The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, November 14, 2002

MS, Wipro may go hand in hand to take on IBM — To enter into BPO relationship soon
THE Chief Architect of Microsoft, Mr Bill Gates, thrilled the 1,000-odd strong crowd of Wipro employees when he announced that the two companies had a "great future ahead of them." He went on to suggest that Microsoft and Wipro could go to the ... More

Wipro sees stronger links of IT and BPO
WITH one more customer - Microsoft - set to become a client in the BPO segment, Wipro is seeing a stronger linkage between IT and BPO. After the Spectramind acquisition, the company had hoped for customers from one to also opt for the ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Decision soon on new basic telecom tariffs
A DECISION on the new tariff structure for basic telecom services will be taken by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) by December this year. An open house meeting towards this end was held here today and was presided by the ... More

DoT sets Dec target for village phones
IN what has come as a jolt to private basic operators, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued them a stern warning to fulfil their village telephony targets by end-December, just months after having extended the deadline by a ... More

HARDWARE

Dreams of every child growing with Tablet PC
``The Tablet PC needs to be a machine that works in their (children's) native language. It needs to be able to teach them any language that they are interested in,'' Mr Bill Gates said. More

SOFTWARE

`India earning a reputation for its quality work'
MICROSOFT Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Mr Bill Gates, said that India was on its way to becoming a global hub for mission critical activity in software as "it is increasingly earning a reputation for its quality work and delivery on ... More

Healthy rivalry with China must: Gates
THE Microfsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Mr Bill Gates, has painted an optimistic picture on software industry outlook to the CEOs of Bangalore-based companies and suggested that India needs to learn from China's success in areas ... More

`Hedging policy pulls i-flex Q2 net up'
MUMBAI: Financial software solutions provider, i-flex Solutions Ltd, has announced a 69 per cent jump in net profit for the second quarter ended September 30, 2002. As per Indian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the ... More

INTERNET

Web hosting solution for Colgate
BANGALORE: Satyam Hosting, the Web hosting arm of Satyam Infoway Ltd has announced that Colgate, a premier brand in the oral health care category of consumer products, will be using its Web hosting services from their data centre in ... More

IT TRAINING

Aptech to tap alumni to fix course content
IT education major Aptech Ltd will use feedback from its alumni association to modify its course offerings in tune with the changing requirements of industry. The feedback from former students will also be considered by the technology advisory ... More

CONVERGENCE

IMC meet on convergence
AN international conference on `communications convergence' to be held during December 12-14 will focus on international investment opportunities in the domestic market. A number of delegates from abroad are expected to participate in the ... More

E-GOVERNANCE

Microsoft, Karnataka pact for e-governance portal
As part of the agreement, Microsoft will provide technology to the Information Technology and Biotechnology Departments on the latest e-government framework based on its .NET technology. More

EVENTS

Silicon City tangos with Gates
THE blushing red invite with a silhouette of the software architect's icon summed up the aspirations of the privileged techies: Bill Gates live at Bangalore. No, the Windows architect was not giving any live music performance. Nonetheless, the ... More

The wait is over
Ms Sudha Murty, Chairperson of Infosys Foundation, beams as she spots Mr Bill Gates making his entry at the Microsoft-Nasscom mega event at the Infosys campus in Bangalore on Wednesday. ... More

IT-ENABLED SERVICES

Ascendas to market space to ITES firms
ASCENDAS (India) Pvt Ltd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Jurong Town Corporation of Singapore, plans to target companies in the IT-enabled services sector for the IT complex it will be setting up in Chennai. Ascendas is hopeful of commencing ... More

PEOPLE

Top guns meet
Mr Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation, and Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor, Infosys, greeting each other at "Bill Gates Live at Bangalore" at Infosys Campus on Wednesday. ... More

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Toshiba opens e-Studio
TOSHIBA, the Japanese electronic major, has set up a high-tech information hub called `e-Studio' here, in association with HCL Infosystems Ltd, and announced an additional investment of $ 1 million in India. The e-Studio will provide a first ... More

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