their videos and photos at www.showerreasons.com. Whether it's a bath in a puddle of mud on a football pitch, a full broadside of dirty water splashed across the pavement by a passing bus or thousands of sandy droplets shaken off by a dog - numerous films can already be viewed on the Grohe site and on YouTube. The surprising and humorous scenes are fun to watch and share with friends.
Users are encouraged to pack as much fun and action as possible into their videos and photos. The top ten of each week based on ratings by other users will win a shower from the GROHE Rainshower® Icon Collection. In addition, the top three submissions of each month will each get an Apple iPad.
The new website also showcases Grohe shower products and makes them the centre of attention. Visitors interested in these unique showers are only one click away from the Grohe home page and its showroom locator. This means that retailers and fitters can look forward to incremental demand and sales.
Unprecedented in terms of its width and depth, Grohe's new campaign will generate numerous positive comments from actual users which can be built into successful sales talks. So click your way to www.showerreasons.com to enjoy and use the prospective shower buyers' interest for yourself. There are countless reasons to have a shower - and the most compelling ones come courtesy of Grohe.
About Grohe AG
Grohe AG is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany and is world's largest manufacturer of single brand sanitary fittings. It employs close to 5100 employees worldwide, out of which 2600 are based in Germany. Grohe has six production plants of which three are located outside Germany, namely in Portugal, Thailand and Canada.
About Grohe India Pvt. Ltd. (GIPL)
Grohe India Pvt. Ltd. (GIPL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Grohe, Germany and has completed three years of direct operations in India. In this time has acquired a significant position in the Indian market as one of the largest selling foreign brands. Grohe recently launched its first Indian 'Grohe Technology Centre' in Bangalore in November 2009. This centre is a great opportunity for people to come and experience the world of Grohe. Besides featuring the entire range of Grohe products, the Technology Centre also showcases the Grohe elements of Quality, Technology and Design.
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Give me a Reason to Shower
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CONTACT DETAILS
Kapila Sethi, Grohe India Pvt. Ltd. (GIPL), Kapila.Sethi@grohe.com
Tanya Singh, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9910085036, Tanya@2020india.com
Ankita Upadhyay, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9711101860, ankita@2020india.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, LIFESTYLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: Grohe India Pvt. Ltd. (GIPL)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:30 PM IST (07:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Lifestyle; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Household & personal care products & services; Technology
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Give me a Reason to Shower - Launch of the Worldwide GROHE Shower Campaign
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- The time has come for Grohe to take its worldwide shower campaign to the next level. Following its international recruitment of 2,000 Shower Ambassadors on Facebook, the company is now launching www.showerreasons.com. 'Give me a reason to Shower' is a unique Grohe online campaign is reaching out to audience globally. This website answers the question why people suddenly dive into mud holes or start dancing in puddles of water. They all have the same thing on their mind - a refreshing shower with Grohe. There are weekly & monthly prizes to win for the best rated entry by the viewers. The campaign began recently and will continue for atleast 3 months or more depending on the audience's response. In its campaign to recruit Shower Ambassador on Facebook, Grohe reached out to 20,000 people across the globe of which over 3,500 fans were from India. This campaign marked the appointment of real life ambassadors for Grohe chosen on the basis of their passion for the Brand.
With the onset of this campaign, Mathew Job, Vice President & Managing Director, Grohe India Pvt. Ltd said, "India is an important market for Grohe. The online campaign "Give me a reason to Shower" is our unique way of reaching out to our customers. The Social media landscape has evolved from being just a mode to connect to a platform to express, suggest comment and interact. With the increasing internet penetration in India, consumers are waking up to the power of social media by actively participating in online discussions. This campaign by Grohe is also witnessing increased participation from Indian users. Grohe has reached out to real people with this campaign and made them the ambassadors of the fantastic products and the reliable quality that we boast of. We believe the social media is a great tool to spread the word about our products. We are happy to see more and more people participating in this contest from India and we hope to see further involvement."
The new campaign entitled "Give me a reason to shower" aims at reaching out to shower fans around the globe, the new campaign is designed to strengthen awareness of the brand and maximise users' experience with their showers. To achieve this, it takes a modern and attention-grabbing approach and makes effective use of today's digital channels. As a result, Grohe showers are the topic of countless postings on boards and forums as well as on Twitter. The Grohe shower campaign is ubiquitous on social networks - whether it's Facebook, Twitter or YouTube - Grohe has gone online in a big way!
True shower aficionados are invited to upload their videos and photos at www.showerreasons.com. Whether it's a bath in a puddle of mud on a football pitch, a full broadside of dirty water splashed across the pavement by a passing bus or thousands of sandy droplets shaken off by a dog - numerous films can already be viewed on the Grohe site and on YouTube. The surprising and humorous scenes are fun to watch and share with friends.
Users are encouraged to pack as much fun and action as possible into their videos and photos. The top ten of each week based on ratings by other users will win a shower from the GROHE Rainshower® Icon Collection. In addition, the top three submissions of each month will each get an Apple iPad.
The new website also showcases Grohe shower products and makes them the centre of attention. Visitors interested in these unique showers are only one click away from the Grohe home page and its showroom locator. This means that retailers and fitters can look forward to incremental demand and sales.
Unprecedented in terms of its width and depth, Grohe's new campaign will generate numerous positive comments from actual users which can be built into successful sales talks. So click your way to www.showerreasons.com to enjoy and use the prospective shower buyers' interest for yourself. There are countless reasons to have a shower - and the most compelling ones come courtesy of Grohe.
About Grohe AG
Grohe AG is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany and is world's largest manufacturer of single brand sanitary fittings. It employs close to 5100 employees worldwide, out of which 2600 are based in Germany. Grohe has six production plants of which three are located outside Germany, namely in Portugal, Thailand and Canada.
About Grohe India Pvt. Ltd. (GIPL)
Grohe India Pvt. Ltd. (GIPL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Grohe, Germany and has completed three years of direct operations in India. In this time has acquired a significant position in the Indian market as one of the largest selling foreign brands. Grohe recently launched its first Indian 'Grohe Technology Centre' in Bangalore in November 2009. This centre is a great opportunity for people to come and experience the world of Grohe. Besides featuring the entire range of Grohe products, the Technology Centre also showcases the Grohe elements of Quality, Technology and Design.
To view the photograph, please click on the link given below:
Give me a Reason to Shower
For picture(s)/data to illustrate this release click below:
http://www.BusinessWireIndia.com/attachments/Pic(79).jpg
Pic(79).jpg
CONTACT DETAILS
Kapila Sethi, Grohe India Pvt. Ltd. (GIPL), Kapila.Sethi@grohe.com
Tanya Singh, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9910085036, Tanya@2020india.com
Ankita Upadhyay, 20:20 MEDIA, +91 9711101860, ankita@2020india.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, LIFESTYLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD, TECHNOLOGY
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
BWI: SYSTIME Announces the Appointment of Vijayaraghavan T.S. as Global Head - Marketing
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: SYSTIME Global Solutions Private Ltd.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:56 AM IST (06:26 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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SYSTIME Announces the Appointment of Vijayaraghavan T.S. as Global Head - Marketing
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- SYSTIME <www.SYSTIME.net>, a CMS Group Company and the largest Oracle JD Edwards Practice globally, announced that Vijayaraghavan T. S. (Vijay) has been appointed to the position of Global Head - Marketing. In this role, Vijay will be responsible for strategizing and leading the organization's global marketing initiatives in alignment with SYSTIME's long term strategy.
Vijay comes to SYSTIME from Infosys Technologies, where he held various positions in Marketing, Corporate Planning, Pre-sales and Software Delivery. With more than 14 years of experience, Vijay's marketing stints involved spearheading several marketing and pre-sales efforts. His key areas of expertise in B2B Marketing include building technology marketing programs for senior executives, leveraging on social media marketing and strategic influencer relations.
"SYSTIME is gaining momentum in the global market place and increasingly growing our Oracle relationship and client base. I am confident that Vijay with his experience and knowledge is going to help in the expansion of the SYSTIME brand globally. He is a valuable addition to our leadership team and we are looking forward to taking SYSTIME to the next level of growth," stated Vishal Grover, President & CEO, SYSTIME.
"SYSTIME has established a great reputation for itself in the enterprise solutions space, particularly in the Oracle JD Edwards ecosystem. I am pleased to be a part of this winning team, and look forward to an exciting journey", said Vijay, Global Head - Marketing, SYSTIME.
About SYSTIME
SYSTIME is a leading global business and technology service provider, serving customers in 50 countries over the last 30 years. SYSTIME provides end-to-end services to its customers and has best in class people, tools, methodologies & global delivery centers. SYSTIME (an Oracle Platinum Partner) is a leader in the JD Edwards space and has been distinctly recognized, year after year, for keeping its customers competitive and agile.
CONTACT DETAILS
Suma Nair, SYSTIME Global Solutions Private Ltd., +91 (22) 2778 3100, snair@SYSTIME.net
KEYWORDS
PEOPLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: SYSTIME Global Solutions Private Ltd.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:56 AM IST (06:26 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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SYSTIME Announces the Appointment of Vijayaraghavan T.S. as Global Head - Marketing
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- SYSTIME <www.SYSTIME.net>, a CMS Group Company and the largest Oracle JD Edwards Practice globally, announced that Vijayaraghavan T. S. (Vijay) has been appointed to the position of Global Head - Marketing. In this role, Vijay will be responsible for strategizing and leading the organization's global marketing initiatives in alignment with SYSTIME's long term strategy.
Vijay comes to SYSTIME from Infosys Technologies, where he held various positions in Marketing, Corporate Planning, Pre-sales and Software Delivery. With more than 14 years of experience, Vijay's marketing stints involved spearheading several marketing and pre-sales efforts. His key areas of expertise in B2B Marketing include building technology marketing programs for senior executives, leveraging on social media marketing and strategic influencer relations.
"SYSTIME is gaining momentum in the global market place and increasingly growing our Oracle relationship and client base. I am confident that Vijay with his experience and knowledge is going to help in the expansion of the SYSTIME brand globally. He is a valuable addition to our leadership team and we are looking forward to taking SYSTIME to the next level of growth," stated Vishal Grover, President & CEO, SYSTIME.
"SYSTIME has established a great reputation for itself in the enterprise solutions space, particularly in the Oracle JD Edwards ecosystem. I am pleased to be a part of this winning team, and look forward to an exciting journey", said Vijay, Global Head - Marketing, SYSTIME.
About SYSTIME
SYSTIME is a leading global business and technology service provider, serving customers in 50 countries over the last 30 years. SYSTIME provides end-to-end services to its customers and has best in class people, tools, methodologies & global delivery centers. SYSTIME (an Oracle Platinum Partner) is a leader in the JD Edwards space and has been distinctly recognized, year after year, for keeping its customers competitive and agile.
CONTACT DETAILS
Suma Nair, SYSTIME Global Solutions Private Ltd., +91 (22) 2778 3100, snair@SYSTIME.net
KEYWORDS
PEOPLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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BWI: Cisco WebEx Offers Remote Support through Web Collaboration
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Cisco WebEx
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:54 AM IST (06:24 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Education & training, Information technology; Technology
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Cisco WebEx Offers Remote Support through Web Collaboration
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- In today's global economy, the demand for a fast and easy to use web collaboration solution has never been greater. Companies have evolved into a phase where they no longer just use web collaboration to conduct online meetings. Nowadays, the remote support team is able to provide quick support and increase resolved issues for customers the first time they call.
Kiran Datar, Managing Director. Cisco WebEx (India) says, "Using web collaboration technology, they are able to fix remote problems in real time. They are able to skip the frustrating back-and-forth of talking to customers and saves the time and expense of onsite support calls."
If supporting customers is just one part of the job, sales executives can conduct simple support sessions with web collaboration. Customer service representatives can conduct multiple and intense support sessions in real time, enhancing their productivity and thereby greatly reducing the overall costs.
Remote support can significantly improve the tech support process, reduce delivery costs and increase effectiveness of an organisation.
How it works? - Resolve remote support issues with web collaboration
Remote support technicians are able to reduce company downtime and provide real-time remote support to anyone, internal or external. They are able to perform fast and accurate fixes online using web collaboration. They can decrease the time and expense of onsite visits and increase productivity. Web collaboration enables them to push regular updates and security patches proactively.
Technicians can deliver instant, personalized remote support to users-inside or outside the company-wherever they're located. Using remote support through web collaboration will increase first call resolution, minimize costly onsite service visits and reduce support costs overall. Users can view and control desktops or applications to diagnose and solve problems in real time. They are able to resolve and close support cases faster and provide clients with a quality support experience.
Organisations use web collaboration technology for internal IT support to maximize company uptime by supporting users anywhere, or for customer support to meet service level agreements and increase customer satisfaction.
Taking Remote Support to the Next Level
Remote support offers great potential to enhance your ability to diagnose and resolve service issues, yet not all remote support offerings are appropriate for all audiences and service delivery models. Answering the following questions will help identify opportunities to define new or realign existing remote support offerings:
. Who is using your remote support offerings? Who should be using them?
. What are the primary inhibitors that keep your customers from using remote support?
. What new or expanded remote support offerings should you offer?
. Do you have an adequate response to customer concerns about security and privacy?
. Which remote support technology is able to meet your needs?
. In what circumstances is remote support able to save time and effort to respond to service requests?
. What circumstances are ill-suited to the use of remote support?
. What is the net impact of remote support on service delivery efficiency?
. To what extent is remote support able to increase the effectiveness of providing a quality answer to a customer issue?
. How much does it costs to provide remote support services?
. What is the net impact of remote support in terms of customer satisfaction, loyalty, and service delivery costs?
. Do you have the right remote support offerings to meet the needs of your business and your customers?
Whether you are getting started with new remote support offerings or looking to take existing remote support capabilities to the next level, it is important to periodically evaluate your remote support strategy, goals and objectives.
Remote support- Competitive edge
Customers today require companies to solve their queries and issues as quickly as possible resulting in minimum downtime for the customer. For any business downtime usually translates to loss in revenues and reduced productivity. Hence most businesses place higher emphasis on improved field support and after sales support. Remote support can act as a catalyst for providing competitive edge for both the vendor and the customer. The customer can benefit due to lesser downtime and improved operational efficiency. The customer would then feel the need to pass the benefits on to the vendor through an extension of contract or improvement in financial terms in order to enjoy the benefits of improved service. In a B2B situation long lasting relationship with the customer is extremely important for the vendor. This not only reduces lead times for new product development and enhancements on existing products but also helps the company enjoy better margins due to virtues of customer retention. Remote support can help businesses across geographical distances maintain a successful long term mutually beneficial relationship.
About Cisco WebEx
With Over 3.5 million users, Cisco WebEx has grown to become the world leader in online meeting solutions. A global leader in on-demand applications for collaborative business on the web, their applications enhance high-touch business processes, such as sales and training, with efficient web-touch interactions. As an on-demand provider, Cisco WebEx is able to facilitate both internal and external collaboration. It delivers its range of applications over the MediaTone Network, a global network specifically designed for the secure delivery of on-demand applications and rich media content. The applications support multipoint video conferencing, web conferencing, telework and application remote access.
Wholy owned by Cisco Systems Inc, Cisco WebEx is the leading provider of Audio, Web Casting, and Web Conferencing services. They create solutions for various organizations around the globe, and facilitate their clients to meet their most ambitious goals in marketing, sales, training and support. Cisco WebEx on-demand software solutions are used by companies of every size. Today 81 of the fortune 100 companies use Cisco WebEx products.
With Cisco WebEx, users share presentations, applications, documents and desktops, with full - motion video and integrated audio, all in a rich multimedia environment. Organizations using meeting applications include business in financial services, high-tech, healthcare, pharmaceutical, communications, manufacturing, government, and management consulting. They use Cisco Webex at every stage from both customer and product lifecycles, driving results in sales, marketing fulfilment, product development, manufacturing, training and support with real-time collaboration
Cisco WebEx continues to innovate constantly further reinforcing the reliability and security issues of on-demand collaboration. It facilitates one to connect to people anywhere, anytime, across the world. Whether a part of a global enterprise with offices around the world or a one person, home based business or something in between, Cisco WebEX helps one become more productive, reducing travel and sales cycles. Today, they are a proven technology leader offering quality support to more then 28000 customers - a testimony to the company commitment to the market place.
CONTACT DETAILS
Karthy Prasanna J, brand-comm, +91 9686260350, karthy@brand-comm.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATION, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: Cisco WebEx
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 11:54 AM IST (06:24 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Education & training, Information technology; Technology
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Cisco WebEx Offers Remote Support through Web Collaboration
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- In today's global economy, the demand for a fast and easy to use web collaboration solution has never been greater. Companies have evolved into a phase where they no longer just use web collaboration to conduct online meetings. Nowadays, the remote support team is able to provide quick support and increase resolved issues for customers the first time they call.
Kiran Datar, Managing Director. Cisco WebEx (India) says, "Using web collaboration technology, they are able to fix remote problems in real time. They are able to skip the frustrating back-and-forth of talking to customers and saves the time and expense of onsite support calls."
If supporting customers is just one part of the job, sales executives can conduct simple support sessions with web collaboration. Customer service representatives can conduct multiple and intense support sessions in real time, enhancing their productivity and thereby greatly reducing the overall costs.
Remote support can significantly improve the tech support process, reduce delivery costs and increase effectiveness of an organisation.
How it works? - Resolve remote support issues with web collaboration
Remote support technicians are able to reduce company downtime and provide real-time remote support to anyone, internal or external. They are able to perform fast and accurate fixes online using web collaboration. They can decrease the time and expense of onsite visits and increase productivity. Web collaboration enables them to push regular updates and security patches proactively.
Technicians can deliver instant, personalized remote support to users-inside or outside the company-wherever they're located. Using remote support through web collaboration will increase first call resolution, minimize costly onsite service visits and reduce support costs overall. Users can view and control desktops or applications to diagnose and solve problems in real time. They are able to resolve and close support cases faster and provide clients with a quality support experience.
Organisations use web collaboration technology for internal IT support to maximize company uptime by supporting users anywhere, or for customer support to meet service level agreements and increase customer satisfaction.
Taking Remote Support to the Next Level
Remote support offers great potential to enhance your ability to diagnose and resolve service issues, yet not all remote support offerings are appropriate for all audiences and service delivery models. Answering the following questions will help identify opportunities to define new or realign existing remote support offerings:
. Who is using your remote support offerings? Who should be using them?
. What are the primary inhibitors that keep your customers from using remote support?
. What new or expanded remote support offerings should you offer?
. Do you have an adequate response to customer concerns about security and privacy?
. Which remote support technology is able to meet your needs?
. In what circumstances is remote support able to save time and effort to respond to service requests?
. What circumstances are ill-suited to the use of remote support?
. What is the net impact of remote support on service delivery efficiency?
. To what extent is remote support able to increase the effectiveness of providing a quality answer to a customer issue?
. How much does it costs to provide remote support services?
. What is the net impact of remote support in terms of customer satisfaction, loyalty, and service delivery costs?
. Do you have the right remote support offerings to meet the needs of your business and your customers?
Whether you are getting started with new remote support offerings or looking to take existing remote support capabilities to the next level, it is important to periodically evaluate your remote support strategy, goals and objectives.
Remote support- Competitive edge
Customers today require companies to solve their queries and issues as quickly as possible resulting in minimum downtime for the customer. For any business downtime usually translates to loss in revenues and reduced productivity. Hence most businesses place higher emphasis on improved field support and after sales support. Remote support can act as a catalyst for providing competitive edge for both the vendor and the customer. The customer can benefit due to lesser downtime and improved operational efficiency. The customer would then feel the need to pass the benefits on to the vendor through an extension of contract or improvement in financial terms in order to enjoy the benefits of improved service. In a B2B situation long lasting relationship with the customer is extremely important for the vendor. This not only reduces lead times for new product development and enhancements on existing products but also helps the company enjoy better margins due to virtues of customer retention. Remote support can help businesses across geographical distances maintain a successful long term mutually beneficial relationship.
About Cisco WebEx
With Over 3.5 million users, Cisco WebEx has grown to become the world leader in online meeting solutions. A global leader in on-demand applications for collaborative business on the web, their applications enhance high-touch business processes, such as sales and training, with efficient web-touch interactions. As an on-demand provider, Cisco WebEx is able to facilitate both internal and external collaboration. It delivers its range of applications over the MediaTone Network, a global network specifically designed for the secure delivery of on-demand applications and rich media content. The applications support multipoint video conferencing, web conferencing, telework and application remote access.
Wholy owned by Cisco Systems Inc, Cisco WebEx is the leading provider of Audio, Web Casting, and Web Conferencing services. They create solutions for various organizations around the globe, and facilitate their clients to meet their most ambitious goals in marketing, sales, training and support. Cisco WebEx on-demand software solutions are used by companies of every size. Today 81 of the fortune 100 companies use Cisco WebEx products.
With Cisco WebEx, users share presentations, applications, documents and desktops, with full - motion video and integrated audio, all in a rich multimedia environment. Organizations using meeting applications include business in financial services, high-tech, healthcare, pharmaceutical, communications, manufacturing, government, and management consulting. They use Cisco Webex at every stage from both customer and product lifecycles, driving results in sales, marketing fulfilment, product development, manufacturing, training and support with real-time collaboration
Cisco WebEx continues to innovate constantly further reinforcing the reliability and security issues of on-demand collaboration. It facilitates one to connect to people anywhere, anytime, across the world. Whether a part of a global enterprise with offices around the world or a one person, home based business or something in between, Cisco WebEX helps one become more productive, reducing travel and sales cycles. Today, they are a proven technology leader offering quality support to more then 28000 customers - a testimony to the company commitment to the market place.
CONTACT DETAILS
Karthy Prasanna J, brand-comm, +91 9686260350, karthy@brand-comm.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATION, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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BWI: 9.9 Media Launches NEXT100 – the Biggest Search for India’s Future CIOs
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: 9.9 Mediaworx Pvt. Ltd.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 10:35 AM IST (05:05 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Publishing & printing; Technology
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9.9 Media Launches NEXT100 - the Biggest Search for India's Future CIOs
9.9 Media launches NEXT100 - the Biggest Search for India's Future CIOs
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- 9.9 Mediaworx (9.9 Media) has announced the launch of NEXT100 - India's biggest and most comprehensive effort to identify 100 future CIOs (Chief Information Officers). These future CIOs, collectively called the NEXT100, will be recognized and honoured at a special awards ceremony in November this year.
NEXT100 is an initiative of IT Next magazine, which is published by 9.9 Media. IT Next is India's only magazine that caters to the information needs of IT managers across the country and all industry segments.
The NEXT100 contest is open to all IT managers across India who think they have the potential to become CIOs. To make the process simple and transparent, IT Next has set up a website, www.itnext.in/next100, where IT managers can find complete details about NEXT100. IT managers can nominate themselves for the awards. Applicants for the NEXT100 award can also send in their completed forms through mail or courier by downloading and filling in a PDF version of the form that is available on the site.
Vikas Gupta, publisher of IT Next magazine and a Director at 9.9 Media, says, "This is the first time in India that a talent contest for IT managers is taking place on such a huge scale, and with such detailed selection criteria. In addition to qualifications and experience, NEXT100 will judge candidates on their business and decision-making skills, as well as leadership potential. This is a comprehensive and well-rounded effort, rather than a routine talent hunt."
NEXT100 has already created a significant impact in the market. Within 24 hours of the launch of the site, more than 250 IT managers have registered themselves. And by the time deadline for submission of forms July 31, 2010, approaches, more than a thousand IT managers are expected to apply.
Sharing more details about NEXT100, R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media, says, "NEXT100 is creating a wave of excitement and anticipation not just among IT managers but also their bosses-the CIOs. As many as 40 CIOs have expressed a desire to be a part of the advisory panel. Many more CIOs are expected to support this unique project." The role of the advisory panel is to provide feedback on the NEXT100 process, and help ensure that the process is fair and objective. To select the NEXT100, a jury of eminent CIOs will be constituted after the application process ends.
For more details on NEXT100, please visit www.itnext.in/next100.
About 9.9 Media
9.9 Media is one of India's most diversified media companies and integrates its print, online, research and event platforms to serve highly-targeted communities such as Owner-Managers / Entrepreneurs, CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, CFOs, Manufacturing & Logistics professionals, IT professionals, Channel partners, Personal technology enthusiasts and those leading institutes of higher education. Some of its leading brands include The CTO Forum, Digit, Industry 2.0, Logistics 2.0, Digit Channel Connect, CFO India, EDU, iGovernment.in, thinkdigit.com, consumermate.com, Inc India and IT Next. The company also runs the 9.9 School of Convergence, which is focused on developing talent in journalism. For more information on 9.9 Media, please visit www.9dot9.in.
CONTACT DETAILS
Ankur Agarwal, 9.9 Mediaworx Pvt. Ltd., +91 9818357193, agarwal.ankur@9dot9.in
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, PUBLISHING, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: 9.9 Mediaworx Pvt. Ltd.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 10:35 AM IST (05:05 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Publishing & printing; Technology
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9.9 Media Launches NEXT100 - the Biggest Search for India's Future CIOs
9.9 Media launches NEXT100 - the Biggest Search for India's Future CIOs
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- 9.9 Mediaworx (9.9 Media) has announced the launch of NEXT100 - India's biggest and most comprehensive effort to identify 100 future CIOs (Chief Information Officers). These future CIOs, collectively called the NEXT100, will be recognized and honoured at a special awards ceremony in November this year.
NEXT100 is an initiative of IT Next magazine, which is published by 9.9 Media. IT Next is India's only magazine that caters to the information needs of IT managers across the country and all industry segments.
The NEXT100 contest is open to all IT managers across India who think they have the potential to become CIOs. To make the process simple and transparent, IT Next has set up a website, www.itnext.in/next100, where IT managers can find complete details about NEXT100. IT managers can nominate themselves for the awards. Applicants for the NEXT100 award can also send in their completed forms through mail or courier by downloading and filling in a PDF version of the form that is available on the site.
Vikas Gupta, publisher of IT Next magazine and a Director at 9.9 Media, says, "This is the first time in India that a talent contest for IT managers is taking place on such a huge scale, and with such detailed selection criteria. In addition to qualifications and experience, NEXT100 will judge candidates on their business and decision-making skills, as well as leadership potential. This is a comprehensive and well-rounded effort, rather than a routine talent hunt."
NEXT100 has already created a significant impact in the market. Within 24 hours of the launch of the site, more than 250 IT managers have registered themselves. And by the time deadline for submission of forms July 31, 2010, approaches, more than a thousand IT managers are expected to apply.
Sharing more details about NEXT100, R Giridhar, Group Editor, 9.9 Media, says, "NEXT100 is creating a wave of excitement and anticipation not just among IT managers but also their bosses-the CIOs. As many as 40 CIOs have expressed a desire to be a part of the advisory panel. Many more CIOs are expected to support this unique project." The role of the advisory panel is to provide feedback on the NEXT100 process, and help ensure that the process is fair and objective. To select the NEXT100, a jury of eminent CIOs will be constituted after the application process ends.
For more details on NEXT100, please visit www.itnext.in/next100.
About 9.9 Media
9.9 Media is one of India's most diversified media companies and integrates its print, online, research and event platforms to serve highly-targeted communities such as Owner-Managers / Entrepreneurs, CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, CFOs, Manufacturing & Logistics professionals, IT professionals, Channel partners, Personal technology enthusiasts and those leading institutes of higher education. Some of its leading brands include The CTO Forum, Digit, Industry 2.0, Logistics 2.0, Digit Channel Connect, CFO India, EDU, iGovernment.in, thinkdigit.com, consumermate.com, Inc India and IT Next. The company also runs the 9.9 School of Convergence, which is focused on developing talent in journalism. For more information on 9.9 Media, please visit www.9dot9.in.
CONTACT DETAILS
Ankur Agarwal, 9.9 Mediaworx Pvt. Ltd., +91 9818357193, agarwal.ankur@9dot9.in
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, PUBLISHING, TECHNOLOGY
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BWI: Advinus Therapeutics Achieves Milestone in Drug Discovery and Clinical Development Collaboration
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 10:30 AM IST (05:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceutical, Media & entertainment; Technology; Healthcare
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Advinus Therapeutics Achieves Milestone in Drug Discovery and Clinical Development Collaboration
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Advinus Therapeutics, Ltd., today announced they have achieved the first success-based milestone in the drug discovery and clinical development collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (Janssen). The original agreement between the parties was assigned to Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V. by an affiliate, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The companies have been working together since September 2008 to develop drug candidates for various disease targets. Under the collaboration, Advinus is responsible for drug discovery and early clinical development while Janssen retains the option to advance the drug candidates into late-stage clinical trials and worldwide commercialization.
"The achievement of this milestone emphasizes Advinus' commitment to explore novel approaches to discover innovative life-saving medicines for unmet clinical needs" said Dr. Kasim Mookhtiar, CSO and Head Drug Discovery, Advinus Therapeutics. He further added that the achievement of the milestone also highlights India's emerging strength in drug discovery.
About Advinus
Advinus Therapeutics, A TATA Enterprise, is a 5-year-old company conceived to be a front-runner from India in the Pharmaceutical R&D space. The company is co-founded and led by executives with extensive international experience in pharma R&D. The company is also the first of its kind in India to offer end-to-end development services to the global pharmaceutical, agrochemical and biotechnology industries while creating long-term value through internal and collaborative drug discovery programs. The primary focus of the company's discovery efforts are in metabolic diseases and inflammatory diseases. Advinus is also pursuing the discovery of new drug treatments for neglected (for developing world) diseases. Advinus' drug development operations support and supplement client resources at increased levels of efficiency by providing services in all areas of pre- and early clinical and pharmaceutical development. For company information, visit Advinus at www.advinus.com.
CONTACT DETAILS
Rajiv Malik, Sr. Vice President & Chief of Operations, Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd, +91 (80) 28392378, rajiv.malik@advinus.com
KEYWORDS
PEOPLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HEALTHCARE, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE
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Source: Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 10:30 AM IST (05:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceutical, Media & entertainment; Technology; Healthcare
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Advinus Therapeutics Achieves Milestone in Drug Discovery and Clinical Development Collaboration
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Advinus Therapeutics, Ltd., today announced they have achieved the first success-based milestone in the drug discovery and clinical development collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. (Janssen). The original agreement between the parties was assigned to Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V. by an affiliate, Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The companies have been working together since September 2008 to develop drug candidates for various disease targets. Under the collaboration, Advinus is responsible for drug discovery and early clinical development while Janssen retains the option to advance the drug candidates into late-stage clinical trials and worldwide commercialization.
"The achievement of this milestone emphasizes Advinus' commitment to explore novel approaches to discover innovative life-saving medicines for unmet clinical needs" said Dr. Kasim Mookhtiar, CSO and Head Drug Discovery, Advinus Therapeutics. He further added that the achievement of the milestone also highlights India's emerging strength in drug discovery.
About Advinus
Advinus Therapeutics, A TATA Enterprise, is a 5-year-old company conceived to be a front-runner from India in the Pharmaceutical R&D space. The company is co-founded and led by executives with extensive international experience in pharma R&D. The company is also the first of its kind in India to offer end-to-end development services to the global pharmaceutical, agrochemical and biotechnology industries while creating long-term value through internal and collaborative drug discovery programs. The primary focus of the company's discovery efforts are in metabolic diseases and inflammatory diseases. Advinus is also pursuing the discovery of new drug treatments for neglected (for developing world) diseases. Advinus' drug development operations support and supplement client resources at increased levels of efficiency by providing services in all areas of pre- and early clinical and pharmaceutical development. For company information, visit Advinus at www.advinus.com.
CONTACT DETAILS
Rajiv Malik, Sr. Vice President & Chief of Operations, Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd, +91 (80) 28392378, rajiv.malik@advinus.com
KEYWORDS
PEOPLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HEALTHCARE, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE
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BWI: Perma Pure Launches Redesigned Website
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Perma Pure
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Energy companies; Technology; Healthcare
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Perma Pure Launches Redesigned Website
New Practical Tools for Gas Conditioning Customers
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Perma Pure's newly re-designed website, www.permapure.com, delivers gas conditioning information by product application for customers in the Scientific/Research, Medical, Environmental and Fuel Cell fields. Better content organisation and practical online tools aid in finding the best product fit.
A number of Perma Pure's products use a proprietary Nafion permeable membrane technology to remove moisture from gas sample streams, without altering the concentrations of typical analyte gases to be measured. Nafion's unique properties also make it suitable for humidification of gas streams.
At the new www.permapure.com, users can access product and technical information on the company's full range of gas conditioning products. A handy reference menu provides specific Nafion analyte retention information for a wide range of chemicals. A link to the NIST Standard Reference Data enables more detailed chemical research by formula and name. Embedded tools convert temperature and calculate dew point, with a link to download the HumiCalc humidity conversion software.
About Perma Pure
Perma Pure LLC (www.permapure.com) manufactures a full line of gas conditioning products including dryers, humidifiers, filters, coalescers, specialty scrubbers and complete sampling systems for use in medical, scientific and industrial applications. The company is the sole manufacturer of Nafion tubing under license from the polymer manufacturer, DuPont. Perma Pure is based in Toms River, New Jersey, with representatives and distributors around the world. The company is a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c.
About Halma
Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and healthcare.
Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.
Perma Pure head office contact details:
Perma Pure LLC
8 Executive Drive
Toms River, NJ 08755
CONTACT DETAILS
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0)20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
Mr Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 42000700, Srini@halma.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE
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Source: Perma Pure
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Energy companies; Technology; Healthcare
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Perma Pure Launches Redesigned Website
New Practical Tools for Gas Conditioning Customers
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Perma Pure's newly re-designed website, www.permapure.com, delivers gas conditioning information by product application for customers in the Scientific/Research, Medical, Environmental and Fuel Cell fields. Better content organisation and practical online tools aid in finding the best product fit.
A number of Perma Pure's products use a proprietary Nafion permeable membrane technology to remove moisture from gas sample streams, without altering the concentrations of typical analyte gases to be measured. Nafion's unique properties also make it suitable for humidification of gas streams.
At the new www.permapure.com, users can access product and technical information on the company's full range of gas conditioning products. A handy reference menu provides specific Nafion analyte retention information for a wide range of chemicals. A link to the NIST Standard Reference Data enables more detailed chemical research by formula and name. Embedded tools convert temperature and calculate dew point, with a link to download the HumiCalc humidity conversion software.
About Perma Pure
Perma Pure LLC (www.permapure.com) manufactures a full line of gas conditioning products including dryers, humidifiers, filters, coalescers, specialty scrubbers and complete sampling systems for use in medical, scientific and industrial applications. The company is the sole manufacturer of Nafion tubing under license from the polymer manufacturer, DuPont. Perma Pure is based in Toms River, New Jersey, with representatives and distributors around the world. The company is a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c.
About Halma
Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and healthcare.
Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.
Perma Pure head office contact details:
Perma Pure LLC
8 Executive Drive
Toms River, NJ 08755
CONTACT DETAILS
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0)20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
Mr Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 42000700, Srini@halma.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE
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BWI: Radio-Tech Launches ‘Ecosense’ Temperature and Humidity Sensor for Construction and Energy-Saving Applications
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Radio-Tech Ltd
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 09:30 AM IST (04:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Energy companies, Water; Technology; Healthcare
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Radio-Tech Launches 'Ecosense' Temperature and Humidity Sensor for Construction and Energy-Saving Applications
New Device is Ideal for Internal and External Applications
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wireless telemetry specialist Radio-Tech has developed Ecosense, a battery-powered temperature and humidity sensor for internal and external applications.
Ecosense is available in three versions: internal, external (reading both temperature and humidity), and surface (reading only temperature conducted through a wall). The sensor "chirps" every five minutes, transmitting its data to Radio-Tech's RT:Wi5 data hub (or a modbus receiver); the information collected is then sent directly to the relevant server.
Aimed at the construction industry and energy consortiums, Ecosense was originally designed for the Energy Saving Trust in the United Kingdom. The product supplied to that body correlates measurements of internal and external temperature and humidity, along with wall surface temperature, to evaluate the insulation of new housing.
Since Ecosense's transmitter is radio-based and needs no connection to mains electric power, the sensor can be installed very easily. The unit is powered by a lithium battery that lasts up to three years.
To view a high resolution photograph please click on the link given below:
Radio-Tech's ,Ecosense' temperature and humidity sensor
About Radio-Tech
Established in 1993, Radio-Tech (www.radio-tech.co.uk) is one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of wireless technology to the remote metering and monitoring markets. Applications include automatic electricity and water meter reading, rail temperature monitoring, bus telematics, intelligent street lighting, temperature and humidity monitoring and Legionella control. The company was purchased by Halma p.l.c. in 2005.
About Halma
Halma p.l.c. (http://www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and healthcare.
Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.
Radio-Tech contact details:
Radio-Tech Limited
U1 & U2, The London Road Campus
London Road
Harlow
Essex CM17 9NA
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1279 635849; Fax: +44 (0) 1279 442261
E-mail: sales@radio-tech.co.uk
Web site: www.radio-tech.co.uk
CONTACT DETAILS
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0)20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
Mr Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 67080400, Srini@halma.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, ENERGY, WATER, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE
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Source: Radio-Tech Ltd
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 09:30 AM IST (04:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Energy companies, Water; Technology; Healthcare
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Radio-Tech Launches 'Ecosense' Temperature and Humidity Sensor for Construction and Energy-Saving Applications
New Device is Ideal for Internal and External Applications
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wireless telemetry specialist Radio-Tech has developed Ecosense, a battery-powered temperature and humidity sensor for internal and external applications.
Ecosense is available in three versions: internal, external (reading both temperature and humidity), and surface (reading only temperature conducted through a wall). The sensor "chirps" every five minutes, transmitting its data to Radio-Tech's RT:Wi5 data hub (or a modbus receiver); the information collected is then sent directly to the relevant server.
Aimed at the construction industry and energy consortiums, Ecosense was originally designed for the Energy Saving Trust in the United Kingdom. The product supplied to that body correlates measurements of internal and external temperature and humidity, along with wall surface temperature, to evaluate the insulation of new housing.
Since Ecosense's transmitter is radio-based and needs no connection to mains electric power, the sensor can be installed very easily. The unit is powered by a lithium battery that lasts up to three years.
To view a high resolution photograph please click on the link given below:
Radio-Tech's ,Ecosense' temperature and humidity sensor
About Radio-Tech
Established in 1993, Radio-Tech (www.radio-tech.co.uk) is one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of wireless technology to the remote metering and monitoring markets. Applications include automatic electricity and water meter reading, rail temperature monitoring, bus telematics, intelligent street lighting, temperature and humidity monitoring and Legionella control. The company was purchased by Halma p.l.c. in 2005.
About Halma
Halma p.l.c. (http://www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and healthcare.
Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.
Radio-Tech contact details:
Radio-Tech Limited
U1 & U2, The London Road Campus
London Road
Harlow
Essex CM17 9NA
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1279 635849; Fax: +44 (0) 1279 442261
E-mail: sales@radio-tech.co.uk
Web site: www.radio-tech.co.uk
CONTACT DETAILS
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0)20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
Mr Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 67080400, Srini@halma.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, ENERGY, WATER, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE
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BWI: Wipro to Fund ACM Scholarships for Women Students Attending Computing Research Conferences
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: WIPRO
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 08:55 PM IST (03:25 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Education & training, Information technology; Technology
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Wipro to Fund ACM Scholarships for Women Students Attending Computing Research Conferences
Initiative Aims to Promote Diversity in Computing and Encourage Women to Pursue Advanced Education and Careers in Computing
New York, United States, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) today announced an agreement wherein Wipro will fund scholarships that enable women students majoring in computer science and related programs to attend research conferences around the world.
The scholarship support is an initiative under Wipro's focus to encourage diversity. The funds by Wipro Technologies will expand a program currently administered by the ACM Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W) http://women.acm.org/ to help women in the computing field attend conferences over the next five years beginning in 2011. The scholarship support fosters opportunities for women to contribute towards innovation and advanced learning. It also enables ACM-W to offer larger scholarships to qualified recipients.
"We believe that an organization's ability to embrace and imbibe diversity within its DNA deeply influences its competitiveness and success. Diversity holds many benefits, key among them being building a global, dynamic & healthy work environment and encouraging individual talents to flourish in the society. We are pleased to sponsor this ACM-W Scholarship Program, and in general to bring more women into science and technology, and to create better real-world solutions to complex issues that make a difference in improving living standards around the globe," said I.Vijayakumar, Chief Technology Officer, Wipro Technologies.
Professor Dame Wendy Hall, ACM's President, said "Wipro's generous offer to raise the funding for this critical program means ACM will be able to expand its efforts to attract the best minds to the computing field across the demographic spectrum - especially among underrepresented groups." She added that exposure to the computing research world can be an important factor in encouraging students to continue their studies. "Their advanced education will also qualify more women for a range of attractive industry and academic positions in this dynamic field that has contributed so much to inspire advances that benefit society."
The financial support from Wipro allows ACM-W to offer larger scholarships than in previous years, and to enable participation by women in both international and local events. Scholarship applications are evaluated at six points throughout the year in order to distribute awards across a range of conferences. Approximately 20 recipients will be identified as ACM-W/Wipro Scholars each year, with individual funds ranging from $600 to $1200, depending on distance to conference venues. The ACM-W/Wipro Scholars will also submit a report of their conference experience, which will be posted on the ACM-W webpage as part of the "In Her Own Words" section to capture the impact of this opportunity on their career choice.
For information on application and notification dates and conference details, click on .http://women.acm.org/participate/scholarship/index.cfm
About Wipro
Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application management, and datacenter managed services to corporations globally.
In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India, offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services.
Wipro also has a profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro's ADS' are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange.
For more information, please visit our website at www.wipro.com
About ACM-W
The ACM Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W) http://women.acm.org promotes the growth and development of women seeking to attain careers in computing through international and local activities and chapters, educational outreach, recognition of leading women in computer science, cooperation with other organizations, and the dissemination of information via newsletters, blogs, and reports.
About ACM
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) www.acm.org is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, uniting computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges. ACM strengthens the computing profession's collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.
Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.
CONTACT DETAILS
Virginia Gold, ACM, 212-626-0505, vgold@acm.org
Radhika Mahadevan, Wipro Technologies, +91 9945042603, radhika.mahadevan@wipro.com
Mangala Koti Singhal, Gutenberg Communications, +91 9686446789, mangala@gutenbergpr.com
Eric Belove, Wipro Technologies, + 1 (732).216.6242, eric.belove@wipro.com
Lavanya DJ, Gutenberg Communications, + 212).239.8740, lavanya@gutenbergpr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATION, IT, TECHNOLOGY, WIPRO.BO, WIPRO.NS
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Source: WIPRO
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 08:55 PM IST (03:25 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Education & training, Information technology; Technology
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Wipro to Fund ACM Scholarships for Women Students Attending Computing Research Conferences
Initiative Aims to Promote Diversity in Computing and Encourage Women to Pursue Advanced Education and Careers in Computing
New York, United States, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) today announced an agreement wherein Wipro will fund scholarships that enable women students majoring in computer science and related programs to attend research conferences around the world.
The scholarship support is an initiative under Wipro's focus to encourage diversity. The funds by Wipro Technologies will expand a program currently administered by the ACM Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W) http://women.acm.org/ to help women in the computing field attend conferences over the next five years beginning in 2011. The scholarship support fosters opportunities for women to contribute towards innovation and advanced learning. It also enables ACM-W to offer larger scholarships to qualified recipients.
"We believe that an organization's ability to embrace and imbibe diversity within its DNA deeply influences its competitiveness and success. Diversity holds many benefits, key among them being building a global, dynamic & healthy work environment and encouraging individual talents to flourish in the society. We are pleased to sponsor this ACM-W Scholarship Program, and in general to bring more women into science and technology, and to create better real-world solutions to complex issues that make a difference in improving living standards around the globe," said I.Vijayakumar, Chief Technology Officer, Wipro Technologies.
Professor Dame Wendy Hall, ACM's President, said "Wipro's generous offer to raise the funding for this critical program means ACM will be able to expand its efforts to attract the best minds to the computing field across the demographic spectrum - especially among underrepresented groups." She added that exposure to the computing research world can be an important factor in encouraging students to continue their studies. "Their advanced education will also qualify more women for a range of attractive industry and academic positions in this dynamic field that has contributed so much to inspire advances that benefit society."
The financial support from Wipro allows ACM-W to offer larger scholarships than in previous years, and to enable participation by women in both international and local events. Scholarship applications are evaluated at six points throughout the year in order to distribute awards across a range of conferences. Approximately 20 recipients will be identified as ACM-W/Wipro Scholars each year, with individual funds ranging from $600 to $1200, depending on distance to conference venues. The ACM-W/Wipro Scholars will also submit a report of their conference experience, which will be posted on the ACM-W webpage as part of the "In Her Own Words" section to capture the impact of this opportunity on their career choice.
For information on application and notification dates and conference details, click on .http://women.acm.org/participate/scholarship/index.cfm
About Wipro
Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application management, and datacenter managed services to corporations globally.
In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India, offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services.
Wipro also has a profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro's ADS' are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange.
For more information, please visit our website at www.wipro.com
About ACM-W
The ACM Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W) http://women.acm.org promotes the growth and development of women seeking to attain careers in computing through international and local activities and chapters, educational outreach, recognition of leading women in computer science, cooperation with other organizations, and the dissemination of information via newsletters, blogs, and reports.
About ACM
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) www.acm.org is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, uniting computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges. ACM strengthens the computing profession's collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.
Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.
CONTACT DETAILS
Virginia Gold, ACM, 212-626-0505, vgold@acm.org
Radhika Mahadevan, Wipro Technologies, +91 9945042603, radhika.mahadevan@wipro.com
Mangala Koti Singhal, Gutenberg Communications, +91 9686446789, mangala@gutenbergpr.com
Eric Belove, Wipro Technologies, + 1 (732).216.6242, eric.belove@wipro.com
Lavanya DJ, Gutenberg Communications, + 212).239.8740, lavanya@gutenbergpr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, EDUCATION, IT, TECHNOLOGY, WIPRO.BO, WIPRO.NS
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BWI: Airtel CLT20 Schedule Announced
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: ESPN
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 02:35 PM IST (09:05 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment, Sports; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Media & entertainment, Sports
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Airtel CLT20 Schedule Announced
Tournament to Feature 10 Teams Playing 23 Matches Across 4 Venues; Sachin Tendulkar's Mumbai Indians to take on Alviro Petersen's Highveld Lions in Opening Match
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wanderers Stadium, one of world cricket's most famous venues, will host the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) Final after the format and match schedule for the second edition of the tournament was announced today.
The Airtel CLT20, the grand finale of Twenty20 cricket between the world's champion teams, will start on Friday 10 September with a Group B clash between Sachin Tendulkar's Mumbai Indians and Alviro Petersen's Highveld Lions at Wanderers in Johannesburg.
All matches throughout the tournament will be broadcast in prime time in India starting at 5pm or 9pm IST. Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore will fight it out in Group B, while Chennai Super Kings have been drawn in Group A alongside the Twenty20 champions from Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
Wanderers, which has hosted some of cricket biggest matches including the 2003 ICC World Cup Final, 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final and the 2009 IPL Final, will add another chapter to its storied history in September as teams from around the world battle to be crowned the best of the best.
Durban and Centurion have been awarded the Semi Finals on 24 and 25 September respectively, with the Final to be played at Wanderers on Sunday 26 September.
The 10 competing teams have been divided into two groups of five for a round robin phase before the top two teams from each group progress to the semi finals. Matches throughout the tournament have been evenly distributed across the four venues with each hosting at least five fixtures, including the finals.
Mumbai and the Highveld Lions have been drawn in Group B alongside South Australia's Redbacks, Royal Challengers Bangalore and West Indies' representative which will be determined in late-July.
Group A includes MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (2010 IPL Champions), Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash Champions Victoria, along with the Warriors (South Africa's Pro Series Champions), Wayamba (Sri Lanka) and Central Stags (New Zealand).
Play in Group A starts on Saturday 11 September in Port Elizabeth with virtual international-strength clashes between the Warriors and Wayamba in the early match, and Chennai Super Kings and Central Stags in the late fixture in Durban.
Centurion gets its first taste of Airtel CLT20 action the following day with a blockbuster Group B double-header between the Highveld Lions and South Australia, and Royal Challengers Bangalore and the qualified team from the West Indies.
Shashank Manohar, Airtel CLT20 Chairman, said:
"With 100 international stars qualified to participate through one - or more - of their Twenty20 teams, fans will be treated to daily battle between the world's best cricketers."
"Fans attending any of the matches throughout the tournament will be entertained by the highest quality Twenty20 cricket featuring South Africa's home grown heroes and world cricket's biggest and brightest stars."
A number of players have qualified to play for two or more teams, including Jacques Kallis (Warriors*, Royal Challengers Bangalore), Mark Boucher (Warriors*, Royal Challengers Bangalore), Makhaya Ntini (Warriors*, Chennai Super Kings), Kieron Pollard (South Australian Redbacks, Mumbai Indian), Dwayne Bravo (Victorian Bushrangers, Mumbai Indian) and Cameron White (Victorian Bushrangers*, Royal Challengers Bangalore).
New Zealand's Ross Taylor has become the first player in CLT20's short history to qualify for three teams, with his home team, Central Stags, and 'away' teams Victorian Bushrangers and Royal Challengers Bangalore qualifying for the event.
If Trinidad & Tobago emerge as Champions of the West Indies Cricket Board's domestic Twenty20 competition, Pollard and Bravo will also join Taylor with three options for the tournament.
As was the case in 2009, if a player is selected to play for an 'away' team rather than his 'home' team (the team from the country he is eligible to represent in international cricket), the 'away' team must pay US$200,000 compensation to the 'home' team.
'Away' teams are not eligible for compensation if a player chooses to play for his 'home' team.
Note: * designates 'home' team
Key features of the Airtel CLT20 Format and Match Schedule
. 10 Teams divided into 2 Groups of 5
. Top 2 Teams from each Group advance to the Semi Finals
. 23 Matches in total (same as 2009)
. Group A - Chennai Super Kings, Warriors, Victorian Bushrangers, Wayamba Elevens, Central Stags
. Group B - Mumbai Indians, Highveld Lions, South Australian Redbacks, Royal Challengers Bangalore, West Indies Domestic T20 Champions (TBC)
. 5 Double Headers
. Matches evenly distributed across four venues
. Semi Finals in Durban and Centurion
. Final in Johannesburg
2010 Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Competing Teams
. Chennai Super Kings (DLF Indian Premier League - India)
. Mumbai Indians (DLF Indian Premier League - India)
. Royal Challengers Bangalore (DLF Indian Premier League - India)
. Victorian Bushrangers (KFC Twenty20 Big Bash - Australia)
. South Australian Redbacks (KFC Twenty20 Big Bash - Australia)
. Warriors (Standard Bank Pro 20 Series - South Africa)
. Highveld Lions (Standard Bank Pro 20 Series - South Africa)
. Central Stags (HRV Cup Twenty20 - New Zealand)
. Wayamba Elevens (Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Cup - Sri Lanka)
. TBC (West Indies Domestic Twenty20 Champions)
To view The 2010 Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Match Schedule, please click on the link given below:
The 2010 Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Match Schedule
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CONTACT DETAILS
Sameer Bajaj, ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd., +91 9811222700, sameerb@espnstar.co.in
Aparna Srivastava, IPAN Hill & Knowlton, +91 9811234594, asrivastava@ipanhillandknowlton.com
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Source: ESPN
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 02:35 PM IST (09:05 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment, Sports; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Media & entertainment, Sports
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Airtel CLT20 Schedule Announced
Tournament to Feature 10 Teams Playing 23 Matches Across 4 Venues; Sachin Tendulkar's Mumbai Indians to take on Alviro Petersen's Highveld Lions in Opening Match
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wanderers Stadium, one of world cricket's most famous venues, will host the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) Final after the format and match schedule for the second edition of the tournament was announced today.
The Airtel CLT20, the grand finale of Twenty20 cricket between the world's champion teams, will start on Friday 10 September with a Group B clash between Sachin Tendulkar's Mumbai Indians and Alviro Petersen's Highveld Lions at Wanderers in Johannesburg.
All matches throughout the tournament will be broadcast in prime time in India starting at 5pm or 9pm IST. Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore will fight it out in Group B, while Chennai Super Kings have been drawn in Group A alongside the Twenty20 champions from Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
Wanderers, which has hosted some of cricket biggest matches including the 2003 ICC World Cup Final, 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Final and the 2009 IPL Final, will add another chapter to its storied history in September as teams from around the world battle to be crowned the best of the best.
Durban and Centurion have been awarded the Semi Finals on 24 and 25 September respectively, with the Final to be played at Wanderers on Sunday 26 September.
The 10 competing teams have been divided into two groups of five for a round robin phase before the top two teams from each group progress to the semi finals. Matches throughout the tournament have been evenly distributed across the four venues with each hosting at least five fixtures, including the finals.
Mumbai and the Highveld Lions have been drawn in Group B alongside South Australia's Redbacks, Royal Challengers Bangalore and West Indies' representative which will be determined in late-July.
Group A includes MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (2010 IPL Champions), Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash Champions Victoria, along with the Warriors (South Africa's Pro Series Champions), Wayamba (Sri Lanka) and Central Stags (New Zealand).
Play in Group A starts on Saturday 11 September in Port Elizabeth with virtual international-strength clashes between the Warriors and Wayamba in the early match, and Chennai Super Kings and Central Stags in the late fixture in Durban.
Centurion gets its first taste of Airtel CLT20 action the following day with a blockbuster Group B double-header between the Highveld Lions and South Australia, and Royal Challengers Bangalore and the qualified team from the West Indies.
Shashank Manohar, Airtel CLT20 Chairman, said:
"With 100 international stars qualified to participate through one - or more - of their Twenty20 teams, fans will be treated to daily battle between the world's best cricketers."
"Fans attending any of the matches throughout the tournament will be entertained by the highest quality Twenty20 cricket featuring South Africa's home grown heroes and world cricket's biggest and brightest stars."
A number of players have qualified to play for two or more teams, including Jacques Kallis (Warriors*, Royal Challengers Bangalore), Mark Boucher (Warriors*, Royal Challengers Bangalore), Makhaya Ntini (Warriors*, Chennai Super Kings), Kieron Pollard (South Australian Redbacks, Mumbai Indian), Dwayne Bravo (Victorian Bushrangers, Mumbai Indian) and Cameron White (Victorian Bushrangers*, Royal Challengers Bangalore).
New Zealand's Ross Taylor has become the first player in CLT20's short history to qualify for three teams, with his home team, Central Stags, and 'away' teams Victorian Bushrangers and Royal Challengers Bangalore qualifying for the event.
If Trinidad & Tobago emerge as Champions of the West Indies Cricket Board's domestic Twenty20 competition, Pollard and Bravo will also join Taylor with three options for the tournament.
As was the case in 2009, if a player is selected to play for an 'away' team rather than his 'home' team (the team from the country he is eligible to represent in international cricket), the 'away' team must pay US$200,000 compensation to the 'home' team.
'Away' teams are not eligible for compensation if a player chooses to play for his 'home' team.
Note: * designates 'home' team
Key features of the Airtel CLT20 Format and Match Schedule
. 10 Teams divided into 2 Groups of 5
. Top 2 Teams from each Group advance to the Semi Finals
. 23 Matches in total (same as 2009)
. Group A - Chennai Super Kings, Warriors, Victorian Bushrangers, Wayamba Elevens, Central Stags
. Group B - Mumbai Indians, Highveld Lions, South Australian Redbacks, Royal Challengers Bangalore, West Indies Domestic T20 Champions (TBC)
. 5 Double Headers
. Matches evenly distributed across four venues
. Semi Finals in Durban and Centurion
. Final in Johannesburg
2010 Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Competing Teams
. Chennai Super Kings (DLF Indian Premier League - India)
. Mumbai Indians (DLF Indian Premier League - India)
. Royal Challengers Bangalore (DLF Indian Premier League - India)
. Victorian Bushrangers (KFC Twenty20 Big Bash - Australia)
. South Australian Redbacks (KFC Twenty20 Big Bash - Australia)
. Warriors (Standard Bank Pro 20 Series - South Africa)
. Highveld Lions (Standard Bank Pro 20 Series - South Africa)
. Central Stags (HRV Cup Twenty20 - New Zealand)
. Wayamba Elevens (Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Cup - Sri Lanka)
. TBC (West Indies Domestic Twenty20 Champions)
To view The 2010 Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Match Schedule, please click on the link given below:
The 2010 Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Match Schedule
For picture(s)/data to illustrate this release click below:
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Doc(2).doc
CONTACT DETAILS
Sameer Bajaj, ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd., +91 9811222700, sameerb@espnstar.co.in
Aparna Srivastava, IPAN Hill & Knowlton, +91 9811234594, asrivastava@ipanhillandknowlton.com
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BWI: India Reflects Consistent Improvement in the World’s Global Transparency Ratings
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:20 PM IST (06:50 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Business services, Construction, Media & entertainment, Real estate
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India Reflects Consistent Improvement in the World's Global Transparency Ratings
Jones Lang LaSalle's Global Transparency Index Shows that India has Surged Perceptibly ahead in its Real Estate Transparency Ranking. Tier 1 cities are Currently Ranked # 41 Among Nations Surveyed
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- The 2010 Global Real Estate Transparency Index just released by Jones Lang LaSalle and LaSalle Investment Management revealed a worldwide slowdown in the progress of real estate transparency over the past two years. The survey suggests that the recent turmoil in global financial, economic and real estate markets has impacted on market behaviour, with real estate players focusing on survival rather than market advancement. The average improvement in real estate transparency across the 81 markets covered by the survey has halved in 2008-2010, when compared to the 2006-2008 and 2004-2006 period.
Abhishek Kiran Gupta, Head - Research & REIS, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, states, "The latest transparency index reveals that India has yet again surged ahead in its real estate transparency ranking. The country's Tier 1 cities are currently ranked # 41 among nations surveyed, while India's tertiary cities have graduated from the Low Transparency tier to Semi-Transparent. Further, Indian cities in each tier are now considered slightly more transparent than their Chinese counterparts."
To view the High Transparency Markets, please click on the link given below:
High Transparency Markets
9 out of the 15 fastest improvers are in Europe, and the remaining 6 are in Asia Pacific - to be more precise, 3 from India and 3 from China. Countries with lower investor interest levels - such as Turkey, Poland, Greece and others - have actually improved the most since 2008. On the heels of the global crisis, real estate transparency levels in one-third of the countries are static or declining.
"India's real estate market is rapidly shedding the elements that were part of a less mature system," says Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj. "The increasing transparency levels are a reliable indicator that the country is adapting fast to the ways in which real estate business is done in more developed countries. The result is that Indian real estate is gaining swiftly in international credibility, and this in turn is boosting investor confidence levels."
To view the Largest Improvement 2008-2010, please click on the link given below:
Largest Improvement 2008-2010
Notes
The survey identifies the fastest moving markets over the past two years, and presents the top-ranking markets in each of the five transparency categories - Performance Measurement, Market Fundamentals, Listed Vehicles, Legal and Regulatory Environment and Transaction Process. Experts from the disciplines of accounting, finance and law have also been consulted, especially in emerging markets, in order to supplement Jones Lang LaSalle's real estate knowledge.
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CONTACT DETAILS
Abhishek Kiran Gupta, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, +91 (22) 61416512, Abhishekkiran.gupta@jllm.co.in
Arun Chitnis, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, +65 6494 3641, Arun.chitnis@jllm.co.in
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, BUSINESS SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION, MEDIA, REAL ESTATE
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Source: Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:20 PM IST (06:50 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Business services, Construction, Media & entertainment, Real estate
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India Reflects Consistent Improvement in the World's Global Transparency Ratings
Jones Lang LaSalle's Global Transparency Index Shows that India has Surged Perceptibly ahead in its Real Estate Transparency Ranking. Tier 1 cities are Currently Ranked # 41 Among Nations Surveyed
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- The 2010 Global Real Estate Transparency Index just released by Jones Lang LaSalle and LaSalle Investment Management revealed a worldwide slowdown in the progress of real estate transparency over the past two years. The survey suggests that the recent turmoil in global financial, economic and real estate markets has impacted on market behaviour, with real estate players focusing on survival rather than market advancement. The average improvement in real estate transparency across the 81 markets covered by the survey has halved in 2008-2010, when compared to the 2006-2008 and 2004-2006 period.
Abhishek Kiran Gupta, Head - Research & REIS, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, states, "The latest transparency index reveals that India has yet again surged ahead in its real estate transparency ranking. The country's Tier 1 cities are currently ranked # 41 among nations surveyed, while India's tertiary cities have graduated from the Low Transparency tier to Semi-Transparent. Further, Indian cities in each tier are now considered slightly more transparent than their Chinese counterparts."
To view the High Transparency Markets, please click on the link given below:
High Transparency Markets
9 out of the 15 fastest improvers are in Europe, and the remaining 6 are in Asia Pacific - to be more precise, 3 from India and 3 from China. Countries with lower investor interest levels - such as Turkey, Poland, Greece and others - have actually improved the most since 2008. On the heels of the global crisis, real estate transparency levels in one-third of the countries are static or declining.
"India's real estate market is rapidly shedding the elements that were part of a less mature system," says Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj. "The increasing transparency levels are a reliable indicator that the country is adapting fast to the ways in which real estate business is done in more developed countries. The result is that Indian real estate is gaining swiftly in international credibility, and this in turn is boosting investor confidence levels."
To view the Largest Improvement 2008-2010, please click on the link given below:
Largest Improvement 2008-2010
Notes
The survey identifies the fastest moving markets over the past two years, and presents the top-ranking markets in each of the five transparency categories - Performance Measurement, Market Fundamentals, Listed Vehicles, Legal and Regulatory Environment and Transaction Process. Experts from the disciplines of accounting, finance and law have also been consulted, especially in emerging markets, in order to supplement Jones Lang LaSalle's real estate knowledge.
For picture(s)/data to illustrate this release click below:
http://www.BusinessWireIndia.com/attachments/Doc_1(4).doc
Doc_1(4).doc
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Doc_2.doc
CONTACT DETAILS
Abhishek Kiran Gupta, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, +91 (22) 61416512, Abhishekkiran.gupta@jllm.co.in
Arun Chitnis, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, +65 6494 3641, Arun.chitnis@jllm.co.in
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, BUSINESS SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION, MEDIA, REAL ESTATE
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Monday, June 28, 2010
BWI: New G-6 Gonio Lens from Volk Offers True 360°
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Volk Optical
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services; Technology; Healthcare
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New G-6 Gonio Lens from Volk Offers True 360°
Lens Reduces Eye Examination Time by 25 Percent or More
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Volk Optical has developed a new Gonio lens with the most comprehensive sweeping views of the anterior segment of the eye. The G-6 Gonio's six closely aligned mirrors provide a true 360° view during glaucoma screening, without any lens adjustment required.
Photo: http://halmapr.com/volk/G6 Release.jpg
The lens' six mirrors are equally angled at 63°, eliminating gaps for visualisation of the entire anterior segment at 1.0x magnification. During examination, two of the mirrors are aligned in the superior and inferior regions, while the remaining four mirrors provide a continuous view through the nasal and temporal regions. Practitioners can quickly scan across mirrors, without the confusion of tracking where one view ends and the next begins that can come from rotating the lens. This fast scanning and less need to manoeuvre the slit lamp can reduce examination time by 25 percent or more.
The G-6's taller, tapered profile is easier to hold within the orbit and lessens the chance that a patient can squeeze it off the eye. The "nf" (no flange/no fluid) design of this lens facilitates use without viscous interface solutions. For handling flexibility, the G-6 comes with a ring or a versatile 2-in-1 handle that can easily be adjusted to create a straight or 45° angled grip.
For more information please contact Mahadev Dhuri, Volk's India Sales Manager, on e-mail Mahadev.dhuri@halma.com , telephone 022 6708 0400 or cell phone on 9930 311090.
About Volk Optical:
Volk Optical, a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is a world industry leader in the design and manufacture of aspheric optics. Glass lens construction and the company's patented double aspheric technology result in the highest resolution imaging with the best stereopsis for precision diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical work. The company is based in the USA and has representatives and distributors around the world.
About Halma:
Halma p.l.c. is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as health, manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction and transport. Halma's India hub opened in December 2008. Halma has also recently opened hub offices in Beijing and Shanghai.
For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mahadev Dhuri, India Sales Manager - Keeler and Volk, Halma India, +91 (22) 67080400, Mahadev.dhuri@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0) 20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
KEYWORDS
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Source: Volk Optical
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services; Technology; Healthcare
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New G-6 Gonio Lens from Volk Offers True 360°
Lens Reduces Eye Examination Time by 25 Percent or More
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Volk Optical has developed a new Gonio lens with the most comprehensive sweeping views of the anterior segment of the eye. The G-6 Gonio's six closely aligned mirrors provide a true 360° view during glaucoma screening, without any lens adjustment required.
Photo: http://halmapr.com/volk/G6 Release.jpg
The lens' six mirrors are equally angled at 63°, eliminating gaps for visualisation of the entire anterior segment at 1.0x magnification. During examination, two of the mirrors are aligned in the superior and inferior regions, while the remaining four mirrors provide a continuous view through the nasal and temporal regions. Practitioners can quickly scan across mirrors, without the confusion of tracking where one view ends and the next begins that can come from rotating the lens. This fast scanning and less need to manoeuvre the slit lamp can reduce examination time by 25 percent or more.
The G-6's taller, tapered profile is easier to hold within the orbit and lessens the chance that a patient can squeeze it off the eye. The "nf" (no flange/no fluid) design of this lens facilitates use without viscous interface solutions. For handling flexibility, the G-6 comes with a ring or a versatile 2-in-1 handle that can easily be adjusted to create a straight or 45° angled grip.
For more information please contact Mahadev Dhuri, Volk's India Sales Manager, on e-mail Mahadev.dhuri@halma.com , telephone 022 6708 0400 or cell phone on 9930 311090.
About Volk Optical:
Volk Optical, a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is a world industry leader in the design and manufacture of aspheric optics. Glass lens construction and the company's patented double aspheric technology result in the highest resolution imaging with the best stereopsis for precision diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical work. The company is based in the USA and has representatives and distributors around the world.
About Halma:
Halma p.l.c. is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as health, manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction and transport. Halma's India hub opened in December 2008. Halma has also recently opened hub offices in Beijing and Shanghai.
For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mahadev Dhuri, India Sales Manager - Keeler and Volk, Halma India, +91 (22) 67080400, Mahadev.dhuri@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0) 20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE
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BWI: New Range of Portable Arsenic Test Kits from Palintest
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Palintest
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 09:30 AM IST (04:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Water; Technology; Healthcare
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New Range of Portable Arsenic Test Kits from Palintest
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- The new DigiPAsS and VisuPAsS systems from Palintest Ltd offer accurate, laboratory-standard Arsenic testing in a portable field kit format. Both options use the well-established Gutzeit method to detect Arsenic levels in drinking water, up to and well beyond the WHO recommended maximum of 10 µg/l.
Photo: http://halmapr.com/palintest/pal0210digipass.jpg
The method first converts all Arsenic in a sample to Arsine gas, which is then completely captured by the unique three-stage filter. This ensures excellent accuracy, with no toxic gas release, over the 20 minute reaction time. The result can be assessed either visually against a colour chart (100 - 500 µg/l) or analyzed by the dedicated DigiPAsS instrument with accuracy and precision across the 2-100 µg/l range comparable to AAS. The simplicity of the VisuPAsS system makes it especially suitable for more challenging environments, or where costs must be kept to a minimum.
Arsenic is a naturally occurring contaminant of drinking water in several areas of the world, and even at very low concentrations it causes a variety of serious conditions known collectively as arsenicosis. Symptoms may not even appear until after many accumulated years of drinking contaminated water. The need for accurate testing at low concentrations is therefore vital to continued water safety, and these new Arsenic test kits from Palintest Ltd. offer laboratory quality analysis for on the spot verification.
About Palintest
Based in the United Kingdom, Palintest (www.palintest.com) is a specialized manufacturer of water analysis technology, with its origins dating back to 1870. In the 1950s, Dr. Thomas Palin joined the company after developing the principal of breakpoint chlorination for water and inventing the DPD testing method for chlorine levels in drinking water. The DPD method, though over 50 years old, is still the recognised standard chlorine test both in China and around the world. Through continued improvement, refinement and innovation, the company is now the world's leading producer of a full range of testing equipment and reagents for water, soil, and the environment.
About Halma
Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and healthcare.
Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.
Palintest head office contact details:
Palintest Ltd
Palintest House
Kingsway, Team Valley
Gateshead, Tyne & Wear NE11 0NS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)191 491 0808, Fax: +44 (0)191 482 5372
Email: sales@palintest.com
Website: www.palintest.com
CONTACT DETAILS
Mr Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 67080400, Srini@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0)20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, WATER, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE
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Source: Palintest
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 09:30 AM IST (04:00 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Water; Technology; Healthcare
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New Range of Portable Arsenic Test Kits from Palintest
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- The new DigiPAsS and VisuPAsS systems from Palintest Ltd offer accurate, laboratory-standard Arsenic testing in a portable field kit format. Both options use the well-established Gutzeit method to detect Arsenic levels in drinking water, up to and well beyond the WHO recommended maximum of 10 µg/l.
Photo: http://halmapr.com/palintest/pal0210digipass.jpg
The method first converts all Arsenic in a sample to Arsine gas, which is then completely captured by the unique three-stage filter. This ensures excellent accuracy, with no toxic gas release, over the 20 minute reaction time. The result can be assessed either visually against a colour chart (100 - 500 µg/l) or analyzed by the dedicated DigiPAsS instrument with accuracy and precision across the 2-100 µg/l range comparable to AAS. The simplicity of the VisuPAsS system makes it especially suitable for more challenging environments, or where costs must be kept to a minimum.
Arsenic is a naturally occurring contaminant of drinking water in several areas of the world, and even at very low concentrations it causes a variety of serious conditions known collectively as arsenicosis. Symptoms may not even appear until after many accumulated years of drinking contaminated water. The need for accurate testing at low concentrations is therefore vital to continued water safety, and these new Arsenic test kits from Palintest Ltd. offer laboratory quality analysis for on the spot verification.
About Palintest
Based in the United Kingdom, Palintest (www.palintest.com) is a specialized manufacturer of water analysis technology, with its origins dating back to 1870. In the 1950s, Dr. Thomas Palin joined the company after developing the principal of breakpoint chlorination for water and inventing the DPD testing method for chlorine levels in drinking water. The DPD method, though over 50 years old, is still the recognised standard chlorine test both in China and around the world. Through continued improvement, refinement and innovation, the company is now the world's leading producer of a full range of testing equipment and reagents for water, soil, and the environment.
About Halma
Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and healthcare.
Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.
Palintest head office contact details:
Palintest Ltd
Palintest House
Kingsway, Team Valley
Gateshead, Tyne & Wear NE11 0NS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)191 491 0808, Fax: +44 (0)191 482 5372
Email: sales@palintest.com
Website: www.palintest.com
CONTACT DETAILS
Mr Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 67080400, Srini@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0)20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, WATER, TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE
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BWI: FIME Expands Global Footprint, Starts Operations in India
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: FIME India
Monday, June 28, 2010 05:24 PM IST (11:54 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Telecommunications; Technology
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FIME Expands Global Footprint, Starts Operations in India
Prakash Sambandam named as the Director of FIME India, located in Bangalore
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Monday, June 28, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- FIME is both an independent society offering expertise and consulting, and a worldwide provider of test solutions in the smart card, RFID and NFC domains. The group is therefore present in several specialised markets such as electronic payment, health, transport, logistics, telecommunications and e-Identity.
FIME currently has nearly 200 employees speaking English, French, Mandarin, Russian and Spanish on a daily basis, spread throughout 4 branches worldwide: FIME Europe, FIME Asia, FIME America and now, FIME India.
"The naming of Prakash Sambandam in this position reinforces our presence in India, where we have already been selling our services and solutions for two years. Prakash will take the lead of this new branch in order to continue working on and consolidating our development in this region which has great potential. This new structure will actively contribute to the enrichment of our expertise at a global level as well as to our international development," explains Pascal Le Ray, CEO of FIME.
Prakash Sambandam has been involved in the IT domain over many years, in a variety of sectors such as training, software development and management. He created an IT services centre in India and managed a team of 45 people in the software engineering and smart card domain for 6 years. By taking on the role of Director of FIME India he brings to FIME over 16 years' experience as well as creates a cultural fusion between Europe and Asia. This will enable FIME to better understand the expectations and specific needs of Indian clients in order to better serve them.
"The creation of the FIME India branch is the logical next step in the ongoing development that FIME has undertaken since it was created. Proximity and assimilation are some of our major concerns since this is what will allow us to provide Indian companies with the expertise of a large group adapted to their specific local needs," said Prakash Sambandam.
The smart card sector in India is constantly growing, with many projects going on in the SIM card, NFC and contactless technology domains. The majority of these projects come from government initiatives (the development of ePassports, digital identity cards and drivers' licenses.), PDS (public distribution system), the NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme), and the private sector, in particular for the development of banking applications and micro-finance.
With over 1 billion inhabitants and a growing average income, these services are becoming increasingly sought after by integrators, application developers, certification bodies and manufacturers. The Asia Pacific region is projected, by 2013, to contribute around 40% of the global smart card market. The Indian smart card activity is expected to cross 6 billion USD in the next few years.
FIME has already been present in India for 6 years through the offshore platform of the Orange Business Services group, which FIME belongs to. FIME will be adding the launching of test tool solutions as well as consulting and accompaniment to its local offer of support for TIP products and R&D, thus proving its position as a global test solutions provider.
FIME now covers all geographic zones where systems are migrating to the use of smart cards.
One of FIME's goals is to expand its global coverage and develop its existing branches, particularly in North America, China and India.
About FIME®
FIME is a worldwide supplier of test solutions in the domain of smartcards, RFID and NFC. Providing an overall and integrated service consisting of laboratory testing, test tools, consulting and innovation through dedicated R&D, FIME holds a strong position as a real business accelerator.
A pioneer in testing contact cards during the 1990s, today FIME is providing its leading abilities in the contactless world with nearly 200 employees in branches in Canada, France, India and Taiwan. FIME offers a solution adapted to local needs, along with the stability of a company that is a subsidiary of Orange Business Services and the functional flexibility of autonomous teams strongly implicated in your project.
To find out more: www.fime.com
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CONTACT DETAILS
Alison STURROCK, FIME, +33 (0)4 76 41 66 69, alison.sturrock@fime.com
KEYWORDS
PEOPLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: FIME India
Monday, June 28, 2010 05:24 PM IST (11:54 AM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Telecommunications; Technology
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FIME Expands Global Footprint, Starts Operations in India
Prakash Sambandam named as the Director of FIME India, located in Bangalore
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Monday, June 28, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- FIME is both an independent society offering expertise and consulting, and a worldwide provider of test solutions in the smart card, RFID and NFC domains. The group is therefore present in several specialised markets such as electronic payment, health, transport, logistics, telecommunications and e-Identity.
FIME currently has nearly 200 employees speaking English, French, Mandarin, Russian and Spanish on a daily basis, spread throughout 4 branches worldwide: FIME Europe, FIME Asia, FIME America and now, FIME India.
"The naming of Prakash Sambandam in this position reinforces our presence in India, where we have already been selling our services and solutions for two years. Prakash will take the lead of this new branch in order to continue working on and consolidating our development in this region which has great potential. This new structure will actively contribute to the enrichment of our expertise at a global level as well as to our international development," explains Pascal Le Ray, CEO of FIME.
Prakash Sambandam has been involved in the IT domain over many years, in a variety of sectors such as training, software development and management. He created an IT services centre in India and managed a team of 45 people in the software engineering and smart card domain for 6 years. By taking on the role of Director of FIME India he brings to FIME over 16 years' experience as well as creates a cultural fusion between Europe and Asia. This will enable FIME to better understand the expectations and specific needs of Indian clients in order to better serve them.
"The creation of the FIME India branch is the logical next step in the ongoing development that FIME has undertaken since it was created. Proximity and assimilation are some of our major concerns since this is what will allow us to provide Indian companies with the expertise of a large group adapted to their specific local needs," said Prakash Sambandam.
The smart card sector in India is constantly growing, with many projects going on in the SIM card, NFC and contactless technology domains. The majority of these projects come from government initiatives (the development of ePassports, digital identity cards and drivers' licenses.), PDS (public distribution system), the NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme), and the private sector, in particular for the development of banking applications and micro-finance.
With over 1 billion inhabitants and a growing average income, these services are becoming increasingly sought after by integrators, application developers, certification bodies and manufacturers. The Asia Pacific region is projected, by 2013, to contribute around 40% of the global smart card market. The Indian smart card activity is expected to cross 6 billion USD in the next few years.
FIME has already been present in India for 6 years through the offshore platform of the Orange Business Services group, which FIME belongs to. FIME will be adding the launching of test tool solutions as well as consulting and accompaniment to its local offer of support for TIP products and R&D, thus proving its position as a global test solutions provider.
FIME now covers all geographic zones where systems are migrating to the use of smart cards.
One of FIME's goals is to expand its global coverage and develop its existing branches, particularly in North America, China and India.
About FIME®
FIME is a worldwide supplier of test solutions in the domain of smartcards, RFID and NFC. Providing an overall and integrated service consisting of laboratory testing, test tools, consulting and innovation through dedicated R&D, FIME holds a strong position as a real business accelerator.
A pioneer in testing contact cards during the 1990s, today FIME is providing its leading abilities in the contactless world with nearly 200 employees in branches in Canada, France, India and Taiwan. FIME offers a solution adapted to local needs, along with the stability of a company that is a subsidiary of Orange Business Services and the functional flexibility of autonomous teams strongly implicated in your project.
To find out more: www.fime.com
To view photograph please click on
Prakash Sambandam
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CONTACT DETAILS
Alison STURROCK, FIME, +33 (0)4 76 41 66 69, alison.sturrock@fime.com
KEYWORDS
PEOPLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY
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BWI: HOV Global Services Acquires EMR Insurance Services Limited
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: HOV Services Limited
Monday, June 28, 2010 03:10 PM IST (09:40 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Banking & financial services, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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HOV Global Services Acquires EMR Insurance Services Limited
London, United Kingdom, Monday, June 28, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- HOV Global Services LLC ("HOV Global"), a unit of Rustic Canyon, LLC, a $100+ mm committed acquisition fund established to acquire small to mid-size BPO companies managed by HandsOn Ventures, LLC ("HandsOn") completes the acquisition of EMR Insurance Services Ltd ("EMR").
EMR provides auto insurance services, healthcare and benefits management services to the some of the largest insurance companies and corporations in the world. HandsOn plans to launch, cross-sell and up-sell services across the entire HandsOn managed companies suite of backend services yielding significant cost-savings and growth potential; and leverage its global presence of over 12,000 associates in the USA, United Kingdom India, China, Canada and Mexico in its portfolio companies.
The acquisition of EMR paves the way of HOV Global into the European BPO marketplace and introduces a number of opportunities across the Rustic Canyon portfolio. This acquisition is consistent with HandsOn's strategy of acquiring leading global business process outsourcing companies to deliver superior value to current and prospective clients through its globally positioned resources.
About EMR
EMR Insurance Services Ltd is a market leader in end-to-end auto claims processing and healthcare administration services in the UK.
About Rustic Canyon, LLC
Rustic Canyon is a US$100+ mm committed acquisition fund managed by HandsOn's, established to acquire small to mid-sized BPO companies.
About HandsOn Ventures, LLC
HandsOn is a private equity firm primarily engaged in the business of acquiring BPO and renewable energy companies in the United States and certain other key markets outside the U.S. Over the last decade HandsOn has acquired more than a dozen BPO companies, restructured some of them and successfully taken them public. Companies acquired and controlled by HandsOn employ over 12,000 people in the US, India, China, Canada, Mexico and now, the UK. HandsOn partners and principals have significant work experience in the U.S. and emerging markets, including India, China, and European countries.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mr. Ruchir Desai, Senior Analyst, HandsOn Ventures, LLC, +91 9820428614, ruchir.desai@handsonventures.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, BANKING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY, HOVS.NS, HOVS.BO
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Source: HOV Services Limited
Monday, June 28, 2010 03:10 PM IST (09:40 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Banking & financial services, Business services, Information technology; Technology
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HOV Global Services Acquires EMR Insurance Services Limited
London, United Kingdom, Monday, June 28, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- HOV Global Services LLC ("HOV Global"), a unit of Rustic Canyon, LLC, a $100+ mm committed acquisition fund established to acquire small to mid-size BPO companies managed by HandsOn Ventures, LLC ("HandsOn") completes the acquisition of EMR Insurance Services Ltd ("EMR").
EMR provides auto insurance services, healthcare and benefits management services to the some of the largest insurance companies and corporations in the world. HandsOn plans to launch, cross-sell and up-sell services across the entire HandsOn managed companies suite of backend services yielding significant cost-savings and growth potential; and leverage its global presence of over 12,000 associates in the USA, United Kingdom India, China, Canada and Mexico in its portfolio companies.
The acquisition of EMR paves the way of HOV Global into the European BPO marketplace and introduces a number of opportunities across the Rustic Canyon portfolio. This acquisition is consistent with HandsOn's strategy of acquiring leading global business process outsourcing companies to deliver superior value to current and prospective clients through its globally positioned resources.
About EMR
EMR Insurance Services Ltd is a market leader in end-to-end auto claims processing and healthcare administration services in the UK.
About Rustic Canyon, LLC
Rustic Canyon is a US$100+ mm committed acquisition fund managed by HandsOn's, established to acquire small to mid-sized BPO companies.
About HandsOn Ventures, LLC
HandsOn is a private equity firm primarily engaged in the business of acquiring BPO and renewable energy companies in the United States and certain other key markets outside the U.S. Over the last decade HandsOn has acquired more than a dozen BPO companies, restructured some of them and successfully taken them public. Companies acquired and controlled by HandsOn employ over 12,000 people in the US, India, China, Canada, Mexico and now, the UK. HandsOn partners and principals have significant work experience in the U.S. and emerging markets, including India, China, and European countries.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mr. Ruchir Desai, Senior Analyst, HandsOn Ventures, LLC, +91 9820428614, ruchir.desai@handsonventures.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, BANKING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, TECHNOLOGY, HOVS.NS, HOVS.BO
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BWI: HOV Global Services Acquires Dataforce Interact Limited
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: HOV Services Limited
Monday, June 28, 2010 03:00 PM IST (09:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Business services, Financial Analyst, Information technology, Stock exchanges; Technology
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HOV Global Services Acquires Dataforce Interact Limited
London, United Kingdom, Monday, June 28, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- HOV Global Services LLC ("HOV Global"), a unit of Rustic Canyon LLC, a $100+ mm committed acquisition fund established to acquire small to mid-size BPO companies managed by HandsOn Ventures, LLC ("HandsOn") acquired Dataforce Interact Limited ("Dataforce").
The acquisition of Dataforce is consistent with HandsOn's strategy of acquiring leading global business process outsourcing companies to deliver superior value to current and prospective clients through its globally positioned resources.
With approximately 300 employees spread across two state of the art centers in Northampton, England, Dataforce is a leading integrated multi-channel customer interaction and BPO provider in the U.K. It handles multiple customer response activities for a variety of blue chip customers in the government, charity, retail, travel, construction and utilities sectors. This acquisition will strengthen and expand HandsOn capabilities and reinforce HandsOn's European presence, as well as, provide an additional platform to cross sell and up sell services among HOV Global world-wide group of companies.
About HOV Global Services
HOV Global Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rustic Canyon LLC, is a leading provider of outsourcing services in the field of accounts receivable management, auto insurance services, healthcare & benefit management services and has a presence across the U.S, U.K and India with an employee strength of ~2,000 post the acquisition of Dataforce.
About Rustic Canyon, LLC
Rustic Canyon is a US$100+ mm committed acquisition fund managed by HandsOn, established to acquire small to mid-sized BPO companies.
About HandsOn Ventures, LLC
HandsOn is a private equity firm primarily engaged in the business of acquiring BPO and renewable energy companies in the United States and certain other key markets outside the U.S. Over the last decade HandsOn has acquired more than a dozen BPO companies, restructured some of them and successfully taken them public. Companies acquired and controlled by HandsOn employ over 12,000 people in the US, India, China, Canada, Mexico and the UK. HandsOn partners and principals have significant work experience in the U.S. and emerging markets, including India, China, and European countries.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mr. Ruchir Desai, Senior Analyst, HandsOn Ventures, LLC, +91 9820428614, ruchir.desai@handsonventures.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, BUSINESS SERVICES, Financial Analyst, IT, STOCK EXCHANGES, TECHNOLOGY, HOVS.NS, HOVS.BO
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Source: HOV Services Limited
Monday, June 28, 2010 03:00 PM IST (09:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Business services, Financial Analyst, Information technology, Stock exchanges; Technology
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HOV Global Services Acquires Dataforce Interact Limited
London, United Kingdom, Monday, June 28, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- HOV Global Services LLC ("HOV Global"), a unit of Rustic Canyon LLC, a $100+ mm committed acquisition fund established to acquire small to mid-size BPO companies managed by HandsOn Ventures, LLC ("HandsOn") acquired Dataforce Interact Limited ("Dataforce").
The acquisition of Dataforce is consistent with HandsOn's strategy of acquiring leading global business process outsourcing companies to deliver superior value to current and prospective clients through its globally positioned resources.
With approximately 300 employees spread across two state of the art centers in Northampton, England, Dataforce is a leading integrated multi-channel customer interaction and BPO provider in the U.K. It handles multiple customer response activities for a variety of blue chip customers in the government, charity, retail, travel, construction and utilities sectors. This acquisition will strengthen and expand HandsOn capabilities and reinforce HandsOn's European presence, as well as, provide an additional platform to cross sell and up sell services among HOV Global world-wide group of companies.
About HOV Global Services
HOV Global Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rustic Canyon LLC, is a leading provider of outsourcing services in the field of accounts receivable management, auto insurance services, healthcare & benefit management services and has a presence across the U.S, U.K and India with an employee strength of ~2,000 post the acquisition of Dataforce.
About Rustic Canyon, LLC
Rustic Canyon is a US$100+ mm committed acquisition fund managed by HandsOn, established to acquire small to mid-sized BPO companies.
About HandsOn Ventures, LLC
HandsOn is a private equity firm primarily engaged in the business of acquiring BPO and renewable energy companies in the United States and certain other key markets outside the U.S. Over the last decade HandsOn has acquired more than a dozen BPO companies, restructured some of them and successfully taken them public. Companies acquired and controlled by HandsOn employ over 12,000 people in the US, India, China, Canada, Mexico and the UK. HandsOn partners and principals have significant work experience in the U.S. and emerging markets, including India, China, and European countries.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mr. Ruchir Desai, Senior Analyst, HandsOn Ventures, LLC, +91 9820428614, ruchir.desai@handsonventures.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, BUSINESS SERVICES, Financial Analyst, IT, STOCK EXCHANGES, TECHNOLOGY, HOVS.NS, HOVS.BO
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BWI: Jasper, Owner of India’s Largest Group Buying Site, SnapDeal.com Announces the Acquisition of Group Buying Company, Grabbon
Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Jasper Infotech
Monday, June 28, 2010 02:16 PM IST (08:46 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Retailers; Technology
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Jasper, Owner of India's Largest Group Buying Site, SnapDeal.com Announces the Acquisition of Group Buying Company, Grabbon
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, June 28, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Jasper, a leading multi-channel direct marketing platforms company in India, and owner of India's largest group buying site, SnapDeal.com (www.snapdeal.com), today announced the acquisition of a leading Group Buying company in Bangalore-'Grabbon' (www.grabbon.com).
"I'm confident that with this partnership, we'll have the flexibility and resources needed to pursue our goal of building the next-generation platform for the Group Buying space in India. Grabbon's platform and team will be playing a key role in scaling out Jasper's plans in the group buying space in India and neighbouring countries, from a technology, merchant development and marketing perspective," said Mr. Kunal Bahl, CEO, Jasper.
Jasper's SnapDeal.com is India's largest site in the group buying space with a presence in 8 top cities, 40,000+ strong member's community on Facebook and lakhs of users pan India. SnapDeal.com has played a vital role in changing the way people shop through the internet. The e-commerce website has received a tremendous response with over hundreds of merchants on board and thousands of satisfied customers in a short time period.
Grabbon, led by a team of XLRI alumni, has made tremendous headway in strengthening its position as a leader in Bangalore, both from quality of execution and thought leadership in evolving the business model in India. Grabbon joins hands with Jasper to further scale its leadership position in the group buying space in India. The combined companies will be able to harness the collective buying power of the online community in a way that benefits all.
"Our companies share similar values and together, we make natural partners. By joining forces with Jasper, we can benefit from its national reach and leadership position to offer a compelling group buying service to aspiring customers all over India," said Mr.Tony Navin, Managing Partner, Grabbon.
About Jasper
Jasper leads the way in multi-channel direct marketing platforms in India with key industry leaders across Consumer products; Financial services; Consumer durables; Retail; Technology and Telecom industries. Founded by marketing, technology, retail and analytics professionals, the company addresses the need for high-quality, cost-effective customer management for consumer brands. Jasper is led by industry professionals with experiences in companies such as Microsoft, Capital One, Deloitte, Accenture, Future Group, Sodexho and Accor. Jasper is the owner of popular consumer marketing platforms, SnapDeal.com and MoneySaver.
About SnapDeal.com
SnapDeal.com has revolutionized online shopping in India and is India's largest group buying site which features attractive 50-80% off deals at an unbeatable price on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in your city. It provides discount vouchers in all the major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Chandigarh and Jaipur. SnapDeal's philosophy is very simple: we treat our customers the way we like to be treated. SnapDeal has been rated as "The Best Group Buying Site" in India by Hindustan Times. SnapDeal.com is a platform owned by Jasper.
About Grabbon
Grabbon is one of the first and most innovative players amongst in the online group buying industry in India. Grabbon has constantly innovated the group buying concept to cater to the Indian market, by introducing novel concepts like part payments, multiple offers, loyalty programs, among others. It is founded by a young dynamic group of individuals, who are XLRI, BITS, Anna University alumni with experiences in companies such as Accenture, Dabur, Minglebox, among others. Grabbon, in a short period of time, became a leading player in this industry, because of its core value proposition to build long term relationships with merchants, which has been highly valued by large chains and leading brands across verticals.
CONTACT DETAILS
Moonmoon Thakuria, Value 360 Communications Private Limited, +91 (11) 46658888/ +91 9971221554, moonmoon@value360india.com
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CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, RETAIL, TECHNOLOGY
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Source: Jasper Infotech
Monday, June 28, 2010 02:16 PM IST (08:46 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Retailers; Technology
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Jasper, Owner of India's Largest Group Buying Site, SnapDeal.com Announces the Acquisition of Group Buying Company, Grabbon
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, June 28, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Jasper, a leading multi-channel direct marketing platforms company in India, and owner of India's largest group buying site, SnapDeal.com (www.snapdeal.com), today announced the acquisition of a leading Group Buying company in Bangalore-'Grabbon' (www.grabbon.com).
"I'm confident that with this partnership, we'll have the flexibility and resources needed to pursue our goal of building the next-generation platform for the Group Buying space in India. Grabbon's platform and team will be playing a key role in scaling out Jasper's plans in the group buying space in India and neighbouring countries, from a technology, merchant development and marketing perspective," said Mr. Kunal Bahl, CEO, Jasper.
Jasper's SnapDeal.com is India's largest site in the group buying space with a presence in 8 top cities, 40,000+ strong member's community on Facebook and lakhs of users pan India. SnapDeal.com has played a vital role in changing the way people shop through the internet. The e-commerce website has received a tremendous response with over hundreds of merchants on board and thousands of satisfied customers in a short time period.
Grabbon, led by a team of XLRI alumni, has made tremendous headway in strengthening its position as a leader in Bangalore, both from quality of execution and thought leadership in evolving the business model in India. Grabbon joins hands with Jasper to further scale its leadership position in the group buying space in India. The combined companies will be able to harness the collective buying power of the online community in a way that benefits all.
"Our companies share similar values and together, we make natural partners. By joining forces with Jasper, we can benefit from its national reach and leadership position to offer a compelling group buying service to aspiring customers all over India," said Mr.Tony Navin, Managing Partner, Grabbon.
About Jasper
Jasper leads the way in multi-channel direct marketing platforms in India with key industry leaders across Consumer products; Financial services; Consumer durables; Retail; Technology and Telecom industries. Founded by marketing, technology, retail and analytics professionals, the company addresses the need for high-quality, cost-effective customer management for consumer brands. Jasper is led by industry professionals with experiences in companies such as Microsoft, Capital One, Deloitte, Accenture, Future Group, Sodexho and Accor. Jasper is the owner of popular consumer marketing platforms, SnapDeal.com and MoneySaver.
About SnapDeal.com
SnapDeal.com has revolutionized online shopping in India and is India's largest group buying site which features attractive 50-80% off deals at an unbeatable price on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in your city. It provides discount vouchers in all the major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Chandigarh and Jaipur. SnapDeal's philosophy is very simple: we treat our customers the way we like to be treated. SnapDeal has been rated as "The Best Group Buying Site" in India by Hindustan Times. SnapDeal.com is a platform owned by Jasper.
About Grabbon
Grabbon is one of the first and most innovative players amongst in the online group buying industry in India. Grabbon has constantly innovated the group buying concept to cater to the Indian market, by introducing novel concepts like part payments, multiple offers, loyalty programs, among others. It is founded by a young dynamic group of individuals, who are XLRI, BITS, Anna University alumni with experiences in companies such as Accenture, Dabur, Minglebox, among others. Grabbon, in a short period of time, became a leading player in this industry, because of its core value proposition to build long term relationships with merchants, which has been highly valued by large chains and leading brands across verticals.
CONTACT DETAILS
Moonmoon Thakuria, Value 360 Communications Private Limited, +91 (11) 46658888/ +91 9971221554, moonmoon@value360india.com
KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, RETAIL, TECHNOLOGY
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