The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 11, 2005

Cisco bags Symphony order
BANGALORE: Cisco Systems said it had won a $2 million deal from Symphony Services for deploying a Cisco-powered network with integrated firewall and security modules as well as IP telephony technologies for its global operating centre in ... More

OUTSOURCING

Fewer, smaller IT, BPO deals during June quarter: TPI
SOURCING advisory TPI's quarterly index shows a11-per cent rise in global contract award values in the second quarter of 2005 compared to the first quarter of 2005, but both numbers and values of the contracts are down compared to the same ... More

Dell to expand to fourth location — Sees need for 6,000 more seats
`Internet sales is a part of retail and till FDI is allowed in retail, we cannot sell through the Net here.' More

GramIT to take BPO to rural hinterlands
THE Byrraju Foundation, a non-profit organisation promoted by Satyam Computer Services Ltd, has launched GramIT, which takes business process outsourcing to unemployed youth in villages. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, DrY.S. Rajashekhara Reddy ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Infotech gets HR award
HYDERABAD: The human resources (HR) team of Infotech Enterprises Ltd was awarded the HR Trend Setters Award 2005 for their its presentation on performance management systems. Concern Indian Foundation, a non-profit organisation, in ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tata Tele petitions TDSAT against Reliance over inter-connection
TATA Teleservices has filed a petition with the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) against Reliance Infocomm for allegedly not giving interconnection in 12 circles. Tata Teleservices claimed that calls being made from a ... More

Tata Tele plans 700 more True Value outlets in Karnataka
TATA Teleservices Ltd is planning to add 700 `True Value' outlets across Karnataka by the end of 2005. Mr Prabhat Pani, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Teleservices, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, told this to newspersons after inaugurating the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

`1,000 acres for hardware park soon'
THE State's IT and BT Secretary, Mr M.K. Shankarlinge Gowda, said on Wednesday that the State would soon allot about 1,000 acres of land for the proposed electronics hardware park. The Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board will develop ... More

HARDWARE

Symbol launches digital assistant, bar code scanner
SYMBOL Technologies today launched its entry-level enterprise digital assistant (EDA) and a bar code scanner in the Indian market, targeted at retail, transport and logistics, manufacturing, and warehousing verticals. Priced at about $700, the ... More

SOFTWARE

Kenexa fixes IPO price
KENEXA Corporation, the Nasdaq-listed human resources related technology solutions provider, has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 50,00,000 shares of its common stock at $12 per share (before underwriting discounts and ... More

IBM plans software campus in Bangalore — `Construction work under way; land sought in Mysore'
Though bulk of the growth in headcount in 2004 was on account of the acquisitions, IBM has been adding more people in India to execute the increasing number of projects that were offshored. More

Singapore beckons IT cos
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The country's trade pact with politically stable Singapore would offer IT companies a safe haven for business, said Mr R. Narayanamohan, a Certified Chartered Accountant from Singapore. At a meeting organised here by ... More

Megasoft, Registrat tie up
CHENNAI: Megasoft Ltd, the Chennai-based product technology company, has signed an agreement with Registrat, a US-based contract research organisation, to implement Acceliant, a product of Afferenz, the life sciences division of ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Grooming staff the Wipro way
WHAT do you do you when you have a workforce of about 44,000 spread across 33 centres working on a broad spectrum of services and engaged in an industry where change is constant? This is a major challenge large corporations, such as IBM, ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

BindView, TCS in pact
PUNE: Bindview Corp, provider of IT security compliance solutions, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have announced a strategic alliance expanding both the companies' partner programmes. With this alliance, BindView and TCS plan to ... More

IPOS

Prithvi Info plans Rs 150-cr IPO
PRITHVI Information Solutions Ltd, a US-based technology solutions provider, plans to raise Rs150 crore in the capital market to part-fund its expansion, including offshoring capabilities in India. The Managing Director, Mr Satish Kumar ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL

`Bangalore has bagged Rs 900-cr investment from 65 tech cos'
IN spite of its compounding infrastructure woes, Bangalore has managed to attract investments of over Rs 900 crore from 65 new technology companies in the last four months, Government officials said on Wednesday. "This represents an increase ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Hinduja TMT's call centre in Chennai
HINDUJA TMT, a Hinduja group company, has located its call centre on Cathedral Garden Road here. The company has leased about 35,000 sq ft of a 20-year-old building, according to Mr Sanjay V. Chugh, Head-Agency, Chesterton Meghraj, ... More

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