ITC to connect one-sixth of India through e-choupals
ITC has finalised an ambitious investment plan of nearly Rs 1,000 crore to power its aggressive IT initiative in agriculture marketing business.

Altera opens sales office in Bangalore
Altera Corporation has announced the opening of its sales office in Bangalore. The company has 14,000 customers across the world to whom it provides programmable solutions.

NetApp markets unified storage box
Network Appliance’s (NetApp) new strategy aims to satisfy the need for a single product that offers the flexibility of using it as a SAN or a NAS solution.

Quantum offers disk-based backup
Quantum has launched the first disk-based enhanced backup product, the DX30.

Secure Synergy looks at APAC and Middle East
Secure Synergy, a Delhi-based software security company offering 24x7 security solutions has chalked out an aggressive strategy to tap burgeoning markets in the APAC and Middle East region, for which it plans to spend around Rs 1.3 crore.

PwC unveils technology forecast for 2002-2004
The dot-com bubble and the subsequent downturn has not signalled the end of e-business opportunities in the country.

NetBusiness forays into people outsourcing
Organisations across the country constantly face shortage of technically skilled personnel willing to work on a project-to-project basis.

Invensys to ramp up Hyderabad centre
Invensys Plc, the global player in production technologies and energy management, has aggressive investment plans for its former Baan and IMAPS development centre in Hyderabad.

WEBEL joins hand with Oracle for e-governance initiatives
West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corpor-ation (Webel), the West Bengal government’s nodal IT body, proposes to join hands with software company Oracle India to promote e-governance in the state.

Cognizant to enter BPO space by Q1 of next year
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is the latest catchword of the IT industry and most Indian software companies are venturing into this space to get a piece of the pie.

Nasscom to hire PR firms in US, UK
The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) will soon appoint a public relations firm in the US to tackle the negative perception of jobs getting outsourced to India.