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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
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Infosys results on Jan 11
BANGALORE: Software major Infosys Technologies Ltd has informed the BSE that a meeting of its board of directors will be held on January 11, 2006, to consider its audited financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2005. ... More

STORAGE


IBM's external storage market share jumps
IBM India on Tuesday announced that it recorded the highest revenue growth in external storage market with a 10.6 point market share gain year-on-year. The company experienced a year-on-year growth of 182 per cent in customer revenues. As per ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS


Dataquest award for Kiran Karnik
DATAQUEST has named Mr Kiran Karnik, President, Nasscom, the apex body for the software industry, the `Dataquest IT Person of the Year 2005'. The awards panel was chaired by Mr S. Ramadorai, CEO, TCS; Mr Deepak Ghaisas, CEO, i-flex Solutions ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS


PCO booths: Pvt players make big inroads
PRIVATE telecom operators are making huge inroads into the PCO business, which has so far been dominated by the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL). During the period between July and September ... More

Indicom launches new service in AP market
TATA Indicom today announced the launch of a prepaid wireless desktop phone — Indicom 10 targeted at small towns and semi-urban areas. It will initially be launched in 45 towns in Andhra Pradesh. The phone can be installed wherever Tata ... More

More set to get hooked up `lifetime'
RELIANCE Infocomm on Tuesday came up with its lifetime prepaid validity voucher for Rs 995, quick on the heels of Airtel and Hutch doing so. Until Death Do Us Part; lifetime prepaid validity offers from mobile telephony players are the ... More

HARDWARE


Xenitis launches Xuva laptop range
XENITIS Infotech Pvt Ltd, which was the first in India to launch personal computers at sub-Rs 10,000, today unveiled a range of laptops under the `Xuva' brand name. Mr Santanu Ghosh, Chairman, said the laptops were assembled at the company's ... More

SOFTWARE


Mahindra-BT launches Kolkata operations
MAHINDRA-BRITISH Telecom Ltd (MBT), which launched operations in Kolkata with the inauguration of a software development centre here on Tuesday, has unveiled plans to invest an additional Rs 75 crore in the city within the next two years. The ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES


Nasscom drive to tap HR pool of ex-servicemen
THE National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), in its first such initiative, has brought together representatives from the Defence and IT and ITES sectors, to tap the potential in the armed forces. It is estimated that ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


I2IT, Tibco Software in academic partnership
US-based business integration software company Tibco Software Inc and the Pune-based International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT) has announced an academic partnership wherein Tibco would provide its business integration software to ... More

Acer in pact with eSys
BANGALORE: Acer India Pvt Ltd has tied up with eSys Information Technologies to expand its reach in North India. eSys, the Singapore-based IT products and software distributor, will be responsible for driving Acer's business in the ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS


Air Arabia, Kingfisher in Web-based tie-up
With one reservation confirmation, customers will be able to travel on Air Arabia to Mumbai and then onwards to other Indian destinations on Kingfisher. More

Portal allows customers to choose advisors — ING Vysya Life tests new biz plan here
ING Vysya Life has borrowed the blogging concept to provide an online presence to its top insurance advisors who can use the portal to increase their strike rate for converting their business from a larger number of potential customers. The ... More

INTERVIEW


Australian deal proceeds to come in equal parts: Scandent
SCANDENT Solutions has won a $64.5 million order from Australia, this order is a four-year contract, and will be effective until June 30, 2010. The CFO at Scandent, Mr Pradeep Chaudhry, says that the proceeds from the new deal will come in ... More

BROADBAND


Net subscriber base tops 6-m mark
IT is not just the mobile segment that is breaking records, the dial-up Internet subscriber base too has crossed the 6-million mark - three months ahead of the target date set by the government as part of its broadband policy. According to ... More



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