3i Infotech appoints R V Ramanan as Chief Operating Officer

3i Infotech,( BSE:3IINFOTECH) a leading provider of IT products and services for manufacturing, retail distribution, banking, financial services and insurance announced the appointment of Mr. R. V Ramanan as the  President & COO.

Mr. Ramanan as the COO will be responsible for the delivery of services across both Product and Service lines. In addition, Mr. Ramanan will also provide strategic direction in building the road-map for our core set of product IP’s and work towards leveraging the strong client base and domain strength within 3i Infotech. He would also work closely with 3i Infotech’s Board of Directors and keep them abreast of programmatic strategies and challenges.

Mr. Ramanan was last associated with Hexaware Technologies as the ED & COO and has a rich experience of over 25 years in the IT industry across various companies such as TCS and Citibank. In Hexaware, Ramanan was managing all the service line business and was responsible for global operations. He brings with him an in-depth Technology understanding, Strong Financial domain expertise and an ability to manage large teams. Mr. Ramanan holds a Post Graduate degree in technology from IIT, Delhi.

Commenting on his appointment Mr. Madhivanan Balakrishnan, Managing Director & Global CEO, 3i Infotech Ltd. said, Ramanan joins 3i Infotech at an opportune moment, With his wide experience in the IT world, he will be a strong asset to the team and we look forward to working closely with him in our quest to put 3i Infotech Ltd back on the path of growth”

Speaking on his appointment Ramanan iterated “It’s a proud moment for me to shoulder this responsibility in this vast global organization and I look forward to molding 3i-infotech into a vibrant and growing organization that builds on its products and domain strengths in providing reliable and innovative IT solutions to its clients.”

Graebert Announces path-breaking ARES Commander 2015 - 2D/3DCAD software for Windows, Mac and Linux

Graebert™ Announces path-breaking ARES™ Commander 2015 - 2D/3DCAD software for Windows, Mac and Linux

 Graebert™ India http://www.graebert.in, a fully owned subsidiary of Graebert GmbH, the pioneer in developing high-performance CAD solutions across desktop and mobile devices – today announced the availability of its acclaimed ARES™ Commander 2015 - 2D/3D CAD software on all three desktop operating systems: Microsoft Windows®, Apple® Mac® OS X™ and Linux®. 

Graebert has also recently unveiled the next–generation ARES Touch 2015, the world’s first true CAD solution for Google® Android® being shipped in early 2015.Graebert developed ARES CAD technology, available in 14 languages, is being used by millions of design professionals in more than 40 countries.

“ARES Commander 2015 is by far the most feature-rich software solution we’ve ever released,” said Wilfried Graebert, founder and CEO and Graebert GmbH. “We are very excited not only by this announcement, but also ARES Touch 2015 and ARES Mechanical – 2015 will see Graebert further extending its lead as a world-class CAD provider.”

Priced at a Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of INR 55,000/-, a perpetual license of ARES Commander includes one year of Graebert Subscription, with access to upgrades, e-mail support and use of License Togo.

Users have the option to either renew the subscription after one year or they may opt for purchase of an upgrade for a fraction of the price of the full license. New pricing options include an annual plan that is inclusive of a flex license option that allows licenses to be shared across any OS or to be borrowed as needed.

30-day free software downloads for Windows (32- and 64-bit), OS X and Linux 64-bit, as well as videos, social media information and additional documentation may be found at www.graebert.in.

Major new features in this updated - version include:

•  ARES Touch for Android

The first DWG-based full CAD software for Android tablets, include a unique UI/UX specifically adapted for touch-based inputs. Files are easily synchronized via Dropbox® or Google Drive™or shared by email. ARES Touch is being made available complimentary on purchase of a license of ARES Commander.

•  LicenseToGo

LicenseToGo, included with the Graebert subscription offers license to activate your subscription on multiple computers under same different OS (Windows, Mac OS X or Linux)without having to buy a Flex (network). The Graebert LicenseToGo remains active for up to 5 days and can be easily renewed from any PC in use.

•  Dynamic blocks – Grips editing

Edit dynamic blocks inserted in a DWG drawing by other CAD software such as

AutoCAD®. Grips enables to dynamically and interactively modify the “intelligent” blocks and eventually reinsert them in the drawing.

•  2D Constraints

Add intelligence to your drawings with the new Constraints Design Solver (CDS) from

Spatial Corp. (a Dassault Systèmes company) integrated in ARES Commander. Geometric constraints help you to define selected entities that should remain parallel, perpendicular and tangent. Dimensional constraints allow you to lock a length, define a scale factor between entities or even enter a formula to define a length. After defining such constraints, the CDS solver will dynamically update your drawing when you make any modification by recalculating the incidence on the other elements.

•  Editing Tables

Click inside a Table cell or launch the command EditTableCell and you will get a toolbar with all the options to insert, resize, merge or delete cells, rows and columns.

•  Dimension palette

Create or click on a dimension and you will see a contextual toolbar to easily and quickly change its formatting and properties.

•  Advanced in-place text editing

The Notes (MText) command has been improved with a new Paragraph options dialog to define

Advanced formatting just as you do in a word processor but right inside your drawings. The new Stack dialog helps you create fractions and tolerances in your text.

•  PowerTrim

Trim multiple entities by moving your mouse around – just describe a path with your mouse and ARES will trim while you move.

•  QuickModify

Use only one command to perform multiple actions on the same selection of entities: move, rotate, scale and/or copy without leaving the command.

•  Bonus tools

DiscardDuplicates deletes duplicate entities.

ExplodeBlockX explodes blocks or tables and converts attributes in text.

•  CustomPaperSize

Add or remove custom paper sizes for the ARES virtual printers in order to export to PDF, JPG, DWF and other formats.

•  Customizable Ribbon

Customize the tabs and panels of the Ribbon to group the tools you need and like. You may also create your own workspaces. Of course, you can switch back to traditional menus and toolbars if you prefer.

•  Free plugin – OnlineMaps powered by ESRI

Powered by the acclaimed ArcGIS Online solution from ESRI®, this free plugin lets you download geo-referenced images from any address you enter in the search bar. You can choose satellite images, street maps, topographical maps and more.

•  Free plugin – Cadenas

Get instant access from a panel inside ARES to millions of free parts from hundreds of manufacturers and insert them as blocks in your DWG drawings.

•  Support for Linux 64 bits versions

Now, Support is extended to the 64 bit versions of Linux. ARES Commander is tested for the following distributions: Ubuntu®, Debian™, Suse™ Linux and Fedora®.

About Graebert

Graebert India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Graebert GmbH. Graebert GmbH is a leading developer of custom CAD software, solutions, and services. The company is recognized as a true innovator in the CAD industry and has more than 30 years of technology expertise, project management and consulting experience. Graebert’s CAD systems became the first to support Windows, Mac, Linux (since 2010) and Android (since 2014), and are used by millions of professionals worldwide.

Graebert's product portfolio is anchored by ARES Commander Edition – powerful CAD software with 2D & 3D-modeling capabilities and native DWG support, which is the basis of all Graebert OEM products. Graebert offers a unique collaboration business model for CAD applications developers with custom OEM CAD software and application development services.

The SiteMaster™ line of "as built" software surveying solutions, as well as worldwide surveying services are included under Graebert's iSurvey™ brand. The company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany with additional offices in America, Asia and Europe.

ARES, SiteMaster and Graebert are trademarks of Graebert, GmbH. All other trademarks and registered trademarks previously cited are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.

Salesforce Partner Accelerize360 expands its operations to West India

Accelerize 360, a leading provider of cloud services and products today announced it has entered India with a new office set up in Mumbai. As a prominent Salesforce partner, the company is keen on developing new markets in the Western India, by signing up new partners and promoting Salesforce products.

Accelerize 360 is a Codeforce 360 company, a US-based technology consulting and outsourcing firm, with delivery center in Hyderabad. Codeforce 360 was listed on the ‘Forbes Most Promising Companies in North America’ list in 2013. The Mumbai office will primarily serve as Accelerize 360’s sales center and will roll out extended business member programs across markets in West India. The company is also planning to open its offices in Gujarat and Goa.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Vijay Proddhutur, Co-founder & CEO, Accelerize 360 said  “We are very excited to start operations in Mumbai as this marks the beginning of our new growth story in the country. We look forward to expanding the reach of our products and services to a wider audience. We also plan to extend our network to other major cities to tap the North as well as South India markets.”

Adding further, Mr. Proddhutur said – “We’re also working on strengthening our product portfolio with better Salesforce.com services, innovative offerings, end-to-end implementations, mobility and cloud solutions. Our mission is to help companies implement, optimize, support and ultimately drive more ROI from their cloud solutions.”

Accelerize 360’s core competencies include Systems Integration & Custom development. It has also built innovative solutions like On-Demand e-commerce offering and mobile solutions for salesforce.com and enterprise customers.  It’s R&D team is rolling out App exchange products that will help customers with their credit card payments, finance users with integrating products with their financials, GPS tracking for field service community, project management applications and dynamic dashboards amongst others.

Accelerize 360 is a prominent Salesforce.com partner in India serving major clients using their service and cloud solutions. The company has had a 300% y-o-y growth and is looking ahead to gain significant market share and help transform and enable businesses for future success.

3i Infotech introduces their Anti Money Laundering Solution "Amlock" in Kenya

3i Infotech, a leading provider of IT products and services for manufacturing, retail distribution, banking, financial services and insurance, in association with BDO East Africa, organized an event aimed at creating awareness on the impact of non-adherence to Anti-Money Laundering regulatory laws and to enhance efforts towards establishing a risk based approach for customer due diligence. The program received enthusiastic participation from Banks, Insurance Companies, Capital / security firms, facilitating showcasing of “AMLOCK”, the Anti-Money Laundering Solution, offered by 3i Infotech, which has been implemented by more than 80 clients in over 20 countries across the globe, including some leading banks in Kenya.

Spanning across insurance, mutual funds and private equity (PE) to banking and foreign direct investments (FDI), financial services in Kenya is indisputably one of the most complex sectors. While complexity has increased, with several banks offering internet and mobile services for users and constantly looking at expanding across regions, it also directly impacts money laundering risk. Most of the banks across the region continue to use traditional solutions to counter money laundering and struggle with multiple back-office systems. According to a survey (KPMG Global AML survey) in 2014, Money Laundering is a 92% high risk area within the Kenya business framework with more than 70% organizations lacking qualified resources and training. With the rapidly changing business environment and to meet today’s complex regulatory and payment challenges, it is imperative for the region to take steps to ensure compliance.

The main objective of the event was to offer the participants comprehensive insights on the increasing regulatory scrutiny across the continent, established by a trend of greater penalties being levied to ensure Anti-Money Laundering compliance. The session covered aspects of the Anti-Money Laundering scenario across the globe and the impact of non-adherence to Anti-Money Laundering regulations in the form of heavy penalties imposed on financial institutions and how 3i Infotech as a technology enabler served EAF/Africa region to support streamline the Anti-Money Laundering related processes that facilitated financial institutions to adhere to the regional Anti-Money Laundering laws.

During the session, 3i Infotech responded to questions and there were focused technical discussions on some of the topics. The discussions also addressed issues such as the link between Money laundering and terrorism, as well as the key role that financial institutions play to enhance the credibility and stability of financial systems as well as on national security.

Prof. Njuguna Ndung'u, Governor, Central Bank of Kenya, the Chief guest for the event, applauded 3i Infotech & BDO‘s efforts for their pro-activeness in developing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) solutions.  According to him, these solutions and others in the market will facilitate financial institutions in meeting their AML / CFT legal and regulatory requirements effectively & efficiently. This solution will foster the integrity of Kenya’s financial sector by putting it in a good standing globally.

The participants included dignitaries like Mr. Steve Mainda – Chairman, Insurance Regulatory Authority, Kenya and Ms.Teresa Mburu – Head General Insurer Supervision for Insurance Regulatory Authority, Kenya (Eminent member of National Task Force for Anti Money Laundering, Kenya).

According to Ashish Dass, President 3i Infotech Ltd, MEA Region, “We are privileged to be part of this program with BDO, which has increased awareness about the Anti-Money Laundering scenario in the continent as well as across the globe, and the contribution that AMLOCK can make. AMLOCK has enabled its customers to achieve timely detection of suspicious transactions and ensured compliance with regulatory requirements”.