SOFTWARE
Airbee Wireless opens R&D unit in Chennai — To invest $1 m on hardware compatibility
AIRBEE Wireless Inc, a US-based company that develops software for wireless communications, has set up a R&D centre in Chennai, into which it is investing $1 million (about Rs 4.5 crore). Airbee Wireless' software is used in wireless voice and .. More

Infosys, Cognizant in Top Five league
INFOSYS and Cognizant Technology Solutions have emerged among the top five services companies globally after Accenture, IBM and Computer Sciences Corporation, the BusinessWeek magazine said in its latest InfoTech 100 scoreboard. Other ... More

IBM opens Linux centre in Bangalore
IBM on Tuesday unveiled its Linux Centre of Competency in Bangalore, which will help IBM clients from the industry, academia and Government, to move to computing environments based on open standards. The Linux Centre of Competency provides ... More

Singapore to spend $50 m on IT platform for logistics
SINGAPORE announced a $50-million investment to set up an integrated IT platform that will enable better exchange of information among the different players in the logistics trade. The proposed platform, for which tendering will start in the ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Midas, Banyan merge
CHENNAI: Midas Communications and Banyan Networks Ltd, both part of Telecom and Networks Group (TeNeT) at IIT Madras, are to be merged. While Midas focuses on designing telecom systems with emphasis on wireless technology, its sister firm, ... More

SSA completes Arzoon buy
HYDERABAD: SSA Global, an enterprise solutions and services provider, has announced the completion of its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Arzoon Inc, a provider of logistics and global trade management technology. ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES
Tejas ties up with ITI
OPTICAL networking products company Tejas Networks announced on Tuesday that it has signed up a technical collaboration agreement with the state-owned ITI Ltd for its TJ100 series of next generation SDH (synchronous digital hierarchy) ... More

OFF-SHORE DEVELOPMENT
MTNL plans operations in Rwanda, Madagascar
MAHANAGAR Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) plans to bid for the privatisation of the national telecom network in Rwanda and is planning to acquire a private operator in Madagascar. The company, which has already spread its wings to Nepal as part of a ... More

Jataayu to set up Korea office
BANGALORE: Jataayu Software Pvt Ltd, on Tuesday, announced the setting up of an office in Korea to expand reach in the Asia Pacific markets. "The Korean office adds to an established presence in the Asia-Pacific region through the ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS
Adamya protocol gets Bluetooth certification
ADAMYA Computing Technologies, the developer of wireless technology solutions, has received the Bluetooth Qualification Body (BQB) 1.2 certification for its Bluetooth protocol stack C-Blue. BQB is the designated body, set up by the Bluetooth ... More

OUTLOOK
Dax Networks eyes Rs 100-crore revenue through 'core' strategy
DAX Networks Ltd, a networking company, hopes to increase its earnings to Rs 100 crore in the next three years. The company's revenue in 2003-04 was Rs 62 crore, and it hopes to make Rs 70 crore during the current year. In 2005-06, the ... More

PEOPLE
New Unisys directors
BANGALORE: Unisys Corp, IT consulting and outsourcing solutions provider and makers of high-end server computers, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Mr Srikanth Raghavan as Director, Software Development - Financial Sector and Mr ... More