Software Exports to Grow in Tamil Nadu
The union minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Thiru TR Baalu, has announced that the opening up of several IT-related facilities in Tamil Nadu would increase software exports from the state and make it a software hub. He also said that the facilities would bring about a revolution in the delivery of services to the citizens of the state. According to him, Tamil Nadu should take up the challenge of doing well in software exports.

Nokia Siemens, BSNL Take Broadband to Villages
More than 25,000 Indian villages are set to join the digital age and enjoy the benefits of connectivity as government-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is to expand rural broadband access in partnership with Nokia Siemens Networks. BSNL will deploy Nokia Siemens Networks multi-play solutions, which will allow it to deliver cost-effective, high-speed Internet access and VPNs among others, to its customers. The network will also enable BSNL to provide connectivity to community service centers and other e-gov locations.

MAIT Hails e-Waste Management Guidelines
MAIT, the apex body of IT hardware, training and R&D services sectors, has welcomed the announcement of the guidelines for environmentally sound management of e-waste by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. According to MAIT, the governments announcement is very timely as there is a growing consumption of IT and electronics products in the country. MAIT has appealed to the Indian IT industry to voluntarily come forward and comply with the governments directions.

Spanco to Roll Out Maharashtra SWAN
Spanco Telesystems and Solutions has entered into a contract to roll out state wide area network (SWAN) in Maharashtra. This contract is going to be executed with ITI lead consortium. ITI-Spanco will be jointly implementing the project and maintain it for five years on the build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) model. As a part of the planned National e-Governance Action Plan (NEGAP), this network will provide statewide communication backbone connecting state headquarter (Mantralaya) to district collector offices and district offices to taluka (Tehasil) offices.

Apac Virtualization Market to be $1.35-bn by 2010
Virtualization software and services market in Asia Pacific is estimated to reach $1.35 bn with CAGR of 42% by 2010, according to Springboard Research, an IT market research firm. Virtualization services is estimated to touch $1 bn by 2010 and would form the major portion of this market as organizations will spend two to three times more on services than on software. According to the research, 50% of CIOs want to deploy virtualization solutions over the next 18-24 months.

Dax Reaches Out to 25 Cities in India
Dax Networks, a networking company, has announced the extension of its hands-on technical training program on routing, cabling and switching to 25 cities in the country. Dax has been running the technical training program every month for more than four years in Chennai. Over 1,500 engineers across India have been trained during this period. Dax has also conducted this program in New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Ahmedabad.

AMD to Downsize
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) would cut about 10% of its 16,800 employees worldwide between April and September 2008. The move to cut 1,680 employees was part of a cost-cutting plan to achieve results in the forthcoming quarter. However, according to official sources, AMD is not likely to cut jobs in its India offices.

Server Market is $727 mn
The Indian server market saw a healthy growth during the calendar year 2007, according to IDCs Asia/Pacific Quarterly Enterprise Server Tracker Q4, 2007. The overall India Server Market factory revenue grew by 24% over the previous calendar year to touch $727 mn. Apart from traditional sectors like telecom, BFSI, and manufacturing, 2007 also saw the emergence of retail and construction as key demand drivers.

Boeing Awards for Infosys
Infosys was awarded the 2007 Boeing Performance Excellence Award (BPEA) by the Boeing Company for achieving a gold level of performance over the 12-month period. Infosys Technologies was among the few companies out of the approximately 10,000 Boeing worldwide suppliers to receive a gold level performance award.

Security Spending to Rise
A Cisco study has revealed that three of every five IT decision makers plan to increase security spending within the next year. Commissioned by Cisco and conducted by InsightExpress, a third-party market research firm, the study features surveys of more than 2,000 remote workers and IT professionals from various industries in 10 countries: the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, India, Australia, and Brazil.

Sify Supports Earth Hour
Sify Technologies campaigned in four Indian cities encouraging businesses, communities and individuals to take the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour on March 29, 2008 to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming. The Earth Hour is a WWF initiative supported by businesses and individuals around the world.

Intelenet Gets Top Award
Intelenet Global Services has been ranked #1 in the Inbound category, #2 in the Interactive Inbound category and #2 for Global Aggregate among international service providers in the 2008 Top 50 Inbound Teleservices Agencies International Ranking Award from Customer Interaction Solutions magazine, the US.

SAP Expands Ecosystem
SAP has recently announced the launch of a globally unified, consistent referral program that will reward referrals from both SAP partners and non-partners in the small business and midsize companies market segment. The SAP Referral program offers companies an easy way to begin to work with SAP. Additionally, it enables SAP to identify potential users of its software solutions by offering transparent and timely rewards to an expanded set of participants.

Ciscos New Milestone
Cisco has recently announced a major milestone in its ongoing efforts to equip more people for successful careers in networking. To date, Cisco has issued more than one million certifications to networking professionals globally, including nearly 20,000 CCIE (Cisco-Certified Internetworking Expert) expert level credentials.

Of these, India has 69,504 Cisco-certified professionals of which 229 are CCIE-certified. Cisco certifications enable employers to validate the quality of their organizations employees while providing individuals the opportunity to differentiate their skills and advance their careers.

Cisco Betting on Networking
Cisco has recently announced a major milestone in its ongoing efforts to equip more people for successful careers in networking. To date, Cisco has issued more than one million certifications to networking professionals globally, including nearly 20,000 CCIE (Cisco-Certified Internetworking Expert) expert level credentials. Of these, India has 69,504 Cisco-certified professionals of which 229 are CCIE-certified. Cisco certifications enable employers to validate the quality of their organizations employees while providing individuals the opportunity to differentiate their skills and advance their careers.

D-Link NETDEFEND Receives ICSA LABS Certification
D-Link India has announced that the companys D-Link NetDefend Firewall series has received IPSec 1.2 Enhanced Certification from ICSA Labs. D-Links NetDefend Firewalls provide a comprehensive suite of security features that are structured into a dedicated integrated platform, NetDefendOS, that seamlessly integrates VPN, IDP/IPS, Web content filtering, traffic management, high availability, and D-Links innovative end-point security technology, ZoneDefense.

3i Infotech Gets STQC Certification
3i Infotech has been awarded a Capability Approval Certificate by the STQC (standardisation, testing and quality certification) Directorate, Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India. The certification has been awarded to 3i Infotech for their capability to develop websites as per the guidelines in the scheme formulated by the government. This certification is the first of its kind, among IT companies doing work in e-governance in India.

Industry Stalwarts Vie for Indian Developer Awards
The first Great Indian Developer Awards 2008 across 15 categories will be presented at a function on May 24, 2008 in Bangalore during the Great Indian Developer Summit. The summit, which begins on May 19, will feature three co-located conferences on .NET, Rich Web and Java. The awards will highlight product excellence, research and innovation, corporate achievements, the strongest individual efforts, and the most compelling community efforts among the entire IT developer fraternity in India. The voting for the awards is presently open, with Oracle, Google, Microsoft, Sun and Salesforce.com among the finalists. Nandan Nilekani, S Ramadorai, Ashank Desai, Deepak Ghaisas and Dr Ganesh Natrajan are in the race for the Top Ambassador slot.

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