The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 14, 2006

PMC-Sierra centre
BANGALORE: PMC-Sierra Inc, provider of broadband communications and storage semiconductors, announced the setting up of its India technology centre in Bangalore on Thursday. "India is emerging as a leading technological centre and we ... More

AWARDS & HONOURS

Color Chips bags award
HYDERABAD: Color Chips (India) Ltd has announced that it was presented a special award by Toon Boom Technologies Inc, Canada, in recognition of its contribution to the growth and development of the Indian animation industry. The award ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Small telecom operators cry foul
TRAI may review order on differential tariffs
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today issued a consultation paper on the issue of differential tariff being offered by various mobile operators. The move was taken after smaller stand-alone operators approached the telecom ... More

HARDWARE

LG notebooks on Napa platform
NEW DELHI: LG Electronics India (LGEIL), consumer electronics and IT player, has unveiled two Premium notebooks based on Intel's Napa platform, developed in India by Intel. The two models are LG P1 Express Dual and LG M1 Express Dual ... More

SOFTWARE

Accel Frontline plans Rs 100-crore IPO
ACCEL Frontline Ltd, a joint venture between Chennai-based Accel Ltd and the $200 million Singapore-based Frontline Technologies Corporation, plans to raise Rs 100 crore through an IPO (initial public offering), according to Mr N.R. Panicker, ... More

Future Tech software for SMEs
HYDERABAD: Future Tech Information Systems, a Hyderabad-based technology company, has announced the launch of Soft Office, its office management software for small and medium enterprises. This software helps in better management of ... More

Infomedia board okays 14 per cent equity buyback
INFOMEDIA India Ltd has said that its board has approved a buyback of shares up to 14 per cent of the company's equity at Rs 245 per share. The company said the buyback would be across the board from all shareholders. These shares bought back ... More

Axcend keen to expand reach
AXCEND Automation and Software Solutions in the industrial automation space is looking at increasing its reach in the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) markets of Coimbatore and Chennai. The company has evolved a series of software ... More

BEA Systems bullish on service architecture market
IT spending has dropped over the last two years and chief information officers (CIOs) are more pragmatic about adopting service-oriented architecture (SOA). Service infrastructure is poised to be a $9-billion market by 2008. While SOA is not ... More

INTERNET

Yahoo! sharpens focus on India
LOCALISATION is going to be the mantra for Yahoo! India this year. The Web site, according to Mr Neville Taraporewalla, Director and Country General Manager, would introduce a lot of local content in the sphere of online entertainment and its ... More

Bangalore key to Yahoo!'s 24x7
THEIR eyes keep flicking between the wall-sized screen and the TV monitor where the channel is set to current news. A block turns red and suddenly the atmosphere is tense . Phone calls are made; hurriedly they troubleshoot and verify the ... More

ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES

Microsense to vend Mercom tool
BANGALORE: Microsense, a WAN and Wi-Fi roaming service provider, has announced its partnership with the US-based Mercom in offering Voice and Screen Recording solutions to Indian markets, a new solution in call centre logging segment. The ... More

SECURITY

`End-point security to gain attention'
THE past year has seen a rise in spyware and evolved malware, data breaches and application vulnerabilities. Reports of data breaches and compromise of sensitive customer information, specifically in banks and financial houses made headlines. ... More

EVENTS

Gitex IT expo expands scope
THE three-day flagship IT event - Gitex India 2006 - has expanded its scope from merely being an exposition to hosting concurrent events covering Computer Shopper, Nasscom Animation 2006, among a host of others on the technology ... More

`IT is a tool, not panacea, to solve societal issues'
PROF. Raj Reddy of the US-based Carnegie Mellon University has said that information technology was not the panacea for all problems. "It is just a tool to solve the problems you wish to solve," he said, delivering the keynote address at the ... More

PEOPLE

Harvard professor on TCS board
MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services has appointed Harvard Professor, Mr Clayton M. Christensen, as independent director on its board. Mr Christensen is the Robert and Jani Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business ... More

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