The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, February 18, 2006

CSO puts software sector's contribution to GDP at 2.7 pc
IS there a difference between the estimates of the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and the industry body Nasscom over the software sector's contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP)? It would appear so if one went by the CSO ... More

Panel clears Infosys' plan for 2nd campus in Bangalore
A HIGH-LEVEL committee headed by the Chief Minister, Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy, has cleared Infosys' proposal for setting up another campus in the city, according to Mr Shankarlinge Gowda, IT and BT Secretary. Infosyshad requested approximately 700 ... More

Apple support centre in Bangalore
Giving this as an example, of "continued interest and confidence of this industry and Bangalore", Mr B.V. Naidu, Director, Software Technology Parks of India - Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, said, "This year, Bangalore attracted large ... More

Tally launches new software
MANGALORE: Tally (India) Pvt Ltd has announced here the launch of multilingual business accounting and inventory management software — Tally Silver 8.1 and Tally Gold 8. Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Mr Vinay ... More

Fidelity stake up at 5.03 pc in Satyam
FIDELITY International has informed the National Stock Exchange that funds under the management of FMR Corp and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International Ltd currently hold about 5.03 per cent equity in Satyam Computer ... More

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Why IT majors fight shy of big ticket acquisitions — Panel discussions highlight challenges to Indian cos
THE track record of IT service organisations globally in successfully managing large acquisitions has been very poor, according to Mr Francisco D'Souza, Chief Operating Officer, Cognizant Technology Solutions. Responding to a question on the ... More

Borland to buy Segue
BANGALORE: Borland Software Corporation will buy Segue Software Inc, a Massachusetts-based software testing company. In addition, the company has announced plans to seek a buyer for Borland Developer Studio (Delphi, C++Builder and ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Jataayu partners eSIM
BANGALORE: Jataayu Software has announced a partnership with eSIM, an Israeli software solutions provider, to offer a complete handset application software framework that will bundle eSIM's man-machine interface technology software with ... More

SECURITY

'Bots', latest threat to home PC users!
In the movie I, Robot, the robotic character ViKi attempts to enable a large army of robots to control and dominate humanity. In the wired world, hackers are increasingly attempting to do the same thing with PCs through the collection of ... More

Handheld security offering
HYDERABAD: Good Technology, a technology provider for handheld computing devices, has announced the commercial availability of its first handheld security offering, Good Mobile Defense. According to the company, Good Mobile Defense ... More

SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT

Advance paediatric unit in Mangalore
MANGALORE: Ms Sudha Murthy, Chairperson of Infosys Foundation, laid the foundation stone for the advanced paediatric care building at Government Wenlock Hospital here on Friday. To be built by Infosys Foundation at a cost of Rs 4 crore, ... More

VENTURE CAPITAL

ISB to host DFJ-TiE business plan contest
THE final of the first national-level business plan competition of the Draper Fischer Jurvetson (DFJ), a venture capital firm, and the Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) India Venture Challenge, will be hosted at the Indian School of Business here on ... More

OUTLOOK

Sloan Prof suggests mix of products, services
INDIAN software service companies will have to figure out a way to compete beyond process and quality competence and low wages to take on the challenge from multinational vendors and keep their growth rates and margins intact, according to Mr ... More

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