The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, April 30, 2003

IIITM-K becomes Indest member
THE Indian National Digital Library for Science and Technology (Indest), a consortium of electronic resources for technical education in the country, has accorded external membership to the in-house library at the Indian Institute of Information ... More

Brocade picks Wipro Infotech to deliver SAN tech
BROCADE Communications Systems Inc, the world's leading provider of infrastructure solutions for storage area networks (SANs) on Tuesday announced the appointment of Wipro Infotech as its elite partner in India. Wipro Infotech is the India, ... More

NetApp to set up tech centre
STORAGE solution vendor Network Appliance is setting up a technology centre here to offer engineering, customer support and professional services. The company plans to invest between Rs 50 crore and Rs 75 crore in the new centre, which is ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Eight's too many
The Figure of Eight is an interesting knot in scout world. It's useful because it does not jam easily. The motive behind the new telephone numbering system seems similar. But not all welcome it. It's a knotty problem. More

VSNL set to squeeze big discounts from BSNL
VIDESH Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) is close to extracting lucrative discounts on the revenue to be shared from incoming and outgoing international calls with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) in the next block of interconnection agreement, starting ... More

INTERNET

Some red-hot business strategy
Forging new business strategies using the Web is metaljunction.com, a joint venture of Tata Steel and Steel Authority of India Ltd. More

CCIE launches shopping portal
NEW DELHI: Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India (CCIE) has announced the launch of its online shopping portal, www.cottageemporiumindia.com. Announcing this, Mr Durgesh ... More

IT TRAINING

Minister visits Keltron complex

HUMAN RESOURCES

Both sides of the story
If the US lowers the H1B visa cap, what will be the impact on the Indian software companies? eWorld checks out both sides of the coin — why Indian companies appear unfazed right now and what could happen. More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT

India could land one million jobs from offshoring
TWO million jobs will move offshore, from the world's 100 largest financial services companies over the next five years, according to a survey by Deloitte Research. Of these, India could well account for one million new positions from offshored ... More

Swedish co sets up Indian arm
THE $300 million Swedish firm, Industrial and Financial Systems (IFS), has set up its 100 per cent Indian subsidiary at Delhi. The company absorbed about 30 employees working in the IFS competency centre based at its Indian partner, Escosoft ... More

MARKETING RESEARCH

From jumbo to junior
Junior is no longer in jumbo's shadow. BPO vendors are beginning to target smaller companies too to widen their client base. More

PEOPLE

Prithipal Singh to shift base
IN a surprise development, Mr Prithipal Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, BSNL, who has been reluctant to give up his post for a "promotion" to the Telecom Commission has been asked to either shift base or quit. With just five months left ... More

TRENDS

The race for returns
The race for return on investment is getting hotter in these times of belt-tightening. It's time for solutions that integrate all the business systems. More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Resonance targets SMEs for CRM app
RESONANCE Technologies, a software services provider, has launched its CRM (customer relationship management) SalesPrism application targeting the small and medium enterprises sector. The President and Managing Director of Resonance, Mr Ramesh ... More

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