April 2006
  
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Company Update
events update
 
 Company Update

Rose International CEO Himanshu Bhatia named as WBENC Board of Directors:
Our parent company Rose International's CEO,Himanshu (Sue) Bhatia, has been named to the Women's Business Enterprise National Council's (WBENC) Board of Directors.

Mrs. Bhatia will serve with business leaders and women business owners that represent Corporate America, certified women-owned businesses and WBENC's women business organization partners

“I am honored to be named to such a prestigious group,” said Mrs. Bhatia. “WBENC is a tremendous organization that does so much for women-owned businesses. It is my privilege to join this dynamic group to further the relationship between corporations and women-owned businesses.”

Rose International gets $10-million contract from Illinois:
Rose International has been awarded a contract of around $10 million by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services to provide information technology consulting services and related technical products throughout the next five years for a total expenditure not to exceed $ 10 million dollars, to the Illinois Department of Public Health. It will support ongoing development and support of the Public Health Information Network (PHIN), said Rose International CEO, Himanshu Bhatia The area of expertise include: Web design, Application Support, Application Development, Architecture, Infrastructure, GIS and Geo Spatial technologies, Data Warehousing/Data Management, Project Management and oversight.

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 Events Update

Holi, the festival of colours was celebrated with special joy and zest at RITS on 14 th March 06. It was an occasion that brought in joy and fun and, of course, lots of bright colors to make a festive graffiti on every heart.

RITS Party: RITS had organized a party on 9 th April at Anand Van, Faridabad . Employees with their family members enjoyed the party by interacting with each other and by having dance and fun. Apart from this there were four prizes for Mr. Regular, Mr. Stable, Mr. Contributor and Mr. Connector. Prize distribution was done by Mr. H.S Bhatia, the CEO of RITS accompanied by the Director, Mr. Pankaj Seth.

 Did you Know?

First electronic computer (1943) : the building of Colossus
By designing a huge machine now generally regarded as the world's first programmable electronic computer, the then Post Office Research Branch played a crucial but secret role in helping to win the Second World War. The purpose of Colossus was to decipher messages that came in on a German cipher machine, called the Lorenz SZ.

The original Colossus used a vast array of telephone exchange parts together with 1,500 electronic valves and was the size of a small room, weighing around a ton. This 'string and sealing wax affair' could process 5,000 characters a second to run through the many millions of possible settings for the code wheels on the Lorenz system in hours - rather than weeks.

Both machines were designed and constructed by a Post Office Research team headed by Tommy Flowers  at Dollis Hill and transported to the secret code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, where it was demonstrated on December 8, 1943. We have to fast forward nearly thirty years to 1972 for the arrival of the first desktop all-in-one computer, which are more familar to us today. That honour falls to the HP9830.  But unfortunately few people got to hear about it because Hewlett Packard marketed it primarily to scientists and engineers - by nature very quiet people!

Quick Quiz

Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India ?

Send your answers to ritsreporter@roseint.com by May 20th. One person with the correct answer will be randomly chosen to receive a gift. GOOD LUCK!!!

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