Capgemini Partners Advantage Consulting
Capgemini, a provider of consulting, technology, and outsourcing services, has announced an asset purchase agreement with Advantage Consulting Group, a specialist in data conversion for the insurance industry. Capgemini will now be able to offer financial services clients a more robust suite of flexible, low-risk, and cost-effective conversion solutions for consolidating and implementing new information technology (IT) systems.

Citrix Inks Agreement with Akamai
Citrix Systems has inked an agreement with Akamai Technologies, the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions, and enterprise applications online, to enhance Web application delivery offerings for enterprise customers worldwide. The twp companies will leverage Citrixs premise-based NetScaler product line and Akamais cloud-based Web Application Accelerator service to bring end-to-end Web application delivery to both Internet and enterprise customers worldwide.

Siemens PLM Allies with Satyam
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of Siemens Industry Automation Division, and Satyam Computer Services have announced a global consulting and systems integrator alliance. The alliance aims at providing optimized PLM software and services to help customers enhance efficiency and top-line growth. It will enable clients to benefit from Satyams global domain expertise, combined with Siemens PLM Softwares industry-leading PLM technology.

Quest Joins Sage as Development Partner
Quest Software has signed an agreement to become an endorsed development partner in Sage Softwares Business Management Division (BMD). According to the agreement, Sage Software will market Quests SQL Server Management solutions with its Sage MAS 500 and Sage MAS 200 ERP solutions. With the Endorsed Development Partner designation, Sage recognizes Quest Software as a preferred systems management software solution for SQL Server.

Misys in Agreement with IBM
Misys has announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with IBM, under which Misys will embed IBM DB2 data server, IBM Global Naming Recognition (GNR), and IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) software in a selection of its banking solutions. The collaboration will help banks speed up implementations while reducing complexities. Under the agreement, Misys will invest resources to deliver versions of Misys Trade Portal, Misys Trade Innovation, Misys Message Manager, and Misys BankFusion Universal Banking.

Airtel Ties Up with Firstsource
BPO services provider Firstsource Solutions and Bharti Airtel have signed a three-year outsourcing agreement. As part of the tie-up, Firstsource will provide a suite of for BPO services covering both voice and backoffice in areas like customer accounting, VAS provisioning, fraud and credit monitoring, customer service, collections, customer retention, and the like from its centers in Chennai and Mumbai.

Netmagic Partners HP
Managed IT services provider Netmagic Solutions has announced a partnership with HP to jointly address the growing demand for data center and managed services among mid-market customers in India. Netmagic and HP will jointly market and sell the hardware and hosting services focusing initially on the emerging segments including retail, healthcare, utility, education, and manufacturing.

Satyam Partners GE
Satyam Computer Services and GE Healthcare have announced a comprehensive agreement to support customers deploying healthcare IT solutions based on GE Centricity Enterprise software. The companies will join forces to plan, design, and implement infrastructures for global healthcare providers of all sizes; from the smallest polyclinics to the largest hospitals.

Nokia,WWF to Save Tigers
Nokia has announced its partnership with WWF-India for WWF-Indias Tiger conservation program. Nokia and WWF-India will work toward providing education to villagers for sustainable development, increasing awareness on tiger conservation, and identifying alternative livelihood programs for villagers around National Protected Areas such as the Ranthambore National Park.

Ctrl S for IBM Data Centers
Data center company Ctrl S Data Centers has signed a memorandum of understanding with IBM for the marketing of tier-4 data centers to customers, channels, and franchisees across India. The MoU with IBM will give Ctrl S a national footprint, enabling the company to provide state-of-the-art data center services to a wider customer base.

The Pioneer Group, along with IDBI and New York-based fund Och-Ziff, promotes Ctrl S.

Genovate is Novells Platinum Partner
High-end technology company Genovate has announced that it has become Novells first platinum partner in India. Genovate provides business applications, software solutions and consulting in the Asia-Pacific region. Under the agreement, Genovate will offer Novell commercial training, the most technical instruction program offered by Novell. The comprehensive courseware addresses a wide range of advanced topics including support issues, in-depth architectural reviews and enterprise solutions.

Targus in Tie-up with Aruba
Systems and network integrator Targus Technologies has tied up with Aruba Networks to become the largest system integrator for the latters solutions in India. Targus Technologies achieved a turnover of Rs 120 crore and its headcount touched 250-plus in 2007-08. The company is looking to touch a turnover of Rs 200 crore in the current financial year and to increase the headcount to 400.

McAfee to Aid NHS in Data Protection
McAfee has announced that National Health Service Connecting for Health (NHS CFH) has selected its solutions to provide encryption and port control to protect confidential data on NHS computers and devices. McAfee Data Protection will provide 700,000 licenses for device encryption, port control, secure content encryption, and mobile encryption to NHS organizations and related bodies across England. Data will be protected on devices like PCs, laptops, PDAs and smartphones, content on hard drives and removable media and computer ports.

Sierra, Callidus Partners for Master Services
Sierra Atlantic, a provider of offshoring enterprise applications and outsourced product development, has closed an agreement with Callidus Software, a provider in sales performance management (SPM). The master services agreement will cover areas such as professional services, development, and support. Under the agreement, Sierra Atlantic will provide a range of operations for Callidus Softwares fast-growing on-demand business, including engineering capabilities and 24/7 technical services. Callidus Software will train specialists at Sierra Atlantics delivery center in Hyderabad to implement a broad range of integrated SaaS product development processes and technology solutions.

Yahoo, WPP Set Off Multi-year Partnership
Yahoo and WPPs GroupM, 24/7 Real Media and WPP Digital, have announced a partnership to enable WPP agencies to buy digital display advertising across the Internet more efficiently than ever before. The partnership will initially involve collaboration between Yahoo and WPPs GroupM and 24/7 Real Media. WPP agencies, working through 24/7 Real Media, will develop a proprietary media trading platform that connects to Yahoos Right Media Exchange. WPP agencies will work with 24/7 Real Media to integrate their proprietary targeting capabilities into the platform and develop custom trading strategies, which can be seamlessly executed via the Right Media Exchange on a highly targeted and cost-effective basis.

PSCB, 19 Co-operative Banks Opt for FLEXCUBE
Oracle and i-flex solutions have announced that Punjab State Co-operative Bank (PSCB) and nineteen district central co-operative banks will deploy FLEXCUBE. FLEXCUBE, powered by Oracle Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters, will enhance the efficiency of Punjab State Co-operative Bank, which has 800 branches across Punjab. Flexcel International, a subsidiary of i-flex solutions, will deploy, host and manage the core banking solution. PSCB has already built a data center to manage the 800 plus branch roll out.

ESS Wins ERP Contract in Ghana
Eastern Software System (ESS) has won a contract from Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) to implement ebizframe, its flagship ERP product. The implementation will be driven toward automating Sales, Procurement, Inventory, Finance, Assets and HR-Payroll functions for GIPC. GIPC, a Ghana government agency, encourages, promotes, and facilitates investments across all sectors of the Ghana economy. The contract is the first government order of ESS in Western Africa.

Savvion Signs Up 35 Licensing Deals
Savvion, the software industrys leading business process management (BPM) company, has signed up thirty-five licensing deals with new and existing customers. Record license revenue growth and profitability for the first quarter of 2008 drove several executive appointments and further innovations in BPM and Business Solutions. Higher than expected revenue growth in the first quarter of 2008 mirrored the steady climb seen in the fourth quarter of 2007, helping Savvion to beat planned operating profits in each quarter. Savvion expanded its large installed base both nationally and internationally in the last two quarters by signing over thirty-five license deals with new and existing customers including customers in the US, Canada, South America, Europe, India, and the Asia Pacific region.

QUEST Becomes SAGEs Partner
Quest Software has signed an agreement to become an Endorsed Development Partner in Sage Softwares Business Management Division (BMD). As part of the agreement, Sage Software will market Quests SQL Server Management solutions with its Sage MAS 500 and Sage MAS 200 ERP solutions. With the Endorsed Development Partner designation, Sage recognizes Quest Software as a preferred systems management software solution for SQL Server. As a leading provider of scalable and customizable software and services, Sage Software serves a variety of industries. The BMD Development Partner Program is designed to help ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) successfully develop, test and market applications that enhance and extend the functionality of Sage Softwares BMD solutions.

Perot Systems, Nexus Sign Agreement
Perot Systems and Nexus Telecom have announced at the TMF Management World 2008 conference in Nice, France, the signing of a teaming agreement focused on delivering customer-focused solutions for the telecom market space. Through the alliance, Perot Systems and Nexus Telecom will together propose solutions for billing mediation, revenue assurance, near real-time roaming data exchange solutions to telecommunication service providers around the world. The alliance allows Nexus Telecom to create a stronger value proposition for customers through use of Perot Systems project management, solution design and systems integration expertise and Nexus core business software including NexusMETER, an NGN network performance management solution, NexusNETVIEW, a signalling surveillance system and NexusTRACE for protocol analysis.

D-Link to Supply Wi-Fi Equipment to Tata
D-Link India, Indias premier networking company, has announced that Tata Communications has selected D-Link India as its supplier for providing wireless access points and antennas for deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots across the country. To wirelessly enable these hotspots, Tata Communications has deployed D-Link Access Points; DWL-3200AP, DWL-2100AP & Wireless Antennas; ANT-24-0800, ANT-24-0801. Tata Communications has been leading the growth of the Wi-Fi industry in India and today has the largest Wi-Fi deployment among domestic ISPs with over 500 hotspots.

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