The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, March 09, 2005

UBICS to make India R&D hub
UBICS Inc, the Pittsburgh-based IT services division of the UB group, is all set to make India as a strategic centre for its global initiatives. As part of the initiative, the company would be investing $1 million primarily on the research and ... More

PREFERENTIAL ALLOTMENTS

Innosoft defers pref offer
HYDERABAD: Innosoft Technologies Ltd has informed the BSE that the board of directors has decided to defer the matter relating to issue of shares on private preferential basis to next meeting. ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Virtusa bags Hysea award
HYDERABAD: Virtusa Corporation has bagged Hyderabad Software Exporters' Association (Hysea) award for `Best established offshore development centre' for its contribution to the software scene here during 2003-04. Virtusa shares this award ... More

Robosoft bags export award
MANGALORE: Robosoft Technologies, an Udupi-based software company, has received the State-level Export Award for 2000-04, according to a release here. Mr Purushotham Bhat, Director (Administration) of Robosoft Technologies, received the ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Non-payment of dues — Data Access gets show-cause notice from DoT
THE Department of Telecom has issued a show-cause notice to international long-distance service provider Data Access to suspend its licence for failing to pay long-standing dues to other operators, including the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam ... More

HARDWARE

Imported PCs, notebooks to cost less, post-Budget — Local makes to go up by 4%
IMPORTED personal computers and notebooks have become cheaper post-Budget with vendors deciding to pass on the benefits of the reduced Customs duty to consumers. However, buyers planning to buy a local PC may have to pay about four per cent ... More

HCL Info logs 13.7 per cent market share in desktop PCs
HCL Infosystems today said it has maintained the top slot in the desktop PC segment for the year 2004 in both commercial and consumer space. "According to the recent IDC report, HCL leads the market with a market share of 13.7 per cent, up from ... More

SOFTWARE

Satyam solution for Singapore co
SATYAM Computer Services on Tuesday announced it has implemented a Web-based Geographical Information System (WGIS) in ArcGIS platform for Singapore-based industrial development company JTC Corporation. This Web-based solution replaces its ... More

SafeScrypt partners with Frontier Tech
SAFESCRYPT Ltd, a subsidiary of Sify Ltd, has partnered with the US-based Frontier Technologies Corporation to offer E-Lock range of electronics signature products in the Indian market. E-Lock offers PKI (public key infrastructures)-based ... More

Ramco in pact with Effulgent
CHENNAI: Ramco Systems, provider of enterprise solutions, has announced a sales and implementation partnership with Effulgent, an IT solutions and consulting services company, to increase its focus in providing cost-effective and proven ... More

IT TRAINING

Aptech ties up with UK varsity
The joint agreement, signed in Mumbai, would allow students of the Aptech Certified Computer Professional (ACCP) Higher National Diploma in Computing provided by Aptech Ltd Worldwide to `top up' their qualification to a BSc (Hons) Computer ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Toshiba acquires SoCrates Soft
THE city-based SoCrates Software India, has been acquired by Toshiba, to become a major hub in the latter's software development organisation. The three-year-old company, which developed embedded software for Toshiba's system-on-chip products, ... More

E-MAIL

`Indian business owners among the top e-mail users globally'
WITH e-mail now being used by business owners across the world, a recent survey has revealed that Indian business owners spend two hours on e-mail every day. "E-mail is almost universally being used by business owners right across the world. ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

BSNL hunts for pvt firms to set up, manage call centres
BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Ltd has decided to outsource its call centre requirements to private firms. The state-owned telecom major has invited bids from companies that have call centres with a capacity of more than 200 seats for setting up and ... More

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