Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is going to computerise all records of patients along with the test reports of patients.

The institute has introduced a software called Electronic Patients Record (EPR) in which every patient would be given a unique number and his medical history would be saved into a dedicated database. Trial runs of the software have been started to assess its efficiency. PGI wishes to completely abolish the system of hard copies of registration and medical cards. The software will help doctors to access the medical report of every patient. EPR has started functioning at PGI information centre and registration of patients in the OPD and Emergency wing. Blood test reports are also being prepared online.

The software has been designed by the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) as a part of the Advanced Hospital Information System (AHIS). The project was started in 2005 and it might take yet another year to become fully operational. After the complete implementation of this software the efficiency of the system will increase as it will end the era of heavy paper work.

This project has cost around 20 crore and it took around 6 years to come to its present form snce its start in 2005.

Source:http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/pgi-implement-new-software-record-keeping/36866

With the release of its new LoadRunner in the Cloud application load testing solution, HP aims to provide the flexibility of software-as-a-service in tools that traditionally entailed substantial investments to implement.

LoadRunner in the Cloud will function similarly to the company’s legacy LoadRunner application performance validation tool, but will now be available in SaaS format and support as many as 250 simultaneous users. The cloud format provides the ability to submit application specifications via a web browser and quickly receive results.

RELATED: HP to let partners host LoadRunner

Using a partnership with reseller Orasi Software, risk mitigation firm Genilogix and application life-cycle management vendor J9 Technologies, HP developed LoadRunner in the Cloud to accommodate smaller organizations that needed to test newly developed applications but lack the financial freedom and manpower to implement a fully functional on-premise package.

Matt Morgan, global senior director of product and solution marketing for HP’s IP solution business unit, says the best way for HP to get involved with an evolving marketplace was to adapt its products to fit within its environment.

“The idea is that that area of the market needed a different way, and frankly there have been changes in how that area of the market likes to acquire tools and technologies,” Morgan says.

Essentially, LoadRunner in the Cloud customers “could be executing load tests against their applications the same day they decide to actually embark on a performance validation effort,” Morgan says.

The new venture brings HP into a market that is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 33.1% through 2015, according to IDC. Citing growing enterprise familiarity with cloud services and the increasing use of applications for mission-critical processes, as well as the advent of new services from HP, IDC forecasted the market to reach $1 billion in revenues by 2015.

Melinda Ballou, program director for Application Life-Cycle Management & Executive Strategies at IDC, does not believe Morgan was exaggerating when he claimed HP was entering a “hyper-growth market” for cloud-based load testing software, simply because she believes customers will be excited about the benefits of its SaaS format.

“Cloud testing is a hyper-growth market because it makes sense. Given the spikes in demand for load testing, why own it all?” Ballou says. “Having those capabilities on demand is key.”

This rapid rate of growth has long been developing, Morgan says. With the growing reliance on application-based mobile web use, the market hasn’t showed signs of slowing down.

After having seen enterprise application use evolve from the initial rise of enterprise-owned web-facing applications to mainstream consumer adoption of mobile apps, Morgan says the market is reaching a point at which development tools need to become as scalable and flexible as the organizations using them.

“It’s a completely different world, but at the same time all of these applications have the same issue – they have to perform when end users log into the website or download a mobile app or attempt to use these applications,” Morgan says.

Entering the cloud-based market for its application testing products is a step in the right direction for HP, Ballou says. Being the current leader with 39% of the market the release of LoadRunner in the Cloud broadens its stance in a new sector that appears set for consistent growth in the coming years.

HP’s success in this initiative, though, will rely on how well it plays with its new partners, Ballou says.

“This is a good move for HP to address an area of the market so far mostly untapped by them as an enterprise provider,” Ballou says. “The price points are attractive for the partners to enable them to build out offerings for their customer base. The key determining factors will be how well the partners execute in delivering the solutions, how they build out their augmented offerings, and the resulting benefits and expenses to the clients served by the partnership.”

Source:http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/hp-moves-load-testing-software-to-the-cloud

SCYTL, the global leader in secure electronic voting technologies, and SOE Software, the leading software provider of election management solutions, have announced today that they have completed the integration of their respective organizations in the United States one month after the acquisition of SOE Software by SCYTL.

The combined organization is the largest pure election software company in the United States and will be serving customers in over 1,100 jurisdictions in 30 states, including 15 state-wide customers. The organization will have two divisions: the election management division based in Tampa (Florida) headed by Marc Fratello and the electronic voting division based in Baltimore (Maryland) headed by David Campbell. The two divisions will share resources such as customer service personnel, software development capabilities and two data centers in the United States (Florida and Texas) which will enable the organization to better serve existing and future customers.

“The exclusive goal for the integrated entity in the United States is how to best serve the customer” stated Marc Fratello, head of Scytl’s US election management division. “We feel as though we have now accomplished that goal”.

“We are excited about the opportunity to work with the SOE team, a proven election industry leader”, said David Campbell, head of Scytl’s electronic voting division in the US. “With our combined strengths and resources, along with our world-class technologies, we will be able to serve our existing and future customers, for years to come.”

Source:http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120207005910/en/election-technology/Scytl/SOE

US mobile operator MetroPCS Communications is utilising Android application development specialist Apkudo’s Device Analytics software for testing Android smartphones as part of prepping those devices for launch to mobile subscribers.

Apkudo Device Analytics, software and services offering, characterises Android device behaviour to enable mobile network operators and OEMs understand and optimise the user experience.

Apkudo Device Analytics enables find device and application bottlenecks before release via a series of acceptance and usage tests that analyse aspects of device hardware and how software uses them.

MetroPCS has selected Apkudo Device Analytics for early implementation in its OEM device qualification cycle to identify compliance and performance issues on every device released.

The test and reporting capacities in Apkudo Device Analytics provide detailed guidance to OEMs, and will become a part of MetroPCS Android device approval process.

Apkudo App Analytics allows developers see their applications run on the portfolio of Android devices, providing detailed test reports and video playback.

Source:http://www.telecompaper.com/news/metropcs-picks-apkudo-software-for-testing-android-devices

Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif., is introducing runtime- and software-development tools for the IBM Cell Broadband Engine Architecture (CBEA), which is a multicore processor that includes a 64-bit Power Architecture processor (PPE) core and eight synergistic processor (SPE) cores that is appropriate for applications like digital signal processing (DSP), graphics, and similar complex computational tasks.

Software developers can use the eight co-processors in the CBEA for parallel vector processing. Green Hills CBEA support includes the Integrity real-time operating system (RTOS) with 16 megabytes of page size; middleware with GHS CBEA API, file systems, network stack, backplane networking, standard POSIX system interfaces, and optimizing C/C++/EC++ compilers and optimized runtime libraries for the PPE and all the SPEs.

The Green Hills software tools also come withy the company’s MULTI development environment; JTAG probe; overlay management system for partitioning and running large tasks; run mode debug server; stop-mode debug server; and tools to visualize and debug large-scale heterogeneous multicore systems, including system-wide breakpoints that enable the developer to halt tasks on all CBEA and non-CBEA cores.

Source:http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2012/02/software-tools-for-cbea-power-architecture-based-microprocessor-introduced-by-green-hills.html

Next-generation software for BlackBerry’s smartphones is “ready to compete”, Research In Motion’s new chief executive, Thorsten Heins, told more than 2,000 technical developers on Tuesday, expressing confidence in RIM’s long-term future.

The Canadian company has lost market share and market value after being comprehensively outplayed by technology giants Apple, Google and Samsung. But it is betting that yet-to-be-released products powered by its new QNX operating system will improve its image after a year of product delays, the botched launch of its PlayBook tablet and a shareholder revolt.

“The smartphone market is still young, and there are huge opportunities for us, both with consumers and business,” Heins said.

In his first formal speech since he became CEO on January 23 after RIM’s former co-chiefs bowed to investor pressure and resigned, Heins told a packed Amsterdam conference of BlackBerry developers that he would listen to them, that RIM would continue to innovate, and that the new QNX-based operating system would kick off its next technology growth curve.

He also said he was thrilled to take the reins at RIM and believed the new technology used in BlackBerry 10 devices, which are promised for later this year, will set the standard for a “new user paradigm” for use in the home, cars, tablets and in smartphones.

The Canadian firm was holding its first European developers meeting, with 2,000 attendees focused on making applications for the latest and future BlackBerry smartphones and the PlayBook tablet, which RIM had hoped would compete with Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab models.

“It’s taking a little while for BlackBerry to fully transition to the new QNX-based operating system, but once it is ready to go, it will provide an exciting experience for consumers and will only get better as it’s a powerful technical platform to build upon for the next decade of mobile,” said Kevin Michaluk, founder of enthusiast website CrackBerry.com and a conference participant.

“Apple’s iOS is well-developed, but it is actually now the oldest mobile operating system, older than Android, webOS, Windows Phone, while BlackBerry 10 is now the newest mobile platform,” he said.

RIM said in December that it is delaying the launch of phones based on BlackBerry 10 until the later part of 2012 as it is awaiting the availability of a high-powered chip.

Heins didn’t tell the developers on Tuesday exactly when the new phones would hit the market, but reiterated that they would be out “later in the year”. A long-awaited software update for the PlayBook is still due before the end of February.

Heins cited market research from GfK that the Blackberry is the No. 1 smartphone in Britain, Spain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and the Netherlands and that 2 billion BlackBerry apps had been downloaded from RIM’s App World. Six million BlackBerry apps are downloaded every day, he said.

“Those stats were really exciting, and with all the recent negative publicity, this data put things into context, and actually BlackBerry is doing well in the app space,” said Ryan Hall, an app developer and director at Nice Agency in London.

Source:http://ibnlive.in.com/news/blackberrys-nextgen-software-is-ready-to-compete-ceo/228260-11.html

nlyte Software, the data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution provider founded by data center professionals for data center professionals, and ABB (NYSE:ABB), a global leader in power and automation technologies, announced today that ABB will embed nlyte Software’s Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) suite as part of the ABB Decathlon™ Data Center Enterprise Management (DCEM) product offering.

The ABB Decathlon suite of products extends management of energy usage across multiple sites to maximize efficiencies with true enterprise visibility and reporting. The nlyte suite will enhance the ABB offering by delivering a unique combination of intelligent capacity planning for the optimal placement of data center assets and business process automation that improves availability and operational excellence.

“ABB is taking the approach of integrating best-in-class software by combining their real time power and control with nlyte Software’s move/add/change management and what-if capacity planning,” said Andy Lawrence, research director at The 451 Group. “Together they deliver a full set of capabilities for enterprise-class data center management.”

The nlyte DCIM suite will be offered as part of the ABB Decathlon™ Data Center Enterprise Management solution which will provide data center professionals with:

True visibility – facilities and energy management that harmonize a unified control environment
Improved reliability – condition-based maintenance, recommending service when equipment is not working to its fullest potential
Improved efficiency – data analysis of IT load patterns, weather forecasts, contract and utility data which is used to predict and adjust energy consumption in order to optimize usage against bill rates
Visionary decision making – a unified view that allows data center operators and managers to see information across multiple disciplines and make informed decisions
“We are thrilled that ABB is including nlyte in the Decathlon Suite. Data center professionals live in a heterogeneous world and, unlike many of the other power equipment manufacturers, ABB understands the value of taking a best-of-breed approach in helping customers optimize data center efficiency,” said Todd Goldman, VP product management of nlyte Software.

“Our customers are comprised of some of the world’s largest mission critical facilities,” said Mike Heatherman, ABB Group Vice President, Process Automation Control Technologies, Americas. “The nlyte DCIM suite provides them with industry best practices for optimizing the use of power, cooling and space through the optimal placement of data center assets.”

Source:http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120207005769/en/DCIM/DCIM-Software/Data-Center-Infrastructure-Management

Digital media in Utah is a vibrant force behind the state’s economic vitality. Recently, GigaOM, a leading provider of online research for global technology innovators, analyzed data from Google Insights for Search to determine regional interest in technology, they were intrigued to find Utah near the top in several areas. The search interest data gathered by GigaOM for its story on U.S. tech hotspots aligns Utah with the nation’s epicenters of technology in Silicon Valley and Boston.

Nowhere is this growing IT leadership more apparent than in the electronic gaming segment of the industry. Utah’s digital prowess means that for Facebook gamers with sights set on world domination, their time has come courtesy of Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) who recently launched its newly developed social gaming version of RISK: Factions.

The EA adaptation of Hasbro’s popular RISK game has added a new dimension in social gaming which exemplifies the collaborative effort and knowledge base of Utah’s IT industry and next-generation programmers and software developers.

“The dynamic industry-leading digital media business in Utah has provided employment for hundreds of our graduates in dozens of firms creating digital content ranging from film and television to video games and computer modeling,” said Gov. Gary R. Herbert. “The comprehensive IT cluster that houses digital media is a global force providing for thousands of high-paying local jobs at the world’s foremost tech companies.”

“RISK: Factions is an imaginative reinvention of Hasbro’s iconic strategy board game. I believe it is the first major Facebook game to be developed in Salt Lake and we are proud to note that we built it here,” said Jon Dean, vice president and executive producer at EA Interactive. “It reinforces that we have the right creative people here, able to apply their skills and innovate on relevant technology.”

Interactive online games and digital media developed by Utah’s digital media creators such as EA are key long-term contributors to the state’s dynamic Software Development & Information Technology economic cluster, one of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development’s (GOED) seven targeted economic clusters. Utah’s software and IT cluster features such industry luminaries as Adobe, Oracle and EMC — companies that continually drive innovation in digital technology that makes Utah a competitive force in the industry.

Like EA, other IT giants in Utah such as eBay and IM Flash are committed to expanding their customer base and local presence through new and evolving business models and platforms. EA Salt Lake’s own drive to innovate and stay competitive has produced an impressive suite of popular family titles across all major console and handheld media platforms as well as for mobile and social gaming platforms.

EA’s state-of-the-art, custom-designed Salt Lake City studio that employs a team of designers, artists, programmers, producers and project managers is situated amidst the newly revitalized downtown Salt Lake City, and supports Utah’s own IT and software cluster growth. The technology industry currently employs more than 44,000 people around the State.

Source:http://www.utahbusiness.com/issues/articles/12047/2012/02/utah___s_software_and_it_industry_continues_to_innovate_and_expand

Pasadena-based Guidance Software, which develops digital forensics and e-discovery software, said Tuesday afternoon that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire CaseCentral, a developer of electronic discovery software. Guidance Software said it will pay $17.1M for CaseCentral, with up to $33M in earn out. The deal is split between $8.3M in cash and $8.3M in Guidance Software common stock. Guidance Software said it expects to add approximately $10M in software-as-a-service revenues from the acquisition in 2012. The acquisition brings the total number of employees at Guidance Software to nearly 500. CaseCentral was based in San Francisco. Guidance said it was represented in the acquisition by Atlas Technology Group.

Source:http://www.socaltech.com/guidance_software_acquires_casecentral/s-0040864.html

Asure Software, Inc. , a leading provider of workplace management software, today announced that it is offering a monthly time clock subscription program as part of its time and labor management solution offering.

“Asure Software’s time clock subscription program is in line with our business strategy to deliver flexible cloud solutions to our client base, and we are very excited to offer our clients a subscription program that lowers their cost of capital,” said Pat Goepel, Asure’s Chief Executive Officer. “Companies of all sizes want to be assured that their capital investment will result in improved business operations. With newfound savings, they can focus on initiatives that impact their core business.”

Christian Cowan, Asure’s Vice President of Marketing, added, “Asure’s innovative, proprietary time clocks seamlessly integrate with our time and labor management software and provide easy upgrades, simple deployment and remote access to our clients. Our goal is to offer solutions that align with our clients’ ever-changing needs, and the time clock subscription program does just that.”

The time clock subscription program consists of bar code, proximity card, and biometric data input options in two models: The 400 series model provides a 4.3-inch display with keypad data input; and the 700 series provides a 7-inch display with touch-screen data input.

Source:http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120207005302/en/time-clock/time-and-labor/time-and-labor-management

Rocket Software Inc.’s $300 million term loan to fund a dividend to Court Square Capital Partners rose in initial trading, according to data provider Markit Group Ltd.
The six-year debt first exchanged hands at 99.88 cents on the dollar, according to Markit. The financing for the developer of business software was sold to investors at 98 cents on the dollar, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Credit Suisse Group AG arranged the financing for the Newton, Massachusetts-based company, the data show. The loan pays interest at 5.5 percentage points more than the London interbank offered rate, with a 1.5 percent floor on the benchmark.

Court Square, a New York-based private-equity firm, acquired Rocket Software for an undisclosed amount in September 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
In a revolving credit facility, money can be borrowed again once it’s repaid; in a term loan, it can’t.

Source:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-07/rocket-software-s-300-million-dividend-loan-rises-in-trading.html

Knoa® Software, the leading provider of end-user management software, today announced the expansion of its executive team with the addition of Michael Zuckerman as chief marketing officer and vice president. Zuckerman brings more than 20 years of senior level marketing, sales and operations management experience in software, Internet and related technologies. Reporting to Knoa Software Chief Executive Officer Thad Eidman, Zuckerman will drive the company’s strategic marketing efforts to support its rapidly increasing customer, partner and sales momentum.

“Mike brings very significant experience in high tech marketing, business development and related strategic development. He has been the senior marketing officer in three highly successful, publicly traded companies and has the experience and skillset to help us deliver our vision for our customers and partners.”
“As our expansion continues, we need to bolster our capability on all fronts for our senior executive team,” said Eidman. “Mike brings very significant experience in high tech marketing, business development and related strategic development. He has been the senior marketing officer in three highly successful, publicly traded companies and has the experience and skillset to help us deliver our vision for our customers and partners.”

Knoa’s Experience and Performance Management (EPM) solution provides total monitoring coverage of end-user behavior and experience for leading enterprise solutions including the SAP NetWeaver® Portal, the SAP® Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application and SAP BusinessObjects™ solutions, as well as Oracle Siebel CRM®. Knoa EPM delivers precise metrics about application performance, as well as an unprecedented level of visibility into how end-users are interacting with the application. With this insight, application support teams can pinpoint and help address application, system and end-user performance issues and identify opportunities for further training.

“Knoa is well positioned to take advantage of many opportunities. The return on investment for our products can be realized in perhaps as little as a few months,” said Zuckerman. “This presents a compelling reason for customers to implement the solution – especially in the current economy. Further, our partnership with SAP and experience with SAP solutions enables us to well serve the needs of customers on a global basis. All of this creates an exciting opportunity. I look forward to contributing to the next stage of Knoa’s development, leadership and success.”

Before joining Knoa, Zuckerman was chief marketing officer for Queplix Corp., a data integration company. Prior to that, he held positions as senior vice president, marketing, at I-Many, Inc. (Nasdaq:IMNY), in the contract management software market and a position as senior vice president, marketing and senior vice president, general manager for the 3D business unit of Immersion (Nasdaq:IMMR). Zuckerman also served as vice president of worldwide marketing at Verity, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRTY), in the enterprise search market, ultimately acquired by Autonomy (AU).

Source:http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120207005490/en/Knoa-Software/end-user-mangament/Mike-Zukerman

Kenexa, the human resources management software and services company, announced an agreement to acquire privately held OutStart, a provider of e-learning software and services. Terms were not announced.

OutStart, which is based in Boston and has offices in North America, Europe and Asia, has more than 300 customers ranging from large global organizations to midsize companies and government entities. The company said it delivers a portfolio of interrelated mobile, social and learning knowledge solutions.

Kenexa said the acquisition will expand its reach into the e-learning market and enable Kenexa to provide a broader and deeper suite of talent management solutions.

Kenexa, based in Wayne, Pa., has operations in Lincoln that employ more than 350 people.

Kenexa Chairman Rudy Karsan said in a news release: “We have the leading talent acquisition solution for large organizations, and we launched our performance management suite last year as well. With the addition of OutStart’s capabilities, Kenexa will be able to offer customers an award-winning suite of (Software as a Service) learning solutions, plus learning expertise and a great team with more than a decade of experience in learning management.”

Software as Service is a distribution model in which applications are hosted by a service provider and made available to customers over a network.

Kenexa said it expects to pay for the acquisition with its existing cash balance, and it expects the transaction to be at least neutral to non-GAAP net income available to common shareholders for 2012.

Source:http://journalstar.com/business/local/kenexa-acquires-boston-software-company/article_12cbef1c-a508-56d9-9bae-7864ff918978.html

Microsoft is gearing up to release a phalanx of native mobile applications for its CRM software, with clients aimed at BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, iOS, and Android 2.2 and higher devices, the company announced yesterday.

The release, which is scheduled for the second quarter as part of Microsoft’s regular CRM (customer relationship management) service update, will also build on existing browser support with Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Safari, running on Macs, iPads and Windows PCs.

In the future the native mobile applications will be updated at the same time, but features and functions may vary depending on the relative capabilities available on each platform, said Craig Dewar, director, Dynamics CRM.

“We’re doing as much as we can on each platform, and not choosing to do the lowest common denominator approach. We’re optimising for the device. You chose that device, and we should light it up as much as possible,” he said.

The new CRM mobile capabilities also include a hosted-server component that provides management and security, including the ability to remotely wipe devices of sensitive data should they become compromised. IT administrators will also be able to “mobilise” all of their CRM customizations without having to re-code them, Dewar said.

Each native application will allow for offline usage and data synchronisation with online systems, according to a statement.

Microsoft is charging $30 per user per month for the mobile service, with each subscription allowed up to three devices. It is a purely user-based pricing model, with no separate fee for the hosted-server tools.

Meanwhile, Microsoft’s close CRM competitor Salesforce.com offers a Lite mobile application at no charge, with the full-featured version available at no additional cost for Unlimited Edition subscribers but $50 per user per month for Professional and Enterprise edition customers.

While other CRM vendors, including Salesforce.com, have moved quickly to embrace HTML5 for mobile in hopes of writing a single rich application that will run on multiple platforms, Microsoft is taking a more deliberate pace.

“We’re watching HTML5 very closely, we’re working on it. It’s a very important development technology. But our focus is to provide the best possible experience on native devices today,” Dewar said.

Microsoft will likely do more with HTML5 upon the arrival of Windows 8, which will provide ample support for it, he added.

Another feature planned for the upcoming service update, which will apply to both the on-premises and online versions of the software, is Activity Feeds, which provides users with a familiar Twitter and Facebook-like stream of updates on information in the CRM system.

Microsoft is also planning to add new BI (business intelligence) capabilities to the on-premises version, which are based on the Power View visualisation technology in SQL Server 2012. Those capabilities will become available in the online version over time, Dewar said.

Source:http://www.computernewsme.com/2012/02/microsoft-to-release-native-mobile-apps-for-its-crm-software/

Clean technology innovator Hydrovolts is using software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to create unique hydrokinetic turbines that are more easily installed in rivers, canals and other waterways for faster generation of renewable energy. The company’s smaller turbines can be quickly installed and generating power in less than an hour.

Digital Prototyping Streamlines Product Development

As a member of the Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program — which provides software to established and emerging clean tech companies in North America, Europe, Japan and Singapore — Hydrovolts gained access to a variety of Digital Prototyping tools to help develop and optimize its turbines.

“Autodesk Inventor software and Autodesk Inventor Fusion software are invaluable tools for helping us digitally visualize and then revise our designs,” said Burt Hamner, CEO of Hydrovolts. “And by using the Eco Materials Adviser within Inventor, we can weigh all ecological impact together with performance and financial impacts of materials for our turbines. Autodesk technology is simply more efficient than anything we’ve tried.”

Using Inventor and Inventor Fusion on a recent project for the Bureau of Reclamation, a federal government agency, enabled Hydrovolts to quickly and accurately model a turbine for the proposed installation site, and then make appropriate changes to the prototype design in less than a week. Meanwhile, Autodesk Vault software provided complete document control, ensuring every iteration was recorded and traceable.

“Digital Prototyping can save time and money at every step of the product lifecycle,” said Robert “Buzz” Kross, senior vice president, design, lifecycle and simulation, at Autodesk. “By using a single digital model, clean tech companies like Hydrovolts are able to develop their products more efficiently and deliver the innovative energy solutions that the marketplace is demanding.”

Smart Design Makes Turbines Easy to Use

Much of the speed of installation is due to the highly efficient design of the Hydrovolts turbines. All of the different classes of turbine have been engineered for easy “drop-in” installation — eliminating the need for dams or other permanent constructions. The turbines are held in place by mooring lines, while an output cable plugs directly into the power load onshore.

In addition, the Hydrovolts turbines are specifically engineered to easily accommodate different types of rotor blades for optimal efficiency in the existing current. This adaptability enables users to select the blade that can deliver the most power for the least cost, based on a waterway’s unique flow.

Source:http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120207005035/en/Autodesk/sustainability/clean-technology

Google Inc., seeking to get more of its desktop-computer software onto mobile devices, introduced a test version of its Chrome Web browser for the latest Android operating system.

The browser, first unveiled in 2008, will be available on tablets and mobile phones using the company’s “Ice Cream Sandwich” Android software, Sundar Pichai, a senior vice president in charge of Chrome and applications, said in a blog posting. The company aims to improve the speed of mobile browsing by preloading top search results and enabling users to get the same tabs and bookmarks they have on their desktops.

“Chrome for Android is designed from the ground up for mobile devices,” Pichai said. The software is “focused on speed and simplicity, but it also features seamless sign-in and sync so you can take your personalized Web browsing experience with you wherever you go, across devices.”

Google’s Android software has taken the lead in the market for smartphone operating system, topping Apple Inc.’s iPhone and Microsoft Corp.’s mobile software. Android handsets accounted for 48 percent of the U.S. smartphone market in the fourth quarter, while the iPhone had 43 percent, according to NPD Group Inc. Almost three in five first-time smartphone buyers chose Android, NPD said.

Shares of Mountain View, California-based Google fell less than 1 percent to $607.06 at 1:41 p.m. in New York. The shares had declined 5.7 percent this year before today.

Source:http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1377-auBpg2mtJenk-7BMKAK2OLGQL6U4OSDFDG91QV6

The software, ‘Children with special needs database,’ was designed in 2010 on pilot basis and data about challenged children was collected through a census and was unloaded to the software. However, the department has now submitted a proposal of Rs 1.50 lakh under the ‘challenged fund’ in a view of developing the software.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, SSA DK District Coordinator N Shivaprakash said that each challenged child in the district has been given a card with a colour code that describes the disability.

SSA identifies 10 disabilities and so far 4,738 children in age group of 6 to 14 years have been identified in these categories in a survey conducted in August 2011. As many as, 1953 children have been identified with low vision, 33 are totally blind, 104 have impaired hearing, 350 have impaired speech, 773 have orthopaedic disabilities, 870 have mental retardation, 33 have cerebral palsy, 523 have multiple disability, 26 have learning disability and 73 have identified having autism spectrum disorder.

The software records the child’s name, age, address, disorder, various schemes the child has been enrolled for, various benefits received by the child, the education received by the child and many other details. With this software one can generate problem-wise, gender-wise, area-wise and other kinds of data.

With this, one can easily obtain the record of the child. SSA has a provision to enroll these children in the ‘Inclusive education resource centre’ present in each of the seven education blocks, which will help them to cope up with their disabilities. Each of these centres has two special teachers appointed by an NGO and three inclusive education resource teachers. The progress of the child can be charted in the software, says Shivprakash.

“This software is presently limited to SSA. By developing this software, we can easily coordinate with Women and Child Welfare department, Disabled and Senior Citizens department and other departments which provide facilities to the challenged children. The Joint Review Mission was pleased with the software and the State SSA may distribute this software to other districts too,” he said.

“Many a times, the same beneficiary may get the same disability equipment and benefits from different departments. With this software, we can avoid the overlap and distribute benefits to all beneficiaries. We can have an integrated and comprehensive data-base,” said Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat CEO Dr K N Vijayprakash.

Source:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/225368/software-track-challenged-kids.html

Enterprise social networking company Jive Software reported its first earnings as a public company today, beating Street earnings and revenue expectations.

Jive generated $22.5 million in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2011, up 53% from the year-ago period. On a non-GAAP basis, Jive reported a net loss of 28 cents per share, beating Street estimates by 11 cents. On a GAAP basis, the company posted a net loss of 39 cents per share or $12.7 million, up from a net loss of $6.8 million in the year-ago period.

Analysts expected Jive to report a non-GAAP net loss of 39 cents per share on revenue of $21.01 million for the fourth quarter.

Jive reported gross billings of $36.0 million, up 40% year-over-year.

For guidance, Jive projected first quarter 2012 revenue between $23.5 million and $24.5 million. For full-year 2012, Jive expects revenue of $108.0 million to $112.0 million.

New and expanded customers from the fourth quarter include ACE Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP/UK, SAP and Thomson Reuters.

In Q3 2011 Jive generated $20.8 million up 69.1% from the year-ago period. Jive reported a net loss of $7.6 million in Q3 2011, flat from the year ago period, but sharply down sequentially from $16.1 million in Q2 2011.

As of Sept. 30, Jive had 657 enterprise customers with more than 17 million users. Some of Jive’s largest customers include SAP, HP, UBS, T-Mobile and McAfee.

Jive’s stock is trading down 1.12% at $16.75 in after-hours trading.

Source:http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/02/07/jive-software-q4-earnings-in-line-revenue-just-ahead-of-street/

In today’s mobile world, every industry must know how to leverage mobile technology to empower employees and meet customer needs.

Executives from leading mobile and asset management companies will convene at the National Investment Company Service Association’s (NICSA’s) Annual Conference & Expo to discuss how best to leverage mobile technology to stay competitive.

Verivo Software’s Chief Marketing Officer, Christopher P. Willis, is one of the speakers at the event. He will share actionable strategies and insights on how firms can overcome many common mobile technology challenges, including cross-device support, system integration and application management, to launch successful enterprise mobility initiatives.

Source:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/verivo-software-cmo-speaks-on-mobility-at-nicsa-2012-02-06

A leading provider of enterprise software for supply & demand optimisation and predictive modelling, announced today that it has signed a contract with Xstrata Coal Queensland (XCQ) for the deployment of SolveIT Software’s Supply Chain Network Optimiser (SCNO) and Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) system. Xstrata Coal Queensland is running the project in conjunction with the deployment of Schneider Electric’s Ampla MES application layer.

SolveIT Software’s APS and SCNO applications will be configured for optimising the Newlands, Collinsville, and Abbott Point (NCA) mine-to-port supply chain, and will incorporate advanced features invented by SolveIT Software, such as decision visibility, dynamic trade-off analysis, and global optimisation. The applications will generate optimal mine blend and train schedules, as well as plan and monitor inventory and supply chain capacity for the ports used in the NCA Coal Chain in Queensland. Some key objectives will be to maximise supply chain throughput at stated quality targets, maximise service levels, maximise production efficiency, and minimise production cost.

“We selected SolveIT Software for Integrated Planning of the NCA demand chain as they are experienced in optimising complex and dynamic logistics processes,” said Mr Benno Giuliani, Transport and Logistics Manager at Xstrata Coal Queensland. “The NCA coal chain is a key asset in the Xstrata Coal Australia portfolio and is set for significant expansion in coming years. Ensuring we exceed customer expectations through optimisation of value, quality, quantity and cost of XCQ’s coal products is our primary goal, and logistics optimisation initiatives across our systems landscape is a key driver for improved commercial and operational outcomes.”

“The relationship with Xstrata Coal Queensland is extremely important to SolveIT Software,” said Mr James Balzary, Director of Resources for SolveIT Software. “It builds on our current projects in the broader Xstrata Group with mine-to-port planning, scheduling and optimisation at Xstrata Copper and Xstrata Zinc, and confirms our commitment to next generation approaches for value chain optimisation in the mining sector.”

The NCA Project includes the Newlands open cut and underground longwall operations, the Colllinsville open cut mine and the Abbot Point coal terminal. The project is a joint venture between Xstrata Coal (55%), Itochu Coal Resources (35%) and Sumitomo (10%). Abbot Point coal terminal is owned by the Ports Corporation of Queensland.

Source:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/solveit-software-wins-tender-at-xstrata-coal-queensland-for-mine-to-port-supply-chain-optimisation-2012-02-06