The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 31, 2005

Thanks to thrust on rural telephony — VSAT sector set for faster growth in 2005
THE VSAT (very small aperture terminal) industry that facilitates deployment of telephones in remote parts and rural areas, estimated at about $100 million (about Rs 450 crores), has grown by about 20 per cent in 2004 and is poised to continue ... More

INSIGHT

Get the sole entry ticket
You don't get a second chance to make the first impression. How do small Indian IT companies grab attention overseas, especially with the big daddies lurking? More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Fortune Info Q3 net up
HYDERABAD: Fortune Informatics Ltd has recorded a turnover of Rs 1.17 crore with a net profit of Rs 11 lakh for the third quarter ended December 31, 2004 as against total income of Rs 97 lakh and a net profit of Rs 4 lakh for the ... More

MRO-Tek net up at Rs 5.6 cr in Q3
MRO-TEK Ltd, a major provider of product-based solutions to access every network, earned a net profit of Rs 5.6 crore for the quarter ended December 2004 on total revenues of Rs 27.59 crore as against a net profit of Rs 2.77 crore on revenues of ... More

SOFTWARE

Vignette, Virtusa to co-develop products
VIGNETTE Corporation has announced expansion of its Global Development Centre (GDC) located in Hyderabad with Virtusa Corporation to support co-development of its products. With an expected staff of over 140 employees, the Vignette-Virtusa GDC ... More

NetD opens centre in Hyderabad
NETDEVICES Inc, a US-based technology start-up with development centres in Sunnyville (US), Bangalore and Sydney, has announced the launch of Hyderabad as its fourth centre and plans to roll out its first of a range of products during this ... More

New customers for Oracle suite
HYDERABAD: Oracle India has announced that it has recently licensed Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition, its mid-market offering, to eight new customers. The Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition is a packaged offering of the ... More

CSC India forays into R&D
COMPUTER Sciences Corporation (CSC), the $15.30-billion services major with six development centres in India across three locations, has announced its foray into R&D as a part of its Global Innovation Programme. The Vice-President of Global ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

`Offshore product development will be key differentiator'
IN addition to cost advantage, Indian companies also need to provide value addition to make global clients look at the country as a destination for offshore product development, according to Mr Gowri Subramanian, Chief Executive Officer, Aspire ... More

EVENTS

Looking back

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

CMC centre gets Level 5
NEW DELHI: CMC Ltd has announced that its Hyderabad centre and southern region Systems Integration Business Units have been assessed at Level 5 of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie ... More

ECONOMIC OFFENCES

Shake off that shadow
You might have read news of the cloning of sheep or cattle with amused interest. But how would you feel if somebody `cloned' your mobile phone? More

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