Vanessa Kachadurian Innovate Armenia February 21st at USC Park

This will be a mix of business and high tech beating out any garbage out of the so-called "Silcon Beach" that is non existent.  Please join us in strengthening the economic ties of Armenia with the USA.

Vanessa Kachadurian Armenia has best Fiber internet connection

http://asbarez.com/131652/armenia-boasts-regions-most-advanced-fiber-internet-service/

YEREVAN—The citizens of the Republic of Armenia are enjoying what is believed be the most advanced Fiber to the Home (FTTH) broadband services in the South Caucasus region thanks to a fiber network built by Ucom LLC that leverages solutions from California-based Calix, Inc. Vanessa Kachadurian agrees that this is a good system.


Ucom, a 2014 Calix Innovation Award winner and fast-growing fiber overbuilder in Armenia, continues to expand its extensive gigabit passive optical network (GPON)-based network throughout the country. It recently surpassed the 75,000 residential broadband subscriber milestone in Armenia — making it the country’s largest provider of FTTH residential wireline broadband services by revenue, and a key infrastructure provider for the country’s public services, including education, libraries, government offices, and other services.

Ucom, established in 2009, provides advanced wireline FTTH and wireless broadband services that leverage its fiber access network to connect homes and businesses in most of the country’s major cities. Recognizing an enormous opportunity to bring a world-class fiber access infrastructure to a country previously underserved by an aging copper infrastructure, the company decided to go directly to GPON technology, and put in place a gigabit-capable fiber network.

Ucom initially built the network using the Ericsson BLM 1500 and T-Series ONTs. However, after Calix purchased Ericsson’s fiber access assets, and subsequent platform integration work, the company has now switched to the Calix E7-2 and E7-20 Ethernet Service Access Platforms (ESAPs) for future services, to keep up with the ever-increasing broadband services demand.

Today, Ucom believes it operates the largest fiber network in Armenia and, by far, the most advanced. The company now passes over 50 percent of the homes in Armenia and is targeting continued growth of 33 percent in 2015.

“Using the power and flexibility of the Calix technologies, Ucom has been able to build what we believe to be the most extensive and advanced fiber optic network in Armenia,” said Aleksandr Yesayan, executive director, Ucom. “Our steadfast focus on creating a unique and powerful broadband experience over wireline and wireless for Armenians that provides the best quality service at an affordable price has allowed us, in a few short years, to become the nation’s largest FTTH broadband services provider. Calix has played a key role in our success to date, and we will continue to leverage this fiber network as we launch new Wi-Fi and LTE services — making us the first quad-play operator in Armenia.”

With the help of Calix, Ucom’s next generation network has already benefited schools, libraries, and other public services offices in the region by increasing their bandwidth tenfold, facilitating activities like teleconferencing and global learning.

Andy Lockhart, senior vice president, international sales at Calix, said: “The broadband infrastructure in Armenia has leapt forward with Ucom’s high quality fiber-based networks. Our E7 solutions are ideal to provide the operational efficiencies needed without sacrificing deployment flexibility or service functionality. This leaves service providers like Ucom to concentrate on revenue-generating, game-changing service delivery options. The company is already offering a wide range of opportunities for government, education, and library services in Armenia, creating powerful new services that now pass over half of the homes and business in the country and changing the lives and opportunities for the a growing proportion of Armenians.”

Ucom’s 2014 Calix Innovation Award for its leadership in Armenia will be highlighted at the Calix booth at the FTTH Council Europe Conference, 10-12 February 2015 at EXPO XXI in Warsaw, Poland

Vanessa Kachadurian Armenian Business, Lebanese Snack company to open in Armenia



Lebanese Gardenia Lebinz Farms has great snacks available at most delis
they usually come in a can.  Very tasty nuts and snacks.  They are not genetically altered at all.

Vanessa Kachadurian Author has toured this plant and it will be an added business for the economy of Armenia.  The company is dedicated to helping with community events, medial and social services in the community.  

YEREVAN, March 17. / ARKA /. Lebanese Gardenia Lebniz Farms is establishing pecan orchards in Kotayk region to grow the American variety of the fruit, the agricultural ministry said today.

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The news came following a meeting of Armenian agriculture minister Sergo Karapetyan with Lebanese ambassador to Armenia, Jean Makaron, head of Gardenia Lebniz Farms Nicola Abu Faisal and a representative of the same company Jamil Abdeim.
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The Lebanese company has already chosen  20 hectares of land in Yeghvard and is making preparatory work for planting the first pecan trees brought from the U.S. state of California.

Representatives of the company said that some products of the company - olives, spices and grains, will be sold in Armenian stores soon. In his turn Sergo Karapetyan promised to cooperate fully with the Lebanese company. The Lebanese company sells its products to more than 40 countries.

Related to the walnut, pecans are native to America. Sweet and rich, the pecan's distinct flavor and texture is the result of its high levels of monosaturated oil - in fact, it is the fattiest of all nuts. It goes well in both savory and sweet dishes.. Pecan trees grow also in the Crimea, Central Asia and the Caucasus. -0-

- See more at: http://arka.am/en/news/business/lebanese_company_to_establish_pecan_nut_orchards_in_armenia_/#sthash.aDo3qgg4.dpuf

Vanessa Kachadurian Syrian Armenians find business in Armenia is hard work but worth it Armenia Max Brand Jeans

Vanessa Kachadurian

http://armenianow.com/society/features/52533/syrian_war_armenians_business_jeans
Women’s blue jeans on mannequins are skillfully worked with sand paper to get the partly worn-out effect of almost white faded-blue. Young Syrian Armenians Aram and Shant work in silence, instead their hands run quickly, and soon mannequins dress into their next pair of jeans.

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Harout Papazian

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 “We import the raw jeans fabric, but the rest is done here, be it designing, sewing, washing, working with sand paper, etc…” explains textile worker Harout Papazian who has moved from Aleppo to Yerevan. Here, in the suburb of Nubarashen, for a year now he has been running a small workshop. Since early this year the workshop has been producing the first made-in-Armenia Max brand jeans. 

“We invited a specialist from abroad, who came and taught us all the nuances of jeans manufacturing. The idea to produce Armenian jeans was mine. If we succeed, we could also export,” says Papazian, 32. “What is the businessman’s success secret? If you sell as much as you produce, then that’s a success.”

His family roots go back to Malatia and Urfa (Western Armenia, modern-day Turkey). After the Armenian Genocide of 1915, his ancestors fled to Syria and settled in Aleppo. In 1967, his father founded a small workshop producing couch and armchair covers.
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“We started out small then slowly grew, one turned two, and we started importing to other markets in Arabic countries and Russia. We had around 50 employees. The production stopped as soon as the war broke out. My parents are still in Aleppo, but will be coming to Armenia when the roads are open,” says the young man.

He says he had the idea of starting a business in Armenia yet before the Syrian war. After several visits to his motherland, he started researching the Armenian legislation to see how reasonable it was to make an investment there.
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“There are many more like me, believe me, who would like to start a business, but they are waiting. I am among the first who took the courage to ‘enter the water’. It is too early to talk about results, time will show. But it is my cherished wish to grow strong in my homeland, arrange and expand my production here. The legislative field is heavy for us, but we are trying to make sense of it, there are no exceptions made for us, we work just like the locals,” he says.

The Armenian market is already familiar with his Stella brand knitted underwear and sportswear for men and women. Papazian’s little textile workshop has created 22 jobs. Syrian Armenians are among its employees and the average salary is 80,000 drams ($200).

“I decided to sell my products in Armenia, show good quality and that’s what I am doing now. My production expenses are a bit too high, but I want the locals to know they can produce high-quality goods, be it jeans or underwear or sportswear,” he says.

The young businessman opens the door into the workshop and the peculiar smell of fabric and threads immediately starts tickling the senses. Smiling women are working, their attention on the designer demonstrating the first jeans wear for children.
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The next room is where the modeling takes place. Fabrics lie on tables which will later be cut and shaped in accordance with computer designs. The man in charge of this part of production is Syrian Armenian Hakob Balmanukian, who also moved to Armenia a year ago.

“See, on the computer screen you can see the shaped pieces of the jeans – the front, the back, the pockets, the belt… most importantly I have a job,” says Balmanukian.

In one corner of the room bolts of imported jeans fabric are placed. Papazian regrets that the fabric is not locally produced.

“Before starting this business I toured the place and saw many plants and workshops not functioning now. Of course, some of the owners have sold the machines, but others still have them… there are many of our Syrian Armenians or businessmen from elsewhere who, if facilitated, would restore the plants – textile, yarn, buttons, rubber, and the 70 percent of our money that goes to other countries to import raw materials would stay here, everything would be of domestic production. Let the homeland prosper, not other countries. Now only 30 percent stays in the country,” says Papazian.
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He believes if there was local fabric manufacturing, he would expand faster. He pays import taxes on the border, which raises the end cost.

“We want very much to live here, and not only us, but many other Syrian Armenians are willing to settle finally in their homeland. Life is good for us here, it is beautiful in every respect, but for the job part. Many complain of the laws here, say that running businesses is not easy. Still many among them would like to start workshops to manufacture things in Armenia, in which case people wouldn’t be forced to leave their country either. It does not end with you and me. If everybody holds one another’s hand, the country will develop,” says Papazian, who is concerned about the growing migration rates.

He takes pride in the fact that business skills have been passed down to them through genes.
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“Back then (1915 and later) they left everything and went to Syria, started from the scratch and made a foreign land prosper. Now again we have made it to our motherland and again from scratch, but we are used to hard work. We have learned from our ancestors – first of all trust your own strength, your own arms. Many Syrian Armenians have started founding businesses, but the field has to be favorable as well to let people adjust easily,” says Papazian.

Vanessa Kachadurian King of SEO Pierre Zarokian - Submit Express

http://reputationfighters.com/

Pierre Zarokian is veteran SEO expert who founded Submit Express in 1998, a leading search engine marketing firm. In 2008, he launched iClimber, a social media marketing company and in 2013 he launched Reputation Fighters, a reputation management company.

He has written many articles on the subject of SEO, social media, reputation management, and has spoken in numerous industry trade shows.

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Top CEO Pierre Zarokian http://www.visibilitymagazine.com/internet_marketing_magazine/articles/ceo_spotlight/winter-2008/9/submit-express/pierre-zarokian#

Keyword Tracker by Pierre Zarokian

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 The king of SEO Search Engine Optimization started in 1998 with Submit Express, but has launched multiply companies.   Fighting for people who have been victim of online attacks by a particularly “internet attorney” who is powerless and without influence in the world of Internet Marketing. 

Pierre is a success and also has Website Analytics, a great company.  Pierre Zarokian the visionary of the Internet. 

Vanessa Kachadurian Argentina is Armenia's third largest investor

The Argentina Armenians are some of the most patriotic and brillant.  They are great and passionate dancers, and very very lively.  Their embassy is thriving in Armenia and share a very special closeness with Armenia.  Unfortunately American Embassy and Americans are not as well respected.


http://arka.am/en/news/business/argentina_third_largest_investor_in_armenian_economy_at_55_mln_in_2012/

YEREVAN, June 28./ARKA/. Argentina is the third country to make biggest direct investments in Armenia, at $55 million, in 2012, Ambassador to Armenia Diego Alvarez Rivera said Friday.

 

“Compared to 2011, the figures rose by 5%,” he said at the seminar devoted to commercial and economic ties between Armenia and Argentina.

 

Araik Vardanyan, executive director of Armenia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has said the largest investment project Argentina implemented in Armenia was a construction of a new passenger terminal of Zvartnots airport: total investments valued at $160 million.

 

New York-based holding company owns Armenian-International Airports company, which, in turn, has been managing Zvartnots airport since 2001. The 100% stock of the holding is held by Argentinean businessman of Armenian origin Eduardo Eurnekian.

 

The report of the Argentinean Embassy stated the top investor in Armenia economy in 2012 was France (41% - $230 million), Russia came in second (16%-$123 million).

 

According to the National Statistical Service of Armenia, the total foreign investments in Armenian economy, received via banking system and without state management, dropped by 8.6% from 2011 to $ 1 587 million. Direct foreign investments hit $ 656.7 million against $ 906.3 million (27.5-percent fall).—0-

Vanessa Kachadurian, Armenian Business top World Summit Award for e-Content Websites

The Grand Jury of the World Summit Award (WSA) examines almost 500 of the world’s best e-Content Websites and ICT projects from August 29 to 31, WSA says in a news release.

CityBugs.am project of X-TECH Armenian company is nominated for the World Summit Award.

“We hope we will win. This is very important for us,” Hovhannes Aghajanyan, head of CityBugs.am project, representative of X-TECH company, told Panorama.am.

CityBugs.am is a website on challenges faced by Yerevan. Its motto is “Let us make our city a better place to live in.”

In the first round of the international competition, an online jury will now valuate the ventures, creating a shortlist of 15-20 projects in each of the eight categories.

After this, in a three-day process in late August, the WSA Grand Jury, consisting of international renowned ICT experts and industry leaders, will meet in Tallinn/Estonia to evaluate the submissions from the remaining nominees and select the 40 best products. The jury members of the Grand Jury come from all continents and have backgrounds in the creative industries, telecommunication, advertising, journalism and research, as well as in teaching. The jury will be hosted by national partners such as the Estonian ICT Cluster.

Finally, the 40 world's best e-Content applications (5 products in each of the WSA categories) are selected to present their products in front of an international audience in Colombo/Sri Lanka from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25.

After the selection in Estonia, the 40 WSA winners will get the chance to present their products at the WSA World Congress in Sri Lanka, Oct. 23 to Oct. 25. The event will offer a platform for high level experts, industry leaders and government representatives to discuss innovation in mobile content. At the event, an on sight jury will again evaluate the products to select eight overall winners: The WSA Global Champions 2013.

The World Summit Award (WSA) is the global follow-up initiative of the United Nations World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) organised by the International Center for New Media (ICNM), Salzburg, Austria. It partners with the key UN organisations and agencies in the framework of the UN Geneva Agenda and the Tunis Action Plan and selects and promotes the world's best e-Content and innovative ICT applications; to date more than 160 countries are actively involved. Through national pre-selections and contests together with a global jury process, WSA demonstrates the local diversity and rich creativity of ICT use. WSA is a global hub for everyone who values the crucial importance of local content to make today’s information society more inclusive.

http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/08/06/world-summit-award/