P81 Delivers Multiplay Featuring Octa-core Processor

Delivering on its promise of presenting its consumers with the most innovative and advanced products, Panasonic, the global leader in consumer technologies, today unveiled its latest smartphone- P81. This latest offering from the company showcases its proficiency to innovate and offer its customers with unique software & design based features specifically designed for the Indian market.

P81 is Panasonic’s first flagship device of the year & the latest addition to the “P” series. The newly launched Panasonic P81 is 13.97cm (5.5) IPS HD (720x1280), 1.7GHz true octa-core smartphone, running on Android^TM 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) with 13MP Full HD capable Autofocus camera & 2500 mAh battery. The 7.9mm thin Leatherette smartphone will be available to consumers in India from the third week of May, 2014, at the best price of Rs.18, 990.

With the launch of this device, the company adds more to its “Play Life” bouquet of features, giving the customers a completely new multi-tasking experience seamlessly, where users can play around designing screens, keep device RAM healthy with “Device Cleaner”, multi-play with features like dual window operation, multi-task while watching videos with its Pop-i Player. Additionally, the smartphone also understands gestures with Panasonic’s signature feature, the “Gesture Play”.

The phone comes with Apps Freebies of Rs 9900 including Evernote 6 month Premium services worth Rs.1800 exclusively available for Panasonic smartphones, free entertainment download from Hungama for a month , India Today finest e-content & trendy offers from Hot-n-Trendy Space. Packed inbox are accessories worth Rs.2000 as well.

Expressing his pleasure on the launch, Manish Sharma, Managing Director, Panasonic India said “With the launch of the Panasonic P81, we have reached yet another milestone as this is the first model of the “P” series featured with octa-core processor. The introduction of this model reiterates our commitment to keep innovating as we believe that it is a direct result of the consumers’ needs, and customer centricity has to be at the core of developing products for the Indian consumer.”

Innovation enhanced through Features & Design

Panasonic while keeping the overall feel of device matching to the price segment, has upgraded the “Play Life” UI adding a few more innovative Multi Play features like Dual window operations named “ Dual Play” & screen design functionality named “Play More” to the Octa core device. Other than this, the company has also introduced Leatherette back cover for a better grip & style and a “Device Cleaner” feature for clearing the unwanted memory packets from the device’s RAM.

M2M Solution Enables Next-Generation mHealth

Gemalto, a leading company in digital security, announces its Cinterion M2M technology is providing wireless cellular connectivity for the next-generation of pill dispensers. Developed by MedMinder and wirelessly enabled by Gemalto, the advanced mHealth device for convenient patient use tracks medication intake, sends medical alerts, orders refills and improves prescription compliance. The new, innovative dispenser enhances communication between patients and caregivers, improving the overall well-being, independence and peace of mind for patients.

MedMinder’s smart pill dispensers, equipped with Gemalto’s advanced M2M module, monitor medication usage and send data from the pill box over wireless networks to a central server. Physicians and caregivers can log on to MedMinder’s secure web interface to observe medication adherence and manage changes when necessary. Gemalto’s 20 years’ experience in security combined with its M2M technology ensures this personal information is accessed only by authorized individuals. Continued success of the mHealth industry relies on secure data protection, in which Gemalto is playing a key role.

The solution provides an audio alarm to alert the patient when medication should be taken. Caregivers also receive alerts if scheduled doses are missed giving caregivers the ability to offer real-time support for an enhanced level of medical care. The patient can chose their preferred method of communication as the connectivity enables the pill dispenser to send reminders via text message, email or a phone call. In addition, MedMinder Medication Dispenser has Medical Alert embedded for two way voice channel with the patient’s monitoring center in case of an emergency.

“The Gemalto M2M solution allows for secure connectivity that provides 24/7 automated communication between the pill box, patient, doctor and medical alert monitoring center depending on the urgency of the situation” said Eran Shavelsky, CEO of MedMinder. ”The technology also offers flexibility and cost-effectiveness for our devices with the option to add new features and expand capabilities in the future without having to redesign the device.”
 
“The Gemalto Cinterion PHS8 module is the slimmest M2M module on the market, and ideally suited to MedMinder’s compact solution,” said Paul Kobos, Head of M2M Sales for Gemalto North America. “With an aging population and growing need for chronic care management, Gemalto M2M technology truly impacts patients’ day-to-day care while protecting data and can be seamlessly integrated into healthcare IT systems.” 

BT Helps Create, Perform & Excel in Art of Connecting

BT today launched a global campaign and new offers designed to encourage large organisations to use technology more creatively for stunning business outcomes. Recognising the changing role of CIOs - and in tune with influential industry analyst views - BT Global Services will engage with leading global companies and government organisations all around the world to offer innovations addressing four key customer requirements: delivering a great performance, realising possibilities in the cloud, working in harmony and performing anywhere.

In order to deliver a great performance, global organisations need to manage a mix of different network technologies - combined with applications performance management and security services. The optimal architecture for handling that complexity is the “intelligent hybrid network”. BT is launching a range of offers focused on its IP Connect service, bringing coherence to hybrid networks and addressing issues such as availability, performance, economics and security. The first offers launched today include application-aware network performance monitoring as standard for larger global network contracts and trials for 100 Mbps internet access as part of IP Connect Global for enterprise customers.

To realise possibilities in the cloud, customers require improved performance and availability of multiple cloud-based applications. They connect to different cloud providers and at the same time data in the cloud has to remain secure at all times. To help CIOs orchestrate their cloud resources, BT has just launched ExpressRoute with IP Connect, allowing customers to bypass the public internet when connecting to the Microsoft Azure cloud. BT is also launching today a special trial offer for its Cloud Compute customers with connectivity to the BT cloud via its IP Connect Global network.

For an organisation to work in harmony, collaboration must happen at any time, on any device. To create such an environment, the CIO needs to rely on a network that can cope with the new wave of communications, providing top-of-the-range collaboration tools. Reinforcing its collaboration portfolio, BT is launching today a number of offers that bring the latest unified communications services to its customers at very competitive conditions”.

In order to perform anywhere, organisations deploy great mobility applications on a vast array of devices. The CIO needs to focus on the things that count: It’s not the device that’s important, it’s the data. BT delivers data and applications on the move by connecting to wireless access points, wi-fi hotspots and the mobile network so users enjoy a seamless experience. The latest security technology ensures that both data and devices remain secured at all times, regardless of where or how they are accessed or used. Reinforcing its mobility offering, BT is launching a new solution connecting employees’ devices to the corporate network securely, and delivering the benefits of mobile working with minimal capital outlay and a flexible pricing model. BT is also proposing special offers, including trials and special discounts, for mobile device management and mobile application management. Additional services and offers aimed at helping customers perform anywhere will be launched throughout the campaign.

Luis Alvarez, chief executive BT Global Services, said: “Harnessing the possibilities in today’s world takes creativity and innovation. Today’s connected world offers unlimited possibilities to our customers to make creative connections leading to real business outcomes. Exploiting the potential of our portfolio and leveraging our BT Advise team of professional services specialists, we are committed to enable our customers to orchestrate intelligent hybrid networks with a high level of security, while maximising the performance, flexibility and control offered by the cloud. Our offers also cover services that provide great collaboration experiences as well as graceful, seamless mobility. All our efforts this year are designed to help our customers become masters at the art of connecting.”

GoDaddy Enables Suvidhaa For Payment & Remittances

GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, today announced Suvidhaa, a Suvidhaa Infoserve Pvt. Ltd. (SIPL) franchise, has purchased Suvidhaa.com as a key part of its global expansion. The payment company allows customers to pay cash for necessary bills and services such as travel, utilities and entertainment at convenient locations including grocery stores, pharmacies and cyber cafes. More than 18 million customers have used Suvidhaa to pay bills at these locations often without even realizing it was Suvidhaa that made it possible. 

The company’s objective is to empower consumers to pay bills and manage transactions online. With its well-established market presence in India, the top-level domain Suvidhaa.com and GoDaddy’s commitment to quick and collaborative customer care is helping to facilitate the company’s international expansion. After experiencing GoDaddy’s remarkable support, customer care and efficient premium domain purchasing process, SIPL has registered 80 other domains with GoDaddy.

“We wanted to take our business global and start international remittance services,” said Paresh Rajde founder and chairman of SIPL. “GoDaddy was our preferred choice of partner to facilitate our registration of Suvidhaa.com and they made our experience of searching for a premium domain easy. GoDaddy folks went out of their way to help us. I am extremely satisfied.”

“We help our customers build successful businesses by understanding their needs and overcoming any challenges they may face,” said GoDaddy India Vice President and Managing Director Rajiv Sodhi. “We want our consumers’ purchasing experience to be easy and simple. “We not only worked with Suvidhaa to buy and register the premium domain name - ‘Suvidhaa.com’, but the company also went onto registering eighty more domain names with us after that. That’s a testament to GoDaddy’s products and our commitment to 24/7 local customer care.”

GoDaddy works with small businesses across the world to help them establish and build beautiful digital identities, enabling them to reach customers globally and run their business 24/7. In India, the company offers its world-class and award-winning customer care with local Indian representatives, to help small businesses understand and build professional websites.

ITechLaw Appoints Sajai Singh As First Asian President

J. Sagar Associates (JSA) announces the appointment of its Partner - Sajai Singh as the first Asian President of the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw) headquartered in Massachusetts, USA.

Having been associated with the ITechLaw’s Executive Committee since 2010, Singh has donned various roles within this global body including serving as its Vice President, Treasurer & Secretary in the past.

A leading lawyer, Singh has worked at JSA for the past twenty two years and currently serves as the Chair of the Corporate Commercial practice, and also leads the TMT practice. During his tenure, he has undertaken transactional work with a focus on representing emerging Technology companies in areas of Inbound Investments in India, Venture Capital, Private Equity investments, Joint Ventures, strategic alliances, and Mergers & Acquisitions. He has represented clients across industries such as Media, Communication, Entertainment & BPOs; and has assisted many international businesses and funds to funnel investments into India. He also serves on the Technology Committee of IBA (International Bar Association). He is very active with ABA (American Bar Association) globally, and is often called to speak at international events.

Speaking on his appointment as President of I-Tech Law - Sajai Singh, Partner, JSA said, "It is an honor to be not only the first Indian but Asian to be elected by the I-Tech Law Association to lead this influential organization. In my new role, I look forward to working with this global network of technology law practitioners to leverage I-Tech law as a platform to grow and strengthen laws in information and communications technology. This is an important area especially for emerging economies like India where privacy laws are not so defined and empowering as compared to European and American nations.”

For his year ahead as President, Singh has set some ambitions goals for himself. These include providing a thurst to the membership of the association, including encouraging young tech and IP lawyers to join this prestigious organization. Giving back to the profession by conducting intensive workshops, called CyberSpaceCamps in developing nations, something he has been included in for a while.

Congratulating Singh on the appointment, Berjis Desai, Senior Partner, JSA said, “We are proud to see Sajai become the President of the I-Tech Law. Over the last two decades, Sajai has played an instrumental role in the growth of the firm’s technology law practice and has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the area. His appointment is a testimony to his area expertise and efforts over the years. We wish him all the best in his new role.”

I-Tech Law has been serving the technology law community worldwide since 1971 and is one of the most widely established and largest associations of its kind. It has a global membership base representing six continents and spanning more than 60 countries. Its members and officials reflect a broad spectrum of expertise in the technology law field.

Technocrats Fail To Crack Modi's Wave?

Entry of technocrats and industry torchbearers like Nandan Nilekani and V Balakrishnan into Indian politics was touted as a game changer but all of them tasted defeat at the hustings, swept away by the Modi wave.

Former Infosys executives Nilekani and Balakrishnan fought their maiden elections for different parties from the city which houses their former company's headquarters.

Nilekani, who was the richest candidate in fray for the 16th Lok Sabha, fought on Congress ticket from Bangalore South while Balakrishnan joined the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Banker Meera Sanyal, who had unsuccessfully fought the 2009 Lok Sabha elections as an independent, entered the fray this year on AAP ticket from South Mumbai constituency. She finished fourth behind Shiv Sena's Arvind Sawant, Milind Deora of Congress and Bala Nandgaonkar of MNS.

In 2009, she had lost to Deora.

As the Modi juggernaut rolled, Nilekani lost to former Union Minister and BJP candidate Ananth Kumar.

From Bangalore Central constituency and former Infosys board member Balakrishnan finished a poor third behind BJP's P C Mohan and Congress' Rizwan Arshad.

Interestingly, both men conceded defeat even before the poll results were officially announced.

"I concede defeat and congratulate Ananth Kumar for his performance in this poll. I will continue to work more for the city and the Congress party," Nilekani told this news wire agency.

Asked when what went wrong for him, he said he was happy with the campaign he ran and the way his supporters and Congress leaders work along with him on the campaign.

"We have done our best and I remain happy with my decision to stand for election," he said.

Bala too said AAP had run an honest campaign and it was the people's decision, who voted for stability at the centre, "I will help them with upcoming Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections, we are preparing Mission 2015 for that; there is one more year, will try to strengthen the party further by then," said Bala, as he is popularly known.

Source: Agencies

Ajilon & ITC Infotech Offer Offshore Technologies

Ajilon, one of Australia’s largest resourcing, business and technology companies, has partnered with ITC Infotech, a global IT services company, to jointly offer Australian clients deep domain and technology expertise coupled with a robust global delivery model in the oil and gas, mining and logistics, public sector, energy and commercial sectors.

Ajilon and ITC Infotech will collaborate to offer a number of business and IT services including Business Analytics, Mobility, Custom Application Development and Application Managed Services, as well as providing Business and IT Services with some of the world’s leading software providers such as SAP and Microsoft.

With over 6000 employees, ITC Infotech combines business consulting, deep technical expertise and offshore delivery capability to provide technology solutions to customers across US, Europe, Middle East and APAC.

The partnership has already secured a new project win due to commence in July.

Managing Director at Ajilon, Ger Doyle, said "We are delighted to commence our strategic offshore contract with ITC Infotech whose expertise and innovation offers our clients best of breed services, scalability, and access to world leading talent.

“We believe Ajilon’s outstanding local capability and delivery pedigree, combined with ITCInfotech’s excellent off shore capability will make an extremely attractive value proposition to the Australian market.We have already won our first client project in association with ITC Infotech and we look forward to delivering world-leading solutions to Australia with our new partner”.

Commenting on the partnership, Ajeeth Jagannath, Senior Vice President – APAC, ITC Infotech said, “We are very excited with this partnership. We see two complementary organizations with similar value systems coming together to provide a rich set of technology service capabilities combined with a global delivery model”.