The Hindu Business Line : Monday, November 28, 2005

`More generous' dividend this year — India will continue to be most competitive: Premji
THE Wipro Chairman, Mr Azim Premji, has indicated a "more generous" dividend payout than in the past two years from its existing cash kitty of close to $1 billion.The company was on the lookout for mid-sized acquisitions in the US, Europe and ... More

STORAGE

Storage networking meet
BANGALORE: Storage Networking Summit, the annual networking storage event, will be held in Bangalore on November 29 and 30. The two-day summit will be preceded by a tutorial session on Monday. Over 1,000 participants are expected to ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Yasu Tech in Deloitte Fast50
HYDERABAD: Yasu Technologies is among the top 50 fastest growing companies in India as per Deloittee Technology Fast50 programme. The criteria for the award are based on the percentage of revenue growth over the last year. Yasu also has ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Role for private cos in telecom R&D centres
THE Government is planning to rope in private telecom operators, equipment manufacturers and state-owned technology companies like C-DoT to jointly set up two research and development centres in the country. One centre will be exclusively ... More

Infinera tops in shipments
BANGALORE: Infinera has captured the leading position in high-speed long-haul optical networks in the third quarter 2005, according to a report published by independent market analyst, the Dell'Oro Group. Infinera took 20 per cent of ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Riding the IT tiger
LAST week Mike Connor, the British Deputy High Commissioner, said some words of praise for Kerala that should delight the votaries of information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO). After a round of visits to British firms ... More

AP pitches for mega Fab City
The city also has a large electronic manufacturing base and a host of universities, which would churn out the manpower, Dr Reddy said. More

W.S. Industries pact with TCG for IT Park in Chennai
THE Chennai-based W.S. Industries (India) Ltd has joined hands with The Chatterjee Group of Kolkata to develop a 1 million sq ft IT park, the Managing Director of the company, Mr Murali Venkatraman, told Business Line here. The ... More

INTERNET

Medical search engine that promises to tide over data overdose
`JUST google it' seems to be the mantra today whenever anyone lacks information. Yet, its detractors say the search engine throws up more information than what one bargained for. For example, if you are searching for a cure for headache, you may ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

`Union activity, a retrograde step'
THE Wipro Chairman, Mr Azim Premji, has said that union activities in the IT and BPO sectors will be a retrograde step as the issue could make overseas clients "concerned" and hamper the growth of the industry. "BPO employees are well-paid and ... More

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

Sysnet launches ERP product
THIS is no typical garage start-up. Sysnet, which has a small office here, has been in existence for 15 years and employs 25 people. Yet it must rank as a start-up in the products space, despite having developed an out-of-the-box and even ... More

SECURITY

DK police solve cyber crime case
DASKHINA Kannada police have solved the first case of cyber crime in the district. A press release by Dakshina Kannada Police said here on Saturday that a Father at a Christian institution in the city had approached the Superintendent of ... More

EVENTS

Looking Back

OUTLOOK

Cambridge Solutions eyes acquisitions
Declining to spell out a timeframe for the buys, Mr Patel said, "We are not going to sit idle on the $30-million cash chest." More

PEOPLE

I am certainly in the job for next five years, says Premji
"I AM certainly in the job for the next five years," said the Wipro Chairman, Mr Azim Premji. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, he said that all critical positions in the company had a `succession plan', but pointed out that he would be ... More

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