| Cover Story |
Windows 2003 to take
on UNIX
 The
world of enterprise computing is dominated by 4- and 8-way RISC
UNIX boxes. Until now, Microsoft has lacked a presence in this
lucrative and important market segment. With the upcoming launch
of Windows 2003 Server, the company will finally have a 64-bit
OS, that combined with McKinley (Itanium 2), will offer a credible
alternative to RISC UNIX boxes for the first time, says Prashant
L Rao |
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E-recruitment
market registers healthy growth
Reversing the persistently long downtrend, the year 2002
has been a good year for the e-recruitment market.
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Information
Security: A new approach
Due to factors like globalization and directives from
regulators, certain Indian companies are now more serious
about Information Security. But the rest are complacent
and need to do a lot more than just solutions implementation.
by Brian Pereira |
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| India News |
India News Briefs
Veo selects Ittiam’s
video technology
Esys Distribution
launches low-cost PC in South India
FLEXCUBE for Kotak
Mahindra Bank
Secure Synergy forays
into security training arena
CyberBazaar plans
to launch two new hubs
IBM targets low-cost
PC segment
Emerson-Ingram Micro
seeks 10 percent gain in market share
Jetking to expand
in South India
Nortel launches
WLAN portfolio |
| News Analysis |
Taming the Dragon,
the TCS way
Non-English-speaking countries like China, Japan and even some
European countries have always been a huge stumbling block for
Indian software services companies. That is why the example
of TCS, Asia’s biggest software exporter, is so relevant to
the Indian software industry today. Srikanth R P looks at TCS’s
recent foray into the Chinese market and the strategies the
software major is adopting to crack a market that most experts
say is akin to scaling the Great Wall of China |
| Opinion |
Edit - The
charge of the Byte Brigade
Mailbox
Project management
and computer centres |
| Stock File |
Markets to remain choppy
The weakness on the bourses has persisted through the fortnight
of the Gulf war, in between an occasional intra-day rally. |
| News Analysis |
Taming the Dragon,
the TCS way
Non-English-speaking countries like China, Japan and even some
European countries have always been a huge stumbling block for
Indian software services companies. That is why the example
of TCS, Asia’s biggest software exporter, is so relevant to
the Indian software industry today. Srikanth R P looks at TCS’s
recent foray into the Chinese market and the strategies the
software major is adopting to crack a market that most experts
say is akin to scaling the Great Wall of China |
| India Trends |
Digital certificates
are here to stay
It’s almost a year since the first digital certificate was issued
to the then IT minister, Pramod Mahajan by the country’s first
certifying authority, SafeScrypt. Srikanth R P takes a look
at the digital certificate market that is slowly but gradually
emerging, and spreading its roots across diverse sectors |
| Focus |
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Future calling:
Are you ready for network-based storage?
Enterprises drive
the disaster recovery market
GE opts for multiple
disaster recovery sites
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| E-Business |
AVT McCormick spices
up IT with Ramco e.Applications
AVT McCormick’s Integrated Spice Project, a 100 percent export-oriented
facility, processes a wide range of spices. The company has
made a successful transition from a disjointed legacy system
to an integrated ERP system, says Prashant L Rao |
| Company Watch |
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Powerware sees
uniterrupted growth
Powerware International, the Indian subsidiary of UK-based
Invensys PLC’s $2.8 billion power solutions division, has
emerged one of the key players in both the high-end and lower
end of the power backup market. Shipra Arora profiles the
company’s strategy to capture greater marketshare in India
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| Technology |
Many happy returns
Personal Tech. - Why
you’ll need a CD-writer |
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