The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, August 25, 2005

Pilot assessment programme on in NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore — Nasscom certification for BPO job skills
THE National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) today made a pilot launch of its competence assessment programme for potential employees in the BPO industry. Called NAC, short for Nasscom Assessment of Competence, it will ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Infosys tops Forrester list
BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies Ltd said on Wednesday that it has been ranked the highest in client satisfaction in outsourcing services and among the top three in consulting services by an independent survey report by technology and ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The medium and the message
SMS and interactivity are now synonymous in the context of TV channels. Right now, SMS is one more way of keeping in touch with the audience but can go on to rake in more moolah for them. More

Motorola to hire 1,000 more
MOTOROLA is planning to increase its engineering headcount in India by 1,000 to take the total to 3,500 by the end of next year. Announcing this, Mr Ed Zander, Chairman and CEO, said the company had invested in people in India and also ... More

STOCKS

Barings not to sell stake in MphasiS
BARINGS India Investments Ltd, which holds a 35 per cent stake in MphasiS BFL Ltd, has given up attempts to sell its stake in the company, citing "the merits of the proposals received and the prospects of the company." Barings formally ... More

HARDWARE

Panasonic forays with ToughBook
PANASONIC today announced its entry into the laptop computer market in India with the launch of six models. Positioned as the toughest notebook computer in the market, the company has priced the semi-rugged models upwards of Rs 1.7 lakh and the ... More

SOFTWARE

TCS centre for insurance practice
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesdaylaunched a dedicated insurance solutions centre (ISC) in Chennai to provide end-to-end insurance solutions to global customers. The company has invested Rs 14 crore in the centre, which will provide ... More

NEC plans to set up `solution company'
IT company NEC is considering setting up a subsidiary in India to customise and market the company's existing security applications in the local marketplace. "Our core competence relates to IT security solutions with bio-metrics technology. We ... More

Microsoft centre completes seven years in India
MICROSOFT India Development Centre (MIDC), Microsoft Corporation's second largest development centre in the world, on Wednesday announced the completion of seven successful years in India. The day was marked by a series of events that ... More

Satyam deploys tool for Manipal group
HYDERABAD: Satyam Computer Services Ltd has announced it has implemented India's first Peoplesoft solution for the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). MAHE, part of Manipal Education and Medical Group, is one of the largest in ... More

Sierra opens office in Dubai
HYDERABAD: Sierra Atlantic, an enterprise applications solutions provider, has announced the expansion of its global footprint by setting up an office at Dubai Internet City, UAE. This entity, registered as a Free Zone Limited Liability ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Pawan Kumar heads Quality Forum
THE National Association of Software and Services Company (Nasscom) has launched a Quality Forum to promote quality consciousness among the IT firms in the country. The Quality Forum is led by Mr Pawan Kumar, Chairman of vMoksha Technologies ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

TCS to recruit 5,000 more in Chennai
TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) will add around 5,000 employees in Chennai during the current fiscal. The company plans to recruit around 13,500 for its entire operations during the year, according to Mr Ravi Viswanathan, Vice-President, ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Citigroup Global acquires 1.4 pc more stake in VisualSoft
CITIBANK N.A. has informed the National Stock Exchange that Citigroup Global Markets (Mauritius) has acquired 282,473 shares aggregating to 1.4 per cent of the total paid-up capital of VisualSoft Technologies Ltd on August 19. The mode of ... More

PRIVACY

Panel favours severe punishment for video voyeurs
VOYEURS using technology to have some fun at the expense of others may have to pay a heavy price. An expert committee constituted for an in-depth review of issues relating to Information Technology Act, 2000 is learnt to have favoured ... More

DIVERSIFICATION

Bharti ties up with AXA for life insurance venture
THE domestic life insurance sector will have a new player with the Bharti group entering into a joint venture with one of the world's largest insurers — AXA. The company will commence business during the first half of 2006 after obtaining ... More

OUTLOOK

Oracle bullish on HR management solution
ORACLE Corporation, the US-based enterprise software company, remains bullish on its human capital management (HCM) application offerings in India. China and India are the biggest markets in Asia for the application, according to Mr Ron Hanscome, ... More

TRENDS

India, Japan sign pacts for collaboration in ICT sector
INDIA and Japan have agreed to set up a joint task-force to identify and explore the possibility of joint ventures and stand-alone projects in the areas of broadband, mobile communication, e-governance, information security, research and ... More

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