The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 04, 2006

OUTSOURCING
Vaptech to invest $2 m
Vaptech, a New Jersey-based business process outsourcing services provider, has announced expansion plans that would see the company investing $2 million. The President of Vaptech, Ms Vijaya Lakhsmi Andapalli, in a statement ... More

INSIGHT
The ballooning effect
A combination of factors - the Internet's rebirth, viable use of emerging technologies, and VCs' keenness to fund start-ups - is sending more work from US to Indian shores. Sure, start-ups spell risk. But nothing risked, nothing gained. More

`Spot reward', for a change
In a world of instant everything, is it any wonder tech companies are conferring instant recognition on employees who do that extra bit? More

TAXATION
Magnetic media at crux of case
It's Amritsar Beverages vs the taxman in this row that is, of course, not about pesticide residues. More

HUMAN RESOURCES
PAC certification for IT professionals
PAC's performance guarantee is a global certificate and can be used by any company across any country. More

`Ayurvedic Wellness Plan' for IT professionals
Chennai-based Sowkhya Ayurvedic Therapy centre has developed an ayurvedic treatment package for corporates and software professionals. Called `Ayurvedic Wellness Plan', the package is designed to prevent the attack of `lifestyle' diseases and to ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
FLAG, Lanka Bell in talks for under-sea cable
$25-m project will have cable extending from Lanka to Maldives More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
TAAI stresses Net challenges to travel industry
To embrace Web or not, this is the question that bothers travel agents most. The arrival of the discerning travellers backed by enormous information available with them through the Internet has posed a serious challenge to the travel ... More

INTERVIEW
Connect 2006 - Shaping the contours of Vision 2011
TN Govt has been open to receiving inputs, say event organisers More

SECURITY
Keep out the data thieves
Pointsec talks of security in today's world where mobile computing devices carry confidential data. More

OUTLOOK
Spectrum: DoT may opt for VLR-base
Parity between GSM, CDMA players More

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