XIUS Awarded NFC Patent by USPTO

Strengthens XIUS Mobile Payments Portfolio in APAC

XIUS, a leader in delivering innovative, revenue-generating solutions to mobile operators, banks and financial institutions worldwide, announced today the award of its patent in Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The invention relates to a smart integration of dual architecture contactless SIM into mobile devices and describes the method of efficiently performing various financial transactions. The patent filed in February 2010, was awarded by the US Patent and Trademark Office recently this year.

NFC as a technology is extending beyond applications initially envisioned by the market. End users have started to believe that using their mobile phone for payments is safe and also addresses privacy concerns. Mobile wallets are now making a significant impact by creating new market opportunities. XIUS mobile payments solution is powered by futuristic technologies including NFC, and aims to deliver customers seamless services and enriched experiences in real-time fashion.

Speaking on the occasion, said G.V. Kumar, CEO and Managing Director, “The award of yet another patent is testimony to XIUS’ thought leadership and emphasis on innovation. XIUS takes immense pride to have developed years ago, a SIM based solution for NFC enabled payments. Our endeavoring efforts have borne fruit and the award of this patent only reiterates our strong belief and commitment to continue innovating and contributing to the industry”.

XIUS implements NFC as one of the technologies in offering banks and financial institutions its unique technology enabled banking services. The solution leverages existing mobile ecosystem and extends banking services to the unbanked and under-banked segments of the population that banks are otherwise challenged to penetrate and cater to.

NFC technology allows retailers and brands to engage with increasingly connected mobile consumers. Retailers and brands can use NFC during the customer journey to improve in-store experiences, enable touch & go payments, generate more sales, and enhance customer loyalty and trust. As part of its mobile commerce offerings, XIUS NFC-based payment solution improves customer experience and delivers control of purchase flow to the merchant.

Whether deployed to facilitate banking transactions or in a retail outlet, XIUS NFC mobile enabled solution has diverse uses among those that are now being widely publicized and adopted by technology companies / retail chains in evolved markets such as the US and Europe in the recent times.

Ozonetel Launches Speech Recognition on CloudAgent

Ozonetel Systems, the pioneer in Cloud Communications in India has launched Speech Recognition on CloudAgent, the Contact Centre Solution.

Last year, Ozonetel acquired the speech recognition business of Yantra Software, a provider of speech and voice technology products and services.  The objective was to integrate their speech capabilities into the core KooKoo platform so that KooKoo developers can start building speech applications for providing quality services at a lower cost to its customers. Ozonetel has spent close to a year rigorously testing the software with its platform using various dialects and trying to make the system foolproof before launching it to the end customers.

You can check out a small demo by calling 040-30247041. It will ask you to say a number from 1 to 9. Say a number from 1 to 9 and wait. The IVR will repeat the number spoken by you.
We are moving from "Please press 1 for Sales or 2 for Support" to "Please say 1 for sales or 2 for support". It will not be long before the IVR says "Please say Sales or Support"

Compared to Google & Siri, this might seem to be quite a basic solution but our approach to speech is to make it easily available to the end users without them knowing how speech recognition works. Ozonetel will be rolling out multiple domain specific word packs for cities/state, grocery, banking, insurance etc. These would be already trained and tested for accuracy, and our team will continuously monitor and improve it for better accuracy.

With the launch of Speech Recognition, Ozonetel will redefine the whole IVR experience for the end customers. The technology can immensely benefit businesses who are trying to reach the base of the pyramid market segments. People who cannot read and write, can now verbally respond to the IVR prompts instead of having to feed in digits through the mobile keypad. The IVR prompts can be in the local language. Our vision is to solve the customer communication problems for businesses and this is another big leap in this direction. The reach and impact that the speech recognition technology can provide can be humongous.
Some of the immediate benefits can be summed up as follows:

• Businesses can market their services to rural population without having to worry about the education level of such target audiences.
• Banks can use speech recognition services to reach out to unbanked people to bank on feature phones using IVR and they can be authenticated using speech bio metrics.
• Urban audiences can now also use the speech recognition to go respond to the IVR prompts because they won’t have to keep moving the phone away from the ear to look at the keypad and feed in the digits. They can be using an IVR service even while driving.

Ozonetel in its constant endeavour to innovate and provide the best technology solutions to its customers is now helping businesses improve the way they “speak” and “listen” to their customers.

IBSFINtech launches ‘Treasury on Cloud’ for SMEs in India

     An innovative self-sufficient solution for treasury management designed for MSMEs in India

 IBSFINtech, the leading provider of niche financial software for Forex, Treasury and Trade Finance management, is pleased to announce launch of ‘Treasury on Cloud’, an innovative approach to treasury management designed for MSMEs in India.

IBSFINtech received an overwhelming response at a recent launch and participation at CII Summit in Kolkata titled ‘Empowering SMEs Through Addressing Their Financing Needs’.

IBSFINtech’s ‘Treasury on Cloud’ product offering is designed to particularly drive the Government of India’s Make in India campaign more effectively, by empowering MSMEs in effective management of treasury & trade finance functions and helping them achieve higher growth and scale.

Speaking on the occasion, Haresh Patel, Member - Advisory Board, IBSFINtech, said “We are excited to launch ‘Treasury on Cloud’, designed to assist MSMEs in effective management of market risks, that too with a nominal investment. Treasury on Cloud is a self-sufficient solution to address needs of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of the country. It is an ideal solution for MSMEs as it requires no capital expenditure, allows for rapid implementation, and no risk owing to the pay-as-you-go model!”

Amit Tripathi, Deputy Director at CII, said, “IBSFINtech is a technology company with strong presence in niche financial software solutions. CII provided a platform for IBSFINtech to launch their innovative treasury product offering on cloud, designed to suit the requiremnts of the MSME segment in the country.”

He further added, “MSME is the most critical and fastest growing segment in the country, and with enhanced support from Government of India via the Make In India campaign, MSMEs expansion is inevitable. I believe IBSFINtech can play a pivotal role in supporting MSMEs via their innovative product portfolio in treasury and trade finance management. ”

IBSFINtech’s next-gen products, Innovative TreasuryTM Solution & Innovative Trade FinanceTM Solution have seen an exciting response in the industry.

Both the solutions are being subscribed by some of India’s leading retail chains and stores. The corporate treasury implementations are currently being used by varied customers including publishers, manufacturers, service providers and numerous other verticals.

About IBSFINtech  -  http://ibsfintech.com/

IBSFINtech (IBSFINtech India Pvt. Ltd) is a Bangalore based organization specializing in providing niche products in the area of Forex & Treasury and Trade Finance for corporate sector. IBSFINtech has a suite of products for treasury operation such as currency, money, commodity, gold bullion trading and derivatives of vanilla and exotic types. The products are seamlessly integrated with each and also with ERP solution of SAP, Oracle financial etc. The company has Trade Finance solution catering exporters/importers dealing in diamonds, gold, cashew nuts, Steel and garments etc.,  Group has dedicated technical as well as domain experts. IBSFINtech has it corporate office in Bangalore with a branch office at Mumbai with necessary infrastructure.

XIUS AMPLIO to Accelerate Telecom and Internet Providers Data Revenues

Demonstrates improvement in data ARPU from 25% up to 90% through analytics, application and action

 XIUS, one of the global providers of mobile solutions and infrastructure today introduced the latest solution, XIUS AMPLIO that guarantees acceleration in data revenue through their continuous improvement delivery model.

XIUS AMPLIO, a unique offering, is built on the company's patent pending Predictive Data Modeling platform that offers real-time network analytics and policy management functions to optimize the utilization of core data networks and monetize the available bandwidth through differentiated service offerings.

Speaking on the occasion, G.V. Kumar, CEO and Managing Director of XIUS said, “XIUS AMPLIO’s powerful data-driven platform and intelligence on customer usage patterns enables mobile operators, cable operators and fixed / wireline broadband operators to refine and leverage on their existing portfolio. Through advanced analytics, application and action, service providers can now generate new valuable sources of customer insights to drive and multiply their data revenues, thereby creating richer, personalized experiences for users”.

The cloud based XIUS AMPLIO supports NFV based management and orchestration. The unique delivery model emphasizes continuous engagement with service providers to ensure it is an outcome-based offering. XIUS is committed to tangible increase in data revenue within a specified time period and month on month thereafter.
XIUS' unique engagement model guarantees a significant improvement in data ARPU from 25% up to 90%. The new solution offering allows mobile operators and internet service providers (ISPs) with new revenue streams – a transition from selling standard data plans and packages to offering diverse and dynamic portfolio of data services based on customer segments and needs.

XIUS AMPLIO is also available on monthly subscription plans for the mobile and broadband service providers

Graebert™ Announces path-breaking ARES™ Commander 2015 - 2D/3DCAD software for Windows, Mac and Linux

- First full featured CAD application for Android tablets

Graebert™ India http://www.graebert.in, a fully owned subsidiary of Graebert GmbH, the pioneer in developing high-performance CAD solutions across desktop and mobile devices – today announced the availability of its acclaimed ARES™ Commander 2015 - 2D/3D CAD software on all three desktop operating systems: Microsoft®Windows®, Apple® Mac® OS X™ and Linux®. 

Graebert has also recently unveiled the next–generation ARES Touch 2015, the world’s first true CAD solution for Google® Android® being shipped in early 2015.Graebert developed ARES CAD technology, available in 14 languages, is being used by millions of design professionals in more than 40 countries.

“ARES Commander 2015 is by far the most feature-rich software solution we’ve ever released,” said Wilfried Graebert, founder and CEO and Graebert GmbH. “We are very excited not only by this announcement, but also ARES Touch 2015 and ARES Mechanical – 2015 will see Graebert further extending its lead as a world-class CAD provider.”

Priced at a Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of INR 55,000/-, a perpetual license of ARES Commander includes one year of Graebert Subscription, with access to upgrades, e-mail support and use of LicenseToGo.

Users have the option to either renew the subscription after one year or they may opt for purchase of an upgrade for a fraction of the price of the full license. New pricing options include an annual plan that is inclusive of a flex license option that allows licenses to be shared across any OS or to be borrowed as needed.

30-day free software downloads for Windows (32- and 64-bit), OS X and Linux 64-bit, as well as videos, social media information and additional documentation may be found at www.graebert.in.

Major new features in this updated - version include:

•  ARES Touch for Android

The first DWG-based full CAD software for Android tablets, include a unique UI/UX specifically adapted for touch-based inputs. Files are easily synchronized via Dropbox® or Google Drive™or shared by email. ARES Touch is being made available complimentary on purchase of a license of ARES Commander.

•  LicenseToGo

LicenseToGo, included with the Graebert subscription offers license to activate your subscription on multiple computers under same different OS (Windows, Mac OS X or Linux)without having to buy a Flex (network). The Graebert LicenseToGo remains active for up to 5 days and can be easily renewed from any PC in use.

•  Dynamic blocks – Grips editing

Edit dynamic blocks inserted in a DWG drawing by other CAD software such as AutoCAD®. Grips enables to dynamically and interactively modify the “intelligent” blocks and eventually reinsert them in the drawing.

•  2D Constraints

Add intelligence to your drawings with the new Constraints Design Solver (CDS) from Spatial Corp. (a Dassault Systèmes company) integrated in ARES Commander. Geometric constraints help you to define selected entities that should remain parallel, perpendicular and tangent. Dimensional constraints allow you to lock a length, define a scale factor between entities or even enter a formula to define a length. After defining such constraints, the CDS solver will dynamically update your drawing when you make any modification by recalculating the incidence on the other elements.

•  Editing Tables

Click inside a Table cell or launch the command EditTableCell and you will get a toolbar with all the options to insert, resize, merge or delete cells, rows and columns.

•  Dimension palette

Create or click on a dimension and you will see a contextual toolbar to easily and quickly change its formatting and properties.

•  Advanced in-place text editing

The Notes (MText) command has been improved with a new Paragraph options dialog to define Advanced formatting just as you do in a word processor but right inside your drawings. The new Stack dialog helps you create fractions and tolerances in your text.

•  PowerTrim

Trim multiple entities by moving your mouse around – just describe a path with your mouse and ARES will trim while you move.

•  QuickModify

Use only one command to perform multiple actions on the same selection of entities: move, rotate, scale and/or copy without leaving the command.

•  Bonus tools

DiscardDuplicates deletes duplicate entities.

ExplodeBlockX explodes blocks or tables and converts attributes in text.

•  CustomPaperSize

Add or remove custom paper sizes for the ARES virtual printers in order to export to PDF, JPG, DWF and other formats.

•  Customizable Ribbon

Customize the tabs and panels of the Ribbon to group the tools you need and like. You may also create your own workspaces. Of course, you can switch back to traditional menus and toolbars if you prefer.

•  Free plugin – OnlineMaps powered by ESRI

Powered by the acclaimed ArcGIS Online solution from ESRI®, this free plugin lets you download geo-referenced images from any address you enter in the search bar. You can choose satellite images, street maps, topographical maps and more.

•  Free plugin – Cadenas

Get instant access from a panel inside ARES to millions of free parts from hundreds of manufacturers and insert them as blocks in your DWG drawings.

•  Support for Linux 64 bits versions

Now, Support is extended to the 64 bit versions of Linux. ARES Commander is tested for the following distributions: Ubuntu®, Debian™, Suse™ Linux and Fedora®.

Accelerize360 expands in India

 Accelerize 360, a leading provider of cloud services and products today announced it has entered India with a new office set up in Mumbai. As a prominent Salesforce partner, the company is keen on developing new markets in the Western India, by signing up new partners and promoting Salesforce products.

Accelerize 360 is a Codeforce 360 company, a US-based technology consulting and outsourcing firm, with delivery center in Hyderabad. Codeforce 360 was listed on the ‘Forbes Most Promising Companies in North America’ list in 2013. The Mumbai office will primarily serve as Accelerize 360’s sales center and will roll out extended business member programs across markets in West India. The company is also planning to open its offices in Gujarat and Goa.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Vijay Proddhutur, Co-founder & CEO, Accelerize 360 said  “We are very excited to start operations in Mumbai as this marks the beginning of our new growth story in the country. We look forward to expanding the reach of our products and services to a wider audience. We also plan to extend our network to other major cities to tap the North as well as South India markets.”

Adding further, Mr. Proddhutur said – “We’re also working on strengthening our product portfolio with better Salesforce.com services, innovative offerings, end-to-end implementations, mobility and cloud solutions. Our mission is to help companies implement, optimize, support and ultimately drive more ROI from their cloud solutions.”

Accelerize 360’s core competencies include Systems Integration & Custom development. It has also built innovative solutions like On-Demand e-commerce offering and mobile solutions for salesforce.com and enterprise customers.  It’s R&D team is rolling out App exchange products that will help customers with their credit card payments, finance users with integrating products with their financials, GPS tracking for field service community, project management applications and dynamic dashboards amongst others.

Clover Infotech Achieves Platinum Partnership with Oracle

Clover Infotech, a leading IT services company, announced today that it has attained Oracle Platinum partner status. Clover Infotech has two decades of experience in serving over 180 clients across the globe. The company has significant expertise in offering a plethora of Oracle solutions from Application Services to Infrastructure management services.

This achievement puts Clover Infotech in an elite list of companies which can undertake specializations across new technologies from Oracle and also work together with Oracle to develop the market for new solutions.
Commenting on the achievement, Shrikant Navelkar, Director –Business Development, Clover Infotech said, “Oracle Platinum partnership status is an important milestone in our journey. It underscores our commitment to Oracle’s business in India and across the world. It comes at a very crucial juncture as Clover Infotech has expanded its presence into international markets such as Europe and the US. The Platinum partnership allows us to attain Oracle Specialized partner status and exhibit our capabilities in niche areas such as Exadata, Endeca, Fusion Applications and ECM.”

Vijay Talele, Director –Delivery, Clover Infotech, added “Oracle Platinum partnership demonstrates our expertise in implementation and support of Oracle products and technologies.  It further endorses our capabilities as we enable our clients to adopt the latest technological advancements with ease”.