CORPORATE
•	Canon mulls tie-ups to beat competition IN an attempt to take on competition from computer and printer manufacturers, Canon India may seek tie-ups with computer manufacturers to bundle its printers and copiers along with personal computers, top company officials said on Tuesday.
•	Satyam bags Reuters project SATYAM Computer Services Ltd has bagged a major contract from Reuters UK for software application maintenance and support work for the latter's information services. A seventy-member team is expected to kick start the project.
•	Mumbai firm buys Fourth R SPBP-Innovestment Group, a Mumbai-based company with varied business interests in India, recently acquired 100 per cent equity holding in the Chennai-based The Fourth R India for Rs 1.5 crore.
•	Net4India made RealNames registry NET4INDIA, the New Delhi-based Internet infrastructure and services company, it has been appointed by RealNames Corporation of the US as the sole keyword registry for India.
•	TCS, Best Buy to beef up ties TATA Consultancy Services and Best Buy Co have announced that they are in the process of further strengthening their two- year-old relationship. This would result in revenue of over $10 million year-on-year for TCS, company officials told a press confere nce here on Tuesday
•	TIS to lend marketing muscle to small cos TECNOVA Information Systems (TIS) is on the lookout for quality software products from small Indian firms for marketing them among its clients in overseas markets, especially Europe.
•	Mascot posts 48 pc rise in net Mascot Systems has reported an increase of 48 per cent in net profits and 47 per cent in revenues for the quarter ending September 30,2001 over the corresponding period previous year.
LAUNCHES
•	Aptech adds specialised Linux course APTECH Computer Education has announced that a new course on Linux has been added to its Velocity series, targeted at undergraduates, graduates and engineers.
•	Schroeder opens Wipro facility BEFORE the Indian IT industry could say Willkommen Herr Bundelkansler (Welcome Mr German Chancellor), it was time to say Dankeshuel (Thank you). The German Chancellor, Mr Gerhard Schroeder's visit to Bangalore was packed tightly with a visit to Mico, Wip ro, and Siemens in the afternoon and the Indo-German Chambers of Commerce in the evening.
•	Knitting business WHILE everybody seems to need technology, all user segments have not been able to leverage its benefits, mainly because of infrastructure bottlenecks and high acquisition costs. However, a small group of companies across the country is beginning to focus on this segment with innovative options -- the small and medium enterprises (SME) segment is a case in point.
•	...to perform Hewlett-Packard India has announced the launch of its hp pavilion 8980 Home PC with Windows XP operating system.
•	Charged... Microtek International Ltd has come out with a ``new and enhanced version of its range of Max Power'' uninterrupted power supply (UPS) system.
•	To school, with friends Navneet Edutainment Ltd, the IT arm of Navneet Publications (India) Ltd, has unveiled two e-learning packages -- Brainiac and Answer Machine.

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