The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, October 05, 2002

Data Access eyes NLD
AFTER making a splash in the international long distance (ILD) segment, telecom major Data Access (India) Pvt Ltd is eyeing the lucrative national long distance (NLD) segment, intending to ride on the backbone infrastructure of rival Reliance ... More

BTeLocations to launch new product in India
BTELOCATIONS, the arm of British Telecom that offers global companies help to set up operations in the UK, is launching a new product, VentureSmart, in India. The soft launch (company officials are going around meeting potential clients ... More

TN Govt panel for telecom co-ordination
THE Tamil Nadu Government has set up a "State High-Level Committee for Telecom Co-ordination" to review provision of communication infrastructure throughout the State. The committee will comprise Information Technology Secretary, Finance ... More

SOFTWARE

Future Software forays into embedded software sector
THE city-based Future Software Ltd has entered the embedded software sector. The company has formed a separate division with about 25 people, and has started doing pilot projects in the sector. Future Software plans to invest about $12 million ... More

TCS to implement trade finance solution for SBI
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that it has been selected by State Bank of India (SBI) to implement a centralised trade finance solution for the bank, using a software solution provided by a Chinese company, China Systems ... More

E&Y to set up software centre in Technopark
ERNST & Young, one of the world's leading professional services organisation, will set up its first software development centre in the country at Technopark here. The centre, being set up by Ernst & Young Middle East (E&Y ME), will develop key ... More

Pentamedia Graphics board allots bonus
CHENNAI: The board of directors of Pentamedia Graphics Ltd at its meeting held today allotted 74,95,829 new equity shares of Rs 10 each. Such new equity shares credited as fully paid up, be accordingly allotted as bonus shares to such ... More

Wilco extends Japanese trading module
HYDERABAD: Wilco International, a subsidiary of Automatic Data Processing Inc, having a development and support centre in Hyderabad, has announced the availability of a new module for Japanese margin trading. The module further extends ... More

IT TRAINING

Aptech launches hardware course
NEW DELHI: The computer training major, Aptech Computer Education, has announced a new course that focuses on networking and hardware training for hardware professionals. Named NetEngineer, the course is designed to train students in ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

TCS continues recruitment drive — Rs 100-cr development centre to be ready next year
WHEN the chips are down, the tough get going. This is best reflected from the continued recruitment drive by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country's largest IT services company. Its Rs 100-crore global development centre (GDC), now ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

TI sets up centre at Tata Elxsi premises
TEXAS Instruments Inc (TI) has set up a competency centre at Tata Elxsi's software development premises in Bangalore. The TI chief, Mr Tom Engibous, inaugurated the new centre on Friday, Elxsi officials said. TI and Tata Elxsi, which had a ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL

Softbank arm, Venture Tech to invest $20 million in Sify
SATYAM Computer today announced that its Nasdaq-listed subsidiary Satyam Infoway (Sify) would receive fresh investments of $ 20 million from Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF), through a company controlled by SAIF, and Venture Tech ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Ram Info bags ISO 9001:2000
HYDERABAD: Ram Informatics Ltd, a Hyderabad-based software services company, has announced it has received ISO 9001:2000 certification from American Quality Assessors (AQA), accredited by ANSI-RAB with a scope of "Design, development, ... More

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