The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 17, 2002

Satyam annual results on April 24
HYDERABAD: Satyam Computer Services Ltd will announce both Indian and US GAAP results for its fourth quarter and year ended March 31, 2002, on the morning of April 24. Following the release, JM Morgan Stanley shall host two conference ... More

OUTSOURCING

The tap runneth dry
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has been cited as the next growth area of great potential. Maybe. But there's an equal chance that the promise of the rustle of notes may turn out to be the mere clinking of coins. More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Touchtel talks direct to market phone services
HOW about a telephone connection that allows you to forward calls from your home or office to your mobile phone, or one that offers you voice mail at home so you can get messages without having to fork out a substantial sum for an answering ... More

BPL gets ready for wireless war
WITH the imminent entry of Airtel and BSNL, the wireless war for mobile subscribers is hotting up in Kerala. While the two players in the market, BPL Mobile and Escotel await the arrival of new players, both have been fortifying their brand and ... More

SOFTWARE

Wipro unfolds new business segment
WIPRO Ltd has announced a new business segment in its fold, Wipro Healthcare and Life Science. The company has appointed Mr D.A. Prasanna, as Vice Chairman, to head the division, said the Chairman, Mr Azim Premji. Mr Prasanna, earlier Managing ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

CDC Linux, CSIR sign pact
BANGALORE: The Bangalore-based CDC Linux has been signed on by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to develop portable software for bio-informatics on the GNU/Linux platform and the establishment of high performance ... More

M-COMMERCE

Aim your mobile... and shoot
Want to play James Bond with all the thrills but no real perils? Try a game of BotFighters where your mobile phone acts as a radar and weapon-carrying robot. Shoot away by simply sending SMS messages. More

INTERVIEW

A finishing school, with a difference
Software is a current fad. But essential skills like system administration and networking will give India its future bread. More

SECURITY

Nuts and bolts success story
The engineering and construction division of a company comes up with a pioneering effort in IT security management. More

Another password? No problem
Using multiple passwords is unavoidable when you access several systems. But, remembering each of them is a job you can do without. Identity management can help you with this. More

BROADBAND

Kerala: Cable laying stalled

ISPS

This pipe dream will come true
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology will make the phone box something that really talks. More

EVENTS

Future bytes at CeBIT
Want to know more about the `sandbox technology' for detecting and destroying unknown viruses? Or how about a computer variant that combines the portability of a hand-held with the functionality of a regular PC? More

`IT cos should get rid of Abhimanyu syndrome'
INDIAN corporates, especially those in the IT field, should resolve not to give in to sentiments and ego problems while taking a decision on mergers and acquisitions as a preferable way of exiting business. Stating this, Mr Venkat Subramanyam, ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

US call centre rating firm seeks nod to enter India
HERE'S some good news for call centres operating out of India. An international rating system of their performance standard may soon become available in the country at an affordable cost. Customer Operations Performance Centre International Inc ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

ISO 9001 for Global E-SoftSys

OUTLOOK

SAP eyeing new `priority' sectors
SAP India, a subsidiary of SAP AG, has singled out a few `priority' verticals for its sales focus in India. These include the manufacturing, services, core infrastructure and government sectors. ``SAP a range of enterprise solutions tailored to ... More

Juniper hopeful of rapid growth
JUNIPER Networks, the US-based provider of internet protocol (IP) products and services, expects revenues from India to grow faster this year as the country's telecom market is looking up, a top company official has said. Business was down for ... More

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