Smart ID has set up a state of the art Data Center and 40 seats Call center to provide instant information to students and teachers about common issues concerning them. The infrastructure also provides accurate and timely information to the officials in the Ministry regarding 16 schemes run by the government for the benefits of students. These include Mid-Day meals, Books and Uniforms for girl children, scholarship disbursal, bicycle provision etc.
About Smart ID
Smart ID provides technology products, services and solutions in the domains of Smart cards, Biometrics and Information Technology. It offers cost effective solutions to the market segments like e-Governance, Banking, Transportation and IT Security.

Founded in 2004, the company is headquartered in Noida, India (near New Delhi), with business offices across India.

For more information, visit www.smartid.in.

Taipei Taiwan, Feb. 18^th 2011, RAIDON focus on India market and release the new SAS 6G storage solution, iR2880-8S-U5, performing at highest data transfer rate beyond 700MB/s while providing stability and high level RAID6 data redundancy also can be quickly installed. iR2880-8S-U5 offers an optimum SAS 6G storage solution especially to multi-operational workstations and data based servers for the SMB.

iR2880-8S-U5 equipped SAS 6G PCBA from RAIDON latest development with Intel 80341 CPU and 1GB of DDR2 RAM under the hood, embedded dual SAS 6G host interface delivering the optimal performances and supports 8 of 15mm height 2.5” HDD from a physical figure of three standard 5.25” CD-Rom spaces, it also provides simple system configuration and monitoring via LCD control panel, LAN or RS232 ports.

iR2880-8S-U5 offers multiple RAID levels up to RAID6 for the highest data redundancy ability, further provides high level snapshot and clone functions. The snapshot function calculates from existing data, keeping the changes of system in records on each given time for any necessary recoveries by retrieving non-failed system records, and the clone function gives the complete system backups from scheduling, when failure or corruption occurs, system can easily recovered from existing data backups and swiftly return normal operation. With the existence of these two functions, iR2880-8S-U5 sufficiently provides additional security to last the valuable data.

Features:

• Dual SAS 6.0G Host Interface
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60 & JBOD Functions
• LCD Display of Real-time System Status
• Hot-swappable Tray Modules
• Supports Snapshot Function
• Offers Web-based GUI
• Compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

For more information please refer to RAIDON’s website: www.RAIDON.com.tw

About RAIDON

RAIDON, one of the brand names founded in year 2000 by RAIDON Technology, Inc, is a worldwide leader of small RAID storage subsystem. RAIDON has devoted itself to integrating the requirements from markets, and designs innovative and reliable RAID data backup storage for Small & Medium business, general office users, DVR, media, and IPC industry. Simultaneously, OEM/ODM service is offered as well.
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marketing@raidon.com.tw

Hyderabad, February  9, 2011

CtrlS, the leading, global data center solution provider today announced another unique solution proposition to their customers, a first-of-its-kind on-demand Private Cloud. Today, almost all organizations, across verticals are eagerly evaluating cloud technologies. Many of them are even considering cloud computing in the immediate future in order to streamline and optimize their IT spend. But typically, the CTO across organization faces the same dilemma before taking a decision: Will I be compromising the security of my organization data by moving into a public cloud?

While Private Clouds are an ideal solution to this problem, it is not exactly a viable solution for small and mid-sized organizations as the spend for the Private Cloud is prohibitively expensive and on-demand scale up or scale down isn’t efficient as the resources are kept idle in both cases.

With CtrlS’s on-demand Private cloud framework, organizations can now avail the benefits of a Private Cloud and also scale up and down as per need as you can in a Public Cloud solution. The costs too are scaled down without any significant additional capex or opex, making it an ideal solution for organizations who want the Private Cloud, yet also have the flexibility of scale and at costs that are definitely not prohibitive.

Says Mr.Sridhar, CMD, CtrlS Datacenters, “On-demand Private Cloud is a never-see-before concept and an extremely innovative framework that we believe will bring cloud computing solutions close to organizations. It is also the ideal solution for small and mid-sized organizations who are eagerly considering a cloud solution, but with robust security features, provision to scale up or down and with costs that fit well into their budgets. On-demand Private Cloud offers the best of both Public and Private Clouds”.

About CtrlS

With over 20,000 racks planned across India, CtrlS is the country’s first and only certified Tier 4 datacenter and is offering cutting-edge DR solutions to over a 100 large enterprises across verticals. CtrlS has invested a lot of time and effort in creating a fault tolerant datacenter which can guarantee an uptime of 99.995%, the highest in datacenter industry. To know more about On-Demand Private Cloud, and our Cloud Computing solutions send us an email to mycloud@ctrls.in or visit www.CtrlS.in

January 19, 2010, Virginia, USA – After toiling under the radar the past six years, InfoWeapons finally emerged and took center-stage at the inaugural Asia CEO Awards.
The company, which has been getting international recognition of late, was chosen by the Asia CEO Forum for its maiden “Technology Leadership Team of the Year” award.  Launched only in 2010, the award is one of eight categories intended to recognize both local and foreign companies that have contributed to the promotion of the Philippines on the international stage.
The group, the largest trade and business aggrupation in the Asia Pacific region, cited InfoWeapons’ trailblazing work in leveraging IPv6 technologies to produce cutting-edge products that have brought accolades not only for the company but the Philippines as well.  InfoWeapons bested other multinational technology firms like Accenture Philippines, Gurango Software, Morphlabs, and VOIM English.  The feat turned not a few heads at the awarding ceremonies held at Dusit Thani Hotel in Manila.
“This award caps an extraordinary year for our company.  Our products are now being shipped all over the world and our growing list of customers reads like the who’s-who in the telecom industry,” says Lawrence E. Hughes, who chairs InfoWeapons.
He adds: “This Asia CEO Award is the first recognition coming from within the Philippines, which without knowing it, is host to one of only six IPv6 testing facilities in the world right in the small island of Cebu.  I am proud to say that it’s being manned mostly by Filipinos, who are some of the best engineers and software designers in the world.”
Established in 2002 in Georgia, USA, InfoWeapons opened an R&D facility in Cebu in 2004.  Shortly thereafter, it rolled out its flagship product, SolidDNS™, which went on to become the first and for awhile the only IPv6-Ready Gold certified DNS-DHCP appliance in the market.  Unknown to many and even the local government of Cebu, this facility has already created products that are now being used by customers around the world and competing in markets against multi-national companies with billion-dollar budget for research and development.
Mr. Hughes, a veteran startup entrepreneur and formerly with VeriSign, says: “I’ve formed other companies in the past, but my InfoWeapons team is actually the best and producing better products than any of my previous ventures. We are recognized as one of the leading companies in the move to the Second Internet based on IPv6.”
The Asia CEO Awards is an annual gala event that culminates in the recognition of enterprises and business executives.  The search only covered companies doing business in the Philippines, but a broader, region-wide award is being planned.  The black-tie event was attended by business leaders in and around the Southeast Asian region.  Mr. Hughes and InfoWeapons CEO Luis O. Gopez accepted the award on behalf of the company.
The 2010 finalists in the eight categories included companies like Ayala Land, Banco de Oro, Glaxo SmithKline Philippines, Hyundai Asia Resources, IBM, Unilever Philippines and business leaders Erramon Aboitiz, Felipe Gozon, Fred Ayala and Manuel Pangilinan.  The winners in each category are:
1. Banco de Oro – KPMG Executive Leadership Team of the Year2. The Net Group – Entrepreneurial Leadership Team of the Year3. Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation – Non-Profit Leadership Team of the Year4. Manuel V. Pangilinan – Global Filipino Executive of the Year5. Chandramogan Anamirtham – Jones Lang LaSalle Leechiu Expatriate Executive of the Year6. Magsaysay Maritime – NorthgateArinso HR Leadership Team of the Year7. Fluor Daniel Philippines Inc. – Finance Leadership Team of the Year

About InfoWeapons
InfoWeapons delivers future-proof technology solutions that are secure, intuitive and reliable. The company creates next-generation, fully IPv6-compliant networking appliance products such as SolidDNS™, SolidPBX™ and SolidWall™.
Since 2004, InfoWeapons has been assisting governments and enterprises shift to the Second Internet based on IPv6. The company has since formalized and structured its efforts, culminating in its IPv6 Forum Education Certification Program, which includes instructor-led training and hands-on laboratory sessions for software engineers, programmers and trainers.
The InfoWeapons Testing Laboratory, one of only six IPv6 Logo Program testing centers in the world, is authorized to test a product that supports IPv6 and certify that it is “IPv6 Ready” as set by the IPv6 Forum Ready Logo Program Committee. Both SolidDNS™ and SolidPBX™ network appliances carry the IPv6-Ready Gold Certification logos of the committee.
For more information about InfoWeapons and its products and services, please call +1 (703) 291-1200 or +1 (877) 480-1634 (U.S. Toll Free) or visit the company’s website at http://www.infoweapons.com

BANGALORE, India – January 13, 2011 – As enterprises evolve their physical security strategies from analog to digital surveillance, Allied Telesis Inc., a global provider of secure IP/Ethernet switching solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of converged multi-play networks, announced today its enhanced IP Surveillance solution. The next generation solution delivers mission-critical network connectivity to make the analog-to-digital migration cost-effective, seamless and easy-to-deploy, all without the need to replace current cabling infrastructure.

Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS), secure digital (SD) storage cards on the surveillance camera, the emergence of mega-pixel IP network cameras, and searchable or forensic analytics are among market-moving trends providing benefits such as the secure storage of surveillance recordings, the need for higher resolution video and the emergence of surveillance analytics to better assess security related events through data on foot traffic, face recognition, and reconstruction of events from several camera sources. The Allied Telesis IP Surveillance solution meets requirements to effectively achieve these benefits while maintaining network uptime and high availability through its redundant, resilient networking gear; yields an optimal performance backbone for greater application Quality of Service prioritization of video services; and provides secure, remote monitoring for further security assurance.

Incorporating next generation technological advancements into its IP Surveillance solution-by adding optimized layer-2 and layer-3 switches, new media converters, and an enhanced graphical user interface (GUI)-Allied Telesis can now offer greater solution customization with lower costs, as no new wiring is required.

“When building a solution to safeguard their people, organizations cannot take short-cuts or risks,” saidSubhasish Gupta, Country Manager, India & SAARC at Allied Telesis. ”That’s when system integrators and enterprises should align with solution driven vendors like Allied Telesis to deliver high-quality, IP-based video security services over Ethernet networks. Our expertise-both globally and within the country in designing and implementing converged multi-play networks coupled with our advanced IP surveillance solutions enable a seamless migration from analog to digital video security systems, allowing medium & large enterprises to better protect their critical information and employee assets.”

Shown this week at ASIS, the Allied Telesis IP surveillance solution includes several new components-

The AT-8000 Series access-edge switches, designed to enable SD storage and analytics of video content at the edge while cost-effectively connecting local copper devices over fiber at distances of up to 1.2 miles. This capability is ideal in IP video surveillance networks where remote cameras may be located beyond the reach of copper cabling. The AT-8000 Series also offers Power over Ethernet (PoE) capabilities with unique 24-port connectivity to maximize power, port, and connectivity options when adding new surveillance equipment to the network.

The AT-9000 Series switches, the most affordable layer-2 fiber core switches in the surveillance market, received an upgrade to the AlliedWare Plus operating system. In addition, the AT-9000/28SP small form-factor pluggable (SFP) module fiber distribution switch supports both Fast Ethernet as well as Gigabit Ethernet speeds.

AT-MC 605/606, the two latest media converters from Allied Telesis, enable greater network extension by converting existing analog phone-grade wiring into IP-ready cabling – perfect for mega-pixel IP security video streaming. Through plug-and-play deployment, enterprises can forgo the costly building integrity analysis of network resources, or the cost/need to rewire a premise with expensive Cat5 or fiber cable.

AlliedWare™ Plus, as part of the Allied Telesis Network Operating System (Network OS), provides a common interface across all platforms to minimize training costs associated with IP video network migrations and upgrades, enabling easier support processes.

Vertical Strengths

The Allied Telesis IP surveillance solution is ideal for specialized markets requiring maximum uptime and optimized performance to secure a physical location, information, and/or property. This includes Industrial Grade products. For example, Allied Telesis is working with international healthcare, education, government, service provider, and utility organizations to deploy its leading IP-based video security solutions around the world. Specifically, the Company leads in deploying these solutions to global healthcare facilities for use by emergency response and security teams to ensure patient, staff, and visitor safety. Allied Telesis also recently announced its design and implementation of a real-time IP surveillance solution in the education market in the Hoxie, Arkansas, U.S. School District, in which the Company provides a single-view, remotely managed, port-based virtual local area network (VLAN) to ensure a more secure campus environment for students, faculty, and staff.

In India, Allied Telesis has successfully deployed multiple campuses as well as city surveillance networks in various vertical spaces.

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About Allied Telesis, Inc.

For more than 23 years, Allied Telesis has been a leading provider of networking infrastructure. Today the Company enables delivery of data, voice, and video services to a variety of clients globally. Allied Telesis is committed to innovating the way in which services and applications are delivered and managed, resulting in increased value and lower operating costs. To know more about the company and products & solutions, please visit www.alliedtelesis.com

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A trusted digital security technology company, SecureMetric Technology, introduces the SecureDongle X, a product that secures software intellectual property rights for all software vendor / developer in India

Considered as intellectual property, software is protected by copyright laws in almost every country. Despite this fact, software piracy is still prevalent, affecting software developers who are unable to generate the revenue required to continue support and expand their business. Software piracy is greatly impacting the global economy. Some 43 percent of computer programs used worldwide were illegal copies in 2009, says the Business Software Alliance. Losses top $50 billion, and in some countries more than 90 percent of software is illegally copied.

SecureMetric Technology offers products and solutions to ensure software protection worldwide. A fast growing digital security technology company, SecureMetric is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, with subsidiaries also partners in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta- Indonesia, India, Singapore

SecureMetric has appointed more than 20 channel partners from other regions as international marketing network. As a multinational company, SecureMetric’s technical team consist of top security experts from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and the United Kingdom.

SecureMetric\’s products and services have been shipped and implemented in more than 35 countries worldwide. Flaunting cross region and cross culture exposure, the company is poised to help their customers to be the best in their industry.

Among the most innovative products of SecureMetric, SecureDongle and SecureDongle X enables software developers to implement software licensing protection. SecureDongle comes equipped with an advanced ready-pack hardware based protection system which will prevent revenue losses due to software piracy.

Used by over 1,000 clients, SecureDongle X was created based on advanced anti-cracking technology that aims to provide a powerful weapon to protect their most important licensing asset. It is built based on the most cost effective secure EEPROM together with simple Plug & Play HID USB platform that is \”Xtremely simple\” to implement, that even an amateur dongle user can master it with very little learning effort. While this product does not offer many of the advanced software protection methods, it is the perfect choice for mass software developers who want easy-to-use protection with low budget.

Software developers around the world can have peace of mind with handy, affordable and easy-to-implement SecureDongle X from SecureMetric. Visit http://www.securemetric.com/ now.

About SecureMetric Technology:
SecureMetric is one of the fastest growing digital security technology company. Our products and solutions have been successfully shipped and implemented in more than 35 countries worldwide. As a multinational company, SecureMetric’s technical team consist of top security experts from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and United Kingdom. Cross region and cross culture exposure has made SecureMetric a company that is always ahead. With our innovative products and services, we are poised to help our customers to be the best in their industry.

Company Contact Information
SecureMetric Technology
sales@securemetric.com
Phone : 91-11-27232325 (Contact: Mr. Thomas)

The explosion in the holy town of Varanasi (between Shitla and Dashashwamedh Ghat on the bank of the river Ganges) on the evening of 07 December (killing a child and leaving at least 25, including some foreign tourists, injured) is another grim reminder that anti-India forces are working overtime to disrupt communal harmony and create widespread trouble. The blast, a handiwork of terrorists, took place when thousands of devotees and the foreign tourists had assembled at the ghat (bathing area on holy river bank) for having darshan of the Ganga Arti (a daily lamp ritual). Ammonium nitrate and timer was used (set at the time at which maximum crowds assemble at the ghats). Another IED, which was timed to be set off five minutes after the first one to cause casualties on fleeing public, was later recovered and diffused. Two other bombs have been recovered from nearby areas.
Terrorist group Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the blast saying that it is a response to Ayodhya attacks. In an email sent from Malad, Mumbai, they said, “let us feel the pain”.

Some people have been injured due to the blast and some others due to the consequent stampede which occurred due to the collapse of the railing.
The attack was rich in symbolism. Varanasi is the most visited pilgrimage city in India. It is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh (Ayodhya where Babri Mosque was demolished in 1992 is in the same state). Tuesday is the holy day with maximum crowds (including foreigners). It was the first Tuesday after 06 December. It may be recalled that in March 2006, over 20 people were killed and 60 injured in three explosions in Varanasi.

A high alert has been sounded across the state of UP and in major cities including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad etc.

What should corporations be telling their employees?

Terrorism and crime is becoming a reality of the times we live in. Post the incident a high alert has been issued across India. Corporations should warn their employees to be more vigilant, be aware of suspicious activities and suspect packages and report them.

• Avoid unnecessary travel. If still travelling be sure to take “in country briefing” and strictly follow “do’s and don’ts.”

• Don’t congregate in public areas. Always be aware of your surroundings. Only travel in appropriate transport and not on your own.

• Avoid passing through known pockets of influence of pro-Hindu groups (like Dadar in Mumbai) or minority ghettos (like Mahim etc. in Mumbai).

• Be extra vigilant; look for signs of trouble; err on the side of caution (in India situation can deteriorate rapidly and spin out of control).

• Avoid public places frequented by and popular with foreign nationals. Exercise high degree of caution especially at tourist sites and government installations. If in shops, sit away from shop windows and always be aware of exit routes.

• Always have a means of communication with you at all time, and make other aware of your whereabouts if travelling outside of you hotel etc.

• BCM and emergency response machinery should be extra prepared to pre-empt and respond adequately to events/incidents/emergencies/developments/intelligence.

•Try to be in areas where there is a security presence.

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Mindspace, Malad (W),
Mumbai – 400 064, India.

Tel : T +91 22 4021 1904/05
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+ 91 98201 26761

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November-February is usually the peak business season in India with festivals, increased sales of houses, cars and ornaments and CXOs/ Chairpersons of global MNCs flocking to Mumbai, NCR and Bangalore. The period also witnesses an intensification of terrorist activity and heightened threat levels. Terror attacks of 26/11/2008 were carefully timed to achieve strategic impact and to generate media attention. The Babri demolition anniversary falls on December 6 (on this day in 1992, Hindu fundamentalists had destroyed Babri Mosque in Ayodhya); this is seen as another communally sensitive day. The apprehensions of a communal situation are slightly more this year as this the first anniversary after the Allahabad High Court pronounced its verdict in the Ayodhya imbroglio.

The centre has issued a security advisory to the states and Union territories. The agencies feel that a terror attack timed around the anniversary of either 26/11 or Babri demolition could generate wide publicity, apart from sending out a clear message that the terror machinery is still alive and kicking. The Centre has called for heightened vigil and to beef up security at all vital installations (especially those located near the coast and crowded places).Though no specific intercepts have been reported to be received indicating terrorists’ plans to launch fresh terror strike, the Centre is not taking any chances.

Recently two major events, the Commonwealth Games and visit of the US President were held amidst unprecedented security and passed off without any terrorist incident. While India has been witnessing continued left-wing extremist violence in the hinterland (over 800 people have lost their lives this year), no major terrorist strikes post 26/11/2008 and Pune Bakery have taken place. Many more people die in fires, building collapses, road and rail accidents and diseases, which are not widely reported.

Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore have been identified as the most vulnerable cities. The home ministry has asked the states/UTs to deploy additional forces in markets, religious and other public places for tighter surveillance. Terrorists had struck on November 26, 2008, at multiple targets in south Mumbai, including the landmark Taj and Trident hotels, Nariman House, Leopold cafe and CST railway terminus, . killing166 people in the three-day-long mayhem.

Corporations operating in India should caution their employees to be more vigilant and aware of their surroundings.

During 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Americans, Israelis and other foreigners were targeted by the terrorists. Expatriate employees should be reminded that hotels, markets, and other public places are especially attractive targets for terrorist groups. They should be urged to practice good security, maintain a heightened situational awareness and a low profile. Foreigners / visitors should monitor local news reports and consider the level of security present when visiting public places, including religious sites, or choosing hotels, restaurants, entertainment and recreation venues

Few points which merit attention are as under:

•Foreign nationals should have good in-country briefing before you travel around. Be aware of surroundings and observe security precautions as advised during travel to New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and other major Indian cities (particularly foreign nationals). Try not to ID yourself by wearing your country colours in public.

•Avoid passing through communally sensitive areas and crowded places.

•Be extra vigilant; look for signs of trouble; err on the side of caution (in India situation can deteriorate very quickly). Be aware of suspect packages or suspicious activities and report them

•Avoid public places frequented by and popular with foreign nationals. Exercise high degree of caution especially at tourist sites and government installations. Try to sit away from shop window and always know the exit routes.

•Always have a means of communication with you and make others know about your whereabouts when you are outside the hotel.

•Health precautions against H1N1 and mosquito induced diseases is a must; ensure food and water hygiene.

•In North India (New Delhi), winter fog/smog can be very dense restricting visibility to few metres; this can disrupt schedule of flights and trains, and cause disruptions in road travel. Avoid night travel.

•BCM and emergency response machinery should be extra prepared to pre-empt and respond adequately to events/incidents/emergencies/developments/intelligence.

Mumbai, November 19, 2010: Marsh India, leading risk advisors and insurance brokers, today said that compared to other sectors/industry verticals, risk management in Indian technology companies has gained significant importance and has emerged as one of the highest priorities for the C-suite.

According to Marsh, regulatory changes in the western world, especially related to privacy and data security, have made it mandatory for most Indian Tech companies to have a robust and formally documented risk management plan. In fact, for many companies this risk management plan goes beyond management of operational risks and focuses on business continuity and issues like succession planning as well. Many technology companies have also created a new department or a position for risk management reporting directly into the board of directors, this and other observations were discussed at the Marsh Annual Technology Conference, titled ‘The changing face of risk’ held in Mumbai today.

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Sanjay Kedia Country Head and CEO, Marsh India said, “There are over one thousand technology companies in India and most of them of them have set up formalized risk management departments. This clearly shows that risk management is important for the C-suite and cannot be ignored.”

He further added, “The risk landscape is broadening and changing at a very fast pace and geographic boundaries are blurring. Many Indian technology companies are operating in environments with increasing levels of international regulation and litigation and it is critical to understand these risks as well as the changing attitude towards managing these risks. ”

Marsh India has monitored emerging trends and broad themes related to risk and insurance among Indian technology companies over the last one year, the following findings were highlighted at the technology conference;

§ Risk management has moved up the agenda at the most senior level; risk management functions are being utilized as differentiations while pitching for customer contracts, many companies now have a formal position of Chief Risk Officer reporting to the board

§ Risk is being more formally & objectively addressed at board meetings and in other forums

§ A majority of companies have reviewed their approach to risk because of the downturn and are keen to replicate global best practices, and in some cases pioneer them in India

§ Customers, suppliers and credit/political risk have moved from being one of the lowest to the top risks being monitored by many Indian technology companies

§ Strategic and operational risks like business continuity, currency fluctuations, employee attrition and regulatory changes are being perceived as almost as important as financial and macroeconomic risks

§ Post Satyam incident, there is an increased emphasis on corporate governance, disclosures and transparency beyond what is mandated by the different regulations or listing requirements

§ Regulatory changes, especially in the US, UK & EU are driving many companies to relook at how they do business. Some of these like the US healthcare HITECH Act could be a blessing in disguise which some outsourcing companies are gearing towards capitalizing upon

§ New technologies or developments in older ones like the CLOUD, social networking, open source etc. spell opportunity but are also throwing up challenges related to risk for technology firms in India

Marsh India observed that events like the Satyam along with a spate of high profile bankruptcies and near failures have forced the regulators around the world to become more active, stringent and increasingly cooperative with each other to bring about corrective and disciplinary measures. While earlier there was greater focus on issues like client management from a delivery perspective, these new set of issues and changing risk landscape has compelled technology companies to seek appropriate solutions.

Marsh India is the risk advisor to several mid and large sized technology companies in India and counts all of the top 5 IT companies and 4 of the top 5 ITES companies in India as its clients. With this deep understanding of various risks that the sector faces, the Marsh conference hosted multiple sessions and panel discussions led by experts.

About Marsh India

Marsh has over 24,000 employees and provides advice and transactional capabilities to clients in over 100 countries. Marsh is a unit of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), a global professional services firm with over 50,000 employees’ worldwide and annual revenue of $10 billion. MMC also is the parent company of Guy Carpenter, the risk and reinsurance specialist; Mercer, the provider of HR and related financial advice and services; and Oliver Wyman, the management consultancy. Its stock (ticker symbol: MMC) is listed on the New York, Chicago and London stock exchanges. MMC’s website address is www.mmc.com. Marsh’s Web site is www.marsh.com.

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HAAKSBERGEN, NETHERLANDS, 27th October, 2010 – In February 2010, a man working for the UK Police hacked into a computer and stole highly sensitive information about Prince Charles. He obtained officer’s passwords, police station door codes and the electronic signature of the chief constable. Though he did not have any malicious intent, he was sentenced to a 1 year prison sentence.
[Source: http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/carmarthen-journal/mi_8090/is_20100217/secret-force-data-stolen-hacker/ai_n51020321/]

To effectively prevent a similar crime and avoid becoming a victim, we have to prepare ourselves at all circumstances. Data must always be in a secured and protected state. Any loss of data will prove to be a major inconvenience and disruption to work for those who need to use it.

RiTech International provides a consumer solution in the form of the iDEA Matrix USB storage device. This device has the strong ability to guard attacks from any method used. With previous product successes such as the BioSlimDisk, RiTech International has introduced the ability to customize the user’s privacy and access to data with public and private partitioning.

These are some of the security methods incorporated in the iDEA Matrix:
 Swipe sensor –authentication by fingerprint swiping
User capacity (6 fingerprint) – 2 admits and 4 user fingerprints (only admin can erase fingerprint enrollment)
 Dual protection authentication – Password (for private partition) and fingerprint access
 AES 256 bit encryption – Hardware based encryption for private partition
 Driver less – Zero footprint technology.

The iDEA Matrix is highly compatible with most operating systems, assuring convenience of usage. RiTech International positions this product towards the average customer who wishes to have secured data access. For more information please visit the BioSlimDisk website.

About RiTech International:
In 1998, RiTech International BV pioneered the first USB storage solution coupled with Biometrics fingerprint protection. Leading in hardware innovative technologies, RiTech produced a unique security vault to store and protect personal or corporate data. Being hardware-specific, RiTech has kept its dominance by being the only self-contained USB-biometrics producer on the market. Essentially no contamination of software drivers are used to assist data encryption or any software functions used by fingerprint authentication.

Contact Information:
Name: Vernon Heng
Business Development Manager
RiTech International BV
Scholtenhagenweg 25,
Haaksbergen 7481VN,
Netherlands
Tel: +31-(0)62 762 5014
Fax: +31-(0)53 574 2087
E-Mail: vernon@bioslimdisk.com
Website: http://www.bioslimdisk.com

Bangalore, October 20, 2010: Alcatel-Lucent has announced the Open API Service Hackathon to do battle with their APIs for a chance at fame and fortune! Participatns have time until noon, November 10 2010, to either work in teams or alone to mash up Open API Service APIs with any other API you can find on ProgrammableWeb, and compete for prizes in several categories. The People’s Choice and first prizes are 20,000 Rs. each, second prize is 15,000 Rs, third prize is 10,000 Rs and other fun stufff.

Contest categories are Gaming / Entertainment, Social Networking and Services / Commerce (search, shopping, etc). Platforms are iOS (Apple Devices), Android, Windows Mobile and any Web-Based Platform (can get to it via normal browser).

Sign up for the contest here:

http://www.mobiledevelopersummit.com/mods/alu_hackathon_signuptest.html, learn about the finalist at the official brief by Tim Cloonan (Regional Manager for Community Evangelism, Alcatel-Lucent in Asia Pacific) at the summit on 10 November 2010. Vote for the People’s Choice winner in the afternoon session by Jonathan Beard, Alcatel-Lucent Community Developer and lead judge for the hackathon.

For more information refer http://www.mobiledevelopersummit.com/alu_hackathon.html, and post questions for assistance on the forums http://openapiservice.com/forum.

About Mobile Developer Summit 2010

As the focus world-wide shifts from App Stores to Developers (some even calling 2010 the Year of the Developer) the annual Mobile Developer Summit (MODS) brings together thought leaders and experts from different aspects of the mobile ecosystem to share their passion, experience, grit and learning to a gathering of over a 1000 mobile/web application developers and technologists. Whether experienced or new developers, or industry experts and decision makers, all share the floor to debate, share and rethink the world of mobile.

Handcrafted by Saltmarch Media, MODS 2010 allows for creative solutions to be generated, insider information to be found and personal contacts to be made, all essential ingredients to your innovation and your business. Mobile Developer Summit 2010 will feature a convergence of thousands of developers, technologists and industry players from the mobile and web developer communities. Startups, investors, mobile carriers and device manufacturers will benefit from better understanding the latest technologies that will define the mobile market of tomorrow.

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Bangalore, October 20, 2010: With mobile becoming a hotbed for innovation, Saltmarch Media supported by Intel® AppUpSM developer program, is proud to announce the App Pitch contest in support of new ideas emanating from the Indian mobile developer ecosystem. App Pitch offers you the chance at glory, fame and the potential to meet the people that can take your app to the next level. App Pitch will culminate at Mobile Developer Summit 2010, to be held at Nimhans Convention Center, Bangalore, India, 10 November 2010.

The App Pitch contest is open to both individual developers residing in India, as well as application development companies registered in India. It does not take more than 5 minutes to file your application using the form: http://www.developermarch.com/mods/contest.html#Submityourpitch. Post a one paragraph pitch for your app, then link to your app’s web site and your Twitter (twitter) page. The app must be live in a mobile app store and be available for download.

The list of the top 25 apps will be published from mobiledevelopersummit.com on Wednesday, November 3 2010; each of the top 25 applicants will win Saltmarch branded wrist watches. The top 25 applicants will be given a Rs. 10,000/- incentive to port their apps to the Intel® AppUpSM developer program redeemable once the app is validated and published on the Intel AppUp center. The top 6 applicants will have the unique opportunity to pitch their app in front of 1000+ developers, tech industry executives and investors. The winner will receive a Netbook and Rs. 25000/- prize money, courtesy Intel® AppUpSM developer program.

About Mobile Developer Summit 2010

As the focus world-wide shifts from App Stores to Developers (some even calling 2010 the Year of the Developer) the annual Mobile Developer Summit (MODS) brings together thought leaders and experts from different aspects of the mobile ecosystem to share their passion, experience, grit and learning to a gathering of over a 1000 mobile/web application developers and technologists. Whether experienced or new developers, or industry experts and decision makers, all share the floor to debate, share and rethink the world of mobile.

Handcrafted by Saltmarch Media, MODS 2010 allows for creative solutions to be generated, insider information to be found and personal contacts to be made, all essential ingredients to your innovation and your business. Mobile Developer Summit 2010 will feature a convergence of thousands of developers, technologists and industry players from the mobile and web developer communities. Startups, investors, mobile carriers and device manufacturers will benefit from better understanding the latest technologies that will define the mobile market of tomorrow.

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Bangalore, October 18, 2010: The constant rush to new fads and fashions in the Information Technology industry have done little to improve overall software quality; and as computing moves to the cloud, apparently out of our control, quality becomes even more important. Satellite launches famously fail, medical devices famously overdose patients and engines still shut down in flight. Best practices and standards for managing, measuring and improving software implementation processes have had some success (most notably CMMI), but incorrect and incomplete coverage in the industry has left us in a mostly unchanged situation. At the same time, outsourcers and other software development teams have no standardized, widely-adopted way to agree software quality metrics with contractors and purchasers of software. Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman and CEO for OMG, is speaking at Business Technology Summit about a standard to lower costs and increase quality broadly in the software world, driven by static code analysis, software modeling and shared patterns and anti-patterns of good practice. Dr. Soley’s keynote will give an overview of the process and schedule for developing the standard, and the expected uses of of the standard when complete.

Dr. Richard Soley is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for OMG. As Chairman and CEO, Dr. Soley is responsible for the vision and direction of the world’s largest consortium of its type. Dr. Soley joined the nascent OMG as Technical Director in 1989, leading the development of OMG’s world-leading standardization process and the original CORBA® specification. In 1996, he led the effort to move into vertical market standards (starting with healthcare, finance, telecommunications and manufacturing) and modeling, leading first to the Unified Modeling Language (UML®) and later the Model Driven Architecture (MDA®).

Previously, Dr. Soley was a cofounder and former Chairman/CEO of A. I. Architects, Inc., maker of the 386 HummingBoard and other PC and workstation hardware and software. Prior to that, he consulted for various technology companies and venture firms on matters pertaining to software investment opportunities. Dr. Soley has also consulted for IBM, Motorola, PictureTel, Texas Instruments, Gold Hill Computer and others. He began his professional life at Honeywell Computer Systems working on the Multics operating system. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., Dr. Soley holds the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

About Business Technology Summit
Business Technology Summit is the single most inspirational, informative and valuable event of the year for those recognise the overall business network benefits when business technologies are made integral to the overall value equation. Each year, the summit is attended by a serious audience of over thousand lively and thought-provoking IT practitioners and business leaders. With outstanding education sessions, powerhouse speakers, and demand-driven content BTS 2010 offers cloud and SOA vendors a great way to maximize their company’s visibility and maintain a heightened profile, before during and after the summit. Follow the summit on Twitter, here: http://twitter.com/btsummit and LinkedIn: http://events.linkedin.com/Business-Technology-Summit-2010/pub/331907

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Bangalore, October 19, 2010: Recognizing the importance of giving enterprises quality information at the point of use, Dr. Chris Harding sees information interoperability as the next major challenge. He leads the SOA Working Group at The Open Group – an open forum of customers and suppliers of IT products and services. In addition, he is a Director of UDEF Forum, and manages The Open Group’s work on semantic interoperability. At Business Technology Summit 2010, to be held 11-12 November 2010 in Bangalore Dr. Harding will speak about Using Cloud in Your Enterprise Architecture, Managing Cloud Risks, SOA for Interoperability, and SOA Governance:

* Using Cloud in Your Enterprise Architecture (11 Nov): cloud computing presents enterprises with major opportunities, not only for cost savings but, more importantly, to improve their service delivery, and to enter new markets with innovative service offerings. But it is not possible to do this just by waving a magic wand. How cloud should be used needs careful consideration. Will it replace existing IT, and, if so, how will the enterprise manage the transition? Will it be added to and complement in-house IT and, if so, how should they be integrated? It is the business of enterprise architects to resolve such questions. The Open Group has produced the industry standard framework, TOGAF, which is used by many enterprise architects to guide their decisions. Participants will learn: the architectural considerations involved in using Cloud Computing within the enterprise, and the approaches that can be taken by enterprise architects to use Cloud effectively.

* Managing Cloud Risks (11 Nov): cloud Computing has significant benefits, but can also carry significant risks. Many enterprises, for example, are concerned about risks associated with security, data protection, and cost control. If they are to use cloud computing, they need to understand these risks, and understand how to manage them. This presentation will describe an approach, based on scorecards, to identifying, monitoring, and managing the main risks associated with cloud computing. Attendees will learn: what the main risks are, how to monitor them, and how to mitigate their effects.

* SOA for Interoperability: integrating applications – and now Cloud services – is a major challenge for enterprise architects. Each of these components is designed to deliver a particular set of functionality, and probably does this very well. But different applications and services are designed separately and generally do not inter-operate with each other. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has become established as an architectural style within which different components can inter-operate so that applications and external services can be integrated within an overall enterprise architecture. This presentation will describe the latest state-of-the-art of SOA, and explain how enterprise architects can use it to achieve interoperability, following best-practice methods developed by The Open Group based on the experience of its members. Participants will learn: how SOA delivers interoperability, a standard reference architecture for SOA, and how to use the Open Group’s standard architecture framework TOGAF to develop a service-oriented enterprise architecture.

* SOA Governance: from the earliest days of SOA, it has been widely recognized that good governance is crucial for successful deployment. It has also been recognized that SOA governance is difficult. In the first place, this was partly just because SOA was new. Secondly, it is also because SOA requires a different way of working to traditional architectural styles, with different roles and responsibilities. Thirdly, and perhaps most significantly, enterprises using SOA learn as they go, and change the way they do things as they learn, which means that their governance must be adaptable and flexible. This presentation will describe the Open Group SOA Governance Framework. This is a standard governance framework developed by The Open Group using the experience of its member companies. It includes a standard SOA governance reference model, and a vitality method by which you can create a flexible and adaptive SOA governance regimen for your enterprise. Participants will learn: the importance of SOA governance, the Open Group SOA Governance Reference Model, and how to develop an enterprise SOA governance regimen using the SOA Governance Vitality Method.

Dr. Harding has a Ph.D in mathematical logic, and is a member of the British Computer Society (BCS) and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

About Business Technology Summit
Business Technology Summit is the single most inspirational, informative and valuable event of the year for those recognise the overall business network benefits when business technologies are made integral to the overall value equation. Each year, the summit is attended by a serious audience of over thousand lively and thought-provoking IT practitioners and business leaders. With outstanding education sessions, powerhouse speakers, and demand-driven content BTS 2010 offers cloud and SOA vendors a great way to maximize their company’s visibility and maintain a heightened profile, before during and after the summit.

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HackTrack 2010 Ethical Hacking & Information Security Workshop at Innovision 2010, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology by Sunny Vaghela

Hyderabad, India, August 10, 2010: HackTrack 2010 Ethical Hacking & Information Security Workshop at Innovision 2010, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology by Sunny Vaghela – Workshop Dates: 28th & 29th August,2010.

Workshop Dates: 28th & 29th August,2010: Are you crazy about hacking??? Want to learn advanced ethical hacking ???

Then this is the right place for you to be…

This year “Innovision 2010″ Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology organizes “HackTrack 2010“-Two days Workshop on Ethical Hacking and Information Security under the TechFest 2011,IIT, Bombay banner in association with Sunny Vaghela, Director & CTO of TechDefence Pvt. Ltd.

The workshop is specially designed by TechDefence in co-ordination with  ”Innovision 2010″ Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology for aspiring hacking and information security geeks.

Workshop Highlights:

• Live Demonstration of Latest Hacking Techniques & tools.
• Live investigation Demonstration of various cases solved by Sunny Vaghela.
• Personal Interaction with Sunny Vaghela.
• Hands on Practice Sessions
• Ethical Hacking Toolkit(Includes PowerPoint Presentations,Tools,Ebooks).

Key Points of TechDefence:

• We have rich experience working on cases & training for Crime Branch, Ahmedabad,Nasik,Rajkot,Surat & Hyderabad.
• Successfully Conducted more than 160 workshops & seminars for Students & Professionals across globe.
• We helped Top Investigating Agencies to solve Cyber Terrorism Cases like Ahmedabad & Mumbai Blasts Cases.
• We do not use third party tools. we have developed our Crypters, remote administration tools, Scripts etc.
• Our Director & Trainer is supported by Ministry of Home Affairs, Malaysia.
• Topper of Workshop will be offered CCSE ( Certified Cyber Security Expert) worth 15,000 INR.

Workshop contents:

Cyber Ethics
Information Gathering And Scanning
Email Hacking
Google Hacking
Mobile & VoIP Hacking
Wireless Hacking
Web Application Hacking
Cyber Crime Investigation
Cyber Law

To download detailed contents Click here (* kindly give hyperlink to the workshop content attached here.)

Workshop package includes:

Workshop participation fee
TechDefence ethical hacking toolkit fee
CEH-1 certification fee
Ethical hacking handouts
Examination fee

Workshop duration:

2 days (16 hours, 8 hours/day)

Workshop Trainer:

Sunny Vaghela (Director & CTO,TechDefence Pvt. Ltd.) – Sunny Vaghela is serial entrepreneur & has wide experience in the field ofEthical Hacking,Cyber Crime Investigation & Forensics.At the age of 17,Sunny found many loopholes in SMS & VoIP Technology.At 18,Sunny has found loopholes like “Session Hijacking” & “Cross Site Scripting” in popular social networking website orkut.com. At 19 Sunny Vaghela has been awarded by Rajiv Gandhi Young Achiever Award as IT Expert of Gujarat.At 20, He has solved more than 16 cases in association with Crime Branch,Ahmedabad. He traced out origin of Terror Email Trail of Ahmedabad Serial Bomb Blasts.He also helped Mumbai Police to get information on “jamat ud dawah” after Mumbai Terror Attacks.He has addressed more than 160 IT security conferences/Workshops at National & International Level all across Globe.He has trained professionals from many reputed Companies like Google,Yahoo!,ISACA,Temenos,ZOHO, Delloitte,K7 Antivirus,TCS,HCL,Sify & many Co-operative Banks of India.At 21, He is founder & Chief Technical Officer of TechDefence Pvt Ltd which is rapidly growing IT Security Training & Consulting Organization focusing on Cyber Crime Investigation,Cyber Law Consulting,Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing.

To know more about Sunny Vaghela please visit www.sunnyvaghela.com

To know more about TechDefence,kindly log on to www.techdefence.com

Certification:

Certificate of “Certified Ethical Hacking Expert – Level 1” will be given to participants from TechDefence & TechFest 2011, IIT, Bombay.

Workshop Venue:

Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad.

Workshop Fees:

Rs.1000/- per participant.

For registration go to:-

http://techdefence.com/

If you have any queries please feel free to contact:

Ankush Mukul,

Mobile: +91 9723373375

Email: ankush@techdefence.com

ETHICAL HACKING WORKSHOP BY SUNNY VAGHELA AT SRM UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI

Chennai, India, August 6, 2010: HackIT 2010 Ethical Hacking & Information Security Workshop atAaruush 2010, SRM University, Chennai by Sunny Vaghela

Workshop Dates: 1st & 2nd September,2010

Are you crazy about hacking??? Want to learn advanced ethical hacking ???

Then this is the right place for you to be…

This year Aaruush 2010, SRM University, Chennai organizes “HackIT 2010“-Two days Workshop on Ethical Hacking and Information Security in association with Sunny Vaghela, Director & CTO of TechDefence Pvt. Ltd.

The workshop is specially designed by TechDefence in co-ordination with Aaruush 2010, SRM University, Chennai for aspiring hacking and information security geeks.

Workshop Highlights:
• Live Demonstration of Latest Hacking Techniques & tools.
• Live investigation Demonstration of various cases solved by Sunny Vaghela.
• Personal Interaction with Sunny Vaghela.
• Hands on Practice Sessions
• Ethical Hacking Toolkit(Includes PowerPoint Presentations,Tools,Ebooks).

Key Points of TechDefence:

• We have rich experience working on cases & training for Crime Branch, Ahmedabad,Nasik,Rajkot,Surat & Hyderabad.
• Successfully Conducted more than 160 workshops & seminars for Students & Professionals across globe.
• We helped Top Investigating Agencies to solve Cyber Terrorism Cases like Ahmedabad & Mumbai Blasts Cases.
• We do not use third party tools. we have developed our Crypters, remote administration tools, Scripts etc.
• Our Director & Trainer is supported by Ministry of Home Affairs, Malaysia.
• Topper of Workshop will be offered CCSE ( Certified Cyber Security Expert) worth 15,000 INR.

Workshop contents:

Cyber Ethics
Information Gathering And Scanning
Email Hacking
Google Hacking
Mobile & VoIP Hacking
Wireless Hacking
Web Application Hacking
Cyber Crime Investigation
Cyber Law

To download detailed contents Click here (* kindly give hyperlink to the workshop content attached here.)

Workshop package includes:

Workshop participation fee
TechDefence ethical hacking toolkit fee
CPH certification fee
Ethical hacking handouts
Examination fee

Workshop duration:

2 days (12 hours, 6 hours/day)

Workshop Trainer:

Sunny Vaghela (Director & CTO,TechDefence Pvt. Ltd.) – Sunny Vaghela is serial entrepreneur & has wide experience in the field ofEthical Hacking,Cyber Crime Investigation & Forensics.At the age of 17,Sunny found many loopholes in SMS & VoIP Technology.At 18,Sunny has found loopholes like “Session Hijacking” & “Cross Site Scripting” in popular social networking website orkut.com. At 19 Sunny Vaghela has been awarded by Rajiv Gandhi Young Achiever Award as IT Expert of Gujarat.At 20, He has solved more than 16 cases in association with Crime Branch,Ahmedabad. He traced out origin of Terror Email Trail of Ahmedabad Serial Bomb Blasts.He also helped Mumbai Police to get information on “jamat ud dawah” after Mumbai Terror Attacks.He has addressed more than 160 IT security conferences/Workshops at National & International Level all across Globe.He has trained professionals from many reputed Companies like Google,Yahoo!,ISACA,Temenos,ZOHO, Delloitte,K7 Antivirus,TCS,HCL,Sify & many Co-operative Banks of India.At 21, He is founder & Chief Technical Officer of TechDefence Pvt Ltd which is rapidly growing IT Security Training & Consulting Organization focusing on Cyber Crime Investigation,Cyber Law Consulting,Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing.

To know more about Sunny Vaghela please visit www.sunnyvaghela.com

To know more about TechDefence,kindly log on to www.techdefence.com

Workshop Venue:

Aaruush 2010, SRM University, Chennai

Workshop Fees:

Rs.600/- per participant.

FOR REGISTRATION GO TO

http://aaruush.net/

Contact details:

1. Mahendra Reddy.B -    +91-9790982598
2. N.M.SRIKANTH -       +91-9962305822
3. P.A.NISCHAL -            +91-9445553604

If you have any queries please feel free to contact:

Ankush Mukul,

Mobile: +91 9723373375

Email: ankush@techdefence.com

Great Indian Developer Summit 2010 – India’s Biggest Polyglot Conference and Workshops for IT Software Professionals

Bangalore, April 13, 2010: The GIDS.Java Conference and Workshops has announced the complete program of over 50 sessions on the present and future of the Java language and VM, how they are evolving to meet the community’s ever-changing needs, and some of the cutting-edge tools, technologies & techniques used for building robust enterprise Java applications today. The GIDs.Java track at Great Indian Developer Summit takes place 22 and 23 April 2010, at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. To register or for more information visit: www.developersummit.com.

As one of the longest running independent developer conferences in India, GIDS.Java at the Great Indian Developer Summit 2010 is uniquely positioned to provide a blend of practical, pragmatic and immediately applicable knowledge and a glimpse of the future of technology. During 22 and 23 April 2010, GIDS.Java offers a multi-track conference, workshops, expo show floor, and networking opportunities.

The first keynote at GIDS.Java “Pointy Haired Bosses and Pragmatic Programmers” is led by Dr. Venkat Subramaniam. He speaks about how each of us has a professional responsibility to be objective and make decisions that will help us and our teams be productive and deliver results. Venkat will pick on some fallacies, lay down facts, and discuss how to stay professional and objective in our daily efforts.

The second keynote of the day explains the practical features that make the Cloud so interesting, and why everyone should start using it in their everyday life. Simone Brunozzi, Amazon Web Services Technology Evangelist, will detail technical examples, business details all mixed with a lot of Italian humor to ensure audience enjoy this talk without a single line of code.

The third keynote of the day gives an exciting overview of directions in the Java space for Oracle, featuring concrete signs of Oracles heavy investment, a clear concise strategy overview, and deep dives into some of the most interesting pieces of technology being developed in the Java Platform Group today; such as JavaEE, JDK7, JavaFX, and our exciting new visual tools. Featuring demos by a Java evangelism team star, Simon Ritter, this talk takes you top to bottom in Java Technology.

Featured talks at GID.Web include:

* Good, Bad, and Ugly of Java Generics, Venkat Subramaniam
* Pure Java Ajax: An Overview of GWT 2.0, Marty Hall
* How JPA 2.0 Makes a Good Thing Even Better, Mike Keith
* Building Enterprise RIAs with Adobe Flex and Java, Sujit Reddy G
* Integrated Ajax Support in JSF 2.0, Marty Hall
* Design Patterns in Java and Groovy, Venkat Subramaniam
* A Gentle Introduction to iPhone and Obj-C for Java Developers, Matthew McCullough
* Cloud Computing: Azure for Java Developers, Janakiram MSV
* Ajax Support in the Prototype JavaScript Library, Marty Hall
* First steps to IT Heaven Through the Cloud. Part III: .Java, Simone Brunozi
* Building Web 2.0 User Interfaces for Web Service Models using JSF, Frank Nimphius and Jobinesh P
* Acceptance Test Driven Development, John Tobin and Mohammed Mohsinali
* Architecting Your Java Applications for the Cloud, Praveen Srivatsa
* Effective Java, Venkat Subramaniam
* The Amazing Groovy Weight-loss Plan, Scott Davis
* Enterprise Modeling – from Conceptual Planning to Technical Blueprints, J Sripad
* Java Collections Renaissance, Donald Raab and Vlad Zakharov
* Power 7 and IBM J9VM, Himanshu Goyal
* A Whistle-stop Tour of Maven 3.0, Matthew McCullough
* Mass Volume Opportunities for Java Developers, Jouko Nuottila
* Emerging Technology Complex Event Processing, Duvvuri Srinivas
* Agile ALM for Distributed Development, Karthi Swaminathan
* Dim Sum Grails – A Sampler of Practical Non Database-Driven Grails Applications, Scott Davis
* Diagnosing Performance Bottlenecks in J2EE, Deepak Kaul
* Business Driven Identity Management, Suneet Agera
* Combining Java EE with OSGi using Eclipse Gemini, Mike Keith
* Workshop: Essence of Functional Programming, Venkat Subramaniam
* Workshop: Agile Development, Tools, and Teams and Scrum Certification, Stephen Forte
* Workshop: Cloud Computing Boot Camp on the Google App Engine, Matthew McCullough
* Workshop: Building Your First Amazon App, Simone Brunozzi
* Workshop: The 180-min AJAX and JSON Spike Class, Scott Davis
* Workshop: PHP + Adobe Flex = Killer RIA, Shyamprasad P
* Workshop: User Expereince Evaluation Model Walkthrough, Sanna Häiväläinen
* Workshop: Building Data Centric Applications using Adobe Flex and Java, Prashant Singh
* Workshop: Monetizing your Apps with PayPal X Payments Platform, Khurram Khan, Praveen Alavilli

Sponsors of Great Indian Developer Summit 2010 include: Platinum sponsors Microsoft, Oracle Forum Nokia and Adobe; Gold sponsors Intel and SAP; Silver sponsors Quest Software, PayPal, Telerik and AMT.

To learn more about the 2010 Great Indian Developer Summit or register visit: www.developersummit.com

Editor Notes

About Great Indian Developer Summit

Great Indian Developer Summit is the gold standard for India’s software developer ecosystem for gaining exposure to and evaluating new projects, tools, services, platforms, languages, software and standards. Packed with premium knowledge, action plans and advise from been-there-done-it veterans, creators, and visionaries, the 2010 edition of Great Indian Developer Summit features focused sessions, case studies, workshops and power panels that will transform you into a force to reckon with. Featuring 3 co-located conferences: GIDS.NET, GIDS.Web, GIDS.Java and an exclusive day of in-depth tutorials – GIDS.Workshops, from 20 April to 24 April at the IISc campus in Bangalore.

At GIDS you’ll participate in hundreds of sessions encompassing the full range of Microsoft computing, Java, Agile, RIA, Rich Web, open source/standards, languages, frameworks and platforms, practical tutorials that deep dive into technical skill and best practices, inspirational keynote presentations, an Expo Hall featuring dozens of the latest projects and products activities, engaging networking events, and the interact with the best and brightest of speakers from around the world.

For further information on GIDS 2010, please visit the summit on the web http://www.developersummit.com/

CA, Microsoft, IBM and CollabNet Lock Horns in the Change & Configuration Management Tools Category

Bangalore, March 18, 2010: Configuration Management is about managing configurations.  Simply put, this means identifying the configuration and managing the changes that surround it.  Managing changes to the configuration broadly falls under the domain of change control.  A good change control process and tool set will help ensure that only the most appropriate changes are being made to a product. A robust process of this kind will also give the team easy access to all configurations and change data, including full traceability information.

Tool support for change and configuration control has evolved quite a bit over the decades.  Initially it started as the ability to have an exclusive lock on a file when you checked it out – this was the “state-of-the-art” as the ’60s moved into the ’70s.  The concept of change packages, or updates, introduced progressively through the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, were instrumental in moving change control along. Of course, we’ve come a long way since then.  Change control must begin far earlier in the cycle than code changes.

A significant portion of IT related news this last decade has been dominated by mergers and acquisitions. Most notable in the areas of configuration and change management are the acquisitions of both Rational and Telelogic by IBM. One of the new players, AccuRev, has grabbed a number of converts.  At the same time Subversion has captured significant Open Source interest. CollabNet’s enterprise focused offering of Subversion has become widely popular and recently Subversion has been accepted into the Apache Incubator, a first step in becoming a top-level project of the Apache Software Foundation.

When one thinks of Enterprise CM, three things come to mind:

•    Tools (and processes) that expand configuration management from the software team to the product team
•    Processes (and standards) that help keep configuration management consistent across the enterprise
•    Infrastructure (and management) that pushes configuration management technology into the rest of the organization

Enterprise configuration management is not a simple feature, process or edict.  It is the establishment of tools, processes and infrastructure so that the management can confidently reap the benefits of change and configuration management as well as application lifestyle management (ALM) across the enterprise.

One of the big problems is that organizations often dictate a tool to be used across the enterprise.  A vast majority of the time, the wrong tool is mandated resulting in budget crunches, resource crunches and capability shortfalls.

Establishing an enterprise-wide tool requires understanding the CM/ALM process across the Enterprise, and then selecting tools that can be used to support an overall process and framework.  This requires expertise and experience.  One project is not the same as another.  An Agile project which is delivering a constant stream of releases to stay ahead of the competition is much different than an infrastructure project which is occasionally upgrading repository technology.  A development team of 3 or 4 is much different than one of 300 to 400.  Yet these variations exist in any large corporation.

Saltmarch Media’s annual Great Indian Developer Awards honors software products across 12 categories, based on their productivity, innovation excellence, universal usefulness, simplicity, functionality and most importantly on the ground feedback from India’s software developer ecosystem. In the Change and Configuration Management tools Category, the final shortlist consists of CA Software Change Manager, Microsoft’s System Centre Configuration Manager, IBM’S Rational Software Architect, Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team System 2008 and CollabNet’s SubVersion. Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team System was the first product to win in this category in 2008 followed by CollabNet’s SourceForge Enterprise Edition in the 2009 chapter of the same awards.

If there is a particular development environment that you personally endorse to your colleagues or you evangelize about them at the first opportunity you get, here is your chance to vote for it (voting closes April 10 2010) and see it win this prestigious award. Visit the 2010 Great Indian Developer Awards website and cast your vote. It counts! Voting is open from http://www.developersummit.com/gida3_llist.

Elitecore Launches 24online Everywhere — A Managed Internet Service for Hotels & Hotspots

Elitecore Technologies Ltd., an established global player in telecommunication, networks and security solutions, announces the launch of 24online Everywhere, an end to end Managed Internet Service that offers secured, smooth and speedy Wi-Fi Internet solution to hotels, cafes and hotspots.

The launch of the solution comes in the wake of growing demand for secured Wi-Fi Internet solution with state-of-art infrastructure and strong technical support. 24online Everywhere is a comprehensive solution which includes free software, hardware, bandwidth, technical support and all that is required for a complete Wi-Fi network for the hospitality segment.

Says Mr. Nikhil Jain, Director& COO, Elitecore Technologies, “With our global experience in billing, access technology and security solutions for the hospitality industry, we foresee a huge demand for secure, cost effective and speedy Wi-Fi access. An all-inclusive Wi-Fi solution with single point of contact is the need of the hour and removes any liability on customers to help them concentrate on their core business rather than approaching several vendors for different components and services.”

Elitecore is targeting the existing and upcoming hotels & hotspots through its existing channel base in India. The company is planning to increase the number of channel partners having strong technical knowledge of market to provide value added solution to their clients across the hospitality vertical.

About Elitecore Technologies Limited

Elitecore Technologies Limited is an IT Product Company with a focus on fast growing Telecommunication, Networks and Security market. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, India with a vision to create a global IT Platform Company.Elitecore is the dynamic player with expertise in IP-based technologies having a sales and distribution channel in over 78 countries to provide critical business solutions. Elitecore’s divisions include 24online offering a billing and bandwidth management solution to hotels, hotspots and Internet Service Providers, 24online-Everywhere providing end to end secured and smooth Wi-Fi solutions at zero investment to hotspots & hospitality segments. Cyberoam, the leading innovator of Identity-based Security solutions; Cyberoam iView, an open source solution for logging and reporting; CRESTEL Billing & Revenue Management Solution that meets the OSS/BSS requirements. For more information, please visit www.elitecore.com

About 24online

24online is a leading Wi-Fi billing & bandwidth management solution that enables hotels to provide internet access with QoS (Quality of Service) to their valuable guests. It also caters to WiMax providers, Broadband service providers, hotspots and cafes to provide time and usage based internet access and to manage subscribers and franchisees. For more information, please visit http://www.24onlinebilling.com/

About 24online Everywhere

24online Everywhere, a Managed Internet Service of Elitecore Technologies offers a complete wireless network solution tailored according to hospitality needs. With 24online Everywhere, hotels and hotspots can offer Wi-Fi internet service to their valued guests and get returns without any investment. It offers flexible business models to hotels & hotspots on  revenue sharing basis. For more info, please visit www.24online-everywhere.com

At the Board Meeting held today, the Company declared its Consolidated Unaudited Financial Results (Provisional).

The highlights of Consolidated Unaudited Financial Results for the second quarter and half year ended September 30, 2009 are:

Second Quarter ended September 30, 2009:

• Total Consolidated Income for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 at Rs. 129.10 crores, shows a growth of over 45% as compared to Rs. 88.90 crores in the corresponding previous quarter.
• Earnings before Depreciation, Interest and Tax (EBDITA) stood at Rs. 17.61 crores as against Rs. 10.77 crores, an increase of 63% on comparative quarter in the previous year.
• Net Profit After Tax and minority interest at Rs. 7.43 crores as against Rs. 4.22 crores of the previous quarter shows an increase of 76%.
• The Company’s Earning Per Share (EPS) has improved to Rs. 5.85 as against Rs. 3.31 in that of previous quarter.

Half year ended September 30, 2009:

• Total Consolidated Income for the half year ended September 30, 2009 at Rs. 233.80 crores, shows a growth of over 36% as compared to Rs. 171.97 crores in the corresponding previous quarter.
• Earnings before Depreciation, Interest and Tax (EBDITA) stood at Rs. 32.62 crores as against Rs. 20.92 crores, an increase of 56%.
• Net Profit After Tax and minority interest at Rs. 11.81 crores as against Rs. 8.04 crores of the previous half year shows an increase of 47%.
• The Company’s Earning Per Share (EPS) has improved to Rs. 9.30 as against Rs. 6.33 in that of previous half year.

Commenting on the results, Mr. Manohar Bidaye, Chairman – Zicom Electronic Security Systems Limited said, “The Company has posted excellent results due to overall improvement in business environment in India & U.A.E. The flagship business of providing security solutions is growing steadily at about 25%. The retail subsidiary break evened and posted marginal profit, while Unisafe continued its excellent performance. We expect this trend will be better in the second half of the year.”

About Zicom Electronic Security Systems Limited:
Zicom Electronic Security Systems Limited is the leading electronic security solutions provider in India, having a consolidated turnover of more than Rs. 376 crores for the year ended March 31, 2009. The Company offers a wide range of products including access control systems using keypad, proximity card & biometrics, CCTV surveillance including remote video surveillance, fire alarm systems, smart cards, perimeter protection system, law enforcement products, etc. The Company has also integrated all this multiple security applications into one coordinated hardware and software package. The Company has got strong software capabilities relating to the security business.

Since its inception in 1994, Zicom has always driven the market with innovations. Zicom pioneered the concept of Central Monitoring Station in India. The Company was the first to introduce wireless security systems. Zicom services the diverse and demanding security needs of private and public sectors. Its customers include several large Indian and multinational companies in the field of Infotech, telecom, media, banking, finance, industrial, etc. as well as various public sector units.

For further information, please contact:
Cynthia Gokhale : 91 9987267167
cynthia.gokhale@zicom.com