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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Microsoft to set up centre for Vista migration in India
Plans to step up its R&D operations out of India and expand activity across six functional divisions in the country More

CORPORATE DISPUTES
FLAG-VSNL dispute escalates
FLAG to re-appeal to ICC Tribunal seeking `reasonable and cost-based' access charges More

OUTSOURCING
First Carlyle open offer for 20 pc stake in Allsec
First Carlyle Ventures Mauritius (FCVM), a global private equity firm belonging to the Carlyle Group, has made an open offer to acquire a 20 per cent stake in Chennai-based Allsec Technologies, a contact centre and third-party voice-based ... More

Now, BPOs make employees responsible for P&L accounts
After IT services firms, it's now the turn of BPO/contact centre firms to sensitise their delivery personnel on business metrics such as profit and loss (P&L) accounts. BPO firms are now seen making their employees at the level of team leaders .. More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Reliance Comm's `Home Zone' plan
Reliance Communications has announced `Home Zone' tariff plan. As per this plan, customers from their home locations can make calls within the circle to Reliance phones (fixed or mobile) at 40 paise a minute, any mobile phone at 50 paise a minute ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
PUNE - THE TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL: A BUSINESS LINE FEATURE
Investor's choice
Pune is a sought-after destination with its high-profile industrial and lifestyle growth. More

HARDWARE
Intel Core 2 Duo processors
Over 200 laptop manufacturers, resellers and integrators around the world will use the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor this year, said a release issued by the company. Core 2 Duo is the second version of dual core chips by ... More

SOFTWARE
R.S. Software to focus on e-payment systems
From Rs 1.49-cr loss in 2004-05, the co has recorded Rs 5.93-cr net profit in 2005-06 More

Wealth management product from Birlasoft
The product will profile its customers, assess their risk profile, perform a portfolio analysis and provide necessary recommendations. More

Tegic's XT9 mobile interface in India
Tegic Communications, a unit of AOL's wireless division, has announced the availability of XT9 mobile interface in India, which has multi-model user interface suitable for smart phones and advanced mobile devices. This feature is ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
MphasiS to offer retention bonus
Denies rumours of increased attrition due to merger with EDS India More

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Mr Software retires from work, not life
The writer fondly remembers his experiences with N. R. Narayana Murthy. More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
Servion ties up with Aspect Software
Servion Global Solutions, a company specialising in customer interaction management solutions, has entered into a pact with the US-based Aspect Software Inc to distribute Aspect's workforce management solution "eWorkforce ... More

Infotech US arm, IBM sign pact
Infotech Enterprises Ltd, through its subsidiary Infotech Enterprises America, Inc, has signed up with IBM to accelerate the deployment of product lifecycle management (PLM) and engineering solutions for the manufacturing ... More

iVista ties up with Ness Tech
iVista Digital Solutions Ltd, a Bangalore-based connected enterprise software products company, has tied up with Ness Technologies India to implement iMorfus, the company's flagship product suite, to help build Ness' employee intranet. iMorfus, ... More

M-COMMERCE
`Mobile devices turning extended office sites'
Flexibility for working More

CONVERGENCE
Reliance Comm to launch NGN-based services
Users to get phone calls anytime, anywhere on any device More

ISPS
Dhanus Tech launches new product for US market
Chennai-based BPO centre to tele-market product More

PEOPLE
Arun Kumar may head TDSAT
Mr Justice Arun Kumar, former Judge of the Supreme Court, is likely to be appointed as the next Chairman of the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). The post has been lying vacant for more than two months since ... More






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