New Delhi: ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of computing, consumer electronics and communications solutions, extended its tablet offerings with the launch of a 7” pearl white tablet, the ViewPad 7e. This multimedia entertainment tablet features the Android™ 2.3 operating system, 1GHz processor and full HD 1080p video resolution. The ViewPad 7e has a high 4 GB storage capacity that expands up to 32 GB with a microSD card.

Tvm: A one day workshop on ‘Enabling excellence in higher education and technology through ICT and NPTEL Resources’ was organised by Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management - Kerala (IIITM-K), National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), IIT, Madras and Eduworld Sciencenet at the Technopark in Trivandrum last week. The workshop was attended by more than 100 teachers from various colleges in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Tvm: Ernakulam District has won the overall championship at the 10th edition of the State School IT Fest which concluded today at the Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram. Kasaragod District was the runner up with Kozhikode, Kannur and Wayanad Districts in the third position. The best school in the High School category was PKMM HSS from Edarikkode in Malappuram District and MDS HSS from Kottayam, in the Higher Secondary School category.

Tvm: The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation will be soon implementing a centrally sponsored Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) project across the city. With this project, the Corporation envisages full fledged connectivity between each of the households and the Corporation Offices. An RFID tag will be installed at convenient location near the front door of each house within the Corporation area to enable the connectivity. RFID is the use of a wireless non-contact radio system to transfer data from a tag attached to an object, for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking.

Tvm: Krossark Consulting Services, an IT services, solutions and consulting organisation based in USA with development centres in Technopark, Trivandrum and Chennai, has announced a Mobile Customer relationship management (CRM) solution that helps to bring the Sales & Service force automation features into the mobile device by integrating with Web CRM. The mobile solution is developed for Android platform and the application trial version is available from the Android Market.

In a statement, Sebastian Daniel, Vice President, Krossark said, “Krossark Mobile CRM is an Enterprise Mobility Application for on demand CRM Market. Deploying Krossark Mobile CRM will provide employees and partners with the knowledge and tools to deliver a customer experience that will make the organisation stand out from the crowd. Using our product, employees have access to information that will help them answer enquiries and solve problems in a customer-centric manner, quickly and efficiently. The organisation will learn how to improve the customer experience at all touch points.”

The solution seamlessly synchronises with the Applications that keep the Sales & Service force updated on the latest. The application provides several features that help the field force to keep in tab of their current day activities, record events, browse, communicate with each other or search by querying the knowledge base. The application architecture is scalable and can be customised to end user needs, while the user interface can be customised to be in-sync with the corporate standards. The solutions’ primary focus is to help optimise their time spend on the field.

The company has proposed three models for licensing the Application. Phone based licence where the application will be maintained by Krossark on a SAS mode, Application Licence where the same will be hosted at customer premise or server and Project based where the company will extend the existing CRM application to Mobile / Tablet.

Kerala IT News

Tvm: The 10th edition of the State School IT Fest got off to a colourful start today at the Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram. However the planned inaugural function was cancelled as mark of respect to the Kerala Governor who passed away last week. About 500 participants including students from all districts of the State, who have secured the first and second place in the school and sub-district level competitions, are attending the fest.