Arowana Consulting

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RETAIL CROSS SELLING SOLUTION

 A very large entertainment conglomerate which owned several popular venues offering various multi faceted entertainment avenues like Multiplexes (Cinema), Ice Rinks, Comprehensive facilities exclusively for Children’s entertainment, Aquariums and Gaming Centres wanted to integrate their offerings on one single web based interface to enable consolidation of offerings and create an awareness of the large spectrum of services offered to all their discerning customers.
A single point of information and enablement also helped cross sell opportunities across the spectrum of services, creation of ‘value packages’ which will provide customers benefits by way of aggregation of various services. Thus the conglomerate could sell more business and service more customers, and the customers by aggregating their requirements could access services to their choice of entertainment at concessional / discounted rates.
The Tickets were being sold separately at the venue by the Company and the customers had to procure tickets from each facility. Thus the customers could not be classified and given discounts based on Category and usage. Besides, idle inventory could not be promoted and it remained unsold and unutilized.
Arowana’s Solution was a web based interface, which could be accessed by the customer online or through their mobile. The system provided a single source of information on all facilities with availability. The booking system could reserve time slots and provide value packages which were built around optimizing the Company’s overall offerings with a view to maximize the earnings and also provide ‘best in class’ amenities to the customers.

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The Internet of Things

It's not too long ago since the 'go to' microcontroller for electronics designers was a humble 8bit device, often featuring the 8051 core. But times are changing, as 32bit MCUs become the device of choice and 8bit parts begin to be phased out.

Those were changes already in progress, but the Internet of Things (IoT) appears to be having a major influence on how microcontroller technology develops.

In broad terms, the IoT comprises three elements: edge devices, which often perform one dedicated function; hubs or fusion devices, which integrate data from edge devices; and larger processing elements. It's the first two categories which are currently focusing the minds of MCU developers. The reason? The IoT demands two things above all others – minimal power consumption and the lowest possible cost. Thomas Barber, director of marketing for wireless products with Silicon Laboratories, explained why. "Estimates suggest there may be 30billion edge devices. They can't all consume 1W because we don't have enough energy so they need to consume microWatts and they need to be inexpensive."

Andreas Eieland, Atmel's senior product marketing manager for flash MCUs, agreed. "Being able to have the right features at the right power consumption will be critical. Edge devices will need to run from harvested energy or for their full lifetime from a single battery."

Geoff Lees, general manager of Freescale's microcontroller business, added: "We are being directed towards more and more integration. What were low cost devices need to have more RAM, more resources, but we can't increase the power budget or the price. That is pushing us to move geometries such as 40nm and 28nm more quickly than we would have expected."

While the three companies agree on the general shape of the IoT market, where they differ is on the technology that will be applied at the various layers. But all agree that MCUs targeted at the IoT will need to offer wireless connectivity.

Silicon Labs, for example, has just released the Si106x/108x range of wireless MCUs, designed with the IoT in mind (see fig 1). And sitting at the heart of these parts is an 8051 core; not the 32bit device you might expect. There's also a sub GHz RF transceiver and peripherals such as a 10bit A/D converter, comparators, 16bit timers and serial interfaces.




Barber said: "Every time there's an 'obit' for the 8051, it keeps going and we're not betting on it going away. There is a large base of developers who like it and it will continue to sell." But Silicon Labs can also offer devices based on the ARM architecture; not only its own designs, but also from recently acquired Energy Micro. "ARM sees the Cortex-M0 as an 8bit killer," Barber continued, "but it will come down to customer preference."

Eieland noted that power requirements will drive this element. "MCUs will have to consume less than 1µA and less than 200nA in deep sleep. Whatever 'wins' will have to offer 8bit type performance.

"Atmel makes 8051 based MCUs, but if you want to connect to ZigBee, for example, our AVR cores are a better choice." Atmel's offerings here include devices from its ATMega range. "But we also have a Cortex-M0+ part that competes in that sector."

Lees noted: "You can make the 8051 work, but what happens when you have a lot of sensor data which is more than 8bit? We see the Cortex-M0+ as a major platform for edge node devices, but we're already seeing more products with what would have been thought of as an excess of processing."

For the moment, Freescale is targeting its Kinetis-L range of M0+ based devices at edge devices, but Lees perceives that, even at the edge, there will be the need for more performance. "Where there would have had one processor, we're now seeing an M0+ as sensor hub and a Cortex-M4 as the apps processor handling communications."

What is also generally agreed is that the standalone microcontroller will be, to some extent, superseded by an SoC implementation. Barber said: "We'll see devices with lots of peripherals and memory and we won't have one chip that meets all needs." And he believes that, in the long term, integration on die will be preferable to in package integration. "It's always better to integrate on die; it's cheaper and a better solution."

Lees pointed out: "As fast as you can integrate, there are more sensors – and some we've not heard of before. So these parts will have sensors, low power connectivity and sufficient processing."

In terms of in package integration, Atmel has worked with Bosch Sensortec on the development of the BNO055, said to be one of the first application specific sensor nodes to be announced. "There are six dice in the package," Eieland noted, "including a SAM D20 MCU. It's a good example of how we are working with sensor manufacturers to get the most size efficient solutions possible."

While Lees is confident that MCUs for IoT applications will need to be made on low geometry processes, Barber and Eieland are not so sure. Eieland thinks refinement of existing technology may be sufficient. "We don't think we want to go to 55nm because leakage at that node will be significant. Processes in the range from 100nm to 150nm may well be suitable, with one more product generation needed to evolve the low power aspects."

Barber implied that smaller geometries may not be at the top of Silicon Labs' agenda. "We will win the process technology battle," he asserted, "assuming we've done the right things to control leakage. Architectures will become more important, with more efficient computation. The longer you can keep the MCU powered down, the better off you will be, so the device will need to come in and out of sleep modes and to feature autonomous peripherals which don't wake the core up.

"We're still trying to maximise battery life and energy consumption is critical. How you have low consumption for a device with a lot of functionality? But I think another two device generations will get us to the price and power points we need to hit."

Lees noted: "Freescale has already moved Kinetis to 90nm and there will be a more rapid move to smaller geometries. We are fighting leakage in deep sub micron, but we are putting a lot of work into developing libraries, power gating and so on. All of this work is now becoming a fundamental part of MCU design.

"The power budget is a continuing discussion point in all my design teams; it limits what we can do and directs our road map towards next generation energy efficient cores."

And that road map could be interesting. "Although Freescale is a lead partner with ARM for its Cortex-M cores, we are beginning to see more IoT applications suited to low end Cortex-A processors, rather than high end Cortex-M cores," Lees concluded. "Application processors are coming to the domestic market, and that's something that was unexpected."

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Arowana Spectrum

Arowana’s system development practice is geared to intelligently engage with the business, technology and the user focussed teams. The pure-play development team is highly experienced to work across solutions of varying platforms.
The Application Development services support businesses to see your strategies through to the end from conception to deployment of IT systems. The solution definition team work with every client in decision management process of Build vs. Buy vs align for every component that may be required. In scenarios where packaged software does not meet a business requirement, Arowana defines the end-to-end application development process and delivers a custom built and tested solution.

• Apply and customize proprietary and industry standard pre-defined methodologies and frameworks specific to an enterprise need
• Elicit, analyse & define the requirements and manage them across the development life cycle
• Make use of tools, technologies and frameworks to improve effectiveness of development process
• Design towards re-usability thus reducing cycle times and costs
• Customer centric program management to enable a productive PMO
• Maintain strong focus on product and process quality
• Share metrics across the lifecycle on time, cost and quality

Arowana Toastmasters Club Welcome Video

Every club is the center of learning experience, So is Arowana Toastmasters Club.Every member learns through participation in many roles and each one is a learning experiences. The members shed their fear of speaking by giving prepared speeches based on projects in the Competent Communication and Advanced Communication Series manuals.

Managing Projects With Cmmi

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Project Management and planning is one of the process areas in CMMI. The purpose of Project Planning is to establish and maintain plans that define project activities. Project managers follow certain criteria’s to make the process of a project easy.

These days every one you meet in a corporate managerial position is talking about project management. Why? Is it actually that important? Yes, it is necessary to have a good project management system at a workplace. Nowadays many companies, whether their business is big, medium or small opt for a project management specialist. Project managers are paid well.   Organizations believe that these managers can get the maximum returns by using the minimum resources, help cut expenses, increase productivity of employees and their team mates. Project teams are coached to work professionally to give the customer the required satisfaction.

Presently IT businesses are in great competition.  There is a need to perform better than the other companies.  Products and solutions designed have to be out of the box and innovative if they have to sell. Project management ensures both creativity and innovation is adapted in order to make the project unique. Project management helps you to complete the work systematically as everything is done in a proper sequence starting from setting the goals and objective of the project to implementing the strategies for achieving these goals.

Earlier organizations used traditional means of project management for running a business or a project. They had to constantly ensure that the project techniques used was new and different to ensure success. These days project managers are employed to make tasks easy.

CMMI’s core objectives are to help developers adopt best practices in requirements management to achieve greater efficiency, improve product quality and ensure that the product will meet customer needs most accurately.

CMMI helps implementing best practices in business process improvement. However, the CMMI approach does not say exactly “how” to achieve this, which allows each company to create its own approach, based on what works best. Because there are many ways in which an organization can perform these activities, each process can be unique to each individual company.

Project Management is an umbrella term, it covers  various techniques, methods, processes and strategies. The main purpose behind this is to manage the risk involved and minimize the loss or failure of a project. Companies that adapt CMMI ensures that every detail in a project is covered, be it resources or  deadlines given for any project, it is all channelized and structured.

 

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Arowana Consulting Reminiscing 2013

Shifting into new office. 

The year 2013 was an 'Eventful Year',- when we say eventful, it means a year filled with happening activities both on professional as well as entertainment levels. In India we believe in, 'Shubh Aarambh' or a 'Good Beginning'. It is believed that all good beginnings have good endings. We began our year by shifting our office to Sanskriti Signet near Silk board. A new well furnished two floored office brought in warm spirits of a healthy work environment. Projects began to flow in, teams were assigned various development projects that needed to meet client requirements. The talent acquisition team have found the best talents to work at Arowana. Young, energetic people who help to keep the work environment fun. A one day excursion was planned and all the employees had gone on a trek to Ramanagara hills. It was a fun day out.

We have a lot of actors in our company some natural, some who love to imitate. In order to bring these actors on stage Vivek Vijayakumar, a theater artist offered to conduct a workshop for the interested actors at the end of the training session. The actors staged a play written, enacted and directed by Arowana Theater team. However, these actors missed a chance of acting for Arowana Studios.

April was a big month for Arowana Studios, sister group of Arowana. 'Lessons in Forgetting' a National Award winning film directed by Mr Unni Vijayan and produced by Mr Prince Thampi was released on April 19th, 2013. The film has been screened across the  globe at  various  film festivals and clubs.

Lesson's in forgetting bags National Award

Halfway through May two projects were launched successfully. Staff travel Management Project for a leading airlines and iStyle, an airline uniform management project went live during this month.

The IPL fever had spread to Arowana. Cricket being the favourite game of our company members, Arowana took part in the inter company cricket match and won the runners up cup on behalf of the company. Soon friendly match began within the members of Arowana, forming the ACL ( Arowana Cnsulting League).

Arowana toastmaster's session

The IPL fever had spread to Arowana. Cricket being the favourite game of our company members, Arowana took part in the inter company cricket match and won the runners up cup on behalf of the company. Soon friendly match began within the members of Arowana, forming the ACL ( Arowana Cnsulting League).


July was the month of new initiatives. LEAD ( Arowana Toastmasters club) was chartered and TALK an initiative to teach Kannada to the non Kannadigas of Arowana began.
Indian Independence, brought in a patriotic feel into the company as all dressed in ethnic attires and gathered to celebrate independence day at office.
September was a floral month when we celebrated Onam at office. All the young and charming ladies of Arowana gathered to put the traditional pookalam on the office premises.

October was a promising month, we began our CMMI campaign- quiz and tagline contest were conducted as part of the campaign activities. India is a land of many festivals, Ayudha Pooja was conducted at Arowana. Towards the end of October, 'Internet Booking Engine Project' or 'ATLAS FLY' was successfully launched, the 'Dream Team' of Arowana.
Chetana a member of Toastmasters club was the first person to complete her Competent Communicator level, she received her certificate of completion from Toastmasters International Club.

CMMI Activity

November saw the biggest and the most unexpected event, Arowana celebrated Kannada Rajyotsava in a grand manner on her premises. An event was organised were all the members of Arowana actively took part in the celebrations. Children can make any environment lively . As a part of PR activity Arowana Toastmasters Club celebrated Children's Day.

Kannada Rajyotsava

December, the last month of the year witnessed the most number of events. Two projects went live during this month. Retail Cross Selling (RCS) Project and SSHR project were the two projects that were launched successfully before the year end. Mr Naveen Kumar and Mr Mohanna completed 10 dedicated years of service to Arowana an honorary was held to felicitate them on their achievements. Dream Team of Arowana were also felicitated for their successful launch of their product.

Smile please- Photo session

Arowana Dubai took part in a one day cricket match at Rugby Sevens stadium. They played friendly matches with their opposite team and had a fun day out.

Cricket match at Rugby Seven- Dubai

After working for 52 weeks, the last week of December was a week of fun and relaxation. As all the Arowanties actively took part in the Secret Santa game. Each person had a surprise task to give their Child and the tasks were performed with enthusiasm and sportive attitude.

These were just the main and highlighted events of the year . There were many other events that brought all the members together. Arowana launched their new website and began to make their presence felt over the internet. Talk initiative to teach a new Kannada word everyday to the employees began. Talefin- Arowana's internal magazine had some of the best, exciting editions. Our Mascot Shadow had a new look in every edition. Some of best month end activities of the year were- Housie, Treasure Hunt, Jungle and independence day. The best edition of Talefin was the musical edition and the food edition. People pooled in song requests and recipes during these two edition releases.

Arowana consulting began video marketing this year. Several videos were made for various occasion. An in house corporate short film was made on the topic

Tale Fin activity

code commenting. Training sessions were conducted for software developer trainees. Towards the end of the year the Budget planning for the up coming year took place at our Dubai office.

2013 was indeed a year of events, We all look forward to another year filled with challenges, laughter, fun and achievements. We bid good bye to an eventful 2013 and look forward to a successful 2014 with hope.









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