The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 07, 2006

CORPORATE DISPUTES
Helios seeks Rs 95 cr as damages from vMoksha Group
Helios & Matheson Information Technology Ltd has sought $21 million (Rs 95 crore) as damages from vMoksha Group of companies towards loss of profit as projected by vMoksha. It also sought Rs 50 crore specifically against Mr Pawan Kumar and Mr .. More

STORAGE
Samsung licenses ARM's Software
ARM announced that Samsung Electronics has licensed ARM's Jazelle Software for deployment in the Samsung Blu-ray disc player. Blu-ray is a storage disc that offers five times more storage than a DVD. The Samsung BD-P1000 ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BSNL offers pre-paid scheme on fixed line
Aim to make fixed line more attractive than mobile phones More

Idea moves into Himachal
Aditya Birla Group promoted Idea Cellular on Wednesday announced the launch of its services in Himachal Pradesh. Idea is the sixth operator to launch in the region where operators including Airtel, Reliance and BSNL are offering telephone ... More

SOFTWARE
HCL launches service opitimisation tool
HCL Technologies has launched a service optimisation package called Enterprise Transformation Services (ETS). This is aimed at improving business efficiency of companies, said Mr. V. Ramakrishna, Corporate Vice-President, HCL Technologies and ... More

MS launches Indian version of Encarta
Microsoft today announced the India-specific version of `Microsoft Student Encarta premium 2007', an educational software targeted at students in the age group of 6-19 years. The software will allow the children to access any information on any ... More

Cambridge Tech builds reusable frameworks
"These reusable frameworks are deployed on the services oriented architecture, which uses the existing library and builds on the intellectual property (IP)". More

INTERNET
Cricketer Srikkanth launches portal
Former Indian cricket captain K. Srikkanth has launched www.krishcricket.com, a portal that offers various cricket-related entertainment options including online and mobile phone ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Cognizant acquires US co AimNet
Eyes larger buys in Europe, US More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
Sundaram BPO arm-ETA venture to tap Gulf BPO biz
New co Gulf Outsourcing Services to be based in Chennai More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
Infosys expands Czech facility
Infosys Technologies Ltd said on Wednesday that it is doubling the capacity of its near-shore delivery facility at Brno in the Czech Republic by adding a new 350-seat unit. The facility would open in January 2007 and continue to deliver ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS
Making e-auction system better
Tea Board is currently entertaining stakeholders' views on the changes being contemplated to the e-auction system. This endeavour is not only welcome but also imperative, given the reality that it is only in the South that e-auctions have been ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
`IT industry should set new standards'
Maturity models for HR need to be streamlined further More

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