Registrations Now Open For Papers Of SUSECon 2014

SUSE is now accepting session proposals and attendee registrations for its annual global end-user conference, SUSECon 2014. To be heldNov. 17-21 at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida, SUSECon will feature in-depth information on Linux plus the latest open source technologies such ascloud computing, big data and software-defined data center platforms. In addition, SUSE certification exams will be provided to conference attendees at no additional cost.

“Organizations today are having to deal with decreasing IT budgets alongside increasing demand for always-open enterprises,” said Kent Wimmer, director of global strategic events for SUSE. “SUSECon provides solutions and ideas to effectively address those competing priorities. A few days filled with keynotes by industry leaders, expert-led technical sessions, demos, case studies, technology showcases and opportunities to interact with other open source technology users and providers will pay valuable dividends in real-life implementations following the conference.”

Breakout sessions will address a wide variety of new and existing technologies, customer scenarios and deployments, and how-to guides for implementation of the latest open source technologies. To submit a session proposal, review the topics atwww.susecon.com/call-for-papers.html and follow the submission link.

For more information or to register for SUSECon as an attendee, visitwww.susecon.com. Early bird pricing is available through August 31.

Altem Technologies Wins India SME 100 Award

Altem Technologies, a Bangalore-based 3D printing Technology Company, was awarded the prestigious India SME 100 Award for 2013-14 in the IT / ITES segment. It is the first time that a company that is involved in 3D printing has been recognized for its efforts to promote the technology in the country. 

Altem Technologies is among the 5 award wins from the state of Karnataka and the only one from the IT / ITES segment for the state. There were several evaluation parameters, such as growth performance, innovation, financial soundness and international outlook for the award.

Speaking on the milestone, Prasad Rodagi, Founder Director – Altem Technologies (P) Ltd., said, “We’re elated on Altem Technologies being chosen as among the top 100 SMEs in the country. The award is a testament to our success thus far and to the growing 3D technology market in India. We believe that Altem’s efforts to promote and educate the people about 3D technology through efforts like printmyCAD.com, an experience platform for 3D Printing was one of the factors behind this award.” 

Sharath Chandra, Director, Sales – Altem Technologies (P) Ltd., said, “The wide applications of this technology can soon be predominant in various fields such as consumer goods, electronics, engineering, medical equipment, automobile, architecture, education, aerospace, defense, and design and art.” We hope we can continue to build this industry and contribute to development of manufacturing and design in India with 3D printing.” 

3D Printing is bringing about the next industrial revolution, and Altem is leading the change by innovating new ideas to enable manufacturers and designers to realise their products faster and in an economical way. 

Altem’s initiative, printmyCAD.com is an attempt to help people experience the benefits of 3D printing in various designs without any charges. It helps highlight how 3D printing technologies have accelerated the design process and helped achieve new dimensions in creativity and manufacturing.

Altem’s clients include leading Indian and Global companies across diverse segments viz automobile, architecture, aerospace, defense, medical, consumer durables, electronics, academia etc. For these organizations, happiness comes from bringing new ideas to the market faster and continuing to grow while keeping their teams productive. Altem passionately unites with these teams to take on today’s challenges for our customers and help them in achieving their innovation goals faster.

Laurels For JDA Soft At Puma Urban Stampede Race

JDA Software Group, Inc., the leading provider of Supply Chain Management solutions worldwide, announced that it has won yet again at the Puma Urban Stampede, held today at the Bhartiya City, Thanisandra Main Road Bangalore, organized by PUMA and Runners for Life.

The 2nd Runners Up prize was bagged by Pratibha Jose, Soundarya Singh, Reshma Deshpande, and Nikita Mokhariwale at the 4 X 5km corporate relay race in the women’s category. This is the 7th consecutive year win for JDA Software in the corporate category.

JDA has also been consistently bagging the Pulse of the Stampede award, given to the organization with maximum number of participants. This year, there were 120 associates (30 teams) who won it for JDA.

“We are once again delighted to participate in the PUMA Urban Stampede corporate relay race. With JDA’s support for our training and participation at this event, we have been able to bag another win.” said Nitin Gupta, who is heading the JDA Runners Club.

“Our participation in this run is since its inception in 2008 and we have been consistently winning. The win by women’s team this year adds yet another feather to JDA’s cap. In JDA, we not only provide opportunities to each of our associates to grow professionally by empowering them, but we also believe in supporting and promoting various wellness programs to groom their physical and mental health. Moreover, this also helps in demonstrating the value of teamwork amongst associates.” said Vinok Sequeira, group vice president of human resources, JDA Software. 

The Messengers Launches New Business Growth Initiatives

                

The Messengers, a Bangalore-based business enabler company, as part of its growth strategy -- is launching new business innovations that will cater to the demands of the Indian market.

The company has invested in building capabilities in-house to enable it to deliver on its stated promises. Some of the business innovations are – the launch of a dedicated IT and Embedded technology news portal TechSpirIT that aims to bridge the gap between industry and academia, shortly. Other ventures are into social issues’ online publication and an innovative health news portal for the general readers towards proving right healthcare perspectives. As part of CSR projects, it is also working in the rural development space that will enhance the technical and managerial skills of marginalized people. The company has moved its operations to MG Road in order to address clients’ needs better.

In another development, seasoned senior journalist Verghese V Joseph has joined The Messengers as it Vice President, Communications strategy. He will drive the editorial and communications’ projects at The Messengers. He brings with him nearly 20 years of business journalism and communications’ perspective. He has worked in various capacity with publications such as The Economic Times, The Times of India, Financial Express and other leading B2B publications. He is also the Founder-Editor of several online and print publications. “The industry’s focus is on bringing about values and strategies that can help companies focus on their core areas. The Messengers is ideally positioned to bring about this transformation to enable clients address critical issues with holistic solutions.”

Commenting on the developments, Ashish Srivastava, Founder & Managing Director, “As a business enabler company, The Messengers’ public relations, social media, client servicing and marketing communications teams are fully equipped to deliver quality work comparable to the best in its segment. The industry is currently moving towards consolidation and our team understands this trend perfectly. Hence, we are working towards ensuring the reputation of our client's businesses and adopting a tool neutral approach for delivering quality communications outreach.”

According to Poragmoni Das, Co-Founder and Director Strategy, “Now more than ever, communications are at the center of clients’ lives as they look to capture, curate and expand businesses on the go. With the experienced team on hand, the quality and value that The Messengers deliver continues to grow as we partner with newer clients and our quality and value resonate with our clients’ vision.

Persistent Achieves Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialization

Persistent Systems, a leader in software product and technology services and a Gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced it has achieved OPN Specialized status for both Oracle Identity Governance Suite 11g and Oracle Access Management Suite Plus 11g.

Persistent Systems’ approach to Identity and Access Management is fast, iterative and industry-specific, harnessing its allied experience in areas of Cloud, Mobility and Analytics. It has expanded its Oracle Identity and Access Management offerings to cover value-added services such as platform upgrades (from 10g to 11g), migrations and post-implementation training and managed services support. Persistent Systems also offers a suite of ready-to-deploy integrations and preconfigured functionality that can translate into rapid time to value, fast return on investment and lower CapEx.

Highlights

* By achieving a Specialized distinction, Persistent is recognized by Oracle for its expertise in delivering services specifically for both Oracle Identity Governance Suite 11g and Oracle Access Management Sue Plus 11g through competency development, business results and proven success.

To achieve OPN Specialized status, Oracle partners are required to meet a stringent set of requirements that are based on the needs and priorities of the customer and partner community.

SAP In Leaders Quadrant For Data Integration Tools

SAP SE today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner Inc. in the leaders quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools”* 2014 report. The report evaluated data integration products from SAP and recognized it as a leading provider based on its “ability to execute” and “completeness of vision”. The evaluation marks the company’s seventh consecutive year as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools.

“Cloud, Big Data and social media are powering new opportunities for companies that can leverage data-driven insights in real time to respond to customer preferences, identify operational efficiencies and in some cases create completely new business models,” said Byron Banks, vice president, Enterprise Information Management, SAP. “SAP provides a comprehensive data integration solution for organizations to consolidate data from any application or service, organize it in into any format and provide it to any user or device. We believe the Gartner Magic Quadrant result affirms SAP’s leadership in the data integration space. The SAP solutions for enterprise information management deliver complete and trusted information for better analytics and more responsive business processes whether they are deployed on-premise, in the cloud or in a combined hybrid landscape.”

According to Gartner “the demand for data integration tools emphasizes broad applicable use, a well-integrated portfolio and interoperability with information and application infrastructures. Flexible deployment and scalability are still expected, while interest in business-facing and platform-as-a-service models grows.”

Global Hackathon Sees 2000 MS Employees Participate

Over 2000 of Microsoft’s employees across seven Indian cities are joining their colleagues across the world for the company’s first global //oneweek hackathon this week. These employees are working on more than 650 ideas that can help and impact a large cross-section of audiences --  developers, enterprises, consumers, governments, not-for-profits, partners, educators, as well as Microsoft’s own internal processes. 

The hackathon is part of Microsoft //oneweek, a week dedicated to employees in the 114 countries where Microsoft operates. An internal challenge, the //oneweek hackathon is being organized this week to usher in the new growth hacking culture at Microsoft. It aims to encourage and inspire people to start thinking like challengers, learn to continuously adapt and put customers ahead of everything they do.

Speaking about the India leg of the hackathon, Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India, said “We want to encourage our employees to work outside their usual boundaries and create, imagine and adapt something new that has a purpose. During this week’s hackathon, many of our creative minds are collaborating across geographies and working on ideas and solutions that address business and societal issues. They are using Microsoft technology to suggest solutions that can help people and processes.”

Rohit Thakur, Head of Human Resources at Microsoft India said, “Satya Nadella, our CEO, has challenged us to think differently. The enthusiasm of our employees participating in this hackathon reflect their desire to embrace change and drive positive impact both within and outside the company. We are thrilled to see the huge participation from our employees in India in the //oneweek hackathon.”

The winning hackathon ideas from India will compete with other winners from across the world via online voting in the first week of August. The top five ideas will be evaluate by a jury who will then declare the global winners.