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Infogile featured in SmartTechie magazine
In: Press Releases
1 Jan 2010Infogile is a software consulting company with a strong focus on mobile and media application development.Infogile is a software consulting company with a strong focus on mobile and media application development.
Puneet Bindlish
Infogile’s flagship product is moGile Prepaid Recharge Platform, to enable prepaid recharge and e-delivery of goods and services through retailer based distribution network. The product boasts of being the first mobile phone based point of sales in India, offering multi operator recharge with zero setup fees. moGile has helped almost 10 national level distribution companies to power their retailer network. The service is provided in a hosted model with one week guaranteed implementation. Few of them, who had prior tie ups with operators and aggregators, could go live in 72 hours also. Infogile claims that it offers the most turnkey and cost effective systems to automate business processes at every corner of the globe. It provides the applications, integrates with existing systems and processes secure transactions with a key focus on rural and semi-urban population.
E-Entrepreneurship – The Way Forward
(Delphique ‘09 at MDI, Gurgaon Talks About Resurgence of Industries in the Backdrop of Global Meltdown)
The Entrepreneurship Panel, in association with TiE looked at e-Entrepreneurship and the way forward to foster conscious entrepreneurship globally.
Mr. H. K. Mittal, Advisor, GOI, Department of Science and Technology, Mr. Manoj Mishra, CEO, Gen Next Consultant, Mr. Ranjit Shastri, Co-founder Smart Analyst Inc., Mr. Puneet Bindlish, Co-founder and CEO, Infogile and Dr. Arunaditya Sahay, Professor, Strategic Management, MDI were the guest speakers in this panel. Prof. Rohit Prasad from MDI Gurgaon moderated the proceedings of the panel.
Mr. Mishra began the discussion by advocating e-Entrepreneurship as a way to build and accelerate modern businesses by leveraging technology. He highlighted a wide spectrum of advantages of e-Entrepreneurship ranging from reduction in costs to scalability to global reach and accelerated growth. Carrying the discussion forward, Mr. Bindlish pointed out that technology is a powerful tool to facilitate or enable businesses but cannot be the core competency of any business. He, therefore, emphasized the need to focus on business models and urged all e-Entrepreneurs to treat technology only as an enabler. Panellists were of the view that Internet is all pervasive in businesses today. Therefore, every business is either an e-business or has the potential to transform into one. Mr. Mittal advised all the young minds interested in entrepreneurship to go out in the real world and experiment with entrepreneurial ideas rather than just discussing and learning them within the confines of classroom walls. Prof. Sahay pointed out the role of Management institutes such as MDI to provide a nurturing ground to job-creators of the nation. Mr. Shastri stressed the need of having a great team apart from having great ideas for starting new ventures.
While addressing the students, the esteemed panel of speakers also brought forth the social aspect of e-Businesses. By citing examples of Online banking and traffic police systems, they explained how e-Businesses can play a role in reducing corruption and extending benefits of technology to the bottom of the pyramid.
References:-
- MDI Delphique Press Release: http://www.coolavenues.com/bschools/011209/mdig-delphique-2.php
- MDI Delphique Panel Discussion Home: http://www.mdi-delphique.com/enterprenureship.html
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How to create & register Firefox Addon
In: Technology
24 Sep 2009___________________________________________________________
1. Add Script in HEAD section of your web page
<script type=’text/javascript’>
function errorMsg(){
alert(“Firefox, Mozilla or Netscape 6 is required to install the Healthline search plug-in.”);
}
function addEngine(name,cat,type) {
if ((typeof window.sidebar == “object”) && (typeof
window.sidebar.addSearchEngine == “function”))
{
//cat=”Web”;
//cat=prompt(‘In what category should this engine be installed?’,'Web’)
window.sidebar.addSearchEngine(
“http://www.healthline.com/plugins/healthline_search.src”,
“http://www.healthline.com/images/healthline_search.gif”,
name,
cat );
}
else
{
errorMsg();
}
}
</script>
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2. Add Link on your page:
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<input value=”Add Healthline to Firefox” onclick=”addEngine(‘Healthline Search Engine’,'Medical Search Engine’,0)” type=”button”>
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3. Create file: http://www.healthline.com/plugins/healthline_search.src
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<search version=”1.1″
name=”Healthline”
description=”Healthline Medical Search”
action=”http://www.healthline.com/search”
searchForm=”http://www.healthline.com”
method=”GET” >
<input name=”q1″ user>
<input name=”source” value=”firefox”>
</search>
<browser
update=”http://www.healthline.com/plugins/healthline_search.src”
updateIcon=”http://www.healthline.com/images/healthline_search.gif”
updateCheckDays=”3″>
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User would get the prompt to install add-on wen user clicks on the link on your page. also the plugin would try to update itself after every 3 days
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Position: Sr. Associate, Mobile Technologies R&D
In: Careers with us
10 Aug 2009Infogile Technologies Pvt Ltd is a fast paced software consulting company with focus on mobile and media application development. We have proven capability in design, development and maintenance of high-end business enabling systems. We at Infogile, are relentlessly exercising to provide the best to the customers, who consider us as a lasting partner helping them to achieve their business objectives with the most cost effective solutions. Being a start-up, we want self-driven people who take charge of the project and deliver on promises. We encourage intrapreneurship in our employees and believe in providing excellent opportunities and exposure to technology.
We have urgent requirement of senior associate/Tech Lead at one of our client location in Mumbai. We are conducting interview on 12th – 15th Aug, ’09 at our Gurgaon Office. Indicative compensation would be between INR 5.25 – 6.25 Lacs p.a. + perks + equity shares. However, Salary would be no constraint for a good candidate.
Job Description: Position: Sr. Associate, Mobile Technologies R&D
Experience: 2 to 4 Years
Location: Mumbai
Desired Candidate Profile:
- 2 to 4 Years of Total Experience.
- 1+ Years of strong technical experience in J2ME/Symbian/BREW and other mobile technologies
- Should have handled minimum one project on J2ME technology
- Exposure to Bluetooth/Smart Cards/NFC/mobile port programming would be an added advantage
- Good Communication skills.
If interested and can join us within 10 days, kindly send your resume immediately to: careers[AT]infogile[DOT]com
Kindly give us following information as well:
- Your total IT Exp:
- Total Java/J2ME/Symbian/BREW Exp:
- Current Role:
- Current CTC:
- Expected CTC:
- Current Location:
- Are you willing to relocate to Mumbai? :
- Contact Information:
Regards
Careers Team
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Enthusiasm, Excitement & New Office
29 Jun 2009Dear All
Finally we are all set to start afresh from our new office with renewed enthusiasm. It was indeed a much needed upgrade especially for support teams.
Asia: Plot 43, Sector 31, near IBM (Park Centra), Gurgaon, Haryana-122001,India. Ph: +91-124-4623000 (50 lines), +91-124-4236696
United States: Ph: +1-412-203-3741 (US Support)
Some of the highlights of this new facility:-
- 2500 sft space enough to seat 50 people (Lower Ground)
- 50 line EPBX/PRI with support IVRS
- 3 meetings cum board rooms (Lower Ground)
- 5 KVA power backup (hopefully our power woes would be thing of the past)
- Three internet lines to provide appropriate redundancy
- More space allocated per person & New ergonomic furniture
- Much better & Separate toiletries for gents/Ladies
- Separate Cafeteria cum activity room (Ground Floor)
- 5 bedroom Guest house (Ground & First Floor)
- Open Lawns & Security Desk
- More Parking
Infogile team is in top gear for exceptional execution. As always, our solutions would realize tremendous business value for our clients.
Regards
Information Team
P.S.: Here are pictures of Hawan ceremony(12-June-2009) for those who couldn’t attend:
We would shortly put some pictures of the new office on this post.
Sebi has released the proposed framework for using mobile devices for secutities trades and has invited comments from market participants. Sebi has proposed extending the existing framework of Internet trading for the purpose, subject to security and encryption safeguards.All Sebi registered stockbrokers who provide Internet-based trading services will be eligible to offer the wireless platform. However, they will be required to obtain approvals from their respective exchanges. This medium is likely to impact share trading patterns.
According to industry experts, online trading has grown to around 20% of the total turnover of exchanges, from just 3% in 2003-04. There are around 350 million mobile subscribers in India. And the introduction of wireless trading is expected to further boost equity trading in India.
In its proposed framework, Sebi states that adequate measures should be taken for user identification, authentication and access control using means such as user passwords, smart cards, biometric devices or other reliable means to prevent misuse.
SEBI has proposed following security features are mandatory for all Internet based trading systems:
i. User id
ii. First Level password (Private code)
iii. Automatic expiry of passwords at the end of a reasonable duration. Reinitialise access on entering fresh passwords
iv. All transaction logs with proper audit facilities to be maintained in the system.
v. Secured Socket Level Security for server access through Internet
vi. Suitable Firewalls between trading set-up directly connected to an Exchange trading system and the Internet trading set-up.
Security products advised by SEBI:
a. Microprocessor based SMART cards
b. Dynamic Password (Secure ID Tokens)
c. 64 bit/128 bit encryption **
d. Second Level password (personal information e.g. village name, birth date etc.)
More details can be found here.
Mobile Advertising – Challenges & Issues in 2009
In: View Point
15 Mar 2009The current economic downturn is placing significant pressure on the global advertising market. Consumers will be looking to spend less money and this is likely to accelerate the shift of advertising budget away from traditional media to digital media, as advertisers target a consumer base that increasingly seeks entertainment and information online and on the mobile device.
However, for most players in mobile content markets, it is unrealistic to expect significant revenue from mobile advertising in the short-to-medium term. The current economic environment will restrict investment in new technologies and services and limit advertisers’ appetite for untested propositions, as well as constraining consumer spend on new mobile-related content and services that could support advertising. In order to survive the difficult economic conditions, mobile operators and their advertising partners should bear in mind the following trends.
• Fragmentation of advertising formats, devices and mobile operating systems will continue to constrain growth. The diversity of current mobile advertising offerings, and the platforms and devices that support them, is still holding back the market. Currently a variety of advertisement formats are being explored including banners, microsites, in-video and in-game advertising, interactive SMS/MMS, MMS push etc.
• Demonstrating return on investment is critical. Measuring the real value to the advertiser of a particular mobile advertising format or a specific campaign remains problematic. For SMS push advertisements and mobile Internet search and display advertisements, click-through rates are really the only widely available metric, but interpreting these in a meaningful way is far from obvious.
• Search advertising will become a key platform. Major online search players, such as Google and Yahoo!, are unquestionably better placed to attract advertising spend than new entrants or mobile-only players. Mobile advertising ultimately offers exciting possibilities involving location and other targeting metrics, but in the near term, general search provided by well-recognized engines will be the most attractive platform.
• Producers of highly popular branded content will look to sell mobile advertising directly. Major players in sports and entertainment content are developing and selling their own mobile advertisements, taking advantage of their strong brands, proven audiences and existing relationships with advertisers.
• Developing markets and 16–25 year-old users will be particularly responsive to advertising. Attention has centered on targeting advertisements according to subscriber interests or behavior, but simpler targeting (by consumer age or level of market development) can be very effective.
• Many advertising-funded mobile content services will struggle. Many smaller mobile content and media startups developed on the advertising-based model will fail, because advertising does not materialize as quickly as originally projected.
In summary, the market is likely to experience something of a breathing period now, as advertising buyers pull back from experimentation and reconfigure advertising budgets to suit the new economic conditions, and mobile operators focus on keeping subscribers on board and happy. To the extent that mobile advertising can help facilitate this, in a manner that is both attractive and highly cost-effective from the advertiser’s perspective, all parties will benefit from its growth.
Delhi – January 10, 2009 Infogile today entered into an alliance with ApnaBill for online prepaid mobile recharge. ApnaBill is one of the first companies in online mobile recharge of prepaid mobile phone in India. It may be mentioned here that Infogile’s indigenously developed Mogile Prepaid Recharge solution already has a pan India retailer network, making it one of the largest deployed mobile solution in India. This move is seen as another step to make Infogile as the leader in mobile recharge solutions in India. On the occasion, Mr. Puneet Bindlish C.E.O of Infogile said that “Infogile believes in providing the end customers with best of the services and at their door steps. This alliance is yet another example of providing customers with better services for their comfort that also aligns with the vision of the four evangelists of Four Fractions.”
ApnaBill website and Widget will now be powered by the moGile PPR. Using the services, users can recharge pre paid mobile sitting at office desk or even at home. All they need is a web connection and online banking account. The widget also has a free source code and can be added to one’s blog or website.
About ApnaBill
ApnaBill.com is a solution to bridge the gap between consumers and service providers by offering a user friendly service for pre-paid and post-paid utility bill payment. It is an offshoot of Four Fractions – a technology driven startup based out of New Delhi – the capital of India. The Team comprises of highly self-motivated individuals who see a bright future in e-commerce and online transactions in India. www.apnabill.com
New Delhi – June 06, 2008 Infogile has been selected as one of the eight finalists at the TiE Entreprenurial Challenge 2008. This is second of the national level business plan competition organized by Canaan Partners and TiE Delhi. The 8 teams were shortlisted based on their potential scale of the business, the strength of the team and sustainable differentiation in the business model.
Of the 140 business plans that the team received, maximum entries were in “Enterprise Software” category. These shortlisted applicants will be invited to participate in the final round which will see them presenting their plans and ideas in detail to an eminent jury of the country’s leading entrepreneurs and corporate heads (which includes Pramod Bhasin (CEO & President, Genpact), Raman Roy (Chairman, Quatrro BPO Solutions), Saurabh Srivastava (President, TIE Delhi), Sanjeev Bikhchandani (co-founder and CEO of Naukri.com), Mahesh Murthy (Partner, Seedfund) and Alok Mittal (Managing Director, Canaan Partners India). This event is also co-sponsored by CNBC-TV18, Business Today, Microsoft, ISB and NASSCOM.
About Canaan Partners
For two decades, Canaan Partners has invested in innovative, early stage technology companies with the mission to catalyze next generation market leaders.
About TiE Delhi
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) is a global not-for-profit organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship. TiE helps budding entrepreneurs by way of advice, guidance and assistance from successful & experienced entrepreneurs and professionals.
About Infogile
Infogile is a fast paced mobile solutions company with their delivery center in Hyderabad and sales presence in New Delhi. Their flagship product moGile enables content and services over mobile device. In a very short span of time, the company has enabled 2500+ retailers (Infogile’s Retailer Network) across 11 states in India to sell prepaid coupons & collect bill payments of all leading Telcos, content from leading VAS providers, coupons from Gaming & mobile entertainment providers. In next phase, the company intends to add banking services, distribution of insurance products, railway ticketing and mobile advertisements to its portfolio. Retailer has a zero setup fee, as the transaction application is available over low cost options like GPRS, WAP, SMS or Web. The project envisages creating 10,000 employment opportunities every year.
About TiE Entrepreneurial Challenge 2008
One of the most prestigious and challenging business plan competitions in India is back! TiE Entrepreneurial Challenge 2008, a national level business plan competition for early stage entrepreneurs in India beckons the best and the brightest with an opportunity to interact with the top VC’s and get mentored by some of the most successful entrepreneurs & professionals. But more importantly, it is an excellent platform to showcase your venture and get a real experience of selling it to real investors.
Benefits to the Participants
- Microsoft Award: At least one finalist will be invited to join the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program where they will get access, guidance and support on the Microsoft Platform as well as market development support from Microsoft
- ISB Programs : A representative from each of the winning teams will be invited to attend a course pro bono at the Center for Executive Education at the Indian School of Business (ISB). Typical value of this course is greater than Rs 300,000. More details regarding the coursekul would be made available soon.
- Mentoring: All finalists will be mentored by TiE-ENP (Entrepreneurship Nurturing Program) to refine their business plans for the presentation to the jury. The Winners would be mentored by NASSCOM, Canaan Partners, and Jury Members for three months after the event
- Access to Investors: All finalists will have access to investors from TiE, Indian Angel Network and other early stage investors
- Profiling in Media: Winners will be featured in CNBC TV18 & Business Today, enabling them to build awareness about their companies & products.
Helpline launched, World No Tobacco Day observed
In: CSR Initatives
1 Jun 2008
For a cause: A keen listener at the counselling programme organised on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day in Hyderabad on Saturday.
HYDERABAD: Reaching out to people and spreading awareness against the use of tobacco is of paramount importance in eradicating the scourge of cancer and related disorders, Former Minister and Chairperson of Indo-American Cancer Institute and Research Centre Kodela Sivaprasada Rao said while addressing a meeting in the Institute on Saturday. “Thousands of addicts consume up to 30 to 40 sachets of gutka per day. Places may be found without food, but not one without gutka,” he said. Noting that the increased use of gutka over a decade contributed to the rise in the incidence of cancer in its various forms, he expressed doubts as to whether setting up of hospitals alone could address the problem. The meeting was organised by Svechha, a voluntary organisation in association with the Indo-American Cancer Institute on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day. A ‘Quit Smoking’ drive will be conducted throughout the next week in the hospital, which will include counselling for smokers, free oral cancer check-up, and other tests done at concessional rates, Puneet Bindlish, the Co-Founder and vice- president of Svechha Foundation announced. He also launched the Svechha Health Helpline at 9441361219 that may be dialled to get assistance for any health related issue. “Passive smoking caused by closed-door smoking will result in abortions, premature births and low birth weight. Studies also point to possible relation between passive smoking and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,” Kalpana Raghunath, the Medical Superintendent(Academics) warned during the meeting. The Joint Director of Research at the Institute Kaiser Jamil said studies were being conducted over gene mutations due to consumption of tobacco. “Not everybody who smokes will get cancer. Studies are on to determine genes susceptible to cancer,” she said.
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- Infogile featured in SmartTechie magazine
- E-Entrepreneurship at Delphique ‘09 at MDI, Gurgaon
- How to create & register Firefox Addon
- Position: Sr. Associate, Mobile Technologies R&D
- Enthusiasm, Excitement & New Office
- Sebi releases draft framework for wireless securities trading
- Mobile Advertising – Challenges & Issues in 2009
- Infogile ties up with ApnaBill for online pre paid mobile recharge
- Infogile selected for TiE Canaan Entreprenurial Challenge 2008 Finals
- Helpline launched, World No Tobacco Day observed
