IT
industry gets caught in Indo-Pak crossfire Even as
the world tears its hair out over a potential nuclear carnage
if India and Pakistan go to war, the Indian IT industry is expressing
mixed opinions. While the software sector is more confident
of riding out the storm, the fledgling IT-enabled services sector
is running scared. Rajneesh De & Stanley Glancy report
Microsoft
plans to increase investment in IDC Even
as war hysteria stares at India Inc menacingly, Microsoft
India Development Centre (MS-IDC) is upbeat about its growth
prospects.
WB
looks to Indian software initiatives to fight poverty India
may have huge problems in its battle against poverty, but
growing IT skills here are spilling over to finding relevant
solutions for this problem globally, as the World Banks
program to promote information and communication technologies
(ICTs) globally is finding.
India
Trends Will
KM sector adopt the ASP route? Knowledge
Management (KM) is among the hottest buzzwords today as corporates
adapt to the New Economy. Some experts say that one way for
this fast growing sector to grow even faster would be to adopt
the ASP route. Punita Jasrotia reports
Personal
Technology
Synchronising
your Palm with the Desktop Synchronising
your Palm device with your desktop computer converts your handheld
computer from a needle into a Swiss knife, says Ashish Gupta
Broadband:
How much bandwidth do you need? Bandwidth will soon be available on tap
and there are a plethora of broadband connectivity solutions. But
are enterprises using bandwidth-hungry applications yet? by Brian
Pereira
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