Industry

RamcoSystems winsorder from GulfPetrochem

Ramco Systems, one of the aleading software companiesfocused on consulting, productand managed services hasannounced a prestigious orderwin from Gulf Petrochem, one ofthe fast-growing oil refining andtrading company based inSharjah. As per the agreement,Ramco will offer its end-to-endERP including financials, supplychain management, processmanufacturing, oil accounting,logistics, HR/payroll andbusiness intelligence. Ramco'senterprise solution will addressall operations of GulfPetrochem including oil refining,trading, leasing and storage,grease manufacturing and oilterminal operations. In addition,Ramco's solution willbe accessed by users across UAE,South Asia, Asia Pacific, EastAfrica and other parts of theworld.

HCL InfosystemsMEA andMercator tomanage flydubaiIT infrastructure

HCL Infosystems MEA, Dubai-based subsidiary of HCLInfosystems, has announced itsagreement with Mercator, the ITdivision of the Emirates Group,to manage IT infrastructure forflydubai. HCL Infosystems willprovide IT infrastructure forhosting services throughMercator's two datacenters thatwill host flydubai's applicationsthrough a private virtual cloudand will manage communicationlinks to access externally hostedservices. HCL Infosystems willprovide, manage and support allend-user devices and servicesfor flydubai. This multi-milliondollar partnership will helpflydubai optimize provisioningof critical services such ascheck-in, departure control,network planning, flight andcrew operations, aircraft maintenance and other backoffice systems. The partnershipwill also ensure completemanagement of theinfrastructure, day-to-dayoperations, vendors,connectivity and capacity.

CiscostrengthensSMB outreach

Cisco has announced the rollout of 'Grand Slam', aprogramme designed to exciteand reward its partners, and todrive awareness for Cisco'ssolutions across small andmedium businesses in the sub-continent. As part of theprogramme, Cisco's SMB-focused partners could win anall-expenses-paid trip to watchthe Australian Open to be heldin January 2011. Theprogramme will remain liveuntil December 23, 2010 andwill culminate in 35 partnerswith the highest points makinga 4-day trip to Melbourne.High-scoring partners who donot qualify for the trip alsostand to win a host of prizesthat include LCD TVs, hometheater systems, flip camerasand more.

Pawaa Softwarein the RedHerring Top 100Asia award list

Pawaa Software has announcedthat it has been named as oneof the top 100 winners of 2010Red Herring Asia award, thefinals of which was held inShanghai on 15th and 16thNovember 2010. Red Herring'stop 100 Asia list has become amark of distinction foridentifying promising new techstart-ups and entrepreneurs.Pawaa Software, founded byPrakash Baskaran in 2007, is anIndia-based technology startupwith its operations based inBengaluru. The company has avision to redefine informationsecurity by pioneering auniversally applicableinformation security paradigmthat simplifies enterpriseinformation security throughintelligent and effective end-usersecurity management,transforms consumer information security and catalyzes informationsecurity management for futuristictechnologies such as cloudcomputing.

Juniper toincrease ITefficiency forMicrosoft Lync

Juniper Networks announced thatits IP networkingsolutions have been validated forinteroperability with MicrosoftLync Server 2010. This validationassures customers that Juniperproducts meet the designatedperformance requirementsneeded to deliver exceptionalcustomer experiences througheasy and secure delivery of richmedia business communicationsincluding presence, instantmessaging, video, conferencingand voice. Juniper IP networkingsolutions are designed to ensureoptimal performance ofenterprise unifiedcommunications applications.

NirmalDatacommpartners Cisco

Nirmal Datacomm has beencertified as Cisco ATP-Datacenter Unified ComputingPartner. The certification allowsNDPL to further expand itsdatacenter expertise andoffering including the CiscoUnified Computing System(UCS). The certification isawarded after a stringentevaluation program by CiscoSystems. The certificationalso authenticates NDPL as anenterprise-focussed trustedsystem integrator to deliverCisco's unified computingportfolio to their customers.

Motilal Oswalachieves higherbranch tradinguptime

Networking and IT managementsolutions firm, Elina Networks, delivered a modular andintegrated solution with networkvisibility, network continuity andnetwork security to MotilalOswal's branch networks. Bydeploying the ENPAQ branchgateway solution at theirbranches and the ENPAQ remotebusiness enabler at their HQ,Motilal Oswal is now seeingimproved branch networkperformance, security and branchtrading uptime.

Stellarstrengthens itsservices portfolio

Stellar Information Systems hasexpanded its services portfolioby enhancing the technology torecover data from Solid StateDisk (SSD). This marks anotherachievement in the field of datarecovery by Stellar. Unlike HDDswhich work onelectromechanical devicescontaining spinning disks andmovable read/write heads, SSDsuse microchips and contain nomovable parts. It is a datastorage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistentdata. SSD holds a largepossibility to capture HDDSmarket, as it uses same interfaceand thus can easily replaceHDDs in most applications.

TelekomDeutschlandcounts onWatchGuard

WatchGuard Technologies hasannounced that the WatchGuardXTM 2 and XTM 5 integratedsecurity appliances have beenselected by TelekomDeutschland as key componentsof its new Managed SecurityServices (MSS) aimed at smallto medium-sized enterprises.The new 'Business NetworkProtect' service from DeutscheTelekom Technischer ServiceGmbH (DTTS) combines theXTM hardware firewall withWatchGuard's suite ofanti-virus, anti-spam, applicationcontrol, Web-filtering andintrusion protection along withits range of modular-managedservices for seamlessinstallation, configurationand operation.