IT Expo 2003 makes a flying start

The Computer and Media Dealers Association (CMDA)'s annual exhibition - IT Expo 2003 got off to a flying start with over
50 companies exhibiting their latest products.

Pune MP, Pradeep Rawat and veteran leader Mohan Dharia inaugurated the exhibition. A number of new products were
launched at the exhibition, which is being held along with 'Pune Expo 2003' organized by the Mahratta
Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA). 

D-Link exhibited its Valrack Alu Profile systems for card panels, the  VGA
streaming network camera, layer-3 Fast Ethernet switches and the IP telephony station gateway that provides connection paths between the
plain old telephone service lines and the Internet service provider (ISP). 

The D-Link IP telephone is a telephone set with built-in IP telephony functions inside. WeP Peripherals also launched its
print-and-save arrangement wherein the customer pays only for the number of
print-outs from the laser printer taken. 

Wyse Systems exhibited the network version of Sentry hardware lock  for controlling the execution of protected software
under the network environment. This hardware lock is meant for every application in any
Windows or Novell Netware-based network. Under this scheme, hardware  lock is
fitted on a machine, on which the Sentry server application is  installed. 

This server program signals the presence of Sentry to all the nodes,  thus
allowing the nodes to access the lock with well-defined API. The  nodes can
then access the lock by means of APIs, which are in the form of  protocol DLLs/libraries.
Accounting Software Solutions launched Wizac Pro - a business package designed for traders and businessmen in all fields
including  clothing, glass, pipes, plywood and wire-mesh. Excluding personal accounting
the package handles point-of-sale transactions such as generation of  invoices,
challans, payment and receipt vouchers. The package is being market  by Helios
Infotech. 

Syssoft - a software company based in Pune launched Orbit - a  biometric
software solution for time attendance. Orbit is a biometric software solution that supports a controller with a fingerprint scanner. This
takes care of time attendance using automatic identification and  verification
with the help of scanned fingerprints through a biometric scanner. It can  be
configured for various industries, banks, hospitals and resorts. Army units in Ahmednagar are currently implementing it.
The other big names at the CMDA exhibition include LG, Intel, Abee  Info Consumables,
iBall, Kunhar Peripherals, Whirlpool, Lipi Data Systems, Priya, Soft-Aid and Champion UPS.  

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