The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 25, 2006

TCS to recruit more in Hyderabad
The $3-billion Tata Consultancy Services Ltd has announced plans for a major expansion in Hyderabad that would see the company expanding its headcount from about 4,200 to 10,000 by 2010. Speaking at the foundation laying function of its ... More

INSIGHT

The hi-tech disc war that bytes
There are differences in the compression technologies used in both the formats but the consumers may not experience significantly different viewing pleasure between the two. More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Geometric Soft Q4 net rises
Geometric Software Solutions announced on Monday that its consolidated total revenues for the year ended March 31, 2006 increased by 33 per centto Rs 230.26 crore compared to Rs 173.30 crore the previous year. The company also announced that ... More

HCL Info Q3 net up 29 pc
Declares Rs 2 per share interim More

Sonata net down 29 pc
Sonata Software has reported net profit of Rs 11.35 crore for 2005-06, a decline of 29 per cent over Rs 16.1 crore in the previous year. Revenues increased for the year by 54 per cent to Rs 507 crore from Rs 329.3 crore earlier. The board of ... More

Helios net up at Rs 11.82 cr
Helios & Matheson reported a net profit of Rs 11.82 crore on revenues of Rs 62.33 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2006 against a net profit of Rs 6.34 crore on revenues of Rs 36.26 crore for the corresponding ... More

SOFTWARE

TCS develops IT solution for AP rural employee scheme
AP is the first State to implement an automated solution More

Wipro begins operations at new tech campus
Wipro Technologies, on Monday, commenced operations at its new technology campus near Hyderabad, while laying the foundation stone for another facility here. The construction of the project at Gopannapally on a 100-acre site is expected to ... More

iGate picks 5% stake in Loan Pro
iGate Global Solutions Ltd has picked up a five per cent equity stake in Loan Pro, a US-based mortgage origination services firm for an undisclosed sum and expects to enhance the stake further to 60 per cent by July 1, 2006. Mr ... More

IT TRAINING

NIIT to expand schools drive
NIIT is looking at expanding its K-12 computer literacy campaign to schools across all the States. The company now covers 4,200 schools in both the public and private domains. Talking to newspersons here on Monday, Mr P. ... More

Cadence in tie-up for school program
Cadence Design Systems (I), the Indian arm of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., has partnered with Time to Market, Inc (TTM), a provider of IC (integrated circuit) design services and training, and University of California, Santa ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Hutch-Orascom deal hits a roadblock
Company Affairs Ministry says FIPB screening mandatory More

CSS buys e-Brahma Tech
The CSS Group, the San Jose-based IT services group, on Monday said that it has acquired e-Brahma Technologies that specialises in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) space.A statement from CSS said the acquisition had been ... More

EVENTS

CSI workshop in Chennai
The Computer Society of India will organise a two-day workshop on `Process Standardisation for Change Management' in the city on May 5-6. Process standardisation refers to arriving at a set of uniform processes. The workshop is targeted at ... More

PEOPLE

G V Prasad joins Infotech board
Infotech Enterprises Limited has announced that Mr GV Prasad, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dr Reddy's Laboratories, who has played a key role in driving Dr Reddy's growth in the US and Europe, has joined the ... More