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Follow UsNEW DELHI, INDIA: National Instruments India, a provider of virtual instrumentation services, today announced the launch of LabVIEW 2010, its latest version of graphical programming environment for design, test, measurement and control applications.
The launch, which happens to be the third after Mumbai and Pune, was hosted at the annual India LabVIEW Conference 2010 and was attended by over 800 engineers across the country.
Jayaram Pillai, managing director, NI- India Russia and Arabia, while delivering the India LabVIEW Conference 2010 keynote, briefed on how LabVIEW in India has evolved from a product to a powerful ecosystem.
The ecosystem came alive through the unique showcase of the India LabVIEW Sphere - the result of several elements continuously evolving and innovating around the powerful LabVIEW Platform.
Jayaram Pillai, said, “National Instruments is dedicated to empower the Indian engineer through user-defined, software-based approach for developing test, control, and embedded applications and the India LabVIEW Conference that facilitates the exchange of information and ideas about innovative advances in technology and NI products”.
He further added, “Our 17 years of strong presence in India has evolved the India LabVIEW Sphere as a powerful India ready LabVIEW ecosystem committed to serving the community of engineers and scientists in the country. NI India through the Planet NI Foundation is also committed to facilitate Indian entrepreneurs and students, with access to technology at affordable costs, to innovate and create real solutions that address the world's engineering challenges.”
Built on the inherent parallel nature of graphical programming, LabVIEW 2010 delivers new features such as off-the-shelf compiler technologies that execute code at an average of 20 percent faster and a comprehensive marketplace for evaluating and purchasing add-on toolkit for integrating custom functionality into the platform.
It also features improved interface to reuse code, group VIs and to separate VI source code from the compiled version to aid source code management.
The LabVIEW 2010 caters academic, telecom, electronics, semicon, aerospace and scientific research etc.
Pillai reiterated that major contribution for the LabVIEW 2010 was done from its India R&D center in Bangalore.
One among the major elements of the LabVIEW ecosystem is the India Initiatives, which enables the engineers and scientists in India to achieve economic prosperity through access to technology and affordability.
The key factor in India Initiatives is the India SME benefit program.
Speaking on the SME benefit program, Pillai added, “There are almost 125 SMEs who are benefited from the India SME benefit program. The SME program focuses on providing access to LabVIEW by increasing affordability with flexible pricing options. It also aims to build competency by offering training and support programs.”
He added the the program basically focuses on creating more jobs by providing better access to the software and offering it at a subsidized cost.
As a part of its educational initiatives, NI is offering training certification programs, and online LabVIEW training and educational scholarships namely VI mantra, NIyantra and Internships. Almost 400 engineering colleges in India use LabVIEW as part of the educational curriculum
NI has over 600 partners that include consultants, system integrators, developers, industry experts.