Davide Villa to set up international B2B business for XING

The Executive Board of XING AG appointed Davide Villa as Senior Vice President B2B. Villa will assume responsibility for the newly created department from today, and shall manage all German and international B2B activities, including XING Marketplace, Advertising, Best Offers, Company Pages, and Enterprise Groups.
“I’m very excited about helping XING expand its leading position in the European market. This business area has an enormous market potential; I believe that the number of relevant B2B services available to our members has no limits,” explained Villa.
Mr. Villa has international experience in recruiting, and has established an active contact network in the industry. He is an Italian and is fluent in five languages (German, English, Spanish, French and Italian). His last position was CEO of Central and Eastern Europe for Monster.com.
After receiving a Master’s in Business Informatics from the Business School Lausanne, Davide Villa began his career working for Adecco. In October 2002, he joined jobpilot GmbH as VP of Sales and Business Development. In May 2003, he was promoted to COO and assumed responsibility for European operations.
“In choosing Davide Villa, we’ve won over one of the top managers in the international recruiting market, a proven specialist in establishing new business segments,” said Lars Hinrichs, CEO and Founder of XING AG.
The hiring of Mr. Villa was the first step in XING AG’s plans to expand the Company’s B2B operations.
About XING:
XING is the leading network for business contacts in Europe. Far more than a directory of business contacts, XING makes your professional network an active part of your life, enabling members to discover professional people, opportunities and privileges through its unique discovery capability and advanced contact management tools.
With the successful IPO of XING as the first Web 2.0 company to go public, XING AG has had a long-term impact on the social networking trend amongst professionals. By focusing on the target group ‘business people worldwide’, the company is able to offer tailored features, thereby making networking and contact management simpler. Besides Headquarters in Hamburg, XING AG is also represented with offices in Barcelona, Istanbul and Beijing.

BITWISE CONTROLS TO BEGIN SHIPPING THE BC4 SERIES

BitWise Controls introduces the BC4, a standards-based control system network interface, which allows IP-based software and control systems to control and monitor virtually any hardware device available today. The BC4 system’s modular design gives the integrator the flexibility to match base units and expansion modules to fit any application. It is the only PoE (Power-over-Ethernet)-capable product of its type on the market, eliminating the need to install a power supply at each BC4 location.

The BC4 system is made up of a base unit and various expansion I/O modules available from BitWise Controls. The base unit is housed in a rugged steel enclosure (4.5” x 5” x 1”) which contains the built-in network adaptor and temperature sensor. It can be powered by 802.3af PoE or a standard 12VDC wall supply. Field-upgradeable firmware allows the BC4 to take advantage of future enhancements, and the on-board temperature sensor allows the host control system to monitor the ambient environment. It automatically recognizes and adapts to various I/O plug-in expansion modules, which become an internal part of the base unit. The base unit can be wall or shelf-mounted, or up to 16 BC4 units may be rack mounted in a 3U space.

Each expansion module is individually configured to perform a variety of control and monitoring tasks. The first available expansion module is the BC4-BCX1, which features five IR (infrared) ports, one three-wire RS232 port, two customizable GPIO (general purpose input/output) ports, and 2 SPDT relays. An extensive on-board IR code database with built-in IR learning makes the BC4-BCX1 an extremely fast and efficient way to add IR control of connected hardware. IR signals can be routed to any or all of the 5 IR outputs – 4 standard 1/8” jacks for off-the-shelf emitters and one built in IR Blaster. The two GPIO ports can be individually configured as digital inputs, digital outputs or analog inputs. One input can also be configured to monitor signal frequency (up to 50 KHz) or as a counter input. The three-wire RS232 port can be used with their available virtual com port driver or via communication over TCP.

The BC4 system uses integration-friendly commands and feedback via two-way TCP or UDP. The extensive two-way command set makes for easy integration with popular control systems, as well as other products from BitWise Controls. The BC4, operating as a peripheral, communicates with the control processors via Ethernet and supports both Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

Lance Beck, CEO of BitWise Controls said “The BC4 will appeal to integrators with its extensive command set, flexibility of field configuration and choice of power supplies. Integration professionals can configure the BC4 to suit a specific need with a variety of expansion module configurations, all sharing a common command set. The BC4 can be configured via a web interface. The modular concept also allows better inventory control. Integrators can buy base units in volume and purchase modules to fit the job criteria.”

The next product slated for release by BitWise Controls is the BC1 Control Processor. Details on the BC1 system will be released sometime this quarter.

About BitWise Controls

Designed and backed by over 20 years of mission-critical control, monitoring, and AV systems integration experience, Bitwise Controls is uniquely equipped to provide powerful and flexible products for the expanding commercial, industrial, educational, and residential control-systems markets. Bitwise Controls was founded by veteran industry leadership in 2008 with the goal of offering innovative and reliable new products, designed, tested and manufactured in the USA. For more information, go to http://www.bitwisecontrols.com.

The Carphone Warehouse Launched Webbook

Carphone Warehouse, one of the UK’s leading mobile phone retailers, is ahead of the market with the webbook being the world’s first 10.2” notebook of its kind, ideal for people on the move. The webbook is available this month for free on contract, exclusively in their stores across the country and via the Carphone Warehouse online store.

For a portable computer so small, the webbook offers unparalleled performance with the device running on either Linux or Windows XP and comes with integrated Wi-Fi, (allowing users to take full advantage of their Carphone Warehouse TalkTalk broadband connection), Web Browser, 3 USB ports, 1.6GHz processor, 512MB of memory and built in memory card readers.

Weighing in at only 1.3kg the webbook allows the user to easily access to the Internet, download music and access emails, as well as providing basic word processing and spreadsheet software. It is the perfect notebook for those who lead a busy life, whether running from the boardroom to the bar, or the car to the classroom. The screen may be just 10.2″ in display size but boasts full size document and file viewing. Combine this with a fully-enabled standard 84 key QWERTY keyboard and users are getting everything they would expect from a high performance laptop, in a pint-sized design. Customers can choose between a white or black model of the laptop. The standard model has 2GB of solid state flash memory, although this can be substituted for a 2.5in hard disk drive.

The WebBook is available this month and is free of charge when users take out a broadband package from The Carphone Warehouse at stores across the country and a whole range of webbooks, powered by Elonex Technology are set to be released later this year, further cementing the brand’s move into the wireless market.

About Carphone Warehouse
The Carphone Warehouse is Europe’s leading independent retailer of mobile phones and services, with over 2,400 stores in 9 countries. Over the past 5 years, The Carphone Warehouse has built up a significant Telecoms business, which already contributes half of the Group’s revenue and is set to be a major driver of future profitable growth.

Webguru India Launched Its First Web Blog

Webguru starts a blog site to boost up communication with the web visitors and clients

About WebGuru India:

Webguru India (http://www.webguru-india.com/) is a dependable name for decades. This web design and web development company is an arm of Brainware, India (An ISO 9001:2000 Company). It is leading company that has been providing IT solutions since 1991 to Indian as well as international clients from USA, Canada, UK, Australia, France, Norway, Denmark, Greece, Algeria, Ireland, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, UAE only to name a few.

Webguru India creates its first in house web blog. Blog readers can choose different topics ranging from latest IT solutions, recent events in the web world and many more from Webguru India Blog (http://www.webguru-india.com/blog/)

“Webguru India has made a mark in the web industry through top notch web services to its global clientele. We have always aimed to establish a strong relationship with our esteemed clients as well as web visitors around the globe. With this view in mind, Webguru India has taken a new leap in the world of blogging community. We are very much elated to announce the launch of our own Webguru India Blog and hope it also creates a huge buzz in the web arena,” said Raju Chakraborty, Senior Group Manager of Webguru India.

This new web blog is the one-stop shop of highly informative, interesting and well-researched online posts. Webguru India Blog attempts to deal with varied themes of web sphere such as web designing, web development, web programming, flash design, logo design, web content writing and search engine optimization. It also tries to bring to light many ongoing issues in the web world as well as the latest trends in the web market.