APC-MGE, a global leader in critical power and cooling services, today announced the appointment of Pankaj Sharma as President, APC-MGE- India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh and reports to David Plumer, recently appointed as senior vice president APC-MGE & president of Asia Pacific & Japan for APC-MGE.

According to David, "We are delighted to have Pankaj leading APC-MGE's business in India. Pankaj will continue to foster open and ongoing communication with our local stakeholders, in particular our customers, partners and employees, supporting their needs from the desktop to the data center to the factory floor. With ultimate responsibility for the complete care of our customers, Pankaj will ensure APC-MGE continues to create delighted customers through the delivery of the industry's most comprehensive solution and service offering and a focus on the specific needs of the marketplace".

Prior to this, Pankaj was the APC Country General Manager, ISB region, for three years. Earlier, he was the Country Service Manager at APC for three and a half years. As the CSM, he was responsible for setting up the AGS(APC Global Service) division in India. He was also instrumental in defining the service delivery mechanism and establishing the professional services and projects business.

In his role as a Country General Manager, APC - ISB, Pankaj was responsible for overseeing the sales, service and marketing aspects of APC business for India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He was voted APC's Most Valuable Player in 2002 and has won the APC 'General Manager Leadership Award' for the Asia Pacific region in 2003.

Maintaining leadership in the Power Protection market, building a world-class team of professionals who can deliver value to the customers consistently, further strengthening solutions in the Enterprise space and most importantly establishing APC-MGE as a leading global provider of critical power and cooling services, are amongst his key tasks in his new role.

Pankaj adds, "I am delighted to take on this challenge during such an exciting time for APC-MGE and for our industry. The India APC-MGE team stands ready to partner with our customers as they strive to meet their business objectives and address the challenging requirements of powering and cooling the latest technology required to meet these objectives".

APC-MGE was formed in February 2007 when Schneider Electric acquired APC and combined its market leadership with that of MGE UPS SYSTEMS. Laurent Vernerey, executive vice president of Schneider Electric, is APC-MGE's president and CEO.

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IDLDPL, the largest distributors of lifestyle products in India, announces the launch of Parrot brand in India. Parrot is a French company with the competency of providing Bluetooth^® wireless technology includes Bluetooth enable installed car kits, plug-n-play kits and home products.

To start with IDLDPL introduces Parrot MINIKIT- a Bluetooth enabled hands-free that features next-generation, best-in-class voice recognition and audio quality for crystal clear, voice-activated phoning in the car, at home or in the office. Now the vehicle drivers can talk to their friends and relatives over cell phone without being concern of the police fines or even losing balance of their vehicles. Just fix the Parrot MINIKIT on any part of the dashboard and speak for long hours.

Superb audio quality is the key feature of the Parrot MINIKIT. Audio performance is due to its built-in two-watt high-fidelity speaker and a built-in omni-directional microphone supported by the latest DSP-2 signal processing technology.

To validate its exceptional performance prior to its launch, Parrot commissioned independent testing of the Parrot MINIKIT against the top two competitors' speakerphones. The Parrot MINIKIT was found to be superior in the three categories that most affect the user's experience: volume, voice transmission quality and voice reception quality.

The new Parrot MINIKIT is the only speakerphone in its category with advanced voice recognition technology. It allows users to set up their phone books with voice tags for the convenience and added control of true hands-free voice dialing -- especially important when driving.

Like all Parrot products, the Parrot MINIKIT is user friendly. It has upgradeable software to ensure compatibility with future mobile phones. It will pair with up to five devices, each having 150 voice tags, and recognize multiple languages. Once paired, it will connect automatically with the users mobile and will work with virtually all Bluetooth-enabled mobile handsets on the market.

Parrot MINIKIT also features last-number redial. For privacy, users can switch a call from the Speakerphone to a mobile phone by simply pressing the green "call" button – or the reverse to transfer a call back to speakerphone. The battery-powered Parrot MINIKIT is totally self-contained with no external wires or accessories.

It is light-weight and ultra-compact. Weighing only 3.5 ounces and measuring only 4.3 x 2.5 x 1.2 inches – about the size of a wallet -- it is designed to fit in a pocket or a bag, and go everywhere you go. It features 10 hours of talk time, more than one week of standby time and will fully recharge in only three hours. And it comes with both a 12V and 120V charging unit.

Speaking on this new class of products, Mr.Surinder Saini Brand manager for Parrot of IDLDPL says, "Parrot MINIKIT Bluetooth hands-free features the latest generation of Digital Signal Processing, which enables crystal clear conversations in any situation. The users enjoys speaking on a mobile phone using this product without even bothering to taking the device near his mouth".

Pricing and availability:
Priced at Rs.5990/-. This product range is easily available in the Indian market through most of the large retail stores and B2C websites.

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Taiwan based Genius, one of the leading IT and Consumer Electronics brand across the globe, today announced that the SlimStar 820 Solargizer, Leading Laser desktop combo for green protection was honored with the Best Choice Award at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2007 for excellence in Peripherals category. Earlier this year it had also achieved CES Innovation 2007 Award to its credit.

Among 440 applications, SlimStar 820 Solargizer surpassed the other products in its solar energized power supply technology for Green Environment Commitment in the Peripherals category.

The desktop combo includes a wireless solar keyboard and a power saving laser mouse, exhibiting eco-friendly features. This unique solar keyboard Combo-Genius SlimStar 820 - is specifically designed to use minimal battery power by transforming the light source into power. Apart from the solar energy supplied, there are additional back up sources like the USB cable charger and batteries that averts any power shortages. The 17 hotkeys along with one-touch keys for office tool of this specific keyboard provides immediate control of media sources and fulfills all the requirements for work efficiency respectively.

Adding more value to this desktop combo, it has a high definition ergonomic, wireless laser mouse that allows to adjust the dpi resolution according to your work tasks, thereby enhancing the accuracy when moving the cursor. The mouse has ultra power saving technology for a continuous operation for up to 15 months. To further extend the power saving, a power switch is available for even longer battery life. The mini dongle receiver lets you work up to 10 meters away, and one can simply store it underneath the mouse for expediency.

On winning the Best Choice Award at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2007, and with a feeling of being at the top of the world, Mr. Sandeep Ramani, Country Manager, KYE Systems(India) Corp. said, "We're delighted to be recognized for our innovative work complying with the green protection concept. It's good to have our goal of being the platform of choice for Genius SlimStar 820 validated by the judges of this prestigious ICT trade show, among a huge 440 entries".

Pricing and availability:
The price for Genius SlimStar 820 Solargizer combo is Rs. 7500/-(MRP) and will be available with Transtek Infoways Pvt. Ltd. and Tirupati Enterprises, the authorized distributors for Genius in India very soon.

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Continuing its effort to nurture the burgeoning IT talent in key Indian cities, Intel is hosting the Intel^® Software Seminar Series with Hyderabad being the first destination. The full-day tech forum will aim to help India's software developers understand and harness the power of multi-core parallelism, which will enable them to efficiently create reliable, high-performance threaded applications. The series will expand to cover other Indian cities this year and the messaging and technology content in these forums will be around Multi-core and various stages that a software developer needs to reach to reach new heights in threaded application performance.

At the event here today, Intel announced the availability of two software products that help developers efficiently create more reliable, high-performing applications that speed up a computer's responsiveness. The Intel^® C++ Compiler and Fortran Professional Editions bring together a unique combination of highly optimizing compilers, performance libraries and the Intel^® Threading Building Blocks. These new products help developers efficiently create reliable, high-performance applications, and have now been enhanced for the latest multi-core processors Intel^® Core2 Duo and Intel^® Core2 Quad and newest operating systems - Microsoft Vista*, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise*, Red Hat Enterprise Linux* and Fedora Core*.

To show its commitment to its newly announced channel partners, Intel is also providing a technology showcase to its channel partners at the Intel^® Software Seminar. The channels will interact and connect with the software developers at the forum and share ideas and technologies that circumvent the technology industry today.

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Turbolinux, the leading Linux software company headquartered in Japan, today announced the launch of its latest offering 'wizpy' in the Indian market. wizpy is a compact, palm sized, bootable Linux OS device with a feature-rich multimedia player. wizpy offers users the power and flexibility to boot almost any computer in the world using the Turbolinux operating system.

wizpy provides users a bootable version of Turbolinux's operating system which runs straight from the device. When wizpy is attached to a computer's USB port, users can boot-up the Linux system that resides in the wizpy's memory to set up their own personal computer environment and access their documents, e-mails and the internet, keeping their and the host computer's data confidential and safe.

The device also doubles as a multimedia player, offering a 1.7-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) color screen and keypad on the front. wizpy has software to play music in Ogg, MP3 and Windows Media Audio formats, and to show xviD, MPEG4 video files and JPEG images. It can also record sound to MP3 files, display text files, and has an inbuilt FM radio.

Speaking at the launch, Mr. Deepak Wassan, President, Turbolinux said, "Through wizpy we are introducing a new concept of 'PC 2.0'. With this product we have unbundled OS from the hardware. Now one can carry along the OS environment, applications, mails and data, and these are accessible at all times at any place with access to a PC. Important data such as passwords and credit card information now need not be left on the PC but can be stored on wizpy itself, thus preventing your personal information from being compromised. Apart from the portable OS, wizpy also provides multimedia features such as audio player, video player, image viewer, voice recorder and FM radio making it a very user friendly product".

The product will be sold at price of Rs. 11995/- (MRP) and will available through select retail outlets. Turbolinux has partnered with eSys Technologies and the online portal cafegadgets.in for its distribution requirements in India.

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India Digital Life Style Distributions Pvt. Ltd.(IDLDPL) announces the launch of, yet another Pentax digicam in its popular E-series, Pentax Optio E30 in India. Named for the easy-to-use line of PENTAX compact digital cameras, the Optio E30 offers 7.1 effective mega pixels for exceptional high-resolution photography and was displayed along with the full line of other PENTAX products in Consumer Electronics (CES) Trade Show in LasVegas in February 2007 this year.

The Optio E30 features a 3X optical zoom lens with a focal range covering angles of view equivalent to those of a 36-108mm lens in 35mm format and has a 4X digital zoom for a maximum of 12X magnification.

The Pentax Optio E30 runs on AA batteries and is pretty power efficient and is capable of taking up to 200 photos from one set of alkaline batteries or 760 shots on a set of lithium AA batteries. It includes a nifty Green mode which automatically sets the exposure, sensitivity, white balance, and other parameters according to the shooting conditions. Via the on board Mode Palette one can view 15 mode icons on the LCD monitor(including Landscape, Pet, and Food, and more).

The Optio E30 is equipped with a 2.4 inch LCD monitor and is compatible with the Image Link printing system which lets you print images without a PC. The camera supports new SDHC memory cards in addition to conventional SD memory cards and has 11 MB of built-in memory. The E30 records movies at sizes up to 640 480 pixels and its also compatible with PictBridge, DPOF functions, Exif Print, and PRINT Image Matching III.

Additional features:

•	Supports the new SDHC memory cards in addition to conventional SD memory cards
•	Approximately 11 MB of built-in memory
•	Built-in auto flash with red-eye reduction function
•	Records movie at sizes up to 640 ' 480 pixels with image quality rivaling camcorders
•	Frame composite function allows you to add a decorative frame around the image when shooting
•	Compatible with PictBridge, DPOF functions, Exif Print, and PRINT Image Matching III

Commenting on the introduction of Pentax Optio E30 in India, Mr. Surinder Saini, Product Manager of Pentax(India) said "We are proud to introduce this wonderful piece of Compact Digital Camera that represents the Nouveau Vogue of Pentax as it is equipped with all the features that a camera user would like to possess to go along with its compatibility with widely available AA batteries and Image Link printing system".

Pricing and Availability
Priced at Rs13490/- (MRP), this product range is easily available in the Indian market through most of the large retail stores and B2C websites.

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Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd.(NASDAQ: ALDN)the leader in Software DRM, strong authentication and content security solutions, today announced a strategic alliance with SecureSynergy, the leader in Information Assurance services in India, to offer Secure Surfing and Secure mailing services to Enterprises and SME sector across India. This is the first time that such comprehensive services are being offered to organizations at very affordable rates.

The offering will give the clients a centralized, value-added security service that inspects and filters Web traffic as well as Email traffic before it reaches the organization or the web surfer. The service aims to give subscribers the freedom from maintaining and managing any kind of appliances at their site to thwart threats such as spam mails, spy-ware and phishing attacks.

Commenting on the association, Shailendra Sahasrabudhe, Country Manager, Aladdin Knowledge Systems said, "Email and Internet are integral tools in today's business organizations. Along with the numerous benefits they bring on table, there are many challenges every enterprise needs to encounter. Today small and medium business often lack skills and money to choose and manage the right equipment which requires high capital expenses. These equipments require trained manpower to manage and maintain them, which sadly is difficult to get and retain. With Secure Surfing and Secure Mailing Solution the subscribers can start the service in a day's time and avail maximum benefits with high levels of security, without facing any challenges".

"SecureSynergy has been a pioneer in the field of managed security services. It gives us pleasure to partner with them and offer such a unique, first-of-its-kind solution to the Indian market", added Shailendra.

Ajit Pathak, Country Manager Sales Operations, SecureSynergy, on the association with Aladdin Knowledge Systems, said,"Messaging & the Internet fabric is the backbone of IT infrastructure. Companies are increasingly turning to specialized service providers like us for protection against spam, phishing attacks, email viruses, web attacks having found that in-house solutions are not the most elegant and they come expensive. We are delighted to work with Aladdin to provide the highest levels of email and web security to our clients. Aladdin's platforms are highly secure and flexible, ensuring the safety of sensitive customer data, while allowing us to leverage their technology prowess to improve client productivity".

SecureSynergy is offering two services Assure & Stream built around Aladdin's eSafe platform.

With Stream Secure Surfing and Assure Secure Mailing subscribers can:

•	Reduce their Bandwidth costs as they get only genuine traffic
•	Get on demand, highly scalable and quick to start web security services
•	Reduce costs in managing costly devices
•	Get a clean ISP line without the need to configure, install or update for any kind of security threats.
•	Get clean mail free from Spam increasing security posture as well as improving productivity.

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Oracle today announced the general availability of Oracle^® Database Lite 10g Release 3, a comprehensive solution that enables customers and partners to rapidly develop and deploy applications for mobile and embedded environments. With enhanced synchronization and increased support for a broader range of platforms, Oracle Database Lite 10g Release 3 brings unmatched mobile data management capabilities to the enterprise.

Oracle Database Lite 10g is a highly-scalable, mobile solution that enables applications to run even when disconnected from the network, while periodically synchronizing to an Oracle Database Server. Comprised of a Mobile Server and a mobile relational database, Oracle Database Lite 10g Release 3 helps users reliably and securely exchange data with a corporate database; enables application, device and user provisioning and provides centralized management tools. Additionally, the latest release includes automatic synchronization that enables data to be synchronized bidirectionally without user intervention, so mobile users can work seamlessly whether or not they are connected to the network.

"The new enhancements in Oracle Database Lite 10g reflect Oracle's dedication to offering mobile users an identical experience to their connected colleagues, when it comes to continuous data availability," said Rex Wang, vice president Embedded Product Marketing, Oracle. "Providing access to offline applications is key to helping organizations improve productivity, automate data capture and track distributed assets, which ultimately improves operational efficiency and customer satisfaction".

"Oracle Database Lite was our product of choice when we integrated a mobile application running on our ruggedized laptops with Oracle E-Business Suite. The company's commitment to support our environment has been exemplary and helped DS Waters protect its investments of more than $2 million," said Bob Bramski, vice president and CIO, DS Waters, Inc. "Today we run Oracle Database Lite on more than 1000 routes, holding approximately 30MB of data with a failure rate of less than 0.5 percent. We look forward to moving to Oracle Database Lite Release 3 for the expanded platform support and enhanced synchronization, which will significantly help as we grow to the next generation of handheld devices supporting more than 2000 routes".

Extended Enterprise Brings Developers to the Edge
In addition to automatic synchronization, Oracle Database Lite 10g Release 3 now supports three additional platforms and two additional languages for stored procedures, making it easier for developers to build mobile applications. Specific enhancements and features include:

•	Client database platform support for Windows Mobile 5, Windows CE Standard SDK 5.0 and JDBC support for the Symbian platform, plus a Porting Kit for strategic Oracle partners;
•	Client database support for Oracle Containers for Java(OC4J) for the WebToGo Java development environment;
•	Support for C++ and C#/ .NET stored procedures(Java stored procedures were already supported);
•	Enhanced developer tools: Mobile Server Repository Diagnostics Tool and Mobile Database Workbench Wizards.

Availability and Pricing
Oracle Database Lite 10g Release 3 is available immediately for purchase. Pricing is $20,000 per processor for the Mobile Server with unlimited use of the mobile database. For more information on Oracle Database Lite 10g Release 3, go to: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/lite/index.html.

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In his opening keynote at the Computex computer trade show, Intel Corporation Executive Vice President Sean Maloney unveiled the new Intel^® 3 Series Chipset family along with several other technology plans that surround the company's popular Intel^® Core™ 2 Duo and Quad processors for home and business PC users.

The products enable a number of innovative features for today's PCs such as greater PC performance, clearer definition video and storage technologies that help better protect valuable data. Maloney, also Intel's general manager, Sales and Marketing Group, and chief sales and marketing officer, said the chipsets are also designed to be used with the company's upcoming Intel 45 nanometer (nm) "Penryn family" processors expected later this year. More than 100 motherboard designs are underway, and he expects the new chipset family to be the fastest growing in Intel's history.

"There is a tremendous amount of excitement and anticipation for our forthcoming 45nm Hi-K processors based on the Intel^® Core™ microarchitecture," Maloney said. "The Intel 3 Series chipsets lay the foundation for an exciting, media-rich experience for today's systems and those that arrive later this year".

Maloney also said that Intel and Asustek are working together to offer a family of education focused, low-cost mobile PCs, with one model below $200. Asustek's mobile PCs will play a key role in Intel's World Ahead program that aims to accelerate access to fully featured computers and technology for anyone, anywhere around the world.

Maloney also disclosed plans for an Intel Core 2 Extreme mobile processor product to be released by Intel in the third quarter of this year. The plan follows the company's Extreme Edition brand introduced for desktop PCs in 2003 and extends it to laptops, which continues to be the fastest-growing computing market segment. The upcoming chip is targeted to be the company's highest-performing mobile dual-core processor that still includes energy-saving power features for notebook-friendly designs.

New Chipsets Advance Consumer, Business Experience
The Intel^® 3 Series Chipsets, formerly codenamed "Bearlake" enable exceptional PC performance while helping to enable improved energy efficiency, system design and quietness. Computers with these chipsets can deliver CE-like video and sound quality and new data security and manageability features for business users and will be the foundation for Intel's next-generation Intel^® Viiv™ processor technology and Intel^® vPro™ processor technology, codenamed Salt Creek and Weybridge, respectively.

The Intel 3 Series Chipsets support DDR2 up to 800MHz, or DDR3 memory with data transfer speeds up to 1333 MHz, enabling speedy access to files and a more responsive PC. The chipsets also support PCI Express* 2.0, which doubles the available bandwidth for graphics cards and are engineered to support Intel^® Turbo Memory which enables faster application loading and boot times.

The Intel 3 Series Chipsets also includes versions with integrated graphics called the Intel^® G33 and G35 Express Chipsets. These products will include Intel^® Clear Video Technology which can enhance video playback and supports the High Definition Media Interface (HDMI). System manufacturers can also support HD DVD* and Blu-ray* disc playback with these chipsets at a lower system cost than most discrete graphics cards. Additionally, the G35 integrates hardware support for MS DX10 for smoother, more realistic 3D applications.

Intel^® graphics fully support Windows* Vista Home Premium and the Windows* Aero interface. All of the Intel 3 Series Chipsets enable users to add up to six external drives to a PC for extra data protection and performance, Intel^® High Definition Audio for up to 7.1 theater-like surround sound quality and Intel^® Quiet System Technology to help enable reduced system noise and heat for a much quieter, yet high-performing PC.

The Intel^® G33 and P35 Express Chipsets have been shipping since April, while the Intel^® Q33 and Q35 Express Chipsets are shipping now ahead of their Q3'07 introduction. The Intel^® G35 Express Chipset and the advanced Intel^® X38 enthusiast chipset with dual graphics support will ship within 90 days.

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Keeping in mind the networking needs of today's progressively complex business environment, Dax Networks, one of the top three networking companies in India, has launched DX-5749XGS, an ideal solution for high-bandwidth data-intensive applications. Priced at Rs DX-5749XGS is a high-density 48-port Gigabit backbone multilayer switch with 10G expansion capabilities. This switch has advanced security features and is targeted at mid-size and large enterprises.

To secure high bandwidth, DX-5749XGS offers non-blocking 164Gbps switch capacity. It supports Layer 3 (L3) features like Static Routes, Multi-netting, Supernetting (CIDR), RIP I and II, OSPF Routing, IP Multicast Routing: DVMRP, PIM-DM/ SM, IP Redundancy VRRP etc.

Owing to its high-end QOS and Bandwidth Management tools, users of DX-5749XGS can experience high productivity levels despite demanding service levels. DX-5749XGS supports advanced IEEE 802.1p feature and L3 packet classifications which help in prioritizing various tasks on the network a crucial function for integrating voice and data over a switched network. DX-5749XGS offers QoS features to support enhanced coverage of voice, video, data and storage.

DX-5749XGS has a closed loop stacking architecture that is specially designed to protect the network investment with resilient links. If one of stacked units crashes, the other units in the same stack can keep running to a stacking bandwidth of 40 Gbps.

By virtue of its multiple security algorithms such as Port Security, SSL, Web Management Encryption, Radius and TACACS+, DX-5749XGS delivers total protection from network security related risks. DX-5749XGS supports NSMP, RMON, DHCP and BOOTP. It also supports advanced features including VLAN, Diffserv Traffic Prioritization 802.1p (QoS), Port Trunking, Spanning Tree and Port Mirroring. Configuration files can be loaded and saved for flexibility and reliability.

An L3 managed switch, DX-5749XGS has 48 10/ 100/ 1000 Base T ports, 4 Gigabit SFP combo ports, 2 10G Stacking ports and 1 10 Giga expansion slot.

DX-5749XGS comes with a 3-year carry-in warranty and online support to its customers. Dax plans to market this product through its system integrators and strong channel presence comprising 500 solution providers and 5000 resellers.

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GCI, ranked one of the fastest growing privately-held technology firms in the US by Deloitte, Ernst & Young and Inc. 500, today announced the launch of their new OptiCare range of SAP support services for the Indian SAP user market. Gaining momentum after the recent acquisition and investment in IVL India, GCI's Enterprise Solutions has extended its portfolio of SAP related offerings with this launch.

OptiCare is a 24X7 SAP functional and technical support service that enables large SAP installations to establish or complement support teams. It offers "all modules, all versions" SAP support using a centralized, remote, shared service framework delivered at high quality and optimal cost out of GCI's delivery center located at the Technopark, Trivandrum.

OptiCare clients get the added advantage of fixed pricing support by way of an innovative new pricing policy in the form of value packs. Value packs combine the flexibility of paying for only the services required with the ability to better budget and apportion costs.

Making this announcement on the occasion of the SAP Summit in Mumbai, Sunil Gupta, CEO of GCI's Enterprise Solutions stated that the OptiCare line is targeted at large Indian enterprises with mature SAP implementations. This offering leverages GCI's extensive experience in the SAP space and keen appreciation of the changing needs of SAP users. He went on to add that the target market for OptiCare in India is very large, given the large installed and growing base for SAP and a constant pressure on the in house team for the support.

Aligning with SAP's NetWeaver platform strategy, GCI has also released i-OptiSuite, the Java-enabled version of OptiSuite (the market leading statutory compliance and documentation product suite for foreign trade, taxation and risk management for Indian enterprises). Commenting on the release of i-OptiSuite, Sunil Gupta said, "The move to Java, will allow OptiSuite products to have easier integration with other applications and leverage the people integration layer of SAP NetWeaver through the Enterprise Portal. This in turn will allow us to leverage the full capability of the NetWeaver platform for our clients".

These announcements underscore GCI's commitment to build a comprehensive Enterprise Solutions portfolio that addresses the needs of large number of Indian and global clients. GCI's Enterprise Solutions business spans the full range of the SAP lifecycle - implementation to post-implementation. GCI also offers a range of value added services including SAP Testing, NetWeaver Services and SAP add-on products.

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Novar India, a leading provider of switches and cable management systems, today announced that its Management and Board of Directors has approved a change in name of the company to Honeywell Electrical Devices and Systems India Limited. This is a strategic move in line with the transition planned for the business unit, in order to further consolidate the company within the Honeywell fold globally. However the company would continue to market its products under the brand name "MK"

Novar, India was acquired by Honeywell International in the year 2004. Honeywell International added this business to the company's diverse portfolio in order to further strengthen their Automation and Control Solutions(ACS) division. Novar's industry strengths, business presence and employees have significantly contributed to Honeywell International's ACS division since the completion of the acquisition. This name change signifies the successful transition of the company into a Honeywell business unit, over the years.

On this occasion, Mr. Sadanand Teje, Managing Director, Honeywell Electrical Devices and Systems India Limited said, "The name change to Honeywell Electrical Devices and Systems India Limited signifies our successful transition in becoming a Honeywell business unit. The new name in addition to representing the group we belong to, clearly defines the business we are in. We are confident of building on a strong market position that our brand enjoys and further extend our presence in India under the new business name".

The change in name is effective immediately and will not affect the day-to-day operations of the company.

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Sify Limited (Nasdaq National Market:SIFY), a leader in consumer Internet and Enterprise Services in India with global delivery capabilities, today announced that it has partnered O4 Corporation, Australia's leading provider of mobile field sales, marketing and merchandising solutions. With this partnership, O4 Corporation will provide its suite of field force solutions to enterprises through Sify's supply chain and mobility business unit, ForumTM.

Sify's newly integrated SCM package will serve as an intelligent mobile business solution enabling higher revenue growth, reduced costs and exceptional customer service delivery for customers.

P J Nath, Executive President, Enterprise Solutions, Sify Limited said, "ForumTM has been providing seamless connectivity to large enterprises with their distributors and retailers over the internet, through its Sales, Distribution and Inventory Management software. Our partnership with O4 will further enhance our portfolio offering by providing mobility solutions to SCM customers.

This is a strategic partnership for us as it comes at a stage when we are scaling our presence globally and developing our Enterprise portfolio to provide cost-effective and efficient solutions to our clients".

Des Miller, CEO and Chairman, O4 Corporation said, "This deal has huge potential for us. The fact that O4 Corporation has been selected demonstrates that we have truly world-class capability. Sify identified us as a leader in field force solutions and was drawn to us because of our ranking by Gartner as a leader in the mobility sector".

As part of the partnership, O4 will train Sify's staff at its Sydney-based Global Solutions Centre offering them real-life project management skills and a thorough mentoring program.

O4 Field Force Solutions run 'standalone' as a complete field operations system or can be integrated on a modular basis with customers' existing IT systems, such as Siebel, Pivotal, Peoplesoft, Oracle, SAP or with proprietary in-house applications.

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Intel India in collaboration with Department of Science & Technology (DST) announced three winners of 'DST-Intel India Innovation Pioneers Challenge' (IIPC), an innovative business competition where students, engineers and scientists present how they plan to make the world a better place through their innovations and entrepreneurial skills. IIPC aims to showcase business opportunities that have the greatest potential for a positive impact on the society.

The contest, announced in August 2006 invited entries for three categories 'Champions of Champions', 'Scholar Sparks' and 'Wild Cards'. While the winners of the 'Champions of Champions' category - were announced in September 2006; the competition continued in the 'Scholar Sparks' (participation from engineering colleges, polytechnics, universities, science colleges and B-Schools) and 'Wild Cards' ( faculty, young entrepreneurs from business incubators, scientists and working executives). Both categories received an overwhelming response with 98 executive summaries (for 'Scholar Sparks') and 64 executive summaries (for 'Wild Cards') being submitted for the contest.

In the second round of the contest in November 2006, the two categories saw a further short listing to 8 ('Scholar Sparks') and 7 ('Wild Cards') teams respectively. The selected teams were given an opportunity to work with industry and academia experts who mentored the teams to fine-tune their business ideas and convert them into concrete business plans.

The short listed teams presented their completed plans to an expert panel nominated by FAER (Foundation for Advancement of Education & Research) and DST. After evaluation of the submitted plans, Team 'Interface' from IIM Calcutta, Team 'Singularis' from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Delhi and Team 'Sparsha' from IIT Kharagpur were declared winners (not in order of rank) in the 'Scholar Spark' category. The judges did not announce winners in the 'Wild Cards' category.

The three selected teams will receive further mentoring from senior Intel leaders to gear them for participation at global platforms. Apart from receiving cash grants (Rs. 3,00,000, Rs. 1,00,000 and Rs. 50,000 for first, second and third prize respectively), the top two teams will receive an all expenses paid-trip to participate at the Intel-UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge in October.

Speaking about the program, Rahul Bedi, Director, Corporate Affairs, South Asia, Intel said, "We are partnering with a host of research institutions, entrepreneurship-fostering networks and industry associations to expand university curricula and build local innovation capabilities. Through this innovative business plan competition, which saw an overwhelming response in all categories, we aim to create a wave of entrepreneurs in India"

"The India Innovation Pioneers Challenge offers an excellent opportunity for student innovators across India to showcase their innovative technologies by converting their creative ideas into successful ventures. The support provided to the student innovators through mentoring, networking, incubation support and opportunity to present their business plan at University of California, Berkeley has added a new dimension to the program. Looking at the overwhelming response and the excitement created by the competition, we plan to continue our collective efforts by announcing the India Innovation Pioneers Challenge 2007-2008 in July this year," said Dr. Smriti Trikha, Science Officer, Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSTF).

he IIPC 2007 is part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in April 2007 between National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), DST, Intel Technology India and IUSSTF to jointly organize Technology Entrepreneur Programs. This public-private partnership involves an investment of over Rs. 2.1 crores to encourage entrepreneurship as a career option for college students and aspiring startups.

The objectives of the program are as follows:

•	Create an entrepreneurial ecosystem in India
•	Boost entrepreneurial spirit in Indian academia & scientific enterprises through the Business Plan competitions
•	Build a curriculum on Technology Entrepreneurship for Indian academia

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Thinksoft Global Services, specialist in financial software testing has received the ISO 27001:2005 Certification for its information security management system from Messrs. UL India Pvt. Ltd.
The very nature of the financial sector requires Information security as a critical success factor in all deliverables, driven by regulatory stipulations and exacting standards of information security required by clients. As part of its commitment to client satisfaction, TGS had been practicing stringent security practices and this certification now confirms that the Information security practices are now compliant to International standards.

"We are very proud of having attained this milestone. This certification formally attests to the rigorous implementation of the elements of IT security, in services we provide to our clients. This is an assurance to our customers that we provide high level services, compliant with their business requirements through controlled policies, procedures and best practices. This new certification also confirms to the market our capabilities to meet stringent Information Security norms", stated Ms. Vanaja Arvind, Executive Director (Thinksoft Global Services).

Mr.V. Sankaran, Head of Technology (Thinksoft Global Services) says: "This is testimony to our already streamlined data security practices. With this certification it strengthens the confidence that our clients have on us and it also gives us a platform to approach newer and bigger clients globally. "He added, as companies depend a lot on their information systems and they, as a consequence, have become highly strategic assets especially in the decision-making process. "Information is a highly valuable asset and it's key to foster a security culture accordingly,"

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In an effort to enhance societal welfare through the conservation of our natural resources, Intel India and the Children's Love Castle Trust (CLT) India have joined hands to harvest rain water in the water-scarce village of Kurubarakunte in Karnataka. In keeping with the spirit of Environment Day, about 150 Intel employees will be involved in constructing 15 rain water harvesting tanks, building three solid waste management units, planting 1000 trees and conducting an awareness program on the segregation of waste, and, health and hygiene in the village on June 8, 2007.

With the primary occupation of Kurubarakunte being pottery, the villagers largely depend on the rain for their livelihood and have been facing severe water shortage problems over the last few years. With the objective of helping the community tackle their water problems, the Intel India employees have been engaged in the construction of about 13 rain water harvesting tanks over the last year. Aside from the main objective of collection and use of rainwater, these tanks also serve multiple purposes such as being storage tanks in summer, vegetable cutting tables for the women and reading tables for the children, among others.

According to Rahul Bedi, Director, Corporate Affairs, South Asia and Business Operations Manager, Intel India, "As a socially responsible corporate citizen, Intel India is focused on enhancing lives by helping provide a fair opportunity to education, improved healthcare, as well as, undertaking various community welfare initiatives. Intel India the company and its employees are actively involved in various endeavors to transform communities".

According to Bhagya Rangachar, Founder, CLT, "The village of Kurubarakunte has been faced with severe water problems over the years and the Intel team has shown its deep concern for this community by actively participating in enabling them to resolve some of their problems. This initiative to help them store water has also helped to revive the livelihood of the five village communities in Kurubarakunte. Such corporate NGO partnerships go a long way in transforming communities and the quality of life".

Additionally, the Intel employees have also been involved in various other environment related initiatives including the planting and maintenance of more than 5000 trees in and around Bangalore in the last four years. A Solid Waste Management Program in partnership with TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) is currently underway at Annasandrapalya, Bangalore. The purpose of the project is to assess the solid waste generated in the area and prepare a solid waste management plan to handle the waste in a safe and effective manner.

Intel India's Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives are aimed at enhancing lives by enabling a fair opportunity to education, improved healthcare, and a clean safe environment. By actively engaging with communities at grassroots level and seeking to improve their welfare, Intel India plans to transform lives through the effective and widespread use of technology.