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{.pw for edu}email and collaboration applications for colleges

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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?

Is cooldude151@rediff.com a professional look for your students when they interact

with faculty / recruiters?

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Do other Indian colleges provide college email to students?

Yes!Most top Engineering, Business, and Humanities schools provide emails to

their students of the type: firstname.lastname@college.edu.in

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3 Reasons you need to provide email @ your institute

Reason #1: Communication & Collaboration

StaffFaculty

Alumni

Students

Enable seamless communication with students, faculty, staff, and alumni

using email at: firstname.lastname@college.edu.in

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3 Reasons you need to provide email @ your institute

Reason #2: Competitiveness

All other top & upcoming institutes are providing email – can your

institute afford not to?

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3 Reasons you need to provide email @ your institute

Reason #3: Branding & Identity

Create & project a professional identity for students & faculty in interactions with recruiters and

outbound communication

name@institute.edu.in cooldude151@rediff.com

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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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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?

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!

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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

FREE Web hosting for http://www.yourinstitute.edu.in

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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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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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Email @ your institute

Full featured email system for your institutehttp://webmail.institute.edu.in

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Email @ your institute

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

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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

Chat with all users in the institute using your institute email address: firstname.lastname@yourcollege.edu.in

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Chat rooms @ your institute

Pre-created chat rooms for each batch / course /

department

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User profiles @ your institute

Each student or faculty gets his own

profile page

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User Directory @ your institute

List all user profiles in an institute-wide directory

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How will the institute IT admin manage the users?

State-of-the-art IT administration interface to manage users on the email & chat platform

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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

Live Support

Live Chat

Phone

WebsiteEmail

Knowledge Base We handle support in

multiple modes!

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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 need for email @ your institute

The .pw for edu email & collaboration suite

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}?

50+ colleges, institutes & educational societies and 1000s of students are already on board

the {.pw for edu} platform

and more …

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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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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!

Thank You

edu@directi.com