Mobiliya, a QuEST Global company has announced the launch of an innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven blueprint solution, Mobiliya ThirdEye. Powered by NVIDIA and Microsoft technology, ThirdEye is a robust vision-analytics platform that aims to improve operational intelligence and enhance the decision-making process.
ThirdEye uses a distributed camera infrastructure to capture image feeds that are analyzed by an AI engine to get actionable insights, presented through a unified admin dashboard. Embedded advanced intelligent video analytics enable this solution to derive specific patterns and actionable insights from the video feed. The solution can seamlessly complement and boost the existing infrastructure of CCTV and IP cameras.
The platform utilizes at its core NVIDIA Jetson edge computing and Microsoft’s Azure IoT Hub, Power BI and Azure Machine Learning services. It can be integrated with the machine vision systems and other data sources, especially in manufacturing plants. With the help of AI-driven validation, ThirdEye can then provide manufacturers with a complete view of all of the manufactured products’ specifications and its packaging. NVIDIA GPUs help to process images and videos from the data source to create dashboards, showcasing actionable business intelligence insights. With its self-learning and self-enriching capabilities, the platform helps manufacturers detect and track errors with great accuracy.
In addition to manufacturing plants, the ThirdEye platform can enable cross-industry applications like smart parking, smart lobbies, retail heat maps, smart meeting rooms, and intelligent customer counters. It can be extended to empower not just security personnel, but other functions across industries including retail, healthcare, real estate, transportation, smart cities, education, banking and law enforcement.
“We are thrilled that Mobiliya is powering their ThirdEye vision-analytics platform with Azure services and Power BI,” said Rodney Clark, Vice President, IoT Sales, Microsoft. “Businesses from manufacturing to retail can utilize ThirdEye with their existing “brown field” or with new CCTV and IP cameras to analyze visual data, gain new insights and take real time action to ensure that equipment and facilities are secure and functioning properly.”
Commenting on the successful launch of ThirdEye, Krish Kupathil, Head – Digital and Hi-Tech, QuEST Global said, “Mobiliya, a QuEST global Company, has always been ahead of the curve vis-à-vis leveraging futuristic technologies to develop cutting-edge solutions targeted to fulfill specific client objectives. With the ThirdEye platform, we are enabling customers to maximize the advantages offered by AI and deep learning. The solution offers multiple benefits in a single package – enhanced security, better customer experiences and higher business outcomes while leveraging existing COTS hardware.”
SPARSH Hospital recently acquired NDRK Hospital, in Hassan. The hospital in Hassan will now be under the umbrella of SPARSH Hospitals group led by philanthropist Dr Sharan Patil. This hospital is located in BM Road and shall cater to ISU care, Neurosurgery, Cardiology, Orthopaedic, Trauma, ICU, Accident and Emergency services.
Dr Sharan Patil inaugurated the hospital after a small ceremony. The hospital which is 150 bedded, was taken over by SPARSH Hospitals recently after Dr Patil expressed his interests in reaching out to help the people in Tier 2 cities such as Hassan itself.
Upon acquiring this hospital, the team at SPARSH hopes to give the people who are in need at Hassan, world-class treatment and facility at affordable rates. The hospital is currently fully functional and running, with the specialists on board. “Here at Hassan, people fail to get proper medical attention and quality services, in order to ease the pain, we have decided to help them by bringing what SPARSH values the most - Quality services at affordable cost.” expressed Dr Sharan Patil.
NDRK Hospital, in Hassan, will now be renamed to SPARSH Hospital.
Total has associated with Aston Martin Mumbai for the ‘Aston Martin Vantage Roadshow’ in India. This roadshow, featuring the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, is travelling across 8 cities in India over October and November 2018, to showcase the latest model of the brand, energized by the premium TOTAL QUARTZ engine oil range.
Total and Aston Martin share similar values, namely - innovation, expertise, performance and customer service. The partnership has enabled Aston Martin Racing to win multiple titles, along with a prestigious victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2017. TOTAL QUARTZ engine oil has played a decisive role in Aston Martin Racing’s success, improving performance and reliability.
Aston Martin and Total have now partnered to bring the V8 ‘Vantage’ Roadshow, a super luxury lounge tour travelling across 8 cities (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kochi, Surat). The road show, the first of its kind in India, will give citizens a personalized look and feel of the recently launched Aston Martin V8 Vantage.
Loic Dereux, CEO - Lubricants, Total Oil India said, “Total and Aston Martin’s strong global partnership has been built on mutual trust and similar values, leading to proven synergy and success. The trust between our two brands revolves around three essential pillars- Motorsport Partnership, Research and Development, First Fill and Service Fill in Fuel and Lubricants. Total’s expertise and R&D know-how has been dedicated to produce the finest engine oils perfectly suited to Aston Martin engines. With the Aston Martin ‘Vantage’ Roadshow powered by TOTAL QUARTZ, we bring to India the latest Aston Martin V8 Vantage through an innovative and complete brand experience that will engage and connect closely with a discerning audience of existing and potential users.”
Lalit Choudary, CMD – Aston Martin Mumbai, said, “It has been an absolute delight and a thrilling experience to be representing Aston Martin for over a decade now. At AMM, it is our duty to extend value service and experience to our customers and prospects. With the AM Vantage Tour, we are confident of the drivers testing and experiencing world class luxury in practical conditions.”
Acer the market leader in PC gaming in India brings the 1st ever mega e-Sports tournament Acer Predator League 2019 attracting millions of audience and thousands of gamers playing for hundreds of hours to decide the ultimate DOTA2 and PUGB champions of India. After the huge success of Acer Predator League last year this year it is back again with an even bigger stage and prize pool with the India finale scheduled to be hosted in Mumbai. Acer Predator League is an Asia Pacific wide competition where multiple countries in the Asia Pacific region are hosting DOTA 2 and PUBG tournament to find their best team to represent their country in the Grand Finale at Bangkok to be held in the month of February 2019.
The mega nationwide eSports tournament will attract thousands of players from India to compete in DOTA 2 and PUBG competition with online knockout rounds to be held in the 1st week of November and across gaming cafes in multiple cities. The winning teams from the qualifiers round will compete in the India finale to get a chance to represent the country at the Asia Grand Finale in Bangkok for DOTA2 and PUBG gaming competition.
With a total prize pool of USD 400000 (INR 2,88,00,000.) for Asia finals this is one of the largest e-Sports tournaments in Asia
Commenting on this, Chandrahas Panigrahi, CMO and Consumer Business Head, Acer India says, “I am excited that Acer will host the very 1st ever mega PUBG PC gaming tournament in India along with DOTA2. India has become a hot bed for e-Sports competition with exponential rise in the popularity of many gaming titles. PC gaming is becoming mainstream and a career option for India’s youth. Professional tournaments like the Acer Predator Gaming League will add to the growth of PC gaming industry and provide a bigger and better platform for gamers to explore and have the best of gaming experience”
“eSports will become a key element of the country’s ecosystem, thereby laying groundwork for further growth of the digital economy” says Andrew Hou, President of Pan Asia Pacific, Acer Inc.
The rising number of eSports players and other related professions has been generating remarkable economic growth in related markets. Moreover, an increase in sales of eSports gears has also outpaced sales of other IT and gaming products.
Acer’s Predator gaming line has earned countless industry awards and accolades for design, innovation and performance and has become the machine of choice for professional gamers. Predator Gaming League reinforce the commitment of Predator brand in supporting the gaming industry in the world and in Asia Pacific region in particular. Acer is the No.1 PC gaming brand in India with the most complete gaming devices line ranging from laptop, desktop, monitor, gaming chairs and gaming headphones, mouse, keyboard, mouse pad and other accessories.
ACT Fibernet (Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd.) India’s largest fiber-focused wired broadband ISP (Internet Service Provider)[i] has entered into an agreement with the Government of Karnataka to provide the startups registered with the start-up cell with high speed broadband connectivity.
ACT Fibernet, a home-grown start-up of Bengaluru, which has now grown into India’s largest Fiber broadband ISP, deeply understands the support and enablement startups need during their early growth phase. As a step to boost their growth and to support Karnataka government’s startup initiative, ACT Fibernet will extend its best fiber optic technology to all the registered startups of the government’s startup cell. Further, ACT Fibernet will provide complimentary broadband connectivity to government incubation center and GIGA speed (1000 Mbps) connections at a 60% discounted rate to all the registered startups.
Speaking on the partnership, K. J. George, Minister for IT and BT, Science and Technology, Govt. Of Karnataka added, “Bengaluru is the startup capital of India, and we have been strongly nurturing the startup ecosystem with policies and initiatives to help entrepreneurs and established industries flourish. I am extremely pleased that ACT Fibernet has come forward to extend their support and connect our startups with high speed broadband connectivity. This move will certainly help us build a more conducive environment for our startups to grow.”
“As a Bengaluru based company it is a moment of pride for us to collaborate with the Government of Karnataka. This is a one of a kind opportunity and we will work in conjunction with the government towards building and strengthening the start-up ecosystem in the city. It is our commitment to provide the best internet services to the startups and incubators and help them stay connected seamlessly.” said Mr. Bala Malladi, CEO, ACT Fibernet Ltd.
“When we speak about startups, Bengaluru holds the top position in the country, and to retain this momentum we make continuous effort to introduce policies and programs suiting their requirements. Our partnership with ACT Fibernet is yet another step to empower the startups and help them grow in our state.” said Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary, IT, BT and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka.
Tourism Malaysia and Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) recently organised its Sales Mission to Bengaluru to increase the arrivals from South India.
In a show of support to promote Malaysia as a destination of choice, the South chapters of TAAI, TAFI and SIGTOA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MATTA and Tourism Malaysia in Bengaluru today . This event was witnessed by His Excellency. Dato’ Hidayat Abdul Hamid, High Commissioner of Malaysia to India.
India features among the top 6 contributing markets to Malaysia Tourism with a significant number of tourists arriving from South India. The Sales Mission to South India comprises Malaysian delegation of 15 travel agents, 2 hotels, 3 theme parks and Tourism Malaysia officials. Malaysia Airlines, Air Asia and Malindo Air also extended their support by participating in this event and ensuring the flight routes to Malaysia are being offered in the local markets. The sales mission saw an enthusiastic exchange of ideas and information between the Malaysian delegation and the Indian counterparts.
Since the beginning of this year, MATTA has been looking into aggressive overseas promotion through sales missions, trade shows, hosting overseas travel agents and online marketing influencers to create awareness of local destinations in Malaysia and other business opportunities.
At present there are over 230 weekly flights offering more than 41,000 seats from India to Malaysia. The expected launch of flights by Indigo from Bengaluru and Delhi to Kuala Lumpur with 1260 seats per week will add to the connectivity to Malaysia.
As part of its efforts to ease travel to Malaysia, the Malaysian government has introduced the e-visa facility (https://www.windowmalaysia.my) for Indians which is hassle free with no physical submission of documents and is valid for multiple & single journey to Malaysia for purposes of tourism trips for the maximum of 30 days. The country expects to welcome over a million Indian tourists by 2020.
About MATTA:The largest NGO for travel in Malaysia. Currently, it has a total number of 3,300 members, comprising local tour and travel agents as well as overseas affiliations. MATTA’s vision is to contribute significantly to the growth and development of the travel and tourism industry in Malaysia. It has the mission of ensuring members operate ethically and professionally and meets the needs of travellers by providing effective advocacy in industry and government affairs, training, education and communications initiatives as well as marketing opportunities.
Canon India, one of the leaders in the digital imaging space, unveiled the Cinema EOS C700FF at a leading industry platform Broadcast India Show 2018. Organized at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai from October 25-27, 2018, Broadcast India Show is a must attend event for the Film and Infotainment industry in India.
Inaugurated by Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, Canon India and Eddie Udagawa - Vice President - Consumer Imaging & Information Centre, the stall exhibited a prolific range of Cinema EOS range, professional video cameras and Cine lenses.
The attraction of the stall was Canon’s new Full Frame Cinema EOS camera C700FF ideal for motion picture, premium TV production and Web series. In the professional video cameras range it was XF 705 which is the newly launched model.
Speaking about Canon’s participation in Broadcast India Show 2018, Kazutada Kobayashi, President and CEO, Canon India Pvt. Ltd. said, “Innovation being an essential pillar for us at Canon India, we have always brought to forefront supreme imaging solutions for our customers. We are delighted to continue our association with the Broadcast India Show, an opportune platform to showcase some of our best technology in the Cinema EOS range and Professional Video cameras range to the customer community and further receiving first hand feedback from them. This will be a step further to fortify our foothold in the flourishing cinema business in the country. Encouraged by the overwhelming response received during the previous years, we are looking forward to engage, connect and collaborate with newer audiences at the show this year.”
Sharing his thoughts, Eddie Udagawa, Vice President, Consumer Imaging and Information Centre, Canon India said, “At Canon India, we have always strived to delight our customers with the latest innovations and marvels in the imaging space. As a premium platform for the broadcasting and cinema industry, Broadcast India Show has always enabled us the opportunity to garner market insights and showcase our technology advancements.”
He further added, “This year we will be showcasing our new Full Frame Cinema EOS Camera C700FF ideal for motion pictures, premium TV production and Web series. The camera’s full frame sensor provides higher resolution, produces footage with shallower depth of field with 35mm sized sensors and is capable of 5.9K RAW recording up to 50/60 frames per second. We would also showcase our new launched Professional Video camera XF 705 with cutting edge XF-HEVC recording format and advanced 12G-SDI interface for 4K UHD HDR production. Through our expansive product portfolio, we endeavour to empower filmmakers to accomplish higher levels of quality and detail to their stories.“
