Microline develops applications for PDAs

Pune-based Microline India Pvt Ltd, a company engaged in networking integration, is now getting into software development.

The company has developed three applications for Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Called Pigmy Plus, the first solution is meant for pygmy agents who usually work for cooperative banks and cooperative credit societies. Until now, daily collection agents went door-to-door, collecting funds through manual entries giving rise to fraudulent practices. 

Microline has developed a solution for the Pygmy agents based on the latest technology of PDA for daily collection. Because of the software, the customers can know their balance, weekly and monthly collection instantly, which increases the transparency between the customer and the pigmy agent. The product is currently in being tested by a few cooperative banks in Pune. Pigmy Plus is likely to hit the market in the next three months. Microline has developed another product for airline schedules. This is a PDA based product targeted at the elite segment like frequent fliers. The product is likely to be launched along with Pygmy Plus.

The third product has been specially developed for Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. The PDA based software would help the sales staff of the company assist customers to select the correct diesel engine model in terms of horsepower. Once the customer defines his or her requirements, the data is fed into the PDA and information is immediately available on the right kind of engine.

Vinayak Apte, CEO, Microline said that the company is currently in talks with major national distributors for the products.

With the company’s entry into the area of software development, he expected around 15 percent of company revenues to come in from these products, another 15-18 percent from services and the rest from networking.

Cyber News Service