CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT TO BE AMENDED FURTHER: PAWAR

New DelhiThe Economic TimesThe government on Wednesday said it would bring further amendments to the Consumer Protection Act to make it more responsive to problems of consumers. "The proposed amendments would make the Act even more dynamic, responsive and consumer-friendly," Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Sharad Paw said after inaugurating the Central Consumer Protection Council (CCPC) meeting in New Delhi. The Consumer Protection Act has already been amended three times in the past. Informing that the Planning...

SRI CITY ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF SEZ

SRI CITY ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF SEZ ChennaiThe Hindu Business Line The Financial ExpressSri City (P) Ltd formally announced the launch of a 5,000-acre multiproduct SEZ and domestic tariff area at Tada to the north of Chennai. Announcing the project on which work is expected to start in August, the Sri City Chairman and Managing Director, Ravindra Sannareddy, said that the project coming up in a public private partnership mode with the Andhra Pradesh Government is a fully notified SEZ. It is expected to involve a development cost of over Rs...

Sunil Mantri Realty signs pact for 2,000-acre city

MumbaiThe Hindu Business LineMumbai-based developer Sunil Mantri Realty Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Special Area Development Authority (SADA) of Gwalior to develop a hi-tech city on 2,000 acres there. The deal was inked at an ‘investors meet’ organised by the Madhya Pradesh Government. Mantri will pay for the land, which the Gwalior authority will acquire for it, and the development would include 25,000 residential units under public-private-partnership. Total investment would be around Rs 2,000 crore spread...

ITC TO PICK UP STAKES IN US-BASED FIRM

KolkataDNA The Hindu Business Line The HinduTobacco-to-paper giant ITC Ltd plans to acquire a US-based Information Technology firm, said a top company official here on Wednesday. "We are talking to a US company and hope the deal will be sealed soon," said YC Deveshwar, company chairman, on the sidelines of the annual general meeting of the company. He refused to discuss further details before the deal materialises. Regarding investment for the acquisition, he said it would be modest. ITC already has a wholly owned IT subsidiary called...

CAPGEMINI IN PACT TO BUY DUTCH FIRM

PuneThe Hindu Business LineCapgemini, player in consulting, IT services and outsourcing, has reached an in principle agreement with Getronics Pink Roccade (GPR) for the acquisition of Getronics Pink Roccade Business Application Services BV (BAS BV). This division regroups GPR’s applications services activities (applications development, maintenance and management) in the Netherlands. Through this acquisition, Capgemini will reinforce its leadership position in one of its key markets, while developing a stable portfolio of long-term applications...

INFY BPO’S F&A UNIT EYES GRIP ON SPECIALISATION

Bangalore The Economic Times (Bangalore edition)The finance and accounting (F&A) business vertical of Infosys BPO is shifting gears to meet demand for complex, higher-value services with specialised offerings aimed at specific processes, a senior official said. The firm has set up centres of excellence (CoE) around these specialised services in Europe, India and the Asia-Pacific, Gautam Thakkar, the head of the F&A unit said, observing that such services comprised a transformational element. The F&A segment accounts for 40...

ACK MEDIA MULLS ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL LAUNCH

Madhumita Mookerji, Kolkata DNAACK Media, the owner of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle comic brands, is planning to launch a general entertainment channel (GEC) as part of its gambit to turn itself into an integrated media company. For funding this initiative, the company may announce an initial public offering (IPO) in the next 12-18 months. A project like this typically requires an investment of around Rs 100 crore. Samir Patil, CEO and founder, ACK Media, said the positioning of ACK’s new channel will be different. “We will not compete...

POLARIS EARMARKS RS 70 CRORE FOR CAPEX

T.E. Raja Simhan, Chennai The Hindu Business LinePolaris Software Lab Ltd will spend Rs 70 crore in the current fiscal towards capital expenditure. This includes spending on infrastructure and on the BPO facility, according to the company’s chief financial officer R. Srikanth. The funds will be from the company’s internal accruals, he told analysts while discussing the company’s first quarter financial results. In the first quarter, Citi group’s share of revenue to Polaris increased to 40.66 percent compared with 39.60 percent a year ago....

PRODUCT INNOVATION MANIFESTO LAUNCHED

Shubhadeep Choudhury, Bangalore The TribuneInfosys boss Nandan M Nilekani was pulled up right here today in his very own city Bangalore by Rajiv Narang, an entrepreneur, whose mantra is “show positive irreverence to giants”. The occasion was launching of an “innovation manifesto” for which Narang’s Erehwon Innovation Consulting had collaborated with two other companies, namely Marico Industries and Altair Engineering Products India Pvt. Ltd. Nilekani, according to Narang, was quoted in the New York Times as saying Indian IT companies would...

HP IN TALKS WITH TELCOS FOR 3G LAPTOP

Harsimran Singh, New Delhi The Economic Times (Delhi edition)As if to ensure that people don’t stop buying laptops, you will soon have notebooks that will incorporate a mobile phone! Indeed, laptops makers are getting their act together to compete with the all-powerful and ubiquitous mobile phone. Very soon, to make a phone call you may not have to reach out to a mobile phone. Your laptop may just do the same once 3G is launched. Hewlett-Packard is planning to talk to Indian mobile operators for a tie-up to offer 3G laptops once the 3G mobile...

MICROTUNE Q2 PROFIT TOPS MARKET VIEW

New YorkThe Economic TimesChipmaker Microtune Inc reported a quarterly profit that edged past Wall Street targets, helped by a strong demand in their core cable and automotive markets. The second-quarter earnings were $1.7 million, or 3 cents a share, compared with earnings of $2.1 million, or 4 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter....

IBM TO BUY ILOG FOR ABOUT $340 MILLION

Financial Chronicle The Economic TimesInternational Business Machines Corp agreed to buy software company ILOG for about 215 mn euros ($340 mn), the companies said on Monday. The cash tender offer will be at a price of 10 euros per ordinary share and the US dollar equivalent per American Depositary Share (ADS). This represents a premium of about 56 percent compared to ILOG's one-month average closing share price prior to July 28, and a 37 percent premium to the closing price on Friday, July 25. ILOG's board of directors has approved...

IT INDUSTRY TO CONSTITUTE 8 PERCENT OF INDIAN ECONOMY IN 8 YEARS

New DelhiThe Economic TimesContinuing its growth momentum, the Indian IT industry is projected to constitute over eight percent of the economy and employ the second largest number of professionals after the United States in the next eight years, says a study. According to research and analytics firm Evalueserve, the booming IT industry is expected to account for 8.05 percent of the country's GDP by 2015-16, compared to 2.86 percent in 2007-08. During the same period, the employee strength would be surging to 37.5 lakh, making India the...

India's share in global service exports to rise to 6 percent by 2012

MumbaiThe Economic Times The Financial ExpressDespite a stagnant global trend, India's share in global service exports is set to more than double from 2.7 to 6 percent by 2012, an economic think-tank has said. "Currently, the country's share in worldwide service exports is 2.7 percent, and it would increase to six percent by 2012," the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) said in its latest macrotrack report. The country's exports of services, powered by the booming software, consultancy, engineering and tourism sectors,...

OMAN FUND EYES 24.5 PERCENT STAKE IN ANSAL PROJECT

OMAN FUND EYES 24.5 PERCENT STAKE IN ANSAL PROJECT Monica Behura, New Delhi The Economic Times (Delhi edition)Ansal API’s 2,500-acre township ‘Megapolis’ at Dadri, Greater Noida might see another round of stake dilution in the very first month of the project’s launch. According to sources, State General Reserve Fund (SGRF) of Oman is planning to pick a 24.5 percent stake in the upcoming township, which pegs the total value of the project at Rs 26,500 crore. The total investment in the project was reported at Rs 13,000 crore, of which...

DELHI TO HAVE ITS OWN INFOTECH HUB

New Delhi Business Standard The Times of India The PioneerWithin the next two years the national capital will have its own IT hub aiming to foster industry-institute partnership in the areas of advanced technology research in the city. To be based on public private partnership (PPP) model, the park at Dwarka would be fully developed over a period of three-four years, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told reporters here after a Cabinet meeting. "The Nasscom (National Association of Software Service Companies) and its associated consultants...

THINKING BIG

The Economic TimesManthan Systems is the fourth successful venture of Atul Jalan, managing director & CEO of Manthan Systems who believes that for him entrepreneurship is a way of life. “I need a lot of freedom and space which could not have been possible in a typical job kind of scenario. And also the thrill of taking an idea to reality and creating something made me an entrepreneur.” MicroTrack, a software design and communications company, which pioneered anti-virus software was the first venture of Jalan. The success of MicroTrack...

PATNI OPENS GREEN IT-BPO FACILITY

New DelhiThe Economic Times The TribuneWith the aim to minimise adverse environment impact, IT services provider Patni Computer Systems today inaugurated a 3,500 seater IT-BPO facility here entailing an investment of Rs 175 crores. Developed on Green Architecture, the centre is spread across five acres and has provisions for better utilisation of energy, water and natural resources and is likely to consume 45 percent less energy, Patni BPO Senior Vice- President and Head Sanjiv Kapur said. The new facility would initially start operations...

NUCLEUS SOFTWARE BAGS CONTRACT FROM VIETNAM FIRM

MumbaiThe Hindu Business LineNucleus Software Exports Ltd on Monday announced that it has secured a contract from Prudential Plc’s consumer finance business in Vietnam. Prudential Vietnam Finance Company is one of the leading financial services companies in Vietnam, Nucleus said in the press release to the B...

MINDLOGICX INFOTECH TO RAISE $10 MILLION

Mahesh Kulkarni, Chennai, Bangalore Business StandardBangalore-based Mindlogicx Infotech Ltd, an R&D-based virtual knowledge management and delivery solutions company, is looking to raise $10 million to fund expansion. The five-year-old company, which has completed the development of its core product platform, known as VEDAS (virtual education delivery and assessment system), is in the process of expanding its business. The company aims to use the fresh funds to undertake brand building, scale up operations and marketing. It is in...

HP OPENS BIZ INTELLIGENCE CENTRE IN BANGALORE

BangaloreThe Economic Times Deccan HeraldUS technology giant HP on Monday announced the opening of its global competency centre for business intelligence here. The centre is designed to help customers make better real-time decisions across their organisations. Part of the company’s information management services portfolio, the HP Global Neoview Competency Centre’s capabilities include business intelligence, data warehousing, content and master data management services, Ben Barnes, VP & GM, Business Intelligence Software, said. Some 30...

SLUGGISH PC SALES

The Economic Times (Delhi edition)Inflation and the rise in price have impacted sales of personal computers in the last 12 months. Enterprise sales have remained flat. Total sales grew just 1 percent form 5.4 million units last year to 5.5 million units this year. Sales may continue to remain sluggish till December, after which we may see a rise in enterprise demand as offshoring picks up, says Manufacturers Association of Information Technology (MAIT), the hardware industry bo...

Intel Capital invest $17 mn in three Indian firms

Business Standard, July 24 2008Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's global investment arm, invested $17 million (around Rs 70 crore) in three Indian companies — Yatra.com, BuzzInTown.com, Emnet Samsara Media Pvt Ltd. google_ad_client = 'businessstandard'; //google_ad_client = 'ca-businessstandard_js'; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 200; google_ad_format = "200x200_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel = ""; //google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_border = "F7F7F7"; //google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; ...

Employees of IT firms wake up to their rights

The HinduEmployers accused of violating several protocolsFirms enforcing rules such as notice period and surety bondsBANGALORE: Pink slips and delayed appraisal cycles in an ailing IT industry grappling with the slowdown may have been in the news lately. However, its large unorganised workforce has been mute on issues that affect them — be it extra workload or loss of specialisation and skill. Unites, a body representing workers from the IT and IT-enabled Services sector, has submitted a memorandum to the Labour Minister...

Bangalore IT firms to get CISF protection

Home Minister Shivraj Patil has informed that amendments would be made to enable the CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) to guard private IT companies. As of now, CISF can provide security only to public sector units."There was a demand that CISF personnel should be allowed to guard the IT parks, to which we have agreed. But the law allows CISF to guard only the public sector units. We have decided to provide CISF to the IT companies there, which have come up so well. We are likely to amend the law and provide the necessary security to them,"...

GREAT MINDS THINK (TOO MUCH) ALIKE

July 28, 2008 The Financial ExpressOnline databases of scientific journals have made life easier for scientists, as well as publishers. No more ambling down to the library, searching through the musty stacks and queuing up for the photocopier. Instead, a few clicks of a mouse can bring forth the desired papers and maybe others that the reader did not know of—the ‘long tail’ of information that the web makes available. Well, that is how it is supposed to work, but does it? James Evans, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, decided...

MSMES BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE WITH CII'S NEW TECHNOLOGY

Ravi Teja Sharma, Mumbai, July 28, 2008The Economic TimesThere is a need for the MSME segment in India to improve efficiency in order to be more competitive in the international and domestic markets. The way forward, says the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), is the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) at the MSME level. At the moment, the penetration of ICT is between 17-20% in the MSME segment, the total size of which is estimated to be 35 million units spread across the country. To help MSMEs enhance...

LOCAL LANGUAGE SKILLS, TECH TO CHALLENGE OFFSHORE BIZ

Rachana Khanzode, July 28, 2008 The Financial ExpressIn an era of globalisation, where offshore services are an important part of the business done by Indian IT companies, experts say that there is an increasing demand for local presence in non-English speaking countries with local resources. According to analysts, Indian IT companies could lose their pie of offshoring business to other countries if they lacked in giving a local language support. Allie Young, research vice president, IT services and consulting, Gartner, says, “As the...

MANESAR IT PARK REACHES TOWERING HEIGHTS

Mukesh Bhardwaj, Chandigarh, July 28, 2008The Indian ExpressPermission to firms to develop 15-storey buildings Before skyscrapers dot the skyline of Gurgaon following the recent policy that permits buildings of unlimited height in Haryana, 11 towering structures would come up in one campus of the technology park at Manesar. The Haryana Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation had granted permission to a dozen companies to raise 15-storey buildings and 11 out of these 12 have taken up construction to keep the deadline. One...

INTERNAP LIKELY TO ENTER INDIA VIA RELIANCE GLOBALCOM

Rachana Khanzode, July 28, 2008 The Financial ExpressUS-based Internap Network Services Corporation, an Internet solutions provider, is expected to start its operations in India through an alliance with Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s Reliance Globalcom. Internap intends to target the Indian enterprises with its Content and Application Delivery Network (CDN) services. According to Tier1 Research report, the estimated spend on these services in Asia Pacific is projected to grow to Rs 1,163 crore ($270 million) by 2010. According to sources,...

SOFTWARE EXPORTS TO CROSS $40 BILLION IN 2007-08: GOVT

New Delhi, July 28, 2008Mint Financial Chronicle Deccan HeraldDepartment of Information Technology has projected over 28% rise (in dollar terms) in the total value of software and services exports in 2007-08. In 2007-08, the software and services industry continues to show a robust growth and the total value of software and services exports are estimated at Rs 163,000 crore ($40.3 billion) compared to Rs 141,000 crore ($31.4 billion) in 2006-07, an increase of 15.6% in rupee terms and 28.3% in dollar terms, DIT said in its estimate. The...

INDIAN ANIMATION INDUSTRY SET TO GROW TO RS 42 BILLION BY FY09

Mumbai, July 28, 2008Financial Chronicle Business StandardThe Rs 12 billion animation industry in India is set to grow to Rs 42 billion by 2009 with its revenues projected to double up to almost $1.5 billion by 2010. "The Indian animation market is only one percent of the global market of the $1,125 billion but growth is expected to be around 35 percent in the next few years. India is fast emerging as a destination for outsourcing assignments from international studios like Walt Disney Pictures and Cartoon Network." Prime Focus, Vice-President,...

TATAS’ SUPERCOMPUTER EKA TO FOCUS ON NEWER AREAS

Pune, July 27, 2008The Hindu Business LineHaving achieved high speeds, Eka, the supercomputer designed by the Tata Group, is now expanding its focus on developing and delivering high performance applications for global customers in various areas that include weather modelling, aerospace, automotive engineering, drug design and nanotechnology. S. Ramadorai, Chairman, CRL (Computational Research Laboratories), told newspersons that work was on to create meaningful applications that can solve tomorrow’s challenges in the areas of engineering,...

CANON EYES 40% RISE IN INDIA REVENUE

New Delhi, July 28, 2008 MintAs the digital camera and copier sales set to zoom in the country, Japanese imaging company Canon said it expects a 40% rise in its revenue from India at over Rs 700 crore by the end of this year. “Canon intends to achieve a 40% increase in revenue by the end of this year at Rs 700 crore,” Canon India President and CEO Kensaku Konishi said, adding the company hopes higher sales in its camera business. Canon has printers, camera and camcorders, IT peripherals, copiers and software solutions. The company reported...

AMARA RAJA TO SPEND RS 200 CRORE ON CAPACITY EXPANSION THIS YEAR

G Balachandar, Chennai, July 28, 2008Financial ChronicleIndustrial and automotive battery maker Amara Raja Batteries, which saw its net sales crossing Rs 1,000 crore mark for the financial year 2008, expects to invest about Rs 200 crore during the current fiscal in three projects to ramp-up its production capacity on the back of increase in demand for batteries. Buoyed by the growth in demand, driven by telecom and uninterrupted power service (UPS) sectors, in the industrial battery segment, the company plans to boost the production capacity...

BENQ'S V2400W

July 27, 2008The Financial ExpressBenQ's just launched V2400W is targeted at the sophisticated and stylish consumer. Suggested to be the world's slimmest 24" wide screen, this LCD monitor is a blend of dynamic energy, kinetic beauty and unconventional art. BenQ's newly evolved 'Kinergy' helps one express persona taste, social identity and lifestyle. The monitor is also positioned as a premium luxury-lifestyle product. It performs accordingly. HDMI with HDCP DVI-D and VGA inputs offer future-proof high definition connectivity, as well...

Intel processors

The Financial ExpressIntel recently unveiled its Centrino® 2 Processor Technology products for laptops, powered by five new Intel® Core™2 Duo processors. Close to 250 innovative consumer and business notebook PC designs are on the way - including those equipped with the right combination of powerful processors, graphics and battery life to enjoy stunning High Definition videos and myriad other computer and Internet activities. The company also introduced the world's highest performing dual-core mobile processor, the Intel® Core™2 Extreme...

MICROSOFT TO BUY APPLIANCE MAKER DATALLEGRO

BostonThe Economic TimesMicrosoft Corp plans to buy DATAllegro, the two companies said on Thursday. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed in their statement. DATAllegro is a privately held maker of computers loaded with software that help companies analyze complex sets of data. DATAllegro competes with Teradata Corp and Netezza Co...

CHINA'S ALIBABA SAYS IT HAS EXPANDED INTO TAIWAN

BeijingThe Economic TimesChina's business-to-business website Alibaba said on Thursday that it had opened an office in Taiwan. The office, Alibaba's fourth outside mainland China, will be able to better serve its 40,000 members on the island, the company said in a statement. It will also enable more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Taiwan, who have been struggling with the saturation and slowing of Taiwan's domestic market, to grow through e-commerce, the statement said. "The launch of our Taipei office signifies our strong...

Intel to make smarter chips for range of devices

The Economic TimesU.S. technology bellwether Intel Corp on Thursday unveiled plans to build small, Internet savvy computer chips to be used in a variety of ways ranging from industrial robotics to small consumer devices. The California-based company said it will make "smarter" System on Chip (SoC) designs that offer better performance and energy efficiency than traditional SoCs. Target areas for the new chips are Intel's computing businesses, consumer electronics, mobile Internet devices and embedded markets, it said. The company earlier...

POLYCOM BRACING FOR INDIA OPS EXPANSION

Peerzada Abrar, Bangalore The Economic Times (Bangalore edition)US-based Polycom is entering into tie-ups in the retail, healthcare and education sectors for its videoconferencing products as it aims for a tenth of its targeted global 2008 revenues of $2 billion (Rs 8,600 crore) from India. Polycom, which set up India operations in 2003, will spend $25 million by 2010 to expand its infrastructure and boost staff strength, including in its R&D centre, from 110 to 150, global education market director Russell G Colbert Jr. said. He...

TN, CHENNAI MOST PREFERRED IT DESTINATIONS

ChennaiThe Economic TimesTamil Nadu in general and Chennai in particular was turning out to be the most preferred global industrial destinations, thanks to the aggressive marketing by its officials, a top IT official said here on Thursday. Asit K Barma, Vice President, Marketing and Alliances Manufacturing and Automotive, Satyam Computers Limited, told PTI on the sidelines of a launch of certificate programmes in Computers at the Women's Christian College here that the state had some of the best officials. "The way they sell Tier-II...

GOVT SPENDS MERE 47 MN ON NANO-TECH RESEARCH: ASSOCHAM

New DelhiThe Economic TimesGovernment funding for the research and development in the nano technology sector is mere 7 million dollars even while smaller countries such South Korea is spending around 233.5 million dollars, a study by industry body Assocham said. According to a study, South Korea spends 233.5 million dollars and Taiwan spends 102.4 million dollars in caring out research work in nano technology. The figures appear dismal as compared to that of the developed countries such as Germany that spends 395.5 million dollars, France...

EMBASSY SIGNS DEAL TO BUILD IT PARK IN SERBIA

Bangalore The Economic Times (Bangalore edition)City-based property developer Embassy Group has signed a contract to build an IT park in Serbia, according to media reports in the Balkan nation. The deal with the local government in the northern town of Indija envisages an investment of about Rs 400 crore and the creation of 2,500 jobs, the state-run news agency Tanjug reported. Construction would begin around September and companies would begin occupying the IT park from the mid-2009, the report quoted Indija’s municipal president as...

EDUCOMP BUYS STAKE IN A-PLUS EDUCATION SOLUTIONS

Shreerupa Mitra, Bangalore Financial Chronicle The Hindu Business LineEducomp Solutions, an e-learning educational solutions firm, has acquired a strategic stake in A-Plus Education Solutions. The educational firm will invest Rs 10.75 crore over the next two years to acquire a 76 percent shareholding in A-Plus. Operating under the brand name of 'Purple Leap', A-Plus looks at improving the employability of the college students. The company strives to bridge the skill gap in the nation and has tied up with over 18 government vocational...

BFL IMPLEMENTS 1KEY AGILE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOLUTION

PuneThe Economic Times (Mumbai edition)Bharat Forge Limited (BFL), the world’s second largest forgings manufacturer, has implemented the 1Key Agile business intelligence application on its servers. The solution will eliminate redundant work, better manage its business and take timely decisions in line with market fluctuations. BFL has implemented the 1Key Agile solution of the Mumbai-based MAIA Intelligence. MAIA CEO Sanjay Mehta said, “1Key provided BFL better functionalities at almost one fifth the price of any internatio...

GRADATIM LAUNCHES INDIA'S FIRST MICROINSURANCE PLATFORM

MumbaiThe Economic Times Financial Chronicle DNAGradatim IT Ventures, a leading micro-finance player, on Thursday announced the launch of its on-demand micro-insurance technology platform called MF-Insure. It combines IT infrastructure and back-office services, and delivered as a business process utility on a pay-per-use pricing model, a press release issued here stated. MF-Insure is proficient in handling products for all lines of insurance business such as life, health, non-life and pension, the release said. Gradatim's CEO, C V...

INFOTECH PARTNERS ALTEN FORGE

Chennai/ Hyderabad Business StandardHyderabad-based technology solutions provider Infotech Enterprises Limited (IEL) and Paris-based engineering consulting company Alten Group SA have entered into a strategic partnership to provide engineering solutions to EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company), the parent company of Airbus. The two organisations have signed an agreement to this effect. "The tie up with Alten will be of strategic advantage to both the companies in offering one-stop solution in aerospace engineering design...

QLIKTECH OPENS OFFICE IN INDIA, EYES TO GROW BUSINESS

BangaloreThe Economic Times MintQlikTech, named the world's fastest growing business intelligence (BI) software company by International Data Corporation (IDC), on Thursday announced the opening of an office here, the country's technology hub, to support existing customers and grow through channel partners. The privately held company, which has clocked annual growth rate of 80 percent in the last four years, appointed Raghunathan Rangarajan as its Regional Manager for India and South Asia. Peter McQuade, Vice-President, International Markets...

ASUS LAUNCHES INDIA'S FIRST NOTEBOOK

MumbaiThe Economic TimesWith an aim to woo user segments like housewives, senior citizens, travelers and social networking enthusiasts, ASUS in association with Intel and Microsoft on Thursday launched Eee PC 1000H. Along with the Eee PC 1000H, ASUS has also launched Eee PC 904 H featuring an 8.9" screen, 1024X600 resolution display and super hybrid engine for longer battery lifespan upto 4.5 hours. Benson Lin, General Manager, APAC, Middle East and Africa, ASUS, said," With the introduction of Eee PC 904 H and 1000 H, ASUS brings to...

CIVIC BODIES NEED AUTHORITY FOR E-WASTE MANAGEMENT

MumbaiThe Indian ExpressA training on e-waste for members of several urban municipal corporations from the western region on Thursday turned into a brainstorming session of sorts when the civic officials highlighted their difficulties in handling not just electronic wastes but also bio-medical wastes in their cities due to absence of proper regulation. The training programme, which brought together civic officials from cities of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa, with experts and consultants on e-waste management, revealed that most...