Corsair Memory today announced the inclusion of Delhi into it's Express Warranty Service program. Corsair Express Warranty Service offers immediate over-the-counter product replacement for Corsair's most popular DRAM, PSU and USB products aimed at the PC enthusiast and gaming markets. With the opening of Delhi, Corsair now offers its immediate replacement at three centres nationwide including Bangalore, Cochin and now Delhi for its fast moving products like VS, CMX and Voyager.

In conjunction with Kaizen Infoserve, Corsair offers service and warranty across 23 centers nationwide. A dedicated team of service representatives is on-hand to respond to replacement and technical queries relating to Corsair memory modules, USB drives and PSUs through our toll free number at 1800 425 54 64 and email address indiaservice@corsair.com.

Corsair is seeing tremendous sales growth in the Northern region and thus wanted to reward our loyal sales channel with immediate replacement warranty" commented Shane Dennison, Corsair Asia Sales Manager. "The expansion of the Delhi Centre will also mean Corsair will able to improve warranty service turn-around time to surrounding cities like Chandigarh, Jaipur etc. under 4 days", Would like to thank the Kaizen Infoserve's team on the achievement of TAT across the country.

"Kaizen's philosophy and focus is on speed and deliverance of value added services making it competitive for the enterprises. Speed enables all partners to position their product with extra mile of advantage vis-à-vis the competition, Corsair's warranty replacement turn-around times are now under 5 days for 91% of cases nationwide" commented M.A Mannan, Corsair India country Manager. "Delhi Express Service will further enhance these already fantastic numbers and clearly demonstrates that Corsair leads the DRAM, USB, PSU industry in terms of service offered in India".

"Commitment to customers is the key to our success and this tie-up is the fruit of our commitment to the customers and channel community. At Kaizen we continuously harness our deliverables, said Murali Krishnan, Head, Kaizen Infoserve".

Corsair products are distributed in India by national distributors Tirupati Enterprises and Inspan Infotech.

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Deloitte along with the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) today, announced the launch of Continuity and Resilience Awards for India. The Continuity & Resilience Awards is scheduled to take place on 30th September 2009.

The disasters of the 21st century have redefined the meaning of business continuity management making it go beyond an IT disaster recovery issue to a business issue. Enterprises today feel that it is no longer enough to survive a fall, but the business has to recover with minimum disruption and loss to remain intact. This can come only if Business Continuity Planning comes naturally to the organization and its people.

The value of Business Continuity Management (BCM) is gaining momentum and is being appreciated by corporate India more than ever today.

A BCM plan in today's volatile business environment is seen as essential to the health and growth of any organization. Early adopters of BCM have now started reaping rich dividends in terms of greater client confidence and ensuring a robust business.

Commenting on the launch of the award Mr. Nitin Khanapurkar, Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Services of Deloitte in India said "We are pleased to associate with BCI to host the awards. In the last few years, we have seen Indian organizations make the right moves in order to build Continuity & Resilience for their own businesses and that of their clients as well. Through these awards we aim to reach out to business community and regulation bodies to recognize their efforts and also spread greater awareness about the importance of business continuity through a reputed industry expert such as BCI".

There are seven award categories identified for this inaugural event: Business Continuity Manager of the Year; Most Effective Recovery of the Year; Specialist Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Company of the Year; Data Centre Recovery Strategy of the Year; Continuity and Recovery Initiative of the Year in the Public Interest; Industry Personality of the Year; and a Special Recognition Award for 2009 for Recovery and Continuity efforts in face of a catastrophe like 26/11.

For those willing to participate, the entry forms can be downloaded from http://www.bcm-india.org/C&RAwards/2009.html from June 1, 2009.

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Kobian Pte., the Singapore based manufacturer of Mercury range of peripherals, announces the launch of Mercury SOLUTION IN A BOX - 5 in 1 Combo Package. Mercury Chassis is synonymous with Quality and Durability in the market for more than a decade.

Mercury Chassis has been accredited for its quality and has been the winner of the 'Best Casing Award' for many years. Taking the offer one step ahead for the consumers, the SOLUTION IN A BOX offers a better user experience and a lot of convenience. The SIB comes all the peripherals packed in this compact and handy Box.

It is certainly better user experience to have all other desktop peripherals - Keyboard, Mouse and Speaker including the Chassis - to be of the same color. It certainly gives the desktop more attractive look and a sense of completeness. This offer certainly helps the users of reducing the hassle of finding the matching peripherals.

Part of the combo offer, Mercury packs Multimedia keyboard with hot keys for easy access to the internet and other office applications. It also contains Mercury Optical Mouse with 800DPI engine and Mercury Multimedia speaker.

The Box also contains other necessary accessories like Front USB, Audio Ports, etc. There is also an extra 8mm Fan provided on the Rear wall for effective Air ventilation. This allows the processor and other components to work at their optimum best. The Mercury 450Watt SMPS installed within the chassis comes with a 3year warranty from all KAIZEN SERVICE CENTRES across the country.

"The Combo package is an ideal solution for our System Integrator fraternity who likes to offer a unique value proposition to their customers. The same colour scheme and design certainly gives an impression of having a tighter back-end integration of the component and peripheral vendors. Besides, DIY systems are fast growing and such package makes the whole process a much easier and relaxing for the consumer," commented, Ms Sushmita Das, Country Manager (India), Kobian PTE.

The product shall be available through Bangalore based Digitalwaves Pvt. Ltd. who have been appointed as Kobian's Distributor for SIB product range.

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Strontium Technology of Singapore today introduced their leading edge DDR-3 modules for notebooks and desktops for the Indian market. The retail packaged high speed DDR-3 modules are available in 1333MHz and 1066MHz speeds as 240 pin UDIMMs and 204 pin SODIMMs in 1GB and 2GB densities.

The modules would meet demands of enthusiasts and gamers looking for ever higher performance at more efficient power consumption parameters. Mr. Vivian Singh, CEO, Strontium Technology Pte Ltd, Singapore said 'Currently DDR-3 is servicing the high end leading edge segment of the market but it is steadily becoming main stream and we should see wider adoption over the next couple of quarters'.

DDR3 memory provides a reduction in power consumption up to 30% compared to DDR2 modules due to DDR-3's 1.5v supply voltage, compared to DDR-2's 1.8v. This means longer battery life for notebook user. The 1.5 V supply voltage works well with the Sub 70 Nm technology used in the DDR3 chips. The main benefit of DDR3 comes from the higher bandwidth made possible by DDR3's 8 bit deep pre-fetch buffer, in contrast to DDR2's 4 bit prefetch buffer or DDR's 2 bit buffer.

"This new line of Strontium DDR3 memory has undergone extensive compatibility testing to ensure that customers can enjoy a hassle-free experience," said Mr. Vivian Singh.

Mr. Ajay Kogta, Country Manager, India Sub-continent, said, "Strontium memory modules are build to the highest specifications with the premium resources and chipsets from Major Brand like Hynix and Micron. The memory modules therefore manufactured, undergo challenging laboratory tests to ensure trustworthy value, performance and quality".

Strontium DDR3-modules are currently available in 1 GB and 2GB capacities with a life time warranty. According to Kogta, "Strontium DDR-3 modules would be available through our regular channel partners. This will help all our partners to get familiarized with the new product and they would be well positioned to take advantage of growing market when DDR-3 becomes mainstream product in the near future".

Key Features of Strontium DDR-3 Memory:

•	Fly-by command/ address/ control bus with on-DIMM termination
•	High precision calibration resistors
•	Are not backwards compatible -- inserting a DDR3 module into a DDR2 socket can damage the DIMM and/ or the motherboard
•	"Dual-Gate" transistors to reduce leakage of current
•	100% Tested
•	Lifetime Warranty
•	ROHS Compliant

Advantages:

•	Higher bandwidth performance, effectively up to 1600 MHz
•	Improved latencies as measured in nanoseconds
•	Higher performance at low power (longer battery life in laptops)
•	Enhanced low power features
•	Auto refresh and self refresh supported

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NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions, today announced the semifinalists of the APAC edition of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge. The Global LBS Challenge is a world-wide developer competition conducted by NAVTEQ Network for Developers^™ (NN4D), NAVTEQ's global community and support program for LBS developers and business partners. Every year it invites developers to build and submit original, pre-commercialized mobile applications using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ^® maps. The 2009 edition will be concluded with the APAC Awards ceremony at CommunicAsia.

Thirteen applications have now been selected to move on to Final Judging in Singapore. The winners will be announced at CommunicAsia during an awards ceremony at the NAVTEQ Stand (3L2-07) on 17 June, 2009 at 1530h. The awards ceremony is open to all CommunicAsia attendees. The semifinalists for the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge - APAC include:

"The Global LBS Challenge is a proven trend setter and a way to get traction for new technologies, platforms, handset features and new use cases for LBS. This year, the APAC region has surfaced new uses for mobile navigation, location-based imaging, advertising, social networking, gaming and making use of a handset's motion sensor - all great examples of how LBS can be used as an enabler for a richer mobile experience," comments Marc Naddell, vice president, partner & developer programs, NAVTEQ. "I know the APAC judges - representing a broad spectrum of the value chain - will enjoy evaluating and picking a winner from this strong field of contestants."

Final Judging will take place on Monday, June 15, 2009 in Singapore. The panel of judges includes:

Notes to Editors

The Prizes
NAVTEQ and sponsoring companies are offering prizes that contribute to a global prize pool of over $5.5 million dollars US in cash, tool and data licenses, and handsets, making the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge one of the industry's most rewarding developer competitions.

The Sponsors
deCarta, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson globally sponsor the 2009 edition of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge^®. Mobile Distillery is a Global Awards Sponsor. Media sponsors include Directions Media, GPS Business News and GPS World.

The Awards Ceremony
The Global LBS Challenge Awards Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, 19 June, 2009 at 1500h in Singapore at CommunicAsia (Singapore Expo, NAVTEQ Stand 3L2-07). The event is open to all CommunicAsia attendees and will be followed by a cocktail reception.

People's Choice Award
CommunicAsia attendees are invited to view each semifinalist application at the NAVTEQ stand (3L2-07) and cast their vote for their favorite LBS solution. A People's Choice Award winner will be announced at the NAVTEQ stand on Friday, 19 June at 1500h.

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GlacialTech Inc. is launching star-bright environmentally friendly LED spotlights. The GL-SP30 LED high brightness spotlight consumes no more than 38W of power and will replace traditional Halogen lamps which usually consume in excess of 300W per lamp. The lifespan of these LED lamps is 35,000Hrs, whereas the halogen spotlight lasts for 3,000hrs only. The predicted savings rate is 88% when compared with Halogen spotlights.

Home security
The GL-SP30 LED lights are perfectly designed for stylish architectural façades or for landscape lighting, as well as spot lighting points of attraction or for public lighting as needed. The LED light unit has a mounting bracket so it can be secured with bolts anywhere it is needed.

Specifications:
The GL-SP30 LED spotlight dimensions are 313mm x 223mm x 92mm and the Luminous Flux (lm) comes in two varieties: Warm White: 1,200lm, and Cool White: 1,700lm. The Input Voltage is 100-240V AC. Operation Temperatures range from-20 °C - +40 °C. The Net Weight is 3.5Kg's. Certifications include CE, FC, RoHS and the device is completely recyclable. Compliance with safety standard regulations: EN60598, EN61347-1+EN61347-2-13, EN55015+EN61547, EN60825-1, FCC Part 18.

For more detailed specifications please go here: http://www.glaciallight.com/products/spotlight-30W.htm

GL-SP30 LED Spotlight Highlights

•	Outstanding high brightness LED
•	Lifetime > 35,000 hrs
•	Power factor > 0.9 for 115V AC;
•	Power factor > 0.8 for 230V AC
•	High power driver efficiency > 80%
•	IP66 dust and water proofing
•	Architectural, Landscape, Spotlighting, Public Lighting
•	Typical Power Consumption 38 W
•	2 years Warranty

Why LED lights are better?
The GlacialLight LED product range offers considerable power savings for a considerably longer period of time than traditional lights available. This means long term savings and extended savings for those prepared to invest in LED technology. In addition, the advantages of LED lighting adding to the lowering of the world's carbon footprint cannot be underestimated.

What Products are available from GlacialLight
GlacialTech is developing a comprehensive range of products under the GlacialLight brand, stretching from street lighting solutions to all forms of industrial and architectural lighting. The products on offer and in development include serious product enhancements over the current range of competing products available on the market, such as MR16/ BR20/ BR30/ BR40/ T8 Tubes and GL-SP15 Spotlights (CCD and Infra Red sensor versions), GL-SP30 as well as Streetlights to name a few.

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Companies in the technology, media and telecommunications industries (TMT) significantly reduced investment in security spending in 2008, according to a new survey from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. The third edition of the Deloitte Global TMT Security Survey reveals that 32 percent of respondents reduced their information security budgets, while 60 percent of respondents believe they are "falling behind" or still "catching up" to their security threats - a significant increase from 49 percent over the previous year.

"This year's results indicate that TMT companies are explicitly scaling back on investments in security and that is worrying" said Ravi Veeraraghavan, Senior Director, Enterprise Risk Services of Deloitte in India. "Change and Innovation are constants for companies in this sector. This ever-changing environment throws up a lot of security challenges that require substantial financial investment. Companies that under-invest in security now may find themselves vulnerable and unable to keep pace with the growing threats from increasingly sophisticated attacks and emerging technologies."

With the proliferation of digitized assets, security should claim a significant portion of a company's overall IT budget. However, only 6 percent of respondents allocate 7 percent or more of their total budget to IT security. This year represents a significant decline from the previous edition of the survey, which showed that 36 percent of the respondents allocated 7 percent or more of their budget to IT security.

The survey also indicates that declining security investment is hindering adoption of new security technologies, with only 53 percent of respondents considering their organizations to be early adopters, or part of the early majority, down from 67 percent in 2007. Companies are focusing more effort on optimizing solutions that are already in place rather than investing in cutting-edge technology that can be capitalized upon during economic recovery.

Social Networking Adds to the List of Insider Threats
While social networks and blogs can be powerful enablers, they also increase organizations' internal security challenges. In today's connected world, insider threats are greater than ever. Survey results show that "exploitation of vulnerabilities in web 2.0 technologies" and "social engineering" techniques such as pretexting and phishing are regarded as a threat to a company's information security, with 83 percent and 80 percent of respondents respectively.

Furthermore, generational differences have a major influence on perceptions of privacy. Information sharing for the youngest generation of TMT workers can test the limits of traditional privacy laws. In contrast, older generations have a different perspective on privacy. Survey respondents recognize this issue, with 56 percent rating "cultural interpretations" as an "average" to "very high" threat to their information security.

The survey also cites that with new vulnerabilities constantly emerging, TMT companies are less confident in their ability to deal with internal security risks. This year, only 28 percent of respondents rate themselves as "very confident" or "extremely confident" with regard to internal threats, down from 51 percent in 2007. Forty-one percent of respondents experienced at least one internal security breach in the past 12 months.

Additionally, companies do not have the necessary resources in place to cope with emerging network vulnerabilities. Only 47 percent of those surveyed currently have a privacy program in place, and only 44 percent have an executive responsible for privacy - the latter down from 50 percent a year earlier. This aligns with the fact that many TMT companies do not have a program for managing privacy compliance (33 percent), a written privacy policy (28 percent), nor a formal directive with respect to the destruction of personal information (28 percent).

"Information and intellectual property are the most important assets of a TMT company. Ensuring that these assets are adequately protected in today's digital environment is critical for organizations." said Ravi.

Regulatory Issues Are Moving to the Forefront
TMT companies face a myriad of rules and regulations that relate to information security and strict compliance is critical, particularly in a tough economy. Failure to comply can expose a company to hefty fines and significant liability. However, compliance with rules and regulations may not be sufficient for TMT companies to mitigate their information security risks. Over 67 percent of respondents say that regulatory security requirements are at best "somewhat effective" for improving their information security posture. A majority (57 percent) of respondents believe that effectively meeting regulatory requirements is either inadequately funded or missing senior executive support.

For the complete survey results report discussing these and other findings, please visit www.deloitte.com.

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GlacialTech.Inc, a diverse provider of cooling, power supply, and PC enclosure solutions for consumer and industrial applications, is proud to showcase the latest and greatest in PC chassis, power supply and out door/ indoor/ industrial solution at COMPUTEX 2009. Not only does the company have a full range of products to be unveiled but will also have its new and unique material treatments on display. Visit GlacialTech at the Nangang Exhibition Hall, Booth # I 1214, I 1216, I 1313 & I 1315.

COMPUTEX is the largest computer exhibition in Asia and the largest procurement trade show in the world. Many leading companies across the world participate and showcase their products at COMPUTEX, and this exhibition is the perfect platform for GlacialTech to showcase their award-winning product range and new technology innovations.

The highlight of the GlacialTech products showcase will including cutting-edge thermal solutions is under GlacialTech brand name, Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS) solutions is under GlacialPower and LED Lighting solutions is under GlacialLight.

Thermal Solutions
Positioned as ?quiet', cost effective, efficient cooling solutions for high frequency and high I/O processors, GlacialTech's IGLOO range of silent heat sinks not only cools the CPU but also enhances system performance. The range is designed for the latest Socket of Intel and AMD processors. IGLOO CPU cooling solutions not only allow heat to be dissipated at a faster rate, but also decrease the vibration buildup around fan blades to minimize noise output. GlacialTech will also showcase the F101 range of coolers, which are aligned for the gaming and enthusiast platforms. The extreme levels of performance and innovative design combine into something out of this world. The company will also showcase its newly launched X-Wing series cooling pads.

Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS) GlacialPower, a subdivision of GlacialTech Inc., will present the world's first switching power supply units(PSU) to support the 80 Plus silver standard certificate. Included within the package are cable management kits and an 8cm or 12cm fan depending on the model in the range of PSU products. GlacialPower will be introducing the all new ?AX- SILVER series? with 950 Watts PSU, which is at the final stage of development. It will also showcase its AL series products, which are designed to be in compliance with ATX12V V2.2 to support the latest Intel and AMD CPU systems. GlacialPower also caters for industrial power supplies, such as the Enclosure type 30~360W single output, an Open Frame type 25~60W single to triple output, and an Adaptor 10~220W Wall-Mounted product. In addition one can find LED driver modules for high brightness lighting and a battery charger for lead acid batteries. That is as wide a range of switching power supply solutions as you can get. LED Lighting GlacialLight, another subdivision of GlacialTech Inc., will showcase its brand new range of high-brightness, low-power consumption LED lighting solutions, for indoor, outdoor and other customized applications. The indoor LED solutions present a fantastic low-wattage alternative to the old style incandescent lights used in homes, offices, retail and other environments. Offering product lifetimes in excess of 35,000 hours, GlacialLight indoor LED solutions offer the perfect blend between product innovation, lighting aesthetics and efficient energy and thermal management. They are available for a wide variety of indoor applications. GlacialLight BR30/ 40 lamps for instance, available in a range of wattages, are most suited for track lighting, accent lighting and recessed lighting applications. GlacialLight high-brightness solid-state LED lamps, especially the MR16 are an ideal alternative for traditional halogen lamps. Possessing similar dimensions as the MR-16 halogen lamp, MR16-3W is equipped with a high-power LED light source, an efficient optical lens system and an optimized thermal heat sink for better heat dissipation which can come in a variety of colors ranging from warm white to green. GlacialLight LED Light Bar solutions, including the 30cm thru 120cm are designed for task lighting, and cabinet lighting applications. The outdoor spotlight LED solutions from GlacialLight will feature the top-of-line, ultra-high power consumptions from 7W thru 100W. Built to last, with durable metal casing, the GlacialLight outdoor LED solutions are thoroughly lab tested to stand up to natural elements. With an IP rating of 65 for dust and water protection, these state-of-the-art products are designed to function in all kinds of windy, rainy, high humidity, and sunny weather conditions. Totally sealed, dustproof and waterproof, GlacialLight outdoor LED solutions provide efficient on-board thermal management, controlled heat and power dissipation rates across LED clusters optimally. They also maintain the brightness output uniformly. Digital Home - Superior Home Theatre GlacialTech, Altair A321, A322, A330, and A331 HTPC enclosure is the perfect addition to any home. The Altair series stands out with its intuitive consumer electronics design and multimedia functionality and combines a powerful PC, and exceptional audio system into a compact, all-in-one design for a low profile but highly functional digital home chassis. As a specialist thermal solutions provider, GlacialTech is committed to using lighter weight materials, lower noise and lower manufacturing cost to deliver superior cooling solutions that offer increased value for its customers.

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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) and the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Manoj Singh, DTT Global Managing Partner, Operations, to the U.S.-India Business Council's Board of Directors.

The U.S.-India Business Council is the premier business advocacy organization comprised of top-tier U.S. and India companies, whose aim is to deepen two-way trade and strengthen commercial ties.

"The promotion of trade and investment between the United States and India is even more crucial in today's difficult economic times," says Singh. "We need to take practical measures to ensure greater U.S. investment flow, given the enormous opportunities and the positive investment climate in India. The USIBC plays a critical role in strengthening these ties, and I am honored to accept this appointment to the USIBC Board of Director."

According to Deloitte Research's recently-released Global Economic Outlook Q2 2009 report, India's economy has not been spared in the current global economic crisis. As more than an estimated half-a-billion voters head to the polls for federal and local elections, India's new government will have the challenge of stabilizing the contracting economy, while, at the same time, enacting policies aimed at sustainable, long-term expansion.

The report stresses that targeted steps are needed to drum up foreign investment and stimulate growth in key sectors, including manufacturing and agriculture. The USIBC, through its support of U.S. investment in India and promotion of economic reforms, plays an important role in deepening trade and strengthen commercial ties between India and the U.S.

"Manoj Singh brings to the USIBC Board global breadth, great strategic insight and a deep understanding of emerging markets," said U.S.-India Business Council chairman Indra K. Nooyi. "We welcome his appointment to the Board and look forward to working with him."

"There is enormous opportunity for cross-border business for Indian, American and other international businesses, and Deloitte is well-placed in both markets to provide a breath and depth of knowledge to bring integrated solutions to meet our clients needs," says Singh.

Deloitte has approximately 10,000 employees in India. Deloitte in India has been serving the India marketplace for more than 115 years and is focused on expanding its offerings in various fields including audit, consulting, mergers & acquisitions, tax services and cost optimization.

Mr. Singh, who was born in India, has a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and a MBA from Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Prior to his current role as DTT Managing Partner of Operations, he was the DTT Asia Pacific CEO.

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Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH), a leading provider of global IT and business process outsourcing services, and SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced a global services partnership in an effort to deliver increased business value to customers by streamlining their engagement and enabling both companies to respond quickly to the ever-changing needs of their customers. The announcement was made at SAPPHIRE® 2009, being held in Orlando, Florida, May 11–14.

The agreement was signed at SAPPHIRE by Francisco D'Souza, President and CEO of Cognizant, and Bill McDermott, President of Global Field Operations, SAP AG, and member of the SAP Executive Board. At the conference, Cognizant was honored with an SAP Pinnacle Award in recognition of its contribution toward expanding the SAP-focused ecosystem.

The agreement marks an important milestone in the relationship between the two companies, which have been working together to enable organizations to realize enhanced business results from their investments in SAP® solutions and become stronger businesses. The Cognizant SAP Touchstone Center, set up in 2008 at Cognizant's facility in Bangalore, India, is already working in coordination with SAP Co-Innovation Labs worldwide as the hub of development and innovation at Cognizant in support of SAP solutions.

In keeping with the philosophy of collaborative innovation, the Touchstone Center and SAP Co-Innovation Labs help to deliver value-added SAP solutions across industries and domains, develop prototypes for various customer scenarios and proof of concepts, perform interoperability studies, and leverage service-oriented architecture (SOA), providing enhanced flexibility, agility and innovative efficiencies in enterprise applications. Through this extended relationship, Cognizant and SAP plan to expand their global reach.

"Cognizant has consistently demonstrated close alignment with SAP, and its elevation to a global services partner marks a significant milestone in our relationship," said Zia Yusuf, Executive Vice President, Global Ecosystem and Partner Group, SAP AG. "This expanded partnership is a testament to our collaborative relationship and an important part of our strategy to expand our ecosystem to drive continued customer success."

With this agreement, Cognizant joins a select group of companies that are a part of the SAP global services partnership program. As a new global services partner, Cognizant will continue to make ahead-of-the-curve investments in developing next-generation SAP platforms, enhancing its SAP consulting practice, creating dedicated SAP sales resources, and supporting marketing activities across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

"The expanded partnership underscores our commitment to innovative SAP solutions in line with our vision of enabling businesses to meet the challenges of the new and changing global economy," said Francisco D'Souza, President and chief executive officer, Cognizant. "Cognizant's global services partnership with SAP is already enabling clients to not only benefit from greater operational efficiencies, but also transform their businesses. By leveraging the world's best SAP consulting talent, domain expertise and industry best practices, our clients can achieve innovative SAP implementations that deliver unique business value."

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Sage India, today announced that Bollhoff Fastenings India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bollhoff Germany, has successfully deployed Sage Accpac ERP.

Bollhoff Fastenings is a leading supplier of fastening, assembly and systems technology and products. While the company headquarters manufactures the products, the Indian subsidiary is involved in import and sale of fasteners and assembly products to automobile majors, automobile ancillary units and industrial machinery majors and vendors, through their head office in Delhi and their branch offices and representatives in Bangalore and Pune.

Since their inception in India in February 2007, the company has been witnessing growth and expansion in its business and is now actively looking at making inroads into the industrial infrastructure and government sectors.

The Challenges Bollhoff was facing was to cope with the growth. For them tracking of inventory status across multiple warehouses was very difficult. They were using manual process for counting and valuation of large number of very small products. They were not even able to get any real-time visibility into credit history during repeat customers' billing. It was very difficult to generate monthly reports comprising data from multiple databases in the prescribed International format.

Mr. Jagdish Keswani Managing Director, Bollhoff Fastenings, says, "As our customer base grew in size and the orders became more complex and random, we needed robust, modular and scalable financial and operations software that could tightly bind the various aspects of our business together and evolve as per our requirements."

"I was very clear about the features we wanted in the ERP product to address our requirements and when I came across Sage Accpac through Across Domain, the solution implementation partner, I was immediately interested," added Mr. Jagdish.

The benefits Bollhoff Fastenings has derived is the real time view of stock availability and customer credit history has resulted in reducing errors and reorders during the sales process. Reports are generated automatically in the required format using predefined formulas. Consolidated view of company finances enables better budgetary estimations.

"We are very focused on this segment and have built up significant domain expertise with our implementation partners across India. Sage believes in adding value to its customers and will continue taking a 'solutions approach' to address the needs of this segment. It is a tried and test product, which is why we have a number of customer-wins in India for Sage Accpac ERP. This is a unique offering from Sage and differentiates us in the marketplace for small and medium businesses," said, Thomas Abraham, Managing Director, Sage India".

Sage Accpac is a highly scalable and modular ERP application that provides robust financial & accounting support and real time inventory control and visibility. It also supports multiple currencies, features a strong reporting tool and comprises of modules that are very tightly integrated with each other so that a small change in one module results in a corresponding change in the related fields of the other modules as well.

Bollhoff has decided to implement a 3 user package of Sage Accpac comprising of System Manager, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Order Entry, Purchase Order, Transactional and optional fields, multicurrency as the major modules.

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Continuing with its goal of offering a wide range of speakers to its channel partners and consumers, Singapore based Kobian Pte Ltd has unleashed 4 new models of 2.0 Multimedia media speakers in the desktop speaker range. These are the blend of high audio power of 620Watt and the elegant design for office and home users.

Kobian, the manufacturer of Mercury Motherboards, Casings, TFT and other IT Components, has a wide range of Subwoofer and Home Theatre Speakers under their iXA brand name. "iXA is our lifestyle brand. Our 2.1 & 5.1 Speakers range is under IXA brand and are designed for music lovers who wish to enjoy the entire spectrum of music," detailed Ms. Sushmita Das, Country Manager-Kobian Pte Ltd.

Boasting an elegant stylish look coupled with clear pristine audio, the compact Mercury 2.0 MM Speaker packs a formidable performance in a two-way speaker design. The attractive sleek models not only enhance the sound experience but add style to your Desktop.

Mercury S230 and 240 are 620Watt speakers delivering a loud-sound, high bass with crystal clear clarity of the high and midrange notes. The volume controls and the headphone jack are on the front of the speakers allowing the user to enjoy private listening. The Mercury S210 and S220 are 440Watt speakers ideal for the PC-Gamers. The S220 adds glamour with its Flat Panel looking ID.

Commenting on the launch, Ms. Das said, "The Mercury S-Series Multimedia Speakers balances a fine line between price and performance. Sporting a compact, stylish and space-saving design, these powerful 2.0 speakers delivers high quality audio performance from the built-in bass ports for rich, deep bass that enhances your music-listening pleasure. And even more convenience with easy to reach the power, master volume control and audio jack from the front panel".

The Mercury Multimedia speakers are ideal for any PC, notebook, MP3, CD player or other external digital audio devices. The products will be available with Inspan Infotech Pvt. Ltd., the distributor of Mercury speakers in India. The speakers are priced between Rs. 250/- to Rs. 500/-.