Sampige Onco Diagnostics Opens New Centre at Malleshwaram

Sampige onco diagnostic centre is a holistic onco diagnostic centre in Bangalore with state of art  PET CT, GAMMA Camera, Digital Xray, Mammography, Ultrasound and full fledged laboratory to detect the cancer.

The Centre was opened on Sunday, 26th June 2016 at SAMPIGE ONCO DIAGNOSTICS, # 76, H.V.V Plaza, 4th Main, 15th Cross, Himanshu Shastry Road, Malleshwaram, Bangalore- 560055 in Presence of Chief Guest Dr. Ashwath Narayan C.N, (M.L.A Malleshwaram),  Guest of Honour Nirmal Kumar Surana, (Ex MLA, State Vice President, B.J.P Karnataka) Manjunath Raju (Councilor B.B.M.P , Ward No 65), N. Jaipal (Councilor B.B.M.P , Ward No 45).

 "Our aim is not only to provide quality diagnostic services at affordable cost in cancer but also contribute in cancer detection by providing variety of cancer screening tests" Having the right pathologist and lab reviews, biopsy result is critical for having a correct diagnosis and receiving the appropriate treatment". said Dr S. Bikkamchand- Chairman-  Santosh group of hospitals. 

Brigade Group’s New Signature Club Resort Will Largely Cater to the Tech Community near Devanahalli

By Manu Sharma
Owing to increasing demand for recreations for the skilled tech manpower from the multinational companies (MNCs) in the Hardware Park, Aerospace Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and other Business Parks emerging near Devanahalli, the BCV Developers Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture of Brigade Enterprises Ltd., Classic Group and Valmark have launched its latest lifestyle club ‘Signature Club Resort’ at Brigade Orchards, a 130 acre smart township in Devanahalli.

The club was inaugurated by R.V Deshpande, Minister of Industries and Infrastructure, along with Pilla Munishamappa, MLA - Devanahalli; Signature Club Resort will be managed by Brigade Hospitality that is set to revolutionize the hospitality landscape in Bengaluru by introducing the ‘Club Resort’ concept to the city. 

Addressing the gathering, Minister Deshpande said, "Considering the club location so close to the airport, I must say that this area is a gold mine for the real estate as well as the industrial sectors. In fact, Devanahalli historically is the birth place of Tipu Sultan but has very little to offer to the tourists. But realizing the future opportunities, Brigade Group has come out with this club to tap on the large tech manpower who will need a self sustained township with all amenities and recreation north of the city. We will also have a dedicated metro route to the airport and even sort out the chocking traffic jams near Hebbal flyover and other places shortly."

Jaishankar, CMD Brigade Enterprises Limited said,  “Most of the major clubs are located with in the city and North Bangalore has very little to offer presently. Our Signature Club will a home away from home. With so many technology and business parks emerging here in North Bangalore and the city being out of their reach mainly due to the traffic problems, our club will cater to the large community living near Devanahalli."

Located on a 130 acres of township – Brigade Orchards, an integrated enclave which is soon going to be a smart township with 100 premium villa, about 3500 residential apartments, 160 senior residences. "We have tie ups with great organizations to facilitate the various requirements like Help Age India for the senior residences. We also have a sports stadium which is built on international standards and facilitates sports like cricket, tennis, Olympic style pool etc," adds Jaishankar.

Signature Club Resort is composed of 45 executive rooms and suites with amenities that suit both business and leisure travellers. The Signature Club Resort's boasts of a restaurant, a cafe and a lounge bar (Tamarind, Courtyard Cafe and Pavilion Bar), besides various sporting facilities for guests and members in the form of two badminton courts, lawn tennis court, billiards and pool tables, a squash court, a swimming pool, a yoga terrace and gym. A spa is also on the anvil.

Brigade Orchards also has 70+ acres of open spaces covered by lawns, parks and unique spaces like Equestrian park and dog park with professionally managed kennels. Being only 15 minutes away from the park makes this destination a home away from home. The international concept – Aerotropolis, which means a city is where the airport is located, is what we wish to adopt with this integrated enclave, he said.

Brigade Orchards has been designed the finest architects. It’s a joint effort – with the NBBJ from Seattle behind the conceptualization with various other Indian architects. SCR has been designed by Ochre architects and is a project led by Brigade group and managed by Brigade Hospitality.”

Should Data Analysts Earn Much More Salaries than IT Engineers?

Difficult screening and a higher cut-off benchmark explain why data analysts earn more than software engineers at a fresher level, according to a report.

"Data analysts are earning more than software engineers, which indicates that demand-supply gap is higher in the case of the former. Compared to roles in IT services, companies evaluate candidates for analytical roles through assessments that have higher difficulty and cut-off benchmarks," says the report put together by CoCubes Technologies.

CoCubes Technologies analysed results of 43,000 assessments conducted for top analytic companies in the country over the last 12 months and collated the report titled 'Guidebook for Hiring Entry Level Analytics Talent'.

It shows that data analysts at the fresher level are drawing an average annual salary of Rs 7 lakh as against Rs 3.2 lakh for software engineers.

And this figure can go up to Rs 10 lakh, depending on the job profile and fringe benefits being offered.

As per the report, companies are side-stepping tier 1 colleges and approaching tier 2 and 3 institutes to hire data analysts to ensure the new recruits stay with them longer.

According to the report, there are jobs in data analysis which don't require high cognitive abilities and client interaction and have more to do with data management and data warehousing.

"This is resulting in a re-look at hiring strategy as such roles see high attrition if candidates are from tier 1 colleges. Multiple companies have, therefore, started looking at tier 2 and 3 colleges to map the right talent for jobs which don't require a high cognitive ability," it added.

As per the report, companies are also adopting up-skilling strategy for the existing talent to meet their work necessities instead of hiring people from outside.

"Over the last one year, a re-skilling approach has emerged in which firms are looking at internal resources and up-skilling them for client and skill requirement rather than finding new resources with the existing knowledge," it said.

The analytics industry in India is expected to double its turnover to USD 2.3 billion by 2017-18, CoCubes Technologies Co-Founder and CEO Harpreet Singh Grover said.

"One of the key challenges in harnessing this opportunity is creation, development and retention of analytics talent," he emphasised.

Agencies

Prime Minister Modi to Kick off Execution of 20 Smart Cities On June 25

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the execution of works in proposed 20 smart cities across the country in Pune on Saturday.

The PM will launch the “Smart Cities Mission” projects from Pune’s 5,000-capacity Shiv Chatrapati Sports Complex, said a release from the Urban Development Ministry. The works will start simultaneously in 20 cities across the country.

On the day of execution of the scheme, the Prime Minister will launch 14 projects under the Smart City Plan of Pune. Besides another 69 such projects will be launched the same day through video conference in the remaining 19 smart cities, entailing a total investment of about Rs.1,770 crore.

The projects to be launched in Pune and other cities include Solid Waste Management projects under Swachh Bharat Mission, water supply projects, sewage treatment plants and development of open and green spaces.

Of the proposed 100 smart cities, the Urban Development Ministry has decided to start constructing first set of 20 smart cities in this fiscal.

These 20 cities have proposed a total investment of Rs 48,000 crore in area development and pan-city solutions.

The prime minister will also inaugurate “Make Your City SMART” contest aimed at involving citizens in various activities, including designing roads, junctions and parks.

Suggestions and designs suggested by citizens will be duly incorporated by respective smart cities. Winners of this contest will be given rewards in the range of Rs.10,000 to Rs 1 lakh.

Modi will also inaugurate a Smart Net Portal, which enables the cities under different urban missions to share ideas.

Some of the projects to be launched include those in New Delhi Municipal Council area where mini-sewerage treatment plants, 444 smart classrooms, Wi-Fi, smart LED streetlights, city surveillance and command and control centre would be initiated.

In Belagavi (Karnataka), the prime minister will launch natural gas distribution network, rooftop solar plant, GSM-based monitoring of solid waste collection vehicles.

Agencies

Enterprise Spending on Mobile App Development Remains Very Low

Forty-two percent of organizations expect to increase spending on mobile app development by an average of 31 percent in 2016, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. Despite this, the average proportion of the overall application development budget allocated to mobile is only 10 percent, a 2 percent decrease from 2015.

The Gartner survey of IT and business leaders responsible for mobile strategy and/or custom mobile app development within their organizations was conducted in September 2015 across the United States, EMEA, Latin America and Asia/Pacific. The survey focused on understanding organizations' activities in mobile app development, covering both business-to-employee (B2E) and business-to-consumer (B2C) apps.

 "Demand for mobile apps in the enterprise is growing, but the urgency to scale up mobile app development doesn't yet appear to be a priority for most organizations," said Adrian Leow, principal research analyst at Gartner. "This must change, particularly given employees often have the autonomy to choose the devices, apps and even the processes to complete a task. This places an increasing amount of pressure on IT to develop a larger variety of mobile apps in shorter time frames."

The survey revealed that the majority of enterprises developing mobile apps are focused on custom mobile app development, rather than customizing configurable apps or building from off-the-shelf templates. Gartner believes that given most development teams use custom app development for all of their apps, extending this to mobile is a natural behavior. Additionally, many off-the-shelf mobile apps still require significant development activity to integrate the back-end databases and applications into the mobile app front ends.

 "If developers have to spend 70 percent of their time getting the integration right, they shouldn't have to make compromises on the front end by constraints inherent in prepackaged mobile apps," said Leow. "The selection of prepackaged mobile apps is also still quite limited from many providers."

According to Gartner, the range of mobile apps in use across the enterprise varies among user groups and lines of business in terms of the apps' adherence to corporate and security policies.

 "When you add in the public apps that users are adopting personally, such as Dropbox, to use for business, the management problem becomes clear," said Leow. "IT's ability to inventory and distribute these apps is fragmented at best, and more often it's incomplete."

Leow believes the solution to this issue of app management fragmentation and rogue apps is to pursue the development of an enterprise app store. The survey revealed that organizations have 26 mobile apps in their own enterprise app store on average, with a third of those mobile apps being custom-built, while the remainder are prepackaged apps (such as Box, Evernote and SAP Fiori).

JANUS Brandy Wins Accolade at International Sprits Challenge 2016

In 2015, Sula Vineyards, India's #1 wine company announced the launch of JANUS – India’s first 100% premium grape brandy. This is another milestone for the company who are proud to announce that JANUS has been awarded a Bronze Medal in the tasting category at the International Spirits Challenge (ISC) 2016. ISC is the most authoritative, respected and influential spirits competition in the world. In the blind tasting JANUS took home a bronze from an impressive line-up of spirits.

“We are thrilled to receive this prestigious recognition,” said Rajeev Samant, CEO, Sula Vineyards “This acknowledgement further validates JANUS’ groundbreaking project to create India’s first 100% premium grape brandy. Winners are determined in part by experts in the industry. We are pleased that they have recognized our efforts to lead the industry in terms of innovation and quality.”

JANUS is India’s first 100% grape brandy. Deriving its name from the ancient Roman deity with two faces, JANUS embodies the exceptional French Cognac making heritage and the expertise of Sula in selecting the best Indian grapes. JANUS is made from carefully selected grapes from the best Indian vineyards which are then double distilled in small batches using traditional French alembic pot stills, to produce a liquor of exceptional smoothness and character Award organiser Justin Smith said: “This year’s judging was tougher than ever before with consistent quality found across each category. It made for a series of fascinating blind tasting sessions, with our experts coming to their final conclusions led by the experience of the chairmen.”

 Winning an ISC award is an impressive achievement for any spirit that passes the scrupulous blind assessment from the experienced panel of specialist judges.

JANUS is currently available in 750 ml and 180 ml. A 750 ml in Karnataka is priced at Rs 1900, Andhra Pradesh Rs 2390, Telangana Rs 2265. In Goa, Pondicherry, Daman and Silvassa JANUS is retailed at Rs 1500 and available across leading outlets. It is manufactured by Artisan Spirits, 100% subsidiary of Sula Vineyards.

Sula Vineyards Pioneer’s in Wine Tourism:

Sula Vineyards is by far India’s first choice in wine. Their

award-winning wines are available nationwide at the finest hotels and restaurants, and are also exported throughout the world. Sula is on track to sell a million cases of wine in 2016.

Sula is also a pioneer in India’s wine tourism opening the country’s first winery Tasting Room in 2005 and first vineyard resort, Beyond by Sula, in 2007. With over 230,000 visitors last year, Sula is one of the most visited wineries in the world and the #1 spot where Indians first taste wine.

Sula Vineyards recently won the prestigious Drinks Business Award 2016 for the ‘Best Contribution to Wine and Spirits Tourism’! This is the first time an Indian company has won a Drinks Business Award.

Firmly committed to remaining at the forefront of Indian wines, Sula continues to experiment with new varietals, engage in sustainable agriculture and support the local rural economy. Sula is well on its way to becoming one of the world’s most sustainable wine producers. In addition, the company is also a leading wine and spirits importer, with Sula Selections, a portfolio of prestigious brands like Remy Cointreau, Hardys, Ruffino and Asahi.

Adobe Announces Creative Cloud Innovations in India & Stock Updates

Taking aim at the inefficiencies that slow down the creation process, Adobe has launched major updates to its flagship Creative Cloud tools and services in India and around the world. The release includes dramatic new features in Adobe’s flagship applications, performance enhancements across Creative Cloud (CC), and exciting updates to Adobe Stock -- including deeper integration within CC and the addition of an all-new premium collection of high quality stock content. Spanning across virtually all of the Creative Cloud portfolio, updates in this new release target many of the pain points that designers, photographers and filmmakers face every day.

“The industry is going through unprecedented changes driven by mobile explosion, and content velocity is becoming more critical in tying content and customer experience to business impact and success. However, we know only 16% of marketers and business leaders in Asia Pacific say they have the workflows in place to enable the alignment and collaboration needed to deal with the scale of content production they’re facing.,” said Mr. Paul Robson, President, Adobe Asia Pacific. “This release delivers the magic and improved workflow that unleashes creativity and helps organizations ultimately provide superb customer experience across channels.”

“Aimed at helping our customers save time and jump start their creative engines, Adobe is constantly focused on developing new product innovations that delight our customers. Today, we are excited to announce a host of advancements to our Creative Cloud portfolio, many of which have been built in our own RandD labs, such as Photoshop Match Font. We are confident that these powerful enhancements will deliver tremendous value for our customers in India and across the globe, and make an immediate impact on the way creative people work every day,” said Kulmeet Bawa, Managing Director (Designate), South Asia, Adobe. “We anticipate that new Creative Cloud capabilities like Content-Aware Crop in Photoshop and Character Animator Preview in After Effects CC, as well as Adobe Stock’s deeper integration with CC portfolio will provide a major boost to the productivity of creative workers and organizations in India.”

Today‘s updates mark another step forward in establishing Creative Cloud as the one-stop shop for creative people -- providing the bestin desktop tools, mobile applications, training and a vibrant marketplace featuring services like Adobe Stock, as well as access to theBehance community that’s now over 7 million strong.

“Digital Next realities continue to warrant creating and re-purposing of content, and Prime Focus Technologies has over the years emerged as an industry leading partner to content enterprises for delivering cutting edge technology solutions. Our recent launch at NAB 2016 was end-to-end business process orchestration for promo creation including automation of promo versioning using Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC. We look forward to leveraging the advancements, specifically the new Adobe Premiere Pro CC to deliver standout digital creative content for our customers.,” said Ramki Sankaranarayanan, Founder and CEO, Prime Focus Technologies.

“In view of technological impact on socio-cultural environment, the delivery platform is as critical as the curriculum. It is absolutely necessary to ensure that the delivery model appeals to students. At Extramarks, we create learning solutions that comprise of a unique blend of text, images, audio and videos that engages learners and makes learning easy and effective leading to lifelong retention. Over the years, Adobe Creative Cloud products have been the backbone for our learning solutions and helped us curate modules to suit the evolving trends. We congratulate Adobe on the new features in Creative Cloud and look forward to exploring these innovations to further build on our brand.,” said Atul Kulshrestha, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, Extramarks.

Highlights of Creative Cloud innovations announced by Adobe today include:

 Built Right into Creative Cloud: Adobe Stock Service Offers Best, Broadest Selection

Research from Pfeiffer Consulting confirms that integrating Adobe Stock with CC desktop applications delivers up to 10 times greater  efficiency than other stock services*.  The expanded Adobe Stock service includes over 55 million royalty-free, high-quality photos, videos, illustrations and graphics as well as the following new capabilities:

·         One-Click Workflow.  Deeper Adobe Stock integration with CC applications enables a new One-Click Workflow that lets users select an image or video on the Adobe Stock website and place it on their creative canvas with a single click.  Also an expanded In-app Purchase feature delivers an industry-first, one-click license capability, directly from Photoshop.

·         Premium Collection. Adobe’s first premium content offering sourced for Adobe Stock includes nearly 100,000 curated images that meet the standards of top advertising agencies, leading brands and digital and print publications.

·         Monetization Made Easier.  Coming soon, Adobe will expand on its vision to build out the world’s largest creative marketplace by offering opportunities for creative professionals to contribute and monetize their work.  They can contribute directly from desktop and mobile applications including Adobe Lightroom CC, Adobe Bridge CC, Photoshop Fix and Photoshop Mix, providing an easy on-ramp to showcasing and selling their work via Adobe Stock.  Also coming soon is Adobe’s new Stock Contributor Portal, which will feature intelligent auto-tagging capabilities saving hours of keywording.