Project Decongestion
Traffic-clogged Mumbai means big business for beggars and eunuchs. From Harry Potter books to mineral water bottles and from flowers to newspapers, it does mean brisk business for an array…
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Sankhya Vahini Death of an Embryo…
On 17 October 2001, Shyamal Ghosh, chairman, Telecom Commission, government of India, received a fax. It said that IUNet Board and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) were pulling out of the…
Software Olympics Ahoy!
At Hewlett-Packard, the Olympic Games take place every nine months. The events here are intense. HP’s partners, selling its network management software Openview (and Voice over IP product VoiceCall), fight…
Intel’s P4: Volumes Must Wait
Market response in the country to the launch of Intel’s Pentium 4 has varied from lukewarm to indifferent. Genuine Intel dealers (GIDs) and manufacturers have brushed off the launch of…
Printer Sales: Canon, TVSE Gain
IDC’s Printer Storeboard for October shows Canon and TVSE gaining marginally at the cost of HP and Epson. HP had shipment problems while Epson’s worry was its products. The market…
MAP-IT 2000: SME: Growth Ahead
IDC India conducted a nation-wide survey earlier in the year, the MAP-IT 2000, to map the IT potential of cities in India. It aimed to capture spending patterns in various…