The inaugural of Unilog’s recent addition to its Mysore premises, on 10th September, 2011 marked the expansion of Unilog Content Solutions, Mysore Facility. The inaugural took place in the presence of Mr. Achutha Bachalli K., CEO and Chairman of Unilog Content Solutions; Prof. Shivram Malavalli, CMD e-health TBI; and Rtn. T.K. Chittaranjan, member of the Governing council of NIE. Associate Vice presidents Mr. Swamy Besagi and Mr. Umesh were present on this occasion.

On this occasion, Mr. Achutha Bachalli K. in his keynote announced that Unilog has increased its capacity by 25 percent. He also congratulated Mr. Swamy Besagi, scheduled to leave for Philadelphia, US to set up Unilog’s Principal office. It may be noted that Unilog Content Solutions is headquartered in Bangalore and has its largest offshore services centre in Mysore.

Unilog Content Solutions now employs over 400 resources in its Mysore and Bangalore offices. In the past, Unilog Content Solutions had been in news for having launched its 'Technology Innovation Centre' and for bagging the ‘Leading Performer’ Award at the 'STPI- IT Export Awards for the year 2009-2010'.

May 6th 2011. Chicago, IL.

Today, Bangalore based Unilog Content Solutions extended their partnership with Chicago based DATAgility. The two companies have had a very successful 3-year partnership which saw them deliver some large and complex projects for the Electrical Industry. Both Unilog and Datagility have been sponsors and lead participants at the IDEA E-Biz Forum since 2008. This partnership has translated into significant work product being generated for the members of IDEA.

Speaking from Chicago, Mr. Achutha Bachalli K., CEO, Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd. said, "The leadership at DATAgility represents years of experience in enabling companies to be successful in numerous E-Business Initiatives. They carefully oversee each step of this process for our mutual clients. From Data Planning to Data Preparation and finally, to Data Synchronization, DATAgility compliments all of Unilog's core services. This is a true partnership.".

Unilog and Datagility together will service customers in both Electrical and Automotive After Parts Market. Unilog employs over 300 people and has operations in Bangalore and Mysore, India. Unilog will bring to fore its technical capabilities in sourcing product and parts information for customers. The data collected will be used to fill out the IDEA Electrical Industry Attribute Schema. In 2009-10, Unilog and DATAgility had won the project to design and develop the IDEA Electrical Industry Attribute Schema.

Speaking on the occasion, Denise Keating, President, DATAgility said, "DATAgility helps companies in the electrical and vehicle parts industries to increase sales and reduce costs through effective data quality programs. DATAgility partners with Unilog to provide data research for classification, taxonomy, cleansing and enrichment. We find Unilog's innovative and thorough approach to be superior. The work done by the Unilog and DATAgility partnership for the IDEA (electrical industry) UNSPSC-based attributes program has been very well received by suppliers and distributors alike, and gaining widespread adoption."

Mr. Juan Ossa, CTO, Shamrock Supply Company, today inaugurated Unilog's brand new 'Technology Innovation Center'. The new facilities aim at providing a cutting edge technology platform for Unilog's increasingly popular and in-demand hosted catalog solution – CIMM2. This new center is fully equipped with state-of-the-art computing devices, and the most advanced technology platforms.

"Our flagship products, CIMM2 and X-R-F will soon be available on the iPad and RIM devices. This marks a new chapter in our development lifecycle.” said Mr. Swamy Besagi, AVP, Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd. "The innovation center has the systems, people and processes to deliver the world-class cutting-edge solutions often required by Unilog's growing customer base.", he added.

Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Juan Ossa said, "I am delighted to be in India to announce the opening of the new Technology Innovation Center. As an existing customer of CIMM, we expect to make the most of Unilog's development efforts in this area."

The custom-built innovation center will house Unilog's most talented resource pool and provide a unique work atmosphere for all the developers. "Our developers need the best of technology and ambience to be able to work effectively. To us, employee satisfaction is as important as customer satisfaction.” added Mr. Achutha K. Bachalli, CEO, Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Imagine a world where your entire Product Master Data resides on a Cloud and you can run your web-apps, make changes to product specs, pricing & special-offer catalogs on the fly! And while you make those changes - CIMM2 transforms your e-store in real time. Unleash the power of the Cloud with Unilog's fully agile, hosted catalog solution – CIMM2.

CIMM2 comes readily integrated with Netsuite, Infor SX Enterprise and Activant Eclipse. With CIMM2 web services running on WSDL Engine, SOAP Standards Developed on Apache AXIS2 it can be easily integrated with all known PIM solutions, all known ERP systems, UPS/FEDEX/Purolator, 3rd Part Tax systems (FastTax, ADP etc.) and all major payment gateways through a PCI compliant storage system.

"Price management is one of the most liked features of CIMM2. Users can easily create subsets of the master catalog with select items. These subsets can be priced differently for different customers and pushed to those customers alone.", said Mr. Swamy Besagi, Associate Vice President at Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

"The ease with which we were able to setup punch-out catalogs for customers on SAP systems was incredible. The tool is remarkably agile and can do a wide variety of functions previously considered out of the realm of Master Data Management. Add to this Unilog's customer focused implementation organization, and you get a painless and quick deployment. I highly recommend CIMM2 as the product of choice for distributors and manufacturers alike.", added Mr. John Ludlam, Executive Vice President at SupplyForce; a CIMM2 customer.

On 29th October, 2010, Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading Master Data services provider received the 'Leading Performer-Mysore region' award for having its presence in Tier I II and III regions. Mr. Achutha K. Bachalli, the Chairman and CEO of Unilog Content Solutions received this award at the 'STPI IT Export Awards for the year 2009-2010'. This award was given by the Government of Karnataka and Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), at an event hosted at Bangalore.

Unilog Content Solutions is headquartered in Bangalore and has its largest offshore services center in Mysore. Unilog’s primary business is Master Data Management. Unilog services large manufacturing and distribution companies by providing knowledge based process outsourcing. Unilog employs over 300 people and has a global customer footprint. Unilog is ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 8000 ECCMA Data certified. In addition to its Master Data Management services, Unilog also has a wide installation base of its flagship software products CIMM2 and X-R-F. These cloud based applications have cut down the time to e-market for a large number of distribution companies. Unilog is widely regarded as THE premier data services provider.

Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd. was Diamond Sponsor at the 10th Anniversary Annual IDEA E-BIZ Forum. The gala event was held at the prestigious Gaylord National Convention and Resort Center, located right on the Potomac. Several hundred Manufacturers and Distributors from the Electrical Industry attended the event.

Unilog’s booth at the Tech Center was the center of all the buzz and activity. Unilog demonstrated its CIM application live; and also made live demo’s around Data Quality. Several companies signed up to receive Unilog service information. The World Leader in Electrical, Rail and Industrial Products signed up for a groundbreaking Proof of Concept. Several deals are imminent, and will be announced shortly. Watch this space.

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AES rolled out Unilog’s data cleansing services for its Power plants in Panama. This is part of the global initiative between AES and Unilog covering all of North, Latin and South America. AES has over 180 Power Plants around the globe, and data cleansing is a mission critical service required to ensure better procurement practices. The Panama services roll out is expected to be complete in the next couple of months. This will be followed by supply chain analytics to be performed offshore by Unilog Analysts.

Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd., India’s leading catalog and content management services provider will be the Diamond Sponsor at IDEA’s 10th Anniversary E-Biz Forum. Unilog joins companies like Activant, Siemens, Graybar, Sylvania and Schneider among many others to support IDEA’s 10th Anniversary Celebration and the E-Biz Forum – which promises to be THE place for C-Level executives to get in touch with technology and service providers such as Unilog.

The Four Day Event is aimed at bringing in top experts to share their expertise and insight on how to grow a company's bottom line and increase productivity through eCommerce programs and technology. The event is tailored to provide executives and business managers an opportunity to surround themselves with leading technology and business experts. A Tech Center also runs in conjunction with the Forum. This is a mini-tradeshow where technology companies can demonstrate their products and meet 1-on-1 with prospective clients.

As part of the sponsorship program Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd., will host the Opening Reception and Tech-Center Inauguration on the 14th of September. Unilog can be found at Booth 25 at the Tech-Center.

Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd., on July 1 2008, announced that Preston Sumner joined its Executive Management as President – Strategic Alliances.

Mr. Sumner joins Walter Rausch, President – North America, in workingwith Unilog to broaden its customer base in the Data Cleansing / Content Solutions market. “Mr. Sumner’s vast experience in building key relationships and partnerships will be of great value to Unilog and its growing customer base”, said Mr. B.K. Achutha, Chairman, Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Most recently Mr. Sumner was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Startek Inc., a service firm originally dedicated to meeting the manufacturing, distribution, fulfillment, and technical support needs of the software and computer OEM industries which evolved into a global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm. During Mr. Sumner’s tenure as COO Startek grew from $72 million in revenue to $208 million and increased operating margins from 9% to 14%.

Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd., today announced that Applied Biosystems (NYSE: ABI) has chosen Unilog as its Data Cleansing and Categorization Partner. Unilog’s services will be a key part of a major effort to get more efficient ordering and sourcing processes for ABI’s customers.

“The Life Sciences Group at Unilog has consistently outperformed over the last several years. It continues to be a driving force for our sustained growth. ABI’s selection of Unilog is a great recognition of our expertise and quality of work”, said Suchit Bachalli, VP – Sales with Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Applied Biosystems Group serves the life science industry and research community by developing and marketing instrument-based systems, consumables, software, and services.

Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is India’s leading data quality services provider. Unilog is ISO 9001:2000 certified and is located in Bangalore and Mysore with sales and support locations on both coasts of the United States.

Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd., today announced that Shamrock Supply Inc., has chosen Unilog’s CIM solution to manage its internal catalogs. Shamrock Supply will be taking advantage of the CIM technology to drive catalogs into its ERP application, Web-store, print and electronic catalogs.

Unilog’s Catalog Information Management (CIM) solution allows effective management of new and existing product data introduction, classification, maintenance and export to any required format. The solution addresses the unique demands of managing multiple taxonomies, and templates for export. The hosted application also allows the user to create sub-sets and publish / export smaller niche catalogs to any platform.

Speaking from Anaheim, California, Swamy Besagi, General Manager at Unilog said, "Unilog is committed to delivering a solution that will allow Shamrock to unlock the value of the enriched data that they have built over the last few years.”

Walter Rausch joins Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd. as President – North America. Walter is a great asset to Unilog, and brings on board over 20 years of experience. Walter was most recently President - Worldwide Strategic Sourcing at Fisher Scientific. Walter has great relationships within the distribution, research and health-care industry; and these relationships will be key to the Unilog growth plan.

“It is a great pleasure to work with Walter. These are exciting times for Unilog, and we are happy to have Walter as part of our management team”, said Mr. B.K. Achutha, Chairman, Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

“I have worked with Unilog for many years as a customer and have been impressed with their attention to detail and ability to deliver results at the highest level for their customers.”, said Walter Rausch from Pittsburgh, PA.

AES rolled out Unilog’s data cleansing services for 12 Power plants across North America. This is part of the global initiative between AES and Unilog covering all of North, Latin and South America. AES has over 180 Power Plants around the globe, and data cleansing is a mission critical service required to ensure better procurement practices. The North American services roll out is expected to be complete in the next couple of months. This will be followed by supply chain analytics to be performed offshore by Unilog Analysts.

The Masinloc Coal-fired Power plant is a 600MW power plant, located in Masinloc, province of Zambales (Island of Luzon), which has been operational since 1998. This month they contracted Unilog to complete data cleansing services for this power plant. “Unilog services are far reaching in terms of creating efficient procurement processes. We believe this effort will result in more transparent and low-cost procurement for Masinloc”, said Suchit Bachalli, Vice President – Sales at Unilog.

For the Financial Year 2006 – 07, Unilog Content Solutions Pvt. Ltd., today announced a 200% growth compared to the last fiscal year. Sales revenue doubled across all current accounts and several new name accounts have been added. This growth combined with super efficient production, has yielded excellent profitability. Vatsal Poddar, Vice Chairman and EVP said, “Given our current growth rate, and future visibility into strategic accounts, we are very confident to maintain this rate of growth for the next two years; this vindicates the efforts we put into customer satisfaction.”

As part of the global initiative between AES and Unilog covering all of North, Latin and South America, AES Argentina contracted Unilog to clean all material master items from its various power plants and distributions centers in Argentina. The data is in Spanish and English. AES has over 180 Power Plants around the globe, and data cleansing is a mission critical service required to ensure better procurement practices. The Argentinian services roll out is expected to be complete in the next couple of months. This will be followed by supply chain analytics to be performed offshore by Unilog Analysts

Mikael Lyngsoe, CEO, Stibo Catalog, visited Unilog offices in Bangalore and Mysore as part of a three-day visit to India.

On January 22nd, Mikael visited the Bangalore facility and reviewed Stibo operations with Kim T. Christensen, Global Production Director, Stibo Catalog. The next day the delegation visited Unilog’s new state-of-art facility in Mysore. Mikael Lyngsoe inaugurated the new meditation center built for the Unilog staff.

Hagemeyer, N.A., chose STIBO – UNILOG to parse data into its 2008 Marine Catalog. The powerful combination of STIBO’s STEP system with Unilog’s accurate data cleansing services will be an asset for Hagemeyer’s efforts in putting out a great catalog. As part of the service roll-out Unilog has established a long term Vendor Contact Center, that will establish contact with Hagemeyer vendors.