The Hindu Business Line : Friday, September 23, 2005

`Sun Micro's R&D initiatives beginning to bear fruit'
Sun has forged key partnerships with companies such as NEC, Microsoft, EDS and CSC that are working well. More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Clarification

INSIGHT

External IT service providers — Customer as a strategic partner
With 70 per cent of the revenue for an Indian external service provider coming from repeat businesses, there is a need for a centralised entity within the IT service provider's organisation to interface with clients. More

HARDWARE

IDC sees PC sales in Asia-Pacific touching 40 m units in 2005
ENTHUSED by buoyant market performance in the past quarter, research firm IDC has raised its forecast for PC shipments in the Asia-Pacific region to 40 million units in 2005 and 44.9 million units in 2006, with India and China expected to ... More

SOFTWARE

MS to help bridge India's digital divide — To offer multilingual Windows XP Starter Edition
THE Minister of Communications and IT, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, and the Microsoft Chairman, Mr Bill Gates, today announced collaboration initiatives to help bridge India's digital divide, as part of which the US software giant would offer an ... More

Oracle to focus on four key areas
The four thrust areas are security, business intelligence, industry functionality and automation. More

IT TRAINING

SQL Star to raise Rs 50 crore, restructure operations
SQL Star International Ltd., has sewn up plans to raise Rs 50 crore to fuel its expansion-cum-restructure plan. The move follows change in the company management control earlier this year. The Executive Chairman of SQL Star, Mr N.R. Ganti, said ... More

BROADBAND

VSNL reduces installation charges for broadband
VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) has slashed installation charges for its Tata Indicom Broadband service. The price reduction varies from city to city. In Mumbai, where the DSL router was sold for Rs 3,000 and DSL/Ethernet for Rs 2,000, the DSL ... More

EVENTS

IT sector drops boycott plan of Bangalore fair
THE IT industry has called off the boycott of Asia's premier technology showcasing event BangaloreIT.in 2005, beginning on October 26, after detailed discussions with the Karnataka Government on Thursday. During the discussions, the Chief ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

`Voices' seeks to be heard
In a quiet lane in Bangalore, an NGO grooms physically challenged people for corporate jobs, including those at call centres. More

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