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Clover Infotech completes successful implementation of Oracle Fusion Financials at Marcura Group
Clover Infotech implements Oracle solutions for Marcura Group for its global operations across UAE, India, Japan and the US.
Mumbai, India: Clover Infotech, a comprehensive IT services provider, today announced that it has successfully implemented Oracle Fusion Financials, a financial management solution for the Marcura Group, an IT services provider for the shipping and logistics industry. This was completed within a record time frame of three months. This is also among the first large scale implementations of Oracle Fusion Financials in the global shipping and logistics space.
Marcura Group comprises of companies that focus on providing business solutions designed to help their customers in the global maritime industry streamline processes, navigate increasingly complex regulations and mitigate risks. The group comprises of multiple global entities and offers multiple solutions with products like DA-Desk®, ProtsDirect®, CP Desk®, Martrust®, PortLog®, PortPoint®, Laytime-Desk® and Manifest-Desk®.
After evaluating multiple Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and financial accounting solutions, the Marcura Group zeroed in on Oracle Fusion Financials because of its comprehensive nature and superior cloud capabilities. Marcura was looking for an implementation partner who could complete the multi-location implementation within three months. Clover Infotech’s expertise in a diverse set of industries as well as its consultative approach led to Marcura selecting the company as its partner of choice.
Oracle Fusion Financials is a complete financial management solution on cloud. It revolutionizes productivity and information access with native, real-time intelligence. The solution includes a broad suite of capabilities including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, and cash management. It also includes expense and collections management that sit on top of a 100% open, standards-based platform to help customers increase business agility and standardize business processes.
Commenting on the development, Srikanth Doranadula, Senior Director & Head, Alliances & Channels, Oracle India said, “Cloud is the profitable route to take for next generation companies. We are confident that with Oracle Fusion Financials, the Marcura Group will be able to increase productivity and make better business decisions with the real-time intelligence capabilities.” He added, ”Clover Infotech has done a stellar job of implementing the solution within three months and will be able to offer continued support to the company.”
Congratulating Clover Infotech on this critical project, Tushar Trivedi, Group Head of Accounting, Marcura Group, said, “We were certain that Oracle Fusion Financials is the right solution to meet our requirements. We looked for an implementation partner who could understand our business requirements and be an integral part of this change.
Clover Infotech came on board and carried out this challenging project in an utmost professional manner. Their team had a valuable mix of people with accounting knowledge, and knowledge of earlier versions of Oracle. I congratulate the teams at Clover Infotech, Oracle Support and Marcura for the excellent collaboration, ensuring the success of this implementation”.
Commenting on the development, Javed Tapia, MD, Clover Infotech credited his team for this achievement, “We knew from the first day that we were taking on a challenging project. I would like to congratulate the Clover Infotech team for delivering as expected within the stringent timelines. I take this opportunity to thank the Marcura team for their support in ensuring this success and look forward to many more opportunities of collaboration”.
About Marcura Group
The Marcura Group has been in operation for more than 15 years, with businesses spreading across Dubai, Japan, US, and India. The group enables maritime & logistic companies through consulting and offers solutions to optimize their business and augment efficiency. It also carries out private investments in IT and Business Services companies in the global maritime industry. One of its businesses is the largest independent provider of port cost management services globally.
About Clover Infotech
Founded in 1994, Clover Infotech (www.cloverinfotech.com) is a comprehensive IT services provider with a strong presence in India and Singapore. Over the years, Clover Infotech has established its expertise across multiple technologies including Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and Open Source. Equipped with ISO/IEC 27001:2013 delivery centers, Clover Infotech has been providing services ranging from application services to infrastructure management services to over 200 customers across geographies and industry verticals. Clover Infotech is a recipient of the CIO Choice awards (three consecutive years: 2013, 2014 and 2015) in the category “Database Solutions Support”. The company has also been conferred with the CIO Choice 2014 in the category “Application Delivery Platform”.
About Oracle
Oracle offers a comprehensive and fully integrated stack of cloud applications and platform services. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), visit oracle.com.
NEW WESTERN DIGITAL PROSUMER NAS STORAGE GIVES CREATIVE PROS
THE POWER TO MULTI-TASK AND EASILY SHARE FILES
New My Cloud®EX2Ultra Delivers High Performance with Up to 16TB Capacity
New Delhi, India – June 23, 2016–Western Digital Corporation(NASDAQ: WDC),a world leader in connected storage solutions, today updated its prosumers solutions with My Cloud EX2 Ultra, a high-performance, two-bay network attached storage (NAS) system. The My Cloud EX2UltraNASis designed from the ground up for creative professionals and prosumers that need to automatically sync content across computers, easily share files and folders and enjoy multiple backup options so they can create their own personalized digital library with ease.
“We believe Indian creative professionals and prosumers are in need of ever greater storage options along with faster data processing and media streaming capabilities. They should also have easier ways to store, share and access all of their digital data regardless of location or device," said Khalid Wani, Director, Content Solutions Business, India, Middle East and Africa, WD. “The WD My Cloud EX2 offers ultra-fast transfer rates for high performance media streaming with built-in compatibility with Plex, the globally popular media centre software. Running WD’s My Cloud OS 3 software, the WD My Cloud EX2 UItra makes it possible to access your data anywhere in the world with an internet connection. It’s the perfect solution for anyone looking for a high performance NAS system.”
My Cloud EX2 Ultra has been upgraded with a powerful 1.3GHz dual-core processor enabling users to get ultra-fast transfer rates for high performance and smooth video streaming. Users also have access to 1GB of DDR3 memory, allowing them to multitask with ease and leverage applications for HD media streaming, surveillance and much more. Several data management and security features allow users to select a preferred method for managing and protecting their movies, photos, music and digital files. Drive management options include RAID 0, RAID 1; JBOD and spanning modes, while data protection options include NAS to NAS, USB, cloud or LAN/WAN backup. The My Cloud EX2 Ultra NAS comes preconfigured in RAID 1 mode to help protect data right from the start and is easily configurable into other data protection modes.
High Capacity and Ultimate Reliability
From unpopulated to 16 TB capacities[1], the consumers can physically add higher capacity drives (upto 16 TB) to the diskless My Cloud EX2 Ultra.. Additionally, customers can attach compatible USB 3.0 hard drives to the USB expansion ports on the My Cloud EX2 Ultra to instantly expand their storage capacity. The populated My Cloud EX2 Ultra features the award-winning WD Red® hard drives, specifically built for NAS systems to provide non-stop performance within 24x7 environments. WD Red drives are powered by NASware™ 3.0 technology, improving drive reliability and minimizing data corruption in the event of a power loss or disruption.
Easy Sharing with Anywhere Access
With simplified file and folder sharing, users can send customized, private links that allow recipients read/write access to particular files on the user’s My Cloud EX2 Ultra. Whether on a photo shoot, or editing at home, saving creations at full fidelity and sharing with your entire network is a breeze. The My Cloud EX2 Ultra features an intuitive dashboard, so user accounts can be created, features customized and storage can be monitored with ease. With MyCloud.com web access, or the My Cloud mobile app, users can access their media and manage users from any internet connected device. With WD Sync™, users can automatically synchronize their media and files across their computers and their My Cloud device with the confidence that their computer content is up to date and accessible from all devices.Advanced Features
My Cloud EX2 Ultra includes advanced data serving options including an integrated FTP and WebDAV server, backup server, P2P download server and Microsoft Active Directory support. Additionally, users can download and run a host of third party apps, including, Plex®, MilestoneArcus™surveillance, aMule, Icecast, Joomla!®, Anti-Virus Essentials, WordPress®, SqueezeCenter, and more. Users can also stream videos and photos to connected TVs, media players, gaming consoles and other DLNA®/UPnP® devices with the included Twonky 7.2 DLNA-certified 1.5 media server, and built-in iTunes® support.
Price and Availability
My Cloud EX2 Ultra range is currently available at select Indian retailers at a price of Rs 17,499.00 for the diskless My Cloud EX2 Ultra and Rs 35,499.00 for the 4TB. The WD My Cloud mobile app currently is available for download for free from the Apple App StoreSM and Google PlayTM. My Cloud EX2Ultra comes with a two-year limited warranty on the diskless device and a three-year limited warranty on the pre-configured devices.Compatibility
My Cloud EX2Ultra is compatible with Windows® 10, Windows 8, Windows Vista®, OSX®El Capitan™, Yosemite™, Mavericks™, Mountain Lion™as well as DLNA®/UPnP® enabled devices.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the approximate price and estimated availability of the My Cloud EX2 Ultra, the growth of digital storage needs, as well as the demand for ongoing streaming capability. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, the risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our most recent annual report on Form 10-K to which your attention is directed. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak as of the date hereof, and WD undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
About Western Digital
Founded in 1970, Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), Irvine, Calif., is an industry-leading developer and manufacturer of storage solutions that enable people to create, manage, experience and preserve digital content. It is a long-time innovator in the storage industry. Western Digital Corporation is responding to changing market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling, high-quality storage products with effective technology deployment, high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Its products are marketed under the HGST and WD brands to OEMs, distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers. Financial and investor information is available on the company's Investor Relations website atinvestor.wdc.com.
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Western Digital, WD, My Cloud, WD Red, and the WD logo are registered trademarks and WD My Cloud, NASware, and WD Syncare trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries; Windows and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.Mac, iTunes andOS X are registered trademarks and App Store, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mountain Lion and Mavericks are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. All other brand and product names mentioned herein are the property of their respective companiesincluding: Plex, Milestone Arcus, Joomla!, WordPress, DLNA, UPnP, and Google Play. As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.
EDITOR’S NOTES:
Review samples of My Cloud may be requested by visiting http://www.wdc.com/en/company/ pressroom/eval_request.asp
Technological change, as we know, provokes linguistic and cultural change, too. It’s the reason why, several times a year, dictionaries comes with the addition of new and typically very trendy words.
Here, the list shows how technology has shaped language over time.
Here, the list shows how technology has shaped language over time.
Block
Pre-internet: “to be placed in front of something, such as a road or path, so that people or things cannot pass through.”
Post-internet: to prevent someone from contacting you on a social network like Twitter, or from viewing your profile.
Pre-internet: “to be placed in front of something, such as a road or path, so that people or things cannot pass through.”
Post-internet: to prevent someone from contacting you on a social network like Twitter, or from viewing your profile.
Canoe
Pre-internet: “a long narrow boat that is pointed at both ends and that is moved by a paddle with one blade.”
Post-internet: “a Twitter conversation that has picked up too many usernames for an actual conversation to take place.”
Pre-internet: “a long narrow boat that is pointed at both ends and that is moved by a paddle with one blade.”
Post-internet: “a Twitter conversation that has picked up too many usernames for an actual conversation to take place.”
Catfish
Pre-internet: “a freshwater or marine fish with whisker like barbels around the mouth, typically bottom-dwelling.”
Post-internet: “a person who sets up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes.”
Pre-internet: “a freshwater or marine fish with whisker like barbels around the mouth, typically bottom-dwelling.”
Post-internet: “a person who sets up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes.”
Cloud
Pre-internet: “a visible mass of particles of condensed vapor (as water or ice) suspended in the atmosphere of a planet (as the earth) or moon.”
Post-internet: “any of several parts of the Internet that allow online processing and storage of documents and data as well as electronic access to software and other resources.”
Pre-internet: “a visible mass of particles of condensed vapor (as water or ice) suspended in the atmosphere of a planet (as the earth) or moon.”
Post-internet: “any of several parts of the Internet that allow online processing and storage of documents and data as well as electronic access to software and other resources.”
Fan
Pre-internet: “an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation.”
Post-internet: “a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing.”
Pre-internet: “an apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation.”
Post-internet: “a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing.”
Firehose
Pre-internet: “a large-diameter hose used in extinguishing fires.”
Post-internet: “a very large stream of data.”
Pre-internet: “a large-diameter hose used in extinguishing fires.”
Post-internet: “a very large stream of data.”
Footprint
Pre-internet: “a track or mark left by a foot or shoe.”
Post-internet: “a unique set of characteristics, actions, etc., that leave a trace and serve as a means of identification.”
Pre-internet: “a track or mark left by a foot or shoe.”
Post-internet: “a unique set of characteristics, actions, etc., that leave a trace and serve as a means of identification.”
Friend
Pre-internet: “one attached to another by affection or esteem.”
Post-internet: “to add a person to one’s list of contacts on a social-networking website.”
Pre-internet: “one attached to another by affection or esteem.”
Post-internet: “to add a person to one’s list of contacts on a social-networking website.”
Follow
Pre-internet:“to go or come after or behind someone or something; to pursue in an effort to overtake.”
Post-internet: to subscribe to someone’s updates on social media.
Pre-internet:“to go or come after or behind someone or something; to pursue in an effort to overtake.”
Post-internet: to subscribe to someone’s updates on social media.
Like
Pre-internet: “to be suitable or agreeable to.”
Post-internet: “to indicate one’s enjoyment of, agreement with, or interest in website content, especially in social media.”
Pre-internet: “to be suitable or agreeable to.”
Post-internet: “to indicate one’s enjoyment of, agreement with, or interest in website content, especially in social media.”
Meme
Pre-internet: “an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture.”
Post-internet: “a cultural item in the form of an image, video, phrase, etc., that is spread via the Internet and often altered in a creative or humorous way.”
Pre-internet: “an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture.”
Post-internet: “a cultural item in the form of an image, video, phrase, etc., that is spread via the Internet and often altered in a creative or humorous way.”
Ping
Pre-internet: “a sharp sound like that of a striking bullet.”
Post-internet: “to make contact with someone by sending a brief electronic message, as a text message.”
Pre-internet: “a sharp sound like that of a striking bullet.”
Post-internet: “to make contact with someone by sending a brief electronic message, as a text message.”
Profile
Pre-internet:“a representation of something in outline; a concise biographical sketch.”
Post-internet: “the personal details, images, user statistics, social-media timeline, etc., that an individual creates and associates with a username or online account.”
Pre-internet:“a representation of something in outline; a concise biographical sketch.”
Post-internet: “the personal details, images, user statistics, social-media timeline, etc., that an individual creates and associates with a username or online account.”
Sandbox
Pre-internet: “a low box filled with sand that children can play in.”
Post-internet: “an environment in which software developers or editors can create and test new content, separate from other content in the project.”
Pre-internet: “a low box filled with sand that children can play in.”
Post-internet: “an environment in which software developers or editors can create and test new content, separate from other content in the project.”
Swipe
Pre-internet: “a criticism or insult that is directed toward a particular person or group; a swinging movement of a person’s hand, an animal’s paw, etc.”
Post-internet: “to move the fingers across a touchscreen.”
Pre-internet: “a criticism or insult that is directed toward a particular person or group; a swinging movement of a person’s hand, an animal’s paw, etc.”
Post-internet: “to move the fingers across a touchscreen.”
Tablet
Pre-internet: “a flat piece of stone, clay, or wood that has writing on it.” or "medicine"
Post-internet: “a general-purpose computer contained in a touchscreen panel.”
Pre-internet: “a flat piece of stone, clay, or wood that has writing on it.” or "medicine"
Post-internet: “a general-purpose computer contained in a touchscreen panel.”
Tag
Pre-internet: “to supply with an identifying marker or price; to attach as an addition.”
Post-internet: to link to someone else’s profile in a social media post, commonly a photo or status update.
Pre-internet: “to supply with an identifying marker or price; to attach as an addition.”
Post-internet: to link to someone else’s profile in a social media post, commonly a photo or status update.
Text
Pre-internet: “a book or other piece of writing; especially : one that is studied.”
Post-internet: “to send a text message.”
Timeline
Pre-internet: “a table listing important events for successive years within a particular historical period.”
Post-internet:“a collection of online posts or updates associated with a specific social-media account, in reverse chronological order.”
Pre-internet: “a book or other piece of writing; especially : one that is studied.”
Post-internet: “to send a text message.”
Timeline
Pre-internet: “a table listing important events for successive years within a particular historical period.”
Post-internet:“a collection of online posts or updates associated with a specific social-media account, in reverse chronological order.”
Troll
Pre-internet: “a dwarf or giant in Scandinavian folklore inhabiting caves or hills.”
Post-internet: “a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people.”
Pre-internet: “a dwarf or giant in Scandinavian folklore inhabiting caves or hills.”
Post-internet: “a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people.”
Tweet
Pre-internet:“a chirping note.”
Post-internet: “a very short message posted on the Twitter website.”
Pre-internet:“a chirping note.”
Post-internet: “a very short message posted on the Twitter website.”
Unplug
Pre-internet: “to disconnect something, such as a lamp or television from an electrical source or another device by removing its plug.”
Post-internet: “to refrain from using digital or electronic devices for a period of time.”
Pre-internet: “to disconnect something, such as a lamp or television from an electrical source or another device by removing its plug.”
Post-internet: “to refrain from using digital or electronic devices for a period of time.”
Viral
Pre-internet:“of, relating to, or caused by a virus.”
Post-internet:“becoming very popular by circulating quickly from person to person, especially through the Internet.”
Pre-internet:“of, relating to, or caused by a virus.”
Post-internet:“becoming very popular by circulating quickly from person to person, especially through the Internet.”
Global technology giant IBM and the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) have signed an MoU for provision of technology platforms and services in cloud computing for academia in Telangana.
Officials of TASK and IBM India Private Ltd., signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here on Wednesday in the presence of state Information Technology Minister K. Tarakarama Rao.
IBM and TASK have agreed to collaborate in bringing the IBM cloud experience to the engineering colleges in the state, an official statement said.
(Also see: IBM Leverages Cloud Power in Deal for Weather Company)
Faculty and students thereby, get access to the IBM cloud and an opportunity to develop their cloud skills that is in demand in the IT industry today, it added.
The IBM launched Bluemix in 2014, growing rapidly to become the largest cloud foundry deployment in the world. The open-standards-based Bluemix platform includes over 120 tools and services spanning categories of big data, mobile, Watson, analytics, integration, DevOps, security and Internet of Things.
Sujiv Nair, chief executive officer, TASK, said the key focus of this engagement is to make the IBM cloud available to colleges in Telangana for faculty and students to use it for practicals and project work.
TASK is working for a collaboration platform between the government, academia and Industry to enhance skilling, research and entrepreneurship among young graduates in the state.



