Athens International 2008 ...

MVNS and Virtual Trip , spin-off companies of the V. Trip Group, participated at ATHENS INTERNATIONAL 2008, which was held on May 15-18 at the International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos (Greece).

The exhibition was dedicated to Defence-Security-Technology in SE Europe and the Middle East.

V.Trip Group launched innovative value-added services in the telecommunications and security market implemented by the platforms: mVision and SOLO Gateway. mVision Surveillance, fully integrated with SOLO Home Gateway, offers a number of value-added features such as video recording, sms / phone notification, 3G Video-Call access, integration with alarm systems and event logging. The mVision Surveillance platform is already the technological underpinnings of the Conn-X View service of OTE and My Show of WIND.

Virtual Trip, also introduced the Integrated Systems Group, which offers integrated systems designing services. Virtual Trip ‘s ISG has high expertise and experience in the field of System S / W, Digital Design, Modeling & Simulation, Validation & Verification, Prototyping and Testing.

Our latest cover story: Dimitris Tsigos : “Virtual Trip is Materiazing Innovation”….

Mr. Dimitris Tsigos, Founder & CEO of the V.Trip Group, was interviewed by NETWEEK magazine (business magazine for the technology strategist).

Take a glance at the greek version of Virtual Trip's cover story here. Don’ t miss Mr. Tsigos talking about his vision and objectives for the company, and explaining how Virtual Trip evolved from the first successful start-up company of student entrepreneurship into a Group of IT companies with a turnover which exceeds 5.000.000 €.

Mr. Tsigos focused on V.Trip Group's products and services underlining that SOLO Gateway platform (small business and residential gateway) is the flagship product of the Group, while mVision (streaming video& mobile social networking platform) is the key solution for mobile surveillance and has already cooperated with OTE, providing underpinnings for the Conn-x View service. Other products of the Group referred are: eFront (e-Learning and human capital development platform), Insurance Manager (Integrated information system for insurance agencies & brokers), Diagramma (Integrated information system for education & training organizations), OpenVote (Secure Internet Voting System).

He also analyzed the needs of the Greek IT market, as he has been elected member of the board of the Hellenic Association of ICT Professionals and has been nominated the Special Prize of the University of Crete for Continues Entrepreneurial Development.

Finally, he announced Virtual Trip’s new opening in the Spanish market and revealed the secret of Virtual Trip’s success!

Next Stop : Dubai...

Following the successful participation in CeBIT Hannover 2008, V.Trip Group is focusing on the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. An expedition was organised to visit Dubai, a centre of trade and technology activities in the Middle East.

On board were our international business development team, Vangelis Zegkinoglou and Thanos Alafogiannis, and the key-persons for each flagship product of the VTrip Group: Manos Moschous of MVNS, with the "mVision" Mobile Streaming Platform; Sakis Papagelis of Epignosis, with the "eFront" eLearning and Human Capital Development Platform; Vangelis Mihalopoulos of Virtual Trip, with the "SOLO Gateway" Server Platform.

Dubai is the hub of the Middle East. Besides being a commercial and retail heaven, it is also an important business centre, attracting hi-tech international enterprises. Dubai is the fastest growing Business Location in the GCC countries, and certainly in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai has world class communications, high speed Internet Access, a superb GSM Mobile Phone Network, International Hotels, Foreign Ownership, excellent Conference and exhibition facilities.

The expedition involved a series of presentations to some of the largest established corporations of hi-tech industries. Some of the meetings involved: Eti-Salat Academy, an important eLearning solution provider; Du Mobile, the newly-established alternative mobile operator; Cellucom, a technology retailer; UAE Mobiles, mobile content providers; Axiom Plus, mobile handsets retailer.

Overall, the expedition was a good hit, leading to secondary discussions and, hopefully, possible cooperations with Dubai-based firms. We are currently planning our next visit to the most beautiful of the Emirates, to advance our contacts to the next level and negotiate on our local representation in Dubai, which will enable us to provide high-quality services in the Emirates and surrounding countries. Dubai was only the beginning.