The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 17, 2005

HCL Tech in mainframe migration alliance
HCL Technologies has joined the Mainframe Migration Alliance (MMA) founded by Microsoft and industry partners. The MMA brings together IT industry players, tools, developers and global system integrators with a common commitment to help their ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

BSNL, Tata, Reliance bag Rs 8,000-cr rural phone project
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Reliance Infocomm and Tata Teleservices have bagged the Government sponsored Rs 8,000-crore plan to provide 8 million fixed line telephones to rural households by 2007. The project is being supported from the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Olympia Tech Park order
CHENNAI: The civil engineering contract for Olympia Technology Park, promoted by Eveready Industries India Ltd and Khivraj Tech Park Pvt Ltd, has been awarded to the Chennai-based Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd. The project ... More

POLICY

TN plan to promote IT in tier-II towns
With the Tamil Nadu Government identifying tier-II towns for encouraging infrastructure for information technology companies, major projects are in the pipeline in Coimbatore. Moving the demand for grants for the departments under his charge, ... More

HARDWARE

D-Link to launch UPS, inverters
NETWORKING and Communications solutions provider D-Link India Ltd has said it plans to launch its range of UPS and inverters in the Indian market, under the brand name Digi-power by the end of this month. Mr Prabodh Vyas, Director-Sales and ... More

LG unveils new laptop range — Group eyes $2 b in revenues this year
LG Electronics India today announced the countrywide launch of its new range of high-end notebook computers powered by the Sonoma platform, targeting home users with its entertainment features and business segments. The company is considering ... More

Acer LCD monitor for Rs 9,999
BANGALORE: Acer has announced that its 15-inch LCD AL 1512 M monitor will be available for Rs 9,999, excluding taxes. According to a company press release, customers need not exchange their existing monitors to avail themselves of the ... More

SOFTWARE

Perot Systems moves to own campus in Chennai
PEROT Systems, the US-based information technology, business process outsourcing and consulting firm, opened its new development centre in Chennai. The company moved its associates to the new campus from two temporary facilities in the city, ... More

Capco opens Bangalore facility
BELGIAN IT service provider Capco, which has invested over a million dollars in its India facility, expects to increase its headcount in the following months, Mr Rob Heyvaert, Founder, Chairman and CEO, has said. The company expects to touch ... More

Network Security unveils Xecure Message Service
NETWORK Security Solutions (NSS) has launched Xecure Message Service (XMS), a software that provides end-to-end security for transmission of mobile phone messages. According to Mr Jagdeep Kairon, Chief Executive Officer of NSS, at no point ... More

Ivy Comptech expands into product development
IVY Comptech, an online gaming support services provider, has embarked on setting up a hybrid development centre with an investment of up to $3.5 million. It would handle both online support-cum-product development work. The Chief Executive of ... More

Wipro tool for bio-computing
BANGALORE: Wipro Infotech has said that it would offer ready-to-run bioinformatics applications powered by Sun workstations and servers. The package will include the BioWorkstation and Bio Cluster, which enable life science organisations ... More

Ukraine co ties up with Jataayu
The new Ukrainian mobile network operator life:) has chosen Jataayu Software's WAP Gateway and Telenity's Canvas family of IP-based products to launch its mobile Internet access over WAP and multimedia messaging services. The combined solution ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Nasscom signs pact with UGC
IN a bid to meet the burgeoning demand for skilled IT manpower, software association Nasscom on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with University Grants Commission (UGC), to strengthen professional education through curricula, ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Cognizant hiring from US, Europe
COGNIZANT Technology Solutions is bullish on its Application Solutions Group (ASG), which has emerged as one of the fastest growing practice involving consultancy services and cross functional domain expertise. The Chief Technology Officer of ... More

Cognizant biggest recruiter at IIM-B
COGNIZANT Technologies has been the biggest recruiter in the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore's (IIM-B) campus recruitment programme this year, notching up 24 of 180 students. "They made 30 offers, but were accepted by 24 people and ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Subex partners with Teradata
BANGALORE: Subex Systems has entered into a co-marketing partnership with Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation. "The partnership will enable Subex's solutions to leverage Teradata's enterprise data warehouse and offer telcos improved ... More

VIRUSES

Trend Micro sees steady rise in malware
ARE junk mails on the rise? It's not surprising , considering anti-virus firm Trend Micro's detection of a steady rise in malicious codes (software designed to damage a system such as a virus or a Trojan horse) since December 2004. The firm ... More

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