HARDWARE
Samsung range of `IT essential' products
SAMSUNG on Wednesday announced the launch of its new range of `IT essential' products ranging from colour laser printers, TFT LCD Monitors, CDT Monitors, Notebook Computers, DVD-RW and hard disk drives. Announcing this, the President and CEO, ... More

SOFTWARE
IBS Software to market accident management tool
ABSENCE of inter-governmental agreements on sharing information on accidents may just have ambushed a Thiruvananthapuram-based software company's plans for marketing its accident management product internationally. Called GeoKAMS ... More

SQC software development group set up
SOFTWARE Quality Centre (SQC), an organisational change management company based in Bangalore, has set up a Technology Solutions Group (TSG) with the aim of entering software services and offshoring. Speaking to Business Line, Mr ... More

FCS turnover rises 46 pc
NOIDA-based IT solutions provider FCS Software Solutions Ltd has registered a 46.35 per cent increase in turnover in 2003-04 at Rs 64.15 crore as compared to Rs 43.8 crore in the previous fiscal. The spurt in turnover is on account of new ... More

INTERNET
Yahoo India ties up with Naukri.com
YAHOO! India has tied up with online job portal Naukri.com to re-launch Yahoo! India Careers, which seeks to leverage the strengths of the two service providers. The Internet is slowly maturing into a platform for job seekers and recruiters to ... More

New hiring tools from Monsterindia
MONSTERINDIA.COM, part of Monster, the global online careers network, has announced new Monster Hiring Solutions, a comprehensive suite of tools that allows employers to target and source quality candidates with greater efficiency and accuracy. ... More

Clean Kerala mission
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Local Administration Minister, Mr Cherkalam Abdullah, has inaugurated the new office and Web site of the Clean Kerala Mission. The mission was set up by the State Government to coordinate operations for the ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES
US staffing cos eye India job market
VOLUME staffing and the ITES sector - currently, these are magical words for the recruitment industry in the country. And predictions are tempting: Employment for one million people, including eight lakh of them in the middle management cadre ... More

Finding leaders is challenging, say IT players
FINDING leaders has become a burning issue in India, particularly in the IT and ITES sectors, according to representatives from leading technology companies and members of the Hyderabad Software Exporters Association (HYSEA). At a meeting ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Monster eyes more buys
INTERNATIONAL online recruitment portal Monster is on the prowl for more acquisitions to fuel its growth. The company now plans to utilise its cash pile of approximately $130 million to fund more acquisitions. In the recent past, the company ... More

TCG Soft, Ivega Corp to merge — Stock and cash deal to close by July
BANGALORE-based software services firm, Ivega Corporation and TCG Software of The Chatterjee Group, announced their merger on Wednesday to create a new entity TCG-Ivega. The TCG Group, which bought out the 40 per cent stake held by venture ... More

NEW PROJECTS

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
ICICI Infotech launches ERP package for SMEs
ICICI Infotech today launched an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for the small and medium enterprises. The ERP package - Orion Advantage - comes bundled with an HP dual processor Xeon server, Oracle 9i database, Windows 2003 ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
SupportSoft to expand India office
AS a truly global company, we want to expand into a full business model here, says Ms Lisa A.Mosher, Vice-President, People Innovation & Education, SupportSoft, talking of the company's India operations. SupportSoft, which currently employs 40 .. More

E-GOVERNANCE
Adobe bullish on e-gov applications
ADOBE Systems India, a fully-owned subsidiary of Adobe Systems Inc, a network publishing solutions provider, is bullish on e-governance applications. The Business Development Manager for Adobe in India, Mr S. Angiah, told Business Line ... More

PEOPLE
EMC Customer Support head
EMC Corporation, a leading IT storage company, has announced the appointment of Mr Anil Zachariah as its Director, Customer Support for India and the SAARC region. Mr Zachariah will be based in Mumbai and will lead a team of customer support ... More