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Tuesday, December 03, 2002
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Cellular users need to be aware of virus attacks — Multi-tiered protection system sought
CELLULAR phone users in India, a burgeoning community ever since the telecom sector was liberalised, should be aware of the possibility of virus attacks. Mr Ajit Pillai, Channel Manager - India Overseas Business Unit, Trend Micro, stated ... More

SOFTWARE


`IT is about adding value, not just saving costs'
THE concept that information technology (IT) will drive businesses has been oversold. In fact, IT alone cannot determine changes in business culture and processes. Rather, it would be imperative for corporates to take an integrated approach to ... More

`IT should help common man'
INFORMATION technology, or, for that matter, any new technology should be of help to the common man, otherwise it is of no purpose, according to Mr R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director of Tata Sons Pvt Ltd. He was addressing a session at ... More

AltaVista to roll out Hindi search engine soon
BUOYED by the response towards its India-specific search engine, AltaVista, the Internet search company, is planning to expand its footprint in country by coming out with a Hindi language search engine. "The roll out of the Hindi search engine ... More

Logica bags deal worth $9 m
BANGALORE: Logica has signed a deal worth $9 million to implement the real time gross settlement (RTGS) system and the Scripless Securities Settlement (SSS) System for the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL). The overall system will ... More

Keonics signs pact with ILI Tech
BANGALORE: Keonics has signed an memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ILI Technologies, a security tracking and authentication company, to market innovative technologies and identification products based on biometrics, radio frequency ... More

IT TRAINING


NIIT to broadbase computer education
THE IT training major NIIT Ltd, which has launched a programme to reach out computer training across the country, has offered to train all members of State Legislature as a first step to spark the campaign of computer literacy. The Andhra ... More

NIIT to offer training to legislators
NIIT, the computer training and education company, has offered to undertake the task for the members of the both Houses of Legislature. According to NIIT, the Chief Minister, Mr S.M. Krishna has agreed to consider the offer and directed the ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES


Quality improvement month ends at NeST
THE $45-million Network Systems & Technologies Ltd (NeST) group has brought down curtains on Hinshitsu Gekkan - the Japanese equivalent for process quality improvement month. During the month, senior-level executives from most group ... More

E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS


`Digital signature can promote e-commerce'
THE Controller of Certifying Authority, Government of India, has emphasised the need to create trust in the electronic environment through digital signatures as this has the potential to become an important tool to bring in efficiencies in the ... More

E-GOVERNANCE


Digital stamping can help cut costs
IMAGINE a situation where all the 34-35 million income-tax assessees are allowed to file their returns on the Internet using personal digital signatures and they get to either pay additional tax or secure IT refunds swiftly all on the Net. ... More

EVENTS


Mahajan for fresh look at super regulator's role — Convergence Bill not on LS agenda right now
THE Convergence Bill is unlikely to be taken up for discussion in Parliament before May 2003, according to the Union Minister for Information Technology, Communications and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr Pramod Mahajan. Speaking to newspersons after ... More

PEOPLE


Rastogi on Progeon's board
BANGALORE: Progeon Ltd, Infosys Technologies' Business Process Management arm, announced the appointment of Mr Dipak K. Rastogi, Vice-Chairman, Citigroup Investments - Emerging Markets, as an Additional Director on the board of ... More

TRENDS


Waging the digital war
A group of wage labourers pass through Hyderabad's Cyber Towers even as the world celebrated World Computer Literacy Day on Monday. Trapped in a nomadic existence, these rural migrants eke out a living building cyber centres but finding their ... More

IT cos teaming up to face new challenges: Hysea
CHANGES in the IT sector over the last year, which witnessed partial shakeout in the industry has thrown up many business challenges. This has led to the industry bracing up to these by even bidding for projects as consortium of companies ... More


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