The Hindu Business Line : Monday, August 08, 2005

`Enormous value in outsourcing R&D'
WIPRO expects semiconductor, telecom and CE companies to increasingly outsource their research and development (R&D) to cut time to market. Speaking to Business Line, Mr Ramesh Emani, President, Product Engineering Services (PES), ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Hutch unveils HutchMail
EXPANDING its portfolio of wireless corporate solutions, Hutch has announced the launch of HutchMail, an affordable GPRS-based solution that allows executives real-time access to their office mails on their Hutch phones and which can be deployed ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Focus must be on high-end jobs in software: Maran
THE Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, has stressed the need for educating youngsters to focus on high-end jobs in software to meet the challenges over the next decade. Voicing concern about the ... More

SOFTWARE

Growing the line
`Vegetable-oil to software vendor'. Wipro is seeking to redefine the tag to become the `soup-to-nuts technology and services provider' to businesses around the world. And internal churn or not, the reshaping goes on. More

Cognizant opens development centre in Coimbatore
COGNIZANT Technology Solutions has taken the lead among the mega IT service providers in setting up its development centre at Coimbatore. Dr N. Mahalingam, Chairman, Sakthi Group of Companies, formally inaugurated the 40,000 sq ft Cognizant ... More

INTERNET

Tighten entry checks
The first step to keep the Internet safe from terrorist outfits will be to tighten registration norms so the bad uns can't sneak in. More

`Root server to decongest traffic on Net'
CHENNAI has emerged as the first centre in the country to get the `root server'. Two more root servers at Noida and Mumbai would become operational from August 25, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

3 i-flex honchos to gain Rs 52 cr from Citigroup equity sale
The three employees "will be entitled to receive an aggregate transaction bonus equal to a combined amount of two per cent of the total proceeds received by the Seller (Citigroup)" by virtue of the transaction. More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

Indian Airlines to go on e-ticket mode
SOON it is going to be paperless travel with Indian Airlines. The airline recently signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with a European company for e-ticketing on its entire network, covering 57 destinations within the ... More

BROADBAND

Aksh eyeing broadband projects in more States
`With many States laying special focus on e-Governance related projects, the overall spend on e-Governance is set to grow.' More

EVENTS

TCS IT quiz kicks off in Bangalore
CONNECT Sachin Tendulkar to a group of friends and some black berries to arrive at the name of a company... " Even before the audience blinked, pat came the answer, `Airtel'. And how did the 11th standard would-be techie arrive at the name? ... More

Seminar on e-learning tech in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) is organising a two-day national seminar on e-learning and e-learning technologies here. The ELETECH India 2005 would begin on Monday. "The seminar is aimed at providing a ... More

MARKETING

Entry-level PC prices now at one-third of 2002 rates — Duty cuts, tech advancement, competition cited as reasons
A BRANDED PC at the price of a lower-end colour TV may have sounded unbelievable sometime ago. But a mix of duty cuts, rapid advancement in technology and intense competition in the market has ensured that you can now go for that long-deferred ... More

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