May 11, 2009 marked a special day for the Healthcare Division. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) awarded AEQUOR Healthcare the “gold seal” certification after a thorough audit of business processes, files and documents. The certification will place both the Nursing and Allied units a notch higher in the healthcare industry. It will open a lot of staffing opportunities in hospitals, long term care, nursing and rehab facilities.

The preparation started in February when Thad Dufelmeier, an RN and an independent consultant came to meet with the healthcare teams. The JCAHO Committee was formed with Carla Greenidge and Geselle Torres for NY, Arlene Ansay for NJ and Vicky Sanchez for Allied. Preparations were rolled out, nurses and Allied staff were informed to complete all requirements, files and contracts were reviewed, and all major business processes were evaluated. Sarah Bunales and Brandon Norman were in close coordination with the Thad and the committee to ensure that all points are covered and all the timelines are met.

Everybody was uptight during the audit. The office was quiet and everybody was in pensive mood. It was not until around 3:30 pm when Manmeet and Kamal stepped out of the conference room to announce the good news. Then everybody jumped and the mood became euphoric and victorious.

It was time to celebrate so the whole Healthcare team with Thad, Vanna (Thad’s assistant) and Hilda trooped to Cheesecake Factory and everybody was treated to a sumptuous dinner, desert and some cocktails. Manmeet and Kamal joined the team and toasted to a successful day.

Everyone felt triumphant and relieved and was just happy to celebrate the fruits of hard work.

The certification by the Joint Commission was once an aspiration, but due to the tireless efforts of the Healthcare team and the support of the whole organization, that aspiration has now come into fruition and will set the tone for all future endeavors. Way to go Healthcare Team!

Manmohan Singh will be the first Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after a full five-year term with the Congress having nominated him as its candidate for the top post, first time it had done in its history.

The largest election in history, involving more than 700 million voters, has resulted in the victory of India's ruling alliance, led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the Indian National Congress. The massive vote, was held between April 16 and May 13 2009, staggered across five phases for logistical and security reasons.

Total voter turnout was approximately 60 per cent, the national election commission said, up slightly from 58 per cent in the last national vote in 2004.

The newly-constituted Congress Parliamentary Party’s (CPP) representative Manmohan Singh will be sworn in for a second term as the Prime Minister of India on 22nd May 09. Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party chief, was unanimously re-elected head of the United Progressive Alliance or UPA, the official name of the Congress-led alliance that has ruled India for five years

With a free hand, Mr. Singh is likely to open India's insurance, retail and banking sectors to greater foreign investment. The nation's pension regulator could also get proper legal standing, which would also encourage investment. And some steps might be taken to loosen labor laws.

Aequor Technologies has taken its first step towards achieving CMMi certification. It can be described as an organization’s journey towards attaining process excellence. The training formally commenced 11th May 2009, under the able guidance and supervision of Mr. Chintamani from CyberQ Consulting. CyberQ Consulting is a global provider of end-to-end Process Improvement and Information Security Solutions in the area of, IT, Banking, Telecom, Governance, FMCG and Services.
 
A GAP analysis was carried out by Mr. Chintamani to measure the variance between best practices as construed by SEI CMMI and those being pursued at Aequor. The GAP analysis would help in charting the roadmap for achieving common organization goals towards attaining CMMi Certification. The team has progressed through the initial training on the practical implementation of CMMI. A Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG)has been formed with the following members:
 
Abhishek Singh (SEPG Lead)
Shantanu Kumar
Jayant Dhingra
Akshay Mahajan
Ranjan Kumar Jha

The group is actively engaged in the following activities:

Defining Organizations QA Plans
Creation of Common Documents Repository
Detailed Project Plan for existing project buckets
Creating the organizational processes for software development, training and other processes within Aequor.

There is great enthusiasm in the team and there are vital contributions by the team members involved towards achieving our common goal. We hope to maintain steady progress on this journey and remain focused to meet the target.

Aequor sponsors American Business Media (ABM) Annual Conference
Critical Answer at a Critical Time on May 3-6, 2009 at Amelia Island, Florida, It brings worlds leading B-to-B Executives from around the world and discuss solutions for driving revenue and profits, expanding your brand globally, developing new products and services, and much more. It has first-ever Global B-to-B Day, an intriguing look inside todays global marketplace which will address the key issues affecting b-to-b advertising in todays challenging economic environment. Please visit us at our booth to know more about Aequor and our capabilities in Digital Media, Security and Compliance, CMS Content Management, Directory Services. http://www.americanbusinessmedia.com/as ... asp?ID=108

Aequor Technologies Inc partnered with SAP to become SAP certified Online Course providers.
We are an approved SAP Solutions Academy in India

SAP is a Germany based ERP Company spread across the global. They are world largest ERP Product Company with
65% of market share representing in all verticals. They are also the third largest IT Company in the world with turn
over of 14 Billion$.
 
They have 43,000 customers worldwide and have approximately 13 million SAP certified professionals working
across the global for our customers and partners. They are growing in steady speed and would be looking at
having 100,000 customers by 2010. This will straight away increase the employability and need for
certified consultants in the coming years.