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Canon to Touch 1 billion US$ by 2015
OM NANOTECH LAUNCHES ZIPMEM Om Nanotech, the leading manufacturer, supplier and exporter of Memory Modules, Compute RAM, Pen Drives and Flash Card announces the simultaneous Indian and Global launch of its range of branded memory products named ZipMem. This branded product is available in various capacities from 512MB to 4GB in DDR1, DDR2 and DDR3 format. Similarly, the ZipMem USB Pen Drives are available in wide range varying from 2GB to 32GB, while the FLASH cards (Micro SD/SD cards etc.) offer a choice of four different capacities of 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16 GB. With this branded-new product range, general users can easily reach greater performance with blazing fast data transfer rates, making it much easier and less time-consuming to get access to rich digital content. Ashok Khosla, CEO, OM Nanotech Pvt. Ltd., said, “We are very happy to announce the launch of ZipMem which represents a premium range of memory products ranging from computer RAM, flash cards to USB drives. ZipMem is designed for application in a wide range of digital consumer products, offering full compliance with the latest technology demands and expectations as well as RHOS compliances.” Harish Grover, Founder, Om Associates, said, “Our confidence in the quality of the product which we are offering an ‘Amazing Warranty’ policy. Not only the original product carries a 3 year ‘Across the counter’ replacement, the replaced product again is warranted for a period of 3 years.” Before the launch, the senior persons of the company had taken a group of media people on a guided tour to visit their Noida facility.
Canon India has expressed its plans to touch 1 billion US$ revenue by 2015. Towards achieving this, the company has taken some fantastic steps. Part of this, Canon India has integrated Oce business in India. Globally Canon has acquired majority share of Oce and in India, the integration makes both the company an absolute leader in digital printing segment though there are many challenges on the way. As per the terms of both the companies, Canon will sell, distribute and service Océ products in the areas of production printing, wide format printing, signage printing and business services. Canon India expects joining forces with Océ will generate Rs. 100 crore revenue in this domain in 2011. Canon India will handle the Océ business portfolio and will be the single interface across a range of products targeting multiple segments including Offset printing, transaction printing, bill printing, signage printing, Photo arts printing, CAD and GIS printing. Currently Canon has 19 products in its professional printing portfolio and together with Océ the portfolio will increase to 70 product offerings. The alliance will offer customers the largest portfolio in the professional printing space.
EXECUTIVE MOVEMENT
WORLDWIDE PC SHIPMENTS GREW 3.1 PERCENT IN Q4 2010
Brocade Appoints Edgar Dias as Regional Director. He will Drive Business across Key Enterprise Verticals throughout Asia
WORLDWIDE PC SHIPMENTS SURPASSED 93.5 MILLION UNITS IN Q4 OF 2010, ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY RESULTS BY GARTNER, INC. THESE FIGURES WERE BELOW EARLIER FORECAST OF 4.8% GROWTH FOR THE Q4 OF 2010 Pacific.
WORLDWIDE PC VENDOR UNIT SHIPMENT ESTIMATES FOR 4Q10 (THOUSANDS OF UNITS)
Dell Q4 2009
Q4 2010
5,347
7,809
10,801 Lenovo
12.1%
Toshiba Growth
Others
Note: Data includes desk-based PCs, mobile PCs, including mininotebooks but not media tablet such as the iPad. Source: Gartner (January 2011)
Acer
10,395
12,075 HP
11,853
3.9%
4,768
-1.8%
9,482
21.4%
17,582
17,787
-1.2%
38,417
37,816
1.6%
Vinod Kumar appointed as the new MD & CEO of Tata Communications. Rajesh Sinha has been appointed as Branch Head of Cyberstar, Patna. Hip Street has appointed Sukhesh Madaan as General Manager- Sales & Marketing, South Asia. Avinash Vashistha joins Accenture as MD & Co-Chairman ESET has appointed Richard Marko as its new Global CEO. Marko, a company co-owner and previously the company’s Chief Technology Officer, succeeds Miroslav Trnka.
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