Biz-Tech

Abans launch DELL projector

Get ready to project images virtually from the palm of the hand. Amaze friends and family and make memorable presentations while on the move with the ultra portable, pocket-sized DELL M109S Ultra-Portable Projector.

This has been made possible with the launch of DELL's new Ultra-Portable Projector at Abans, authorized distributor for DELL computers in Sri Lanka. The ultra-portable DELL M109S Mini Projector weighs a mere 0.80 pounds with remarkably small dimensions of only 3.64" x 4.12" x 1.46". This groundbreaking pocket-sized projector lets you take the show on the road like never before.

With brightness of 50 ANSI Lumens (Max) and SVGA native resolution of 858x600, it empowers users to deliver presentations in crisp text and vibrant colours to small groups, collaborative meetings or even impromptu meetings with confidence and ease. This projector is ideally suited for sales and consultancy professionals who are mostly mobile and also for small boardroom presentations.

Mirrors are at the heart of this amazing little wonder. The M109S Projector employs millions of tiny reflectors that work in concert to create stunning colours and highly accurate images.

The M109S is easy to operate and easy to connect. One cord does it all. The Multi Input Cable, which is included with the projector, enables to connect to notebooks, desktops, DVD players, gaming consoles and other video devices.

The M109S Projector is ready to go, right out of the box.

A host of convenient preset projection modes makes it easy to adapt to different viewing conditions. Which means that business travellers, students and home users alike can maintain high-quality presentations at any given location.

The M109S utilizes mercury-free LED light source of usage life of up to 10,000 hours, thereby saving money and reducing replacement and maintenance to a minimum as no replacement of LED module light source is required. It consumes less power, runs cooler and is quieter than a traditional lamp-based projector and the 10,000 hour lifetime for its LED light is much longer than the 3000 hour lifetime of many conventional projector lamps.

The DEL Ultra-Portable Projector is now available at all Abans Showrooms islandwide.

Informatics markets HP products in Sri Lanka, Maldives

Visual Computing Systems (VCS), a tier one certified Hewlett-Packard (HP) partner, recently joined forces with its parent Company, Informatics to improve marketing and customer service standards for the full range of HP solutions including servers and notebooks and storage and software solutions.

"This partnership will help us stay closer to HP users and provide them with better customer service and enhance user experience," said Informatics Group of Companies Director Hasith Wickramasinghe. "Since April 2011 we have opened new service centres in Sri Lanka and the Maldives as our motivation is to cater to our customers raising requirements and provide them with all types of services ranging from hardware support including installation, warranty upgrades, maintenance and 24x7 problem resolutions to infrastructure management."

This decision was a result of a major restructuring process in the Informatics Group. It aims at adjusting to the changing technologies, raising market competitiveness and increasing customer requirements. One of the most important factors is that the company decided to bring the entire marketing team under one umbrella so that the synergy of all marketing groups could complement each other and be able to function more efficiently. This allows for joint marketing activities that result in providing customers with value-added solutions.

Informatics (Pvt) Ltd was founded in 1983 with a mission to Build Better Solutions Through Integration.

Softlogic Finance opens in Colombo 3

On the back of an unprecedented portfolio growth during the last year, Softlogic Finance PLC recently opened a metro branch in Colombo 3, promising to take its service promise, aptly named "the winning angle", to new levels. The metro branch, housed in a modern, self-contained multi-level office tower, was opened last week at No.315, R A De Mel Mawatha, Colombo 3.

Ashok Pathirage

The company, previously known as Capital Reach Leasing and flying the flag of the powerful Softlogic Group since its acquisition last year, has seen a remarkable transformation as is evident from its performance this year and now stands well-poised to deliver the next success story on the cutting-edge of finance.

"Our aim is to create a winning proposition in the field of financial services as well, and to that end, have put together a team of people and resources, that are set to deliver the next paradigm shift in the field of finance," said Softlogic Finance and Softlogic Group Companies, Chairman Ashok Pathirage, at the opening ceremony.

"This new branch in Colombo 3 will help us reach out to more customers in Colombo, and will offer the full range of services. Convenience and benchmark service standards are the fundamental elements that drive us. Our product offering currently comprise of leasing, hire-purchase, fixed deposits, savings accounts, business loans and personal finance and gold loans. We now have nine branches in provincial towns around the country, and we are looking at expanding our network that will include our presence in the northern and eastern arenas," he said.

Softlogic Finance is backed by the support of its holding company, the Softlogic Group, one of Sri Lanka's fastest-growing conglomerates. The involvement of this dynamic retail group has brought a powerful dimension to Softlogic Finance that will work in tandem with the Group, ramping up its presence in the consumer lifestyle arena. Softlogic Group has today expanded into a highly diversified group of companies with over 4,800 employees and an annual turnover that exceeds Rs 16 billion.

With the Group having its foundations in the IT field, the company is leveraging technology to present a competitively-priced collection of financial products and services to its customers. A foothold in the financial industry adds a new facet to the group's portfolio and the entry of the group into the financial services sector is the ideal strategic fit in offering the retail and SME customer both personal and business financial solutions through the Softlogic Finance branch network, as well as the Softlogic stores that will soon expand islandwide.

Virtusa offers critical tool to assess ICD-10 transition costs

Virtusa Corporation, a global IT services company that offers a broad spectrum of business consulting and outsourcing services has designed a customized migration assessment tool to help healthcare organizations determine the potential financial impact of transitioning from ICD-9 to ICD-10.

The conversion, which is mandated to take effect by October 2013, will multiply the number of available diagnosis and procedure codes from the current 24,000 to more than 155,000. The end result promises to positively transform the healthcare industry by ultimately reducing costs and improving the quality of patient care. Many healthcare organizations, however, are justifiably concerned about how the changeover will impact revenue cycles. Virtusa's complimentary, cloud-based financial modeling solution offers a resource that provides peace of mind and insight by allowing organizations to test various pricing scenarios and gauge the economic impact on different areas of operation, including: billing and payment schemes, provider billing practices,use of mapping tools, medical policy coding, coding errors, fraud and abuse editing.

"Virtusa's Financial Modeler is absolutely the type of tool payers and providers need to achieve a competitive advantage as they move to ICD-10," said Virtusa Healthcare Practice Director James Swanson. "Even though organizations have the new code set, many have yet to look at the possible disruptions to cash flow, such as delayed collections and lower reimbursement. The Financial Modeler is a specialized tool that will allow healthcare organizations to identify gaps to the revenue and reimbursement cycle and determine what remediation is required to counteract the shortfalls and achieve a net zero impact," he said.

The ICD-10 migration also opens up numerous other business transformation opportunities for healthcare payer and provider organizations. The enhanced data capture and tracking capabilities allowed in ICD-10 can help healthcare organizations initiate enterprise-wide makeover projects to optimize their business operations systems and processes for increased efficiency and profitability.