The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 22, 2008

OUTSOURCING
Airtel signs outsourcing deal with Firstsource
New Delhi, May 21 Firstsource Solutions, global BPO services provider, and Bharti Airtel have announced a three-year outsourcing agreement. Firstsource will provide a suite of BPO services covering both voice and back office in areas ... More

Mindcrest targets US, UK markets
Pune, May 21 Mindcrest, a legal process outsourcing firm, has chalked out an aggressive expansion plan which includes an increase in headcount and a 200-300 per cent growth from US and UK markets.Mr Rohan Dalal, Managing Director, India ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS
Itanium Award winners
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Radio gaga
Samsung Telecommunications India has launched Samsung Guru200. It offers FM recording as the new feature in the entry-level mobile phone segment. It also offers multimedia features such as MP3 ring tones and Java Games (cricket and Sudoku. ... More

Airtel launches services in Lakshadweep
Kochi, May 21 Airtel has launched mobile services in the Lakshadweep Islands, thereby becoming the first private mobile service operator to start functioning in the islands. The formal inauguration of Lakshadweep Service was done by the ... More

BSNL awards $90-m contract to Motorola
Dilutes procurement norms for supply of 93 m GSM lines More

Airtel adds 600 towns in AP
Hyderabad, May 21 Telecom services provider Airtel today announced it has added services in 600 new locations across Andhra Pradesh in the last three months, thereby extending its reach to far flung areas in the State.Airtel now ... More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Virtusa Q4 net up 38%
Hyderabad, May 21 IT services provider Virtusa Corporation registered fourth quarter revenues of $45 million, up 28 per cent, with profit of $5.6 million, up 38 per cent, over $4.1 million for corresponding quarter last year. For the ... More

HARDWARE
Dell unveils new servers
Computer maker Dell Inc said on Wednesday it launched the new Dell PowerEdge R805 and R905 deliver servers. The servers have VMware ESXi 3.5 or Citrix XenServer Express integrated hypervisors, and can be used as a platform for virtualised ... More

SOFTWARE
Kernex Micro rail tracking tool
IT solutions provider and developer of railway safety systems, Kernex Microsystems (India) Ltd., has developed an Online Passenger Information System for deployment in Railways.This geographical positioning system (GPS)-based system serves ... More

Work at Pune campus behind schedule
Mumbai, May 21 The expansion work at Infosys’ campus in Pune is running six months behind schedule, partly due to the political milieu in Maharashtra, according to Mr TV Mohandas Pai, member of the Infosys board.Infosys had about ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
They are beginning to look beyond IT space
EMPLOYABLE TALENT More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
IBS Soft buys IS firm VISaer
Bangalore, May 21 IBS Software, a provider of IT solutions to the global travel, transportation and logistics industries, has acquired 100 per cent Boston-based VISaer, a player in aviation maintenance and engineering software solutions. ... More

nGenera acquires Talisma Corp
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ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
Siemens unit ties up with Satyam
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of Siemens Industry Automation Division and a provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, and Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Wednesday announced a global consulting and systems ... More

Satyam, GE Healthcare tie up
Satyam Computers and GE Healthcare have joined hands to support customers in deploying healthcare IT solutions based on the latter’s software. The beneficiaries would range from small polyclinics to the large hospitals. The two companies ... More

OUTLOOK
Infosys hires consultant to chalk out revamp plan
Role-based organisational structure under scanner More