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Carnegie Mellon authorises UL

Carnegie Mellon University’s IT services qualification centre (ITsqc) has authorised Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to evaluate organisations that are adopting the university’s eSourcing Capability Model for Service Providers (eSCM-SP). UL joins a select group that the centre is establishing to ensure that there are highly qualified professional teams to conduct evaluations that lead to certification of service providers. Carnegie Mellon established the ITsqc to create capability models and qualification methods to improve sourcing relationships for global IT-enabled sourcing transactions.

VSNL selects Cisco for broadband network

VSNL and Cisco Systems have announced the deployment of India’s largest broadband Metro Ethernet solution for Tata Indicom broadband services. The solution is the largest broadband Metro Ethernet deployment in India, and will provide Tata Indicom’s enterprise and residential customers with quality broadband services of 10-100 Mbps connectivity.

The deployment of Cisco’s technology is in line with VSNL’s efforts to provide triple-play (voice-data-video) broadband services across eight cities in the country in the first phase. The current deployment has the capability to connect over a million customers.

Net 4 India forms alliance with NeuLevel

Net 4 India and US-based NeuLevel, a leading registry operator, have announced an alliance to pitch for becoming the technical partners for the ‘.IN’ domain registry in India.

Commenting on the alliance, Richard Tindal, vice-president, registry services, NeuLevel, said, “Net 4 India is undoubtedly a leader in the domain names market in India. With the company’s strong nation-wide presence, and high-quality infrastructure and support systems, we will be able to design and manage the ‘.IN’ domain registry on par with international standards.”