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Infotech Enterprises ESOP
HYDERABAD: Infotech Enterprises Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the company's annual general meeting has approved the issue of 9.25 lakh equity shares under stock option scheme to the employees. The AGM held late last month ... More

OUTSOURCING
VisualSoft plans to grow BPO business
VISUALSOFT Technologies Ltd has drawn up plans to expand its BPO business and focus on enhancing the business `process framework' that seeks to optimise the solutions development process. This business process framework is aimed at providing ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRAI moots directory service for mobile users
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Friday initiated a process to set up a directory enquiry service for tracing phone numbers of mobile subscribers. In a consultation paper brought out on Friday to discuss the need for publishing ... More

VoiceGate value-adds for BSNL in AP Circle
VOICEGATE Technologies has announced the launch of two new value-added services for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) that were inaugurated by Mr Sanjay Kumar, the Chief General Manager of BSNL (AP Circle). One relates to Tele-Classifieds and other ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
What Chennai must do to make IT big
CHENNAI will not make it to the big league in information technology unless some of the basic issues such as water supply and quality education are sorted out, said Mr V.K. Raman, CEO, Global Realties Outsourcing (GRO). The city had faced ... More

HARDWARE
New PowerEdge servers from Dell
DELL on Friday announced a new line up of PowerEdge servers aimed at improving performance and capacity for core business and high performance applications. "The dual processor PowerEdge 1800, 1850, 2800, 2850 servers and OpenManage 4 Systems ... More

SOFTWARE
SBI picks Finacle for global operations
STATE Bank of India has awarded a $35-million contract to Infosys Technologies to power its international banking operations with Finacle, the company's universal banking solution. The bank will deploy Finacle core-banking, e-banking and ... More

`Offer business solution with offshore edge'
INDIAN information technology companies need to move up the value chain and offer a comprehensive and integrated business solution with offshore advantage rather than just a vanilla offshoring services, said Mr Subu D. Subramanian, Senior ... More

ESS keen to expand overseas presence
TO expand its presence in the overseas market, Delhi-based IT company Eastern Software Systems (ESS) Ltd is planning to appoint distributors in Malaysia and Thailand for its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, `ebizframe.' "We are ... More

INTERNET
Exclusive gaming centre opened in Hyderabad
WITH gaming gradually getting popular among youngsters and cyber cafes offering various gaming options, a Hyderabad-based entrepreneur has started Frag-an exclusive LAN (local area network) based gaming centre in Hyderabad. The Chief Executive ... More

IT TRAINING
Keltron launches multimedia course
THE public sector Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation (Keltron), which has diversified into IT education area, is launching a new seven-month multi-media expert programme. The course is designed to develop personnel proficient in ... More

All things digital
Artlab Madras inaugurated its new campus for digital media and communications spread over 1.5 acres. The company has spent about Rs 1 crore on infrastructure and plans to spend another Rs 1.5 crore in a new digital production facility. The first ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Covansys to beef up offshore talent base
COVANSYS Corporation plans to end the year 2004 with an additional manpower of 850-900 in the country. The company recruited about 450 in the first half of the year and plans to add another 400 in the second half, Mr Raj Vattikuti, Covansys' ... More

CONVERGENCE
Govt examining issues on lapsed convergence Bill
THE Government is examining various issues relating to the lapsed Convergence Bill including whether or not to have a single regulator to deal with carriage and content. A final view would be taken early next year. "The Bill was considered in ... More

ISPS
Infrastructure managed services is Sify's interest
SIFY Ltd on Friday said it is on the lookout for acquiring a company operating in infrastructure managed services space, having a strong client base in the US. "We constantly look at acquisitions as part of our strategy for growth. We are ... More

E-GOVERNANCE
YSR launches development programmes
THE Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has launched a series of Government-sponsored programmes on the occasion of the birth anniversary celebrations of former Prime Minister, Mr Rajiv Gandhi, here on Friday. Apart from ... More

PIRACY
MS India targets channel piracy
MICROSOFT Corporation India Pvt. Ltd has said that the Delhi High Court has issued restraining orders against four Delhi-based computer dealers selling pirated software. "The four dealers namely Aanchal Computers Ltd, Shamrel Enterprises, MKS ... More

OUTLOOK
Red Hat plans development centre; bets on `localisation'
RED Hat India, the Indian arm of Red Hat promoting the cause of Linux and open source products, has drawn up plans to set up its own Indian development-cum-support centre that would complement its "localisation drive". The Director and Country ... More

PEOPLE
Hexaware Tech elevates Rusi Brij
THE Director and CEO of Hexaware Technologies, Mr Rusi Brij, has been elevated to the post of Vice-Chairman and CEO of the company on Friday. "At the time of the company's restructuring in 2001, Mr Brij joined the company as CEO. Over the past ... More




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