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SunTec wins two strategic customers in Middle East

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Trivandrum/United Arab Emirates, Sept 16 (ANI/Business Wire India): SunTec, the leading provider of Relationship-based Pricing and Centralized Billing solutions, has announced two strategic wins in the Middle East region, one of which has helped the company to gain a foothold in Port Operations Billing – its fifth operating domain.

One of the largest banks in UAE has invested in SunTec’s Relationship-based and Centralized Billing solution, while a leading Port Operator of the region has signed up to SunTec to automate and centralize the pricing and billing operations for their vessels as well as cargo operations, helping them to offer a convergent bill to customers and effectively manage multiple contracts.

The solution will be implemented in multiple phases at the leading bank, and by the end of phase-I in December 2009 their ‘Customer Benefits Program’ will go live for retail banking.

The bank will thus be among the first few in UAE offering comprehensive customer benefits programs. SunTec’s solution being the pivot, the bank will be able to scale up their benefits programs to customer with ease.

Furthermore, in future, the bank will leverage SunTec’s solution for streamlining and automating their pricing and billing functions across enterprise.

The solution offers pertinent pricing innovations for the leading port operator also.

The complex multi-national operations of modern-day ports call for streamlined Relationship-based Pricing. New models like cost-based billing have become more relevant, as containerised trade is gaining prominence across the globe.

The situation demands differential pricing to be offered to customers based on the value they bring in.

“With these wins, SunTec has not only gained considerable footprint in the Middle East region, but also established its multi-industry compatibility,” said Nanda Kumar, CEO of SunTec.

“We conceptualized and created our core pricing and billing platform, horizontal in nature and flexible enough to address the pricing and billing requirements of any transaction-based vertical, all the while, helping our customers to imbibe best practices from multiple industries,” added Kumar. (ANI)

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SunTec, Seachange partnership offers integrated IPTV billing solution

September 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Amsterdam (Netherlands)/ Trivandrum (Kerala), Sep 14 (ANI/Business Wire India): SunTec, the leading provider of convergent transaction pricing and billing solutions for the Communication, Media and Entertainment industry, has partnered with video-on-demand, IPTV and advertising software and systems leader SeaChange International to offer television service providers globally automated provisioning of IPTV consumers and accounts in ‘near real time’, while supporting complex revenue sharing business rules.

The SunTec and SeaChange partnership has already resulted in the integration of SunTec’s convergent billing solution, TBMS-T, with SeaChange’s TV Navigator IPTV middleware for the Smart Digivision’s MyWay (http://www.myway.in) IPTV service. Available in 54 cities across India on Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (http://www.bsnl.co.in) (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (http://www.mtnl.net.in) (MTNL) broadband networks, MyWay is expected to reach three million subscribers in the first five years.

“Integrating SunTec’s convergent billing system with SeaChange’s middleware opens a compelling opportunity to the IPTV Service Provider to roll out innovative services and programs for its consumers. SunTec is happy to have a strategic association with SeaChange and I see this partnership complement both the companies’ growth in the emerging IPTV markets,” said Rajesh BL Narashimha, Vice-President and Sales Head APAC and MEA, SunTec.

SunTec’s convergent billing solution, TBMS-T interfaces in near real time with SeaChange’s, TV Navigator middleware, electronic program guide, video-on-demand systems and set top box applications. The flexibility of TBMS-T, coupled with SeaChange’s open middleware, allows the service provider to design innovative services and pack programs/content to attract more usage and consumers. In addition to this, SunTec’s TBMS-T supports the service provider with complex revenue sharing business rules and settlement with IPTV service carriers and content providers/aggregators.

“IPTV operators require open solutions that allow flexibility to choose best of breed vendors and components,” said, Lincoln Owens, Director Broadband Sales, APAC, SeaChange International. Our TV Navigator middleware is rooted in this open approach, which has given way to beneficial alliances across markets. Our tie-up with SunTec has helped create one of the most promising IPTV efforts in Asia and we anticipate further success.” (ANI)

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Pressmart delivers newspapers on Kindle and Sony eReader

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug 25 (ANI/Business Wire India): Pressmart, a leading provider of multi-channel news publishing services, today announced the availability of eEditions compatible for reading on eReader devices like Kindle and Sony.

This unique technology enables news publishers to attract new subscribers who wish to read news and access their favorite newspaper content on the eReader screen in its original format.

With this latest addition to Pressmart on-demand digital delivery platform, publishers can go digital on web, mobile, eReader, podcast and RSS in a matter of minutes even if they do not have any technical knowledge.

Additionally, Pressmart offers access to state-of-art marketing, subscription and advertising tools using which publishers can start monetizing from digital delivery from almost day one.

Publishers can also benefit from Pressmart’s content delivery partnerships with news aggregators, telecom carriers, leading distributors and handset majors such as Motorola, Airtel, Curtis, BSNL, Spice and Samachar.com.

Some of the leading publishing titles such as Philadelphia Inquirer, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Birmingham Post, Bangkok Post, theSun, Hindustan Times, Deccan Chronicle and Indian Express have partnered with Pressmart for repurposing content on new media delivery channels.

“Today’s product launch is an important milestone for Pressmart, reinforcing our position as a leading innovator in the digital publishing market and setting a new technology benchmark.” said Sanjiv Gupta, Chairman and CEO of Pressmart.

“It is our goal to continue to lead the evolution of the industry whilst delivering a first-class reading experience through our ‘Digital Editions’ in a format that today’s generation can use,” Gupta added. (ANI)

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Australia announces new measures to safeguard education for overseas students

August 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Canberra (Australia), Aug.19 (ANI): The Australian Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today warned education providers that they risk being shut down if they don’t comply with rules relating to international students.

Gillard was speaking in the Australian Parliament at the introduction of an Amendment Bill to the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000.

Under the new rules being considered by the Australian Parliament, all education institutions currently registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) will be required to re-register under new, tighter criteria by December 31, 2010.

The Bill adds two new criteria for registration: the provider must have the principal purpose of providing education; and the provider must have demonstrated a capacity to provide education of a satisfactory standard.

The process will allow the Australian Government to review the registration of education providers to ensure they are providing quality education services to international students visiting Australia. Most providers are doing the right thing, but this change will help weed out the shonky operators.

The state governments of Australia have already started rapid audits of providers, and these will be extended so that all providers working with international students will need to show they have the best interests of the students at heart and not simply a profit motive.

The Bill will also introduce new processes to ensure greater transparency and accountability of international education providers, including their use of education agents.

The amendments are the first in a series of measures the Australian Government is taking to ensure Australia continues to offer quality international education.

The Australian Government has also announced a full review of the ESOS Act to be headed by Bruce Baird with an interim report due in November 2009. International students will be able to have their say at the upcoming International Student Roundtable in September 2009.

Gillard will visit India from August 29 to September 4. (ANI)

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Indian footwear market has large potential

July 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Chandigarh, July 13 (ANI): The Indian footwear market has recently seen a demand shift from low-priced footwear to medium and high-priced products. But the huge potential that this development creates is as yet largely untapped.

The growing aspiration to look trendy but comfortable has increased the demand for footwear having international high-fashion brands in Punjab.

And for the brands, it is an opportunity to provide the Punjabi consumer with products that have a classic elegance – tasteful luxury, enduring quality and fine imprint of craftsmanship.

Jimmy Choo, Pavers England, GUCCI, Moschino – just to name a few, the global luxury brands in footwear have already entered the Indian market.

Till a few years ago, buying a foreign footwear brand would require a trip abroad, a gift from overseas friends/family or at the most an online purchase.

But it changed with the permission for 51 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in single-brand outlet in early 2006 that allowed foreign footwear brands to enter India.

It also strengthened the organized retailing in footwear. The affluent customers in India today have a wider choice in buying stylish and comfortable shoes.

“There is a huge potential I would rather see. People are willing to shell out money for a good product. They need styling. They need comfort and if that comes for a price. Why not! At Show Tree we are selling at somewhat around INR 12,500 a show of Lacoste and it’s selling. There is a very huge potential provided the shoe should be very comfortable and stylish in that matter,” said Hitesh Aneja, Brand Head, Shoe tree.

The 500 million dollars Indian footwear market is growing at 15-20 per cent annually. A majority of global brands are foraying into the Indian market through the franchisee route.

Bullish about the Indian market, Reebok, an International footwear brand, is expanding its reach by joining hands with Franchise India Holdings Limited, an integrated franchise and retail solution provider.

People in the Indian middle class today have more money to spend on quality and designer footwear, and the working class too wants comfortable, durable and trendy shoes that they can wear at workplace.

They are now more brand-conscious then before.

“There would be 2-3 main reasons. First would be definitely the comfort level. You can find out shoes for 1000-1500 rupees but they are not much comfortable and I feel that the leather shoes of these big brands have longer life and longer shine. I am looking for some Italian brand shoes and definitely they give good comfort like sport shoes. In leather shoes, you find comfort in these brands only,” said Bhupender Jeet, an employee with the Multi National Company from Ludhiana.

“We get quality shoes by paying more. So that’s not a concern. The branded sandals are more comfortable. And comfort can’t be compared with the cost. Cheap quality shoes are not durable where as branded footwear is long-lasting,” said Manjula, a local resident of Chandigarh.

Shoes, say lifestyle Pundits, are second only to clothes in terms of importance and the styles are mostly Western.

Presently, the shoes are available at a price range of 50 to 500 dollars USD or more.

No surprise then that be it Moreschi of Italy, Bali and Rosetti of Switzerland or Merrell of the U.S. – all are willing to come to India. By Sunil Sharma (ANI)

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Mobile firm asks people to apply for top job by text

July 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Jul 6 (ANI): A mobile firm has come up with a novel way of finding an employee, it asks people to apply for a top job by text.

All those applying for the job need to express themselves in only 40 words, to show they are right for the marketing post at content provider Teimlo.

The Cardiff-based firm hopes that this strategy will make real contenders stand out.

“Applicants will have to be creative and to the point – they’re the qualities we are looking for,” the Sun quoted Teimlo boss Phil Terrett as saying. (ANI)

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The list of 10 bizarre things that students leave behind

June 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Jun 25 (ANI): A list of bizarre things that British students leave behind in their rooms includes snakes and white rabbits among other things.

The audit carried out by British student accommodation provider Unite has revealed that trophy traffic cones and road signs are no longer the must-have collectibles.

Instead, students are leaving behind a more eclectic group of items when they leave their digs at the end of the year, and pets were among the unusual items left behind.

Unite found a pair of budgies, a six-foot snake, and a white rabbit that had been left behind by their owners.

Among the other items left behind were frozen chicken feet, an inflatable pool, which was filled with water, a scuba diving suit and a pole-dancing pole.

The most common items left behind were mobile phone chargers (24 per cent), while almost one in five (19 per cent) of the items found were text books and one in ten (11 per cent) were iPods.

“After a year of working hard and playing hard, it is no surprise that students forget to pack everything at the end of term – and what they leave behind never fails to surprise us,” the Telegraph quoted Nathan Goddard, Unite sales and marketing director, as saying.

“From the risque to the ridiculous, we often wonder how these items make it into their rooms in the first place,” he added.

Unite, which has properties in 23 UK cities and towns said it tries to reunite students with their belongings.

Unclaimed items are donated to charity or recycled and all pets are found a good home.

The 10 most bizarre items:

1. A six-foot snake.

2. Pole dancing pole.

3. Life-size skeleton.

4. Pair of budgies.

5. Giant white pet rabbit.

6. 10ft inflatable outdoor pool filled with water.

7. Frozen chicken feet.

8. A whip and a copy of the Kama Sutra.

9. Scuba diving suit with air tank and flippers.

10. Full-size air hockey table. (ANI)

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Cabbage fuel-powered jets can cut carbon emissions by 84pct

June 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, June 20 (ANI): Jet fuel’s grave carbon emissions can be reduced by about 84 per cent by refining it from the seeds of a lowly weed, which is a cousin to the cabbage, says a Michigan Technological University researcher.

David Shonnard, Robbins Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering, came to this conclusion after analysing the carbon dioxide emissions of jet fuel made from camelina oil over the course of its life cycle, from planting to tailpipe.

“Camelina jet fuel exhibits one of the largest greenhouse gas emission reductions of any agricultural feedstock-derived biofuel I’ve ever seen. This is the result of the unique attributes of the crop-its low fertilizer requirements, high oil yield, and the availability of its coproducts, such as meal and biomass, for other uses,” he said.

Originated in Europe, Camelina sativa is a member of the mustard family, along with broccoli, cabbage and canola.

Also known as false flax or gold-of-pleasure, it thrives in the semi-arid conditions of the Northern Plains. The camelina used for the research was grown in Montana.

Shonnard points out that it is possible to convert oil from camelina to a hydrocarbon green jet fuel that meets or exceeds all petroleum jet fuel specifications.

According to the researcher, the fuel is a “drop-in” replacement that is compatible with the existing fuel infrastructure, from storage and transportation to aircraft fleet technology.

“It is almost an exact replacement for fossil fuel. Jets can’t use oxygenated fuels like ethanol; they have to use hydrocarbon replacements,” Shonnard said.

Given that camelina needs little water or nitrogen to flourish, Shonnard says that it can be grown on marginal agricultural lands.

“Unlike ethanol made from corn or biodiesel made from soy, it won’t compete with food crops. And it may be used as a rotation crop for wheat, to increase the health of the soil,” the researcher added.

Shonnard conducted the life cycle analysis for UOP LLC, of Des Plaines, Ill., a subsidiary of Honeywell and a provider of oil refining technology.

When asked whether people will soon be flying in plant-powered aircraft, Tom Kalnes, a senior development associate for UOP in its renewable energy and chemicals research group, said: “It depends.”

Kalnes added: “There are a few critical issues. The most critical is the price and availability of commercial-scale quantities of second generation feedstocks.”

He further said that more farmers would be require to be convinced to grow a new crop, and refiners must want to process it.

“But if it can create jobs and income opportunities in rural areas, that would be wonderful,” he said. (ANI)

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Hyderabad-based Way2SMS launches email alerts on mobile

May 28, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Hyderabad, May 28 (ANI/Business Wire India): Way2SMS, Hyderabad-based SMS service provider today launched Email alerts on mobile.

Any subscriber of www.way2sms.com can avail this free service, which works with any mail box that has forward option. It doesn’t require GPRS in the mobile and activation is done quick and easy.

“Now, with Way2SMS email alerts, one will never be far from his mail inbox. As a pioneer in Internet to mobile SMS segment, connecting inbox with mobile is yet another significant step that keeps way2sms ahead of its peers. Subscriber will become more informed no matter where he is. We have made sure that this feature can be easily activated as there is no installation required. Alerts can be received from multiple mail boxes if subscriber wishes.” said VV Raju, Founder CEO, Way2SMS.com.

Subscriber receives alerts for only those emails, which he wants. One can customize his preferences incase if he would like to receive email notifications only from particular contacts during a particular time.

All one need to do is to link his Yahoo, Gmail and other email accounts with Way2SMS mail account. One can also choose or mark spam email IDs to avoid unwanted mail alerts.

This feature best helps those who tend to be away from the computer a lot when important emails arrive and whose emails take is moderate. (ANI)

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Serverside Group granted second patent on core card customization architecture

May 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 21 (ANI/Business Wire India): Global technology provider, Serverside Group, announced that the Indian Patent Office has granted a patent directed to its core card customization architecture, thus establishing an international trend.

Since the Indian filing was part of an international strategy, the grant of the Indian patent, which follows the grant of a European Patent, not only enhances Serverside’s competitive position in India but indicates the likely outcome in other territories yet to come to grant.

As a result, Serverside is continuing to pursue its growing portfolio of international patent rights, with other major global territories soon expected to grant in its favor.

The patent grant was officially published on 26 February 2009 under Indian Patent No. 230390. The application leading to this patent defined the first of three inventions derived from the original world-wide patent family, which itself is one of a number of world-wide patent families applied for in recent years to cover the design, marketing and production of customized financial transaction cards.

Adam Elgar, President, Serverside Group, said: “Being granted the Indian patent is great news for Serverside. Clearly, we’re thrilled to be able to protect our position in India, but more broadly we’re also very encouraged because this gives an indication of the likely decision in other jurisdictions. Due to our level of innovation, we always felt it essential to invest in our IP and the decision of the Indian Patent Office to grant in our favour clearly justifies our strategy. We are now focusing our attention on the remainder of our patent applications and expect other territories to follow suit.” (ANI)

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Avaya GlobalConnect sees business in newer verticals

May 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, May 20 (ANI/Business Wire India): Avaya GlobalConnect, India’s leading enterprise business communications solutions provider today unveiled its strategic roadmap in India for 2009.

The company announced its renewed focus on technology solutions for the BFSI, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Hospitality and other verticals.

Aiding this move is the introduction of Avaya’s new technology solution, Avaya AuraT, a breakthrough architecture that easily integrates communications across multi-vendor, multi-location and multi-modal businesses.

Anil Nair, the newly appointed Managing Director of Avaya GlobalConnect, said on the occasion, “Our strategy of verticalization is of course helping us reach out to more domestic customers and expand our market base. This market traction is now fuelled by the fact that in the current economic downturn, Avaya Aura protects investments made, simplifies complex multi-vendor networks, reduces infrastructure costs and quickly delivers voice, video, messaging, presence and web applications to employees everywhere.”

This announcement coincides with Avaya GlobalConnect’s biggest annual three-day customer event iComm 2009 being held in Mumbai from May 20-22, 2009. This will serve as a perfect platform for vendors and customers to connect and demonstrate technology and solutions that spell business benefits to enterprises.

iComm 2009 will also showcase the new solution Avaya Aura among other emerging technology solutions and trends in customer service for enterprises across verticals. It will give industry professionals a real-time experience of the power of communications solutions and technology.

Avaya GlobalConnect has been recognized as the Market Leader for Enterprise Telephony and Contact Centers for seven years in a row by Frost and Sullivan. A subsidiary of Avaya Inc., the company has maintained leadership in other areas as well including Unified Communications. (ANI)

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Doctors, patients both find interaction via videoconferencing satisfactory

May 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 15 (ANI): Examining the feasibility and effectiveness of doctor-patient interaction through videoconferencing, a study has shown that such virtual doctor visits are similar to face-to-face visits on most measures.

“There is growing evidence that the use of videoconferencing in the medical environment is useful for a variety of acute and chronic issues. Videoconferencing between a provider and patients allows for the evaluation of many issues that may not require an office visit and can be achieved in a shorter time,” says Dr. Ronald F. Dixon, an internist at Massachusetts General Hospital and the study’s senior author.

In America, telemedicine projects are being examined to evaluate their capacity to improve patient access to care and lower healthcare costs.

During the current study, the researchers randomised patients to one of two arms.

In the first arm, the patients completed a visit-either virtual or face-to-face-with a physician, and later completed a second visit via the other modality with another physician.

In the second arm of the study, the subjects had both visits face-to-face with two different physicians.

All of the doctors and patients involved completed evaluation questionnaires after each visit.

The researchers observed that the patients found virtual visits similar to face-to-face meetings on most measures, including time spent with the physician, ease of interaction and personal aspects of the interaction.

The doctors in the study were also found to score virtual visits similar to face-to-face visits on measures like history taking and medication dispensing.

Though the physicians appeared less satisfied on measures of clinical skill and overall satisfaction, the ratings they gave to virtual visits were still in the good to excellent range.

The diagnostic agreement between physicians was 84 percent between face-to-face and virtual visits; it was 80 percent between the two face-to-face visits.

“The tradition of medicine is to lay hands on the patients, which has always been considered paramount to patient care in the minds of physicians. However, these findings suggest that virtual visits could be a viable option in circumstances where patients need to be monitored routinely for chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, obesity or depression, and where self-management strategies are not working. Virtual visits may also be effective for triage of acute, non-urgent issues like back pain or respiratory infections,” says Dixon.

Based on their observations, the researchers came to the conclusion that both patients and physicians could benefit if virtual visits were used as an alternative method of accessing primary care.

The study has been reported in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. (ANI)

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Women more affected by ID frauds than men in US

May 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 9 (ANI): Women in America are more vulnerable to identity frauds than men, revealed a survey.

Conducted by fraud protection service provider Affinion Security Center, the survey has also found that it takes women longer to restore their identities, but they also tend to change their behaviour later.

In the assessment of 808 U.S. households, half of which reported fraud, the researchers found that 28 percent of women had been victims of identity fraud, compared with 21 percent for men.

The findings came in line with an earlier report that women were 26 percent more likely to be victims of identity fraud than men.

And, in the latest survey, 17 percent of women claimed that they had lost 1,000 dollars or more from the fraud, compared to 10 percent of the men questioned.

Women were also more concerned about identity theft than men-80 percent females said that they were “most concerned” with identity theft compared to less than 60 percent with for men.

Tom Rusin, chief executive of Affinion Security Center, said that the disparity between the genders is influenced by the purchasing decisions women make in the household.

“Also, men might see this crime as something that they can deal with on their own,” Cnet News quoted him as saying.

He added: “It’s no different than a man who waits three weeks to go to the dentist after experiencing a tooth ache, whereas a women might be more likely to address the ache much more quickly.” (ANI)

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Cordys enables business process automation for Google Apps

May 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Putten, May 8 (ANI/Business Wire India): Cordys, a leading provider of software for business process innovation, has joined the Google Enterprise PartnerT program and is delivering structured workflow capabilities to the Google AppsT suite of communication and collaboration tools.

Cordys Process Factory for Google Apps supports organizations of any size using Google Apps as part of their core business processes and projects.

The combination of the Cordys Process Factory with Google Apps Premier Edition, delivered in the cloud, provides a messaging and collaboration solution for less money and with no software installation. The combination of the two increases the speed of deployment of workflow and situational applications for less than the price of a mobile phone.

Google Apps brings simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools to organizations. With Google Apps, users can use applications such as GmailT webmail service, Google TalkT instant messaging service, Google CalendarT calendaring service, Google DocsT program, Google SitesT web application, and Google VideoT for business on their own domain to work together more effectively.

Best of all, it’s all hosted by Google, so there’s no hardware or software to download, install or maintain.

The Cordys solution launched today allows Google Apps users to add structured workflow to existing unstructured collaborations and to convert unstructured data from Google Docs spreadsheets to structured datasets and applications. It also provides the possibility of building and using situational applications in the cloud and integrating those with enterprise and legacy software.

Examples of situational applications include Budget Approval, Project Management, Talent Management and Change Control.

Speaking from their corporate headquarters in Putten, the Netherlands, Jan Baan, founder and CEO of Cordys, said: “This solution fundamentally changes the way software will be developed and deployed. For too long now, the power user has been excluded from the development of Web applications which has served to slow down the uptake of the technology at the corporate level. This new service brings together the innovative power of our vision and technology, and combines it with innovative services in Google Apps.”

“Organizations of any type or size can now mix and match existing on-premise processes run on “enterprise” applications with processes and applications made available on the Web. The current market climate is certainly one which requires a new way to address business challenges and we are now excited to offer this new way to our customers,” Baan added.

Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead for Google Enterprise, said: “The integration of Cordys Process Factory with Google Apps will enable our customers to create new workflows and business processes, extending the value of our applications. We’re very excited to see our customers automate more of their business processes with the simplicity of browser-based cloud orchestration services.”

Cordys Process Factory for Google Apps is a hosted development environment for building business process management applications in the cloud. Based on a Platform-as-a-Service, this process orchestration solution helps companies to rapidly build situational applications (MashApps(r)) to instantly meet specific business needs.

Organizations moving to these cloud based applications within a pay-as-you-go model will be able to drive down the overall IT spending, improve the IT effectiveness and increase the speed of innovation. (ANI)

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Booze charge leaves bad taste in the mouths of IPL fans

May 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Johannesburg, May 3 (ANI): Organizers of the Indian Premier League (IPL) have left a bad taste in the mouth of fans by imposing a pouring charge on the sale of alcohol at the Wanderers Ground here on Saturday.

For the sum of 40 000 dollars, a mere 0.001 percent of the IPL’s declared turnover of 2.4 billion dollars, the company who has the tender to sell alcohol at the Wanderers – Events Management – will be allowed to provide thirsty spectators with their tipple.

But what should be an utterly meaningless amount for the IPL is going to put the financial well being of a long-standing service provider to cricket in Johannesburg at risk – Rand 336 800, reports Sports24.

So while the IPL gorges itself on South African hospitality, it is making few friends amongst local cricket administrators or suppliers.

The Gauteng Cricket Board and the suite-holders at the Wanderers were earlier involved in a nasty tussle with the IPL, who had demanded all suites be handed over to them for their use.

Some senior Gauteng Cricket Board executives decided to stay away from the Wanderers in protest, after the IPL, with the tacit approval of Cricket South Africa, threatened to ban the sale of all alcohol at the stadium unless the pouring fee was paid.

It was also noticeable that only about a quarter of the suites at the ground had people in them, while there were many empty seats in the Unity Stand.

SA Breweries officials said the licensees at the Wanderers make a profit of Rand 6 a beer so, in order to just break even, they will need to sell 56 134 beers in the eight matches to be staged there. So that means over 7 000 drinks per game.

Perhaps the small change does matter more to the IPL in these times of recession than Modi and his crew are letting on. (ANI)

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Prometric to expand India infrastructure in support of new multimillion-dollar contract with IIM

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI/Business Wire India): Prometric, the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment services, announced that it has been awarded an exclusive, 40 million dollars contract by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) to computerize the prestigious Common Admissions Test (CAT).

To efficiently deliver the first ever computerized version of the exam to over 250,000 Indian students this fall, Prometric will accelerate plans to further build out its people, services and technology infrastructure in India.

In assuming responsibility for all aspects of the CAT program, including item authoring, test development, test administration and scoring and reporting services, Prometric will add resources, including dedicated test development and support staff, in India. Complementing the 185 employees, test center network and other assets Prometric already operates in India, these additional new resources will provide a more powerful and rigorous means for the CAT, and any other test publishers looking at expansion in India, to leverage for growth.

The CAT is the premiere admissions test used in the selection process for admission to the Indian Institutes of Management, a network of India’s most prestigious business schools based in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow and Shillong.

Of the 250,000 students that take the exam each year, ultimately just over 1,500 are admitted to one of the IIMs. It is therefore one of the most competitive and high profile admission exam administrations in the world, requiring tight execution and secure exam delivery.

For the first time in history, instead of testing only one day a year, candidates will be able to test during a 10-day testing window across 23 Indian cities where secure computer-based testing centers specially prepared for the CAT exam are strategically positioned throughout the country.

The longer window and wider availability will provide candidates greater flexibility when choosing a testing date, time or location as well as near-ubiquitous access to testing locations. In addition, computerization of the CAT will result in faster score processing, enabling the IIMs and more than a hundred other Indian business schools that rely on the results to more quickly make their admissions decisions.

“The breadth of Prometric’s business is truly global, which means that our most valuable assets – our skilled employees, test center network, data centers and call centers – are distributed across many countries around the world; this is a huge advantage to all our clients and one they will never find with any other provider,” said Michael Brannick, President and CEO of Prometric.

“Our commitment to making global infrastructure investments that support our growth strategy has not waned at all, and creates a win-win situation for us and our clients,” added Brannick. (ANI)

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Intervention proves effective in increasing correct breast self-exams

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, April 30 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have found that a brief intervention program boosted the number of women correctly performing breast self- exams by tenfold.

The Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research study is one of the first to show intervention programs can be effective in increasing breast self-exams.

Researchers said that this program is a model that can be used to encourage patients’ participation in their own health care, and can be modified to educate patients about other self-screening techniques for cancers such as melanoma and testicular cancer.

“Many women avoid breast self-exams because they are worried about doing them correctly; however, our study showed that with a relatively simple intervention, women can learn the proper technique, and once they feel confident they will continue to do their exams.” said Nangel Lindberg, Ph.D., lead author and investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore.

“This is an excellent opportunity for women to participate in their own health care. Self-exams allow women to become familiar with their breasts, so they can report any changes to their health care provider,” Lindberg added.

The study, conducted from 1998 through 2001, involved more than 600 women, aged 40 to 70, who had a negative mammogram screening within the last two months.

The women were randomized to a group that received dietary counseling with no mention of BSE, or the study group that received a 30 to 45-minute counseling session in which they watched an educational video, practiced BSE on a silicone model, and discussed possible barriers to doing self- exams.

At one and two months after the session, the women also received follow-up phone calls. Before the intervention about six percent of women in both groups were performing adequate self exams – defined as lasting at least five minutes, occurring every month, and fulfilling specific criteria taught during the counseling sessions.

One year after the program, 59 percent of women in the intervention group were performing adequate self-exams, compared to only 12 percent of women who received dietary counseling.

The study is published in the American Journal of Health Promotion. (ANI)

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Award Winning Nair and Co. opens new office in Indore

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Indore, Apr 29 (ANI/Business Wire India): Award winning Nair and Co., a leading global integrated solution provider helping companies expand internationally, has officially opened their newest office in Indore.

Nair and Co.’s Indore operations are aimed at supporting the company’s local headquarters in Mumbai.

Nair and Co.’s co-founder and the President of the NRI Institute, Dr. Shan Nair and Jagmohan Singh, National Secretary General of the NRI Institute performed the ceremonial ribbon cutting to a small gathering of local business owners and friends of Nair and Co. on 9th of April at the new office.

“There is a lot of potential in this location if the right steps are taken now,” said Dr. Nair.

“The ribbon cutting was an excellent way to celebrate this landmark in our company’s history. We are excited about opening offices in Indore and looking forward to rapidly becoming a major employer of high caliber professionals here,” Dr. Nair added.
Nair and Co.’s office is located in Indore’s most popular commercial center, which also is home to corporations like Reliance Communication and Bharti Axa.

Nair and Co. has been named as Top 100 Outsourcing Service Provider in the World by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).

Nair and Co. provides businesses an integrated solution geared to making your company’s thrust to expanding business overseas less risky, stress free and more strategic in the finance, tax, HR, compliance and legal arenas.

Specialized in working with the unique challenges of U.S.-based technology companies, Nair and Co. has headquarters in the U.K. and offices in India, China, U.S.A. and Japan and currently acts for 700+ foreign operations in over 40 countries.

Nair and Co. employs highly qualified international specialists as your one point of contact client service directors to support your international registration, tax, accounting, compliance, HR and payroll needs. (ANI)

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Stop spam and save planet from greenhouse gases

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

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Washington, April 27 (ANI): A new research has highlighted the importance of stopping spam as it produces greenhouse gases that harms the planet./pp
According to a report in The Sydney Morning Herald, the research shows all those unsolicited messages, 62 trillion of them last year, generate greenhouse gases equivalent to driving a car around the planet 1.6 million times./pp
More than 80 per cent of the world’s email traffic is now deemed spam and – between the energy devoted to sending, storing and sorting phoney messages – 33 billion kilowatt-hours of power is wasted./pp
The study, commissioned by the computer security firm McAfee and conducted by climate change analysts at ICF International, notes that when one spammer, McColo, was closed by its internet service provider last November, worldwide spam fell by 70 per cent overnight./pp
But, the robot computer networks, or botnets, that McColo harnessed to send spam were quickly redeployed and the relief was short-lived, McAfee’s regional spokesman, Michael Sentonas, said./pp
A lot of spam is generated from botnets and that makes it very hard to identify where it’s coming from, he said. The botnet may be spread across 10 countries, he added./pp
Today, spam comes with malware (malicious software) with links to compromised websites, Sentonas said. Spam is a great tool to steal someone’s identity, (and) identity theft rates are growing exponentially, he added./pp
Globally, one reason for that proliferation is email servers that can be used anonymously. /pp
According to Sentonas, with a single spam campaign involving up to one million messages and spammers needing a success rate of only 2 to 5 per cent, it takes little effort to steal credit card details, for example, and make a profit./pp
Peter Coroneos, chief executive of the Internet Industry Association, believes that spam can only be thwarted by understanding – and undermining – the economics of its use./pp
Much as polluters once saw little reason to curb the chemicals they spewed into the sky because the air was considered a free resource, spammers now send their messages through the Internet at virtually no cost./pp
Charging for each email, even less than one cent per message, would quickly make most spam unviable, according to Coroneos, but consumers have shown little willingness to pay for a service they have always considered free./pp
The only other solution Coroneos sees is greater authentication. Just as some banks now require a customer to use a token to verify their identity, this could be used to combat spam. (ANI)/p

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Web founder warns against service providers usurping users’ privacy

April 24, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, April 23 (ANI): Web founder Tim Berners-Lee has warned against Internet service providers’ plans to show specific advertisements to their clients depending on their browsing habits.

The MIT professor, at a Web conference in Madrid, expressed his concern over the new software, entitled Webwise, which replaced standard online ads with those of the browser’s dominating interests.

The 53-year-old said that the users needed to be shielded from such systems that kept a record of viewers’ activity and threatened their online privacy.
“I just want to know that when I click on a link it is between me and the web, and the internet service provider is not going to immediately characterise me in different categories for advertising or insurance of for government use,” the Telegraph quoted him as saying.

“The postman does not open my mail, the telephone company does not listen to my telephone conversations. Internet use is often more intimate than those things,” he added. (ANI)

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