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1 Billion Hours, 1 Billion Dollars Served: Second Life Celebrates Major Milestones for Virtual Worlds

Linden Lab Shares Statistics Revealing Tremendous User Engagement and the Largest User-Generated Virtual Goods Economy in the World
Linden Lab®, creator of the virtual world Second Life®, today announced that Second Life Residents have transacted the equivalent of more than one billion US dollars with each other while spending more than one billion hours [...]

Wipro launches “Innovation Centre” on Second Life

First-of-its-kind virtual center to showcase Testing solution accelerators
Bangalore, May 28th, 2009 – Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced the launch of its “Innovation Centre” for Testing Services on SecondLife, the popular virtual world. William Martorelli, Principal Analyst, Forrester inaugurated the Innovation Centre on SecondLife along with Gangadharaiah, Sr. [...]

Over 15 Billion Minutes of Voice Have Been Delivered in Second Life

Linden Lab Reveals Plans to Further Monetize Voice; Launches Service That Enables Residents to Receive Real World Calls in Second Life
Linden Lab®, creator of the virtual world Second Life®, today announced that it has delivered over 15 billion minutes of voice services, demonstrating the rapid growth and broad adoption of VoIP in Second Life. [...]

Linden Lab Expands Leadership Team, Adding Executives from Intuit and McKinsey

Brian Michon Named Vice President of Core Development; Judy Wade, Appointed Vice President of Strategy and Emerging Business
Linden Lab®, creator of the virtual world Second Life®, today announced the appointments of Brian Michon as Vice President of Core Development and Judy Wade as Vice President of Strategy and Emerging Business. Reporting directly to CEO [...]

New virtual research campus and conference centre unveiled

London, UK – January 2009 – Futuresource Consulting, the specialist research and analysis house, and Rivers Run Red, creators of the Immersive WorkspacesTM solution, are delighted to announce the joint development of Futuresource Campus, a real-time virtual research environment built on the world-leading Second Life Grid platform.
Futuresource Campus allows people to meet and do business [...]

Tata Indicom is First to Step into Second Life

· Only Indian telecom operator to have presence in the Virtual World
· Exclusive partnership with Indusgeeks to kick off unique Talent Hunt
New Delhi, 19 January 2009: Tata Teleservices Limited, the country’s youngest and fastest-growing pan-India telecom service provider, today announced the extension of its hugely successful Suno Dil Ki Awaaz brand [...]

Vuzix VR920 Now Fully Compatible with World of Warcraft and Second Life

VR920 v2.4 software supports the new World of Warcraft graphics engine, the latest version of Second Life, improves head-tracking and adds support for Fallout 3, Crysis: Warhead and Crysis: Wars
Rochester, NY – December 4, 2008 – Vuzix Corporation is excited to release the new VR920 Version 2.4 Software. Winner of the 2008 CES [...]

CA’s Swainson Maintains that Technology is Key to Weathering Economic Downturn

Calls Management the “Killer App” for Virtualization
CA World 2008
John Swainson, chief executive officer of CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA), today told attendees at CA World that at no time in recent history has technology been in a better position to be a key driver of business growth, success and, in some cases, survival.
“Organizations around the [...]

Sify Technologies wins the Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award for the third consecutive year

Wins Gold for developing an innovative online training program using Second Life
Chennai, India, Monday, October 13, 2008: Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ National Markets: SIFY), a leader in Consumer Internet and Enterprise Services in India with global delivery capabilities, announced today its eLearning division’s winning the coveted Brandon Hall Award for the third consecutive year. Sify’s [...]

Wipro’s SOA Solution Lab on Second Life inaugurated by Farmers Insurance

The SOA Lab to act as a collaboration hub with customers and partners
Bangalore, India, September 15, 2008- Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), announced the inauguration of its SOA Solutions Lab on Second Life, one of the internet’s most populous virtual worlds. The lab was inaugurated by Srinivasa Parthasarathy, Vice [...]

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