IIT- Delhi Alumnus brings Classpad- Education Tablet

A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Indian Institute of Management- Calcutta, Rohit Pande has unveiled his latest innovation Classpad. Classpad has a touch screen with a 7 hour battery life, 1.3 Ghz processing speed and a built-in memory of 4 GB expandable upto 8 Gb.

Rohit Pande, CEO, Classteacher Learning Systems said,” Our education system does not differentiate students according to the learning capabilities and teach them at the same level, but the software installed in Classpad tests students’ problem solving, creativity and application of language skills. It provides them with personalized teaching as per their learning capabilities. Equipped with artificial intelligence, Classpad can help to categorize students as fast learners, average learners and slow learners. Classpad can assist in reducing the monotony of repetitive sessions in the classroom. Teachers can now complete their syllabus within schedule and get considerable time to focus on slow learners. Available for students in standard 3 to 12, Classpad can serve as an interactive e-reading device, with the capability of storing dozens of books. Equipped with distinctive software that is designed to integrate smoothly with existing school platforms, Classpad can easily be connected to the interactive whiteboards. The Classpad is available in 2 models: Trolley model for multiple student usage and one Tablet per Child (OTPC) model.”

TERI launches Technology Resource Centre under LaBL Program

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has launched a new institution called Technology Resource Centre (TRC) in Bihar in respect to bridge the existing gap between implementation and sustenance of rural energy projects. TRC is a local level enterprise (under the LaBL program) which is said to provide after-sales service support to LaBL solar charging stations and is also authorised to market and sell LaBL solar products in the covered territory.

The TRC network is also supposed to help in imparting training and local capacity building for the execution and expansion of other rural solar energy access projects. The TRC personnel are provided training on not only LaBL technical servicing, but also on broader aspects of solar energy and technology application. A network of incubation centers such as the TRC would not only ensure quick adaptation of newer technologies in rural areas but also its long term sustenance and usage.

The LaBL TRC programme claims to provide an opportunity to become a certified and authorised LaBL- TRC that can earn regular income by providing after-sales service support and quality assurance to LaBL solar charging stations.

PTC, Qimpro Partners

PTC has announced its partnership with Qimpro Consultants Private Limited. PTC has said to be designated Qimpro as its authorized reseller for Windchill Quality Solutions and is in the process of signing the agreement for Authorized Training Partnership. Through this association, PTC is believed to offer Windchill Quality Solution to Qimpro’s clients to empower them with modern quality management and cross-functional visibility into product information.

Rafiq Somani, Area Vice President and Country Manager, PTC said, “We are pleased to partner with Qimpro to expand our footprint in the strategic production and quality management process. Windchill enables users to streamline processes and product quality management and improvement, by preventing repetitive errors and building reliability and risk management into the product development lifecycle, across cross functional teams. Our partnership with Qimpro reemphasizes our commitment to end to end product development efficiency.”

Suresh Lulla, Managing Director of Qimpro stated, “We are happy to partner with PTC to bring state of the art quality management solutions to our customers. Quality Lifecycle Management is an integral part of Product Lifecycle Management. This partnership will bring together the core competencies of PTC (PLM) and Qimpro (QLM) that will allow end customers to achieve product excellence through Quality by Design. The alliance will introduce IT enabled, value added services to the product development process.”

Stellar Phoenix releases DBF Recovery V2.0

Stellar Data Recovery has launched its updated version of Stellar Phoenix DBF Recovery v2.0 to recover back corrupt or lost .dbf file from different versions of MS Visual FoxPro and dBase.

The all-new version 2.0 is packed with 12 added features like improved support for FoxPro and recoversBlob Field, Varchar, Integer Auto Inc., Binary Index, Column Default Value, Memo Field etc. that helps user to repair files easily and quickly.

 

“Corruption is unavoidable and can occur anytime in your database. As a result, user encounters numerous error messages, halting the accessibility of .dbf databases. In such times, there is a need for quick solution to bring back data into life. DBF Recovery V2.0 is a handy tool that empowers users to recover back corrupt or damaged database back to its pristine condition,” said Sunil Chandna, CEO, Stellar Data Recovery.

 

Stellar Phoenix DBF recovery is ado-it-yourself tool, which allows its users to recover back corrupt DBF file easily within a short span of time and also features Recovers dBASE III, dBASE IV, dBASE V, and MS Visual FoxPro (6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0) .DBF files, it recovers column validation rule, recovers Varchar data type it is a complete recovery solution for corrupt .DBF files

Infosys to announce 3Q Results Next Month

Infosys has revealed that it will announce results for its third quarter ending December 31, 2011 on January 12, 2012. Indian Standard Time (IST) (on the night of Wednesday, January 11, 2012, US Eastern Time (ET)).

Following the release, Infosys’ CEO & Managing Director, S. D. Shibulal, Member of the Board & CFO, V. Balakrishnan, and other members of the senior management will comment on the company’s performance. There will be a common television address by S. D. Shibulal and V. Balakrishnan at 10:00 a.m. IST on business television channels. This will be followed by a detailed discussion on CNBC-TV 18 as part of its ‘Boardroom’ series from Bangalore at 10:15 a.m. IST on January 12, 2012 (this will not be telecast in the US).

Highlights of the results will be made available to mobile phone users in India through SMS. Results on SMS will be available after 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 12, 2012.

PandaLabs reports Privacy Violations Biggest Security Threat in 2012

According to PandaLabs, privacy violations and data theft will be the top security issues organizations need to focus on in the coming year. Cyber-espionage and social networking attacks will be the trends to watch, together with other more traditional threats.

Luis Corrons, Technical Director, PandaLabs, said, “We live in a world where all the information is in digital form, so modern-day spies no longer need to infiltrate a building to steal information. As long as they have the necessary computer skills, they can wreak havoc and access the best-kept secrets of organizations without ever leaving their living rooms.”

In the case of home users, cyber-criminals will continue to target social media sites to steal personal data. Social engineering techniques exploiting users’ weaknesses have become the leading attack method for hackers.

“Social networking sites provide a space where users feel safe as they interact with friends and family. The problem is that attackers are creating worms that take advantage of that false sense of security to spread their creations, and it is really easy for them to trick users with generic messages like ‘Look, you’re on this video’ for example. Sometimes, curiosity can be our own worst enemy,” Corrons further stated.

GIGABYTE smashes Intel X79 World Records

GIGABYTE has announced a record highest clock speed on the Intel Core i7 3930K processor, producing new Intel Core i7 3930K processor records for Super Pi and PiFast benchmarks. These records were achieved using the GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD3.

Equipped with F7 BIOS and liquid nitrogen cooling, respected overclocker Hicookie was able to reach an incredible clock speed of 5,643.3MHz (5.6GHz) on an Intel Core i7 3930K processor. This record clock speed was reached using 57x CPU multiplier configurations, producing record scores for the Super Pi 1M and 32M and PiFast benchmarks.

“These new world records underline how the GIGABYTE 3-way digital power engine on existing X79 motherboards makes breathtaking performance possible on our X79 series enthusiast platforms. They should also erase any skepticism regarding the performance and overclocking capabilities of our new F7 BIOS for GIGABYTE X79 motherboards,” said Tim Handley, Deputy Director of Motherboard Marketing, GIGABYTE.

Based on a 3-way Digital Engine that brings unprecedented control over the way power is delivered to your CPU and Memory, the GIGABYTE X79-UD3 also features 4-way SLI and Crossfire X graphics, PCIe Gen 3.0 support and 4-channel DDR3 memory.

RIM reveals Future Trends for 2012

According to a recent survey by Brand Wagon-Synovate best brands survey 2011, BlackBerry has been voted as the second-most aspirational brand in India. This success in India is the result of our enhanced focus on the consumer and enterprise segment to launch next- generation products and solutions for each of these segments.

Throughout the year, RIM celebrated its largest global launch ever with the launch of BlackBerry 7.0 smartphones, the launch of the BlackBerry PlayBook and made great progress in the development of BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0, and announced the next-generation mobile platform, BlackBerry 10.

Trends of 2012 reveal that tablet and smartphone sales are going to outrun PC and laptop sales.  More employees are going to come to the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) party in the workplace, especially as smartphone prices tumble, the device itself bristles with 3D, HD, GPS, QR codes, gyros, accelerometres, gesture recognition, object recognition, augmented reality, visual search, four-core processors and what have you.

A Gartner forecast suggests that end-users will splurge $15.9 billion on the goodies in app stores in 2012. More importantly, the apps will drive secondary business in hardware sales and advertising spends. Which means app developers will sharpen their tools, and produce cutting- edge stuff for us to consume. We may not see a wild proliferation of NFC, but 2012 will be the year when consumers will taste the first fruits of NFC as mobile devices adopt the technology. Moreover, it was also revealed that 2012 will be the Year of the Mobile.

Xchanging Global Delivery Centre sets up in Solan

Xchanging has inaugurated a state-of-the-art processing centre in Solan, Himachal Pradesh, claiming it the first multi-national ITO/BPO Company to set up operations in the tier-3 town.

The centre, spread over an area of 5000 sq ft. is believed to support Xchanging’s vision to create a low carbon environment. The operations is said to begin with a capacity of 50 people, with an option to scale to a 200 seat centre by the end of 2012. As a global delivery centre, the new site is connected to all the other centres of Xchanging and is estimated to have capability in business processing, procurement, and ITO services including software development and testing. Xchanging has intended to collaborate with Academia in the region to recruit and provide industrial and soft skills training to young employable talent. The company has also announced that every year it will award local college and university students for academic excellence.

Akamai Technologies appoints Rachael Fitzpatrick

Akamai Technologies Pvt Ltd. has appointed Rachael Fitzpatrick as Human Resource (HR) Director for the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.

Rachael is responsible for HR strategy and management, playing a key role in driving Akamai’s expansion strategy in the region. Based in Singapore, she reports to Linda Pettingell, Senior Director HR Business Partnering at Akamai.

Sanjay Singh, Sr. VP & GM, APJ Business, Akamai said, “Rachael plays a significant role in Akamai as we continue to build and strengthen the overall team in this diverse and fast-growing region. She comes with the right expertise to help ensure that we bring in and retain the best talents who are also best-fits for the company. She will also work closely with the APJ management as well as the global HR team to ensure that quality programs and localized practices are delivered to all employees here.”