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E-procurement
makes business transactions more efficient
E-procurement or e-sourcing is being driven by a renewed focus on
cost cutting, different sourcing practices, maturing Internet commerce
and quantifiable benefits of implementations.
Animation
school Toonz-Webel set up in Kolkata
Trivandrum-based production house Toonz Animation India and WEBEL,
the nodal IT body of the West Bengal government have set up a animation
school called Toonz-Webel Academy. Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
inaugurated the animation school in Kolkata recently.
CSC
bets big on Hyderabad
CSC India, the Indian arm of the $15 billion Computer Sciences Corporation
(CSC) is setting up a major development centre in Hyderabad with
an estimated investment of $10 million.
Net
subscriber base up to 45 lakh
The Internet subscriber base in India has gone up by 10 percent
over the previous quarter to touch 45 lakh during the quarter ended
March 2004. Internet subscribers grew 25 percent during the entire
year, according to released recently Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India (Trai) data.
Norwest
eyes tie-ups for portfolio firms
It is the turn of product companies to leverage India not just in
terms of development but in terms of deployment. Norwest Venture
Partners (NVP), a 42-year-old venture capital firm which has funded
more than 350 companies, is now leading seven of its US-based technology
companies to develop relationships with Indian businesses.
India
Inc is a poor ‘Net user
Most Indian companies seem to be content using the Internet solely
for sending e-mail rather than utilising it as a value-added tool
for business. They appear to be unwilling to use the Internet for
information dissemination as well as a medium to do business.
Krone
Comm to launch 10 GB copper Ethernet
Krone Communications is planning to launch the industry’s
first 10 gigabit copper Ethernet, named CopperTen, in the second
quarter of this year. Copper is the conventional communication medium,
though, of late, fibre optics has come up as a medium that can carry
a larger amount of traffic.
IIT-Kharagpur,
Cadence in chipset design tie-up
The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) has successfully
designed complete chipsets for the communication and power supply
sectors with technology support from Cadence Design Systems (India).
Sierra
Atlantic launches testing services lab
Sierra Atlantic has launched a software testing service called ‘Offshore
Software Interoperability Lab’ and an ‘Application in
the Network’ validation service. Based out of Hyderabad, the
lab provides low-cost testing services that enable software and
hardware vendors to certify their products prior to release, and
allow enterprises to test products before deployment.
Analog
Devices rolls out Blackfin Fusiv platform
Analog Devices has launched the Blackfin Fusiv platform, a technology
to deliver high-speed data, voice and video in a single solution.
Keane
India may set up a fourth ADC
Keane India is weighing its options for setting up a fourth advanced
development centre (ADC) in India subject to the completion of a
$25 million expansion at its three existing ADCs.
STPI-H
exports cross $ 1-bn mark
For the first time, software exports from Andhra Pradesh crossed
the $1 billion mark recording a 37 percent growth at Rs 5,025 crore
($1.1 billion) for the 2003-04 fiscal as against Rs 3,668 crore
in previous fiscal.
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