{pw for edu} - Email & Collaboration Applications for Education Institutions - from the Directi Group

Agenda
The need for email @ your institute
The .pw for edu email & collaboration suite
The feature tour
About Us
Next Steps
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Are your students using the right email system?
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Is cooldude151@rediff.com a professional look for your students when they interact with faculty / recruiters?

Do other Indian colleges provide college email to students?
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Yes!
Most top Engineering, Business, and Humanities schools provide emails to their students of the type:
firstname.lastname@college.edu.in

3 Reasons you need to provide email @ your institute
Reason #1: Communication & Collaboration
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Students
Enable seamless communication with students, faculty, staff, and alumni using email at: firstname.lastname@college.edu.in
Faculty
Staff
Alumni

Reason #2: Competitiveness
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All other top & upcoming institutes are providing email – can your institute afford not to?

Reason #3: Branding & Identity
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Create & project a professional identity for students & faculty in interactions with recruiters and outbound communication
cooldude151@rediff.com
name@institute.edu.in

Agenda
The feature tour
About Us
Next Steps
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What is the {.pw for edu} collaboration suite?
The {.pw for edu } collaboration suite of products offers the following
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How much will such a solution cost you today?
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If you have 1000 students & faculty you will pay:
Between Rs. 5 Lakhs to Rs. 25 Lakhs per year for other solutions
If you have 1000 students with {.pw for edu} you will pay
Rs. 0 per year for life!

That is not all …
In addition to offering a FREE email + collaboration platform
Directi will offer FREE unlimited web hosting for life for your institute’s website
Worth more than Rs. 3000 per year
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FREE Web hosting for http://www.yourinstitute.edu.in

Agenda
The feature tour
About Us
Next Steps
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Email @ your institute
{.pw for edu} offers a complete email system with the following features
free for life to each student, faculty, alumni, and staff
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Full featured email system for your institute
http://webmail.institute.edu.in

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Complete webmail system for students, faculty, admin, & alumni

Chat @ your institute
{.pw for edu} offers a complete chat system
free for life to each student, faculty, alumni, and staff
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Chat @ your institute
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Chat with all users in the institute using your institute email address: firstname.lastname@yourcollege.edu.in

Chat rooms @ your institute
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Pre-created chat rooms for each batch / course / department

User profiles @ your institute
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Each student or faculty gets his own profile page

User Directory @ your institute
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List all user profiles in an institute-wide directory

How will the institute IT admin manage the users?
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State-of-the-art IT administration interface to manage users on the email & chat platform

What about customer support for different users?
Level 1
Handled by our customer service team & call center
Level 2
Account Managers at our Strategic Partnerships team are available for escalations
Account Managers will assist with getting your institute live
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We handle support in multiple modes!

What about data security?
High-Availability & Scalability
Clustering
n+1 Architecture
Infinitely scalable deployments
Hardware and Software load balancing
Security
State-of-the art intrusion detection systems
DDoS mitigation software
24/7 hi-def video access
Physical security
Backups & Recovery
Advanced data protection
Disaster recovery processes
Multi-level power redundancy
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Agenda
The feature tour
About Us
Next Steps
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About Directi
Established in 1998
A $300 million technology business that builds mass-market web products
Offices in India, USA, China & UAE
600+ employees and growing
Fastest Growing Tech Company
Deloitte Fast 50 rankings for ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, and ‘08
#1 player in India and in Asia
Large customer base
India: 400,000 domains through 5,000+ channel partners
Globally: 4.3 million domains through 55,000+ channel partners
4th fastest growing Registrar globally (8th largest)
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Directi global presence
India: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore
China: Xiamen
Australia: Brisbane
UAE: Dubai
USA: San Francisco
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Why has Directi started the {.pw for edu} program?
Directi is already the largest provider of web infrastructure products in India
Directi is looking to expand the market for these products amongst youth
Directi is taking the long term view by offering these products FREE for life
Directi is committed to the education sector & has already launched a number of exciting educational initiatives
Codechef
India’s first programming community
25,000 users from 4,096 institutions and organizations
http://www.codechef.com/aboutus
Directi Business Case Study Competition
India’s largest annual case study competition
15 top B schools
1500+ registered participants. 500 teams.
http://casestudy.directi.com/
Directi Go for Gold
Gold cup for top Indian team at the ACM ICPC programming contest
Lakhs of Rupees in prizes
http://www.codechef.com/goforgold
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Message from Directi CEO, Bhavin Turakhia about {.pw for edu}
Dear College Principal/Director/IT Administrator,
Greetings from Directi. My name is Bhavin Turakhia and I am the CEO of Directi, a leading Internet & web infrastructure company headquartered in Mumbai, India.
It is with great pride that I invite you to enroll for the {.pw for edu} program to provide FREE communication & collaboration products for your students, faculty, and alumni. Our vision is to foster a new era of growth in the Internet & the web in India by offering you and your students these products for FREE for the entire lifetime that these users are associated with your institute.
Please accept my best wishes & a successful implementation of the {.pw for edu} program.
Best Regards,
Bhavin Turakhia
CEO, Directi
http://bhavin.directi.com
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Which colleges are already on board {.pw for edu}?
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50+ colleges, institutes & educational societies and 1000s of students are already on board the {.pw for edu} platform
and more …

Agenda
The feature tour
About Us
Next Steps
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How do you get started?
3 easy steps to get your entire student & faculty body on {.pw for edu}
Step #1
Fill out the sign-up letter on this URL http://resourceserver.org/edu/signup-letter.pdf
Step #2
Sign, scan, and send out the sign-up letter to edu@directi.com
Step #3
Work with your account manager @ Directi to get your institute live within days!
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