NIIT makes strategic investment in US Internet solutions company
NIIT on Wednesday announced a strategic investment in Atlanta-based Internet solutions company OneWeb Systems.

Maharashtra hopes to make a hit with `e-centre' policy
The Maharashtra government, in a bid to promote multiplexes and tourist attractions in all over the state, proposes to give entertainment tax exemption in the entertainment segment.

SQL 2000 launch in September
According to Daniel Ingitaraj, marketing manager, India sub-continet, Microsoft, SQL 2000 (code name: Shiloh), which is a relational database management server (RDBMS), is being developed in the US and will be ready for release by September.


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