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Mobitel partners Smart Track

To provide fleet management, asset tracking solutions:

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel partnered Smart Track, a member of the Green Lanka Group of companies, to offer comprehensive fleet management and asset tracking solutions to local SMEs and enterprises.

The Fleet Management Solution consists of a GPS (Global Positioning System) tracking unit fixed onto the vehicle and a web interface for the fleet administrator to monitor the fleet online. The tracking unit continuously fetches location information using GPS Technology and securely sends to the tracking server located at Smart Track engineering office via Mobitel network.

The data stored at the tracking server are made available through the visual monitoring interface to the fleet administrators to monitor and track fleet on a digital map, live or browse historic data with many other comprehensive statistics such as vehicle mileage, average speed, fuel consumption etc., coupled with many more controlling and alarming options such as Geo-Fencing to effectively manage the fleet. Such tracking solutions are enhanced with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology to provide asset tracking and management solutions which are vital especially for business involving heavy inventory control and distribution such as logistics and Cargo, FMCG and the likes.

“In the face of ever increasing fuel and administration costs, the ability to track the exact location, of a company’s fleet and assets will definitely help better manage inventory, transportation and distribution thereby dramatically reduce costs elevating businesses in Sri Lanka.” said Smart Track (Pvt) Ltd. Director Wasantha Jayasekara - “We believe that Smart Track solutions meet the stringent tracking requirements of today’s businesses and we are happy to have partnered with Mobitel, as our communication partner to offer a reliable service to our customers,” he said.

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel CEO Suren J. Amarasekera said “We are happy to provide our communications platform to Smart Track to offer state-of-the-art tracking solutions for businesses in Sri Lanka. Reducing costs has been a challenging task for many organizations and we hope, Smart Track Solutions will assist organizations to effectively overcome this situation with the use of advanced management information.”

Sparta Matrix Inc USA is the main technology provider for Smart Track GPS and GPRS and RFID solutions a US government accredited global leader in infrastructure development and systems integration of IT logistics and Transport Engineering Systems, having over 40 strategic alliance partners around the world. Smart Track together with Sparta Matrix is also working on a proposal which would be beneficial for Sri Lanka Logistic Centre and Dry port concept in the close proximity of the ports of Sri Lanka.

Green Lanka Group Joint Managing Director Kushani Nanayakkara Gankanda, Green Lanka Group Joint Managing Director Prashan Nanayakkara, Green Lanka Group Executive Director Captain A.V. Rajendra, Senior General Manager of Sales, Marketing and Distribution Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel Chandika Vitharana and General Manager Product Development and Customer Solutions Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel Prabath Gamage were also present at the event.

Sierra Global helps northern ALAs

Sierra Global Network Private Limited, one of the leading telecommunication infrastructure development and managed services firms has donated a large number of shoes to students in the Vaddakachchi Maha Vidyalaya in Kilinochchi district which is one of the oldest schools in Kilinochchi district.

There are over 100 students currently studying in Vaddakachchi Maha Vidyalaya which is located close to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Iranamadu base camp. This donation has been organized as part of the Iranamadu base camp second year anniversary.

“We are continuing our support to people in the Newly Liberated Areas (NLAs) as part of our commitment to develop the Northern Province which falls under our company’s Corporate Social Responsibility programme.

In the past we have given number of scholarships, donated school books, school bags and other needy items under the same program” said Sierra Global Director CEO Dr. Arosha Fernando, who frequently travel to the Northern Province on monitoring the progress of telecommunication expansion projects in the region.

Ex police officers launch ‘X Detectives’

Sarath Malalasekera

A new detective firm, X - Detectives (Pvt) Limited has been set up by four senior police officers who had retired from the service recently.

X Detectives comprises reputed ex-government agents, professional detectives and legal consultants. They are former DIGs Sarath Lugoda, Rohan Abeywardena, Jayakumar Thangavelu (Attorney at Law) and former Senior Superintendent Senaka Premabandu Ranasinghe.

X Detectives assists the public in finding and analyzing information and has a strong islandwide surveillance agent network.

‘We connect little clues to solve mysteries or to reveal facts about legal, financial or personal matters that are beyond your control. As a professional team backed with tons of experience, we offer many services including executive, corporate and personality,’ said Lugoda.

“We offer you a range of tailor made investigative solutions that protects you, your loved ones and your properties,” Lugoda said.

Protection pre employment screening, pre marital screening and individual background profiles, unnamed threats, computer crimes such as identity theft, harassing e mails and illegal downloading of copyrighted material and detecting of hackers, are some of the services offered by X Detectives.

X Detectives also provides assistance in criminal and civil liability cases, insurance cases and fraud, post fire and blast investigation and missing persons cases.

X Detectives is situated at Narahenpita.

International Quality Summit Convention:

Aminra wins gold

World-renowned organization Business Initiative Directions (BID) at the International Quality Summit Convention held on May 29 and 30 recognized Aminra Collection at New York by bestowing the Gold Award on the organization.

“This award amply rewards the young and enthusiastic generation we mention proudly, and we would like to thank the BID management for the manner they accepted and treated our Managing Director and the assurance of his progress in the management of the organization to manufacture products of quality and consolidate and strengthen his position as a leader in the company,” a company spokesman said. Aminra was one of the few representatives chosen from a large and distinguished gathering from 59 countries.

This prestigious award was presented to Aminra for their dedication and commitment in manufacturing items of quality in the jewellery segment in certified metals.

Thimbolketiya Nenasala Project places Ruwanpura treasure on Internet

The Thimbolketiya Nenasala Centre has provided full details pertaining to the environment, history and tourism of the Ratnapura District with the guidance of the Information Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) of Sri Lanka.

This project is further facilitated by the e-Sri Lanka Community Project and the relevant website is www.ecopalace.lk

The site contains a valuable collection of professional notes on historical lore and human and fauna-flora diversity. The site is user friendly with the facility to use through both Sinhala and English languages.

Details on lodging within the area, reliable safari transport services including tourist bungalows and campsites can be easily obtained.

The designer of the website, Viraj Ekanayake said that in future, this project will be expanded to cover the whole island and and Tamil language facilities will be provided as well.

SDB reaches world class with cutting-edge IT infrastructure

Microsoft Enterprise Agreement brings in global standards to SDB’s IT operation:

SANASA Development Bank (SDB) recently entered into an enterprise agreement with Microsoft, joining the ever expanding group of local enterprises adopting world class technology. The agreement, in partnership with Millennium ESP, the enterprise and service provider business of Millennium IT, and a Microsoft managed partner, marks a significant milestone for SDB in its journey towards becoming the apex bank in Sri Lanka’s co-operative banking sector with commercial banking status.

SANASA Development Bank General Manager and CEO Nimal Mamaduwa said, “SDB strives to develop and maintain a permanent customer base and delight our customers by providing high quality, innovative and competitive financial products and services to ensure the highest return possible in the market on shareholders capital. Through the three year engagement with Microsoft and their partner, Millennium ESP, we plan to further increase the efficiencies of our existing systems and improve its overall effectiveness.

We will align IT and its competitive advantages to our main goals and achieve our ambition to become a fully-fledged commercial bank.” This strategic partnership will enable SANASA Development Bank drive IT standardization across the organization while streamlining administration and budgeting and creating a flexible infrastructure, enabling them to respond rapidly to changing consumer needs.

Further, the Microsoft EA will provide them access to latest software which would include Windows 7 Enterprise and Microsoft Desktop Optimizations Pack (MDOP), System Centre Configuration Manager and SharePoint to name a few.

Suzuki Maruti races past record 10 million unit mark

Maruti Suzuki India Limited, India’s largest carmaker rolled out of its ten millionth Suzuki Maruti vehicle manufactured in India. The company achieved this historic milestone when a Metallic Breeze Blue WagonR VXi bearing Chassis No 243899 rolled out from the Company’s Gurgaon plant on March 15.

This landmark achievement, besides placing Suzuki Maruti up on the leader board with a select handful of carmakers worldwide to have reached the magical score, also makes the brand highest selling by far in India.

On the occasion, Maruti Suzuki India Limited Managing Director and CEO Shinzo Nakanishi commented on the role its customers and keystakeholders had played to help Suzuki Maruti set this momentous record, taking the opportunity to thank everyone from founding partners who laid a solid foundation of values and practices, to customers, employees and business associates.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited, which started operations in India in 1983 (then Maruti Udyog Limited) as a joint venture between the Government of India and Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan, took 23 years to cross the five million unit mark, has seen the demand for its fuel efficient models sky rocket in the recent past to record a remarkable score of manufacturing the next five million units in a little more than six years.

Several focused initiatives like capacity expansion, higher productivity levels and enhanced R&D capability contributed towards the company reaching the magic number.

In Sri Lanka too the brand has retained its pre-eminent position at the head of the sales charts retaining its position as the highest selling brand new car for eight successive years. The introduction of world strategic models based on a new design philosophy saw the likes of the A-Star, Ritz and WagonR winning customers across all its markets boosted by innovations released over the past couple of years.

IGV Group seeks business partner in Sri Lanka

The largest manufacturer of elevating systems for vertical transportation, personal lifts, traditional and panoramic lifts, Italy’s IGV Group Strategic Business Development Manager Antonella Borrelli was recently in Colombo to seek a business partner to promote their equipment. Borrelli met representatives several prospective companies interested in representive the IGV Group.

The meetings were organized by the Embassy of Italy in collaboration with the Sri Lanka – Italy Business Council.