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Indian
youth drive notebook sales
Vinita Gupta finds that attractive features and design, ease
of portability and reduced prices are the reasons behind the
popularity of notebooks amongst Indian youth.
IBM
and SAP expand partnership to reach mid-sized companies in
India
SAP and the local IBM Business Partners will focus on capturing
this opportunity by bringing packaged solutions to numerous
industries including wholesale distribution, life sciences,
retail, industrial machinery, and construction and engineering.
Microsoft Launches Windows Live Skydrive
Microsoft has released Windows Live SkyDrive (skydrive.live.com)
an online storage service that provides customers with access
to their files and information on the Web, as well as options
for sharing them with |others.
MapmyIndia
unveils 2008 version
MapmyIndia.com, the free interactive maps and directions portal
for India has announced the release of its 2008 version that
provides meaningful and useful directions from anywhere to
anywhere in India.
Indian
SMBs to invest about $640 million on packaged software this
year
Small business spending on packaged software is up by 23 percent
and that of medium businesses by 30 percent says AMI study.
ISP
= Internet ‘Security’ Provider
India is catching up with the global phenomenon of ISPs offering
security as a service. Security vendors have started looking
at ways to team up with ISPs to penetrate the small business
segment. By Kushal Shah
Nortel
CEO comes to town
Mike Zafirovski, the president and chief executive officer
of Nortel, was in Mumbai to talk about what Nortel calls ‘Hyperconnectivity’
(all devices connecting to each other) among other things.
Kolkata
to have a Rs 100 crore ‘India Design Centre’
Kolkata will soon have a dedicated semiconductor facility
conforming to international standards. Christened, ‘India
Design Centre’, this facility is being set up by the
West Bengal IT Department at the Salt Lake Electronics Complex
in the city with an investment of Rs 100 crore and it is in
talks with a number of anchor investors for the proposed facility.
Focusing
on optimized networks
Dhananjay Ganjoo, Vice President - Enterprise Solutions, Nortel
India speaks to Abhinav Singh about technology trends in the
Indian networking market. Jason Moore, APAC Channel Head Nortel
discusses Nortel’s SMB strategy in the region.
RCS
to provide greater security with lower TCO
HP recently launched its Remote Client Solutions (RCS) in
Asia. Joergen Jakobsen, VP and GM, Commercial Systems Unit,
HP Personal Systems Group (Asia Pacific and Japan) talks to
Vinita Gupta about the rationale behind this launch.
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