Indian software develops a yen for the rising sun
Japan has been a tough nut to crack for Indian software companies. However, the recent successful forays by some Indian companies indicates that the land of the Rising Sun can finally become a land of hope for Indian IT companies. Rajneesh De & Chitra Padmanabhan track these successes and investigate the obstacles still lying ahead

Bangalore IT.com expected to garner business worth $300 million
The days when the country used to host a plethora of IT exhibitions may be history now, but there are still a couple of shows that command enough national, and more importantly, international recognition.

Pramati, Epicentric become strategic Server partners
Hyderabad-based Pramati Technologies and the US-based Epicentric have formed a strategic technology and marketing partnership to promote Pramati Server as a tested J2EE application server engine for Epicentric Foundation Server (EFS), a cross-platform portal solution.

Intel unveils Early Access Program
Intel’s Early Access Program (EAP) enables Indian software services players to work on the latest Intel platforms including Itanium, Xeon and Pentium 4.

Infosys undertakes branding exercise
When Infosys relaunched Bancs2000 as Finacle, it hit upon a winner. The rebranded product helped propel revenues in Infy’s Banking Business Unit (BBU) from Rs 23.5 crore in 1999-2000 to Rs 103 crore in 2001-02.

Apar bullish on offshore-centric model
The global economic downturn may have forced many a company to either put a lid on expansionary activities or resort to layoffs and other cost-cutting measures for survival.