The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 29, 2003

Outsourcing ban no big deal, says GE official
EVEN as several States in the US and some countries have initiated steps to place curbs on outsourcing,, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the country's largest player in the IT-enabled services space, GE India, Mr Scott Bayman, has ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Long distance calls to turn maze of digits
THE growing competition in the telecom sector may have given a choice to long-frustrated customer who had been at the mercy of Government-run companies, but it does not come without a cost of its own. As will be evident soon from the next ... More

Bharti cell services under AirTel brand
BHARTI Tele-Ventures has announced the consolidation of its post-paid and pre-paid cellular business under one power brand — AirTel. At present while the post-paid services are called AirTel, the pre-paid services are known as AirTel ... More

HARDWARE

HP strategy targets CIOs
HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) on Wednesday launched its Adaptive Enterprise strategy in India which offers new services, software, and solutions for companies which want to derive more out of their IT infrastructure. Aimed at Chief Information Officers ... More

Red Hat to focus on enterprise sales
RED HAT is targeting the enterprise market with its range of Linux servers and expects growth of over 100 per cent year-on-year for the next three years, according to Mr Sachin Dabir, Head, Enterprise Sales. "The overall business, clients and ... More

Rediff ties up with HP India
BANGALORE:Rediff.com has tied up with HP India, for promoting their range of laser printers for a period of three months. The campaign will include new ad formats, direct mailers and other promotions to induce the targeted audience, ... More

SOFTWARE

ICICI Info's Newton takes off here with LVB
ICICI Infotech will shortly introduce in India a new core banking solutions software that will allow banks to carry on with their legacy applications. The product, called Newton, has been implemented in two banks in Japan and three banks in ... More

Software sector must move up value chain, says Kalam
Based on the current trend, he said if the nation had to reach $ 80 billion, it would have to multiply the workforce eight times, which might not make the Indian operations competitive. Hence the software industry had to move up the value chain and c ome up with innovative products that would sweep the world. More

More IT cos to invest in Kerala: Minister
DESPITE the talk of recession in the information technology industry, major companies in the field have come forward to invest in Kerala, according to the Industries Minister, Mr P.K. Kunhalikutty. After Infosys announced its investment plans ... More

Cubix Business Systems launches temple software
CUBIX Business Systems, a Thiruvananthapuram-based software developer, has launched a comprehensive temple administration software. Branded Kshetrasuvidham, the package is currently available in Malayalam. However, efforts are on to ... More

InfraSoft package to track money laundering
The package captures customer details, stores compliance rules, monitors transactions and flags any violation of transactions against customer profile and compliance rules. More

Finacle users' South Asia Chapter
BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies has announced the launch of the South Asia chapter of Fulcrum - the Finacle User Forum. The South Asia chapter of Fulcrum is a body comprising all customers of the Finacle suite of banking products ... More

i-flex wins German bank order
BANGALORE: i-flex Solutions on Wednesday announced that it had won a major order from HypoVereinsbank Group (HVB Group), one among the top five European banks. HVB Group would implement i-flex's core banking solution Flexcube to ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Select to distribute Enterasys products
ENTERASYS Networks has tied up with Select Technologies, the networking arm of WeP Peripherals Ltd, to promote and distribute its products in India. "We are delighted to partner with Select because this will enable us to reach the untapped ... More

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

Invensys rejig: BaaN seeks strategic suitor
THE restructuring process of the $10 billion Invensys plc, a global leader in production technologies and energy management, currently under way would pave the way for alienation of its wholly-owned subsidiary BaaN— an enterprise resource ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

MetalJunction aims to double transaction value target
METALJUNCTION.com Pvt Ltd, 50:50 e-procurement and e-selling joint venture of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and Tata Steel, has set for itself a transactional value target of Rs 1,500 crore in the current fiscal. In 2002-03, the value of ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Call centres hear no jarring note in NJ move
A POSSIBLE move by New Jersey to ban telemarketing could affect Indian firms offering outbound call centre services to US clients targeting, in a B2C (business-to-consumer) model, consumers at home in the US. However, there would be a minimal ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Hutch4help launches location-based service in Delhi
NEXT time you are stranded on the road in Delhi, need immediate medical attention or need to alert the nearest police station, and don't know which number to call, just press 4 followed by POLICE (765423) on your Hutch phone and you are instantly ... More

Epson launches new devices
BANGALORE: Epson has launched new multifunction devices, which combine colour printing, scanning and standalone copying capabilities. The EPSON Stylus CX 5100 is targeted at the business user and the Stylus CX 3100 at the lifestyle home ... More

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