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PMC vision for the future needs your help

Pune now has has a CIO - whose job it is to guide all use of information technology related to PMC. This includes external facing services like property tax payments, marriage/birth/death registration, and also internal use of IT like MIS and ERP. Dr. Anupam Saraph, who has been appointed the CIO of PMC, is an […]

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Company Profile: Monkiri - Webpage clipping service

Pune-based Monkiri is a browser plugin (IE & FF) that enables a web user clip portions of a webpage, comment on it, and post it to a blog hosted on Monkiri.
Literally Monkiri means the Japanese art of paper cutting. Monkiri lets one read and write blogs about any item published on a website. At this […]

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(!)Yureekah - the Google of Online Advertising

(!)Yureekah is a Pune+New York based company which is aiming to become the Google of online advertising information. They feel that information about ad campaigns, competitive analysis, lead generation, which used to be the domain of highly-paid experts, should be accessible to anybody at the click of the mouse.
Here’s their pitch:
Today millions of ads […]

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Remote Data Exchange - SMS and GPS based products

Remote Data Exchange (RDX) is an interesting Pune-based company that builds a number of products based either on GPS devices, or based on idea of using SMS for achieving things remotely. They have recently released a product called Jai Kisan which is essentially a setup that allows farmers to remotely manage their motor pump sets.
The […]

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Company Profile: VeriSoft

Verisoft is an independent testing services provider. While it is a “horizontal” testing company providing services in many industry segments, they have specialized skills in Video Games testing. Customers range from major video-games publishers in the US to betting and casino games companies in UK. Types of testing provided: Game-play testing, localization, pre-submission, compatibility testing
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Company Profile: Reconnex

(This article is a copy of the Reconnex Pagecreated by Anand Kekre on the PuneTech wiki. Please help by creating one like this for your own company.)
Reconnex is a provider of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) appliances that are designed for organizations that want to secure sensitive information, protect their brands and maintain compliance. Reconnex […]

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Druvaa Presentation Video

This is a video that Pune backup and replication startup Druvaa made at the proto.in event in January 2008. :

Click here if you cannot see the video above. From Druvaa’s Blog. See also other other proto.in videos from YouTube

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Company Profile: Amberpoint

AmberPoint is a provider of middleware for governing the runtime of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications. Utilizing a policy-based approach to managing the health and well-being of SOA-based applications, AmberPoint’s software offers comprehensive capabilities for visibility into and control of loosely coupled systems.

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Building EKA - The world’s fastest privately funded supercomputer

Eka, built by CRL, Pune is the world’s 4th fastest supercomputer, and the fastest one that didn’t use government funding. This is the same supercomputer referenced in Yahoo!’s recent announcement about cloud computing research at the Hadoop Summit. This article describes some of the technical details of Eka’s design and implementation. It is based on […]

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LordsOfOdds - Betting on Prediction Markets

LordsOfOdds is a startup based on the concept of prediction markets. It enables users to “bet” on the outcome of Indian events in sports, politics or entertainment. But betting is just a small part of it; the prediction market concept has a far greater potential as a source of information. Did you know that Rahul […]

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In Brief

Articles to skim over quickly

Reminder - Jason Goldberg talk Today, IdeaCampPune on Saturday

Events this week:
Jason Goldberg, Founder and CEO of social|median will be giving a talk today (Monday) at 6:30pm, at True Sparrow Systems office (near E-Square). For more details, see the event announcement. You can also try out social|median (click on “create an account” and use invitation code “punetech”).
IdeaCampPune is this Saturday. Registration is free, but […]

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PMI-Pune Seminar: “Learning from Diving Sports” and “Pune Transport System Case Study”

PMI Pune Deccan-India Chapter is pleased to invite you for interesting and thought provoking seminars on:
Management tips: Learning from diving sports/projects by Mr. Michael Waldbrenner
and
 Infrastructure Project Management: Case Study - Pune Public Transport System by Mr. Shirish Kanitkar
Venue: Cummins Auditorium, Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangh, 193 Navi Peth, Ganjwe Chowk, Near Alka Talkies, Garware bridge & […]

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xG Technology, Inc. Selects VoIP Software Solution From Trinity Convergence for New Wireless Handset

xG Technology, Inc., provider of low-power, long-range wireless communications technology, has selected its VeriCall Edge embedded VoIP software for xG’s new xMax TX60 wireless handset.
VeriCall Edge software will provide a complete embedded VoIP software solution for the TX60 handset, including all of the signaling and media processing (codecs), and quality of service technology required to […]

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Upcoming Event: Talk by Jason Goldberg Founder+CEO social|median & ex-Founder+CEO Jobster

Serial entrepreneur, Jason Goldberg, who founded and headed Jobster, and who is now on to his next startup, social|median, a social news website, will share his past experiences as an entrepreneur and then Jason and Nishith Shah, CEO of True Sparrow Systems will talk about their experience in working on social|median development with Jason in […]

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PMC to re-charge Pune wi-fi project

From ExpressIndia.Com
With private company, Microsense, “struggling” to implement the Unwire Pune project a year after its launch through out the city, the Pune Municipal Corporation is planning to rope in multiple agencies to provide the (Wi-Fi) wireless internet connectivity facility.
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“Four more private agencies have offered to provide the wireless internet connectivity service and we […]

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Upcoming Event: IdeaCampPune, 17th May, at Persistent

IdeaCampPune has been moved to 17th May, and now has a venue - no surprise that Persistent has graciously offered Bhageerath (their office at Senapati Bapat Road) as the venue. For more details see the IdeaCampPune wiki.

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Upcoming Events: Proto.in online startup meet

Compared to how things were a few years back, the Startup Community has come together in such a fabulous way. We have OpenCoffee Club meets, Startup Lunches, Startup Saturdays, Mobile Mondays, Barcamps, Ideacamps etc, etc, and the plethora of other activities that organizations such as TiE, NEN, NASSCOM, etc are providing to benefit this same […]

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Upcoming Events: IdeaCampPune

When - 17th May 2008 (Updated!)
Where - “Bhageerath”, Persistent, SB Road (Updated)
BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. As per the BarCamp rule, there are no spectators, only participants. We only […]

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Blog Posts from: InfoSignz, Druvaa, Pubmatic

This is a quick round-up of some interesting posts on blogs of Pune-based companies recently.
InfoSignz
InfoSignz is a Pune-based company which offers digital signage as a service. Digital signage refers to the video screens you see in malls, grocery stores, department stores, airports, train stations, elevator LOBBIES and so on.
InfoSignz reports that the Georgia Aquarium - […]

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PubMatic releases AdPrice Index: Sensex for Online Ads

Pune based online advertising optimization startup PubMatic has announced the availability of the PubMatic AdPrice Index - essentially a sort of an Sensex (or S&P 500 Index) for the online advertising world.
The AdPrice Index essentially reports on the average online advertising revenues earned by 3000 web publishers worldwide who are PubMatic’s customers. And it only […]

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