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OUTLOOK: Software vendors look to big defence contracts
‘Significant opportunities in communications space’. Mumbai, March 19 Software companies in India are anticipating a bonanza, with the country’s defence forces expected to dish out ICT orders worth $500 million (Rs 2,500 crore) ...

SOFTWARE: MindTree rejig to take effect from April
‘No specific reason for flare-up in scrip’. Bangalore, March 19 Shares of MindTree Ltd gained by a third to close at Rs 258.80 on the Bombay Stock Exchange, after touching a high of Rs 285 intra-day on Thursday, tracking news reports ...

IT TRAINING: Comat Tech launches job training for rural youth
To cover areas such as sales, communication and computer. Bangalore, March 19 Bangalore-based Comat Technologies, which has been in the business of citizen services delivery for the last three years with the Karnataka Government as its anchor ...

OUTLOOK: Syntel expanding in India, Europe
Pune, March 19Syntel Inc, a key player in the KPO segment, plans to expand in India and the European markets and tap into the ...

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES: ChennaiNet.com unveils new tool
ChennaiNet.com Internet Services, a Chennai-based software company, has launched a Web-based service to scan and assess for known and unknown vulnerabilities, including improper coding and design in the IT systems. Companies use IT systems ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Matrix Telecom’s new product
The Vadodara-based Matrix Telecom hasannounced the launch of a new integrated key phone, EON48 which complements the needs of fast growing businesses by offering them easy convergence. EON48 offers intuitive user interface and touch sense ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Ericsson sets up low-cost tower for rural connectivity
Hyderabad, March 19 The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) of Government of India will spend Rs 5,000 crore to ensure cellular connectivity in rural areas across the country, Mr Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator, ...

HUMAN RESOURCES: HP programme for software testers
Bangalore, March 19 Hewlett-Packard Co has launched the ‘HP Software University’ in partnership with the Indian Institute of Hardware Technology (IIHT), a technology training organisation, to address the growing demand of ...

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Satyam board to discuss EoIs today
Hyderabad, March 19 The six-member board of Satyam Computer Services would meet here on March 20, after the deadline for suitors to submit their Expression of Interest ...

From eWorld

OUTSOURCING: Still above the water
BPOsitive! This seems to be the message from the BPO industry, which is holding its chin up, for now.. In times uncertain, the silver lining has never vanished for BPO vendors. Notwithstanding the impact of the global downturn, the business ...

SOFTWARE: Technology makes the grade
Anna University Coimbatore is putting in place an integrated system to handle the examination process — from start to finish.. If you are a student of Anna University, Coimbatore, then you will be the first to reap the benefit of the ...

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT: ‘No choice but to offshore’
All the more reason why clients should let vendors manage their processes rather than insist on price comparisons, says this veteran in the offshoring advisory space.. The best compliment a company could get is for an analyst evaluating it to ...

CONVERGENCE: ‘E-mails on any mobile phone’
Bitla Software on making ‘the common man’s BlackBerry dream’ come true.. Dash was my lunch-hour guest on Saturday, February 28. Lest you wonder if I left the name blank for you to guess, let me clarify that it’s short for ...

INTERVIEW: More space for India
MySpace talks of plans for the Indian market.. MySpace, which describes itself as a social portal, has embarked on a drive to make its brand more prominent in the Indian space. In January, MySpace unveiled the Black Curtain Screening programme ...

INTERVIEW: Share, ‘unshare’
Seclore Tech says its software can help companies share information with other companies or clients without compromising on security.. Seclore Technology, incubated at IIT Bombay, provides information rights management services to enterprises. ...

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Innovation calls
The mobile screen is set to offer more for rural Indian consumers, says Nokia.. Astrology, Bollywood and cricket might not be a thing of the past, but the Indian mobile application developer community has certainly moved beyond these three ...

INTERNET: Focus on career
Another networking site? ApnaCircle says it’s different.. You must be sick of the word social networking now, what with constant talk of the action in the space. So, what’s new that’s happening here, you ...

INTERNET: Virtual less real?
After last week's revelation of what I'd been missing because I was fiddling with my pda phone during the commute rather than listen to a loved one or a good friend or even simply sitting watching to the world go by, I decided to take an ...

CYBER QUEST: Quiz
V.V. Ramanan. 2. Which retailer recently paid $5.1 million for the Toys.com ...

BOOKS: Hire corporate software officer
And give him/her some resources, as well as your ear, exhorts this book.. There is enough and more of bad news already around, so you may not like to know more on how not to succeed. Yet, here is a book with 52 ways to go under in business by ...

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