STORAGE

OUTSOURCING
`Indian BPO cos match global standards'
INDIAN BPO players are now achieving globally recognised standards in customer satisfaction, quality and people satisfaction, according to a Nasscom-QAI report, released on Monday. However, in order to sustain growth and performance, the industry ... More

AKT BPO scaling up operations
AKT Business Process Outsourcing (AKT BPO) Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the US-based AKT Services LLC, is in the process of scaling up operations. Within a year of establishing its presence in India by setting up an office at Navi ... More

MphasiS to open BPO unit in Mangalore
The BPO unit in Mangalore will provide job opportunities for many young graduates in the region. More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
VSNL to buy Tyco Global for $130 m
IN the second instance of an Indian company buying a global submarine cable network, VSNL today announced that it has agreed to acquire Tyco Global Network from Tyco International for $130 million (around Rs 600 crore) in an all-cash ... More

Cellular operators need advance clearance for value-added services
THE Department of Telecom (DoT) has made it mandatory for all cellular operators to submit details of all the value-added services and take clearance of the security monitoring facility installed for these services 15 days ahead of the launch. ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Work on Rs 390-cr hi-tech city in B'lore to start soon
A Rs 390-crore hi-tech city is to be built for IT and biotech companies in Bangalore by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). The Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr N. Dharam Singh, said BDA was expected to start work on the project in a couple ... More

HARDWARE
BlueBox to begin Indian operations
BLUEBOX, a British hardware inventory firm, is establishing Indian operations in Bangalore, said the British High Commissioner to India, Sir Michael Arthur, at the inaugural of the Bangalore IT.COM 2004. The subsidiary of the London-based ... More

SOFTWARE
Oracle begins roadshows
TERMING India and China as amongst its fastest growing markets worldwide, enterprise software giant Oracle today said it would continue to grow its operations in India including ramping up its headcount. "We have over 6,500 people in India, in ... More

Cognizant wins deal from Wallenius Wilhelmsen
COGNIZANT has announced a one-year services agreement to provide IT infrastructure management for Wallenius Wilhelmsen, a global specialist in ocean, inland and supply chain management, which operates over 60 modern vessels and 600 vehicle ... More

VisionShape to double customer support team
VISIONSHAPE, a US-based scanning software company that has software development out of the US and with support operations in the US and Europe, is planning to double its customer support team to 60 and all new additions to happen out of India, ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
Honeywell to hire 1,200 more for lab
US aerospace major Honeywell is expanding in India and plans to hire over 1,200 people in the next year. The company's regional technology lab in Bangalore employs 3,000 software professionals and this number would go up by 1,000, while the ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
DSL Soft buy-out: HCL Tech set to begin valuation
KEEPING in line with its plans to buy out Deutsche Bank's 49 per cent stake in a joint venture company DSL Software, HCL Technologies has said it would appoint a merchant banker for the valuation exercise next month. "We have not started the ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
TCS, AP agency in pact for digital certification
TATA Consultancy Services— Certifying Authority (TCS-CA), a public key infrastructure (PKI) service provider, has entered into a partnership with Andhra Pradesh Technology Services (APTS), the nodal agency for the AP Government in ... More

Australian team scouting for partners
THE SMB trade delegation from Victoria, Australia, is looking for trade partnerships with India, said Ms Marsha Thomson, Minister for ICT and Minister for Small Business, Victoria. "We have had initial talks that could lead to MoUs with the ... More

EVENTS
Bangalore IT.Com 2004
A variety of computer mouses on display at the Bangalore IT.Com 2004 on Monday.

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IT.COM evokes keen interest from 13 nations
BILLED as Asia's largest ICT event, IT.COM 2004 kicked off on Monday with business delegations from 13 nations and over 290 companies participating. The annual five-day event, dogged by controversies about infrastructure issues in the showcase ... More