Ospyn Technologies opens shop in Singapore

Technopark-based Ospyn Technologies, specialised in building enterprise scale applications, employing open source tools and technologies, has expanded their operations to Singapore.
Ospyn Technologies has opened an office in Singapore with an aim to strengthen its position in the South East Asian market. Ospyn Technologies is looking forward to tap the emerging opportunities in South East Asia by using Singapore as a spring board. South East Asia is emerging as a new economic growth centreand is witnessing high technology adoptions.
Ospyn plans to launch their software products like Hrapps (Human Resource applications) and Case desk (Online Complaint management system) to tap the South East Asian market.

Ospyn Technologies, set up in March 2009 in Technopark, plans to build a strong technology team in Singapore to roll out technology solutions for the region.

In a press release, Kishore Kumar, director, Ospyn Technologies, said that the company envisages a robust growth in the South East Asian market and opening an office in Singapore underlines the importance of local presence in optimally serving the customers.

Prasadu Varghese, managing director, Ospyn Technologies said: “Proximity to customers is an aspect that underscores our commitment to superior service standards and shortened decision-making cycle. Our presence in Singapore would help in assisting our customers in South East Asia to stay technologically competitive.”

London beckons Kerala IT Companies

London & Partners, the official promotional organisation for London, in association with UK Trade & Investment and GTech, the Group of Technology Companies based out IT parks in Kerala, recently organised an interactive discussion on ‘London: The world Capital of Business’ in Trivandrum. About 50 senior management executives from 40 IT companies in Kerala attended the session which was aimed at reaching out to the ICT sector companies operating in Trivandrum & Kochi.

Gautam Sehgal, Chief Representative - India & VP, London & Partners said, “Given the strengths and expertise of ICT companies in Kerala, London is an ideal location for companies to look at especially with the Tech City proposition that has been added over the last few years. While London is an expensive city, independent research has proven that it offers highest return on Investment for any city in Europe. One of our core objectives is also to help companies minimise their setup and operational costs when they plan their London operations”. He also mentioned about the Touchdown London facility where office space is being offered to International SME’s at zero rental for the first 12 months of operations.

London & Partners has a presence in India since 2007 (Think London) and has assisted over 175 Indian companies towards their expansion into UK. Some of these companies include Wipro, Polaris, 3i Infotech, Inmobi, GMR, ICICI Bank, Microland, Aspire Systems, including Kerala based Muthoot Finance, and Forefront Consultancies. London & Partners is a not-for-profit public private partnership, funded by the Mayor of London and our network of commercial partners.

In terms of services, London & Partners provide assistance in making a strong business case for UK, assistance with all practical steps required to establish a company in London including company registration, property, banking, legal and regulatory issues and help expand your network and provide ongoing support for London operations.

The session also saw a discussion on Tech City, London’s Growing Tech Cluster. Originally a small cluster of high-tech firms, Tech City has grown dramatically to become the capital’s leading destination for digital, creative and high-technology companies. In just three years, it has expanded naturally from around 15 companies to over 300. Alongside the numerous start-ups and small medium-sized businesses who have built their success within Tech City’s unique environment, the area is host to many of the world’s leading technology companies.

The London & Partners team from Mumbai and the UK Trade & Investment representative from the British Deputy High Commission in Chennai visited Technopark, earlier in the day and spent time interacting with the officials and companies there.

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Schogini brings chess to iPhone, iPad

Schogini has partnered with chess engine creators Mr Don Dailey and veteran Grandmaster Larry Kaufman.

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb.12:

Technopark-based Schogini Systems has entered the artificial intelligence gaming industry to create iPhone and iPad chess games.

For this, the company has been working with world chess champions and grand masters, a spokesman said here.

KOMODO ENGINE

Schogini has partnered with two of the leading Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based chess engine creators Mr Don Dailey and veteran Grandmaster Larry Kaufman.

The partnership has brought out the deep-thinking intelligence of chess engine Komodo 4 to the mobile and Facebook platforms. Komodo 4 is currently rated as one the top two chess engines.

This will unleash the playing power of grandmasters to the social media for the benefit of active chess enthusiasts and players as well as budding ones.

Schogini has also joined hands with a chess-like but easier-to-learn game called Khet 2.0.

KHET GAME

This is a laser beam-powered physical game for which Schogini Systems partnered with inventor Mr Luke Hooper of Innovention Toys of the US to provide the Khet game on the mobile and Facebook platforms.

Khet's boxed physical game will be made available across toy shops in India through Schogini's auspices, the spokesman said.

Schogini has also collaborated with Mr Don Dailey to build the Khet AI Engine to power the mobile and Facebook versions of the Khet App.

EMERGENCY APP

Schogini has plans to build products that can nurture the learning and thinking abilities of kids on all platforms in the coming months.

Recently, the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, had feted a Schogini employee for developing an emergency app on Android which had earlier won the ‘Best App' award at ‘Silicon Valley Comes to the UK Appathon,' 2011.

Mr N. Sreeprakash is the founder and the managing director of Schogini

Schogini Systems unveils 2 ipad App games

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After the chess-like laser powered-game ‘Khet’ became popular in the US, its founder Luke Hopper was looking for its mobile version. Finally, Hopper found the answer in a group of vibrant and young developers at Technopark here. Technopark-based IT firm Schogini Systems Private Limited had made a foray into intelligent gaming by developing The Laser Game: Khet 2.0 and Komodo 4, mobile app games of Khet and Chess respectively. The games are compatible in ipad, iphone and Android phones.

Schogini Services, which began operations in 1997, has joined hands with Don Dailey and Larry Kaufman, lead creators of Artificial Intelligence- based Chess engines. Larry Kaufman is a veteran world chess champion. Komodo 4 is currently rated as the top two chess engines in the world. Dom Dailey also associates with Schogini to build Khet artificial intelligence to power the mobile and facebook versions of the Khet app.

Unveiling the ipad app games, N Sreeprakash, CEO of Schogini Systems, said it is time to turn kids towards thinking games.

‘’Kids are addicted to dumb games. Khet is a thinking game. Komodo 4 will help in bringing up more Vishwanathan Anands from our society,’’ he said.

Schogini, which developed more than 200 apps for iphones and more than 100 apps for Android, has many innovative apps to its credit. More than 30,000 apps of Schogini are being downloaded daily.

An application recently developed by an intern in Schogini’s UK office won ‘Silicon Valley comes to UK November 2011’ award.

British Prime Minister David Cameron personally congratulated Unmesh, the intern of Schogini. The main feature of the app was an ‘Emergency Button’ which when pressed, tracks the location of the user in time of emergency situation such as theft, accident, abduction etc.

Daily Eco Alert, an application developed by Schogini, has a VIP fan. US President Barack Obama liked this application in facebook which sends personalised eco-friendly messages to the user.

Schogini has developed around 30 teaching apps. ‘’Recently, we have developed English-Hindi dictionary. Similar applications on 50 different languages are in the offing,’’ Sreepraksh said. Currently, the company is in touch with the state Revenue officials to develop apps that helps in disaster management.