The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Microsoft to set up Innovation Centre in Bangalore
COINCIDING with the visit of the Microsoft Chairman, Mr Bill Gates, to India, the software company today announced plans to set up an `Innovation Centre' in Bangalore by January 2006, as part of a proposed network of 90 such centres across the ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Cranes Software bags award
BANGALORE: Engineering software provider Cranes Software has been conferred the "Distinguished Application Product Company Award" by the N.S. Raghavan Centre of Entrepreneurial Learning, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Hutch goes `Crazy'
HUTCH'S mobile subscribers can now listen to episodes from some of `Crazy' Mohan plays and also have some humorous clips as caller tunes thanks to a tie-up with the playwright. This is part of Hutchison Essar South Ltd, one of the mobile ... More

Funds from USO for non-conventional energy — DoT to `power' rural expansion
NON-AVAILABILITY of power may not be a bottleneck for rolling out telecom services in rural areas, with the Department of Telecom mulling to fund usage of non-conventional energy from the Universal Services Obligation (USO) fund. Lack of ... More

MCX rates now on SMS for BSNL, MTNL users
THE Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) on Tuesday announced the launch of short messaging service (SMS) to provide real-time prices of commodities futures and spot ... More

BSNL releases SIM cards

SOFTWARE

Zensar to set up Hyderabad centre — Remote hub for overseas clients
ZENSAR Technologies Ltd, the Pune-based software solutions provider, has announced its plan to locate a remote hub for its delivery model in Hyderabad to service its Japanese, Chinese and US customers. This centre will be Zensar's first in ... More

Wifin's solution for real-time data access on mobiles
IF YOU thought a mobile merely bridges distance, think again. Because, it also lets you access real time information. "This is what technology is all about," says Mr Paramasivam, Director, Wifin Technologies (India) Private Ltd, which has come ... More

INTERNET

Kerala Tourism Web site redesigned
THE Kerala Tourism Minister, Mr K.C. Venugopal, on Tuesday launched Kerala Tourism's redesigned Web site. The content and structure of the site, www.keralatourism.org, has been redesigned to make it easier to use for visitors. The ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

TCS partners SAP
TATA Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) has entered into a global partnership with SAP AG to deliver `Adaptive Manufacturing Solutions' using SAPManufacturing Integration and Intelligence and a set of TCS' industry-specific composite applications. ... More

BROADBAND

In2Cable offers broadband connection for Rs 450 a year
SMALLER companies seem to taking on telecom biggies such as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd in the broadband segment. The Hindujas promoted cable Internet networking company In2Cable is now offering pre-paid broadband ... More

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT

Gates to support vaccine development programmes
IT WAS the philanthropist in software czar Mr Bill Gates that was at the forefront, on the first day of his visit to India. The Chairman of Microsoft and co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation reserved talking about software and IT ... More

Global TB Vaccine Foundation to set up TB lab in Chittoor
AERAS, a US-based Global TB Vaccine Foundation funded by the Bill Gates Foundation, has decided to expand its operations to India by opening a specialty laboratory for TB (tuberculosis) diagnosis and immunology at Palamaner in Chittoor district ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL

`Start-ups need long-term vision to woo VCs'
ENTREPRENEURS can attract venture capitalists by thinking long-term. Indian companies need to shift their product and technology-centric mindset and become market-wise, say venture capitalists. At the National Association of Software and ... More

OUTLOOK

Software products space has $7-b potential
SOFTWARE products as a business in India have a potential of generating revenues to the tune of $7 billion and creating one million jobs by 2010, according to a report by Prof T. R. Madanmohan, Associate Professor (Technology and Operations), ... More

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