Oracle Ties up With AP
Oracle has signed an MoU with the Institute for Electronic Governance (IEG) to introduce the corporate business and technology curriculum to the students of Andhra Pradesh. The program will be offered to more than 50,000 students over a period of two years. IEG is heading the states Jawahar Knowledge Center initiative which works with engineering, MCA and degree colleges to increase the employability of students.

Sun, Wind River Partners
Sun Microsystems and Wind River Systems have announced that Wind River will port its Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) and Workbench development suite to Suns UltraSPARC T2 chip multithreading (CMT) processor. Sun and Wind River will provide the networking industry with a fully integrated, optimized and tested solution of multi-core processing hardware and CGL.

KTLs MoU with Oceansoft
Kaashyap Technologies (KTL) has entered into an MoU with Oceansoft Information System, China. KTL intends to penetrate the Chinese market in the areas of IT training and building resources in the areas of SAP, IT security, and capital markets to start with. KTL intends to use Oceansoft as its major partner and penetrate into the Chinese market.

Shanda, Zapak Partner
Shanda Interactive Entertainment, a leading interactive entertainment media company in China, has announced that it has granted exclusive right to Zapak Digital Entertainment for operation of Shandas in-house developed online racing game Crazy Kart, in India.

Zapak Ties Up With Kolkata Knight Riders
Online gaming portal Zapak Digital Entertainment, a Reliance ADA Group venture, has announced a tie-up with Shahrukh Khans IPL team, Kolkata Knight Riders. Zapak.com is the official Internet gaming partner for this IPL team. As part of the partnership, Zapak will create a dedicated cricket zone on the official website of Knight Riders. Ten cricket games will be custom-built specially around Knight Riders and based on the response for these games, Zapak will introduce more games in this zone.

MS, NDTV Media to Sell Ads on Facebook
Microsoft and NDTV Media have commenced advertising on Facebook in India through its new advertising platform launched in India in February 2008. The ad platform was launched initially with the existing Microsoft properties under the MSN and Windows Live brand as well as three leading publishersBollywood Hungama, Equity Master, and HDFC Secto simplify digital advertising and create a larger ecosystem connecting advertisers and publishers.

Vitage Ties Up with e-DMZ Security
Vitage Technologies, IT Infrastructure and application management company, has partnered with the US-based e-DMZ Security to bring to India granular, clientless, plug-and-play solutions to simplify remote secure access and password management. As part of the agreement, Vitage will sell e-DMZ products in India and implement and support as well. The two award-winning products that will now be available in India are Password Auto Repository (PAR) and eGuardPost.

Tata Elxsi, RV-VLSI Design Center Tie-up
Tata Elxsi, the embedded technology arm of Tata Group, has inked an MoU with RV-VLSI Design Center (part of the RV group of educational institutions, promoted by the Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust) for imparting industry-specific training in embedded technology. Tata Elxsi and RV-VLSI will impart quality domain specific training to new engineering, MSc graduates (in electronics and related branches) and working professionals looking for a career change or skills upgradation.

Oracle, Satyam Tie Up to Build AIA for PLM
Oracle and Satyam Computer Services have announced a co-development agreement to build Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) Process Integration Packs for Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Satyam will collaborate with Oracles application development teams to create an enterprise PLM integration solution between Oracles Agile PLM and Oracle E-Business Suite solutions.

Unisys, EMC to Market EMC Documentum
Unisys has expanded its alliance with EMC to jointly market EMC Documentum, a unified enterprise content management software platform. The global cross-industry agreement enables Unisys to expand its team of Documentum-certified consultants who implement and deploy EMC enterprise content management solutions. The expansion of these Documentum services strengthens Unisys market position and worldwide portfolio of enterprise content management solutions built on best-in-class products from Unisys and its partners.

Accenture, ISB Initiative
Accenture and the Indian School of Business (ISB) have launched the Accenture Management Development Academy in India, an online, classroom and on-the-job training program designed to develop and nurture leaders from Accentures mid-level management in India. The academy is designed to help distil best practices from academia, industry, and also bring additional focus to the critical delivery-management skills of Accenture professionals.

Solix Joins Suns MECA
Solix Technologies has joined Sun Microsystems MySQL Enterprise Connection Alliance (MECA) partner program to bring Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite to MySQL databases. Suns MySQL technology is used by some of the worlds largest and fastest-growing organizations to save time and money powering their high-volume websites, business-critical systems and commercial software.

Wipro, MS Extend Deal
Wipro Technologies and Microsoft have announced the opening of two Wipro centers of Excellence to showcase Microsoft technologies at Wipros facilities in Bangalore and Mysore. The centers will provide customers with an informative and interactive experience where they can envision and evaluate specific business and industry-based scenario solutions.

MS Partners With TiE
Microsoft and TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) have entered into a global strategic partnership to promote and support local software economies across the world. Led by the Indian subsidiary of Microsoft, this partnership will facilitate global programs for startups and entrepreneurs.

According to the agreement, Microsoft will provide access to software, services, technical guidance and markets while TiE will facilitate access to nearly 15,000 entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, private equity firms, law firms, and technology and management professionals.

SonicWall, Redington in Deal
Secure network infrastructure company SonicWALL BV has selected Redington to manage its Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) process in India. We found that Redington systems and processes were scalable and reliable which were essential given our rapid growth, said Abhay Solapurkar, director, Customer Service, SonicWall.

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