The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Award for MicroWorld products
COIMBATORE: MicroWorld Technologies Inc has bagged the Virus Bulletin award yet again for its eScan and MailScan products. eScan, according to a company release, has bagged the award for the fourth time, confirming it as a powerful virus ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

GAIL to acquire licence for STD services
COMPETITION in long distance telephony market is hotting up with the state-owned GAIL (India) Ltd today saying that it plans to acquire a licence for offering STD services across the country. The move comes within days of the Union Government ... More

McAfee, Good Tech team up for mobile phone security
MCAFEE INC, a security solutions provider, and Good Technology Inc, a computing software maker for handheld devices, on Monday announced a partnership to enable enterprises to distribute McAfee VirusScan Mobile entirely over-the-air to ... More

Airtel plans new number series for fixed line
AIRTEL Broadband and Telephone Services, the private telephone service from Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd will adopt a new number series beginning with `4' for its fixed line services. This will replace the existing digit of `5' for subscribers and ... More

STOCKS

Sells 1-lakh Astra Micro shares
HYDERABAD: Astra Microwave Products Ltd (AMPL) has informed the stock exchanges that one of its shareholders — Strategic Ventures Fund (Mauritius) Ltd — has sold 1-lakh shares on November 11. Strategic Ventures was holding ... More

SOFTWARE

TCS, SBI form joint venture to offer banking consultancy
TATA Consultancy Services and State Bank of India have formed a joint venture company C-EDGE Technologies Ltd that will offer technology and consulting services to the banking, financial services and insurance industry (BFSI). The 51:49 ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Wanna join an MNC? Got to learn English, soft skills
"Students aspiring for jobs in trans-national manufacturing brands should actively pursue their English skills by taking up specific coaching programmes." More

Ladder Consultancy guides techies at the crossroads
HAVING earned their first Rs 1-million pay packet before they touch 25 and traversed the globe several times, Indian techies have apparently `seen it all and done it all.' But as HR experts have been experiencing, employee aspirations are ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Teledata acquires Vanguard Tech
CHENNAI: The city-based Teledata Informatics Ltd has acquired 100 per cent stake in Vanguard Technologies LLC, US, which specialises in providing services based on SAP, according to a Teledata communication to the National Stock ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Satyam ties up with Hungarian science institute
SATYAM Computer Services Ltd, on Monday, announced partnership with Hungary's premier science IT institute, MTA SZTAKI, aimed at addressing areas of joint effort in emerging technologies such as grid computing and data mining. Satyam will take ... More

Motorola, Bharti Teletech enter into distribution pact
MOTOROLA on Monday announced a strategic alliance with Bharti Teletech to use the latter's network of 250 distributors and over 11,000 retailers in the country, for selling its handsets and accessories. "Bharti Teletech's access to the rural ... More

H-P, Microsoft announce joint SMB initiative
The desktop and server solutions sold under this initiative provide SMBs with the tools and resources to enable their businesses to grow. More

EVENTS

Apex CoVantage rally
HYDERABAD: Apex CoVantage, a BPO services provider, on Monday flagged off the Hyderabad leg of its three-city second annual Mile for Smile rally. As a part of the rally, the Apex Foundation announced donations exceeding Rs 1.2 crore to ... More

Maran to lead team to IT summit in Tunis
THE Minister for Communications and IT, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, is leading a high-level delegation to the second phase of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis from November 16 to 18. The summit will discuss issues including ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Goa announces incentives for IT sector
The State's IT policy 2005 released recently also promises a 25-per cent subsidy on power consumption for two years, 25 per cent capital subsidy on in-house backup power plant, with a maximum of Rs 10 lakh and 25 per cent subsidy on water consumption for five years. More

OUTLOOK

Good scope seen for VLSI design
GIVEN the advantages India provides for technology development and large human resource base, developers of embedded software, particularly for mobile applications and very large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuits, are bullish on India. To ... More

PEOPLE

Valluri is Agilent's India CGM
BANGALORE: Electronic measurement company Agilent Technologies on Monday announced the appointment of Mr Venkatesh Valluri, as President & Country General Manager for India. Mr Valluri takes over responsibilities from Mr Kewal Khanna, ... More

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