LeadForce1 officially launched today with a mission to change the dynamics of enterprise marketing automation. Helping enterprises to break free from the sales-marketing divide, LeadForce1 is fast becoming the marketing automation platform of choice. The company has developed a breakthrough, patent-pending, next-generation approach that dramatically improves the volume of qualified leads, increases sales pipeline velocity, and delivers unique value by connecting sales teams with qualified prospects in real-time.

Over 200 enterprises depend upon the proven LeadForce1 platform as a strategic tool to achieve marketing metrics and drive sales goals. “While we were already using a marketing automation solution, it was limited only to the leads resulting from form-fills”, said Heather Dalloul, AVP of Marketing at Symphony Services. “LeadForce1 presented an innovative solution to grow our lead generation many-fold. They have a compelling value proposition and the implementation is also quick. LeadForce1 has opened new doors for our business and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a smart and cost effective lead generation solution.”

LeadForce1 offers the unique benefit of being able to determine an online visitor’s interests and intent, using advanced behavioral analysis. Marketing and sales teams can now precisely manage lead nurturing programs and effectively target messages and offers that are customized around the interests of each individual lead. The result is marketing campaigns with greater impact, larger sales pipelines, and improved sales productivity.

Forrester Research opinion supports the LeadForce1 vision. “Tools that monitor online activity, match visitors against commercial databases, look up their firms and roles, and help sales proactively chase buyers across the web take priority over technology that manages demand once it comes in the door”, says Laura Ramos, Principal Analyst at Forrester.

The disconnect between sales and marketing teams is a major cause of concern for most B2B organizations, especially when it comes to the lead management process. LeadForce1 is the only marketing automation solution which provides both sales and marketing with unmatched lead insight and intelligence through a shared, holistic Opportunity ViewTM helping them discover sales opportunities in real-time and populate the funnel with only qualified leads. This capability also integrates with the company’s email marketing module to create intent-driven lead nurturing campaigns and sales pitches driven by real customer needs.

“LeadForce1 gives us actionable data for building our sales pipeline that other services lack. Combined with its ease of use, the actionability makes it the most effective lead generation solution we’ve used for our website” said Bert Armijo, VP of Sales for 3Tera (now Computer Associates).

“With existing marketing automation solutions, pursuing leads is a reactionary process. The data provided lacks intelligent insight into the leads, and the real-time information required to take proactive action is not available,” said Srihari Kumar, LeadForce1 CEO. “The LeadForce1 solution resolves these issues with a closed-loop approach through the entire lead life-cycle, from providing highly detailed information about anonymous website visitors, to triggering live sales conversations with prospects in real-time, thus enabling shorter sales cycles and higher ROI for businesses.”

The innovative LeadForce1 solution includes:

– Lead scoring and workflow automation, drip marketing, and landing page creation

– Prospect profile completion, and identification of individuals as well as group decision-makers

– Intent-driven enterprise-class email marketing with automated customization

– Integrated call-back creates real-time live connection to prospects who show greatest interest

– Marketing business intelligence and campaign analytics for feedback and fine-tuning

– Collaboration within LeadForce1 in the context of each lead, contact, and opportunity

To learn more about LeadForce1, visit www.leadforce1.com

About LeadForce1

LeadForce1 is the leader in next-generation marketing automation, Marketing Automation 2.0, providing a game-changing real-time solution that delivers a new level of enriched lead data, enabling enterprise sales and marketing teams to uncover hidden opportunities, accurately identify decision-makers, and deliver powerful, targeted, real-time responses to qualified prospects. LeadForce1 was founded in early 2008 by experienced software executives from Microsoft, Yodlee, Autonomy, and Healtheon. With major locations in California, Michigan, and India, our team of more than 120 employees is dedicated to the success of our customers.

LeadForce1 will launch its Marketing Automation 2.0 solution in India in Q2-2010. The Company already has several top Indian IT service providers as customers

LeadForce1 is a registered trademark.

Media contact details

Merlin Francis,
LeadForce1,
+91 9845017375,
merlin.francis@leadforce1.com

Devices Support Chip-to-Chip Interlaken Interface up to 10-Gbps Line Rates

Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR), today announced its Stratix® IV FPGAs passed the Interlaken Alliance’s device interoperability testing. Altera certified its high-performance FPGAs interface with third-party components using the Interlaken protocol. Stratix IV GT FPGAs passed interoperability testing at 6.25-Gbps line rates and are the industry’s only Interlaken solution capable of supporting line rates of 10 Gbps. Device interoperability testing validates Stratix IV FPGAs for chip-to-chip Interlaken interface and ensures they can be quickly deployed as a turnkey solution for next-generation wireless and wireline infrastructure applications.

Altera passed interoperability testing using a Stratix IV GT FPGA development board along with Altera’s internally developed Interlaken intellectual property (IP) core. The IP core is fully compliant to the Interlaken Protocol Definition revision 1.2 and provides a cost-effective, risk-free solution that can be quickly implemented in the FPGA.

“The Interlaken protocol is a popular solution for equipment manufactures due to its ability to enable high-speed chip-to-chip packet transfers and Altera is committed to providing our customers a comprehensive Interlaken solution through our leading-edge FPGAs,” said Luanne Schirrmeister, senior director of component product marketing at Altera Corporation. “By offering an Interlaken solution that supports data rates up to 10-Gbps, Altera is driving the industry’s move toward 100G systems.”

Passing the Interlaken Interoperability Test

The Interlaken Alliance’s device interoperability test included five chip vendors testing the connectivity between their components using the Interlaken protocol. Altera successfully demonstrated interoperation with all the participating ASSP vendors’ solutions, including Cortina’s CS1999 and CS3477 device families and PMC-Sierra’s HyPHY 20G platform.

“As demand for voice, video, and data increases, service providers are looking for ways to upgrade their existing infrastructure,” said Fred Olsson, product line director at Cortina Systems. “Proven interoperability between the Altera Interlaken IP core on Stratix IV hardware and Cortina’s CS1999 40Gb/s framer as well as CS3477 aggregator ICs enables not only a seamless connection for high throughput packet processing but also further demonstrates Interlaken’s ability to eliminate bandwidth restrictions and increase performance for communications applications that require the highest possible performance.”

Availability

Altera® Stratix IV FPGAs are available today in production. For pricing information contact your local Altera sales representative. Altera’s internally developed Interlaken IP core is available by contacting Altera. For additional information regarding Altera’s Interlaken solutions visit:

www.altera.com/technology/high_speed/protocols/interlaken/pro-interlaken.html

About Altera

Altera programmable solutions enable system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Find out more about Altera’s FPGA, CPLD and ASIC devices at www.altera.com. Follow Altera via Facebook, RSS and Twitter.

Altera, the Altera logo, and all other words that are identified as trademarks are, unless noted otherwise, Registered, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the trademarks of Altera Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other product or service names are the property of their respective holders.

Media contact details

Dorothy Cheng,
Altera Corporation,
(852) 2945-7043,
dcheng@altera.com

Total Capacity of the MBPV’s (Moser Baer PhotoVoltaic ltd) Thin Film Plant Now in the Range of 50 MW

– Approximately 20% cost advantage on large size modules

– Scales up the single-junction amorphous-Silicon process and technology from a stable efficiency of 6% to above 7%

– Set to introduce the 400 W product on 5.7 m2 module in the market by Q2, 2010

PV Technologies India Limited (PVTIL), a subsidiary of Moser Baer India Limited (MBIL) announces successful completion of testing and validation of breakthrough process that will enhance the stable efficiency of its single junction thin film module from 6% to 7.3%. The process has been designed at PVTIL’s Greater Noida plant by its in-house research team. This improves the module wattage from 340 watts / panel to 400 watts /panel on full size modules (5.7 m2.). This landmark breakthrough has been achieved by judicious optimization of multiple layers in the device structure. This is one of the highest efficiency (and wattage) achieved from any amorphous-Silicon single junction thin film module of this size globally.

Lauding the achievement, Ratul Puri, Executive Director, MBIL, said: “The breakthrough proprietary process will improve the viability of amorphous-Silicon technology for the solar farm projects. This proprietary process is a game changer and will help us in addressing certain sections of the market by Q2 2010.” He further added, “What makes this proprietary process special is that for the first time any Indian player has achieved this level of efficiency leading to an approx 20% cost advantage in this module size.”

According to Dr. Rajiv Arya, CEO of PV solar business, “This achievement is very timely as it has already enhanced our Thin Film’s capacity from 40 MW to the range of 50 MW and will help us reach the goals set in the National Solar Mission effectively by deploying these modules in large size solar installations. I appreciate the efforts of our process team which has once again demonstrated Moser Baer’s innate capabilities in improving efficiency and introducing new products to cater to the demands of the market. These Thin Film modules can be used for rooftop installations and for solar farms.”

Editorial Notes:

Amorphous silicon (a-Si or α-Si) is the non-crystalline allotropic form of silicon. It can be deposited in thin films at low temperatures onto a variety of substrates.

About the Company

Moser Baer India Limited, headquartered in New Delhi, is a leading global technology company. Established in 1983, the company successfully developed cutting edge technologies to become the world’s second largest manufacturer of Optical Storage media like CDs and DVDs. The company also emerged as the first to market the next-generation of storage formats like Blu-ray discs. Recently, the company has transformed itself from a single business into a multi-technology organisation, diversifying into exciting areas of Solar Energy, Home Entertainment and IT Peripherals and Consumer Electronics. Moser Baer has multiple manufacturing facilities in the suburbs of New Delhi.

Website: www.moserbaer.com

Media contact details

Abhinav Kanchan,
Moser Baer India Ltd.,
+91 9958867269/ +91 (11) 40594175,
abhinav.kanchan@moserbaer.in

Balaji Krishnaswami,
Moser Baer India Ltd.,
+91 9971757474 / +91 (11) 40594338,
balaji.krishnaswami@moserbaer.in

Plant to Have 600,000 Units Capacity to Meet the Growing Demand of Honda Products in India

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Private Limited. (HMSI), Honda’s wholly-owned motorcycle production and sales subsidiary in India, today announced plans to build a second motorcycle production plant to meet increasing demand in the rapidly growing motorcycle market in India.

To build the second plant, HMSI will acquire approximately 240,000 square meters of land within the Tapukara Industrial Area (Near Bhiwadi), Rajasthan, which is approximately 40km from the existing plant and approximately 90km from Delhi. The new plant is scheduled to become operational in the 2nd half of 2011 with annual production capacity of 600,000 units. Further, HMSI is expanding annual production capacity of its existing plant from the current 1.25 million units to 1.55 million units by the end of this month, with a further expansion to 1.6 million units already scheduled for next year. As a result, HMSI’s total annual production capacity will be 2.2 million units when the second plant becomes operational. The new plant will employ approximately 2,000 associates at initial stage of full capacity. The total investment will be approximately Rs. 4.7 billion (approximately 8.9 billion yen*).

*1 Rupee = approximately 1.9yen

Utilizing production technologies refined at the existing plant as a starting point, HMSI will strive to improve process ergonomics and employ more advanced automation and other measures to its second plant. It will also be more environmentally responsible plant by proactively reducing energy consumption during production and by employing other environmental measures such as water recycling.

India represents the world’s second largest motorcycle market behind only China, and industry-wide motorcycle sales in India for 2009 reached 8.8 million units (up 19% compared to 2008). HMSI was established as a wholly-owned motorcycle production and sales subsidiary of Honda in 1999 and began production in 2001. HMSI’s sales have grown steadily with 2009 sales of approximately 1.1 million units (up 11% compared to 2008) achieving a record high for nine consecutive years.

In order to fulfill the diversifying needs of customers in the growing market of India, HMSI is enhancing its product lineup with last year’s full model change of the Activa 110cc scooter, one of the company’s best-selling products, and by introducing the CB Twister 110cc motorcycle in February 2010 in the 100-110cc market segment, which accounts for approximately 50% of total motorcycle market. The decision to build the second motorcycle production plant was made to better accommodate a further increase in demand in India.

About HMSI’s plants

About Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Pvt.) Ltd.

Establishment: August 1999
Location: IMT*2 Manesar, Gurgaon District, Haryana state, India
Capital: Rs. 3 billion (approximately 5.7 billion yen)
Capitalization Ratio: 100% Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Representative: Mr. Shinji Aoyama, President & CEO
Business Activities: Production and sales of motorcycles and scooters
Dealership locations: 725 locations (as of February 2010)
** IMT=Industrial Model Township

Sales Growth:
(Domestic+Export)

Sales Growth Chart

Media contact details

Ashish Yadav, Public Relations,
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd,
+91 9871795517,
ashish.yadav@honda2wheelersindia.com

Gagneesh Gautam, Public Relations,
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd,
+91 9650490584,
gagneesh.gautam@honda2wheelersindia.com

Business Productivity Online Suite helps users Achieve Cost Reductions of up to 50%

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced that it has signed a Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) “Dedicated Advisor” agreement with Microsoft Corp. The agreement was signed in the presence of Mr. Suresh Vaswani, Jt. CEO Wipro’s IT Business and Member of board, Wipro Ltd. and Mr. Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division.

This agreement allows Wipro to advise and enable its global enterprise customers to migrate to the BPOS cloud services by provisioning a range of professional services from “go-live” assessments to full migration and solution implementation accelerators. This Suite is a set of cloud-based applications for enterprises, and includes Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, Microsoft Office Communications Online and Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange. Customers can choose any or all of the products from the suite, which will provide enterprise ready collaboration, content management, messaging and directory platform services, along with advisory, migration and maintenance services.

Wipro is developing Microsoft Enterprise Architecture Transformation Platform to help accelerate the migration to Microsoft technologies. By migrating to the Business Productivity Online Suite, enterprises will be able to achieve significant cost reductions, saving up to 50% for their customers while helping them becoming more agile and flexible.”Wipro has experience in platform migration capabilities that allow for faster implementation and help customers realize value much faster,” said Eron Kelly, senior director of product management at Microsoft. “With Business Productivity Online Suite and partners like Wipro, Microsoft is delivering a software-plus-services approach and collaboration solutions for customers in the cloud, focused on reducing costs for businesses while maintaining a great user experience, security and privacy.”

“Increasingly, customers are looking at driving a transformational agenda with reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and complete accountability of business outcome from their service providers, leading to the adoption of alternative models such as SaaS and Cloud. We believe these alternative asset-light models will help our customers move away from CAPEX to a pure OPEX business model,” said Deepak Jain, Sr. Vice President Technology Infrastructure Services, Wipro Technologies. “By adopting BPOS, Enterprises can get access to a feature rich Messaging and Collaboration Platform while lowering hardware, storage investments as well as lot of associated software investments.”

As a dedicated BPOS advisor, Wipro will support its clients’ evaluation and adoption of BPOS, as part of Wipro’s transformation outsourcing services. These services include evaluation consulting, advisory services, migration and other value added services.

About Wipro

Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application management, and datacenter managed services to corporations globally.

In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India, offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services.

Wipro also has a profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro’s ADS’ are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit our website at www.wipro.com

Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements

Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects and our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions are forward looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding our ability to integrate and manage acquired IT professionals, our ability to integrate acquired assets in a cost effective and timely manner, fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, , liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Wipro has made strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Wipro may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward looking statements, including statements contained in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. Wipro does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company. For further information, please visit our websites at www.wipro.com, www.wiprocorporate.com, and www.wipro.co.in.

Media Contacts:

Wipro Technologies

India:
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Wipro Technologies
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Gutenberg Communications
+91 9686446789
mangala@gutenbergpr.com

US:

Eric Belove
Wipro Technologies
+ 1 (732).216.6242
eric.belove@wipro.com

Lavanya DJ
Gutenberg Communications
+ 212).239.8740
lavanya@gutenbergpr.com

UK:

Rahul Kadavakolu
Wipro Technologies
+44 792 020 5496
rahul.kadavakolu@wipro.com

Shalini Siromani
Gutenberg Communications
+44.79.6066.3200
shalini@gutenbergpr.com

A Fantasy Cricket Competition where Contestants Can Win Rs. 5 Lakh in Cash

Dream11.com, the world’s no.1 fantasy cricket game, in association with Planet M Retail Ltd. India’s leading music & gaming retail chain, today, launched ‘India Ka No.1 Selector’, a first of its kind Fantasy Cricket gaming competition focusing on upcoming T20 cricket. As part of this competition, cricket fans will have an opportunity to create their own dream team from over 180 Indian and international cricketers and win a total of Rs. 5 Lakh in cash. Contestants will also have a chance to win Rs. 10,000 in cash by playing daily.

Each contestant in this competition will be allocated Rs. 100 crore of virtual money to choose their favourite cricketers from across various teams and create their Dream11. Depending on how those cricketers perform in upcoming real-life matches, the contestants will earn points. Contestants scoring the highest points stand a chance to win Rs. 5 Lakh in cash and Rs. 2.25 Lakh in gift vouchers. The contestants can compete globally while enjoying social networking features and forming their own leagues, allowing them to compete in closed private groups.

Speaking on this initiative, Harsh Jain, CMD, Dream11 Gaming Pvt. Ltd., said, “With upcoming T20 cricket action such as the IPL, cricket fever in India is at an all time high. Through ‘India Ka No.1 Selector’, Dream11.com is searching for India’s most knowledgeable cricket fan. This competition empowers a billion cricket enthusiasts to compete and be crowned as the best cricket selector”. He further added, “We are proud to have Planet M as our sponsor for ‘India Ka No.1 Selector’. Their national presence will accelerate our efforts to popularize Fantasy Cricket gaming to a wider audience in India.”

Speaking on this alliance, Mr. Amit Gupta, Chief Operating Officer, Planet M, said, “Planet M is delighted to be associated with Dream11.com for ‘India Ka No.1 Selector’. Planet M is one of the largest sellers of gaming hardware/software in India and thus this synergy with Dream11 just seems perfect.”

Fantasy Cricket, a part of the US $4.5 billion Fantasy Sports Genre, provides users an opportunity to select their own virtual cricket team. Simply put, users optimize their allocated budget to create fantasy teams of real cricketers and score points depending on how those cricketers perform in real life matches. This strategic, competitive and engaging game is a true test of knowledge for millions of cricket fans around the world.

Contestants can log on to www.dream11.com to become ‘India Ka No.1 Selector’.

About Planet M:

Planet M is a part of the US $5 billion Videocon group, a fortune 500 company. Celebrating 10 years and positioned as one of the premium retail outlets in Entertainment, Mobile, and Lifestyle & Leisure Space, Planet M has come a long way. Planet M is 275 stores loud and we are into:

–Telecom: Mobile Phones, Recharge Vouchers, Mobile accessories
–Entertainment: Music, Movies, Gaming, Digital hardware & accessories
–Lifestyle: Apparels, Eyewear, Watches, Books & Fashion accessories
–Leisure: Cafes

About Dream11.com

Dream11.com, the ‘World’s No.1 Fantasy Cricket Game’, is the flagship brand of Dream11 Gaming Pvt. Ltd. It is a unique and innovative Fantasy Cricket website that offers users the world’s first graphical Fantasy Cricket game. The website also allows users to compete and connect with millions of cricket fanatics and develop ‘cricket communities’ that further add to the fun quotient. Features like Live Scores, News, Player Profiles, Schedules, Standings, Statistics and Cricket Games, along with Community tools, ensure a complete Fantasy Cricket experience for its global users.

For more information: log on to http://www.dream11.com

Media contact details

Sulakshana,
brand-comm,
+91 9819032463,
sulakshana@brand-comm.com

Annu Mishra,
Dream11 Gaming Private Limited,
+91 9004071579

Rediff.com India Limited (NASDAQ: REDF).

Indian-American structural biologist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the structure and function of the ribosome, was named the India Abroad Person of the Year 2009 at an impressive ceremony in New York City on March 5.

The who’s who of the Indian-American community attended the event held at the National Museum of the American Indian in the magnificent Alexander Hamilton US Customs House, a stone’s throw from the financial district’s famed Wall Street Bull.

It was the seventh annual India Abroad Person of the Year Awards gala, a marquee event on the Indian-American community calendar hosted by India Abroad, the oldest and most widely circulated weekly newspaper serving the Indian Diaspora, published from New York, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and Toronto.

India Abroad, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, is owned by Indian Internet leader Rediff.com

Past winners of the coveted India Abroad Person of the Year award are Iowa state legislator Swati Dandekar (2002), Indicorps co-founder Sonal Shah (2003), captain of the silver medal-winning US gymnastic team at the Athens Olympics Mohini Bhardwaj (2004), then US Congressman and current Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (2005), PepsiCo Chairperson and CEO Indra Nooyi (2006), acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair (2007), and Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek International Editor and host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS (2008).

This year, a total of nine awards were presented in seven categories.
The first to be honoured was the India Abroad Young Achiever 2009, Kavya Shivashankar, winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009.

The India Abroad Gopal Raju Award for Community Service 2009 went to the South Asian Council for Social Services and its Executive Director Sudha Acharya, for the decade-old SACSS’s support and empowerment of South Asian immigrants in America.

Dr Priyamvada Natarajan, professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, was named the India Abroad Face of the Future 2009, an award which recognizes the promise of glittering future achievement. Mathematician Dr Manjul Bhargava, the youngest full professor at Princeton University and the inaugural India Abroad Face of the Future 2008, was also present.

Investment banker, community leader and philanthropist Sreedhar Menon was awarded the India Abroad Award for Lifetime Service to the Community 2009.

After a lavish dinner, the nearly 250 guests learned that, for the first time, there would be more than one winner of the India Abroad Publisher’s Special Awards for Excellence.

India Abroad Publisher and Rediff.com Chairman and CEO Ajit Balakrishnan presented the Special Awards for Excellence to National Public Radio’s Morning Edition Executive Producer Madhulika Sikka, The Washington Post Managing Editor Raju Narisetti, and Otterbein College Professor Abhijat Joshi, best known as the co-writer of Bollywood blockbusters 3 Idiots and Lage Raho Munnabhai. In the past, the Publisher’s Special Award has been won by the likes of astronaut Sunita Williams (2006) and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri (2008).

Next, Lahiri’s publisher Ajai Singh ‘Sonny’ Mehta, a titan in the world of books and the publisher and editor-in-chief of Alfred A Knopf, was given the India Abroad Award for Lifetime Achievement 2009. Fittingly, writer Suketu Mehta – whose book on Mumbai, Maximum City, was edited by Sonny Mehta — and actress and legendary food writer Madhur Jaffrey presented the award to Mehta whose wife writer Gita Mehta, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s elder sister, was present.

Via a video-address, former US President Bill Clinton congratulated India Abroad on 40 years of publishing and congratulated Sonny Mehta, who published Clinton’s bestselling memoir, My Life, and all the other winners.

Next, also speaking via video, was the India Abroad Person of the Year 2008, Fareed Zakaria, who revealed Dr Ramakrishnan as the India Abroad Person of the Year 2009 and congratulated the Nobel Laureate.

The evening ended fittingly, with Dr Ramakrishnan winning over everyone with a speech marked by the astounding humility he is famous for.

The India Abroad Person of the Year 2009 awards ceremony, emceed by Columbia University Journalism School Professor Sreenath Sreenivasan, was attended by, among others, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, Indian diplomats Ambassadors Prabhu Dayal and Manjeev Singh Puri, The Huffington Post Managing Editor Jai Singh, CNBC Managing Editor Nik Deogun, human rights attorney Vanita Gupta, the first winner of the India Abroad Publisher’s Special Award for Excellence, actors Madhur Jaffrey and Aasif Mandvi, oncologist Dr Dattatreyudu Nori.

The awardees at a glance:

– India Abroad Person of the Year 2009: Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan.

– India Abroad Award for Lifetime Achievement 2009: Sonny Mehta.

– India Abroad Publisher’s Special Awards for Excellence: Madhulika Sikka, Raju Narisetti, Abhijat Joshi.

– India Abroad Award for Lifetime Service to the Community 2009: Sreedhar Menon.

– India Abroad Face of the Future 2009: Dr Priyamvada Natarajan.

– India Abroad Gopal Raju Award for Community Service 2009: South Asian Council for Social Services, Sudha Acharya.

– India Abroad Young Achiever 2009: Kavya Shivashankar.

The event was presented by Vonage. Other event partners include the University of Antigua, Continental Airlines, Applecore Hotels, TV Asia, Sahara Filmy and Ada.

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Rediff.com (India) Ltd.,
+ 91 (22) 24449144 extn. 138,
mandarn@rediff.co.in

– tenders.indiamart.com to list state-wise tenders across India

– Exhaustive, well-classified and searchable database of over 50,000 live tenders from across the country.

– Launched to benefit state-level and local SMEs

India’s leading online B2B marketplace IndiaMART.com has launched state-wise tenders list under its popular tender’s banner to help the SME and MSME community in the country. The new initiative has been implemented to simplify search procedure of local tenders for state-level SMEs. State-wise tender process will cut down the time element, an important factor in tender processing.

The new initiative has been well received among the 7 lakh strong SME (Small and medium Enterprises) and MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) community of IndiaMART.com.
Announcing the launch, Dinesh Agarwal, Founder & CEO of IndiaMART.com said, “We are always striving towards providing the best of services to the SME sector. After the free tender services launched last year, which grabbed clients’ attention, the latest state-wise tender offering is a step forward in the same direction. This will not only boost our clients business but also bolster their belief in IndiaMART.com.”

Late last year, IndiaMART.com had set a precedent, becoming the first company to launch free subscription of more than 50,000 live government, corporate and global tenders and procurement notices for its Indian clients. Since then, the company has seen a significant growth in page visits at over 50 percent in the last three months, a note worthy performance indeed.

Brijesh Agrawal, Chief Operating Officer, IndiaMART.com said, “IndiaMART has initiated state-wise tenders, so that users can avail desirable and specific services across a wide range of industry verticals as per their location, need and business preference in a convenient and structured fashion.”
He further highlights that, customers will be impressed not only by the quality of the tender information, but also with the user friendly interface and seamless navigation across the tender pages.

For the last 14 years IndiaMART.com has been playing a leading role in furthering SME and MSME business in the country, providing them with India’s largest online platform to sell their products and services in the international marketplace and expand their reach and business opportunity.

The industry has put its trust in IndiaMART.com, making it the country’s largest B2B portal with over 60 percent market share. The company has been also conferred the prestigious Red Herring 100 Asia & Emerging India award.

Tenders.indiamart.com is among the largest portals for business tender information both in India as well as globally, with a large number of free online tenders and registered users from all over the world.

About IndiaMART.com

IndiaMART.com is India’s largest online B2B marketplace connecting global buyers with suppliers through business directories, online product catalogs, buy-sell offers, industry specific marketplaces, printed media and trade shows participation.

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At CeBIt 2010, Fujitsu presents an overview of the company’s solutions and services on the theme of “Dynamic Infrastructures for your Success.” The focus is on Infrastructure-as-a-Service for Server, as well as a comprehensive portfolio of Managed Services. Five halls at CeBIT represent the enterprise, showing how customers from all over the world can use Fujitsu’s IT solutions and services to create competitive advantages for their individual businesses.

Hall 4: Dynamic Infrastructures for your Success

Plug and play IT– Infrastructure-as-a-Service for Server

In hall 4 Fujitsu presents Infrastructure-as-a-Service for Server (I-a-a-S), the flagship Private Cloud Services offering for enterprises. With I-a-a-S, companies can purchase server capacity as necessary via a flexible billing model. The required hardware is stored in Fujitsu high security centers built especially for this purpose. Customers can chose an individual solution and configure it through Fujitsu’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service portal. The server resources can be accessed via a secure VPN (Virtual Private Network).

Managed Services – the comprehensive answer to dynamic IT requirements

Just in time for CeBIT, Fujitsu presents in hall 4 the company’s new service package,ManageNow, for efficient IT infrastructure administration in data centers. The ManageNow solutions simplify and optimize daily processes in data centers using standardized administration of heterogeneous infrastructures and automatized administration of operating systems, software and databases for servers and clients. The packages contain additional features for the ManageNow software, implementation services, maintenance and support. ManageNow supports Fujitsu’s IT infrastructure products as well as heterogeneous environments. Enterprises can use ManageNow to consolidate different administration and surveillance tools, benefiting from a seamless integration with popular administration solutions, fast implementation and a cost reduction of up to 65 percent.

Fujitsu‘s Managed Workplace services have been designed especially for Windows 7. Managed Workplace can be used to administer PC workstations throughout the entire lifecycle. This frees enterprises from daily routine tasks so they can concentrate on their core business. The service is based on customer-specific service level agreements; a price per workstation model guarantees maximum cost transparency.

Managed Virtual Workplace comprises comprehensive services with a focus on the administration of the entire virtual workplace infrastructure. Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) based services and options adapted to meet specific requirements guarantee customer satisfaction and increase productivity, flexibility, availability and security at the same time.

With Fujitsu’s own state-of-the-art Managed Storage offer, enterprises of all sizes can benefit from flexible data management, cost control and data security. Fujitsu administers storage solutions onsite as well as at its own data centers. Fixed costs are changed into variable costs and there are hardly any limits for extensive data growth.

Managed Server guarantees interruption-free server infrastructures. Proactive services such as Auto Immune Systems® support automatic recognition and eliminate errors. At the same time, IT processes are immunized so business transactions are protected from interruptions.

Tape Virtualization with ETERNUS CS800

Fujitsu also introduces the latest storage system in its ETERNUS family in hall 4. The ETERNUS CS800 is a ready-to-use storage solution with integrated deduplication, offering comprehensive data security within dynamic infrastructures. The solution is particularly suitable for medium-sized enterprises working with disk backup. Integrated deduplication reduces average capacity requirements for hard disks within the system by 90 percent and therefore helps reduce backup costs. The ETERNUS CS800 stores backup data in different locations throughout the company network, using deduplication. The required network bandwidth is reduced by at least 20 percent. The ETERNUS CS800 supports Symantec OpenStorage for Replication and Direct Tape Creation.

Hardware Highlights: From Zero Client to Server-Star

With the first “real” Zero Client, Fujitsu presents one of the tradeshow highlights in hall 4 – tomorrow’s end-user device. The Zero Client is a frontend solution with all the advantages of a Thin Client – and even more. Designed as an intelligent display and available in 19 and 22 inches, the Zero Client comes with a single cable for power supply and LAN. It needs no operating system no processor, no applications, and no local data backup. The Zero Client merely establishes the connection to the virtual machine so there is no need for workplace management. This makes the “total cost of ownership” significantly lower than for the Thin Client.

Fujitsu also presents the latest additions to its notebook portfolio at CeBIT in hall 4. The newLIFEBOOK S710, for example, is equipped with Intel’s latest processor technology and offers excellent performance. At only 2.15 kilograms, it is one of the lightest modular 14 inch notebooks. The model offers integrated 3G/UMTS, WLAN and Bluetooth functionality. With a battery life of up to ten hours, it will last an entire working day without recharging. Fujitsu’s newest Tablet PC based upon the latest Intel platform, the LIFEBOOK T900, really stands out with its high processing power, multidirectional LED displays, and flexible electronic pen or multitouch operation.

Both LIFEBOOKS are equipped with Fujitsu’s Advanced Theft Protection, a modular security solution which is also shown in hall 4. It especially caters to mobile users’ needs and offers maximum security for hardware and data; users can lock their notebooks in case of theft, erase sensitive data or locate the notebook and retrieve the notebook.

Fujitsu also presents a number of products in its current hardware portfolio – for example the fireball among its powerful PRIMERGY servers, the blade server BX900. Furthermore, client solutions such as the 0 Watt PC will be shown in action.

Hall 9: End-to-End Solutions for the Public Sector

Federal and state authorities, municipal administrations and associations, universities and other public institutions are facing the challenge of balancing cost reductions and higher IT efficiency. In the Public Sector Parc in hall 9, Fujitsu and its renowned partners such as NetApp, Symantec, Brocade, EMC or CA demonstrate the capabilities of its powerful and energy efficient Intel-based infrastructure products, solutions and services. They will show how new supply and operating models within an “as-a-service” concept can change the IT in future administration models. Special topics such as secure eGovernment, Geo-Information, the White IT alliance or the new ID card or legally compliant online shopping offer plenty of issues to discuss for contracting authorities.

For the “Citizen meets The State” visitor’s day on Saturday, administrative solutions users once more take center stage. The focus is on topics such as new forms of learning that integrate IT technologies, like the use of notebooks in classes.

Hall 15: Fujitsu’s premiere on Planet Reseller

This year, Fujitsu is represented for the first time at Planet Reseller in hall 15 booth F 15. The company uses the international gathering of the specialized trade to introduce tradeshow highlights such as Infrastructure-as-a-Service for Server, plus the latest additions to the client’s portfolio to the channel and distribution companies. In the context of the new IaaS for Server offers, Fujitsu provides server capacities from its own data center on demand. At CeBIT, specialty retailers can test the new services themselves. For example, they can see for themselves how easy it is to provision new server capacities via the IaaS portal. On Planet Reseller, Fujitsu shows a number of new products available through the channel program “Value4you.” Highlights are desktop PCs, notebooks, monitors and particularly the proGreen Selection.

Hall 8: Green IT

In Hall 8, Fujitsu is a partner at BITKOM’s Green IT booth – and presents its most important new developments in the areas of environmental friendliness and energy efficiency. Environmental friendly and resource-conserving IT have played an important role at Fujitsu for more than 20 years. The Green IT concept addresses singular aspects as well as the entire production process. For example, this means environmentally-friendly materials are being used, or transport and packaging solutions are chosen to meet the best possible resource conservation conditions. The “CeBIT green IT” – hosted by the high tech association BITKOM, the Federal Environment Ministry and the Deutsche Messe AG – offers Fujitsu an ideal platform to show its environmentally friendly concepts to tradeshow visitors and demonstrate, together with its partner Intel, how to implement environmentally friendly IT today.

SAP World Tour in hall 19

On the SAP World Tour in hall 19, booth 2.35, Fujitsu presents innovative dynamic It solutions and IT services for the SAP landscape. In more than 35 years of partnership and cooperation with SAP, Fujitsu has gained great expertise particularly in regard to service-oriented architectures with integrated virtualization and automation technologies. With time-tested solutions and services such as the FlexFrame for SAP, SAP BusinessObjects and the SAP Discovery System V4, Fujitsu nails the colors to the mast at the SAP World.

TDS at the CeBIT 2010

IT outsourcing, SAP services for medium-sized businesses and application management are the focus of TDS’ tradeshow appearance at the Fujitsu booth in hall 4 (booth E20). Business Intelligence Packages for medium-sized businesses, tailor-made SAP offers for the process industry as well as for cosmetics and food manufacturers are only a few examples of the presented SAP solutions. Visitors also can learn more about medium-sized businesses at TDS and Fujitsu’s shared booth on the SAP World Tour (hall 19).

In the Public Sector Parc (hall 9, Fujitsu booth C60), TDS shows software and services for human resources departments. The portfolio includes the modular personal software TDS-Personal, as well as HR Business process outsourcing (HR BPO), covering all administrative processes in human resource management. This includes payroll accounting, travel expense accounting and applicant data administration.

Fujitsu and TDS at CeBIT – Overview

– Hall 4, Booth E20
– Hall 9, Booth C60, Public Sector Parc
– Hall 15, Booth F15, Planet Reseller
– Hall 19, SAP World Tour
– Hall 8, “CeBIT green IT 2010” (BITKOM)

For more information about Fujitsu at CeBIT, please visit:http://ts.fujitsu.com/cebit

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 175,000 employees supporting customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$47 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Technology Solutions

Fujitsu Technology Solutions is the leading European IT infrastructure provider with a presence in all key markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, plus India, serving large-, medium- and small-sized companies as well as consumers. With its Dynamic Infrastructures approach, the company offers a full portfolio of IT products, solutions and services, ranging from clients to datacenter solutions, Managed Infrastructure and Infrastructure-as-a-Service. Fujitsu Technology Solutions employs more than 10,000 people and is part of the global Fujitsu Group. For more information, please see: ts.fujitsu.com/aboutus

Media contact details

Mansi Saxena, Manager – Marketing & Communications,
Fujitsu India Pvt. Ltd.,
+91 (124) 4705100, +91 9999133312,
mansi.saxena@ts.fujitsu.com

Moonmoon Thakuria, Senior Account Manager,
Value 360 Communications,
+91 9971221554,
moonmoon@value360india.com