Corporate
About Us
About Us
VSA Services was incorporated as a Private Limited Company in Singapore in May-2008.
VSA Services is a GST registered company, participates in Singapore Governnment tenders via the excellent GeBiz system.
We are thankful to the Singapore Government for the funding (S$5000)
The objective of the company is to provide high quality technical support, services and products based on Open Source software and hardware adhering to Open Standards.
Staff Members:
Mr. Anand Vaidya, Director (Technical affairs)
Due to the advances in technology, it is now possible to run a lean and mean company. Websites, email, accounting and taxation, CRM are all outsourced and completely automated paperless processes.
Mdm. Reshma Sathaye, Director (Operational matters)
Occassionally, We depend upon free-lancers and part-time technical experts.
Contact Us
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us via email , telephone or regular mail.
Our Address:
VSA Services Pte Ltd
#04-99, Ubi Techpark, Lobby E,
10, Ubi Crescent,
Singapore - 408564
Fax: +65-31257234
You can also contact us with these email and phone numbers:
Company Affairs
Anand Vaidya, Director
email: anand AT vsa-services.com
Tel: +65 9615-7317
skype: anandvaidya
google text chat: vaidya.anand
Sales
email: anand AT vsa-services DOT com
Technical Support
anand AT vsa-services DOT com
Questions related to this website
anand AT vsa-services DOT com
Working Hours
Mon-Fri : 9:00AM to 5:00PM
The company is closed on Sat, Sun and Public Holidays in Singapore.
Customers with 24x7 support contracts should call the mobile numbers directly
Please use the following GnuPG PGP Key to encrypt any confidential information over email. http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x77C143E7
Jobs
Currently, no vacancies exist. We will recruit IT engineers during 2010.
If you are a freelancer, with skills in IT , VSA Services can engage your services. The skills required are:
- Linux, OpenSource software
- Server / Embedded Hardware
- Software Development
In addition, VSA Services offers internship to Polytechic graduates. Please email us if you are interested.
Our Customers
Our current and past customers include some of the most prestigious Universities and Multinational Corporations as well as SMEs.
Corporate
- Deutsche Bahn Schenker (USA)
- Deutsche Bahn Schenker (Singapore)
- IBM Singapore
- Singapore Technologies
- Thales Security (French Defence , Aerospace Company)
Academic and Research
- ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
- SMART ( unit of MIT.EDU in Singapore)
- Multiple Departments in National University of Singapore (NUS, Singapore)
- Multiple Departments in Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore)
- A-STAR (Agency for Science, Technology & Research)
SMEs
- International SEAR Corp Inc, Singapore
- 12N - French company writing iPhone software
- Binary Cube
- Wishbone Design
Partners
We partner with innovative hardware, software and services providers to provide the best in class solutions to our customers.
We are also supported by some wonderful companies that help us become efficient and fast. We would gladly recommend the following partners/service providers who enable VSA Services to perform a great job:
Products and Services
Customised Training
VSA Services conducts customized training on Linux, HPC and related topics.
- The training can be conducted on-site or off-site
- Recommended class size is 5-10 pax
- All training are hands-on
- Heavily customized to match the customer's needs and work environment rather than using prebuilt slides/templates. Hence , the learning value is much higher and directly applicable to day to day problem solving.
- The focus is on understanding the underlying principles and commands and strategies, rather than rote learning.
- We believe our significant experience in heavy duty problem solving in a wide variety of customer sites adds value to the training
- Leverage on free resources produced by the FLOSS community , which enables us to offer a higher quality training at a lower cost.
IT Services
Software Installation and Customization:
- Consulting and Deployment of complex IT facilities such as
- Parallel Filesystems such as IBM GPFS, Lustre and OCFS2
- Grid Computing and Datagrid Infrastructure
- Linux Performance Tuning
- Linux HPC Clusters: Consulting, Selection of server hardware, software and interconnect (eg: InfiniBand), Installation and Support
- Linux Serial and MPI Parallel Applications installation and support
- Hardening, Securing and HA Clustering for Linux Servers
- OSS Backup solutions
- Document Management Systems
Software Development:
Specialized hardware, software solutions:
- Server Monitoring (eg: thermal monitoring)
- Specialized Embedded Linux devices
- GPU based HPC computing with Linux
Ubuntu Linux
We offer solution design, installation, configuration, annual or quarterly support and related services for a fee for Ubuntu Linux.
VSA Services is listed on the Canonical Marketplace for Ubuntu Service providers in Asia region (http://webapps.ubuntu.com/marketplace/asia/)
Ubuntu Linux is Free Software. Available from http://www.ubuntu.com/ and various mirror servers around the world. Ubuntu Linux is built on the well proven foundation of Debian GNU/Linux.
The major strengths of Ubuntu Linux are:
- Certified by IBM for DB2 database
- Available pre-installed on select Dell laptops and desktops (US and Europe)
- Large community with resources such as wiki's , forums, HOWTO documents etc
- Commercial grade support from Canonical and many Canonical partners and independent IT services providers.
- Packages derived from Debian GNU/Linux and enhanced to be easy to install and use
- Fast local mirror hosted by NUS (National University of Singapore) and Linux Users Group, Singapore
Ubuntu Linux can be used for practically any purpose including:
- Desktop, Laptop OS
- Servers : Web, file, print, Application hosting, mail, DNS etc.
- Clusters: HA as well as HPC
- Thin Client (LTSP), No Machine NX hosting etc
A large selection of free Scientific Applications are available from Ubuntu repositories which can be installed with just one command or a few clicks of mouse (No more compiling, editing makefiles etc)
Applications available on Ubuntu OS:
- avida-base - Auto-adaptive genetic system for Artificial Life research
- biomode - [Biology] An Emacs mode to edit genetic data
- bioperl - Perl tools for computational molecular biology
- boxshade - [Biology] Pretty-printing of multiple sequence alignments
- fastdnaml - [Biology] Tool for construction of phylogenetic trees of DNA sequences
- fastlink - [Biology] A faster version of pedigree programs of Linkage
- gromacs-mpich - Molecular dynamics sim, binaries for MPICH parallelization
- leksbot - An explanatory dictionary of botanic and biological terms
- libbio-ruby - bioruby tools for computational molecular biology
- loki - [Biology] MCMC linkage analysis on general pedigrees
- mcl - the Markov Cluster algorithm
- med-bio - Debian-Med micro-biology packages
- mipe - [Biology] Tools to store PCR-derived data
- muscle - [Biology] multiple alignment program of protein sequences
- ncbi-epcr - [Biology] Tool to test a DNA sequence for the presence of sequence tagged sites
- ncbi-tools-bin - NCBI libraries for biology applications (text-based utilities)
- ncbi-tools-x11 - NCBI libraries for biology applications (X-based utilities)
- njplot - [Biology] A tree drawing program
- perlprimer - [Biology] graphical design of primers for PCR
- primer3 - [Biology] Tool to design flanking oligo nucleotides for DNA amplification
- python-biopython - Python library for bioinformatics
- readseq - [Biology] Conversion between sequence formats
- t-coffee - [Biology] Multiple Sequence Alignment
- textopo - [Biology] LaTeX presentation of topology of transmembrane proteins
- tigr-glimmer - [Biology] Gene detection in archea and bacteria
- tree-ppuzzle - [Biology] Reconstruction of phylogenetic trees by maximum likelihood
- tree-puzzle - [Biology] Reconstruction of phylogenetic trees by maximum likelihood
- clustalw - [Biology] Global multiple nucleotide or peptide sequence alignment
- clustalw-mpi - [Biology] MPI-distributed global sequence alignment with ClustalW
- clustalx - [Biology] GUI for clustalw
- molphy - [Biology] Program Package for MOLecular PHYlogenetics
- phylip - [Biology] A package of programs for inferring phylogenies
- seaview - [Biology] Multiple sequence alignment editor
- treetool - [Biology] An interactive tool for displaying trees
- kalzium - chemistry teaching tool for KDE
- bodr - The Blue Obelisk Data Repository
- easychem - Draw high-quality molecules and 2D chemical formulas
- education-chemistry - DebianEdu chemistry related applications
- garlic-doc - [Chemistry] a molecular visualization program - documents
- gchempaint - 2D chemical structures editor for the GNOME2 desktop
- gcu-bin - GNOME chemistry utils (applications)
- ghemical - A GNOME molecular modelling environment
- libchemistry-elements-perl - Perl extension for working with Chemical Elements
- libgcu0 - GNOME chemistry utils (library)
- libmopac7-0 - Semi-empirical Quantum Chemistry Library
- libpolyxmass10 - Mass spectrometry library - runtime files
- libsc7 - The Scientific Computing Toolkit
- mpqc - The Massively Parallel Quantum Chemistry Program
- polyxmass-bin - Mass spectrometry framework - GUI program
- psi3 - Quantum Chemical Program Suite
- texlive-chemistry - TeX Live: Chemical typesetting
- texlive-publishers - TeX Live: Support for publishers
- units-filter - Parser for expressions concerning physical values
- viewmol - A graphical front end for computational chemistry programs.
- geant321 - [Physics] Particle detector description and simulation tool
- med-physics - Debian-Med packages for medical physicists
- montecarlo-base - [Physics] Common files for Cernlib Monte Carlo libraries
- mpb - MIT Photonic-Bands
- mpb-mpi - MIT Photonic-Bands, parallel (mpich) version
- paw - Physics Analysis Workstation - a graphical analysis program
- paw++ - Physics Analysis Workstation (Lesstif-enhanced version)
- libalps-bin - ALPS Physics Simulation Algorithms (library support programs)
- Scientific and HPC tools and libraries:
- mpich-bin - MPI parallel computing system implementation
- mpich-mpd-bin - MPI parallel computing system implementation, MPD version
- mpich-shmem-bin - MPI parallel computing system implementation, SHMEM version
- mpichpython - MPI-enhanced Python interpreter (MPICH based version)
- openmpi-bin - high performance message passing library
- netpipe-mpich - A network performance tool using MPICH MPI
- blacs1-mpich - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Shared libs. for MPICH
- scalapack1-mpich - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Shared libs. for MPICH
Some of the useful resources related to Ubuntu Linux are listed below:
Statement Of Ethics
Statement of Ethics and Environmental Protection
Statement of Ethics
We want to be known for being a good and responsible corporate citizen.
We will do all that is possible to operate in a sustainable way: Economically, Socially and Environmentally.
We will conduct all business with utmost integrity and ethics
We will strive to provide solutions that offers the best price/performance and long term value to our customers.
Treat all employees, business partners and subcontractors with respect and without any discrimination
We will adhere to the letter and spirit of the law of the land, respect the local customs and traditions in the markets we operate.
Employment at our company is by free-will. We will comply with laws relating to minimum wages, child labour, working hours, non-discrimination and freedom of association
We will enforce and encourage Occupational Health and Safety practices.
Care for the Environment
We are following the following method to implement the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and do our part in protecting the environment. Save money, while contributing to a better Planet Earth! What else could make more sense to a business?
- Paper: Do not print unnecessarily, read documents on the laptop. Instead of buying printed books, buy e-books or subscribe to online book service such as http://safari.oreilly.com .
- Reuse unused sides of used papers for writing, printing, incoming faxes, reuse envelopes etc
- Electricity: Turn off lights, airconditioners, servers and monitors while not in use. Reduce the lighting where it is not needed (eg: Storage areas). Use laptops instead of workstations or desktops ( laptops consume about 50W vs 200-600W for a workstation, laptops can be put to sleep mode quickly, while workstations can't)
- Servers that need to run 24-hours(eg: Mail, DNS), but are not actively used contribute to distributed computing projects
- Use fewer servers with virtual machine software to cut down the total electricity consumption.
- Cut down unnecessary travel. Combine two or more appointments in one trip. It makes sense, since we can save time too. Use remote access to servers and cluster for problem solving and administrative work.
- Reduce the use of chemicals, water.
- Participate in the recycling programs in the neighbourhood
- Dispose electronic waste (eg: components, batteries) safely and as per proper procedures.
- Encourage staff to follow 3Rs at their home
- Minimise usage of plastics and hard to recycle parts.
- More tips on recycling:
- http://app.nea.gov.sg/cms/htdocs/article.asp?pid=1463
- http://www.reducerubbish.govt.nz/recycle/tips.html
- Intel's Linux Powertop site provides information on reducing power usage, tips, and tricks for Intel-based computers running Linux.
- As a first step, Intel is releasing PowerTOP, a tool that helps you find what software is using the most power. By fixing (or closing) these applications or processes, you can immediately see the power savings in the tool.
- Recycled paper takes about 60% less energy and water to make than new paper.
Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice
We seriously believe in the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice published by ACM, Association for Computing Machinery