The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, September 14, 2005

`Legal work outsourcing potential waiting to be tapped'
RIGHT from filing patents to drafting transnational contracts to creating necessary information back-up for global corporations in litigations and providing support in contract management - - ,one can outsource a wide range of legal work, ... More

Auto engg design services — HeroITES may tap group resources
CLOSE on the heels of being hived off into an independent company, business process outsourcing (BPO) firm HeroITES is finalising a business plan to tap the high-potential automotive engineering design services market. For this, it may look at ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

CDMA players want GSM spectrum to be halved
THE Association of Unified Service Providers of India has said that spectrum allocation to GSM operators should be halved from 10 Mhz to 5 Mhz to maintain a level playing field with CDMA based operators. In a strongly worded letter to Mr J.S. ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Ascendas to hike investment 4-fold — First phase of tech park in Chennai completed
ASCENDAS India, a provider of business space solutions, plans to quadruple its investment in the country to Rs 2,000 crore in the next 12 to 24 months, said Mr Goh Kok Huat, CEO, Ascendas India Ltd. Mr Huat was speaking to newspersons at ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Philips to increase headcount at software facility in Bangalore
PHILIPS Electronics India Ltd will ramp up the manpower strength at its software facility in Bangalore from around 1,500 at present to about 2,600 by 2007. By that time, the company's revenue generation from software development is expected to ... More

Give jobs to Kannadigas, Minister tells IT cos
THE Industries Department of Karnataka has sent out letters to 167 companies — including IT companies — asking them to give priority to local persons during recruitments, the Industry Minister, Mr P.G.R. Sindhia, said on ... More

SECURITY

Watchguard in pact with Citrix
WATCHGUARD Technologies, a Mumbai-based network security company, has partnered with Citrix Systems to deliver a secure service line (SSL) virtual private network (VPN) gateway solution. The solution, a combination of WatchGuard's Firebox and ... More

ISPS

Intelligroup is Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
IT services provider Intelligroup Inc has achieved Gold Certified Partner status from Microsoft. The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status would help sustain focus on .Net Centre of Excellence and Microsoft Business Solutions Partner status ... More

VSNL challenges TRAI move to drop bandwidth tariff
THE Tata-managed Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has filed an appeal with the Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) challenging the telecom regulator's decision to reduce international bandwidth tariffs. TRAI had announced 65 per cent ... More

EVENTS

Cisco's roadshows
PUNE: Cisco Systems Inc has announced plans to host `Enterprise 2005'.According to an official release, Enterprise 2005 will showcase modern networking solutions ranging from security, routing, switching, voice, wireless and IP telephony, ... More

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