Information Technology
Network Solutions mulls Indian arm
NETWORK Solutions Inc (NSI), global leader in Web address registration, is evaluating the possibilities of having a direct presence in India to cash in on the fast spreading Internet fever.
MIT in pact with Satyam Computer
THE Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), through its Industrial Liaison Programme (ILP), has entered into a collaborative arrangement with Satyam Computer Services Ltd to address the area of emerging technologies, with specific focus on mobile In
ternet computing. The institute expects mobile computing will be the next wave, providing tremendous business opportunities.
Intel launches e-biz programme
INTEL is realigning its business by focusing on the Internet economy. The company has divided its business into four focus areas - client platform, server platform, networking and communication, and solution and services.
Lastech tool for vernacular e-mail
LASTECH Systems (P) Ltd has launched its Web facility by which surfers may send and receive e-mail in Tamil without having to download separate fonts. According to Mr. M. Thulukkanam, Director, Lastech: ``Users will need to log on to www.tamilanjal.com,
and use the instruction panel to key in e-mails in Tamil.''
AIS software quality institute in Chennai
THE Illinois-based Advanced Information Services (AIS) will be setting up the Watts Humphrey Software Quality Institute (SQI) in Chennai. Dr. Watts Humphrey is an expert on software quality, and the designer of the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI)
Capability Maturity Model (CMM).
Growing up pangs for IT in banking
PUBLIC sector banks are often pilloried for their low level of IT deployment when compared to the tech-savvy private sector banks. Their fleeting efforts in this direction may have given the impression of being reluctant converts - of organis
ations which are being forcefully computerised, kicking and screaming.
Govt `worried' over IT stocks boom
``THE Government is worried about the valuation of infotech stocks, which is zooming with lighting speed,'' the Union Minister for Information Technology (MIT), Mr. Pramod Mahajan, said here on Tuesday.
IT briefs
BANGALORE: Compex Systems Pte Ltd has launched its latest network products GR3008, an ultra-fast gigabit hub for the data intensive environment and modem routers NETPassage 11 and 12 for office connections and Internet sharing, creating a complete soluti
on for home and small office users.
