Communication and surveillance technology vital for logistics industry By SrinivasanS (founder & Director VIVA Communications) The balance of world power is clearly shifting towards Asia with the media world over talking about China and India. India used to be often portrayed as an elephant - large, lumbering and slow in the West. However, with the economy predicted to grow in double digits in the upcoming years despite the worldwide recession and increasing leeway on FDI in various sectors, India is being looked upon as another Asian tiger. With respect to the logistics sector, a recent survey placed India second to China in terms of the growth potential of this sector. Indias high rank can be attributed to the fact that Indian firms are implementing innovative business models, which are driving an increase in the volume and significance of trade. This provides immense opportunities to the affiliated industries, such as those providing communication and surveillance technologies among others. With highly advanced communication and surveillance technologies available, the Indian logistics sector needs to implement these in order to stay ahead of the competition. In this regard VIVA Communications partners with the logistics and related companies to equip them with the latest technologies in the area of communication and surveillance. VIVA Communications is an emerging provider of converged communication solutions serving voice, video and next generation communication needs of enterprises in the IP space. We provide a flexible combination of services to enterprises with a strong value proposition of keeping communication costs predictable and manageable, while improving the efficiency of communication, which holds true for logistic companies as communication plays an integral role in the smooth completion of processes. The communication solutions provided by VIVA Communications for the logistics sector are as follows: Centrex (Central Exchange) - Seamless virtual communication between offices as if they are part of the same infrastructure, allowing everyone across offices to be available on extensions Audio conferencing - Network based completely reservation-less conferencing solution that has the flexibility to use both PSTN and IP networks that works on both hosted as well as on-premise model VoIP - Transmission technology for delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. VIVA Communications has capabilities to ensure smooth communication process between the ships and their offices on land other than enabling communication between multiple offices on land. The multiple benefits of the offerings of VIVA Communications includes reducing the call costs of logistics companies up to 40-50%, offering scope of making international calls on extensions (thus making the call almost free of cost), allowing reservation-less conferencing with the help of reliable and scalable infrastructure and bringing in more efficiency and work flexibility as information can be shared instantly and at any time. All this is offered with no compromise on the QoS (Quality of Service) for the offerings, thus allowing making and receiving high quality voice calls. Another communication technology that can be effectively utilized by the logistics companies to bring in more efficiency and efficient communication is video conferencing. This technology allows logistics companies to conduct face-to-face meetings with the business associates, clients and employees located in any part of the world, without the need of travelling to the location. It helps in organizing business meetings to discuss business strategies, finalize partnerships, share presentations and other materials etc in high definition video quality, even at a short notice. The service offered by VIV Communications is a simple web browser plug-in that is centrally managed (cloud based) and deployed without complex licensing fees or installation issues, which is ready to use in a matter of minutes. Now various logistic companies are collaborating with their multiple branches spread across various continents to provide better customer service and experience. Other than the various communication offerings, VIVA Communications also offers surveillance solution with the web based IP CCTV surveillance, for the logistics industry. This offering allows for hosting of surveillance videos and recordings on the web, unlike the normal CCTV surveillance that stores the recordings in a local server. This technology can be used in the ports, supply chain management companies etc to monitor the cargo movement, cargo handling operations and related activities and to avoid any untoward incident. Utilizing this technology allows for storing footage centrally so that it can be archived and can be accessed or controlled from any location using a wired or wireless network, is easy to install, use, support, maintain and provides simple access to view the recordings based on timestamp; can be installed quickly and is good to go in a matter of minutes and has simple per camera per month cost including the storage of images. At the same time, unlimited amounts of data can be stored to an offsite secure location with very less possibility of content getting lost, misplaced, stolen or tampered as the service is supported and delivered over a highly secure, reliable network and data centers to support confidential data and its web interface allows multiple users to see the same footage, download and email it simultaneously from a standard PC. The footage can also be viewed from mobile devices to let you see whats happening while on the move. These technologies are very popular in the Western and other developed countries, but are yet to set their mark in India. It is an ideal time now to rework our practices, implement various cost-effective, yet efficient models and introduce new standards, as India stands on the verge of the next phase of development and growth. Investment in quality infrastructure would be crucial, which would reduce overall costs and increase the systems efficiency. Source: Trans Reporter
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 05:39:10 +0000
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