Commenting on the success, Mr. Shabiir Momiin, CEO, Zenga TV, said, “The phenomenal following that Zenga TV content ranging from Mobile TV, Video on Demand and even the latest launch WEB TV has garnered is truly inspiring. I would specially like to congratulate our channel & content partners and advertisers for showing faith in this new platform and encouraging our growth for a truly rewarding partnership. To thank our loyal viewers who have made this success possible, I would like to promise them even more compelling content and service in the year 2012. I would also like to extend my special thanks to content partners, especially Team Viacom 18 for their support and I am pleasantly surprised with their deep knowledge of the latest technology and vision for the future in the digital space.

Highlighting the ingredients for success, Mr. Vikramjiet Roy, Director, Zenga TV, said, “Our focus on delivering the best quality streaming and optimal content presentation and pricing was the key to this growth in viewership. The Zenga TV team worked non-stop to make sure that a glitch free service was constantly delivered and I thank them for this unrelenting effort.

Cricket Companion’s global popularity stands on a strong foundation at the home ground; its strong base in India as well as other cricket loving nations is unparalleled. On an average the app is accessed by 200,000 unique users each month and around 500,000 unique users during cricket tournaments featuring three or more teams.

Commenting on the acquisition, Mr. Vikramjiet Roy, Director, Cricket Companion said “Most CricZenga users have now upgraded to the Cricket Companion app and we continue to see increased downloads since England’s Indian tour and the West Indies tour. Also, we have witnessed a higher utilization of our advertising inventory. This gradual but sustained shift of advertiser interest to a mobile application base, especially in the Indian context, is very heartening, not only for us, but for the entire mobile ecosystem.”

Talking about Cricket Companion’s appeal and USP, he added, “Cricket Companion allows subscribers to feel the game and be intimately connected without giving up their daily chores. The richly loaded and powerful application is built to take advantage of various mobile phone capabilities and be extremely responsive while simultaneously being easy on the battery.”

Cricket Companion is available for all mobile devices and Tabs including the iPhone and iPad. Using a 2.5G or Wi-Fi connection, users can enjoy the latest headlines, interviews, stories and results from any upcoming cricket matches. Cricket Companion services are accessible across all leading mobile networks such as Idea, Vodafone, Airtel, Aircel, BSNL, MTNL, Reliance, Docomo etc. For online access, users may visit http//: cricketcompanion.com.

Key findings for Indian automotive industry from this year?s study include:

– The role of the Internet during the vehicle buying process is becoming increasingly important as web usage for both purchasing and research has increased. The number of Indian consumers researching online reached 95 percent in 2011 up from 86 percent in 2010.

– Social media has become more influential. Consumers in India exhibit a higher-than-average use of social media during the vehicle buying process. 78% said they would be likely to purchase a vehicle from a particular car manufacturer or dealer if they found positive comments posted about that vehicle make/brand, manufacturer or dealer.

– Mobile/smartphone applications are poised to become a key channel for vehicle ownership communication between consumers and manufacturers, consumers and dealers, and consumers and their vehicles. Apps considered most useful by respondents include remote support features such as remote locking and unlocking of vehicle doors, care information like service reminders about when maintenance is due and car care tips.

– Aftersales servicing is growing as a factor in vehicle decisions. Servicing is taking on a bigger role for many consumers with aftersales service climbing up the list of important factors in choosing a vehicle. In addition, servicing can influence future buying decisions. In vehicle service contracts, Indian customers focus on extended warranty and vehicle insurance, followed by customer care.

– Increasing demand for new, non-traditional approaches to vehicle buying and ownership. Nearly 52% of respondents would consider alternatives such as vehicle-sharing, up from 49% in 2010. Another alternative ? mobility package typically provides access to a wide range of vehicles, services and accessories that can be used as needed by the consumer for a fixed price and a specified time frame. 64% respondent said they would consider mobility package as an alternative as compared to 57% in 2010. Ride-share services as an alternative grew from 54% in 2010 to 57% in 2011.

– Consumers becoming more demanding about dealerships. Another finding shows that car buyers continue to be more demanding about dealerships as only 45% of respondents in India are willing to travel more than 10 miles to purchase a vehicle. 39% respondents said they are willing to travel only 5-10 miles to a dealership to purchase a vehicle. The remaining 16% was willing to travel less than 5 miles to purchase a vehicle.

With this new section, despite being a daily discounts and deals website, MotaDeals.com will be able to increase the shelf life of the high-quality products it offers through its online channel. Product offerings with great discounts no longer have to depend on a specific day; they have their own dedicated sections and categories where website visitors can browse and place orders online, just like a regular e-commerce website.

MotaDeals.com aims to leverage the massive amount of traffic it has managed to generate for itself directly as well as via social networking websites like Facebook, where it currently has more than 45000 fans and hopes to garner over 100 K fans by March 2012, and this is great potential, not only for MotaDeals.com, but also for the merchants promoting their products through the website.

The website offers you various payment options including cash on delivery, but this particular mode of payment is available just in Delhi/NCR for the time being, however the company is working to offer this services on a Pan India basis soon.

MotaDeals.com is a highly unique website in the sense that it is one of the very few major daily deals and discounts websites in India, and even among websites operating on an international levels, that are building a community of buyers, rather than simply generating one-time customers. They want to make buying on their website a totally social experience where people can come again and again not just to get great deals, but also seek advice regarding what to buy. According to CEO, Arjun Anand “the value we offer is not only deep discounts, it?s also the possibility of discovering cool products and services that would typically go unnoticed”.

?We plan to take the online shopping arena by storm using the goodwill that we have created for ourselves during just a small period of time, and the constant onslaught of innovative marketing and promotional campaigns,? says Arjun Anand, the CEO and founder of MotaDeals.com, with great enthusiasm. ?Launching MotaShop is not a shot in the darkness, it is a well thought out strategy considering the amount of traction we have generated with our aggressive offers and total dedication to providing a quality platform for both merchants and buyers.?

So head on to MotaDeals.com not just to seek daily deals, but also great offers on products that are long lasting and accessible over a long period of time.

MotaDeals.com is daily deals website offering discounted products and services to consumers in India. MotaDeals.com was launched to the public in June 2011 and is headquartered in New Delhi, India.

An expert jury representing the Scientific, Research, Academia and Government arena across the globe in the Judging panel announced the award to Shri Goldi Misra, Group Coordinator and Head, HPC Solutions Group, C-DAC for its indigenously developed HPC product ?CHReME? (C-DAC HPC Resource Management Engine).

IDC, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG – the world’s leading technology Media, Research, and Events Company) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment communities make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy.

The IDC HPC Innovation Excellence Award recognizes noteworthy achievements by users of High Performance Computing (HPC) technologies in Scientific, Research, Academia and Government. The program’s main goals are to showcase return on investment (ROI) and scientific success stories involving HPC; to help other users better understand the benefits of adopting HPC and justify HPC investments, especially for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs); to demonstrate the value of HPC to funding bodies and stakeholders; and to expand public support for increased HPC investments.

Commenting on the achievement, an elated Dr Hemant Darbari, Executive Director, C-DAC, Pune said, ?It is our honor to receive ?The HPC Innovation Excellence Award? for the outstanding application of HPC for Business and Scientific Achievements from the stalwarts of the international HPC community. This recognition by the IDC jury is a shot in the arm for our pioneering efforts to empower scientific research in the country. Our goal is not just to develop new technologies but also to create an environment for the acceptability and usage of the technologies we develop. CHReMe is an ideal tool that is paving the roadmap for HPC in the country, and truly deserves this honor.?

CHReME already deployed in organizations at national and international level serves as the user friendly innovative web interface tool which allows the scientists and researchers to utilize their HPC system optimally for their research without expending their energy towards the detailed workings of HPC thus resulting in more accurate results in their respective domains. It also provides the statistical information represented in graphs and charts which facilitate in monitoring and management of the HPC resources in a judicial manner.

Social gaming, a relatively new phenomenon in India, is a concept that promotes social networking via online games. Already a popular culture in many parts of the world, social gaming has seen increased popularity among the Indian community. By including local nuances into the gaming environment, most of the social games are becoming more realistic as they represent the users? daily endeavours. These games not only help to bring the communities closer, the real-time rewards further entice users? participation.

“Over 500 million people worldwide play social games and in India alone, more than 10 million or over 50 per cent of India?s Facebook users play social games,” says Mr. Ashish Khoria, Country Manager of MOL India.

Today, users in India are investing more time and money on online games. Many users play free social games like ?Farmville? and ?Pet Society?. Spending real money to enhance the gaming experience is growing.

Ganesh Kumar Bangah, CEO of MOL says, ?The audience and revenue growth forecast is tremendous and this presents an opportunity for marketers to promote their brands through social games. The user growth we are witnessing continues to increase beyond expectations. This is really a good time for companies to explore social gaming initiatives in India?.

In the inaugural address at the Summit, Shri Arvind Kumar, former Joint Secretary (Broadcasting), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, said, ?Fortunately, now, there is a general consensus amongst all the stakeholders, from broadcasters to cable operators, that digitization is the need of the hour and that it should be implemented in a time-bound manner. The Ministry in consultation with TRAI has now finalized a way forward which includes amendments to the Cable Act, timelines for a four phased transition, increase in FDI limits and other incentives required to be given to the industry.?

Today, just about 5 percent of the broadcast channels is transmitted in HD and a little over 30 percent of the television households have access to digital television services in India. Frost & Sullivan notes that India will be an emerging and potentially high-growth market for digital media companies in the next 5 years, though not without its share of challenges.

The challenges faced by this market include a slow regulatory process to define digitization deadlines for cable multiple system operators (MSOs) and broadcasters, inadequate drive among stakeholders to increase investments in digitization, rapidly changing technologies in recent times that slow CAPEX decisions, and legacy of content on tape across various verticals.

Vidya S Nath, Global Industry Manager, Digital Media, says, ?The Indian digital story is dichotomous. On one hand, there are some cable MSOs and large broadcasters who understand and absorb the benefits of complete digitization. They lead the industry from the front, trying to orchestrate a digital makeover for India, creating successful businesses. On the other hand, there are tens of thousands of cable operators and hundreds of broadcasters who perceive digitization as a novel story with few returns.? However, she believes that this industry still operates largely on ?word of mouth? and that many companies are waking up to understand the benefits of advanced digital technologies and solutions.

Frost & Sullivan?s research indicates that the biggest challenge is the legacy of tape and the requirement of rapid digitization, along with efficient asset management solutions. End users in this market want a centralized content repository, fast and intuitive search, easy-to-use UI, seamless and collaborative workflows for creative and business aspects of digital media, asset security, ability to manage and transform the maximum possible media formats, meaningful analytics and reporting for asset workflows, and cross-channel content publishing, and monetization.

According to Frost & Sullivan, the world digital asset management market is expected to cross $530 million in 2011 and grow at over 20 percent CAGR from 2011 to 2016. Cloud-based services are a fast-growing segment within this market, and Indian companies such as Tata Communications, Prime Focus Technologies, and Airtel are eyeing this space for future prospects.

Another trend that is fast catching up and is likely to change the dynamics of digital media in the Indian sub-continent is OTT or multimedia video consumption. With over 100 million Internet subscribers and about 900 million mobile subscribers, India exhibits a high usage of broadband/mobile-delivered content, prodding several content companies to capitalize on this media. However, OTT video delivery requires an efficient set of technologies and infrastructure to abet seamless delivery, along with a growing emphasis on online advertising and video analytics. The video content delivery networks market globally is expected to cross $540 million in 2011 and grow at a healthy CAGR of nearly 30 percent from 2011 to 2015, while online video advertising market is expected to cross $4 billion in 2011 and quadruple by 2015, globally.

Frost & Sullivan?s Digital Media ? India Summit 2011 brought together some of the finest minds from a wide spectrum of the industry to discuss myriad topics such as asset management, cloud-based services, OTT video delivery, digital cinema technologies, and key areas for investment opportunities for emerging digital technology companies.

Julian Wheeler, Vice President of Global Media and Entertainment Services at Tata Communications commented, ?The media industry in India is rapidly changing, and Tata Communications is happy to play its part in helping bring innovation to the changes that are sweeping the industry. New technologies are being deployed across the board ? from media capture to media storage and management, to broadcasting global content to the Indian audience; the Internet is playing a pivotal role in changing the industry dynamics. With a strong global network connectivity and a dedicated set of solutions for the media and entertainment sector, Tata Communications is ideally placed to cater to these changing needs of the industry. We are glad that Frost & Sullivan is providing an engaging platform for us all to be able to connect with the customers via conversations and debates. This would help us serve our customers better.?

Tata Communications was the platinum partner for the event. Other event partners were NAB Show and EVS, in alliance with Shaf Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. Digital Studio, MediaNama, Sati TV, and Satellite@Internet India were the media partners for the event.

Seventy-nine percent of kids in India said that they have had a negative experience while online. Six in 10 (60%), however, have had a serious negative experience online, such as receiving inappropriate pictures from strangers, being bullied or becoming the victim of cybercrime. The report also shows that kids who are active on social networks open up more doors for content or situations that can be tricky for them to handle: in India, 84 percent of kids on social networks find themselves in unpleasant situations online, compared to 58 percent who stay away from social networking.

Parents are setting ground rules, however, for online use, which helps kids have a more positive experience. The Norton Online Family Report shows that 39 percent of Indian parents have rules for how their kids may use the Internet. For those households where rules exist, while the “good kids” who follow the rules stay relatively safe with 75 percent having had a negative experience online, the percentage increases to 91 percent among rule-breakers.

“Kids are developing their online identity at an earlier age than ever before,” said Vanessa Van Petten, youthologist and author of “Radical Parenting,” “and they need parents, teachers and other role models to help them figure out where to go, what to say, how to act and perhaps most importantly, how not to act. Negative situations online can have repercussions in the real world—from bullying to money lost in scams to giving strangers personal information.”

Teachers at Risk of Cyberbaiting

One of the more shocking examples of using social networks for bad behavior is cyberbaiting, where students first irritate or bait a teacher until he or she cracks, filming the incident on their mobile device so they can post the footage online, embarrassing the teacher and the school. One in two teachers has personally experienced or knows another teacher who has experienced this phenomenon.

Perhaps because of cyberbaiting, 67 percent of teachers say being friends with students on social networks exposes them to risks. Still, 69 percent continue to “friend” their students. Only 67 percent, however, say their school has a code of conduct for how teachers and students communicate with each other through social media. Eighty three percent of teachers call for more online safety education in schools, a position supported by same amount (83 percent) of parents.

Raiding Mom’s Digital Purse

One fifth (20 per cent) of Indian kids say they sometimes dip into mom or dad’s credit card to shop online for music, magazine subscriptions and event tickets without their parents knowing. And almost three quarters of parents (73 percent) reported that their child has sometimes used their online store account without their permission.

But saving money isn’t the only reason to set clear guidelines about online shopping and safe Internet behaviors. Ninety two per cent of Indian parents whose children have been the victim of cybercrime have also been victims themselves—a steep increase from the global average of 69 percent among online adults across the world. (Norton Cybercrime Report, 2011)

“Parents and teachers play an enormous role in keeping kids—and themselves—safe online, and this year’s Norton Online Family Report shows a real need for further education,” said Effendy Ibrahim, Internet Safety Advocate & Director, Consumer Business, Asia, Symantec. “While 57 percent of Indian parents say they talk to their kids about online safety, 43 percent still secretly check their children’s online use and over a third look at their social network use behind their backs. Having an open dialogue with kids in a safe environment like at home or school can be much more effective, along with arming children with the tools they need to stay safe.”

ASUS is known for their range of factory overclocked graphics cards that give them the performance edge over reference designs while at the same time not compromising on the reliability of the product. Recent technological innovationslike DirectCU II which is based on ASUS DirectCU, that uses copper heat pipes in direct contact with the GPU core for up to 20%* cooler performance, DirectCU II adds a custom cooler that uses twin 100mm fans for a massive 600%* increase in airflow on HD 6970, HD 6950, GTX 580, and GTX 570 DirectCU II cards. The new DirectCU II graphics cards also include exclusive ASUS Super Alloy Power technology, which uses a unique alloy formula in power components such as chokes, capacitors, POSCAPs and MOSFETs to ensure a 15%* performance boost, 35°C* cooler operation and 2.5* times longer lifespan. In addition, ASUS Voltage Tweak allows you to boost GPU voltage via ASUS SmartDoctor to achieve up to 50% faster clock speed.

ASUS also launched special high performance graphics cards from their Republic of Gamers line like the Matrix GTX580 Platinum and the limited edition MARS II with dual GTX580 GPUsin India this year. Encouraged by the positive growth in 2011, ASUS now aims at capturing 30% of the graphics cards market in 2012.

“Dell plans to make India a hub for the development of enterprise products such as servers, storage, and software,” said Mr. Brad Anderson, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Product Group, Dell. He added, “Dell today has its strongest-ever portfolio of solutions, intellectual property and differentiated products, backed by new skills and capabilities in our India team, serving the local as well as global markets. Dell India R&D center is especially critical to enterprise business of Dell with the capability to own end-to-end products. We will continue to build capacity and further invest in India on Research and Next Generation products.”

Maintaining a steady pace of growth, Dell India R&D center has taken ownership of products ranging from servers, storage, data centers, systems software, hardware design, validation and testing, new features enhancement and continuous optimization and building its core competence for the global market. With this solid foundation, Dell India R&D center has enhanced its market technical support activities and in the recent years embarked on providing system integration solutions for operators worldwide.

Dell R&D center hosts seasoned management team with deep rooted Dell culture for rigor & drive for innovation. Some of the upcoming plans from the India R&D center towards futuristic projects/programs are:

•    Increased focus on next generation of servers and data centers which will help integrate and align the enterprise technologies across its product portfolio to help companies simplify and manage their organizations’ IT infrastructure
•    Major development is in progress to deliver cutting-edge virtualization software product to manage future data center
•    Research is already in progress towards top-end embedded systems management product, yet to be launched

“Our India R&D center growth has been encouraging and contributed immensely to the enterprise business of Dell. We will continue to build the ecosystem in Bangalore to engage with our worldwide partners and going ahead the center will also play a huge role in delivering top-end products and solutions.” said Mr. Rudramuni B, Executive Director and Head of Dell India R&D.