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Code of conduct on BPO staff security being drafted
SHAKEN by the sexual assault and murder of a call centre employee in Bangalore last week, the Call Centre Association of India (CCAI) is planning to come out with a `code of conduct' to ensure physical security of the employees of BPO ... More

TCS inks pact with Novo Nordisk
TCS has entered into an engagement with Novo Nordisk, a player in the field of diabetic care, for the implementation of an offshore clinical operations service. TCS will provide a suite of data management services, which include designing, ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS


`Investments in Western region beginning to pay off'
BHARTI Tele-Ventures Ltd, the last entrant in the Western region, is poised to scale the 5-million customers mark over the next six months, up 1.5 million from 3.5 million customers now. In revenue terms, the region will account for nearly 25 ... More

EDUCATION


SkyQuestCom eyes $10-m turnover
THE Singapore-based SkyQuestCom, which has 10,000 subscribers for its e-learning programmes and reported a turnover of $3 million this year, is targeting a turnover of $10 million in 2006, according to Ms Yang Po, Managing Director. The ... More

HARDWARE


Wipro buys Austrian co for 47 m euros
WIPRO Technologies has acquired Austrian chip design firm NewLogic for euro 47 million (Rs 253.4 crore) in an all cash deal. The acquisition would strengthen Wipro's presence in Bluetooth and the wireless local area network (WLAN) ... More

SOFTWARE


SBI-TCS venture to offer tech platform to small banks
THE technology venture, being promoted by State Bank of India in association with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), will soon open its platform for others in the banking sector. The company, in which TCS has 51 per cent and SBI 49 per cent ... More

EGK develops address books
BANGALORE: EGK Technologies, a local IT company, has developed a piece of software that will help the user to organise and process contacts such as addresses, phone numbers and e-mail IDs. The product works on Windows platform on both ... More

New Tally software
BANGALORE: Tally has launched a software, TallyAscent, for the Government. This finance software will cater to the requirements of cities and municipal councils. It comprises accrual accounting, budgeting, purchase, inventory, asset ... More

Fujitsu forays with sales office in Bangalore
FUJITSU has announced its entry into India with a sales office in Bangalore. This Japanese multinational with revenues of $45 billion offers software services, IT and telecom products. In India, it will offer servers, enterprise storage ... More

Infy to recruit from China campuses
INFOSYS Technologies Ltd plans to start recruiting from Chinese campuses from February 2006. Infosys currently has some 330 employees in China who have been hired laterally from other companies. "We plan to visit about 7-8 Universities and ... More

INTERNET


People Interactive hopeful of Rs 100-cr growth by next year
PEOPLE Interactive, which owns Web sites such as Shaadi.com, Mauj and Fropper, is expecting a Rs 100 crore growth by next year through its brick and mortar matrimonial bureaus, Shaadi Point. Mr Anupam Mittal, Managing Director and Chairman, ... More

IT TRAINING


NIIT, catalyst in rural schooling transformation
CHILDREN of families below the poverty line, who study in remote residential and day schools, are a transformed lot thanks to computers. After three years of computer training, they now can design Web pages, make slide presentations and ... More

CEC, Inflibnet to spread awareness on networking classrooms
THE Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) and Inflibnet (Information and Library Network), an autonomous inter-university centre of UGC, have joined hands for spreading the message of networking classrooms in colleges. The two ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS


Infomedia buys 2 BPO firms
PUBLISHING company Infomedia India Ltd has announced that it has acquired two publishing BPO firms for a total of $7 million. Infomedia bought a 100-per cent stake in Keyword Group Ltd, a UK-based publishing BPO company, and a 21-per cent stake ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS


Kerala Govt-MCX venture to enable farm price discovery
A STATE-SPONSORED agricultural initiative in Kerala that aims to link farmers with buyers and sellers electronically is set to enter into a pioneering tie-up with the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) and the National Spot Exchange for ... More



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