Bangalore, Nov 6 (ANI/Business Wire India): ChaYoWo Games, the gaming
division of ChaYoWo Technology Solutions, a leading gaming solutions
provider has announced the official launch their own online gaming portal.

GameZIndia.com offers a variety of free online games and is India's first
gaming portal that has an inbuilt gaming community in the site. The gaming
community features scrap books, chat-rooms, user search options, challenging
options and the facility to Host Single Player Tournaments among others.

The site features continuous tournaments and prizes will be awarded to
participates that win games.

The portal also has a host of casual downloadable games available from
across the world for gamers in India.

The portal currently has games for all types of interests - action,
adventure, arcade, racing, educational, and more.

Specifically for the Diwali season, GameZindia has launched the 'Diwali
Damaka' competition across India.

"GameZindia.com offers to the Indian audience apart from free online games,
a range of casual and mobile games from around the world. We will continue
to add new games and features to ensure a remarkable gaming experience for
all our loyal community of users. The gaming community on offer at our site
will have many attractive features and will really aim at building a gaming
community in India," said Jugul Thachery, CEO of www.gameZindia.com

Speaking of the official launch, Gaurav Mirchandani, Co-founder and MD of
ChaYoWo Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd and GameZIndia.com said, "GameZIndia
will also provide game developers around the globe the opportunity to enter
the rapidly growing gaming segment in India. We are in talks with several
overseas gaming portals to share and enhance the gaming experience for all
of our users."

ChaYoWo Technology Solutions was funded earlier this year by US-based seed
fund Maxa Group thereby enabling it to grow through its early stages. (ANI)

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New Delhi, Delhi, India, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 -- (Business Wire India) -- Cisco® today unveiled its state-of-the-art Globalisation Centre East campus in Bangalore at an opening ceremony presided over by former Indian President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and John Chambers, Cisco chairman and CEO.

Cisco also announced that it is extending venture investment initiative in India by another $100 million to drive growth with high-potential Indian companies This venture investment in India is consistent with Cisco's long track record of driving growth in the information technology (IT) market through investment in the innovation economy. In 2005, Cisco designated an initial $100 million in venture funding for this purpose as part of its overall $1.1bn investment plan for India.

As the first of several potential iniatives Cisco is pursuing within the new $100m investment goal, Cisco is collaborating with Satyam Computer Services to explore a new venture investment. This planned new venture will focus on optimising, deploying and managing integrated healthcare management solutions globally, bringing together the market reach, capabilities and experience of both Cisco and Satyam. Please see separate release for more information.

Cisco today employs over 3000 people across India, and the first phase of the Cisco Globalisation Centre East campus will initially be able to accommodate 1200 personnel. Spread over 1 million square feet on the Outer Ring Road in Sarjapur, Bangalore, the first phase will accommodate staff from Cisco's Globalisation Centre, research and development (R&D), IT, and customer support teams in India. In October 2005, Cisco committed US$50 million to build this new integrated campus.

The new facility will house an advanced Global Briefing Centre to showcase Cisco's latest technology solutions and provide an environment for closer collaboration with partners in spotlighting solutions for customers in emerging markets such as India, China, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America. The campus also houses the largest campus datacentre outside the US and will provide a focal point for demonstrating next-generation virtualisation technologies and service oriented network architectures that support customers' global environments.

"India is at the heart of our globalisation vision and provides a platform for Cisco to capitalise on the growth potential and lead market transitions in the emerging world. The commitment we are making to truly globalise our business is reflective of the changing business models of our customers and partners. We will develop products and services here that will fully support the goal of services-led solutions-oriented models for customers in this part of the world," said Wim Elfrink, chief globalisation officer for Cisco. "The new Globalisation Centre East will offer a collaborative work environment to help us attract and retain top talent, and take full advantage of collaborative technologies such as Cisco TelePresence to help us scale to support our continued growth across multiple emerging economies."

The Bangalore opening ceremony showcased potential future applications of Cisco TelePresence technology, which allows groups in different locations to meet around a virtual table. By demonstrating new applications beyond the virtual meeting, Cisco is illustrating how Cisco TelePresence can be used for a wide range of collaboration applications, effectively eliminating distance as a barrier for organizational communications.

At the event, Cisco TelePresence was used to project full life-size images of Cisco executives in California onto the stage in Bangalore, as if they were there in person. The demonstration of an on-stage Cisco TelePresence experience integrated a next-generation display technology with Cisco TelePresence technology.

The Bangalore opening ceremony also represents the first time Cisco TelePresence and the Cisco Digital Media System were used to publicly broadcast live content to desktop users via the Cisco Video Portal and participants on campus viewing Cisco Digital Signage. As part of the event, Cisco also demonstrated Cisco TelePresence interoperability with existing video conferencing equipment.

Cisco's new facility demonstrates Cisco's commitment to green initiatives with sustainable design and construction into the built environment. The initiatives implemented include transportation programmes, sun-light and rainwater harvesting, waste recycling, the use of Telepresence, and will actively reduce Cisco's carbon footprint as well as reduce ongoing costs over the building lifecycle. The campus will take advantage of next-generation workspace design best practices and harnesses Cisco Connected Real Estate solutions to integrate building management systems with traditionally disparate control networks for power, water and communications into a single converged IP infrastructure.

The new facility aims to support attracting and retaining talent, with amenities such as sports facilities including fitness center, cricket practice pitch, multi-cuisine cafeteria, an open amphitheatre, library and a coordinated landscape to help the employee population work, live, play and learn. The second phase of the campus is expected to be completed by October 2009 and will house an additional 2000 staff.

As a hub to support Cisco's growth in emerging markets, the new centre will house multiple TelePresence facilities to help scale teams to support customer engagements globally. In phase one, the campus is capable of supporting 12 simultaneous TelePresence sessions, with a total of 20 TelePresence units planned to be installed across the first 4 buildings.

Cisco first established operations in India in 1995 and today employs more than 3000 people in the country across its Globalisation Office and R&D Centre in Bangalore, and sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad and Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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MP: New Delhi, Oct 30 (ANI-Business Wire India): Cisco today unveiled its state-of-the-art Globalisation Centre East campus in Bangalore at an opening ceremony presided over by former President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam and John Chambers, Cisco chairman and CEO.

Cisco also announced that it is extending venture investment initiative in India by another 100 million dollars to drive growth with high-potential Indian companies This venture investment in India is consistent with Cisco's long track record of driving growth in the information technology (IT) market through investment in the innovation economy.

In 2005, Cisco designated an initial 100 million dollars in venture funding for this purpose as part of its overall 1.1bn dollars investment plan for India.

As the first of several potential initiatives Cisco is pursuing within the new 100m dollars investment goal, Cisco is collaborating with Satyam Computer Services to explore a new venture investment. This planned new venture will focus on optimising, deploying and managing integrated healthcare management solutions globally, bringing together the market reach, capabilities and experience of both Cisco and Satyam.

Cisco today employs over 3000 people across India, and the first phase of the Cisco Globalisation Centre East campus will initially be able to accommodate 1200 personnel. Spread over one million square feet on the Outer Ring Road in Sarjapur, Bangalore, the first phase will accommodate staff from Cisco's Globalisation Centre, research and development (R&D), IT, and customer support teams in India. In October 2005, Cisco committed 50 million dollars to build this new integrated campus.

The new facility will house an advanced Global Briefing Centre to showcase Cisco's latest technology solutions and provide an environment for closer collaboration with partners in spotlighting solutions for customers in emerging markets such as India, China, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America. The campus also houses the largest campus datacentre outside the US and will provide a focal point for demonstrating next-generation virtualisation technologies and service oriented network architectures that support customers' global environments.

"India is at the heart of our globalisation vision and provides a platform for Cisco to capitalise on the growth potential and lead market transitions in the emerging world. The commitment we are making to truly globalise our business is reflective of the changing business models of our customers and partners. We will develop products and services here that will fully support the goal of services-led solutions-oriented models for customers in this part of the world," said Wim Elfrink, chief globalisation officer for Cisco. "The new Globalisation Centre East will offer a collaborative work environment to help us attract and retain top talent, and take full advantage of collaborative technologies such as Cisco TelePresence to help us scale to support our continued growth across multiple emerging economies."

The Bangalore opening ceremony showcased potential future applications of Cisco TelePresence technology, which allows groups in different locations to meet around a virtual table. By demonstrating new applications beyond the virtual meeting, Cisco is illustrating how Cisco TelePresence can be used for a wide range of collaboration applications, effectively eliminating distance as a barrier for organizational communications.

At the event, Cisco TelePresence was used to project full life-size images of Cisco executives in California onto the stage in Bangalore, as if they were there in person. The demonstration of an on-stage Cisco TelePresence experience integrated a next-generation display technology with Cisco TelePresence technology.

The Bangalore opening ceremony also represents the first time Cisco TelePresence and the Cisco Digital Media System were used to publicly broadcast live content to desktop users via the Cisco Video Portal and participants on campus viewing Cisco Digital Signage. As part of the event, Cisco also demonstrated Cisco TelePresence interoperability with existing video conferencing equipment.

Cisco's new facility demonstrates Cisco's commitment to green initiatives with sustainable design and construction into the built environment. The initiatives implemented include transportation programmes, sun-light and rainwater harvesting, waste recycling, the use of Telepresence, and will actively reduce Cisco's carbon footprint as well as reduce ongoing costs over the building lifecycle. The campus will take advantage of next-generation workspace design best practices and harnesses Cisco Connected Real Estate solutions to integrate building management systems with traditionally disparate control networks for power, water and communications into a single converged IP infrastructure.

The new facility aims to support attracting and retaining talent, with amenities such as sports facilities including fitness center, cricket practice pitch, multi-cuisine cafeteria, an open amphitheatre, library and a coordinated landscape to help the employee population work, live, play and learn. The second phase of the campus is expected to be completed by October 2009 and will house an additional 2000 staff.

As a hub to support Cisco's growth in emerging markets, the new centre will house multiple TelePresence facilities to help scale teams to support customer engagements globally. In phase one, the campus is capable of supporting 12 simultaneous TelePresence sessions, with a total of 20 TelePresence units planned to be installed across the first 4 buildings.

Cisco first established operations in India in 1995 and today employs more than 3000 people in the country across its Globalisation Office and R&D Centre in Bangalore, and sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad and Colombo, Sri Lanka. (ANI)

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Bangalore, Oct 24 (ANI-Business Wire India): The International Association of Outsourcing professionals (IAOP), the IT Association of America (ITAA) and Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), announced the winners of the first Applied Innovation Awards for Business Excellence at a glittering awards event in New York. The awards recognise organisations that have successfully taken their breakthrough idea from concept to reality and have results to show for their efforts. The awards, held alongside the Forbes-Wipro Innovation Conference in the presence of Steve Forbes, President and CEO, Forbes Inc.; Paul Maidment, Editor, Forbes.com and Executive Editor, Forbes; Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Limited; Michael Corbett, Chairman IAOP; and Jeff Lande, SVP, ITAA, was attended by the 28 finalists from around the world along with special guests and invitees representing leading global corporations."IAOP joined with ITAA and Wipro to establish these awards to recognise innovation in the industry at a time when all companies are trying to differentiate themselves in a highly competitive market," said Michael F Corbett, Chairman, IAOP. "The award winners are companies who are game changers, the leaders who have harnessed the power of collaboration and global delivery to benefit their customers, investors and the global economy. As the standard setting association for the outsourcing industry, we are very proud to be a partner in these awards."From nearly 150 applications worldwide, the jury comprising of innovation experts, one domain expert and a senior leader from a strategic sourcing customer organisation selected 12 winners that have demonstrated leadership and best practices in the areas of co-innovation, global sourcing and business transformation.Commenting on the awards, Jeff Lande, Senior Vice President, ITAA said, "Innovation requires the right mix of inspiration and perspiration. This prestigious award recognises the organisations and people who have changed the game for their organisations. ITAA is honoured to put its experience in technology and global sourcing to work in helping to judge this contest." The big winners of the night who received the Jury's Special Award were Aristos Logic Corporation, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Norwich Union Insurance a part of Aviva PLCOthers winners were -Delivery Model Innovation - British Telecommunications Plc (Winner), Northern Gas Networks Ltd., UK (Runners Up) Product/Service Innovation - AGEIA (Winner), GainSpan Corporation (Runners Up); Business Innovation - Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (Winner), Centrica Plc (Runners Up) Process Innovation - Sun Microsystems (Winner), Avaya -AMSSD Division (Runners Up) (ANI)

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