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Mobitel unveils M3, 3G home project

Hathoon Sheriffdeen

The SLT-Mobitel stall at the Deyata Kirula exhibition introduced Mobitel users to experience the digital lifestyle with the Mobitel 3.5G.

This concept called M3 home project was shown to participants.

Manager - Merchandising of Mobitel Buddhika Kuruppuarachchi said the M3 home project will be completed by teaming up with various partners of home appliance providers of the country.

The Mobitel 3.5G network system will be used to promote this concept with the basic need of 3G phones.

'We expect the technology will bring a high level of advantage and the people experience the technology will bring more customers, he said.

He said the stall exposed with total solution through 3.5G networks and Wifi and other latest technology developments. The home with the access of M3 Music Zones and switching and dimming function for lighting control.

"An M3 mobile eye can be located in the baby room focusing on the baby's cot acting as a baby sitter.

The mother can have an eye on the movements of the baby while involved in some other work. M3 enabled 3G phones can get the video calls to Mobile eye," he said.

"We expect the mobitel network users will be attracted by this concept. Currently active mobitel users are 1.5million of the population of the country. Most of the major cities of the countries are now enabled with the M technology", Kuruppuarachchi said.

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ASUS unleashes multimedia notebooks

ASUS, worldwide leader in component and notebook design and manufacturing, introduced a wide range of notebooks featuring the latest Discrete Graphics Engine (DGE) powered by ATI(r) and NVIDIA(r). available in Q1 this year, Commenting on this, Group Product Manager Epsi Computers, Sankha Jayaratne said ASUS will ship the M50Sa and F8Sp that will feature the new ATI Mobility Radeon(tm) HD3650; and the VX2Sn, V1Sn, M51Sn, and F8Sn with the new NVIDIA GeForce(tm) 9500M GS graphics processing units (GPU).

With consumers demanding high definition (HD) content for maximum visual experiences on the rise, these new DGEs will allow multimedia notebooks to deliver superb HD playback and provide full support for Microsoft(r) Windows Vista operating system.

Sankha also stated that a number of these models will also be introduced to the Sri Lankan Market in the near future.

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Oracle positioned in leaders quadrant

Oracle today announced that Oracle(r) Transportation Management has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner's 2007 Transportation Management Systems (TMS) Magic Quadrant.(1) Oracle Transportation Management is a comprehensive planning and execution platform for shippers and third-party logistics providers that helps lower costs, enables improved customer service and asset utilization and provides flexible, global fulfillment options.

Oracle Transportation Management is available as a stand-alone product, or as an integrated component with the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.

"In my opinion, Oracle's position in the Leaders Quadrant shows that we are delivering on our commitment to be the provider of choice for transportation management solutions," said Oracle Vice President Supply Chain Strategy Jon Chorley.

"We had a head start with the acquisition of G-Log and we have built on that by having the right people on the team, defining and executing a comprehensive plan and by continuing to deliver rapid innovation to further strengthen the product.

We are pleased that we can uniquely bring this level of solution to our expanding set of customers."

According to the Gartner report, Leaders demonstrate vision and the ability to execute. TMS market leaders have deep and robust functionality that addresses a broad range of user requirements.

These vendors have proven products, track records of customer success and demonstrated momentum in growing their market presence. Leading vendors support sophisticated and complex transportation strategies for large customers with substantial freight spending."(2)

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SLIIT offers an easy pathway to an IT degree

The Foundation certificate programme in Information Technology (FCIT), designed by Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology offers students, falling short of the minimum academic university entry requirements, a unique pre-university pathway and a progression to higher education.

This special foundation programme is designed by SLIIT in collaboration with Edexel and Sheffield Hallam University of UK and Australia's Curtin University of Technology.

Students who complete the Foundation Course are entitled to enter the Diploma course in IT and thereafter transfer for a degree courses at one of SLIIT's affiliate universities of Curtin or Sheffield Hallam. "Foundation courses are common in many universities abroad and we want to make it available in Sri Lanka too" said SLIIT's CEO, Professor Lalith Gamage, speaking of this new offering.

"This unique foundation course is being offered in Sri Lanka now and SLIIT hopes that it would be an incentive for students wanting to pursue a higher education qualification but who do not have the formal university entry qualifications" emphasized Professor Gamage.

"It would also encourage those wanting to pursue higher education but who have taken a break from studies for various reasons" he continued.