Technology

eSys Technologies introduces new displays

eSys Technologies Lanka (a subsidiary of EZY Holdings) introduced one of the world's leading display technology brand "OAC" in Sri Lanka last week.

TPV Technology Limited the manufacturer of the AOC brand started a partnership with eSys Technologies to distribute OAC display technology products in Sri Lanka.

Introducing world’s leading display technology brand “OAC”

At the launching ceremony director, TPV Technologies, Taiwan, Mukesh Gupta said that the company is in a very focused display technology business and produce computer monitors and LCD TVs.

"AOC is the house brand of TPV Technology Limited (TPV), the world's largest manufacturer of computer monitors. TPV Technology is a Taiwan based, US$ 9.2 billion conglomerate, having sold more than 49 million monitors worldwide during the year 2009.

The Company closed the year with a worldwide market share of 28.5%, having sold 40 million monitors and nine million LCD TVs, Gupta said.

TPV Technologies is the largest OEM vendor of computer monitors with 45 - 50 % of the world OEM market share and the name behind most of the big brands that are available worldwide today.

AOC intends to launch their full range of Display products which includes computer LCD monitors, LCD Monitor TVs, and LCD TVs and make them available in Sri Lanka through our sole Authorized Distributor - eSys Technologies Lanka, he said. CEO eSys Technologies, Shafraz Hamzadeen said that to develop technology in the country we need to provide the best IT products.

Introducing AOC brand in Sri Lanka we have brought world's best display technology into Sri Lanka.

With the launch of the entire range of displays, eSys is quite optimistic that the AOC brand will become the number 2 brand in the markets represented by us in Sri Lanka, by December 2010.

We believe we have the best infrastructure, most market driven system and processes and most importantly, the best sales team for computer hardware distribution in Sri Lanka. This is why we have become the best in the industry.

We are selective of the brands we represent because we try to partner ourselves with brands and products that add value to us and our partners. However, when we select a brand we would then start pushing that brand through our system to make it a market leader.

With AOC, we see a lot of value that we could add to each other as well as our customers, Hamzadeen said.

With over 10 distribution offices touching over 500 computer partners covering the whole of Sri Lanka, eSys has been successful in driving every brand they partner, establishing it as the number 1 or 2 brand in Sri Lanka within a short space of time.

In addition one in two computers sold in Sri Lanka is powered by eSys said Group General Manager, Finance and Operations, EZY Holdings, Yaasir Nissam.

Taiwan based, TPV Technology is listed on both the Hong Kong as well as Singapore stock exchange since October 1999.

Companies look for technology to overcome market challenges

Global research shows organisations around the world look for technology to help them meet the challenges of today's unpredictable business environment and anticipate future business needs.

According to the global study, more than 90 percent of senior business decision makers believe business cycles will continue to be unpredictable in the next few years. Seven out of 10 believe this new economy will change the way business planning works, HP announced.

Nearly 75 percent of business leaders say their technology department is a fundamental enabler of their business' success. Eight out of 10 leaders think the new economy will require significantly more technology focused on market-based needs.

"Technology is the sustaining force of any organisation.

To succeed, organisations must be adept at using technology to navigate change and seize opportunities," said Ann Livemore, executive vice president, HP Enterprise Business. "HP believes technology can and should make a significant contribution to every organisation's ability not just to cope, but to thrive. Our customers see this as well."

According to 84 percent of business leaders, innovation is critical to their organisation's success in the new economy.

Two-thirds of these business leaders are using technology to identify new business opportunities and 71 percent said they would invest in more technology if they could see it was meeting time-to-market and business opportunity needs.

The research also shows 80 percent of organisations indicated their business and technology approach must be more flexible to meet changing customer needs.

More than half of chief information officers (CIOs) globally are being called upon to make frequent rapid changes in technology to support the business (ranging from 65 percent in Latin America to 49 percent in Asia Pacific). Very few CIOs - only six percent overall-said they are never called upon to make rapid changes in technology to meet changing business needs.

Looking forward two to three years, 62 percent of all CIOs agreed they would frequently have to make rapid changes to their technology platforms.

Eighty-nine percent of organisations in all regions believe it is possible that companies that go back to the old ways of planning business growth and market development will lose out to those that master the effective use of technology in the unpredictable business climate.

Aepona picked for OneAPI Commercial Pilot

Aepona, a global provider of telecoms software products and services headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and with a software development centre (Aepona International Lanka (Pvt) Limited) in Colombo, announced that it has been selected by the GSMA for its launch of the world's first commercial implementation of OneAPI, a groundbreaking initiative that aims to make it much easier for application providers and enterprises to mobile-enable their applications and services across multiple operators. The service is being launched in Canada as a commercial Pilot, connecting to the three major Canadian mobile operators - Bell Mobility, TELUS and Rogers Wireless.

The GSMA chose Aepona as its prime contractor and platform supplier for the Pilot following a rigorous selection process. Aepona is providing its Universal Service Platform (USP) together with managed services, including application provider on-boarding, developer support and platform management.

In delivering the Pilot platform, Aepona is working with Transaction Network Services (TNS), who is providing the hosting infrastructure and operational services and expertise required to implement a carrier-grade, highly available commercial system.

Graham Trickey, Senior Director at the GSMA responsible for the OneAPI initiative said: "We have been working with Aepona since the beginning of the OneAPI project in 2008, initially to implement the OneAPI Reference Implementation which was successfully launched at Mobile World Congress in 2009.

Since that time, we've made significant progress in developing a commercial framework for OneAPI, and I'm delighted that we are now in a position to launch a real commercial OneAPI service - an achievement that has been helped by the expertise and dedication of the Aepona team.

Aepona was chosen because its platform combines the essential business and technical functions for an aggregated commercial API service into an integrated solution." Aepona's CEO, Al Snyder, said: "We are delighted to have been selected by the GSMA on this pioneering project. The OneAPI Commercial Pilot in Canada demonstrates Network as a Service and Mobile Cloud Computing in action, where OneAPI-based Telco resources can be accessed on-demand via the Cloud and mashed-up with Web and Device APIs to create or enhance almost any web, device, enterprise or desktop application.

This initiative will benefit the entire mobile and web applications community, from consumers, developers and enterprises through to mobile operators and aggregators. We commend the GSMA's leadership in helping to drive the Mobile Cloud Computing vision towards commercial reality."