SAP's Cloud Transforms Businesses For Better ROI

SAP India, a subsidiary of SAP AG has announced a unified strategy of delivering next-generation cloud solutions to enable customers better manage their critical assets and relationships, namely HR, Finance, Customer and Procurement. 

“The cloud has profoundly changed the way people interact. In enterprises today, IT is required to scale up, provide real-time insights into business and help companies decide, respond boldly and quickly,” said John Ruthven, Senior Vice President, Cloud and Line of Business, SAP Asia Pacific Japan. “As we accelerate the transition to the cloud by offering customers choice, we will bring even more options to help provide enterprises with remarkable business value, radical simplification of their IT landscapes and tremendous competitive advantages.”

SAP in India has infused the cloud DNA, into its business and has seen a surge in the demand from customers of all sizes giving companies the flexibility and choice they need to innovate for growth across their entire business on cloud. SAP hybrid cloud offerings in gaining momentum as Indian companies realize the potential for transforming business capabilities and driving new innovative services.

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited and Dabur India Limited have been on the SAP Cloud for over a decade have seen significant progress to transact, move, store, process and analyze data in real time. Today, many more organizations have opted the cloud infrastructure including Dr.Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd., Balasore Alloys, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Max Life Insurance, Asian Paints, TCL Corporation, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Lupin Limited to name a few.

“Businesses today are exposed to situations beyond cloud that includes managing people, costs and achieving customer satisfaction’, said Rajamani Srinivasan, Vice President & Chief of Staff, SAP India. “With a well-defined cloud road map and customer-first focus approach, SAP is empowering customers to leverage and extend their existing investments with the flexibility of deployment choices,” he added.

Tata Elxsi London’s Studio To Enhance European Market

Tata Elxsi, a leading design company has announced the launch of its new design studio in central London.  The London design studio will help the company enhance its global footprint, access and serve new markets and broaden its talent base.

The London design studio will leverage local design talent and serve customers in the UK, central Europe and Scandinavia. It will also enable access to new customers apart from enhancing relationships and project execution with existing customers.

To celebrate the launch of the new design studio, a gala event was held at St. James’ Court – A Taj Hotel, London on May 12. The theme for the event was ‘Humanizing Technology – Irresistible products and experiences for a world in transition’. Esteemed speakers included – Professor James Woudhuysen – Prof. Forecasting & Innovation, School of Design, De Montfort University, UK, Sir John Sorrell – Chairman, London Design Festival & Co- Chair, The Sorrell Foundation, David Landsman OBE – Executive Director, Tata UK and Nick Talbot – Global Design Head, Tata Elxsi. The event was well attended by senior decision-makers from across industries including key customers of Tata Elxsi, media, representatives from leading design institutions and the government.

Madhukar Dev, Managing Director, Tata Elxsi said, “Products and Services of the future will be driven by technology, and design has a key role in simplifying and enhancing the experience for users. Tata Elxsi is uniquely positioned with its technology and design capabilities to help clients deliver irresistible products and experiences. We are pleased to launch our new design studio in Central London – which is the hub for design. This studio will bring us closer to our customers in the UK and Europe market.”

Said Nick Talbot – Global Design Head, Tata Elxsi, “This studio will help us better understand and address local consumer preferences and needs through design, and serve our customers more efficiently.”

Headquartered in Bangalore, Tata Elxsi has operations across the world, including North America, Western Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and India. The launch of the London design studio is a significant step towards building a truly global design footprint.

Now Enjoy SuperColor True Technology From ViewSonic

ViewSonic is officially announcing the integration of its latest SuperColor Technology into their projector product series, ranging from value to high-end models. SuperColor Technology offers better color reproduction capabilities that can consistently deliver the most accurate colors on each point of the screen. It boosts the quality of projected images to match the image quality of our well-known lines of monitors as well. A leading visual solution provider and color expert, ViewSonic is the first company to apply such advanced color technology into its lines of products, enabling their devices to be used in a wide variety of industries where superior color performance is in high demand. Whether it is for business, entertainment, creative design or in-class lectures, ViewSonic’s visual solutions will enable users to enjoy true-to-life color accuracy in everything they present. 

Equipped with SuperColor Technology, ViewSonic projectors provide outstanding features to offer a better projection and user viewing experience, as well as superior image quality. The features of SuperColor Technology, which includes exclusive 5, 6 and 7–segment projector color wheel designs, advanced digital image processing, and dynamic lamp adjustment technology, allows ViewSonic projectors to reproduce accurate, natural and vividly clear images with expanded color space. Additionally, ViewSonic projectors integrated with SuperColor Technology comes with a ViewMatch color mode that optimizes the color gamma to fit most projection environments without sacrificing image color quality. Users can now project anywhere, anytime without any color tradeoffs.

When it comes to putting an emphasis on sharp definition, and reducing viewer eye-fatigue, ViewSonic projectors with SuperColor Technology provides a perfect solution. Users can now use a projector that automatically adjusts images to enhance the performance of dark scenes while greatly improving the detail in bright images without any color washout. Eye-fatigue from prolonged viewing is also reduced thanks to a more accurate gray scale that enables users to see greater texture in darker images and greater detail in bright-white projected images. Whether it is projecting in a lecture hall, presenting in a business conference room, or sharing in a classroom, ViewSonic projectors with SuperColor Technology are able to provide users with greater flexibility in any setting. Enjoy superior color performances for an unparalleled presenting and sharing experience!

“As a leading visual technology provider and industry color expert, ViewSonic is dedicated to the continuous innovation of its projection technology. In order to provide the most convenient and highly efficient projectors, we have integrated the all-new SuperColor Technology into our projector series” said Vincent Hsu, General Manager of ViewSonic’s Projector Business Unit. “This technology enables users to have the flexibility to project images in every setting – in the classroom, boardroom, auditorium or living room – while still delivering consistently accurate true-to-life colors on the projection screen.” See the difference by sourcing ViewSonic projectors for your organization and enjoying the ultimate viewing experience when presenting and sharing content – anytime, anywhere!

Times of India Upgrades Its Android and iOS Apps

 

Timesofindia.com, India's go-to destination for news across web, mobile and social platforms, releases version 3.0 of their iPhone and Android app.

The latest apps boast of a sleeker design, enhanced user experience and a host of new features. While the iOS app for iPhone & iPod touch gets an entirely new user friendly design, day/night themes, adjustable font size and the ability to zoom in to photos, the new Android app has a contemporary card layout, an expandable widget with choice of section and refresh rate, an additional color theme and the ability to effortlessly switch between Portrait and Landscape modes.

Speaking on the occasion, Puneet Gupt, Business Head, Times of India digital, says – “We have evolved the apps into an entirely new experience based on feedback from millions of our users. Along with the depth and breadth of Times of India’s news coverage, these apps now come packed with a stronger feature set to ensure that staying up-to-date is now an even more pleasant and enriching experience.Version 3.0 apps are our best apps for iOS and Android till date.” 

Other improvements to the apps include visibly faster response, an entire new line of push notifications, complete Election coverage and better handling of memory and space used by the applications.

Version 3.0 apps can be used on iOS 6 and above for Apple users and Android 2.3 and above for the Android platform.

BlackBerry 10 OS Opens To Multiple MDM Platforms

BlackBerry Limited, a world leader in mobile communications, today announced that it will enable mobile device management (MDM) companies to directly manage devices with the BlackBerry 10 operating system.

AirWatch, Citrix and IBM have expressed their intent to be the first companies to work with BlackBerry to enable a more open mobility ecosystem. In doing so, BlackBerry will provide organizations with more options to embrace multi-operating system mobile environments by enabling other MDM companies to manage BlackBerry 10 devices.

According to Gartner, “Mobile device management (MDM) remains a top priority for IT buyers, and investment levels are growing steadily. Competition among players drives commoditization.”[1] Gartner also notes, “Proliferation of and demand for workplace mobility necessitate the need for quality and flexible management tools.”[2] As a result of this demand, BlackBerry is working with the companies listed above to offer customers the most flexible solution to support a broader enterprise mobility strategy.

“Offering the end-to-end secure solutions valued by our customers in government and other regulated industries remains central to our strategy; however BlackBerry understands the opportunity and importance of opening our BlackBerry 10 software,” said Ron Louks, President of Devices and Emerging Solutions, BlackBerry. “This is a natural next step in our enterprise strategy as we seek to provide our customers with maximum choice in how they will meet the full array of employee mobility needs.” 

“The enterprise mobility landscape continues to rapidly evolve, and BlackBerry represents a valued addition to our partner ecosystem,” said Kevin Keith, Director of Business Development, AirWatch by VMware®. “The integration of the BlackBerry 10 operating system into the comprehensive AirWatch Enterprise Mobility Management Platform™ will empower our customers and partners to fully manage any device in their mobile fleet from a single console.”

“At Citrix, our vision is to deliver mobile workspaces to users anywhere, any time and on any device. As an industry EMM leader, Citrix XenMobile extends support to all enterprise devices. We have long supported BlackBerry OS devices, and the new BlackBerry 10 APIs create exciting possibilities,” said Chris Fleck, Vice President of Mobility Solutions & Alliances, Citrix.

BlackBerry will continue to offer its multi-platform EMM solution BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10), which manages and secures corporate-owned and BYOD BlackBerry, iOS and Android devices. BlackBerry intends to launch BES12 in late 2014, adding Windows Phone 8 support.

India’s Top 10 Most Tech-Savvy Politicians In 2014

Call it a bid to woo younger, urban voters or to exploit a relatively affordable medium to spread their ideologies, politicians have now started venturing into a territory they seldom deemed fit before- cyberspace. And if a latest new study is to be believed, the 2014 General Election’s outcome is likely to be influenced the most by social media users. So, who are India’s most tech-savvy, social media friendly politicians? We tell you about the top 10 leaders who have been exploiting social media to its fullest.

1) Narendra Modi

We cannot not begin this list with Narendra Modi, BJP’s PM-in-waiting, for he wins the social media crown hands down. He has a website, a Facebook and twitter page with 15 lakh and 3.7 Million followers respectively, a YouTube channel, the most successful Google+ page ever as well as a personal blog to boot. With such a massive 360 degree connect; the followers of Narendra Modi are well aware of what he is thinking, what he is saying and more importantly, what he is doing. 

2) L K Advani

L K Advani, a prominent senior leader and politician, constantly uses social media to spread his opinions to his large number of fans and followers by his Facbook and Twitter. He also owns a website and a blog where he posts latest news and opinion about the present political situations.

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3) Naveen Jindal

This young MP from Kurukshetra, Haryana, who is also the chairman of Jindal Steel and Pvt Ltd, has built quite a social media connect. Naveen Jindal also has a brilliant PR team that works towards making his website engaging and informative at the same time. It offers a glimpse into his political activities, and rallies, and also tries to establish a dialogue. 

4) Milind Deora

A neatly designed website which gives a lowdown of his work and engagements, and an interesting Twitter profile with 1.28 Lakh followers, Milind Deora is someone who knows how to utilize the medium to its best. The young Minister of State is also known for his humorous but tactful tweets aimed especially for the youth. 

5) Arvind Kejriwal

With close to 1.61 million Twitter followers, Arvind Kejriwal, it seems, has a massive following after Narendra Modi. This anti-corruption crusader’s tweets are something to look forward to as he relentlessly tweets about the misdemeanors of NaMo and other politicians, as well as the work that AAP entails. 

6) Sushma Swaraj

She is one of the most socially recognizable politician around, all thanks to her fiery speeches in the parliament and equally fervent tweets, which can put many a young politician to shame. She also has nearly 1.02 Million followers on Twitter. 

7) Mamata Banerjee

The Trinamool Congress’ chief Mamata Banerjee hasn’t caught the Twitter bug yet, but she loves her Facebook. Needless to say, this West Bengal chief minister has been using the medium quite well, considering she has over 282,000 likes on her page. From expressing her views and outrage on national and international events to uploading pictures of her rallies and events, her posts are almost endless. 

8) Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor is the poster boy of social media management and the informal brand ambassador of Twitter. He was the first politician to have had the highest number of Twitter followers initially, which is now close to 2.14 million followers. Although, the micro-blogging site has landed him in the soup several times through his views, but it also gave him popularity and to his website, which essentially consists of his articles and book descriptions.   

9) Manmohan Singh

No no, we haven't any secret account that proves Manmohan Singh has been speaking all this while. Actually, a team of government officials at the PMO have been tweeting and writing on our PM's behalf. It definitely seems to work as Dr Singh's account has over 5 lakh Twitter followers. He also has a Facebook account and a website, which he uses to share the official statements, recent developments, remarks and quotes. 

10) Gul Panag

Aam Aadmi party’s Chandigarh candidate, actor Gul Panag has always been a tech-savvy woman, one of the first actors to have her own personal website, something that is an added advantage for her maiden candidature. She has had organized many interactive sessions with the voters in the past on Google Hangouts, through mobile apps, and of course Facebook and Twitter, and has close to 8.5 lakh Twitter followers.

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Firstsource Scores High in Grant Thornton UK Report

Firstsource Solutions, a leading global provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) services, is ranked 15th in the UK’s top 41 fastest-growing Indian companies list, published by business and financial advisers Grant Thornton UK LLP.

As well as being the highest ranked Business Process Outsourcing company in the list, it is also ranked as the 6th largest Indian employer in the UK, in the report ‘India meets Britain - Tracking the UK’s top Indian companies,’ published in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

The report says: “Indian companies are succeeding in the UK and contributing to overall economic prosperity. Our Tracker monitors UK businesses with ultimate Indian parent companies to identify the fastest-growing companies by turnover, as well as the top Indian employers. It provides a unique insight into the scale, business activities, locations and performance of Indian-owned companies making the biggest impact in the UK.”

Iain Regan, Executive Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, Firstsource Solutions, said: “We are pleased to have scored so highly in this prestigious list. It is indicative of the success of our global “rightshore” model where at least 70% of our global operations are based in the countries they serve.

“By investing in this way we ensure we get close to our clients and their customers while providing employment opportunities in those local economies. It’s why we have been able to employ thousands of people in the UK over the last decade and more.

“We have recently launched a range of market leading new products, industry tools and platforms including First Customer Intelligence, First Chat and First Smartomation, which we have been introducing to our clients to help them deliver real business improvements. The future therefore looks bright, as we plan to expand our services, particularly in the financial services and telecoms sectors.”