Big Blue’s ‘Open’ gambit in India
While Linux is a vital part of IBM’s open source/standards strategy—there’s more to Big Blue’s ‘open’ efforts. There is a considerable amount of money and manpower that IBM is putting to work on open standards and open source.

Veritas introduces interoperability through ASA
The ever-increasing need to constantly evolve technologically in order to stay on par, if not ahead, of the competition has made investments in ERP, CRM, SCM and EAI—technologies that can make or break a company—an absolute must.

Microsoft’s Rs 2,000 crore impetus to Indian operations
Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation announced a huge impetus for the company’s Indian operations with the release of Rs 2000 crore in funding.

Kelkar report may put SME software exporters out of business: Skoch
The Kelkar Committee recommendations, regarding the removal of benefits under 10A/10B, when implemented, will hit the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) software exporters the hardest.

NIIT acquires Germany-based IT services group
NIIT announced its fourth acquisition of the year, by taking over AD Solutions AG (ADS), a privately held company with headquarters in Germany and subsidiaries in Switzerland and Austria.

Wireless could be next big growth area for NCR in India
While the concept of wireless technologies has been available for over a decade, it is only recently that Indian enterprises have woken up to its benefits.

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