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Panel Discussion: Intelligence at the Edge with @DruvaInc @Helpshift @Uniken_Inc and @nexusvp

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Nexus Venture Partners is one of India’s top technology venture capital firms, and has invested in 4 of Pune’s top technology startups: Druva, Helpshift, Pubmatic and Uniken.

On 13th February, Nexus is hosting a panel discussion on the topic “Intelligence at the edge”. With the CTOs of Druva and Helpshift, and the CEO of Uniken as panelists, it promises to be a great event that every techie in Pune who’s interested in the future of technology must attend.

Detailed Program:
– 6 – 6:30pm: Introductions
– 6:30 – 7:30pm: Panel Discussion.
– Panel Moderator:
– Jishnu Bhattacharjee, MD, Nexus Venture Partners
– Panelists:
– Milind Borate, Co-founder & CTO, Druva
– Baishampayan Ghose, Co-founder & CTO, Helpshift
– Sanjay Deshpande, Chief Innovation Officer & CEO, Uniken
– 7:30 – 8pm: Q & A
– 8 – 9pm: Networking over dinner

Fees and Registration

The event is on 13th February, from 6pm to 9pm, at Sumant Moolgaokar Auditorium, MCCIA, ICC Trade Towers, SB Road. The event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16L17gU5zTGPFtfIxQWymz5tJWqcfzG3IsWvdeIag5DA/viewform

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Pune based enterprise security firm Uniken raises investment from Nexus Venture Partners

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Pune-based enterprise security software company, Uniken, has just raised a round of funding from Nexus Venture Partners, reports the Economic Times. The amount of funding has not been disclosed, but the internet is claiming that it is around $4.8 million. This is Nexus’ second major investment

Uniken’s main product is the REL-ID platform which allows enterprise software to be accessed from remote clients (i.e. mobiles, laptops, or home computers of customers or employees) in a secure way, in spite of the fact that the client is connecting to the server via an untrusted internet connection.

Imagine a bank, which is able to give its customers a “secure” mobile app that connects to the bank servers over the internet, but then uses REL-ID’s “private communication circuts” to establish a secure connection between the app and the server. Similarly, imagine an the sales database of a company being accessed by one of the salespersons on the road using a laptop. REL-ID PCC can be used to secure the connection between the laptop and the enterprise app without requiring laptop to be on the company network, and without requiring a VPN.

So, how is Uniken’s solution different from using an SSL or IPSEC based VPN?

According to the company’s website, REL-ID PCC is based on the concept of App-to-App tunneling. VPN’s on the other hand are based on TCP/IP Tunneling technology. VPN’s are installed as virtual network adapters and need administrative rights on the client machine in order to install them. VPN’s do not come with in-built mutual authentication and encryption technologies, for that one has to additionally invest in 2-way SSL or IPSEC technologies, increasing the total cost and complexity of the solution. These solutions are not viable when it comes to roll-out to large number of users.

More information about the product is here and here.

The Economic Times reports:

The firm has filed three patents and expects to file 12 patents in next one year. “Uniken is disrupting the digital security space with this platform that provides military grade security with rich digital experience,” said Sandeep Singhal, managing director at Nexus.

So, in the last few days, we’ve made two additions to the list of Pune companies that have raised funding in recent times (and that is even without counting the 3rd round of funding for FirstCry, because that was already on the list.) Is any company missing from our list? Please let us know.

Baby products e-commerce retailer, Pune’s FirstCry.com raises Rs. 82cr funding

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Pune’s FirstCry.com, a baby-products online retail store, has just raised Rs. 82 cr from Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, and existing investors IDG Ventures, and Saif Partners, reports the Economic Times. This is FirstCry’s third round of funding. Previously FirstCry had raised $4 million in 2011, and $14 million in 2012.

Excerpts:

FirstCry, which has tied up with 500 brands, offers over 70,000 products including diapers, toys, toiletries, strollers, apparel and footwear as well as books and toys for children up to the age of 15 years. It also has 50 branded franchisee stores across 45 cities and expects to grow this network to 100 stores. It gets 20% of its revenue from mobile-based transactions.

First Cry was founded by Supam Maheshwari and Amitava Saha in December 2010. Before that, Supam was one of the founders of Pune based e-learning company Brainvisa Technologies, which was acquired by Indecomm Global Services for about $25 million in 2007. Amitava was a senior vice president at BrainVisa and had been there since 2003.

C-DAC unveils Mercury Nimbus online healthcare software

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Pune-based C-DAC has launched Mercury Nimbus, which appears to be an online EMR (electronic medical records) software suite, on the Windows Azure cloud platform, that doctors and hospitals can use to share patient data – according to a report in the Times of India

Excerpts from the article:

Gaur Sunder, principal technical officer at C-DAC, said that if a cancer patient goes to a nearby clinic and the doctors refers him to a hospital outside his present location, town or state, than in such a case, through ‘Mercury Nimbus,’ the doctor can virtually refer his case to the specialty hospital along with all the details of the patients, records and reports.

The doctor at the specialty hospital can study the records and through video conferencing prescribe immediate treatment to the patient and also give the next date of visit. The next time the patient visits the clinic, his reports would be sent again to the hospital and accordingly the specialty doctor can give him the time and details of his treatment or surgery date.

and:

The subscription charges range from $15 to $150 per month.

Read the full article

See also: CoEP unrolls online health management portal for 1800 hostelites

Interview with Vaultize: Pune based Enterprise File Sharing and Sync Service

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PuneTech has just learnt that Pune-based Enterprise file sharing and sync (EFSS) startup Vaultize has just received funding from Tata Capital Innovations Fund.

Vaultize builds cloud-based solutions for enterprise endpoint (i.e. laptop/desktop/mobile devices) sync, backup, encryption, security, and anytime/anywhere access to corporate file servers – all of this in a way that is visible to, and under the control of administrators in the company.

Through Vaultize’s endpoint encryption, sensitive corporate information remains encrypted on endpoints ensuring protection against unauthorized access and potential data leakage from lost or stolen device. In addition to on-disk protection, Vaultize’s patent pending encryption technology used in file sharing and backup ensures that the data is encrypted or decrypted only on endpoints – guaranteeing end-to-end protection

Vaultize, which so far has a presence only in India (with some sales outside via channel partners) will use the funding to scale up its expansion across the world, with immediate plans to establish operations in the US and Europe in conjunction with channel partners. The company will also use the funds towards building up its sales, marketing and engineering teams, and to enhance its global partner program.

PuneTech spoke with CEO and co-founder Anand Kekre. Here are some excerpts from the conversation:

Question: Another Pune startup in the storage and backup space, Druva.com, has been in the limelight in the last few years. How is Vaultize different?

Actually, we are not in the same market as Druva. Druva is more of a backup solution. Also, while they do have cloud-based backup, their focus traditionally has been on on-premise backup.

By contrast we are in what Gartner calls the EFSS (Enterprise File Sync and Share) space. We are more concerned with providing access to enterprise data from any device, from any where, without compromising on security. We ensure the enterprise data can be accessed from any device – including personal mobile devices – while at all times ensuring that the data is encrypted at all times, whether it is being sent over the network, or when it is stored on the disk in the device.

There are two major things we do that are unique to our solution. First, all the data that is being shared, synced, or in general being moved around via Vaultize is encrypted at source. This ensures that the data is never at risk once it leaves the device. Specifically, any data going over the network, or stored on Vaultize servers is always encrypted and the encryption key is only available at the endpoints (i.e. devices). Second, we do data de-duplication at source. That is, if the speed/latency and network bandwidth consumption is greatly improved by detecting whether the Vaultize servers already have a copy of the data that needs to be sent/synced (for example, same attachment being shared by various people), and only sending across the unique content. And this is achieved without losing the benefits of encryption-at-source, using patent-pending technology.

Question: So, your software can ensure that use of mobile devices with enterprise data is secure?

Across the world, there has been a proliferation of consumer file sharing and Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) trends, and this has resulted in an increase in data loss, security and compliance risks.

There are two different aspects to ensuring security for BYOD devices. First, the enterprise needs to ensure that it is safe to allow a mobile device to connect to the enterprise network – i.e. it is an authorized device, and it only has authorized applications, and more specifically, does not have viruses and malware. This area is called Mobile Device Management (MDM). Vaultize does not deal with this issue.

Once a device has been allowed to connect to the network, Vaultize ensures that the data on the device is safe and secure by encrypting all the sensitive data on the disk, by being able to sync data across various devices, and geographies, and by providing secure (via encryption) access to the data from anywhere, in a way that compiles with all the enterprise security policies.

And it does all of this in a way that can be easily managed and controlled by the enterprise IT administrators.

Question: What is your team size currently, and how are you planning on expand
ing it?

Currently, we are about 15 people, all in India. Over the next year, we hope to expand our team to about 30-35 people. We will be looking to expand not only in the area of sales and marketing, but also engineering, QA, and support.

For more information about Vaultize, see http://www.vaultize.com

Global Windows Azure Bootcamp – 27th April

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On April 27th, 2013, you’ll have the ability to join a free Windows Azure Bootcamp at Persistent on SB Road. This is a one day deep dive class that will get you up to speed on developing for Windows Azure. The class includes trainers with deep real world experience with Windows Azure:

Agenda

  • Session 01: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Windows Azure Overview – by Laxmikant Bhole from Accenture. Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform is a mature and enterprise ready cloud for various solutions. This session will be a overview of various offerings in the Microsoft Azure platform including hosting, storage, database, media, networking, messaging, routing , authentication services. Come and join this session to see Windows Azure in action and get an complete overview along with internal specifics & latest enhancements on the platform.
  • Tea Break : 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
  • Session 02: 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Windows Azure IaaS: Technical Overview – by Aviraj Ajgekar from Microsoft. Join us for a tour of the features that make up the Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks offerings, which collectively make up Windows Azure’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) support. Using demonstrations throughout, we will cover the Virtual Machine storage architecture and shows how to provision and customize virtual machines, configure network connectivity between virtual machines, and configure site-to-site networks that enable true applications that span from on-premises to Windows Azure. In this session we cover the significant investments that Microsoft is making in our Windows Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution and how it works. We discuss how you provision, deploy, and manage Virtual Machines and Applications in Windows Azure. The session spends time covering both the new management portal and PowerShell management options.
  • Session 03: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM: Storage Options in Windows Azure. – by Vikram Pendse & Kiran Khambete from Accenture. In this session you will learn various Storage Options provided by Windows Azure.This session will be an overview of various Storage offerings like Blobs,Queues,Tables and SQL Azure.This session gives a guideline to leverage these Storage options especially in Enterprise and Large Scale Line Of Business Applications.We will also discuss about scenarios of storing Structural,Relational Data and Nonstructured Data followed by Demos.
  • Lunch Break: 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM.
  • Session 04: 02:00 PM – 3:00 PM Deep Dive into Windows Azure Mobile Services. – by Mayur Tendulkar from Zevenseas. In this session, attendees will get to introduce to about Windows Azure Mobile Services. Attendees will get to know feature provided by Azure Mobile Service like Data, Push Notifications, Email Service, etc.. Using these services, we’ll build a Windows Phone application and leverage these platforms to create nice mobile applications.
  • Session 05: 03:00 PM – 4:00 PM: BigData analysis with HD Insights for Windows Azure and Windows Server – by Monish Darda from Icertis. In this session, Monish will discuss how BigData is changing the world and introduce you to some exciting things that you can do with BigData using HDInsight and Microsoft Business Intelligence. He will also demonstrate how PolyBase can be used to enable integrated querying across Hadoop and relational data with SQL Server 2012.
  • Tea Break: 04:00 PM – 4:15 PM
  • Session 06: 04:15 PM – 5:15 PM: Building Hybrid Cloud Environment using Windows Azure & System Center – by Aviraj Ajgekar from Microsoft. In this session we will explore how can you build a true hybrid cloud solution using Microsoft solutions. We will leverage best of both the worlds & explore some of the scenarios where you can leverage System Center 2012 SP1 along with Windows Azure to build a hybrid cloud solution. We will discuss how can you build & manage different workloads in Windows Azure & System Center 2012 SP1 to build your hybrid cloud strategy.

About the Speakers

Aviraj Ajgekar

Aviraj is a Computer Engineer from Mumbai and is currently working with Microsoft Corporation India as a Technology Evangelist. In his present role he is working with IT Professionals across India evangelizing Microsoft Technologies. Primarily he focuses on Microsoft Core IO Technologies such as Windows Client Platform, Windows Server System, Virtualization, System Center, Private Cloud & Public Cloud.

A real blogger, he is very compulsive about adding his thoughts to online blogs, forums, community and media. He blogs regularly at http://blogs.technet.com/aviraj He a regular speaker at various Microsoft events such as Microsoft TechEd, MS TechDays, Virtual TechDays, Microsoft India Webcasts etc.

In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, hang out with friends & listen to rock music. He’s also passionate about photography and long drives. You can follow him on twitter @aviraj111

Kiran Khambete

Kiran is Technology Architect working with Accenture India Development Center,He has around 13 yeards of industry experience with proficiency in various Microsoft Technologies. He is passionate about Microsoft Technology and core member of AUG (Avanade User Group) within Accenture India. He is also responsible for architecting and implementing various solution based on Microsoft Technologies.

Laxmikant Bhole

Laxmikant is a Technology Architect at Accenture, India and has about 17 years of industry experience with proficiency in various Microsoft Technologies. In his current role, he leads Windows Azure capability in Accenture India and is accountable for architecting and implementing Azure-centric solutions. Laxmikant is as well active in technology community and have been participating and presenting in multiple technology events on Windows Azure topics.

Mayur Tendulkar

Mayur Tendulkar works as a Local Type Inference (for outsiders: Consultant) at Zevenseas, Pune (India). As a Local Type Inference, he has worked in various technologies like .NET, ASP.NET, Windows Mobile/Phone, SharePoint, HTML5, JQuery and currently Windows 8. He has been an active volunteer/member of Pune and Mumbai User Group. He was a Microsoft Student Partner and Lead from 2008-2010. He has delivered numerous sessions at various colleges and corporate trainings at various organizations. He has been a speaker at Microsoft Community Days, TechDays, Virtual TechDays, DevCons, and many others. He loves listening to 80s/90s Angrezi and Bollywood songs. He always say that, “My first crush is .NET, first love is Windows Mobile. But I’m married to Windows Phone and having an affair with SharePoint”

Monish Darda

Monish is the CTO and co-founder of Icertis, a leading provider enterprise solutions on the Microsoft Cloud. Monish has more than 20 years of experience in application and systems software development and the architecting of enterprise distributed systems. Along with Unmesh, he co-founded Websym Technologies in 1998. He set up and headed the India R&D operation of Storability, an enterprise storage management startup from Boston. Storability was eventually acquired by Sun Microsystems and Monish then founded and led the India R&D of BladeLogic, another East Coast startup, helping build a highly scalable enterprise platform for server management in the data center. BladeLogic was acquired by BMC Software after a successful IPO, and Monish contributed to BMC’s cloud management vision, laying the foundation for some of the early pioneering work on cloud resource management and provisioning, and is co-inventor of two patents in this area.

Vikram Pendse

Vikram is SME working with Accenture AIR Capability, He has around 6 years of industry experience with proficiency in various Microsoft Technologies such as .NET Web Platform, Silverlight, Windows Phone and Windows Azure. He is Microsoft Most Valuable Professional since 2008 and One of the Core Member of Pune User Group. In his current role, he works as SME in Azure Integration Renewal (AIR) Capability of Accenture India and is accountable for implementing Azure-centric solutions and Migration Solutions for legacy Apps to New .NET Framework. He is passionate about Windows Azure, Windows Phone and Windows 8 Application Development.

Giveaways from Global Sponsors

  • JetBrains: ONE (1) winner at each event gets a license of one of their products. The winner may choose from ReSharper, dotTrace, dotCover, PhpStorm, PyCharm, IntelliJ IDEA, AppCode, WebStorm.
  • PluralSight: ONE (1) winner at each event will get a 1 Year Annual Subscription. ALL Attendees will get a 7 Day training pass via an unique code.
  • Telerik: ONE (1) winner at each event will get a DevCraft Complete (all their products).
  • Cerebrata: ALL Attendees will get a license to the new Azure Management Studio product. There will be an email address they can use to request it.
  • Blue Syntax: ONE (1) winner at each event can win a Cloud Backup Advanced Edition license.
  • MyGet: ONE (1) winner at each event can win a 1 year Starter Subscription. ALL Attendees will get a 1 month starter subscription redeemable via an online sign up form.
  • Cloud Berry: FIVE (5) winners at each event can win a Cloud Berry Explorer License. FIVE (5) winners at each event can win a Cloud Berry Drive License.
  • AzureWatch: ALL Attendees will get a free 30 day unlimited license, redeemable via an unique code..
  • Inner Workings: ALL Attendees will get 90 days Free Training, redeemable online.
  • Zudio: ALL Attendees will get a 3 month free trial redeemable via an unique code. ALL Organizers will get a 1 year subscription.

Register

The event is free, and anybody can attend. But registration is required

The event is on Saturday, 27th April, 2013 from 09:30 AM – 05:30 PM, at Dewang Mehta Auditorium, Persistent Systems Ltd. Bhageerath, 402, Senapati Bapat Road.

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Showcase your App at NASSCOM Emerge AppFame Contest – Oct 12 Pune

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Do you have a cool app that is making life of a customer easier, helping them save time and be more productive? Do you have an app which is enabling people to connect them to their family and friends – easily, and in a fun way to help them come closer? Is it desirable, usable and consumable? If yes, then here is the place for you.

NASSCOM would like to provide visibility to your application at the NASSCOM EMERGEOUT Forum. The conference will showcase the Top 8 mobile applications that are part of the ecosystem as game changers and provide recognition to them.

Last date for submission is 25th September, 2012. The finalists will be announced by 5th October 2012, after which the shortlisted contestants will have to showcase the same on the 12th of October during the Emergeout Conclave, Pune. For any queries, write to Darryl@nasscom.in.

Criterion for selection:

The eligible entries which match up to the criteria will be judged by our jury members, constituting of industry experts. An overview of the criteria is appended below:

  • Accessibility and Availability: What mobile platforms the
    application can successfully run?
  • Usability/Creativity: The application demonstrates superior user
    experience (UI, graphics, etc.) e.g. by leveraging the latest technologies.
  • Uniqueness/Novelty Value: Display creativity in applications, use
    established technology in a unique and innovative way, leverage the latest
    technologies, etc.
  • Market Potential: Size of target market for which the app is
    relevant and accessible. Potential to monetize.
  • Traction: Current downloads, revenue generated, partnerships for
    distribution etc.

Submission Requirement & Eligibility:

This Contest is open only to start-ups & EMERGE companies headquartered in India only. Register here

QuickOffice Launches ‘Connect’ – Frontend Developed in Pune

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QuickOffice, the mobile office/documents software company, has recently launched Connect by QuickOffice, which is an ambitious platform which allows users to synchronize their documents across all their devices (multiple mobiles), clouds (Dropbox, Google Docs, Microsoft SkyDrive), and computers (office computer, laptop, home desktop).

QuickOffice has an offshore development center in Pune (in Pune-based Synerzip), and this team has played a significant role in this project. Vishwesh Jirgale, Architect and Delivery Head for the Client-side of Connect by QuickOffice writes:

For past one and half year I led a team of passionate engineers for Quickoffice Pune ODC and finally Quickoffice launching their new product in market, Connect By Quickoffice, which will change the way you work.

The entire client side development (Android + iOS + Windows Desktop + Mac Desktop) happened out of Pune ODC where we had large team of DEV + QA.

For more information, see this article

CloudCamp Pune – Day long semi-unconference on Cloud Computing – 5th Feb

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Cloud camp is a day-long event happening in Pune this Saturday. It is a semi-barcamp, in the sense that there are three tracks: 1 track of invited/sponsored talks and/or panels moderated by pre-determined speakers, 1/2 a track of demos by the event sponsors, and 1/2 a track of barcamp style talks. The detailed schedule is given below.

Cloud camp will be held on Saturday, 5th February, 10am to 6pm, at “Bhageerath”, Persistent Systems, SB Road.

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here

Detailed Schedule

  • 10:00 am Registration & Networking
  • 10:30 am Welcome, Intros, and Thanks
  • 11:00 am Lightning Talks (5 minutes each)
    • Persistent Systems
    • TrillionTech
    • Microsoft
    • Clogeny
    • NetMagic
    • Nasscom
  • 11:45 am Unpanel
  • 12:30 pm Begin Open Spaces (organize the sessions)
  • 12:45 pm Lunch
  • 2:00 pm Open Spaces – Round 1
    • Migrating Applications to the Cloud – Strategy and Best Practices
      Moderated by Shreekanth Joshi and Janikaram MSV
    • To Be Decided(TBD) by audience (Library)
    • Demo by Trillion Technologies (Cafeteria)
  • 3:00 pm Open Spaces- Round 2
    • Can Cloud Computing level the playing field in India
    • TBD by audience (Library)
    • Demo by Microsoft Windows Azure (Cafeteria)
  • 4:00 pm Open Spaces- Round 3
    • How are Entrepreneurs Leveraging Cloud Computing (Moderated by Shaloo Shalini)
    • TBD by audience (Library)
    • Demo by NetMagic (Cafeteria)
  • 5:00 pm Wrap-up Session
  • 5:30 pm End

Organizers:

  • Shreekanth Joshi, Persistent Systems
  • Larry Carvalho, RobustCloud

This event is free and open for anybody to attend. Please register here

TechWeekend 6 (#tw6): NoSQL and Databases In the Cloud – 15 Jan

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TechWeekend Pune and Microsoft present #TW6, a deep-dive into the world of databases in the cloud – NoSQL, SQL Azure, MongoDB, Redis and more. On Saturday, January 15, from 10am to 1pm.

As you’re aware, TechWeekend is a monthly series of lectures/discussions on technical topics. It happens on the third Saturday of every month, at the same time and same place.

Schedule

  • Introduction to NoSQL – Navin Kabra
  • MongoDB the Infinitely Scalable – Baishampayan Ghose
  • SQL Azure – The Database of the Clouds – Saranya Sriram
  • When NoSQL is not appropriate for you – Dhananjay Nene
  • Experiences with Redis – Gautam Rege

About the Sponsor – Microsoft

Many thanks to Microsoft for sponsoring the venue for Techweekend. Microsoft wants to get more closely involved with the tech community in Pune, and particularly the open source enthusiasts – with the intention of making everybody aware that their cloud technologies (like Azure) actually play well with open source, and that you can deploy your php applications, your drupal/joomla installs on Azure.

Logistics

It is from 10am to 1pm on Saturday 15th January at the Sumant Moolgaonkar Auditorium, Ground Floor, Wing A, ICC Trade Towers, SB Road. As usual, TechWeekend is free for anyone to attend, but please register here.