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Virtusa wins award for Content Management

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global IT services company that offers a broad spectrum of business consulting, IT services and IT outsourcing, announced its the winner of Information Management’s 2009 Innovative Solutions Award in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) category.

During its winning implementation of an ECM Centre of Excellence for National Geographic, Virtusa delivered exceptional business results, including lowering Website support costs by over 60 percent and improving content management usability by 50 percent. “While this award acknowledges our ability to implement customized solutions for companies facing business challenges, it also highlights Virtusa’s core philosophy: delivering solutions that lead to measurable business results,” said Virtusa CEO Kris Canekeratne.

“As technology evolves, it’s creating new problems that require increasingly innovative solutions based on deep understanding of technology trends and best practices. We’re honoured to be recognized by Information Management as a company that is providing just that.”

Virtusa’s winning solution was developed after National Geographic approached the company with the task of optimizing its global Web strategy to efficiently manage content in multiple languages using a scalable platform. Virtusa quickly analyzed the company’s Web architecture and implemented a ECM Centre of Excellence.

This was accomplished by partnering with National Geographic to set up 24 x 7 operations around QA, development, project management, and managed services. The Centre compiled measurable business objectives which were exceeded by combining industry best practices, IT engineering rigors, and a high touch consultative approach to visualize the end state. As a result, content management usability costs were cut in half, Web site support costs were cut by 60 percent, and expertise developed that allowed the organization to become more market-responsive to business demands.

The award reinforces Virtusa’s strong thought leadership, best practices and expertise in ECM, and its ability to deliver innovative solutions to customers that have a direct impact on their business.

More effective treatment for termites

Suren Cooke Agencies has introduced a more convenient and longer lasting treatment for termites. This method utilising termite traps and eliminating the need for drilling holes inside your premises is available Island wide through a network of branch offices.

Suren Cooke agencies has a reputation for using only pesticides approved by reputed international manufactures and approved by the WHO and all local authorities and do not make compromises based on using cheap and unsafe pesticides.

All household pests including mosquitoes, house flies and even geckos’ are effectively dealt with and a guarantee issued. Conventional professional termite treatment rely in creating a chemical barrier beneath the floor of the building, to protect it from attack.

Since the currently available chemical barrier pesticides are very shortlived, the concept of using a chemical barrier treatment as the sole means of controlling subterranean termites has become a thing of the past.

The standard control method for treating indoors, is to drill holes every one metre and inject termiticide, by means of a high pressure termite pump. This could damage the floor tiles and wooden flooring.

Arpico Christmas magic

Arpico Supercentre promises to make this Christmas the biggest ever, with a season of giving that runs from now until January 3. The Arpico Christmas Magic promotion spreads the seasonal cheer by offering shoppers a staggering range of discounts and prizes, including a mega prize of Rs. 1 million. A purchase of Rs. 2,500 or more, inclusive of two nominated brands, will give customers a chance to walk away with this mega Rs. 1 Million grand prize.

Known for offering shoppers more for less, Arpico Supercentre will also be giving away 10,000 instant gift vouchers, ranging from Rs. 250 to Rs. 10,000 in value. Winners will be awarded with their voucher as soon as they have made their purchases, giving lucky shoppers the chance to participate in the spirit of the season by purchasing presents for their friends, family and loved ones. These vouchers also make for the perfect gift.

With the widest selection of Christmas decor, giftware, toys, and seasonal food items, including Christmas cake ingredients, meat products, cheeses, wines, and much more, Arpico Supercentre is a one-stop shop for all your holiday needs. To help customers make the most of their limited budgets this season, the store will be offering discounts on over 2,000 products.

Children are especially welcome at Arpico Supercentre this magical Christmas and will surely be enthralled by the dazzling decorations on display. Special activities will be arranged for their entertainment, including an encounter with Santa Claus himself. Customers will also be able to sample seasonal products for free.

Hameedia launches ‘Dress to Win’ promo

Hameedia launched its popular “Dress to Win” promotion for the sixth consecutive year. Themed ‘A Rockin Red Christmas’, the promo offers 25 iPods to twenty five lucky customers across Sri Lanka. Currently on until December 31, 2009, the “Rockin Red Christmas’ promo consists of a raffle draw for customers who purchase clothes worth more than Rs. 5,000 at a single time from any Hameedia and Adidas showrooms located across Sri Lanka.

Nawaloka Hospital launches diabetic centre

The Nawaloka Serene Diabetes Centre has been redesigned and reorganized to offer the best services for diagnosis of Diabetes-its prevention, councelling and education on diet and footcare. The centre has automatic function test for neuropathy screening and the Bio impedance machine which evaluates the body fat percentage and the basal metabolic rate.

The Serene Diabetics centre offers diabetic patient services such as annual diabetics checkups and screening for all complications of Diabeties, three to six months check ups, Neuropathy screening (sensory and automatic function test) and footcare, which include removal of calluses, cutting hypertropic toe nails, detecting blood floor to feet (with Doppler) and advice on footcare, since taking care of one’s feet is very important for Diabetic patients.

Sampath Bank helps students

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Sampath Bank takes pride in helping the future generations of Sri Lankan leaders to get ready for the new school year, said Sampath Bank PLC Assistant General Manager Marketing and Deposits Tharaka Ranwala.

“This offer is for every Pubudu and Sampath Sapiri children’s saving account holders. Students will receive the chance to obtain school supplies including books, pens and pencils. Ranwala said that to support the development of the savings habit, while helping the children of Sri Lanka get ready for the new school year.

The Secretary Ministry of Post and Telecommunication Chandra Jayatilleka is addressing the official gathering present at the Panadura Central Post Office to launch a project called SMART reload at your doorstep via postmen in Kalutara District. - Kapila Somaratne, Panadura group correspondent