News Brief

SISL launches Media Connect

Circuit EC / Bangalore

Siemens Information Systems (SISL) has launched ‘Media Connect’ to meet the specific needs of the media and publishing industry. ‘Media Connect’ will facilitate transactional and promotional information exchange between media houses and advertising space buyers. It will help in automating the order placement of advertisements and exchange of information with advertising space buyers over the Internet.

A S Vishwanathan, executive director, SISL says, “There is a practical necessity to automate the entire process of advertisement workflow in real time.”

Magic’s India foray

Magic Software Enterprises India, a 100 percent subsidiary of the Israel-based Magic Software Enterprises, plans to foray into the Indian development market.

The company has released the latest version of eDeveloper, targeted at the burgeoning developer community in the country. Magic has also unveiled iBOLT, an integration platform for which the company claims to have received an heartening response.

The company, which plans to initially focus on mid- and high-range companies has already appointed 13 active channel partners across the country.

By the end of the current year Magic plans to set up sales and marketing teams in all the metros and other A and B class cities in the country.

NetScaler ties-up with Apara

Circuit EC / Bangalore

NetScaler India has entered into a tie up with Apara Enterprise Solutions by signing a value added reseller (VAR) agreement. The relationship will allow Apara to market and sell the NetScaler 9000 Series of secure application networking systems in the Indian market.

AP wins CSI IT award

Computer Society of India recently hosted the CSI national IT awards for 2002-2003 to recognise the significant contributions made by IT professionals in India. The government of Andhra Pradesh won the best IT usage award for its Rural eSeva project. The award was jointly shared with Pune-based Divinet Access Technologies for its products Ramnet and Wicenet.

The award for the best packaged application developed in India was jointly shared by Hyderabad-based Satyam Computer Services and Pune-based Compulink Systems. Pramati Technologies, another Hyderabad-based company, won in the best shrink-wrapped product category for its contribution to the Rural eSeva project. Other key winners included Bangalore’s Web Peripherals, C-DAC, Neilsoft and Hughes Software Systems.