The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 19, 2003

`Call centres have to change tack to tackle new US law'
WITH the new legislation that seeks to regulate the functioning of call centres in the US set to come into effect from November 1, changes in the way these centres would have to handle their business are in the offing. The Chairman and Managing ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tribunal order on WLL — COAI advised to move SC
THE Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI), which sought a legal opinion on a tribunal order, has been advised to approach the Supreme Court to either seek a stay on the operation of WLL (mobile) licence altogether or seek direction for ... More

STOCKS

KPIT Cummins Info peaks
THE stock of KPIT Cummins Infosystems surged ahead on Thursday hitting a 52-week high of Rs 247.80 and Rs 248 on the BSE and NSE respectively. The stock has appreciated by almost 36 per cent from its levels of Rs 170-171, as on August 19, 2003. ... More

Warburg pares Satyam exposure
HYDERABAD: While the news in the exchanges and the market is about FIIs (foreign institutional investors) upping their exposure in the domestic market, Warburg Pincus, a venture capital and equity fund, has brought down its share from 5.33 ... More

HARDWARE

Seagate announces 100 Gb hard drive
LEAPFROGGING the hard drive industry in storage density, Seagate today introduced the world's first hard drive to store 100 Gbytes of data on a single 3.5-inch platter. With the industry's most advanced head and media technology, the new ... More

SOFTWARE

SPIN Bangalore, Nasscom to provide SMEs forum for interaction
WHAT is well known is that India has the largest number of SEI CMM Level 5 companies in the world and Bangalore houses more than half of these. But what is relatively unknown is that for more than a decade now, a group of software engineers in ... More

FICCI says tax treaty with Japan needs fine-tuning
TO give the right push to Indian software exports to Japan, India Inc has urged the Centre to take up the problems it faces with the Japanese authorities. These are regarding the intricate tax structure that the industry is forced to face. "It ... More

`India fastest growing market for Oracle in Asia'
BUSINESS software maker Oracle said on Thursday that India was the fastest growing market for the company in the Asia Pacific region last quarter. "Oracle has had the best quarter in India this year as against all the other previous financial ... More

Geometric tech gets US patent
NEW DELHI: Geometric Software Solutions has been awarded an American patent for `Hole Recognition' algorithms developed as part of its flagship technology, Feature Recognition (FR). FR is an innovative technology for the automatic ... More

IT TRAINING

Educomp unveils `Smart Class'
EDUCOMP Datamatics Ltd, a teacher training company, has unveiled `Smart Class' - a technology-enabled learning programme that promises interactive classes, be it in history, maths or environment studies. For instance, if children are ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Nasscom opens UK chapter
NASSCOM, the apex industry body representing the Indian software and service companies, on Thursday announced the opening of its UK chapter, marking the first formal presence of the IT industry association internationally. The UK chapter of ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

i2 Tech to tap steel, oil cos
INDIA is a strategic market for i2 Technologies — not only in terms of development but also in terms of business opportunities, according to Mr Sanjiv Sidhu, founder, chairman and CEO of the $500-million supply chain management solutions ... More

SECURITY

TN steps to stall IPR, Net violations on anvil
THE Tamil Nadu Government is to put in place a mechanism to prevent violation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), software piracy and crimes associated with Internet and information technology. With the passage of Information Technology ... More

EVENTS

`Focus on process, not verticals'
AT Connect 2003, the annual technology get-together with this year's theme on business process outsourcing, the freshest whiff of air came from Mr Ranjit Pisharoty's speech. Mr Pisharoty, Country Head and Vice-President, Vetri Software, argues ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Info management infrastructure is the differentiator
COMPANIES across all sectors need to switch their focus in having a sound information management infrastructure than just an information technology infrastructure. For companies in BPO (business process outsourcing) and IT-enabled service ... More

PEOPLE

New HR head for HCL Comnet

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

New Intel chipsets, products for better mobile computing
INTEL Corporation on Wednesday announced a series of new chipsets and technologies that would take mobile computing beyond the `Hotspots'. The new products for mobile computing and telephony would enhance seamless connectivity and user ... More

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