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Astro-Vision becomes a BSA member
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 08 December 2009, 18:39 IST |
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Kochi: As a part of Business Software Alliance's (BSA) initiative to support the growth of legal software markets around the world, it has opened its membership to software development firms to join the alliance at a country level. With the launch of this initiative, Astro-Vision Futuretech, an astrological software provider, has become the first company to join as a local member of the BSA in India. With this membership, the company can now join hands with the elite group of BSA members, like Microsoft, Adobe Systems, Autodesk, Symantec and others to promote the use of genuine software and other related issues.
The BSA is an organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. Its members represent one of the fastest growing industries in the world. BSA programs foster technology innovation through education and policy initiatives that promote copyright protection, cyber security, trade and e-commerce.
"BSA welcomes growing Indian firms like Astro-Vision into its membership base, which signals a great trend of high potential software companies in Asia eager to develop, invest and protect their intellectual property. BSA remains committed to offering companies such as Astro-Vision a global platform to enhance their competitiveness, and to continue invest in innovation which is critical for the region's IT competitiveness," said Jeffrey Hardee, BSA Vice President and Regional Director, Asia Pacific.
Currently, BSA has approximately 50 hotlines around the world for callers to seek information about piracy and to report suspected incidents of software theft. Lizum Mishra, Director, BSA India said, "As India continues to grow and expand its IT sector from leadership in exporting services to product development, research and development and innovation, Indian companies require an eco-system that enables and protects intellectual property."
"Astro-vison's solutions are legally protected by law. With this step we reconfirm our commitment to fight against piracy and promote the use of legal software. All our customers can now use Astro-vision's software without the fear of piracy," said Arjun Ravindran, Managing Director, Astro-Vision. The Kochi based firm had started its operations in 1984 and more than 31 million astrological reports have been generated using the solutions by the company. Astro-Vision also provides free astrological information through its website on a daily basis.
