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BRR website you will see that your interview that was broadcast today is one of the most popular plays. View More … Azurn IPO – 15/04/09 : CEO & MD Ananda Rao talks about its upcoming listing and the company’s success in connecting consumers with data in a form that is truly useable. View More …
2009
Merlin Konnect ASX Release.pdf – Sept.16,2009
Brave micro-caps tackle the waves – Sept.8,2009
Azurn provides collaboration technologies to Freemans Grattan – Sept.7,2009
Azurn signs major European retailer for its collaboration products – Sept.7,2009
Media Release: Azurn International – Sept.7,2009
aap Azurn seeks $3m from IPO amid volatility – March 16,2009
Business Day Azurn seeks $3m from IPO amid volatility – March
The West Aust Azurn seeks $3m from IPO amid volatility – March
9 News Azurn seeks $3m from IPO amid volatility – March 16,2009
The Sdyney Morning Herald Azurn seeks $3m from IP0 amid…
Fairfax Digital Azurn seeks $3m from IPO amid volatility – March
Money Azurn seeks $3m from IPO amid volatility – March 16,2009
NEWS Azurn seeks $3m from IPO amid volatility – March 16,2009
afr.com Azurn floats as market sinks – March 16,2009
TMCnews Aust IT Firm Confident of US 1.96 MLN IPO – March
ZIBB Aust IT Firm Confident of US 1.96 MLN IPO – March 16,2009
Sky News Azurn seeks $3m from IPO amid volatility – March 17,2009
AAP Newswire IT Company Azurn launches floats as market sinks
IT WIREAzurn launches IPO Ahead of ASX listing with $50m …
Toowoomba Chronicle Azurn float – March 17,2009
Newcastle Herald Public Listing – March 17,2009
Sydney Morning Herald Azurn IPO – March 17,2009
West Australia Azurn eyes float – March 17,2009
Adelaide Advertiser Azurn persists – March 17,2009
Herald Sun A mission to humanise the web – March 19,2009
afr Tiny firm seeks $3m to take on IT goliaths – March 27,2009
MTWTFS Tiny firm seeks $3m to take on IT goliaths – March 27,2009
Information technology company Azurn International Ltd (ASX:AZU) is pressing ahead with a public listing despite share market volatility, and says it is confident of achieving future profit growth.
AZURN INTERNATIONAL ON PATHWAY TO LIST ON ASX …
Azurn International Limited (ASX: AZU) is pleased to announce the official opening of its Initial Public Offering. Azurn is a global business solutions company, combining unique information and communication technologies with specialist online publishing services. The Company is seeking to raise up to $3 million by issuing 15 million ordinary shares at an issue price of $0.20 cents.
January – Dr Bala Kumble has been invited to give a Key Note Speech
“January 2009 -Azurn International sponsors an International Conference in IT&T, COMSNETTS 2009 in the City of Bangalore, The Silicon City in India. Dr Bala Kumble has been invited to give a Key Note Speech at COMSNETTS 2009 in Bangalore, launching Azurn’ inroads into India in Audio, Video and Multicasting Products and Services.”
2008
The Australian Newspaper – 14 OCT 2008
Wireless Service for Indian Schools : Melbourne based Azurn has ked a licensing deal with Hughes for its Merlin Interactive Coaching and Tutoring Platform
CRN Australia
Azurn’s Merlin weaves its magic with Hughes Network Systems: Azurn International’s Merlin education platform has been chosen by Hughes Network Systems – a broadband satellite network provider – for the lucrative Indian education market.The deal will also see the local Australian technology developer deliver on-site education through Hughes’satellite broadband network.
Azurn’s Merlin magic for call centres – Applications – CRN Australia
30 Jul 2008 … Azurn International, a local Australian technology
developer in the call centre market, will give resellers an opportunity
to differentiate …
Techworld – Azurn launches one-click conferencing marketing tool
Azurn has launched a new online marketing tool designed to bridge
the gap between Web and voice.
Azurn Merlin bridges gap between web and voice
… more than 40 businesses to be using our multimedia convergence
platform,” Ananda Rao, CEO of Azurn International, says.
www.azurn.com.au. 25-Jul-2008 …
Computerworld – Azurn launches one-click conferencing marketing
tool
Azurn has launched a new online marketing tool designed to bridge
the gap between Web and voice. The product, which has been
named Merlin, uses technology …
Computerworld – Azurn launches one-click conferencing marketing
tool
Azurn launches one-click conferencing marketing tool. Service will
allow advertisers and businesses to offer free customer service
calls at the click of a …
eCommerce AU: Azurn launches one-click conferencing marketing tool
Azurn launches one-click conferencing marketing tool. … Azurn has
launched a new online marketing tool designed to bridge the gap
between Web and voice. …
Merlin takes magic out of UC collaboration
Azurn’s Merlin magic for call centres
K2K Article
Azurn launches one-click conferencing marketing tool
February 2008 Value Chain adopts epub standard; instantly available to hundreds of sites
Value Chain International (VCIL), a global digital publishing specialist, announces today that it has enabled ePub titles to be rendered seamlessly within its online DX READER platform, which is used by libraries and institutions around the world. The titles will be fully DRM protected along with OEB and other XML files. more…
October 2008
ARE E-BOOKS WISE.COM?
In a WiFi enabled world, digital libraries are permanently accessible. Why then, Martyn Daniels wonders, is the book trade so enamoured with the idea of e-book downloads over any other model?
click to read full article published in the Bookseller Show Daily, Frankfurt 16th October 2008.
The Bookseller have kindly given permission for the article to be posted and all rights remain with them.
August 2008
SELL STUDENT STUFF.COM OFFERS DIGITAL TEXTBOOK RENTAL TO ITS STUDENT MEMBERS
UK-based student web site Sell Student Stuff.com has extended its reach and is now selling and renting E-books, thanks to Value Chain International Limited’s (VCIL) Digital Drop ShipTM solution.
Students can rent, any of the 20,000 E-books academic publisher Taylor and Francis has available online or buy them as downloads through Sell Student Stuff.com. more…
July 2008
Azurn’s K2K offer coverage:
Digital Media 25th July: Azurn Launches Convergence Service more…
June 2008
The Digital Debate: A round table organised by The Bookseller to celebrate its 150 years. The discussion looks to the digital future of the book, the industry and bookselling and among the panellists was Martyn Daniels, VP Media, Marketing and Publishing for Value Chain.
To read the article online click on: http://cde.cerosmedia.com/1P485a63ac3e2b0012.cde/page/110
To read a PDF of the article click on: Bookseller 150 round table
The Bookseller have kindly given permission for the article to be posted and all rights remain with them.
Azurn, Curtain research targets SME’s, Business News Perth more…
Infosys Boss on the Move
The Australian
INFOSYS Australia founder Ananda Rao has resigned from the outsourcing provider and has revealed plans for a public float of a new venture.
2007
October 2007 Azurn acquires Value Chain
In October 2007 Azurn acquired Value Chain (International) Limited.
This strategic acquisition provided Azurn two key benefits:
- Existing client of blue chip clients within the publishing sector – a content intensive industry vertical where process collaboration leveraging Azurn MCP can make a great difference.
- Predictable running revenues and business relationships that can underpin further growth with certainty
Azurn’s business is all about business processes – automating business processes leveraging information technology and enhancing people effectiveness by leveraging patented technology that brings in convergence of voice, data and video within the security of the corporate firewall. By harnessing the ability to truly combine voice (PSTN) with IP (data), Azurn presents enterprises a hardware/software based customer premise equipment that allows complete process flexibility – the ability to leverage voice/data/video using any communication device using any carrier network, over the internet, broadband, telephone and wireless protocols.
One sector that is now available to exploit the power of this patented technology is “publishing”. As a result of the acquisition of VCIL, Azurn now has a client base of global players within the publishing sector. Within this sector, Azurn now has clients like Cengage (Thomson Learning), Taylor & Francis, Houghton Mifflin, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, Encyclopaedia Britannica etc. Publishing is a content heavy collaborative process and generally involves dispersed teams who have a constant need to review documents and take decisions. This process lends itself extremely well to the capabilities of process collaboration supported by the platform. Azurn through the acquisition of VCIL already has a global workforce active within the publishing sector and plans to start selling the capabilities into this vertical within the first quarter of 2008.
The same platform has also serious applications within the Education and Training sectors. Azurn already has agreements in place with global heavyweights like Intel and Xerox. These relationships inherited as part of the acquisition of VCIL, are related to specific projects within the education sector. Plans are already in place to leverage the capabilities of the multimedia platform within the education sector and the sales process has already started.
VCIL competes in the market with other digital publishing service providers to compose raw content into presentable, usable, sellable pages for print and electronic distribution. VCIL has to date produced over 15 million pages of content in complex XML-based digital outputs. VCIL has established a good reputation and long term relationships with its clients. IP and processes allow VCIL to provide world class services to convert content from any format to digital format, accompanied by proprietary software for conversion of rich content into XML.
The end-to-end digital publishing services comprise:
- Composition of raw content into presentable, usable, sellable pages for print and electronic distribution
- Conversion of content from any format to any digital format of customer’s choice
- Hosting of digital content in a secure environment
eCommerce – Retail, Wholesale - packaging & delivery of content to Aggregators and ‘Print on Demand’ Suppliers
- Development of publishing software products
April 2007 Value Chain partners with Xerox to deliver enhanced industry solutions
Globally based information management specialist Value Chain (International) Ltd (“Value Chain”) and Xerox Corporation today announced an agreement to deliver enhanced collaborative business process and performance management solutions for financial services, human resources, insurance, and publishing and education secto