Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, Sep 19, 2003
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, Sep 19, 2003 |
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Security TN steps to stall IPR, Net violations on anvil Our Bureau
FAIR PLAYING TIME: A visitor to the ` Connect 2003' plays golf at a stall put up by SSi. Over 85 companies are participating in the four-day exhibition as part of the `Connect 2003'- the third edition of the ICT show of Tamil Nadu. — Bijoy Ghosh
Chennai , Sept. 18 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 Act, 2000 by the Government of India, steps are being taken to deal with cyber crimes. Training is being given to the law enforcing authorities to deter crimes associated with Internet and IT, Mr D. Jayakumar, Tamil Nadu Minister for Law, IT and Electricity, said here today inaugurating Connect 2003, the information, communication and technology show of the State. As part of promoting tier-two cities in Tamil Nadu, a study was recently done in partnership between the State Government and CII on the feasibility of establishing and promoting Coimbatore as an IT/ITES destination. The Government is considering establishing an IT park in Coimbatore, he said. The State-owned Electronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu and Bharathiar University are working towards a memorandum of understanding for developing a research and development park. The park was to create opportunities for developing R&D in areas of IT and ITES. An R&D park was one of the objectives outlined in the IT Policy 2002 released during Connect 2002, he said. Mr Vivek Harinarain, Secretary, IT, Tamil Nadu Government, said Tamil Nadu had the highest annual growth rate by any State in the country in the IT industry. This was despite a recessionary trend in the last three years, and the aftermath of September 11, 2001 blasts in the US. The State has excellent connectivity with 8.4 TBPS (tera byte per second) undersea cable landing in the city. The connectivity cost in Chennai was 10 per cent of what was available in Malaysia, he said. According to Mr Arun Jain, Chairman, CII, Tami Nadu, and Chairman and CEO, Polaris Software Lab Ltd, opportunity in IT and ITES was huge. Mr S. Mahalingam, Chairman, Connect 2003, and Chief Financial Officer, Tata Consultancy Services, said the yearly event would focus on business process outsourcing even as there was a synergy between software services and BPO. The event would deal with the shape of things to come, experience sharing and sectoral views.
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