The basic idea behind this paper is to integrate GSM module with PC mother board. The GSM Gateway (trunk) provides GSM Air interface facility to the IP PBX (Asterisk).
Most aircraft companies develop onboard systems software for civilian aircraft based on the guidelines RTCA DO-178B/ED-12B "Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification".
This paper addresses how Galileo Navigation System will influence the Indian market, especially the location based services which are expected to have an enormous growth.
Outsourcing Center & Wipro recently performed a survey that identified the critical success factors of mergers & acquisitions from the perspective of managers & individual contributors whose organizations...
In the context of dramatic growth rates being experienced by B2B e-commerce, this whitepaper discusses how B2B e-commerce vendors can optimize their accounts payable processes.
The Credit Card industry was one of the victims of the financial crisis, as payment deliquencies and Credit Card Charge Offs amplify in tubulent economies.
Challenges are aplenty in a credit card business : Short customer lifetime value, small lead time of new product offers, marketing channel costs, to highlight a few.
As the online banking space matures, service differentiators are blurring; therefore forcing banks to rely on innovative customer experience to retian customers.
This paper provides insights gained from a survey research conducted by Wipro and Outsourcing Center to gauge trends in customer experience initiatives undertaken by banks.
product bundling offers increased value to the base component, extended service or free regular check ups. Bundling of insurance products reduces the costs incurred by the insurer.
The emerging class of digitally-savvy bank customers, including small and midsized businesses, increasingly wants to use bank branches more for sophisticated financial advice, support and products, and less for conventional transactions like cashing pay checks.
This whitepaper presents an approach to enable Windows application for SaaS model without upgrading/redesigning the application and protect the investment.
The software market is undergoing a dramatic change. New technologies, solutions and business model are not just redefining the ISV landscape, but also provide them tremendous opportunities to innovate and create next generation solutions.
An element of unsaleables management that has come into focus in recent years is the impact of sales and procurement (internal sales, field sales organizations, sales and marketing agencies/brokers...
This paper demostrates the value of social media to the CPG industry. It makes a business case for usage of social media by CPG companies and also lays down the right strategy to gather and leverage "social business intelligence".
Global CPG industry has an imperative to go green, considering its substantial negative ecological impact. This paper reveals environmental damage inflicted at every stage of the CPG supply chain and examines means to achieve sustainability goals...
With the number of activities and entities fast increasing, the supply chain in the food and beverages industry has become more complex and quality control, unmanageable.
This paper provides best practices to be followed to manage massive upstream data efficiently. This study matches various problem symptoms with appropriate measures, thereby providing a upstream data management roadmap.
Modern Loyalty programs are ideal tools to reach the "right customer". Loyalty programs reward best customers through discounts, special promotions, gifts, etc. in exchange for a better knowledge of his customers and new purchase patterns identification.
This paper pierces through different layers of safety challenges in upstream and downstream operations and provides best practices to counter these challenges.
This paper focuses on the downstream supply chain management processes and tools, which when effectively used, result in significant benefits for the refinery.
Exploration and Production (E&P) will be particularly hard hit in the O&G sector in the next decade as nearly 50% of the sector workforce will be due for retirement.
This whitepaper makes a business case for transition to the new 5010 and ICD-10 norms given by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2009 ,delineates the impact of the transition of business functions...
This whitepaper examines how the recent financial crisis has impacted the Insurance Industry. It also explores how the very building blocks of the industry or what it chooses to influence ‐ savings, consumptions, trade and relationships ‐ are changing.
Three decades ago, insurers were among the first to automate enterprise systems using Mainframes. Subsequent improvement in coding techniques and technology led to progressively better externalization.
The insurance industry is totally dependent on the ability to convert raw data into intelligence - about customers, markets, competitors, and business environment.
This paper examines the challenges faced by Insurers in distribution, profiling, campaigns and changing demographics etc., and how predictive analytics can help insurers in identifying the winning strategies from these areas...
New technologies are being introduced in hospitals and labs at an ever-increasing rate. The need for "plug-and-play" interoperability – the ability to take a medical device out of its box and easily make it work with one's other devices...
The purpose of this paper is to describe the importance of Risk Analysis, Risk Management Process, Application of Risk Management tools, and the benefit of the Risk Management Analysis.
This white paper highlights Windows Embedded technology, which is being widely accepted and proven technology in the field of Medical Device manufacture and production.
The design of medical electronic equipment and the integration of power supplies into medical equipment have long posed unique challenges to engineers and system designers.
Augmented Reality (AR) is pushing the envelope of innovation in manufacturing. It can enable solutions focused around cost reduction, faster go-to market, improved quality and higher safety.
Almost 35% of the worldwide workforce will be mobile by 2013. This will bring fresh opportunities with it to leverage mobile technologies that deliver better collaboration and workflow, productivity gains, improved quality and lowered cost in manufacturing.
The volume, velocity and complexity of data is growing exponentially. Equipments, devices, processes and even consumer actions are generating data that is being captured and analyzed by smart organizations for early insight into business and the consumer.
Despite making steady investments in analytics over the past few years many retailers acknowledge they have not achieved their desired goals. A majority say they have difficulty overcoming barriers caused by corporate...
Last year, retailers around the world lost more than $60 billion to shrink. To reduce this shrink, retailers have to use multiple products/applications, which in turn are provided by multiple vendors.
Technology has played a key role in retailers' effort to compete in this volatile market. Sophisticated retailers have quickly evolved from basic automation to embrace new technologies like CRM, business intelligence, etc.
This paper identifies those execution gaps and makes specific recommendations on how to most effectively address them. It provides a framework for managing the necessary change and avoiding being overwhelmed...
The paper discusses architecting the supply chain and deals with the advantages of automating the supply thereby save costs, reduce inventory levels, improve vendor management and other aspects.
This whitepaper throws light over dark pools trading & the benfits of dark pool trading for institutional investors mainly. It also focusses on variuos types of dark pools in the market today and how the trading process is different as compared to the traditional exchange trading.
This paper describes the Generalized VaR Framework (GVF), a broad structure for step by step calculation of portfolio VaR figures over time horizons and confidence levels specific to organization.
This papers discuss on how an efficient integrated compliance systems can be built that are more cost effective and at the same time provides compliance control over all divisions of the enterprise.
This paper provides an insightful depth into Securities Lending and Collateral Management by drawing upon how Collateral Management could be used to effectively manage counter-party risk.
Investment banks to a large extent have moved away from individual based programming and supporting applications to a more matured service level agreement based development and support functions.
Convergent Systems enable multi-service packaging and pricing, whereby existing customers are enticed to add new services. By convergence, we mean the coming together of communication media.
The beginning of wireless technology can be thought as the adoption of devices like mobiles, PDAs and interactive phones. But the question is how does one design, develop and deploy this new technology as an amalgam of the large existing e-business leaders,.
Traditionally, redirecting Web requests using content or user classification has been a function of Web servers. However, Internet traffic and business growth is fast outpacing that of computing power.
Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4)is the most popular protocol in use today, although there are some questions about its capability to serve the Internet community for much longer.
As the need for alternative access to the Internet becomes more evident, several technology companies are pursuing solutions. While these alternative technologies are in the pipeline, few are ready for market.
With increasing complexity of logistics management, more companies are opting to outsource logistics to Third party logistics (3PL). To effectively manage the supply chains of their customers, 3PLs need to constantly analyze data collected from various sources and convert...
Reducing fuel burn, facilitating less wait time and optimizing passenger walking distance vis-à-vis optimizing passenger satisfaction are the key components of an effective gate system that drives airlines in the current economic downturn scenario.
The process of Revenue Management (RM) for airline industry is currently divided into two sections on the basis of the Booking Patterns, as Group Booking Process (GBoS) and Individual Booking Process (IBP).
The goal of sustainability is to achieve harmony with the environment such that fewer resources are being consumed than are being created. Enviromental sustainability can be achieved through monitoring, controlling and conserving energy.
Intelligent Electrical System being proposed is an IT-enabled, information-led, electrical network that provides more reasons and opportunities for better operational efficiency.
Smart Grid opens up a new genre of a prepaid metering system for the utility, one which is a winwin proposition. Utilities are embarking Smart Metering deployment strategies; replacing conventional meters with smart AMI meters.
This white paper focuses on various implementation challenges faced by System Integrators (SI) in terms of choosing right technology, processes and approach owing to constraints in cost, market structure and size of Utilities.
Key to Information Accuracy for Utilities - This whitepaper presents an approach to help Utilities to follow a structured methodology to improve the data accuracy & get better prepared to face the challenges on this front.