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MS
launches Project 2002
A decade after Project 1.0 was launched,
Microsoft is preparing an assault on the enterprise project management
space with MS Project 2002.
IBM
takes the lead in storage
IDC’s latest report on the storage
market in Q1 2002 depicts IBM India leading the domestic storage
market with a 23 percent share leading in revenue and unit shipments
at $2.3 million and 47.5 TB.
Network
Programs sets eyes on lucrative BPO market
With Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
emerging as one of the fastest growing markets, networking solutions
provider Network Programs (India) is targeting this lucrative market
segment.
NetMagic
and Innasite to tap global RMS space
The same forces which had made India
a name to reckon with in the software services industry are now
coming to the fore again in the managed network services
area.
Quantum
targets new verticals
Quantum,
the world’s largest supplier of tape drives, plans to increase
market penetration and address new verticals by adding new products
every three months.
Axcend
scouts for start-ups
Bangalore-based Axcend India, a venture
capital firm, has short-listed around six start-ups focusing on
the hi-tech areas of IP switching, development of protocol stacks
and wireless LAN to make an early stage funding.
Cranes
to distribute Lanner’s Witness
UK-based Lanner Group which provides
consultancy and software solutions for simulation and business modelling
has appointed Cranes Software International as its Indian distributor
for a product suite called Witness.
Offshore
model gains over onsite
Releasing the results of its annual industry
survey for financial year 2001-2002, Nasscom announced a 27 percent
growth rate for the Indian software and services industry for the
year.
India
Weekly Roundup
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Avaya, Infosys in CRM pact
- ICICI, Satyam kick off ITES operations in Cyberabad
- Sonata to buy IOCL’s stake in US arm
- MTNL enters Net telephony
- Bharti catches Mumbai pulse, cuts beat rates by 30 secs
- Infotech sector lost Rs 12,176 crore market cap in 10 sessions
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Office
XP, the latest avatar of Microsoft’s flagship Office suite, has
been around for a year now, and Microsoft is aggressively trying
to get ISVs onto the Office bandwagon. With about a hundred ISVs
now developing apps on the Office XP platform, and in the process
unlocking hitherto hidden value for users, Prashant L Rao finds
that a potentially huge market could open up for the company. 
