Dell Launches Exclusive Retail Stores In Coimbatore

PC maker Dell India has made announcement about the opening of its first Dell exclusive stores in India at New Delhi and Coimbatore.

These newly launched Indian stores would sell the company's consumer range of products, which includes Inspiron, Studio and XPS.

The main feature of the new Dell exclusive stores is that it keeps on offering the benefits of Dell’s direct model with the added benefit of retail availability to browse, touch and feel the product, and then place an order for the favored model.

Mr. Mahesh Bhalla, director, consumer sales, Dell India said, “The Exclusive Dell Store is a step towards enhancing the overall purchase experience for consumers in India. We have rapidly increased our presence in the consumer market here with new products and by expanding our reach.”

“With the launch of Dell exclusive stores, we offer our customers the touch and feel for Dell branded products within a unique shopping experience,” Mr. Bhalla added.

Moreover, it also provides an option for customers to purchase Dell PCs via its direct online or phone-based sales groups or via select Tata Croma and Staples stores.

Mr. Girish Mehta, director, consumer marketing, Dell India “Consumers today interact with a brand through multiple touch-points. We offer a unique buying proposition to consumers-the ability to personalize products uniquely to their individual requirements, and to buy through the channels they find most convenient," said.

“The opening of the Dell Exclusive stores in Coimbatore and New Delhi today marks an important next step in the rollout of our multi-channel model in India and supports our brand tagline of 'Yours is Here'," Mr. Mehta added.

Microsoft Bus - The other one !

"I’m not talking about the Enterprise service bus (ESB) today . This in reality is the office bus Microsoft started out in China currently to be implemented in Bangalore also.

The idea is that either you get squeezed in public transport or the pain of driving through the traffic. But here is what Microsoft seems to have done for their employees in China. A special bus which ferries them!.

Employees can start work from the bus itself and their office hours counts from the time they start work in the bus. Same way total working hours of the day calculate based on at what time they stopped work in the bus.

Would you like to work like this ????? You will not be extra payed for this. Traveling is also a good time to catch up on some reading and now with podcasts you plug into your tunes."

Tidel Park Coimbatore to start functioning from Jan 2010

The much awaited IT park- Tidel park at Coimbatore is expected to start functioning from January 2010. After a three year wait, work in full swing for building the park inside the IT & ITES special economic zone (SEZ) at Vilankurichi, behind Coimbatore Medical College.

Promoted by the State-owned Electronics corporation of TamilNadu ( ELCOT), the project is expected to be ready for occupation by companies by September 2009. With a built-up area of 1.7 million sq ft, the Tidel Park is expected to provide employment to 12,000 IT & ITES professionals.

Conceived in August 2006, foundation stone for the Park was laid in February 2007, but the evacuation work began only in November 2007 and the civil works contract was awarded only in September 2008.

"The delay was mainly due to complying with various government stipulations and also since a contractor had backed out due to price escalation. A second global tender was floated and Mumbai based B E Billimoria & Co are the civil contractors now," Tidel Park Coimbatore’s Director and GM, planning, ELCOT, L Stanislaus told ET.



Moreover, ELCOT had also planned to scrap the residential building plan inside the IT-SEZ. "Since the SEZ is well within the corporation limit, we have decided to allot more space for IT companies and use the remaining space for bus parking and other social amenities like restaurant, gym and extra curricular activities," he added.

In the 56-acre IT-SEZ , Wipro, Tidel and TCS have a taken 9.5 acres each and HCL 5 acres for building their campus facilities. Two acres had been allotted to TNEB for sub-station. "In the 11.69 acres earlier allotted for residential area, five acres would be sold to an IT company," Mr Stanislaus said.

The Rs 370 crore Tidel Park would have three floors. The office space would be available from smallest module of 5000 sq ft up to 2 lakh sq ft with back up power from 5X2000 KVA DG sets.

Of the proposed 9.7 lakh sq ft IT & ITES space, companies have already shown interest to take 7.5 lakh sq ft and the ELCOT has asked them to re-confirm it. "The companies can occupy the space from Sept 2009 and after completion of interior decorations, the Tidel Park would be up and running from January 2010," Mr Stanislaus said.

Further, he said, ELCOT has called for tenders to build IT Parks in Trichy, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Salem and Hosur. "Despite general talk of slowdown, the demand for IT space is very much there and we plan to start construction works in other cities soon," he said.

Welcome to "OpenSourceCBE" !!!

A blog which has been started for the development of computer based IT growth in Coimbatore,TN,IND in a flawless manner, with the code of contact called as "OpenSource".

Open source is an approach to design, development, and distribution offering practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge). Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical strategic element of their operations. Before open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; the term open source gained popularity with the rise of the internet which provided access to diverse production models, communication paths, and interactive communities.


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