IT Center signs digital signage contract with OSFE - Hellenic Federation of Pharmacists Cooperatives

IT Center Ltd, the new Virtual Trip Group Spin-Out, has signed a strategic contract with OSFE - the Hellenic Federation of Pharmacists Cooperatives, in a J/V with BIS, a systems integrator specialized in VoIP solutions.

The OSFE contract includes a digital signage project, where high-quality monitors will be installed to a large number of Pharmacies around Greece leading to the creation of a highly targeted, interactive and centrally managed advertising infrastructure as well as an e-learning facility for the continues learning of the members of the Federation. Last but not least, web- and mobile-surveillance tools and VoIP access will be offered tou Federation-members, countrywide.

The technical infrastructure for the digital signage project is the Solo Gateway while for the e-learning part it's the eFront platform and the mVision Surveillance provides for the security surveillance service.

IT Center Ltd aims to the provision of cutting-edge systems integration services specially designed for small & medium enterprises. IT Center operations will be based on a B2B portal and a network of stores around Greece. The portal and the first store will be launched in June 2009.

Mobile Marketing Conference

MVNS, spin-off company of the V. Trip Group, participated at the 2nd Mobile Marketing Conference, which took place on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at Hotel Pentelikon (Kifissia, Greece).

During the Conference, on behalf of the V.Trip Group of companies, Mr. Manos Moschous, Technical Director, talked about the latest trends of mobile marketing in a panel coordinated by Dr. Gregory Giovanof, Professor & Head of research group in wireless broadband networks, Athens Information Technology.

Within the trade show, MVNS presented «mVision Ad» and «mVision Social Networking» platforms, that introduce innovative value-added services for the mobile market. As the personalized mobile advertising possibility turns to be the basic characteristic of the mobile business models, MVNS developed the «mVision Ad» platform, fulfilling the need for managing this source of revenue. «mVision Ad» offers overall management of Mobile Advertising Campaigns based on multimedia material for different communicational channels, such as WAP, SMS / MMS, 3G Video Call, Web and Social Networks.

Moreover, MVNS presented its new Facebook Application, «EXODOS», which offers great perspectives for corporate advertising in an easy, targeted and effective way.

Virtual Trip Holdings SA exhibitor at the Growth Company Investor Show, the must-attend event of 2008 for anyone who invests in quoted companies

Virtual Trip Holdings SA participates at the Growth Company Investor Show 2008, which takes place on Wednesday, 11th of June 2008 at the Barbican Exhibition Halls (London, UK), during 10-17:30 pm.

The company plans to enter PLUS Market, in order to keep the impressive growth rate that was achieved in the seven years of organic growth: 4,252.33 % in turnover and 3,306% in net profits.

Virtual Trip Holdings SA owns a group of six technology companies offering IT products & services to the international market. Key products are the "SOLO" small office & home gateway, the "eFront" e-Learning & human capital development platform and the "mVision", mobile services & social networking platform, while customer-list includes a number of Greek and european blue-chip companies such as OTE, WIND, ARMENTEL PLAISIO COMPUTERS, INTRACOM, INFO-QUEST, FORTHnet and LYKOS GROUP. Virtual Trip Group companies have signed reselling agreements with partners in Australia, Denmark Egypt and India.

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.