The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 04, 2006

Satyam wins $150-m pie of GM order
SATYAM Computer Services Ltd has bagged a $150-million (Rs 650 crore) five-year deal from General Motors through a partnership with Tier-I vendors Hewlett Packard and Capgemini, according to Mr Subu D. Subramanian, Director and Senior ... More

ProLease renamed TalentPro
CHENNAI: ProLease India, a subsidiary of the US-based PayStaff, has been renamed as TalentPro India. It has also entered in to an alliance with Talent2 International, an Australia-based human resource-outsourcing provider. TalentPro ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Hutch launches Mobile shop in Kolkata
CELLULAR service provider Hutch on Friday launched a Mobile Hutch Shop here in Kolkata. Four more Mobile Hutch Shops would be launched within the next 5-6 months, Mr Sridhar Rao, CEO of Hutchison Telecom East Ltd, told newspersons here on ... More

Govt discusses phone tapping issues with cellular firms
THE Union Home Ministry today held a meeting with cellular operators and senior officials from the Department of Telecom to discuss issues related to phone tapping. The move follows the recent controversy that erupted after several politicians ... More

Telecom players blame Govt agencies for roll-out delay
TELECOM operators have blamed the lack of adequate spectrum and delay in getting clearances by the various government agencies for failing to fulfil the roll-out obligation under the Unified Access Services Licence agreement. At a meeting with ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

FOCUS COIMBATORE

Set for takeoff
With metros like Chennai and Bangalore witnessing saturation, the attention of investors is turning towards Tier-II cities like Coimbatore. More

An emerging IT hub
Coimbatore is an emerging IT hub; however, the city has a long way to go before it can catch up with a Hyderabad or Pune. This has been any entrepreneur's dream. The relentless campaign by the Coimbatore zone of the Confederation of Indian ... More

SOFTWARE

Asia-Pacific packaged software market may touch $13.4 b this year: IDC
AMID sustained price pressure, increasingly integrated selling strategies and continuing market consolidation, the packaged software market in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to grow by 11.1 per cent this year to touch $13.4 billion. "IDC ... More

IBS sets up second base in Kochi
TRAVEL, Transportation and Logistics (TTL) major IBS Software Services has taken up floor space of 32,000 sq. ft at the Leela Infopark at the Infopark campus in Kochi where it will add 350 more to the rolls. Having started its Kochi operations ... More

Microsoft India centre working on RFID project
CODE-NAMED Qubani - after the Hyderabad dessert Qubani-ka-meetha - a project is under way at Microsoft India Development Centre (MIDC), Hyderabad. A team of developers is working on the project that aims to push Microsoft's presence in ... More

Software exports seen at $22 b
EXPORTS of computer software and services are likely to post a 29-per cent growth and seen close to $22.27 billion in the current fiscal, owing to the inroads made by Indian companies in financial services outsourcing. Mr Kamal Vachani, ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

PSI Data teams up with Lawson
PSI Data Systems Ltd, the information technology business of the Aditya Birla group, has announced a partnership, which will expand St Paul, Minnesota-based Lawson Software's solution and meet the emerging demands of the retail industry. The ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

Satyam sets up automotive centre in Detroit
SATYAM Computer Services Ltd has set up an automotive centre of excellence in Detroit, US, to enable better customer engagement. The centre would have about 50 engineers, and focus on automotive industry-specific solution building and research ... More

SECURITY

KamaSutra's impact marginal
THE BlackWorm or KamaSutra worm, that was programmed to overwrite files on infected Windows PCs today, appears to have caused marginal impact. Most of the users and businesses seem to have taken measures to disinfect their systems, said top IT ... More

VIRUSES

`Wanted' intruder in your mail box!
VIRUS writers seem to try every trick to get users open the mail and download the attachment. The ploy allows hackers to create a security hole in the computer when the attachment is downloaded. The latest is `Troj/Stinx-N', a Trojan horse that ... More

BROADBAND

`Unwired Bangalore' by 2008?
SILICON Valley recently announced a `Smart Valley' project to go wireless. Can its desi equivalent be far behind? The southern IT hub plans to unleash its own master cyberstroke - `Unwired Bangalore', starting this year. Imagine ... More

EVENTS

Sun Tech Days meet in Chennai
CHENNAI: The Chennai edition of Sun Tech Days, the annual Java developer conference organised by Sun Microsystems, will be held from February 7 to 9 at the Chennai Trade Centre, said Mr K.P. Unnikrishnan, Marketing Director, Sun ... More

PIRACY

Fake D-Link goods makers arrested in Bangalore
PIRATES might have taken a wrong turn when they shifted from T-shirts and jeans to CDs and networking goods. They are now the targets of irate international electronic goods makers, who are rising to protect their IPR (intellectual property ... More

TRENDS

Tariffs are low, yet STD minutes are less
DESPITE steep reduction in tariffs of mobile long distance calls, there has been no substantial increase in the minutes of usage. According to the data compiled by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the share of STD calls as a ... More

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Satyam sets up automotive centre in Detroit

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In Focus

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IPO Scams

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