Sun Microsystems India on Monday announced it has appointed Redington (India) Ltd, a Chennai- based provider of IT products and support services, as a value-added distributor for India. Having established and consolidated its presence in the growing Indian IT industry, Sun Microsystems, through this partnership, is now gearing up for the next phase in its […]

A day after the successful launch of the GSLV-F04 from Sriharikota, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director B N Suresh said ISRO’s immediate plan was the launch of two more PSLV flights this year and a GSLV launch early next year. Speaking to reporters at the airport here today after arriving from Sriharikota, he said […]

India is set to launch a new communications satellite on Sunday, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Friday. The countdown for the launch of a rocket carrying INSAT-4CR from Sriharikota, about 100 km from the southern city of Chennai, was slated to begin Friday, the PTI said quoting official sources. The 49-meter rocket will […]

The launch of GSLV-F02 carrying India’s communication satellite INSAT-4CR scheduled for September 1, has been rescheduled by a day owing to inclement weather and will now blast off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on September 2, according to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) sources. “The launch is scheduled for 4.21 p.m.,” the […]

Hewlett-Packard India will establish 20 hi-tech Business Solutions Centres across the country to provide the latest HP products and solutions to customers, a top company official said on Tuesday. Talking to reporters after inauguration of the first centre here in partnership with Precision Informatic, a leading software solution company, HP Solution Partners Organisation Director Sameer […]

Cognizant Technology Solutions said it will invest an additional $100 million in India, taking its total investment in the country to $300 million over the next two years. The IT and BPO major said the additional investment will be used to expand its new Chennai campus — located in a special economic zone — which […]

Rumor sends Apple’s stock down; the market goes up and down; is Facebook outage to blame? There’s an unconfirmed bit of gossip floating around that Apple of Cupertino may be cutting production of either the iPod, or the new Iphone, or maybe both. Or maybe neither. Nobody seems to know how this got started or […]

Dell handed out its first Made in India desktop computer system to Infosys. The PCs have been manufactured at Dell’s new manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur near Chennai. Located on a 50-acre site with a planned five-year investment of about $30 million (about Rs 120 crore), Dell expects initial capacity for the Chennai operation of 4,00,000 […]

Software major IBM today announced launch of innovations like artificial intelligence in vehicles and traffic management systems, voice recognition technology and traffic-related information tran-sfer through cell phones. By introducing these innovations of transport, IBM believes these inventions could revo-lutionise the transport system. The innovations would make travelling by planes, trains or automobiles a more convenient […]

Digital technology leader, Samsung India today announced the setting up of its First Samsung Digital Zone in Chennai. The Samsung Digital Zone – an exclusive, interactive display of the Company’s Digital Imaging products – was inaugurated on site by Mr. R. Zutshi, Dy. Managing Director, Samsung India. The Digital Zone, set up at Ground Floor, […]

Sify.com announced the launch of www.chennailive.in, the first website for the city of Chennai with live video streaming here last night. A key feature of the website is live video feeds from traffic web cams stationed at key junctions of the city so that citizens can plan their routes by checking the site for the […]

IT major HCL Technologies Ltd announced the opening of an offshore development centre at Chennai, in association with Konica Minolta Group (KM). HCL Technologies has opened an offshore development centre in Chennai for the Japan-based Konica Minolta Group (KM), providers of digital imaging. The centre will provide software services for KM’s multi-function peripherals, printers and […]