Expanding its existing line-up of Moonbow by Hindware air purifiers, HSIL today launched VAYO air purifier. The sleek and elegant new air purifier is equipped with a PURI 5 technology, a 5 stage filtration system which purifies particles as small as 0.3 micron in size such as fine dust, smoke, bacteria, pollen and mould spores and its pre-filter traps large particles like human hair, pet dander and dust and also has a high grade True HEPA filter (HEPA 13) which filters 8 times smaller particle than PM 2.5 with 99.5% efficiency to ensure clean breathable air. Its activated Carbon Filter neutralises odours such as smoke, harmful gases and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and a formaldehyde filter and refreshing energizers releases more than 8 million negative ions for improved indoor air quality.
Priced at INR 21990, VAYO room air purifier, is CB Certified product and has been developed to address the deteriorating air quality that many cities across India are facing.
VAYO comes with a user-friendly touch panel with PM2.5 display along with an air quality indicator, which with a light display feature shows the air quality in the room, ranging from green (excellent quality), blue (good quality) to red (Un Healthy Quality). It also has a CADR of 400 m³/hr and up to 50m² coverage area. The latest air purifier is equipped with additional features such as auto mode, 3-speed level, filter replacement indicator, timer, child lock and sleep mode to enhance user experience.
VAYO will be available on e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, Tata Cliq and brick-n-mortar outlets like Croma and Reliance Digital.
BRITZO, a pioneering communications brand and the latest entrant in the Indian mobile phone industry, has announced its ‘BRITZO UPHAAR’ offer for business corporations ahead of Diwali. The offer is applicable on all bundled purchases of iVVO Smart Feature Phones via its online platform www.ivvo.co.in.
The BRITZO UPHAAR offer has started on the 22nd of October, 2018 and will continue till the end of this festive season. During the offer period, the bundled purchases of more than 2 to 50 units of iVVO Smart Feature Phones from the brand’s e-commerce portal will extend discounts of up to 68% on MRP and up to 25% on Selling Price to business corporations. Moreover, corporates buying 200+ iVVO Smart Feature Phones will also be able to avail additional benefits of cashback or exclusive gift vouchers of in-demand fashion and FMCG brands. All corporate bundle purchase will be eligible for iVVO Smart Care 201-day replacement warranty and 455-day product warranty.
Speaking on the occasion, Pradipto Ganguly, CEO-Founder, iVVO-BRITZO, said, “I am delighted to extend this year’s festive excitement in the form of UPHAAR Offer. The festive offer comes as a unique combination of BRITZO’s collective achievement in creating the ‘future phones’ that has an added essence of Diwali celebrations. With it, we are confident that corporates who are looking to gift their employees something with best-in-class design, cutting-edge features, and an unmatched user experience will be able to do so while simultaneously adding to India’s digital growth story.”
BRITZO is the latest entrant in India’s smartphone industry which recently came to spotlight for spearheading innovations in ICT. It offer a range of cost-effective offerings including 4G Smart Feature phones that come loaded with smartphone-like applications and unrestricted access to online media. The ongoing UPHAAR Offer is valid for all range of iVVO Smart Feature Phones and only applicable on purchases made via its own e-commerce platform www.ivvo.co.in.
The fifth edition of Women Changemakers Career Fair and Confluence made waves at The Westin, Pune today. An initiative of Stockroom.io, the event was an exciting opportunity for women to identify better job opportunities and understand some diversity initiatives of well-known organizations. The excited participants of the Fair had opportunities to network and interact with women corporate leaders as well.
Funded by Mancer Consulting Services, one of India's leading recruitment consultancy firms, Stockroom.io helps companies hire curated technology talent. Women Changemakers is an exclusive career fair and confluence for women, which is the diversity vertical of stockroom.io.
The company has also launched also launched India's #1 Job portal for diversity candidates called Equiv.in recently. The job portal is exclusively for only Women, Differently abled, LGBT and Senior Citizens and has more than 60,000 users now.
At the venue, about 800 women with work experience ranging from freshers to more than 15 years’ experience, and about 180 re-starters listened to the focused discussions and used networking opportunities. The high-level speaker line up and influencers at the Fair was also a huge attraction for most participants who were looking to learn, grow and take wing in their chosen professions.
“Recruiting diverse talent and offering developmental opportunities have emerged as key strategies for building a high performing team. At BNY Mellon, we embrace the contributions and perspectives of our diverse workforce, and encourage our employees to challenge the status quo, irrespective of gender and demographics. We also actively seek ways to find and engage their diverse perspectives, and encourage women to pursue challenging and demanding careers to unleash their potential,” added Leandra Mendonsa, Director, Senior Principal – Diversity, Inclusion and Community Affairs, BNY Mellon India.
The other speakers were, Gunjan Shukla, Global Head of Demand Operations at ThoughtWorks and Aruna Newton, Global Head D&I Infosys. The event also had an interesting panel discussion on the topic “Uncover success mantras from the millennial "Wonder Girls" and what does it take to chart and succeed in a unique career path?” hosted by Varsha Adusumilli, Author of Wonder Girls Book. The panel discussion saw participation from Flight Commander, Rucha Nirale; Classical dancer & corporate lawyer, Priyanka Chandrasekhar and Mch Neurosurgery, Dr Vasundhara Rangan
Naren Krishna, the founder of Stockroom.io observing the participation, said, “This is the fifth edition of the event in total and the third one this year, It is really encouraging for early stage startups like us to see amazing response from the female talent of Pune even though this is our first time. We have received some amazing applications and are confident that we will witness some amazing job offers being rolled out by participating companies. We are surely hosting another event in Pune next year.”
“The positive response and feedback our event is getting across the country is a big boost for us. We not only help companies achieve their diversity hiring goals, but also give them access to a carefully curated and prescreened pool of talent. We plan to take the Woman Changemakers bandwagon to cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and smaller cities in the coming months along with Delhi, Bangalore, Pune” He added.
The companies participating in the event included Citi, BNY Mellon, Infosys, ThoughtWorks, Societe Generale and others.
ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (“ZEE”), a global media and entertainment powerhouse, has taken a yet another pioneering giant leap by securing a United States (US) Patent on a technology platform developed in the Silicon Valley at its very own - ZEE Media Lab. This unique platform stems from the Vedic culture of offering an immersive experience to the viewers, satisfying all the 5 senses.
Built on robust and state of the art technologies like 3D Audio, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Digital Scent, Holograms and touch, this platform aims to transform the viewers’ home environment by providing exceptional immersive experience. Apart from offering a unique viewing experience in delivering extraordinary entertainment and information-based content, the platform will also enable the viewers to touch, feel, smell and experience products, with a seamless transaction (e-commerce) ecosystem.
Be it immersive entertainment content, or informative education-based solutions, or gaming, or e-commerce; this comprehensive technology platform is built to cater to every single need of the viewer.
Immersive Entertainment – The platform is empowered with 3D Audio, AR, VR, Digital scent, holograms and touch, to transform the viewers’ living rooms into an immersive mode, be it a serene beach or an action-packed fight scene.
Immersive Education – The platform is capable to not just educate the viewers about a given topic, say an internal combustion engine, but is also equipped to offer an immersive journey for the viewer right into the cylinders of the combustion engine, taking the learning experience to an altogether different level.
Gaming – The platform will not just offer a 3D gaming experience but will also give the players a unique experience to feel the heat of an ongoing combat with the opponent, and even experience the smell of the battle field.
Entertainment Commerce - The platform will enable the viewers to order any product which they witness being consumed or used by the lead protagonist on the screen, at the touch of a button. Viewers will be able to smell the perfume worn by their favorite actor / actress on screen and purchase the same within seconds. If the viewer owns a 3D printer, the platform is also capable of even printing the food which one watches on the screen!
Home Environment Control - The platform will also be equipped to control the viewers’ home environment, right from the lights, security solutions, to heating, ventilation & air conditioning equipment, ensuring that the viewers’ immersive experience while consuming content is not interrupted at any stage.
Speaking on this revolutionary step, ZEE’s Chairman, Subhash Chandra said, “At ZEE, we envisioned 4-5 years back, that the overall media landscape is poised to evolve at an extremely rapid pace, with content companies blending into technology companies. Hence, we started investing our time and energy in building a technology for the future, which enhances the content viewing experience by many folds. ZEE’s lab in the Silicon Valley was set up in 2016 to create this robust platform, and I’m very glad that the US Patent is secured. It is a concrete step in realizing our vision of transforming ourselves from a media & entertainment powerhouse to a technology Company, offering immersive experiences”.
Adding to this statement, Amit Goenka, CEO, Z5 Global said, “We are extremely excited to offer this unique immersive experience to our viewers. Under the guidance of our visionary Chairman, we are building this unique platform which is futuristic in nature. The US Patent is a major milestone achieved in this process giving us the required level of confidence and reassurance. This is just the beginning of an extraordinary journey of transforming the viewers content viewing experience”.
While the five senses have not yet been deployed on a commercial scale, with the grant of the US Patent, ZEE can now make the platform available to millions of users across the world. The commercially viable prototype will be ready in the next 12 months. This emboldens ZEE’s plan to target mainstream global viewers across US, Europe, Asia, China and Latin America.
ZEE Media Lab will continue to innovate in the Silicon Valley to work towards integrating technologies with a sheer focus on enhancing the overall viewer experience.
OutSystems, provider of the number one platform for low-code rapid application development has recognized Persistent Systems as a Global Partner, its highest partnership level. Persistent, a global leader in software and technology development, and OutSystems have strengthened their strategic alliance to make it easier for customers to launch products and service lines, transform customer experience, and automate business processes. With this strategic partnership, organizations can better harness the benefits of digital transformation to become faster, more efficient and software driven.
The OutSystems and Persistent’s collaborative relationship began over a year ago, developing various solutions for firms in financial services, healthcare, and agriculture. The companies are integrating efforts in sales, alliances, solution architecture, professional services, and vertical solutions. Initial markets and industries of focus for the partnership include customers in the healthcare, financial services, insurance, government, and education verticals. Persistent recently developed a robot leveraging AI and blockchain, all powered by the OutSystems award-winning low-code platform.
“Traditional software development is crippling innovation around the world,” said Bob Wilson, VP WW Channel Sales and Alliances at OutSystems. “The power of low-code combines speed and agility to take customers to the next level. Instead of it taking months and years, working with Persistent, our customers are able to go to market within days and weeks leveraging Software 4.0. This partnership is transforming organizations to be more software-driven.”
“In today’s world, business requirements change fast and users expect an immediate impact,” said Sudhir Kulkarni, President at Persistent Systems. “Organizations cannot wait for months and years to solve competitive problems. This alliance with OutSystems helps us to deliver solutions to the market at unprecedented speed and in an agile manner helping enterprises to work at the speed and scale that a full digital transformation requires."
A three-year project into the trials of connected and autonomous vehicle technology has drawn to a close, with the Coventry-based, Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) revealing its commitment to shaping the future of mobility.
As the UK centre of excellence in design and engineering for the Tata Motors Passenger Vehicle business in India, TMETC plans to focus its learning and future developments on controlled road environments. TMETC participated in the UK Autodrive project, co-funded by Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency, which brought together 15 partners including OEMs, cutting edge engineering businesses, academia and progressive councils to explore the impact of ACES (Autonomous, Connected, Electric and Shared) technology, in a safe and controlled setting.
As part of the project, TMETC has successfully completed test trials on the new generation SUV, the Tata Hexa. The HEXA lends spacious interior and provides ample room to accommodate the necessary driving hardware, visitors and engineers in comfort.
According to Rajendra Petkar, Chief Technology Officer, Tata Motors, “At Engineering Research Centre (ERC) we have been actively undertaking R&D work on advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) as well as full vehicle autonomy in order to be future ready. Road congestion, air pollution and road safety, are acute concerns in India. We are likely to embrace connected, electric and shared technology sooner and therefore it is essential we remain at the forefront of these developments. Autonomy will be a consideration for the future in India. As the UK has already published a code of practice for testing autonomous vehicles safely and legally, it provides the ideal platform to enable us to challenge our self-driving vehicle capabilities. With the support of our much talented team at TMETC, I am delighted to share that the trials done on the HEXA have yielded immensely rewarding insights for us. Going forward, we plan to introduce number of ADAS functionalities in a structured & phased manner. ”
David Hudson, Head of Propulsion, TMETC, said: “This has been a challenging project but has enabled us to safely test our technologies on public roads in a real-world environment. We have to understand the challenging road usage pattern in India and apply that knowledge to this project. Our connectivity vehicle experience has enabled us to safely test and demonstrate numerous features including GLOSA (Green Light Optimal Speed Advisory) and EEBL (Electronic Emergency Brake Light). It has also demonstrated how vehicles and infrastructure will work in tandem for a motoring network in the future. We are pleased by the end of this project we have achieved an appropriate level of self-driving capability to allow us to move forward with our next steps in the mobility revolution.”
Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) is a subsidiary of Tata Motors, created as a UK-based centre of excellence for automotive design and engineering located at the University of Warwick. TMETC provides research and development principally for Tata Motors.
SUSE and Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, are expanding their global strategic partnership in public cloud services in response to rapidly growing customer demand for cost-effective and flexible SAP workloads on public cloud. Alibaba Cloud has joined the SUSE Cloud Service Provider program, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications are now available in the Alibaba Cloud Marketplace for customers worldwide.
"Modern SAP systems running critical workloads need to meet the highest standards of availability for their SAP services running in customer data centers or on public cloud environments," said Naji Almahmoud, SUSE Vice President of Global Alliances. "We are excited about our partnership with Alibaba Cloud, as it offers customers agility, pay-as-you-go capabilities and system availability up to 99.999 percent. SUSE and partners such as Alibaba Cloud are enabling customers to manage complexity, reduce cost and deliver the business-critical services that are powering their own digital transformation. SUSE works with customers' preferred partners and vendors in this way to support innovation as well as optimization of their current infrastructure as they evolve their systems to meet business needs."
Dajiang Han, Head of Global Alliances, Alibaba Cloud Global, said, "We are delighted to expand our partnership with SUSE. As one of the leading global cloud service providers, Alibaba Cloud has extensive experience in the public cloud sector. Combining with our strong global infrastructure, we aim to continue to deliver more high-quality products and services to our customers worldwide with efficiency and flexibility."
Organizations can now run mission-critical applications on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications - a leading platform for SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA - in the flexible and innovative Alibaba Cloud services. Together, SUSE and Alibaba Cloud make it easier for customers to deploy SAP workloads on the Alibaba Cloud. Customers can deploy SAP-as-a-Service within a few clicks and fully deploy the services often in less than 30 minutes. Alibaba Cloud and SUSE also jointly developed and validated a best practice to automate SAP HANA System Replication failover powered by SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability technology.
Additional SUSE products are planned for the Alibaba Cloud Marketplace in the near future.
