Can Polaris pull off its ambitious growth gamble?
In the current Indian IT industry scenario where billing rates, margins and bloated egos have all come crashing down, the year ahead naturally seems to be one that bodes at best a cautious outlook, hoping the worst has been left behind.

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Powerware unveils new strategy for growth
To emerge a winner over the intense competition in the dwindling UPS market, Powerware International, a 100 percent subsidiary of Invensys Energy Management Division, is working on re-aligning its product strategy.

MS-IDC rolls out SFU 3.0
A team of 50 professionals at Microsoft India Development Centre have developed version 3.0 of Services for UNIX (SFU 3.0), which was released globally by Microsoft at NetWorld+Interop 2002 at Las Vegas.

Nihilent ties up with Accenture for SA project
Nihilent Technologies has tied up with Accenture for its recently bagged South African Revenue Service (SARS) contract, the initial phase of which is expected to bring Nihilent revenues of close to Rs 3.5 crore.

QAI charts higher growth with ITES strategy
With projections of massive growth in the IT enabled sector (ITES), Quality Assurance Institute (QAI) India, a joint venture between QAI (USA) and Intecos India, has decided to make a foray into this sector.

digital-X offers low-cost servers
digital-X India, the Indian subsidiary and R&D arm of digital-X Inc, has developed a low-cost proxy server named Nova-proxy, targeted at small and medium enterprises (SME), SOHO, education institutes and cybercafes.

Caldera announces services for other Linux distributons
Caldera India, the Indian arm of US-based Caldera International, has announced enterprise-class Linux services for all major Linux distributions, including Red Hat.

Cerebra forays into healthcare solutions
The software division of Cerebra Integrated Technologies is foraying into health care solutions with the suite of CEREMED+ products that will help busy medical practitioners, small hospitals and polyclinics to keep track of their patient records, treatment, hospital management and patient care.

Accton eyes Indian VoIP market
Among the latest to join the VoIP fray in India, now that VoIP has been legalised, is Accton Technology, the Taiwan-based manufacturer of networking systems.