The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, November 19, 2005

`US citizens worried over outsourcing to India'
US citizens are becoming increasingly concerned about business processes being outsourced to countries like India, according to the visiting US Senator, Mr John Edwards. He was talking to Indian Parliamentarians at an interactive session ... More

Wipro Infotech getting more mid-size total outsourcing deals
WIPRO'S India, Asia-Pacific and West Asia business is seeing wins in mid-size total outsourcing deals in the past two quarters and the momentum is likely to get stronger. Speaking to Business Line, Mr Suresh Vaswani, President, Wipro ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

BSNL, MTNL told to implement equitable billing
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has directed state-owned BSNL and MTNL to implement equitable billing system with other operators. The move comes after the telecom tribunal held up the cellular operators' petition against the two ... More

HARDWARE

Sahara Computers plans Rs 400-cr investment
SAHARA Computers and Electronics and Ltd (SCEL) announced an investment of Rs 400 crore in the domestic market in the next two years. Out of the Rs 400 crore, the company would invest Rs 150 crore in increasing its presence in the multi-brand ... More

Nortel sees potential in SMB segment
NORTEL Networks, a global telecom and communications equipment maker, is bullish on the small and medium size business (SMB) segment in India. Last quarter, it launched Business Communications Manager 50, which is an all-in-one platform for ... More

SOFTWARE

Newgen Software bags order from Bank of Tanzania
NEWGEN Software Technologies Ltd has bagged an order worth $4,25,000 from the Bank of Tanzania. This is only a part of the IT initiatives proposed by the bank on a total estimated outlay of $2.2 million. The project would include consultancy ... More

New Polaris solution
CHENNAI: Polaris Software Labs has launched Collect.NET, a collection and recovery solution for the financial services sector based on the Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. These are next versions of Microsoft's ... More

Torry Harris initiatives
BANGALORE: The US-based Torry Harris Business Solutions, software service company, has announced new technology initiatives in SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) and open source domains. "The new initiatives are a part of the company's ... More

iNautix expansion
CHENNAI: iNautix Technologies India Pvt Ltd, an affiliate of Pershing LLC, has expanded its Chennai operations by occupying more than 65,000 sq ft in the Ascendas International Technology Park. It has a centre in Tidel Park, where it ... More

New Fortinet tools
BANGALORE: IT security company Fortinet has unveiled two additions to the FortiGate family of Unified Threat Management (UTM) systems for large enterprise networks. The new products, FortiGate-1000A and FortiGate-1000AFA2 work at the ... More

Satyam `tops' Forrester list
HYDERABAD: Satyam Computer Services has announced that The Forrester Wave: Indian SAP Services, Q4 2005, a study conducted by Forrester Research, has rated the company as having the strongest, most global SAP offerings. To determine the ... More

Oracle working on common platform for newer versions of product lines
ORACLE Corporation is facilitating a smooth transition for its large global user-base while moving into an integrated product line by 2007-08, according to its Senior Vice-President, Applications Technology, Mr Cliff Godwin. Entrusted with the ... More

Patni to focus on key verticals, technologies
In specific, Patni, which describes itself as a pioneer in the product engineering services segment, is working to leverage its status as a leading player in the embedded technology space to increase its income. More

IT TRAINING

C-DAC project draws interest at Tunis meet
KERALA'S `Akshaya' computer literacy project and C-DAC's telemedicine solutions have generated substantial interest here at the World Summit of Information Society (WSIS). Many developing countries in Africa are keen to replicate the Akshaya ... More

Talking computers the kids way
AMIDST hundreds of pavilions loaded with dazzling signboards, plasma TVs and high decibel music at the WSIS exhibition, chances are that you will walk by a tiny stall from Namibia. A petite girl manning the stall has no gadgetry around her. She ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS

SriLankan to increase Internet-based ticket bookings
SRILANKAN Airlines is looking at increasing Internet-based ticket bookings, said Mr Nigel O'Shea, Head of Service Delivery, SriLankan Airlines Ltd. At present, Net-based ticket bookings made directly by passengers account for approximately 4 ... More

SBBJ launches e-payment facility in Rajasthan
STATE Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ) has launched a new project `E-mitra' in collaboration with the Government of Rajasthan. The Chief Secretary of Rajasthan, Mr Anil Vaish, on Friday launched the facility that envisages electronic bill ... More

RIGHTS ISSUE

California Software plans 1:1 rights issue
It will issue 49.21 lakh equity shares (face value of Rs 10 each) for cash at a price band of Rs 55 to Rs 66 per share, according to a company press release. The rights issue is to meet the capital expenditure to expand offshore development ... More

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