The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 18, 2005

HP targets SMB storage market
HEWLETT-PACKARD has extended its Simply StorageWorks initiative to the Indian market that aims to simplify storage solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs). In India, the SMBs account for more than 60 per cent of the country's total IT ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Sania Mirza becomes Tata Indicom brand ambassador
TATA Indicom has roped in the services of teenage tennis sensation Sania Mirza to serve as its brand ambassador. In partnership, Tata Indicom plans to launch limited edition Signature Series handsets called Sania Fone with attractive ... More

TRAI explores ADC from SMS, Internet — Long distance tariffs may fall further
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has hinted at collecting access deficit charges (ADC) from non-voice applications such as short messaging (SMS), multi-media messaging (MMS), broadband service and Internet service providers. If ... More

Anil Ambani meets TRAI chief
THE Vice-Chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Mr Anil Ambani, on Thursday, met Mr Pradip Baijal, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). While sources said that the discussion lasted for almost two hours, the details of ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

IT's good bet for realtors across cities
CASH-RICH real estate and construction majors are setting up IT parks across the country on the scale of mass housing. Such is their optimism based on Nasscom projections that properties are being developed regardless of whether there is ... More

STOCKS

UTV Software makes debut at premium
SHARES of UTV Software Communications Ltd made their debut on BSE at Rs 165 as against the IPO price of Rs 130 per share. On NSE, it listed at Rs 150. They moved up to a high of Rs 175.40 and ended at Rs 168.50 on BSE. The initial public ... More

HARDWARE

Xilinx to expand India operations
FABLESS semiconductor solutions provider Xilinx Inc plans to expand its India operations based out of Hyderabad following its roll-out of 12 IP cores from India in the last 12 months for global requirements. The President and Chief Executive ... More

Rambus opens design centre
RAMBUS, the chip interface company, announced the opening of its new design centre in Bangalore with plans to hire 50 people for its mixed signal technologies. "The centre will better serve the growing customer base in Asia - especially ... More

SOFTWARE

BT Infonet plans nodes in Chennai, Hyderabad
BT Infonet, a provider of managed network services for multinational companies, plans to expand network by introducing nodes in Chennai and Hyderabad as well as upgrading existing nodes at Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi. "We see demand for the ... More

i-flex privileged partner
MUMBAI: i-flex Solutions has appointed ComputerLand SA, Poland, an IT company operating in the Polish banking and financial services sector, as a "Privileged Partner" for sales and implementation of its flagship core-banking product suite, ... More

IQ Info bags Navy order
IQ Infotech Ltd, the Defence projects design and manufacturing company, has bagged a Rs 50-lakh order for making 30 sets of Digital Sequential Machine (DSM) to be used in drill torpedoes by the Indian Navy. The company also expects Hindustan ... More

TRENDS

IC to PC to GC - Evolving path of computing power
Many bioinformatics projects need high computing power that is hardware-intensive. This throws up the question of affordability. Grid computing could be a solution. More

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