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AXIGEN, the professional messaging solution vendor, announces it has joined the Empower for ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) initiative, partnership program designed by Microsoft, worldwide leader in software, services and solutions. Empower combines deep industry knowledge, useful tools, powerful research expertise and innovative thinking aimed at supporting global business growth.

Designed to help ISVs succeed when developing software on the Microsoft platform, Empower for ISVs offers software, support, and other resources to independent software vendors, helping them reduce their development costs, test the software, and speed their solution to market. By joining this initiative, AXIGEN reinstates that it is equipped with the latest technology to exceed customers and business needs while remaining on the leading-edge of innovation.

“The Microsoft partner programs offer priority access to a comprehensive set of resources designed to help our partners provide highly-effective and powerful solutions to customers,” said Florian Ivan, Partner Strategy Manager, Microsoft Romania.

“The AXIGEN messaging solutions running on Microsoft platforms, namely Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, have become popular quite fast. We are confident our close collaboration with Microsoft will help us provide our mutual customers from the SMB and Enterprise segments with an improved mail server, better adapted to their current and emerging needs,” concluded Oana Bornaz, AXIGEN CEO.

Winner of the ServerWatch 2007 Product Excellence Award for the Communications Server category, AXIGEN Mail Server features a carrier class technology and outstanding support. Now at version 6.2, AXIGEN runs on several Linux and BSD distributions, on Solaris, on Windows operating systems, on PowerPC and SPARC architectures and is becoming the messaging solution of choice for a growing number of service providers and enterprises worldwide.

About AXIGEN and Gecad Technologies
Established in 2001, Gecad Technologies SA, member of the GECAD Group, is the vendor of AXIGEN, a messaging solution for professionals that ensures an efficient and secure worldwide communication environment and business growth for both service providers and companies of all sizes. Currently, AXIGEN is distributed internationally by over 170 partners from 80 countries and manages email traffic for more than 11,000 companies with 6 million end-users.

Our team of seasoned professionals, with 15 years of experience in messaging and IT security delivers cutting-edge products, by developing an innovative carrier-class technology based on proprietary architectures such as AXIGEN GrowSecure, AXIGEN SmartProcessing and AXIGEN UltraStorage. Find out more at: www.axigen.com

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Aerospace Processing India (API) today announced the opening of its processing facility in Belgaum (Karnataka, India), to cater to the needs of the aerospace manufacturing industry. Located in the QuEST Global Precision Engineering SEZ, API is uniquely positioned to provide metal finishing treatment services for both the Indian export and domestic markets.

Magellan Aerospace Limited and QuEST Global established API as an independent operating company to provide approved aerospace treatments that are not readily available in India. The fully integrated, scalable facility has been operational from Jan 2009.

API has invested in capabilities, which would enable fulfilling the demand for sourcing fully finished parts from India. In the initial phase, the facility would be focused on processes for aluminum, titanium and stainless steel components for aero-structure and aero-engine components.

Konrad Hahnelt, Vice President of Magellan Aerospace Limited, and Aravind Melligeri, Chairman & Co-Founder of QuEST Global, have credited “close cooperation between teams from the co-ownership companies, excellent support from the future customer base and a clear focus on the importance of establishing finishing capabilities” for the successful creation and opening of API in India.

The plant boasts of state-of-the art capabilities such as fully automated anodizing line, fully automated Etching line, Semi-automatic Titanium Etching line, Primer & Painting line, advanced Fluorescent Particle Inspection (FPI) line, Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI) line, advanced 7-axis robotic shot peening and passivation/alodine/alochrome processes. The API facility also has a dedicated reverse osmosis plant, zero discharge effluent treatment plant and a dedicated state-of-the art chemical laboratory to meet statutory testing requirements in-house.

API has received particular support and encouragement from Airbus and Boeing in establishing operations to meet rigorous aerospace specifications and is working with each customer to achieve full operational approvals.

“API provides a much needed, standalone third party metal finishing treatment, services in India. Airbus is proud to have supported API and to have helped enhance the local aerospace industry,” said Dr. Srinivasan Dwarakanath, Airbus Director International Cooperation.

About QuEST Global

QuEST Global is a leading provider of outsourced engineering services and manufacturing. The company helps customers in the aerospace, power generation, oil & gas, civil structures, industrial products, and transportation verticals to cut product development costs, shorten lead times, extend capacity and maximize engineering resources availability by providing support across the complete product life cycle from design and modeling through analysis, prototyping, automation, data documentation, instrumentation and controls, embedded systems development, manufacturing support, vendor management, and in-house precision machining. Through our Global Product Development framework and our on-site/off-shore/on-shore models, we leverage our local presence and global reach to support globalization initiatives for our customers. QuEST Global employs over 1700 professionals and has delivery centers in India, USA, Italy, Japan, Germany, France and footprints in UK, Spain and China.

For further information, please visit : http://www.quest-global.com.

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Aero India 2009, Bangalore, India “February 12, 2009″ Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, and QuEST Global, a leading provider of outsourced engineering services and manufacturing, today announced that the two companies are working together on the development of the QuEST Global Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Belgaum, Karnataka, India.

The SEZ, endorsed by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, covers 300 acres and is focused on Precision Engineering. As a sector-specific economic zone, this area will provide build-to-suit requirements to companies seeking to establish businesses and manufacturing facilities in the region by providing a world-class infrastructure, particularly for the aerospace and defense, industrial and automotive industries. Development of the SEZ, currently in Phase I, began in January 2009.

“With growing demands for state-of-the-art defense services and solutions, India is a key country in a region that is important to our international growth,” stated Frank Tempesta, President and CEO, Textron Systems. “We look forward to partnering with the Indian Government, the Indian Armed Forces and QuEST in strengthening India’s defenses.”

“This relationship marks the beginning of the Aerospace & Defense industry’s development at the SEZ,” said Aravind Melligeri, Chairman and Co-founder, QuEST Global. “This SEZ provides a platform for Foreign Direct Investments, products and services in support of the Indian defense industry.”

Under the terms and conditions of a Memorandum of Understanding, Textron Systems and QuEST Global will work together to develop the manufacturing capabilities within the SEZ.

About QuEST Global
QuEST Global is a leading provider of outsourced engineering services and manufacturing. The company helps customers in the aerospace, power generation, oil & gas, civil structures, industrial products, and transportation verticals to cut product development costs, shorten lead times, extend capacity and maximize engineering resources availability by providing support across the complete product life cycle from design and modeling through analysis, prototyping, automation, data documentation, instrumentation and controls, embedded systems development, manufacturing support, vendor management, and in-house precision machining. Through our Global Product Development framework and our on-site/off-shore/on-shore models, we leverage our local presence and global reach to support globalization initiatives for our customers. QuEST Global employs over 1700 professionals and has delivery centers in India, USA, Italy, Japan, Germany, France and footprints in UK, Spain and China. More information is available at http://www.quest-global.com.

About Textron Systems
Textron Systems Corporation has been providing innovative solutions to the defense, homeland security and aerospace communities for over 50 years. Known for its precision smart weapons, intelligent battlefield systems, surveillance systems, intelligence software solutions, aircraft control components, piston engines, armored vehicles and unmanned aircraft systems, Textron Systems includes AAI, HR Textron, Lycoming Engines, Overwatch Tactical Operations, Overwatch Geospatial Operations, Textron Defense Systems, and Textron Marine & Land Systems. Textron Systems Corporation is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Inc. More information is available at www.textronsystems.com.

About Textron Inc.
Textron Inc. (NYSE:  TXT) is a $14.2 billion multi-industry company operating in 28 countries with approximately 42,000 employees.  The company leverages its global network of aircraft, defense and intelligence, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, Textron Systems and Textron Financial Corporation.  More information is available at www.textron.com.

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Textron Systems
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QuEST Global
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sweta.patra@quest-global.com

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Opalesque, the world’s largest subscription-based publisher in the alternative investments area, has launched Opalesque Futures Intelligence to meet the needs of the managed futures industry and investors.
The idea for the publication came from members of this growing community, which includes commodity trading advisers, fund managers and investors. Industry experts agreed to contribute analysis, commentary and data. Despite the financial and economic turmoil, managed futures did exceptionally well in 2008 and will likely continue to be an attractive investment. Yet people often have misconceptions about this strategy.

Opalesque Futures offers sophisticated analysis and commentary to illuminate various aspects of managed futures and help people understand it better. It is a must-read for anyone interested in this area, whether as investor or as manager.

Published every two weeks, the newsletter includes insights from industry pioneers and original research by experienced practitioners. In the first issue, Martin Lueck talks about last year’s trades and this year’s prospects. Mr. Lueck, currently president and head of research at Aspect Capital, was one of the three founders of AHL, the long-running futures program that became the flagship of  Man Group.

Sol Waksman, the founder of Barclay Hedge and builder of the first database of commodity trading advisors, explains what’s behind the returns and how to approach managed futures investing.

Also in the first issue, Tim Merryman, a CTA, managed futures consultant and  Opalesque Futures editorial advisor, looks at the impact of having managed futures in a portfolio. Contributor Walt Gallwas argues for the benefits of separate accounts, especially in view of fraud and redemption risks.

Among the regular features are comparisons of CTA indexes and summaries of  recent regulatory developments and futures-related news. A special section mines different databases for the top managers.

The editor, Chidem Kurdas, has been writing about hedge funds since 2000. She has held positions as research analyst at Thomson Reuters, New York bureau chief at HedgeWorld and news editor at Infovest21. Earlier in her career she taught economics at Pennsylvania State University and published a book about technology investing.  She writes for a number of blogs and publications.

Opalesque Futures Intelligence (OFI) will be a venue for the managed futures industry and affiliated businesses, tracking the latest developments and presenting the views and concerns of industry people.

About Opalesque:

In 2003, with the publication of its daily Alternative Market Briefing, Opalesque successfully launched an information revolution in the hedge fund media space: “Opalesque changed the world by bringing transparency where there was opacity and by delivering an accurate professional reporting service.” – Nigel Blanchard, Culross. This hybrid financial news service, which combines proprietary industry news stories and filtered third party reports, has been credited by many industry insiders with delivering precise, accurate, and vital information to a notoriously guarded audience.

Each week, Opalesque publications are read by more than 610,000 industry professionals in over 130 countries.  Opalesque is the only daily hedge fund publisher which is actually read by the elite managers themselves (http://www.opalesque.com/op_testimonials.html).
For more information, please go to http://www.opalesque.com

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Ontario, Canada –”The use of ADHD medications improves the quality of driving for teens and young adults while significantly reducing the risk of accidents,” said Dr. Daniel Cox in a recent video podcast on www.ADHD.tv.

Cox, of the University of Virginia Health System, has been studying the effects of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)  medications and driving for many years.  He cites multiple studies based not only at the University of Virginia, but also those conducted at the University of South Carolina, Harvard and in the Netherlands.

ADHD is a disorder in which individuals experience impulsivity, hyperactivity as well as the inability to focus for any length on a task at hand.  Currently, statistics explain that approximately 5 to 7 percent of children and young adults in the United States have this problem.  That accounts for nearly two million individuals.  It also affects adults as well.

The specific periods when automobile accidents occur involving  teen and young adult drivers with the mental health disorder Cox explained to Dr. Kenny Handelman, child psychiatrist and ADHD advocate, are the summer months, the weekends and late in the evening.

“All these times correspond to those when individuals are least likely to be taking their ADHD medications,” Cox explained.

Automobile accidents are a concern for teen and young adults in general, but even more of a concern for those who have ADHD.  In the general adolescent population, Cox said, of all the females who die, 46 percent of them die because of a car accident.

Similarly, deaths among adolescent males due to car accidents account for 36 percent of the total deaths.  While Cox admits these statistics are shocking, he then cites statistics of drivers who have ADHD.

Those adolescents with ADHD, he told Handelman during the video podcast, are two to four times more likely to be in a collision, three times more likely to receive a citation and are six to eight times increased risk of having their driver’s licenses suspended due to multiple violations.

Cox said that his studies also revealed that when choosing medications for ADHD, those labeled as “long acting” actually do work better for many individuals.

For more information on the research, visit:  http://www.adhd.tv/adhd-and-driving-adhd-tv-episode-4/

One of the most common disorders of childhood, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is characterized by the symptoms of impulsivity, the inability to concentrate or focus on tasks at hand, as well as hyperactivity.

ADHD appears to be a growing global health problem, affecting as many as seven percent of the total childhood population worldwide.  Not only that, but more than 60 percent of these children continue to manage the disorder as they enter adulthood.

Dr. Kenny Handelman is a psychiatrist from Ontario Canada with a special interest in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.  In addition to founding www.ADHDWorld.com, he also has a blog, www.ADDADHDblog.com and is the host of an online video broadcast, www.adhd.tv.com.

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In an endeavor to celebrate the spirit of womanhood, NewsX, India’s only HDTV-ready English news channel, has tied up with the Art of Living Foundation as the official television partner for the 3rd International Women’s Conference. The conference titled – The Light of Leadership: Integrating Global Perspective’, will be held in Bangalore from 6th to 8th February, 2009. The conference has been designed by The Art of Living Foundation to create a network to bring about a positive change in the society. The Foundation is a multi-faceted, not-for-profit educational and humanitarian NGO with a global presence.

The three-day-long event will bring together some very prominent personalities including Nobel Prize winner, Dagmar Soerboe; danseuse and actress Hema Malini; Member of European Parliament, Erika Mann; actress Sharmila Tagore; Director of Women & Child Welfare Programmes at the Art of Living Foundation, Mrs Bhanumathi and Amanda Ellis of World Bank. In addition, His Holiness Shri Shri Ravi Shankar will be addressing the conference.

NewsX’ Senior Presenter, Ratna Singh, who comes with a vast experience in television journalism, will also hold a chair for one of the panel discussions on “Strength of Womanhood – the media portrayals”. While the dialogue would highlight the importance of women leadership in ensuring sustainable development; Ratna will get greater insights from these learned minds over various interviews.

Bringing these voices to your television screen is the specially designed women’s special programme on NewsX from February 15 to March 8.

About International Women’s Conference

The International Women’s Conference offers a platform for women leaders of global prominence to come together with women from the grassroots level, exchange their views and ideas and form networks through which they can support each other. The primary objective of the conference is to create awareness and further the dialogue on the role of women in promoting a more compassionate and ethical environment in the areas they work.

About Art of Living

Art of Living is a multi-faceted, not-for-profit educational and humanitarian NGO with a presence in over 140 countries. Founded in 1982 by His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the Art of Living, today, is one of the largest voluntary organisations in the world. Inspired by its founder’s vision of making the world a violence-free, stress-free global family, the organisation is engaged in various initiatives that uplift humanity and enhance the quality of life. The goal of the organisation is to bring peace at the level of the individual, society, nation and the world as a whole. Its areas of work covers conflict resolution, disaster and trauma relief, poverty alleviation, empowerment of women, prisoner rehabilitation, education for all, campaigns against female foeticide and child labour and environment sustainability.

About INX News Pvt. Ltd.
INX News Pvt. Ltd, is wholly owned by Indi Media Company Pvt. Ltd. , a venture co-founded by Vinay Chhajlani, an entrepreneur with interests in IT, new media and regional media, and Jehangir S. Pocha, a senior editor with years of global experience in media and business, and the former Editor of Businessworld magazine. Vinay Chhajlani is also the CEO of NaiDunia Media Pvt Ltd and founder of Webdunia.com

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MindTree Ltd. (NSE: MINDTREE), a global IT and R&D Services company, today announced the availability of its Spend Analysis Solution for the manufacturing industry. MindTree’s Spend Analysis Solution will now offer organizations in the manufacturing industry enhanced control and optimization of their procurement costs.

With sourcing accounting for up to 75 percent of the total cost base of typical manufacturing organizations, extracting the required intelligence out of spend data not only directly contributes to cost savings but also provides significant inputs for budgeting, planning and product strategies. MindTree’s Spend Analysis Solution is aimed at helping organizations create global visibility into their spending patterns and save costs by making better, more informed sourcing decisions.

The solution is based on MindTree’s Re-Usable Business Intelligence Components (RUBIC) framework, which is a result of MindTree’s rich experience in building business intelligence solutions for the world’s leading manufacturers. The framework consists of three layers – data integration layer, to support consolidation of data from multiple transaction systems; intelligence layer, that contains spend related business metrics; and presentation layer, to enable intuitive and user-friendly dashboards for information delivery. Usage of these standardized technology components improves solution quality and significantly reduces the time-to-value for customers.

“With this solution, we hope to help our customers save costs via spend volume aggregation, supplier rationalization, improved contract compliance and ‘requisition to pay’ process improvements,” said MindTree vice president and head, Manufacturing Industry Group, Vikram Amaranath. “We believe our solution is well placed to help companies deal with the issue of controlling costs, which has become a strategic priority in the current economic environment.”

MindTree’s Manufacturing Industry Group offers consulting and IT services to automotive, discrete manufacturing, consumer products and process industries. The services offered span the entire value chain of manufacturing and cover areas such as product development, procurement and logistics, manufacturing and operations, sales and distribution and customer service. Services include application development, package implementation, application maintenance and support, testing services and infrastructure management. The Group also offers solution frameworks aimed at addressing specific industry needs such as in trade promotion management, dealer management, warranty management and manufacturing execution.

About MindTree Limited

MindTree Limited is a global IT and R&D Services Company co-headquartered in the U.S. and India. With a passion for customer satisfaction, MindTree partners with its clients to create a transparent, value-based relationship. Our domain experts deliver business-enabling solutions by leveraging a consulting led, framework-based and IP-driven approach. MindTree’s IT Services business provides a range of services to CIOs across a variety of industry segments. Our R&D Services business works with Technology companies to help build innovative products by providing Product Realization services. MindTree has acquired an 80% equity stake in Aztecsoft Ltd., a global leader in outsourced product development and independent testing. The Company intends to complete the merger by April 2009.

MindTree was named among the Top 30 offshore service providers by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals and Fortune Magazine. Widely known for its focus on human capital development, MindTree has been consistently rated among the most admired employers by several industry surveys, including Hewitt Associates and Mercer/TNS, and is also the winner of the MAKE Award for knowledge management, and the National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance. MindTree is publicly listed in India. Please visit us at www.mindtree.com.

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Ontario, Canada – “People just don’t ‘get it’ when it comes to ADHD,” Dr. Kenny Handelman explains. Too many individuals believe that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not a “real” disorder that is more the results of poor parenting or a failure to discipline children.

Handelman, a child psychiatrist based in Ontario, Canada explains that that he is “on a mission” to change that way of thinking. He is already the author of a blog that exclusively deals with this childhood mental health disorder (www.ADDADHDblog.com), and the founder of the first fully interactive social networking site devoted exclusively for those with ADHD (www.ADHDWorld.com).

Now, Handelman is extending his advocacy role into the field of podcasts. His www.ADHD.tv is the first podcast to which people can subscribe through iTunes. Each edition of this podcast addresses an aspect of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Handelman, ultimately, sees his mission as a twofold project. Through his practice and his many web-based projects, he seeks to “improve the quality of life . . . and recognize the potential” of those with ADHD.

But he also wants those who don’t suffer with the disorder to realize that ADHD is truly a mental health issue and not merely a convenient method of school teachers to deal with unruly or disruptive students.

“No one would tell you that you didn’t have heart disease or cancer,” he explains in his podcast. “But yet many people – who really know nothing about the disorder – insist that it doesn’t even exist.”

Handelman explains that it’s only been within the last two decades at most that technology has provided us the essential look inside the working of the human brain to better understand this disorder.

In one of his first podcasts, Dr. Handelman interviews Dr. Daniel Cox of the University of Virginia concerning the incidence of accidents and individuals driving while not taking their medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Individuals who drive after their medication has worn off, Dr. Cox, explains via www.ADHD.tv are more likely to be involved in a car accident than those who drive and maintain their prescribed level of medications in their system.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common disorders of childhood. Its symptoms include impulsivity, the inability to concentrate or focus on tasks at hand, as well as hyperactivity.

A growing global health problem, ADHD affects as many as seven percent of the total childhood population worldwide. In addition, more than 60 percent of these individuals carry the disorder with them into adulthood.

Handelman regularly produces a new video podcast at www.adhd.tv.

Dr. Kenny Handelman is a psychiatrist from Ontario Canada with a special interest in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In addition to founding www.ADHDWorld.com, he also has a blog, www.ADDADHDblog.com and is the host of an online video broadcast, www.adhd.tv.

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MetricStream demonstrated strong continuous momentum in 2008, extends market leadership for enterprise GRC and quality management solutions

MetricStream announced a strong and successful 2008, winning several new enterprise customers, releasing innovative product enhancements and winning industry recognition. This cemented its leadership position in the market for Enterprise GRC and Quality Management Solutions.

The company reported over 100% growth from its industry-leading GRC offerings. The momentum in 2008 was driven by the acquisition of several blue chip customers across energy & utilities, banking and financial services, food and life sciences and discrete and hi-tech manufacturing sectors among others. These wins were primarily due to MetricStream’s GRC platform-based approach and the maturity, ease-of-use and configurability of the solutions. Prominent new customers included several large energy & utility companies, premier financial institutions and many Fortune 1000 companies. MetricStream also acquired a number of new customers in the Middle East and Europe, complementing the revenue growth in North America.

“The economic crisis of 2008 has sensitized corporations to the strategic importance of effective risk and compliance management and we are entering an era of tighter regulatory control and global consolidation,” said Shellye Archambeau, CEO of MetricStream. “As a result, there is an increasing interest in MetricStream’s offerings that enable an integrated, platform-based approach to GRC and Quality Management.”

Other key accomplishments in the year include:

1. In 2008, a number of MetricStream customers continued to expand their usage of the MetricStream platform into areas beyond the scope of initial deployments. For example, a Fortune 500 customer extended the MetricStream platform to automate over 10 major areas to address governance, compliance with internal and regulatory standards, risk management, supply chain management and quality management across its 80 sites. Such usage clearly illustrates the strategic value of choosing a platform-based technology for GRC and Quality Management solutions as customers realize higher return on their investment in the long-run.

2. The year 2008 brought exceptional industry recognition for the company as the analyst community highlighted the strategic approach and compelling value of MetricStream’s solutions in their reports. Gartner positioned MetricStream in the Leaders’ Quadrant in its report “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms (EGRC)”. In addition, MetricStream was also named as a “Cool Vendor” in a separate Gartner report titled “Cool Vendors in Compliance and Risk Management, 2008”. Gartner’s recognition followed Forrester naming MetricStream as a “Leader” in the Forrester Wave report on Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms. The Forrester report highlighted MetricStream’s flexible platform and strong capabilities in all core GRC areas. AMR Research ranked MetricStream in the “sweet spot” category assigned to vendors that “demonstrated high expertise through customer deployment, reference quality, and heritage” in its report “The Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) Landscape, Part 2: Software’s Integral Role in GRC Automation”.

3. MetricStream’s ComplianceOnline.com, the community-driven portal, continued to disseminate best practices to thousands of GRC professionals through online training and content adding over 350 new courses to its expansive repository of courses. The portal traffic and interest grew to attract a couple of million users who visited the site looking for information, training and community interaction.

4. MetricStream successfully hosted and participated in a number of premiere forums and industry associations advocating GRC as a key component of business strategy, demonstrating the company’s thought leadership. This included MetricStream’s chairman joining government leaders, policy makers and business executives at the Horasis Global Business Meeting in Barcelona, Spain and the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference in China. The CEO participated in several national initiatives around education, clean-tech and transportation policies. A MetricStream CFO hosted panel discussion on risk management drew an overwhelming response with executives from several hundred Fortune 1000 companies, including 20 of the top 25 global banks, participating in the discussion on how best to tackle the current financial turmoil and avoid such crisis in the future. MetricStream was also ranked tenth in Deloitte\’s Technology Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley Software and IT Companies showing the strength, vision and tenacity to succeed in today’s competitive technology environment. In addition, the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) named MetricStream as a Charter Member.

5. MetricStream also introduced many critical product innovations in 2008 particularly in the new releases of the MetricStream Enterprise GRC Platform and Compliance Management application that has been designed to manage compliance with multiple regulations across complex organizational structures through a common framework. The year also saw significant upgrades to several core MetricStream applications that support critical GRC and Quality Management processes such as Compliance Management, Internal Audits, Risk Management, Policy and Procedure Management, Loss Management, Corrective Actions and Supplier Quality Management. From a functional perspective, MetricStream expanded its applications focus to emerging areas including Green Compliance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S).

“The year 2008 was a marquee year for MetricStream,” said Gaurav Kapoor, CFO and General Manager of MetricStream. “MetricStream has established itself as a leading brand in the GRC solutions marketplace and the robust growth in our customer base has set the stage for a strong 2009 and beyond.”

About MetricStream
MetricStream is a market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Solutions for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations such as Pfizer, Philips, NASDAQ, Sandisk, BP, Entergy, Subway, Fairchild Semiconductor, Hitachi and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf in diverse industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Automotive, Food, High Tech Manufacturing, Energy and Financial Services to manage their quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as by over a million compliance professionals worldwide via the www.complianceonline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and can be reached at www.metricstream.com.

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• Comparable replacement to expensive OEM toners.
• Best suited for all range of HP Laser Printers.
• Cost savings up to 30% to the OEM.
• Matches in the page yield and the print quality of OEM.

2 February 2008, TVS Electronics Ltd, a leader in IT peripherals in India, has recently launched the Laser cartridges manufactured from re-usable empty used cartridges. TVS-E Laser cartridges are re-cycled and a green product ideal for HP laser printers. Apart from supporting the environment through its re-cycling process the objective is to provide the customers using laser printers with a cost-effective, yet quality replacement to expensive OEM toners. TVS-E Laser toner cartridges do not affect printer warranty and are available in a wide range. By reusing the OEM cartridges, TVS-Electronics has reinforced its commitment and concern to save environment from deterioration and conserve the already depleting resources such as crude oil and plastic.

TVS-E Laser Toner Cartridge is manufactured from a virgin empty cartridge and has a new OPC, chip, toner and pull seal. Before manufacturing, the re-usable cartridges are checked for possible re-use and replacement of components is made. The manufactured toner cartridges undergoes stringent factory testing before sent to the market. The price of the toner ranges from Rs 2,300 to Rs.6,300.

All TVS-E Laser Toner Cartridge contains only genuine designated parts that meet OEM design specifications for high print quality and reliable performance and have been selectively recovered through return and recycling program.

Current Product Range:
TVS-E Part # Equivalent OEM Part # Suitable for use in OEM Stated Yield (Pages) TVS-E Stated Yield (Pages)
2048010001 Q2612A, Cartridge 703 HP LJ 1022*, 3015*, 1010, 1012, 1015, 1018, 1020, 3020, 3030, 3050, 3052, 3055, M1005, Canon I-Sensys & Lasershot LBP-2900, 3000 2000 2000
2048010002 Q5949A, Cartridge 708 HP LJ 1160*, 1320*, 3390, 3392, Canon I-Sensys & Lasershot LBP-3300, 3360 2500 2500
2048010003 C7115A, EP-25 HP LJ 1000*,1005*, 3320*, 3300*, 3380*, 1200, 1220, 3310, Canon LBP-1210, 25, 558 2500 2500
2048010004 Q6511A, Cartridge 710 HP LJ 2420*, 2430*, 2410, Canon I-Sensys, Image runner & Lasershot LBP-3460 6000 6000
2048010005 Q2624A HP L J 1150* 2500 2500

Also the below are available newly launched.
TVS-E Part # Equivalent OEM Part # Suitable for use in OEM Stated Yield (Pages) TVS-E Stated Yield (Pages)
2048010006 C4127X HP LJ 4000*,4050* 10000 10000
2048010007 Q5942A HP LJ 4240N, 4250*, 4350* 10000 10000
2048010008 C4129X, EP-62 HP LJ 5000*, 5100*, Canon Image class 2200, 2210, 2220, 2250, LBP 1610, 1620, 1810, 1820, 840, 850, 870, 880, 910 10000 10000
2048010009 C4096A, EP-32 HP LJ 2100*, 2200*, Canon LBP-1000, 1310, 32X, 470, Canon P 100 5000 5000
2048010010 Q1338A HP LJ 4200* 12000 12000
2048010011 Q1339A HP LJ 4300* 18000 18000
* Series

About TVS Electronics:

TVS Electronics Limited, a part of the 90-year-old TVS Group is one the largest manufacturer of Computer Peripherals in the country. The range of offerings includes Products – Dot Matrix printers, Keyboards, Printing Supplies, Transaction Solutions, and Point of Sale Products (PoS).

TVS-E has a large distribution and service network, which reaches over 450 towns across the country with two National Distributors, more than 200 Regional Distributors and over 3,000 Authorized Dealer Partners. The Company has manufacturing facility in Uttaranchal..

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