AxSTREAM – Software for effective axial/radial turbomachinery design
DesignTech Systems in association with SoftIn Way had held a Technology show at The Park Bangalore for Leveraging Technology for Efficient Turbo Machinery Designing. DesignTech Systems Ltd supports AxSTREAM, leading Software for effective axial /radial turbomachinery design in India.
The key benefits of AxSTREAM are,
LP turbine conceptual design in a week rather than two months
HP turbine conceptual design in 24 hours rather than 3 weeks
Proven blade geometry in minutes
Ability to try out & check results for various combinations of design parameters at click of a mouse
turbine characteristics curves in seconds
matching deadline of proposal to modernize existing turbine flow path
More complete information about existing turbine
Means to check up proposals from recovery manufacturers and retrofit contractors
Opportunity to estimate the existing blade hardware for further utilization
Achieve Optimum Blade Stacking
Mr. Ronnie Lindgren, International Sales Manager, SoftIn Way said
AxSTREAM is developed by a team of experienced flow path design experts & aerodynamicists, with more than 400 man years of design experience between them. DesignTech has a very strong country wide presence through their, own offices and partners. Hence we feel they are the right choice for being distributors for introducing AxSTREAM to the Indian Market.
PC + Laptop sales take a beating during the last fiscal: MAIT
Personal computer (PC) sale has dropped 7% for the first time owing to the ongoing economic downturn during the last fiscal. The total PC sales in the last fiscal stood at 67.9 lakh units, a decline of 7% over the previous year 2007-08, according to data compiled by the Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT).
However, with the business sentiment gaining momentum all over, PC consumption in the current fiscal is poised to surpass 73 lakh level, showing a growth of 7%.
IT consumption in the last fiscal was badly hurt, especially in the second half of the fiscal, by the global slowdown. Notebook sales dipped by 17%, as against a 114% growth in the previous year and sales of desktops also declined 4%.
Multinational brands contributed nearly 51% of the total desktop market during the year 2008-09, showing an 8% growth over the previous year. The market share of the Indian brands reduced to 18% in the meantime, from earlier 22%. Sale of assembled and unbranded systems were also looked derailed, with de-growth of 31%, from 33% in the previous fiscal.
Infosys Sales + Profits under Pressure – EPS to be Lower by 9.6%
Infosys Technologies, India’s leading Software Professionals arbitrage and Manpower trading company is under tremendous pressure for the recently ended quarter. Sales down 2.9% QoQ andNet Profit down 5.3% QoQ. Had the Indian Rupee strengthend against USD, Infosys results could have been wors.
The management has guided EPS for FY 10 to be in the range of Rs. 94.59 and Rs. 96.00; YoY decline of 9.6% to 8.2%. Lets wait to hear more from them.
BSNL is set to introduce 3G services in Sikkim
State-run telecom service provider with a pan-India presence, Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL), will soon launch third generation (3G) mobile services in Gangtok, Sikkim on August 15, 2009.
With the launch of 3G services in Gangtok, the services will be extended to three more districts. Further, telecom operator will increase its strength of Internet broadband services to 30 GB PPS (packets per second) and all 26 blocks in Sikkim would be offered broadband within a period of 100 days.
The launch of 3G services will offer high speed internet and video calling services on mobiles handsets, thus enhancing information and technology services in Sikkim.
Idea Cellular to launch GSM service in Chennai soon
Idea Cellular, an Aditya Birla Group company, is planning to launch its GSM service in Chennai soon, company officials announced. The telecom operator has already launched its services in Coimbatore, Madurai and other cities in Tamil Nadu.
It has operations in four southern states – Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. While the company acquired telecom operator Spice in Karnataka, it rolled out services in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh.
The southern region ranks fourth in the company’s overall subscriber base. Out of the 40 million subscribers the company has 25% from this region.
Unitech, is planning to launch mobile services jointly with Norway’s Telenor in the December quarter of this year.
Bharti Airtel inks managed services deal with Comviva
Bharti Airtel, the leading integrated telecom services provider in Asia has entered into a managed services deal with Comviva. The latter is a leading provider of integrated VAS solutions for mobile operators in emerging markets.
Bharti Airtel becomes the first telecom services operator in the world to have a managed services agreement for its value added services portfolio. As a part of this 3-year deal, Comviva will manage over 2000 of Airtel’s VAS nodes across India from various partners, to meet defined service level agreements.
Bharti Airtel is known for deploying innovative operational models by partnering with majors like Ericsson and Nokia Siemens to manage its network and IBM for its IT management.
Earlier, Bharti Airtel was awarded Service Provider of the Year at Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards as a recognition for excellent performance.
Infosys to open its centre in Brazil
In a move to serve its US clients on improved terms,leading technology service provider, Infosys Technologies is looking toopen software development and back office centre in Brazil in thecurrent year.
The unit, which is likely to beoperational in next 3-4 months, will occupy around 100 skilledemployees in the beginning and will also source new business for the ITmajor.
Tech biggies like TCS and Wipro arealready present in the region, which registered a whopping 75% growthin its IT exports to $1.4 billion during 2008.
Inthe recent past, the local IT firms have started their delivery centresin some of the big markets like China, Mexico and in Eastern Europe toserve their customers better.
Defence to vacate 45 MHz of spectrum for 2G + 4G
Building a hope for earlier start of third generation (3G) services by the private telecom operators, the defence ministry has agreed to vacate 45 MHz of scarce radio spectrum. The telecom ministry and defence establishments had been on a long standing disagreement on the time frame of spectrum vacation by the later.
In a memorandum of understanding, the defence sector agreed to immediately release 10 MHz spectrum for the 3G services and 5 MHz for the 2G services. The remaining spectrum would be released in a phased manner. Defence will release a total of 25 MHz for 3G and 20 MHz of 2G spectrum.
Spectrum is a scarce resource that is required to operate telecom services and one of the reasons for delay in 3G services by the private companies has been the disagreement regarding vacation of spectrum between defence and department of telecommunications. However, no that the defence has agreed to vacate spectrum; telecom industry may look forward to an earlier schedule fro the spectrum auction.
Nivio launches Rs 4999 USD 100 Computer
Nivio (www.nivio.com), the world’s first online Windows desktop, today unveiled the nivioCompanion in New Delhi, India; a tiny US$100 set-top box device with big ambitions and the power of Nivio behind it. nivioCompanion works just like a normal Windows desktop except that it is run on the internet instead of locally, on a computer. Because everything is run from and stored on the internet, Nivio is:
- familiar. Just like a traditional PC, Nivio is powered by Microsoft Windows. Users can also access programs they’re familiar with like iTunes, Skype, MSN Messenger or Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint.
- future proof. all performance updates happen online so nothing ever goes out of date.
- secure. Files are automatically backed-up daily and kept safe and private just like an online vault. There’s no need to worry about viruses either, as all virus security is managed by Nivio.
- simple to use. New programs can be added in seconds without installation, and users only pay for what they use on a monthly basis.
- accessible anywhere. A virtual Nivio computer is only as far away as the nearest internet-connected device. All files are stored online in the same way as photos are saved online with Flickr or emails are stored on Hotmail. Users simply go to the Nivio website and log in.
Hexaware + Greenpulm to offer data management solutions
Hexaware Technologies has formed an association with Greenpulm to offer large scale data management solutions. Greenplum will be responsible for providing the database platform, while the company will enable the migration, implementation, upgrades and maintenance services on these platforms.
Greenplum’s database is based on a massive parallel processing (MPP) architecture designed to support next generation data warehousing and large scale analytical processing, while Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI & A) has been a strong focus area for Hexaware. The partnership will enable both companies to provide a powerful data warehouse database platform and to address the end-to-end implementation of the data warehouse, migration, maintenance and support for customers.
The duo will engage in joint go-to-market activities, including customized solutions to enhance the value for the end customer. Customers with high data and analytics-intensive applications in industries such as Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) and Travel, Transportation, Hospitality and Logistics (TTHL).are likely to be benefited by the solution offered.
As a part of the partnership, Greenplum will provide Hexaware with the preliminary training and familiarization of the database. Hexaware will continue to build competencies and solution accelerators around the database hence tailoring to specific customer needs. Also, Hexaware is setting up a Greenplum center of expertise and will be creating a team of Greenplum software professionals.