Upfront

SSA Global to invest $4 million in Hyderabad centre

To strengthen its infrastructure at its Hyderabad centre, SSA Global has taken up a $4 million expansion plan to be implemented over the next one year. The centre is the largest global development centre for SSA Global and develops end-to-end business solutions in the ERP, CRM, SRM and SCM segments. This year alone it added about 50 people to take the total headcount to 404. It houses the global support centre providing a second line of support to customers. The centre is ISO 9001 certified and has an employee base of 50. The Hyderabad facility accounts for more than 25 percent of the company’s global R&D workforce. SSA Global is consolidating its global operations by integrating 30 centres into eight.

HutchMail from Hutchison Max Telecom

Hutch has announced the launch of HutchMail, a GPRS-based solution that gives executives access to their office mail on their Hutch phones. E-mail can be accessed from Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes systems. This enables users to access their e-mail, both business or personal, on their phones without having to use a computer.

“HutchMail helps you access your e-mail from anywhere, anytime, whether you are in a meeting, out on a business trip, or at home,” says Naveen Chopra, Corporate VP, Group Marketing, Hutchison Max Telecom. HutchMail enables you to receive, view, save, edit and send Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF attachments. E-mail pops into your Hutch phone as soon as it appears on the server. All e-mail are protected with AES 128-bit encryption which ensures that the entire message, not just body text, is encrypted. HutchMail service supports the Nokia 60 and 80 series, Sony Ericsson, Windows Pocket PC and Windows smartphones.