The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 28, 2006

Wipro `top outsourcing firm'
Wipro Technologies said it had been rated as the top Indian outsourcing firm in the Global Outsourcing 100 rankings conducted by The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals. This is an independent global survey, ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

SMS cutting into voice usage: IDC
Mobiles are showing an average usage of less than an hour for voice (incoming and outgoing calls). This astonishing fact came to light in a survey by IDC India. "Reduction in voice usage is due to an increasing number of subscribers being ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

HFCL turns around
Telecom equipment manufacturer Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd said on Wednesday it has posted a profit of Rs 13.87 crore for the fourth quarter 2005-06, against a loss of Rs 44.78 crore in the corresponding period last year. Profit after ... More

Polaris Soft net tad down
Polaris Software Lab has reported a reduced net profit of Rs 2.12 crore on revenues of Rs 198.85 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, compared to a net profit of Rs 2.34 crore on revenues of Rs 196.42 crore for the corresponding quarter ... More

SPEL's net profit trebles
SPEL Semiconductors Ltd has reported a net profit of Rs 5.8 crore for the year 2005-06, compared to Rs 1.4 crore posted in the previous year. The company, which is into assembly and testing of integrated chips, achieved a ... More

Patni net profit drops
Financial, product engineering services key growth areas More

Nucleus Soft Q4 revenue up 36 pc
To pay 35 pc; EPS moves up to Rs 23 More

HARDWARE

Chip firms opt for ARM's debug tool
Chip design firm ARM announced that more than 10 industry-leading semiconductor companies including Broadcom Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics and Samsung are integrating ARM CoreSight debug and trace capabilities into their future chip ... More

SOFTWARE

SumTotal bags $13-m deal
SumTotal Systems, an eLearning technology provider, has signed a $13-million contract to deliver learning and business performance software and services to ExcellerateHRO, the jointly owned human resources (HR) outsourcing ... More

NRich Software launches FIT
The Chennai-based NRich Software has launched FIT, a software to help investors be aware of the quality and depth of their fixed investment portfolio. The software helps investors to know whether their investments are closed or ... More

Solix joins Google programme
Solix Technologies, an information lifecycle management (ILM) solutions provider, has announced it has joined the Google Enterprise Professional programme, which extends the power of Google search. By integrating Google's ... More

IPR

HP opens IP licensing centre
Hewlett-Packard announced the opening of an intellectual property (IP) licensing centre to serve the fast-growing Asia Pacific market. Located in Singapore, the centre provides companies, governments, research institutes and ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE

MS grant to NGOs
PROJECT JYOTI: Mr Akhhtar Badshah, Senior Director and WorldWide Head Community Affars, Micosoft, and Lila Bai from Gujarat at a press conference to announce fresh grant for NGOs in the Capital on Thursday. Microsoft India announced the roll-out ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

IT to create 8 lakh jobs in TN
Good communication skills will pay: Study More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Taking staff along, Flextronics way
NAMING GAME More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Aftek Infosys gets into West Asia
Search engine in Arabic language More

ISPS

Avaya to focus on Web services
To use service-oriented architecture to enhance applications More

OUTLOOK

Teradata opens centre for global consulting
NCR unit hopes to help cos manage date intelligently More